Sasha White

Amazing lady and talented author Dianne Castell is having a 2 day long blog party over at Laurie’s Laudanum starting TODAY!!

The party is to celebrate her new release from Brava. HOT AND BOTHERED.that is set in The South. The real South. ANdher first post is abotu being a true Southern Belle. I have to say… I am not a southern belle. (Was there really ever any doubt?) I’m Canadian for one thing, but I thought you never know… I might have some characteristics of a Southern Belle. But no, not really. Sure I enjoyed Steele Magnolias and loved Fried Green Tomatos, but well, I tried grits for the first time when I was in Atlanta a couple years ago. Not my thing. And I’ve never read or seen Gone With The Wind (but my cat’s named Scarlet!).

And let’s not forget I cuss worse than a trucker.

Anyway, I can’t help it. After reading Dianne’s post about Southern Belle’s I thought of Suzanne McMinn and her Chicken in the Road blog. Suzanne makes me want to live in the south.

So, for fun, check out the blog party and the TON of prizes they’re giving away…and also, read Suzanne’s Farm Journal from time to time. It’ll make you smile. :)

Anyone watching The Biggest Loser?

I’ve always said I want Bob for my boyfriend, and Jillian for my trainer. And I stick by that, (despite the bit of man attitude Bob showed a couple weeks ago.)

Last night Jillian had a bit of a say and I had to laugh. That chick kicks ass!

As for the Black team’s attitude, I think they need to get over, stop feeling sorry for themselves and do the work. Who ever said losing wieght was easy? And Yes, men do lose it easier than women, but come on, stress and attitude can effect your efforts almost as much as your eating and work out habits. Look at Ali, she worked, she concentrated on herself and why she was there, and she lost a higher percent of them all…even all the guys. And she’s smaller than the other women, which means it’s even harder to lose… A female can win this, if they’d get past their emotions. (That said I almost wonder if it’s PMS week for the girls. You know it is true that women, when living/working together, their cycles can adjust to happen at the same time, and thats got to suck.)

Jillian nailed it when she said they were falling right back into the trap of emotional mindless eating that got them there, and they need to THINK!

I can only imagine after being there for 11 weeks how small their world has become. I mean, look at how small things can get blown out of proportion just in our little online communities. Or at work…I don’t know about all of you, but I know where I work, small crap things always get blown up into big deals.

And uhmm, now I need to kick my own ass to stay on track. LOL
And someone needs to tell me who went home, becasue I missed everything after the weight in, the silly chanel I was watching it on went blank and I missed everything after the weigh in!

AND Go see Beth and congratulate her on her win!

I Feng Shui’d my office, then got down to work. When I am constantly writing and ignoring things like email, my blog, and my life…I call it the going into the cave. My cave looks very nice and clean now, it feels all warm, cozy and almost professional. But I wanted to show you I am never alone.

I couldn’t do it. I’m keeping Scarlet.

My Mom made me realize the main reason I was worried so much about them was that I’m going to NY for five days at the end of this month, then to Pittsburgh for 5 days next month and I’m worried about what will happen while I’m gone.

I hope to God the two of them don’t kill each other while I’m away. My friend in the building said she’d check on them every day, but I’m still worried. 5 days of the two home alone… I’m thinking there might be a lot of

Then agian, I’m praying they’ll be best friends when I get home.

Today’s Horoscope:
Scorpio (10/23-11/21)
If you have an ambitious project lined up, it’s a good day to get started on it.

uhhuh. I’ve a few ambitious projects I’d love to start on. But I also have a couple I’m way behind on. I need help. Not sure what kind of help, but I know I need help.

WINNERS

~Denise! Congratulations. Your name was drawn from the comments in Thursday’s Slim Camp post and you win the $10 Amazon Gift Certificate.
Email me and and tell me what email addy you want your GC emailed to, and I’ll get on it!

And Laurie D! Your name was drawn from all the entries in my New Years Giveaway and you win the $50 GC from the online bookstore of your choice!! I’ve not done my March Newsletter yet, but I know you come and read here too, so I figured I’d let you knwo now. Email me…and Congratulations!

It’s Monday, and I don’t have to go to work today…which is a very good thing because I have to write. :) Want to see what I’m working on? I’ll post an excerpt for you tomorrow.

Last night I watched Randy Jackson presents Best Dance Crew again, and I must say, I’m so glad that despite cancelling my cable, I still get the music chanel.

I do enjoy watching Fysh N Chycks and BreakSk8, but Status Quo and Kabba Modern are my favorites, with JabbaWockeeZ easing into my personal Top Three. Those three are so consistently awesome, there should be no touching them by the other groups for a while. IMO.

Canadians can’t, so please, anyone in doubt of who they like..feel free to vote for those crews on my behalf. In fact, Please do! Maybe next Sunday I’ll post a reminder for those of you who will vote on my behalf since it’s closed now.

