Fun! Fun! Fun!

I absolutely LOVE doing interviews!!!! It must be some thing in my brain that enjoys talking about myself. Can't help it sometimes. So when someone wants to do an interview, I so jump on it! LOL! But seriously, I do really enjoy sharing myself with others and sharing where I came from, how I got where I am now, what I plan to do in the future. I hope I can be an inspiration, not only to other writers, but all people.

So today I am over at Rachel Brimble's blog! Check it out!!

Doing it again!

I did the A-Z Blogging Challenge last year and it was a really great experience! I met lots of great bloggers and gained lots of new followers too! It was fun! So I decided to sign up again!

Last year I didn't really know what I was doing...so I just blogged about random things. But this year I want a theme. Movies, music, books. Maybe all three! I don't know. Something fun! What kinds of posts would interest you most?

Should authors review books?

I have always been a reader. Ever since I was a kid in my tiny bedroom lounging on my hot pink vinyl beanbag chair. My love of books and great stories is what encouraged me to write my own. Once I became a writer and then a published author did not mean I stopped reading.

After I started writing, but before I became published, I joined Goodreads. I thought it was great! I love organization and having this great website to keep track of the books I read and what I thought of them was so so cool! I wrote honest reviews, but was never rude or nasty. Just not my style.

But then my book was published and things shifted. I was now on the other side. Now not only was I giving reviews, I was receiving them. Luckily, I've yet to get a really bad review (knocking on wood really hard!!!) But I started to wonder if it was really appropriate for me to give negative reviews of fellow authors' work. I didn't feel it right to lie and give glowing reviews for books I did not think that of. But was it really proper to point out a book's flaws???

I still wish I had an answer to that. I ended up removing anything negative from the reviews I had written. I focused on the positives. But my star rating still reflected my true feelings.

As an author, it is extremely hard to read a book and completely turn off the editor inside my head. I am more critical than the average reader. I notice things readers might not notice. Sometimes it is really hard for me to completely lose myself in a book like I used to. I just can't...I'm too distracted. If the editing is bad, or there is head-hopping, it completely distracts me. I have to force myself through and really search out the story and I don't enjoy myself.

Also today, I am guest posting over at Flutey Words, Aubrie Dionne's blog, about my writing process! Check it out!

My baby boy is 4 today!!

How fast time flies! :) You hear people say that all the time. But honestly, I never really felt it until I had kids. They really do grow up so fast. They learn so fast. They change so fast. A few months makes a world of difference in their lives.  And my baby boy is now 4!

I think most parents are stuck between wishing their kids would stop growing and stay small forever, and wishing they would grow just a little faster. As kids grow up, they become more independant and need us less. And that can be so sad. Here is this baby who you've cared for and nurtured...they are your world...but gradually they just don't need you they way they once had.

But on the other hand, independent kids mean mom and dad can semi sorta get back a little more of themselves. Have a little more time to be who they are and not just mom and dad.

I try to enjoy every moment. I know this time is passing fast and one day soon I will wonder where the time has gone. We try to make birthdays special in our house. We have a small party with immediate family, but on each person's actual birthday, the birthday person gets to pick somewhere to go for dinner. Anywhere they want to go. I wonder what my big boy will choose today! :)

A new feature and an old one brought back!!

I think this is pretty exciting! Hope you all do too!!

I have decided to start a new feature...a weekly guest post every Wednesday. I'll be inviting my blogger friends to stop by and share a bit of themselves with my readers! It's nice to get some different ideas and perspectives!!

And I have decided to bring back an old feature...my Happy Hunksday posts!! But I think I will move it to Friday. Gotta think of a title. TGIH??? Thank God it's Hunkday??? Hmmm...I think I like it! Feel free to suggest some hotties to feature!! :)

And please let me know if you are interested in participating in my weekly guest blogger spot!!

Museful Monday!

I'm so excited!! Sandra Sookoo over at Believing is Seeing has asked me to be one of her contributing bloggers for her weekly segment titled Museful Monday! Each week we'll talk about writing and tips for success! Today is my first post! So please come stop by!

Sunday Six- a tidbit from my WIP!

Well, technically the book is finished. It's in the edit and revise stage!

Bobi's plastic surgeon boss is checking up on her new breast enhancements.

He stepped away from her, their eyes locked, Bobi’s breasts still on full display. The unmistakable sound of a jiggling doorknob broke their trance. She panicked as the jiggler knocked on the door and quickly buttoned her shirt like she’d just been caught making out in her parent’s basement. Not that she’d ever done that, but if she had, it would probably feel like this.

“Looks like my eight o’clock is here,” the doctor chirped. “I’ll go let them in.”


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