Why I Can't Wait Till January!! A Cruise!

Yes, I am going on a four day cruise. I belong to the greatest local chapter of Romance Writers, The Florida Romance Writers, every year they have a fantastic conference called the Muse cruise. It is scheduled for January 20-24. I can't wait! I'm gonna buy my bonnine, just in case. I am not wearing any bikini so no expense there.


I am gonna watch the hot guys show off, I am gonna read all those stories I have put off reading. I'm getting there guys!


Not much of a dancer so I won't need the dancing shoes or the dress, but I don't mind watching!

Good walking shoes, some new clothes, my portable sound machine, (so if it's noisy I can fall asleep to the sound of a waterfall, rain, or maybe waves breaking on the shoreline), I have so many things to think about.

 Heck I don't have a suitcase that wouldn't embarrass me. I live with someone who never replaces a thing if it still works. I'm still hearing about his washer, (got attached to it after working on it so many darn times), and how I got rid of it.

My new washer.

 

Now it had to be 20, I know that's young for an item to be trashed from this house, so come on, it had to go!
Anyways, I will probably only take this cruise once. I will have to beg, borrow and steal to get on, but I am getting on I say! Even if it never happens again, it will happen this once. I am hoping that other writers I know are going. But I am thrilled to be rooming with Sharon Donovan, one of my fellow Author Roast And Toast hostess's. I can't believe it!
Cool huh?

Some new clothes will be necessary. Hmmmm. I can go to the Keys anytime, and I don't want to go to Mexico. So I can sit on the balcony and inhale salt spray, or do one of the many things there are to do!
I won't really gamble, I hate to lose, but I love to be with friends and watch them sing karaoke whilst I sip a virgin strawberry daiquiri and laugh at tipsy people having fun!



Yes, I am looking forward to it and I'll talk about it more later!!! I will need to bring lots of books and my laptop. Maybe I'll get inspired or learn something new? Maybe I'll take a workshop that will improve my writing and I'll be famous. Maybe I'll meet an editor who wants a story from me right away. Maybe I'll just have a good time and a lot of laughs and that...
That will be more then enough!
Sign up now go to the Florida Romance Writers website, and look for conference cruise!!! The Cruise With Your Muze, yeah!!!

Thoughts For A Long Weekend and Happy Memorial Day Everyone!

Have a great weekend and here's some thoughts for us to consider.


Words to live by
1.
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me for the path is narrow.
In fact, just piss off and leave me alone.

2.
Sex is like air. It's not that important unless you aren't getting any.

3.
No one is listening until you fart.

4.
Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.

5.
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

6.
If you think nobody cares whether you're alive or dead, try missing a couple of mortgage payments.

7.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away
and you have their shoes.

8.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

9.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

10.
If you lend someone 20 and never see that person again, it was probably well worth it.

11.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

12.
Some days you are the bug; some days you are the windscreen.

13.
Don't worry; it only seems kinky the first time.

14.
Good judgment comes from bad experience ... and most of that comes from bad judgment.

15.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.

16.
There are two excellent theories for arguing with women. Neither one works.

17.
Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.

18.
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

19.
We are born naked, wet and hungry, get slapped on our arse ... then things just keep getting worse.

20.
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

Enjoy the eye candy.

What to do when you get a bad review.

Yesterday I got my first review on my recently released book, 'Tripping Through Time'. You all know how it is. You work hard on a book, sometimes for years. And you do the best you can, learning all the way in the process. Your heart is in your work. It means so much to you.

And then somebody trashes you in your first review.

I don't know about the rest of you, but my parents always taught me that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. And there is something wrong when a reviewer ignores that unspoken consideration, when she does a review. Especially when they have not published a book yet, and knows how hard it is and how important it is to you.

Well the first thing I did was to cry hysterically for about twenty four hours. And if I think about it I could still cry. Now I know I am sensitive and need to toughen up, but come on. Then I read the many kind comments people have made to me to make me feel better. They did. Even Christina Dodd got terrible reviews for a book that has been a best seller for years, my critique partner told me. Just ignore it. Well I'm a tryin'.

I know that different people have different tastes. I have read a lot of books I didn't go crazy over. But I would never, ever, trash someone. I have a heart.

Now I'll be honest I uttered a lot of expletives over the the last twenty four hours, toward the person who wrote the review. But only in front of my husband. I also sent out vibes. But all of that is a waste of time.

I decided I am gonna listen to the comments from other writers that are positive. And to give a lot of those comments right back to them. Because I always thought that was what it was about. Writers supporting writers. That's what I choose to do after getting a bad review. I have been told by several others that it's not about what people nay say, it's about sales. And for the whole month of January, I have been the number one best paranormal book sales writer, for the fabulous Wild Rose Press.

That's what I will focus on, while I kick that niggling review right out of my mind every time it try's to get in there. While I thank God for the many wonderful and hugely talented writers, who have been so supportive of me. Thanks guys I love you.