tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324855382024-03-13T14:33:19.160-07:00Patti's Write SpotWelcome to the world of Patti's Write Spot!
This is where I will blog about the writing world and what's happening with me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-78825217745874869842008-11-03T21:46:00.001-08:002008-11-03T21:53:53.456-08:00Changing Fall<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SQ_jZXigmGI/AAAAAAAAA2s/3W9iu9BG4zc/s1600-h/Greetings3.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264676514374391906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SQ_jZXigmGI/AAAAAAAAA2s/3W9iu9BG4zc/s320/Greetings3.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Okay, so yesterday in my opinion, was the start of autumn with the change in clocks. After the nice sunny weather I woke up to, it later rained for a couple of hours-hard-before the sun came out again.<br /><br />Ah, yes, the ever changing weather.<br /><br />But, enough of weather. I finally got copy edits today. I figure that while everyone else will be watching election returns Tuesday night, I'll be at the computer reading my story for the umpteenth time.<br />The joys of writing...you read the same thing over and over and over....<br /><br />No wonder some authors say that once they see the last of their manuscript they push it out of their mind. :)<br /><br />Right now I have some ideas percolating in my head. I think the cooler weather tends to do that to me. Sort of like wanting to read when Winter sets in because you can't do things outside.<br /><br />Happy Reading and Writing everyone!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-80335590299485121592008-11-02T08:26:00.000-08:002008-11-02T08:36:59.378-08:00November is here........<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SQ3XJN0qOmI/AAAAAAAAA14/pIt_zCRrvBw/s1600-h/Fall19.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264100092795304546" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SQ3XJN0qOmI/AAAAAAAAA14/pIt_zCRrvBw/s320/Fall19.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I know...once again it's been a while since I posted. I was busy constantly over at the Romance Reviews Today blog giving away books and more books. :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>But things should now quiet down and I hope to be able to write more, both on my WIP's and on the blog. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Speaking of blogs, I've started a new one for Holli Winters, but not much to report since I still don't have my cover.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://holliwinters.blogspot.com/">http://holliwinters.blogspot.com/</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Fall has finally come to my area. Friday it rained and the leaves just dropped like dead flies onto the ground. Wet and not so pretty. Up until then, it'd been beautiful watching the fall colors on the trees. Woke up yesterday morning to fog, but today it's sunny and looking good outside. Spent the afternoon and evening catching up on writing reviews, but yah, that's looking good. </div><br /><div>Best of the bunch of books I read for review was Marly Mathew's Do or Die.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What am I reading? Right now an Elaine Fox book for review Bedtime for Bonsai, one of her doggy books. (yes, it is a romance for humans!) </div><br /><div>I bought a Amazon Kindle and got it Wednesday. Still trying to figure it all out, but I did<em> figure</em> out how to email ebooks I already have to it. Have Cara Carnes' newest ebook, Weekend Games on it, ready to read.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Next weekend I have a four day weekend, with Saturday-Tuesday off. I will certainly use that time to good use. :)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>And hopefully blog more. </div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-359581150224666092008-09-30T18:06:00.000-07:002008-09-30T18:19:49.663-07:00All Dressed Up and Places to go.....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SOLNHZz0ezI/AAAAAAAAAkY/h1BsVd5MOuY/s1600-h/Cara,+Mo,++Patti.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251985642538433330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SOLNHZz0ezI/AAAAAAAAAkY/h1BsVd5MOuY/s320/Cara,+Mo,++Patti.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>From left to right: Cara, Mo and Patti</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-59513502045795184732008-09-13T21:00:00.000-07:002008-09-13T21:04:58.088-07:00Whew..........<em><span style="color:#33cc00;">An author's journey to publication includes those dreaded edits from your editor. I got mine last Saturday and plugged away at them for several days. My editor suggested some changes, including some for clarity and pacing, so that meant I needed to do more than fix grammar, etc errors. Of course, once I hit send Tuesday night that meant a probable second round...<br /><br />I got the email the other night...NO SECOND ROUND OF EDITS!