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Blog: Keri's Sketches (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: Manga Maniac Cafe (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Title: Seducing Cinderella Author: Gina L Maxwell Publisher: Entangled Publishing Imprint: Brazen |
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Mixed martial arts fighter Reid Andrews’s chance to reclaim his title as light heavyweight champ is shattered when he’s injured only months before the rematch. To make sure he’s healed in time, his trainer sends him to recuperate under a professional’s care—Reid’s best friend’s little sister, all grown up. Disorganized and bookish Lucie Miller needs some professional help of her own. She’d do anything to catch the eye of a doctor she’s crushed on for years, so when Reid offers seduction lessons in exchange for 24/7 conditioning for the biggest fight of his career, Lucie jumps at the chance. Soon Reid finds himself in the fight of his life…winning Lucie’s heart before she gives it to someone else.
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I admit the reason I wanted to read Seducing Cinderella is because of the hunky, tattooed guy on the cover. I like tats. More specifically, I like his tats. Add the ink to one of my favorite romance tropes, and “Hello, book, yes, I’d like to get to know you better!”
Seducing Cinderella is the first book that I have read under Entangled Publishing’s new Brazen imprint. I will compare this to a Harlequin Blaze, which is an imprint that I read infrequently, and again, it is usually the cover that tempts to me scoop one up. This is hard, admitting that I am such a shallow reader! Still, with the torrential glut of new releases every week, something needs to catch my eye, and I don’t have time to read all of the plot descriptions, so I guess cover illustration it is! I certainly don’t pick these up based on the title, some of which are so ridiculous I’m glad that I do have several eReaders!
Back to this book – if this is an indication of the Brazen imprint, I would read more, with no hesitation. This title did have a few irritating moments, but it is a fun, fast, sexy read. I liked the characters, especially Reid. While I was expecting a tougher depiction of his MMA manliness, he is a softie on the inside, and the alpha-idiot only reared its ugly head near the end, for which I am grateful. I like tender guys, who can make you feel like a million bucks with just a smile and few kind words. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in a battle of wills with my guy, which so many category romance heroines seem to be in for. That just doesn’t seem like fun, and I don’t care how rich the guy is. If he can’t set aside his own ego for more than a few pages, I can’t imagine what it would be like to be stuck with him for the rest of my life!
Physical therapist Lucie Miller is having a really bad day. She has been in love with a surgeon she works with closely, and when she thinks he’s about to finally catch a clue and ask her out, he asks for her best friend’s number instead. Instead of letting him know how she feels, she coughs up the number, waits for him to leave, and bursts into tears in her messy office. When her new patient arrives early for his therapy session, she’s shocked to discover that it’s her brother’s best friend, Reid, incognito. Oh, noes! He can’t help but see her puffy, tear-stained face, and after discovering her troubles, he has a proposition for her – if she dedic
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Blog: YA Sleuth (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I've been a bit quiet around here lately, as you may have noticed. I'd like to say that I'm off having summer fun, but it's more like I've been hiding out from the HEAT. July is hitting me full force here in ol' Mississippi. I'm catching myself saying things like, "Lord, have mercy," and "It's a scorcher, y'all."
It's a little frightening, I know.
But I thought I'd come out of air-conditioned hiding for a moment to tell you about a cool event in Birmingham this October: the Southern Breeze chapter of SCBWI is having their annual fall conference (Writing and Illustrating for Kids) October 19-20.
And I'll be on the faculty with a workshop on YA and MG mysteries. It'll be fun, so I hope you'll consider coming to Birmingham. I know, it's hot in Alabama too, but I hear it's lovely in October...
Get the scoop on the Southern Breeze Writing and Illustrating for Kids conference here.
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Blog: DIANE SMITH: Illo Talk (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Leaves, leaves, and more leaves. I tried working on the mural this afternoon, but it was a bit hot up on the step ladder - heat rises and it is definitely warmer working on the upper part of the mural. So, I waited until it was evening to continue. The downside of that is dealing with the glare of the lights in certain spots while painting. Oh well...
