Celebrate the small things and Confessions Blogfest

Celebrate the Small Things is the fun weekly meme hosted by Viklit @Scribblings of an Aspiring Author, where we share things we wish to celebrate, and then hop around to other bloggers to rejoice in their celebrations, too. :)

My celebrations: 

I did the Color Me Rad 5K with my hubby, Dani, and her hubby. It was so much fun and did wonders for me, my spirit, and my friendship with Dani. :)

It's time for the Confessions Blogfest. Dani @Entertaining Interests and want to know what not-so-dark secrets you have. If you want to share the dark ones, by all means, but this is the world wide web, so... yeah, that saying "What happens in Blogosphere, stays in Blogosphere" ... That probably won't happen, so use your own discretion. 

It can be fun facts about yourself, quirks, memories, dreams, wishes, something you did that you're proud or not-so-proud of. The list is endless. We just want to learn more about you.

The below might seem trivial to some, but it is who I am and believe it or not, it is taking a lot for me to write them out because there's this little thing called anxiety that likes to mess with me. 
*deep breath*
These are my confessions **cue Usher music** ....

• When I eat french fries, I don't eat the entire fry. Instead, I discard the part that I touched. Typing that out makes me sound crazy... *shrugs* My hubby was the first and only person to notice and mention it many years ago, and he still comments on it to this day. He says it makes me - me. :D
• I wish me, my family, and my friends would have a "dance" like the end scene of Footloose. It would be a blast! Some day, I'd like for that to really happen     .....This leads me into my next confession.....
• I love singing and dancing to the movies Footloose and Grease 1 & 2. And when I say singing and dancing, I'm talking about going all out. I sing into a hairbrush, play air guitar, and jump on furniture when no one is home. I act like I'm a rock star, but I'm really a dork.

So there you have it. Any confessions you'd like to share? Hop around to the brave bloggers below and see what they have to say.

Express Yourself - Favorite Childhood movie and/or book

Dani and I host the weekly meme - Express Yourself. 

Every week, we come up with a question/topic of some sort for other bloggers to answer. 

The goal is for all of us to get to know one another better by sharing different things about ourselves.

If you're not signed up, it'd be great if you joined in on the EYM! We're still in the process of going through the list... we've updated it little by little, and some people aren't active with it any longer, but we'll try to continue to update when we can. Thanks for your patience while we work through the kinks!

The topic for this week: Favorite childhood movie and/or book.

Movies: Star Wars (IV, V, & VI) by George Lucas and a ton of John Hughes movies, but the ones that come to mind right now are...Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club.

Book: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg - As a little girl, I used to daydream about living in a museum. How cool would that be?

Have you heard about the Confessions Blogfest hosted by Dani and me? BIG thanks to those who have decided to sign up. We heart you!!!

There's still time so please join in on the fun! And it's totally harmless. Just tell us about yourselves and hop around to other blogs and learn about them. See? Fun!

Express Yourself - Do you have a comfort book/movie?

Dani and I host the weekly meme - Express Yourself. 

Every week, we come up with a question/topic of some sort for other bloggers to answer. 

The goal is for all of us to get to know one another better by sharing different things about ourselves.

If you're not signed up, it'd be great if you joined in on the EYM! We're still in the process of going through the list... we've updated it little by little, and some people aren't active with it any longer, but we'll try to continue to update when we can. Thanks for your patience!

This week's question: What is your comfort book/movie?

My comfort book would be Stephen King's On Writing. I love the heck out of that book. It's packed full of knowledge and wit from one of the masters in and of the writing craft. 


My comfort movie... I have a few: Ratatouille, Reality Bites, and Tombstone. I don't know why they provide me comfort, they just do. I realize they are weird choices, but why be normal? :)

Do you have a comfort book or movie? 

Celebrate the small things

Celebrate the Small Things is the fun weekly meme hosted by Viklit @Scribblings of an Aspiring Author, where we share things we wish to celebrate, and then hop around to other bloggers to rejoice in their celebrations, too. :)

My celebrations: 

• My oldest son turned 16 this week!!! 
• Went to Three Days Grace with my hubby and bff. 
• Mina Lobo had her cover reveal of That Fatal Kiss. Check it out HERE
• Dani and I revealed our Confessions Blogfest. Woot!

What celebrations do you have for the week?


And please take a look at the Confessions Blogfest deets HERE.
Dani and I would love it if you signed up!
Thanks to the bloggers who have joined so far! You rock!

Cover Reveal by Bloggerville's very own Mina Lobo

Mina Lobo has long held a passion for Greek mythology. The story of the goddess Persephone's marriage-by-kidnap to Hades, Lord of the Underworld, has particularly fascinated her, and thus came about Mina's debut novel, That Fatal Kiss. Coming September 2013, the revisionist tale features a fiery and noble heroine, a handsome and broody hero, and some heated, earth-shakin' lovin'!

Given Mina's self-professed neurotic nature, it took her and cover artist Steven Novak a few go-arounds before settling on the cover design for That Fatal Kiss. It had to be curiously compelling, slightly spooky, and yet super sexy—and so it is!

