Dönence coming soon!

Monday morning I woke to an e-mail from my Turkish editor from ARVO Publishing. She let me know that A Birth at Dawn (Alex & Fiona, book 2) had completed translation and was currently in edits. In Turkey, it will be called Dönence, which means: A circle of life.

She also included the cover for me. As you can see, it's a lovely cover. However, my name is misspelled. Oops! It'll be okay though. They'll get it fixed like last time. It is funny though. Last time my last name was misspelled and this time it's my first name. Oh well, it'll probably be another month before it's released anyway, and I have no doubt it'll be fixed very soon. :)

In the meantime, while we're waiting for the big Dönence release day in Turkey, I finally have links to where people can purchase Book 1, Balans.

Idefix ~ Kitapyurdu ~ Dunya Kitap ~ Okuoku

These are the links Hulya (Turkish editor) sent me to share with everyone. Soooo, if you're a Turkish speaker/reader and would like to jump into the world of Alex & Fiona with book 1, here's your chance. :)

Writing for Liz & Family Projects

Hello, friends. I hope everyone is having a pleasant October so far. I'm still getting it on with Killer Intentions (Liz Baker, book 3). Liz is currently leaving the beach and heading back to Adele's estate. Gregory is hot on her heels & Chad is just plain ole HOT!

I have some big plans for Liz and her cohorts during this book and over the next two or three (at least) books to come. Of course I also have the short stories to dish out as soon as Killer Intentions is finished.

If you've been on my Facebook page you've seen what else has been keeping me busy. We did a bedroom make-over for my little girls' shared room. I got some good deals at yard sales & put some elbow grease into refinishing a dresser for them. Their room got a paint job, turning it from pale purple to bright blue. We added a loft bed & the room turned out lot more spacious than before. There were several pictures of the process, including before, during and afters of the dresser, on my Facebook page.

This week I heard from my Turkish editor at ARVO. The second book in my Alex & Fiona series--A Birth at Dawn--has now been translated & is in edits. It also has a very nice cover, but they misspelled my name . . . again. For the last book they misspelled my last name and this time it's my first name. Sooooooo, when that has been corrected I'll share the new cover with all of you.

Speaking of my Turkish books . . . I now have a few links to Turkish book sellers for Balans (A Midnight Infatuation) to share with you. I'll put them up for anyone interested by the end of the week. :)

Happy Saturday.

Saturdays are full of fun, laziness, sunshine, warm temperatures, and just an all-around good time.  Or at least that's how they're suppose to be. 

Luckily, for me, today is just that!  Well, minus the warm temperatures since I woke up to a very chilly house.  The sun is shining, the house is spotless, peace and quiet is abound, and I'm spending the day with my one and only.

Yesterday the kids ran off to have a weekend of fun with my sister and mom.  This gave Tim and I a weekend of fun all alone for our anniversary.  So far it has been lots of fun.  Of course we would've liked to be out of town like we planned, but this is good too.  :)

The anniversary sale went out without a hitch yesterday.  I'm thoroughly pleased with the number of e-books that found their way to new homes.  I hope everyone that took advantage of the sale will enjoy their new purchases.  I even heard from a few last night that had already dove into the stories and had nothing but good things to say.  Nothing makes me happier than to hear that.

Due to the sale yesterday, someone asked if they could get all three Alex & Fiona paperback books at one time, or if they'd have to order them individually.  Because of that question, the 3-book Alex & Fiona set can now be purchase from the webstore on ChristieSilvers.com!  Nothing like catering to my beloved readers. *Smooches*

The next big thing will be when Time For Death (Liz Baker, book 1) releases on April 30th. I'm still planning a celebration, and goodies for the giveaway keep arriving in the mail.  I'll be posting a picture of the goodies and sharing all the celebration details when we get a bit closer to the date.  I love a good party! 

Well, I'm out for today.  Tim's playing the Xbox and I have nothing to do in the house.  Thinking I'll go outside and enjoy the sunshine with a good book.  Have a good one!

My anniversary means a sale for you!

