Month: June 2009

First off, for writers, I’m doing a 2-day class for LBLI (that’s Left Behind and Loving It) for those NOT going to RWA.  It’s called, “So You Want to be a Published Author.”  Looking for ideas on other classes so if you have any interest in anything you’d like to hear me ramble like an idiot about–holla. There will be give-aways :yes:

There was quiet a to-do yesterday on twitter over Alice Hoffman’s review of a reviewer who gave her a bad review :lmao: Did you get all that?

Yes it’s stinky and unprofessional and yes even I have 1-2 authors I won’t buy anymore because of their behavior online but I don’t broadcast.  And does it really deserve all that attention?

What online author behavior turns you off? Feel free to share your horror stories.  What would take an author off your to-try or auto-buy list? 

And for your amusement, Geek Pranks! My fave is the statue of John Harvard turned into Master Chief from Halo3!!  :lmao:

So as I type this post I’ve just finished watching a romantic movie that came out nearly twenty years ago, got shitty reviews and pretty much written off as crap. And yet…I love it. And I love the cheesy theme song that goes with it, that so many couples declared ‘their song’ as they danced to it at weddings.

Has anyone guessed the movie yet? Anyone? Make a guess (and just one guess please!). Of those who get it right, I’ll draw a name and give them a copy of one of the ebooks off my backlist!

But while you’re guessing, why don’t you share with me a movie you love that got pounded by the critics. Come on…share! There’s plenty to choose from  

Also, be sure to check out my personal blog on July 1st for an announcement of my big contest to celebrate the upcoming release of Take Me!

Good morning, everyone! And thank you so much to the Naughty & Spice gals for inviting me back to their lair.

Summer is here already, if you can even believe it, and it’s shaping up to be a busy one for me. Not only am I part of a fabulous, hot and steamy anthology that’s out now called REAL MEN LAST ALL NIGHT (http://www.heidibetts.com/books/realmen.php) with Lori Foster, Lora Leigh, and Cheyenne McCray, but the second book in my sexy, funny “Chicks with Sticks” trilogy, LOVES ME, LOVES ME KNOT (http://www.heidibetts.com/books/lovesme_knot.php), will be out August 4th. Whew. (And that doesn’t even count the current deadlines hanging over my head. LOL)

But all the hoopla about REAL MEN LAST ALL NIGHT’s release has got me thinking quite a bit about “real men” and what qualities they might possess that regular men (read: not as real *vbg*) don’t. If I were to compose a list, these are the traits I think would be on it:

REAL MEN…

…do dishes

…take out the garbage

…kill the bug / catch the mouse

…change diapers

…are kind to animals

…open doors for ladies

…are loyal, reliable, and steadfast

…remember special occasions (especially birthdays and anniversaries!)

…come bearing chocolate

…do the right thing, even if it isn’t always the easy thing

…really do last all night

So what do you think? Good list, or am I setting my sights a little too high?

Linc Rappaport, the hero of my REAL MEN LAST ALL NIGHT novella, “Wanted: A Real Man” is definitely a real man. He’s tough and sexy and Alpha to the core. And even though he’s been hurt by Claire Cassidy in the past, when he discovers that he has a daughter with her—one he never knew existed—he steps up and does the right thing despite the numerous reasons he could give for turning and walking away.

And as for Gage Marshall, the hero of LOVES ME, LOVES ME KNOT…well, doing the right thing is so ingrained in him that he’s willing to go through with it even if it cost him the one thing that means the most to him—his wife. But never fear. Jenna and Gage may be separated, but she has no intention of letting him get away!

So what would be on your list of REAL MEN requirements?

Let me know what qualities you like to see in your heroes and “real men,” and at the end of the day, I’ll pick two winners from my favorite responses to receive autographed copies of REAL MEN LAST ALL NIGHT and the prequel to LOVES ME, LOVES ME KNOT, TANGLED UP IN LOVE. (The winners will get to choose which title they get on a first come, first served basis. Cruel, I know. But then, they don’t call me Mistress Heidi over at my WIPs and Chains blog (http://www.heidibetts.com/wipsandchains/) for nothing. *g*)

Here’s hoping your future if filled with lots of KNOT-free REAL MEN…
Heidi
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