Archives for July, 2012
Suzanne Enoch and I were hanging out last night watching the Olympics and eating huge chunky chocolate chip cookies. Naturally, as couch-cookie-eaters tend to do, we found ourselves asking in which Olympic categories we could compete. We decided quickly we could never swim because neither of us are very good at getting in or out [...]
61 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Monday, July 30, 2012 at 5:33 am.
Filed under Goddess Grins, Karen Hawkins, 2012, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, Claudia Dain, gymnastics, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, luge, Madeline Hunter, olympics, pole vault, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, swimming, the goddess blogs.
It’s a HOTNESS MATCH GAME! And yes, there’s a PRIZE! Below are some examples of the hotness that make Sci-Fi such fun to watch. All you have to do is match each name with the correct picture of hotness, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win TWO FREE GODDESS BOOKS AND A TAMING [...]
67 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 4:03 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Atlantis, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, Battlestar Galactica, Ben Browder, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Welch, Farscape, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, Jamie Bamber, Jason Momoa, Joe Flanigan, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Michael Shanks, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Stargate, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
With all this talk about RWA and Goddess antics, we can’t help but think of the one thing that really ties all of us together – books! There were SO MANY books being bought, signed and read at the conference that it was enough to make one drool. No matter who you are, there were [...]
26 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 4:28 am.
Filed under When Goddesses Fall To Earth.
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.
Magic Mike has a problem. The problem is that it’s a movie trying to appeal to two very different kinds of audiences: the rowdy I want to see some man candy crowd and the give me a compelling story crowd. These two different crowds choose a movie for different reasons. Magic Mike has been marketed [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 5:54 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, On Writing!, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Channing Tatum, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, handsome men, historical novels, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Magic Mike, movie review, Rachel Gibson, Rocky, romance books, romance fiction, romance writer, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
So tonight the Goddesses are having their Annual RWA Get Together after the Literacy Signing in Anaheim, California. You know, books, fun, refreshments. A party. Without me. I was there last year, because (1) the conference was in New York and (2) I was nominated for a Romance Writers of America RITA Award. But this [...]
96 Comments. Posted by Virginia Kantra on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 4:30 am.
Filed under Guest Goddesses.
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.
When I was a girl, I had pen pals. Lots of them. I wrote letters to anyone who would write me back, as a rule. That included my grandmother, friends from camp, a cousin who went to jail for a short stint, my uncle who wandered, my friends who moved away. I also had actual [...]
There’s so many things we could do at the beach! We could surf with Matthew McConaughey! Sun with Jude Law! Play in the sand with an adorable dog . . . and George Clooney! Or watch Hugh Jackman . . . it doesn’t really matter what he’s doing, does it? Just watching him would be [...]
22 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 7:52 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neill, beach, fun, George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Matthew Mcconaughey, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, sun, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
This week is RWA and many of the Goddesses are in the process of packing their essentials and heading west for this giant shindig. For Fun Contest Saturday, we are going to have a little fun. Below is a list of all the Goddesses, including the ones who are unable to attend. Your task is [...]
29 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 4:35 am.
Filed under Fun Contest Saturdays.
My summer is half over. At the end of August my day job starts again so mid July marks the crest of summer for me. From now on, I am rolling down the mountain. That makes this time bittersweet. I am still enjoying summer’s freedom and weather (well, with the heat wave, maybe not the [...]
74 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 4:28 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, My Life As A Plebe.
Guess what–I have a new website! Okay, so it’s not completely new. The content includes a lot of what was on the old one, and it’s still me and my books (and Will and Jane), but it’s a new design and a new format, and there IS some new stuff. I think you’ll like it. [...]
160 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 6:36 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Sabrina Jeffries, author website, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, christmas, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, regency romance, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, Twas the Night after Christmas, web design, websites.
The past few days, I’ve been trying to get my clothes together for the Romance Writers of America conference, which will be in Anaheim next week. Now, a lot of writers find the conference grueling or exhausting, but I love it. It IS exhausting, but only because I stay up late talking to my friends [...]
70 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 2:18 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery.
The basic buzz was that John Carter was a hot mess and Prometheus was awesome. What utter rot. I cannot stand by silently and let this stand. So here, goddesses, is my chock-full-of-spoilers compare and contrast of both movies. Fasten your seat belts. What the movies have in common: Sci-fi genre, based on preexisting worlds—in [...]