<br /><br />I whooped it up and celebrated for the night. That is great news. Of course, it is now in the hands of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">copy editor</span>, who can suggest changes, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">yahhh</span>, the biggest hurdle is over.</span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-86937677266837245662008-09-10T20:09:00.001-07:002008-09-10T20:15:53.356-07:00This and that.....<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SMiMwYUI4pI/AAAAAAAAAi8/mteLAT3CM74/s1600-h/fireworks%20-%20white%20bkgrnd.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244596528861471378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SMiMwYUI4pI/AAAAAAAAAi8/mteLAT3CM74/s320/fireworks%2520-%2520white%2520bkgrnd.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Cara's interview will post on Thursday at the RRT blog. Check it out </em></span><a href="http://romrevtoday.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>here</em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>I got my release date for A Christmas Wish..... December 5th! As soon as I have a cover, I will start working on the new website for Holli Winters. You can see it </em></span><a href="http://holliwinters.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>here</em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em> now, but there is not much. :) As expected, Whispers Publishing wanted a Christmas themed story released in time for...Christmas!</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I've just finished the first round of edits and am getting more and more excited.</span></em> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-4909405726927536342008-09-07T11:09:00.000-07:002008-09-07T11:11:46.443-07:00Over at the RRT blog.....<a href="http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/PattiFischer/?action=view¤t=530i0i3i5x77y133i1x63y104i2x57y93i0.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/PattiFischer/530i0i3i5x77y133i1x63y104i2x57y93i0.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />This week I'll be posting an interview with Cara Carnes at the RRT Blog. I'll post the link after it's up.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-43761707527537338592008-08-31T19:15:00.000-07:002008-08-31T19:22:29.082-07:00Unleash Your Story!<a href="http://www.blogger.com/PASTE"><br /><img src="http://unleashyourstory.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/bumpstickunleash.jpg" /><br /></a><br />Support my efforts!<br /><br />I've decided to participate in Unleash Your Story, the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser for Sept. I'll be joining the other fine ladies of RWA Online as a team and we're going to write and raise money for CF.<br /><br />Here is my <a href="http://www.cff.org/LWC/dsp_DonationPage.cfm?idEvent=9562&idUser=276645">CF Homepage</a>. Be sure to donate! It's for a good cause.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-4440995291961361282008-08-25T20:24:00.000-07:002008-08-25T20:38:32.328-07:00My first Video!<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyklUcRQWms1FCHzoEkb4KJ50Wvvxycn0qLUlu4LyB_9NC-EQjKUIO0ttTiLdI7gdefiC2G47DzIuE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-35512795210085255922008-08-25T19:50:00.000-07:002008-08-25T19:56:13.405-07:00Promo....<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SLNwwAasQTI/AAAAAAAAAg8/IniHJA-CcAo/s1600-h/1workstation94-thumb.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SLNwwAasQTI/AAAAAAAAAg8/IniHJA-CcAo/s320/1workstation94-thumb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238654761610002738" /></a><br />As I ponder another future release, I wonder what is the best promo an writer can do.<br /><br />Bookmarks?<br /><br />Magnets?<br /><br />Pens?<br /><br />Calendars? <br /><br />Then there are the other things -- chats, promoting on loops, getting advance reviews.<br /><br />But the question remains...what is the best promo an author can use? <br /><br /><br />Any advice?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-59020157649538016822008-08-24T20:49:00.001-07:002008-08-25T19:49:58.412-07:00The best part of writing is......when it makes you smile. Writing should be fun, not something that is unpleasant or a drudgery. Today was spent writing on my current WIP, a vampire/shapeshifter romance that has elements of comedy in it. Above all, it's a romance. I would never be able to write unless it had a HEA.....<br /><br /><br />Here's a sneak peek:<br /><br />He accepted another Vampire Chaser from the bartender and continued to watch the people milling around. Most only gave him a cursory nod, never speaking to him. Others just steered clear of him. Rex had a feeling they knew who he was and what he was, and didn’t want to disturb him.