100 Words and a dash of shame...

Happy Wednesday, all!  Have you checked out Elena's 100 Words for $100 contest yet?  The $$$ comes with participation and mama (aka "I") needs the cash, so jump on over RIGHT NOW and enter!!  You've got until Jan. 31st - so PLENTY of time to come up with a mere 100 words.  It's so easy!  Here's mine:

Kat fell to the soft wet earth, which cushioned her knees in mud and stained her brand new denim jeans rich brown, and let the tears fall in curtains as she pondered over her own sad fate of which she had solely brought upon herself with her callous disregard of John's heart, with her very good lies, with her snap judgements and unforgiving nature, and with the long-held secret she'd carried and should have told him about because it would have cleared up everything and made things right for them to be together, finally, after so many lonely years.

(Ok, well maybe not so easy....)

But, this totally challenges your writing.  Yes, that's right!  It's a writing EXERCISE, which is good for a writer's soul - so DO IT!  Come on.  Pop on over.  You know you want to.  :)

(Thanks, in advance, of course!)

Ok - so now for the shame part....it comes in threes.

#1 - My little sis, the great esCait, TOTALLY kicked my can in my NeToReMo challenge!!  10, count them, TEN books down in the month of December to my measly little 5.  AND she throws it in my face a little on her blog - so sweet.  :)  But, looks like she read some amazing books that I'll definitely be adding to my TBR list.

#2 - The fabulous Maria McKenzie, over at Reading, Writing, Romance passed on to me The Versatile Blogger award a whole week ago and I'm just now getting around to thanking her!  Thanks, Maria!!  If you haven't checked our her blog - pop on over asap, please!  I'm supposed to name 7 things about myself, now - and pass this on to some other wonderful bloggers, which I fully intend to do!  On Friday... :)

#3 - I also told my blogging bud, Jen @ Unedited, that I would blog about her fabulous 1 year blogoversary giveaway (last Sunday, whoops!)  She'll have been blogging AND writing for 1 (count it) ONE year on Jan. 20th!  And have you seen what she's accomplished?  Truly amazing.  And she's celebrating with a very wonderful and generous giveaway.  So, if you haven't stopped by to enter and give her some blogoversary love - do it today!

(I hope that was ALL I had to make up for....)  I've seen a plethora of events, blogoversaries, blogfests, and contests out in the blogosphere!!  Great things are happening in 2011 so far.  Make sure you don't miss out  and Happy Writing!  :)

"Tron" and a tiny blogcation...

Happy December 26th!!  :)

For everyone who celebrated Christmas or any Holiday cheer yesterday, I hope you all had a wonderful time, got some awesome swag, and shared time with people you love.  I did!

So, I'm taking the coming week off from work *woot woot!! dancing a jig and throwing confetti*.  Yeah, just a tiny bit excited about it.  :)  And as I'm thinking about ALL the things I can get done with a week off work, I've decided to take a small vacation from blogging.  Minute, really.  I may or may not be around the blogosphere as 2010 dwindles away, but I'll be back to visit you all on Jan. 1st, when I participate in Elena's 100 words for $100 blogfest.

I know Jen @ Unedited has something exciting cooked up for 2011 as well!  And if you're just a bit lazy (like me) I believe she mentioned she'll be listing upcoming blogfests and contests on Friday!

So, for now - this is where I'm off to later today:

on IMAX: 3D, baby!!  (Hope it's good!!??)

And here's my wish to all of you:

I hope 2011 finds you all FANTASTICALLY well!  And I'll keep my fingers crossed that we all get a few MS requests, agent representations, book deals, tops to the NY Bestsellers list, or whatever your wish may be in the coming new year!!  See you on the 1st! :)