Yep, I’m late again posting last week’s book winner, which was…Monica McCabe!

Up for grabs this week:

Prince Charming in Dress Blues by Maureen Child
Her Galahad by Melissa James
Mistress by Amanda Quick

I’m also blogging over at Romance Bandits today about what I’d do if I were suddenly and fabulously wealthy. Come by and join the fun!

I hope everyone had a great 4th. Having done our cookout and partying last weekend, we didn’t even leave the house except to step out onto the front porch to watch the neighbors shoot off fireworks. And as you can tell from my lack of blogging the past couple of days, I’ve been in the writing cave. I’ve written 33 pages in the past two days. I’m really pushing to have a rough draft done by the time I head to San Fran so I can do editing on the train.

You know how you get those meme things in e-mail and are tagged by other bloggers all the time. You know the ones that ask things like — tell us six random things about you? Well, I’ve decided to start my own and see how long it takes the world of the Internet to send it back to me. So, here goes:

Famous People Meme — Which famous person in each of the following categories would you like to meet?

Author — J.K. Rowling

Movie Actor — Orlando Bloom

TV Actor — Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, also Sarah Michelle Gellar

Musician/Singer — Bon Jovi

Historical Figure — Queen Elizabeth I and Sacajawea

Fictional Book Character — J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood brothers

Fictional Movie or TV Character — Buffy Sommers

Okay, if you have a blog, go forth and blog. Everyone, including the bloggers, share your answers in the comments section. I’m verrry curious.

I’m blogging over at the Harlequin American Authors blog today about my fondness for Cinderella stories. Swing by if you have a chance and share your thoughts on the subject.

I’m blogging over at the Romance Bandits today about my adventures in traveling by car and train since I don’t like to fly. Come on over and join the fun!

My pal Monica made me aware of a blog interview with my fabulous editor, Johanna Raisanen, in which she mentions moi and my September book. How cool! You can read the interview at Much Cheaper Than Therapy here.

I saw an article online today listing the TV series that have been canceled for next year. I have an abysmal record of liking shows that end up getting canceled, so it wasn’t a surprise that I watched nine shows on the list:

Moonlight (the one I’m mourning the most)
Men in Trees (I’m just going to firmly believe that Patrick and Annie would have gotten back together.)
Jericho
Back to You (I thought Kelsey Grammar and Patricia Heaton were funny, but I guess not enough other people did.)
K-Ville  (no more Cole Hauser, sniff)
New Amsterdam
Life is Wild
Bionic Woman (Poor Will Yun Lee keeps getting cast in shows I like but which are canceled; he was in Witchblade too.)
Journeyman

This list didn’t even include Blood Ties (which I’m also mourning; come on, leave me ONE vampire show), which had been previously canceled.

I wonder which new shows in the fall I’ll like and thus be the kiss of death for.

As this year’s shows wind down with finales, my TiVo’s to-do list was getting pretty short. (I think the only things still on it are LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Deadliest Catch and The Alaska Experiment.) So I went through today and scheduled some movies I hadn’t seen. Maybe I’ll have time to watch them after I meet my YA outline deadline the first week of June. I still haven’t gone to see Prince Caspian either. Maybe I’ll do that on my birthday or as a treat after I meet my deadline.

Luckily my choice in friends is more successful than my choice in shows, including the fabulous Beth Pattillo. She’s guesting over at the Romance Bandits today in celebration of the release of her new book, The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society, this week. Swing by and say, “Hi.” She’s giving away a copy of the book to one lucky person.

I’m blogging over at the Romance Bandits about brushes with fame. Come read the fun stories, and share your own!

Thanks for all the lovely comments about my cover!

Hallelujah, I have Internet service again! Cable dudes spent about an hour and a half, sometimes working in the rain, to fix something on the utility pole across the street and then running some newer line to my computer. Happy to say I’ve not had any interruption in service since. Hopefully the trend will continue.

I’m blogging over at the Wet Noodle Posse today, a writing-related post on how bickering is not conflict in a novel. I also ask some questions of readers at the end, so pop by and comment if you have the chance. Thanks.

I’m blogging with my pals over at the Romance Bandits blog today. Come on by and see what I’m yapping about.

Fellow writer Maureen McGowan has posted an interview with me on her blog as we close in on the final days of voting in the final round of the American Title contest. You can read the interview here. Don’t forget — the last day to vote is Sunday.

Oh, and the presidential election “fix” she’s referring to in the entry is actually referring to a funny video she posted on her blog just prior to the interview with me. It’s from the Onion News Network, and it’s funny that she posted that because I saw it on TiVo while here at Mary’s house

Revisions update — I finished up Ch. 4 this morning, and I’m working on Ch. 5 this afternoon. I’m going to have to really kick it when I get back home next week. Looking forward to going out to dinner with Mary and another fellow Noodler, Stephanie Feagan, tonight.