<br /> Fine with him. Though the drink ebbed his anger, he still felt sexual urges. Perhaps in a little bit he would approach one of the women to help satisfy his needs. <br /> The music slowed to a surreal beat, lights transcended the room into a shadowy glow. The couple at the table now had their arms around each other, kissing earnestly. His cock twitched watching them, and he suppressed an urge to join them.<br />A touch on his upper arm and a voice purred in his ear, “Why are you standing here all alone when you could be with someone?”<br />He started to turn his head to see who she was, but her fingers slid up to his cheek to prevent him from doing so.<br />“No. Don’t look. Just use your senses.” Her voice was soft as the fingers that feathered across his face.<br />She smelled of crushed gardenias, enveloping his nostrils and he breathed deeply her scent. Pure lust filled him. Too long he’d been without a woman. Here he cruised the bar looking for a willing woman and Rex suspected he had one willing standing right next to him. <br />“Maybe I want to look at you to see what a beauty you are?” he murmured, his erection stirring against the tight confines of clothing.<br />“But aren’t surprises the best fun of all?” She leaned closer, her breath tickling the side of his face. “We can pretend to be blindfolded and never know who we kissed.”<br />“Only kisses?” He had to know the answer as his penis began to press painfully against the constrictiveness of his zipper. Her words tempted him. It was what he came for, so why resist what she offered? <br />She laughed softly, a tinkling sound which contrasted sharply against the Bon Jovi music now playing. A few couples were dancing, but most were involved in cuddling. <br />“We can do anything you want.” She leaned closer and he swore he could feel her tongue on his shoulder. “Anything…”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-55159054990662719602008-08-21T19:55:00.000-07:002008-08-21T20:02:31.119-07:00Looking in the mirror,I made myself laugh....okay, so seriously folks, I decided to take a pen name for the publication of my steamy, sensual romances. This morning I stood at the mirror and concentrated on saying my new name out loud.<br /><br />And found myself giggling uncontrollably. Okay, it is not a bad name, but well.....<br /><br /><br />It's going to take some time to get used to it.<a href="http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/PattiFischer/Misc%20Gifs/?action=view¤t=2HeartsGold.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/PattiFischer/Misc%20Gifs/2HeartsGold.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br /><br />By the way, <a href="http://www.whispershome.com/contests.html"><span style="font-size:180%;">here</span></a> is the announcement of the winners for the Kiss Me Baby contest. Yours truly is sitting there in third.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-57012918659630641242008-08-21T19:51:00.000-07:002008-08-21T19:55:39.568-07:00Rant ahead.....We wish to interrupt your regular programming for a rant....<br /><br />I hate hate hate the mail I get from credit card companies. They have marked the outside of the envelope "Important" or "Do Not Discard" or some other hokey crap to get you to open it.<br />Of course, once you open it you find it's an offer to write a damn check on them so they can charge you gadzillion dollars in interest and fees!<br /><br />I dislike with an intense go-to-hell feeling that I rarely get!!!!!!<br /><br />I tear up every single one of them and I'm seriously thinking of gathering them up and burning them in a sort of effigy in hell display.<br /><br /><br />Okay, I feel better.<br /><br />Back to your regular program....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-10571296695030154632008-08-19T21:31:00.000-07:002008-08-19T21:33:11.353-07:00Nice little graphic for me....<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SKueXiahhuI/AAAAAAAAAgk/n0eAE5zlrt0/s1600-h/kiss_me_third.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236453118960568034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SKueXiahhuI/AAAAAAAAAgk/n0eAE5zlrt0/s400/kiss_me_third.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Oh, yeah, and I forgot to add this graphic.....</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I need to update my website.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-67217166492802999022008-08-17T20:24:00.000-07:002008-08-17T20:30:45.771-07:00Announcing a sale!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SKjsktAo7yI/AAAAAAAAAgM/VfGBd0mcZjE/s1600-h/dancing_giraffees.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235694682119925538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/SKjsktAo7yI/AAAAAAAAAgM/VfGBd0mcZjE/s320/dancing_giraffees.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I wanted to announce that I sold a story to <a href="http://www.whispershome.com/index.html">Whispers Publishing</a>! I've signed the contract but do not yet know when it will be out. I'll post it as soon as I do.