Skyrockets in Flight Blog Hop! Mega Prizes!

This is SUCH an awesome blog hop!! EVERY blog on this hop is giving away a prize!!!!! Click here for a list of participants!


And now for my prize!!!

I debated on what to give away...what do people want???? I decided to give away a digital copy of my book Paradise Cove and a $10 Amazon gift card!!

Since it's all digital, this giveaway is open to everyone all over the world!!

Have fun and good luck!! I will draw a winner randomly!

Paint it Purple!!!

This is the first ever blogfest hosted by Erin Kane Spock at Hold On To Your Bloomers!!

The rules are easy: Post a short segment of your work-in-progress. Then paint it purple!

I am not working on anything brand new right now...but my plan for spring/summer.....before copy edits start for Karma Kameleon, I am revamping Spellbound! (Yes, I believe I am a glutton for punishment...I just can't shelve this story!! But that is how A Bitch Named Karma found a home!)

Spellbound is a story that's been around for a long time. I really love this romantic women's fiction story...there really is a lot of depth to it and the characters. But obviously, the story has it's issues and I'm trying to work them out!! In this scene, Roda, my MC- a wedding florist- is at the church for the wedding rehearsal with her most difficult client ever, who has demanded she remake one of the floral pieces she has already made for the wedding. She's on her way out to her van to get her tool kit so she can remeasure the alter.

Here is the scene as written in my story:

While contemplating the answer, Roda lost her footing on the hundred-year-old marble. Her stomach flip-flopped, and sheer terror and panic filled her to the core as she toppled backwards, her purse crashing to the floor. Her one-hundred and ten pound, five-foot-two-inch body hit the staircase with a thump that sounded like it weighed about triple the amount. She slid all the way to the bottom, her behind hitting each stair, as the contents of her purse spilled down the stairs next to her like a jug of marbles had been poured down them.

And now, my purpley re-write!!!

While painstakingly pondering the thought in her head, Roda's kitten-heeled, sandal clad foot clumsily slipped out from under her, the church's hundred-year-old marble slicker than Father David's hands on All You Can Eat Wing Night at the local K of C. Her stomach flipped, flopped, and rolled like drunken sailor on fire as bloodcurdling terror and heart attack-giving panic filled her body and oozed out her pores. Her five-foot-two inch elf-like body flew backwards at a rate of a hundred miles per hour as her ginormous purse was tossed high up into the air, then sailed back down alongside her. All one-hundred and ten pounds of her smacked the ancient staircase with a thump so loud it sounded like she weighed as much as an elephant with a half dozen clowns on it's back. As if she were on a Giant Slide at a traveling carnival, she slid down the stairs as sharp jolts of pain slapped at her behind with each rocky step while the contents of her gym-bag sized purse spilled down the stairs beside her like a million brightly colored tiger's eye marbles had been poured down them.

So..what do you think??? Pretty purple, huh?? ;)

And the winner is......

Okay, so my plan was to do my first ever vlog and draw the winner for my blogfest prize. But it's been over a week since my blogfest and I still haven't done it. I think I'm just gonna use random.org and have it pick me a winner.

We had 19 official participants, not including myself. And unfortunately, that means I'm only giving away one prize :( I'd hoped to have more participants, but oh well! I had lots of fun and really enjoyed reading everyone's answers!!

So here we go......


The winner is:



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Erica and Christy!!!!


Yay!! Congrats!!!!! In case you forgot, the prize is a signed copy of A Bitch Named Karma and also a copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

I'll be contacting you guys for an address!

HUGE thanks to everyone who participated!!! It was lots of fun!! I look forward to doing it again in the future!!

Top 10 Music Choices Blogfest!

This was way too fun to pass on!!!!!

Alex J. Cavanaugh is hosting this blog today! Please stop by and view the list of participants!! Should find some really awesome music choices!!

So when I sat down to write this post, I realized it was way harder than I anticipated. I mean, only 10 songs, from the entire history of all music??? Is this the 10 songs I'd want with me on a deserted island? I guess that's how I'm gonna treat it! Some selections were easier than others. when I thought of a particular artist, one song stood out. But others...way too many good ones. Very hard to choose. Some of my selections are great, classic songs that I know will be around and loved for years, others, I know what you'll be thinking! I have my guilty pleasures just like everyone, though I rarely hide them. I am quite proud of the music I love!

So here are mine, but there was no way I could rank them in order. So here are my top 10 songs, ever, in no particular order!

The Right Stuff, NKOTB






Dirty Dancing, NKOTB


I never ever hide the fact that I am a huge NKOTB fan! I adored them when I was 12 and never stopped. And when they reunited and started touring again recently, I went to 5 shows between September 08 and June 09, 4 of which were in different states than where I live. And one was across the Canadian border, and one was from a radio contest where we flew cross country to LA! Can't wait for the next show- Pittsburgh in June with BSB!


You Outta Know, Alanis Morisette



Alanis reminds me of college!!!


Creep, Radiohead





Love this song...the music, the lyrics...just awesome.


Glycerine, Bush



Glycerine is probably my most favorite song. Ever see the clip of Bush performing at one of the MTV Spring Breaks in the rain??? OMG!!!! You must click on it!!




Bullet with Butterfly Wings, The Smashing Pumpkins





Love the chorus on this one!

What About Your Friends, TLC





This song always gets me groovin'!!! Love love love it! Me and some friends even dressed as TLC for a costume party. Aren't we cute?



Hella Good, No Doubt





Love the beat! I keep trying to get my dance teacher to use it for our recital routine!

Just a Girl, No Doubt





Such a great song!!

Poker Face, Lady Gaga





Love me some Gaga!! I think this is my fav!

That was really fun!!!! Now, don;t forget to sign up for my Show Me the Love blogfest, happening in a couple weeks!!!! It's sure to be a lot of fun too!