Amie Stuart ~ On the Back Porch

You Should Be a Film Writer

You don’t just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind. You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life. Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling. And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!

Huh…….go figure. I definitely have a knack for dialog but film writing?

Honeslty, I didn’t do such a good job of keeping up with my reading this year….but I’ll give it a whirl. Wow what a small list–especially compared to how many I bought and/or got at RWA nationals! My TBR Pile is bursting at the seams and I got a gift card from my lovely CP for Christmas.

Lynn Viehl’s Darkyn Books 1-3 (Yes I KNOW I’m behind!)
Lisa Gardner Gone (SOOOOO Much better than Alone)
Jami Alden’s Delicious
Noelle Mack’s Juicy (DNF)
Rachel Caine’s Morganville Vamps books 1-2
Steph Tyler’s Coming Undone and Risking it All
Sydney Croft’s Riding the Storm
Scott Westerfeld’s Extras (I’m reading it now! Thank you Santa….funny enough my agent is ALSO a Westerfeld fan!)
Vicki Petterson’s The Scent of Shadows and The Taste of the Night (fangirl squeal)
Lisa Scottoline’s Dirty Blonde
Karin Tabke’s Good Girl Gone Bad
PC and Kristen Cast’s Marked and Betrayed
Megan Hart’s Dirty (I WISH I could write first person this good)

By and far I think I read more YA than anything else…along with more paranormal. The only thing I think I walked away from is City of Bones(also YA). It’s a good book, if a bit slow for my taste, but I’ll definitely give it another try.

Wow…only 19 books! I’m pretty sure that’s better than last year (which was like 13), but next year….I’ll do better

The Recipe For Cece

3 parts Dignity 2 parts Difance 1 part Rebellion Splash of Humor Finish off with whipped cream

And…….just to be fair!

The Recipe For Amie

3 parts Shrewdness 2 parts Playfulness 1 part Devilry Splash of Class Shake vigorously

Today’s horoscope!

You have got to show the world that you’ve got what it takes to outlast the competition. You know you’ve got the heart, so stick with your current project long after others would have given up

Guess what landed on my porch for Christmas? No, not Santa…EDITS! < --me laughing hysterically. Merry Christmas everyone! This'll probably be my last blog post for the year so Happy New Year too!!!!

moar funny pictures

moar funny pictures

…from the writing cave…

In the bathroom, I finger combed my hair and used Cash’s tooth brush—hell it looked brand new—then wadded my face into a scrunchie I’d dug out of my purse.

Sadly, I actually edited that sentence to look like that.

While she hadn’t struck him as the needy type, his dick had steered him wrong before. .

I’m still crying over this one getting cut. But never fear, it’ll find it’s way into another wip or my name isn’t….isn’t…my name.

I waved a hand in the air, wondering if he had any idea how completely insane I found the idea of paying that much for a piece of clothing that didn’t have wedding vows attached to it.

A woman after my own heart.

Even under her tan I could see the hint of a blush. And Reecie wasn’t one to blush—normally. Jack must really be working her over. Go Jack!

Indeed……..this is one of those times I wished I was my character

Lowering the volume and shifting gears, I turned into the moving company’s lot and parking next to Reece’s Murano. It was cute for a Mom-mobile, but now that Chloe was in college, Reece really needed to invest in a nice sports car—preferably in Come Fuck Me Red.

That is a winner on SO many levels! *pays homage to Robbie Jo*

“You’re about as subtle as a hurricane, babe.” with that, he turned his attention to his menu, lifting it high enough to block my view of him.
“No smirking, Cowboy.”

I hart you Cash

And hey if ya’ll don’t mind can we postpone Christmas like a week or so? Not only am I not done shopping, my house looks like it imploded on itself. What’s new in your world?

FIrst off Dennie is giving away goodies over at SFC. All you have to do is give a pic a caption and I guarantee you’ll want to see this. And we’re collecting recipes just for fun!

Second….Saturday night after … well the pic over at SFC was taken, I stopped at Starbucks and got the kids coffee. I decided it was a good time to Pay it Forward and bought drinks for the car behind me. It was a small thing but a great way to end a … killer night.

Stop by NAS today (as soon as I go write the blog post!).