Thanks to a post from Untreed Reads Editor-in-Chief Jay A. Hartman, I learned about this worthy cause.
“Movember is the global men’s health charity engaging men to grow and women to support the Mo (moustache) for the 30 days of November. Through the power of the moustache, awareness and funds are raised for men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives.” —Movember.com
Let’s see those mustaches!
Totally off topic of writing and romance, but I love playing mini golf.
I stink at it, yet I almost always have a blast.
One thing that sucks (along with my score) is having to keep track of the scoring with those tiny pencils that always poke me in the leg when I cram one into my pocket on my turn.
Then it occurred to me, there’s gotta be an app for that.
Yep!
My Mini Golf Scorecard. It worked great on my iPhone. No more tiny, poking pencils!
And here’s the first course I tried it on. My score sucked (as usual), but I had fun playing with the new app.
(c) Sloan Parker 2012
(c) Sloan Parker 2012
(c) Sloan Parker 2012
(c) Sloan Parker 2012
(c) Sloan Parker 2012
(c) Sloan Parker 2012
Anyway, just had to share for any of you fellow mini golf lovers out there. Check out My Mini Golf Scorecard or one of the other mobile apps for keeping score. Save yourself from the poke of a pencil!
To celebrate Read-an-eBook Week there’s a sale going on at my publisher Loose Id. Now through March 10, save 20% off all ebooks. (I believe the discount is taken when you add the item to your cart.) Go buy something hot and steamy to read.
Join me and several other m/m authors as we celebrate the holiday season on Keira Andrews’s blog. You can check out several of the posts already there. Mine will be coming December 19 and will include an excerpt from Take Me Home that I have not shared yet here on the blog or my website. Although, it won’t be new to those of you who pick up a copy of Take Me Home when it releases this week.
For those of you who do check out Take Me Home, I truly hope you enjoy Kyle and Evan’s story.
Thanks for checking out Keira’s blog and helping us celebrate the holiday season.
(c) istockphoto.com, Zhenikeyev 2011
Two weeks ago I attended a brainstorming event with some of the writers in my local writing group. It was my third year attending this annual event, and I had such a fabulous time. Not only is it productive in generating story ideas, it’s also a time to recharge my writing energy. Just hanging with these fabulous women (and our lone, brave man who slept in a lake cottage with 12 women) gets me excited about writing. These people have amazing energy and talent. I’m always in awe of their creativity.
We spent the weekend talking about each other’s stories and coming up with titles, plot ideas, ways to kill off characters (don’t worry, that wasn’t mine), and more. We have writers of all genres and heat levels in the group. From contemporary to sci-fi. From sweet inspiration to steamy erotic romance and erotica. Most write romance, but some don’t.
So what kinds of things did I hear that weekend? Here’s a sampling:
“He’s a schizophrenic vampire priest!”
“Die, bitch, die!” (which worked for several of the stories)
“Orgasmoplasm“
“Hooha goo”
“Viagraville”
“Regrow the cherry!”
“Everybody use frickidous in a sentence.” Our 18-year-old, youngest member immediately told us all to, “Go frickidous yourselves.”
“bilabial frickidousness and glaodal stoppages”
And perhaps my favorite…“We need to make his junk grow!”
So yeah, it was a blast. Thanks ladies and Ray! I had a wonderful time.