Happy anniversary to me. Happy anniversary to me. Happy anniversary to meeeeeee! Happy anniversary to me!

Those of you who receive the monthly newsletter already know about today's celebration.  For those who don't, here it is...

Today is my 16th wedding anniversary.  To commemorate our special day, I'm having an e-book sale on my website today.  You can pick up A Midnight Infatuation, A Birth at Dawn, and A Twilight Abduction for only $2.50 each.  You can pick up the entire series for a grand total of $7.50!

This sale is only through the e-book links on my website under the "Available Books" page, or use the links below, and only lasts for 12 hours... April 9, 2010, 9am-9pm EST.

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A Midnight Infatuation  -- $2.50 E-BOOK SALE!

A Birth at Dawn -- $2.50 E-BOOK SALE!

A Twilight Abduction -- $2.50 E-BOOK SALE

Now, I'm off for the day.  We're getting an early start because I need to buy groceries, run a few errands, and then it's party time!

My mom and sister are taking the kids tonight and tomorrow so we were going to run off to Gatlinburg, TN.  But we decided to take care of some bills instead and will now we celebrating here at home.  Like I told Tim, "It's not where you are, it's who you're with that matters."  We can "celebrate" (wink, wink) just fine in our own house.

We're thinking about going to see "Clash of the Titans" and then home for a seafood dinner by candlelight.  Then tomorrow we're going flea marketing.  I'm still in search of a writing desk for the bedroom--one of these days I'll find just the right one.  :-)

Have a great Friday and be sure to grab your own copies of the Alex & Fiona series.

Want a discount on Alex & Fiona?

During the month of March, readers can receive 10% off purchases of my Alex & Fiona series.  All you have to do is shop through this link and use code IDES during checkout.  Offer expires March 31, 2010 at 11:59 PM EDT  It's that easy! 

Excerpt Day: A Birth at Dawn

Good morning everyone!  Welcome to Excerpt Tuesday.  Today I'm sharing a section of my second Alex & Fiona book, A Birth at Dawn.  What happens when a vampire turns a werewolf, and then they fall in love?  Well, obviously a wedding!

Here you go!

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"You've got to be kidding me!"



Diane was beyond surprised when I told her what had happened those weeks after I left her a phone message telling her good-bye. I had planned that message to be the last that Diane would hear from me, because my pack had intended upon killing me that night—Thanksgiving night to be exact. Luckily, I had attracted quite an interesting admirer and he saved my life that night. He just so happened to be a vampire who had to turn me in order to save me.


"God Diane, would you stop saying that and help me pick out a damn dress? I only have two weeks before the wedding and I can't find anything that looks right with this belly all pooching out like it is."


It was Saturday, April 13th and we were in the Got a Dress? Wedding Boutique—which was, unfortunately, the closest place to buy a great wedding dress in such a short amount of time—and I was digging through rack after rack of multi-colored, overly poufy, and ridiculously priced wedding dresses. This store was a typical wedding boutique, with typical, obnoxious, and annoying salesgirls hovering around constantly asking if they can help me. All I wanted to do was find a damn dress and get this over with, but they wanted to "show" me this dress or that dress—all so obviously NOT my taste.


Alex and I had planned a lovely spring wedding, and while every last detail had been completed weeks ago, my wedding dress choice was still circling my head like a vulture waiting for me to die of dehydration. I only had two weeks left before our wedding day and Diane had promised to help me find the perfect dress. Unfortunately, we had been in this damn store for six hours today, and that doesn't count the four hours I was in here by myself yesterday, and the numerous times Alex had stopped in without me. I keep telling him that I have to choose the dress, but he knows how I hate this kind of stuff.


"I just can't believe it! I know that you've been retelling this tale of yours for the last few weeks, but it's just so amazing that I can't believe it."


Diane had been flabbergasted ever since the first time I told her about Alex and me. Well, actually she hadn't even known about Alex, much less about an Alex and me. She had only heard a cryptic phone message saying that I was going to die, and that I would miss her. So when I showed up on her doorstep—alive and pregnant—she was beyond shocked.


