2007 May | Sonja Foust, Romance Author

May
31
2007

Thursday Thirteen: Edition #5

Thirteen Things I’ll Be Doing This Weekend

1. Planting an herb garden container with sage, dill, rosemary, and some other stuff I can’t remember but I made a list of. It’s a sunny spot herb garden container.

2. Planting other herb stuff: thyme, chamomile, yarrow, lavender, cilantro… whatever else I can find, hopefully all in a spot where the dog won’t pee on them. I’ll have to do some thinking on that.

3. Weeding and deadheading and stomping a lot to scare away any snake-ish critters that might be hiding behind the weeds.

4. Preparing my pitch for the Ellora’s Cave editor I’ll be seeing next weekend. Hope she likes psychic paranormals.

5. Staying clear of all RWA-related drama re: Published Author Network rules, recognized publishers, RITA/Golden Heart categories, Triskelion… Oh my, there are a lot of scandals this week.

6. Weeping indiscreetly about Skye’s fast-approaching move across the country.

7. Learning to rhumba (the dance, not the vacuum cleaner).

8. Doing a rain dance, because this whole drought thing is getting a little old.

9. Working on Spooky my paranormal Halloweeny work in progress… It probably won’t be done in time to get published THIS Halloween… but maybe. Maybe.

10. Celebrating the Faery Moon.

11. Cleaning up the office in the wee hours of the morning when it’s not so blazing hot up there.

12. Collecting the last of my peonies to decorate the mantle.

13. Smelling the gardenias.

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Written by Sonja in: Home Ownership, On Writing |

May
30
2007

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Press Releasage!

Check out my very first press release. I feel all official and stuff. Hee.

Written by Sonja in: Shameless Plugs |

May
23
2007

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Lessons In Lady-Like

Never be the first to laugh at a dirty joke. While everyone else is still scratching their heads and muttering, “Watermelons? Cheerios? I don’t get it,” you should not be rolling on the floor guffawing with glee.

Do not emasculate your husband/significant other in public. Just because you had to kill the big scary bug, it does not make him a wussy-boy. Ok, well, it does, but you don’t have to broadcast it to everyone else.

Farting and belching are best left to the disgusting-er sex. Even though the best burpers I’ve ever met have been girls, it’s really kind of gross and therefore only men should do it. They’re kind of gross anyway.

Swearing is rude, crude, and inappropriate. Don’t do it, damn it.

Do not make your unsavory opinions known to everyone around you. Especially if those opinions include things like: babies are leaky, kids throw up too much, and Sylvester Stallone is the best actor EVER.

Order salads at dinner. I don’t know why. It just seems like you should.

Never, under any circumstances, insinuate that you are, perhaps, smarter than your male counterparts. They don’t like that.

Do not write cheeky blogs about how to be lady-like when you are obviously so not. I would never do such a thing.

Written by Sonja in: Laugh Til You Pee |

May
22
2007

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