Posted by Leslie on July 29th, 2008 | No Comments
Yes, my blogging has slacked off considerably. Maybe I’m just not interesting anymore 
or maybe I only have time to write a quick line of what’s going on. Regardless, I’m heading out to San Fran tomorrow for the RWA Conference and then spending a few days with a girlfriend to sightsee. My plan is to update Twitter with some posts throughout the day, so if you are still interested in me and my life (and, let’s face it, who isn’t? ) then check the “Tweets” page on my site. I’m also going to attempt to put the code into a blog post and so you’ll see my twitter updates within this blog too. We’ll see how and if that works!
Posted by Leslie on July 24th, 2008 | No Comments
I just created a new page on Facebook. Instead of a regular page with all of the applications and goofy stuff, where you would sign up to be my “friend,” you can sign up as a fan. Who knows how often I’ll use this page for promotion or updating. But it’s just one more place/way people can find me!
Posted by Leslie on July 21st, 2008 | No Comments
Sorry if it’s TMI, but my rear is killing me. I drove for over six hours yesterday while taking my kids to sleep-away camp. My sister and nephew came along, so we first stopped at Skyline Caverns and spent a few hours there. Then it was a lovely, winding road trip down to central Virginia, all the while one of my kids moaning from car sickness. Greeeaaat! Once they were safely dumped, errr, dropped off at camp, sister and nephew and I drove the 2.5 hours back home. Left the house at 9 am and back home at 7:30 pm. Whew. So now I have about nine days to prepare for my trip out to San Francisco and the RWA conference. I’ve barely thought that far! Still working on the revisions to MONSTER, but I’m excited by the pitches I have lined up. It should be a fun, laid-back conference this time!
The image is of Anthrodites — so far found only in this one cavern — that radiate spike formations resembling flowers. They are estimated to grow one inch every seven thousand years!!
Posted by Leslie on July 18th, 2008 | No Comments
You must go watch this. Now. (click the image)
Posted by Leslie on July 16th, 2008 | 11 Comments
{Edition XXXIII} Some of the Top 20 worst lyrics ever. Blatently stolen from Spinner.
Thirteen Worst Lyrics Ever
(in no particular order)
1. “If I was a sculptor
But then again, no”
–Elton John’s ‘Your Song’
(lyrics by Bernie Taupin)
2. “Lucky that my breasts
Are small and humble
So you don’t confuse
Them with mountains”
–Shakira’s ‘Whenever, Wherever’
3. “I love you like
A fat kid loves cake”
–50 Cent’s ’21 Questions’
4. “There’s an insect
In your ear
If you scratch
It won’t disappear”
–U2′s ‘Staring at the Sun’
5. “Young, black and famous
With money hangin’
Out the anus”
–Puff Daddy and Mase’s ‘Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down’
6. “Leaving was never
my proud”
–R.E.M.’s ‘Leaving New York’
7. “I ain’t never seen
An ass like that
The way you move it
You make my pee-pee go
‘Doing-doing-doing’”
–Eminem’s ‘Ass Like That’
8. “There were plants
And birds
And rocks
And things”
–America’s ‘Horse With No Name’
9. “Time is like a clock
in my heart”
–Culture Club’s ‘Time (Clock of the Heart)’
10. “I wish it was Sunday
That’s my fun day
My I-don’t-have-to-run day”
–The Bangles’ ‘Manic Monday’
(lyrics by Prince)
11. “I’m all out of faith
This is how I feel”
–Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’
(lyrics by Anne Preven)
12. “My panty line shows
Got a run in my hose
My hair went flat
Man, I hate that”
–Shania Twain’s ‘Honey I’m Home’
13. “Coast to coast
L.A. to Chicago”
–Sade’s ‘Smooth Operator’
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Posted by Leslie on July 16th, 2008 | No Comments
Head on over to Writers At Play to check out cover model, Christopher Howell. He answers a ton of questions and there are some verra sexy pictures too!
Posted by Leslie on July 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment
I’ll make up for it with TWENTY Things Not Learned in Hebrew School… (No, I didn’t make these up, they were emailed to me as a joke!) 1. The High Holidays have absolutely nothing to do with marijuana. 2. Where there’s smoke, there may be salmon. 3. No meal is complete without leftovers. 4. According to Jewish dietary law, pork and shellfish may be eaten only in Chinese restaurants. 5. A shmata is a dress that your husband’s ex is wearing. 6. You need ten men for a minion, but only four in polyester pants and white shoes for pinochle. 7. One mitzvah can change the world; two will just make you tired. 8. After the destruction of the Second temple, God created Nordstrom’s. 9. Anything worth saying is worth repeating a thousand times. 10. Never take a front row seat at a Bris. 11. Next year in Jerusalem. The year after that, how about a nice cruise? 12. Never leave a restaurant empty-handed. 13. Spring ahead, fall back, winters in Boca. 14. WASP’s leave and never say good bye; Jews say good bye and never leave. 15. Always whisper the names of diseases. 16. If it tastes good, it’s probably not kosher. 17. The important Jewish holidays are the ones on which alternate-side of the street parking is suspended 18. Without Jewish mothers, who would need therapy? 19. If you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it. But if you can afford it, make sure to tell everybody what you paid. 20. Laugh now, but one day you’ll be driving a Lexus and eating dinner at 4:00 PM in Florida.
Posted by Leslie on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments
Men and women in their early seventies are having sex more often. As older adults have more sex, rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) may be on the rise.
Posted by Leslie on July 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment
I had friends in town this past holiday weekend. Two girlfriends (one with husband) and their kids. All the kids got along wonderfully and behaved rather well. We took them to the aquarium, various museums and monuments in Washington DC, as well as out on our boat. It was a blast, although today I am crashing from the constant movement and excitement. During this time, my oldest daughter was out and about doing what teenagers do best. We rarely saw her. But one morning she came down the stairs crying. During the night, her best friend’s older brother was killed in a car accident. He’d been driving too fast, flipped his car and hit a tree. My daughter had known this boy for four years, just went to the beach with their family a few weeks ago. Understandably, she and all of her friends are devastated. My elation of hanging out with good friends and my daughter’s anguish of losing someone she knew provided emotional extremes of the human condition. It’s no wonder I woke up sobbing. It’s no wonder the profound moments of our lives impact me so greatly. It’s no wonder I write romance – where emotion is the key element throughout.
