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The Islanders put forward Jay Pandolfo on injured reserve before Monday morning's practice at Nassau Coliseum. The 36-year-old, who was relied on in his role as a penalty killer, broke his foot in a game against the Devils two weeks ago. He will be out until January.
Defenseman Andrew MacDonald was also placed on injured reserve. MacDonald leads the team with 60 blocked shots.
The Islanders are bringing up goalie Kevin Poulon from Bridgeport. Another move is expected later Monday.
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From Japan, where business cards (Meishi) are salarymen's alter ego and represents an important part of tao of business, two twitter related business card services are accidentally released in two consecutive days.
The first one, Meishitter by @feiq makes a miniature-sized of your twitter home in name card style. Released on 31th of May.
The other one was released on 1st of June by @faa, Twitter Meishi Generator generates a designed business card from your profile info and design on twitter, plus QR Code, which you sometimes see on others business cards in Japan recently.
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Grilled Asian Pork Chops and Baby Bok Choy
Servings: Makes 4
- 1/3 cup black bean garlic sauce
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons oriental sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
- 4 boneless center-cut pork chops (about 8 ounces each)
- 4 baby bok choy, halved lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 4 lime wedges
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Black bean garlic sauce is a Chinese cooking staple made with salted fermented black beans. Look for it in Asian markets and in the Asian food section of some supermarkets.
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Whisk together black bean sauce, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice, and ginger in shallow dish. Set 2 tablespoons marinade aside. Add pork to remaining marinade; let stand 20 minutes.
Remove pork from marinade; brush cut side of bok choy with reserved 2 tablespoons marinade. Grill pork until just cooked through and thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 145°F, about 5 minutes per side. Grill bok choy until softened and lightly charred, about 5 minutes total.
Divide pork and bok choy among 4 plates. Sprinkle with cilantro, garnish with lime wedges, and serve.
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The average on the 15-year fixed mortgage slipped to 2.69 percent. That's down from 2.7 percent a week earlier and close to the record low of 2.66 percent reached four weeks ago.
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Trouble in the making here (you are warned!): I feel the need to make a comment on all the posts from Christians and conservatives concerning businesses, especially Big Box businesses, closing down for Thanksgiving.
First, it is no skin off their bottom-line backs and plays to the PR value of "appearing" family friendly. I will give that there is perhaps some sincerity in the shut downs, but really, the Big Box Stores have stock- and share-holders and Boards that ultimately care about the bottom line (store managers cannot independently shut down a franchised store on their own). Second, we've got to stop applying our suburban Christianity to the issues of our day (or what we suburbanites perceive as the issues of the day) as if that's the only reality to which the Bible speaks. I find it offensive, frankly. And third, a cousin to the second, these Big Box stores hire low-income populations who are on the clock and will not get paid for the missed hours (all because suburban family value Christians have advocated and in some sense pressure for such a non-voluntary day off). I am all for scheduling as many as want to have the day off, but to blanket the entry-level populations with lack of funds for a day is another thing. For the suburban Christian to be a cheerleader for "closing down on Thanksgiving" is arrogant, culturally self serving, and, frankly, an act against the poor and low-income families in mass. Seems to me, contrary to following Jesus.
I know you want to set a good example, Christian, but it is your suburban example you are setting, not necessarily Jesus'. Please recognize there is not one verse or passage in the Bible that calls for you to advocate for shutting down businesses on the American holiday we call Thanksgiving (which by the way, is a holiday that highlights our disenfranchising the native Indians for whom we stole their land through violence in the first place--you go Christian!).
Family values-suburban style is NOT what the Bible calls for. Want to set a good example: move your families out of the sidewalk-less-suburban neighborhoods and into the more low-income and impoverished neighborhoods and really act like Jesus among your urban neighbors. Or, take your Thanksgiving meals into the city and share--after the days work is done for the good, responsible, hardworking people of our urban centers. Or, take out your checkbooks and payout to those missing a day's pay because of your suburban family values. (Gonna get hate FB-post now.)
You have 365 days a year to make a difference. Stop sounding like a family meal around a thanksgiving feast is a Christian virtue. Die on that cross you so happily sing about on Sundays. Advocating for a work-free Thanksgiving day is an easy, cross-free, fake spirituality. Now I know there are many good intentioned Christians advocating for this; so, rather than take offense, think first about what I have said. Think Christianly.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving day--I do and so appreciate my mother's and wife's efforts to provide a feast. Advocate for the poor. Remember Micah 6:6-8:
"'With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?' He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Thanksgiving day was not on God's mind here.
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Garage facade discussions begin
Date: January 22, 2010
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
The city held the first of three weekly public workshops Jan. 21 to discuss the facade of the Palm Avenue parking garage.
City commissioners, in their role as members of the Community Redevelopment Agency, instructed designer Jonathan Parks Architect to create two alternative garage designs.
The city hired a designer last spring to create the original concept, which was used to solicit contractor bids.
Chris Gallagher, lead garage designer for Jonathan Parks Architect, told nearly two dozen residents in attendance that he wants to create a facade that does not look like a traditional parking garage.
"Boring isn't delightful," he said.
Gallagher will present two alternative designs at the next public workshop at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at City Hall.
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Garage construction is set to begin April 1.
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Every year it's more important to pay attention to security at WiFi Hotspots: security for you and your device(s) of choice on the road.
How bad can it get? Well, the worst would be to have your personal identity stolen. That would be devastating. Other misadventures could be more traumatic than you might now appreciate.
It takes work to build a stout defense, but each step will add to your cyber-safety on the road. Get started now, and you won't end up being one of the weakest of the herd.
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I've installed Windows 10 "Technical Review" (early beta) on the club's laptop and one of my desktops. Both were running 8. A botched "Update 1 to Windows 8.1″ had corrupted the desktop. Why reset it to 8 when I could go to Windows 10?
My desktop upgrade proceeded without a hitch. The laptop upgrade stopped with this message: "We can't tell how to upgrade your computer." Darn. Well, the easiest thing was to try it again. The upgrade completed without a hiccup on the second try. Even my printer works with them now!
Windows 10 is a simply a great operating system. I reckon it will be released before this time next year. Windows 10 compared to 8 is like Windows 7 compared to Vista. Even more so. In particular, the Start menu is back in a fresh new format. It works nicely for PCs, tablets, and eventually Windows Phones.
The internal changes are impressive too, particularly responsiveness and security. If you liked Windows 7 you're gonna love Windows 10. It brings the world of Universal apps (was Modern or Metro) to Windows without ruining things for the mouse & keyboard user.
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The Minituar Editor Librarian (BETA version) is now shipping via email to all registered owners of Minitaur.
The Minitaur Editor Librarian for Mac and PC is a free standalone control application
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CHECK YOUR EMAIL, THEY EMAILED ME A LINK THAT WAS GOOD: Click here for Mac: http://www.moogmusic.com/sites/default/files/Minitaur_Editor_OSX.zip Click here for Windows: http://www.moogmusic.com/sites/default/files/Minitaur_Editor_WIN_0.zip
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In the documentation for to save the current panel settings to Preset #23 says we must send the following sysex message: "$F0 $04 $08 $06 $07 $17 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $F7". I'm trying to send with a midi controller (BCR2000) and do not get to save the preset. I also tried with the "$F0 $04 $06 $07 $17 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $00 $F7" chain and still not working. Should we send some more additional message? Thanks, a greeting
