Archives for “goddess blogs”
I just finished an e-book novella for Avon. It took me two months to write one-hundred and ten pages. For me, that’s fast. The truth is, I totally forgot about the novella. I was basking in some down time, mostly watching Snapped and 24 Hour Mysteries, when I got an e-mail from my editor asking [...]
2 Comments. Posted by Rachel Gibson on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 2:54 am.
Filed under Uncategorized, alpha males, bad boys, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, goddess blogs, humorous blog, Rachel Gibson, romance books, romantic fiction, Suzanne Enoch.
Let me tell you how I met Lori Handeland/Austin. We were at an RWA conference in New Orleans. We were on a sight-seeing/research trip to The Oaks plantation. We started talking in the gift shop, realized she had my first agent and I had her second agent, and that my second agent had been her [...]
41 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 5:58 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, My Life As A Plebe, bestselling romance writer, blogs by women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, cyber friends, female friendships, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, humorous blog, romance novels, romance writer, the goddess blogs.
Years ago I wrote a series about four guys who had a zest for living, and parlayed that into the Thrillseekers Anonymous, a business that caters to the rich and powerful. An A-list wedding causes havoc in All I Need is You (Wedding Survivor). Stunt training reveals some old dangers in One More Night (Extreme [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Monday, June 10, 2013 at 3:48 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, book covers, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, handsome guys, handsome men, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Factually speaking, science-type people think that the legend of dragons came from our ancestors seeing dinosaur skeletons and figuring they were very recent. Like the legend of the cyclops came from mammoth skulls (where the nose socket looks like a big, central eye socket). Wherever the dragon myth came from, I love it. I love [...]
49 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 4:16 am.
Filed under Suzanne Enoch, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, Dragon Age, dragons, Game of Thrones, goddess blogs, How to Train Your Dragon, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Skyrim, Suzanne Enoch, The Elder Scrolls, the goddess blogs, The Hobbit.
There’s a mission to Mars in the planning stages. The deal is this: you apply to go, it’s a 6 month trip, and it’s one way. Thousands of people have already applied for this opportunity to travel to and die on the Red Planet. The participants will be on camera the entire time since this [...]
62 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Monday, June 3, 2013 at 5:00 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Goddess Grins, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Mars, Rachel Gibson, romance fiction, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, space travel, Suzanne Enoch.
I went to my nephew’s elementary school talent show last night. He played The Pink Panther theme on his electric guitar, and in my opinion, he was awesome. There were other cute acts: comic karate, a boy who solved a Rubik’s Cube in less than two minutes, a third-grader who played the Jurassic Park theme [...]
41 Comments. Posted by Suzanne Enoch on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 4:21 am.
Filed under My Life As A Plebe, Suzanne Enoch, America's Got Talent, american idol, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, handsome men, historical novels, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, talent show, the goddess blogs, The Gong Show, The Voice.
I am not a big jigsaw kind of person. There are just so many other things to do, and a puzzle takes awhile and it’s sort of irritating to bend over the table and…well, I just don’t really like them. Except, one day I was browsing in Barnes and Noble and spied this one, Doors [...]
50 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 1:58 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, jigsaw puzzles, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, women's fiction.
AHHHH! Spring has sprung and the goddesses are in the mood to scrub Mt. Oly from tip to toe! I know, I know. If we’d just lie down an hour or two, the feeling would go away, but you can’t get a decent nap with Suzie playing with those light sabers while Rachel runs the [...]
79 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 4:34 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, quiz, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, spring cleaning, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Like all of you, I have read so many books in my life I have forgotten more than I remember. I have read some great books and some really bad books (at least until I finally decided life is too short and I wasn’t going to spend any more time finishing books that did not [...]
66 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Monday, May 13, 2013 at 4:51 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
A pictorial on How To Wear a Suit, starring MATT BOMER of WHITE COLLAR. 1. It’s all about the attitude. 2. If you’ve got the look, use it. 3. Even something as mundane as taking a call can look classy when done correctly. 4. Of course, what’s under the suit is important, too. 5. Very [...]
31 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 4:45 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, how to wear a suit, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Matt, Matthew Bomer, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, white collar.
