bookaddict43

Romance titles

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:09:00 GMT

Hi everyone! Here's my monthly list of Romance titles! I'm sure you've been hanging out for them :D

A baby for Eve

Marrying the millionaire doctor

Purchased: His perfect wife

A boss beyond compare - that's me! Except I'm female and probably only beyond compare in my own mind! *Giggles*

The millionaire's nanny arrangement

Virgin for the billionaire's taking - There they are - the millionaire/billionaires again! I want to meet one. We'll get together, he can pay for my petrol and pay off my mortgage then can go be romantic someplace else

Bride at Briar's Ridge

The Desert King's pregnant bride

**************

All the synopsis' (or is that synopsi?) are sickening this month, but this one takes the cake:

Chef Lara needs cash fast – her business partner has duped her and her beloved restaurant is in crisis. There’s only one man who can help – Wolfe Alexander, her tall, dark, brooding stepbrother.
Wolfe needs to marry to meet the terms of his late father’s will, and when beautiful Lara begs him for money he sees his opportunity: a powerful attraction has always simmered between them – he’ll help if she’ll be his convenient wife!
With no choice but to accept Wolfe’s terms, Lara is soon swept into a world of high-society glamour and passion beyond her wildest dreams. But there is just one thing missing – her husband’s love…

Please - she has no choice? Anyone can get a loan, look at me! And though it's stepbrother - doesn't this skate a little close to CSI without the space part?

ewwwwwwwwww!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:39:57 GMT

We share a building with the local TAFE (community college0 and recently we've had problems with the public toilets. Folks keep doing yucky things in there (I'm not saying anything else - ick!), especially after school hours. so the decision was made to lock said toilets after 3pm and folks have to ask for the key. This doesn't please me much because it's us that's going to be asked, ad infinitum, for the key between 3pm and when we close, but I went along with it.

Anyway today the notices went up on the toilet doors saying they would be locked from 3pm. so at 2pm one of my customers comes and tells me there's pee in the foyer and yep sure enough there was! Obviously someone read the sign, couldn't tell the time and were desperate (?) and pissed up against the wall! It ran down the wall and across the tiles and guess who had to clean it up...?

Icons

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:17:24 GMT

18 Magnificent Seven icons from Series one - Collector.

Comments and credit are welcome. Textless icons are not bases...

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10	11	12

13	14	15

16	17	18

Screen caps from strangevisitor7 and kayim

Meme!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:42:18 GMT

Meme snagged from wilyone_24

Post the first line of your 25 last fics. Try to identify a pattern.
I modified the meme slightly since I was under the impression I hadn't written much this year, and just did the 1st line of fics from 2008.

1. He was right.
2. It'd been three weeks since he'd told John no more, and it wasn't getting any easier.
3. I should have run when I saw the cougar, but as a newspaper reporter; I needed to get my story.
4. Thwack! Jayne savoured the sound of pool cue meeting head.
5. “Captain you’ve got to do something.”
6. “We gotta move this some place else,” Mal gasped as his man parts got all riled up.
7. Dear Ellen, Theres so much to tell you so thisll be a long letter youd better sit down for awhile.
8. Jayne couldn’t figure out why Mal kept staring at him.
9. It wasn’t fair and it had to stop.
10. Dear Ma, We delivered the stuff got paid and didn’t even get shot or nothing.
11. “They’re comin’!” Kaylee was so excited she could hardly keep still.
12. “Hi!” Trina bounced up to the reception desk in the opulent foyer.
13. “Anyone here?” Kaylee swung down the ladder and glanced around suspiciously.
14. Jayne never knew what to say when the doc got that look on his face.
15. “I don’t get it,” Jayne rumpled his hair and looked at me, blue eyes all confused.
16. River gazed in awe at the ocean of darkness surrounding them.

Patterns:
Well I'd actually written more than I thought which is sort of comforting. Aside from that - I don't see much of a pattern *shakes head*. Does anyone else?

