Love Bytes <--Plot twist! Not a Vampyre blog!

Sometimes things aren't what they seem. Love Bytes is a gigantic review site and I, because I am a lucky little writer-chick, was allowed to ramble on about the pros and cons of Inside versus Outside.

The Inside world has A/C, comfy sofas, wifi, hot and cold running water and also tea, indoor plumbing, television, solid walls which keep the creepy-crawlies out- why would anyone go outside? Really?

I have found many things in my house, but a centipede as long as my foot has never turned up.

So why does the Outside world even get a mention? Why do so many people (including myself) drag ourselves out into the hot, sunlight-infested, creature-ridden, not-paved, no-bars outside? For fun?

It's good for the soul to see farther than four walls once in a while. Maybe that's why.

Regular Guys AND Hot Romance?

Yes, please! How could anyone say no to that?

Charley Descoteaux invited me over to blather about my regular guys and their hot romance sparked off by trying not to die in the wilderness. Motivation, they haz it. Due to wifi not being a naturally occurring phenomena, this particular post is late, but wilderness survival tips and tricks never go out of style. Getting lost and getting found again is kind of a specialty of mine.

Know how to use sticks and rocks to find north? Would you like to? How about building a campfire without lighter fluid? It's easy, I'll teach you how.

If you ever venture out beyond the paved jungles of civilization to the creepy-crawlie infested Outside World, it's worth a look. Or two. Also I'm giving away a book! Basically, it's a good deal all the way around.

Not like what I discovered last weekend.

YES that is a BLACK WIDOW fighting with a RED HORNET three steps outside the front door. It was enough to make anyone swear off the scenic countryside.

I don't even have to go very far to find nature that can kill me. Yay me. Here, have a happy picture.

Mr. Buffalo would rather nap than gore me to death. Go buffalo!

A Group of Hats is Called a Party!

A group of crows is called a murder.

A group of vampires is called a kiss.

A group of ferrets is called a business.

Really, it makes perfect sense for a group of hats to be a party! Not any random party either, I'm referring to a very specific party hosted by the classy Raine O'Tierney!

We discussed my coping methods when favorite tv shows are cancelled, some of my ferret-like tendencies when writing, and the best smell in the world, books!

Speaking of books, I'm giving a book away. If you would like to enter, just read and comment on the interview. A potentially free book on your ereaders is better than...almost anything, really. So scoot on over and see what is going on at the Hat Party. :D

My neato, super-warm hat was acquired on a vacation to the Manitoba Cliff Dwellings, a short drive from Colorado Springs. If you're ever in the area, it's worth the trip.

Comfy Chairs? Yes, Please!

Who doesn't like a comfy chair? Nobody, that's who. The wonderful Elin Gregory invited me to squish myself down in the comfy chair and answer a few pointed questions about books, bears, and I also managed to work beer into the discussion.

Like the alliteration? I'm kind of proud of it.

She asked excellent questions and I tried to live up to them with my answers. If you're interested in the aforementioned topic:

And don't forget the book: (#50 on Amazon short reads!)

Then come over and visit. I'm giving one of those pictured items away to a lucky commenter!


Plot twist, it's the bear! No, really. He's housebroken and free to a good home as long as there's lots of bird feeders and rope to play with. He's an indoor bear and likes to cuddle.

(not really)

 

Twitter Takeover? That's not very nice, is it?

Yes, it is I, @AnyPennyH who will be snatching the @Dreamspinners twitter account and leading Le révolution! Sorry, I'm going to see Les Mis in a couple of weeks and I'm somewhat ridiculously excited. But I'm giving books away today, so you should be ridiculously excited. Or not. Free books always give me a book-boner. But I think we have established I'm odd.
 
Twitter Takeover. For one precious hour I become @Dreamspinners. 7pm Central time.

I'll tag my tweets with #DSPtakeover and Storify them later so all the banter and behind-the-scenes babble about writing Winter's Risk can be immortalized forever on this blog. Except for the tweets when I misspell things, those can just fade away into the electronic round-file. Unless it's an amusing misspelling, those I'll keep.

Storify is another new thing I'll have to learn since embarking on the published author path, but I've seen other people do it and that means Google can teach me how to make it happen. Because I'm a strong, independent author who don't need no professional computer person! Or something...

How is Purple Rose like a Tea House?

Quite a puzzler isn't it? Or is it? It isn't.

Because it is one!

The Purple Rose Tea House, managed by the lovely Charlie Cochet, is hosting a guest blog from yours truly. It contains pictures of unknown, never-before-seen on this planet flowers, foreign scenery, and new book giveaway opportunities.

Or maybe that's hyperbole.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!

It also has details about Winter's Risk, an excerpt, and my secrets of airbending exercise routine.

And those facts are solid as granite. (Or gravity, when I do an oopsie.)

It seems like a Minion is about to push a boulder down on my head! How despicable!

All the Good Blog Titles Are Taken

Coffee and Porn in the Morning?

HOW GENIUS IS THAT?

What better things could encapsulate a romance blog so perfectly? Nothing, that's what.

Coffee and Porn in the Morning was the very first m/m romance blog I ever followed, so when I decided to kick off the Winter's Risk blog tour there, in their sacred server space, I knew I had to step up my game. Way, way up. It's time for the big leagues...

I've had my ceremonial coffee and browsed through their archives for some hot, sexy pictures to start the day off right. Forget you, eggs and cereal. There's a new breakfast routine in town.

If you would like to modernize your morning routine, or just win a free book, have a gander. All the NSFW content is behind a cut, so don't be afraid to improve your day with some coffee and porn, and a post by yours truly, dreaming about the outdoors and Winter's Risk.