Happily Ever After - Ashley Ladd Romance Writer

Thursday 13 version 14: Quotes by Famous Writers

2008-07-23T23:04:00.010-04:00

Thirteen Quotes by Famous Writers1.... Benjamin'>http://en.proverbia.net/citasautor.asp?autor=12622">Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher. A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or

Cooking

2008-07-23T07:00:00.011-04:00

Cooking. Did you know that "cook" is a four-letter word? Yep. It's definitely one of those four-letter words. What happened to me? I used to love to cook and to bake. Baking went the way of the dodos when I decided to lose weight. I can't bake and not eat the goodies.That's like living and having to breathe. Cooking should be different. We have to cook to eat even if we're watching what we

Promotion - what works?

2008-07-22T07:00:00.026-04:00

Promotion...the bane of a writer's life. At least it's the bane of my life. Well, that and tooth aches. Pissy donors, chocolate outages, fighting kids... I've spent a lot of time researching how to promote effectively and trying to promote my work. Is it working? Hell if I know. I haven't really thought about it much lately beyond blogging and MySpacing (which is mainly blogging on MySpace

Heat Wave!!!!

2008-07-21T07:00:00.005-04:00

It's a Heat Wave! Don't run to turn on the TV or the radio or to read the newspaper because you won't find it there. At least not the Heat Wave I'm talking about. To feel the Heat Wave I'm talking about, surf over to Total-e-Bound at http://www.total-e-bound.com/ and check out the newly released Heat Wave stories including mine "Liquid Heat". Here's a blurb and an excerpt from my book released

Camera Critters Sunday

2008-07-20T12:37:00.010-04:00

Here's a new meme I'm going to try - Camera Critters on Sunday. Here are some pics of our sweetiesc ourtesy of DD2. We have 5 cats and 2 dogs. Here are a few of them. Stacey is to the right. She's caught in the act of tearing up a box. Naughty girl. To the left is our Husky, Meiko. Don't you love how he sits? He sits this way all the time. Above is Dion, the

Blog comments

2008-07-20T07:00:00.013-04:00

I just received an email from a friend who said " I would have posted a comment, but I understand that you don’t do comments any more." Um... I don't get it. I not only "allow" comments, I love comments. In fact, whenever I can, I sign on to see how many comments I have. Does that mean I have an addictive nature? I also like to check my publisher's Top Ten Best Seller List a gazillion times a

I'm an identity theft victim - ugh!

2008-07-19T14:44:00.009-04:00

Ugh! I'm an identity theft victim. I was paid yesterday from the day job and also my TEB check finally cleared and went in, so I thought I had plenty of money in my account to pay my bills plus have a little left over for fun and groceries. This morning DD2 and I went to the Flea Market, bought a few things, and then we bought groceries with no problem. But when I went to fill up my empty gas

What we can learn from dogs

2008-07-19T07:38:00.014-04:00

An email came to me at work yesterday and it struck me that I should be more like my dogs and cats. They have the life, don't they? They don't have to go to work every day and listen to bitchy people who want to tear you down. They don't have to fight rush hour traffic. They don't worry about what to wear or how to fix their hair and make-up. They don't pay rent, electric, or any other bill.

Hair Spray

2008-07-18T07:00:00.000-04:00

I'm watching Hairspray with DS3. He was so sweet and recorded it for me. I rented it once and DH wouldn't let me watch it - he thinks he controls the TV. Obviously DH is out right now. I've never seen the movie before, not the old version either. I was dying to see it at the theater and wished I had. Anyway, it's on now, finally. I'm really enjoying it. I'm a musical lover but I also think it's

Thirteen Thursday edition 12:

2008-07-17T07:00:00.003-04:00

Thirteen candies I love 1.... Vanilla French Chew - I used to eat these while in summer camp as a kid. I'd not seen them in years and then Cracker Barrel started carryng them so I was so very happy. Chocolate French Chews are pretty good, but not nearly as awesome as the vanilla. Usually, I like chocolate more than vanilla, so I'm surprised.2.... Strawberry Starbursts - Cherry and orange

Getting older

2008-07-16T07:00:00.002-04:00

What is so bad about getting older? It means we're still here, right? What is the alternative? (I shudder to think of it.) One of my writing pals, Kelly Kirch, mentions that she saw a reality TV show where women in their 40s and 50s were competing to become models. How cool is that? I see many women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s that still look awesome. It used to be that it was mainly the more

Great unanswered questions of the Universe

2008-07-15T07:00:00.005-04:00

I've been pondering the great questions of the Universe. Please feel free to add to the list or to make comments. First, why doesn't Starburst make bags of Starburst candies in one flavor only? I love the strawberry Starburst and I can tolerate the orange and red, but I HATE the lemon Starbursts. I would buy so much more Starbursts if only I could get all strawberry. What's so hard about that?

Are all (romance) books the same?