And just to kick my muse (I hope)- The first 2 people to ask get a continuation (drabble) of one of these fics!

Meme again!

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:59:43 GMT

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list ten things you LOVE that begin with that letter. Afterward, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

ladytalon1 gave me the letter L

L is for the little guy or Logan as he is called, without whom my life would be very different.

L is for ladytalon1 whose friendship is very precious to me *hugs her*. I love her fics in whatever 'Verse she writes in, but have special love for Jaylee of course!

L is for lemon cheesecake! I just love it so much. mmmmmmm Of course due to my current lifestyle change I can't eat it that much.

L is also for my lemon tree that has the most beautiful flowers but no lemons *sigh*

L is for laughter - there just isn't enough around.

L is for lynchpins (linchpins) which is you guys. Sometimes you just hold me together.

L is for lariat - for roping AB (suggested by the lovely LadyT)

L is for limbs - specifically Arms which have always been my obsession.

L is for life which must be lived to the fullest!!!!!!!!

L (and I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier), is for library where I spend and have spent a good part of my life.

and lastly L is for literature which is a wonderful thing...

Magnificent Seven icons

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:11 GMT

I've finally finished my claim! 100 icons at 10x10variated. I kind of fell down with the stock icons part and didn't have a clue what to do, but here they all are anyway -

It's been a good learning experience!

Comment and snag if you like them. Textless icons are not bases.

First Ten: Use only the original images, changing the color only and nothing else. Color each icon differently, using different color fill layers or adjustment layers. No text, textures, gradients, brushes, or stock images allowed.

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Second Ten: Every icon must have readable text on it. As well, every icon must have a different font. Do not use fonts that are excessively popular at the time

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Third Ten: Use a texture on every icon. A different texture must be used on each one.

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Fourth Ten: Every icon must include a stock image. NO CLOUDS! I cannot stress this enough, clouds have been so overdone! lol There are many more stock images you can use.

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Fifth Ten: Rotate the images. This can be done any way, upside down, to the right, the left, caddy cornered, whatever.

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Sixth Ten: Images must be black and white.

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Seventh Ten: On each icon, use one effect feature from the Effects menu in your Photoshop or Paintshop.

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Eighth Ten: Every icon must be less than 100x100 pixels. (i.e. The sides must be uneven.)

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Ninth Ten: Every icon must use one popular icon trend that is hot at the time. This changes frequently but it will be easy since you see these trends everywhere.

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Tenth...Ten. :): Free for all! Do whatever you want with these ten!

1	2	3

4	5	6

7	8	9

10

Screencaps were from kayim, strangevisitor7 and Blackraptor

ramble

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:35:33 GMT

Lately I've been slowly learning how to use my Paint shop program. Thanks to xx_squish_xx (The lovely squish is constantly badgered for help via email) for helping me initially and all those icon makers who answer my questions at the icon comms! :D

Despite the fact I still can't use the brush feature, I think I'm improving finally! Soon you will be subjected to an icon dump of all my attempts. Run and hide now! *grins* But right now I'm going to post a couple of banners from joss_stills and the icons to go with them.

In other news. I'm back at work after 2 weeks off and busier than ever. My new position and acquisition of new staff means a lot of re-arrangement for all concerned and it's Book Week as well this week. That means lots of story-reading/craft activities - thank god for bookishtype's creativity!!

Wouldn't you think?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:52:55 GMT

that if something has pre-drilled holes, those holes might be actually be big enough to fit the items they've been drilled for???????

House photos

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:28:10 GMT

For I've been taking photos of my renovation attempts in the little guy's room and decided to take some of the outside of the house too. I like to keep a record of how the place looks etc.

I haven't finished the room yet and the other rooms are OMG soooooo messy, but I decided to post some of the outside photos. Images behind the cut...

The house is an L-shape. With the bedrooms and laundry down the arm of the L, and the other rooms in the foot.

The front of the house is in two parts. This part you can't really see the front door at all...

