Update for my Harlequin blog last week...

Harlequin has gone along and entered the self publishing world. They did do what they said and changed the name. They are now Dell Arte Press.

I did chat with a friend of mine who knows several H authors. Apparently not all are happy with the self publishing route H has taken.

Not being an H author, I guess I can view the issue from both sides of the road.

1. H wants to expand their business, that's what it is, A Business Decision. I mean come on, the economy isn't the greatest, everyone out there is looking for a way to keep bringing the bucks in.

2. Published authors with them can feel a bit put off. It takes a lot of hard work getting picked up by H and now you can - self publish...Hmmmm.

Here's the article for you all to read.

Harlequin responds to criticism of its self-publishing arm with a new name

By Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly, 11/25/2009 8:09:00 AM

In the wake of widespread criticism over its self-publishing imprint, Harlequin has changed the imprint’s name from Harlequin Horizons to DellArte Press. As Harlequin publisher and CEO Donna Hayes said it would, the company renamed the imprint to a designation “that [does] not refer to Harlequin in any way.” There is no mention of Harlequin on DellArte’s Web site.

Late last week, Romance Writers of America and other writers' associations spoke out against the November 17 announcement that Author Solutions had teamed with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, an imprint for self-published romance authors. RWA deemed Harlequin no longer eligible for RWA-provided conference resources—meaning the publisher would not be entitled to enter any award competitions. Harlequin publisher and CEO Donna Hayes said the company was “surprised and dismayed” at RWA’s actions and said it would change the imprint’s name.

Harlequin did not respond to a request for comment this morning on the name change or if it was back in the good graces of the RWA. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers have called for Harlequin to completely cut ties to the self-pub program.

So tell me, what are you thinking? Several major writing organizations are now blackballing H for this decision.

Personally, I don't think it's fair at all to the wonderful authors published with H.

BUT, if it's listed in the organizations guidelines, then maybe H should have thought about that while making their decisions. And if they are in the guidelines out there for all to read, then can H really be OMG, I'm soooo surprised to hear this....Ah, that would be a big resounding, NO.

And now, will this decision keep authors from submitting to H??? Only time will tell.

Stuck In My Head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBI3lc18k8Q

About 3-4 weeks ago I was out and had heard a song, when the song was done the radio announcer never mentioned the artist or what the song was called. I had tried to look for the song but no luck. I would keep hearing the song over and over like every other day and could never catch who the artist was or what the name of it. After about a month and having the song stuck in my head I found out who the artist is.

In case you want to hear the song check out the video above.

Have you ever had this happen to you? I am a huge lover of music and when I find new songs and artists I get all excited. As most of you know I need my tunes 24 hours a day. Yes I even sleep with music on.

As I write this I have my mp3 playing...I'm a musicaholic..LOL

What kind of music do you listen to?

Savannah

http://www.savannahchase.com

My Blushing Books Are Now Available at All Romance eBooks!

Just got word from my Blushing Books publisher that my spanking erotic romances are now available at All Romance eBooks! Of course, you can also buy them directly from Blushing Books as well Amazon.com, where you can purchase them in Kindle and Print!





For more of my sexy erotic fiction, visit my website at http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com/


*hugs*
Paige


"Stories so hot, they'll make your cheeks blush!"

Harlequin has some in the writing industry upset

I’m wondering if anyone’s heard of what’s happening with Harlequin wanting to create a “self-publish” entity of itself?

Yesterday on Publisher’s Weekly I came across an article where RWA, MWA and SFWA are up in arms about Harlequin wanting to call their new ‘self-publishing’ entity, Harlequin Horizons. Harlequin responded with, “We’ll change the name.”

Here’s the article…

Industry associations speak out against publisher's imprint; Harlequin says it will change imprint's name

By Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly, 11/20/2009 8:06:00 AM

Romance Writers of America and other writer associations yesterday spoke out against the announcement earlier this week that Author Solutions had teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. RWA has deemed Harlequin no longer eligible for RWA-provided conference resources—meaning the publisher is not entitled to enter any award competitions. Late yesterday, Harlequin publisher and CEO Donna Hayes responded, saying the company was “surprised and dismayed” at RWA’s actions, and that it would change the name of the self-publishing company from Harlequin Horizons to a designation “that will not refer to Harlequin in any way.”

As PW reported Tuesday, Harlequin Horizons was set to recruit writers in two ways: authors whose manuscripts had been rejected by Harlequin would be made aware of the Harlequin Horizons option, and authors who signed with Author Solutions would be given the opportunity to be published under the Harlequin Horizons imprint. All services are on a pay-for-service basis.

