Last week was a tough. I had a small crisis of faith in regards to my writing. I was so close to throwing in the towel and saying screw it and just stick to reading and reviewing. The funny thing is, it wasn’t because of my NaNoWriMo project I’m working on, but my other works in progress that are driving me insane.
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Writer’s Crisis of Faith: NaNoWriMo Week 2
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Interviewing Beverly Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins simply amazes me as an author. Beverly is best known for writing books with African/American life in the 19th century. In this day in age when diversity in books and with those authors who are published is more important that ever, Beverly is one author who is very successful. She has published 21 novels to date, that range from romance suspense, women's fiction, young adult and historical.
*nom nom pirate man titty*.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Moonwalking Puppy Video *AWW*
This is too cute! I wonder if they waxed their kitchen floor?
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WTFckery Or Not? You Decide
1. The first in this WTFckery post, is a bit of publishing WTFckery at play:
When you look at this cover what do you see? A man and a woman correct? Would you assume this is a straight romance?
YOU ARE WRONG!.
Synopsis: It’s Natalie’s ten-year high school reunion and she’s reluctantly joined the planning committee. Things start to look up, though, when she finds that Haley Moore is on the committee—and she’s even more gorgeous than Natalie remembered. Ten years before, Natalie and Haley had experimented sexually together, but when high school ended, they went their separate ways. Their unexpected reunion finds them ready to make up for lost time, both in bed and out.
This is a free to read lesbian romance even though Ellora's Cave seems to have a straight cover. Now if this was a M/M romance, would they have a cover with a male and female on it? I think not. Can we claim WTF on Ellora's Cave for their deceiving cover? Shouldn't there be two women on the cover instead?...
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2. Is an one million dollar advance for a book considered a WTFckery?
"From Sydney, Australia: Rebecca James' second novel is in a worldide bidding war, which has pushed advances on her manuscript past $1 million and led The Wall Street Journal to wonder if she is the next J.K. Rowling?"
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Have they learned anything from the $5 million advance for Audrey Niffenegger's second novel, which has barely sold 40,000 copies?
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4. First you can buy your own coffin at Walmart. Now you can have your own coffin couch. From Horrorsquad.com. 1-800-Autopsy is perfect.
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5. Some statues always bring out the WTFckery. Why buy the cow... actually the cow looks more like a hippo.
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Is it true that you rarely change your clothes?
Robert: Yeah, kind of. Like these jeans are a few days old, but the top is probably fresh because it gets to the point where even I can’t stand the air around me. I don’t know, my personal hygiene – it’s so disgusting! Really it’s just that I have very few clothes that I like and I’m travelling all the time, so I can’t really get any more.
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And what about your hair?
Robert: Yeah, there’s a fascination with my hair, too. It’s funny, because that’s all down to how I used to hate my dad wanting to brush my hair when I was a kid. I hated it! So it’s funny this whole thing with my hair is just from not brushing it!
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Enjoy this latest week in WTFckery...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Small Taste of Stand Alone WTFckery

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Love Advice From Love Doctor Mho Fho *Rich Husband Drives Wife Batty*
Welcome to the latest Saturday Edition of Love Letters to Mho! The Love Doctor is in!
Hey Mho Fho,
My husband is driving me crazy. We’ve been married for almost two years but he always wants to be involved in my work. I‘m a New York City police lieutenant and always handled myself pretty well before my husband, owner of almost everything on the planet and self made gazillionaire came along.
How do I tell him without hurting his feelings (our arguments are these no holds bar fight that always ends up in awesome make up sex) that I need to be my own woman and don’t need a knight in shining armor?
Please advise
Lieutenant E.D.
P.S. He also makes me wear these crazy expensive girly dresses that I despise.
Dear Lieutenant,
Let me get this right. You're married to a man who adores you to pieces, is richer than god, protects you and gives you the best orgasms of your life?
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU????
Ride that man for all he’s worth and go back for seconds.
Yours in disgust,
Mho Fho
Know who's asking me for advice? Here's a hint.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Cover Alert! Demon Blood by Meljean Book
Synopsis:Long before she was transformed into a Guardian and trained to fight demons, Rosalia knew darkness all too well. Raised by a demon, Rosalia learned to guard her heart—and her soul—until she found a man worthy of her love. Once, she thought that man would be the powerful vampire, Deacon…until he betrayed the Guardians.
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After losing everything to the lies of a demon, Deacon lives only for revenge—and is taken aback when Rosalia offers to help. A vampire who has nothing—who is nothing—isn’t worthy of her attention. But Rosalia wants to do more than just look, and the explosive need between them can’t be held in check. And when Deacon’s vengeful quest creates a dangerous alliance of their enemies, she will be his only hope…
.I'm all for dominatrix looking angel with a excellent wing span holding a big arrow.
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New Moon Madness Begins! *EW Cover Hotness*
And what do we think of this week's cover from Entertainment Weekly?
And for your viewing enjoyment a new :30 television promo:
And if you're hungry Burger King has something special for you. New Moon Fan Packs!