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127290412014-11-24T18:11:36.494-07:00Julia Talbot: Sitting PrettyLove the skin you're in. Romance of all genders.Juliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-21830037785750363352014-11-24T09:29:00.000-07:002014-11-24T09:29:16.747-07:00My Peppermint Twist comes out this week!
One old peppermint candy. A cracked tooth. Three of Santa's elves, one a dentist, two of them horny lumberjacks...
Yep. Seriously.
Check out the coming soon!
XXOO
Julia Juliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-69737634240509041152014-11-18T02:33:00.001-07:002014-11-18T02:33:13.056-07:00Insomnia sucksrec me a good read, y'allJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-9582338570431587492014-11-16T09:00:00.000-07:002014-11-16T09:00:28.302-07:00Java RocksHey y'all!
I have a new story out in the Hot Off the Press Anthology at Dreamspinner Press! In fact, I am the lead-off story. The stories all had to be about writing. So, I wrote a story about a writer who hates coffee doing research in a coffee shop. Jerrod is an adorable geek.
His soon to be lover? Hot, tattooed java house owner.
Here's a wee bit.
JERROD REDUS swirled his tepid tea in his mug, wishing for the fifth time in less than an hour that his protagonist drank tea. No, he had to write a damned coffee drinker, which he knew dick-all about. Not only was his main character a coffee drinker, he owned a coffee shop.
 That stupid, simple fact meant that Jerrod had written himself into a corner, and he was going to have to do some damned research. He had a personal assistant. Someone to handle e-mails and read- throughs and scheduling appointments. Most of the time, though, Jerrod preferred to do his research by himself, for himself. Nothing beat experience for making something ring true in a book. Jerrod had done ride-alongs with EMTs and police, had interviewed FBI agents and politicians, and had gone surfing and mountain climbing. The problem was that he hated coffee. Sighing, he sat back in his chair and rested his head against the little neck roll. He'd bought the chair when his first novel had been hailed as a breakout success, when he'd realized he'd earned his advance. The poor thing looked a little shabby now, but he loved the soft leather and cushy seat too much to replace it.
He finally saved his doc, opened his e-mail, and shot off a request to his PA, Patty. "Need a work-along with a small, privately owned coffee shop, ASAP." She would do the legwork for him, make all the arrangements. All he would have to do was show up and hold his breath so he didn't have to smell the evil demon brew. Hopefully he'd get a good pastry out of the deal. He should have put that in his e-mail. So Jerrod sent another. "Make sure there are cookies and muffins."
There. He grinned, rising so he could stretch out his back and neck. Joints cracked all over his body. Man, he needed to get out more, maybe do some hiking or something. When the writing flowed, he stayed in like a hermit, clacking away at his keyboard. He'd tried voice capture software, but he liked the connection to the words that typing gave him. He grabbed his mug again and headed to the kitchen of his condo, ready for something to settle him down for the evening. Chamomile didn't do it for him; he liked hibiscus. Lowered his blood pressure, soothed his throat. He'd have that and an almond cookie before he took his shower. Jerrod liked his routine, liked to know what his schedule looked like weeks in advance.
His nerves jangled a bit when he thought about taking time out to do the research he had to do. The coffee shop looked to be as big a character as anything else in the book, damn it. He had to make it real, had to make people believe it. He listened to the kettle ramp up, bubbling, then whistling. His sister gave him electric kettles all the time, maybe once a year. He preferred his mom's old stovetop model. Tradition. Habit. The scent of a fresh cup of tea settled his nerves. Coffee shop. Just for a few days. He could do this.
Go find it here!
You can also get it in paperback!
Move is over, and I should be back on track here now! Hooray! I have many thoughts and feels and newses.
Hugs
Julia Juliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-85746157437343147612014-11-04T08:56:00.001-07:002014-11-04T08:56:38.068-07:00time to get back to lifeMoving sucks up a lot of energy. Just sayin'.
That's not why I haven't been posting lately, though. That was because of a stalkery happening that frankly, worried me. A lot. Anyone who thinks I have something to hide is flat out wrong, but to prove you know where I live and that you spend a good bit of free time stalking my social media to prove your conspiracy theories is really, really disturbing.
So, I've been hiding. Worrying it like a dog with a bone. Weighing the dangers to my safety against the danger to my career if I just go silent.
Then a good friend from long ago reminded me I've been here before. With a lot more dangerous folks. Remind me to tell y'all about my second roommate in Colorado sometime, y'all. THAT was scary. This? This is mostly annoying. Or as another good friend posted this am, don't let someone rent space inside your hear unless they're good people.
So, we're unpacked. Ideally, no one has the new address, which is good. Halloween was fab, with many miniature princesses and witches, along with a few superheroes and power rangers.
I have a new release coming up with Dreamspinner, a story called Java Rocks in the Hot Off the Press anthology. Find it here on pre-order!
Working on Minerva Howe's next book. Was supposed to have it done Oct 1. O.O Eek. But, it's doing well. So yay.
My brother comes tomorrow. Also eek. But the house is ready and I could use a day in Old Town. And a margarita.
XXOO, y'all. Don't let anyone get you down!
JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-49011238064205426342014-10-31T09:01:00.000-06:002014-10-31T09:01:21.846-06:00so, do I need to worry about someone bashing me with a bottle in a store?Happy Halloween!
I had a horror story to post, but stalkers need to be fed and I won't do that. Suffice to say, if I end up bashed over the head with a bottle in a store, look to the Pacific Northwest. Just sayin'
we get to see how many kiddos we get at the new house tonight! Woo
I love candy
XXOO
JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-19625281113299679302014-10-24T13:01:00.001-06:002014-10-24T13:01:40.149-06:00Moving sucksbut! we're in the new house.
I feel like a bad blogger. You can tell when we closed on the new house, yeah? I haven't posted since then, really. we turn in the keys to the rental Monday, and I couldn't be happier.
XXOO y'all
JuliaJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-36104177968545155272014-10-07T03:32:00.000-06:002014-10-07T03:32:47.901-06:00Elusive sleep and silly words on the pageInsomnia has always been an issue for me. It's hormonal. Used to be the last three days before my period, but these days, at 44, my hormones are screwed, so for the two weeks between ovulation and period, I am a rampaging monster, all aches, pains, haywire nerve endings and throbbing veins in my legs. TMI, I know, but it's important to set the scene.
So, anyway, I can't sleep. I'm trying to write instead. Problem is, I can't make sense of anything. Nothing wants to be right when my brain knows it should be asleep. No one writes shit like, 'Twas brillig in the slithey toves" when they're high. They do it when they can't sleep. When you're high you think you're brilliant. When you're sleep deprived, you just want your fingers to work. Sigh.
Also, I want ice cream, and we have none. RR, New Mexico? Not a late night town. Groceries all close at 1am. Bah. BAH
Anyone want to play Scrabble?
XXOO
JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-14422079446672978472014-10-03T19:32:00.001-06:002014-10-03T19:32:47.557-06:00working on moving - or how a writer loses 2 weeks of writing timeTuesday- closing 9:30 to almost noon because escrow officer was late
On the plus side, I learned all about what our realtor used to do for a living, and about his inn in Espanola.
Wednesday - took load to house, paid bills, took load to house. Door guy. Bought paint. Turned water on
Thursday- painted new office, cleaned out nasty kitchen drawers, dismantled weird kitchen VCR and icky space saver can opener. Meet floor guy for estimate, met with exterminator
Friday- Tried to meet ADT but failed. Got groceries. Napped because otherwise I was going to die
 Upcoming
Saturday- teach gluten free baking class, take 3 loads to house, second coat of paint in office
Sunday- PAINT ALL THE THINGS
Monday- Do non-writerly work. All of it. Now.
Tuesday: Try to write O.O Meet door guy for estimate
Wednesday- sit at new house and cool my heels while waiting for ADT guy at some point between 12-5pm
Thursday- Moving boxes and painting anything not done
 Friday- prepare for yard sale. make signs. WRITE
Saturday- yard sale - Anyone want shoes size W 9 1/2 to 10- carlos santana boots, steve madden heels, steve madden boots, etc- hardly or never worn
Sunday- recover from yard sale
Monday- take loads of stuff to house to save ob movers whose estimate freaked us out
Tuesday- clean all the things for new appliances to arrive
Pant. Pant.
Yikes
XXOO
 JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-40052812942194798862014-09-29T09:15:00.002-06:002014-09-29T09:15:15.635-06:00BA Tortuga Talks about Say SomethingGrins

