The Liebster Award

I was nominated by Cara Bristol for The Liebster Award who was nominated by Ana. I think that both of these ladies could dish out quite the spanking if crossed  are awesome so I am going to participate. ;)

• When one receives the award, one posts 11 random facts about oneself and answers the 11 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
• Pass the award onto 11 other blogs (while making sure one notifies the blogger that one nominated them!)
• One writes up 11 NEW questions directed towards YOUR nominees.
• One is not allowed to nominate the blog who nominated one’s own blog!
• One pastes the award picture into one’s blog. (You can google the image, there are plenty of them!)

Now that we got that out of the way, here are Cara’s questions and my answers:

1. If you woke up one morning in the body of man, what is the first thing you would do? I would masturbate, I swear to you, I want to know what it feels like.
2. If you won the lottery and had to buy something fun, what would you buy? Fun? I don't really know what fun is thinking lotto but I guess it would be the ability to re-do a corner of my house as a decked out happy comfy home office where I can type my butt off!
3. Something you consider a necessity? My laptop with word installed or at the very least a never-ending supply of notebooks and pretty pens.
4. Something you consider frivolous? Designer clothing. $80 jeans are not better than my $12 pair from Walmart. They still wear out, they are only jeans!
5. What was your first job? I used to baby-sit ALL the time from the age of about 12 for family and then out for other people around 13. Now you can't even leave your kids home alone under the age of 16. (only exaggerating slightly)
6. If you had it to do over again you would….finish my Communications in Media degree. It is one of my only regrets.
7. Something about the opposite sex you find annoying? The lack of urgency and their selfishness. Uggh. I do things for the house, you do things for only you!
8. Can you keep a secret? I am insane at the level I will go to, to ensure that I keep secrets. I am always the one super trusted so I have to make sure I never ever spill! I'm honest to a fault.
9. Do you prefer cats, dogs, other pets, or no pets? I adore cats and am terrified of dogs. I will never own one.
10. Do you believe in psychics? I have been told that I am one, so I guess I would say yes. I just think I am good at reaching out to everyone.
11. Your favorite TV show? I have no cable but I love The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, and Once Upon a Time

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Next Big Thing: Authors Tagging Authors

I was tagged by Sue Lyndon  AND Celeste Jones in the Next Big Thing:  Authors Tagging Authors...also known as the WIP Blog Hop.  Thanks for the tag, ladies!

Here are the rules:

• Give credit to the person/blog that tagged you
• Post the rules for this hop
• Answer these ten questions about your current WIP (Work In Progress) on your blog
• Tag five other writers/bloggers and add their links so we can hop over and meet them.

1. What is the working title of your book?

Slight of Hand (Possibly Sleight of Hand)

2. What genre does the book fall under?

BDSM erotic romance with discipline and sexy spankings sprinkled throughout

3. Which actors would you choose to play your characters for the movie rendition?

Mila Kunis as Morgan and Ian Somenholder as Xavier (omg his eyes and that alpha male thing he has)

4. What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

A magician looking for more than just an assistant, someone to love and guide.

5. Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

As soon as I have the complete draft I plan on sending it to Stormy Nights in hopes that they will like it. :)

6. How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
Still writing, I'm using it for NanoWrimo and am at 21.5 k

7. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Um. None, actually, I haven't read or heard of anything like it.

8. Who or what inspired you to write this book?

I LOVE Ian Somenholder and his work on The Vampire Diaries especially since he is always looking out for the girl's best interests even if it means sacrificing others. Err, well as Damon I guess that reads true but I meant sacrifices. I then saw an episode of Supernatural about magicians and whoosh it was born.

9. What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?

There is the introduction of a former what we think is a fling only to find out that Xavier dishes out discipline to those select few even if he's not in a relationship with the woman. More twists is that someone else is watching and not in a good way!

Question #10

Tag, you’re it!

I ’tagged’ the following authors:

Bethany Aan
Dee Carney
Sandra Bunino
Penelope Jones
Milly Taiden

<3 Adaline Raine

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Chapter One: WIP: Dani's Place

Updated First Full Chapter for Ksenia (grin)
Please note this is still a work in progress!

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