
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Male On Monday Time

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Firefighter's Makes Waldenbook's Best-Sellers List!


What's EVEN BETTER is that ALL FOUR of the first wave of Modern Extra's to hit the USA & Canada are ON THAT LIST and that bodes fantastically well for the future of the line! FINGERS CROSSED. Because the Modx family of writers are just such an enthusiastic bunch of gals and love, love, love writing stunningly gorgeous SEXY heroes and fiesty, sassy heroines for the line! Sigh... Can you blame us???
So KUDOS to the Modx editorial team - YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST and a HUGE CONGRATS to fellow launch month-ers Kate Hardy, Julie Cohen and Kelly Hunter (who got to NUMBER TWO this week!!!!!) May the line go from strength to strength...
Also I wanted to share with you a little bit of the review I got from the very lovely Marilyn Shoemaker about The Firefighter's Chosen Bride... She managed to make me weep with the email she sent me privately and reminded me why I keep doing this job even when I have a GABE... Thankyou my sweet!!!
"This particular book meant a lot to me as my husband was a firefighter for over twenty years and Trish has portrayed the profession and the brave men who choose it in an honest, honourable and believable way. This author has obviously done her research and it showed in this book especially what it means to the man, to the woman he loves, his family and friends. It is a brotherhood of amazing men and women and I thank this author for this amazing story."
You can read the rest of Marilyn's Review at her Review Blog here and if you want to see what everyone else has been saying about the book you can visit The Firefighter's Chosen Bride page on my website where there's also an excerpt and some behind the scenes info...
And to all of you who went out and bought the book to help place it on the Waldenbooks list - THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Proud Auntie Day!

Monday, August 20, 2007
Just While You're Waiting...
And if you're a ring finger or a thumb... Uh-oh...
You Are a Pinky |
![]() You are fiercely independent, and possibly downright weird. A great communicator, you can get along with almost anyone. You are kind and sympathetic. You support all your friends - and love them for who they are. You get along well with: The Ring Finger Stay away from: The Thumb |
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Do We Help Define Real-Life Heroes In Our Books?

What IS a hero?
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Who *IS* that Masked Man???

I'm wrapping up the last of my Where's Wylie posts over at the PHS today... altogether now... Awwwwwwwww.....
Yuh huh. But don't for ONE SECOND think that you BLOG READERS will get off scott-free when it comes to the bazillion pictures I still have left from the trip. Ooooohhhhhhh Noooooooooo. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
Now - I can see you all squinting at this picture to try and figure out what it's a picture OF. Lets just say I wasn't in a good position to TAKE a pic. And I had a crowd around me. And I was a tad distracted by the subject manner.
Sooooooo you'll just have to head over to The Pink Heart Society to find out who it was. And THEN you can come back and squint a little more. I recommend it from your peripheral vision too. Possibly in a darkened room. With a little imagination or a few glasses of wine...

Ooohhhh and I revamped my Myspace page while I had a think about Gabe's revelations. Go be IMPRESSED with my GENIUS with HTML code *laughing so hard at my own joke my ribs hurt* - yes - you too can spend THREE HOURS trying to work out how to get your banner IN THE MIDDLE.
*rolling up sleeves* I'm going back in troops. Wish me well. Remember I love you ALL. It was an honour knowing you...
Monday, August 13, 2007
Finally HE SPEAKS!!!

*insert manic laughter here at will*
Yes - FINALLY - Gabe has decided TO TALK-TO-ME!!!
Alright, that's an exaggeration... 'cos well, IT'S GABE. But somewhere in the midst of the PAIN and SUFFERING I'm going through with the re-write of this book he must have started to actually feel GUILTY. And so in he appeared...
Kinda hovered in the doorway for a bit. (probably knew I didn't want to speak to him)
But as this new version of the story has very slowly... very very slowly... very very very... well you get what I'm saying here - anyway as it has VERY SLOWLY started to make some sense to me I'd almost started to to believe I understand better why he's the way he is. And he's helped a little by talking more on the page, which helps the wordcount (if I ever stop deleting the old/not the real story version that is!) and gives Ash more to hate him for frankly - 'cos when he does speak he always makes things worse. Mind you, now that I know what she did...
Anyway - look up the phrase *angry young man* and you'll find Gabe.
So when he'd hovered and leaned on the doorpost and hovered some more and I still ignored him (good dose of his own medicine I thought) - he eventually sighed and walked in - and plunked a CD on my keyboard - and told me it was ALL in the lyrics, OKAY?
Fine, I said.
And it is - in every word and every line, we have Gabe's feelings pretty much in Gabe's words - if he ever chose to say them aloud that is. Everything he feels and is going through and has already gone through in one song. If he'd just given ASH a bloody copy of it this book could have been done in about 3k!!!!
NOW I GET IT.
And actually - I kinda ache a little for him now I know. Just don't go telling him, alright???
"Nature's Law" by Embrace
I tried to fight the feeling, the feeling took me down,
I struggled and I lost the day you knocked me out,
Now everything’s got meaning and meanings bring me down,
I’m watching as a screening of my life plays out.
Every day I fight these feelings,
For your sake I will hide the real thing,
You can run all your life, all mine I will chase...
You should never fight your feelings,
When your very bones believe them,
You should never fight your feelings,
You have to follow nature’s law.
I’ll live with never knowing, if knowing’s gonna change,
I’ll stop the feeling growing, I will stay away,
Like a broken record stuck before a song,
A million beginnings, none of them the one.
Every day I fight these feelings,
For your sake I will hide the real thing,
You can run all your life, all mine I will chase...
You should never fight your feelings,
When your very bones believe them,
You should never fight your feelings,
You have to follow nature’s law.
I wrote her letters and tried to send them,
In a bottle I placed my hope,
An SOS full of good intentions sinking,
Will you give it to me,
Don’t make me wait,
You build me up, knocked me down,
But I will stand my ground,
And guide this light that I’ve found.
You should never fight your feelings,
When your very bones believe them,
If you let them show, you’ll keep them
I know you're hurt but soon you'll rise again,again,again...
You should never fight your feelings,
When your very bones believe them,
You should never fight your feelings,
You have to follow nature’s law.
The track is on the Embrace album "This New Day" and you can order it from Amazon here. And a big THANKS to RAY-ANNE who just found us THIS:
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Sigh...

