Archives for “alpha males”
Every now and then I do a blog on words that have suddenly become popular, but that I had rarely seen in print before. They are all good words, mind you. However, after decades, even centuries, of rarely being used in everyday speech or writing, they turn into “hot words” and seem to be everywhere. [...]
37 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 3:42 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, On Writing!, alpha males, handsome guys, historical novels, historical romance, love stories, memes, trends, vocabulary, women's fiction, words, writing.
Hugh Jackman is from Australia. So is Russell Crowe. And so are a dozen other sexy actors, musicians, and artists. But the FROS-worthy Aussie who caught my eye this week is Guy Pearce, the villain for the new Ironman 3. Frankly, I’m beginning to think there’s something very special in the water in Australia. Just [...]
34 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 4:45 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Guy Pearce, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Ironman 3, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, movies, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, villain.
I have some of the most ill-behaved and spoiled dogs on the planet. If you do too, and you’re like me, you’ll appreciate the two news articles I recently found titled, Least competent Dogs: (1) A Palm Bay, Fla., police officer was sent to the hospital in February after a supposedly highly trained K-9 bit him [...]
51 Comments. Posted by Rachel Gibson on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 1:39 am.
Filed under Rachel Gibson, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, contemporary romance, Lori Handeland, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, women's fiction.
My dad killed people. No, he wasn’t a serial killer. He was a Marine in WWII and he killed men, lots of men, at close range. He killed them with bullets and he killed them with bayonets and he killed them with knives. There’s a famous quote about Henderson Field on Guadalcanal (one of my [...]
51 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 5:30 am.
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I never went on one of those wild spring break trips in college. I was not the type to sleep in my car, live on the beach. Let’s face it. I was never a candidate for “Girls Gone Wild.” My idea of a wild night is more than two glasses of vino. The very first [...]
63 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 2:26 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, boys, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, College, dorms, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, 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, spring break, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
As I sit here we are expecting 6-12 more inches of the white and fluffy. As my yard already looks like this I’m not happy. The first few snowfalls are so pretty. When the boys were small a snow day was a holiday. (They still are, but once you aren’t in school any [...]
88 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 2:02 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, reggie, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, snow, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, winter.
I could hear this song in my head but I had to go and look it up to remember who sang it. The Miracles. Oh yeah! And also Linda Ronstadt. Why do I care you ask? Because we have a new baby in the family and I am very psyched. What is it about babies [...]
87 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Monday, February 18, 2013 at 2:57 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, babies, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, 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, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
A few years ago I admitted to myself that I write heroes that in all likelihood I might not marry if I met them in real life. Part of that has to do with the selectivity of fiction— in my books I can change them by the end of the book in ways that real life probably [...]
186 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 3:43 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, alpha males, bad boys, handsome guys, love stories, romantic fiction.
As the Superbowl this year had no green and no gold (to both mine and Karen’s heartbreak) I actually watched the commercials. If the Packers were playing I would need the commercial breaks for important things like . . . well, you know. But for most of the first half I could do important things [...]
79 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 2:13 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance authors, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, blogs by women, blogs for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, commercials, contemporary romance, funny blog, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, 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, seo- blog for women, sexy guys, sexy men, Superbowl, superbowl commercials, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, top romance authors, women's fiction.
Now that the holiday season has passed us by (at last!!). I have unpacked and put away the gifts and chosen my favorite. It is my new Keurig Coffee Maker. For years I looked at this item in stores, considered, picked it up, put it back, didn’t get it. Rinse, repeat. I am a coffee [...]
99 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 2:13 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, christmas presents, Claudia Dain, coffee, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, keurig, 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, Suzanne Enoch, tea, the goddess blogs.
After a long holiday season, I got to thinking about the things people ask me to bring to the table. The actual table. As in food. We all know Julia gets to bring the booze. I never get to bring the booze. But they don’t let me bring anything difficult to make either. IV says [...]
