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Many, many years ago, I went with a boyfriend to his parents house. They did not know we were coming. They had several little pugs running around who were not house-trained. I mean seriously not house-trained. My memory is that there were four or five dogs, but my memory tends to exaggerate as time goes [...]
125 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 4:34 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Secrets of Hadley Green, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, The Last Debutante.
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.
So last Tuesday, I woke up with rosy red cheeks, some major aches, and a raging headache. Allergies, I said. But as I was due to get on a plane Wednesday, I thought I better go check it out. You guessed it – I had the flu (and no, I didn’t get flu shot this [...]
83 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:20 am.
Filed under Julia London, Barbara O'Neal, blog for women, Claudia Welch, flu, flu shot, goddess blogs, historical novels, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to each and every one of you! The goddesses would like to take this time to thank you for sharing, caring, and being such a lovely part of our lives. WE LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOUR DAY IS THE MERRIEST!
21 Comments. Posted by Your Friendly Goddesses on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 4:11 am.
Filed under Goddess Classics, christmas, holidays, the goddess blogs.
This is the season when we are meant to be giving out to the world, giving thought to spiritual matters and pondering the sweetness of sacrifice. Usually, I’m 100% behind those ideas, but this year, I bought myself a present: This is not the greatest picture of my new baby, and she is not quite [...]
67 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 1:03 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Cars, Christie Ridgway, christmas, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, mini cooper, 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.
One day, I was driving in one of those pretty but impractically designed shopping centers. There was a huge median full of Crape Myrtles. At a stop sign, I stopped, looked both ways–or at least as far as I could see around the trees–and went. But someone was coming and when we saw each other, [...]
67 Comments. Posted by Julia London on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 4:14 am.
Filed under Julia London, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, driiving, goddess blogs, Julia London, romance novels, the goddess blogs.
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 [...]
54 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.
We are not big gamblers around this house, but when the Powerball gets to a big enough pot—and it is currently at around $500 million—we buy tickets. I mean, why not? Everybody has an equal chance to win. It could be me. Or you. What we do love in this house is playing the “What [...]
55 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 1:55 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, fun, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, lottery, Madeline Hunter, money, romance, 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.
Every year, while cooking our Thanksgiving feast, my family and I play the Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner Game. Here’s how it goes: Mom (whipping up some gravy): You know who would enjoy this turkey? George Washington. I read that he loves pigeon dishes and this turkey would taste almost the same as pigeon. Brother [...]
70 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 4:44 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
For Refreshment Only Sunday (FROS) knows that we’re busy, busy people, and that there are times when we don’t have time for a full four-course romance meal, and only have time for a refreshing romantic snack. Fortunately, a lot can happen in a short time. This week, Suzanne Enoch, Christie Ridgway and I released three [...]
25 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 4:15 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neil, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Lunch Hour Love Stories, Madeline Hunter, Nathan Fillion, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, taylor swift, the goddess blogs.
When I was a child, you were expected to make it to dinner every night as much as possible. Sometimes, my father worked late, but mostly he was there. We had a table that was small by today’s standards, white with a gold pattern in leaves around the edge, and avocado metal legs to go [...]
56 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 2:00 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, dinner, family rituals, goddess blogs, historical novels, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, romance, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
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.
**whispers** Just sit back, relax and enjoy: **whispers** Happy Fros! May this week’s moment of quiet, beautiful hotness serve as the anti-madness that will carry you through the week with a smile!
21 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 4:27 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Jesse Metcalfe, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Paul Walker, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, sexy cowboy, Sexy fireman, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Classy Quote About Reading: “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” ― Oscar Wilde And Stuff: Classy Quote About Reading: “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” [...]
31 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 4:22 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Alexander Skarsgard, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Chris Helmsworth, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Men who love to read, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Aaron Rodgers, you rock. Not only do you lead the lovely Packers through valleys of fire and bad ref calls with the grace of a saint and the perfect arm of a true athlete, but you do it while looking like this: And here he is in a suit – just as yummy, might I [...]
89 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 4:55 am.
Filed under Goddess Eye Candy, Karen Hawkins, Aaron Rodgers, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, commercials, Discount Double Check, Green Bay Packers, Hugh Jackman, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, quarterback, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
Okay, Christmas is still a ways off, but I happen to have a Christmas book coming out in two weeks, so I’ve been thinking about the season already. I even have a video for my upcoming book, though it’s kind of short, just a teaser. Anywho, when I was writing this book, I had one [...]
297 Comments. Posted by Sabrina Jeffries on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 3:44 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Sabrina Jeffries, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, Booktoberfest, Christie Ridgway, christmas, Christmas romances, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, goddess blogs, holiday, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, steamy sex, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, Twas the Night after Christmas.
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.
I can’t sing. Not even a little. Somehow my voice comes out flat or sharp or whatever comprises ‘bad singing.’ My voice is weak, too, and often breaks in the middle of a note. I’m also apparently tone deaf, or so my children/husband/family have told me on more than one occasion. My dog howls when [...]
225 Comments. Posted by Karen Hawkins on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 4:21 am.
Filed under Goddess Readers Speak Out, Karen Hawkins, Barbara O'Neal, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Welch, forget, goddess blogs, Hugh Jackman, humorous blog, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, Sabrina Jeffries, songs lyrics, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs.