Anyway, I started detailing the grape leaves. Part of me was dreading it (just a little) - there are so many. I still have many more to go, but I'd say I'm about two-thirds done.
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Blog: Read Now Sleep Later (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Ondine and The Autumn Palace by Ebony McKenna: So, a handsome prince is transformed into a ferret, and when that happens, his clothes tend to get (in)conveniently left behind...
R.A. Nelson's Throat: Don't worry, this isn't Twilight... Emma could rip Bella a new one--not that she would want to. She's a good girl, just a little... troubled.
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![]() Blog: A Cartoonist Rambles- Humorous Illustrations and Cartoons Designs from Marty Qatani (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: cute, Photoshop, beach, process, satire, cartoon, comic, cold, parody, Funny, Creative, Hot, humorous, Polar Bear, cartoonist, summer time, Marty Qatani, Martytoons, Add a tag
I alway enjoy looking at favorite artist's work process. It's been a while since I posted one. Since I'm in the middle of experimenting with my Photoshop skills, I thought this would be a good time to do so again. I've long admired picture book illustrators whose style has a soft almost painterly look. Being primarily a vector artist, which I also love, I haven't really developed that soft look that I really admire. This is the year that I decided to really develop that look more. I doubt that I'll switch over to that look permanently, especially since it will take a while for me to develop it to the point that I'm happy with it. Here's step two... I'm not even sure if I'm staying with these colors. I'm just trying to fill in blocks of color and try to see what I like and what I don't. Two big key changes to the way I'm working with this are, 1) use textures when I paint, and 2) painting on a "multiply" layer. The concepts aren't new to me, I've just never used them before. I like the effect and technique, I just don't know if I'm happy with the result yet. You know what just occured to me ? This is supposed to be a polar bear.. white dummy... arghh.. My next post will sure the next, maybe next few, evolutions of this pc. Thanks.. as always, thoughts and comments are appreciated. Marty
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![]() Blog: Manga Maniac Cafe (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: Romance, Animals, Humor, Hot, Small Towns, Berkley, review, Books, Add a tag
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Review: Animal Magnetism is a book that I picked up on impulse at a Borders’ closeout sale. One look at the woe-be-gone puppy cuddled to the cover model’s chest, and I had to have it. I didn’t even read the synopsis on the back of the book. I have been challenging myself to read books outside of my normal comfort zone, so I scooped this up, thinking that the puppy couldn’t steer me wrong. He didn’t! Due to preconceived, and highly erroneous, impressions I had about the line, I have avoided any Berkley Sensation titles. I am not sure why or when I started to view them in such a negative light, because I have never actually read one, but for the record, my idea of what they are like was so far off base it’s not even funny. This is a fun, humorous contemporary romance with engaging characters and an added cast of critters to complicate the protagonists’ lives. Lilah makes a bad first impression with Brady Miller when she crashes into his truck. Oops! It was really the duck’s fault, but trying to explain that would make her sound absolutely nuts. Lilah is lucky that Brady turns out to be a nice guy, because she has a carload of animals to ferry back to her kennel. Instead of leaving her hanging out to dry, he offers to chauffeur her, and her charges, home. Before you can say “Quack!” they share a mutual attraction, but as Brady makes it quite clear, he’s only in town for a short time to visit his foster brothers, and then he’s hitting the highway again. And this brings me to the reason I gave the book a slightly lower grade than I would have otherwise. Lilah pursues a fling with Brady, knowing that there is no future for them. She accepts that he isn’t going to be a permanent addition to her life, and she wants to get him and her blazing attraction to him out of her system. This is my second least favorite romance trope, with the dreaded destined mate trope edging out in front. I’ve only been reading romances again for a short while, and several of the book have featured this plotline. Sigh. (Rant off) Lilah isn’t the kind of girl to be content with a wild fling, regardless of how satisfying the sex is. She takes her relationships very seriously. She isn’t the love ‘em and leave ‘em kind of girl. She values how other people feel, and that’s what I loved about her. She grows attached to everything, even the stray animals she shelters for a short time. It eats away at her every time she has to give them up, even knowing that she has found a wonderful, forever home for her furry charges. I was a little resentful of Brady for what I saw as almost taking advantage of her. He knows what she’s like, and he still agrees to a no-strings attached relationship. Sometimes somebody has to b Add a Comment![]() Blog: Color Online (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: hot roti for dada-ji, Indian cuisine, interview farhana zia, picture books, hot, Add a tag
I recently read a wonderful picture book called Hot Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F.Zia illus. by Ken Min. It's a beautiful debut for author and artist. I wanted the chance to ask both a few questions. Hannah Ehrlich and Lucy Amon from Lee and Low books were both kind enough to make it happen. Lee and Low Books is having a great sale this month. All books are 25% off and free standard USPS shipping on all orders just over $10.
