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May 14th, 2008
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or rather A TARNISHED HEART over at writer-writer, where Suzanne James has this to say about the story:
I liked her hero. He was everything you’d want in a husband, kind, a bit off balance, and deeply loyal to love. The best thing about this book is the sex scenes. I never felt any were intrusive, fake, or forced. I usually skim the sex scenes because they feel like ‘filler’ but I enjoyed these ones.
She also brings up MARK OF THE MONSTER after I described the premise and plot to her, saying:
I like the new type of Gothic Novels. Leslie is trying to pitch one now that has sexual tension, but no perversion. It is a great ‘beauty and the beast’ style story without following the template.
Thanks, Suz!!
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May 12th, 2008
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Alex at Coffee Time gave A TARNISHED HEART three cups and called it “a good read.”
A Tarnished Heart is an enjoyable read. The characters of Lizzie and Evan are handled well, and their relationship develops naturally yet inexorably. It is amusing at times to see how they dance around each other, neither of them willing to admit the depth of their attraction. The plot line also works quite well and keeps the story moving forward.
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May 11th, 2008
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sorry I’m a wee bit late, been a busy weekend! 
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May 9th, 2008
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of The Wilder Rose Press site!!
Somewhere on the The Wild Press site, which I link to above, there is a bio of me. Find it, coment on this post with what year I finalled in the Golden Heart contest and for what category and you can win a download of IMPROPER NIGHTS. Good luck!
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May 7th, 2008
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{Edition XXVII}
I was thinking of all the things I used to do as a kid that either I probably wouldn’t let my kids do these days or they would complain if they had to do it.
Thirteen “Crazy” Things I Did as a Kid
1. I walked just slightly under one mile to school. Often alone.
2. I walked to my best friend’s house, who lived three blocks away and up a big hill.
3. I walked to the neighborhood pool, a good mile or so away. Sometimes alone.
4. My brother and I walked to drugstore to buy a grilled cheese and some candy bars. It was past the school, close to two miles, I’m sure.
5. I played tag outside in the dark during the summer, running through neighbors yards.
6. I had sleepovers in basements, not up in the bedrooms.
7. I played marbles on the sewer grates. Yes, marbles.
8. I played Atari, and loved Pong. Then I played outside.
9. A friend and I would wander back in the woods, far enough that I don’t know how we found our way home.
10. I climbed trees, sometimes all the way to the roof.
11. I played kickball with friends out in the street.
12. I often stayed at the pool from when it opened to when it closed or until my lips were blue.
13. I actually used the monkey bars and swingsets in my yard.
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May 6th, 2008
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Pssst…didn’t make my goal for the Writing War. Somebody tell real life to cut me a break and while you’re at it — find me some chocolate!!
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May 4th, 2008
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May 1st, 2008
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{Edition XXVI}
I’m a wee bit late today – apologies! Another time to list some favorite quotes. These all have to do with “words.”
Thirteen Quotes on Words
1. “Words are the voice of the heart.”
Confucius
2. “Men of few words are the best men.”
William Shakespeare
3. “Words are alive; cut them and they bleed.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “Good words are worth much and cost little.”
George Herbert
5. “When ideas fail, words come in very handy.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
6. “Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
William Shakespeare
7. “Eating words has never given me indigestion.”
Winston Churchill
8. “Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence.”
William Henry
9. “Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
Dorothy Parker
10. “Be generous with kindly words,especially about those who are absent.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
11. “By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.”
Winston Churchill
12. “Words differently arranged have a different meaning and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.”
Blaise Pascal
13. “Words are healers of the sick tempered.”
Aeschylus
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