The other half of the front of the house. The big tree is my mango tree, which supplies us with enough mangoes for the whole year. You can actually see a bit of the house here because I've spent hours removing the overgrown hedge.

The front door and verandah

Outside the bedrooms

Down the driveway. What will be vegetables is on the left.

The back of the house is the sunroom, which runs the length of the bottom of the L, so it's in two parts too.

More sunroom and patio. (I keep forgetting to buy a new mat for the trampoline *slaps self*)

Patio and BBQ.

Shed decorated by guess who?

Rex the wonder dog. He would hide his face *sigh*

bounces, sighs

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:02:19 GMT

I've been slowly doing up the little guy's room. I got the floor finished back early in July and finally! The bed, that I ordered in May, arrived at last! Yesterday...

Luckily I'm home for the last few days of a fortnight off, so I wasn't too put out to have to wait all day for the delivery guys to turn up. I was put out to find that the bed arrived in boxes and that I have to put it together. I can do it - but the point of buying the bed locally and from an actual furniture shop was so I didn't have to put it together.

The instructions are worse than Ikea hieroglyphics and not as extensive *sigh*. I really wanted to try working on fic today...

Be assured, you will have to look at photos of my renovations when they are finally finished! :D

a question

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:56:37 GMT

In an attempt to improve my icon making skills I've joined 10x10variated. One lot of 10 I have to make is icons using a popular trend as the following says.

Every icon must use one popular icon trend that is hot at the time. This changes frequently but it will be easy since you see these trends everywhere. (i.e. when these rules were written the trends were dirty textures, Action Jackson font, bright hue and saturation coloring, blurry images, etc.) -Trends are done over and over, but it's still nice to know you can do them. Don't be afraid to copy! ;)

So tell me what are the current trends? I have no notion what they are :)

Meme time! or Blame Ladyt again...

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:50:33 GMT

Comment on this post. I will choose seven interests from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.

I commented on ladytalon1's journal and she asked me about these seven interests :-

Blake's seven
Blake's7 was a BBC series that ran for 4 seasons in the late 70's early 80's. I loved this show. It was probably responsible for my love of the morally ambiguous 'hero' types I tend to always like in either fiction or tv/movies. Despite the awful costumes and clunky sets, the story-lines were dark, the humour sardonic and the characters interesting. The show finale still lives in my memory to this day. It's worth checking out.

My favourite character was Avon. A computer criminal with few morals, he ends up doing the right thing often only by default or if it suits him. I loved the actor's voice...

And OMG see what I mean about the costumes????

cult tv
Most tv shows I end up liking tend to attract this label. I have no idea why :0

Day break
A short lived TV series which I got interested in because Adam Baldwin was in it. It was ladytalon1's fic which really drew me in. I read it before seeing the show and got addicted to her pairing Chad Shelten/Andrea Battle, Chadrea. I got so addicted I wrote some stories that fit into her 'Verse.

Ezra Standish
Ezra is a character in the tv series Magnificent Seven. He's the gambler of the group who become lawmen in a Western town. He fits into my profile in that he's hot, has some great one-liners, a beautiful voice and uses a gun...

Magnificent seven
Magnificent seven was a TV series that ran for a couple of seasons back in 1998-1999. Even though it was historically inaccurate, something which drives me insane, it had all the things to attract me. It was a Western, one of my favourite genres either in fiction or film. Michael Biehn was one of the main cast members and I'd watch anything with him in and it had potential to be a good series. So naturally it got cancelled...

Reading
My total addiction. I read all the time and have been known to read the phone book when desperate. In general I have a book in my bag, one at work, one in the car and naturally a couple going at home. My failure to walk past any book shops drives my family crazy and when we go away I'm banned from visiting more than one book shop a day.

Surf club
I always wanted to be in the Surf club. But when I was a girl, up till I was about 17, girls weren't allowed to compete. Years later when the little guy joined our local club I went along as a mum and ended up getting a lot more involved. I've currently completed my Bronze Medallion and now am on the Patrol roster and this year will probably compete in the swimming events for the club.

