tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159936276490984822023-11-16T23:33:45.448+10:30Emmeline LockEmmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-59552901767778745372017-08-02T15:24:00.002+09:302018-04-28T17:27:49.091+09:30August already, what the?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi lovely people!<br />
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Once again, I find myself telling the world I haven't perished! Dreadful.<br />
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BUUUUUUT, I <i>have</i> been busy!<br />
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Not only have I been working the day job, carting the offspring around (not the band, the children) and generally having a good 'ole time with Mr Sparky Lock, but I have been writing!<br />
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I've subbed two stories in the last ten days, and my excitement knows no bounds!<br />
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(That's a lot of !'s I note. That's how pumped I am. !)<br />
<i><br /></i>So,<i> Serendipity</i> (Virtue Alliance) is off, as is a really shorty one about an urban mythical-creature hunter. Wahooo!<br />
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Next comes one called <i>Break at the Bend</i>, a mystery rom com with rocky beaches, a hot Shakespeare-touting man and an elderly aunt with a concerning internet habit. <br />
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Two more Virtue Alliance stories are knocking at my brain, so I'd better let them loose soon, too.<br />
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The gorgeous and very hard-working Anna Hackett has been going GANGBUSTERS! Head over to her <a href="http://annahackettbooks.com/blog/">blog</a> to see the awesome things she's been up to. It's quite amazing!<br />
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Big smooches to you all,<br />
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Em xx<br />
<br />Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-82342591833528752122015-07-28T16:04:00.000+09:302015-07-28T21:53:54.956+09:30It really is concerning how often I need to tell the internet I'm still alive and kicking.Hello, lovely people!<br />
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Long time no see! Sorry about that. <br />
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I could tell you all about it, but it would be dreadfully boring. I would like to sum up the past year in a haiku:<br />
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<i>Kids have to play sport</i><br />
<i>Tall pile of dirty washing</i><br />
<i>Em is distracted.</i><br />
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I do hope you enjoyed that. It took a lot of tapping syllables out on my fingers, but I feel like I got there. <br />
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So, what's been going on with you? Loads of cool stuff, I imagine?<br />
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Some of my news isn't really mine, sadly, but happily for my CP, <a href="http://annahackettbooks.com/blog/">Anna Hackett,</a> it's great news! Anna's been kicking sci-fi action romance butt and taking sci-fi action romance names. She's recently become a NY TIMES BESTSELLER and won a PRISM Award.<br />
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I am in <i>awe</i>. <br />
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If you go to her blog, you'll learn all about her epic awesomeness, not to mention find out how to get a few of her book FOR GODDAMNED FREE!<br />
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And the best things in life are free, people. <br />
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I've been getting back into my writing. To keep myself ignoring the washing pile, I made a widget (It's on the right. It's red. You can't miss it).<br />
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I've been working on another Virtue Alliance story (Liberating Clemency was published in the very marvellous Sci-Fi Romance Quarterly Magazine. Find it <a href="http://www.scifiromancequarterly.org/2014/05/liberating-clemency-emmeline-lock/">here</a>). This one belongs to Seren, also known as Serendipity. <br />
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It's taken a little while, as I had a few K down, and then changed the setting after a Twitter discussion with <a href="https://twitter.com/annahackett">Anna</a> and the very clever <a href="https://twitter.com/goblinwriter">Lindsay Buroker</a>, after which I changed my mind about my setting. <i>Oopsy daisy</i>. Serves Emmeline right for not planning her schizz a little better. But, I'm very happy with the new vibe, so that's noice. <br />
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I had been reading some (well, ALL) of Lindsay's books (including her pen name Ruby Lionsdrake), and I was GOBSMACKED and FLABBERGASTED to find that Anna and Lindsay had conducted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3NWg5a4Kko">fabulous podcast chat about SFF Marketing</a>. It was stellar, and I've also enjoyed many more podcasts from Lindsay and her friends and guests since. I get it on my iPhone, but you can totes watch it on 'Tube. <br />
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I can feel by the increasing tempo of my heart beat and a impending sense of dread that it is nearly... time to pick the OFFSPRING up from school (I love them dearly, I really do), so I shall leave you with one thing. <br />