An e-bulletin prepared by Margery Flax on behalf of Mystery Writers of America’s National Board of Directors said MWA was “deeply concerned about the troubling conflict-of-interest issues created by these ventures, particularly the potentially misleading way they are marketed to aspiring writers.” The MWA was refering to both Harlequin Horizons and the eHarlequin Manuscript Critique service, also aimed at aspiring writers. MWA said it would consider removing Harlequin from its list of approved publishers, declining membership applications from Harlequin authors, and barring Harlequin books from entering the Edgar Awards unless Harlequin agreed to discuss changing these ventures by December 15.

Russell Davis, president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. is also firmly against the self-publishing program and is asking Harlequin to "openly acknowledge" to would-be authors that books in the program will not be distributed into brick-and-mortar bookstores ensuring “that the titles will not be breaking into the real fiction market.” The organization also wants Harlequin to acknowledge “that the imprint does not represent a genuine opportunity for aspiring authors to hone their skills, as no editor will be vetting or working on the manuscripts.” SFWA is calling for Harlequin not to simply change the name of the imprint, but to "discontinue this imprint and return to doing business as an advance and royalty paying publisher." Until they do, no Harlequin titles will qualify for membership in SFWA.

Hayes’s note reiterated ways Harlequin has supported RWA over the years and said she and her colleagues were “surprised to discover that the RWA sent a notice to its membership announcing this decision, before allowing Harlequin to respond or engage in a discussion about it with the RWA board.”

…What do you guys think? I’ve never dealt with self-publishers before, because frankly their ‘packages’ didn’t appeal to me. I’ve heard some bad and some good about the self-publishing route.

Any Comments?

Getting Started A Bit Early

this year I decided to start shopping for Christmas a little early. Why? Well I will be away over the holidays and I want to have everything done in time. This year I am getting too many "I don't know what I want for Christmas"

That does not help me. So since I was getting too many of those I started looking around early. I do not want to be shopping last minute. I think I have only ever had to do that once. This year I have a few extra gifts to get since I will be spending the holidays with a huge amount of family members who I do not regularly spend the holidays with.

I have noticed that year by year it is getting harder to shop. Most people have nothing they want or are not sure what they even want. I think it is the best time to start since there are a lot of sales going on and you can find a ton of things for less or get a great deal.

Has anyone else started to do shopping for the holidays? Or am I way too early?
Oh and if you are wondering what I want for Christmas, all I want is my family.

Savannah
http://www.savannahchase.com/

New Cover Squee!

Just got my cover for my upcoming combo release of two contemporary erotic romances in eBook and print from Blushing Books, Bridezilla and A Date for The Wedding! Rae Monet does such gorgeous work, doesn't she?! I absolutely love it!

Blurb:

Bridezilla

Travis McAlister heard about it happening, but he never imagined his sweet, beautiful Chloe Sheridan, would turn into Bridezilla. When they set the date for their wedding, though, Chloe changes right before his eyes and his once calm, organized girlfriend is now freaking out over every minor detail of the upcoming nuptials.

He tries his best to ignore her behavior, but when they still don't have a DJ a week before the wedding, Travis finally decides it's time to take matters into his own hands. Not only does he hire one himself, but when she argues with him, he puts her over his knee for a well-deserved spanking.

Travis wonders if warming her sexy bottom will be enough to get her to change her ways, but he doubts it, especially when there are still dozens of decisions to be made and an out-of-control bride determined to make a major event out of every one of them!



A Date for the Wedding

Sabrina Kyle wants to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. What better way to do that than to go to a mutual friend's wedding with a handsome man on her arm, right?

Finding such a man on short notice is difficult, though, so against her better judgment, Sabrina asks her gorgeous coworker Holden McKenna to be her date. Her plan to make her ex-boyfriend jealous works perfectly, but things go awry when Holden catches onto the scheme. Not at all pleased to find out she's used him, Holden drags her off for what he considers is a well-deserved spanking and Sabrina spends the rest of the evening with a tingling bottom.

Sabrina is determined to stay as far away from Holden as she can after that, but back at work she's mortified to learn they've been hand selected to work on a new advertising campaign together. How can she be expected her to work with a man who spanks her every time they have a difference of opinion? And why the heck is she starting to enjoy it?!


Bridezilla and A Date for the Wedding will be available soon in both eBook and print!