I’m just back from Kansas City, Missouri, site of this year’s Romantic Times convention. It was such fun. The hotel was beautiful and the city lovely (love that Link system!). It snowed. Yes, in May. What can you do? Me? I brought wool socks; I was never cold. Most women were wearing sandals. They were [...]
60 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 5:53 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Goddess Grins, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, far from home, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Kansas City, Karen Hawkins, Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romantic times convention, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, traveling.
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.
Not really. But doesn’t it seem like everything you buy these days come with points? I figured out a long time ago that signing up for points at Office Depot doesn’t work for me, because I really need to spend more than $75 a year to earn anything. The only thing I do enough of [...]
39 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 3:57 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, contemporary romance, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, southwest airlines, starwood hotels, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, united airlines.
We all have them. Those moments of shining clarity—an hour or a day that stands out from all the rest. I remembered one this morning. It rolled out from beneath a piece of dusty furniture in my brain, an aquamarine marble. In the clear glass, I saw a very hot summer day. I’m rushing across [...]
49 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 1:12 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, contemporary romance, dogs, goddess blogs, happiness, historical romance, joy, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, memories, pets, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch.
Every house has one. You know, that thing that happens when you’re not really thinking and you put something down, and when you go back to pick it up, you can’t find it again. Ever. This happened to me last week. But the thing that completely disappeared was an electronic gadget that is now taunting [...]
85 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 4:28 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch.
Do you ever see something and love it, and wish you’d thought of it? Do you ever see someone and think, I wanted to be that person? It doesn’t happen to me very often, but my admiration for brilliance has me wondering sometimes if it’s too late to re-invent myself and come up with the [...]
51 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 3:54 am.
Filed under Julia London, amazon, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Game of Thrones, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Pink, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch.
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.
Last night, I desperately wanted something sweet, but I’m dieting, so there are no cookies or cakes or candy in the house. I prowled around my kitchen, opening the fridge, the cupboards, growled, closed them again. At last, I spied a banana—Eureka!—and sliced it into a little bowl, then drizzled a little chocolate syrup over [...]
51 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 1:59 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, food, goddess blogs, historical romance, hot fudge, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love stories, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, women's fiction.
So I’ve got a new list of things I just don’t get. Is it just me? Here’s my top three things: 1. With almost every purchase, someone wants my email address. Sephora, Best Buy, Office Max, Nordstrom’s — the only place that hasn’t asked me for my email address is the grocery store. I [...]
84 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 4:12 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, dogs, girls, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Reese's Peanut butter Eggs, romance books, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, The Last Debutante, women's fiction, yoga.
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.
Last night, I was prowling around my house like a restless cat, tail switching, peering out the windows, going in circles around and around, lighting in a chair for a minute, checking my laptop for a minute, drinking a glass of water, peering outside again. Tail switching, switching. And I suddenly thought, what is this [...]
75 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 1:57 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, boredom, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, exercise, flu, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, what I do when I'm not writing, writing.
It’s been a bad week. A week ago today, one of my oldest friends, a sorority sister, died. I can’t imagine my life without her. But now my life is without her. I’m having a tough time. A few days later, my mother-in-law died. She was the kindest, most loving woman. She loved me unconditionally [...]
67 Comments. Posted by Claudia Dain on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 5:33 am.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, death, goddess blogs, grief, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance books, romance fiction, romance writer, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch.
So I’m at dinner with a 20-something and a 30-something. The waiter takes our drink order and then asks to see the ID of the 20-something. I was shocked! Offended! Why her and not me? Because in my head, I am still the same age as her. I’m ageless. I’m just me, the same person [...]
88 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 4:08 am.
Filed under Julia London, 50s, achieverement, aging, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
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.
People talk about walking down memory lane by looking at photos or meeting old friends. The main place I meet the past is in the kitchen. Sometimes in the recipes of course, written in my grandmother’s hand, or my ex-husband’s, or my mother’s. But more, it’s in the pots and pans. Have you ever noticed [...]
71 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 1:15 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, cooking, food, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, kitchen, love story, Madeline Hunter, memories, pans, pots, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch.