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This is Hew, who is going to be Seren's squeeze if he'd just chill out a bit. <br />
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I found him <a href="http://freshfacemalemodels.com/2012/08/28/carmen/">here</a>. <br />
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Until next time, happy reading and writing and kid-wrangling and cooking and clothes washing.<br />
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Emmeline. xxEmmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-62370081152690921632014-07-18T16:02:00.001+09:302014-07-18T16:02:24.739+09:30Whoopeeee! There's some new Anna Hackett sci-fi romance up for grabs! IN THE DEVIL'S NEBULA...Ya'll have heard how much I love my girl <a href="http://www.annahackettbooks.com/">Anna Hackett</a>, right? <br />
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I'm sure, based on my verbose and protracted fan girl love professions, you will have all raced out and snagged yourself a copy of the very fabulous first book in The Phoenix Adventures series - AT STAR'S END, and you're all waiting with anxiously bated breath for the next book. <br />
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WELL, WAIT NO LONGER, ACTION SCI-FI ROMANCE JUNKIES!<br />
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Read on...<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Action, Adventure and Romance IN THE
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<span lang="EN-US">First there was <a href="http://annahackettbooks.com/books/the-phoenix-adventures/#at-stars-end">AT
STAR’S END</a> and the treasure hunt to find the last remaining fragment of the
<i>Mona Lisa</i>. Now travel to the heart of
the Devil’s Nebula on the hunt for the gun used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">He
lost it all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">His
career, his woman, his sanity.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Two
years ago, on a deadly mission to the lawless Devil’s Nebula, Commander Zayn
Phoenix’s life imploded. Now the former Strike Wing pilot fills his days with
dangerous adventures alongside his treasure hunter brothers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">But
his nights are another story: haunted by nightmares of one unforgivable act.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Until
an assassin lures him into a hunt. A hunt for her freedom from the Assassin’s
Guild. A hunt for a derringer used in an ancient and infamous assassination—of
old Earth president, Abraham Lincoln.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">Zayn
is compelled to join the perilous adventure with Ria Dante that will take them
straight into the heart of the Devil’s Nebula, but not for money, fame or
treasure.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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years before.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To read the first chapter or buy <<<a href="http://annahackettbooks.com/books/the-phoenix-adventures/#in-the-devils-nebula">Click
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Ria moved her hands, her body bending like a slim tree in the wind.
“Taiji isn’t so much about killing, it’s about settling the mind, balancing
your energies.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">“Sounds very Old Earth.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">“It has its origins there, although they’re murky now. We don’t know
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">She looked over her shoulder. “Yeah. Being hunted, stealing things, and
dealing with you, it’s left me a little…out of balance.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Zayn stepped toward her. “I came here to apologize. I didn’t kiss you
because you remind me of Vik. I just…wanted to kiss senseless a hot woman who
I’d just enjoyed a brilliant hunt with.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Ria stopped and stared at him. “Jesus, Phoenix, you have no pretty
words do you?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">He shrugged. “I’m just a simple pilot.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">She huffed out a breath. “There’s nothing simple about you. And for
some crazy reason, it works for me.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">About
Anna:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I'm Anna Hackett and I write action romance
stories to thrill you, excite you and leave you inspired. I write about people
overcoming unbeatable odds and achieving seemingly impossible goals to inspire
you with the truth that the possibility exists for all of us to do the same. I
love car chases, explosions and spaceships...and of course when the boy wins
the girl. Oh, and I'm a sucker for that moment when the team is walking in slow
motion, shoulder-to-shoulder heading off into battle. After reading, watching
or writing an awesome action romance story, I'm left energized and feeling like
anything is possible. I aim to give the same to my readers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I love hearing from fellow action romance
lovers! <a href="https://www.blogger.com/www.annahackettbooks.com">www.annahackettbooks.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-12349771570452360352014-06-17T13:32:00.002+09:302014-06-17T13:35:08.054+09:30It's ALIVE!!!Hello, intrepid internet friends.<br />
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Can you just imagine me now? White coat on, hands gleefully in the air, flotsam of an antiquated laboratory strewn around a large metal table...<br />