59 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 5:23 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Goddess Grins, alpha males, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, John Carter, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, movie review, Prometheus, Rachel Gibson, romance, Sabrina Jeffries, sci-fi movies, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know I’ve been battling myself trying to finish up the last book in the Secrets of Hadley Green, The Last Debutante (due Thursday! If not before!). I have discovered that in the last few years, deadlines get harder and harder to meet because I don’t want [...]
66 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Monday, July 16, 2012 at 3:22 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
If you’ve been following my Facebook Page, then you know that I went to an estate sale Friday morning and found this: It’s an antique steamer trunk. But it wasn’t any old steamer trunk; it was LOCKED and NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS IN IT. In fact, the company holding the sale had broken the [...]
41 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 4:39 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, antiques, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Hartmann, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, keys, locks, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, steamer trunks, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
This week, Comic Con kicked off in San Diego and has, as always, provided some fun photos, amazing costumes and quite a few things that make you go “huh?” We thought it might be kind of fun to play “Caption This” with some photos from the Con. Get your thinking (and humor) caps on and [...]
19 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 4:21 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe.
That would be my husband. He regularly spews factoids about everything under the planet, because he collects this stuff in his encyclopedic head. It doesn’t have to be something that interests him. It still sticks in his memory. Meanwhile, if I read it last year and didn’t save it in a file somewhere it’s gone. And if [...]
76 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 3:37 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Sabrina Jeffries, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, garlic, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, trivia, trivial pursuit.
I love the Internet. Every day I find a new, cool website to add to my old favorites. Today we’re going to share and share alike our favorite places to waste time and buy things. My newest time waster is: http://triviatoday.com/ You do have to register, but then you receive a trivia question by email [...]
55 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 2:07 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, full moons, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, internet, Julia London, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Susan Mallory, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, trivia, websites, westerns.
I was talking to a longtime reader of romances a couple of weeks ago, and she told me that she was finding books sort of “meh” these days. One of the problems, she thought, was that the heroes were too “nice.” Now, “nice” is right up there with “likeable” as a word that is totally [...]
51 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 9:22 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Madeline Hunter, alpha heroes, alpha males, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, handsome men, historical novels, Hugh Jackman, hunks, romance heroes, writing novels.
You guys know how I love signs — the good ones, the bad ones, the confusing ones — I love them all. As I drift through the net when not working, I collect the best signs and bring them here, to share with you guys. Here are the latest in my collection: Here’s something you [...]
37 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Monday, July 9, 2012 at 4:13 am.
Filed under Goddess Classics, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Welch, funny signs, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, signs, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
For Refreshment Only Sunday (FROS) is proud to focus today on that other football, soccer. Why, you ask? Because of one very sexy player named Mr. Altor Ocio: Yeah, I was quite impressed, too. Better yet, Altor is only one of SEVERAL sexy Spanish players, so there are more where this came from. YAY! Although [...]
19 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 4:04 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Altor Ocio, sexy soccer player, Spanish soccer.
Around this time last year, I was returning home from my trip to New York to visit the fabulous Fresh, meet Cail and see SuzyQ and attend the Literacy Autographing at the annual RWA conference where I got to meet the Goddesses! (squeee!) Prior to this trip, I had met Sabrina at a signing event [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Sheridan on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 4:35 am.
Filed under When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance books, romance novels, romance writer, RWA, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch.
I nearly pitched a fit in DSW the other day. I walked in, glanced down the rows and rows and ROWS of shoes in every conceivable size, and saw no W’s at all. So I asked the manager if they’d stopped carrying wide width shoes, and he said, “We still carry them. They’re the ones [...]
104 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Friday, July 6, 2012 at 4:02 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Sabrina Jeffries, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, chico's, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, DSW, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, retail, retail strategies, Sabrina Jeffries, shoe shopping, shoes, shopping, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
As we chat here at TGB, little personal tidbits slip out about each of us, and that fascinates me. Because of comments people have made on totally unrelated topics, I know who likes to sail and who enjoys the theater, who has a thing for shoes and who loves purses, who keeps up with celebrity [...]
150 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 4:00 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Welch, getting to know you, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, pop quiz, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
