Thursday Thirteen #23

Thirteen Things I Wish I Had In My Office

A Cadbury™ Caramel Egg factory — I don’t think this requires explanation.

A Bill Gates voodoo doll — I doubt this one does, either.

A pencil — Where the heck do they all go?

Joseph Campbell — A girl can dream.

One of these — Sorry. Guy moment.

The Library of Congress [...]

Thursday Thirteen #22

Thirteen Reasons You Ain’t Goin’ To LA

If your costume makes the baby Jesus cry, you ain’t goin’ to LA.

If the short-bus driver still has a restraining order against you, you ain’t goin’ to LA.

If only prostitutes “love your voice long time”, you ain’t goin’ to LA.

If we have a hard time determining your gender, you [...]

Thursday 13 #21

Thirteen Reasons You Can’t Put Real™©® Kids
Into A Romantic Novel
Okay, now I know this will probably get me in trouble with some people. Before you start, I agree — there have been many compelling and touching romances that include children.
However… nine times out of ten, children, as portrayed in romance, are whack. Churched up, prig-ified, [...]

Thursday Thirteen #20

Thirteen Rejected Marketing Ideas
Listed below are thirteen unfortunate results of daydreaming whilst pondering the marketing plan.

Mischief Management: Change pen name to “Emma Harry Potter”.

The Hiltonaught: Get overexposed celebutantes drunk and have my site’s URL tattooed on their…forehead. Should they suspect anything, convince them it’s magic fat-dissolving ink.

Be Well Hung: Er, I mean Will Hung. Try [...]

Thursday Thirteen #19

Yes, sir! Right away, sir!
DISCLAIMER: The following is in no way meant to disrespect the Seventy Days of Sweat Challenge. I dig me some Sven. I’m flying through word count.
But… you know I can’t be serious for five minutes in a row, let alone seventy whole days. So this is just a little sventertainment. Had [...]

Thursday 13 #18

ThirteenFourteen Fantasies
Oh, the interesting things found in the depths of old document files…
I have tiers of folders in Word, some of them older than dirt, transferred from ‘puter to ‘puter over the years. While digging around looking for an old WIP.doc, I ran across this list I’m about to share.
I’ve no idea where it came [...]

Thursday Thirteen #17

Thirteen Movies I’ve Been Watching Lately
I’m horrible for watching the same movies over and over again. I’m not sure why. But here’s a list of 13 current repeats.

Sense and Sensibility What’s not to love about this one?

Dead Again I’m watching this right now, a second Emma Thompson film. I had an honest-to-God squeally fit in [...]

Thursday Thirteen #16

Thirteen Bits of Trivia from The Living Legend
It releases next Tuesday — the 26th — and I’ve been holding off building an “author’s commentary” adjunct for my site until then. You know what I mean, like the director’s commentary on DVDs. Little behind-the-scenes factoids readers wouldn’t know unless some big-mouthed author tells them. :teef:

Thursday Thirteen #15

Thirteen Potential Plots for my site’s future “Free Read”

I have severe brainfry. The braincell needs a fresh workout in the very worst sort of way. So you — with a little help from the boys over at Seventh Sanctum — are hereby called to a vote.

Thursday Thirteen #14

Thirteen Favorite Lines from The Living Legend
The Living Legend releases the 26th of this month. And since I’m proofing the final version (for the 17th time) I thought I’d pick out 13 lines I wasn’t thoroughly sick of yet.

[Jack]: “There is no other way. The clock is ticking. And I can’t believe I’m [...]