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Sure you can.<br />
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In fact--real life is nothing like that, as I sit at my Mac in front of the fire, with a very nice hot chocolate by my right hand--but I still maintain (though the dog is looking at me like I've lost my mind) :<br />
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It's ALIVE!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.scifiromancequarterly.org/">Sci-Fi Romance Quarterly</a> <a href="http://www.scifiromancequarterly.org/get-the-current-issue/">Issue #3</a> is here! Featuring articles, reviews, opinions, and TWO short stories! One of which is has been penned by moi!<br />
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With thanks to one of my lovely CPs, <a href="http://www.annahackettbooks.com/">Anna</a>, who helped me no end with this one. You will also find Anna's excellent books reviewed here...<br />
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And if you've come here from the live links at SFRQ. Hiya. Thanks for dropping in. <br />
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Happy sci-fi romance reading! <br />
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Em xEmmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-48988498661559387252014-05-25T14:45:00.000+09:302014-05-25T14:45:53.283+09:30The NEWS!, which has been alluded to....Such a TEASE!<br />
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I'm very (very, very) excited to tell you that I've recently sold a short story to <a href="http://www.scifiromancequarterly.org/">Sci-Fi Romance Quarterly</a>.<br />
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<b>LIBERATING CLEMENCY</b><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Assassin Clemency is on a mission to find the Herz des Mondes, a moonstone of great and mysterious power, which will help her get her life on track. When she is out-thieved by the appealing mercenary L'Arc, is she beaten, or will they both reap the stone's rewards of the heart?</i><br />
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It's due for release on June 15th. <br />
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Speaking of releases, have you caught up with my awesomely awesome CP <a href="http://annahackettbooks.com/blog/">Anna Hackett</a>'s goings-on lately? She's just put out some wicked novellas set in her WindKeepers world. <br />
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My favourite is <b>Claiming the East Wind</b>, Soren's story. That said, his brothers are pretty darn appealing. <br />
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Oh, yum. Get on it!<br />
<br />Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-90370958778598013322014-05-13T20:45:00.001+09:302014-05-13T20:46:09.599+09:30There's news!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-84426843463054292712014-02-03T10:14:00.001+10:302014-02-03T13:59:59.167+10:30At Star's End! There's very nice man-chest...<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It's so Sci-Fi-ey!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My gorgeous and completely over-worked critique partner <a href="http://annahackettbooks.com/action-romance-in-a-cover/">Anna Hackett </a>has a new sci-fi action romance <i>At Star's End (Book 1 of the Phoenix Adventures) </i>coming out with Carina Press March 31st, and here's her cover:</span><br />
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-30846482141523972862014-02-01T14:19:00.004+10:302014-02-01T14:21:08.880+10:30Running rampant in the pink lounge over at SARA...I found the key under the heart-shaped garden ornament to the stunning SARA mansion, and the awfully gorgeous <a href="http://www.carlacaruso.com.au/">Carla Caruso</a> and I have been having a marvellous chat and being generally rambunctious in the pink lounge, getting wine stains on the furniture and popcorn crumbs in the shagpile.<br />
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So much fun! <br />
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The SARA lounge is hard to describe accurately, but it looks a lot like this:<span id="goog_1803553206"></span><br />
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<span id="goog_1803553205"></span>Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-80221129214604562042013-12-18T10:43:00.003+10:302013-12-18T10:46:41.739+10:30I'm not dead, I've just been reading...Hello, hello!<br />
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Every time I come here, I find myself having to clarify that I'm still alive and kicking. Mmmm.... One needs to work on one's time management. Or, stop working. I know which I'd prefer.<br />
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I know which one Sparky would prefer....<br />
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It's been a little nuts here, what with Christmas coming, Anarchy slamming his thumb in a door and requiring plastic surgery, Faith going on camp, and getting gastro, and Love turning nine.<br />
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Mental, I tells ya! I'm at peak performance when only one thing at a time is happening in my life. <br />
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BUT, I do love Christmas. The fun, the food, the joy, the wine, the ... balls. <br />
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Christmas seemed to come late to Casa Lock this year, so I've been watching this over and over, to get in the swing of things. So much fabulous. My data bill is through the wazoo, but totes worth it. <br />
