http://annaalexander.net/wordpress Live for the day. To hell with the rest. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:12:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I managed to break away from endless days of edits, workshops and contest judging to finally do a bit of reading. Of course the book in question was one I couldn’t wait, yet dreaded reading. It was with great trepidation that I picked up JR Ward’s latest Lover Mine, from ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/07/what-ive-read-lover-mine-by-jr-ward/ I’m here. Really. I’m alive and gasping for air as I briefly lift my head from my works in progress. Yes, I said works. What have I been doing these last few weeks? Writing, writing and more writing. Or I should say rewriting, rewriting and more rewriting. Mixed in with ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/06/willy-wonka-speak/ Between my day job, workshops and writing, I feel like I never stop. And that's not about to end any time soon. I've just completed a platform building workshop offered by Ann Charles and Jacquie Rodgers over at 1st Turning Point. I should now be an expert at marketing myself and my ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/05/nose-to-the-grindstone/ I stayed up until 2 a.m. last night finishing Kresley Cole's latest, Pleasure of a Dark Prince, part of the Immortals After Dark Series. I love this series. The heroines are strong, independent, with just the right amount of snark, and the heroes are completely drool worthy. On this, I was ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/05/what-ive-just-read-pleasures-of-a-dark-prince/ Hey all, Today I am guest blogging at Once Written, Twice Shy about being a shy writer who happens to write sexy, leave nothing to the imagination, sex scenes. Thanks Rebecca for letting me participate! www.shywriters.blogspot.com http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/05/im-guest-blogging/ Welcome back to day two of the Write at Sea workshop on board Carnival Cruises Fun Ship Paradise. After a night of revelry followed by endless tossing and turning as I ruminated on the new beginning of my story, I arrive at the Break into Fiction workshop ready for the next ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/05/write-at-sea-cruise-day-2/ Ahoy matey! Welcome to my adventures on the Carnival Fun Ship Paradise. I’ve just returned from a weekend at sea attending the Break into Fiction workshop taught by the fantastic team of Mary Buckham and Dianna Love, or as we lovingly referred to them as, The Punisher and the Evil Queen. My ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/05/write-at-sea-cruise-day-1/ It's three o'clock in the afternoon and I am just now waking up. This weekend was a whirlwind and  the are no signs of it slowing down. On Friday I attended the new author panel and book signing of my colleagues Rose Lerner, Gayle Ann Williams, Marie-Claude Bourque and Amy Rench ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/04/a-weekendinthelife-of-me/ Today started out grey and nasty. It's Seattle and to be expected. However later in the day the sun peeked out from behind the clouds, and the roads dried out enough that motorcyclists took to the streets. On the eleven mile drive home, I passed at least twenty different types of bikes. From ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/04/mystique-of-the-motorcycle/ I spent three hours today trying to find the right explosive to blow open the door on a bank vault. At the end of the day I still couldn't figure it out. On the news they talk about how easy it is to find out how to make a bomb ... http://annaalexander.net/wordpress/2010/04/an-internet-rant/