It's been forever since I blogged, but I'm still adjusting to this working, having 4 kids, and then softball, girl scouts, dance class, kidnastics, play dates, trips to the park, library, feed the ducks, should I go on?
My brother was in the hospital for a little while, and while visiting him I learned some sad news about a father of my husband's friend. Add on the health issues my grandparents are suffering from, I am definitely counting my blessings, but spending more time worrying about people than writing.
However, I'm working on a BBW that is a lot of fun to write. I got half way done. Now I need to finish it. Because since I started working, I have trouble finishing anything! The damn guilt about the messy house and how I am no longer making three meals a day gets to me. I can be my vision of a perfect mom, or I can be a writer and adequate mom. Why oh why do I burn with this need to be perfect in everything I do?
*slaps self.
Anyway, I hope to have a new release soon. I will keep you all posted :)
Saturday, April 04, 2009
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
e-Piracy advice on Loose Change
There is a great post over at Loose Change about e-piracy and what can be done about it.
Here's a snippet:
Here’s another myth that needs debunking: Internet Piracy is impossible to prosecute, and no one really tries.
Wrong.
Yes, it’s difficult, and often cost prohibitive, to track down individual posters of one story. That’s not the way our contacts at the US Border Patrol Division of Cyber Crimes work. Cyber crimes cost US businesses millions of dollars a year -- that makes them worth prosecuting. So our trusty Cyber detectives can and do prosecute individuals, including seizing their computers and levying hefty fines, their major point of focus is the host sites that allow Internet users to illegally share files. If sites continually allow users to post illegal files -- music, books, DVDs, etc. -- investigators may well seize servers and prosecute site owners.
Michelle
Here's a snippet:
Here’s another myth that needs debunking: Internet Piracy is impossible to prosecute, and no one really tries.
Wrong.
Yes, it’s difficult, and often cost prohibitive, to track down individual posters of one story. That’s not the way our contacts at the US Border Patrol Division of Cyber Crimes work. Cyber crimes cost US businesses millions of dollars a year -- that makes them worth prosecuting. So our trusty Cyber detectives can and do prosecute individuals, including seizing their computers and levying hefty fines, their major point of focus is the host sites that allow Internet users to illegally share files. If sites continually allow users to post illegal files -- music, books, DVDs, etc. -- investigators may well seize servers and prosecute site owners.
Michelle
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Whiskey Eats
CUSTOMER APPRECIATION! To celebrate the Holidays and thank our many customers around the world, nearly seventy Whiskey Creek Press authors have contributed favorite recipes for our first annual WHISKEY EATS Cookbook. You can get a FREE ebook download of WHISKEY EATS, or purchase a paperback copy at a discounted price. But hurry! The cookbook is only available in ebook and paperback formats through December 31, 2008!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Contest
15 days
15 authors
more than 15 books
Click here to see the contest!
Contest started 12/8 and runs until 12/22.
Good Luck!
15 authors
more than 15 books
Click here to see the contest!
Contest started 12/8 and runs until 12/22.
Good Luck!
Monday, December 08, 2008
15 Minute Quickie
My writing partner and I love to do silly writing things to break our writer's block. I enjoy them so much I decided to share one with you today.
This story's ingredients: alien, pancake mix, a rubber
“What the hell are you doing?” Talya froze in the doorway. Robert had thought he'd figured out what the rubber was, and she could barely contain her laughter. he had filled the damn thing with pancake mix, cut a hole in the tip, and was squeezing out mixture onto the frying pan in the shape of silver dollars.
“What?” Robert turned and stared at her, his eyebrows wrinkling in that adorable manner he had of doing when he was confused. “I followed the directions.”
Talya burst out laughing. “And where on that box does it say you are supposed to use a condom to pour the batter into the frying pan?”
“Look, I'm not familiar with all your earthly cooking items. Back on my planet we have these things that spit out the exact amount of batter into a pan of oil and fry the cakes into perfection.”
Talya doubled over in glee. Great in bed and hysterically funny. What more could she want in a man? Tre convenient that he was also royalty on the Planet Ardraea.
“You are confusing me. You sounded angry. Now you are laughing. Are you okay?”
Talya gasped for air and wiped at the tears running down her cheeks. “I wonder what you will do when I ask for funnel cake.” She could see it now. The Daughters of Circe would be over for dinner and Robert would whip out a rubber, fill it, and start spreading the stream of batter into the pan.
Michelle
This story's ingredients: alien, pancake mix, a rubber
“What the hell are you doing?” Talya froze in the doorway. Robert had thought he'd figured out what the rubber was, and she could barely contain her laughter. he had filled the damn thing with pancake mix, cut a hole in the tip, and was squeezing out mixture onto the frying pan in the shape of silver dollars.
“What?” Robert turned and stared at her, his eyebrows wrinkling in that adorable manner he had of doing when he was confused. “I followed the directions.”
Talya burst out laughing. “And where on that box does it say you are supposed to use a condom to pour the batter into the frying pan?”
“Look, I'm not familiar with all your earthly cooking items. Back on my planet we have these things that spit out the exact amount of batter into a pan of oil and fry the cakes into perfection.”
Talya doubled over in glee. Great in bed and hysterically funny. What more could she want in a man? Tre convenient that he was also royalty on the Planet Ardraea.
“You are confusing me. You sounded angry. Now you are laughing. Are you okay?”
Talya gasped for air and wiped at the tears running down her cheeks. “I wonder what you will do when I ask for funnel cake.” She could see it now. The Daughters of Circe would be over for dinner and Robert would whip out a rubber, fill it, and start spreading the stream of batter into the pan.
Michelle
Monday, December 01, 2008
Maniac Monday
Today I want to devote my blog to helping out a stranger. Someone who's heart you can touch without much effort, just good will and friendship.
http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1024.html
xerox will send a card to a soldier over seas.
You don't get to pick who it goes to, but you will make somebody's day!
Michelle
http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1024.html
xerox will send a card to a soldier over seas.
You don't get to pick who it goes to, but you will make somebody's day!
Michelle
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