Closet readers.

Oh, gosh. Where do I start?

Well let's start with my day at work yesterday. I was so excited when three boxes of M&B books came in. FYI- I work at Target, and for those who don't know, Target carry a great range of M&B books. Anyway, as I was saying, the three boxes contained next months books and within a couple of hours a woman came in with a list. No, just back up a little.

first she came and saw me and asked if she could get some help with some books. I then asked her, 'what kind are you after?' fully expecting her to ask about the new Twilight series that seem to be the bomb at the moment.

Has anyone read these yet? I admit, I have bought all of them because ratings said they are suppose to be the next Harry Potter.

Anyhow, back to our lady customer- she then went quiet and said ' mills & boon' ( like it was a dirty word that she would be scorned for.

How disheartening, I felt like saying, 'Hey, there's nothing wrong with them!' But I'd probably get fired.

So I then asked her, 'what one are you after?' She then replied, and this is the exciting part- 'I have a list.'

HUH, I could have fallen over, this woman who couldn't even mention the publisher without being embarrassed had a list.

But it doesn't stop there, when I took the list from her I think I may have had a micro-faint, you know, like a micro-sleep. There were 19 titles on this list of hers.

19! Uh-huh, you read right, 19. Just in case you still can't believe what your reading and think I'm a dummy and numerous typo's- NINETEEN!

So, off I went into the reserve sifting through the boxes for the titles she couldn't wait to hit the shelves.

If anyone ever had doubts to whether there was a good turn over in the M&B books, I'll tell you now. At work we sell plenty, be proud to be a reader and stop sitting in the closet thinking your the only one- YOU ARE AMONG FRIENDS. lol

Maybe they need to place a sign like that above it. hehe

More news- I'm back and writing again. I took some great advice and tried not to stress about it. I read a M&B- I'm a proud reader! it was an old but still a goodie in the ever growing collection.

I don't know why but I can't part with my books, I need a room just for them. hehe

I'm continuing on with the wp from 50k in 30 days because I still feel it's my best so far, it needs quite a bit of tweaking but what doesn't.

I was feeling quite depressed there for a while, I couldn't even look at the blogs let alone manage mine.

I miss you all and cant wait to enjoy the new year.

How as your school hol's?

Happy Writing

Kez

I Love Ya's All!

Oh, I love you guy's. You know just what to say to make me feel good.
I feel tired but at the same time I'm so glad to help support my family financially.
Boohoo's for the hol's though, as I have watched DH take the kids off surfing the other day as i went off to work. Then today he took them and all our new camping gear out to Swans Crossing for a week.
I'm going out for a couple of nights hear and there but it's not the same.
But, you need to look at the glass half full, right now I have a house (dirty house) to myself. No kids or hubby! OMG!!!!
Tonight I'm internet banking, catching up on my blog and getting some much need house work done, but tomorrow night, I will take your advice and either catch up on reading or a book.
Well, I'm heading off feeling much better. Thank you guys!
If I don't catch up before then, have a fantabulous new year.

Love Kez

Diet v's Writing.

Trying to juggle writing with work, children-(including DH), pets and house duties is like trying to diet.
everyday i say, it's okay. you can start afresh tomorrow, and before you know it your ms is practically untouched or you've gained 20kg's.
I'm so depressed and tired. I haven't found my balance since i started in early November.
which also brings me to the fact i have neglected my friend- hi Suz.
so, i used to write in the early hours when my kids were home, then i had anytime when they went to school, now it's like i have no time at all. if I'm not working or doing the mother/wife things, i just want to sleep.
BOOHOO! my DH says, 'have a cup of concrete.... and toughen up'. Or you'll love this one, 'want a tissue princess'
huh, where is the sympathy?
i would love to hear how you busy writers cope with the juggle of life that takes us from our Passion.

Kerri

Mid North Coast Pink Ribbon Motorcycle Ride

Wow! What a day it was. Last Saturday We attended the Mid North Coasts first Pink Ribbon Charity Ride and raised $8000.00 dollars clear. How Fan-bleepin-tastic is that.
Approx 200 motorcycles in pink made the trip from Port Maquarie to Harrington all along the coast road. My DH and Brother and wife made it into the papers, and yes, the boys were in pink. It was soooooo great. I cant wait until next years ride.
The next charity run is the Christmas run for the salvation army where more than 300 bikes decorated in Xmas gear ride from Laurieton through Waughope to Port Macquarie deliver presents and for the needy children, if you can make it, it's worth it.
Some of the fun is simply going through the towns all deco'd up beeping and waving to the kids, their smiles are so large, they're so excited it makes your heat so full. Gosh, I cant explain it- a writer lost for words. hehe.
Speaking of which, I have been a wee bit lazy and should get back to it.
All the best and hope to see or hear of anyone else who wants to join in the fun.

Kez

Hectic!

Hectic is what my son describes as anything cool, well I can assure you when I say my life at the moment is sooooooo very hectic, I am surely not referring to it as cool.

I just started my new part time job, which means this is now no# 2 as things of late have been increasingly expensive. I'm soooooo tired and cripplingly sore all over, Boohoo for me.

DH says welcome to the real world and giggles considering my no#1 p/t job is very easy and sometimes fun and in the meantime I write, participate in school activities, have movie days with one of my best friends- can you see why he said this, I can. He'll ask me, 'what are you doing today?" I say, 'It's Tuesday, honey. It's movie day."

What a life, huh.

Although it will take me a little to get used to this new lifestyle of mine, I still intend to see Suz for inspiration, a good o'l chat and some wip swapping. I still WILL write- that one's a must and hopefully I can balance the rest out so I can have it all. Heheh.

Well, I'm off to check out how your all doing.

Happy Writing

Kez

Free Rice!

What the?
No, it's not a mistake. I did mean, free rice. Check out this web sit- http://www.freerice.com/
A great friend hooked me up, and I do mean hooked.
what are you on about, I hear you ask. Well, this web site is a vocabulary builder; and don't we all need some of that. so how it works is that it gives you a word with multiple choice answers and if you get the question right they donate rice to the third world needy. The key is, the more you learn and get right the more rice it builds in the bowl.
I hot hooked on it so be careful!! lol
Now all this being said, this is not where i have been for the last few weeks. I have been a little AWOL, naughty me, I know. But, I'm inspired again and ready to hit the keys of my trusty LP and get the romantic words flowing, hey I have some knew learnt vocab words to use. hehe
Okay, truth also be told, after some more research and the excellent help from Annie West, I had to tweak a little with my MS, but with this new knowledge I have realized where i went wrong all this time and it feels great to be on the right track.
Thanks again Annie!
Now, I promise you I will update as I have done in the past weekly or more, sorry.
Happy Writing and vocab building
Kez

Annie West- The Review

I just got my review of my first chapter from Annie West and I'm so excited.
Actually, I've learnt a few things from her comments as well.
Let's just say that it was the best thing I've done in a long time, apart from the Claytons.
Thanks, Annie!
I'm off to tweak with my ms.
Happy Writing everyone
Kez