<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620</id><updated>2012-02-16T21:45:35.133-05:00</updated><category term='Reviews'/><category term='Artwork'/><category term='reading challenge'/><category term='movies'/><category term='Ian Somerhalder'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Novella'/><category term='A Firm Hand'/><category term='Tattoo'/><category term='Horror'/><category term='Eye Candy'/><category term='Cover Art'/><category term='Psychobilly'/><category term='Promo'/><category term='BDSM'/><category term='Consensual Risk'/><category term='Monday'/><category term='Total Apocalypse of the Heart'/><category term='Excerpt'/><category term='Dean Day'/><category term='Supernatural'/><category term='Best of 2010'/><category term='Bride of Frankenstein'/><category term='Dom'/><category term='Cupcakes'/><category term='Hump Day Hottie'/><category term='Writing'/><category term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><category term='Giveaway'/><category term='Winner'/><category term='Zombies'/><category term='Erotic Horror'/><category term='Kink Watch'/><title type='text'>Romance with Edge</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Fallon Blake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07960262389008377348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GvTQqoO0mcw/TEB36sSEYhI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Cpl_jbgtXZA/S220/img-set.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-2442903609939902153</id><published>2012-01-14T14:53:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T15:19:53.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>News</title><content type='html'>Wow, I have been a major slacker, huh? I should learn to update more often. I haven't been around much of anywhere on the interwebs. You won't see much of me until I finish my current project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm still working on &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A Firm Hand&lt;/span&gt;. Yeah, I know. It's been a year. This book is killing me. But, I'm determined to finish it. I'm figuring it will end up between 70-80K and I'm hoping to have it done by the first week of February. As I've mentioned before, it's a BDSM contemporary, but much darker and more emotional than you've previously seen from me (hence the reason it's taking me so damn long to finish it).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the horizon, I started a shifter erotic romance that has been in the planning stages for a long time. I took a break from AFH, when the content got too heavy, and put a few thousand words down so that I had a place to jump to when I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;finally&lt;/span&gt; finish what I'm working on now. As of now the shifter story is titled &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;His by Rite&lt;/span&gt;. It won't be as heavy as AFH, thank god. I'm going to need a break when that one is over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually, I'll get to Jared's story, the sexy Master/trainer who made an appearance in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt;. Some of you have asked when that will happen and I'm sorry to say that I won't begin working on his book until later this year, but I do plan to write it. You'll get a glimpse of Jared and his love interest in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A Firm Hand&lt;/span&gt; as well as a little news about Indie and Banner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other than all that, the only news I have to impart is that I've been working pretty closely with my new critique partner. She has some really great stuff coming out this year. I'm sure you've heard of her, JA Saare? Very talented writer. If you haven't read &lt;a href="http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9592-omega-mine.aspx"&gt;Omega Mine&lt;/a&gt; by her alter-ego, Aline Hunter, you need to. It's HAWT and full of action. You won't be disappointed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-2442903609939902153?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/2442903609939902153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2012/01/news.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2442903609939902153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2442903609939902153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2012/01/news.html' title='News'/><author><name>Fallon Blake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13894099158729820983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ESiVfmU0_kg/TpTjAtQLALI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/kSibB77TVWQ/s220/ICONATOR_c0ec8d190fea4399022beca24e79b4ab.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-12252100789877919</id><published>2011-09-17T09:14:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-17T09:24:22.432-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><title type='text'>zombies are coming!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUAdUA5ZxNY/TnSdnyJFzlI/AAAAAAAAARY/BCTgU_-mpWU/s1600/42.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUAdUA5ZxNY/TnSdnyJFzlI/AAAAAAAAARY/BCTgU_-mpWU/s400/42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653316739057176146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So yes, I bought them. I mean come on, zombies and they glow in the dark? It was a no-brainer. Is it bad that I plan to wear them to my Dad's wedding? It's a small, casual affair, nothing churchy or formal. I even bought a very classy black dress for the occasion. The shoes might not scream class, but they'll scream something that's for sure. I'll be sure to post pics of the wedding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to check out the shoes visit &lt;a href="http://www.shop.ironfistclothing.com/Ladies-Limited-Edition-Moonshine-PID14931-IFLGLOW.aspx"&gt;Iron Fist&lt;/a&gt;. Love their stuff!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-12252100789877919?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/12252100789877919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/09/zombies-are-coming.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/12252100789877919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/12252100789877919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/09/zombies-are-coming.html' title='zombies are coming!'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUAdUA5ZxNY/TnSdnyJFzlI/AAAAAAAAARY/BCTgU_-mpWU/s72-c/42.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-1308496533322709910</id><published>2011-03-20T07:04:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-20T08:09:00.780-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Total Apocalypse of the Heart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tattoo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday - and my birthday present</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yrrbz_qdv1c/TYXfd3asP-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/HY4zckSb1VI/s1600/header.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yrrbz_qdv1c/TYXfd3asP-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/HY4zckSb1VI/s400/header.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586116617008070626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here we are again with Six Sentence Sunday. I'm pulling my six from one of my current WIP, Total Apocalypse of the Heart, an erotic horror set in the middle of a deadly viral pandemic. Last week Sam Lancaster was reminiscing about the love he let get away before gunshots broke him out of his reverie... &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;What the hell? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;He dashed to the front of the store carefully avoiding the windows. He didn’t want to be seen by the infected or whoever happened to be firing out there. Staying in the shadows, he pressed his back against the brick column between the front door and the display window and peered outside. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;A jacked up, primer-gray truck had &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;haphazardly parked in the lot. The Jones boys--local redneck assholes--jumped out of the vehicle with such enthusiasm you’d think they were headed to a titty bar and not a gun shop in the middle of a damn plague.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;MS Mincho&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;MS Mincho&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Don't forget to visit the many talented authors who participate in Six Sentence Sunday at &lt;a href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sixsunday.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;And before I leave you, I wanted to show off my new birthday present. I'm so happy with the way it turned out. I can't wait until it heals so I can have the color added! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F0LxGLKKsOQ/TYXiFOliDlI/AAAAAAAAAPw/DtzhJawD5yw/s1600/006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F0LxGLKKsOQ/TYXiFOliDlI/AAAAAAAAAPw/DtzhJawD5yw/s400/006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586119492265709138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k6t05taWS8U/TYXiovOQlWI/AAAAAAAAAP4/gBMu6_-mpYY/s1600/007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k6t05taWS8U/TYXiovOQlWI/AAAAAAAAAP4/gBMu6_-mpYY/s400/007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586120102321886562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-1308496533322709910?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/1308496533322709910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/03/six-sentence-sunday-and-my-birthday.html#comment-form' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1308496533322709910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1308496533322709910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/03/six-sentence-sunday-and-my-birthday.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday - and my birthday present'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yrrbz_qdv1c/TYXfd3asP-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/HY4zckSb1VI/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-6049518833511697214</id><published>2011-03-13T00:00:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T09:07:51.341-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Total Apocalypse of the Heart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erotic Horror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DSd8l84F9N4/TXuhUSNkI2I/AAAAAAAAAPc/RLaJZYZxJ74/s1600/header.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DSd8l84F9N4/TXuhUSNkI2I/AAAAAAAAAPc/RLaJZYZxJ74/s400/header.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583233532914049890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Another Six Sentence Sunday is upon us. I've decided to stick with &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Total Apocalypse of the Heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; Yes, I'm going with it! The comments from last week sealed it for me so thank you. This week I'm taking you right where we left off with Sam.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;MS Mincho&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;tab-stops:159.15pt"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;He missed that obnoxious, fire-engine red hair of hers and the devious grin she always wore right before she was about to cause trouble. His little thrill seeker. He wondered how much she’d changed over the last two years. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After seeing the news reports on the chaos in Atlanta, he wanted—no &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"&gt;needed&lt;/i&gt;—to know if she was okay. He hoped Bea and Jim had been in contact with her, and she’d made it home before things had gotten out of control. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The loud crack of gunshots shook him from his thoughts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Don't forget to visit the other authors participating in SSS over at &lt;a href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sixsunday.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-6049518833511697214?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/6049518833511697214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/03/six-sentence-sunday_13.html#comment-form' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6049518833511697214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6049518833511697214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/03/six-sentence-sunday_13.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DSd8l84F9N4/TXuhUSNkI2I/AAAAAAAAAPc/RLaJZYZxJ74/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-1794210699241830414</id><published>2011-03-06T06:29:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T06:52:36.715-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Total Apocalypse of the Heart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erotic Horror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5R9EG-oXWHs/TXNwQBWoifI/AAAAAAAAAPU/E_HQxTYst8M/s1600/header.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5R9EG-oXWHs/TXNwQBWoifI/AAAAAAAAAPU/E_HQxTYst8M/s400/header.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580927783785761266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's been quite a while since I've done one of these. I have missed it. As you know, life gets in the way and me, being the forgetful person I am, would remember too late to put a post together. Aside from all the boring details you really don't want to hear, I've decided to pull from my erotic horror again. Some of you may remember that I've dropped my wonderful, resourceful and often snarky characters in the middle of a modern day plague. It's tentatively titled &lt;i&gt;Total Apocalypse of the Heart&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;MS Mincho&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Book Antiqua&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;He remembered the day she’d left for Atlanta as if it were yesterday. The hurt and anger in her big brown eyes had hit him like a punch to the throat -- still felt that way every time he thought about her. She’d wanted him to go with her, but big city life had never been his dream. He was a small town guy, always would be. Not that any of that mattered now. It was damn funny how an apocalypse could change a person’s perspective on things.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to visit the always growing number of writers who participate in SSS at &lt;a href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;sixsunday.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-1794210699241830414?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/1794210699241830414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/03/six-sentence-sunday.html#comment-form' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1794210699241830414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1794210699241830414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/03/six-sentence-sunday.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5R9EG-oXWHs/TXNwQBWoifI/AAAAAAAAAPU/E_HQxTYst8M/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-3419662989789313949</id><published>2011-02-19T06:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T07:00:55.565-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dean Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winner'/><title type='text'>Dean Day Winner</title><content type='html'>And we have a winner! Sorry I'm a day late posting. I was too engrossed in last night's episode. What can you do? joderjo402 AT gmail DOT com was randomly chosen.Thank you everyone who participated in Dean Day!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-3419662989789313949?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/3419662989789313949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/dean-day-winner.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3419662989789313949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3419662989789313949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/dean-day-winner.html' title='Dean Day Winner'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-1264150713281939032</id><published>2011-02-14T05:55:00.024-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T11:33:05.511-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dean Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supernatural'/><title type='text'>Happy Dean Day + Giveaway</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zafo_CUwglU/TVkXctA6TbI/AAAAAAAAAOM/7oSrtZl32p0/s1600/Mister-Winchester-dean-winchester-14862091-1450-963.