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Writing and Seeing and Bike Things

70 Days of Sweat Writing Challenge, General Stuff, Writing & Publishing

Finally I’m only working on one project! I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. Digging into RIDING TEMPTATION without distraction has really helped me crank out the pages the past couple days. Which is a damn good thing because I have exactly 66 days left to finish this book.

Ack. I wish I hadn’t done that calcuation. :chair:

In other news, I’m trying contact lenses again. I tried them before, unsuccessfully, for about six months, before giving up and going back to glasses. I really want them to work this time because when we ride the Harley I can’t wear my glasses, hence can’t see a damn thing. Yes, I could get prescription bike goggles, but we’ll try the contacts first.

Right now my eyes itch and hurt and everything is blurry. So it’s going very well. :loser:

Maybe I’ll end up doing like Carly Phillips suggested and just get several pairs of cool glasses so I can change them according to my mood. We’ll see.

This weekend we’re going to ride in Tulsa’s Boo Ha Ha parade. We bought scary biker masks, which are actually face covers to keep our faces warm. But truly, you should see Biker Dude’s skeleton mask. I must take pics. :giggle:

What’s up for your weekend?

My Editor Is For Sale

General Stuff

Among other things.

All About Romance is holding an auction to benefit Hands On New Orleans. Lots of great things to bid on. ARCs from Meg Cabot and Nora Robers, signed books from bestselling authors. Critiques from agents and editors. Read about it below!

Two years ago AAR readers and our friends in the publishing industry banded together to raise over $11,000 in our first AAR Aid auction to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

As we all know, many in the blighted areas are still suffering. So, once again All About Romance will be holding an ebay auction to benefit Hands On New Orleans, a highly rated charitable organization dedicated to facilitating volunteerism in the city. Their partners are Home Depot, Coca Cola, the Corporation for National and Community Service, Cisco Systems, and FedEx, to name just a few, and their current projects include restoring houses that remain uninhabitable, street and parks clean-up and restoration, and support for local food banks and animal shelters.

Angela James, Executive Editor for Samhain Publishing, is offering a 30 page critique. Now I happen to think Angie is a pretty stellar editor. I love being edited and she’s damn good at it. She tells me when I suck, which makes me a better writer (Okay, she’s nice when she tells me I suck. She does it all professionally and stuff.) But really, editing is what it’s all about. We writers aren’t perfect. We need that magic touch, someone with keen insights who knows what will make the book better. And isn’t that what it’s all about?

Go here to bid on Angie’s critique.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL AUCTIONS AND BID

Ack!

Writing & Publishing, General Stuff

Busy week.

Working on revisions for Demon’s Touch. Working on writing my Berkley book. Oh, by the way my editor read the proposal for my next Berkley Heat and she loved it. We changed the title though. The next book in the Wild Riders series will be called RIDING TEMPTATION. Love it? I do. :boobie:

Today I’m taking a CPR/First Aid class with Biker Dude at the office. Definitely overdue to take this class again. If you’ve never taken one…y’all should. Everyone should know how.

Tomorrow starts the Cimarron Dreamin Conference, which lasts all weekend. I made the cutest basket which will be auctioned off. Will have to take a pic. :giggle:

But damn, I’m swamped.

How’s y’all’s week going?