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And because I've been buying myself eBooks for Christmas (I know it's not Christmas yet. Hush yo' mouth), There've been NEW BOOKS!<br />
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I've been rounding up our SARA reads at <a href="http://www.romancesa.blogspot.com/">www.romancesa.blogspot.com</a>, and here's my offering for that column, x-posted. <br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I also picked up <b>Rough Diamond</b>, and just finished it last night. Phew-ee! Somebody say, "Adventurous ROLLER COASTER with GOOD LAUGHS and HOT LERV"? Couldn't put it down. Yes, Ms Ledson. I am a little weary today. But I don't regret a moment!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I agree, Carla, it's a funny, quippy read that doesn't belabour the relationship between Erica and Jack, even though life throws all kinds of rotten tomatoes their way. Check out Sandra O'Grady's thoughts on this book <a href="http://romancesa.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/reading-adventures-making-wishes.html" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">here</a>. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The ending did leave me a bit wanting, until I rationalised the whole "Um, Emmeline, dude, there's another book," thing. Then, I felt that the ending was very well done, and felt that Jack was some kind of GOD. Oh, yum.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Looking forward to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Monkey-Business-Kathryn-Ledson-ebook/dp/B00FL8LEJW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1387321575&sr=1-1" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">Monkey Business</a>, the next book. And not just because I want more Jack. Well, maybe not only because I want more Jack... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzX6-qIxFSTIciO5YJxItfQzx1_U0aHryp_Zjbu9kN57ueMzilyXL9r0SOIdCY05ZEBWIgIUv0qRG1LBuTvYLewa_Cog499rQecIxsNDOS24TR19ZLFqA0jFa4kXPvQBluejpTEYjSBVM/s1600/18713660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #e51e8a; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzX6-qIxFSTIciO5YJxItfQzx1_U0aHryp_Zjbu9kN57ueMzilyXL9r0SOIdCY05ZEBWIgIUv0qRG1LBuTvYLewa_Cog499rQecIxsNDOS24TR19ZLFqA0jFa4kXPvQBluejpTEYjSBVM/s320/18713660.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="200" /></i></a><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Speaking of awesome Aussie writers... Here's a few I've been mowing through like Christmas chocolates...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Season-novella-Rachael-Johns-ebook/dp/B00G4UBTZK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1387321970&sr=1-1&keywords=the+kissing+season" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">The Kissing Season</a> - Rachel Johns.</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I do love to read Ms Johns, and this 100-page book does nothing to tarnish my girl-crush. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">A gorgeous hero (with an accent!), a feisty heroine, a small-town feel and and Aussie Christmas! 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He was perfect. Completely sigh-worthy. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">A curse, a delectable hero, a strong heroine, well-woven fantasy and a number of beautifully-done erotic scenes. Win! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Originally published in Unlaced in 2008, it stands alone well, and is a well-worth a holiday read. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; 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text-decoration: none;">Starstruck in Seattle</a> - Juliet Madison</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">An adorable, funny, quick read that left me wanting more Juliet Madison!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Which led me to...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Dream-Of-Johnny-novella-ebook/dp/B00EAEDY4Q/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">I Dream of Johnny</a>!</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I would have bought this for the title and cover alone, but on the back of a surge of Juliet love, this one was awesome. A very cute, uplifting read. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV3UsMcOrhkzirOA7EBJsT8kZxL65k7j6AyDiIdhejAcYmPP5yKqmDug2RZYv2xo3ZcHyRotDz0Vdr41YiFJkdtxZX7qbgsx3purB2fLAIu3vpyRmaPQZiZad83BB87XVl3wREVt0wW8/s1600/18634509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #e51e8a; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><i><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV3UsMcOrhkzirOA7EBJsT8kZxL65k7j6AyDiIdhejAcYmPP5yKqmDug2RZYv2xo3ZcHyRotDz0Vdr41YiFJkdtxZX7qbgsx3purB2fLAIu3vpyRmaPQZiZad83BB87XVl3wREVt0wW8/s400/18634509.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="260" /></i></a><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Finally, allow me to share with you one final book that I have recently read and loved...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Day-Carla-Caruso-ebook/dp/B00GR142CI/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1387323085&sr=1-5&keywords=catch+of+the+day" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">Catch of the Day</a> - Carla Caruso</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Isn't that just THE prettiest cover you have seen for eons? Our summer (ha!) has started off very cold, and made me kinda depressed. But fear not, one look at this cover and I was cured! The colours, the water, the floppy hat and the little heart ... isn't it just perfect!?