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Today, my Golden Heart entry goes into the mail. It has to be in Texas by the 2nd, and I’m not taking any risks by sending it any later – especially with the Thanksgiving Holiday coming up. Last night, I sat down before I printed the final copies of my partial manuscript so that I could go through the check-list, check for grammar and spelling mistakes, and make sure I ended with a “hook”. At 55 pages max, the partial and synopsis need to really grab the reader, so a hook at the end can’t hurt, right? It’s been just…

I can’t believe we are now actually under the 30 day mark! I am so excited! Since our wedding is also a vacation at the same time, I know that we are going to have such a great time. And… what’s even better is that our wedding is going to be so stress-free! It’s already paid for (as of yesterday’s call to pay the final balance at the chapel of the flowers), and we’re going to be so relaxed! One thing I love about this relationship is that we almost never argue. Sure, some people like to say that arguments…

Upsetting news from Harlequin, a publisher I have idolized for so long. Earlier this week (or was it last week?) they announced an epublish division called Carina Press. I wasn’t too upset about it, because it’s just another way they can publish novels. No advances, fine. That’s the way most epubs do it anyway. But two days ago, H announced a new endeavor – Harlequin Horizons. They are promoting it as a self-publishing venture, but it’s really a misnomer. It’s what most people would called a vanity press – which is a publisher who asks you to pay money for…

Last night, I just wanted to stand up and scream at the TV during the elimination on The Biggest Loser. As if last week’s argument with Shay didn’t make him look bad enough, he had to attack Rebecca this week when there was absolutely no reason for it. Rudy has done extremely well on this show, setting records left and right for most weight lost ever in 10 weeks and for losing 100 pounds faster than anyone ever has before. I am sure his family is proud of him for it. But I just cannot like him, no matter how…

What? A Christmas post in mid-November? Well, there’s no use saying it’s too early. There were Christmas decorations up at the local mall well before Halloween. There’s no use even complaining about it. Every year, we complain about how early the Christmas decorations go up and the music begins to play, and every year they continue to put them up earlier and earlier. My theory is that this year, they went up super early because the malls and shopowners are struggling financially. They are hoping that the wreaths and the jolly music will remind us all about the people in…

We’re officially halfway through National Novel Writing Month, and this week I made it to the magical 25,000 word mark. Basically, that means I’ve been playing with Hello Kitty markers and pencils and ribbons for the past couple of days :). By next Saturday, I should be hitting the next goal of 37,500, which sounds ridiculously close to the end! So, how do I feel about my novel so far? Truthfully, I think there are some good parts, but they are few and far between. In the first 25,000 words of my zombie apocalypse novel, there has yet to be…