Shelli Stevens

I’m not usually one to delve into politics on my blog, but today I have to. Congrats to the first African American president of the United States (and I’ve literally got tears in my eyes) Barack Obama!

And some day I want to see a woman in the White House!

Contest!

Now off politics and onto….my contest! My book Dangerous Grounds releases in print soon. (It’s actually on pre-order too!)

To celebrate the upcoming print release of Dangerous Grounds on November 25th I’m holding a contest! To be eligible to win you must be a member of my newsletter! (Sign up below!) The winner will be drawn from randomly from my list of subscribers on Thursday November 25th.

What’s the prize?

Victoria’s Secret leopard Santa hat
Retail Therapy Adult Mad Libs
See’s Candy Fall Harvest Box
Autographed copy of Dangerous Grounds

The party you throw for your kids of course! Come by Naughty and Spice where I’m discussing the birthday party topic! And you can see the outfit I bought my kid…and paid WAY too much for *sigh*

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Come share a ghostly story and hear some over at Naughty and Spice! Guest blogger Beth Henderson is visiting!

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And check out the pumpkins I carved last night! Yeah, I’m feeling pretty proud. Even if it was a stencil, that sh*t is hard!

I took my daughter to the dentist for her first official visit today. She’s had unofficial checks in the mouth by my good friend who’s a dental hygienist. Usually my friend’s consensus is: looks great, but she’s going to need braces. So when I took her today, I was afraid she’d freak out, despite many times reading every kids book about visiting the dentist out there (gotta say the Dora one’s pretty good!).

Anyway, she did fantastic! They couldn’t stop saying how great she did. Got her teeth cleaned and x-rayed. I was a proud mamma. And of course the last comment was: Great teeth, no cavities (it’s genetic, I’ve never had one!), but she will probably need braces, there’s a lot of crowding there. Greeeat. Like that’s not a lot of money. Well, it’s a ways off…who knows, I could be a NYT Best Seller by then. Cereally. It could happen.

So is it wrong that I think the older brother on Icarly is really hot? Does anyone even know what I’m talking about? Well, there’s my daily confession. Deal with it.

And now I’m off to finish writing a really dirty triad short story for Samhain. If they’ll take it. We’ll see. Funny how I can go from Icarly to really spicy books…tell me I’m not alone here. Anyone? Anyone?

I’m blogging at the Aphrodisia authors blog today. So if you’d like to drop by there I’d love the support! I’m talking…lingerie!

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So I had a slumber party last night with my daughter, her sister, and her cousin. I went to the store last night to grab some snacks/groceries and I just want to know…

When then heck did pancake mix get so expensive? $4.99 for a little box of Krusteaz? Seriously?? It’s pancake mix. It doesn’t even taste good. I could make my own mix cheaper from scratch and end up with more.

Coming visit Naughty and Spice where Angelle Trieste is blogging about Breaking the Rules. Leave a comment to win a copy of her book! Come on by :)

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So life has been crazy to say the least. I had the conference (and all the stress/anxiety/excitement building up to it!), and then my friend Emma Petersen stayed in town for a week or so afterward. We did a three day trip to the Oregon coast and around the Olympic Peninsula. It was a lot of fun and I was surprised my kid handled the car time so well! I posted some pics at Naughty and Spice on my Monday blog.

(Emma and I at the ECWC)

In the midst of all this, I actually had a big old emotional event (remember that one I asked for good thoughts about?). Well, my daughter actually met her dad for the first time and I was reunited with him for the first time since, oh about when I found out I was pregnant. So that was….scary, intense, concerning. But it went pretty well overall. So thanks everyone for the good thoughts!

Now that life is settling back down and into my routine (man, I didn’t realize how much I need my routine!) I’m back to edits, revisions, and critiquing. And then the usual board stuff. Yikes, I got behind on emails. And I still need to squeeze in watching Pushing Daisies online to catch up from last week.

Okay, typing all that made me realize I need to get back to work…. I lifted my head above water to check in, and now…going back under. Dive. Dive. Dive.

How do you travel? Come share your style and see some pics from my trip!

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Come visit Naughty and Spice where Shawna Moore is guest blogging about characters who are ‘a fish out of water!’

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