Hey, y'all. I wanted to take over my wife's (still incredibly cool, btw) blog and squeal about my new release, Say Something.

Sometimes you write something and it's more than another story. Sometimes it burrows down into your soul and you find yourself lost in a whirlwind of information.

These boys are that for me.

Mike and Jenson were born in a rush. I was taking a few days off writing. I'd just finished writing The Terms of Release and I wasn't ready to take on another intense pair.

I wasn't ready, damn it, but the boys didn't give a rat's ass.

Kenny Chesney came on the radio, I started crying, and six months later, I stopped.

Mike and Jen are dear to me and now they're y'all's. Be good to them, huh? They deserve it.

Much love, y'all.

Say Something is out today from Dreamspinner Press and I'm proud enough to bust.

Official Blurb:

Jenson has loved Mike his whole life, but he has never known how to tell Mike how he feels. After high school Mike leaves for college and his Hollywood dream, while cowboy Jenson stays behind in their small East Texas hometown. Neither man knows what to say to go beyond friendship, even though they come together through all of the best and worst times of their lives. The most amazing moments keep bringing them back together, but through huge love and terrible loss, sickness and health, their timing never seems right to take their relationship to the next level. When the universe gives them one final chance, Jenson must overcome his fear and say the most important something before it's too late.

Paperback buy link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5481

Ebook buy link:
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5480
Where to find BA:

http://www.batortuga.com -- website
batortuga.blogspot.com – blog
@batortuga on twitter
https://www.facebook.com/batortuga

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He parked his old Chevy out on the maintenance road and watched the last rays of the sun go down. He pulled out the pack of smokes and tapped the end against his palm a few times before pulling off the plastic. He'd have one while he waited.
The humidity made everything lazy, even the mosquitos, and he couldn't help but think that tomorrow he was going to be out here, just another redneck driving down gravel roads acting like that was something special, and Mike would be in his perfectly clean little Toyota with his boxes and his books, heading to the East Coast.
It wasn't fucking fair.
Oh, not that Jenson wanted to go back East anywhere. What he wanted was Mike. The trip to the beach had given them some stolen kisses and a few quick gropes, but Jenson wanted more.
He wanted full-on naked. He wanted to fuck. He wanted to hear Mike beg for it. He knew Mike would.
The very thought made his dick hard in his jeans and made him curse when his cigarette burned his fingers.
He heard a husky chuckle. "You ever going to learn how to smoke, man?"
Jenson turned to see Mike wandering over, coming to sit next to him on the tailgate. On the wrong damned side.
"Scoot, man," Mike said, and he did, because he was always willing to do for Mike.
"What's up, Mike?"
"Been a long couple days. You?"
"Been trying to decide if I have to apply for jobs." He sighed. "You all packed?"
"I am. Yeah. I wish you were coming. It looks like a kick-ass campus." Mike took a smoke, lit it, and the flame shuddered in the wind.
"I ain't smart like you." What else could he say?
"I'm not all that. I just…." Mike shrugged. What was Mike going to say? That Mike had tried? Because that was the God's honest truth. Mike fought for it, worked hard.
Jenson did too. It just didn't matter. He wasn't school material. He lit another cigarette, trying not to cough. Lord.
"You think you'll stay at home?"
Like it mattered. Neither one of them could afford long-distance phone calls, and Jenson, well, shit, he wasn't much of a letter writer. Maybe postcards, if he remembered to buy stamps.
Jenson nodded. "If they'll let me. If not, I'll try cowboying out with the C Bar." Mr. Carlson ran a huge Beefmaster operation.
"Such a cowboy." Not like Mike. He was gonna be something bigger than a shiftless drover.
"I don't know what else to do. Be a drunk like my dad, I guess." He laughed, trying not to sound so damned bitter.

Juliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-37596431908667881642014-09-24T13:59:00.000-06:002014-09-24T13:59:01.712-06:00Labels in fiction, or why I hate the word ManloveOkay, I know it might piss some folks off, and that's not my aim here. I want to say that upfront. I'm making a very personal statement about the label "manlove" as it applies to what I read and and write.
I hate the word Manlove. At its most harmless it seems relatively easy to understand. A construct, like bromance or manhug, used as a descriptive. People wield it to indicate male/male fiction in the same way they say I write m/m, pronounced em-em at conventions or to people on the bus who ask what people write when faced with a writer. For what it's worth, I also dislike the em-em phenomenon, as well, because it's a way of ducking the commitment to say I write gay.
Now, don't get me wrong. I understand the distinction people are trying to make. The long and rampaging argument about GLBT fiction versus gay romance versus women writing romance with two men has worn people down, and they see Manlove as a compromise, I think, one that removes the need for the bluster, one that finds commonality with other writers who pen the same kind of prose. I have more than once been told by readers that I write really average guys who don't seem gay so much as into this one man they've fallen for, which is absolutely fair. I like to explore all sots of relationships without stereotypes, I think. At least I hope that's where I land in the great scheme. I can happily point out a good many books I've written, though, where the characters identify as everything from in the closet to way out and flaming!
! Why then do I hate Manlove?
Because I think it's disingenuous, at best. At worst, it's like "girl on girl action" a phrase designed to delineate lesbian film/fiction/media from girls getting it on to titillate men. Saying I read and write Manlove is tantamount to admitting I'm willingly misappropriating someone's culture, that I'm co-opting part of the GLBTQ experience for my own use and discarding the rest. As someone who self-identifies as part of the queer community (a woman married to a woman, mostly bi on the sliding scale of sexuality) the whole idea of taking the LGBT out of gay romance makes me squirmy and uncomfortable. The idea, too, that readers want what one m/f author at a con recently called "Alpha-Alpha males" in their romance and that no gay man can provide that also makes me a little nuts. I know at least three gay men writing romance alongside all of us right now that would qualify as the kind of alpha males readers love to see.
I think that taking the LGBT out of the "m/m" romance equation widens the gap between detractors who say women shouldn't be writing gay romance rather than closes it. I think,very much like Emma Watson recently said so eloquently, gender (and I'll add in sexuality) should be a spectrum. It's okay for men to be sensitive. It's okay for women to be strong. And it's okay for gay men and lesbians and bisexuals to be represented in all sorts of different ways, rather than being pushed aside in favor of a fetish-ized fantasy of men on men or girl on girl action. The implication of Manlove just makes me grit my teeth before I shout, "You keep saying you support the gay community, so why isn't it okay to be gay? Why does it have to be Manlove?"
I'm eager to hear what y'all think. Feel free to discuss, but please keep it friendly!
XXOO
JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-56104019828497555442014-09-23T09:19:00.001-06:002014-09-23T09:19:54.748-06:00Georgia Knights excerptHey y'all!
How about some menage action?
"Alton has a place almost up to the falls," Caid whispered, breath hot on her neck.

"Okay." She sounded like a phone sex worker, all breathy and husky.

They packed up the pizza and headed out, Alton hustling them back to her little rental SUV. He didn't give either one of them time to think, either, just groped them both impartially.

"Alton, you're dangerous. Sit in the back seat."

"What? Why?" He pouted at her, but Caid punched his shoulder.

"Because no one can drive with you all over them, Alt. Get."

She gave in to her baser instincts and went up on tiptoe to kiss the corner of Alton's mouth. "I have to focus, huh?"

"Oh." Alton blinked, those pretty gray eyes bright. "Got it. I'll just sit in the back and..." He made an unmistakable motion with his hand.

She swatted him, chuckling. "Now, now. Don't pop too soon." She winked at Caid, offering him a quick kiss, too.

Caid surprised her with a kiss that curled her toes, capturing her mouth for a long moment before moving away. He went and sat in the passenger seat, staring, focused.

"Oh." Wow. Okay. Driving.

Driving would be good.

Really.

"Yeah. Turn left at the light, honey." Alton pointed before sliding into the backseat, his hand patting her ass on the way by.

"Georgia." She got moving, got behind the wheel and got them going. The windows were down, the wind cooling off her too-hot skin, even as the humidity made things a little sticky.

"Huh?" Both Alton and Caid said it, both of them staring at her.

Lord. It was like watching howler monkeys tilt their heads when they heard a whistle. They were never going to stop with the pet names. "Nothing. Left?"

"Left." The town they'd gone to was only fifteen minutes down the road or so from Haley Falls, which kind of boggled her high desert girl mind. Where she lived you had to drive two hours to get anywhere.

It got darker and darker as she drove, the trees thick. She started to worry -- what exactly was she doing? Heading into the woods with two men she didn't know?

"Okay, right here, sugar." Warm hands fell on her shoulders, Alton rubbing a little.

She slowed down, those thumbs working out the tension that had started building.

"It's okay, honey." What, did they both read minds? Caid was all about soothing her, too.

They parked in front of a simple, sweet-looking cabin, all of them breathing hard enough that the windows fogged up. The sound of hunting hounds made her jump a little. "Should we go in?"

