Monthly Archives: March 2007

Escape from the relationship I'm in?????

  By shilohwalker | 29 March, 2007 - 1:33 am |
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Was over at Alison Kent’s blog and saw this…

“From what I understand, (Harlequin) readers are women who want to escape from the relationship that they’re in,” said auditioner Carlos Troccoli, 30, who was tall, sturdy and muscular. “I can bring that to them.”

Ummmmm…. excuse me?

The last fricking thing I wanna do is escape the relationship I’m in. Why would I wanna do that? I’m married to a great guy, we have a great marriage, and we have three wonderful, beautiful kids (yes, they are completely and utterly beautiful). I mentioned it before but it’s worth saying again. If I could have my husband or my pick of any romance novel hero come to life, I’m taking my husband.

This line strikes me as sort of insulting to romance readers. Makes it sound like all of us are unhappy in our relationships and these smutty romances are the only way we can deal.

Sorry, pal…. I didn’t see a pic of you, but I hope you faired better in the looks department than the common sense department.

People read for entertainment. Yeah. it’s temporary reprieve from reality…for me, my reality is deadlines, yelling kids, the DH rolling his eyes cuz I’m reading another romance, the laundry, the dishes in the dishwaster and the arguing kids who now require a bath. But it’s also for entertainment. I mean, why do you go to a movie? If my husband goes and sees a movie with Angelina Jolie in it, does that mean I think he’s wanting to escape our marriage?

Uh… no. I think he wants to see a movie.

I certainly hope this arrogant guy isn’t a winner in the search for “real men” cover models.

**Edited on 11/11/07 ~ Guys, I’m closing comments on this topic.  For some reason, the spammers really like to hit this one.

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Thirteen Road Trip Necessities

  By shilohwalker | 29 March, 2007 - 1:06 am |
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Since we’re heading out to Gatlinburg tomorrow, I figured I’d do one as a memo to me. 

  1. BOOKS.  An absolute must, for both me and the bratlet. 
  2. Laptop.  Another must for me.  I can get some serious writing done on the road.
  3. Movies for the kidlets.  How did my parents ever take us on roadtrips without movies to entertain us?  I dunno how they managed because if the trip is more than two hours long, I’m pretty close to stark raving mad if there aren’t movies for them to watch.
  4. Dramamine.  The bratlet gets car sick, poor kid.
  5. Lactaid.  The bratlet is also lactose intolerant but she loves anything and everything with cheese.
  6. Swimming suits.  Doesn’t matter if we’re going to Barrow, Alaska, my kids would somehow, someway, find an indoor swimming pool.  Okay, maybe not in Barrow, but they manage it just about everywhere we have been.
  7. A gazillion changes of clothes for both me and the bratlet.  I’m not exactly a clothes horse, but if I don’t pack a huge selection of clothes, I end up not finding anything to wear.  Sometimes even then.  As for the baby bratlet?  Well, she’s the baby bratlet.  She goes thru clothes like I go through books.
  8. Cameras.  Digital and film.  Still getting the hang of the Canon Rebel the DH bought me for Christmas and I won’t go on a single road trip without it.
  9. Ibuprofen, my inhaler and some kind of painkiller in case a migraine flares.  If I don’t have something to knock me, I’m sure to need it.  The ibuprofen and the inhaler because the DH always find some kind of trail we absolutely have to check out.
  10. Hiking boots. For said trails.
  11. My milage book and a notebook to jot down notes since I always seem to find some place or some thing to write about if I’m out of town. 
  12. Snacks for the rottens to eat in the car.
  13. My Atlas.  I could get lost anywhere. 

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Oh now that is just wrong….

  By shilohwalker | 28 March, 2007 - 5:30 pm |
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I was just checking my blog stats and found several hits from these two terms.

“cock against her” excerpts

 &

 i came up her butt

Why me?  I’m pretty sure I never used the phrase… I came up her butt in my books.  That is just so….okay, words fail me.   Crass?  Vulgar? 

