tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69271960023636764802026-04-10T03:26:04.658-04:00Three Wicked Writers Plus TwoPlease bear with us while we're under construction!Cari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.comBlogger1025125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-76291836730374266632012-10-15T07:33:00.000-04:002012-10-15T07:33:13.261-04:00Who Is Raising These Kids?
A pet peeve of mine happens to be rude kids. Children who simply have NO sense of acting properly within society. Over and over again I have kept running into this as I was raising (still am with the 16 yr old) my children.
Now I'm not saying my kids were/are perfect. They're not. No one is. Not even me--though I come close...lol The other day I went through the drive-thru at Wendy's for a Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-82322893109078227022012-09-17T09:37:00.000-04:002012-09-17T09:37:17.118-04:00Everybody's A Redneck After A Six-Pack
I have in-law issues. Never suspected I would, but I do. I’m a nice person. Not too judgmental. Well…unless someone is showing their stupid side. I hate stupid.
So my middle child is WITH child and about to marry what I thought was a very nice man. And he is in some ways. He’s a good provider, and for the most part, good to her. However, he’s very controlling and is a major know-it-all.Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-3687696751598545032012-08-06T05:00:00.000-04:002012-08-06T05:00:03.669-04:00Bad Haircuts
Has anyone had a good haircut/style lately? I haven't had one in about ten years now. I don't know what the problem is but it can't be communication. I was very very specific about the length of my hair and that it should touch my shoulders. VERY SPECIFIC.
I left the shop thirty-five dollars poorer and hair up to my freaking ear lobes.
As I said, the last good haircut/style I had was about Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-1724296590582672962012-07-31T09:24:00.001-04:002012-07-31T09:24:48.436-04:00Moving in and Looking Around
As most of you know, I've moved to Florida from my beloved Texas and I've been in the process of starting my life over again. This has been a sad but exciting journey and things are finally smoothing out a little bit. At the moment I'm living in a nice, roomy apartment with my daughter. It's a beautiful place with lots of trees, woodland creatures, birds and some very nice people Regina Carlyslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-38936932806543420622012-07-30T13:23:00.000-04:002012-07-30T13:23:48.008-04:00Clandestine Classics: IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!
Okay, I’m going to confess something right off the bat here. I am not, nor have I ever been, a fan of the so-called classics. Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes, etc., were never high on my list of must read recommendations for anyone. I found the books to be incredibly boring.
Why?
Probably because I’m an action junkie and probably because I like reading sex scenes. Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-13975529084621984702012-07-10T08:45:00.001-04:002012-07-10T08:45:52.139-04:00The Search for Inspiration
It doesn’t matter what kind of artistic,
‘creative-type’ you might be. Painter. Writer. Sculptor. Actor. Musician. We
all need inspiration to make what we do not only cohesive but beautiful. We are people who
make things happen creatively and without inspiration, even our best efforts
can fall flat. Finding something that moves us is the key to unlocking the
dreams and imaginings Regina Carlyslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-23488339748838394782012-06-26T08:46:00.000-04:002012-06-26T08:46:46.347-04:00New Places and People; Old Books
Adjusting to that strange new world called FLORIDA is quite the thing ya'll. First off, it's not hot here. Yes, I'm sure the natives would beg to differ but having lived through many a Texas summer, this stuff is not a big deal. The folks back home say the temps are hovering around 105 degrees and positively sweltering. Here in my new place, I'm loving the more moderate stuff. Of course it'sRegina Carlyslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-40105417921041605992012-06-12T12:32:00.000-04:002012-06-12T12:32:18.578-04:00Changing Perspectives
As I mentioned last week, things are really changing in my life. For awhile now, I reckon I'll be discussing this stuff since it's uppermost in my mind. Things are settling in (at last). I still have no living room furniture but that should be remedied in a few more weeks. My sister, who lives here, has loaned me something to use until then. (I KNEW there was a good reason to move close to Regina Carlyslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-64795854164653078772012-06-05T08:45:00.000-04:002012-06-05T08:45:02.630-04:00New Beginnings
If someone tells you that starting over is easy, don't believe it. Yes, sometimes things go smoothy...great even but most of the time you're so damn unsure of yourself. I'm living this now. After 30 years of being married, I'm getting a divorce and have just completed a 'cross country' move to Florida. Already I miss my Texas and the people and loved ones there and the place will always feel Regina Carlyslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-2388582813581802592012-06-04T09:41:00.000-04:002012-06-04T09:41:45.330-04:00The Waves, Stars, and Bikers!