The Book:

Feared by mortals for his inexorable power, and loathed by his fellow Greek gods for the same, Hades rules the Underworld alone. A stark eternity looms before him until he discovers Persephone. Struck by the youthful goddess’ beauty, kindness, and spirit, he must have her. But Hades believes Persephone could never love him, and so he conspires with his powerful brother, Zeus, to take her by force.

Persephone too seeks a mate but her possessive mother, the goddess Demeter, frustrates her husband hunting. Then Hades abducts Persephone, tearing her away from the Upperworld she loves to reign with him in the dank depths below. Though outraged, Persephone cannot deny the desire ignited within her by the dark lord’s touch. And even as she hopes that Demeter will unearth her, Persephone aches to surrender to the heat in Hades’ immortal soul.


The Teaser:

“Enough,” Hades said, closing the distance between them. “I have taken you with your father’s consent, as custom allows. You are in my kingdom, under my rule, and if you have any care for your continued well-being, you will get into my bed. Now.” And with the removal of the pins that held together the black cloth about his waist, he stood naked before her.

The anger warming Persephone clashed with another fire that roared to life within her. She choked on a breath and turned her face from him. “Be warned; I will resist you with the full force of my being, through violent means, if necessary.”

His large, unyielding hands encircled the soft flesh of her upper arms as he said, “If you must. Though your surrender to me would prove more satisfying to us both.”

The Author:

Mina Lobo has a lot of Scorpio action going on in her natal chart, which makes for a rather sybaritic and lust-driven Sagittarian. She aims for a wildly successful future as a writer of dark and whimsical romance while dodging the slings and arrows of her outrageous teenaged son, who's buggered off to college (hence the "Lite" in her Twitter handle, below). She enjoys comedic horror and alt rock, goth, & new wave music, as well as quality Belgian chocolates.

Mina invites you to keep abreast of updates regarding That Fatal Kiss, as well as the development of any new neuroses, by stalking her at her usual haunts:

Her blog: Some Dark Romantic
On Facebook: mina.lobo.1
On the Twitter: @GothMomLite
And GothMomLite Will Tumblr For Ya as well

Express Yourself - this week and last week

Express Yourself is a weekly meme that I do with my fellow blogger and friend, Dani @Entertaining Interests. 

Our goal is to get to know other bloggers better through sharing about different things each week.

I missed last week. *sigh* So I will combine that question, as well as this weeks question, into one post.




Question for last week: What book/movie character/s do you relate to most?

Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series. Why? Because, in school, I was a - wait for it - bookworm, perfectionist, overachieving, introverted, know-it-all. And it for sure carried over into adulthood. :)


Question for this week: Which book/movie do you wish you lived in? 

I think it'd be cool to live in Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush series because of Patch, the main fallen angel slash guardian angel in her novels. 

But as for a different type setting, I'd choose Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series.... a school for vampires and dhampirs (hybrid of a vampire and human), learning how to fight off Strigoi (evil vamps) while getting a solid education? I am so there.

How about you all? What book or movie character can you relate to? Is there a book or movie setting that you'd like to live in for a while?

Dani and I would love if you joined our EYM. Sign up below in the linky and hop around to other bloggers to see their answers.

Blog Hop Reveal - Confessions

Dani @Entertaining Interests and I have so much fun hosting blogfests that we decided it was time to do another one. This one is geared toward confessions...

These are my confessions **cue Usher music**

A confession is a statement made by someone, usually a personal fact that they would not prefer to keep hidden. 

Spill. We want to know what not-so-dark secrets you have. If you want to share the dark ones, by all means, but this is the world wide web, so... yeah, that saying "What happens in Blogosphere, stays in Blogosphere" ... That probably won't happen, so use your own discretion.

It can be fun facts about yourself, important memories, or a mixture of both. 

We just want to learn more about you.

Examples:
Do you secretly love a one-hit-wonder band?

Do you snack on food at the grocery store?

Do you want to share a recent dream? Dirty or clean *wink wink*

Are you a road-rager? What things do you do when you’re road-raging?

The sky is the limit when it comes to confessions.

• On Friday, August 30th, post your confessions.
• Make sure to post the Confessions badge on your blog.
• You don’t have to be a blog follower but we'd appreciate it.
• You can also follow us on Twitter @danibertrand & @jackiefel and don’t forget to Tweet your blog confession using #confessions.
• And most importantly, sign up in the Linky Thingy below and hop around to other blogs on August 30th!

IWSG - Post #13

Insecure Writer's Support Group, hosted by Alex J. Cavanaugh, is a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds. 

To join, click on the links and post on your blog the first Wednesday of every month. Sign up and meet some awesome people!

My WIP is coming together *woot!* and I've decided to delve into organizing things visually, more than I normally do, so it's not all stored in my head. In the past, I've used a notepad, pencil/pens, and laptop, but this time around I wanted to try something different. 

So, with this manuscript, I use my laptop as well as:

post-it notes

index cards (lined and unlined, different colors)

notepads

steno pads

maps

different colors of pens

What things do you use to help with telling your story? Any suggestions you have for staying organized? Thanks for any and all advice!

Check out other bloggers at Insecure Writer's Support Group.