Thursday, January 31, 2008

Thursday Thirteen


Thirteen games I like Lany


1. Parcheesi—haven’t played in forever but my parents, brother, and I used to play all the time. It was fun family time that I have a lot of great memories of.
2. Clue—just started playing with the oldest
3. Monopoly—long game but fun
4. Monopoly Jr—Not as long but my oldest is the LUCKIEST player EVER.
5. Sorry—just started playing with the oldest (she loves board games)
6. Candy Land—who doesn’t love Gloppy, the Molasses Monster?
7. Chutes & Ladders—going down down down the chute
8. Jenga—What fun. Who will knock it over!
9. Life—Like Jenga I have fond memories of playing this on a beach trip with friends. LOL the oldest now loves Life, too.
10. War—I declare War.
11. Hearts—my family used to play this, too along with 12 and 13. Lots of memories
12. Spades
13. Gin




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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Thursday Thirteen




13 of Mel’s favorite comedians in no particular order (with commentary by Lany because she loved the topic LOL)




1. Robin Williams (Lany's nodding. All the way back to his Mork & Mindy days)
http://www.robinwilliams.com/

2. Richard Pryor (My dad still has his records. Anybody remember what a record is?)(Lany does! She still has some along with a bunch of 45's)
http://www.richardpryor.com/


3. Larry the Cable Guy
http://www.larrythecableguy.com/


4. George Lopez
http://www.georgelopez.com/


5. Chris Rock
http://www.chrisrock.com/


6. George Carlin
http://www.georgecarlin.com/


7. Bill Engvall (Lany's laughing about Here's Your Sign)
http://www.billengvall.com/

8. Jeff Foxworthy (You might be a Redneck if... *G*)
http://www.jefffoxworthy.com/


9. Whoopi
http://www.whoopi.com/splash/


10. Heywood Banks (Lany is now singing Toast)
http://www.heywoodbanks.com/


11. Bill Cosby (A great one. Lany loves the Himself stand up routine. Chocolate Cake and the Dentist.)
http://www.billcosby.com/

12. Rodney Carrington
http://rodneycarrington.musiccitynetworks.com/

13. Ellen DeGeneres
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/

I love to laugh! It’s good for the soul.

Who’s your favorites? (I think you nailed most of Lany's. She'd add the songmakers who do parodies, Wierd Al, Dr. Demento, The FUMP, Cledus T. Judd, Ray Stevens (though he doesn't do parodies).)








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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Gonna scream and shout--Our book is out



Ingram's Charm released overnight! We are thrilled! We think Gram and Charm are pretty special and hope you do, too.

To read an excerpt, go here.

Mel & Lany

Thursday, January 17, 2008


13 stories Mel’s working on



1. Dark Chance (paranormal romance)
2. Colm’s Win (historical for Marissa Alwin)
3. Law’s Deliverance (futuristic for Melany)
4. Destined (dark urban fantasy/paranormal partial)
5. Riptide Love (contemporary romance)
6. Song of His Soul (historical for Marissa Alwin)
7. Master’s Claim (futuristic for Melany)
8. Partial for Roberta
9. Lukewarm Psychic (paranormal for Marissa Alwin)
10. Kyrand’s Reward (futuristic for Melany)
11. A Knight’s Risk (paranormal romance)
12. Whatever Roberta needs from me
13. Another partial for Roberta

Extras:
Maxwell’s story (contemporary romance)
Melany has a (paranormal romance) partial/proposal to complete
Marissa Valiant (action adventure romance)

Looks like I’m going to be very busy this year! :)




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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

We feel pretty, oh so pretty...




Covers and banners and up on the coming soon page at Loose Id, oh my! The countdown to release begins...

Mel & Lany

Thursday, January 10, 2008

No Thursday Thirteen--Lany

I was going to do one on thirteen reasons why I hate a cold but LOL I can't even bring enough mind power to do that. Suffice it to say I hate sneezing, I hate runny noses, I hate chills, I hate tiredness, I hate coughing, and I hate that my mind feels like it is gummed up with cheese. I know I am lucky it's not more serious, it is a just a cold but wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Regular TT will return next week

Lany

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Thursday Thirteen


Thirteen Random thoughts by Lany


1. The Preditors and Editors poll is ongoing. Go vote here.

2. Tess Gerritsen rocks. I just read Bloodstream. It took all of a day.

3. I'm now reading the third book in the Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series. Gotta love a book that says this might be what Buffy became if she grew up, got married, became a SAHM and still hunted.

4. Shallow Grave by Lori Armstrong was so excellent. I need to write her. *makes note to do that*.

5. Lego Star Wars is a cute game, but I'm not very good. It's bad when your 8 year old tells you that.

6. Ghost Rider with Nicolas Cage is pretty good. We watched it last night.

7. I'm going on a lunch date tomorrow with the hubby. I love taking time away and doing things with him.

8. National Treasure 2 is pretty good, too. We saw it in the theater with the kids. It's a little intense at the end. I did miss a lot of the puzzles from the first one. I love Riley. And Ben.

9. The cat is not liking the cold weather. She's a laptop fan hog. And a lap hog. She even gets in the hubby's lap these days.

10. We have a big gymnastics meet this weekend to go watch. Last year we saw a beautiful shimmery, yellow leotard. Unfortunately, it was $50. We weren't even sure the youngest was going to stick with it at that point so we didn't buy it. I have been looking for that leotard since last summer and haven't been able to find it. There better be a vendor with something similar at this meet. Or my name will be mud again.

11. According to National Treasure 2, my name is mud came from a man accused of abetting John Wilkes Booth. But some sources say its origins are earlier than that.

12. I need to be writing! 70 days of Sweat is almost over and I need to get a submission into my editor. Ack!

13. It isn't pleasant to wake up to a dog's cold nose on your foot.


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