Amie Stuart ~ On the Back Porch

It was just a NUTSO weekend that started out with a leaky sink Friday night! But somehow or another I ended up with no kids on Saturday night *sigh* and got to sleep in late Sunday–except for the dogs.

I finally got the sink fixed Saturday morning, forgot to blog somewhere, ran all my errands and collapsed around 5. then got up at 8 to take #2 to a birthday party.

And stayed up to finish Chelsea Cain’s Heartsick. I really *really* loved this book. It’s very sparsely written, and that fits well with the graphic nature of the book. I didn’t QUITE buy the twist at the end but I was totally okay with it….and a warning for you romantic suspense fans: the only thing resembling a romance in this book is between Archie (the cop) andGretchen (the serial killer who nearly did him in).

We also *lost* the dogs Saturday–they snuck into the neighbor’s backyard. Then on Sunday we really did lose them…for 4.5 of the worst hours of my life. Luckily someone took them in.  They are fine. I’m still traumatized. AND of course, no writing on Sunday, no laundry, no cleaning so teh house looks like a bomb went off. All my good intentions out the window. I collapsed last night after dinner and watched the season finale of True Blood. If you saw it, what did you think?

I’m over at SFC today talking missed goals and new ones.

Head over to Charlene’s to read about when you’ll have time to write.

And then head to the Waxman Agency Blog to see what Agent Holly has to say about the Seven Deadly Sins of Publishing.

And I gobbled up finished Little Brother Saturday night, despite a HUGE case of book/writer envy. This was one of those books I read and thought/wished I’d written it because DAYUM it was that good. And also made for interesting reading after this conversation where Raine asked how much authors put of themselves in their work, and then this one where Jess Battis had this to ponder about the passage of Prop8, “How does this affect our writing, our worlds, our characters?  Do we have the obligation, as cultural actors, critics, writers, and artists, to protect civil rights and denounce discrimination?  Can we remain neutral?”.

Though the two conversations were a bit different, in relation to Little Brother, both conversations were eerily the same and here’s why (I don’t know Mr. Doctorow and I”m totally speculating here): As I read LB, it seemed as if Doctorow said, “Wow our world is kinda shitty right now….Hmmm how could I make it worse?” And then he did in a big way that totally succeeds.

Maybe Doctorow didn’t set out to write an “Issues” book, but LB is–and the issue is the world we live in/giving up our freedom and the true meaning of terror(I could go on and on but I’ll spare you). At the same time, it’s not a book that preaches to you…it’s entertaining, well written, a great story AND it totally makes you think. I firmly believe everyone over the age of 12 should be required to read this book because the scarriest thing about Little Brother is it’s high believability factor.

Hey!! I’m alive! After two days home with a sick child I”m finally back at work too. Over at SFC this week I’m asking whether we should bail out GM and over at NAS…you get to see pics of my new tattoo!! Also over at SFC today is guest-blogger Suzanne McMinn.

AND!!!!!! I hope you have a chance to pop over to The Blind Bet, a group project put together by two wonderful Cobblestone Press authors who asked me to participate. I’ll be blogging there later this week.

Now, on to WW#30

1.) Have you ever taken your clothes off for money?
Hmmm I guess that depends on your true views of dating LOL

2.) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Right now, a morning person

3.) Do you take any kind of medication daily or regularly? If so, what?
Lord…yes. Thyroid, diabetes & Hormones because you know, my ass is getting old. I also take magnesium and omega 3’s every day

4.) Do you ever have naughty thoughts about any of your friends significant others?
Naughty-sexy? Or naughty-I-wish-you-would-die-and-i-would-never-piss-on-you-if-you-were-on-fire? Oh wait…I read that wrong. I don’t have a significant other. Heeh

5.) What are your favorite comfort foods?
Home COOKIN’! Mashed potatoes, meatloaf, pork chops, homemade mac n cheese, or potato soup with cheese and fresh corn

6.) Would you rather direct a porn or star in one?
Gosh, tough call.I”m thinking, star in one. Yes, I said it. 

7.) Have you ever seen a “donkey show“? Would you ever be interested in seeing one?
Um no but I once knew this Irish Setter…kidding!

8.) On a scale of 1 to 10, how gullible of a person would you say you are?
Probably around oh a 3-4. I don’t think I’m that gullible but we all have our bad days.

Linda Winfree is guesting over at SFC today! so stop by! Or else! Heeh

Okay so how weird am I? Raine just blogged about Jordan’s new release–Red–which I picked up this weekend. I’m about five chapters in and so far I’m really enjoying myself. There’s just one problem. I find, the better I know an author, the harder it is to read their book. That doens’t mean I don’t BUY them, I just have a hard time reading them. Just last week I bought Melissa Blue’s new book, and so far I’ve only read a few pages. I also have books by a slew of authors whom I call friend…sitting in my TBR pile *sigh*

Thoughts?

Tonight, for dinner, we’re having Pioneer Woman’s Farfalle and Zucchini.…but I’m adding chicken!  And I”m making this little dandy for dessert! My mom used to have a similiar recipe but it asked for sour cream *drool* and I even bought a new sheet pan to make it in!

And last, but not least, I paid off (AND CANCELLED) one of my credit cards. WOOT!!!!! ^5’s myself