Wishful thinking Casting Couch

My good friend, ANONYMOUS, asked me who I would cast as my two lead characters from my book.

I have to say, it was so much easier to pick some good looking guys for Colin's character than it was to pick a female that I would like to see in Riley's part.

Check it out below...

Colin has black hair and black eyes but I might make an exception for Mr. Matt Bomer...
http://i46.tinypic.com/msdcpk.jpg

Mr. Orlando Bloom has certainly got potential...
http://www.listal.com/viewimage/94251

Blue eyes again, but not bad Mr. Bradley Cooper...
http://requiem4adream.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/bradley-cooper-details-magazine-june-july-2009/bradley-cooper-details-1/

And I suppose staring at Mr. Ryan Reynolds for a while wouldn't hurt...
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/ryan-reynolds/images/683861/title/ryan-reynolds-wallpaper

And don't forget Mr. Chris Pine...
http://www.iballer.com/wallpaper/celebs/n_q/pine_chris/index.htm


Riley has red hair with green eyes.
I still haven't come up with an actress for her. She would have to be pretty tough, funny and sexy.

Maybe a little Scarlett J., a little Jessica B., a little Sandra B. and a little Julia R. all mixed together?
 

I did find her hair though...
http://www.haircompounds.com/hairextensions/curly-hair-gene-is-found-paves-way-for-straightening-pill/

Well, that was fun. Too bad I can't even get the damn thing out the door at the moment!

Patience...patience...

UPDATE: I heard from Carina Press. They emailed me saying that I can not submit the 'same' manuscript to HQN and Carina at the same time. So even though I am only waiting to hear back from  HQN about my query letter and short synopsis, I can not send the same manuscript info to Carina. 
Fair enough. 
I will wait to hear from HQN before I move on is all. It's only been like 12 weeks or so.
*Sigh* 

Round 300 -- Done!

Bring it, BABY!

I have finished editing Setting the Record Straight...yet again.

I fixed the whole 'age inappropriate' thang (still think that's a load of crap) and made everyone 'legal' to have 'relations'.
(Even though it's a flashback!)

I also went through all 55,000-ish words and spruced, waxed, fluffed, trimmed, polished, affixed and some of it I even chromed!

But don't tell my husband. He thinks I hate chrome. (I do, actually.)

Now, if I only had someone to send it to!

Come on HQN! Send me that big 'R' for Rejection letter so I can have a good cry and then send this puppy on to some e-publishers!


Back to book two, Maguire's Corner, tomorrow. Gotz to get those two kids together soon or it's gonna start reading like a YA book!
And we can't have that.


Time for some excitement and danger and some really good kissing!

The kind that makes you wish you were drinking iced coffee!

The kind that makes you hot under the collar even if you aren't wearing one!

The kind that makes you go stick your head in the freezer for a few moments (and take out something to make for dinner at the same time!).

Sheesh! I think we get the point. Move along.

What's in a kiss? Everything. Absolutely everything. Sometimes it's hard to write without it sounding like a science project but when it's done right...man'o'man'o'man! 

Describing good kisses is like a Forest Gump moment.

Soft kiss. Hard kiss. Closed kiss. Open kiss. Wet kiss. Dry kiss. Lemon kiss. Kiss on the lips. Kiss on the neck. Kiss kiss.

They are all really good and all really hot. 

I've got to go.
Where's my husband? 

Brain don't fail me now!!

It's been a long couple of days, holiday weekend and all, and I haven't been able to do too much of anything concrete.

Although...

At a party on Saturday I had an idea for some dialogue for a paranormal story. I had to ask my host for some paper and a pencil to write it down before I forgot it.

Late last night I did some editing on the first book. It's about 2/3 complete.

This morning I had a few ideas for scenes for the new book, which I would really like to get back to soon. There is so much unfinished business in that story it's starting to bug me. I suppose that is a good thing.

So, it seems that my brain is starting to throw some junk out and perhaps there will finally be a clear path to follow for a while.

I sent an email direct to Carina Press, since I didn't see a response to my question on their blog page for a few days, asking them if I should continue to wait to hear from HQN before I submit anything to them. I'll let you know what they have to say.

Heading back to edit-land while I still have some time to myself.

It's the little things....

Thanks to Christine Bell! I won a contest!

AND, last but not least, the winner of the Awesome Mystery Prize of Doom is.....
Heather M. Gardner, for the line: "Don't try and make me hate you now because I already fell in love with you and that hurts far worse"

I really like that line.
It's a little twisted but so is love.

Another contest winner said: Ms Gardner I love that line, I can just imagine the hero leaning his 4head against the heroine's as he says it.

I really liked her imagery but I had actually pictured a woman saying that to a man. I kept hearing her yelling it at him as he is walking away from her, breaking up with her, leaving her. Maybe he was trying to protect her from something or someone. But she wouldn't let him go without the truth.

Both are good.

It will fit somewhere.

Thanks again Christine for the opportunity. It was fun!

Edit...edit...edit... DING!

SING IT!

I've been working on my manuscript...all the live long day!

Not really. Not the whole day.

I'm about half way through my gazillionth edit of Setting the Record Straight.

(That's the first book I wrote, in case you are new or behind on my bitch & moan sessions.)

I am pleased with the way it's shaping up.

I was reading all about Carina Press that I found out about through reading Christine Bell's Blog.

They have very interesting and dare I say welcoming submission guidelines for all types and lengths of manuscripts but for e-publishing only.

I may in fact be able to submit to them except for one little problem.

They won't allow you to submit to them and Harlequin at the same time since they are in fact an 'arm' of Harlequin.

I sent an actual paper submission to Harlequin back on June 17, 2010 with a SASE and have yet to hear back from them.

I sent Carina Press a note on their blog page asking if I should continue to wait for a response before I send a submission to them. I hope they respond.

They do say if you get rejected from HQN that you can indeed send your book to them. In fact they encourage it.

It all sounds exciting but I've been down this road before so I am not going to let the horse get ahead of the carrot or count the chickens in case they don't hatch or poke at the turtle while it's still in it's shell.

Yeah, I made that last one up.