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Now, Ms Caruso is fully aware of my girl-crush on her (I may or may not have done some gushing over CITYGLITTER <a href="http://romancesa.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/reading-adventures.html" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">here</a>.) and it's only marginally embarrassing for us both. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I would happily wear a lifetime of weird silences and cleared throats, if I could read gems such as this. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Set in Kingston SE, this is a wonderful coming-home story (I do love those, especially when high-flying women pack up their stilettos...). It has a number of my favourite things--a mysterious hero, a heroine who knows what she wants and doesn't dally about decision making, crystal-blue waters, small-town heart ... and crayfish! Heaven!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Do yourself a favour, hit the beach with this great book. NOW!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">And what is really cool is that every author featured today is AUSTRALIAN! I KNOW! Awesome, RIGHT? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Oi, oi, oi!</span></i><br />
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and see you on the flipside!<br />
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Em xxEmmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-16433579839384974772013-09-02T13:20:00.000+09:302013-09-03T12:16:33.446+09:30They're here! And I'm too scared to open the cover...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The book that your story is in arriving in your letterbox!</div>
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The<a href="http://romanceaustralia.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/a-new-batch-of-little-gems/"> Little Gems Sapphire 2013 Short Story Anthology</a> has landed. Woohoo!</div>
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If sharp, shiny, satisfying romantic reads are your thing (or if you love sapphires), you can order your copy <a href="http://www.romanceaustralia.com/p/114/Little-Gems">here</a>. <br />
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At this point, I'm putting off reading it. Not sure why. Maybe I still don't quite believe my story came second. I'll open it, and <i>EverTrue</i> won't be in there. My sensible self knows it is, but there is a part of me still pinching my forearm. <br />
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Big congrats to everyone who has their story in the anthology, especially my <a href="http://www.romacesa.com/">SARA</a> sisters, Harriet and Ute. ;)<br />
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-67899053495509076222013-07-31T11:50:00.000+09:302013-07-31T13:47:51.206+09:30Weight loss - please stand back, my head might explode.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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If you're one of those people who can eat and drink what you like and never gain an ounce, please don't tell me, or I might be forced to stab you with the nearest sharp object. There's a good chance I'll be in the kitchen eating, so it could be a sloppy pate knife, or it might be a half-consumed bottle of red wine. <br />
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I have lost weight in the past. It was difficult. Which is why I really don't want to go back to being as big as I was. <br />
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I'm really lazy, and can't be bothered going through all that mental malarkey again.<br />
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If you are like me, and battle a lot with chocolate-wielding food-demons, please read this article - <a href="http://jezebel.com/how-to-lose-all-the-weight-you-want-in-just-89-simple-s-5993183">How To Lose All The Weight You Want in 89 Easy Steps</a> -<br />
and feel immediately better. <br />
<br />Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-18687877896954175982013-07-18T10:52:00.000+09:302013-07-18T11:10:44.776+09:30Please, try not to drown...Bula!<br />
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At the risk of making all the Aussies extremo jelly as they battle the throes of winter (especially delightful here down south), I confess that I have recently returned from a tropical holiday with Sparky, the Offspring and Sparky's bestie and his lovely family. <br />
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Nigh on two weeks of sun, sand, surf, snorkeling and COCKTAILS!<br />
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My liver may currently hate me, but we had an awesome, awesome time. <br />
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Sadly, not one book was read. I had Magic Mike ready to watch on the iPad and did not even manage to hover a finger over the play button.<br />
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While these things usually equal pure relaxation for me, I was happy to trade it for warmth, fun and good times with some of our favourite people. And we SLOWED DOWN.<br />
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We found the people of Fiji to be relaxed to the point of being virtually comatose. I think their easy vibe went a long way to forcing some people (Not mentioning any names. <i>Emmeline.</i>) to CHILLAX!<br />
