Yucky
By Isabelle | July 24, 2008
I have brought everyone down on this blog long enough. I beg your pardon my faithful bloggers. That was never my intention. Life tends to completely overwhelm me at times. I had a pretty icky day, except for the random almost building of a cardboard fort at work. It lasted all of ten minutes, but strangely enough it made me so happy! Ha ha. I totally see why kids get so excited about them.
I spent the evening watching one of my fave shows: So You Think You Can Dance. One of last night’s performances reminded me of why I absolutely want to be a dancer so badly. Maybe in my next life?
The part I love best? When she’s slamming her body against the door! I don’t know why, but I absolutely see myself doing that. Plus the song is catchy as all get out. Sooo good. Thankfully, they both were safe tonight.
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Two Can Keep a Secret…
By Isabelle | July 22, 2008
…if one of them is dead.
The thing about secrets is they divide people. They cause riffs, misunderstandings, people jumping to conclusions because they don’t have all the facts. Which is one reason why I hate them. But at the same time, secrets serve as a protection, whether it be for yourself or pertaining to someone you love.
So why is it so hard to keep a secret? Sometimes for good reasons. Because they’re exciting, because they’re nerve wrecking, because you want to shout it from the rooftops.
Other times, the reasons aren’t quite as good. Because you’re afraid, because you’re not sure it’s the right time, because there are other people affected by your secret.
So what do you do when you have to keep one? Especially when you know that just telling it would explain so much to so many people who are completely misunderstanding you?
Topics: life sucks | 3 Comments »
Back
By Isabelle | July 21, 2008
Playing domestic diva. Cleaning, unpacking, and sleeping off a long weekend. Mondays seem endless sometimes, don’t they?
Topics: random thoughts | 3 Comments »
All Packed And Ready To Go
By Isabelle | July 17, 2008
The hubby and I are headed to upstate NY. While there, we’re going to make a beeline to see my grandmother on Sunday. I spent all of yesterday cleaning and packing so I didn’t have a million things to do when I got back. I hate that.
Now that I’ve got the paperwork in the mail, I can let you all know that *squee* I just sent out a contract for a novella! It’s a contemporary sci-fi/paranormal titled Surfacing.
I’m very very proud of this story. It has undergone some major rewrites from the original version I wrote years ago, and I think it stands strong now.
I’ll give you more information as it becomes available. In the meantime, interested in a blurb?
Paige Jacobs lives the perfect life. She has a brand new car, a chic condo near L.A, her dream job, and a charming fiancé. But the memory- or fantasy- of a gorgeous boy with silver eyes consumes her. Her sister Aimee, the only one who knows the dangerous secrets of her past, refuses to talk about them. In an effort to waste time doing something other than obsessing over haunting memories, Paige starts to write a book. Only the hero is too much like the silver-eyed boy she’d loved so much in her youth and she can’t stop herself from getting caught up in it all. Then one morning, on a coffee run, she runs smack dab into the one person she never thought she’d see again.
Ohhh… ahhhh… 
Make you want to read more? Ha ha.
Anyway, I hope you all have an incredible weekend! I’ll see you when I get back!
Topics: novella, writing front | 3 Comments »
Heads Up Readers
By Isabelle | July 16, 2008
Cinematic Royalty is available at Fictionwise eBooks!
It is also 15% off! So if you’d like to give someone the gift of convenient, green reading, give them the gift of eBooks, over at one of the largest eBook distributors online, Fictionwise!
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Almost News
By Isabelle | July 15, 2008
So I have some exciting news but I can’t really tell you right now. But I want to. Ohhhhhh, I want to so badly. Soon! I promise!
In the meantime, this heat is making it really hard to write. Which sucks because I was making real progress on two of my projects. (I don’t know why I write simultaneously. I think I have a death wish.) I’m stuck on both, I open them occassionally, go over the events in my head, and even though I kind of want to write, I end up just sighing and closing it again. We’ll have to see if I can remedy that shortly.
At work, there’s a lot of preparation going into Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn release. Which I’m psyched about. I can’t wait to get my hands on it. We’re having a midnight release party, there’s going to be costumes and games, and I’m helping run the book clubs every weekend until the release to get people pumped up.
