Category Archives: Life in Motion

Happy Monday! And Contests

Events, Giveaways, Life in Motion

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I did…mostly nothing, which made it nice.

Saturday was a great day weather wise so we took the bike out all day and rode around to do some shopping. It was just a perfect day, so great to feel the wind in my face. I ended up buying the new Bare Minerals makeup. Anyone use that? I put it on yesterday and love it. Doesn’t feel like I have anything on at all.

Sunday was mostly a stay busy kind of day. It was the day that marked a year since my mom passed away and I really just wanted to keep my mind occupied so I didn’t dwell on it. I hate to make too much of things like that. My mom had lived a nice long life and died at 85 years old, but I still miss her. I stayed busy yesterday and the day passed.

Anyone watch the NASCAR race yesterday? Omg. True nailbiter throughout. Loved it!

My wonderful pal and rockin’ awesome author Gena Showalter is our guest author on Writeminded today. She was nice enough to let me interview her, and in honor of that I’m giving away a copy of her soon-to-be-released-this-week The Darkest Night. Go over there for a chance to win the book!

Also, the awesome Jennifer at Jennifer’s Random Musings is featuring all the Writeminded authors this week on her blog, and she’s giving away prizes. One author a day, so bookmark her site and go play for a chance to win! (Thank you Jennifer! :doglick: )

On the writing front, I made some decent progress on Riding on Instinct last week, but need to step it up a bit this week. So it’s writing for me all week long.

What’s on your agenda this week?

Insomnia

Life in Motion

I’ve been fighting this horrible bout of insomnia the past few months. Typically I lay my head on the pillow and I’m out cold. But not lately.

I don’t drink caffeine past my morning coffee. It’s diet 7-up for me, so I know it’s not a caffeine problem. And sometimes Biker dude and I will be watching tv before bed and I’ll have a hard time keeping my eyes open. Then we move into the bedroom and when it’s time to go to sleep, I can’t. So I don’t know what the issue is, but falling asleep has become this epic battle lately and it’s beginning to really annoy me, because when I do manage to sleep it’s a very light sleep, which means I wake up a lot during the night.

Maybe I should just start getting up and doing some writing. At least I’d be productive while I’m not sleeping :giggle:

So, anyone have sure fire cures for insomnia? I’m getting desperate. 😥

It’s Monday Again

Life in Motion, Writing & Publishing

Had a busy busy weekend and an equally busy week coming up. Finally the weather was nice. No rain, it was warm and we took the bike out for a spin. Was great seeing all the other bikers out on the road too.

Had my granddaughter over Friday night. Always love seeing her. She’s a huge joy in my life. She’ll be 5 in a couple months and already such a ‘big girl’. So smart, too.

Saturday night I dragged Biker Dude to a strip club. It was needed research for my current book, since my heroine goes undercover as a stripper, and I’ve never been to a strip club. I had fun and got lots of great material for the book. Yes, I get to do fun things all in the name of book research :giggle:

When we got home we stayed up way too late watching movies. We watched The Break Up with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. I do not like movies that don’t have a happy ending. That’s probably why I write romance with a HEA. I was pissed about that movie, dammit.

Tomorrow I’ll be sitting on an author panel for the Oklahoma Library Association’s annual conference, then doing a booksigning after that. I’m really looking forward to it.

And now that I have adequate research for my book, I’ll be plugging away this week on writing Riding On Instinct, my current Berkley Heat book.

What’s on your agenda for this week?

Edited To Add: Don’t forget tonight is the monthly chat for the Writeminded authors over at Writerspace. 9 p.m. Eastern time. Click on ‘readers chat’ once you get there. Hope to see you there. It’s always so much fun!