*hugs*
Paige

"Stories so hot, they'll make your cheeks blush!"

http://wwww.paigetylertheauthor.com
http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com

Dancer

By A.J. Llewellyn

I had a wonderful experience Sunday that I feel has forever changed me. I am a Buddhist and my west valley division of the SGI International branch of Buddhism is the first to create an Art Department.
Sunday was our first big meeting and I was overwhelmed that so many people came out to support the creation of the Art Department, particularly Buddhists from all over California.
Our mentor, President Daisaku Ikeda, a great humanitarian, philosopher and avowed "peacebuilder" was excited about this new development since he encourages our work with youth members who are very drawn to Art.
President Ikeda loves the written word. He is an astonishing writer of philosophy, letters, poems and songs. He loves art and music. He always says the seeds of growth come from artists.
And President Ikeda loves to dance.
As one of the participating volunteers on Sunday, I was asked to give out slips of yellow paper as I greeted new arrivals. Seven of us were given different colors - mine was yellow.
I must be a real social animal because as the meeting progressed, half the room had yellow papers!
As each person arrived, they were asked to sign in and also write what their art is.
I was intrigued to see many of the children write: DANCER.
As our meeting went on, I was inspired by the stories I heard. Theater director Wayne Green came from Las Vegas to share his experience of how he rebuilt his career when 9/11 crashed and burned the entire livelihood of the theater community in Nevada.
He talked about the passion he tapped into to rebuild and his commitment to never surrender. He talked of the power of our chant, nam myoho renge kyo.
He reminded us in tough times, we must chant more. It works. I remind myself I have better days when I do it. I remind myself that being a Buddhist doesn't mean I'll never have problems, but it DOES guarantee I'll handle them better.
Above all, he reminded us of our mentor's words, to live life as if it is a splendid dance.
The women and children did a traditional Japanese fan dance as overhead, footage of President Ikeda doing the same dance in the various stages of his life played on.
I was mesmerized by his joy in the movement. I was enthralled that this great leader, who travels the world helping so many people, finds time - small moments - to enjoy his Art.
As we split off into group colors to exhange ideas, each group came up with a sentence that best describes their joint philosophy of life.
These are wonderful discussions that always provide food for thought and a new focus.
I signed into that meeting as a WRITER. I crossed that out as I left the meeting.
My name in A.J. Llewellyn and I am a DANCER.

Aloha oe,

A.J.

I've done it :-)

So, I've finally bought a netbook. Yep, I did it. I went to bestbuy yesterday and played with all the netbooks they had in the store, plus a few other things. Come on admit it, you can't just walk into a best buy and not play with the stuff, it's like a toy store for adults!! LOL.
Anyways, after I found the one I wanted I came home and with the help of my honey (Mr. Technology) I compared what I wanted to others I'd seen to make sure I was getting the best price.

So with that said...I've gone with the Dell mini 10V. Yep, I like the keyboard a whole lot better than the others out there, although the HP mini was a close comparable with the way the keys were, but I haven't read to many good reviews on the HP and I have two Dell's now.

Here's a picture of what my netbook looks like...

It was all about the way my fingers felt on the keys to me, that was the major deciding factor in the choosing. Then the other smaller stuff.

I also have some great news on my finished sequel to A Slave's Way Out...

I have signed a contract for A Lady's Challenge with WCPT!!!! I'm stoked!!!! I can't wait to start the edits and then I can start on one more story line for this adventure out in space. :-)

Tell me, what did you do this weekend? Anything interesting, fun, shopping, or did you have a quiet one at home just lounging?

Ho Ho Ho...A Little Too Early

No you are not seeing things...Yes that green thing is a tree...A Christmas tree....You are probably thinking...Savannah you are a bit too early with the tree...LOL...That is what I was thinking....

I don't know if people are just very happy that the holiday's are coming or what but here some people started to decorate their house before Halloween.....

I know a lot of the stores started to put Christmas decorations on sale around Halloween but I am surprised to see that people already went all out and some even have a tree all dressed and waiting...yes...a Christmas tree in October...Am I missing something?

Going into the store in October and hearing holiday tunes was a little too early...Don't get me wrong...I love Christmas but not in October....

How is it where you live..Have people start ted to decorate the house and or have you seen trees already done up?

Savannah
http://www.savannahchase.com

That Time of Year Again...Is it really?

I woke up this morning and realized Thanksgiving is only two weeks away. And we all know how those weeks between the major holidays fly.