"You can believe that I'm a werewolf and you can still be my best friend from childhood, and yet you can't believe that Alex is a vampire, he turned me, and now I'm pregnant with his child?" I laughed while shaking my head in disbelief and she snickered at my statement.


"Well damn Fiona, when you say it like that...,” she scoffed. “It’s just a little unbelievable. First off, I never imagined that vampires were REAL. Then, you go and fall in love with one and proceed to get knocked up with his love child. How the hell can he get you pregnant to begin with? He's DEAD! Right?"


"You know that I've already explained that to you... about twenty times!" I could never get pissed with Diane, but my hormonal nerves were fried at this point and I looked up at her from the rack of dresses and gave her my patented Go to Hell look.

If you'd like to purchase your own copy of A Birth at Dawn, follow any of the links below, or visit your bookstore of choice.  :-)

ChristieSilvers.com, Amazon book page, Kindle book page

Next week is A Twilight Abduction.

It's going to be a good week.

Time for another Monday.  I did not want to get up this morning.  My eyes seemed to be rejecting my contacts for the first 20 minutes. "Noooo, go back to sleep," they shouted.  As much as I would've enjoyed going back to bed, it is a school day and that wasn't a possibility.

So up I came, bounding through the house to share my unbridled joy of a new week with the kids.  I was greeted with grunts and groans, as well as a sentiment of, "I don't want to" from the teenager when told to wake up.  I did ultimately manage to wake everyone from their slumber and send Tim off with two of them for a day of education.

Just four more days of school and the kids will be out for mid-winter break next week.  Didn't they just go back from Christmas holidays?  Nonetheless, they will be out of school all next week, and we're planning a camping trip for that week.  Should be fun as long.  :-)

However, we're just beginning this week.  I have phone calls to make, errands to run, writing to do, attention to give, an Open House at the elementary school to attend, and the teenager has a Quiz Bowl meet on Wednesday.  It'll be a busy week, but I have a feeling that it will be a good one.  At least there aren't any doctor/dentist appointments. LOL.

Well, I better go.  The youngest is begging for breakfast and declaring that she'll just get the eggs down out of the fridge then.  Sheesh!  Such impatience.  I'm off to make toast and eggs.  Have a wonderful Monday, and don't forget about Excerpt Tuesday tomorrow.  It's time for A Birth at Dawn!

Happy Monday Morning

Good morning ladies and gents! It's that time of the week again... the start of a new one.  What will you accomplish this week? What plans do you consider do-able? Will you end the week feeling like you've made the best of it?  I hope we all reach our weekly goals and come out unscathed.  :-)

This is another busy week around my house.  Of course, when isn't it a busy one around here?  LOL.  The girls have their routine dental cleaning this afternoon.  I have writing to do, phone calls to make, and Tim has a job interview to go to!!  Woohoo!  Fingers crossed that things go well for him.

I'm also making plans (and reservations) for a camping trip that we'll be taking th week of February 15th.  The kids will be out of school that week, so we figured we'd go away.  Luckily, my kind of camping is in a heated RV with all the amenities of home--bathroom, heat, a/c, running water, tv, stove, fridge, and Wi-Fi!  I don't camp any other way.  ;-)  I'm a hotel kind of girl, so you can forget about getting me to sleep in a tent.  No way, no how!

It's non-stop around here, but I wouldn't know what to do with myself if it wasn't.  As a side note, I post a lot throughout the week on my Facebook page.  It holds more details about my day-to-day life than anywhere else on the web.  If you aren't already a friend, feel free to pop on over and send me a request.  :-)

Yesterday I spent some time and got the February issue of my newsletter ready and scheduled.  It'll go out on Wednesday.  For those who don't know, my newsletter goes out once a month, the first Wednesday of the month, and the subscriber list is ONLY used for that purpose. If you're interested in becoming a subscriber, stop by and sign up.  If you sign up before Wednesday you'll receive this month's newsletter.