Confession time! Who's going to see New Moon opening day? And what team are you playing for? Jacob or Edward?
Why are you a Stephenie Meyer fan? What is it about this series that you enjoy?
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Blaze of Memory Book Review *Nalini Singh*
Blaze of Memory is seventh book in Nalini Singh’s highly popular Psy-Changelings series. The character highlighted in this story is Devraj Santos who was first introduced in Hostage to Pleasure (book 5). Dev runs the Shine Foundation, a type of shelter for children known as the Forgotten. These children are human but have Psy abilities. Dev is one of these Forgotten. He tries to not let his emotions run away from him and can be very cold and meticulous. If Dev wanted to, he could become a killer, but lucky for those around him, he still has humanity intact.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Writing Gay Romance: Do the Same Rules Apply?
It’s been awhile since I talked about my progress on a manuscript I wrote that is very much out of the box for me in terms of writing. A few months ago I finished writing a lesbian romance. I knew this story would be a tough sale, but still went ahead and queried my manuscript to various epublishers that would possibly be interested in it. The feedback has been interesting. Overall the editors who responded back to my query enjoy my voice and the idea but there were some issues they had in regards with too much info-dumping and the point of view of my characters. This gave me a sigh of relief, because even though they rejected it, they didn’t say, “your writing sucks big time, never contact us again.”
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KB's Pimping Cookie Book Covers
Here's some more great future books releases for you to drool over...
Looks like Jill Myles is going to have a busy first quarter for 2010! Succubi Like It Hot is going to be released 3 weeks after Jill's debut release, on January 19th from Pocket.
Love an older woman/younger man romance! Lesson From a Younger Lover by Zuri Day. Coming in March from Dafina Kensington.
Synopsis: First grade teacher Gwen Smith was happily married—until her husband got himself a twenty-something mistress and filed for divorce. Now just months away from turning forty-one, Gwen is back in her tiny
Synopsis: Commander Yara knows perfect leadership requires perfect control and discipline. She has spent years living without the distraction of caring for anything—or anyone. It’s a sacrifice she’s willing to make. Yara has honed herself into the perfect heir to the Azralen throne, but a bloody coup could destroy everything she’s worked so hard for. She must return home to prevent war. Unfortunately the only ship available belongs to an Earthlen trader with no regard for authority—especially hers.
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Synopsis: With tensions between the Federation and Imperial ‘Verses rising, one woman may hold the key to victory. The dangerous mission to smuggle her out of Imperial Territory falls to Daniel Haws and his team, the ultra secret Phantom Corps. This elite squad of the Federation Military is the only one trusted and skilled enough to remove her from under the watchful eye of her father, the Supreme Commander of the Imperial ‘Verses.
Carina is used to wearing a mask. Her father and his men think her little more than a pretty prize to be won by a man more ruthless than the rest. When he announces his intention to marry her to one of his henchmen, a man known for his cruelty, Carina knows she has to move as soon as possible to get out. But getting secret information to the Federation has served her well for years and she appeals to them for help.
She expected rescue from a man who’d been her enemy. But she wasn’t prepared for just how intense her attraction to Daniel Haws would be. Born as adversaries into different ranks, and on the run for their lives, they now need each other to survive–by holding on to the only thing they have in common: a growing desire that is dangerous, irresistible, and insatiable.
Synopsis: Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend. But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it’s only me who’s not firmly in my own skin.
Some nice backtitty going on here...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Hush, Hush Book Review *Becca Fitzpatrick*
When I first heard about Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, I was both intrigued and wary. It’s not a big surprise because the cover is very upfront about the male protagonist being a fallen angel. It seems that the fallen angel myth has become a big thing in books for 2009. The reason I was wary was because Hush, Hush is very comparable to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. Now if an author can ride on Meyer’s coattails and have an original idea and really make it shine, I’m all for that. But in the case of Hush, Hush I’m afraid to say that Becca has not only ridden on Meyer’s coattails, but hopped on her back and took every single thing from Twilight and placed it in Hush, Hush. The comparisons between Twilight and Hush, Hush are too strong not to ignore and honestly, Hush, Hush reads like a Twilight fan fiction where Becca decided to change the characters and a bit of the plot that fails in so many ways. If you’re going to take someone else’s idea and try to build on it, at least be smart about it.- Patch being dark, mysterious and dangerous, yet Nora can’t stay way.
- Nora lists attributes in regards to Patch much like Bella did with Edward, where she comes to these conclusions what Patch is.
- Nora is placed time and again in danger because of her own stupidity and her interactions and constant obsessing over Patch.
Need I go on?

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Cover Alert! The Darkly Luminous Fight For Persephone Parker
Today is a great day to promote some great future releases! But first I give you this special cover announcement!
Leanna Renee Hieber has allowed me to be the first to post her cover for The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker, the sequel to The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Percy Parker!
The Darkly Lumunous Fight For Persephone Parker (another mouthful of a title) will be released from Dorchester April 27, 2010
With radiant, snow white skin and hair, Percy Parker was a beacon for Fate. True love had found her, in the tempestuous form of Professor Alexi Rychman. But her mythic destiny was not complete. Accompanying the ghosts with which she alone could converse, new and terrifying omens loomed. A war was coming, a desperate ploy of a spectral host. Victorian London would be overrun. Yet, Percy kept faith. Within the mighty bastion of Athens Academy, alongside The Guard whose magic shielded mortals from the agents of the Underworld, she counted herself among friends. Wreathed in hallowed fire, they would stand together, no matter what dreams or nightmares—might come.
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