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zafo_CUwglU/TVkXctA6TbI/AAAAAAAAAOM/7oSrtZl32p0/s400/Mister-Winchester-dean-winchester-14862091-1450-963.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573511795734891954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Considering it's February 14th, you would think I would be posting about that other holiday. You know, the one where we go out and buy Hallmark sentiments, chocolate expressions of love and corny stuffed animals. You won't hear about that here. Last year a few of the bloggers got together and Dean Day was born.  Yes, you heard that right, an entire day devoted to our favorite television Gamma hero, Dean Winchester.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_nYCwdbxxs/TVkP_vxn69I/AAAAAAAAAN8/CIw3gn2B0f4/s1600/Dean-Winchester--dean-winchester-69980_1450_963.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_nYCwdbxxs/TVkP_vxn69I/AAAAAAAAAN8/CIw3gn2B0f4/s400/Dean-Winchester--dean-winchester-69980_1450_963.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573503601678478290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Who could resist that smile?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a writer, I'm fascinated by the character. Dean Winchester is extremely compelling, three dimensional and deeply layered. He has a certain realism that draws me in and keeps me coming back for more. On the surface, he appears to be a bad boy. He drives a classic muscle car, can drink Ernest Hemingway under the table, leaves a string of broken hearts in his wake and has perfected his own brand of snark. He's pushy, close-minded, stubborn and the boy eats more than anyone I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zp9T4qHl5HE/TVkXDRT6dNI/AAAAAAAAAOE/howrw2DQzWg/s1600/Dean-D-dean-winchester-18895022-486-276.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zp9T4qHl5HE/TVkXDRT6dNI/AAAAAAAAAOE/howrw2DQzWg/s400/Dean-D-dean-winchester-18895022-486-276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573511358801671378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dodge ball anyone?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/FallonBlake/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Dean-dean-winchester-11345508-300-169.gif" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/FallonBlake/Dean-dean-winchester-11345508-300-169.gif" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or pudding?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Beneath his hardened yet humorous veneer, lies a heart of gold.  Dean is a family man; loyal to a fault. He's the kind of guy who would literally, and willingly, traverse the depths of hell for those he loves. And no matter what you've done, no matter how hopeless your situation is, he will never leave your side, never give up on you. He will be strong when you cannot. He will protect you no matter the cost. Sounds like a hero right? One of the best qualities about Dean is he doesn't see himself as a hero. Nope, he's just another guy trying to survive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wOFHKdXW-t8/TVkX3bDfV_I/AAAAAAAAAOc/ZwvSnHCIyHc/s1600/Dean-D-dean-winchester-18895018-750-762.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wOFHKdXW-t8/TVkX3bDfV_I/AAAAAAAAAOc/ZwvSnHCIyHc/s400/Dean-D-dean-winchester-18895018-750-762.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573512254770337778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Granted, he has an ego the size of Texas where the ladies are concerned, but deep down he just wants the house in the burbs with a wife and all that. The thing about Dean? He put his own dreams and desires aside for family. He did it his entire childhood to care for Sam while his Dad saved the world from monsters and later to save Sam from himself. Does he want credit or praise for all of this altruism? Nope, Dean hates chick flick moments. Our boy is modest. For all his complexity, at his core Dean is a simple man. He loves greasy food (bacon cheese burgers anyone?), alcohol, classic rock and family. These are the things that make him happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oHqhk6luf70/TVkXlWpX-GI/AAAAAAAAAOU/ERxmBvseVF8/s1600/Dean-dean-winchester-11345544-600-338.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oHqhk6luf70/TVkXlWpX-GI/AAAAAAAAAOU/ERxmBvseVF8/s400/Dean-dean-winchester-11345544-600-338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573511944349415522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My poor little Dean-loving heart will be crushed at the end of this season. It's the last. It has been a hell of ride and I'll miss it. So here's to you Dean, we love you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mrWXP_05iZM/TVkaO1n5BNI/AAAAAAAAAO8/-rHtBc7nVpw/s1600/Dean-Winchester_Hes-Batman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mrWXP_05iZM/TVkaO1n5BNI/AAAAAAAAAO8/-rHtBc7nVpw/s400/Dean-Winchester_Hes-Batman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573514856062584018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yCZG7eZ3FGM/TVk9IvieSoI/AAAAAAAAAPM/EKMHknkjBoc/s1600/140.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 140px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yCZG7eZ3FGM/TVk9IvieSoI/AAAAAAAAAPM/EKMHknkjBoc/s400/140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573553234257005186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I've decided to give a little something away to honor our beloved Dean. All you have to do to enter is leave me a comment with your favorite Dean quality. Nice and simple huh? Want to know what you're entering for? It's nothing huge so don't get too excited. I'll be giving away a Dean mouse pad to one lucky Dean fan. Make sure you leave me a valid email so I can contact you. Winner will be announced Friday at 9 p.m. Supernatural time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moomstore.com/movie/supernatural/home-office/supernatural-round-mouse-pad-04/prod_15534.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you check out the others who are participating in Dean Day. A few are holding contests so get over there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=jojosbookcorner&amp;amp;postid=14Feb2011"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-1264150713281939032?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/1264150713281939032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-dean-day.html#comment-form' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1264150713281939032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1264150713281939032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-dean-day.html' title='Happy Dean Day + Giveaway'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zafo_CUwglU/TVkXctA6TbI/AAAAAAAAAOM/7oSrtZl32p0/s72-c/Mister-Winchester-dean-winchester-14862091-1450-963.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-1187944447055242669</id><published>2011-02-09T08:46:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T10:27:37.395-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Artwork'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bride of Frankenstein'/><title type='text'>The Lure of the Bride</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKwuvm3JdI/AAAAAAAAANk/P2kBkz9mySI/s1600/bride_of_frankenstein_poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKwuvm3JdI/AAAAAAAAANk/P2kBkz9mySI/s400/bride_of_frankenstein_poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571710006110660050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you all know, I have a certain fascination with classic horror. Recently I've been enamored with The Bride of Frankenstein. My oldest, who is now five, asked if she could watch one of "mommy's spooky movies" the other day so I thought it was high time to introduce her to one of the classics. I popped it in and waited for her to complain. With all of the computer animated movies and stuff out there now, I was a worried she'd be bored to death by an old black and white monster movie. Man was I wrong! She loved it, even yelling at the "mean people" for threatening the poor monster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"He's misunderstood mom." Talk about proud moment for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My daughter now wants to be the bride for Halloween this year. It's early yet, and she's fickle, so we'll see how many times she changes her mind. She and I spent some time looking at Bride of Frankenstein things on the net. I came across some amazing artwork and I thought I'd share with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bride (2004) - Ray Caesar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://raycaesar.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKj58oR7UI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JmEHps3qyiQ/s1600/ceasarbride.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKj58oR7UI/AAAAAAAAAMs/JmEHps3qyiQ/s400/ceasarbride.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571695904933670210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Charge! (2010) - Ally Fell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.darkrising.co.uk/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKkj03S0UI/AAAAAAAAAM0/ensGDQNH5s0/s1600/CHARGE%2521.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKkj03S0UI/AAAAAAAAAM0/ensGDQNH5s0/s400/CHARGE%2521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571696624403665218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Frankie - Tom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bagshaw&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.mostlywanted.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKma3swgOI/AAAAAAAAAM8/yWivijZI1O0/s1600/bagshaw.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKma3swgOI/AAAAAAAAAM8/yWivijZI1O0/s400/bagshaw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571698669569212642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Bride Dollmaking (2009) - Asunción Macián Ruiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.medusathedollmaker.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKnZUzoxUI/AAAAAAAAANE/MYTRNtOQhE0/s1600/Cartel-Malaga-Semana-Gotica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKnZUzoxUI/AAAAAAAAANE/MYTRNtOQhE0/s400/Cartel-Malaga-Semana-Gotica.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571699742534583618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Bathers - Damian Fulton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.damianfulton.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKomoMluhI/AAAAAAAAANM/b7pRBi9t-Zk/s1600/Fulton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKomoMluhI/AAAAAAAAANM/b7pRBi9t-Zk/s400/Fulton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571701070589442578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Bride of Frankenstein (2009) - Mab Graves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://mabgraves.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKubN-NMcI/AAAAAAAAANU/M56tW5lXrRY/s1600/bride_mabgraves.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKubN-NMcI/AAAAAAAAANU/M56tW5lXrRY/s400/bride_mabgraves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571707471640998338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bride of Frankenstein - Mia Araujo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.art-by-mia.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKwWfF0ZjI/AAAAAAAAANc/2JwE5iezQGM/s1600/bride-of-frankenstein.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKwWfF0ZjI/AAAAAAAAANc/2JwE5iezQGM/s400/bride-of-frankenstein.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571709589360240178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-1187944447055242669?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/1187944447055242669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/lure-of-bride.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1187944447055242669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1187944447055242669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/lure-of-bride.html' title='The Lure of the Bride'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TVKwuvm3JdI/AAAAAAAAANk/P2kBkz9mySI/s72-c/bride_of_frankenstein_poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-4673153179320606731</id><published>2011-02-02T09:59:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T11:42:36.099-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hump Day Hottie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ian Somerhalder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supernatural'/><title type='text'>Something to warm you up</title><content type='html'>Since it's hump day and I've been perving on some of  the zomg-hot cast of male deliciousness on the CW, I thought I'd do a little post for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Supernatural &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jensen Ackles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUly-APNmlI/AAAAAAAAALc/et4TvLefSbo/s1600/MM4.preview.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUly-APNmlI/AAAAAAAAALc/et4TvLefSbo/s400/MM4.preview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569108823761590866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUlzVvWSJ1I/AAAAAAAAALk/Kb9rsFOCcDI/s1600/MM7.preview.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUlzVvWSJ1I/AAAAAAAAALk/Kb9rsFOCcDI/s400/MM7.preview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569109231544706898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jared Padalecki&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUlzkkFNGhI/AAAAAAAAALs/k2AsmCuS50A/s1600/Jared-Padalecki-jared-padalecki-8048465-650-433.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUlzkkFNGhI/AAAAAAAAALs/k2AsmCuS50A/s400/Jared-Padalecki-jared-padalecki-8048465-650-433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569109486218320402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUlzwt1lGII/AAAAAAAAAL0/9dVtV5kntFE/s1600/jared_padalecki_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUlzwt1lGII/AAAAAAAAAL0/9dVtV5kntFE/s400/jared_padalecki_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569109694995568770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Misha Collins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl1M-5CsII/AAAAAAAAAL8/rpNB6TJ_q_w/s1600/MishaCollins1-DUNSTEEL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl1M-5CsII/AAAAAAAAAL8/rpNB6TJ_q_w/s400/MishaCollins1-DUNSTEEL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569111280121458818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Vampire Diaries &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ian Somerhalder&lt;br /&gt;(I lurve this photo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl3NKlT_bI/AAAAAAAAAME/-2WZR2D2h34/s1600/ian%2Bsomerhalder%2B31.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl3NKlT_bI/AAAAAAAAAME/-2WZR2D2h34/s400/ian%2Bsomerhalder%2B31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569113482283187634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Paul Wesley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl4M1RhBVI/AAAAAAAAAMM/sQ3DiJq6Eo4/s1600/Paul-Wesley-Photo-Shoot-the-vampire-diaries-12442438-933-1208.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl4M1RhBVI/AAAAAAAAAMM/sQ3DiJq6Eo4/s400/Paul-Wesley-Photo-Shoot-the-vampire-diaries-12442438-933-1208.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569114576074638674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Steven R McQueen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl49nF0QlI/AAAAAAAAAMU/X0M09vvjUW8/s1600/NEW-Photoshoot-by-Kate-Romero-steven-r-mcqueen-18371111-328-456.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUl49nF0QlI/AAAAAAAAAMU/X0M09vvjUW8/s400/NEW-Photoshoot-by-Kate-Romero-steven-r-mcqueen-18371111-328-456.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569115414081061458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-4673153179320606731?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/4673153179320606731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/somthing-to-warm-you-up.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4673153179320606731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4673153179320606731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/02/somthing-to-warm-you-up.html' title='Something to warm you up'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TUly-APNmlI/AAAAAAAAALc/et4TvLefSbo/s72-c/MM4.preview.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-4129714358730818248</id><published>2011-01-28T09:10:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T11:27:28.723-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><title type='text'>Horrible Old Movies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TULUnAfUprI/AAAAAAAAALM/h4-7LlndnP8/s1600/i-walked-with-a-zombie-poster11.