I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was taking part in this fun book event, and my post will be up this week, on Wednesday, 9/23 (fun coincidence, that is my oldest son’s birthday!). I’m really excited about this. Celebrate Autumn all month long at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven’s second annual Fall Into These Great Reads Bookathon. 47 books, 34 authors. So much fun! I have a link to the general promo page here, but will have the direct link to my post on Wednesday and will s

We’re finishing up a holiday weekend here, though I think I did as much work this weekend as if there wasn’t an extra day off. But it was necessary, and I’m glad it’s done. I had a lot of mulch delivered to the boys’ midweek, and then spent Saturday and Sunday mulching flower beds around the house and planting a few things as well. We had a hard time guesstimating the amount of mulch we needed, so we wound up with extra, so the good news is we won’t need to mulch next year. A

This is the last week you’ll hear me talk about my birthday till next summer. I got a gorgeous box of chocolates from someone I work with the other day–these chocolates are so beautiful, it’s a sin to eat them, but I will, eventually. My cheesecake will be here this week, but because my birthday falls on the busiest day of the week for the day-job, we’ll have birthday dinner and cake on the weekend next week. I’m still pondering dinner, but the cake was already decided on. To

Hiya! This is just a quick post to share a fun event I am participating in, now through Sunday. This features thirteen authors with seventeen books, all including fathers to celebrate Father’s Day! There will be a different group of authors featured each day, and I am in the Friday group. Plus there are goodies to be had. Check out the event page. And then maybe you want to enter to win a copy of all the books featured in the event? Of course you do. I’m a little nervous, bec

How many of you make New Year’s resolutions?  Or goals of some sort, even if you don’t call them resolutions?  Hands up! ( Photo credit: Randy Heinitz via Foter.com / CC BY ) I learned a long time ago that making resolutions doesn’t really work for me, so I quit that a long time ago.  Instead, I focus my efforts on goals, broken down monthly, and sometimes weekly,  and mostly writing-related. I’ve taken part in a goal-setting workshop the last couple of years with Delilah Dev

( Photo credit: BarbaraWilli via Foter.com / CC BY ) Usually, I look forward to the end of the year.  December is family time for us, plus lots of good food from Thanksgiving through the new year. This year is different.  Right now, I have two close family members who are sick, and our not-quite-17-year-old kitty is going downhill in a hurry.  In fact, it’s been a really crappy week and a half here, and I am not looking forward to seeing what comes next. So.  Tell me somethin

It’s Sunday, and this Sunday, for several reasons, I would love to hear something happy.  The last month or so has been rough.  Two close relatives are dealing with serious health issues, and I’ve been worrying and stressing over that–what can I do, how can I help, why won’t you let me help, I want to spend as much time with you as I can, etc.  I know I’m not the only one who’s ever dealt with this, and it’s just my turn, I guess. A writer friend on Facebook mentioned her hus

Well, my birthday month is almost over.  I think maybe one more round of cake this weekend. ( Photo credit: jamieanne via Foter.com / CC BY-ND  ) I’ve actually had cake here twice this week–the first was chocolate, and it was really amazing, and the second was a lemon with berry and it was equally incredible.  Oh, I lied.  I’ve had cake three times, because at work this week, we celebrated National Cheesecake Day, and my employer fed us all really delicious cheesecake.  Not a

Yes, it is still hotter than even the first level of Hell here.  I know it’s hotter in some other places, so I shouldn’t complain, but I will anyway, just because. One of my favorite things to do, summer or winter, is to watch the hilariously awful original movies on the SyFy Channel.  It doesn’t make for productive writing weekends, but they make me laugh my head off, and the way the news has been the past month or so, a whole lot of laughter seems like a really good thing.