<br /><br />The story is called A Christmas Wish and will be published under a pen name of Holli Winters because, well, it's more sensual romance. :D<br />My thinking is that I'll keep the more sweeter romances under my Patti Fischer name and the hotter stuff under Holli Winters.<br /><br />And A Christmas Wish is currently up for vote as the best reader's fave along with another I entered. I must admit that blew me away to be in the top five!<br /><br />I've been keeping busy with things after coming back from the RWA Conference. Right now I'm writing a paranormal romance that is {{hot}}. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-79417603304287885862008-08-05T20:15:00.001-07:002008-08-05T20:15:28.325-07:00My RWA photos<table width="585" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td><img width="1" height="5" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font face="verdana" size="1"> If you can't see the pictures in this email, click here to see it in a web browser:<br/><a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=10gxd4yw.beb24dmg&x=0&y=34xh5b&localeid=en_US">http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=10gxd4yw.beb24dmg&x=0&y=34xh5b&localeid=en_US</a> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img width="1" height="5" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" /></td> </tr> </table> <table width="585" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;"> <tr> <td colspan="5"><img width="1" height="10" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"> <div id="hdrcolor"> Patti has shared photos with you.</div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td rowspan="3"><img width="10" height="1" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" /></td> <td width="327" valign="top"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="327" height="307" background="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/share/album_frame.jpg" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;" align="center"> <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=10gxd4yw.beb24dmg&x=0&y=34xh5b&localeid=en_US" style="display:block;width:327px;height:307px;"> <div><img width="1" height="63" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" alt="" /></div> <img width="10" height="1" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" alt="" /><img width="240" height="180" style="border: 1px solid #a5a9ac" border="0" src="http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/ShareServlet/-203828484/photos4888/2/49/94/47/48/9/948479449208_0_ALB.jpg" alt="Click to view my photos" /></a> </td> </tr> </table> <font face="verdana" size="2"> <center> <div><strong>RWA 2008</strong></div> (1 album) <br> </center> </font> </td> <td><img width="5" height="1" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" /></td> <td width="270"> <img width="1" height="56" border="0" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/images/invisible.gif" alt="" /><br/> <font face="verdana" size="2"> You're invited to view my online photos at the Gallery. 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Busy Busy Busy!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Seriously, I need to do something about this....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh, don't forget The Wild Rose Press is holding a contest to win a Sony ereader!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Check out <a href="http://www.thewildrosepress.com/">http://www.thewildrosepress.com/</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Stay tuned...I'm thinking of running a contest!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-60153683518660927802008-03-02T20:46:00.000-08:002008-12-10T05:12:35.544-08:00A Purrfect Touch is out!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R8uD0QpiQZI/AAAAAAAAANs/IAW0CqT8IYM/s1600-h/APT.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173373530810761618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R8uD0QpiQZI/AAAAAAAAANs/IAW0CqT8IYM/s200/APT.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Okay, me bad! Well, I've been busy and now I'm sick, but A Purrfect Touch is now out and available for purchase.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You can buy<a href="http://www.thewildrosepress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=733&zenid=ef8059c502ee958d47ae7bf4da0778e6"> here</a>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You can read reviews from Kathy's Review Corner and Fallen Angel Reviews by clicking <a href="http://www.kathysreviewcorner.com/reviews/FischerPurrfectTouch.html">here </a>and<a href="http://fallenangelreviews.com/2008/February/Hayley-APurrfectTouch.htm"> here</a>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm really excited for its release because I wrote this in only a couple of days and I smiled all the while I wrote A Purrfect Touch. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-38764523801111985542008-01-25T22:24:00.000-08:002008-12-10T05:12:36.171-08:00Of cats and.....leather?<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R5rTq2DaxYI/AAAAAAAAAJU/E7SH08v5bYU/s1600-h/CatWriting.