Last night I watched THE LAST MIMSY, and found it enjoyable. I loved the kids, they did an awesome job, and the storyline was pretty original and magical.

Okay, back to work for me. :)

I’ve been working on storing more of my photo’s digitally lately, and I felt like sharing. Of course I’m starting with some of the oldest ones I have, like my trip to Nepal, which was about 13 years ago. The one thing I love about traveling is meeting people from all over, and seeing what other cultures are truly like. While I do follow the tourist trail at times, I often go off the beaten path. To me, that is where there magic is.

Here is some of the portraits that always form in my mind when I think about my time in Nepal.

Click on the photos below to see larger images.

You can read about the Touring aspect of my trip here, and see some more photo’s in the Travel Album on my Photo Page.

For trivia sake, the story/article on Nepal was the first thing I ever wrote. (outside of High school English assignments) I started it as soon as I got home form Nepal because I was unemployed, but a week later I was back to work with a daytime waitressing job and a nighttime bartending one. I set it aside and never went back to it until 7 or 8 years later when I decided I wanted to try writing as a career. I finished the Nepal one, and wrote the Belfast one before writing my first piece of fiction, an erotica short story that was one scene long. Since then I’ve only written one more travel article, the Mozambique short piece that was strictly for my own memory sake. It’s been erotic ever since. (Although some of my travel destinations, and adventures, have shown up in my erotic fiction as well.)

i try so hard not to pay attention to things I know will get to me, but lately, I’ve been having a hard time.

Things that get me down that I TRY not to pay attention to, but seem to be all in my face lately.

NEVER seeing any of my books listed in the “What I’m Reading Now” section of any blogs, or on any loops. (Not even friends, or my own editors blog)

NEVER having been nominated for a Readers Choice or Reviewers Choice or Best anything in any of the online polls or communities.

Hearing that other authors are going back to print again and again when BOUND is out of print and unavailable now.

All of these things are great news for the author, and I’m happy for them, but it does get to me sometimes that I never seem to be part of them. Is this because people aren’t reading me? Or maybe because they don’t like my covers so won’t post them on their sidebars? (I love my covers so I don’t think that’s it)

Bad reviews are rare for me, so if reviewers love my stories so much, why am I never nominated for a reader/reviewers choice? Is it because I don’t do much, if any, online promotions? Or just because while they enjoy my stories, they enjoy others stories way more?

Sometimes, the silly crap gets me down, and I just had to vent.

Something that made me feel good:
another great review for WICKED. This one is form Jennifer at Kwips and Kritiques.

“Sasha White knows how to write a mean BDSM romance! OK, not mean as in evil — no, mean as in wickedly naughty in the very best ways!… For a touching story that beautifully exhibits the true meaning of the term ‘BDSM Romance’, pick up your own copy of Sasha White’s Wicked. “

Read the full review.

Thanks Jennifer. You made my day!

UGH! I hate Mondays.

I also hate Mornings. But here it is Monday morning , early Monday morning and I’m sitting on my laptop writing. The good thing. I’m writing.

I have to say, it’s been a long time since I’ve actually felt like a writer. Not sure why, but my desire to put words on the page disappeared fro a while. To be honest, I’m not sure the desire is back wither. But the need to is since I have edits due today, and I’m still not quite finished them. (I tried to get them done by Friday..I did. It just didn’t work) Oh, and I have a book due at the end of the month and I’m not finished that either. Yeah, the same book that was originally due on Feb 1st. I got my extention, and still haven’t made a dent.

Anyway… I pulled an all nighter last night, and somehow I’m feeling more like a writer. Funny how that works huh?

Maybe I’ve been getting too much rest these past couple months. Maybe that was why my muse disappeared. Maybe my muse isn’t a muse, but a complete lack of sleep that makes me slightly delusional. What do you think?

Life has suddenly gotten super busy. LOL I know it’s partly Valentine’s Day stuff and should calm down after the weekend, but I wanted to say I’m sorry I missed the Slim Camp post today.

Valentine’s Day is the busiest day of the year where I work. Not only is it a popular place, but for years and years we’ve done a lot of fundraising for the Heart and Stroke Foundation on this day. We sell Heart Shaped pizzas, and because we only do this once a year, and a dollar from every pizza sold goes to charity, we sell a lot!

Plus, see all those Red hearts behind us girls in the photo at the top? We sell those for the first two weeks of February ($1 each) to raise money. They’re just silly paper hearts, and we get customers to write a message on them, and we hang them on the wall. As of the time when I let work today, our place had sold over 4,200. That’s the restaurant and bar combined. We’re hoping to hit 5k.

While I’m not a fan of the commercialism of this ‘holiday’ I enjoy this part of it. Our team at work today was great, and despite being nuts busy things went very smooth. It’s always good when everyone can laugh and smile in times of stress.

And my feet are killing me. I swear, I’d do anything for the man who would come give me a foot massage.

PS: Go congratulate Beth on her 2 WINS in the CAPA’s.

YAY Beth!