Happy 2007, everyone! May it bring you all heath, happiness and success!!!
You’ll be happy to know that the salad bowl has just had it’s final day of oiling in the 7 Day Salad Bowl incident of 2006. Perfect timing, as I just got a search phrase from someone looking for wooden salad bowl […]

1. Have a proposal for contracted Sydney book 3 due in less than three weeks
2. Mention casually that I’m certainly not thinking about the hero for Sydney book 4
3. Mention casually that I’m certainly not in the process of writing the hero’s opening scene for Sydney book 4 when I’m supposed to be […]

*waves* I’m wiped out from the past few days - they were fun but still managed to suck the life out of me. It didn’t help that the five year old decided to stay up from midnight until 5am last night. I’m gulping coffee as I write this, because, well, I must […]

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Steph T.

…or thereabouts, coming for Christmas Eve dinner tonight!!! Good thing I’m not cooking…:razz:
Why do I think Larissa’s behind this?

You Should Spend the Holidays In

Bulgaria - with a huge vegetarian meal on Christmas Eve

What Country Should You Spend the Holidays In?
Merry Christmas Eve!
Steph T.

Between yesterday and today, I’m doing my Christmas baking. Because (oh, another thing I do to drive my editor crazy - starting sentences with because! Hopefully she is too busy deleting the becauses from my manuscript to read my blog)…anyway, where was I, oh, right - Christmas baking because even though I don’t […]

So I finally got my new laptop!!! An IBM Thinkpad, just like the one I started out writing on over four years ago.
It’s fast, it’s light and I’m in love.
It’s got fingerprint password recognition! I don’t know what it does other then ask for my fingerprint when I reboot! I wouldn’t […]

Thirteen of my favorite quotes (mostly writing), some of which may or may not have appeared on this blog before:
1. Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching. (Mark Twain)
2. The difference between a good book and a great book is typically only a […]

*blows dust off blog*
I just sent off my Risking It All copy edits. This time, I did not overuse caffeine consumption, the way I did in my previous Blaze. I do, however, have a penchant for the word really. Really. Like, really a lot. I’m also very into, was going to. […]

is over at Romancing The Blog!
And the 12 Days of Christmas, Writeminded Style is still going on!
And CrazyPsychoChristmasLarissa is not giving up - look what she sent me yesterday:
Subject: Today’s Carol!
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimoooooooos
Everybody knows some […]

Thirteen Songs on my top played iPod list
1. To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn (you know you turn it up loud when it comes on the radio - admit it)
2. Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers
3. The Reflex - Duran Duran (the husband got an 80’s boxed set for Secret Santa!)
4. […]

…for Larissa:

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What? I thought it might be a nice reminder of her Air Force days…
And go visit WriteMinded for our 12 Days of Christmas WriteMinded Style for some great giveaways!

I’ve had the character in my head for the third Sydney book since Larissa and I started writing the first book. He’s made an appearance in the first two books as well, so he’s been there - I’ve written him, but he’s only been on the periphery. And I’ve been waiting and waiting […]

Okay, I know some of you are scared of my WIP bars (I personally find them very comforting, and some of them are for proposals, not full books - it’s not that bad. Really) - but I’m not the one you should be scared of.
No, the one you should be running from is emailing […]