I’m sorry, Mistress Heidi is a little…tied up at the moment, & cannot come to The Dungeon.

But she’s left a small token of her appreciation to amuse you until her return…

What did I tell you?  I am still working on the same love scene as last week.  Which proves my point:  either I am slow, or they are.  Or maybe a little of both. :starwars

I swear, it feels like I write the longest love scenes on the planet.  And it’s not that they’re erotica.  Yes, I’m capable of going super-hot; even my Desires tend to be fairly steamy & intense.  But it’s not all sex going on.  Sometimes I tend to mix in a fair amount of dialogue &/or introspection, as well.  In fact, I looked it up one time, & my love scenes tend to run about 10 pages, at least—& that’s in the final printed book. :love

Do they seem that long to you?  Do you start to think, Geez, this is taking forever.  Just get it over with already! while you’re reading?  Or do they feel completely appropriate & well-rounded to you, only moving slowly from my end?  (*snork* Maybe I shouldn’t ask, huh? :splat: )

It really is different to be on the inside of these things looking out.  Kind of how it takes six months to write a book & only two hours to read one. :waaa

But mark my words—by this time next week, I will have finished this verkakte love scene & moved on to the next Big Step in Reid & Juliet’s relationship! :luvsmenot

(P.S.  Despite the tone of this post, I really am loving this story & the love-scene-that-wouldn’t-end.  More than once, I’ve written something that gave me chills & made me think, “Oooh, these characters are awesome!”  So no worries…it will all come together beautifully in the end. :like )

Happy Sunday, everyone!  How’s it going this week?

I AM HAPPY this week that the bulk of my taxes are finally done.  Boy, did I put off dealing with those this year. :luvsmenot   I’m usually done by mid-February, sometimes even before all those pesky forms arrive.  It’s such a pain to sort through all those bloody receipts & tally them up.  But I have done just about all I can on my own…the next step is dropping off everything with Tax Guy & letting him work his magic.  *snork*

I AM HAPPY with some of the new music I downloaded—“Despicable Me”…”Ho Hey”…”Heavy Cross”…  I cannot get “Despicable Me” out of my head & keep having this overwhelming desire to be Gru (or Vector) for a day. If a day is too long, how about just a couple of hours?  I’ve got some villainous things that need to be done, & his evil know-how would come in really handy. :muahaha

And I AM HAPPY that after I screwed up my own order with Chewy.com, the customer service lady was sweet as could be about fixing it.  I had such a duh moment, I can’t even tell you. :moonyou

How about you—what great stuff has taken place this week that you’d like to share?

Now to announce the winners of this week’s giveaways… :clover

Giveaway #1:

An early autographed copy of my April Harlequin Desire, PROJECT: RUNAWAY HEIRESS.  I’m really excited about this book, the first in my fashionista sisters “Project: Passion” miniseries, so I hope the winner will A) love it! & B) leave a glowing review on Amazon &/or BN.com, etc.  (Pretty please with a cherry on top. :like )

:cheers Mary M.!!!  :cheers

Congratulations, Mary! :topofthemornin Please contact me with your full name & mailing information, & I’ll get your signed copy of PROJECT: RUNAWAY HEIRESS out to you as soon as I can!

Giveaway #2:

This week’s Free Book Friday title, Raintree: Sanctuary by Beverly Barton…

:cheers JoAnna B.!!!  :cheers

Congratulations, JoAnna! :topofthemornin Please contact me with your full name & mailing information, & I’ll get your book out to you as soon as I can!