Tonya's Tidbits

YAH, my column is up today. Head over and check it out for some exciting Harlequin news and books to read for the month of February. I do need a new picture up, the pic is like 6 years old now and my hair is longer now...FYI: pic to the right:) LOL http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=1496 Tonya XOXO

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

Denysé Bridger, who is a friend and someone who is published. You may have read some of her work or you may have worked with her through Absolute X-Press, she is the Acquisitions Manager/Editor-in-ChiefAbsolute XPress, Romance Division. Today she sent me and email, here is what it said: The reviewers at The Long and the Short of It have selected the books they consider the best of 2008. This year, one of the books or stories awarded a "best book" rating by our reviewers will be chosen by our readers as "Best Book of 2008 Your story, Blood Wine and Pale Roses, is one of the choices and we thought you would like to know. The Best Book of 2008 poll will run from Monday, February 2, though Saturday, February 14. You can find the information here: http://www.longandshortreviews.com/LASR/BB2008.htm (starting Monday, February 2) Winners will be announced on The Long and the Short of Its front page on Monday, February 16 and the winning author will receive a banner from our site announcing the award. http://www.longandshortreviews.com/Reviewing romantic fiction one "Happy Ever After" at a time!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LongAndShortRomanceReviewshttp://groups.%20yahoo.com/%20group/whippedcre%20am2/ You can click on the above link and vote for her book. Please do vote!! Tonya XOXO

My Ramblings

“I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” ~Martha Stewart~ Martha Stewart is celebrating her 500th show today! She brought back Bill Clinton, which was great. I love him and all that he is doing to make a difference. I remember when he show started back in what 2005. I was excited. I also remember when Ellen's show started. She did that whole Justin Timberlake thing to get him on her show. Was it 2002 when her show started? Can't really remember, but I remember. I also think Jennifer Aniston was one of the first guests. I entered 1,000 word for Chase the Dream Contest. So, I accomplished one goal for this week! Yah me:) I just need to figure out which next 1,000 words I will send next week. I buy a copy of Woman's World every week, there are some weeks I miss it, but my neighbor, Jerri, she buys them as well. She's the one who got me hooked on these magazines. They have this beautiful Angles Story in the magazine. It's where someone has touched your life whether they are gone or still here. It's beautiful. They have a section Boy was my Face Red! It's really funny to read, because who can't relate to that!! But the very first thing I flip to every week is the Romantic Fiction page and read that first. I love these stories. So much happens in 800 short words. I never really thought about writing a short piece for this magazine. But one of my Yahoo groups got talking about this and I love these storied, I thought I might give it a try. I emailed them this morning and just a few minutes ago I received a copy of their submission guidelines. They pay really well too, might as well say one dollar per word. If your 800 word story is published you earn 800 dollars. It's going to be a challange for me. As you can tell by my posts, I really write a lot and have a lot to say. My column still isn't up yet, no biggie. Sometimes it's a couple of days into the month before it does go up. The girls have a lot of editing and columns and reviews and interviews to post. So within the next couple of days I look for it being up and ready. I finished reading two great books last week, I will be writing a review for Fresh Fiction as well for these books. Millionaire's Secret Seduction BY Jennifer Lewis and The Man She Married BY Ann DeFee. I recommend them as a great read. They were January releases so I would buy them at http://www.eharlequin.com/ before they run out. If you noticed to the right I added some features, my TBRP for 09, and Author Spotlight Days. This Saturday will be Jennifer Lewis. I'm really excited about that. She's a great writer and has a new release in March, which will be featured this Saturday and on my March column. Tonight is a good night for TV, well at least one show I can think of. CSI:Miami is back with a new episode. It looks really intense and there was a rumor that Kalli Ducane would die off the show. I think it might be real from what tonights show has in store for us. It comes on at 10:00PM, you should really check it out. I'm still floating on cloud 9 with my Superbowl Victory! Okay, well I guess it really wasn't me who won it. But you know what I mean! Can't wait for next season, but I do have something to keep me occupied. NASCAR starts next weekend. Daytona 500, February 15. Go Dale JR.

Tonya

XOXO

All Things Good

Vince Lombardi said: "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up." I thought this quote appropriate since today was a big football day and the thropy the Superbowl Champs win is called The Vince Lombardi Thropy. Yes, my team won. I was so happy, I'm still really happy. It was close with 5 minutes to go and the Cardinals had 3 points on us, but Big Ben stuck it out and threw the winning touchdown pass to Santino Holmes. Heath Miller, who I think is really underrated as a player did an amazing job tonight on the offensive end. He protected Ben and helped make some big plays. The MVP was no other than deserving, number 10, Santino Holmes. He's been a great player all year, making those big plays that have helped the Steelers win through the Playoffs and now the Superbowl. The final score was 27-23 with only 36 seconds remaining, but with only a couple of seconds left the Steelers got possession of the ball once again. I have a Valentine's Day Poll to the right, please vote. It's for fun!:) Now onto my goals for the upcoming week:

• Write 1,000 words per day
• Write 1st March Column for Tonya's Tidbits
• Enter 1,000 words to Chase the Dream Contest for this week
• Prepare next week's CTDC entry

My first column isn't up today, with it being Sunday. I figure it will be up tomorrow, as soon as it is I will post the link.

Tonya

XOXO