Just some photos

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:43:33 GMT

This last weekend we were actually free of any committments. So of course we went to the beach. Saturday the little guy took his cast net and fished and I sat. I love sitting! Sunday we started practising for the upcoming surf season and went boarding. I fell off my board and nearly froze to death (it was at only about 70F 20C), but we had a great time.

Saturday I took some photographs so here they are :-
For some reason I can't reduce the photo size, so you only get two..

Winter in the tropics

Romance titles for the month or Oh my god where has literature gone?

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:42:56 GMT

Here are this month's catalogued titles:-

A proposal worth waiting for (they'd have to propose something really good!)

Sheikh surgeon claims his bride

The Italian's bought bride

Greek tycoon, waitress wife (yeah sure)

Bridegroom's secret

Abby and the Playboy prince (have you ever met a playboy? Or a prince for that matter?)

Texas ranger takes a bride

The millionaire's proposal

where have you been? or why I haven't been posting much lately...

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:52:59 GMT

I'm tired, tired, tired and am stuck big time with the fic *sigh*. In the past month I've failed to finish my main Jaylee fic for summerofjaylee, failed to finish my AU Jayne/Mal for the shiny_hats ficathon and am currently spending my lunch hour staring at part 6 of Chrysalis.

But all that shall change *determined face*. I have 4 days (more or less) of July left. I can finish something!!! Please cross fingers, eyes and legs for me! :D

In other news - I've been busy (hence the tiredness), finally getting my position at work regraded. After almost 10 years of trying, my pay has now gone up and I'll be paid more than the people I'm supervising! *woot* I've also acquired a new position title and 2 more staff to oversee, so have been busy writing position descriptions (my own included), selection criterias and the like. My new title? Manager Libraries and Cultural services.

I've also been catching up with my old/new fandom of Magnificent Seven. The 2 seasons of that show had everything I liked. A western setting, hot guys with guns and the potential to last a lot longer than it did. Of course it got cancelled. Since the DVDs are now on sale, there's been a bit of a resurgence and I've had fun participating in the current re-watch going on.

The little guy has been busy with winter sport, meaning I've kept occupied hauling him around to soccer, surf club and athletics. Thank goodness next week I have two weeks off!!!

Right

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:24:42 GMT

Title: Right
Author: bookaddict
Characters: Jayne, Kaylee
Word count: 100
Comments: This is actually an old drabble of mine which is part of a serious I'm trying to finish. I'm hoping that by posting it, I might actually be inspired to finish the series! :D

Why'd he have to be right?

Happy Birthday

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:25:17 GMT

Cheap Nintendo DS Lite

Sorry it's so late and hope you had a wonderful day! *hugs madly*

New community

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:21:20 GMT

Remember my post about a fic finishing comm? Well I decided to go ahead and make a new comm. Go along and check out helpthemuse. Maybe we'll actually get some of our fics finished!!! :D

Birthday post!

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:42:07 GMT

buy harry potter mugs

Hope you have many more! *hugs tightly*

Help!

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:11:15 GMT

I'm bogged down with my summerofjaylee fic, boy am I bogged down! I've written a couple of little drabbles, but the main fic is due today - and it's not finished. Nowhere near finished! eeeeeeeeee I'm going to be writing it in 2 minute increments at work again *sigh*.

Anyway is there anyone out there who might read what I've written and make some suggestions? I'll be eternally grateful...

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:40:53 GMT

Did anyone see this comm?