"You bet. Come on in, folks." Alton led the way, the place a combination of historical log cabin and newer log home. The inside was just as much a mixture, with simple hooked rugs and a couple of fine art prints on the walls. That was about all she got to notice before Alton turned and grabbed her, though, spinning her for a kiss.

Oh.

Her arms wrapped around his neck, and she pushed up into the kiss, her body rubbing against Alt all the way. Caid moved up behind her, hands sliding around her waist, and his heavy heat pressed against her, somehow far more aggressive than she expected. It made her moan, found her hips rocking back and forth between them, caught in a perfect position.

Find it here! And Amazon and ARE!Juliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-1753999474995266212014-09-20T10:34:00.001-06:002014-09-20T13:50:45.235-06:00A few tips for authors who are going the self-publishing routeHey y'all
Most of you know my alter ego, Lorna, is a publisher. I don't format the book files or create covers, but I do market, categorize, advertise, deal with distributors and write checks.
Today I was poking around the new releases on ARE and saw a couple of self-published books that had some great covers. So I clicked on one to see what it was about.
O.o
o.O
The blurb was very non-specific. The hero was mentioned, and he falls in love, but they never tell us with whom. (who? I hate who and whom)
So I looked for categories. Um. Nope. Romance general, uncategorized.
So, I thought, maybe tags. Nope. Nada.
Okay, so the second book seems to indicate that these are m/f, right? Maybe. The love interest's name is unisex. Mainly girls, but who knows?
Y'all, can I share something I've learned in 15 years of romance work and 20 of library circ work? People want to know what they're getting. That's why library cataloging was invented. To make it easy to find what people want, or need, to read. Tell me if it's m/f or m/m or menage. Tell me, since it's clearly dystopian in this case, if it's futuristic, or alt universe, or steampunk. Tell me if it's bdsm or vanilla. Hell, give me a flame rating! Fill out your whole meta data! I'm not even going to go read the sample if I have no idea if this is something I want to read.
I'll pass right by and go for a book with just as cool a cover that tells me, "You like what I'm about!"
Take the time, y'all. Tags are so important, and so are categories. Ponder them for a bit. You're not narrowing your readership, you're helping your readers find you.
Gotta say, they were neat covers, though!
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JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-65650457043536314312014-09-17T21:55:00.001-06:002014-09-17T21:55:49.134-06:00Georgia Knights- New release- or how I finally got this book done!
Georgia Knights is a mmf menage. I've been writing it, honestly, for years. For long enough that I had to go back in after beta and update some technology and such. Not kidding.
It took so long because I have a love hate relationship with menage. I love to write it, and read it if it's well done. A lot of my readers hate it, and are happy to tell me why. They don't want girl parts in their m/m. O.O Wide eyes. Okay. So, we're just gonna negate an entire gender. Or as Alton from Georgia Knights would say, why cut yourself off from half the people who could give you orgasms?
On the other side of the coin, I have people who tell me they like menage as long as the boys don't touch. Oh, my boys touch. They touch a lot. Have you met a man? If he's gonna do a threesome with another man, there will most likely be touching. Lalala.
So, I got discouraged. I put this one aside. I debated writing more menage for TQ, where my audience is mostly m/m readers. But darn it, I like putting the B in GLBTQ. So I pulled that sucker out and finished it.
The re-write process was fascinating on this one. I haven't pulled out such an old WIP in a long time, because I usually don't have time. Writing to deadline means new ideas that are flowing fast and furious, not a slow reworking of an old theme. The whole process was akin to visiting with my 39 year old self. (I am 44 now, do you can do math on how long I let this one sit). All of my old bad habits were there, but so was some of my former writing innocence, some of the lost oomph, if you will, where I made up new phrases and silliness just for the sheer joy of it.
I love this book, and am so proud I finally buckled down and got it out. Half of a writer's struggle is overcoming our nerves at how an audience will receive our work.
The other have is just that we have to be nuts to want to do this for a living.
Here;s the lovely cover

Here's were to get it
Here's the blurby
When anthropologist Georgia Cortez heads to rural Georgia from New Mexico, she's on the trail of a juicy old legend. Haley Falls seems like just the place for old-time ghost stories and spooky hauntings, but she's on the hunt for something far rarer, a survival of an old sect of medieval knights.
Caid and Alton are Haley Fall natives, and they used to be best friends. A falling out years ago ended in them not speaking, even after Alt left town and returned older, if not wiser. They unite when it comes to a nosy scholar like Georgia picking apart their heritage, and putting their whole town in danger. When boys meet girl, though, they decide wooing is far better than scaring the lady off, and they set about distracting Georgia in the best way.
While their three way romance heats up, so does the intrigue in Haley Falls, until the three of them are facing a danger far worse than falling in love with each other.Juliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-88308717356823379702014-09-14T17:53:00.001-06:002014-09-14T17:53:44.236-06:00A Snog for SommerOur friend and fellow writer Sommer Marsden is having a rough time, so this is for her!

