Summer is rolling into Autumn. I’m still feeling the heat
I want to sit back with a long drink of iced tea
Sweet Iced Tea
with lots and lots of sugar
Refreshing.
My partner bought us a vaccume sealer. You know the the machine that could create a minature black whole in the universe if there were not an off switch?
We added a dehydrator a week later but that is a whole ‘nuther’ story. The dehydrator recommended you have a vaccume sealer so….
It is an amazing little machine. Not that I am doing a 3a.m. info-mercial for the thing. No I don’t get a commission if you purchase one after reading this blog. Dang! Missed out.
My oldest daughter has one. If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you know about my oldest daughter and my SIL the Marine.(( ((pride))))
SIL Robert was going out for training maneuvers, prior to his second deployment to the desert. They are in the rainy south east U.S.A. How you train for desert deployment in that region? I will never know but, Marines i.e. infinite wisdom. (See the eyes roll?)
ahhem. Anyway. She vaccume sealed his clothing, a uniform per day. Then, individually sealed extra underwear, socks. You get the idea. He showed up packed light and tight in his dufflebag. As the mission progressed, he was the only man in dry clothes each day.
His commander wanted to know the scoop. God do I wish I could have been a fly on the tent wall when he replied, “My wife vaccume sealed my clothes, sir.”
I believe he got a promotion in the field. Now all marines are commanded to vaccume seal their clothes prior to missions. She wishes there were vaccume sealer multi-level marketing opportunities for a side income.
It is true there may have been a line of men at her house prior to the next deployment, all holding roles of plastic vacume sealer baggies waiting their turn with the magical machine.
So, this morning, I am thinking on all this, giggling, and vaccume sealing our grocery swag from Costco. My step-daughter comes in to observe my progress. She enlightens me with further uses of my new toy. Her suggestion was to vaccume seal ice. It keeps the food cold while camping and when it melts you have a container of clean drinking water. It is very possible the heavens opened up and a beam of angel light descended around her. Amazing. Brilliant!
OMG. We are so gonna be ready for the zombie apocalypse!
What are your hints for being prepared?
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I know many of you have been cheated in recent weeks that I have not taken the time to publish my Fantasy Man Monday. I promise to do better.
My girlfriend and I went to see Cowboys and Aliens this past week. It was amazing. I love Harrison Ford in anything and he had a wonderful role in this movie.
And what is it about Daniel Craig? He really isn’t that leading man hottie handsome to me on first glance. I didn’t even like him as James Bond.
I LOVED him in this movie. Just the perfect mix of bad boy, tortured hero.
The heroine was the perfect crusader character type to match his bad boy.
I can’t wait to see what Smart Girls love SciFi has to say about the movie.
Have you seen this movie yet? What did you think?
Rebel Ink Press is celebrating their anniversary. All kinds of give away’s and goodies are planned. Check them out. You can subscribe to the Rebel Ink Press newsletter in my side bar. That way you can get in on the fun.
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Many months ago I pitched a proposal to Rebel Ink Press for their Halloween Anthology. I submitted my work on deadline and crossed my fingers, toes and other body parts until they are sore, held my breath until I turned blue. Not that I was auditioning for the part as Smurfette. (ewww I will skip the Smurf movie, but I digress.)
I received a reply and I am now a Rebel Ink Press contracted author for that anthology. Whoo Hoo.
I think it is quite fitting for this southern girl to find a home at Rebel Ink Press. They are a relatively new kid on the block celebrating their first anniversary (more on that later). They have established themselves as a professional team in here for the long haul. I have been very impressed with the quality of their authors and the manner that they are moving in the industry. Watch for them. I’m thrilled to be one of their new contributing authors.
More to come.
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I walk into this Monday a little overwhelmed and somewhat befuzzled.
So many things on a personal front that have to be handled at the moment. lol.
My girlfriend lamented that there doesn’t seem to be any sexy American men. So I started looking for sexy men.
The usual names came up. Mike McConaughey. I think of his voice when I visualize one of my heroes. Ummm, that husky smooth deep voice.
Here are some names that hit that list. Matthew Macfadyen. remember Mr. Darcy?
Shemar Moore, George Clooney, Colin Farrell, Keith Urban, Matt Damon, Daniel Craig (007 star), Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Barack Obama? Barack Obama? You’ve got to be kidding me. Seriously?
Robert Pattinson. Now I think most women went to the line to weigh in on the Edward Vs Jacob issue. Let’s just say that my vampires don’t sparkle. I’ve watched a few interviews by Robert Pattinson. I’ve gotta tell you that boy is as dumb as a box of rocks. It’s a good thing he has acting. There are no deep thoughts in that pond. And he claims that he has bad hygienic habits and likes it that way. Can I hear a chorus of ewwwww. And of course……
Johnny Depp.
I wasn’t surprised to see his name on the list. He is a person that I can admire for talent as a professional. Look at the span of his career? I get the feeling that he is really a smart one.
His debut I believe was back in 1987 on “21 Jump Street” I’ve seen blogs that have said they are doing a remake movie of 21 Jump Street and have written in a Cameo appearance for Johnny Depp
As an actor professional he didn’t ever seem to feel the need to play it safe. He’s done some stellar character roles.
Edward Scissorhands 
Willie Wonka
The Mad Hatter in “Alice and Wonderland”
Sweeney Todd
Once Upon A Time in Mexico
And forever, Captain Jack Sparrow
Is this inspiring career a result of connections, blind luck, being in the right place at the right time? Knowing the right people? 
