10 good things

1) Leverage was on, love it.

2) NCIS on at 10 pm. Even better.

3) I have upgraded this chapter from "utter drek" to "mostly sucks". Well, it's an improvement. Am officially joining 5 for five on Sunday, once I have all of this stuff typed out.

4) I'm working on three contests for The WIKTT Archives that involve awesome prizes. I'm so excited to be working with some amazing folks on it. I can't wait to announce them once I have everything sorted.

5) I made a new facebook friend of Susan Kearney, author of Lucan and many series romances - she came to me, lolol. We're talking marketing. In this way, I have turned into LB.

6) While I have actively yelled at people at work every single day since last Thursday, I have yet to lose my job, have my job endangered, or killed anyone. More on this another day. It's most amusing.

7)luvsev is a lifesaver and will be taking over some posting duties for me, for the site. yayayayayaya Thank you!

8) The circus is coming to town. I love the circus and it makes the blonde giggle. That makes me giggle.

9) Gena Showalter's latest Lords of the Underworld book came out, was devoured and I'm still licking my chops. Now chewing on Lora Leigh. Most tasty.

10) I am inches away from having the complete backlist by Jayne Ann Krentz - aside from the books that cost between $200-$300. I have finally figured out why I dig the strong, silent, dominating, dangerous type. It is Jayne's fault.

An oddly timed site update

We're lucky to have published author Sedonia Guillone join us on The Masque! Please read her stories on TM then visit her site to read her e-published novels.

Willow's Promise, a novel years in the making by The Masque author, CM, and dear friend, CaughtNTheQuiet, has drawn to a close. Caught posted the final chapter of the story this week. Caught, thank you so much for sharing your amazing work with us.

Haru wrote a GREAT highlight on the traditions for Chinese New Year on his blog. I learned a lot by reading it. It can be found here: http://themasque.ning.com/profiles/blogs/happy-chinese-new-year-of-the

Sonoran Mamma wrote a review on Morning Wood by JP Bederwehl which can be found here: http://themasque.ning.com/profiles/blogs/morning-wood-by-jp-bederwehl and on our LJ community themasque

Haru's Free NFL Playoff Picks Pool is looking for some participants. Rules and Info are here: http://themasque.ning.com/forum/topics/repost-for-another-response

Are you an interested writer or reader of fan fiction. Does writing a story featuring characters from your favourite movies/television/book interest you? Join your host andone as we discuss all the ins and outs of writing fan fiction in the cozy setting of the masque chat room. Monday 26th JanuaryEastern 8pmCentral 7pmPacific 5 pm

Andy also has a discussion on The Portego about What makes a hero? Please contribute your thoughts to this blooming writer here: http://themasque.ning.com/forum/topics/2080571:Topic:7344

On The WIKTT Archives
You Can Leave Your Hat On by teshara ExplicitDraco/Luna - Erotic Elves Het Fetish Challenge pansexual/crossdressinghttp://www.themasque.net/wiktt/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1898

On the Masque:
Revisit - Way Too Perfect by Lover 4 - WantonMen are looking for a perfect pussy and a perefect woman. Could this one really be that perfect?http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1248
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Stranger Than Truth by dweaver999 4 - WantonIt's been six months since Valerie Burbon and Sally Thatcher celebrated their love with a BDSM handfasting. Now Hellfire pictures wants to make a movie of the 37 days leading up to that moment in time, and, they want Valerie and Sally to advise them. Dubious as to the motives of producer Milton Freeman, they sign on never the less, seeing a chance to portray the lifestyle they love in a good light for the first time. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of making a movie, Valerie and Sally will undergo fundamental changes that will alter their relationships with everyone, themselves as well as their mutual Master, Charles Vanquil. Can their love survive changes so great as to alter the way they see themselves and their relationship? Will the need for depth of submission drive them away from the Master they both love? Or will their lives become something Stranger Than Truth?http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1233
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Hot Shot by Sedonia Guillone 4 - WantonShy photographer Paul has had a crush on his sexy roommate Carlo for so long but is sure the attraction isn't mutual. One rainy day, however, he finds out the truth...http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1247
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The Type of Love that Lasts by Sedonia Guillone 2 - ProvocativeMarni and her husband Tim have been separated, but really they miss each other so much that Marni finds the perfect way to get her handyman husband back, using a service call and a bit of seduction.http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1245
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A Captin for Evangeline Part Two by Sedonia Guillone 4 - WantonEvangeline's erotically thrilling life continues with her handsome, sensual ship's captain. When they have dinner with a friend of his, Samuel, Evangeline has her first taste of two men at once.http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1244
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A Captain for Evangeline by Sedonia Guillone 3 - RisquéEvangeline is sailing to Ceylon to an arranged, passionless marriage. However, the dashing and sensuous captain of the ship has other plans for her, body, soul and future.http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1243
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1888 by libertyelyot 4 - WantonSeductive baronets, sadistic lords, murderous conspiracies, slutty chorus girls, absinthe, opium, corsets and PreRaphaelites. Novel length serialisation in the style of an erotic Victorian melodrama.http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=821
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Willow's Promise by CaughtNTheQuiet 1 - ConservativeIt's been year since Sunnydale disappeared in the Hellmouth and the Scooby Gang is enjoying the calm and quiet of their new headquarters in England. Bucolic bliss is upset when Buffy, Xander, Dawn, Giles...http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=928

first post - tired

okay, a new forum! here I go!

Man, I'm tired.

Trying to get things updated on TheMasque The WIKTT Archives and posted all over the place is just exhausting. I feel like such a pushy broad when doing my update announcements for Tapestry and the site. I mean really now - how dare I assume that people want to read my drivel? Realistically, I know that if people are watching tapestry_fic and themasque that they actually do want to read my (and my website) drivel, but... *shrinks* I still can't help it. I am way too shy to do this on my own. For the site at least, we had a Town Crier who was going to do it, before other commitments got in his way, so it was tossed back in my lap. I really ,really, really need to find another Announcement Fairy to do this stuff - I can't market my own stuff properly. On the other hand, I also really need to grow up and learn to be a big girl and do it myself.

Life has been so slammed here recently. Between the holidays, working on the site, being irritated at my dear husband, trying not to kill the blonde, entertaining the snowbound blonde, Snowpocolypse '08, keeping the house clean by myself and working for a [very nice person], I've had no time to breathe, much less be creative.

I was SO proud to get a couple of gifts in the mail and all of the Christmas cards off three weeks late. Snow kept me homebound for two blessed weeks - sheesh - then just getting to work was an adventure after that. You try getting Christmas, cards, gifts and holiday cheer going properly when you can't drive anywhere. *shrieks*

I have three masks - one for Ellen Million and another thanfiction in my paint shop that are trying so hard to crack and drool in the weird temperatures. Holding them together is turning into an adventure *eyeroll*. I don't have high hopes for one of them not shattering on me before it's done. They'll get finished come hell or high water though, I'm hoping next week - and they'll be pretty, damn it. I'll take pictures when they aren't scary looking.

Carving out time to write is an adventure, too. Life seems to be getting in the way of that, too - plus, with this weather, I'm so tired all the time. I just want to curl up and hibernate. I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to!

On the other hand, I am so very, very blessed to have a wonderful, happy, healthy family and a healthy me. Others just aren't as lucky.