There were also more swooping breasts hits.  Sheesh.

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Upcoming Signing

  By shilohwalker | 28 March, 2007 - 5:11 pm |
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My first Q&A.  I wonder if they’ll let me go in with a bag over my head.  Do you think they will have cameras?  What if my voice goes out on me?  What if I suddenly forget how to talk…. oh wait, that’s not very likely.

So I’m doing a Q&A in Indianapolis in a few weeks.  Haven’t ever done one.  Although I have answered a lot of questions in my life…Where do you get your ideas from….Who is your favorite hero/heroine/villian…Are you going to write so and so’s story… Mama, can I have some candy…oops.  Channeling the kidlets there for a minute.  Now THEY have some interesting questions.  Anybody know how to explain to a five year that No, there isn’t a baby brother in mama’s belly and there won’t be for quite some time…????

 Back to the book thing.  So I’m doing this Q&A and I’ll be selling some books after.  If any of you live in the Indianapolis area, I’d love to see.  It is open to the public.

You can see the library here and the details are below.

Saturday, April 7th @ 2:00 p.m.
College Avenue Library
4180 N College Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46205.
317/275-4320Contact info: Dawn Savage: Librarian

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What is sexy….

  By shilohwalker | 27 March, 2007 - 2:04 pm | ,
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Naturally, my mind doesn’t work on tangeants so I’m not going to confuse poeople and tryjerry-lorakeets.jpg to explain how my mind settled on this topic.  Suffice it to say that I was reading about husbands, started thinking about mine and I decided to talk about sexy.

 What makes a guy sexy?  Does it have to be muscles, ripped abs, killer smiler, and being six feet tall or more?

I don’t think so.  Yeah, when romance writers create their characters we tend to use certain characteristics.  Some of it does seem to be required…I had a hero one who was 5’7 and an editor didn’t like it.  I didn’t change it, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t try. 

All the guys in the romance books tend to be larger than life, so intense, and yeah, they are sexy.  But if I had to pick between any hero in a book, and the man in my life?  My husband is going to win every time.  No, he doesn’t have ripped abs, but he’s got greast shoulders and I love his arms.  He isn’t six feet tall, but I don’t care.  He fits against me perfectly.  Killer smile?  Absolutely. He’s got great hands.  He’s wonderful in bed. 

All plusses, but the things that makes him so sexy to me?  He adores me.  He adores our kids.  He’s the greatest dad on earth, and the only man for me.  He’s got a quirky sense of humor, he only talks when he has something to say and he doesn’t see the sense in trying to put on a show for others.  He is who he is.  To me…that is what makes him so damned sexy, and perfect, for me.

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Press Releases…

  By shilohwalker | 26 March, 2007 - 12:44 pm | ,
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hh_soul_30.jpgI’m doing a booksigning in a few weeks and somehow the subject of press releases came up in the discussion back and forth between me, the bookseller and the lady who helps me with my promo.  The bookseeller wanted to see if we could get the signing into the local paper.  (does this mean pictures? man, i hope not)

I’ve never written a press release.  I’ve never used one.  I’ve got a professional press bio for one of my publishers, and one that’s a little more fun, like this one.  Since we’re cutting it kind of close time wise, I asked the lady who does my newsletter type promo, versus emailing my editor at Berkley to see if they could help.   Dorine, thru Millennium Promotion, is helping me out, but I thought I’d make it easier and see if I could find SOME sort of sample press release on line.

Shouldn’t be hard, right? 

Well, little did I know… I found sites where they can easily put me together a press release for the low, low cost of $600.  I found various author sites with writer resources that might have been helpful, but most of the links were dead.  I did find a couple of samples but they weren’t geared to romance, or even books in general.

Thankfully…I did find this site and the very helpful information of the Five W’s.

“Five W’s”: who, what, when, where, why, and how

I know who I am, what I’m doing (usually) and in the case of the signing, the when, the where and the how.  So viola… press release.

