A long time ago I had business cards which said, “I don’t care if the cup is half full or half empty, I just want to know if it’s regular or decaf!”
That still pretty much sums up my life motto, lol.
Needless to say, I’m a coffee drinker.
If you FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM you’ll see it’s one of my recurring themes and you’ll be able to see what else I enjoy in my 100 Days of Happy challenge.
“C” also reminds me of THE HITWOMAN AND THE CHUBBY CHERUB which opens with one of my favorite opening lines:
“You just know it’s going to be a bad day when you open an envelope filled with glitter. That shit gets everywhere.”
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Love and Murder are in the air.
In years past, Maggie Lee has not been a fan of Valentine’s Day, but this year, the holiday has warped into its own special hell.
She’s stuck working at her aunt’s lingerie shop during the busiest (and cheesiest) time of the year, someone volunteered her to help with the Valentine’s Day party at her niece’s school, and there’s a hitman in town, known as the Cupid Killer.
Maggie is up to her eyeballs in declarations of love, sex toys, and candy hearts, when all she really wants is to chase down leads pertaining to her missing sister.
Can Maggie survive a guy with a bow and arrow, the pain in the butt parents of school kids, and a romantic proposal?
Or will she succumb to her favorite fantasy?
The one where she runs away with her pets.
100 Happy Days Challenge
A is for Armani – A-Z Blog Challenge
If you’ve read any of my CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN or MATCHMAKER MYSTERIES then you already know (and probably love) Armani Vasquez.
Things to know about Armani
— She’s rocks some psychic juju with her Scrabble tiles
— She once had a traumatic accident involving a zamboni.
— She enjoys some REALLY weird (some might say disgusting) food combinations
— She is an amazing friend to Maggie Lee.
Things you might not know about Armani…
— She’s getting a love interest soon!
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Too many ideas
I’ve decided that the reason I’ve been having such trouble with the 20th CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN story is that I had too many fun ideas I wanted to cram into it. Unfortunately that meant I wasn’t giving any of them their due, so I’ve been on a slash-and-burn kick to pare things down to what is truly essential to the story.
Constraints don’t necessarily hinder creativity, they often enhance it. (at least for me)
Now it feels like I can finally move forward.
Oh and if you’ve been following along, here’s Day 4 of my #100HappyDays Challenge. Little gifts I received from two friends.
Coffee and writing
I’m writing and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting a pivotal scene in the 20th story in the CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN series and I just cannot get it right.
The fact that I’m drinking too much coffee probably isn’t helping my writing process as much as I’d like to believe.
On the positive side, here’s Day 3 of my 100 Happy Days challenge….a friend just sent me the cutest socks. Obviously she knows me well, lol.
Author Jennifer Hillier
I had the pleasure of having brunch with my writer pal, Jennifer Hillier today.
Jenny and I got to talk about writing, life and, of course, murder.
Day 2 of 100 of my 100 Happy Days Challenge!
Check out the cover of Jenny’s latest release!