All I can say is thank God for internet shopping. I have fifteen nieces and nephews, a child of my own, a spouse, and dear friends and close family members that I exchange gifts with every year. Quick calculation: That's a lot of gifts to buy! And mall crowds aren't my idea of fun.

The young kids are easy. A quick chat with them, and I know exactly which toy to buy. The older kids aren't that hard either. In my family they love gift cards. My son will of course give me a list of what he wants. Sigh.

I absolutely love to give gifts. I truly enjoy giving more than receiving. Buying for the kids is more of a checklist activity than real gift giving though. The real stuff, as much as I enjoy it, is the most difficult task I tackle all year.

It's my friends and my husband that I have a hard time with. I like to give meaningful gifts. Something that says, "see I pay attention to you and I care enough to have come up with the perfect gift."

It's always the same every year. For some of my friends I know exactly what I'm giving them months in advance. For others, I twist my brain into a pretzel trying to find something that conveys how I feel about them or what our relationship means to me. And sometimes I just come up empty. That's the worst. I feel like maybe I didn't pay enough attention, maybe I didn't nurture that relationship enough over the year. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt.

Last year, I actually gave one of my best friends a bottle of wine with a card that said. "I suck. I love you, but I just couldn't find a gift I thought you'd like." Granted, it was a very nice bottle of wine, and he loves wine, but it just felt so impersonal. I hate that.

Does anyone else struggle with this? Do you have an old stand-by, a gift that works in a pinch when you just don't know what to give?

Happy Shopping!

Wendi Darlin
www.wendidarlin.com

Animal Instinct is Now in PRINT!

I'm so excited! Animal Instinct, #1 Bestseller and sequel to my 2009 EPPIE Finalist Animal Attraction is now in PRINT!


Every Girl Wants a Guy Who's an Animal in Bed!

Artist Heidi Gibson is spending the summer up in Anchorage doing some painting when she gets attacked by a crazed wolf. She is rescued by golden- eyed wildlife biologist Luke McCall, who calmly informs she has been bitten by a werewolf and will turn into one during the next full moon. Thinking he’s obviously out of his mind, she can’t get away from him fast enough.

When strange things start happening to her, however, she begins to think the ruggedly handsome biologist could be right. Not knowing what else to do, she goes to Luke and is stunned to discover that he knows so much about werewolves because he’s one himself.

As Luke teaches her what she needs to know about being a werewolf, Heidi finds herself falling hard for the Alaskan hunk. But while they’re intent on each other, the werewolf that attacked her comes back into the picture, and he’s not exactly happy that another of his kind is trying to take the woman he believes is his rightful mate. Can Luke and Heidi's attraction overpower the jealousy of the rogue werewolf?


Read Chapter One!
http://www.whiskeycreekpresstorrid.com/chapters/AnimalInstinct_PaigeTyler.shtml

Watch the Trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diuw88cCjRg

Buy it in eBook and Print from Whickey Creek Press Torrid!
http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/torrid/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=421&zenid=43f8297068ddd4910dbae00ff6d32659


Animal Instinct and Animal Attraction, as well as my other books are also available on Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.com/ at Fictionwise http://www.fictionwise.com/ and at All Romance eBooks http://www.allromanceebooks.com/


*hugs*
Paige

"Stories so hot, they'll make your cheeks blush!"

http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com/

Carol McKenzie

By A.J. Llewellyn

As an ebook author, I know only too well how we all come to rely on the Internet to meet and stay connected with other authors and readers. When a prolific author with a heavy web presence suddenly vanishes, it's often difficult to find them.

When author Jon Michaelsen realized prominent M/M novelist Carol McKenzie had become awfully quiet after revealing a shocking diagnosis of lung cancer, he urged his publisher to track her down.

It has sent ripples of shockwaves through all of us who knew her that Carol McKenzie, who, according to Jon never smoked a day in her life, died two weeks after her initial diagnosis.

My heartfelt condolences go to her husband, her family, her publishers and co-authors and her legion of readers who had come to worship the 30 books she published in a very short time.

Virgil once said, "Death plucks my ears and says, 'Live, I am coming.' "

It certainly seems Carol lived, and wrote at a marvelous pace, leaving us with a lasting legacy of amazing work.

"She was such a wonderful lady, with a tremendous passion for writing and a need, a desire to get as much out there as she could....almost like she knew time was short," Jon told me last night. "I will miss her for a very long, long time."