Revisions are revisions no more. It's become a total re-write. Well, pretty much. That's what you get when you have a troublesome hero who won't tell you anything and you try to tell the story that isn't the REAL story. Yeah - THANKS GABE.
I think I have the gist of it now, but you know that thing when you learn to knit where you repeat in your head 'knit one, pearl two' to get the pattern??? Well, in my cave it currently runs along the lines of 'delete 10k, write 2'... and I'm four chapters into it but it's like wading through porridge. PLUS I made the mistake of taking that trip of mine and then going out with friends and family a few times to celebrate my birthday - so I reminded myself of what it's like to HAVE-A-LIFE and now the part of my personality that LIKES THAT is PROTESTING about being locked up again...
Especially with two more books to produce after this one so that there's not a whole heap of light at the end of the tunnel.
If this angst wafts it's way to you - I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE...
And if you'd like to hear what I'm listening to music wise to try and get me through the pain then skip on over to my Myspace page... feel free to singalong to banish the angst - that's what I'm attempting to do... ALTOGETHER NOW... Nah na Nah na Nah na....
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Yes I Am Locked In The Cave With GABE...

Sunday, August 5, 2007
That Time Of Year Again
Your Birthdate: August 5 |
![]() You have many talents, and you are great at sharing those talents with others. Most people would be jealous of your clever intellect, but you're just too likeable to elicit jealousy. Progressive and original, you're usually thinking up cutting edge ideas. Quick witted and fast thinking, you have difficulty finding new challenges. Your strength: Your superhuman brainpower Your weakness: Your susceptibility to boredom Your power color: Tangerine Your power symbol: Ace Your power month: May |
Friday, August 3, 2007
The Writer's Contest Result!!!!

Second thing - you all made the decision INCREDIBLY HARD for me so THANKS FOR THAT TOO!!! I have had one HECK of a time narrowing it down to my final three and an even WORSE TIME choosing just one from those three! Suffice to say this won't be the last time I do this - and I sincerely hope to see some of you again the next time round, when I'll attempt to schedule my life a tad better to get the results to you quicker... ;)
Anyhoo, out of the many wonderful entries I received I finally narrowed it down to three who were... DRUMROLL PLEASE...
RAY-ANNE with her story 'COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS'
JANET with her story 'THE BOYFRIEND MISSION'
AND
MARCY with her story 'HER CLIENT'S WISHES'
And can I just say that these three gals made my final decision HELL. Each story has it's own merits, each has a very individual and fresh voice and each one has the potential to make it as a great story! If I had more time I can truly say the temptation to have got the chance to work with ALL THREE would have been HUGE. But the simple fact is I just don't have that much time - I wish I did for you ladies - TRULY. Unfortunately a rather large re-write and two more full stories between now and the end of the year make it impossible so a choice had to be made!!! What I have done to ease my conscience is make some notes on EVERYONES SYNOPSIS and on the FINALISTS SYNOPSIS and PARTIAL - I hope these are useful... so watch your inbox the next few days...
So - the manuscript I'll be critiquing for one person is.... DEEP BREATH...
JANET and her story 'THE BOYFRIEND MISSION'
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS JANET and to EVERYONE A HUGE THANKS FOR ENTERING WITH SO MANY FANTASTIC STORIES!!!!
Trust me - THIS WAS A TOUGH DECISION!!!
But if you'd all still like another chance then I WILL DO THIS AGAIN (only quicker next time!!!)
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Oh For Crying Out Loud That *%**% Man!
