Melani Blazer

I’ll come back after works and add the code…maybe…

I worked til after bedtime last night to finish rough draft of my synopsis. That’s my story and I”m sticking to it.

It’s RT Convention week. I went to St. Louis 2 years ago and had a lot of fun. Here’s 13 things I loved about it, and am sorry I’m missing now:

1) Meeting up with my friends.

2) Meeting new authors and/or putting a face to a name I’d seen online

3) Free books

4) a break from routine, ala vacation in a hotel and everything (can you tell I don’t get out much?)

5) conversation with people who understand

6) getting to be “Melani Blazer” (that’s not who I am all day, so it’s kind of a moment of enjoying a split personality )

7) buying new clothes in preparation

8) wearing clothes you wouldn’t be caught dead in back home

9) free food (the fruit/pastry breakfast tables were the most divine!)

10) did I mention free books. I got LOTS of books!

11) oh, and I got a few of my favorite friends (authors) to SIGN their books

12) hearing industry news/gossip in person

13) meeting booksellers and reviewers and thanking them in person for selling/reviewing my books.

I haven’t blogged in ages.

Been working on a new story. So blame the muse for my absence.
Other than that, I’ve been doing the same ole stuff—eating, sleeping, working, writing…

I’m not heading to RT, but wish I were! If you’re left behind like me, Angie’s having a contest at her blog. Be sure to check it out.

I recently interviewed Emma Wayne Porter. She’s been a pal of mine for years and she writes incredible romantic suspense (rompense!). Check out the interview here and her blog here.

I’m off to write more. See you soon!

These were from a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been busy and just remembered to go get the roll of film developed. Yes, roll of film. I’m an old fashioned kind of girl.

Anyway, here’s my favorites:

Oh, Emma LOVES goats, so I took this one just for her. This one’s clickable to get the FULL EFFECT…..

Spent about an hour tinkering, and decided to “do” my Brand Name Dates page next.

http://www.melaniblazer.com/books/brandnamedates.htm

You can also get there by clicking “BOOKS” in the header above and then clicking the cover.

There’s a second excerpt for this one. If anyone has any thoughts or comments about layout, hollar!

I love Benny….

He’ll probably be one of my favorite “heros”. My grandma’s reading this book right now.. yes, I said Grandma. She’s in her 90’s and her and my Grandpa are voracious readers. She said she’s been reading the funny parts out loud to my Grandpa. Ain’t that cute? It’s a sweet story, nothing too sexy–it’s termed chick lit, but I like to think of it as a satisfyingly romantic one. (In case some of you are going… but what about a happy ending!?!?!?! I say–read it, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.)

So…. if you haven’t taken a look at Cerrdiwen Press or want a funny, sassy, romantic book to pass the time, check out Brand Name Dates!

1) go to google.com

2) click on maps

3) click on get directions

4) in first box type New York, New York

5) in second box type Paris, France

6) Click get directions

7) laugh at the miles and 29 days it takes to get there.

8) read #23 on the list.

9) laugh your ass off and share with your friends.

ps I also heard it works if you wanna get to Rome, Italy, too!

April, can you believe it? A month ago (more or less) it hit 80! yes, 80! Now we’re back to a forecasted three days of snow/sleet/ice and rain. The above pic was taken via the cell phone out my front window. It might be a little blurry cuz of my horror and recoil at the situation outthere. Granted, the ground is warm and much of it is melting (you can see it’s not sticking to the sidewalks…yet) there’s the tell-tale ping of ice balls hitting the windows and siding.

This is NOT paradise, people.

I’m off to work. I really would rather crawl UNDER my bed and pretend it’s August. Really.

I’m home from work for the second day in a row with some icky combination of stomach flu, sore throat and ear ache. With all of this comes a haedache that steals any ability to focus, concentrate or make a bit of sense. Obviously not good traits for office work, huh?

I realized I hadn’t blogged in awhile, so wanted to toss an update out there. Up until yesterday, when the brain cell exploded with the fever, I was cruising real smooth on a new book idea. Hopefully some good meds will make me feel better and I can continue with that.