Tomorrow I'll be starting Excerpt Tuesday.  Over the next three weeks I'll be sharing an excerpt from each of my Alex & Fiona books.  Here is the schedule:

Feb. 2, 2010: A Midnight Infatuation
Feb. 9, 2010: A Birth at Dawn
Feb. 16, 2010: A Twilight Abduction

I hope you'll stop by and check it out.  For those of you that have read my books, feel free to share what your favorite scene was from any of the books.  I like hearing from readers and love knowing what parts they liked the best.  :-)

Okay, I'm out for today.  Time to go throw some laundry in the dryer and start another washer load.  Have a lovely day and welcome to February!

Online Christmas Party!

Who wants to party with me?  Technically, there aren't many of you who could physically party with me, but we can certainly party together online! 

On Thursday December 17, 2009, from 8pm - 10pm EST, I'll be hosting my very first online Christmas party.  Come, eat (your own food), and be merry with me!  Settle down in your comfy computer chair, have a glass of wine, and snack on some cheese and crackers while we chat, joke around, and just have a good time.  We might even sing some Christmas carols!!

At the end of the night, I'll give a Christmas gift to one lucky guest.  I'll post all the details close to time (where the chat is, log-in info, etc.).

Speaking of Christmas gifts, don't forget about my December-Twitter GiveAway that's going right now.  All the contest details are here, so pop by and tell me what your Christmas gift wish is for this year.  :-)

All righty!  Today's Monday, the start of a brand new week, and I get to go back to my writing work.  I'm very excited to pull out my manuscript of Time For Death, go over it once again and get it all ready to send out into the world.  I'm planning to have it sent off to several people by the end of the week.  Then it'll be time to jump back into Time for Battle to get it finished up.  I'm sure Liz'll be happy that I'm back to giving her the time of day.  LOL.

Speaking of Liz, one of my lovely beta readers informed me last week that she was going through "Liz withdrawls".  LOL!  Looks like I better hurry up with book 2 before she starts having seizures from the withdrawls.  ;-)

I'm of now.  I hope you all have a fantastic Monday.  I'm going to work until I have to pick the oldest up for her orthodontics appointment this afternoon.

*Smooches*

Welcome to October!

I love the month of October!  I can't believe it's finally here.  October has always been a magical, fun, exciting month for me.  As children, it's the month we get to plan out our Halloween costumes, think about all the yummy goodies we'll receive, and maybe even throw a Halloween party of our own.

As an adult, I still enjoy costume decisions, parties, and the excitement the children share with me.  When else can you buy arm loads of costumes, make-up, decorations, and candies without being looked at sideways.  LOL!  Oh, and I can't forget about apple-picking and making all sorts of yummy things with those apples.

However, I also find that October is a happy month around here.  I like the milder temperatures, the changing leaves, playing outside as much as possible before cold weather hits.  Tim & I also like to plan a get-away for just the 2 of us in October.  For the last 2 years we've been going to Charlotte, NC for a Nascar race.  I doubted that we'd get to go this year, but Tim's determined to find tickets in my pre-assigned ticket price range.  LOL.  We'll see if he manages to do it before the race.  ;-)

Yes, yes, I know.  I spoil that man far too much.  Sex anytime, anywhere he wants, a nice library of Xbox games, meals he loves, attention whenever he wants it... yep, he's quite spoiled.  Oh well, I have fun, and he does anything I ask him to do. 

Anyway, back to October.  This is a fun month for me, and I know it'll go by too quckly.  Nonetheless, I still have a lot of work to do, too.  My goal is to completely finish the rewrites and edits for Time For Death before we go to the race (if we go).  Then I'll have about 2 weeks left in October before I have to worry about NaNoWriMo starting on November 1st.  I already know what story I'll write that month, but if I don't get done with this one I won't even bother starting another in November.  Soooo, I'm determined!

I did start the new chapter 13 today, and tomorrow I'll get more done on it after we run some errands.  Well, if Tim leaves my laptop alone long enough for me to work.  He likes my laptop for ticket searching over the desktop.  I might have to buy him his own after the new year so he'll leave mine alone and stop whining about using a purple one.  LOL.