http://smutforgood.co.uk/a-snog-for-sommer/
"True." He backed up. "How did you hear about Full Moon Dating?"
"I'm on a shifters forum, and people were talking about it. I don't have the best luck with relationships, so I thought, how about something new?"
Relationships. How adorable was that? Wolves mated. That was why you didn't have any luck with someone who wasn't right for you if you were one of them. It was all chemical.
"I like it. I found it through a friend. I don't get much choice up my way."
"I bet." Aiden chewed the coffee off his bottom lip, and Ben wanted to do that for him, bite a little. Chew a little.
Maybe a lot. "I'm glad they sent you."
"Me too. You smell so good..." Aiden leaned in, nostrils flaring.
"Do I?" He carefully sat his coffee aside, then Aiden's. Then he yanked the man up over his lap to take the kiss he needed.
Aiden's groan was sharp, less surprised than needy, to be honest. The man wrapped around him, loving on him, and he took the kiss deeper, sealing their mouths together.
He kept his eyes open, staring as he watched every second, every expression on Aiden's face. The man was focused, tongue pushing against his, fighting with him. All he could do was push back, and that gave him the idea to press Aiden down on the couch, reversing their positions.
Aiden gave a sweet little squeak, holding him tight as he learned how that sweet body felt underneath him. Oh, yummy. He circled his hips, letting Aiden feel him. They were both into it -- hard and needing, bellies rubbing together.
He reached between them, frustrated as hell with the cloth keeping them apart. Ben needed to feel skin. Aiden's sweater came off easily, showing a sweet little belly, coppery curls just peeking from the low-slung jeans. He traced them to the button, popping those jeans open.
Short and thick, Aiden's prick fit right his hand, like a flame on his palm. Perfect. He rubbed up and down, the open zipper scratching him some.
"I... Oh." He got a wide-eyed look, a shocked gaze that was glazed with need.
"Uh-huh. You've been alone too long, honey." Pushing those jeans down some more, he rocked his hand back and forth.
Aiden's shoulders left the sofa cushions, eyes rolling back in an expression of pure fucking bliss. The man was starved for touch, for sensation, as the food proved. Sweet. Sensation, Ben could provide. He loved to touch, loved to mark beautiful skin.
What amazing fun they were going to have, the two of them.
He pulled back, and Aiden followed his hand when he let go. "Just let me get naked, honey."
"You've got amazing hands." Aiden helped him with his shirt, the touch feather-light.
"You think so? I'm glad you like them." He was, as he intended to use his hands on Aiden in a hundred different ways, and that was just tonight.
"I do." Aiden's fingertips brushed over his nipples, his ribs.
Ben stretched a little, showing off. He was long and lean, but he knew he looked good. He worked hard.
Aiden's lips joined his fingers, every touch too gentle, too careful, like Aiden was afraid to make him feel.
"You can bite a little, honey. I won't growl." Much.

This one is from Full Moon Dating: Aiden and Ben, available here
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JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-69272079050483542752014-09-13T07:03:00.000-06:002014-09-13T07:03:42.010-06:00How we know things are meant to be, or the weirdest house buying thingSo, y'all now we've been looking for a house. Back in July, we thought we'd found our dream home. Way too big, and pretty old, but well worth the price, so we put in an offer.
Everything that could go wrong, did. The roof inspection went poorly. There were termites. Repairs were promised, lots of lies were told. The closing date went back and forth like a yo-yo. We tried hard, but in the end, we just had no confidence that the house wasn't a money pit of hidden damage, so we terminated the offer almost a week after all the repairs were due and not delivered upon.
That was a Thursday. We started looking at houses again on a Sunday, and we found one we really liked. Made an offer on Monday and bam. They accepted.
Now, how do we know house 2 will most likely close on the 30th as planned?
No one is lying. We have a full disclosure. The inspection is set for Monday with no objections from the owner.
And we're planning the space, looking obsessively at pics of the interior, placing our furniture.
The only plan we ever made for the first house was tentative paint colors. That's it. We never believed it, never got excited. Now, we're making lists and planning Two Men and a Truck and... Yeah. Woot.
Somehow things fall into place when they're meant to be.
How cool is that?
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JuiiaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-5628460696246831632014-09-08T11:34:00.001-06:002014-09-08T11:34:09.774-06:00CentipedeNo, not the video game.
The 6 inch monster under our kitchen island
O.O
Ick
Send help. Or a flamethrower
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JuliaJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-67927307092473847572014-09-06T11:38:00.001-06:002014-09-06T11:38:54.817-06:00Free Read: Inspiration, by Julia TalbotHey, y'all! Look what I found on the hard drive. This was written years ago for a now-defunct web newsletter and contest. It was under a different pen name back then because I was trying to diversify, but I thought it would be fun to toss it up here.

