Entries by Suzanne Enoch
Suzanne lives in Southern California with a parakeet, a handful of noisy finches and a lot of fish, which aren't noisy. She writes witty, sexy historical romances, and thinks Robert Downey Jr is hot stuff. Her latest historical romance, "The Handbook to Handling His Lordship", is available now! It just received an awesome Kirkus review, which Suzanne has taped to her front door.
I was wondering last night what kind of impression Earth would make on aliens based on just our movies blasting out into space (and we can pretend aliens don’t get the Discovery Channel). Do you remember the movie Galaxy Quest, where the aliens thought that everything they saw on our “video diaries” was the truth? Would real aliens think [...]
39 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 4:15 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, 10 Million Years B.C., Aliens, Avengers, Barbara O'Neal, Batman, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, Cloverfield, Fantastic Four, Godzilla, handsome guys, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, jurassic park, Karen Hawkins, King Kong, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, movies, New York, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Spider-Man, Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, super heroes, superman, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, Tokyo, vampires, X-Men, zombies.
We are right on the cusp of something exciting – yes, it’s nearly the summer movie season. We’re already being pummeled with trailers for the Tom Cruise movie Oblivion, and if I were someone who watched the MTV Movie Awards, I might have seen an Iron Man 3 trailer, too. So what’s coming out in [...]
57 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 4:02 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, After Earth, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Bruce Willis, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Fast & Furious 6, Guillermo del Toro, Helen Mirren, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Iron Man 3, J.J. Abrams, John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, joss whedon, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, M. Night Shyamalan, Madeline Hunter, Man of Steel, Monsters University, Much Ado About Nothing, Nathan Fillion, Oblivion, Pacific Rim, Rachel Gibson, RED 2, Sabrina Jeffries, Star Trek into Darkness, Suzanne Enoch, The Avengers, the goddess blogs, The Great Gatsby, The Hangover Part 3, The Lone Ranger, The Wolverine, tom cruise, Tony Stark, Will Smith, World War Z, X-Men, zombies.
For the past two days it’s been windy here. Not just a bit breezy, but WINDY. In the mountains and canyons, gusts up to 90 mph. On the news they showed a guy riding a skateboard and holding an umbrella, using it as a sail. And of course there are fires burning, because in Southern [...]
64 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 4:25 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, rain, Sabrina Jeffries, Santa Anas, snow, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, tornadoes, weather, wildfire, wind.
In the newspaper biz, when a reporter said “I’m on deadline,” it usually meant he/she had to get a story in by a certain time that night in order for it to appear in the newspaper the next morning. A deadline for a book writer is a slightly different animal. Technically, once I sign a [...]
66 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 4:15 am.
Filed under On Writing!, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, deadline, Diet Coke, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Oreos, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, The Handbook to Handling His Lordship.
My blog really has nothing to do with the Ides or Bewaring, but I just wanted to use that title. What I actually want to talk about is wedding dresses. I’ve never worn a wedding dress. And unless Nathan Fillion or Gerard Butler finally start answering my tweets, it’s not likely to happen. Even so, I [...]
83 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 4:37 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, bridal gowns, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Nathan Fillion, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Say Yes to the Dress, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, wedding dresses, weddings.
Sometimes it feels like being a writer is a full-time gig. And I mean 24-hours a day full time. When I’m doing laundry I’m trying to figure out how to get the heroine to the ball without an invitation. While I’m brushing my teeth I’m trying out snippets of dialogue to try to make them [...]
45 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 4:20 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, action figures, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Lord of the Rings, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Star Wars, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, The Hobbit.
I tend to remember my dreams. My mom swears that she almost never does, and I know if I don’t consciously think about how I spent the night, by that afternoon I have a hard time remembering my five hours as a lumberjack, followed by an hour or two of driving a cruise ship through [...]
76 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 4:03 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, cruise ship, george washington, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Johnny Depp, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Matrix, ninjas, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, The Avengers.
I’m not a wogger. I do go out walking most mornings, but I’m not freakishly devoted to it, or to being in shape like some people (Julia London). I don’t have a gym membership, and in fact the last time I was at a gym was because a family friend’s retirement party was held there. [...]
