Okay, enough tweaking. I’ve been playing with this thing all weekend and I think I finally have it to a point where I like it. I am HTML-illiterate, so this has been a real learning process for me. I should have been writing, but alas, playing with blogger was more fun . . . er . . . frustrating.

Speaking of writing, somewhere along the way I did manage to finish chapter 8. And I gotta tell ya, my hero and heroine are never gonna get together at this point.

Oh, Lordy.

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I came home from our Thanksgiving trip pleasantly surprised to learn I’d finaled in the Romancing the Tome contest with my wip.

Can you say….surprise???? I rarely enter contests, so this was pretty cool news.

On top of that, I got some great feedback on my entry, and, ironically, all of it was right in line with what my fabulous critique partners had to say after they read the first chapter (smart me, I entered before sending to the cp’s. LOL).

I guess that means they really know what they’re talking about. 😉

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Have a great Thanksgiving! (And enjoy the following!)

Actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays:

1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.

2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

3. She grew on him like she was a colony of E.coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.

4. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.

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So I’m printing my GH entry as I blog. And I’m looking at it thinking, this is a really dumb idea.

Fifty bucks.

Fifty bucks to throw your manuscript at the wall and see if it sticks. To wonder if other writers will think it’s even any good. To wait until March to see if you finaled, then sit in agony the day the loops are filled with “I got the call!” posts as you continue to wait.

And wait.

And wait.

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This one’s good. If you missed Miss Snark today, you’ll get a laugh.

I especially like #3.

And #4 is wrong. I think real men must drink Jagermeister. Ew. *shudder* Baaaad memories.… Read more »

Awoke early Saturday morning to gunshots going off in a nearby neighborhood. Turns out, the man (husband and father of 6) decided to start shooting up his neighbor’s cars and houses for reasons yet to be discovered. After he’d done some significant damage (no victims, however), he went to the local police station and attempted to set several patrol cars on fire. Officers responded, he fled and took police on a chase, and wound up in downtown Salem (state capitol and sister city) where he drove his truck up the courthouse steps and smashed it through the glass front doors. … Read more »

(Again!)

Henri Lee was born Sat. morning, 11-12-05, weighing in at a whopping 9 lb. 7 oz.

Happy Birthday baby!… Read more »

Okay, this is the article I tried to link the other day (but messed up and ended up posting a really good article anyway). But it’s especially poignant tonight. I will read it over and over and remind myself I can do it.

File it under H: Heartbreak, Hope and the Holy Grail of Publishing
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For anyone struggling on the road to publication. A must read:

Winning The Lottery

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Yep. That’s right. I am one year older today. And it sucks. I feel older. Actually, I’ve felt older since having gremlin #3 (who, by the way, has turned into lightning-fast-crawling-but-silent-man and gets himself into more trouble than you can even imagine).

And I’ve had a really great day, too. We’re having the MOTHER of all storms here, so I have no desire to even venture out of the house. The DH is deathly ill and working from home – two headaches rolled up into one great big migraine. Not only does he feel icky, but he needs it quiet … Read more »