Man Meat Monday

This is one of my favorite pics.

Save a horse, ride a cowboy...


Ooh, and look! He's brought his own saddle...

Love Romances Cafe

I'm over at Love Romances today from noon to 6 p.m. EST. Please come over and play with me--I'll be sharing excerpts, chatting with readers and will give away at least one download.

Click here and join me!

Friday Funny

Things that make you go hmmmm....


Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?

Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke? (I can answer this one--because at least with a diet coke you're not sucking down any more calories!)

Why do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?

Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage?

Why do they package hot dogs in tens and buns in eights?


EVER WONDER:

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin ?

Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?

Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?


Makes you go hmmmm, don't it? LOL

First Review for JEWEL OF APTHGAR

4 Stars!

"Jewel of Apthgar is a short story big on passion. Sherrill Quinn combines romance and adventure in her latest tale... I really did not want this story to end..."

You can read the full Review at ReviewYourBook.com.


JEWEL OF APTHGAR, available now at Ellora's Cave!

Agent Blogs

Today is going to be a short post. I have to leave for work earlier than normal because I have a day full of interviews--right now I have 5 positions open that I'm recruiting for. 5 may not sound like a lot, but for a company with under 90 employees, it's all relative, eh? 5 is 4 too many. LOL

I am a regular lurker at a couple of agent blogs and thought I'd point you in their direction (if you're a writer and/or interested).

First, Nathan Bransford of Curtis Brown. His post yesterday was about query letters and how many really, really bad ones he's been getting lately--primarily from people he suspects won't research and learn how to craft a good query letter because, well, they think they know what they're doing, I guess.

Second, Bookends, LLC. They've been running contests. Check them out.

Pub Rants, Kristen Nelson of Nelson Literary Agency's blog. Her post yesterday was a short "What's frustrating for agents" that I can relate to. She wrote that they will ask one of their clients (authors) to revise their manuscript *before* they (the agent) submit it, and the authors sometimes refuse to do so. This I don't get. The manuscript I sent to my agent went through two MAJOR revisions and...well, I can't say what's happening with it because I haven't signed on the dotted line yet. (If you read between the lines there, there's some mega good news I hope to share soon.)

And that's it for me today. I'm off to get ready for work.

Man Meat Monday

Nice. Makes me wanna trace all those ridges with my tongue...

DEEP COVER by Anna J. Evans

Here's yet another Deliciously Naughty release from one of my DN Writer pals:

In a dangerous new world where human fragility is a priceless commodity to brutal alien Dominanats, being a submissive can mean taking your life in your hands. The very idea makes alien ops agent Samantha's skin crawl. She's a woman in charge--in bed and out--and only fear for the life of her partner, Calen, could convince her to pretend otherwise.

When Calen goes undercover as an alien Dom in one of New York City's most violent S and M parlors, Samantha knows she has to folllow and pose as his submissive. For Calen, she'd risk anything, even discovering the lifestyle she thinks she abhors might actually be the stuff of her most wicked fantasies...


Read an excerpt or buy.