90 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 4:08 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, On Writing!, Suzanne Enoch, baking, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, exercise, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Mount Doom, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, video games.
I’ve been following William Shatner on Twitter. What I’ve discovered is that in addition to tirelessly insulting his fans when they get facts about his career wrong, ole Bill feels there is a huge divide between science fiction and science fantasy. And he seems to look down on science fantasy. Again according to Bill, Star [...]
61 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 4:22 am.
Filed under On Writing!, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Dobby, goddess blogs, Hobbit, house elf, Hugh Jackman, Hurst Amulet, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, magic, orc, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Star Trek, Star Wars, Suzanne Enoch, Tantalus Club, the goddess blogs, William Shatner.
Well, how’s 2013 been for you so far? Is it too early to ask? Maybe it is, but I thought I’d give y’all a brief rundown of some of the things we can look forward to – or not look forward to – this year. Apocalyptic Events – there isn’t any ancient calendar that’s run [...]
50 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 4:21 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, A Good Day to Die Hard, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, comets, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, goddess blogs, handsome guys, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Iron Man 3, ISON, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Star Trek into Darkness, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, The Lone Ranger, The Wolverine.
As some of you know, I have discovered in the past year or so that – despite my aversion to cooking of any kind – that I enjoy baking and decorating cakes. For Christmas I asked for more decorating tips and other cake-baking implements, and among other things I got a cake turntable, a cake [...]
49 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 4:58 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, Ace of Cakes, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, birthday cakes, blog for women, cake, Cake Boss, cakes, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, decorating, goddess blogs, handsome guys, historical romance, hobbies, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
I think I’ve finished my Christmas shopping. That’s because I did 99% of it online. First I save up mailed catalogs starting in October, then in November I start marking them up with ideas for various family and friends, and then around the first of December I sit down and order everything. If I have [...]
55 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 5:15 am.
Filed under Christmas shopping, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Christmas list, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, online shopping, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Going by mall-time, Christmas time started last Friday. By Target/Walmart time, Christmas time started the day before Halloween. My families’ tradition is that you can’t play Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving. And my tree went up on Sunday. But it’s still November, for crying out loud. It doesn’t feel like Christmas time yet. [...]
58 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 11:32 am.
Filed under Christmas shopping, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, Christie Ridgway, christmas, Christmas shopping mall, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, historical romance, holiday lights, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, Target, Thanksgiving, the goddess blogs, Walmart.
Have you noticed how popular fairy tales are today? Not only do we have Grimm, Once Upon a Time, and Beauty and the Beast on television, all of them dealing directly with modern interpretations of old fables and fairy tales, but Snow White and the Huntsman was so big a hit that even with the [...]
69 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 4:57 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, beauty and the beast, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Brothers Grimm, Christie Ridgway, cinderella, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, fairy tales, goddess blogs, Grimm, Hansel and Gretel, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Once Upon a Time, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, supernatural, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
A couple of days ago my good friend and fellow writer Teresa Medeiros ( http://www.teresamedeiros.com/ ) posted this picture on her Facebook page. It went viral. (As of this writing she’s had over 251,000 likes on her commentary.) This is model Robyn Lawley. Ralph Lauren has hired her, calling her their first “plus-sized” model. Now, [...]
97 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 4:25 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, models, plus-sized, Rachel Gibson, Robyn Lawley, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Since we’re into October, I suppose it’s time to discuss the Fall television season. Or past time – has anything already been canceled? New Shows I’ve tried and/or am looking forward to: Revolution (NBC, Mondays 10 p.m.) – I’m three episodes in, and I’m liking it. A little Hunger Games-ish, but there’s nothing wrong with [...]
