COOKING UP A STORM, the latest Modern Extra release from Jenna Bayley-Burke is on sale this December!Available from Mills & Boon and AmazonUK.When it comes to relationships, sexy venture capitalist Cameron Price sticks firmly to casual flings. But when relocation takes him to Seattle, his boss insists that finding a girlfriend will be a smart career move.Still content with snacks rather than a full banquet, Cameron makes a deal with caterer Lauren Brody. To keep the husband hunters at bay, she will pretend to be his girlfriend, and in return he'll hire her to cook at all his corporate events!But their first kiss is incredibly tasty! Soon, the chemistry between Cameron and Lauren is electric, and their shared passion is threatening to boil over - which isn't part of Cameron's plan!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Cooking up a Storm
COOKING UP A STORM, the latest Modern Extra release from Jenna Bayley-Burke is on sale this December!Available from Mills & Boon and AmazonUK.When it comes to relationships, sexy venture capitalist Cameron Price sticks firmly to casual flings. But when relocation takes him to Seattle, his boss insists that finding a girlfriend will be a smart career move.Still content with snacks rather than a full banquet, Cameron makes a deal with caterer Lauren Brody. To keep the husband hunters at bay, she will pretend to be his girlfriend, and in return he'll hire her to cook at all his corporate events!But their first kiss is incredibly tasty! Soon, the chemistry between Cameron and Lauren is electric, and their shared passion is threatening to boil over - which isn't part of Cameron's plan!
The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl
The Goblin, The Witch, and the Single Girl
Five years after losing her parents in the 9/11 terrorist act that toppled the Twin Towers in New York City, Caitlin realizes she needs to take control of her life again and start fresh. Even if it means giving up the most eligible bachelor in the City.
Trips to Montreal as a young girl with her parents had taken her through the quaint, quiet little village of Rouses Point. Perched on the northernmost shores of Lake Champlain in New York state, the old Clabo Victorian home had been vacant even back then.
And now, here she stands in the middle of the foyer of her new home, grinning like a Cheshire cat. Will her life be as sweet as she foresees? Or will the other occupants in her house throw a wrench in her plans?
Rating: SweetBook Length: NovellaPrice: $4.75
Genre: Paranormal/Contemporary
Read excerptWednesday, November 29, 2006
My first contest!
Contest Alert!!!--It's my first one!!
Okay! With only 24 more days until Naughty or Nice releases, I have decided to run two promotions. I have just started a yahoo group so I can keep in touch with all you wonderful people. I have a link on my website to join the group and on my page here on myspace.
All you have to do to enter the contest is to join the group, which will sign you up for my newsletter. I promise it won't fill up your inbox with emails. I don't have time for that. I plan to spend most of my time writing!
Two lucky people will have their names drawn to receive a Memory Maker Photo Bracelet. I love jewerly and I love this bracelet. It is so easy to reduce the pictures, that anyone can do it with a photocopier or a computer.
[IMG]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p138/missydragon/memorymaker.jpg[/IMG]
Contest ends December 25, 2006
You can see more of their products at www.memorymakerbracelet.com
Here is a link to my new group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/missylyons/
Okay! With only 24 more days until Naughty or Nice releases, I have decided to run two promotions. I have just started a yahoo group so I can keep in touch with all you wonderful people. I have a link on my website to join the group and on my page here on myspace.
All you have to do to enter the contest is to join the group, which will sign you up for my newsletter. I promise it won't fill up your inbox with emails. I don't have time for that. I plan to spend most of my time writing!
Two lucky people will have their names drawn to receive a Memory Maker Photo Bracelet. I love jewerly and I love this bracelet. It is so easy to reduce the pictures, that anyone can do it with a photocopier or a computer.
[IMG]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p138/missydragon/memorymaker.jpg[/IMG]
Contest ends December 25, 2006
You can see more of their products at www.memorymakerbracelet.com
Here is a link to my new group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/missylyons/
Sunday, November 05, 2006
My Nano progress
Well so far I have managed to keep my word coutn up to about 1800 words a day even though it has been on 4 different stories. I may not have a novel done by the end of Nano but several short stories. Which isn't exactly what the challenge is about. So I may have to narrow it down to one story at a time.
So maybe I will focus on "A dragon Among Us" story. It would be good to have another dragon story under my belt.
