My its been a long time since I was here. Real life for me has been very, very hectic. Every minute is taken with work or writing or chasing after the kid. The good thing is that I've got two books published now. The first one is due out December of 2008 through Blade Publishing and the Second is due out March 2009 with Champagne Books. Well not in that order, the Champagne book was my first contract). Still I'm happy with everything, I've got a head start on my career and I'm working fromhome which is great.

Now if only I could get my husband to shut up and quit nagging me about 'camping' and fishing and moving somewhere it's a lot cooler - it's been in the mid to high 30's for about two weeks now and he hates the heat.

Have you ever noticed how when you're not looking you always find something or someone that goins 'ding' right above your head?

The other day while panning through the list of forums, blogs and such that I'm part of I found an interview that intrigued me. I read it through and discovered that the woman I read about knew what I was going through. It was like she'd read my mind...and the neat part is she's just started up a publishing firm.

If you're interested in looking over the information here's a couple of links to go to. I highly recommend them even if you're not looking for a publisher for fiction because you never know where a crumb of information will take you!
http://kissastarling.com/blog/
www.pinkpetalbooks.com

Since my mind is on overload with all I have going on I thought today I'd skip the heavy thoughts and instead post something I think is a lot lighter on the brain.

Doing research for a novella that I've written to cover such things as senusal oils and such I got some really great tips from the ladies over at Romance Divas. One of them had said something about whiskey flavored oils so I took it upon myself to do a bit of digging. Now she may have been joking but it piqued my curiousity so I phoned around.

I'm going to insert my disclaimer here that I have not tried this, I don't recommend doing anything that is unhealthy or unwise. If you choose to use this recipe please do so at your own risks, I will not be responsible for the after affects!

This is what I found. To have an oil that smells or tastes like whiskey, or any other spirit is relatively easy. You don't need much of the booze, a few drops works. Now depending on if you want the buzz of alcohol or not you can do this two ways.


Take your base oil - be it almond oil, olive, whatever. Now you can add a few drops of your expensive (Not the cheap stuff -its disgusting) liquor and enjoy. Remember this does have alcohol in it so be careful where you place it unless you plan to remove it immediately.


Have fun with this and enjoy - please tell me if it works for you