Yep, down here in the Myrtle Beach area we just finished up a couple of weeks of Biker Fest. I had heard horror stories about it. Well... turns out it really wasn't bad at all. There was a lot of noise, and I had trouble getting in and out of my street, but all in all it wasn't bad.
The police presence was overwhelming. Never saw so many in one place in my life. State helicopters flew Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-7465036882331063022012-05-24T07:43:00.000-04:002012-05-24T07:43:00.727-04:00Meet Ninette Swann!!
Hey all! Ninette Swann is a friend of mine who's been in the writing industry for years. Please welcome her as she releases her very first romantic suspense novel! Hit and Stay will be available yesterday at Resplendence.
How to Write a Book When You’re “Too Busy”
I’m a stay-at-home / work-at-home mom and one of the largest battles we face is that we don’t do anything. Our lives Mia Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674765897555195383noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-54781735483638258522012-05-21T09:41:00.000-04:002012-05-21T09:41:02.321-04:00Help! I've Fallen And Can't Get Up!
I think I need a keeper. Or to be walked on a leash.
Yesterday morning I fell. I tripped over an extension cord that wasn't supposed to be where it was. sighhhh And down I went. Head-butted an end table, landed on my left knee (leaving rug burns and a bruise), landed on my left hand (spraining the wrist), AND! Slammed my right hand into the end table. My middle finger on that hand is swollen Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-3428449907812546222012-05-14T12:18:00.000-04:002012-05-14T12:18:57.559-04:00Heartbeats
This morning I went with my youngest daughter to see her OB-GYN. She'll soon be twenty and she's pregnant. Seventeen weeks pregnant. She's a tiny woman. Five feet tall, tiny bones, tiny hands, tiny feet. So that pudge in her midsection is quite obvious.
And she cries about that. lol
She is soooo worried that everyone is looking at her and thinking she's fat. And it's soooo obvious that the Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-8543186402358306242012-05-09T09:35:00.002-04:002012-05-09T09:36:00.681-04:00Eye OpenersThis has been an interesting week. I went to visit my brother and his family, then came home to have my former mother in law and my ex living in my home while they visited my children. The back and forth emotionally was exhausting. It was worth it in every way.
My brother is someone I've looked up to my whole life. As adults we stopped getting along somewhere along the time he decided I had Mia Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674765897555195383noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-53029316118586415652012-05-01T11:18:00.001-04:002012-05-09T09:35:29.375-04:00Something New from Regina Carlysle
Change and just general 'busy-ness' has been the order of the day around here. Life gets complicated and yes, messy, and these days, my mind has been occupied on things outside the realm of blogging, writing, etc. I'm in the middle of a major move. Boxes and packing materials are scattered all around. It's probably a good thing that I have this to occupy my mind. Change can be a scary thing Regina Carlyslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-88318874143284785452012-04-30T09:33:00.000-04:002012-04-30T09:33:15.354-04:00In A Bad Mood Much?
Yep. That would be me. Or at least that's what I'm going to blame it on. Of course, it's very disheartening to think of myself as being in a permanent bad mood. And you'd think that would be enough to snap me out of it. Uhhhhh....NOPE!
Or maybe I'm just a BITCH. (Stop snickering!)
