I have my cheesecake done but need to bake my pumpkin pies yet. Today’s my birthday and my husband mentioned taking me out to dinner to Applebee’s this evening. I love going to this restaurant but I said no. I have too much to do yet. I did pick up pizza so I didn’t have to cook on my birthday.

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving tomorrow.

Blessings to you!

I gave a book away for the first November drawing, so I’m adding two books to my list for the second drawing which will be December 1st. I’ve had some problems mailing out of the United States, so I’ll give a $5 gift certificate in place of a book to those winners outside the U.S. I can still mail to Canada. Here is the new list of gently used books:

Highland Bride by Hannah Howell

It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas

Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick

The Moon And The Stars by Constance O’Banyon

Forbidden Merger by Emilie Rose

My Scandalous Bride by Christina Dodd, Stephanie Laurens, Celeste Bradley, Leslie LaFoy

The Widow’s Kiss by Jane Feather (I have two copies of this book - one in hardcover and one in paperback.)

The Bliss by Jacqueline Navin

Lady Of Sin by Madeline Hunter

The Truth About Love by Stephanie Laurens

Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Manhunt by Janet Evanovich (reissued in 2005)

Just Perfect by Julie Ortolon

Proper Conduct by Shannon Donnelly

Exclusive! by Fiona Hood-Stewart, Sharon Kendrick, Jackie Braun

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing by Joan Johnston

1. Your idea of a clean desk means you can see over the top of the piles.

2. You know exactly where everything is in those piles.

3. You can spend hours leafing through the pages of a dictionary.

4. You can write an eight-page email and feel like you’ve only written a paragraph.

5. You know everything happens for a reason…even if you have to make one up.

6. You can entertain yourself all afternoon creating character descriptions for people whom you observe in an airport, on a bus, at the mall, etc..

7. You often play a mental game called “What If?” and concoct wild endings for situations.

8. You second guess every decision you make.

9. You have purses, boxes, envelopes and/or drawers stuffed with notes on article/book/essay/story ideas.

10. You mentally re-write dialog/story lines while watching bad movies/television shows

11. You can break into a cold sweat at the sight of an empty page.

12. Things don’t make sense until you have written about them.

13. Friends and family members sometimes find your thoughts and ideas peculiar.

14. There are days when you’d rather scrape that ucky brown stuff from around the base of the toilet with a toothbrush than write.

15. You wake up in the middle of the night and write down an article or story idea/plot line/snappy remark that came to you in your sleep.

16. You are perfectly happy being alone for hours/days/weeks on end.

17. Sometimes you would do anything so you don’t have to be alone…and write.

18. You read as much to study writing style as you do to gather information.

19. Without provocation strangers on a bus, train or airplane tell you intimate details of their lives.

20. You must write.

21. You can’t imagine a life without writing.

© Donna Chavez, 2003
Excerpted from “The Professional Writer’s Starter Kit”

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These are definitely true about me…scary!

Lily from Canada! She picked Ranch Dressing by Janet Dailey for her mother!

Don’t forget your names for comments so far this month stay in for the next drawing on December 1st plus will add names of comments posted for the rest of this month. Please visit the cafe tomorrow for “Chick-Lit Day” for a chance to win prizes!

My Buckeyes won yesterday against the Wolverines. Woohoo Ohio State - Big Ten Champs!

Remember how I mentioned having another contest this month, maybe a scavenger hunt here on my blog, well good news instead of just my prizes, I’m sharing a cafe day with authors Mary Eason and Kate Johnson on Monday! We decided to have a “Chick-Lit Scavenger Hunt” and will be giving prizes throughout the day.

I’m giving a free download of A Fiery Secret for one prize and a signed copy of the winner’s choice of any of my three Samhain books. If the winner lives outside the U.S. or Canada, I’ll give a free download of one of my three books instead.

Here’s the promo:

Chick-Lit Day and Scavenger Hunt at Samhain Cafe on Monday, November19th!!! Starts at 12:00 p.m.!

Do you like your romance with just a touch of sass and plenty of attitude?

Then come join us for a Chick Lit Day Celebration over at The Samhain
Cafe.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/samhaincafe/?yguid=180915117

You’ll meet some of Samhain’s chick lit authors, have plenty of
opportunities to win some cool stuff and you’ll get the chance
to openly proclaim, ‘Yes, I love chick lit so deal with it!’

Join, Mary Eason, Kate Johnson as well as myself, Diane Craver, on
Monday, November 19th all day long for chick lit dishing! Lets have
some fun!