Okay, since today is October 1st, it's time to announce that my September e-Book giveaway is over.  The winner of an Alex & Fiona book in e-Book form is Shannon S.!  Congrats and I hope you enjoy it!  I've already contacted the winner and hope to hear from her soon.  :-)
Thank you to all of my new blog followers, and be on the lookout for future goodies.  I love giving away goodies.  :-)  My next contest will probably be in December, so keep an eye out for announcements. 

That's it for me this morning.  I've got big, busy plans for today... and I need to keep Tim on his toes begging for race tickets.  It's always a lot of fun to see how much extra attention I get from him when he wants something big.  *giggle*  I got a foot rub last night!  Woohoo!

Have a great Thursday.  :-)



*Image: Taken by my oldest daughter back in Feb. Tim & I were getting ready to head off to that bed & breakfast we visited.*

It'll be September before we know it.

Sooooo, it'll be September soon and I'm planning another easy giveaway.

This time, the lucky winner will be chosen from all of my blog followers and subscribers. Woohoo!

All you have to do is follow Christie's Thoughts via Google Friend Connect, Facebook Network Blogs, or through the Feedburner email subscriber. All are over there ----->

At the end of September I'll choose one name from all the subscribers and they will win an e-book version of A Midnight Infatuation.

How easy is that? Sooooo easy!

Feel free to pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.

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Book Videos for the Alex & Fiona series

It's been a while since I've posted these, so I figured I'd share them here. :-)

A Midnight Infatuation


A Birth at Dawn


A Twilight Abduction

Wanna Know Wednesday #27

Good morning all! Welcome to Hump Day. What do you have planned for today?

Well, I'm happy to announce that my very first article for the new company that accepted me the other day was accepted within 24hrs with absolutely no rewrites requested. Woohoo!!! I was so happy yesterday that Tim was snickering at me for it. LOL. Seriously though, when you start working for a new company who has more rules and requirements than you're use to, it's a great thing to know that your work is up to par. I harped over every word in that article. Yay!

Article #2 is waiting to be reviewed by the copy editor right now. *Fingers crossed*

So I've decided to make a change. I've been working on Time For Death for almost a year now. Well, if you can call it working when I've only edited the first 3 chapters. I've been really wanting to work on Promise of Darkness, but hate leaving one project by the wayside to work on another one. I'm a finish one before starting the next type of gal...usually.

However, I'm in a different place than I was a year ago. I want to work on the erotica story NOW. Therefore, Time For Death is being placed on the back burner until I'm done with Promise of Darkness. This may end up being the point where I decide to go for more erotica writing instead of general paranormal fiction in the future, but who knows. I did so love writing the sex/love scenes in my Alex & Fiona books. Those were my favorite scenes!

As a writer you have to know when to make a change. You can't just stick to what you always write. Sometimes you need to come out of that comfort zone and try something new. You never know where it'll take you. So here I am, making a change, moving in a new direction and stepping out of my comfort zone when it comes to unfinished projects. Ack!

I'm sorry Liz. You'll have to wait. I know we have more stories planned after Time For Death, but Promise of Darkness is calling to me even louder than you do. Your first story is done, it's just not edited. Give me a few months and maybe I'll come back to edit you. For now I need to focus on a more steamy, sexy, lustful story.

Okay, now that I'm done talking to imaginary people (though I think of them as real), let me get to this week's Wanna Know Wednesday! With the first day of school less than 1 month away now, we've decided to enjoy the last few weeks. So here are............

