Den of Iniquity (24K)…Done

The Craft of the Wise: Book of Shadows (14K)…Done

The Craft of the Wise: Divination (name subject to be changed!)…Started!

All in less than two weeks. How do you ask? WORD WARS! Don’t know what a word war (WW) is? Well, lemme explain…

A group of us (can be just one other person, but usually ends up being almost dozen people total) get together via instant message conference room. One person is time keeper. When the time keeper types “Go”, you type. And type and type and type…

At the end of 30 minutes, the time keeper lets everyone know time is up. (Thirty minutes is just an arbitrary time. We’ve done 15 minute WWs before too.) Everyone posts how many words they managed to type in that time span. I’ve seen the numbers go from zero (usually by a distracted or just editing author!) up to the thousands. It’s not a competition despite what you may think. No matter how few or many words one types, everyone gets cheered on for progress. Sometimes we post excerpts from what we’ve just typed with the understanding that everything is in draft form. All passive voice, typos, etc. are ignored. That’s what edits are for.

WW is a fabulous way to get word counts up. And we are pretty hard core about it. I try to start a room from the time I finish my daily Internet chores around 11 or 12. The latest I’ve personally been up doing it, has been 1:30 am. I know of others who stay up all night WWing. I think I have created some WW addicts!

Come find me on IM and join in, will ya? There’s only one rule: Pee On Your Own Time. lol

(Perhaps immortalized is too strong a word, but I digress…) This post has absolutely nothing to do with writing or even hot men, so if that’s what you’re looking for, go back now.

I’m actually here today to beg, plead, grovel at your feet for something that has been eluding me for years. Those who know me know I love to cook and bake. Yesterday as I was procrastinating writing (hee!), I scoured the internet for yet another chocolate chip cookie recipe. I discarded recipe after recipe. None of them seemed to have exactly what I’m looking for. My criteria? Not that bad, I assure you. Here’s what I want: big, flat, soft and chewy. (With the exception of soft, pretty much describes how I like my men too. *snort*) Any hoo…anybody out there got a recipe you care to part with that will meet my criteria? I’m desperate, I tell ya. Desperate!

If someone has a secret recipe they are willing to give me, I’ll not only put your name on the dedication line on the first book in the Craft of the Wise series, I’ll even name a character after you in one of the books. That’s not a bad trade. C’mon! I’ve got a whole bag of gourmet chocolate chips just itching to be used.

Once again, courtesy of The Erotic Woman , I give you Hitch Hiker. And baby , I would so give those abs a ride! Woot!

The first time I saw James McAvoy, I thought he was pretty hot. I was watching the trailer for Children of Dune and this young, skinny guy (I don’t do skinny guys) just caught my attention. Had me enraptured. But why??

I thought long and hard about it. Back then and even now, I still don’t know what it is about him that calls to me. But then someone had the sense to put him in a high impact thriller where he is larger than life fierce. Alpha all the way. I’m absolutely itching to see Wanted . Hopefully I’ll even be able to talk Mr. Carney into seeing it today. I’ll be back to tell you what I thought, although most people are telling me that it beats the original Matrix by leaps and bounds in the entertainment department. That’s some big shoes to fill. We’ll see.

So tell me, James McAvoy…hottie? Yay or Nay?