Is he blessed? Is there some random element in the universe that shines on him and gives him this success?
Or is this the consummate professional who is a shrewd businessman marketing the one commodity he has control over…his talent. He has taken hold of each role and make it a something quite memorable.
Yea, that shrewed, savy. Now, that’s sexy.
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Monday, Monday. A writer friend commented that men of sports were suspiciously absent my fantasy man renderings.
So in honor of the NHL Stanley cup playoffs. That’s Hockey don’t ya know!
I give you Henry Lundquist. Or Henrik Lundqvist. Depending on how you google him.
I think under the right circumstances, I might become interested in Hockey!
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I am in the middle of a move across country. It will be another thirty days before I am finished relocating to the mountains. However I have contemplated our fantasy man this week. He should have peeked out on Monday but he was busy. lol. So he is our fantasy man for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!!!
Check him out!
Have you ever been stuck not knowing what direction your character should turn? Which is the way to go with this plot, conflict, character? Consider drawing a tarot card for guidance.
I hold the deck and consider my hero’s issues and problems. What shall he do next? How does he handle the situation that I have written him into with the heroine?
He wants her sexually, emotionally, on every level of his being. However, he doesn’t believe he is worthy of her. He is a broken man. Some consider him evil, the stuff children’s nightmares talk about. He is estranged within himself from his other. (He is a shapeshifting dragon.) He considers himself soulless. He is loosing grip on his self control when he’s around her. What should he do? What is his situation and the cause of it?
I selected Temperance (reversed) from the Gilded Tarot by Ciro Marchetti and Barbara Moore.
Let’s see how it relates to our hero.
Temperance is one of the Major Arcana cards, which indicates an overall life theme or spiritual lesson. Temperance in its upright position is a card of moderation, blending, taking a middle course or combining energies.
In its reversed position, it can indicate being extreme in one’s behavior and or some type of excessive behavior or lack of balance.
Well, duha. Yes life is out of balance. His feeings for the heroine are tearing him apart.
I shuffle the cards again. We’ve discovered his past is ruled by lack of balance.
What can we learn of his present. I pull the “Lovers” another card of the major arcane. Can this help me know what my hero should do?
The Lovers is a card which represents communication and duality. It rules the element of air and is a card of intellect, inter-relations and communication. This card can symbolize the challenges associated with choosing a path. Often the path of pleasure leads to the greatest distraction in spiritual growth. This card represents relationships and the challenges associated with them. The Lovers is one of the Tarot’s most fundamental cards, symbolic of inclination and openess toward inspiration, spiritual sensation, cognition and intuition.
When the Lovers card is reversed it indicates childishness, superficiality and abstraction. It can symbolize inconsistency, controversy and a tendency toward trivial and false intellectuality.
I can’t reveal how this helps me know what is going on with my poor dear man… But I have to laugh. Yes for all his brokenness he is very childish about how he chooses to resist our heroine. Yes, he is very inconsistent right now. I see how I can increase the conflict for my dear hero with this information. And oh how this is going to heat up the romance and action between them. *Laughing* Wonderful inspiration for the next steps in their journey.
I choose not to reveal the card that indicates his future. I am not ready to see that information yet.
What do you think? Do you see tarot as a way to inspire your writing?
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I have a confession. I started out with my teen daughters loving the series of Grey’s Anatomy. We were faithful viewers. We would rush home on Thursday nights to see the next installment in the tv medical drama. We were there to giggle with the reveal of McDreamy, McSteamy, McHottie.
Then somewhere along the line we fell away. Like any habit we got “out of it”. Too much of the McWierd, McDrama, McOMG unbelievable happened.
Do writers of series feel the same way. How do you continue a 10 book or more legacy in the world you have built. Anne McCaffrey did it well with her Dragon Riders of Pern world and ensuing so-many-I-lost-count trilogy after trilogy. JR Ward does it quite well with the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Fans are rabid for the characters. Sherilyn Kenyon does it…. The list can go on.
How do writers sustain and feed the flames of giddy fangirldom for such a long run?
I think it must be the characters. The intricate layers of personality and emotion within a well built world and finely crafted story.
Similar to our Fantasy Men each week. There is mystery and depth. I can look at a lot of fantasy men. Yet, they eyes draw me in to make the picture more. Often I have seen the photograph of a model and the ideas for a character have launched.
Take a look at Mathias Lauriden of Denmark. He is a sizzling sensation in the modeling industry, yes even high fashion. Okay I guess today is cougar day cause these ‘boys’ are pretty young.
The moment I saw him I recognized a character I had been thinking of.
And the second model I chose today…Sadly was promoted on another blog and I couldn’t find his name. I did a lot of model searches trying to find out his name and where they had copped his photo from. So, sorry mystery fantasy man. But those eyes… I had to show him.
(If anyone knows who he is, please advise. I like to give credit where credit is due.)
The men I have chosen over the course of a year plus for Fantasy Man Monday have a commonality. Their image is engaging. You see their face, their body and you see more…the visual representation draws you in and you ‘see’ a story.
I hope my writing work has the same qualities as my fantasy men. I hope to be able to sustain a readership through my worlds and stories as successfully as my writing role models have done.
What do you think? Is this quality craft that you can learn? Or is there an innate talent that some authors have and the rest of us will never ever be able to touch?
Eden Glenn 