Archive for the ‘Lyrics and Quotes’ Category

Atlanta Heroes Excerpt!!!

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

It’s a Secret Legacy day, so, naturally, I’m excerpting the first two scenes of The Firefighter’s Secret Baby for you guys ;O)

I think I need this–to let go of the story still fluttering around my mind (just turned the line edits in yesterday), so I can focus on the book I’VE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR TO WRITE… eh-hem…

So, I’m freeing my mind with 1) a new Sting quote, and 2) what I think is one of the best series romance opening’s I’ve written ;O) Can’t wait to hear what you think!

And if I’ve built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire

~~Sting, Fortress Around Your Heart
 The Dream of the Blue Turtles, 1985

The Firefighters Secret Baby
Atlanta Heroes
On shelves, April ‘10
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Thunderstorms in November?

Only in the south.

Sam peered through the greasy streaks her rental’s wipers were making of the rain. She squinted at her rearview mirror. Were those the same headlights as before? Was she just imagining the danger bearing down on her? (more…)

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Lyric/Quote of the Day & Playlists

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Music’s inspired me for as long as I can remember.Before I picked up my first instrument or bought my first album. My tastes are so eclectic, they drive my teenager crazy because he covets a lot of my iTunes downloads but despises the rest, so he hast to pick and choose what he mooches instead of taking the whole list.

R&B, pop, hard rock, classic jazz, alternative, folk, classic, you name it. Anything, really, but country–well, some contemporary country I can get into, but I was raised on the traditional Nashville sound and WON’T go back there again. Ever ;o)

It’s the emotion that gets me. Not just the lyrics, though that’s what I’m writing about today. The emotion of the music itself. The mood and rhythm and soul of the way the notes and melodies are strung together. How it affects your breathing and your heart rate and your thoughts and dreams. Always has… But since nobody, ever, wants to hear me sing, lyrics are the way I share musical emotion. Talking lyrics, and swapping playlists with friends. (more…)

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Falling Away & Rushing Back…

Monday, October 5th, 2009

You know me… There’s nothing like a break to make coming back a sweet, sweet thing. And after such a fast-paced, exciting, taxing year, it took almost two weeks of stepping away before I could feel the pull to swing back ;o)

Just in time to choose September’s contest winners–stay tuned for that announcement… And just in time to share excerpts of my April Harlequin (a new Atlanta Heroes)–stay tuned for that, too. Plus there’s new writing and dreaming and sharing to begin and new adventures for us all to have… But that’s not what the rushing’s about. Not really. Not this time. (more…)

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