It’s funny, I’m so used to talking and trying to get people excited about my books, with marketing and promotion and such, that I forgot a bit how much fun it is to discuss someone else’s world and characters.I’d love for people to be that excited over books I’ve written. It really is a magical thing to make that sort of connection with readers. It’s great to see.
I’m also anxiously awaiting the premiere of the official movie trailer tonight on Entertainment Tonight! That’s going to be AWESOME!
Anyway, time for lunch. I’m chowing on a Ceasar salad today. Yummm…
Topics: writing woes, random thoughts, author promotion | 2 Comments »
Everything… and nothing at all
By Isabelle | July 11, 2008
I regret to inform you, there CAN be too much of a good thing. If I have to eat another popsicle, I might stab someone with it. After about 8 a day, they leave a very sugary after taste in the back of your throat that only a good glass of water can cure. Thankfully, I had my first real glass of water yesterday, after 4 days without. OH MAN. It was the sweetest, most wonderful thing in the world. Who knew how much I’d miss water if I couldn’t have it? No more. No one was saying I couldn’t have it but me. Sometimes, you have to just take charge and convince yourself that you’re in charge of your own body.
That’s exactly what I did. After work, I was famished in ways that actually embarass me now that I think about it. I got in the car, slammed the door, looked at my husband and demanded we go to Subway.
- But, I thought your stomach was still really upset - he said.
*glare* My response?
- I am starving. I want a sub with chicken and protein and things that make me happy or I am going to scream. So let’s go to Subway and I will eat a sandwich if it kills me.
Of course, he laughed and then said something about how sexy I was when I was all angry and flustered. I glared a little more, but it did at least make me laugh.
Can I just say the sub was heavenly? I don’t think I’ve had anything that good in ages. Or maybe I was just THAT hungry. 
Oh, and side note/mini rant:
Why bother with Twitter if the texting option just won’t work for me? I’ve tried connecting my phone to it like 5 times and it won’t work! Gah!
Anyway, here’s to hoping I find constructive things to do this weekend. Like clean and read. I’m running a Twilight book club at my B&N store tomorrow which should be fun. Maybe it’ll inspire my writing again which has hit the slumps something fierce. *sigh*
HAPPY FRIDAY ALL!
Topics: random thoughts | 3 Comments »
Multi-Colored Lining
By Isabelle | July 8, 2008
You know that silver lining everyone talks about? The one that makes cloudy days better?
Mine is (are):
That’s right. Bright, happy, cold and refreshing blocks of sugar. That and buttered toast seem to be the only thing my body is allowing me to take in right now.
I miss a cold, refreshing glass of water. True. These hot, humid summer days make it impossible not to. But I may be going back in to see my Dr. tomorrow to check for acid reflux and such. In the meantime, I won’t lie, I’m loving the popsicles. I have a box. And they’re mine. ALL MINE.
On the other hand-
- this stupid chapter in my WIP is giving me serious trouble. I have it planned out. I know what needs to be done. But the opening eludes me. It’s driving me crazy.
Topics: writing woes, sick | 2 Comments »
The 411
By Isabelle | July 7, 2008
I’m a terrible person to leave you all worried about me the way I did. I meant to post an update twitter, but I’ve been passed out, sleeping, trying to recuperate. I went to the docs and they found a slew of things wrong with me, most of which could very well be prevented if I drank more water, and others (like my very painful ovarian cyst) which cannot.
Either way, as you imagine, I’ve been laid out and useless for a few days now. Mostly battling intense nausea and stomach pain like you wouldn’t imagine from the dehydration and the stomach flu. It seems, despite my attempt to drink water, I’m still not drinking enough. Every time I sip more, it makes my stomach turn violently. So I’m moving onto other options. Gingerale. Crackers. They’re my best friends.
I’m going to try and go back to work tomorrow, mostly because I need to get paid so I can go grocery shopping. But, we’ll see how it goes. I have a terrible feeling I may not last all day. :-\
How about you all? What are your plans for the week?
Topics: sick | 3 Comments »
Spent the day in the ER hooked…
By Isabelle | July 2, 2008
Spent the day in the ER hooked to an IV. I hate hot summer days. I don’t drink nearly enough water.
Topics: Uncategorized | 3 Comments »