Honestly, though, NOTHING is quite right. From the time I get up in the morning until I finally close my eyes Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-65330921849239221522012-04-26T10:06:00.005-04:002012-04-26T10:10:21.110-04:00I'm writing
I wish I hadn't squandered all month last month. Burn out does that to you, though. However, I'm now facing the challenge of finishing this book, deep spring cleaning my house, prepping my younger daughter for a three day camp experience with her classmates, and packing for my trip to the east coast. All of that is supposed to be finished by Sunday. I think I'm in over my head.
The spring Mia Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674765897555195383noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-28727976111601032302012-04-25T13:05:00.000-04:002012-04-25T13:05:44.819-04:00"I don't have time to write!"When I started writing, I had a two-month-old baby. When he was four-months-old, he came with me to my first RWA chapter meeting, where I breast fed him throughout the entire thing to keep him quiet. That was a long, long meeting. What amazed me, at the time, was the everyone seemed to have the same complaint: "I never have time to write."
Okay, some of these were self-explanatory. There amountJenny Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759432656586252689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-73094497686560594002012-04-23T07:37:00.000-04:002012-04-23T07:37:22.942-04:00A Nice Evening
Last night I had all three of my kids with me. None of us had seen the middle child in two months. And with the oldest working and not at home except to sleep and eat and the baby boy, lol, in school, and then up in his room listening to
music all of the time... Well...we just don't spend a lot of time together.
But last night we were together along with the middle child's fiance. We had Tess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-49725158725508544132012-04-19T15:11:00.004-04:002012-04-19T15:11:28.449-04:00Asses
I feel like discussing them today. That's right. I'm an ass girl. Or a chest girl. I also really like thick wrists and blunt man-fingers... I have a thing for height and shoulders too. I also like men with a little extra on them. Something to hold onto.
Well, okay, I just like men. A lot. I like almost all of them in some way or another. Bald? No problem. Glasses? Who cares? But I digress. Mia Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674765897555195383noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-69265275115606511592012-04-06T19:34:00.002-04:002012-04-06T19:34:46.085-04:00Winner of Taryn Elliott's Giveaway!...and that winner is Chrisbails! You'll be contacted soon about your prize. :)
Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by Taryn's interview!
Cari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-67533480650316200012012-04-05T11:53:00.000-04:002012-04-05T11:53:06.241-04:00So it's my turn again
I almost forgot to post today. Can you believe it? I swear there's a mouse running around in my brain, darting in and out of mouse-holes. At least, that's how it feels to never quite grasp my thoughts long enough to hang on to them.
I'm going to blame spring break. Both the kids are home. One of them is sick and on computer probation. The other had a friend spend the night and is going to her Mia Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00674765897555195383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-74292056394466474372012-04-03T07:59:00.000-04:002012-04-03T07:59:32.727-04:00Changing things UpSometimes 'life' just gets in the way, doesn't it? But I'm here, back after a long break, and trying to get back into the swing. Change is in the air and I guess that's appropriate considering it is now spring. I've been in a terrible writing slump lately. Hoping that changes soon. Started a new project a few days ago which is weird since I have several works in projects sitting on my computer Regina Carlyslehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-73742279914792818682012-04-02T09:04:00.000-04:002012-04-02T09:04:10.025-04:00Oh Go Blow It Out Your Ear!The place I lived before was a resort area. The place I live now is an even bigger resort area. But there is something definitely different about this one.
Actually, lots of things. But I won't get into all of that today.
One thing I've noticed is that people here are constantly blowing their horns at the people in front of them at stoplights or stop signs. I don't get it.
Now I'm generallyTess MacKallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-70053721324299927132012-03-30T12:25:00.001-04:002012-03-30T12:33:27.274-04:00Six Questions for Taryn Elliott - CONTEST!
Taryn Elliott released her first book, UNCROSS YOUR HEART, and it's already getting RAVE reviews (as it should!) I was lucky enough to see this book from its inception all the way through and I'm looking forward to digging into the final version soon (yep, I love Taryn's work that much that I look forward to rereading it!)
Read on for Taryn's answers to some questions I asked her, then leaveCari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.com7