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In fact, so relaxed was I, that I was only vaguely concerned when we saw this:<br />
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Happily, we have returned with all members of the family accounted for, and even with a little dose of Fiji Belly by which to remember our Tropical Holiday fondly. I am also three containers of hotel shampoo and two bottle openers richer. Happy days!<br />
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We have a few more days of school holidays here, so I'm off to find a quiet spot for myself and Magic Mike to get acquainted. Hopefully the offspring won't notice that I'm hiding from them for at least ninety minutes. I will by distracted by nothing short of something that requires an ambulance. <br />
<br />Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-78034457818845154772013-07-01T12:06:00.002+09:302013-07-18T10:34:08.971+09:30Still alive...Though you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise, here at Casa Lock, things are just fine.<br />
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If a little busy.<br />
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While I would like it to be the, "I've written a book, and it's fabulous dahlink" kind of busy, it's not. It's more the, "Jeebus, it's Monday already?! Right! Fess up! Who stole my weekend?" kind of busy. <br />
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The madly-spinning carousel of life. The one we all get stuck on from time to time. I appear to have my ass superglued to it, but I am determined to find some kind of solvent and douse the seat of my pants very soon. <br />
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Not everyone is busy and therefore non-productive. Case in point--my lovely CP, <a href="http://www.annahackettbooks.com/">Anna Hackett</a>. She's being a complete and utter darling and giving us a new book. This one is exciting because it's actually a story about a guy in her Anomaly Trilogy. <br />
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Yes! Leven gets his own SALVATION!<br />
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All right, I have to go and be horribly, awfully domestic. Please check out the new SARA Blog. I've been hanging out there a bit these days, they have wine in bottles, and glasses with stems.<br />
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<br />Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-83096635963823174922013-06-02T18:43:00.002+09:302013-06-02T18:43:42.528+09:30I be gettin' sassy...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want to know what I'm doing when I'm not here?</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, aside from washing socks, drinking wine, reading, downloading <a href="http://www.carlacaruso.com/">Carla Caruso</a>'s next story <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Second-Chance-Destiny-Romance-ebook/dp/B00BEBSN6W/ref=la_B009H28WN4_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1370164343&sr=1-3">Second Chance</a> </i>(because I loved <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cityglitter-ebook/dp/B0090BA14U/ref=la_B009H28WN4_1_1_title_0_main?ie=UTF8&qid=1370164343&sr=1-1">Cityglitter</a></i>), and penning a story in the same world as <i>EverTrue</i>, my Little Gems second-place tale, I'm blogging over at South Australian Romance Authors about their good news.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a whole new lineup of chewy, wholesome SARA goodness! Check out these fabulicious columns on the up-and-up:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Sassy SARA News with <a href="http://www.emmelinelock.com/" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">E<span id="goog_1106711484"></span>mmeline Lock</a><u style="font-weight: normal;"><span id="goog_1106711485"></span></u></i></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The SARA News as you know and love it.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Up Close - Q&A with <a href="http://www.carlacaruso.com.au/" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">Carla Caruso</a></i></span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Get to know the members of SARA.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Southern Speak with <a href="http://www.khloewren.com/AboutKhloeWren.html" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">Khloe Wren</a></i></span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">SARAs talk about all things romance.</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>What a Character with <a href="http://www.maggiemundy.com/" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">Maggie Mundy</a></i></span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">Maggie interviews the characters brought to life by SARA authors.</span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Reading Adventures with <a href="http://www.elenikonstantine.com/" style="color: #e51e8a; text-decoration: none;">Eleni Konstantine</a></i></span></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">What the SARAs read and rave about.</span></span></span></span></h3>
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2) Sew the taupe pillow case back together (Don't ask).<br />
3) Force/cajole/bribe the offpspring into cleaning their bedrooms so I can find a bit of carpet in there to to vacuum.<br />
4) About a gazillion other things too mundane to actually mention (Bonus - condensing items four through four thousand of my to-do-list makes me feel much better).<br />