I got an email reply about a short story which I submitted to Phaze's fury line this week too. They were interested in a short erotica which I wrote that has revenge as a central theme. I tend to find revenge themes a lot in my plotting. Which is funny, because I am really not like that in real life, saving my anger, plotting my revenge. I find it funny it's a characteristic that should come out with my characters. Phaze asked for about 6-7 changes be made as well as some cutting (which I find very hard to do when I work so hard at getting the word count up in the first place). It currently stands around 11k.
So I spent the last couple of days editing and making changes, and maybe it will result in another contract for sometime in June of next year. If they don't like it, I may just stretch it out to a novella 25k-30k and submit it elsewhere, but they did express interest and liked the main character.
Of course it also meant that I got behind in my Nano challenge by a day. So now I get to play catch up.
So maybe I will focus on "A dragon Among Us" story. It would be good to have another dragon story under my belt.
I got an email reply about a short story which I submitted to Phaze's fury line this week too. They were interested in a short erotica which I wrote that has revenge as a central theme. I tend to find revenge themes a lot in my plotting. Which is funny, because I am really not like that in real life, saving my anger, plotting my revenge. I find it funny it's a characteristic that should come out with my characters. Phaze asked for about 6-7 changes be made as well as some cutting (which I find very hard to do when I work so hard at getting the word count up in the first place). It currently stands around 11k.
So I spent the last couple of days editing and making changes, and maybe it will result in another contract for sometime in June of next year. If they don't like it, I may just stretch it out to a novella 25k-30k and submit it elsewhere, but they did express interest and liked the main character.
Of course it also meant that I got behind in my Nano challenge by a day. So now I get to play catch up.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Mermaid Mythology
Mermaid Mythology
What do we really know about mermaids?
All I know about them I learned from a book of fairy tales. My sister and I used to go swimming in a creek and pretend we were mermaids and when we swam underwater we tried to kick with both feet as if we had a tail. It's not very easy to swim this way and you tire quickly. We played during the long summer days there by the creek swimming and catching crawdads.
But a real mermaid has never been seen or proven to be alive. It is just a myth probably by a sailor who spotted a seal, which reminds me more of a selkie than a mermaid, and just to let you know a selkie is not a mermaid. A mermaid is half human on the torso and half fish instead of legs. A selkie has a fur coat that she or he can remove to look human on land. If the coat is found and hidden the selkie can not return to the sea and if it is not cared for the selkie will die.
They live in the sea and lure those who would love them into the sea as well. Some stories tell of mermaids singing a sirens song and sailors to their doom on the rocks. Some would love a human to their own detriment. They have emotions like humans and some are good and some are bad. Some are male and some are female.
I have my own opinion among the mix of myths I have heard. The glorious King Triton, the father to all the mermaid and king of the sea, was once human like you and me. It was a sad day on the day he was cursed and wrongfully so, but he embraced his fate and kidnapped his love, and their children are the merfolk that live in the sea today. Some still have the dreams of living on land once again and are so fool hearted to fall in love with a human, but most are content to live their lives in the ocean deep.
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid
http://uk.geocities.com/lucath/mermaids.html
http://www.mermaids-pt.com/
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/mermaids/1.html
What do we really know about mermaids?
All I know about them I learned from a book of fairy tales. My sister and I used to go swimming in a creek and pretend we were mermaids and when we swam underwater we tried to kick with both feet as if we had a tail. It's not very easy to swim this way and you tire quickly. We played during the long summer days there by the creek swimming and catching crawdads.
But a real mermaid has never been seen or proven to be alive. It is just a myth probably by a sailor who spotted a seal, which reminds me more of a selkie than a mermaid, and just to let you know a selkie is not a mermaid. A mermaid is half human on the torso and half fish instead of legs. A selkie has a fur coat that she or he can remove to look human on land. If the coat is found and hidden the selkie can not return to the sea and if it is not cared for the selkie will die.
They live in the sea and lure those who would love them into the sea as well. Some stories tell of mermaids singing a sirens song and sailors to their doom on the rocks. Some would love a human to their own detriment. They have emotions like humans and some are good and some are bad. Some are male and some are female.
I have my own opinion among the mix of myths I have heard. The glorious King Triton, the father to all the mermaid and king of the sea, was once human like you and me. It was a sad day on the day he was cursed and wrongfully so, but he embraced his fate and kidnapped his love, and their children are the merfolk that live in the sea today. Some still have the dreams of living on land once again and are so fool hearted to fall in love with a human, but most are content to live their lives in the ocean deep.
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid
http://uk.geocities.com/lucath/mermaids.html
http://www.mermaids-pt.com/
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/mermaids/1.html
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