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Excitement in Oklahoma

Exciting Oklahoma! I know it’s a well kept secret, but I’m going to let the cat out of the bag.

A ton of snow fell yesterday. Well, maybe not a ton, but there was snow aplenty. It was beautiful, too. Big flakes, twirling and whirling as they fell. They’d shrink to confetti size, then grow to the size of a fifty cent piece. We had 6-8 inches before it quit.

The good thing about an Oklahoma snow in spring is that it doesn’t stay around. The roads melt off pretty quickly and there aren’t nearly as many wrecks as when we have a killer ice storm.

The bad thing is, I have no TV service during a heavy snow storm, so I have to watch favorite movies on DVD. (I know. It’s a hard life, but someone has to live it.)

Yesterday I watched “Jeremiah Johnson” (don’t you LOVE Robert Redford?) “Laura” and “Now, Voyager.” I didn’t get a lot of nap time like some of my friends ;) but the day was fantastic.

Also uber exciting–I finished writing Texas Hearts. Now I just have to reread it, get a friend to critique it and find a place to sell it. A snap, right?

And speaking of excitement, it’s only 19 days until “BLIND SIGHT” will be for sale. WOOHOO! I’m so excited, I can hardly stand it.

BLIND SIGHT is the story of a touch psychic. A touch psychic is someone who “reads” a person by touching them or something they’ve touched.

I saw “Vibes” a long time ago. In it a touch psychic (Jeff Goldblum) touched his girl friend’s underwear and “saw” that she was having an affair with someone else.

The movie was pretty funny, but the reason I remember it was the touch psychic. He made my imagination soar!

I used a “psychic” episode that actually happened in my life when I was a girl, and wrote “BLIND SIGHT”.

I hope you’ll check it out! 

   

The Black and White of it

Come on over to writingsluts and learn why I’m seeing in black and white today.

IGAD MONSTER

I’ve been bitten–many people have, especially writers. The way you can tell is you’ll find scattered around unfinished projects, incomplete manuscripts and a dusty, cluttered desk.

This monster creeps up on you without your realizing he’s even there. Here’s how it begins: You’re busy, writing a scene, when the phone rings. It’s your BF who says, “Lets go to lunch.”

What you should say is, “I can’t today, my pages aren’t done. How about tomorrow?”

Instead you rationalize. “I don’t get to spend much time with her.” “I’ve put her off too many times lately.” Or the dreaded, “I can finish this later. I’ve Got All Day.” (IGAD)

The first time those words play through your head, stop what you’re doing, grab a silver cross and hide your neck. You’re about to be attacked by the IGAD Monster.

It might sip from your blood stream only once a month at first. Then the ogre will return more and more often until you’re looking for ways to feed him.

Once he drinks from you, the monster will return time and time again until he sucks you dry. 

After that your life will no longer be your own. You’ll belong to the monster–heart, mind and creativity.

Heed my warning. Be strong! Fight the valiant fight. Don’t give the Igad Monster a toe hold.

The life you save may be your own.

Happy Birthday/St. Patrick’s Day

My beautiful niece, Whitney, is having a birthday today. And she isn’t even green! This is not a picture of her. I wish I had one to share. She’s young, beautiful and smart. One of those women everyone wants to know.

I’m working today, so I won’t be making a big Irish meal for dinner. I did see a recipe in the tiny Martha Stewart magazine for baked meat pies that I might try–if I have the energy by the end of the day.

It’s spring break week–and where I work thats ‘Bring your kids to work week.’ It’s not too bad, except those kids are smart! If their parents are working up front, they come to the back to go wild. If the moms are in back, the kiddos go to the front.

 

This is NOT a picture of me and John MyCane. I’m not that good. Yet.

If you catch a leprechaun, do you get three wishes or his pot of gold?

I know. I’ve gone kind of crazy with the leprechaun pictures today. They’re cute though.

There’s a contest at whiterosesinbloom.blogspot.com . That’s The Wild Rose Press’s new inspirational publishing enterprise. Go on over and win a potful of e-books. And if you do, share them with me!

POP OVER

Come on over to WRITINGSLUTS and read about the KILLING ZONE.

Kindled

I’m set up to receive Google Alerts. That means  if anyone googles me, I get an email notice. It doesn’t tell me who checked me out–which I’d really like to know– or why (although sometimes I can guess why). At least I know about it.