88 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 2:38 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, food, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, nachos, Rachel Gibson, recipes, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Some authors use photos of their characters to get an image in their heads of how these people appear. I’ve always been the type who shied away from that because I could never find exactly what was in my head in the real world. In truth, physical descriptions of my “peeps” are hard for me. [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 2:24 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, benjamin bratt, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Joseph Fiennes, Julia London, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, michael biehn, Rachel Gibson, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, the magnificent seven, the rock creek six, yul brynner.
MY two front teeth are intact. (Knock wood!) Thank you very much. What I’d really like is for those on my Christmas list to tell me what THEY want so I can buy it without exerting any brain power. My brain power is being drained by 1871 Kansas at the moment and not available for [...]
53 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 8:21 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, christmas gifts, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, 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, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
During the past week I found myself in three conversations about romance novels of yesteryear. It was a fluke, but it got me thinking about the genre and the changes it has seen. I began reading romances about twenty years ago. Since I was reading a lot of old ones even then, my experience of [...]
249 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 3:08 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Madeline Hunter, alpha males, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, historical romances, history of romances.
I’ve written in a lot of genres, but I have yet to write a time travel romance. This isn’t because I don’t like them, because I do. A single whiff of time travel in a back cover blurb or review and I’m there. Same thing with movies. Planet of the Apes, Peggy Sue Got Married, [...]
335 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 2:46 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Booktoberfest, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, 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, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, time travel.
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.
Time does fly, except when you’re eagerly awaiting something. Remember when you were a kid–for some of us this is greater stretch than for others–and everything seemed to be so far away? Your next birthday. Christmas. Summer vacation. High school. Graduation. Being legal. Being on your own. All seemed to be so far out of [...]
55 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 2:59 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, beauty and the bounty hunter, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, new books, once upon a time in the west, Rachel Gibson, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
There are certain artists who shine through. No matter what they’re doing, there’s that certain something that makes them recognizable to others who know them well. For instance, Stephen King wrote several books as Richard Bachman. A lot of readers read the Bachman books and saw Steve shining through. I’ve read both Nora Roberts and [...]
98 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 2:51 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, american horror story, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, beauty and the bounty hunter, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Chuck lorre, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, J.D. Robb, joss whedon, Julia London, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Nora Roberts, Rachel Gibson, richard bachman, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, ryan murphy, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, stephen king, Susan Mallory, Suzanne Enoch, The Avengers, the big bang theory, the goddess blogs, western historical romance.
For several months now I have been the proud owner of an iphone. I really splurged and got the fancy one with Siri and all that other jazz. Actually I was going to get one that was two generations old, but DH insisted I go for top of the line (which last week became obsolete [...]
69 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 3:38 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, alpha males, apps, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, handsome men, historical novels, historical romance, iPhone, iTunes, romance novels, romance writer, smart phone, technology.
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.
My family has always been big on games. Card games. Board games. Head games. Packer games. Brewers games. Little league, basketball, pee wee football. You get the drill. Games, games, games. Wheee. As a child, one of my favorite games was SORRY. Maybe because my grandma would play this with me whenever I asked. And [...]
50 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 2:03 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, beauty and the bounty hunter, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Once upon, Rachel Gibson, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
I hate flying. No, let me correct that. I love actually flying. I just hate everything that flying entails now. I hate the airports and their lines. I hate the long concourses that go on for miles. They just keep adding on to them, stringing them out in either direction. Whoever designs them sits there [...]
87 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 3:27 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, airline seats, airports, alpha males, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, flying, handsome guys, historical novels, historical romance, love stories, travel.
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.
Some years ago I was watching an old movie—I forget the name of it— and there was a scene that remains very clear in my memory. A secondary character was in the frame with the stars. He had few lines. His character’s existence was important to the plot, but not directly involved in it. Anyway, in that [...]
54 Comments. Posted by Madeline Hunter on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 3:28 am.
Filed under Madeline Hunter, On Writing!, alpha males, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Characterization, chewing up the scenery, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, hijacking the story, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, love stories, romance books, sexy men, vivid characters.
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.
