Melani Blazer

Thirteen Things I want to do in 2007

1) Make sure you ALL know about SeXTC, my quickie from Ellora’s Cave which goes on Sale on January 10th!!!!

2) Get my bod in better shape. (That’s different from lose weight, ya know)

3) Do something new with my hair (this scares me more than….alligator wrestling)

4) finish one of these %$^(%$& books on my harddrive and …

5) query more agents, hopefully getting one to represent me

6) make new friends in the blogosphere–and internet

7) Read more. My list of books read in 2006 was baaaaaad

8) Go on a relaxing vacation. Not a fast paced, preplanned one…

9) wean myself off of caffeine

10) Do a booksigning… somewhere.

11) um… thinking here. how about: Get up early and work when the house is quiet.

12) Post on more blogs

13) Feed my editors!!!

Gotta tell me something you hope to accomplish in ‘07. Nothing’s too big or too small. ‘fess up now!

Okay, these aren’t about me… but I decided to list THIRTEEN WEBSITES you should visit.

1. This one… comment on ANY post and I’ll enter you to win one of three prizes. I’ll be giving away a download of any one of my books to two lucky winners and the grand prize, chosen randomly, will get their choice of one my print books. I’ll even sign it. *ggg*

2. AFTER MIDNIGHT FANTASIES. Because I’m also part of that group and there’s a kick ass contest going on. A scavenger hunt. Lots of great authors and prizes available. Do check it out!

3. DIGG. Cuz Mandy said so. Actually, it’s a pretty cool site. While you’re at it, check out Mandy’s blog. It’s a bonus link. :P

4. Jaci Burton’s blog. While you JUST missed her 12 days of Christmas giveaway, I think you should go to her blog and congratulate her on her December 26th release, SURVIVING DEMON ISLAND.

5. Shannon Stacey’s site. Shan’s one of my dear friends, but her blog is my first stop every day. She’s got a killer blogroll and always a post worth reading. (Her books are worth reading too, especially her new Christmas story, In the Spirit)

6. My Bookstore and More. Yes, they sell Samhain books (and other stuff) but the BEST part is that books are ON SALE.

7. Nice Mommy, Evil Editor. Angie’s giving away books from Samhain Publishing. All you gotta do is comment on her blog to be entered. Go on now, you know you wanna!

8. Mandy Roth’s Yahoo group. She just informed me she’s giving away one PDF per day to a member of her group. Join, learn about her books and hopefully win yourself one!

9. OOOh, this is a good one… Nalini Singh is giving away an ARC. I want, I want!

10. The Honda Element site, because the crab commercial had me laughing til I cried and now there’s interactive fun stuff. Great for procrastination.

11. Thursday Thirteen. Get your stuff and start your own!

12. Make a snowflake. Looks like we’re doomed to have a green Christmas (ugh, I hate the cold, but it’s GOTTA snow for Christmas) so I’ll use this program to make my computer a window to that winter wonderland.

13. Send a Christmas card to the US Troops who won’t make it home for Christmas. It’s a small way to say thanks. My daughter really thought it was a great idea.

Thirteen randomly interesting things on Mel’s desk….(there’s FAR more than thirteen…but I’ll spare the really boring stuff, like bills!)

1. a bag of random gummi candy from Fuzziwigs, one of my favorite candy stores!

2. A hand carved wood box containing a piece of Castle Crag, given to me from a dear friend.

3. Three rolls of film. I need to go take more pictures.

4. A picture of my hubby looking mighty fine.

5. A pair of gloves for when it gets cold in here. Yes, I do type with gloves.

6. A book thong.

7. A bottle of Kenneth Cole “Black”… love that scent!

8. Three empty prescription bottles, dating back God-knows-when. Probably here because I called in a refill and then didn’t toss the bottle.

9. about a zillion safety pins.

10. A phone book open to the hubby’s favorite pizza place.

11. A pair of gray christmas themed socks–present from my daughter to her friend.

12. A huge pile of notes–for about five different stories. Some are character outlines, some plot notes…I’m SOOO unorganized!

13. My laptop AND desktop computers. Cuz that’s where they should be. Somewhere… under all this mess.

What’s on your desk?

Arrrrrr, me hearties. It’s a pirates life for me…here’s why!

1) Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. He’s not my heartrhrob, but is he not one kick ass actor? I forget he’s Johnny and he BECOMES Jack. Love it.

2) Orlando Bloom. Cuz he is my heartthrob and he’s dashingly sexy with long hair. Yum.

3) The soundtrack (POTC). Love it. Love it. Love it.

4) Because it’s a movie we can watch as a family, over and over and always laugh.

5) I have the theme as a ringtone for my phone.

6) Bad boys are always soooo good. Pirates included.

7) Pirate Booty.

8) The gentle rock of a ship to lull you to sleep. And if that doesn’t work, you can sing… “A pirates life for me”

9) The rum really is NEVER gone

10) Did I mention Will Turner?

11) My daughter walks around quoting most of Jack Sparrows lines from POTC1 and it makes me laugh–EVERY time

12) It’s very warm in the Caribbean

13) The POTC2 DVD is now available. I have it, I’ve seen it, I’ll watch it at least twice more this weekend.