I personally came to know Carol interviewing her for Dark Diva Reviews. My respect for her as an author, particularly as an M/M author grew with each new book.

Her men spoke like men. Her writing had verve, believability and originality.

Even her non-sexual scenes contained a depth of layers you don't see in many books, particularly M/M. Her talent was in the details:

Blake Kingsley pulled his truck and fifth wheel into a vacant island of Huck’s Gas Mart in downtown Longview, Washington, and stopped the engine. He climbed out and put his gray Stetson on his head. Heavy, cold rain beat down on the overhang and the air smelled of gasoline. He lifted the nozzle, pressed the mid-grade button and pumped forty dollars worth of gas into his tank, mumbling his displeasure the whole time. When he finished, he put handle back and ambled toward the pay station, the soles of his boots smacking in puddles.
A sleepy-eyed, brunette attendant behind a counter looked at him over her gold-rimmed glasses and blinked long, curling lashes.
Tipping onto his toes, he drew a couple of wadded bills from his tight jeans’ pocket and placed them on the steel counter.
The attendant took them without a word.“Thank you, Ma’am,” he said and returned to his truck. - From Cowboys' Christmas.

Her sex scenes too, never felt like they were phony:

"Relax, honey," Blake said, putting hands on Riley's shoulders.
He massaged him for a few minutes, paused and put more gel onto his hand. Blake wiped a glob on Riley's hip. "I need to massage down here too and work my way up. Don't bolt on me."
"I'm afraid you'll make me hot." Riley squinched his eyes closed and mashed his face into the pillow, trying to relax.
In a soft voice, Blake echoed his thoughts. "I get hot from doing it to you. It's nothing. It happens."
After dousing Riley's ass cheeks, Blake grasped one hip in each hand and massaged by pushing them together and then spreading them. He continued until the sides of his hands moved against Riley's ball sacs.
Riley sucked in a noisy breath, relieved he was face down, hiding his nine inch arousal.
Blake's deep voice broke into his thoughts. "How does it feel?"
"You had to ask, didn't you?"
"Yep."

Carol McKenzie's pen has been stilled, but her work lives on.

Her books, available in ebook format and paperback are and will still be available for some time.

A memorial service will be held at her publisher, Love You Divine's yahoo group this Saturday, November 14:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/loveyoudivine/

They will be posting her excerpts and giving away copies of her print volumes, The Ex Factor, Cowboys and MEN: From His and His Kisses.

For purchasing and other information about Carol, please visit her links:

http://xanga.com/mckbooks

http://loveyoudivine.com/

Aloha oe,

A.J.

Sequel Finished!!

Finally!!!! The sequel to A Slave's Way Out is Finished!!

It's been what 2 years...finally, finally, done, done, done!! *See me doing the happy dance.*

I fiqured out why it took me so long. I actually had started the manuscript before Slave's was published and had it finished about six months after. But I didn't like it, so the self editing started and it came up short on word count and then life's little adventures kicked in and writer's block occured and well two years later, LOL.

This past week as I finished with over the word count, liked what I had written and hit that send button, it came to me...

1. That while there's still stress with the day job, in a way it's lessened.

2. If the men in the house don't like that I hit the keys hard (My computer's in the living room) and they have to listen to clack, click, clack...to bad, they can go into the other two rooms that have TV's until I get my netbook *Grins*

3. The stories are coming to me again!! YAY!!

So not only have I finished the Sequel to Slave's, I've started on another and last of that line, I've started plotting two sequel's to Destined to Mate.

Okay, so here's an inside scoop on the sequel which can stand as a story alone from Slave's and you won't miss nay of the action...

Daniel Hedden, First Commander of the War Ship Catalyst and Trea Padame, Second Security Officer to the War Ship Catalyst. This is their story.

Oh Ya and I've finally joined Twitter, LOL. http://twitter.com/AuthorCASalo

All I Want To Do Is Write......At the Garage

I know that we all have our own little space to write and let our stories flow onto the page. We writers also get inspired by some of the weirdest thing..Myself included... Lately when I've had to take the car into the garage to get something done or anything I've taken my work with me so that I just don't sit there...

Well in the 30 minutes I was there I got ubber inspired and edited a bit...It was a very productive 30 minutes...The last time I was there I wrote a few pages...

So I guess the garage is a great place to be inspired... Or maybe my muse has gotten picky..LOL..whatever it is..I think I need to take more trips to the garage just to write..LOL



What are some of the weird places you have worked on a book?

Before I finish off I have some news to share..

