The Spice Rack

NEW COMMUNITY WOOHOO!

Looks great, don't cha think?

I'm so confuzzled...

I went to my usual bookmark and Spice Rack was gone. Page not found! No bread crumbs! Good thing I'm persistent...

Lauren--I think as long as there is a good reason for the twisted heroine, she can be played sympathetic even if her actions aren't always good. And you can let the hero straighten her out! *cackle*

 Shayla

I can not believe I found it on the first try.

I think understanding where the heroine is coming from is more important than particularly liking them.  That's just my humble opinion.

Lorie - I think you can go ahead use the bread crumbs to make stuffing.  If I have found my way around, it will be a piece of cake for everyone else!  Great job, and so much smoother than the switch a few years back.  Great job!

Hello everyone!  See Lorie, I made it

J

I like it. Looks good  And yes you will see more of me.

J

Yes, we've got a few MIA's- Sarah, Tracey, Brooke, LD...

I think flawed characters are wonderful. But keep in mind the limitations of the wordcount on a brief. She doesn't have to be perfect but if she's your heroine you want people to like her or at least see her as a heroine.

LD

Thanks for the advice all.

Megan, I have a complaint ;) Since reading about kettle chips in Tempted I have been eating them by the bagful- ARGH! But they are keeping the muse happy, so I guess... thanks? ;)

I said chips Lorie... BBQ kettle chips yum yum ;)

cool. just what I thought. Now if I can figure out how to upload and avatar then I'd  be even better.

 I must say I like the new look and layout, though it's going to take some getting used to. It'll give me something to do as I still wait on my spice brief submission response.

Thanks.

Waiting is hard but I'm still writing and adding more irons to the fire so hopefully I'll hear something soon (closing in on 6 months). It's different a kinda reunion story with an open ending not a true HEA so from what I read it may work for the line.

And all this waiting is helping me to try and develop patience.

Angeleque, you and I must have subbed around the same time. I'm closing in on the six month mark. Mine didn't necessarily have an HEA either. The H/h weren't in love. Just having really good sex! *cackle*

Shayla

awww, thanks, Shayla! I hope you like it. :) I know what you mean about living in the boonies...thank goodness for Amazon.com Prime. I get my goodies in two days! :)

I do have a faaabulous local bookstore that's really supportive of me, but I hardly ever leave my house. I'm a hermit.

Fuhrealz.

M 

I guess I'm more concerned... the heroine isn't really aheroine, persay. She's just the main character. It's kind of a twisted little story based off of an urban legend, with lots of sex thrown in.

Maybe it'll make more sense if I just throw in my blurb:

When Brody drives down a dark country road one evening, in the midst of the wettest, hottest summer storm that he has ever seen, he is not expecting to meet Jessica, a beautiful young woman dressed all in white who eerily appears in the middle of the road. He offers her shelter, and over the following few hours Brody is at turns entertained, annoyed, and turned on by the incredible woman in his passenger’s seat. When she tells him that the evening reminds her of a certain urban legend that she has once heard, however, Brody realizes that he is in for the wildest night of his life, one he’s not certain he will survive- literally.

Basically Jessica is getting her kicks by acting out this story and scaring the beejeebers out of Brody... not the nicest woman. But I'm quite proud of my little story... I just don't know if it's spice brief material :S

Urk.

definitely sounds like a Brief and one that I'd like to read Lauren.

Well, I'll take the plunge, then, thanks to everyone's wonderful encouragement! Different is good, sometimes, right? RIGHT?

I actually haven't read anything of Nancy Madore's, apart from her Twelve Dancing Princesses. I need to catch up on the spice briefs, actually... they're all so good! I think my personal favorites are "Anything You want" by Jenesi Ash, "Invite Me In" by Delilah Devlin, "Forever Yours" by Charlotte Featherstone, and, of course, "This is What I Want", by Megan Hart, since I have my own little one person fan club going for her ;)

I think that next I'll probably read Jina Bacarr's Tokyo Rendevous... and I think that Paige and Tracy's are being released in February! Yay!

Aww. Lauren H. I hope it's not a one-person club. I hope there are at least two members. And someone has to be the social secretary!

M 

Ha ha I guess that came out wrong ;)

Nixie! You made it! Yay!!!!!!!

Thank you, Thank you !!

You are right though, twice is better than lost.

ooh I love those.

And kettle corn is the best I get to satisfy my sweet and salty craving fix in one shot instead of having lays and m&m's. And the buttery kettle corn is great too. But I love the toffee butter popcorn too - it smells great, tastes wonderful but's hard to find.

And if you couldn't tell - i'm hungry right now with 6 hours left at work and trying not to eat my lunch to early. time to hit the vending machine.

kettle corn is popcorn - I get act II microwave brand.