Words. Words. Words and more Words. There never seems to be an ending to the words. They flow together and make sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and congeal into a book. Words are what we say and what we think in, mostly. Words are what we read and what we use to curse with. But sometimes the words and letters start warring.
Any author will tell you that there are only so many words you can use for specific body parts or even to describe something. Then it all goes down hill and you start warring with your mind and a thesaurus trying to uncover the right word or phrase to use that fits perfectly with the story or you need something different because you have said the same word too many times on the pages.
And when you figure you have the correct word, the editor comes back to you and suggests something else. The war never stops. it always keeps going until your muses are having fist fights and are throwing candy canes and mistletoe at one another or threatening to combine characters from different story lines. All the while they are shrieking at you in words.
Of course as I am writing this the Madonna song Words is going through my head.
http://youtu.be/hFja-9DWEyc
The words never stop and no matter how much I want them to, they are always running though my head, chasing a marathon. Sometimes never saying what I want and sometimes jumping from one world to another as a new muse pops up.
Words always warring, fighting, changing and twisting into something I never thought existed before.
Tell me what have words done for you? Because sometimes they drive me batty. And them I hear jingling.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
A list of thanks...not in any partiuclar order.
- I am thankful for the words I write and the other worlds my muses bring me to.
- I am thankful for the friends who put up with me and don't think I'm crazy because I talk to myself.
- I am thankful for the husband who understands my dark moods and everything in between.
- I am thankful for the family who has raised me and given me the steps to get where I am today.
- I am thankful for the turkey that we are eating because he is delicious.
- I am thankful for the people who have read my books, if you enjoyed them or not.
- I am thankful for the job I have and the co-workers who know I'm not exactly normal.
- I am thankful for the animals that share my life and make me laugh when I'm in the mood to kill people.
- I am thankful for the opportunity to live my life.
- I am thankful for all the people who have come before and made our way of life possible.
I am thankful for everyone who has touched my life and.
Now let's go eat turkey! :)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A Rant...
Hi Guys,
Hope all is well. I'm not really one to rant about things, but lately things have been irritating me.
It's not even Thanksgiving yet, and already Christmas advertisements are flooding the airwaves. Really! I mean really! Can't it wait. I am good with Christmas stuff coming up the day after Thanksgiving, but sigh...
The retailers are just pushing it up more and more and honestly I wonder if we are going to bypass Thanksgiving all together. That would be interesting go right from Halloween to Christmas or have they already done that?
The malls are already swamped with Christmas decorations and it makes me cringe.
I'm not anti-Christmas or anything. I enjoy the holiday as much as anyone.
Every Saturday my husband and I go breakfast and on the way there is a house and in the middle of October the owner had the Christmas decorations up. Okay, that is everyone's prerogative for doing that. I get it, but it irritates me.
Why can't you all wait?
Why?
Hope all is well. I'm not really one to rant about things, but lately things have been irritating me.
It's not even Thanksgiving yet, and already Christmas advertisements are flooding the airwaves. Really! I mean really! Can't it wait. I am good with Christmas stuff coming up the day after Thanksgiving, but sigh...
The retailers are just pushing it up more and more and honestly I wonder if we are going to bypass Thanksgiving all together. That would be interesting go right from Halloween to Christmas or have they already done that?
The malls are already swamped with Christmas decorations and it makes me cringe.
I'm not anti-Christmas or anything. I enjoy the holiday as much as anyone.
Every Saturday my husband and I go breakfast and on the way there is a house and in the middle of October the owner had the Christmas decorations up. Okay, that is everyone's prerogative for doing that. I get it, but it irritates me.
Why can't you all wait?
Why?
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
A Hint of Ginger
Well Christmas is going to be here soon. *Sigh* I know. I can't believe it either. But to get you into the mood, here is a little bite from my Christmas Release coming in December from Sugar and Spice Press.
Ginger Bites is a Werewolf/Shape shifter Menage M/F/M with a dash of humor thrown into it. So if you adore gingerbread, I hope you love two hunky wolves who love it too.
Enjoy!
Blurb:
Ginger has never really enjoyed Christmas. It reminds her
that she’ll always be alone because of her curse. Although she yearns to be
with someone, but if she doesn’t click with them right away her hunger grows
until her human façade falls away revealing her true self. The guilt of all the
innocent lives she’s taken plagues her and this holiday season isn’t looking to
be any different. Just once she’d like someone to call her own and feel human.