Hot Dads: The DILF Anthology Up for Book of The Week at Long and Short Reviews/Whipped Cream

How great is this?

http://www.longandshortreviews.com/WC/recentrev.htm

Voting has started today and goes till Sunday 11/8/2009
Savannah

http://www.savannahchase.com

Craziness, etc.

First off, I have to apologize to all of you and my blog partners for missing some blog posts lately. I'm not usually one to fall short of my responsibilities, but lately life has just been kicking my bootay.

My sincerest apologies. And big thank yous to everyone who refrained from sending me nasty grams because I didn't do what I was supposed to.

Nothing truly horrible has been going on in my life. I'm very blessed in so many ways. But I have also made some mistakes lately that have been hard for me to deal with. I'm not usually one to run down a one-way street the wrong way with my eyes wide open. But as my friend always reminds me, we all have our lessons to learn, and sometimes we just have to learn them the hard way.

I'm working on the hard way right now, I guess. LOL (Words of advice are welcome!!!!)

Next week, I'll work hard to give you all a blog post that's at least mildly entertaining. LOL This week, I'm working on getting my head together. I'm leaving tomorrow for a weekend writer's retreat, and I'm hoping that will help me refocus.

On another note, yesterday Siren-BookStrand re-released Cowboy Games as an Editors' Pick Retro Release. I was flattered and a little floored. I can't believe my first published novel has been out long enough to be "retro." LOL I guess I'm not a spring chicken anymore.

Love to you all!

Wendi Darlin (The slacker who is determined to get herself back in gear.)
www.wendidarlin.com

New Review for VALUABLE CARGO - 4.5 Stars from JERR!

I'm so excited! JERR gave my sexy new sci-fi erotic romance Valuable Cargo 4.5 Stars! Check it out!

"Paige Tyler has offered the reader a highly enjoyable and believable look into the future. Valuable Cargo is chock full of excitement, drama and seduction. What I enjoyed the most is that Garrick wasn't thrown 700 years into the future and then given some kind of implant or magic pill that makes him understand everything in no time. Instead he has to slowly learn to adjust. That aspect, coupled with the comic relief provided by the younger crew members in turn, made all the characters and the plot more believable and easier to relate to. It warmed my heart watching the bond created between the shipmates grow. As the book goes on they feel more like a close knit family than people who just happen to work together. Tanna is very much her own woman and aware of how the decisions she makes affects others. I couldn't help but respect and like her. The mentality of both lead characters is a perfect match. If you want to read a book that will leave you rooting for the hero and heroine at every stop, that will steal a place in your heart, pick up Valuable Cargo the next time you go online!"

Read an Excerpt!
http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com/ExcerptValuableCargo.html

Watch the Trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkKFPyups-U

Buy it from Liquid Silver Books!
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=linda018&product_name=Valuable+Cargo&return_page=&user-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact

*hugs*
Paige

"Stories so hot, they'll make your cheeks blush!"

http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com/

A Little Bit of Everything

Wildflowerafternoons

Okay, so it's the day after Halloween. For the first time in thirteen years, I had a quiet, I don't have to go out, fight traffic, crowds and the fright of a little kid running out infront of my car night. Yes, the teenager went off to do his own thing, not trick or treating, all he wanted was the candy, admitted he's really not into it anymore, so I told him I'd buy a couple bags today to satisfy the candy hunger and he was happy with that, LOL. So now it's time to start having Halloween Parties. *YAY*

So not sure about the rest of you, but my butt was up at 7:23 AM (Damn turning back the clocks) :-) What did I do, well, I jumped right back into bed until 8AM, LOL.
I do feel fully refreshed and rested though.

Florida's starting to cool down a bit, *YAY* it's to be in the low 80's today with less humidity and in the upper 50's tonight!! I've waited so long!! (Hand brushing across forehead)

jorge1782

I'm also in the market for a mini netbook. I've played with a few here and there, messed around with a Acer and A dell mini inspiration last night at Wal-Mart and went to read several reviews. I really like the key board on the dell. The buttons are just a bit larger, and felt more comfortable.

It seems the Toshiba mini has had a lot of negative feed back about the keypad being really sensitive and the mouse jumping around. That is one thing I want to avoid big time. I can't stand that.
Anyone out there have a netbook they want to share the scoop on? I'll take the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

I need more coffee so I'm going to end here and say, Good Morning to Happy the Clock has been turned back day! You all got to sleep an extra hour and wake up earlier, LOL. :-)