*Release Source:       Millennium Promotion Services, Inc promote@millenniumpromotion.com 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Paranormal Romance Comes to
Kentucky 

Radcliff, Kentucky—Multi published romance author Shiloh Walker will be signing two of her newest releases at the Bookstore In Radcliff April 14, 2007 from 2-4pm. 

Signing Details

Saturday April 14, 2007 2-4 PM

            301 Lincoln Trail Blvd

Radcliff, KY

270-351-1801. 

 

Her latest release, Hunters: Heart and Soul is a high speed, action packed erotic romance featuring two original stories set in the popular world of The Hunters. 

Shiloh will also be signing Lover from Another World, a collaborative effort between Ellora’s Cave Publishing and Pocket Books.  Lover from Another World features one of  Shiloh’s earliest books, Voyeur, previously only available in ebook. 

With many titles under her belt, Shiloh writes for three different publishers, in a variety of romance sub-genres.  In the December 2006 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, one of her stories, His Christmas Cara, from All She Wants was featured as a RED HOT READ. 

Link to author’s website www.shilohwalker.com

ABOUT THE AUTHORShiloh Walker is the author of more than thirty published romances.  Born in
Louisville, Kentucky in 1976, b age twelve, she knew she wanted to be a writer, although her mom insists that she was even younger. After graduating high school, she went to college to become a nurse, although she continued to write constantly. When she was 26, she was offered a contract with Ellora’s Cave for Her Best Friend’s Lover. A few months before she turned 28, she made the plunge and turned to writing full time. 

It was almost painless even.  Definitely not worth paying $600 for.

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Reminder about RAW 2007

  By shilohwalker | 24 March, 2007 - 1:56 am |
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Announcing the first ever
Lora Leigh Reader Appreciation Weekend!
Get ready for a Rad, Rockin’ 80’s party at RAW 2007!
Put on your leg warmers, fluff your hair and Let’s Get RAW in September!

Join authors

Shelley Bradley Lora Leigh Kay Stockham
Veronica Chadwick Lorie O’Clare Shiloh Walker
Christine Feehan Lucy Monroe J.R. Ward
Angela Knight Robin Schone Mary Wine
     

Raw 2007 is an intimate event, limited to 120 attendees, providing plenty of face-to-face time for fans and authors.

The cost of RAW 2007 is the room rate, your transportation to Olive Hill, Kentucky and a $100 registration fee.

Your Registration at Raw 2007 includes meals at the Luscious Slumber Party, the Sizzling Pig Roast and Rad, Rockin’ 80’s Dance, as well as the Satisfying Saturday Brunch and Sunday Fun Farewell Brunch.

Each Raw 2007 participant scores a tote bag, t-shirt and lots of other goodies too!

Once you send in your registration form and fee, you can then register your room at one of the hotels listed below, all within minutes of the resort. Room rates are $85 or less, depending on the room and if you share it.

Raw 2007 is hosted at the beautiful Carter Caves State Resort Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky. The closest airport is Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS) in Huntington, West Virginia, about an hour from Olive Hill. Rental cars can be rented from the airport. Car rental reservations are recommended. More information will be on the RAW 2007 Yahoo Group.

As Raw 2007 is limited to 120 guests only, when the registration limit is reached, all mailed registrations over that limit will be returned to sender, unopened.

Register quickly and be a part of exciting, unique RAW 2007!

RAW 2007 Agenda

Friday, September 14
Guests arrive
Luscious Slumber Party 7pm-12am

Saturday, September 15
Satisfying Brunch 10am-12pm
Open Book Signing 1pm-4pm
Open Afternoon
Sizzling Pig Roast/Rad, Rockin’ 80’s Dance 7pm- until

Sunday, September 16
Fun Farewell Breakfast Buffet 10am-12pm

Hotel information is below the registration form.
To Register for RAW 2007
Fill and print out the below registration form and 100.00 in a check or money order made out to LORA LEIGH send to

RAW 2007
P.O. Box 520
Grayson, Ky. 41143

Once your registration has been received and processed you will be sent an invitation to the RAW Yahoo group where you can discuss the event and receive important information on it. Click here for printable form.

