So let’s see…how did I celebrate my GH final placement? I got sicker than a dog. Yup, lucky me. Just before I got the call I was starting to feel rather ill, and was hit full-force with the worst case of food poisoning on the planet just after I hung up the phone. That spilled into Monday, where I laid in bed all day and begged my DH to just put me out of my misery. It was that bad. He, of course, said no, he wouldn’t slit my wrists for me (as I had no energy to do it … Read more »

I just got the call that my manuscript – Make Me Believe – finaled in the Romantic Suspense category of the Golden Heart!!!!… Read more »

Tuesday night was my local RWA chapter meeting. It was good. I always enjoy the meetings even when I’m tired and don’t want to go. This month’s meeting was a crit meeting. People who wanted feedback on their WIPs brought 3-5 pgs to be read aloud for everyone to listen to and then comment on.

Now, I have to say outright that I hate these meetings. I really do. Only because I DETEST having my work read aloud. The last (and only) time I did this I was tricked into participating. I’d sent a chapter to Evil Lisa for her … Read more »

Whew…that’s the sound of me exhaling loudly. Today was my dd’s 8th bday party. I pushed for a party away from home, she wanted to have a party at home. She won. I limited the invites to 10 kids, it blossomed somehow to 20. Again, she won (Hmm…seeing a pattern here.) It was chaos here today to put it plainly. Thankfully though, it’s now over. One more bday party and I’m done for the year. Starting in Jan. my kids have bdays just about ever five weeks. At what age do they stop wanting to have bday parties?????

What have … Read more »

Nothing significant happened today, but I have to say, it was a good day. The sun was shining, it was over sixty degrees here, and the daffodils are coming out. Writing-wise, I got some editing done, did some plotting I’ve been putting off and had a great conversation with my agent. For the first time in months, I feel like I’m on the right path. Why do we second-guess ourselves all the time? I look back at the past few months and can’t help but think if I hadn’t been worrying so much about editors and sales and what comes … Read more »

Baseball season is almost here. For those of you who don’t know my DH personally, he’s a big baseball nut. Lives for it. Loves it. Loves to play it and watch it and coach it. He coached HS ball for years, and since our kids are now playing, has switched to coaching them.

Our oldest is a girl. And little league in our town is a big deal. There’s a whole “political” side to the league – who knows who, who’s friends with who, who’s parents are related to so-and-so. We tend to stay out of the politics and focus … Read more »

My plans to crank out pages just isn’t working. Yesterday, DH had a minor outpatient procedure on his back. I had to take him and hang out in the waiting room all afternoon. I took my laptop and my ipod and planned to really get some writing done. Ten minutes into my book, my computer froze and then wouldn’t restart. Needless to say, I had a minor panic attack. First of all – wasted afternoon writing-wise. Second of all, I haven’t backed up anything in eons. And my biggest fear was I’d just lost everything I’ve written in the … Read more »

I am the queen of procrastination. I was thinking about this tonight as I was helping my daughter with her homework. Homework packets are due on Fridays. Generally, I’m good about making her get her spelling words and sentences written Monday night so we have all week to study them, but everything else – the math and writing and worksheets – I let slide until Thursday night.

(But you’re saying, Elisabeth, tonight is Wednesday. You’re ahead of the curve. Ah, silly grasshopper. Yes, tonight is Wednesday. But Monday, remember, was a holiday, hence I didn’t make the wee one … Read more »

Okay, Elisa tagged me and Joan goaded me into doing this, so here goes…

10 Weird Things About Me

1. I twirl my hair when I’m stressed. Not the end of my hair, but a big chunk out of the top of my head. In my HS psych class, we watched a movie about schizophrenia…the patients all twirled their hair just like me.

2. I love sugar-free mochas. With whipped cream. Kinda defeats the purpose, but I still love them.

3. I can’t start a book and not finish it. Bugs me to no end. Even if the book is … Read more »