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I have to admit, I loved school...well, except for math. I really could’ve done without that subject. English, science, history (I loved history), were not just more textbooks to memorize, but rather to enjoy and to explore.

Hi everyone,

 What's everyone doing out there for summer fun? It's now August and my son has returned to his year-'round school. He's glad, because he was getting bored at home with me. It's tough to be nine and soooooo bored. I, however, could never work again a day in my life and never be bored. There are so many things to do! Reading and writing, of course, but there are socks to learn how to knit, handmade cards to make, which of course, requires many trips to the craft store(s), new recipes to try out, gardening, and of course, luxury time at the coffee shop writing and reading without distractions (laundry and dishes). Eek!

I wanted to update you and share information about the launch of Harlequin Teen.

The other night I was writing the Nocturne BITE due, uh, tomorrow!  Clean House was blaring on the television in the background. They’re searching for the messiest house in America. Love that show, because it makes me feel good about my house, especially when I’m on deadline. I look at the clutter on that show and chortle, “Ok, now I don’t feel so guilty about my rabbit farm of dust bunnies.”

I’m writing and glancing up to see Niecy Nash in the woman’s kitchen, which looks like last year’s dinner got lost somewhere between the stove and the fridge. Then Niecy sorts through items in the kitchen for the yard sale (there’s always a yard sale to get rid of items the homeowners loathe to part with, but must).  Niecy combs through a box and says, “You have books in your kitchen.”

July is almost over and you know what that means.

No, not shopping for back-to-school.

As per my last post, I am eagerly devouring my TBR pile. Right now I am reading The Night in Question by Kelsey Roberts. Talk about suspense. Things are really heating up and I know I’m in for a good ride.

Starting out as a newbie writer, I gleaned my most valuable piece of advice from an online “how to” article. I wish I could remember who the author was, but I’ll never forget what she said: “Don’t hoard the good stuff.”

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Taking that to heart, I have poured every emotion, every twist, every creative fiber of my being into every single story…as if it were my only book. My final book.

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Because you just never know.

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The imagined to-do lists of six iconic figures: Ghenghis Khan, Eric the Red, Mozart, Bill Gates, Jane Austen, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
http://keirasoleore.blogspot.com/2009/03/lists-of-legends.html

One hundred and ninety-five years ago, today, the first edition of PRIDE & PREJUDICE was published in London by Thomas Egerton of Whitehall in exchange for £110 setting into motion the novel and inspiring legions of readers and writers.