February 11th, 2007
Thanks for sharing your Valentine’s Day story with me, Jamie. I don’t think men understand why this day is so important to women. But the camera was a great gift. Now, what you should do is use the camera each year around February 14 to take a shot of a nice piece of jewelry and leave the photo on his pillow. Hey, it could work. And I appreciate the kind words about my books.
Did you guys see what Ferfe did? Jeez, I didn’t even know what a meme was. I had to go to her site to get some info. I have to come up with ten random pieces of my life to post here and then I have to tag ten other vic…I mean people. Like that’s going to increase my popularity. Hmm, this will take some thought. This whole tagging thing could traumatize me so much that I don’t post again for another six months.
Books, books, and more books. I bought Sherrilyn Kenyon’s The Dream Hunter yesterday. Right now I’m reading Catherine Spangler’s Touched by Darkness. I’ve always enjoyed Catherine’s books.
I should be back here on Sunday, hopefully with ten random events in my life. 
February 9th, 2007
I just sent out my February newsletter, and I hinted that readers might want to mosey over here to comment. Of course, then I had to race ahead of them so there’d be someone home when they arrived. Can you believe the last time I posted was May? That is truly pathetic. To make matters worse, before I could post I had to delete a bunch of spam. Someone needs to point out to these morons that the readers who stop by this site are unlikely to need penis enlargement. Arrgh!
Let’s see, what’s happened since May? I went with a friend to Ireland and Scotland. We spent all of September there. I love both countries. The Highlands are haunting and beautiful. I’ll tell you more about the trip in a future post. I also finished WICKED FANTASY, the last book in the Castle of Dark Dreams trilogy. I hated to leave the castle, but I’ll still be writing about the Woo Woo Inn.
What have I been reading? Well, I discovered Kelley Armstrong. So far I’ve read BITTEN, STOLEN, and BROKEN. I have other books to discuss, but I’ll save them for next time.
I want to thank all the people who made comments on my last post. I read and appreciated all of them. I’ll try to make it back tomorrow with something more coherent and organized.
No, really, I’ll be back. Promise. 
May 20th, 2006
Ohmigosh, I’m actually seeing words written by people other than myself. I grovel at the feet of my webmistress.
Hi M. E., and thanks for the congrats. I still have to pinch myself occasionally to make sure it’s all real.
All the other comments are gone forever, Michele. Sob. Karma 2 must have eaten them before my webmistress banished it from our kingdom. I’ll never know what people said. Perhaps things like: may your computer crash a thousand times, or I hope you lose your thesaurus (I mean, how many different ways are there to say “throbbing organ of desire?”). As far as climbing higher, it won’t happen this time. But I’m thrilled with where I reached.
Thanks, Teresa, for the kind words about my books. You brought back memories talking about your horse. I haven’t ridden for years, but I still miss it. My first horse was a buckskin quarterhorse named KK. She hated everyone and had attitude to spare, but I loved her. And I’ll always miss my beautiful Arabians. I’ve spent my whole life wanting to live in the mountains, but I’ve never managed to get there. I also find myself missing the autumn leaves and snow of the Northeast. I want to keep my condo here in Texas because I love living on the water and I have friends here, but I’m really hoping that in a few years I can buy a second place. I’m now thinking in terms of northest Pennsylvania. I can have the leaves, snow, and something approximating mountains while still being within driving distance of my friend in New Jersey. There’re lots of beautiful spots across the country that would fit the bill, but I find that I don’t want to move to a place where I don’t know anyone.
Okay, I’ve blabbed on about my personal life. Let’s hear about all of you.
May 15th, 2006
Just wanted to stop by to offer a big wet sloppy kiss along with a huge thank you to everyone who ran out to buy A TASTE OF DARKNESS. I’ve been hovering somewhere close to the ceiling all weekend because the latest adventures at the Woo Woo Inn landed me at #45 on the USA Today bestseller list and #25 on the New York Times bestseller list. I’ve dreamed since I first started writing of breaking into the top fifty of the USA Today list and anywhere on the New York Times list. I wasn’t prepared for it to happen with this book. I had thought about moving my next book away from the Woo Woo Inn, but not now. The Woo Woo Inn is a happening place.
My webmistress is now officially back from her vacation so I can feel free to deluge her with a bunch of whiny complaints. First and foremost, she has to tell me how I can receive comments.
That’s it for now. I really have to get moving on my next book. But I’m so happy, happy, HAPPY! 
May 8th, 2006
Okay, I still don’t know how to let everyone post comments. And good old Karma Baby won’t let me read what you guys said. So I’ll just talk to myself until my webmistress gets back from vacation.
I was at the Leisure chat tonight on Writerspace. What a fun crowd. Colleen Thompson was there. Her romantic suspense from Love Spell is THE DEADLIEST DENIAL. An excellent book. Diana Groe was also there. Her Viking historical, MAIDENSONG, is out from Leisure this month, too. Love those sexy Vikings. Yum, yum.
I’d ask everyone to tell me what’s been happening in their lives, but I can’t read your comments, so I guess I’ll scrap that idea for now.
Anyone watching American Idol tomorrow night? I’d like to see Chris win. Hey, I’m shallow, what can I say. He’s hot.
Guess I’ll sign off so I can think of some more one-sided conversations.
Dream of Vikings tonight,
Nina 
