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I don’t like to ask for things, but today I’m going to ask for a little assistance. I entered a contest yesterday. A writing contest. Flash fiction, 500 word maximum, Halloween theme. (Okay, mine’s a little naughty too.) The five entries with the most positive comments will be forwarded to the publisher of eXtasy books for judging. So, I’m gonna swallow my pride and ask you all to stop by and leave a comment on my entry. The blog is called Seven Wicked Authors and my entry is The Green Lady by Lex Valentine. I sincerely appreciate all your support. Oh, and for all the ladies and gays, the almost naked man on the header of that blog is showing off his package and he is really HOT!

I’ve got a really nice Marcus for today. I’ve definitely been in the mood for some Marcus since I spent the weekend trying to kill off a Bar character. I haven’t done it yet, but everything is in place and one or maybe two posts from now, Macaire will be taking a hike to the Afterlife. So to soothe myself, I’ve brought out this little gem:

I AM WILLIAM WALLACE! Marcus rocks the kilt way more than Mel ever did.

This week, I’ll be doing the one word answer meme that Kapgar had on his blog and I’ll be posting some hotties on Wednesday. There was someone special I was gonna post, but I’ve lost track somewhere… If you were the person I said I’d post a hottie for, remind me in comments who it was. I’m pulling a blank at the moment for some reason. It’s right there on the tip of my tongue… GAH! Lost it again. Grrr.

EDIT: AH HA! I promised Gooster more Tracy James! Wooo hooo!

Anyway, I’m so glad that my twisted fairy tales are coming up correctly, Hilly as a Valkyrie, Vahid as a dragon, Hellohahanarf as a naked Rapunzel in a hotel window… Something cosmic was working overtime in me, I swear.

Okay, that’s enough outta me. Have a great Monday and may your garage door stay working!

Here’s how my week went:

• Exhausted from so much writing in such a short space of time
• Inability to concentrate on jack
• Fiddled with videos
• Read some books
• Had one of my most favorite people at work retire
• Had a bunch of things at work contrive to keep me from staying on schedule with month end
• Stressed at the office and stretched to the max in terms of ability to roll with the punches
• Worried about all kinds of stuff I can’t even begin to list here
• Tried to keep up on all the author related loops
• Tried to catch up on reading the blogs in my feed reader
• Stressed over the sim going down and having to get my entries in
• Plagued with headaches all week, a rare thing for me
• Fought with Motley over the use of my computer
• Battled to sleep at night due to the high temps
• Had Marie Callender’s not have my to go order ready, but got a free pie out of it
• Got back one critique from a beta reader of the Prince story
• Ordered belly button jewelry for my ears (don’t ask, it’s a gauge thing)
• Bought way too many eBooks with my retroactive raise money
• Bought lots of birthday gifts and a Socially Dead tank top for Motley
• Been basically unmotivated to do anything because of stress and the heat
• Worked on getting an author who writes M/M vampire stories for Jester’s show
• Am getting ready for the only holiday I think is cool… Halloween.
• Ranted about penis size at LexValentine.com
• Got my invite for the company Halloween party (anyone wanna go to a Halloween party at the cemetery?)
• Begged nicely for a signed copy of JR Ward’s Compendium from my friend Jen from the Bar
• Spent $250 to get my own car out of my garage this morning
• Forgot my phone at home today
• Had Marty and Gooster inspire my next two books in the Darkworld series
• Had Hilly agree to be the heroine of my 3rd Darkworld book

See my Halloween/October blog template? You may all bow down before the genius and beauty that is Jester.

Since it’s Commando Friday, I give you hotness without undies. Praise the Lawd and pass the bizkits!

Happy Friday!

I’m blogging about penis size at Lex Valentine. Oy. Let the wars begin. LOL

I was definitely the Little Engine That Could this weekend. I took Friday off and started serious work on the Prince & Pea. That little bit I posted for you was all I had… but by 11 pm last night, I had over 21K words. It was a rough weekend with heat, distractions, and a host of other things. However, I just kept telling myself “I think I can, I think I can” and sure enough… I did!