It interested me because I have quite a few unfinished fics, particularly my WIP's, and it's making me crazy I haven't finished them. I have the ideas, but can't follow through for some reason. A couple of these stories were really dear to my heart and I'd really like to finish them. However, the comm above is a bit too structured for me, and I never quite get to the point to be able to post at fic_chrysalis; so I was wondering if anyone would be interested in joining me in a bit of a mutual help comm? There is no details yet - I'm just gauging people's interest so - Below is a poll -

View Poll: #1222374

ranting and rambling

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:15:34 GMT

Please writers if you're writing about a particular show - find out how to spell the major character's names. Please for god's sake learn how to use apostrophes and the difference between to and too; the two(ha) words are quite different you know...

Yes instead of writing my various wips or writing my fics for the ficathons I've signed up for I've been reading fanfic :) I love it, but couldn't folks edit their stuff?

In other news - 5 weeks since my gas bottles started leaking, I'm still waiting for hot water. Having cold showers in winter is no fun, and I'm very grateful to my neighbour who lets us use her shower every day. We're quite a sight, walking up the street with our pjs, towels, soap and shampoo!!!!

My renovations in the little guy's room continue and the bed arrives next week. I'm feeling pretty proud of my efforts at laying the new floor and can't wait to see the finished product.

How's everyone else doing?

More dumbness from Fox

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:41:42 GMT

Of course I'm all about preserving historic resources, so maybe I'm regarding this too bitterly? I wish I was some rich Hollywood type so I could buy it all and preserve it *sigh*

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/fox-to-close-its-film-research-library/

Romance titles

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:31:20 GMT

Romance titles for this month -

Their miracle baby

The children's doctor and the single mum - she's single, beautiful, and the mother of five?

The boss's unconventional assistant

Falling for Mr Dark & Dangerous - sounds pretty interesting! :)

The Sheikh's defiant bride

Hired: The Sheikh's secretary mistress - I really want to read both the Position Description and selection criteria for this one!

The Italian's unwilling wife

Her very special boss

Meme!

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:32:37 GMT

Stolen from guinny_hamilton.

1. Take a picture of your bag.
2. Now dump everything out and neatly adjust them, and take a picture (no matter how embarrassing).
3. Talk about the items inside. Detail.
4. Blah blah tag blah blah.

Totally messy and embarassing stuff ahead...

My Browncoat Messenger bag which needs a wash and isn't supposed to be my regular bag, but I keep forgetting to change it...

My bag contents, which are not arranged very neatly!

From the back L to R

BACK ROW

My wallet - the contents of which are a meme on their own.

About six bills all in an envelope

My car registration - which is supposed to be stuck on my windscreen

Some green stick on dots - I have no idea why I have them

A couple of nuts and bolts - I'm supposed to compare them to others and buy more

packet of tissues

feminine products - *ewwwwwwww*

Soccer goalie gloves - they get passed around the team Friday nights

MIDDLE ROW

Coffee/tea stirrer

Spoon

Chopsticks

Salt & pepper

Spork

Little bag that folds out to a carrier bag - my friend gave it to me as a gift more than ten years ago and I still use it all the time

Last soccer carnival game draw

Vaseline

Sunblock - the thick zinc like stuff that looks like pancake makeup. It lasts more than 5 hours in the water and coats all your clothes

Seasick/Carsick/Airsick wristband

Hair tie

USB stick

LAST ROW

My camera

Mobile phone

Sundry Browncoat symbols - that way I know where they are

Pen - I had six but the Little guy used them for some esoteric reason and they disappeared

My notebook - with lots of half-written fic ideas which must be finished and posted :D

Hairbrush

A couple of brochures from Chicago - which shows how often I clean out my bag!!!!!

I tag anyone who wants to do this!

bookaddict43

Romance titles

ewwwwwwwwww!

Icons

Meme!

Meme again!

Magnificent Seven icons

ramble

Wouldn't you think?

House photos

*bounces*, *sighs*

a question

Meme time! or Blame Ladyt again...

Just some photos

Romance titles for the month or Oh my god where has literature gone?

where have you been? or why I haven't been posting much lately...

Right

Happy Birthday

New community

Birthday post!

Help!

ranting and rambling

More dumbness from Fox

Romance titles

Meme!

bounces, sighs