The Man Rules­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

Finally , the guys’ side of the story.( I must admit, it’s pretty good.) We always hear ‘the rules’ From the female side. (At last a guy has taken the time to write all this down.)

Now here are the rules from the male side.
(Please Note: These are all numbered ‘1 ‘ ON PURPOSE!)

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. … Read more »

Hmm…Jan. 2nd to Jan. 20th. Not quite three weeks. This is a blogging improvement!

First of all, some news. The girls at RWKF have decided to take a blogging break. J’s going back to work full time, Lin’s tackling grad school on top of working full time AND writing for Sahmain, and me? Well, I go with the flow. My RWA chapter duties as the new pres. have taken up way more time than I’d like, and I’m still not back to 100% after being sick over the holidays (still fighting this ear infection. Gah… Read more »

1. Get sick.

2. Sprinkle in the holidays.

3. Become president of your local RWA chapter (man, is that a time suck).

4. Find a new series you want to read and decide you must go back and read all the books in said series.

5. Get sick again.

6. Get revision suggestions from your agent that leave you scratching your head.

7. Take a mini-vacation to the mountains.

8. Add in a little world-building for good measure.

9. Kick up your workouts because, hey, who needs the new year to be healthy?

10. Spider Solitaire. Need I say more?… Read more »

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! Hope everyone had a great holiday. Mine was good, but not nearly long enough. Why do holidays seem to go so fast??

Tomorrow is the much anticipated OSU-UO Civil War. The Ducks – who were once ranked #2 by the BCS (snicker, snicker) are coming off some heart-breaking losses and devastating injuries and are trying desperately to salvage their season. (Won’t happen.) It’s going to be so cool to watch the Beavs finish above the ducks in the Pac-10! GO BEAVS!

And in other news…I’m guest blogging at The Bradford Bunch today. I’d love it if you’d … Read more »

Lexi called me out. I’ve been in hiding. No special reason, just haven’t had a ton to say and life has been busy with the holidays rushing closer at the speed of light. (Anyone else feel that way?!)

First things first…yes, Lexi, I’m still doing the challenge, I just haven’t been posting my updates. After kicking butt the first few weeks, I’ve tapered off. Some days I write 3K words (like last night) and some days I write zilch. This is my pattern though, so I’m not fighting it. So long as I make my goal, all is good. … Read more »

1. Your idea of a clean desk means you can see over the top of the piles.

2. You know exactly where everything is in those piles.

3. You can spend hours leafing through the pages of a dictionary.

4. You can write an eight-page email and feel like you’ve only written a paragraph.

5. You know everything happens for a reason…even if you have to make one up.

6. You can entertain yourself all afternoon creating character descriptions for people whom you observe in an airport, on a bus, at the mall, etc..

7. You often play a mental … Read more »

Stole this from Karmela.

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JUST TWO THINGS …

Two Names You Go By:
1. Eli
2. Elisabeth

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. Hubby’s coaching sweatshirt
2. Black pajama pants

Two Things You Would Want in a Relationship:
1. Honesty
2. Loyalty

Your Favorite Things to do:
1. Write
2. Read

Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. Sleep
2. Coffee (don’t ask me why. Just sounds good right now though it would counteract #1)

Two things you did last night:
1. Went to a party
2. Slept

Two things you ate today:
1. Taco … Read more »

Yup, that’s me. As of last night I am the new president-elect of my local RWA chapter. Scary thought, eh? I don’t officially take office until January, but I tried to get the ol‘ DH to acknowledge me as Supreme Ruler when I got home. He just scoffed and rolled his eyes, then cursed my chapter mates for unkowningly (knowingly???) making his life hell for the next year. (He says power goes to my head. But really, do I seem like a power monger to you????) Alas, I think I’m going to have to have a chat with my … Read more »

I guess I should start this by reassuring Lexi I haven’t fallen off the challenge bandwagon. While I haven’t been writing consistently every day (I’ve been sheepish the past two weeks as I transitioned into a new proposal and found myself floundering), I am very much still a part of the 100-Day challenge and even posted an update (renewed challenge?) at my chapter blog on Friday. As of last check (Friday), I was on day 40 and had written 49,000 words. So I’m nearly halfway to my 100K word goal with 60 days to go. Not bad. How are the … Read more »

Ever have one of those days where you want to climb back in bed, pull the covers over your head, stick your fingers in your ears and yell, “LALALALALALALLA!!!!!!!!” at the top of your lungs until everyone leaves you alone????

That is today.

I’m about to be talked into doing something a year ago I said I wouldn’t do. My dear friend Alice said to me, “This is one of those Star Wars moments where you just have to accept your destiny.” I’m too nice to repeat what I said in response.

I’m in a foul mood and it’s only … Read more »