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 394px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TULUnAfUprI/AAAAAAAAALM/h4-7LlndnP8/s400/i-walked-with-a-zombie-poster11.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567245855994717874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few weeks ago my wonderful husband bought me the old horror movie, &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036027/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I Walked With a Zombie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, just because. I did say he was wonderful didn't I? Some women get flowers, I get horror movies and wouldn't have it any other way. It had been quite some time since I'd indulged in an old horror film. And I don't mean seventies or eighties old (although I love those too), I mean classic horror that dates back to the thirties and forties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was a kid I used to watch old sci-fi and horror movies every Saturday afternoon on Creature Feature. My husband's impromptu gift brought those memories flooding back. I miss those days, I really do. And it's funny to think back and realize how young I was when my fascination with horror started. When other kids were glued to the television every Saturday morning to watch their favorite cartoons, I couldn't wait for them to be over so I could watch Creature Feature. Yeah, I was weird even back then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I sat and watched &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I Walked With a Zombie&lt;/span&gt; last week, that old fascination started all over again. I've been so immersed in modern horror that I somehow forgot how wonderful, horrible and scary the older films are. Needless to say I went on a quest to hunt some of them down and recently added these gems to my ever growing horror movie collection: &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051744/"&gt;The House on Haunted Hill&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138/"&gt;Bride of Frankenstein&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/"&gt;The Last Man on Earth&lt;/a&gt; and I have a dvd horror collection on the way that has lots of goodies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the things I miss is the most about those days is the era of the Horror Host. It's such a shame they've become a thing of the past. The host of Creature Feature was the infamous Dr. Paul Bearer. He was the epitome of spooky. He had this eerie deep voice, an actual glass eye, drove an actual hearse around town and had this cheesy gallows humor I loved. I happened to find a couple clips for you guys on youtube and I thought I'd share. So without further ado, Dr. Paul Bearer...He'll be lurking for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KKO1X155PWg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i8QAAz_4w_4" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-4129714358730818248?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/4129714358730818248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/horrible-old-movies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4129714358730818248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4129714358730818248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/horrible-old-movies.html' title='Horrible Old Movies'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TULUnAfUprI/AAAAAAAAALM/h4-7LlndnP8/s72-c/i-walked-with-a-zombie-poster11.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-8393984264738623883</id><published>2011-01-15T16:47:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T16:52:14.250-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erotic Horror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday  1/16</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TTIxNBJMsAI/AAAAAAAAAK0/4_INido4SI4/s400/header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562562589471059970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Super Sekrit Project is back! I'm going to jump ahead a few pages and land you smack in the middle of the mess, so to speak. Word of warning, this is an erotic horror and descriptions maybe be a bit...stomach-churning *evil grin*.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the wife slowly peeled the dirty bandage away, bits of congealed blood and pus clung to the cotton. A small chunk of flesh a couple of inches in diameter was missing from her forearm just above the wrist, leaving a necrotic festering wound. The torn edges were a sickly gray. The gangrenous bite looked days old, not hours. Nicole had never heard of an infection that could cause something like this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm sorry," Nicole said sadly. "There's nothing we can do for you."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to click on the above image and visit the other authors participating in SSS. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-8393984264738623883?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/8393984264738623883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/yet-another-six-sentence-sunday.html#comment-form' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/8393984264738623883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/8393984264738623883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/yet-another-six-sentence-sunday.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday  1/16'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TTIxNBJMsAI/AAAAAAAAAK0/4_INido4SI4/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-6190145387753705081</id><published>2011-01-09T05:22:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-09T07:27:09.180-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Firm Hand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TSjV37vJDKI/AAAAAAAAAKc/i9OopIJ7zQY/s400/header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559928896893815970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No super sekrit project this week. Don't worry, I'll get back to it. I'm working on a second project, a BDSM contemporary called &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A Firm Hand, &lt;/span&gt;that has demanded all my attention the last few days. I have had a lot of fun writing Brian and Ally's story and all the little kinky things that have come along with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Good. It's supposed to hurt. Do you know why you're being punished?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Because you're a kinky freak?" she replied, her voice thick with sarcasm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He slapped her left cheek this time. "Try again."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Because you're a kinky freak, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sir&lt;/span&gt;?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He swallowed a chuckle.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TSmhpLgAtgI/AAAAAAAAAKs/n0sWQAMIOhY/s1600/550w_dominic_figlio_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TSmhpLgAtgI/AAAAAAAAAKs/n0sWQAMIOhY/s400/550w_dominic_figlio_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560152943799350786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TSmhayFI6HI/AAAAAAAAAKk/7ISrN9aifu8/s1600/550w_dominic_figlio_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to click on the banner above to check out the other other authors who participate in SSS.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-6190145387753705081?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/6190145387753705081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/six-sentence-sunday_09.html#comment-form' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6190145387753705081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6190145387753705081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/six-sentence-sunday_09.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TSjV37vJDKI/AAAAAAAAAKc/i9OopIJ7zQY/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-7330835022990013078</id><published>2011-01-02T03:00:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-02T08:56:28.412-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TR8cSNDS0_I/AAAAAAAAAKU/8ejrDtlTUqw/s400/header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557191564265182194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More from super sekrit project I'm working on. Again, I'll have to apologize for going over my six, but it can't be helped. Please click on the image above to visit the other authors participating in SSS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grandpa Jim poked his head out of the kitchen where he'd been busy canning some of the meat they had on hand. Preserving and stockpiling food seemed like a good idea considering the circumstances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Anythin' new darlin'?" he asked in that old southern drawl she'd always found such a comfort. Right now, she'd take all the comfort she could get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"All the major cities hit hard by the infection are under martial law. Not a big surprise with all the looting and chaos. Atlanta looks like a warzone. They're gunning people down in the streets," she told him before lighting another cigarette. "Nothing new from the government or the CDC."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-7330835022990013078?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/7330835022990013078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/six-sentence-sunday_02.html#comment-form' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/7330835022990013078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/7330835022990013078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2011/01/six-sentence-sunday_02.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TR8cSNDS0_I/AAAAAAAAAKU/8ejrDtlTUqw/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-4188521604314067200</id><published>2010-12-31T15:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T15:38:44.254-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reading challenge'/><title type='text'>ZOMBIES! Satisfy your hunger! CHALLENGE!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TR4-a_uv_LI/AAAAAAAAAKM/W5Vw6mR2zZA/s1600/Zombies%2BChallenge%2B2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 311px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TR4-a_uv_LI/AAAAAAAAAKM/W5Vw6mR2zZA/s400/Zombies%2BChallenge%2B2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556947623726808242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a reading challenge featuring zombie books. I simply couldn't resist and I signed on to participate. If you want details please visit &lt;a href="http://booksoulmates.blogspot.com/2010/12/zombies-satisfy-your-undying-hunger.html"&gt;Book Soulmates &lt;/a&gt;for more information. I already post quite frequently about the brain-hungry, undead so this shouldn't be too much of a challenge for me. I already have a nice queue of books I can't wait to dive into!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-4188521604314067200?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/4188521604314067200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/zombies-satisfy-your-hunger-challenge.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4188521604314067200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4188521604314067200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/zombies-satisfy-your-hunger-challenge.html' title='ZOMBIES! Satisfy your hunger! CHALLENGE!'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TR4-a_uv_LI/AAAAAAAAAKM/W5Vw6mR2zZA/s72-c/Zombies%2BChallenge%2B2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-3739661796240128895</id><published>2010-12-28T07:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-28T09:27:17.781-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Best of 2010'/><title type='text'>Best of 2010 - Books</title><content type='html'>This has been a good year for me. I've read a lot of good books, watched  a few good movies, listened to some great music among other things.  Since I'm not just a writer, but also an avid reader, I thought I'd post a list with my favorite reads for 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Best Urban Fantasy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Considering  it's one of my favorites, I've read several good books in this genre  this year. It was hard to narrow it down, but there are three that stand  above the rest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnZYcAB_gI/AAAAAAAAAIc/SnqYqugsLR0/s1600/cityofghosts_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 160px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnZYcAB_gI/AAAAAAAAAIc/SnqYqugsLR0/s200/cityofghosts_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555710629194628610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;City of Ghosts&lt;/span&gt; by Stacia Kane&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  loved this series. It's dark, gritty and so unlike anything else out  there. I have to say I love all the books, but the third blew me away.  Bathroom scene,  need I say more? There were so many emotional moments for me with this  book. I chewed a few nails, I laughed, I teared up and when it was over I  wanted to read it again. Ms. Kane's story-telling skills and  characterization are superb and it really shows in this book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnbjQerULI/AAAAAAAAAIk/v9XXdkoYu7E/s1600/7759629.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnbjQerULI/AAAAAAAAAIk/v9XXdkoYu7E/s200/7759629.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555713014103756978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Double Cross&lt;/span&gt; by Carolyn Crane&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm  not even sure what I can say about this book that would do it justice.  It was such an emotional roller-coaster and so clever. Ms. Crane has  given us such a unique and unusual world. The brilliance of the  characterization, the idea of flaws being powers and the tension make it  a huge win for me. The ending of this book about killed  me, but you can bet I'll be first in line for the next one when it  finally  comes out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRndd8xpmfI/AAAAAAAAAIs/59SKGSjM4Mk/s1600/6479550.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 158px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRndd8xpmfI/AAAAAAAAAIs/59SKGSjM4Mk/s200/6479550.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555715121938536946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Magic Bleeds&lt;/span&gt; by Ilona Andrews&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This  series is my crack. I can fully admit it. And this installment? There  aren't enough words. Curran alone was enough to send me into serious  book-high. I love the Andrews team's writing. The voice speaks to me in  a way few others do, but it's the world-building that really grabs me.  As far as I'm concerned, it's unmatched.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Best Paranormal Romance &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnhX7mniXI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Cm2o3UWyG6s/s1600/7130616.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 193px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnhX7mniXI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Cm2o3UWyG6s/s200/7130616.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555719416591124850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bayou Moon&lt;/span&gt; by Ilona Andrews&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This  is a book that stood so far above the rest I couldn't recall the other  books I read in this genre this year. Again, the world-building was  fantastic. The relationship between Cerise and William was full of  tension, emotion, action...you name it, this couple had it. I fell in  love with this book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Best Horror &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnna11ZLxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/MV8mJGZUbY4/s1600/153025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 166px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnna11ZLxI/AAAAAAAAAJE/MV8mJGZUbY4/s200/153025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555726063651860242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Heart-shaped Box&lt;/span&gt; by Joe Hill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Creepy  and engrossing, this was heads above the rest in the horror genre for  me. I simply love Joe Hill's writing style and can't wait to read more  of his books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Best Zombie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnoW59Le3I/AAAAAAAAAJM/COdoFxo9bYM/s1600/51xDLw%252BPDjL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 173px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnoW59Le3I/AAAAAAAAAJM/COdoFxo9bYM/s200/51xDLw%252BPDjL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555727095550409586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Rise Again&lt;/span&gt; by Ben Tripp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For  a book I almost gave up on, it ended up being my favorite zombie read  of the year. It starts a little slow, but once it picks up momentum, it  never stops. Full of apocalyptic goodness and zombie gore, I loved it.  