Inspiration
By Julia Talbot
"Can you imagine? Some people just have no sense of self-control."
Theo had been listening to the woman with the pierced nose and the hundreds of tiny braids for at least a half hour. She was going on and on about how her best friend liked to fuck outside, where people might see her, where she could feel grass under her feet.
"It takes all kinds, Jen," the other girl said, and watching the purple Mohawk bob above her head, Theo kind of agreed.
He wasn't much for sitting in coffee shops in the city. Theo only did it when he had to meet with his agent, who was worth chancing the traffic and the city dwellers for. Eamon not only sold Theo's art at a fucking premium, he was the most beautiful man Theo had ever met, with soot colored hair and bright green eyes. Not to mention the body that seemed sculpted by Michelangelo or someone.
"You have that look on your face," Eamon said, as if thinking of him had magically conjured him up.
"Which look is that?" Theo asked, smiling and waving Eamon to a seat.
"The one that says, 'I hate the city; it's almost as entertaining as an ant farm'."
Theo laughed, drawing looks from the black-clad denizens all around them, people frowning at the bright sound. "Anything for you, babe. Besides, I've been eavesdropping."
"What have you been hearing?" Eamon waved to the little waiter, completely at ease with the setting, and with having a little drama queen sashay over and flirt with him.
"Outdoor fucking. You ever done it?" There, he thought. Let's see how comfortable Eamon was with that.
 "When I was in college? Sure. These days, grass in my ass just doesn't appeal."
Staring, Theo chuckled, sure Eamon was either lying or exaggerating. "No way. You?"
"Believe it or not, I went to school in the northwest. You don't go there and not be outdoorsy."
"No shit? Tell me about it?" He and Eamon had this great chemistry, but they'd never acted on it. Oh, they flirted. They teased. They got hard. But Theo had always thought they were just too different.
Those high, bottle-tanned cheekbones went red, Eamon glancing about before leaning forward and lowering his voice. "What? It was my sophomore year, I was on a hike. Shit, this sounds like Penthouse letters."
"You know I take my inspiration from nature, honey," Theo said, batting his lashes and feeling not quite ridiculous. "Lay it on me."
"Shit." Shifting in his chair, Eamon waited for the little waiter to set down his espresso and croissant before going on. "There wasn't much to it. I mean, there was a hiking guide I had the serious hots for, so I got him to take me out along the river. Just me. I wasn't sure, but I thought he was family, you know?"
Theo nodded, leaning his elbows on the table to get closer. He could almost smell the old growth forest and hear the rushing water.
"So I did all the obvious shit. I took my shirt off when it got hot. I rubbed against him every chance I got. I wiggled and flexed…"
"And what? He wasn't interested?"
Eamon laughed, the sound low and intimate. "He was. I think he was just worried that I was jailbait."
"So what did you do?"
"I finally just grabbed him. Kissed the sap right out of him. He didn't need much more encouragement," Eamon said, eyebrows going up and down.
Theo waited for more, poking Eamon when he trailed off. "So, what did you do?"
"Fuck, Theo. Do you want a blow by blow?"
"Yes." Was he going to deny it? Hell, no. His cock was hard in his jeans, his hand twitching with the need to reach down and rub it.
"I sucked him off, okay? I wasn't so good at it back then, but he didn't seem to mind. I took his jeans off him and got down on my knees and sucked the Hell out of him."
Somewhere from the vicinity of the pierced and painted girls there was an outraged gasp, but Theo paid it no mind. "Did he help you out, too?" he asked, having to clear his throat to get the words out.
"Yeah. He pulled me up and let me lean on him while he jacked me. I remember the sun coming down through the trees. We stood right next to the water, so the spray off the rocks cooled me off while he heated me up. He held me against his chest and stroked me off and I swear, I thought he was the strongest man in the whole fucking world."
The words seemed to ring loud, even though Eamon whispered them, his eyes closing, long lashes shadowing his cheeks.
Jesus fuck, he was beautiful.
Theo squirmed, trying to find a comfortable place for his cock in his too-tight jeans.
"Okay, then. You really have done it outside, huh?"
"Uh-huh. Did I inspire you?" Wicked. That smile was purely wicked.
Adjusting himself, Theo got up and headed for the bathroom. "You did, honey. You surely did."
***
Three weeks later, Theo stood back from his easel and stared at his most recent painting with a critical eye. Then he smiled. Yeah. Yeah, it was good.
The scene was a lot lighter than his usual work, a lot more… almost Impressionistic. Swirls of green and blue, with just the hint of two flesh tones in the center, the painting felt natural, sensual, drawing the eye right to the two figures who seemed to entwine.
It was everything he'd hoped it would be.
Theo grabbed his phone, smearing linseed oil on his cheek. The stupid thing rang and rang, making him dance a little with impatience. One he was ready to make a move, Theo hated to wait.
"Eamon McClellan."
"Hey, Eamon. Theo. I have something new to show you."
"Theo! Good to know. You going to bring it into the city for me to see?"
Staring at the canvas, Theo shook his head, feeling his cock start to harden, just like that. "No, Eamon. I think this time you need to come to the boondocks," he said. "You need to see it in its natural setting."
"Okay, man. I'll come out this week."
"Cool."
They hung up not long after that, and Theo pulled off his soft sweats, heading to the window seat to give himself a hand. With any luck, he could get Eamon to see that nature was still damned inspiring.
There was nothing like the great outdoors.
End
Copyright 2007 Julia Talbot (originally published electronically under another pen name)
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JuliaJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-22458201231102100172014-09-03T09:23:00.003-06:002014-09-03T09:23:48.465-06:00a writer's crisis of confidence, or how Julia can be a speshul snowflakeI have people tell me all the time I've been at this writing thing long enough that I should never have a crisis or faith. I am, to toot my own horn, regularly top ten bestseller on ARE and Amazon. I have won awards. I get very nice emails from fans, and I have a healthy presence on social media. In short (I know, too late) I am a decently successful ebook first author who makes a living off what I do, and I love it.
And now, for the darkside. (duh duh duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
I have terrible confidence issues, just like all writers. A writer friend, Shannon West, mentioned on social media today that 13K into her latest WIP she decided it sucked. That happens to all of us. So does rejection (my latest lesbian story, for example, was turned down after being in the running for over a month past the deadline). Then? My beta for said lesbian story's self pubbing adventure told me it would be nice to see some conflict among the fluff...
Crickets chirping
Julia picks her crushed-bug self up off the floor with a spatula.
On the heels of a review of the first Minerva Howe book on Amazon that said I was more boring than paint drying, and an editor telling me my erotic m/m story was, well, sweet but not hot, I may be developing a complex.
Now, does that keep me from doing my word count? Nope. It does, however, remind me that art is subjective, and that all artists, including authors, deal with putting their work out there in the world and occasionally getting beaten down for it. It's totally easy when things are going well to tell authors who are in a slump to pull their socks up and move on. It's another thing entirely when you're the stressed out, smooshed roadkill on the side of the publishing highway.
So, today I pull up ye old socks and take a good look at my lesbian story, do re-writes on a novel where the plot was so thin it was see-through, and work on the next Minerva Howe book despite the one crappy review. I may have the best job in the world, but it still requires a lot of practice and, you know, work. Even when I would rather be a speshul snowflake and go eat ice cream all day.
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JuliaJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-85326300594188919342014-08-30T18:49:00.000-06:002014-08-30T18:49:33.986-06:00Online communities and happy writersI've had a lot of great discussions about the valuing art post I did, and I have to say, I love the online writing and reading community. Even when we disagree, we can have lively discussions. Oh, sure, all online communities have their nutballs, but I do love being able to talk writing and books and be the introvert I am.
Though if you tell my wife I'm the quiet, sweet one, she falls over laughing
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JuliaJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-34949671346305866002014-08-26T10:02:00.000-06:002014-08-26T10:02:21.435-06:00Just call me Sneezywriting day! yay
Can't breathe, boo
Day off walking the dogs! Yay
Dogs very sad, boo
I like the new Dr Who, yay
I still haven't watched the Matt Smith seasons, boo
House is clean, yay!
Yard is a mess, boo
And now, for a random picture

