Amie Stuart ~ On the Back Porch

What would you do if you had a, er, penis? Drop by NAS and uh weigh in.

Hey I just realized today is Rita/GH day! Are you waiting? Biting your nails? If you get the call, gimme a hollar!

Yesterday while home with sick child, I watched Mr. Brooks. All I can say is WOW! It was a TRUE psychological thriller….something we don’t see a lot of these days. I’m not sure who I liked best, Kevin Costner or William Hurt (as the psychotic devil on his shoulders). What I really liked though was…..Gonna put it below the cut because it’s a HUGE spoiler.

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I’m over at SFC blogging about…BAD SEX!
And over at Naughty and Spice blogging about….blurbs…and showing off my new cover for MUS.

As reported, I managed 19 pages on Saturday. GO ME! A part of me wants to stop and edit, a part of me wants to push on. A part of me wants to work on sixty million other things. My editor wants edits LOL so I’ll be doing that tonight and tomorrow.

Speaking of bad….I really do have a reason to blog besides telling you I’m blogging somewhere else…..People, do your research. I know most of the folks who read this blog are seasoned authors (I assume so from who I see comment) so this is kind of preaching to the choir but you know if you don’t know something ask someone, or Lord GOOGLE IT! Yes I read contest entries this weekend. I had some wonderful entries that weren’t perfect and some perfect entries that weren’t wonderful and I had some entries that left me scratching my head.

I also finished Grisham’s The Appeal(thank you Lynn). While I really liked it a lot, I can’t really blog about it the way I’d like without posting a big-ASS spoiler, so I won’t. It was classic Grisham though….for the most part (but the large cast got real confusing real quick). One thing I can blog about is the stark contrast between the two opposing sides–the obscenely rich business owner with his trophy wife, and a child he doesn’t want and the poor, bordering on bankruptcy, trial lawyers who literally gamble everything to do what’s right and how important their family is to them. It was very day and night–and even more interesting after Shanna Swendson’s presentation on world building on Saturday.

SCREWED:

TO: Boy Children
FROM: Mgmt.

MEMO:
I don’t care if the sun is shining. I don’t care what the projected high is. If it SNOWED the previous night and if, when I wake up, it is 37 degrees YOU ARE WEARING PANTS TO SCHOOL. Do not bother arguing. This is non-negotiable.

I’m blogging about Haters over at NAS Today.

Did anyone watch the season finale of Terminator?? OMG *sigh* When Derek (Played by BAG) took John to the park I nearly bawled! WOW! And yes, I did the math! In 2007 John’s dad is only FOUR!

camp is great.

please send smokes.

Ya’ll totally need to go check out the video at NAS.

Today I slept late, drank coffee, answered emails, went to post office, went to other post office because first post office was closed, went to store and bought syrup and bell peppers–don’t ask–, got tags for car, answered more emails, blog surfed, chatted with Emma and went to Target to get new glasses for me and #1 son. Mine are candy apple red I can’t wait.

Anyway….writing 0 errands 5

Hours wasted playing Rock Band of quality time spent with children = 3

I woke up with one of those someone-hit-me-in-the-face-with-a-hammer headaches and can barley see. I’ve blogged over at NAS giving you yet another reason why we should end the travesty that is Valentines Day. Thank you, Vivi.

Also, guess who’s over at Barbara Vey’s blog today? Guess! GUESS!!! Margie Lawson!! So go stop by because Margie is wonderful!!!

ALso, I swiped this from Meljean…..it’s WELL worth the read if you haven’t already.

Pop by NAS to find out.

Last night I finished up Kitty and the Midnight Hour (thank you Jordan–I think she’s who recced it). Anyway it was, I confess, my first werewolf book in a really long time–like ten years? I Dunno but the last one was Susan Krinard. I’ll definitely be picking up the others…the best part for me was the radio show. I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall while she was plotting out some of those calls..I was laughing out loud.

I really like Carrie’s writing style–I almost said simple, but sparse is a better word. She doesn’t waste words, which I appreciate. The storyline is engaging, and interesting though I did have a few personal beefs with some stuff toward the end that I can’t say in case you haven’t read it.

Up next…….Holly Black’s Ironside or um something else out of my to be read stack

Happy New Year to all my writer and reader friends. I’m over at NAS blogging about my weekend adventure with Dennie, Sandy and Lynn.

A funny thing happened Sunday night. I was working on my edits for Nailed and….
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