66 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, October 5, 2012 at 4:11 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, 666 Park Avenue, alpha males, Animal Practice, Arrow, Barbara O'Neal, beauty and the beast, bestselling romance writer, Castle, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Elementary, Go On, goddess blogs, Hawaii Five-0, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Linda Hamilton, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Matthew Perry, Rachel Gibson, Revolution, ron perlman, Sabrina Jeffries, Sherlock Holmes, supernatural, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
For the past couple of months, I’ve been getting boyfriends. Well, they’re trying, anyway. On Facebook. About two a week. The messages are all basically the same. In broken English, they say, “Hello, beautiful. I see your profile online, and you are like sunshine. I am looking for a lady to share with my life, [...]
57 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 4:04 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, On Writing!, Suzanne Enoch, alpha males, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, brides, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, facebook, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, pick-up lines, Rachel Gibson, Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, weddings.
We’ve all heard of vegetarians and vegans, gluton-freers and the dairy-less. Well, my friends, I am an anti-dangerian. Don’t laugh. Aside from the whole endangered species thing, and the fact that I love animals of all (okay, most) kinds, this is a blog about hypothetical meals. For instance, I would never really eat a baby [...]
75 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 4:36 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, alpha males, animals, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, vegan, vegetarian.
As most of you know by now, I have a collection. At the moment it’s mostly Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, X-Men, and Pirates of the Caribbean. And Muppets. I think I collect because I like to be able to look at the action figure or statue and remember how…transported I was by that [...]
39 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, August 20, 2012 at 4:22 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, alpha males, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, Bowen Designs, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Ewoks, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Karen Hawkins, Lord of the Rings, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Muppets, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rachel Gibson, Ringwraith, Rogue, Sabrina Jeffries, Sideshow Collectibles, Star Wars, stormtrooper, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, X-Men.
As some of you know, I am now the proud owner of a green parakeet named Kermit. Parakeets, they say, are easy to train. They’ll perch on your shoulder and eat out of your hands and play with your hair (and poop on you, but that’s another story). I read all the training information I [...]
39 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 4:06 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, cats, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, dogs, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Kermit, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, parakeets, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, training pets, Zoot.
One day, Karen and Suzanne went to Anaheim, California. It was the Romance Writers of America conference!! Karen and Suzanne were always roommates, and there were times they didn’t always get along. This year, however, they decided to team up. First they made some plans with their bank of computers. (While this may look impressive, [...]
55 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, July 27, 2012 at 4:26 am.
Filed under Goddess Grins, Karen Hawkins, Suzanne Enoch, Barbara O'Neal, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, handsome men, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Romance Writers of America, RWA, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
It’s Traveling Day!! Well, not for me, but that’s because the annual Romance Writers of America Conference is being held about 7 miles from my house. But a great many romance writers are flying, driving, and boating (I don’t know that for certain, but it sounds romantic) in order to reach Anaheim, California. Officially [...]
35 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 3:55 am.
Filed under On Writing!, Suzanne Enoch, alpha males, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
I just finished reading A Dance with Dragons, the fifth book in the Game of Thrones series. Now I have to sit around and wait like everyone else to find out what happens to these poor, tortured people, but that’s beside the point. What the books got me thinking about, was dragons. More specifically, all those [...]
47 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 4:37 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Anne McCaffrey, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Welch, dinosaurs, Dragonriders of Pern, dragons, goddess blogs, harry potter, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Jedi, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, mage, Rachel Gibson, romance books, romance novels, romance writer, Sabrina Jeffries, Sith, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, witch, wizard.
On Facebook yesterday I asked whether readers preferred long or short hair on men. As I thought about it, I realized that every single hero I’ve written has longish hair. Not Legolas long, but brushing the collar long. Mostly slightly unkempt, in need of a barber. I don’t know why I do this, except that [...]
57 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, June 8, 2012 at 11:01 am.
Filed under On Writing!, Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth.
I have a new obsession. I’ve had it for awhile, now – since I watched the first episode of “Game of Thrones” on HBO. What a bunch of conniving, back-biting, side-stabbing sons of…guns these people are. But at the same time, it’s just awesome to watch. There are quotes aplenty that I love, like “when [...]
75 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 3:06 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, A Song of Fire and Ice, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Clash of Kings, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Eddard Stark, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Jamie Lannister, Jon Snow, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Sean Bean, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, Viserys Targaryen.