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159669056124142978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R5rTq2DaxYI/AAAAAAAAAJU/E7SH08v5bYU/s320/CatWriting.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Okay, I google myself tonight and come across a very nice review for A Purrfect Love. It has me grinning ear to ear.....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twolipsreviews.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2835&Itemid=36">A Purrfect Love --reviewed by Two Lips Reviews</a><br /><br />Except, there is one part that confuses me....<br /><br /><em><br /><blockquote><em>Who knew if you combined a kitty, Halloween, and black leather, you would get the ingredients for a great romantic comedy?</em></blockquote></em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Black leather? Hmm...I don't recall there being black leather in the story. Did I write a BDSM for cats and didn't realize it?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>But, seriously, it is a great review!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-19937099312760999772007-12-24T20:57:00.000-08:002007-12-24T20:58:22.646-08:00Merry Christmas!!!<table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>Your Christmas Stocking Will Be Filled With a Puppy</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatwillbeinyourchristmasstockingquiz/puppy.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />Well - one cute, soft, cuddly puppy...<br />And a very soiled Christmas stocking.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatwillbeinyourchristmasstockingquiz/">What Will Be In Your Christmas Stocking?</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-32536876061226421792007-12-20T21:40:00.000-08:002008-12-10T05:12:36.392-08:00Reflections of the writer's mind<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R2tR-DpVsMI/AAAAAAAAAGU/5nAgivT9Rtw/s1600-h/snowglobe1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146297125773357250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R2tR-DpVsMI/AAAAAAAAAGU/5nAgivT9Rtw/s320/snowglobe1.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><p>I realized it had been a while since I posted here. Not really doing too much in the writerly way of things. I have some days off next week and hope to get started on <em>something</em>.</p><p>I did hear from my editor at The Wild Rose Press and she is going to try and get the first round of edits back to me before the end of the year. Somebody pinch me...a story from me in 2008!</p><p>Lately I've been mulling over the art of writing. What does it take to become a writer? Though a talent is important, even more so is persistence, since it doesn't happen overnight! I recently got asked what it took to become a published writer. One of my responses was that you're constantly learning the craft of writing. Also, keep writing and you have a better chance than someone who writes one mss and never does another.</p><p>For 2008, I hope to write and sell more.</p><p>Oh, and keep up better on this blog. :)</p><p>If I don't post here before December 25th....</p><p>MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!!!!!</p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-22310528792467297202007-12-09T13:44:00.001-08:002008-12-10T05:12:36.646-08:00Yeah! Another sale!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R1xie9n7OSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/Y7eShti8hIc/s1600-h/ChampagneRose.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142093158627883298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R1xie9n7OSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/Y7eShti8hIc/s200/ChampagneRose.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong><br /></strong></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>I know a few of you already know it....and once again I should've announced it on my blog...</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>But I sold another one to </strong></span><a href="http://thewildrosepress.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>The Wild Rose Press</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>!!!!!</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>It's called <em>A Purrfect Touch</em> and is the sequel to <em>A Purrfect Love.</em> Some of you may have read the little excerpt I posted earlier. Well, that is it. </strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>They want it!</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>They like me!</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"><strong>What a Christmas present!</strong></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-392312486243459522007-12-09T13:33:00.001-08:002008-12-10T05:12:36.927-08:00Win a free ebookwise!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R1xhGNn7ORI/AAAAAAAAAEc/elt83j9Xgcg/s1600-h/ElvesPresent.