I won’t complain about how hot is is here (still!), because there’s no end to it in the extended forecast I saw this morning.  Instead, I’ve been thinking about places and times where and when it’s been cooler than it is now.  I won’t post a picture of our one snowstorm from this past winter, but I did consider it. It was definitely cool (downright cold at some points) when I went to Scotland back in early spring of 2002.  One day on Orkney, we had snow, rain, sun, and 70 mph

It is definitely July here–it hasn’t been out of the eighties for ages now, maybe two weeks, and most of that time, it’s been even hotter.  Have I mentioned lately how much I hate summer here in our neck of the woods?  At least that part of it, all hot and sticky outside every day.  If it could be more like spring here, I would love summer. So I’ve been staying indoors, in the air conditioning.  My vacation ended this morning.  I don’t mind that, though I did get a fair amoun

( Photo credit: Aurel___ via RemodelHackers / CC BY ) The long holiday weekend is almost a third of the way over already, and all I have accomplished is household chores.  Not what I was hoping for today, but that’s okay.  I won’t get any chores done tomorrow, but I’m fine with that–I’m going to trek halfway across the state to see my dad, which makes me happy.  Then on Monday, writing time, since all of the weekly chores are out of the way. Before I start getting my things t

I just realized that there are a lot of birthdays coming up in the next month for our family.  We have one this week, and then several in July, including my own. ( Photo credit: katedubya via Foter.com / CC BY-ND ) I don’t think my cake will look like that one, but it’s gorgeous, isn’t it, with the shells all over it.  Does anyone else have a birthday in the next month? I also realized my website birthday is this week, too.  The shells on the cake reminded me of that–I was at

I’m getting ready for work, but I wanted to pop in to let you all know I have a guest blog post going live today, hosted by the always-awesome Delilah Devlin.  I’d love if you stopped by and shared your thoughts on the subject.  Oh, and there’s a giveaway! Happy Monday! #guestblog #paranormalromance #bookcover #romanceauthor #eroticromance #TheMedusaTrilogy #romancewriter #giveaway #romancenovels #ElizabethAndrews #DelilahDevlin #MedusasDaughters

I’ve been working on chores for the better part of the weekend–much longer than I planned to be, so I am doing something fun for a few minutes:  sharing a pair of story snippets.  The first is on my Facebook page, from Medusa #3, a quick taste of Kat and Hunter. But for here, I’m going to post a little bit from the tiger shifter I am finishing up this month.  My hero, Harley, is so yummy! ————— They walked into the house in silence. She shot him a curious glance when he conti

This is just a drive-by posting.  My plans for the week went haywire, so I wasn’t around to share this yesterday: The lovely Delilah Devlin allowed me to share another guest post at her blog yesterday, and there is a giveaway involved.  To check it out, go see Delilah’s blog. Now I’m off to try to catch up on the things I missed the past few days while dealing with parental stuff.  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! #guestblog #paranormalromance #excerpt #romanceauthor #e

A long time ago, in almost another life, I used to write book reviews for an online site.  I discovered so many fantastic authors that way, and many of them I still love.  One of those authors I discovered was Jennifer Lyon, with the first book in her ‘Wing Slayer Hunter’ series, Blood Magic.  Witches in hiding, the sexy, dangerous men hunting them, what’s not to like? When I worked for seven years at Borders, I always had romance readers looking for something new, and if the

I know it’s been a couple weeks since my last post, but I wanted to make sure the giveaway stayed front and center until it was over.  Now that it is, I can chat some more.  First, though, I want to congratulate Lisa V, who won the ARC giveaway.  I hope you enjoy your box of books! Since I blogged last, I sent Medusa #2 off to my agent again and I’m back to work on Medusa #3.  They really do have names, but what if they change?  Oh, heck, if they change, I’d certainly let you

It’s warm and humid outside here today, the perfect day to stay inside and work on my manuscript.  Which is why I’m here instead.  (In case you weren’t aware, writers are masters of procrastination!)  I’ve been thinking about this for a little while, and, since it’s been some time since I last did a giveaway, we’re overdue. But I pondered for a few weeks on how to do this one and came up with something a little different than our previous giveaways, which took place here or o

We’re less than a week from Valentine’s Day as I write this, and I am extra-excited about the holiday this year.  Why?  Because I’ll be participating in my very first booksigning!  A writer friend I have known for more years than I can count invited me, and I get to go on Saturday to play with twenty other romance authors.  Though I haven’t met them all yet, I know some of these ladies and am just delighted to get to do this with them.  I’m going to actually get to sign my ve