Zach and Cameron are two werewolves who stumble into
Ginger’s bakery to set up a Christmas party for their benefactor. Zach can’t
get Ginger from his mind, but in order to be with her he hopes Cameron can get
along with her too. If not, then the unthinkable will happen. All the while,
Ginger has another suitor who desires to claim her for himself at any cost.
Zach and Cameron will do anything to save her because all they want to do is
spend Christmas with the woman they love.
Excerpt:
Once
his mouth touched hers, a jolt of passion rushed through her. She moaned into
his mouth and sunk into the kiss. Ginger fought to regain control of herself,
but every instinct in her was to surrender to his arms. Finally she ran her
fingers down his chest. His muscles were defined. Zach moaned. His hands rested
on her hips, sliding them along her curves until he cupped her ass and gripped
it. She jumped and turned her head to break the kiss.
“What
is it?” he asked.
Ginger
glanced up and saw his blue eyes had turned golden brown. “You taste good.” She
ran her nails down his chest and stopped at the waistband of his jeans. If she
went any further, this might turn into something she was not expecting. It felt
good to be in someone’s arms and it had been a while since she had given
herself over to the urges inside of her. Normally she was so keyed up whether
or not if she would have to breakdown and eat the man. But with them, it was
different. Every fiber of her being screamed to give in and she just this once
she was going to.
“So
what does this mean?” Zach asked.
“I
want you,” Ginger whispered.
“I’ll
give you some privacy than,” Cameron said.
But
Ginger looked at him and saw the hurt in his eyes. “I didn’t say you had to
leave.”
Cameron’s
mouth turned up into a smile. “Well then, that changes everything. Is this
going to be a problem with you, Zach?”
Ginger
studied the other werewolf and all she was his eyes burning with desire. He
took in a deep breath as though he was struggling to hold onto his control. His
cock pressed against her thigh so she knew he was ready for her. He gripped her
ass a little harder before letting her go and faced Cameron. “No. It won’t be a
problem. Just so long as you’re not worried we won’t eat you.”
She
laughed. “I can trust you. I don’t think I’m your type. You might find me too
sweet for your taste.”
Cameron’s
arms slipped around her waist. His touch inflamed her desire even more. He
kissed her neck and nipped her ear. “I have a sweet tooth. So no worries
there.”
He
bit into her neck playfully. Ginger arched her back at the sudden contact while
Cameron feathered his fingers up her stomach to cup her breasts. She let her
head fall back against his chest and for the first time she started to feel
like a normal human. Nothing in her was being triggered that she had to eat
these guys. Maybe they were the key to changing her destiny. He brushed his
thumbs over her nipples which firmed instantly at his touch.
“You
don’t get to monopolize her, Cam. She did say she wanted both of us,” Zach
reminded them. He took her hand and kissed the back of it, sucking one of her
fingers into his mouth.
Ginger
shook herself from the daze she had fallen into. “You’re both right. So whose
bedroom has the biggest bed?” She dislodged herself from both wolves and
slipped her shall off, placing it on the leather couch before her. She headed
toward the hallway and plucked off her shoes as she did. Stopping midway down the hallway, she glanced
behind her and waited to see if they were coming. So far they were watching
her. Ginger unzipped the back of her dress and shimmied out of it, leaving it
on the floor. After that they followed.
“My
room as the biggest bed.” Cameron led her through a door at the very end of the
hall.
Ginger
and Zach followed him into the room. She watched him hurriedly take off his
clothes. Scars marred his chest, telling a story of his life. She traced her
finger over a few of them and felt Cameron shiver under it. “Battle scars?”
He
nodded. “Before I was cursed, I was fighting for position in the pack. Being
the leader’s son didn’t mean anything.”
Cameron
cupped her cheek and wound his fingers through her hair. His nostrils flared.
“Why is it I smell gingerbread when I’m around you?”
Panic
rushed through her for a moment. Should she tell them what she was? They would
have to know eventually. But they did not need to know right at this moment. It
would break the mood and she needed this. Needed to know she was wanted and
they desired her. She shrugged. “I work in a bakery and it’s the Christmas
season. Do you know how many gingerbread cookies we are making?”
“Right.
Sorry,” Cameron apologized.
“You
don’t like the aroma?” she asked.
“No.
It’s great, but it makes me hungry. That’s all,” Cameron said.
“Me
too,” Zach added.
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