The protagonist, Dani, is an unusual character, flawed and at times  selfish, I loved her to pieces. I'm anxious to read more from Mr. Tripp.  He's an amazing and talented addition to this genre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnpaH6N0bI/AAAAAAAAAJU/M1r22zAa2V8/s1600/6986112.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 171px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnpaH6N0bI/AAAAAAAAAJU/M1r22zAa2V8/s200/6986112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555728250347311538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Day by Day Armageddon&lt;/span&gt; by J.L. Bourne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  can't say enough about this book. Written in journal form, it drew me  in from the first page. It's raw, gritty and full of everything I love  about this genre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Best YA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnqX_GSa7I/AAAAAAAAAJc/LnoTBB-ANOE/s1600/7260188.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 187px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnqX_GSa7I/AAAAAAAAAJc/LnoTBB-ANOE/s200/7260188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555729313133915058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mockingjay&lt;/span&gt; by Suzanne Collins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  adore The Hunger Games trilogy, but this book hit me in a way the  others didn't. Don't get me wrong, I loved the first two. But &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mockingjay&lt;/span&gt;  twisted me up, turned me inside out and left me in awe. Suzanne Collins  has a gift for telling a tragic story. Despite how many were  disappointed with the third book, I wouldn't have it end any  other way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnryvpKrEI/AAAAAAAAAJk/qkBnS50H0Lg/s1600/7735333.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 184px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnryvpKrEI/AAAAAAAAAJk/qkBnS50H0Lg/s200/7735333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555730872353336386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Matched&lt;/span&gt; by Ally Condie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  know, another dystopian on my list. What can I say? I have a soft spot  for certain genres. This book is reminiscent of others that have come  before it, but Ms. Condie was able to put enough of herself into it to  make it stand on its own. This was one of those books that when I finished  it, I wanted to tell everyone about how great it was. It's going to kill  me to have to wait for the next one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnszv0yiRI/AAAAAAAAAJs/wbrbNvqC-Yc/s1600/7157310.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 171px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnszv0yiRI/AAAAAAAAAJs/wbrbNvqC-Yc/s200/7157310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555731989093583122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Rot &amp;amp; Ruin&lt;/span&gt; by Jonathan Maberry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zombie  books are like candy for me and this one is no exception. The world Mr.  Maberry created with Rot &amp;amp; Ruin speaks of his unbelievable talent.  Post-apocalyptic with an Old West feel, zombies, action and heart, I  loved every word!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Best Erotic Romance &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnuJF4aKoI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/U7Nv0VBfjCg/s1600/8812286.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnuJF4aKoI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/U7Nv0VBfjCg/s200/8812286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555733455303223938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Willing Victim&lt;/span&gt; by Cara McKenna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raw, gritty and unlike anything in this category, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Willing Victim &lt;/span&gt;was  by far my favorite read in this genre. Ms. McKenna took a huge risk  with this book and it paid off in a big way for me. After I read it, I  went and bought her entire backlist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Best BDSM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnvCrL6d8I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/VWTFTJHQiN0/s1600/7916555.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 172px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnvCrL6d8I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/VWTFTJHQiN0/s200/7916555.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555734444569688002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Comfort Object&lt;/span&gt; by Annabel Joseph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ms.  Joseph's voice and writing style just do it for me. This particular  book was so good I read it twice. The characters have a realism despite  the unreal situation Ms. Joseph created for them. Jeremy is the kind of  D-type that is very difficult to write. He's selfish, harsh and quite  cold at times. He delivers swift and sadistic punishments that are as  cruel as they are titillating. Ms. Joseph pulled it off with flare and  style. Very few BDSM books can compete with this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned for more later this week!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-3739661796240128895?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/3739661796240128895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-of-2010-books.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3739661796240128895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3739661796240128895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-of-2010-books.html' title='Best of 2010 - Books'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRnZYcAB_gI/AAAAAAAAAIc/SnqYqugsLR0/s72-c/cityofghosts_sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-8486608299171940414</id><published>2010-12-26T09:22:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-02T20:10:32.109-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erotic Horror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday (on the fly)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRdQtAlsPvI/AAAAAAAAAIM/Ey2IAJPa3-c/s320/header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554997399567220466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last few weeks have been hectic and I just haven't been able to get to Six Sentence Sunday. To make up for my slacker ways I've decided to post the first six sentences in my new super sekrit project. It's actually a few more than six, but you don't mind do you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The SSS blog has taken a break for the holidays, but you can still get your fix by checking out the #sixsunday hashtag on Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;    It was just supposed to be a particularly virulent strain of the common flu. Nicki sat at the counter in Bone Shaker, her grandparents' hole-in-the-wall BBQ joint in rural Georgia, and watched the Technicolor nightmare unfold before her on the television. After an endless stream of violence, panic and death, it was apparent there was nothing common about this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No longer hungry, she pushed the basket of greasy fries away from her and wiped the salt from her fingers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Nicole, if it's buggin' you that much, shut the damn thing off," Grandma Bea said with a scowl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicki sighed. She wanted to. She really did, but it was like a gruesome reality show she couldn't turn away from, much less shut off. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-8486608299171940414?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/8486608299171940414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/six-sentence-sunday-on-fly.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/8486608299171940414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/8486608299171940414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/six-sentence-sunday-on-fly.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday (on the fly)'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TRdQtAlsPvI/AAAAAAAAAIM/Ey2IAJPa3-c/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-1115482727912453113</id><published>2010-12-17T07:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T14:57:42.506-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cupcakes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychobilly'/><title type='text'>randomness</title><content type='html'>I know, I've been a complete slacker and you haven't seen a blog post from me for a while. With the holidays fast approaching, another round of illness, my daughter and her issues and writing, time is something I don't have a lot of these days. I can proudly say that all my Christmas shopping is done! I'm treating myself to a cupcake for that one. Granted I did most of my shopping online, but hey, it's done. Of course I still have to wrap everything...so not looking forward to that one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the home front, the flu has made a visit to our household and can I tell you what fun that has been? Hopefully everyone will be completely over it by Christmas. Sick toddlers, presents and a family get-together do not a good day make. Aside from the sickness, I've had other stresses. My three year old was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder last year. Unfortunately, she has not progressed with the therapy as far as we'd hoped and she's now displaying more autistic features. It has been a hard and emotionally exhausting road. I can admit that I have had problems accepting that it may be autism. I love her fiercely and as a mother I just want her to be okay. It's taken me some time to come to the realization that her being okay, starts with me. The decisions I make now will affect her future and they aren't easy ones. We've begun the process of getting her tested and it makes me angry how difficult insurance companies make it for children like my daughter to get the help they need, but I won't bore you with all that. Some days are harder than others and I don't get as much time to write as I'd like, but I'm okay with that. Some things are just more important.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the writing, I've been working on an Urban Fantasy that has me really excited. The world-building has been time consuming, but I think I have all the kinks worked out. I'm also working on a new BDSM contemporary about a bartender and her boss with lots of spanking, because let's face it, bad girls need to be spanked every now and again. I have plans to write Aimee's story (Indigo's roommate from Wrapped Around Your Finger) and Jared's story (hot D-type and friend of Banner Faust). But I won't likely get to them for a few months. I'm dying to write an apocalyptic erotic romance. The plot and characters are coming together nicely for this one. Expect zombies, mayhem, gore and of course hot sex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been listening to a lot of really good music to get the creative juices flowing for both the apocalyptic romance and the urban fantasy. I thought I'd share some of my favorites with you. If you can't tell, I'm a big psychobilly / rockabilly freak. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yu3Rfc9fr-0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yu3Rfc9fr-0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mhcwjFL9OGY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mhcwjFL9OGY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jxj5wlXY9No?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jxj5wlXY9No?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh! Good news. I just came across another great review for Wrapped Around Your Finger. I'm a little overwhelmed by how much everyone has loved this book. There are so many pieces of me in this story and it's always good to see that it makes a difference when put yourself out there. Of course it's scary as hell, but worth it. So worth it. You can read the review here at &lt;a href="http://whippedcream2.blogspot.com/2010/12/wrapped-around-your-finger-by-fallon.html?zx=c8332d0296cf9b55"&gt;Whipped Cream Reviews&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, on to my current retail and mancandy obsessions. I have to leave you with a little something don't I?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TQt5u-IibOI/AAAAAAAAAHg/1RBxIUVbxvM/s1600/11196.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TQt5u-IibOI/AAAAAAAAAHg/1RBxIUVbxvM/s320/11196.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551664813524020450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am in love with &lt;a href="http://www.toofastonline.com/"&gt;Too Fast&lt;/a&gt; and man if I had the cash, I'd have a closet full of their stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want! Zombie dress, killer cupcake heels...I'm all over it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TQt9ckejeFI/AAAAAAAAAHo/aZIb5BEjLIc/s1600/15585-b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TQt9ckejeFI/AAAAAAAAAHo/aZIb5BEjLIc/s320/15585-b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551668895445907538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And your delicious eye candy for this week is courtesy of &lt;a href="http://www.jasminejade.com/ps-8957-50-ink-spots.aspx"&gt;Ink Spots by Lissa Matthews&lt;/a&gt;. Oh, this has me written all over it: tattoos, bald hottie, muscle cars and spanking. What more could you want? And how 'bout this cover?&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TQuAx9PoEiI/AAAAAAAAAIA/ORW8WULUXpE/s1600/9781419932120.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 327px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TQuAx9PoEiI/AAAAAAAAAIA/ORW8WULUXpE/s400/9781419932120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551672561406317090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-1115482727912453113?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/1115482727912453113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/randomness.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1115482727912453113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1115482727912453113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/randomness.html' title='randomness'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TQt5u-IibOI/AAAAAAAAAHg/1RBxIUVbxvM/s72-c/11196.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-6516443115404719084</id><published>2010-12-02T08:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T09:11:49.938-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cupcakes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><title type='text'>Mmm, Cupcakes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;If you've read &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt;, you know about Indie's cupcake addiction. In the book she makes chai spice cupcakes. I thought I'd post the recipe that inspired that scene. Also! If you're a member of my Yahoo Group, I'm hosting a &lt;a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fallonblake/message/26"&gt;little contest&lt;/a&gt; just for you so be sure to check it out. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chai Latte Cupcakes&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Recipe originally from &lt;a href="http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/index.php?RecipeID=386"&gt;Post Punk Kitchen&lt;/a&gt; (best Vegan site EVAH) and also appears in the book &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Cupcakes-Take-Over-World/dp/1569242739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1291298940&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 cup soy or rice milk&lt;br /&gt;4 black teabags (I used chai tea instead. I like them to really have that spice flavor)&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup canola oil&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup vanilla soy yogurt&lt;br /&gt;3/4 cup granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1/4 teaspoon baking soda&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon baking powder&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoons ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon ground cardamom&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon ground ginger&lt;br /&gt;1/4 teaspoon ground cloves&lt;br /&gt;pinch of ground white or black pepper&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buttercream Icing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 tablespoons vegan margarine, softened (I use Earth's Balance)&lt;br /&gt;3 tablespoons soymilk&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon vanilla&lt;br /&gt;3 cups confectioners’ sugar&lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1 tablespoon sugar, for the tops&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat oven to 375F.  In a small saucepan heat soymilk until almost  boiling, then add the tea bags, cover the pan, and remove from the  heat.  Let sit for 10 minutes, then squeeze the teabags to release as  much tea as possible before removing the bags from the soymilk.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In a large bowl whisk together oil, yogurt, sugar, vanilla and tea  mixture until lumps are worked out. Sift flour, baking powder, baking  soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and pepper into wet  ingredients. Mix until large lumps disappear; some small lumps are okay.  Pour batter into lined cupcake tins and bake 20 to 22 minutes until a  sharp knife inserted comes out clean.  Allow to cool completely.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For icing: Beat together butter, milk and vanilla until smooth.  Add  sugar a cup at a time until you get the consistency you want.  If icing  seems to runny, at more sugar, if it seems too thick, add a bit more  milk.  Spread or pipe onto cooled cupcakes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mix together the cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar, then sprinkle a bit onto the top of each cupcake and indulge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-6516443115404719084?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/6516443115404719084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/mmm-cupcakes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6516443115404719084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6516443115404719084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/12/mmm-cupcakes.html' title='Mmm, Cupcakes!'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-9143825032851371898</id><published>2010-11-20T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T09:19:26.568-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TOkmZxjRR_I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/62LZvjY6IbI/s1600/header.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Six Sentence Sunday is upon us! I've decided to give you a small taste of one of books I'm currently working on. It's an Urban Fantasy with a few horror elements and that's all I'm going to give you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The air was so saturated with magic she nearly choked on it as she settled into the antique chair across from Remy Louviere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Mmm, such a pleasure seein' you in my neck of the woods Ms. Kelly." His accent was lyrically smooth and lazy slow. The man talked as if he had all day to sit and converse. And she could sit all day and listen to him. Considering he was the most dangerous man in this godforsaken swamp, that was probably a bad thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Go visit the rest of the authors who participate in SSS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TOkmZxjRR_I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/62LZvjY6IbI/s320/header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542003040695961586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for stopping by!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-9143825032851371898?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/9143825032851371898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/six-sentence-sunday_20.html#comment-form' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/9143825032851371898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/9143825032851371898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/six-sentence-sunday_20.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TOkmZxjRR_I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/62LZvjY6IbI/s72-c/header.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-3442045317288134799</id><published>2010-11-19T08:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T10:46:59.594-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Excerpt'/><title type='text'>Release Day and Reviews</title><content type='html'>So today is the big day, &lt;a href="http://www.jasminejade.com/p-8880-wrapped-around-your-finger.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; releases from Ellora's Cave! It's already received two awesome reviews from &lt;a href="http://j-rabbits-corner.blogspot.com/2010/11/wrapped-around-your-finger-by-fallon.html"&gt;Jessica Rabbit's Corner&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.bookofsecretsblog.com/2010/11/review-wrapped-around-your-finger-by.html"&gt;Book of Secrets. &lt;/a&gt;Go check them out and don't forget, you have until 10 p.m. tonight to enter the giveaway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you've all seen the gorgeous cover and I've posted the blurb, but I thought I'd do a little excerpt from Chapter One and give you a taste. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;" class="Chapter"&gt;Chapter One&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Anxiety nagged the edges of Indie’s already frayed     nerves as she waited in the dressing area with the other models. The     haughty, judgmental glares from the younger, skinnier Barbie types had her     desperately itching to offer a sarcastic smile and a middle finger. So what     if she wasn’t even close to a size two? She did okay working as a model for     the alternative fetish agency Exquisite Flesh. It wouldn’t make her rich,     but it paid the bills and her tuition at culinary school.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Usually she did pinup shoots and ads for alternative     clothing. Very rarely did she take assignments that required nudity. She     wasn’t actually naked for this, but damn close to it. Who was she to pass     up the opportunity to be a sushi model at a trendy restaurant like Crave?&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Indigo Hartley!”&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Indie walked through the curtain and into the dining     room with pride. Well, about as much pride as one can muster while wearing     a flesh-colored thong and paper booties.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The manager, Elaine, stood waiting in her drab suit and     looked rather alarmed. “Oh no, this is the new model? Lance, I thought I     told you that she had to fit the type!” She whirled to face the man who     prepared the display table before them.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Exquisite Flesh was the only agency that had a girl     available on such short notice. I’m an assistant, I don’t do miracles,”     Lance said with a smirk.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Chef is not going to be happy. At all. She’s covered in     tattoos and,” she fingered a lock of Indie’s hair, “are those blue streaks     in her hair?”&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Torn between mortification and annoyance, all Indie     could do was stand there. The last thing she wanted to do was piss off Chef     Faust. He was the culinary world’s version of a rock star. He was known for     being demanding, flashy and prone to excess, but his talent with food was     undeniable. The chance to catch a glimpse of him in action was the main     thing that motivated her to accept the job.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Her agent hadn’t mentioned they’d wanted to book a     specific type. &lt;i style=""&gt;Just fucking great.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“I’m sorry that I’m not what you were expecting. I’ll     just gather my things and be on my way,” Indie offered with a polite nod,     but was met with the manager’s sigh of irritation.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“No, no, no. It’s too late to find a proper replacement.     You’ve already been prepped. We’ll just have to make it work.”&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Prepped meant she’d been shaved baby smooth and washed     thoroughly with an organic unscented soap. It had been an odd experience,     having unknown people scrub and shave her so completely. Actually she’d     found the whole thing rather arousing. Maybe she should be embarrassed     about that, but right now she was too nervous to put much thought into it.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The manager turned back to Lance. “Take her to pastry     and have them airbrush over her tattoos. When they are finished let Chef     know he will not be able to put the food directly on her skin. Then get her     into place on the table in the corner, the one that’s out of the way.”&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“You got it,” Lance responded as he held out a robe for     Indie.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;She thankfully wrapped herself in the silk and followed     him into the kitchen. She stopped and stared for a second. She couldn’t     help it. It was as if she’d just died and gone to culinary heaven. There     was so much space. The polished stainless steel and top-of-the-line     equipment almost had her drooling. Everything you ever needed to be a     kick-ass chef was in this kitchen. She could just imagine the high-end,     exotic ingredients it would be stocked with. This wasn’t a place for     cooking. No, nothing as ordinary and mundane as that. This was a place to     create art.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Indigo?” Lance’s voice snapped her out of her trance.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Sorry, it’s just…this kitchen,” she murmured.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Come on, sweetheart. Shame really, but we have to cover     those gorgeous tattoos of yours,” he said with a sympathetic smile. “If it     were up to me I would—”&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“What is she doing in here?” Chef Faust made a beeline     for them, toweling off his hands as he approached.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;It’s him.&lt;/i&gt;     Indie’s heart did a little dance. Okay, so she could admit she was a little     star struck.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Meticulously he scrutinized her as he stood waiting for     an answer. He had the kind of intense features that made him appear almost     angry—perfectly straight nose, hard, square jaw, brooding and stormy blue     eyes. The man was chest-achingly beautiful. She knew from the articles     she’d read about him that he was thirty-four, just six years older than     her. To have achieved all of this so quickly, he had to have hunger and     drive, two qualities no top chef could succeed without. She bet arrogance     and superiority belonged on that list too.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Chef, this is the replacement model. I was just taking     her to pastry to have them airbrush over her tattoos,” Lance replied with     an audible level of anxiety and eyes so huge it seemed as though he was     braced for nuclear fallout.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“May I see?” Chef Faust addressed Indie.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Showing her personal bits to the executive chef of one     of the most acclaimed restaurants in the area was not high on her list of     fun things to do. &lt;i style=""&gt;This is what you     signed up for so suck it up.&lt;/i&gt; She was not ashamed of her body and Chef     Faust could go &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;sous&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;-vide&lt;/i&gt; himself if he didn’t like what     he saw.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;She nodded and let the robe slip off her shoulders to     pool at her elbows. The way he drank her in made it seem as if everyone     else in the room had vanished. Her already hardened nipples stood out like     beacons. She felt the blush creep into her cheeks as she imagined him     pinching, tugging, &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;sucking&lt;/span&gt; on them. Where had that     come from? Her unexpected arousal unbalanced her. She hadn’t reacted this     way to a man in a very long time. Disconcerted by the need and lust he’d so     effortlessly invoked in her, she averted her gaze before tentatively     settling it on his once more. He ran a hand through his shaggy,     walnut-brown hair as he studied her. “No. No airbrushing. She’s absolutely     perfect,” he exclaimed, circling her.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Lance let out a sound that was halfway between a sigh     and a laugh.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Had Chef Faust just said she was perfect? Indie with the     extra padding around the hips, a bit of roundness to her belly and     lily-white skin? She followed him with her gaze, watching as he continued     to peruse her body. It should have felt cold and dispassionate. He was     contemplating whether or not he wanted to use her as a display for raw fish     after all. But the way he moved made her feel as if he were a predator and     she his prey. It was somehow sensual, and she was incredibly embarrassed     that she was turned on by it. Attempting to regain her composure, she     straightened her spine and lifted her chin, praying he hadn’t noticed the     way he affected her.&lt;/p&gt;                         &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-3442045317288134799?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/3442045317288134799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/release-day-and-reviews.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3442045317288134799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3442045317288134799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/release-day-and-reviews.html' title='Release Day and Reviews'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-4838410991758051408</id><published>2010-11-17T07:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T09:02:27.031-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giveaway'/><title type='text'>Food, Sex and a Giveway!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial; 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When she’s offered a job as a sushi model for one of Miami’s trendiest restaurants, she jumps at the chance. Little does this country-mouse-turned-city-vixen know that what starts out as a modeling job will end up the answer to all of her kinkiest fantasies. Three days serving as a sub to this hot chef is too tempting an offer to refuse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"  class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Banner Faust has worked his ass off and sacrificed his love life to become a rock star in the culinary world. On what should be the biggest night of his career, he realizes something is missing from his life—the submissive woman he’s always craved. The curvy new model with the blue-streaked hair and innate submissive nature just might be the one he’s been waiting for. And when he gets her home—and in his bed—he soon realizes three days will never be enough.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I really enjoyed writing this one. There's a bit of humor, some steamy sex and a Dom whose creative use of food isn't limited to the kitchen. Kink and food, two of my favorite things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;So tell me, do you think food is sexy? Does a favorite sexy scene with food come to mind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Leave me a comment for a chance to win a copy of Wrapped Around Your Finger. The rules are simple; comment with your answer and follow my blog.