Thursday Thirteen edition #3 Thirteen quick and easy crafts for kids

Thirteen Things about Michelle Hasker Edition #3 Thirteen quick and easy crafts for kids 1.Beads + Pipe cleaners = bracelets 2.Self stick foam pieces + Colored paper = many fantastical designs and paper people 3.Yarn = Braided or hand crocheted bracelets 4.Balled up sock + music = hot potato 5.Piece of chalk + friends = assorted games of tag (octopus tag, hen and fox, yada yada LOL) 6.Chocolate melt + assorted snacks = gooey fun 7.The words to Boom Chicka Boom + creative kids = half hour of singing 8.popsicle sticks + glue = Father's day gifts 9.fake flowers + old hat or old purse + glue = Mother's day gift 10.paper =paper airplanes 11.brown lunch bag + crayons + string + popsicle stick = kite 12.toilet paper roll, cut to fit on child's wrist + yarn = bracelet 13.straw + scissors = musical instrument

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Blog blog blooooooooooog

yada yada
sooo got my second youngest registered for kindergarten and she's also signed up for the screening to see if she can go straight to kindergarten or if she needs to take summer lessons. Of course kindergarten isn't mandatory in Pennsylvania so I'm not sure why they have to go to summer school if they don't test well enough when from what I hear they can't turn anyway away or make you go to the extra lessons.
okay...
Spring break starts Friday afternoon for two of my children and for another one is started today :) Gotta love religious preschools. Tony the tiger will be thrilled Care Bear isn't going to school for a week and a half :) Wait til he finds out Pumpkin and Pooh are going to be home too :)
so I haven't gotten any writing done since.... Saturday so I'm way far behind my 10k a week writing goal. Oh well, there's still a few days left to write :)
Anyone seen my muse? oh wait! there he is. Quick, someone grab him before he escapes.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about Michelle Hasker Edition 2 Thirteen things I did today: 1. Woke up my children and got them off to school with lunches :) 2. Participated in a chat on Brenda Williamson's Romance Party 3. Went grocery shopping 4. Dropped off paperwork for girls 5. Took dd#3 to the doc and picked up school work and had her TB test results 6. Took one of two children who stay at home all day to preschool and made playdate for tomorrow 7. Checked my email multiple times...cause you know I'm addicted 8. Cleaned backyard so it was doggie doo free 9. Posted more of a story I play with at Luna 10. Entertained company 11. Edited Irish Dreams 12. Started Nash for Aline 13. Did Thursday Thirteen :) Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Rashenbo 2. Carrie!:0) 3. Amanda Young 4. Shiloh Walker 5. Jean

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Sold Again :)

Mountain Rendezvous, a book that has secondary characters from Midnight Rendezvous, has been accepted at Loose Id. I don't have a release date, but was so excited I wanted to share my news.

Here is a blurb:

When Meredith killed her husband in self defense, she certainly didn’t expect to ever see him again. But Federal Agent Slade Jackson says he is alive and killing women several states away. What else can she do but help him catch the killer before any more women die. Including herself.

I sent back what I hope is the last round of edits for The Bodyguard. I still LOVE that book cover. Croco Designs ROCKS!

Now I need to get started writing another book to sell LOL.
Have a great week!

Michelle

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about MICHELLE HASKER Edition #1 Thirteen things in my nightstand drawer. (The top one.) 1- Bible (Revised Standard Version) 2-Bookmark from The History Channel 3- Wheel of Fortune handheld game (that I never play but it amuses the kids when they attack the drawer. It's to distract them from the goodies.) 4- nail file (I have one everywhere in the house. Never know when you'll need it. :) 5- crocheted plant hanger. (cause it was my grandmothers and I want to put a plant in it but the kids keep getting it and play with it.) 6- A self portrait of my 4 year old on green paper with blue crayon. 7- Refreshing citrus foot lotion (supposed to make wake my feet up. Sure smells good :) 8- A purple pen. 9-Hoyle Casino for the Game Boy Color. 10-about 30 pony tail holders :) 11- A ceramic pumpkin. (don't ask :) 12- Puzzle books 13- deck of Pinochle cards. Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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The Bodyguard Cover!!

OOOOOOOO

I got my new cover.

The Bodyguard!!

Visit my website for more information on the story :)

Bite Me -------> The Bodyguard

Bite Me has a new title :)
The Bodyguard.
So obvious I couldn't think of it by myself. LOL.
I played with my links and stuff so I'm going to leave this as a short post. Too tired to think of something good to say. In fact, I can't even remember if I posted in here about my witch series coming out in 2008 from WCP Torrid LOL.

Night :)

Michelle

Boreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom

I'm sitting here, staring at my inbox, clicking on the check for new mail button and realize something. Both little kids are napping, the two older ones are at school...and yet, here I sit, hovering over that damn button. I want to push it, oh yes I do. If there is something in there, it gives me that feeling of triumph, ha, I knew it! I knew I had mail, and it might be urgent. But then half an hour later, as I'm still sitting here, pressing that damned button, I realize something.

Could it be possible that I 'need' noise and distraction in order to write? Have I gotten so used to the children running amok and my husband saying, hey, honey listen to this, check this out, did you see that?, that I can't write without them?

I admit it, my mind wanders and I'm so easily distracted. It's one of the reasons I forget things and run late. I don't watch the clock, and I never write down reminders. Why? It's so important how could I forget? But I do.

I spent the weekend trying to write. I really did. But then my husband had a temper tantrum and the rest of the weekend went down hill.

I spent Sunday after noon and evening watching Rose Red. A delightful movie, love stephen king, and since I do write suspense and vampires, I can rationalize it all I want, but the bottom line is, if it was on again tonight, I'd be there watching it again LOL. Great movie.

Monday, had a bunch of kiddies at a candy making class. That was a blast, but came home cranky. Hid myself in my room and wrote almost to the 25k i'd wanted. Tuesday was good. I finished the goal and went a little higher, but I admit it, I wasted some writing time checking emails. Hey when you have 7 pages of groups under your writing name, and then 5 under your real name, you have a lot of email. Then there is my email box for my family, friends, and scout stuff, and then there are my gmail accounts, one for me and one for michelle...Groups to promote on, groups to talk on, groups to read and learn on, and then there is the Luna boards with the Magical Queen and Bog - my partner in crime and co-conspirator on the board where we run amok and tell a story, just for fun.

I have tons of ideas running through my head, I have many things started, and many stories due. But am I working on them? Nope. I'm checking my email. And seeing if it's the phone ringing...

Why?

Michelle

Sales, sales, and more sales

I've been behind in posting in here, but I decided with all my good news that I needed to pop in here and share the reason I've been so busy. :)

I sold Bite Me to Loose Id. It needs a new name, and comes out April 24th. Weeeeee can you say, wow that is early. It's a fling about a vampire and her fae bodyguard. Yes, it was a lot of fun to write.

I sold a series about 6 witches and backfiring spells to Whiskey Creek Press Torrid. They will come out next year in Feb, April, June, August, October and December.

I am working on a celtic love knots submission but might put that aside to do other things..like edits, LOL. I also started another story that has Jack and Morgan in it for a little bit, but starring Kayla and Ty. :) I also have that Nocturne I need to finish, and the story I wanted to polish for Ellora's Exotika line. And then there is Kensington Aphrodesia, but I read two stories from them where the authors used the term "furry balls" and in another story I saw "lightly furred balls". Okay, I'm sorry but that so put me out of the mood to read that I had to put the stories aside until I stopped laughing and could think of the story without dwelling on the furriness of the heroes balls.

I have Tina to thank for her meat grapes.

*grumbles*