Sasha White

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!

I’m hooked.

I’ve been watching that new show Randy Jackson presents Best Dance Crew and I’m hooked. My favorite crew is actually 2 of them
Boston’s Status Quo. ( I remember 2 of them from when they tried out for So You Think You Can Dance) and Kabba Modern.

There is some awesome dancing here. Is anyone else watching it? Who do you like?

Last week I blogged about the upcoming Valentines Day with a post called It’s Started. And some people took it wrongly, as in I feel all lonely and depressed on V-Day. (Which isn’t true) But I freely admit I am not a fan of the “holiday”. So imagine how thrilled I was when I saw this post over at Southern Fried Chicas.

Go read it. Amie says it much better than I did.

So uhmm yeah… Take that V-Day!

I have a date with Karl. *grin*

Okay, so it’s not a date date…Karl Dawson, divorce lawyer and loving Dominant of WICKED fame has decided to indulge me. I’ve been after him for while, and he’s finally given in. He’s going to let me interview him for THE DUNGEON page here on my website. I’ve already got an interview with a female submissive, (Not Lara) so this will be a great feature to add to my The World of BDSM page.

Now, I need questions for him. That’s where you come in.

Anyone here have anything they’d like to ask this bad boy turned Hero?

If you do, then post the question in the comments to this post…and I’ll add them to my notes for our ‘date’. I’ll be sure to let you all know when the interview is done and up. Look for it at the beginning of March.

ADDED on Monday:
Yesterday’s JERR Newsletter had a great review for Wicked. Check it out.

Rating: 5 Stars
Heat level: O

My first thought after reading Wicked was to immediately rush to the nearest bookseller and buy the others in this series. Karl feels that deep down, Lara is a natural-born submissive. He takes her on a journey to discover her inner self. This journey takes them to unsuspected heights, exploring not only sexual but emotional boundaries. Karl is the perfect Dom as he takes over the sexual reins, giving Lara what he feels she needs, often leaving her wanting. Ms. White is the mistress of sexual tension; I often felt like Lara- sexually frustrated! Although Lara gives up sexual control, she definitely stands her ground outside of their lovemaking. Karl has definitely met his match with Lara. She’s such a wickedly, loveable, daring heroine, willing to try anything, even participating in a sex act with another woman. As an added treat, Ms. White brilliantly incorporates another couple’s story into Wicked. Peter and Graham are Lara’s self-appointed protectors. They know all about bad boy Karl, and are determined that Lara will not suffer from a broken heart. I absolutely adored this committed gay couple who suffered from growing pains. I am new to Ms. White’s writing but not for long. Damn you, Ms. White, you have compelled me to read more books by you!

Claudia Orpik

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