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Don't forget to include your email so I can notify you if you win. The giveaway will run until November 19th at 10 pm. The winner will be announced Saturday. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-4838410991758051408?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/4838410991758051408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/food-sex-and-giveway.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4838410991758051408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4838410991758051408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/food-sex-and-giveway.html' title='Food, Sex and a Giveway!'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TOPSEXc30gI/AAAAAAAAAHA/pybnLgyl02I/s72-c/wrappedaroundyourfinger_med.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-3294267304531887069</id><published>2010-11-14T09:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-14T11:14:50.527-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>I've decided to join in on the fun over at &lt;a href="http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Six Sentence Sunday&lt;/a&gt;. I can fit a good amount of teasing into six little sentences. It's actually a fun idea and I'll likely do this every Sunday. For my first SSS post, I'm going to give you a small taste of my upcoming Ellora's Cave release &lt;a href="http://www.jasminejade.com/ps-8880-50-wrapped-around-your-finger.aspx"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/a&gt;. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 334px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TNAedlOMEoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/qjUMfHKXdUo/s400/naughtyvertical.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534957435595002498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join your favorite erotic authors at Eliza Gayle's blog for Naughty November. It's going to be spanking good fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;List of authors participating:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lissamatthews.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Lissa Matthews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.caramckenna.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Cara McKenna&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jessicaleenovels.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jessica Lee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.deecarney.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Dee Carney&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.catjohnson.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Cat Johnson &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.evecassidy.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Eve Cassidy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paigetylertheauthor.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Paige Tyler&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.juliarachelbarrett.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Julia Rachel Barrett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lexvalentine.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Lex Valentine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://kelemoon.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kele Moon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bellaandre.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Bella Andre &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.cariquinn.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Cari Quinn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.delilahdevlin.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Delilah Devlin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;and more to come!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-3873984812406045703?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/3873984812406045703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/naughty-november-at-eliza-gayles-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3873984812406045703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3873984812406045703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/naughty-november-at-eliza-gayles-blog.html' title='Naughty November at Eliza Gayle&apos;s Blog'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TNAedlOMEoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/qjUMfHKXdUo/s72-c/naughtyvertical.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-2658954788047065758</id><published>2010-10-21T19:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T18:53:29.714-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cover Art'/><title type='text'>New Cover Yumminess!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TMdb4HpxKXI/AAAAAAAAAGA/QxFFxZ1M080/s1600/wrappedaroundyourfinger_msr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TMdb4HpxKXI/AAAAAAAAAGA/QxFFxZ1M080/s400/wrappedaroundyourfinger_msr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532491686932982130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/FallonBlake/wrappedaroundyourfinger_msr.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt; has a cover! I absolutely love it. It fits the book really well and the cover artist did a wonderful job matching the description for Indigo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for recent news, I was assigned a new editor and I couldn't be happier with her. Hopefully we can get going on my edits soon and get this baby released.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the home front, I have walking pneumonia so I've been pretty sick. Unfortunately I haven't been writing much. I can tell you that I decided to dive in and finish the second Telal book, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Between Heaven and Hell&lt;/span&gt;. I've missed Seth and it will be fun getting down and dirty with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been doing quite a bit of reading recently since I haven't been well. I've come across some really good books too. Being sick isn't all bad I guess. I'll keep you all updated on the new release and such.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-2658954788047065758?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/2658954788047065758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-cover-yumminess.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2658954788047065758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2658954788047065758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-cover-yumminess.html' title='New Cover Yumminess!'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TMdb4HpxKXI/AAAAAAAAAGA/QxFFxZ1M080/s72-c/wrappedaroundyourfinger_msr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-3357870876062703841</id><published>2010-10-05T09:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-05T11:46:43.142-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Horror'/><title type='text'>October is Horror Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TKs69onBMBI/AAAAAAAAAFY/tiCAFW0dCjA/s1600/The-Human-Centipede-First-Sequence.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well it is for me anyway. I've decided to pollute my brain with as many horror movies, books and shows as I possibly can. I love Halloween and all things horror so you'll likely be sick of seeing me post about it by the time November rolls around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last weeken&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TKs7c3k20xI/AAAAAAAAAFg/MxkCjjHd8zA/s1600/The-Human-Centipede-First-Sequence.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TKs7c3k20xI/AAAAAAAAAFg/MxkCjjHd8zA/s320/The-Human-Centipede-First-Sequence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524574735040959250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;d the husband and I sat down to watch &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1467304/"&gt;The Human Centipede&lt;/a&gt;. This little gem has fought hard to win the title of 'The Sickest Movie Ever', but it seems to fall a bit short of that. Don't get me wrong, it is a sick movie. There are certainly a few stomach churning moments. How can you not have those in a movie where three individuals get sewn together mouth to ass? In concept, it's original and extremely twisted. Despite not quite living up to the hype, the film does have it's moments and Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser) is by far the best part of the movie. Creepy doesn't even begin to describe the insane, sadistic surgeon. Director Tom Six has flaunted over and over that the movie is one hundred percent medically accurate and that may very well be. But the movie has some incredibly stupid moments that just left me scratching my head. I won't go into spoilery detail. You'll just have to see this freak show for yourself. Oh and in case one human centipede isn't enough for you, there are two more in the works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now if you're thinking that it can't get any sicker or more disturbing than three humans creatively sewn together, you'd be wrong. &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029234/"&gt;Martyrs&lt;/a&gt; makes The Human Centipede look like child's play. Reading the synopsis at IMDb, you might think it looks like a revenge m&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TKs_VB-T1zI/AAAAAAAAAFo/3xBRF1u83mc/s1600/0904462wn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TKs_VB-T1zI/AAAAAAAAAFo/3xBRF1u83mc/s320/0904462wn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524578998439630642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ovie, toss in a little torture-porn and voila, you have the French horror phenom Martyrs. But oh you'd be so very, very wrong. I will not go into specifics because the power of this film lies in the clever way it seduces you into thinking it's something that it's not. Just when you think it's over and you're sure the credits will roll at any second, director &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1052791/"&gt;Pascal Laugier&lt;/a&gt; pushes it further and still, further.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I watched Martyrs with a heightened level of anxiety that never let up. Not once. It was so incredibly uncomfortable to sit through this. But more than that, there is a depraved intelligence to it. It's a horror movie that not only gives you death and blood (buckets of it), viciously brutal torture (lots of that as well), moments of terror (yes, it's scary too!), but it makes you think. It took me a full day to digest what I witnessed in this movie. I can't say as though I'd want to watch it again, but what I can say is that I'm glad I saw it. It ranks up there as one of the best horror movies of all time for me and that is saying something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On my list of movies to see by the end of the month are&lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/"&gt; Irreversible,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/"&gt;Let Me In&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245112/"&gt;[REC] 2,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475937/"&gt;The Abandoned, &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462758/"&gt;Buried&lt;/a&gt; and many more. Later this week I'll be posting the book portion of this little fright-fest. Off Season by Jack Ketchum, The Association by Bently Little and Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-3357870876062703841?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/3357870876062703841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-is-horror-month.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3357870876062703841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3357870876062703841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-is-horror-month.html' title='October is Horror Month'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TKs7c3k20xI/AAAAAAAAAFg/MxkCjjHd8zA/s72-c/The-Human-Centipede-First-Sequence.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-8033216423868778367</id><published>2010-09-24T15:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-24T15:54:30.312-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supernatural'/><title type='text'>Squee!!! Supernatural is tonight!</title><content type='html'>As most of you know, I am a rabid Supernatural fan. Love me those Winchester boys. The season six premier is tonight at 9 p.m. EST on CW. I'm jumping-up-and-down excited about this. I was so happy when Sarah Gamble announced there would be a season six. For the longest time we believed that Eric Kripke would end our beloved show with the end of the Apocalypse and we'd forever be watching re-runs to get our Dean fix. We get one more year. I can't wait to see what's in store for our boys and their family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a look at the bloopers from last season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="500" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Asi0OX7_aqk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Asi0OX7_aqk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And...in case you need a little teaser while you're waiting for nine o'clock to roll around, I have one for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="500" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TqVkwX1bZoY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TqVkwX1bZoY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be on twitter during the show, so be sure to find me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-8033216423868778367?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/8033216423868778367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/09/squee-supernatural-is-tonight.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/8033216423868778367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/8033216423868778367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/09/squee-supernatural-is-tonight.html' title='Squee!!! Supernatural is tonight!'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-1134483981540796768</id><published>2010-09-22T07:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T08:40:54.988-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hump Day Hottie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Consensual Risk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><title type='text'>What day is it?</title><content type='html'>It seems like I've been away forever. I'm still trying to get over this lingering illness so I haven't done much writing. Adding a little here to and there to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Consensual Risk&lt;/span&gt; is about all I can manage. On a brighter note, my edits for &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt; have begun. It's always a little overwhelming adjusting to a new publishing house and the way things are done there. Luckily I have a good editor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpFirst"&gt;Since I do have a new release in the works, I thought I'd post a blurb for it. It's unofficial of course, but at least I can give you a taste of what's to come.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpFirst"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpFirst"&gt;Plus-sized fetish model and aspiring chef, Indigo Hartley has plenty of tattoos and a fiery attitude to match. When she’s offered a job as a sushi model for one of Miami’s trendiest restaurants, she jumps at the chance. Little does the country mouse, turned city vixen know that what starts out as a modeling job, will end up the answer to all her kinky fantasies. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpLast"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Banner Faust has worked his ass off and sacrificed his love life to become a rock star in the culinary world. On what should be the biggest night of his career, he realizes something is missing from his life, the submissive woman he’s always craved. The curvy new model with the blue-streaked hair and innate submissive nature just might be the one he’s been waiting for.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpLast"&gt;And I can't very well leave you without a hump day hottie now can I? This drool-worthy addition is my current crush and inspiration for the hero in Consensual Risk, Vaughn Blackwell. Yummy isn't he?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpLast"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn4ULW6BpI/AAAAAAAAAE4/a6s3TYQmV8g/s1600/wentworth-miller.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 404px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn4ULW6BpI/AAAAAAAAAE4/a6s3TYQmV8g/s320/wentworth-miller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519715843849193106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpLast"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn4m7au_-I/AAAAAAAAAFA/jmZ9TAimL0E/s1600/wentworth_miller_032.