geek romance – Dahlia DeWinters

Five Characters I'd Love to be for Halloween

Here we are again for the Five Fandom Friday link up! I must say I am enjoying these little trips every week. Let’s get right to the chase, shall we? Here they are in no particular order. Captain Jack Sparrow – Pirates of the Caribbean movies How much fun would it be to be a pirate (in the movie world, of course, forget the killing and the shooting and the scurvy and terrible food). I loved the Pirate movies and remember the ride as a child at Disney World. The long coat, the beads and shoot, there’s even a purse! What’s not to like about this? Akasha, Queen of the Damned Just because… Aaliyah. What an awesome costume. Nuff said. Steampunk-ish Victorian All I would need is to add a pair of goggles and an umbrella! Poison Ivy Yeah, so maybe… Continued

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Banned Books Week – My Favorites

“It was a dark and stormy night.” Ah, Banned Books Week always makes me rub my hands together in delight and dust off my old, decrepit paperback books. Taped covers, “bookworm” holes and dog eared pages – nothing beats a great book….. Unless it’s been banned. Just like bad boys, if a book is deemed “bad”, well, hell’s bells, I can’t wait to read it, or at least see what all the fuss is about. Many of the books I’ve read, I didn’t even realize were banned. Let me share the list of my top five banned books that I read over and over again. You knew there was going to be a list!! 1. 1984 by George Orwell – “Do it to Julia!” I can’t say that I “enjoyed” this book as a matter of entertainment, but it sure did make one think. As a romance writer, I notice

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Confessions of a Blogger

The Nerdy Girlie posted on her confessions on her blog and encourage others to do the same. So here I go… 1. I am a terrible scheduler and get sidetracked too often, which wastes time. This morning is a prime example of this. I was supposed order groceries online, run updates on the laptop and do three loads of laundry. As it turned out, I was too late (at 9:30 am!!) to schedule grocery pickup for the day, the updates on the laptop, which were supposed to take fifteen minutes, instead took an HOUR AND HALF, and therefore, I only got one load of laundry in. I could have run downstairs during downloading the updates and popped a load of laundry in, but I kept thinking “only five more minutes” over and over. Not to mention that I discovered a chicken literally frozen to the shelf in the deep freeze

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Tools for Writing – Beautiful Implements

This is mostly going to be a picture post, but I wanted to share my love of handwriting with y’all. Yes, I am a techie gal…the one with five laptops in the basement in various states of disrepair because I’m just about to order that part to fix them. I won’t dare tell you the gadgets that I have, excepting that I do not own a Kindle. Everything else is fair game. While I do love my technology, a few of my favorite things include journals, pens and the like. Take a look. Journals – I’ve got a pile of them. When I say a pile, I mean it. I collect them, write in them and gaze at them. Here are a few “new” tools that I’ve had my eye on. How about some pens to go with these lovely pages? Don’t look at the price….revel

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Retro Saturday – Slow Jams

A party on Saturday wasn’t fun unless you brought the slow jams out. After the fast dancing, where you got sweaty, a slow song was just the thing to keep the heart rate up while the feet got a rest. Some of the time, that was when most people took a seat and you saw who the real couples were. Let’s take a look at some old-school retro slow jams today. Maybe you can whip them out on your significant other later on today. Enjoy! Between the Sheets – The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers knew how to sweet talk a woman with their 1983 hit “Between the Sheets” . Though a little fast for a “slow jam” it still got the blood moving in the right direction with the smooth melody and sexy words. Sade-Is it a Crime? Sade, Sade, Sade…there’s more in that one name than anything else.

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Retro Saturdays – Crochet and Knit Patterns

My mother was an avid crocheter. There are bags and bags of yarn in the attic that can attest to this fact. She taught me to crochet, knit and do something called “broomstick lace” when I was a child and the yearning to create with yarn hits me on and off. I try to stay out of AC Moore and Michaels when they have the yarn sales, but sometimes the colors are too eye-catching to resist. Which brings me to crochet patterns. My mother was not an idle crocheter, no. Everything she crocheted had a purpose, whether it be a hat, scarf or, dare I say, funny looking sweater. She used to have a subscription to a magazine called Workbasket, and when I was at her house a few weeks ago, I found some old issues. Take a look at these totally retro crochet outfits. Crochet Wedding Dress…plus hat!