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What hump?

The hubby and I ventured into the city on this frigid, frigid night to see… Continue

Added by Dee Savoy on January 3, 2008 at 1:17pm — No Comments

Character Assassination

Dumbledore is gay and I'm annoyed as hell.

I have to admit I haven't read one page of one Harry Potter book. I've bought 'em all and my kids love them. I've seen some of the movies and even bought the damn DVDs. One year we went to a Harry Potter party with my kids dressed as Hermoine and Harry--complete with capes wand and a pair of busted glasses. Even Mama went in costume though I'd be hard pressed to tell you exactly what I was.

I tell you this so you know I don't mind Pottermania,

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Added by Dee Savoy on October 23, 2007 at 2:52am — No Comments

The Me Nobody Knows

Since I never seem to get tagged for those Tell eight things about yourself you'd kill if somebody else told on you things that float around the blogosphere, I thought I'd tell on myself. Here are eight things I really hate about the way some folks use the English (and sometimes other) language.

1. Less is qualitative; more is quantitative. You cannot have less calories, but you have fewer. Fewer do you hear me. Every time I hear someone say less when they should say fewer it causes me… Continue

Added by Dee Savoy on May 21, 2007 at 3:10am — No Comments

To All the Books I've Loved Before

Over at Murderati a few days ago, Robert Gregory Brown posted about comparing the experience of reading a book with being with a lover. Now you know the romance writer in me was ready to get on board with that analogy. Most of any good romance is foreplay--will they or won't they and if they will how will they?

Brown compares the first act of the book with seduction, the second act with foreplay and the la… Continue

Added by Dee Savoy on May 2, 2007 at 11:40pm — 2 Comments

Maybe it's just me, but. . .

Okay, it's been a little while since I had to do an agent search and even longer than that since I was a new author with no clue just a SASE to include with my manuscript, but . . . it never occurred to me that writer's getting a rejection would receive a letter back without their name on it. Huh? you say. I know, I don't think that made sense exactly, so I'll be specific.

The other day, an aspiring writer friend of mine got back her first two rejections from agents--one was via e-mail… Continue

Added by Dee Savoy on April 30, 2007 at 2:01pm — 12 Comments

There's no crying in critique (originally appeared on my nother blog

I was talking with an aspiring writer the other day who mentioned my dislike for critique groups. And I thought, where have I ever said that? Turns out it's on my own website. Oh. It's true, sort of. Most people who ask me about critique groups are greener than grass. They've barely put two words down on paper and they want someone else to pass judgment on what they've written. It's at this stage a critique group can be a hazard. Any good critique group is going to give some honest feedback that… Continue

Added by Dee Savoy on April 30, 2007 at 3:16am — No Comments

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New Killer Career Excerpt at Acme Authors Link

Hi Gang,
Today, I've got a new Killer Career excerpt up at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ . This one continues from the first excerpt I posted on Monday at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/

If you're curious about my recently released romantic suspense, come on over to one or both blogs to check it out.

Thanks,
Morgan

Time Out for Kindle Reading

Our local library has 8 kindles available for its patrons. The DH and I both got on the waiting list, mainly so I could use one. His number was reached and we picked up the kindle on Sunday afternoon. Now I've got a kindle to read for 2 weeks! So far I'm really loving it, especially the current book I'm reading, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

What about you? Do you own a kindle? Or, have you tried someone else's? Would you like to?

Who's Doing Cyber Monday?

I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.

What about you?

Did You Shop on Black Friday?

There's still time to take the poll to the left about what you ate at Thanksgiving.
About Black Friday -
The DH despises mob scenes, but my brother and I do love the adventure of shopping on Black Friday. We weren't courageous enough to get up at the crack of dawn, though, so we did miss out on a few goodies, like the snuglee blankets and pots and pans sets at Menards, and some other items. I did manage to get some work gloves at almost 50 cents each pair, and a boot/shoe dryer which sounded interesting and was less than $9.00. The biggest extravagance there was this turntable with MP3 encoding/AM FM radio combination thing, but that was only $49.00, which isn't too bad. I didn't go for any of the high ticket items.

I didn't do too bad, but do have some Staples rebates to send in. They're pretty easy to do online, so I don't mind doing them. I bought some USB flash drives, batteries, and CD rewrites there.

I also bought a reversible light grey, almost white bubble coat and some grey boots at Walmart, both items $7.00 each, which I plan to use walking Rascal.

What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of deals did you get?

So, this year I was pretty practical, but it was still fun and I did get a few things I hadn't expected to find.

What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of finds did you get?