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn4m7au_-I/AAAAAAAAAFA/jmZ9TAimL0E/s320/wentworth_miller_032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519716165987794914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpLast"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn4w5hpDnI/AAAAAAAAAFI/9vqIK74LUOc/s1600/wentworth_miller_lit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn4w5hpDnI/AAAAAAAAAFI/9vqIK74LUOc/s320/wentworth_miller_lit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519716337278586482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpLast"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn45mxl4QI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/YY-j4xDYfdQ/s1600/wentworth-miller-phone-number.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn45mxl4QI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/YY-j4xDYfdQ/s320/wentworth-miller-phone-number.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519716486864036098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-1134483981540796768?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/1134483981540796768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-day-is-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1134483981540796768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1134483981540796768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-day-is-it.html' title='What day is it?'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TJn4ULW6BpI/AAAAAAAAAE4/a6s3TYQmV8g/s72-c/wentworth-miller.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-2138870980210628834</id><published>2010-09-07T08:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T15:45:37.101-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><title type='text'>I *heart* Zombies.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIY505pH3vI/AAAAAAAAAEo/kShv1dparUk/s1600/FBAV2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 243px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIY505pH3vI/AAAAAAAAAEo/kShv1dparUk/s400/FBAV2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514158374751035122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay so for those of you that don't know, I have a minor obsession with zombies: fiction, television, movies, shoes, tattoos...you get the picture. This past week I was down with a nasty virus and my wonderful, beloved husband allowed me to rest as much as I could. Now I don't know about you, but I have comfort movies and shows I like to watch when I'm under the weather. If this is something you do I want to hear about it. What's your list look like??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My husband's list looks like this -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avatar&lt;br /&gt;The Thirteenth Warrior&lt;br /&gt;Man on Fire&lt;br /&gt;Wolverine&lt;br /&gt;First Blood&lt;br /&gt;The Lord of the Rings Trilogy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My list looks like this -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn of the Dead (2004)&lt;br /&gt;Dead Alive&lt;br /&gt;28 Days Later&lt;br /&gt;Zombieland&lt;br /&gt;Supernatural Seasons 1-4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, hubs and I are a bit different on our choices. Unfortunately, he doesn't share my zombie love. I could tell you he's a closet Supernatural freak--even quotes the show on a regular basis--but he might tan my hide if I let that cat out of the bag.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my fever filled fog, I decided to watch some of my old zombie favorites and try out a few new ones. I hate to say this, but the UK has turned out the best zombie entertainment installment that I've seen in a long while. &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285482/"&gt;Dead Set&lt;/a&gt; is spot on. It was not easy to get a hold of either. For starters, they don't make the dvd in a format that plays in the US (region 1). So, we purchased it from Amazon as a region 2 dvd and also had to splurge on a region free dvd player. Luckily Amazon had one for pretty cheap. Now, you might be thinking this is a lot to go through for a zombie flick, but for a fanatic like me it was well worth it. I'm adding it to my list! It's fresh, or rotted rather, and I loved it. The Big Brother spin was unique, done without cheese and without a cast of young Hollywood actors (thank you). It makes me excited for &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/"&gt;The Walking Dead &lt;/a&gt;series that AMC is putting out this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a little peak at Dead Set.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R7bUbpt5Xb0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R7bUbpt5Xb0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And The Walking Dead&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gdQl0oFQiYI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gdQl0oFQiYI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIY9XEI5OpI/AAAAAAAAAEw/eGl08xvjqlE/s1600/10930.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 277px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIY9XEI5OpI/AAAAAAAAAEw/eGl08xvjqlE/s400/10930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514162260219083410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm in love too, with these new heels. And with a name like Glamour Guts, how can I resist? I developed a weakness for Iron Fist shoes after I purchased my &lt;a href="https://www.toofastonline.com/p-10174-iron-fist-zombie-stomper-toe-thong.aspx"&gt;zombie stomper flip flops&lt;/a&gt; this spring. And hell, they weren't that cheap. Maybe I should have waited *grins*. If you come across any awesome zombie stuff, send me links!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, I signed my very first Ellora's Cave contract last week for &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt;. I'm really excited to get to work on edits. When I have a release date, I'll be sure to let you all know. Now it's time to get back to the grind. I've had enough sick time off and I really need to dive back into this next book, which now has a title - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Consensual Risk&lt;/span&gt;. What do you think?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-2138870980210628834?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/2138870980210628834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-heart-zombies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2138870980210628834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2138870980210628834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-heart-zombies.html' title='I *heart* Zombies.'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIY505pH3vI/AAAAAAAAAEo/kShv1dparUk/s72-c/FBAV2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-138878063896220660</id><published>2010-08-23T15:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T08:54:08.397-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BDSM'/><title type='text'>I like the way it hurts.......</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uelHwf8o7_U?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uelHwf8o7_U?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it completely twisted that I am so turned on by this video? Take away the negative context and the angsty drama and it's pretty damn hot, to me anyways. I love aggressive sex. I love that she fights back. My heart races every time I watch this. Wrong?  Maybe, but I'm perfectly okay with my kinks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It brings to mind the book I'm currently working on. The relationship pushes a few boundaries and my female protagonist isn't a submissive by the standard definition. I happen to have an affection for non-standard, undefinable BDSM. It's so much more fun then the typical D/s out there. Don't get me wrong, I love D/s in all it's forms but when people start talking about definitions and stereo-types, I break out in hives. I like to live outside of the box and it's going to show in this book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So do you have a preference for your BDSM novels? How do you like your s-types? Your D-types? I want to hear, so fill me in!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-138878063896220660?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/138878063896220660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-like-way-it-hurts.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/138878063896220660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/138878063896220660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-like-way-it-hurts.html' title='I like the way it hurts.......'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-6301459704683619926</id><published>2010-08-02T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T14:07:55.743-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><title type='text'>Good Morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbdEpQ251I/AAAAAAAAAA8/M8CyawqnOJc/s1600/jared01.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbYTrWqtgI/AAAAAAAAAAs/SyzMS7JJ5Gg/s1600/11515Drink-Coffee-Poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 220px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbYTrWqtgI/AAAAAAAAAAs/SyzMS7JJ5Gg/s400/11515Drink-Coffee-Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500821827446552066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good morning. Still tired from the weekend and desperately trying to garner up some energy. I have some news, the publisher I submitted &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/span&gt; to has requested the full manuscript, so I'm excited about that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After some thinking, I've decided to change up my current WIP. I began a BDSM contemporary a little over a week ago and I've decided to switch it to first person POV. I think with the content being darker and more emotional, I need to tell it through the characters directly. It's knew for me and I'm still getting the hang of it, but what I've discovered is that the emotion just flows. With third person, I always found myself going back during edits to add more introspection and emotion because I tended to focus on dialogue and scene direction. I actually had to make an effort to put myself into the character's head to really get their thoughts and feelings to come across. With first person POV, it's automatic. I'm not sure if it's because it's new or because it seems to keep me in the character's head, no effort required. Something to think about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll leave you with your weekly dose of eye candy. Jared Padalecki is just yummy and I love my boys good and dirty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbcoWYWKVI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3l5BbE_freI/s1600/jared09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbcoWYWKVI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3l5BbE_freI/s400/jared09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500826580640213330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbdEpQ251I/AAAAAAAAAA8/M8CyawqnOJc/s1600/jared01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbdEpQ251I/AAAAAAAAAA8/M8CyawqnOJc/s400/jared01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500827066745415506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbd1idQ2AI/AAAAAAAAABE/Pc8A19Z3x6M/s1600/jared08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbd1idQ2AI/AAAAAAAAABE/Pc8A19Z3x6M/s400/jared08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500827906731988994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-6301459704683619926?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/6301459704683619926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/08/good-morning.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6301459704683619926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/6301459704683619926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/08/good-morning.html' title='Good Morning'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TFbYTrWqtgI/AAAAAAAAAAs/SyzMS7JJ5Gg/s72-c/11515Drink-Coffee-Poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-279279266508854090</id><published>2010-07-26T07:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T08:26:28.792-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BDSM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><title type='text'>Bring on the coffee</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE1-zILzddI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tNwKdkxVXPw/s1600/4ac182aa3beda.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE13aFl8sNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kN7-EBJaPZg/s1600/Coffee-Slut-Name-Tag.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE13aFl8sNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kN7-EBJaPZg/s320/Coffee-Slut-Name-Tag.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498182010150891730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE1-jW7rQaI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dNJWdLrl3Jo/s1600/bigstockphoto_Sexy_Man_Dressing_5325742.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, this is me. I fully admit it. I'm hooked on the bean. Well, I need something to power me through the days after I've been up half the night with my spawn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's not a whole lot going on over here other than waiting to hear back about my submission and starting a new project. I finally have the tone and feel for the new contemporary I'm writing. I love it when things finally click and the words start to flow. I adore the setting and characters in this one and can't wait to get to the meat of the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other than that...I have some interesting plans for this blog when I finally get some kinky stories published. Writing BDSM has been an interesting experiment in self exploration. Aside from the research I get to do, I really get to examine myself and my own submission. It's been a strange journey for me and there are parts of that journey that come out in my writing, whether they are feelings, experiences, realizations...I think it's been good for me to spin stories in this genre. It's more personal to me and hopefully that translates into something that benefits me and my writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually I want to start blogging about certain practices that occur in my books--figging, spanking, forced orgasms, orgasm denial, bondage, and that's just to name a few. I'll also throw in the occasional recipe since I can't seem to help the fact that yummy food always seems to find it's way into my books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On that note, I think I'll leave you with your dose of Eye Candy for the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE1-jW7rQaI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dNJWdLrl3Jo/s1600/bigstockphoto_Sexy_Man_Dressing_5325742.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE1-jW7rQaI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dNJWdLrl3Jo/s400/bigstockphoto_Sexy_Man_Dressing_5325742.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498189866005643682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE1-zILzddI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tNwKdkxVXPw/s1600/4ac182aa3beda.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE1-zILzddI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tNwKdkxVXPw/s400/4ac182aa3beda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498190136924665298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-279279266508854090?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/279279266508854090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/07/bring-on-coffee.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/279279266508854090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/279279266508854090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/07/bring-on-coffee.html' title='Bring on the coffee'/><author><name>Fallon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TIV5pRZ4fOI/AAAAAAAAADI/xAhClYSgXf4/S220/FBAV2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qYCR0jSuanc/TE13aFl8sNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kN7-EBJaPZg/s72-c/Coffee-Slut-Name-Tag.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-4616261494424904751</id><published>2010-07-12T08:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T08:54:52.570-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrapped Around Your Finger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kink Watch'/><title type='text'>Is it Monday already?