The theme of my blog post over at MTV Books Blog. Which makes it different from my regular blogging... in no appreciable way.

But still. I just posted dribs and drabs and if one would like to comment, I'd be quite pleased.

I had something else I wanted to talk about, but I forgot what it was.

Oy.

If I remember, I'll be back.

I've blogged today over at MTV Books Blog on the importance of being a selfish writer.

Oh boy, it's Monday and T -4 days until the rugrats go back to school. This deserves Cabana Boys! Since the Olympics have been going on and I have been watching, strictly in the interest of sport, dontcha know, I've picked a few pretties, and then just kept going with the sporting theme.

I've been loving the beach volleyball, but man, why don't they let the men go shirtless like they do the rest of the time? I mean, the women wear bikinis, why can't we just have the men in shorts. Terribly unfair says I. I've been watching a lot of Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, AKA The Thin Beast (Dalhausser, who stands 6'9") and The Professor (Rogers).




Great shot, but I'm shallow enough to wish that we could be watching them compete like this:



( As usual, more boyz behind the cut )

Finally, in a totally non-sporting sort of vein, wouldn't you just love to have this guy come work at your house? How come none of the carpenters I know look like this?

Jared Walker Dostie, the carpenter for HGTV’s “Rate My Space”



ION, I blogged over at MTV Books Blog. It's all about back to school and my favorite season.

The blogging is happening over at the MTV Books blog. I'm blogging about dream vacations and what a whack job I am with respect to them.

The weirdness? I actually like the new Coldplay CD. Dammit. Well, at least I'll always have Britney to despise. I mean, while I couldn't stand Mayer and Coldplay, I did always acknowledge they had talent, even if their offerings weren't to my taste. But Brit-Brit? I don't see her actually growing talent any time soon so i feel relatively safe.

Other weirdness has to do with my beloved Alejandro (my car) having mild fits with his speaker system. There's something wonky going on in the innards, so I have to take him in tomorrow. I hope it's not one of those things they can't pinpoint without keeping him for several days. That will make me Most Displeased.

Am head down and revising like a mad thing. Yes, again. But dammit, I want this book to completely rock and so does my editor. However, I do have a couple of quickie items of note.

Thing the first: I blogged over at MTV Books Blog today about how each book is a special child and how it can hurt when the younger one doesn't get quite the same attention as the firstborn. *g*

Thing the second: The next Chica Lit Blog Tour is set to kick off bright and early Monday morning with a theme of Women, Words, & Wisdom, with the lineup as follows:


May 19 - Mary Castillo, author of "Switchcraft" (http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/)
May 20 - Caridad Ferrer, author of "It's Not About the Accent" (http://fashionista_35.livejournal.com/)
May 21 – Lara Rios, author of "Becoming Americana" (http://www.lararios.blogspot.com/)
May 22 – Mayra Calvani, The Dark Phantom Review (http://www.thedarkphantom.wordpress.com)
May 23 – Caridad Piniero, author of "The Calling" Vampire series (www.caridad.com/blog)
May 24 – Jamie Martinez Wood, author of "Rogelia's House of Magic" (http://jamiemartinezwood.blogspot.com/)
May 25 – Berta Platas, author of "Cinderella Lopez" (http://bertaplatas.blogspot.com/)
May 26 – Tracy Montoya, "I'll Be Watching You" (www.tracymontoya.blogspot.com)
May 27 – Kathy Cano Murillo, aka "The Crafty Chica" (http://thecraftychica.blogspot.com)
May 28 – Misa Ramirez, author of "Living the Vida Lola" (http://chasingheroes.com)

This time we've taken a slightly different approach; instead of sticking solely to fiction, some of the ladies will be posting non-fiction pieces. Me, I'm not terribly good with the non-fic, so I will have a story up on my day and like before, there'll be prizes, so be sure to spread the word and check on all our fabulous authors.

And look at our logo! Isn't it fab? Done by the very talented Nuvia Crisol Guerra.



Okay, back to revisions for me.

I've blogged over at MTV Books Blog today about random stuffage. Come visit and chat with me.

In other news, Lowe's is finally replacing my carpet.

They're doing it today. While I'm thrilled that I shall have new carpet, I'm less than thrilled that they're doing it today and that it requires my having to deal with them moving my stuff around. I just wish the Carpet Fairy would appear and wave her wand and take care of it without my having to deal with people moving my stuff.

But at least the carpet's being replaced. This is good.

The lovely and talented (and far more energetic than I) jenniferechols got the bright idea to organize all the MTV authors together in one blog. So come, check us out-- right now we've got Jenn, myself, Stephanie Keuhnert, Christopher Golden, Jenny O'Connell, and Kelly Parra, and I'm sure others will be joining us as the word gets out.

Right now, you can read about Jenn's sickness with running and Steph's obsession with music (I knew I liked that girl!) and the one Christmas present I always wanted but never got.

MTV Books Blog