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So much is happening right now and most important of all is the debut of Driven by Fire,the second book in my Fire series.

The Fire series actually originated in the Ice series, starting with Black Ice – some of my very best romantic suspense. The originals involved icy heroes, feisty heroines, the threat of world collapse, steamy sex, and all the goodies those things bring. I will be my usual impeccably tactful self and not volunteer a rant on how my publishers hand...

I just realized to my shame that I have been MIA for ages. Well, since October. Life has been hella stressful, and I just get lost in all the shit I have to do. But I promise to be better about it (you've heard that before). But let me catch you up on what's happening.

First, on Friday I get my shoulder replaced. I've got AVN, which is some kind of necrosis, which sounds like a horror movie. Dead bones, in fact, though no one knows why. I've been in pain for a little more than a year now (it s...

CONSUMED BY FIRE is a Kindle Daily Deal today - only $1.99 for the book I had the most fun writing in my loooong career (when I first typed long with many o's autocorrect tried to change it to lounge, making me envision myself as a sleazy lounge singer like Bill Murray used to play. "Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars." Love Bill Murray.

But I digress. Anyway, CONSUMED BY FIRE is available at Amazon for today only, and it's got sex and violence exotic settings, a wonderful dog, classic RVs, a go...

So, totally evil. It's been a long summer, but now we've got snow, and I'm settling down and trying to be sane (sometimes it's an effort). But let me fill you in on what I've been doing.

First, summer is theater time. We have a fabulous theater group in town, with Tony-nominated actors as artists-in-residence, wonderful directors, and in another year and a half a phenomenal theater. At this point we act in a tent (though it's a huge, cool tent) and dress in a classroom at the nearby school, an...

I've written two lengthy, entertaining posts and then somehow lost them in the bowels of my computer. Not that my computer has bowels, mind you. But somewhere between trying to add a picture and messing with saving drafts I've lost the details of me struggling with the hardest book I've ever written, only to emerge triumphant, not to mention a discussion of craziness and food and the secrets to the universe, now gone forever.

But I figure I'll try once more and if it screws up I'll beat my hea...

I've been writing like mad ... well, maybe that's an overstatement. But I've gotten at least 1500 words done each day, and the book has taken shape. Right now my hero has just climbed into bed with my heroine,w which is problematic since earlier in the day he hurt her to get information out of her and she's understandably furious and a little frightened. I'm not quite sure what's going to happen next, but it's bound to be interesting.

I tend to make these things up as I go along. Oh, I have a...

So far, so good. I'm avoiding the bad stuff, though perhaps not stringently enough. Feeling restless and edgy and yet no energy, which makes me think I need food. Sigh.

Here's the ugly truth. Yesterday I had a Kashi protein bar, lunch was 2 pieces of whole-wheat bread and nitrate free turkey (no fats added), dinner was turkey chili with about 1/4c cheese and 6 whole grain chips crushed plus a whole avocado, 18 reduced fat wheat thins, an orange, a kind bar and a Trader Joe's bar (those two bar...

At least I think it's been a week later. I've been good. Managing protein (eggs or oatmeal) for breakfast and no sausages or bacon (at lot of the days we've been in motels with breakfast available). At dinner I'm skipping starch if I can, we're having whole wheat sandwiches with no fat and lots of carrot sticks, a small handful of nuts, no more beer (wahhhh!). I did do two wicked things but they were necessary.

I went out to lunch with at Cuoco, a Tom Douglas restaurant, and they had a blood o...

So far so good. Oatmeal with nuts and fruit for breakfast, whole grain crackers counted out, non-fat sandwich for lunch. Dinner's more challenging because we're eating out, but basically I'm making smart choice. We went to a Mexican restaurant last night and I had fajitas. (Truth in advertising department -- I also had a passion fruit margarita). Today I'm keeping on with the plan (third day).

And the plan is basically Mediterranean/low carb. Only complex carbo hydrates, lots of veggies and sa...

Okay, I'm too fat. It's a fact of life, one I try to ignore, but it's getting so I can't do anything. I've got knees that have to be replaced, and I need to lose weight before I get them done, I have plantar fasciitis (god, that really is the way to spell it!) and standing hurts. I need to carve off a good 50 pounds. Part of this comes from having lunch with some friends in Portland and seeing Noreen with her new knees, 50 pounds lighter. But this entire trip has made me realize just how scre...