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TDsBMmESpzI/AAAAAAAAAQo/8t0wkSUpGHs/s1600/CoffeeTalkGirl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TDsBMmESpzI/AAAAAAAAAQo/8t0wkSUpGHs/s320/CoffeeTalkGirl.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Morning. Not a good one just yet. I need more coffee for that. I finally finished &lt;i&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger&lt;/i&gt; and I'm currently doing an edit. I'm hoping to have it submitted by the end of the week. Yes, that would be after I write the sucknopsis and query. I really, really, really dislike writing a synopsis. I need to get organized enough with my projects that I'm actually writing the syno before I start the actual book. I'll get there. I will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a matter of fact, a dear author friend of mine introduced me (sucked me in) to the wonderful OCD world of calendars. I started and before I knew it, I'd plotted my writing through October. I'm hoping that this will help me stay on track. I really need a taskmaster complete with flogger to keep me in line. Know where I can find one? &lt;i&gt;grins&lt;/i&gt; Well, I guess some determination, a lot of coffee, and the calendar will have to do for now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that I've finished a BDSM contemporary, I've come to the decision that I'd like to continue writing this genre. &lt;i&gt;Wrapped Around Your Finger &lt;/i&gt;came about because I was burned out writing the second book in my paranormal demon series. Right now, &lt;i&gt;Between Heaven and Hell &lt;/i&gt;is sitting on my shelf nearly complete. Nearly. There's a lot going on in that story. I had a problem with heroine at first and had to go back to the drawing board with her. When I changed her, I had to change essential parts of the story. Writing became a chore and it should never feel that way. I decided to step away from it for a while.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I can't &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; write, I just sat down and began this little story that was in my head. &lt;i&gt;Wrapped&lt;/i&gt; was what came out of that. This little story about a woman's discovery of her submission and the Dominant that helped her open up, flowed so easily. But at the same time, it was difficult to write. I ended up putting more of myself into the characters than I originally intended. When I sat down to write this, it was supposed to be fun and sexy and it is, but it's also emotional and revealing. I also ended up going about 10K over on my word count. The end result I think is good. I hope it's good. First I hope it gets picked up by a publisher. But even more than that, I hope that those who read it enjoy the story and come away thinking that it was more than just a fun, sexy story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TDsEuszx_CI/AAAAAAAAAQw/bptyBZEEABY/s1600/coffeeDM2711_468x416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TDsEuszx_CI/AAAAAAAAAQw/bptyBZEEABY/s320/coffeeDM2711_468x416.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a tidbit for Kink Watch - I found this gem surfing through pictures on Google. I love the older ads like this. A good over-the-knee-spanking, what's not to like? Now, I know that these older ads would be considered politically incorrect not to mention chauvinistic, but &lt;i&gt;I&lt;/i&gt; love it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll leave you with something to cure your Monday morning woes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TDsF3AC18jI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/LajkYgFnmeU/s1600/fullsize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TDsF3AC18jI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/LajkYgFnmeU/s320/fullsize.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-4616261494424904751?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/4616261494424904751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-it-monday-already.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4616261494424904751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/4616261494424904751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-it-monday-already.html' title='Is it Monday already?'/><author><name>FB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TDsBMmESpzI/AAAAAAAAAQo/8t0wkSUpGHs/s72-c/CoffeeTalkGirl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-7292182595227791995</id><published>2010-06-18T09:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T08:46:29.247-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kink Watch'/><title type='text'>Kink Watch - BDSM in Pop Culture</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TBtxlcQGmQI/AAAAAAAAAPw/tblivUWKGjo/s1600/lego-bdsm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TBtxlcQGmQI/AAAAAAAAAPw/tblivUWKGjo/s400/lego-bdsm.jpg" border="0" height="300" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I'm always so fascinated to see BDSM references and examples in current media and pop culture. I'm sure being active in the lifestyle has made more aware of it than I would be otherwise. Every now and again I catch glimpses of things in the news, on television, movies or the music industry so I thought I'd start a Kink Watch here on my blog just for kicks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In recent years it's been pretty prevalent even showing up on popular tv shows such as CSI (remember the fur pile and adult baby episodes? Not to mention Lady Heather), Supernatural, Desperate Housewives and Dollhouse (there are so many underlying fetish connotations to that little sci-fi show they sadly took off the air) that's just to mention a few.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're often treated to music stars wearing Dominatrix outfits or producing videos with strong BDSM themes. Rhianna's Disturbia video comes to mind and I won't even bring up the atrocious video a certain blonde pop star recently released. P!nk's Please Don't Leave Me is one of my favorites though. How could you not love P!nk in that nurse costume?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eocCPDxKq1o&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eocCPDxKq1o&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It crops up in movies blatantly like in &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274812/"&gt;The Secretary&lt;/a&gt;, which by the way, I LOVE. I've even seen it in action flicks like &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356910/"&gt;Mr. and Mrs. Smith&lt;/a&gt;, suspense movies like &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&amp;amp;q=8mm"&gt;8mm&lt;/a&gt;, and horror movies like &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&amp;amp;q=Strangeland"&gt;Strangeland.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not often, since I live in a pretty non-progressive area of Florida, I see something in my everyday life that makes me grin. For instance, I was in the grocer yesterday in line behind a gay couple that I just knew was in the lifestyle. Aside from the little collar the younger male wore (which could be just be worn for fashion these days) there was something about the way they interacted that made me see it. The more dominant male placed his hand on the back of his boyfriend's neck and steered him along. Maybe other's might see that as slightly aggressive or controlling. To me, it was endearing and sweet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TBtwT10bpMI/AAAAAAAAAPo/f4BQ8eoZZPs/s1600/120px-bdsm_logo-svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TBtwT10bpMI/AAAAAAAAAPo/f4BQ8eoZZPs/s320/120px-bdsm_logo-svg.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Also! Last week I saw the BDSM emblem on the back of an SUV. Of course I was curious about the driver because it's not something I normally see in my neck of the woods and she looked like a soccer mom complete with that little netted soccer ball hanging from her rearview. I had to smile about that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my few readers out there, if you happen across something kinky in your daily life, be it on television or in real life, I'd love to hear about it. Kink Watch will become a regular occurrence here at my blog so keep your eyes open!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-7292182595227791995?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/7292182595227791995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/kink-watch-bdsm-in-pop-culture.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/7292182595227791995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/7292182595227791995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/kink-watch-bdsm-in-pop-culture.html' title='Kink Watch - BDSM in Pop Culture'/><author><name>FB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TBtxlcQGmQI/AAAAAAAAAPw/tblivUWKGjo/s72-c/lego-bdsm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-1454665994606458110</id><published>2010-06-09T14:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T08:11:15.429-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hump Day Hottie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><title type='text'>hotties around the blogverse</title><content type='html'>In the spirit of continuity, and utter boredom, I have scoured blog land for Hump Day Hotties and decided to link them all together for one big droolfest. So go on, visit the links, you know you want to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://teasingtidbits.blogspot.com/2010/06/hump-day-hotties_09.html?zx=c7445a8238269762"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lucymonroeblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/humpday-hottie_09.html"&gt;Lucy Monroe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://teasingtidbits.blogspot.com/2010/06/hump-day-hotties_09.html?zx=c7445a8238269762"&gt;Teasing  Tidbits &lt;/a&gt;- NSFW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hangingwithbells.blogspot.com/2010/06/hump-day-hottie-of-week.html"&gt;Hangin' with Bells&lt;/a&gt; -yum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://theguttergals.blogspot.com/2010/06/you-know-its-hump-day-when-bear.html?zx=e031b805e2c6dd0"&gt;Gutter Girls&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mamakittyreviews.com/?p=546"&gt;Mama Kitty's&amp;nbsp; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-1454665994606458110?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/1454665994606458110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/hotties-aroound-blogverse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1454665994606458110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/1454665994606458110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/hotties-aroound-blogverse.html' title='hotties around the blogverse'/><author><name>FB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-2641387134488174685</id><published>2010-06-09T07:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T08:56:59.335-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hump Day Hottie'/><title type='text'>A Hottie for Hump Day</title><content type='html'>Since I know I'm not the only one who loves to drool over gorgeous men, I figured I'd follow the time honored tradition of the Hump Day Hottie. And for your viewing pleasure, I have &lt;span class="actorname"&gt;Ivan Rusilko. Yummy huh?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="actorname"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TA9-n1O3kuI/AAAAAAAAAO4/wylnRqXmtD4/s1600/pic05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TA9-n1O3kuI/AAAAAAAAAO4/wylnRqXmtD4/s400/pic05.jpg" width="251" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TA9-yMKfBmI/AAAAAAAAAPA/mYztZ5WLZsM/s1600/pic01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TA9-yMKfBmI/AAAAAAAAAPA/mYztZ5WLZsM/s400/pic01.jpg" width="242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TA9-7_VSLaI/AAAAAAAAAPI/fl5CTaSPwAI/s1600/ivanrusilko.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TA9-7_VSLaI/AAAAAAAAAPI/fl5CTaSPwAI/s400/ivanrusilko.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="actorname"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="actorname"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="actorname"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-2641387134488174685?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/2641387134488174685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/hottie-for-hump-day.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2641387134488174685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/2641387134488174685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/hottie-for-hump-day.html' title='A Hottie for Hump Day'/><author><name>FB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TA9-n1O3kuI/AAAAAAAAAO4/wylnRqXmtD4/s72-c/pic05.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704323132331853620.post-3865367619685636595</id><published>2010-06-07T08:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T08:11:45.042-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eye Candy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ian Somerhalder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novella'/><title type='text'>Dream a Little Dream</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;When I'm writing a book, I reach a point in the process where it  becomes a constant presence in my thoughts. In every spare moment, I'm  running dialogue through my head, planning scenes, adding layers and so  on. My husband calls it obsession, I call it being in the zone--tomato,  tom-whatever, you get the point. Well after writing a pretty intense  scene and hitting the sack, I had a dream about the little novella I'm  working on. Now it's not like I woke up with new scenes in my head or a  plot change or anything like that. What I did wake up with was a clear  picture of the Dominant in my story. Mix an rerun of The Vampire Diaries  with a hot D/s scene and you get the perfect Dom for my story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I  always begin a story with rough character sketches. There are times  when I sit down and during the course of my writing, those sketches change. Sometimes it's a name  that doesn't quite seem right or the physical description never  gives me a clear picture in my head or a layer I'll add as I go. It can  be any number of changes. With my current work in progress, I just never  developed a good mental image of my hero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Care to see  what my subconscious handed me? Oh and he fits so perfectly my heart did  a little flip-flop when I went back and changed the description.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TAzuWawFHEI/AAAAAAAAAOY/pLtlohlayxY/s1600/tumblr_kvhagqXWcV1qacgo2o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TAzuWawFHEI/AAAAAAAAAOY/pLtlohlayxY/s400/tumblr_kvhagqXWcV1qacgo2o1_500.jpg" width="297" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TAzuezzCttI/AAAAAAAAAOg/9exLkVNJWsc/s1600/gallery_enlarged-ian-somerhalder-vampire-diaries-photos-09242009-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="222" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TAzuezzCttI/AAAAAAAAAOg/9exLkVNJWsc/s400/gallery_enlarged-ian-somerhalder-vampire-diaries-photos-09242009-13.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TAzupYErVuI/AAAAAAAAAOo/5e2Sizkwxl4/s1600/4152155458_013e9fb831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TAzupYErVuI/AAAAAAAAAOo/5e2Sizkwxl4/s400/4152155458_013e9fb831.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yum. Yes, it's Ian Somerhalder otherwise known as Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries. He makes such a perfect Dom don't you think? Well, it's time to get back to the grind. I'm hoping to have this baby finished by next week. Maybe I'll have a teaser for you by then. Wish me luck!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4704323132331853620-3865367619685636595?l=romancewithedge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/feeds/3865367619685636595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/dream-little-dream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3865367619685636595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4704323132331853620/posts/default/3865367619685636595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://romancewithedge.blogspot.com/2010/06/dream-little-dream.html' title='Dream a Little Dream'/><author><name>FB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVXmy-mgdEk/TAzuWawFHEI/AAAAAAAAAOY/pLtlohlayxY/s72-c/tumblr_kvhagqXWcV1qacgo2o1_500.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