10 More Things We'll Do Before School Starts

1. Take the girls fishing.
2. We have a short trip to Pigeon Forge planned at the end of the month to visit WonderWorks and the Dixie Stampede. What better than FREE tickets to get you going. LOL.
3. We plan to take the girls to the science museum down in Cartersville. It's been open a while, and we've wanted to visit, but Tim never had time. Now he has lots of time. LOL.
4. A visit to the Tennessee Aquarium. We haven't been since I was pregnant with Kaitlyn (hey Megan!! *waves*), so she's never seen it. And we haven't been to the "new" section they built years ago. LOL.
5. We're thinking about a visit to the Atlanta Zoo. We went when the older two were very small (ages 5 and 2), so they don't remember it and Kaitlyn has never been.
6. Lots more swimming in the pool. The girls discovered a hole in one of the filter hoses Sunday, so the pool is out of commission this week. We'll fix that this coming weekend.
7. Lots more grilled dinners. I love when Tim cooks for me.
8. More library visits. The girls absolutely love spending time at the library, and I couldn't be happier about that.
9. Yard work. Yes, the girls have to help. The youngest likes being outside, but the older two complain. LOL.
10. Just enjoy the last days of summer vacation. A week ago I was wishing the girls were back in school. They were suppose to be. But now I'm actually glad for this extra month so we can go do all these fun things with them and make new memories. It should be lots of fun!

Okay, that's it for today. So sorry I missed posting yesterday, but with Tim home the days just fly by. We sleep late, hang out, I've been working on articles, and then the next thing you know it's dinnertime. LOL. Anyway, here you go and I hope you have a great day! *Smooches*

A new week with new opportunities!

Good morning all! It's yet another Monday morning. What do you have planned for the new week? We don't have a whole lot of things going on this week. Tim wanted at least a week "off" to enjoy him beig laid off. We'll see how that goes.

Speaking of my honey, he doesn't seem to be doing as well as we expected with the whole being jobless thing. He seems unsure about things and the direction he wants to go. Not that I've been bothering him to take a direction. I've fully agreed that he needs a break before making any decisions, but he seems to feel that he should know everything right now. Hopefully he'll become a little more comfortable this week and stop harping on the fact that he's "never been jobless before."

On the upside, I got a new freelance writer job. Woohoo! It's another online company, but this one pays more per article and has a whole slew of topics to write on. I'll be working on the first four article for them this week and see how it goes. I could do a lot more than four, but I wanted to start out small to make sure things will work out and if I'll like writing for this company. Hopefully it'll work out nicely and I can make some good money from them to go along with my AC money and book royalties each money.

Speaking of my beloved books: Don't forget that all three of the Alex & Fiona books are now available in the e-book format, and for only $5 each! This is a savings of $32.85 + shipping over buying all three in paperback form. Add to that the fact that you're saving paper too!

Stop by the website and order your own e-book copy today. http://www.christiesilvers.com/books.htm

I've heard nothing but positive comments from the readers of my books who've taken the time to contact me. However, I'd greatly appreciate feedback and ratings on Amazon for the books. Most people don't bother going to rate a book (I'm terrible at this myself too), but those ratings and positive feedback are so helpful in pulling in new readers. I'd really appreciate it, and have even made it easy by including the link to each book's Amazon page below.

A Midnight Infatuation - Amazon.com
A Birth at Dawn - Amazon.com
A Twilight Abduction - Amazon.com

Okay, I better get going. Not only do I have laundry to do today, but I have some errands to run and articles to work on. Thursday we have to drive an hour to Cartersville to pick up Tim's last paycheck. We're planning to take the girls fishing sometime this week, and hopefully that'll perk Tim up a bit (he loves fishing). He also has a few things on his own "honey-do" list... clean the gutters, take off the trash, weedeatig around the house, etc.

It'll be a busy week even though we don't really have any plans at all. LOL!

Have a great week.
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The winner is....

After a random drawing (read: names on tiny pieces of paper, in a jar, & 1 drawn out by the hand of my lovely 4 yr old), congratulations to Jenn P. for being the winner of an autographed mini-poster of A Midnight Infatuation!

I hope that you'll enjoy the poster. It's just a gorgeous cover. I have one of my own framed and hanging in the livingroom (along with the other two).

Today is Monday

Welcome to a brand new week, yet again. The weekend sure did go by quickly this time. We had a fairly nice one though. We stayed home for the 4th of July, but filled the day with swimming, grilling, catching fireflies, and even watching some of the neighbors shoot off their own fireworks. It was nice in the end. :-)

Okay, so today I want to remind everyone to stop by the website and enter for your chance to win an autographed mini-poster of A Midnight Infatuation. However, I also want to give you some detail about another contest that'll happen this month.