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The first bunch of wee red chillies from my garden. Slightly dried out by the time I got round to drawing them, so they're a bit warped and slightly twisted ... exactly the way I like them. Red Hot Chillies cards & matching gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle
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The first bunch of wee red chillies from my garden. Slightly dried out by the time I got round to drawing them, so they're a bit warped and slightly twisted ... exactly the way I like them. Red Hot Chillies cards & matching gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle Add a CommentBlog: Time Machine, Three Trips: Where Would You Go? (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: woman, man, Women, guys, Humor, People, girls, Men, ugly, naked, nude, fat, sexy, hot, guy, lust, chicks, Offbeat, desire, cat fights, turn offs, turn ons, Add a tag
Men think about sex, and they think about sex a lot, so you might be amazed that something would be too sexy for a guy, but there are at least ten things that I think you may agree are too sexy, here they are. Guys find it sexy when a girl is into the same things as him, such as a sports team, or horror flicks. What could be better than sharing a favorite past time together? Guys find it too sexy when the girl starts looking like his favorite teams best player or the killer in a horror flick. If she looks like a quarter back or an axe murderer, its not hot. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_Maria_Babberger-Tobler.JPG Men love models. Men fantasize about being with a woman who is a model. Models are always hot, am I not right? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quentin_Massys_008.jpg Guys find it attractive when a woman isn’t afraid to get dirty. It shows that she isn’t going to be a demanding little princess type. Guys find it scary when the woman doesn’t look like she has taken a bath for months. And before you say anything about the picture not being great, you just try to look up “dirty girl picture” and see how easy it is. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barefoot_in_Berlin.JPG Guys find it sexy when a girl works and spends some of her own money. It makes him happy to see her get the things she loves and wants. Guys find it too sexy when she spends all of her own money, his money, and money they don’t even have. Also, and please note: Just because you can buy anything you want, does not mean you should. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhenry/3363028843/ Men find a damsel in distress a bit of a turn on. It gives him a chance to be a hero for a change. Men find it concerning when the same damsel is in distress all of the time. Well okay we might rescue her a few times before we clued in but I am sure eventually we would clue in. Eventually. Maybe. http://www.flickr.com/photos/garydenness/2845530233/ Men find it kinda sexy watching a girl shave her legs. S l o w l y… with toes pointed, in the shower, water dripping off her. Not so sexy when she has to shave her face though. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jennifer_Miller_Bearded_Lady_by_David_Shankbone.jpg Guys get turned on by a little girl on girl action or cat fight. You know what I mean. Guys do not really get too many thrills by watching actual cats fight, well hopefully not anyhow. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecaille07.jpg Guys find it sexy when a chick asks their opinion on something like which car to buy or what computer to get. Since women always think they know best, it is hot when they throw us a crumb or two. Guys really don’t like it when a chick tells them how to do something, like change a tire, or fix a computer. And if the chick is a chicken telling a guy how to fix the computer, well that’s just wrong. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alishav/3619318320/ Guys find it sexy when a girl cooks, or does house work in the nude. Can’t think of anything too sexy here. Doing dishes naked, vacuuming naked, mowing the lawn naked, whatever, guys are pretty cool with it. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_vacuum_cleaner.svg Guys love seeing some skin. A little tease is wonderful. Careful that you don’t show too much as in the photo below, the one one the left is showing a bit too much skin and has dangerously entered the world of being too sexy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/leekelleher/200975138/ One tip to any girl wanting to appear sexy, it helps to stand next to somebody larger than yourself. Other Reading for Your EnjoymentBlog: MISS O's SCHOOL LIBRARY (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: Caldecott and Newbery 2009, hot, Add a tag
