Yikes-a-loo!

I'll be with four other authors on the 20th from 6-8 p.m. at Solovino, the Rios Wine tasting room in Calistoga.  It's a good thing I've been out of town or I might be nervous.  It's also a dang good thing I've remembered with everything else going on in my life.

My fellow authors are these wonderful and sexy ladies - Tawny Weber, Dee Brice, Regan Taylor and Mary Martinez.  Should be lots of fun.  Prizes, books, food, wines, gift bags.  Yup.  Ya'll oughta fly in for this one.

I promise to try to get back to normal this weekend, try being the operative word...

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Because you support me and I want you to read them.  Plus this guy has a nice butt.  I like the woman’s face and eyes and the background is fantastic – Dune-ish, you might say.

Look, reading is important.  My father has always said that the most important thing you can do for your kids is read to them.  He’s never played games with us, games make him nervous, but he read to us.  By the age of eighteen months, I could read on my own and thus began a literary life.  In other words, aside from sports, painting and horses, I walked around with my nose buried in a book.

He gave me a great gift, one I passed on to my children.  I enjoy nothing more than passing the gift of reading on to you.

Reading takes you places you can’t otherwise go.  I learned when I was a kid that there are two kinds of infinity/eternity – external and internal – and the two are separated by a fragile piece of bone, but otherwise, they’re the same.  I can go anywhere in my mind, and I can get there instantaneously.  But that’s an illusion, you say?  Seriously?  I’m not entirely certain of that.  An interior life can be very real – it’s a simple matter of knowing the difference between the two.

Anyway, tomorrow I’ll announce the winner of my contest.  I do have a few extra paperback copies of books available and I’d be happy to send a book your way.  You just have to let me know which book you want, give me your email address and I’ll contact you.  Um…I have The Cougar Book too  – my short story You Might Just Get It is great.  No print copies of the Daughters of Persephone series though…dang!

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All I can say is…Thanks!

Some of you have emailed me to tell me how much you enjoyed, or are enjoying, Pushing Her Boundaries.  You have no idea how much your words mean to me!

Hubby finished it last night.  He loved it!  High praise and man, it’s too bad we can’t, well, do anything.  That’s the test.  What test, you ask?  Never mind.  I still can’t raise the pressure in my eyes.

As per my usual new schedule, I’m over at Night Writers today, talking about how I’m going stir crazy from all this lack of fresh air and activity.

Oh, I can’t believe this, but my diet has been so restricted, and I’m watching so much sports…you know, March Madness and all that…that I find myself craving fast food.  I’m serious.  I don’t eat fast food – haven’t in years.  I’m like craving Jack in the Box spicy chicken sandwich and Wendy’s new chicken thingys – don’t know what they’re called but they are sort of a wrap.  I’m desperate for saturated fat and starved for calories!  My mashed bananas and protein shakes just ain’t cuttin’ it!

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Here’s what I’ve been doing – because I have so much to get done before Thursday.

Filling out my March Madness Brackets!  I love college basketball.  We run a family pool every year.  Don’t tell my dad, but I committed a cardinal sin.  I’m from Iowa and I picked Ohio State to win it all.  Hawkeye fans hate Ohio State with a grand passion.

I’ve washed the sheets and the comforter and the duvet because I don’t want stray cat hair in my eyes!  Scrubbed the house from top to bottom – whew!

Got my spring flowers planted – which of course Jake immediately dug up – had to replant a couple times.  Today I planted my vegetable garden because I won’t be able to do any gardening for three weeks or so.

I’m super excited because for the first time ever, I planted an entire bed of potatoes – red, yellow and blue.  Yum!  If it works, I think when I dig them up it will feel like Christmas morning.

I also planted mucho lettuce and spinach, carrots, green beans, white turnips, beets, shallots and onions.  I’m skipping tomatoes this year because they take up so dang much room.

Schedule…pay attention because I won’t be around to remind you after Wednesday.  See my wagging finger? 

Author Lex Valentine will be monitoring my site, moderating comments.  I have a guest coming on March 21 – Afton Locke.  She’s promoting her new release.  Please stop by and show her some love.

March 25th – Rosalie Lario has interviewed me.  I should be able to respond to comments by then.

March 30th – I have another interview over at Sexy Pleasures.

April 4th – Join me at Night Owl Reviews for a chat – more information to follow.

April 18th – Marc Von Kannon will take over my site as part of his first ever blog tour.  Yay!

April 21st/22nd – I’ll be blogging/interviewed at Avril Ashton’s place.

I’m invited here, just don’t have a date yet:  www.kiennariley.blogspot.com

My romance-suspense, Anytime Darlin’, will be featured at Coffee Time Romance and More in the Book Brew.  More information to follow.

May 17th – I’ll be at Savvy Authors talking about tapping into your creative juices.

In the meantime – drop by Up All Night Ebooks and tweet me!  Pushing Her Boundaries was Monday’s featured book!

Okay, I need  shower and I have to put my bed back together.  Tune in tomorrow for A Game of Thrones.  Oh yeah baby!

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Mega contest!

And it’s super easy.  Simply tweet this contest and ask your followers to RT it to spread the word.
Make sure to mention me, @JuliaRBarrett in your tweet (please not at the front or your followers won’t see it) so I know you’ve tweeted about the contest.
For Example:
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