My good friend, Robin Renee Ray, who I introduced you to the other week, will be holding a contest on July 25th where she'll be giving away an autographed copy of my book A Midnight Infatuation! Last week I answered a whole slew of fantastic interview questions for her. She'll post them on her site (in the blog section, I think) and everyone who posts a comment and/or question will be entered into the drawing to win my book. The winner's name will be provided to me and I'll ship out the book right from here. Woohoo!

I did an interview for Robin a while back on her Blogspot blog. If you'd like to read it, click here. There are also numerous other interviews linked on my website here.

Now I'm off to start this week. I need to call about getting a tire rotation done on the van before vacation at the end of the month. I need to mail off that color sample to the wedding planner (meant to do it last week, but never got around to it), and I need to send back some Netflix movies. After all that, there's writing and editing. Sometime this week I need to run by JCPenney, too.

I hope you have a good day!

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Alex & Fiona in e-book!

Good morning! It's Thursday and the week is nearly over. Normally this would be considered one of my weekend days, but Tim had to work today. The extra money always comes in handy, but I like it when he's home. Oh well, I'll still have three days with him. :-)

I've been super busy this week. Several errands, lots of article writing, and then I worked halfof yesterday getting all of my Alex & Fiona books into e-book form. Yay! In this economy it certainly makes sense to offer more than just print and Kindle versions. So now, you can enjoy the life of Alex the vampire and Fiona, his beloved werewolf, for only $5 each!

I've posted the links to each e-book on my website on the "Books" page and in the forum under "Announcements". Stop by and check it out. You can get al three books for less than one of them in print form. What a way to save money! :-)

Today I'm going to lounge around and do some vow renewal planning. I have to email the wedding planner today, too. Tim told me yesterday, "This is going to be so much fun!" I love that he's just as excited about this as I am. Well, he should be since he's the one who asked. LOL!

Now I'm off to make some breakfast and start the day. Have a great one!

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Wanna Know Wednesday #16

Good morning all. It's the last day of school here, and we woke up to rain drizzling outside. Not only that, but the youngest has caught whatever the middle one ad over the weekend. Oh joy!

I was suppose to be dropping the big girls off at school, coming back home for breakfast, and then going back to school for a play and award ceremonies. However, in the life of being a mom things can change in the blink of an eye. The older girls understand that I will not be attending any of the school activities this morning with a puking, feverish 4 year old by my side. I did makeplans to pick them up early after all of the events have been concluded.

Life with children never has a dull moment, that's for sure. LOL!

So anyway, it's raining, it's the last day of school, and I have a sick little one. That's not how my Hump Days have been going, so I'm not too distraught over one ruined Wednesday. LOL.

I was planning on doing some excerpts from my Alex & Fiona books for this week's Wanna Know Wednesday, but with everything going on I just haven't had time to gather them together for you. Sooooo, today's topic list is simply 10 random facts.

Wanna Know Wednesday
10 Random Facts

1. My vegetable garden is growing wonderfully! I can't wait for fresh veggies.
2. I get several versions of my daily horoscope in my email every morning.
3. I'm highy intrigued by all things Wiccan. Though I can never find the time to research much of it.
4. There is a Wiccan-like wedding ceremony in my second Alex & Fiona book, A Birth at Dawn.
5. I'm very picky about who I add as a friend on my Facebook account. I have to either know you, or we have to have several mutual friends. Unless of course you send me a message letting me know who you are. LOL.
6. When it comes to my MySpace account the rule is: No picture, No add! And I always check the page to make sure it's not a spammer/porn account.
7. I am sooooo excited for July 24th to get here. That's analysis day for Tim's vasectomy!! Woohoo!
8. Second to that, I'm loving making all the plans for our vow renewal in Key West. It's very exciting and something I've always wanted to do since our wedding was so small the first time.
9. I'm looking forward to sleeping late tomorrow after being up so many times with the youngest last night. Cleaning up puke in the middle of the night without my contacts in is not something I enjoy.
10. Lastly, I hope the sun comes out at some point today. The pool will never warm up without sunshine. :-(

That's it for those this week. Maybe next week I'll have time to share some book excerpts like I wanted to do. Oh, and next Wednesday will also be the day my monthly newsletter goes out. So if you aren't already a subscriber, now would be the perfect time to do that. :-) The link is at the top of the page, above the countdown tickers.