2008-07-14T07:00:00.002-04:00

I just read a post on Amarinda's blog about another writer she calls "Sheila". Sheila told her that it should be easy to write her books because they're all the same. I don't think all books are the same. Nor all romance books. Do you? Sure, to be a "romance" they have to have a "happily ever after". There has to be at least two characters to have a romance. There has to be a conflict. That's

Things to do and see before you kick the bucket

2008-07-13T10:54:00.005-04:00

I was just reading Ken's blog on MySpace at: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=253101892 He asked what we have done and seen that we think others should also experience and see before they kick the bucket. So here's my list. I hope you'll share yours with me after you read mine. The cool things I have seen and experienced that I think everyone else

Thursday Thirteen edition 11: 13 of my books/trivia about them

2008-07-10T00:01:00.000-04:00

Thirteen of my books and trivia about them 1.... American Beauty - my best seller, Eppie finalist, & RT Top Pick Blurb: When very macho cop and lady lover Brad Mueller is forced to go undercover by his chief as a gay guy, Brad's not happy. He has strict orders not to touch his new land lady, Kirsten, but things get hot, especially when Kirsten tries to set him up with her best friend Marshall

Air car???

2008-07-07T07:00:00.000-04:00

I totally sympathize with Maxine. I drive a big van because I have mucho kids and grandkids, so it sucks gas. Man, did I ever love my dad's new Prius, a hybrid that's really great on gas. What kind of car is this, do you ask? According to an email I got at work the other day, it's a car that runs on air instead of gas. Pretty nifty, huh? I hope it's for real. I'll be keeping my

Productive Day

2008-07-05T23:40:00.004-04:00

I had a very productive day today. I finished a short Christmas story that I began yesterday. Of course, I camped out at Borders today, and I also wrote for a long time on the 4th of July. It's already been reread and sent to my editor at TEB. The first Christmas story I began didn't turn out to be erotic, nor could I turn it that way, so I think I'll write that with an eye to submitting to

Super Heroes, Angels, or Gods?

2008-07-05T00:02:00.004-04:00

Somedays, don't you feel like this is so true? (the pic above) After I saw "Hancock" last night, something in the movie got me to thinking. I don't think I'm spoiling anything by mentioning this. Everybody knows from the movie trailers that Hancock is a superhero. What the movie brings up, and I never thought of before, is that the people we in this day and age consider "super heroes" would

Reviews

2008-07-03T22:54:00.003-04:00

I'm really tired tonight so this won't be long. I just have a couple personal reviews. The hubby took me to see "Hancock" and I was not at all impressed. In fact, I was confused and barring a couple LOL moments, I was bored. I couldn't wait for the movie to end. Usually I love Will Smith, but he didn't save the movie sorry to say. I've not read Pink Truth in quite awhile but checked in today.

Thursday Thirteen Edition 10: 13 things I like to do on the 4th of July

2008-07-03T07:00:00.001-04:00

Thirteen things I like to do on the 4th of July 1.... Watch fireworks 2.... Get together with family and friends 3.... Sleep in late 4.... Attend a parade 5.... Bar-b-que 6.... Picnic 7.... Shop sales 8.... See the summer block buster movies (this year "Hancock") 9.... Eat watermelon 10... Go to a carnival/fair 11... Swim at the beach or the pool 12... Sing patriotic songs (we did at

Writing Christmas stories in July???

2008-07-02T20:58:00.004-04:00

The boss had jury duty today so I was in charge. No biggie. Have you ever tried to be in charge of ten chatty women, most of them older than you? Ten women who are hyped to go on holiday? Fortunately, nothing out of the ordinary happened other than a bad thunder storm that knocked our power out and the computers off a couple times. Patty (names have been changed to protect the innocent) was

Coach - Free book download today only to celebrate TEB's 1st birthday

2008-07-01T17:59:00.008-04:00

As I was driving home tonight, I was thinking about my newest story that was just contracted. (Yeah me - I got the good news today.) I realized one important part of it is similar to another one of my stories. That made me wonder how many other authors touch on the same themes more than once, or even a lot? So, I'm asking you if you're an author: do you often touch on the same themes in your

Alpha Smart Woes - again

2008-06-30T00:01:00.002-04:00

Oy! I was good today. I took my Alpha Smart to Barnes & Nobles and wrote for four hours straight. I was smoking! Two hours into my writing, however, I lost, yes LOST, two segments of writing on the Alpha Smart. I don't know how. I didn't hit the send or erase keys. The batteries were brand new, although that shouldn't have mattered Aanyway. I didn't have to "SAVE" as the alphie automatically

Deja vu

2008-06-29T07:00:00.004-04:00

We're watching War Games, one of my favorite movies. It was made in 1983 and even though it's still fun, it's now a history lesson. All the technology in this flick looks so ancient. I mean, the kid (Matthew Broderick) uses a DOS system to hack into a military computer. He uses floppy disks, the big ones. The printer paper has holes in the side. It's like Deja vu. It's also Deja vu for

Cell phone courtesy

2008-06-28T13:04:00.004-04:00

Cell phones really irritate me. This subject, btw, started over on the TEB blog yesterday when Aurora Rose Lynn bemoaned people conducting their private cell phone conversations in very public places. Why not check out her post, too? (AFTER you read mine of course) I hate it hate it hate it! when I'm at lunch with someone, when it's supposed to be my private time with them, and instead, they