Yesterday I got this:

Google Web Alert for: “To School a Cowboy”

Amazon.com: To School A Cowboy: Susan Shay: The Kindle Store Start reading To School A Cowboy on your Kindle in under a minute. …. To School a Cowboy is a sinful pleasure. Susan Shay’s attention to detail, …

To School A Cowboy Lowest Price: $4.80 Highest Price: $10.99 Average Price: $7.90 —— When Boone Dalton invites Julia Seymour to start a day camp on his ranch near Carson, OK, …

How about that?  I’m for sale on Kindle! And I didn’t even know it.

Is that cool or what? I don’t own a Kindle (yet) but you can read my work on one.  

My book has been available to download since it was published, but that alert was concerning an ad specific to Kindle. I think it’s wonderful.

Yes, I’m easily excited.

Besides fantastic email alerts, I’m also excited about going to my RWA chapter meeting today. Mark Darrah, a teacher at Tulsa Community College, will be giving us the lowdown on writing a man’s point of view. This should prove interesting. Makes me wonder how far he’ll go down that road. If it gets interesting, I’ll let you know. <g>

The rest of the weekend is relatively open. Church in the morning, then who knows?

What do you have planned for your time off–if you get any. (That was aimed at #4.)

Win-Win

Click here to enter the Riding on Instinct contest. You’ll be glad you did!

The Right Weigh

I can’t believe I’ve been doing it wrong all these years!

Thanks BF Margaret E. Reid for sharing this helpful hint!

Dancing with the Cons

Dancing with the Stars started again last night. What a range of contenders! Everything from Bachelor rejects to computer geeks and ex-cons.

I laughed all the way through it.

I know. It’s not respectful to laugh, but come on. Some of those guys had to know they’d never be able to boogie. Take Ty Murray–the cowboy–for instance.

The guy makes a living doing rough, tough, cowboy stuff. Did he really think he could cut a rug like a professional dancer?

Don’t get me wrong. I love cowboys. I write about cowboys. They’re an icon for romance authors–men who live with honor, no matter what.

But a ballroom dancer? Now way.

Of course, they have him at a disadvantage. Won’t even let him wear his boots on the dance floor. Now that’s no fair.

And how about the Apple Computer guy, Steve Wozniak? When they first showed his picture, I thought he looked like the Cowardly Lion. Sadly, he doesn’t dance as well as CL. Kind of skips through all the steps–but he declares he’s having so much fun! Snort. So am I. :)

And Lil’ Kim??? I almost fell off the couch when she said, “When I first watched Dancing with the Stars, I was in prison . . . .” Then she dedicated her performance to the women at the Federal Detention Center?

Whoa! Does she have to go through a metal detector each time she goes into the studio? Do they search her before every practice?

Are Len, Carrie Ann and Bruno afraid of her? (I would be.)

What about Lawrence Taylor? Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about him–

Taylor had a controversial lifestyle, during and after his playing career. He admitted to using addictive drugs such as cocaine as early as his second year in the NFL, and was suspended several times by the league for failing drug tests. His drug abuse escalated after his retirement, and he was jailed three times for attempted drug possession. However, Taylor cleaned up his lifestyle and has lived a sober, drug-free life since 1998.

All righty, then.

And what about Stephen “Steve-O” Glover.

(From Wikipedia)–On July 31, 2002, Steve-O was arrested in Los Angeles on obscenity and assault charges for performing his now infamous stunt, The Butterfly (in which he staples his scrotum to his leg) at the Abyss, a nightclub in Houma, Louisiana.

On May 22, 2003 Steve-O was arrested and jailed while in Sweden due to a comment he made during an interview about smuggling drugs into the country, remarking that he swallowed a condom containing cannabis to get it past the authorities.

 On June 4, 2008, Steve-O pleaded guilty to possession to cocaine. He will avoid jail if he successfully completes his treatment program.

Yikes! They’ve certainly spiced up the competition.  The dancers will not only have to learn to Waltz, Cha-Cha and Quick Step, they’ll have to watch their partners’ backs, too. Or maybe they’ll learn to dance back to back rather than cheek to cheek.

Do you wonder how these “stars” get on DWTS? How they’re chosen? Do they have to request a spot or are they picked from the used-to-and-didn’t-quite-get-there pack?

I’m really looking forward to the rest of the season. When host Tom Bergeron says, “Tune in to see who survives . . . ” he may be speaking literally!