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Yes, this is the list of the things I DIDN'T do this weekend. It's quite long, and now, about fourteen hours after the weekend has concluded, these items are, sadly, still not done. <br />
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I'm blaming <a href="http://www.rlnaquin.com/">RL Naquin</a>, a lady whom I am sure is quite lovely, and whom I have also never met.<br />
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But I've MET HER BOOKS. I am enamoured with them. I read book one, then had to go straight out and epurchase books two. I'm bereft as I have to wait until later in the year for book three. I have been looking for lighter/humourous urban fantasy/paranormal and I SO FOUND THEM. <br />
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<i>Monster in My Closet</i> and <i>Pooka in My Pantry </i>from Carina Press<i> </i>involve Zoey, a fashion-challenged wedding planner who wakes one morning to find the closet monster she'd told her five-year-old herself didn't exist making muffins in her kitchen. Throw in a VW, a Leprechaun Mafia, a smoking-hot paramedic reaper, and an incubus that, in my head, looks like badly-dressed Captain Jack Sparrow, and you've got yourself a weekend full of nuthin' but fun. <br />
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I have totally forgiven Ms Naquin (whose name is Rachel) for flattening my weekend. How could I not? I just hope I have that pillow case fixed by the time book three comes out. Second thoughts, I'm cancelling that weekend in my diary right now. <br />
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-58232549038701491292013-03-13T14:32:00.000+10:302013-04-08T15:07:59.986+09:30You Little Gem! In which I read a perfectly lovely email and burst into tears...I've always had very plausible reasons for not entering writing contests. Excellent ones, in fact. No time, my writing sucks a$$, kids are sick, I can't find my computer for all the paperwork on the desk, there's a hippo in my fridge I need to get rid of, etc. I'm sure you know the drill.<br />
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So, I surprised myself by promising my fellow <a href="http://www.romancesa.com/">SARAs</a> in November that I'd enter the <a href="http://www.romanceaustralia.com/littlegems.html">RWA Little Gems Contest </a>this year. <br />
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I surprised myself further by actually doing it. At the very last chime of midnight (my entry was number 67 of 69). Not having particularly high expectations, I didn't give it much thought thereafter.<br />
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Hence, when the very lovely Lis Hoorweg emailed to say that I'd finalled, the shock was so great, the waterworks kicked in. Then I did the obligatory eight-or-nine-times read through of the email to check that they had the right person. <br />
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Here's the <a href="http://romanceaustralia.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/a-new-batch-of-little-gems/">RWA blog post</a> announcing the winners.<br />
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Seriously. I'm very, very excited--so much, I cried!--to be among the finalists. Congrats to them all, particularly Jean and Patsy. <br />
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Huge thanks to Lis for her coordination of the Little Gems Contests and to the judges for volunteering their time. Thanks also to my ever-patient critique partners, <a href="http://www.annahackettbooks.com/">Anna Hackett</a> and Rach. xx<br />
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Here is Sheridan Kent's wining cover design (Sheridan also designed the very lovely cover from 2011):<br />
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<br />Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-91382888791916309162013-02-19T11:25:00.002+10:302013-02-19T11:25:36.895+10:30Hot, like a sunrise...It was very warm here yesterday. That 'Oh, jeez, the car seat is toasty. Hang on, no, the car seat is BURNING' kind of warm that one is glad only happens occasionally. <br />
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Here on the outskirts of crackle country (I'm sure y'all local recall <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_fires">Ash Wednesday</a>, which had an anniversary recently. I do.), we always have one eye on the Country Fire Service app on the ipads when there's a honkingly hot north wind. Can't discount the possibility of something fiery and terrible happening. My heart goes out to everyone affected by the thousands of fires experienced here in the driest state in the driest country every year.<br />
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-44937391717438845992013-02-09T14:58:00.000+10:302013-02-09T14:58:38.113+10:30The challenge is this...<br />
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I challenge you to read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Stealer-Anomaly-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00BANOYD0/"><i>Soul Stealer</i>,</a> Anna Hackett's third and final installment of the Anomaly Trilogy and NOT DROOL LIKE HOOCH OVER THE HERO. <br />
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The more courageous of you might also enter Anna's competition to <a href="http://www.fullthrottleromance.com/2013/02/warning-soul-stealing-is-addictive.html">win cool stuff</a>! <br />
