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So, what do you guys like? For EYES, do you like BLUE or GREEN: Dis? or Dat? For HAIR, do you like BLOND or BRUNETTE” Dis? Or Dat? And for THE REST, do you like ATHLETIC or WEIGHT LIFTER? Dis? Or Dat? So, DIS or DAT? Happy FROS, my loves! May your week be simple, [...]
44 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 8:08 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Barbara O'Neal, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Dancing With the Stars, David Gandy, Derek Hough, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Liam Helmsworth, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Maxim, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch.
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.
Filed under Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, alpha males, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch.
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.
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.
Lord knows I love a pair of killer pumps. I used to walk, run, and dance in stilettos. I don’t know if I just didn’t feel pain back then or somehow I was able to ignore it. These days, stilettos are what I call my “sit down shoes.” I only wear them if I know [...]
97 Comments. Posted by Rachel Gibson on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 2:50 am.
Filed under Sabrina Jeffries, When Goddesses Fall To Earth, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, blog for women, chocolate, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, goddess blogs, great guys, handsome men, historical romance, humor, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Rachel Gibson, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch.
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.
It’s tough being the Purveyor of All Things Holidayey, as most of us are. It’s difficult finding just the right gift at just the right price. It’s exhausting shopping the sales day after day. It’s frustrating when other relatives casually mention that oh, yes, THEY got CHILD X the thing you mentioned that YOU were [...]
20 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 8:53 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuels, Bradley Cooper, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, for women, fun blog, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance author, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch.
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.
They say gratitude is the path to happiness, so let’s grab us some ‘happy’ and say thanks for those things that make FROS such a lovely part of our week. First, FROS would like to say ‘thank you’ to all of the men with sexy gazes that make us shiver: Second, let’s hear it for [...]
18 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 4:35 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Patrick Dempsey, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch.
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.
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.
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.
As the weekly Purveyor of All Things FROS – the PAT FROS, as it were – I get to spend hours (yes, HOURS) looking for pictures to inspire your FROS addiction. On occasion, I find a few pictures that also inspire my writing. And this, m’dears, is one of them. Meet the inspiration for my [...]
47 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 4:57 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, beach, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, FROS, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lolita, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, pug, Rachel Gibson, romance novels, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy men, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
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.
We here at the Handeland house watch a lot of television. Hell on Wheels, Breaking Bad, True Blood, Supernatural, American Horror Story, Boardwalk Empire . . . I could go on but I’ll refrain. Then there are our old-time favorites. Shows we’ve watched so repeatedly we know exactly what’s going to happen but we laugh [...]
67 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 2:25 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, 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, Seinfeld, sexy guys, sexy men, Susan Mallory, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
I am just back from 9 days in Anaheim at the RWA National Convention. Yes, that was NINE days. As I’m on the board of directors I get to go early. Whee. However, because I was there early, and we got all our homework done, I also got to go to DisneyLand. I’d never been. [...]
53 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 2:29 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Disneyland, dogs, great guys, handsome guys, handsome men, Hugh Jackman, humor, humorous blog, hunks, Julia London, linda howard, Linda Winstead Jones, Lori Austin Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, reggie, rita awards, RITA ceremony, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, Romance Writers of America, romantic fiction, RWA, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Susan Mallory, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
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.
One of the questions I am asked most frequently is: “Do you write about your life in your books?” (Although lately I am asked non-stop about 50 SHADES OF GRAY. Sigh.) It’s always interesting to me that people would rather believe that I actually know a few werewolves than that I could construct such a disturbing [...]
38 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 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, Claudia Dain, dogs, 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 orleans, 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, truth and fiction, writing.
. . . and it looks as if the “eyes” have it. Some eyes say “I can be fun.” Some eyes say “And I mean FUN.” And some eyes say, “And by “FUN”, I mean the kind you won’t tell your mother about.” And some eyes say, “I’m talking the sort of “FUN” that, the [...]
33 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 4:52 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, FROS, Hugh Jackman, Karen Hawkins, sexy men, the ayes have it.
Do you ever hear someone’s ringtone and wonder just who is calling them based on the song? I suppose not everyone spends valuable time searching for the perfect ringtone to fit those people who call them often enough to warrant their own tone. But I do. I like to know who’s calling without having to [...]
78 Comments. Posted by Lori Handeland on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 2:39 am.
Filed under Lori Austin, Lori Handeland, alpha males, bad boys, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, beatles, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, cruella, 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, ringtones, romance, romance books, romance fiction, romance novels, romance writer, romantic fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy guys, sexy men, Susan Mallory, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