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142091633914493202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z0xY_GVmQcM/R1xhGNn7ORI/AAAAAAAAAEc/elt83j9Xgcg/s200/ElvesPresent.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>In case you haven't heard.... <a href="http://thebookbinge.blogspot.com/2008/01/holiday-contest-brought-to-you-by-book.html">TheBookBingeBlog</a> is giving away an ebook readers.<br /><br />Would I turn down a contest like this? No way!<br /><br />Christmas Meme:<br /><br />1. What is your favorite Christmas romance to re-read each year?<br /><br />I really don't have a favorite Christmas romance, but I love to pick up the series romances and read them as a comfort read. You know Harlequin releases a bunch every year. My favorites are the Harlequin SuperRomances.<br /><br />2. What is your favorite Christmas movie/show?<br />Definitely A CHRISTMAS STORY. The one with Ralphie in it. Love to watch it Christams Day.<br /><br />3. What is your favorite Christmas cookie? Those kind that are rolled in powdered sugar. Fresh out of the oven. Yum!<br /><br />4. When do you start Christmas shopping? For real, the day after Thanksgiving, but I've been known to grab a gift here and there throughout the year.<br /><br />5. Do you re-gift?<br />Don't tell anyone...but, yes. Is Santa going to call me bad?<br /><br />6. What is your favorite Christmas song?<br /><br />Silent Night or Jingle Bells<br /><br />7. When do you get your Christmas tree?<br />I do the ::cough cough: artificial trees. In fact, I have three up right now. :)<br /><br />8. Wrapping presents: Love it or hate it? Hate it, because I am a lousy wrapper.<br /><br />9. Who is the hardest person to buy for? My now 12 year old niece. Hard age to buy for.<br /><br />10. Christmas tree: Real or artificial?<br />See #7--lol</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-50918230844301984322007-11-26T19:37:00.000-08:002007-11-26T19:49:18.032-08:00And on the Seventh Day I rested....No, I'm not God, but after working steadily on my writing since August, I decided I needed a week to rest. Last Wednesday I finished the first draft of A Purrfect Touch and yesterday sat down and edited. Two friends have looked at it and says it is "awesome!"<br /><br />Just what an author wants to hear. :)<br /><br />This week I'm taking an editing class and will be polishing a tad on my two completed (and edited) manuscripts. Otherwise, taking it easy and catching up on my reviewing at <a href="http://romrevtoday.com/">Romance Reviews Today</a>.<br /><br />As a teaser, here is a sample of A Purrfect Touch... PS...A Purrfect Love still sits on the Top Ten Bestsellers list at The Wild Rose Press!<br /><br /><br />"Damn cat. I wonder if Ben and Marisa would miss it too much if I opened the window and let her jump out."<br /><br />Brock contemplated that thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Nah, Ben said Molly was responsible for bringing him and Marisa together."<br /><br />The cat in question continued to meow, pushing her paw under the barely opened window. Marisa made it clear to only open the windows an inch.<br /><br />He rubbed his jaw, suddenly realizing he needed a shave. Eyeing the clock, he decided he had maybe time for a quick shower and shave before the pizza arrived. "I ordered it with sausage too, Molly, so you should be happy."<br /><br />The black Persian turned her head and yellow eyes gazed at him solemnly in disdain. Which pretty much mirrored what the whole damn city of Chicago felt about him right now.<br /><br />Three months ago, a football hero with a full dating calendar. Now, he couldn’t even charm a female cat.<br /><br />Shrugging, he headed for the bathroom. The apartment belonged to Ben, but Brock was staying here to hide out from the venomous media and screeching fans out for blood.<br /><br />His blood.<br /><br />He stared at himself in the mirror. Dark hair standing on end and nearly bloodshot blue eyes stared back. This is what injuring your knee and costing your team’s a win during the playoffs does. Who’d think Chicagoans carried a grudge two months later?<br /><br />Shaking his head, he brushed his teeth, wondering if maybe it was time to find a new city to call home. Of course, nothing held him here, except maybe Ben, and now Ben’s bride, Marisa. The happily in love couple tied the knot in the Virgin Islands earlier in the week and Brock was feeling a little lonely without his baby brother around to cheer him up.<br /><br />He undressed, taking care with his bum knee. He stared down at the ragged scar that, to some men represented masculinity, but to Brock meant a potential end to his career as quarterback of the Chicago Bears.<br /><br />Stepping under the hot spray, a surge of energy swept through him. He needed to break out of his depression. He couldn’t hide out in Ben’s bachelor pad forever. It was time he headed home to his mansion with its magnificent view of Lake Michigan.