Archive for January, 2007



So I went to Borders yesterday…
January 25th, 2007

You know how they have those display tables right in front of the door? The ones that have the newest releases?

Guess what I found at the second table?? The Treasure! Standing on the back splash with three copies.

Look I’ve got proof…

Isn't it beeeauuuutiful?

I signed them and put my pretty Signed by Author sticker on them. After walked around and shopped for books I wanted (only to find two of them aren’t released yet ), I went back and looked to see if anyone had picked one up in the 15 minutes since I’d signed them.

Oh yeah, majorly excited geek!

When I checked out I told the cashier about it and she says “I remember you - historical romances right?” Hey, even cooler!! I remember talking to her during my signing.

Yep, it was a good day.

The Year in Stupidity
January 24th, 2007

My mom sent me this…

Actual events from the past year:

Number One Idiot of 2006
I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center.
Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants.
I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants.
I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.

Here’s your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.

Number Two Idiot of 2006
Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home.
Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing.

Here’s your sign, guys. Don’t get it wet, the paint might run.

Number Three Idiot of 2006
A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote “this. Put all your muny in this bag.”
While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller’s window.
So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn’t the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America.
Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, “OK” and left.
He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.

Don’t bother with this guy’s sign. He probably couldn’t read it anyway.

Number Four Idiot of 2006 (partly clever idiot)
A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40.
Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs.
He immediately mailed in his $40.
Wise guy… but you still get a sign

Number Five Idiot of 2006
A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer.
After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf.
He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, “Because I don’t believe you are over 21.”
The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn’t believe him.
At this point, the robber took his driver’s license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk.
The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag.
The robber then ran from the store with his loot.
The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license.
They arrested the robber two hours later.
This guy definitely needs a sign.

Idiot Number Six of 2006
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers.
The first one shouted, “Nobody move!” When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.

This guy doesn’t even deserve a sign…

Idiot Number Seven of 2006
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he’d just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run.
So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass.
The whole event was caught on videotape.

Yep, here’s your sign.
(Please note that all of the above people are allowed to vote).

IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road.
The reason:
“Too many deer are being hit by cars out here!
I don’t think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.”
From Kingman Kansas.

Stupid spammers
January 23rd, 2007

My blog is getting hit by spammers. Lousy bastards. I’ve gotten at least 500 spam comments in the last two days that were caught by the program Frauke installed on my blog, BUT there’s a bunch getting through. You know I’m going to get on my soap box here…

What is the purpose of spam comments? Really… Every one of the 500 say something like “I’m not an active serfer {yes it was spelled wrong}, but I’m going to tell my friends about your site.”

I’ve gotten stupid e-mail and comments that are linked to porn sites, online casinos, tons of prescription meds, and erection enhancements. So what is the purpose of the spam? I just don’t get it and that annoys me. I’d like to understand the purpose of someone wasting my time and my server space.

Let’s take all those spammers and give them a virus made by the other group of whack-jobs out there (those that create malware) and make them trade goodies.

Check me out over at Sasha’s blog
January 22nd, 2007

Sasha White blogged about me today. She’s featuring a Secret Thoughts: Erotique contributing writer for the days leading up to its release on January 30. Today is my day.

Come on by and check it out!

Thank you, everyone
January 20th, 2007

Lately I’ve gotten some reader e-mails that have really touched me. Folks that e-mailed me for no reason other than to tell me what they thought of my book and my writing.

To those readers, I want to say thank you so much for taking the time to let me know what you thought. I’ve had some that made my ears tear up they touched me so deeply. I am trying hard to finish my current WIP (getting so close) and to have two people tell me that I’ve convinced them to give western romance another chance, I can’t tell you how that feels.

To every reader who has spent their time reading my books, thank you. I don’t think authors spend enough time thinking about the individuals who take a chance on us, who spend their money and time on those of us that live to write. I am a voracious reader too, and have my favorites, but I am also one who loves to try something new. I’m going to make it a point to e-mail authors myself after I read their books.

Here’s a few snippets from the e-mails I’ve gotten.

From Olivia: “Thank you so much for writing this great book. I’m glad I had the chance to read it. I will definitely consider more Old West titles in the future because of ‘Madeline’”

From Cheryl: “The entire Malloy family is wonderful, and not since my reading of the entire books of Laura Ingalls Wilder have I loved a story centered around the west.”

From Ann: “I just had to let you know I recently discovered your Mallory series - and LOVE IT! Keep up the great work - I’ll buy anything with your name on it!”

From Tammy: “I love your books they are so great I hope you write more of them.”

From Annmarie: “I just finished reading all of your published Malloy family books. I read them all in 2 days and just love them.”

From Lillie: “I simply love your books. I was starting to get bored with romance novels, you have brought them back to life for me. Thank you!”

I’m energized and more sure than ever that writing should be my passion in life. Really y’all, thank you, thank you, thank you!