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-4938550961543638042012-12-19T15:22:00.001+10:302012-12-19T15:22:35.184+10:30In which I cause mayhem......by hanging out at someone else's place and talk to, well...interrogate, myself. It's pretty edgy. Don't think those bar boys are ever going to be the same. I think they thought writers were a quiet, thoughtful bunch. <br />
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I'm at fellow Darksider's & SARA's <a href="http://www.eleni-konstantine.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/writing-buddy-wednesday-emmeline-lock.html">Eleni's Taverna,</a> discussing (with me) about various things important to the universe. Such as why Horatio Cane is so pasty, even though he lives in Florida. I'm telling you, it's ballsy journalism at it's best. <br />
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You'd best go look at me make a larrakin of myself now, because there's every chance they're going to have me committed after this one. :)<br />
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I'm donning my pimping pants to yell from the back dock of my space station:<br />
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<a href="http://www.annahackettbooks.com/science-fiction.php#winter">A GALACTIC HOLIDAY is OUT NOW!</a><br />
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Are you like me? I love Christmas with adoration bordering on pathological, but sometimes the crazy lead-up blows. But I HAVE A CURE!<br />
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How about an alternate universe? A few stolen hours getting festive, futuristic and SCHMEXY?<br />
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Lose a few blissful hours on A GALACTIC HOLIDAY.<br />
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<a href="http://www.annahackettbooks.com/">Anna Hackett </a>has teamed up with Stacy Gail and Sasha Summers to bring you her first sci-fi romance, <i>Winter Fusion</i>, in a brand-new anthology from Carina Press.<br />
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I've enjoyed a number of steampunk romances lately. I like them (if you've got a good romance, you've got me), but sometimes, the dirigibles and mechanical animals can feel a little heavy-handed. Maybe its the science teacher in me, but I sometimes find myself drifting from the story to wrap my brain around how something works. Oh no!<br />
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Not so with Bec McMaster's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-of-Steel-ebook/dp/B007ZI06FE/ref=tmm_kin_title_0">KISS OF STEEL</a> (Sourcebooks). It was cleverly done, a gorgeous blend of alternate old London, a seamless romance, well-drawn characters and a fabulous blend of steampunk/paranormal world building. <br />
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Am eagerly awaiting HEART OF IRON, which is the next book. Incidentally, #IAlsoHeartWill, maybe more so, so I am dying to read his story. <br />
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My word, the Aussies are really stepping up to the romance-writing plate!<br />
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-41941991798706140832012-09-27T10:43:00.004+09:302012-09-27T10:43:59.762+09:30Anna Hackett's upcoming release from Carina Press - we have cover liftoff!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The very funky Anna Hackett, one of my ultra-talented CP's and fellow Darksider, has a brand new cover! I stole this from <a href="http://www.annahackett.blogspot.com.au/">her blog</a>...</div>
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Anna's other recent release, <i>Time Thief</i>, is on sale at the moment. Check out <a href="http://www.annahackett.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/booked-for-weekend.html">her blog </a>for info...</div>
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Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-26185714993148219892012-09-19T11:04:00.001+09:302012-09-19T11:04:13.682+09:30Heads up: Possible meaning of life. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Things have been a little hectic around here and and my stressed-out sleepless state I have been questioning a few of the things I ordinarily wouldn't question. Like, at 5:00 am. In the <i>morning</i>. Even before wine and deep and meaningful conversations with other people who drink wine. </div>
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I haven't answered any of these hard-hitting questions yet. But I have one rule for you that you must adhere to. And I know, all of my friends would, without hesitation. </div>
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Neigh.Emmeline Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715993627649098482.post-73277004771854245632012-09-11T14:44:00.002+09:302012-09-11T14:44:53.168+09:30More cover loving...You know my CP, <a href="http://www.annahackettbooks.com/">Anna, right</a>? <div>
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Well, she has been INSANELY BUSY. Not only has she just released the very cool <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Thief-Anomaly-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B008XDGQ2W/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1344930260&sr=8-12&keywords=anna+hackett">TIME THIEF</a>, but she's got a new cover! </div>
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This one is coming out December 3rd, from <a href="http://ebooks.carinapress.com/A46537A9-08F3-4F65-BA53-7DE4C1A72F52/10/134/en/Default.htm">Carina Press</a>, and will also be a part of their sci-fi anthology, <i>A Galactic Holiday.</i></div>
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