The story needs to be edited. I just rushed and put it all down because sometimes that’s what you have to do to finish something. In this instance, it was what was working for me. This is the longest thing I’ve written in quite awhile. Bar posts are often 3K or less. Some of my other stories have been around 5-8K. But I do have about 20 chapters (75K words) in a Regency romance that I haven’t finished so I can write longer stories. I really should finish the Regency. 75K words is a lot.

So the Prince & the Pea will go to beta readers now and I will get back to the Bar. I have a Girl’s Night Out with fighting and naked dragon rides to write. I’m a little tired this morning, but I feel good. Also, as soon as I finished, my brain was whirring with ideas for the sequel to the Prince. Max’s best friend Alexa needs her story told, but I’m not sure whether I should try to make it fit a fairytale or not.

Before I give you a Marcus for this Monday, I did want to let you know that I heard back from singer/songwriter Dan Wilson. His song Breathless in part inspired Runaway Train which was the introduction of two new characters to the Bar. It also is a great stand alone erotic story. Dan said that he doesn’t own the copyright to Breathless, Sony does. He wasn’t sure, but he thought it was okay to use the song for a trailer since I’m not selling the song or anything else with it. I went ahead and polished up the trailer. Here it is.

I will be catching up with all your blogs this week. It’s gonna be this way for awhile as I try to get myself established as Lex Valentine. I’ll be reading you in my feedreader and coming by to make at least one or two comments a week on your blogs. I love you all so I can’t just click read and move on without at least one comment from me.

And now for a Marcus to finish out this post.

Hey, baby. Nice … erm… wheels. Yeah, wheels. HEH

FYI - If you tried to see the vids in the other posts and couldn’t try again. I updated them. Also you can CLICK HERE to see them all on You Tube.

Have a great Monday everyone!

So, I didn’t get a post up on Sunday. I’m afraid I’m gonna be a little erratic with the posting for a bit here. I’m seriously obsessed with this writing thing.

It’s Monday and not only do I need to post Marcus, I have some other media things to share. I think I’ll start with Marcus because I need to start with something yummy and sexy.

Whew! He’s hot. I’m ready to move on now.

Last time I posted I told you about learning to use Windows Movie Maker. I made a couple of videos while I was trying to figure out the software. One of them was for my new Pink Chair Diaries post The Wiz & the Chair.

When I was writing Wiz, I needed a name for one of the characters, so I asked Justin if I could use his. He graciously agreed. Then, when I was making the video, I needed a song and Jester came to my rescue. The song he suggested was a hot one, to complement the hot story. So here it is, the video for the Wiz & the Chair.

My last bit of media is twofold. I have a free story available for download at lexvalentine.com. I made a little video for it too. Then I used one of the stock images I bought to create a cover for the story. So here’s a link to the pdf file of the story, complete with a cover made by yours truly. Underneath it is the video. Strangely, enough, even though there are things wrong with this video, it’s my favorite.

The Silver Queen’s Death

I hope you enjoyed my second media blitz. It’s been a lot of work learning to promote myself. I still don’t have this stuff down. I wonder how any writers have time to write with all this stuff they have to do. I’m not even published yet, but just putting all the stuff in place has been a huge project. When you send in a query letter or submission, these publishers ask you to tell them what you can do to help promote yourself and your writing. So I have to have the ability to handle this media or I’ll have to pay to have it done. Luckily, I love Photoshop. Heh.

Have a great Monday!

Yup, I’m in a hurry. Here’s some Humpday heat for you. Back soon with babble from my overflowing head! Love you all! MUAH!

I’m in the mood for a little Ian Somerhalder… Rawr!

And for mah gal Hilly (and all you straight guys)… Eliza Dushku!

For those of you needing extended heat, visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/lexvalentineauthor . Make sure you check out the video for The Wiz & the Chair. Jester found me the BEST, SEXIEST song evah!

Catch ya laters, my loves!

I don’t watch teevee. Want to know why? Go to Snackie TeeVee and you will find out! I’m over there expounding on my teevee-less life. Well, not completely teevee-less life. I watch teevee for the eye candy. Oh, and not just any eye candy, but specific eye candy.

Christian de la Fuente from In Plain Sight.

George Eads from CSI.

You’ll know what I’m talking about if you go read the post: Winter Hates TeeVee - Almost.

Happy Tuesday!