RAW 2007 Registration Form

NAME:

ADDRESS:

Phone number:

E-mail Address:

T-Shirt size

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This is going to fill up fast…registration is more than half full so if you want to come…get your info in ASAP.

http://www.loraleigh.com/SE07/raw2007.htm

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The Descent

  By shilohwalker | 24 March, 2007 - 1:41 am |
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descent.jpgPic found at IMDB

I can’t decide if I liked this movie or not.

FYI, spoilers coming so if you want to see it and don’t like spoilers, come back and talk after you watched it.

The main characters, Sarah and Juno, are big into adventure stuff.  Great friends, they do the white water rafting, caving things, if there’s no risk, there’s no point.  That seems to be their motto.  Then Sarah suffers a major loss.  In a freak accident her husband and little girl are killed.  I really hated that part.  Car accident, nothing to do with the scary stuff, although that scene in itself is pretty gory.

Year goes by and Juno tries to get Sarah back into things.  She’s feeling really guilty and I already figured out why in the opening scene.  She was getting it on with her friend’s hubby.  Bad bad girl… BIg group of friends get together and they go to this cave, and unknown to all but Juno, is completely unexplored.  They get stuck when there is a collapse in the one tunnel that leads back to the entrance cavern.  Monsters lurking in the shadows, people die, two or three or four might make it out, but things start happening.  Somehow Sarah learns about what Juno was doing with her husband back before he was killed.  She has the chance to get out, so does Juno and this is where I started to really not like it.  Up until this point, I was doing okay.

BUT…Sarah basically feeds Juno to the monsters.  Literally.  Now don’t get me wrong.  I love my husband and I’d hurt anybody that ever tried to mess around with him.  But I wouldn’t feed anybody to some monster lurking in the dark and she did it in a most gruesome way.  Yeah, bad things beget bad things and if Juno hadn’t been screwing with her friend’s hubby, wouldn’t have happened.  But I don’t by into the one bad turn deserves another.  If that’s the way the world worked, there would be nothing good in it.  And isn’t that a depressing way to look at it?  I guess that’s why I like romance.  Always a happy ending.

This movie?  Nope.  No happy ending. Ends with Sarah hallucinating, or dreaming, about her little girl in the cave with her.  Happy.  Maybe that was the happy ending for her, but seeing as how she basically murdered somebody… oye.

Nope.  That settles it. I didn’t like it.  I like scary movies, love them, but I like it when they end with the note that good triumphs over evil.

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Trivialities…

  By shilohwalker | 23 March, 2007 - 12:02 am | ,
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Oh man, is this quote accurate or what?

“Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools talk because they have to say something.”
- Plato

That was the quote of the day for Tuesday at Cool Quiz.  A fun site, definitely, if you like trivia.  If not, there’s still some interesting info.  Like did you know a 15-pound turkey hh_soul_30.jpgtypically has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat?

 Anyway, back to the quote.  I’ve seen some completely asinine behavior recently.  Not discussing where, when… who…but most of us are familiar with the type.  Remember the know it all in class who absolutely insisted she knew everything about everything and half the time, she was wrong? 

But even aside from the asinine behavior, I decided that was just an excellent quote. 

I’m about three or four chapters away from finishing Through The Veil.  I’m not sure how to describe this one. Alternate reality maybe.  Definitely paranormal romance, but it’s not vampires, it’s not ghosts, it’s not werewolves.   The heroine is a graphic artist and the hero is a …wait, I don’t wanna give away that much information yet and definitely not until it’s done and into the publisher.  It’s not due out for a little over a year still, so this is way too soon to share.

Hunters: Heart and Soul has started shipping from BN.com, which means it will probably start shipping from Amazon here in another few days.  This is Malachi’s story, for all those who’ve been asking me about him.  Yes, he got a story. Nope, it wasn’t with Leandra.  Although she had a story, too.  ;o)  For those who pick it up, I hope you like it.

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