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Oh Woe Is December

Life in Motion

(Sung to tune from Carol Of The Bells)

First there’s the gifts, so much to do
Then I have to wrap, should I tape or glue?
How am I supposed to write when there’s all this stuff to do
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Decorations and lights and the tree now goes up
Scattered ornaments and tinsel and Christmas movies galore
And there sits my laptop unattended oh heavy woe.
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Shopping online, then at the store
Oh crap I have to go back for something more
Brain is on overload and I could really use some elves now.
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Christmas card time, where did I put my list?
Where’s that address, am I sure this one’s correct?
Who are all these people? I’ll be at this forever!
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Checking the list, checking it twice
Cannot forget, that isn’t nice
This time of year makes me totally insane
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Boxing the gifts to ship out of town
Toss in the car drive to post office holy cow
Why does everyone have to be here at the same time as me?
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Baking and baking and baking some more
My kitchen looks like the tail end of some World War
I’m staring forlornly at my poor neglected book.
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Time to clean and straighten the house for the guests
Whoa what a nightmare who made this giant mess?
Help me Merry Maids! I can’t do this alone.
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Finally have a moment to sit down and write my book
So very tired, what was my hook?
I cannot wait until these holidays are over.
Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Let The Madness Begin!

Life in Motion, My Book Stuff

Welcome to December, people! It’s time to think about holidays and shopping and wrapping and decorating and addressing cards and all the various things that go into make this month a living hell for all of us. Don’t you love the holidays? :giggle:

My head is already spinning and it’s only December 1st. I purposely set my schedule so I could take the end of the year off. Ha! Like that’s going to happen. So did anyone brave the Black Friday crowds and go shopping? I avoided this year, but I went berserk on Cyber Monday yesterday and online shopped my little heart out. Today I’m packing up some (non holiday related) stuff to ship out, and surrounding myself with Christmas cards in an effort to get that project off my desk. Wish me luck. I have a feeling the card project will go into tomorrow before it’s finished. Bleh.

I am starting on my new Berkley Heat series and I’m so excited to be writing something new. Gets the old adrenaline flowing and I can’t wait to dig in and find out more about these characters. What is the new series about? Well…I think I’ll just wait a bit before I tell you. I know…huge tease, aren’t I? But these books don’t release until 2011 so really..I’m just saving you from endless waiting. See how nice I am? In the meantime, you can start thinking about LACED WITH DESIRE, the second anthology I’m doing with Joey Hill, Jasmine Haynes and Denise Rossetti. That book releases in February. And BOUND BRANDED & BRAZEN releases in March, and the last two books in the Wild Riders series that release in July and September next year. So excited about all these releases!

And you can think about me juggling writing with all these holiday to-do’s I’m supposed to be doing. I need my own personal elf. :gah:

Giving Thanks

Life in Motion

turkey

Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., and I’d like to take a moment to give thanks for a few very important things in my life and my career.

My husband, my children and my family, who keep it real for me every day and remind me of the differences between this lovely fantasy land I play in and the reality that is dishes, laundry, grocery shopping, dust bunnies, the marvel that is my children as they move through their adulthood, the abject joy of cuddling my grandchildren, and the pure bliss of holding hands with the man of my dreams.

My friends (and you all know who you are), who put up with my whining, hand wringing, idiosyncrasies and general lunacies and love me anyway.

My agent and editors who gave me the opportunity to do what I love most.

And last but absolutely not least, my readers, without whom I’d never be able to do what I love most. It’s because you find something in my books that keeps you coming back for more that allows me to keep writing more, and for that I’m humbly grateful, because without you I wouldn’t have this amazing career. Thank you so much.

For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving, I wish you joy and love and warmth. If you’re traveling, please do so safely.

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