As my school Hot Chocolate Week wraps up(try serving 400 hot chocolates in one week) the top children's awards are announced. This year's top awards go to: Newbery Medal "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins Children's Books Newbery Honor Books "The Underneath" by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing "The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, Henry Holt and Company, LLC "Savvy" by Ingrid Law, Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC "After Tupac and D Foster" by Jacqueline Woodson, G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers Caldecott Medal "The House in the Night," illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin Co. Caldecott Honor Books "A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever" by Marla Frazee, Harcourt, Inc. "How I Learned Geography" by Uri Shulevitz, Farrar Straus Giroux "A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams," illustrated by Melissa Sweet and written by Jen Bryant, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Enjoy reading them with a Hot Chocolate!
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As much as the blogoworld might seem otherwise, ours is not a particuarly trendy profession. However we do have trends and HotStuff 2.0 uncovers them for us. It’s an autogenerated blog set up by Dave Pattern which tracks hundreds of blogs and looks for trends. Sometimes these are pretty prosaic (really, potato?) but other times you can sort of see somethign happening there if you squint a little. Either way it’s an attractive and interesting blog with the obligatory “Hot or Not” which I don’t totally understand but I guess I’m happy to be on. Neat project!
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Blog: Margot's BOOKS for KIDS + Writing News (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: "Rattlesnake Jam, new ticket, Kim McDonald, Book Trailers, Book Bites for Kids, Promotions, hot, Add a tag
Suzanne Lieurance of Book Bites for Kids Is on the Trail of Children's Authors with Cool Book Trailers. ![]() These days, a book trailer is the hot new ticket Cute, funny, delightful or with WOW appeal, illustrations feature BIG! Then there's voice over, music that fits the story + that all important text to clinch the deal. Put together by a pro, it all comes together in a vivid and moving musical and pictorial "tease" - The Book Trailer! This week, Suzanne Lieirance, of Book Bites, is offering those with a great book trailer, the Opportunity to go on radio with her, and brag your heart out about YOUR particular trailer. Here's the phone number for your brag-fest: 1-646-716-9239. <><><><><><><> If your book doesn't have a trailer you can brag about, there is hope. . . I can personally recommend Kim McDougall and her trailer magic. You can watch many of Kim's trailers HERE. Her fee is reasonable, and the end results are terrific! However, there is a waiting list - so be patient. We writers know all about patience - right? Her talents are in great demand! STOP PRESS! KIM will be promoting book trailers on Book Bites for Kids this coming Wednesday, at 2pm CST at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids <><><><><><><> If in doubt. . . Check out my "Rattlesnake Jam" trailer at the top of this page. ![]() Cool - right! <><><><><><><> (Comments Welcome)
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![]() Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: pastels, hot, sanded pastel paper, candy corn, canson, Add a tag
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![]() Blog: A Latte a Day (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: Illustration Friday, collage, mixed media, fish, sea, "children's illustration", jellyfish, bubbles, underwater, clams, blowfish, aqua, starfish, clownfish, Add a tag
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It's been hot nearly everywhere. Have fun at the workshop!