I guess I better get to work now. I have some laundry to do, a dishwasher to start, and writing to contemplate doing. LOL. Have a great day!

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Friday Morning

Good morning all. It's finally Friday. Yay for the weekend!

Today is my errand day. However, I didn't have a lot to do and we were finished and back home by 8:30am this morning. Of course we also didn't go to the next town over for a bank visit and a trip to Wal-mart. LOL! We just stayed ver here and hit the local Bi-Lo and CVS, then back home. Now I have the rest of the day to laze around with Tim and wish for sunshine.

It's another rainy, gloomy day here. I'd like some sunshine, but this does make for a good lazy day. Gloomy days are only good for curling up in bed with the one you love. Or possibly for getting some writing done. LOL! Nonetheless, right now I'm chilly and am preferring the bed option.

It looks like this weekend will be filled with days inside as well. Even if the rain stops it'll just be too wet to do anything out there. Things are flooding and the ground is so sloppy. Yuck!

Our oldest daughter is having a sleepover here tomorrow night. That's always fun (NOT). I already have a house full of screaming girls and then she goes and adds more. LOL! Blah! I'll let them make some homemade pizzas and then send them off to do preteen girlie stuff in her bedroom. She has movie watching and nail painting planned.... nothing that'll require my attention. Yay!

I'm planning to finish the Character Dictionary on my website for the Alex & Fiona series this weekend. And my monthly newsletter goes out next Wednesday, so I have to make sure it's ready. I have several articles that are requiring my attention, and Liz is bugging me about doing to edits for Time For Death. Come on Liz, give a girl a break! Sheesh, she's such a bossy bitch! LOL.

Okay, I'm cold, so I'm headed to the bedroom. I hope you're all having a much drier day than I am!

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An exciting week ahead!

Usually I'm pretty blah on Mondays. Not this week! This is going to be one exciting week for me.

First off, let me say that my February contest on CoffeeTimeRomance.com has gone live. You can check it out and enter by visiting www.coffeetimeromance.com/ContestPage.html . Just scroll down to my name and get to it! :-) Good luck to all who enter.

While that's fun all on its own, that's not why I'm in such a good mood on a dreary Monday morning.

We all know that Valentine's Day is next weekend. A day for lovers! I love Valentine's Day. Tim always brings me roses and we spend the evening together (when it's on a week day). However this year it falls on a weekend. Yay!

Soooo, this coming weekend we're going away all alone. Yes, I know it's a week early, but we didn't want to go when everyone would be going. Places are always crowded for Valentine's Day so we're going now.

We are heading over to a little Bed & Breakfast right outside Helen, GA. It's far enough to be "away" and close enough that we won't have to spend all day traveling. I have my mother lined up to take the girls and we'll be off.

We've never been to a bed & breakfast (well, technically it'll be bed & brunch), so we're really looking forward to it. Tim doesn't think we'll leave the room the whole weekend. Thankfully they have a nice resturant right there. We'll make reservations for a late dinner and late brunch and then see what happens. I'm guessing he's right though, and there won't be many public sightings of the two of us over the weekend. LOL!

I guess those of you who've read my books can now tell where the steamy sex scenes come from. LOL! I've been known to say that some of my fiction is based on actual reality, yet I won't say exactly what. LOL!

So I'm in an excellent mood today and plan to be in one all week. Tim is already texting me from work this morning talking about the upcoming weekend.

To friends and family who may call or text me this coming weekend... Don't expect me to answer the phone. ;-)

Now I'm off to see if I can get any actual work done on Time For Death today. Liz has certainly taken a backseat to the hubby lately. Yet knowing Liz the way I do, she totally understands!

Have a great week everyone!

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