<br /><br /><em>Riinnggg…</em><br /><br />In the process of rinsing his hair, Brock paused. What the hell? The pizza delivery guy was here already? Cursing, he hopped out of the shower and grabbed his robe. He told them an hour and it couldn’t be that already. He was going to give them a piece of his mind.<br /><br />Marching to the door, he briefly caught a flash of movement out of the corner of his eye, but he didn’t have time to investigate whether Ben now had a mouse loose in the apartment.<br /><br />He tore open the door. "I told you guys—" he started to say, then stopped.<br /><br />There wasn’t anyone at the door. He glanced down the hallway, but it was empty, except for…<br /><br />"Molly!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-56929619884926837112007-11-16T20:57:00.000-08:002007-11-16T21:11:55.764-08:00Why do short weeks seem like long ones?I only worked three days this week, but I swear I'm so tired tonight... Next week is another three day work week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Today they were putting up Christmas trees at work. Oy!<br /><br />Right now I have four or five pages completed on my follow up to A Purrfect Love. This weekend I guess I need to buckle down. :) Hey, it's only a short story and I have a brief outline in mind, which is saying something for this pantser...<br /><br />One thing I learned about editing this past weekend was that:<br /><br />1. Once you write 'The End" let it sit and simmer. That way you have a fresh perspective on your story--and your writing.<br /><br />2. No matter how many times you edit your WIP, it will need editing again and again. But, don't over edit. Sometimes it's better to just let it go. As much as we all want to be perfect, we can make a mishmash out of a perfectly good story.<br /><br />3. One thing I was doing last weekend was looking at my WIP to see if looked close enough to a published book. Not the story, but the editing/grammar/usage.<br /><br /><br />Finally, make sure you watch for duh..spelling errors. Don't rely on spellcheck and for gosh sake, be sure to have a dictionary handy. :D Mine is actually a combination Dictionary/Thesaurus. Comes in handy, indeed!<br /><br /><br />Now, for something fun... I'm giving away 2008 magnet calendars (fridge size) to anyone who wants one and lives in the US or Canada. Just email me at <a href="mailto:patti@pattifischer.com">patti@pattifischer.com</a> and put "Calendar" in the header with your name and mailing address in the body of the email. I'll get one out to you! (while supplies last)<br /><br />Here is what the calendar looks like:<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l175/PattiFischer/2008Calendar.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32485538.post-82924694040261537302007-10-06T21:25:00.001-07:002007-10-06T21:35:15.988-07:00Finished....This afternoon I finished Reconstructing Cady! It came in at a little under 40K, which was my goal. Now going to let it sit for a couple of weeks or so before hitting edits on it.<br /><br />Here is an unedited excerpt........<br /><br /> She looked over at Tanner and wondered where the hell she left her common sense. She’d be just another notch on his bed rail. <br /> And she bet a whole month’s worth of tips that it was a very large bed rail.<br /> He was still rubbing where Gillie had dug his claws in. If her overprotective cat hadn’t interrupted, she suspected they’d had sex right here in this kitchen.<br /> “Damn that cat,” he said finally, looking up at Cady. “What the hell made him do that?”<br /> She took a step back and smoothed her t-shirt down. The way he looked at her with his hooded hot gaze, she knew he meant to soon take up where they left off.<br /> “He’s not used to having a man around. He wanted to protect me,” she replied, picking up Gillie, who purred against her cheek.<br /> “Protect you?” He gazed from her to the cat. “What the fuck is that all about? We weren’t doing nothing he probably hasn’t done.”<br /> That only made Cady angry. He was comparing what they almost did to two cats humping each other? “He’s my baby and we’ve been alone a lot this past year. I don’t have many visitors.” She petted Gillie’s neck. “He was right to interrupt us.”<br /> “What?” He acted like Cady spoke a foreign language.<br /> “It’s wrong, Tanner. We can’t have...” She could barely say the word out loud. Sex seemed dirty and making love...well, there wasn’t any love involved.<br /> He ran his fingers through his hair and shook his head in disbelief. “Aww...come on sugar, it’s just me.”<br /> “Don’t ‘sugar’ me. You get your things and get out of here.” She needed time to assess her feelings. She didn’t plan to get involved with any man and, even if she was, Tanner wouldn’t be at the top of her list.<br /> His gaze narrowed as he contemplated her words. She sensed he wanted to argue the point, but her choice was made. He needed to get the hell out of here.<br /> He finally picked up his tools without another word. She watched him in silence, continuing to stroke Gillie. She knew she was using the cat as a barrier against Tanner.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0