OMG

I stopped by Forbidden's website to window shop for new reading material. Out of curiosity I peak at the July bestsellers and Three of Hearts is number 2. How cool is that?

Now I'm off to write more, my archaeologist Beth just discovered magic is real.....

meme of 4....

Kim Rees tagged me with a meme of 4.

Four jobs I've had or currently have in my life:
1. Author
2. Front desk clerk for a las vegas hotel
3. Medical bill repricer
4. Administrative assistant

Four Countries I've been to:
1. USA
2. Canada (does floating past it on a boat count?)
3. tbc
4. tbc

Four Places I'd rather be right now:
1. taking a bubble bath
2. back in las vegas
3. europe
4. egypt

Four foods I like to eat:
1. dark chocolate
2. orange chicken
3. gummy things
4. bbq chicken pizza

Four personal heroes, past, present, or future
1. My mom
2. Mrs. Claus (what? Her husband works 1 day a year and she hasn't killed him yet, that is awe inspiring.)
3. Anita Blake
4. Mercedes Lackey

Four Books you've read or are currently reading:
1. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
2. The Craft by Dorothy Morrison
3. How to Shrink Your Female Fat Zones by Denise Austin
4. Finding Your Voice by Les Edgerton

Four words or phrases you would like to see used more often:
1. Frick
2. Dad can I ______(fill in the blank)
3. schmue
4. please

Four reasons for ending a friendship:
1. They object to me talking to invisible people
2. The invisible ones don't like them
3. They beat up my son
4. They don't understand why I'm yelling at 'muse'

Four smells that make you feel good about the world:
1. Cinammon
2. Lemon
3. Vanilla
4. Lavendar

Four Things You'd like to do before you die but never have
1. See the pyramids
2. Be rich enough to afford a maid
3. Build my dream house
4. Go to Europe

My Question: Name Four Things You Can't Live Without
1. Caffine
2. Shawn
3. Music
4. My computer

I'm going to tag...it's just mom, Jennie Andrus, Tambra Kendell, and Tina Bendoni.

Updates, Finish the Damn Book and everything else

Well, here it is mid August and I've finally got a moment to post an update. I have to apologize for the lagtime between posts, we had family in town for the past three weeks and we've been exploring a decent part Alaska. I've got some amazing shots of glaciers and wildlife.

On the FTDB front I'm fairly certain I met my goal of 25k for The Second Time Around, you know I still don't like that title. Most of the wip is in my spiral so the exact word count is still a mystery but I've got just over 7k typed in and over half the spiral to go. Hopefully by the end of next week it'll all be typed up. Can't wait for school to start, I always have more time to write when the boy is in school.

As I type up Second I've gone back to the polar bear shifter. Not certain how much from the previous wip will survive but now that I've walked on a glacier in the rain I've gotten some new ideas that the muse seems to be enjoying.

The receipt contest ended. Congrats to Isaac for winning! He should be receiving his goody box shortly.

I've titled August the month of catch-ups and school prep. Hopefully by months end I'll have at least one story ready for submission if not two. 'Course then it's September which is NaNo prep month.

Happy Friday!
Elena