I may have possibly found it! *crossing fingers* And if I do, I’ll post the feed info in another post.

Still not working! Let’s try again.

Will my feed work? Have I fixed the issue? Let us see.

24,850 / 80,000 (31.1%)

Snippet: Gabe talking to Felicity about his father.
“I’m not sure how, but I have more gray in my hair than he has in his.” He threaded his fingers through the hair at his temples.
“I think men with gray look distinguished.”
“Is that a kind way of saying old?”
Felicity laughed. “No. There’s something innately sexy about a man with just a hint of gray.”
“Really,” Gabe said with a lift of one eyebrow, his voice husky.
“Oh yes,” she breathed.
Their eyes caught and held. A hint of desire blazed in his and she knew hers held more than a suggestion.
“Good to know.”

The perfect song for Seeing Red… well, because it has those words in it and the tone is exactly what I imagine for the serial killer. Such fun!

Other songs I listen to while writing this are:

While on the hunt for the killer-

• Fake It - Seether
• FMLYHM - Seether
• Rise Above This - Seether
• 6 Gun Quota- Seether
• Remedy - Seether
• Welcome To The Jungle- Guns N Roses

The serial killer-

• The Red- Chevelle
• I Hate Everything About You- Three Days Grace
• No Jesus Christ- Seether
• Animal I Have Become- Three Days Grace

THIS ONE–

No video– but music.

Felicity and Gabe-

• You Won’t Ever Be Lonely- Andy Griggs
• I Melt- Rascal Flatts
• The One Thing- INXS
• Don’t Change- INXS

No video, but here’s the song.

In a few pages Felicity and Gabe will share their first kiss! Hee!

I’m currently reading Every Night I’m Yours from fellow Bradford-ee Christie Kelley and I am highly entertained! I wanted a historical, saw Christie’s on Laura’s site, and so I decided to get it. I mean, after all, Laura likes my writing, right? So, she must have good taste. Heh.

You should check this book out. It’s a fun book. I love when she calls him a beast. 

Here’s the blurb:

A WOMAN YEARNING FOR A TASTE OF THE FORBIDDEN…

At twenty-six, aspiring novelist Avis Copley intends to wear spinsterhood as a badge of honor. But when she discovers a volume of erotica that ignites a searing fire within her, Avis realizes just how much she doesn’t know about the actual pleasures of the flesh. Determined to learn more, she devises a daring plan…

A MAN READY TO TEACH HER MUCH, MUCH MORE…

Avis chooses Emory Billingsworth, a fellow novelist-not to mention a beautiful specimen of manhood-to instruct her in carnal pleasure. But when the brash earl of Selby, Banning Talbot, a man she has known for years, unearths Avis’ true intentions, he claims she’s made a dangerously bad choice. Volunteering his services for one wicked night of reckless, abandoned passion, Banning promises he will satisfy all of her deepest longings. Yet Banning cannot begin to imagine the effect his willful, voluptuous, and very eager student will have on him-or how far an innocent lesson in desire can go…

Rock on Christie Kelley! :rockon:  :rockon4: 

This is only a test. :-)

I must give a huge shout out of congrats to gal pal Ann Aguirre who not only made the Locus Bestseller List with the ever magnificent Grimspace, but she also got a fabulous author quote from Patricia Briggs! You read the quote on Ann’s blog. Rock on with your bad self, Ann! Woo hoo!

I went to see Sex & The City this weekend. Remember when I talked about Movie Theater vs. DVD? And how I said I rarely go to the theater unless there is a movie that is a must see for me? Well, this is a must see movie for me. I love Carrie and the girls. They always have a good time. From the previews it looked like a lot of fluff, but it ended up being way more than that. The movie itself was over 2 hours long and each and every minute of it fan-freaking-tastic!!! I would love to go see it again, that’s how great it was. But instead I’ll wait until it comes out on DVD and it will be added to my collection and watched TONS. If you watched the series while it was on HBO, I really, really encourage you to go see this movie. It really is worth the money. You can watch multiple trailers here.

Will you go see it? Are there any movies coming out that you have seen or are dying to see?

I’ve never received one as I’m not published, and I imagine they hurt like nothing else, but what do you do when you get one? Do you go and try to defend your writing? Trying to get the reviewer to understand where you are coming from? Do you respond and thank them for their review? Do you just ignore it?

I personally think option #2 (thanking the reviewer) is the classy way to handle things. You could ignore it and that would be acceptable as well. But option #1? SO WRONG. Everyone has a right to their opinion even if it reflects negatively on your work–your writing–that you spent long hours sweating and slaving over a keyboard to create. Why is this wrong? It makes you look stupid for one, unprofessional for another, and readers/reviewers generally have a field day with this sort of behavior. Getting a reputation for being defensive of your work will stay with you for a long, long time…if it ever goes away. I’ve seen it happen more than once. It isn’t pretty.

I was thinking about it and this is the only fair comparison I can think of. It would be like getting a rejection from a publisher and then corresponding back and trying to defend your book to them, because in essence isn’t the publisher in their own way giving you a review of the book? Maybe not as thorough but it’s a review nonetheless. If you were to argue your points to the editors/publishers/agents, just how long do you think you’d last in this business? Not very would be my guess.

In the same manner, if you argue your point to reviewers/readers, just how long do you think they’ll buy your books, thus keeping you in this business? Same answer–not very long would be my guess.

What are your thoughts?