Posts from — January 2010

Planning on doing some more writing today. Looks like I will be writing tomorrow while I wait at the courthouse. Can’t take any electronics, which sucks. Luckily, I like writing in my Moleskine, right? I think the worst part is I can’t take a phone. Ugh. How will I get through the day without talking to Annmarie?

I joined the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal RWA chapter last night. I used to belong about a year ago. Since I am writing mainly paranormal, I thought it was a good idea. I’m not renewing a few of my memberships in other chapters. I am not writing those genres at the moment, nor do I see doing so anytime soon. I’m sticking with paranormal for the time being.

The netbook is working out nicely. I am using it to write a little. I like how easy it is to boot up…very quick. And portable. Still not linking to the WiFi in my house though. Not sure why. (The Wii won’t either.) I have to use a cable to surf at the house. I went ahead and ordered a 3G USB thingie from T-Mobile so that should fix the connection problems. I do my main surfing on the laptop, but it still overheats, even with a chillpad fan. I have a tabletop fan blowing on it now too. Sad. You know, the first thing I want to get when I finally sell to NY is a  desktop with a big monitor.

My favorite George Harrison song.

The feature interview is out. I can finally announce it…

Look for an interview with me in the February 2010 issue of the RWR, the Romance Writers of America magazine. It is a big deal. I’ve never seen an epublished author featured in this column. They approached me to do the interview back in September or August. It was so exciting!

And yes, I gave plugs to buds Devyn and Anya!

I nearly died laughing…instead I called Annmarie and then took a picture with my phone. The guy was actually very cute. There was a Spiderman too. He was quite….limber.

I took the kids to a local school event and they had a lot of fun. I ended up being the packhorse, carrying all their prizes. At one point I had 3 bunnies, a bear, an angel, and a snowman. They were not tiny stuffed animals either. They were prizes in all the games the school had going on.

I did get my eyes checked today. Ordered some new glasses too. Much prettier than the ones I have. They are by Ebony, the same Ebony as the magazine. I went ahead and got transition lenses too. The glare from the sun is killer here in the summer. Anyway, I’ll get them in about a week.

Next week I have jury duty. Ugh. I have to report at 8am and it is an hour away. Not looking forward to that. Maybe I won’t get picked.

Still writing on the book. So close to done. I plan on working hard on it this weekend. I really want it out in the mail early Feb.

A literary giant has passed today at age 91.  Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/jd-salinger-dies-catcher-rye-author/story?id=9688927

I took a day off from going to the gym to get a few things done. Went to Walmart for some food stuff and got myself a nice salad for lunch. Met up with Mark’s uncle while there and chatted with him for a few minutes. Why do I always meet people I know when I am without makeup and bedhead hair? Never fails.

I got my SmartBook yesterday. Works fine except it has a hard time connecting to the internet. It is a problem I have also with the Wii. It has something to do with the router, but I don’t know what. I logged in the router and I do not see why certain devices are not linking up. I have good techie sense, but this stumps me. I can connect if I Ethernet plug in, so that works.

I’m looking forward to the Silken Sands conference in March. Never been to Pensacola Beach before. I may take Sunday morning to write on the beach–if it isn’t too cold. Wait…March…isn’t that Spring Break season? Hmmm… I would think the conference folks avoided that. It is probably too late for SB. Anyway, I should be able to take Alphie (Alphie is my nickname for my AlphaSmart Neo) on the beach for a little bit and write. I remember taking a walk on the beach in early Feb last year when we did the retreat to Panama City Beach. It was cold. Pretty, but cold. A few hours later on the drive home, my ovary twisted and I wanted to die. Seriously. Never had such terrible pain like that come out of the blue. I should have let Terri take me to TMH. It continued to twist on and off for weeks until I had it removed in late March. Then a month later I was in surgery again for a hysterectomy.

I can hardly believe how much better life is post hysterectomy. Once I got over the complications (seroma) it got better. No more cramping. (I had an ablation 2 years prior so I didn’t have a period, but I still cramped.) No more painful sex either. Oh yeah, it was painful to the point I abstained to avoid it. Now, post hysterectomy…it is better than ever before. I was afraid that after a hysterectomy I wouldn’t experience orgasm. (Come on, that is a worry when you mess around the uterus!) I am here to say—yes, you can orgasm post hysterectomy. To tie in with Annmarie’s post today, multiorgasms are possible even after a hysterectomy.  *wink*