Rocky Mountain National Park at the end of JUNE
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JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-27527736563011826162014-08-24T16:46:00.002-06:002014-08-24T16:48:48.605-06:00Valuing our work, or how romance writers get a little screwedSo, I was sitting at a reception at the UU church today, where I unexpectedly met a woman who runs a relatively well-known literary conference. She gets guests such as Gloria Steinem and Tracy Chevalier (Girl with the Pearl Earring). She handed me and BA card when she heard we were writers, but when we mentioned we were mostly e-published romance authors, the first thing out of her mouth was, "Oh, that .99 to 2.99 bundle crap? Or do you do anything high end?"
I get the .99 bundle. I really do. As an long-time ebook industry professional, I know that if you can offer the first book in a series, or a 20K short in an otherwise series full of novels, as part of a multi-author bundle, it will get a bunch of new folks exposed to your work. Hell, I buy bundles happily. For the reader they make the book budget stretch and allow us to try new authors with little commitment.
Still, I can't help but think of an old professor I had in college who doubled as an art and English professor. He often talked about devaluing art, about how people would exclaim, "My dog could do better work than this!" and about how damaging that statement was to the arts in general.
See, maybe the dog could do that. Maybe anyone with a PC and a Harlequin formula guide can write a romance.
The thing is, though, that it takes practice, persistence, and nerve to make art, literature, or music, whether classical or popular, and to share it with the world. So, we have to place a value on it.
Do I believe we should charge 15.99 for an ebook because that's what we charge for a paperback? Heck, no. But I do cringe when I see someone complain that they paid 1.99 for a lousy 5000 word story. Ouch. I mean, I wrote it. I didn't think it was lousy. Neither did the reader. They loved the story, but doesn't that author know they can get a bundle for .99?
So many people already question the validity of writing and reading romance. As a genre, we get the pats on the head, the sorrowful chin waggle. Our local indie bookstore here in Albuquerque has a mystery section. Horror, sci fi. Not romance, even though we account for fully a quarter of all books sold in the world every year.
So, I have to wonder. If we don't put a higher value on our genre, on our work, how will anyone else?
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Julia Juliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-50505659517512552292014-08-21T21:34:00.001-06:002014-08-21T21:34:03.640-06:00so tiredand freezing cold. I think my stress levels are just up too much and hormones are nutsJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-56612270200457595062014-08-17T19:57:00.001-06:002014-08-17T19:57:43.464-06:00what does a girl have to do to get a sponsor?I was playing around on Twitter with Jenny Trout, a writer I quite admire, who recently got a box of clothes from Modcloth, a wonderful retail site that carries all sorts of stuff, including the cutest plus sized dresses ever.
I was teasing her about having an official "designer", and said I needed to get a sponsorship from Old Navy, since I wear their yoga pants everywhere.
In all seriousness, y'all, this is a great idea. I warm to the topic. I wear their slub hoodies all winter long. The thin ones that you can wear as another layer, the ones that you can wear to bed and not be to hot. I wear their long, best fit tank tops every day under my other shirts to smooth out the bumps and lumps of my middle aged spread.
I love their holiday pig banks.
So, I think Old Navy should sponsor me since they do pride t-shirts every year and I'm a GLBT author.
My only other option really is Chocolove or something...
What do y'all think?
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JuliaJuliahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-86395904794460540012014-08-15T10:55:00.000-06:002014-08-15T10:55:05.807-06:00The Queen City and Julia or AAD in CharlotteHey y'all
It has taken the better part of a week to recover from AAD. I did 6 panels, a bunch of parties, and a ball, all on a torn up ankle and about 4 hours of sleep a night. There was madness and rushing around and laughing like loon.
I can never list all the people I got to see and love on, but Kiernan Kelly, TC Blue, Bronwyn Green, Kris Norris, Jenny Trout, Elise Hepner and Joey w Hill were among the many authors who made the week amazing. Readers, I shout out to all, but Jackie had my glasses!
I presented at the Bookies and got to give an award to Desiree Holt. How cool is that?
No Bookies for me this year, but BA won best hero in a romance for Brett, from Alpha Call.
I thought Pride had the best tables at the Sins and Virtues ball thanks to Andrew Gray's decorating prowess. What do y'all think?

We had a blast, and there was so much swag. I got BA to get a signed copy of Joey Hill's Rough Canvas but the booksigning was so busy I didn't get to get up and buy books from anyone else.
Here's a few more pics.

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JuliaJuliahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12729041.post-52632478392089851452014-08-01T10:34:00.001-06:002014-08-01T10:34:50.442-06:00I have to talk about all of the things!okay, y'all.
I know all promo all the time is bad, but I have so much going on!
I have Authors After Dark in Charlotte, NC August 6th through the 10th. That's Wednesday night through Saturday. Wednesday I'll be hosting the opening party with Kiernan Kelly and BA Tortuga. That's at 4pm. We're all presenting at the Bookies Thursday night. I'm on a metric shit-ton of panels. On Saturday I'll be at the big booksigning, signing both Designated Bottoms and Midnight Rodeo. Come see me!
One-Eyed Jack's story is out at Changeling Press. The third elemental ops book is called Found, and it's all about analyst Lane and Ops second in command Jack. Find it here!
Dragons!

Oh, and Designated Bottoms is out this week! OMG y'all. Me, BA Tortuga, Kiernan Kelly, Shannon West, Katey Hawthorne and KC Wells. Seriously, it doesn't get better than this. Find it here!
Some men are bottoms by birth, others by choice. Whatever the reason, a designated bottom is someone who's happy to surrender, to submit, or just catch instead of pitch!
My story, Faster Bobcat, is also available as a single here.
I'll have DB at Authors after dark, and Shannon, BA and Kiernan will all be there to sign!
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This is suspiciously similar to those Jim Crow laws they used to have in the South to stop blacks from voting.
Person who doesnt understand english != troll
God you people, I though trolling required being aware of your surroundings to some extent, atleast knowing what language people are talking.
It might not say anything about League of Legends but I think it speaks volumes about public education and laziness. Granted it is not like Twitter and texting helped anything either. Have you ever read one of Shaquille O'Neal's "tweets?" I doubt that guy can even read. Good thing he was the size of a house and could dunk a basketball!
wait there is improper grammar? Did i miss it?
everyone should be able to pass this, sadly from what I have seen, i doubt that. If you can't pass this, you shouldn't be playing LOL. I know one thing for sure, I don't want you on my team.
I want the player base to go down, we don't need these trolls i see in these games.
The ones you gave are too easy.
A 12 year old could solve them.
cmon now who be needing a test i dont not want one i no i dont not need one these are lame i am more then fine 2 b playing this game so stop it it herts peeples feeling and stuff i am a nice persen and you ar not so
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|Louisville QB Simms suspended for 4 games
|Written by Admin
|Tuesday, 19 August 2008 14:28
Simms, a redshirt freshman, was competing with Tyler Wolfe for the backup spot behind starter Hunter Cantwell.
Simms is the son of former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms and the brother of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Chris Simms.
Matt Simms will be eligible to return to the team when the Cardinals play at Memphis on Oct. 10.