Author Christine d’Abo

Isn’t love grand! As a romance writer I love the idea of love and happy relationships. But really, who doesn’t??

Today is also the added bonus of being my little sister’s birthday! She’s turning 31 and I’m still in denial that she’s that old. Because that means I’m older… So a big shout out to my sister Andrea - happy birthday hon!!

I got to watch Torchwood last night and see one of my new favourite sci-fi couples :D. Which of course prompted me to think about some of my favourite sci-fi TV couples.

Spike and Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Wesley and Fred from Angel

Ianto and Jack from Torchwood

Jack and Sam from Stargate

And finally The Doctor and Rose

I hope you have a fantastic day with everyone who you love, both near and far.

Well I’m back at it today, but not running at full speed. Between my stomach and my arm, it’s been a bit of a rough week. But enough griping!

I’m been totally engrossed with Torchwood this week, rewatching season one and seeing the first four episodes of season two. I’m chomping at the bit to see the next episode…

I really love how the relationships between the team members has grown and changed. Gwen and Ryse are so cute together, especially in this week’s show, Meat. It’s so nice to see that their relationship is steady again. I’m not sure where they are going with the whole Owen and Tosh thing, but it should be interesting.

Jack and Ianto…are just…wow. The looks that get passed between the two of them are amazing. And the kiss… *drool*. I don’t think I’ve ever routed for a couple to get together this much before. And if the writers do anything to them, well let’s just say Russel Davies will be paid a visit by a very upset Canadian.

Tomorrow I have my TRW meeting and I have to say I’m really looking forward to it. Amy and I will be traveling together which means we get to talk obsessively about Torchwood before we meet up with Wylie and Leah.

On the writing front, I haven’t done a lot this week. I’ve only managed 2000 words, but I do plan to get some done at lunch today. Cross your fingers!

How is everyone doing? What are your plans for the weekend?

First off for any fans of House, in case you didn’t know there is a new episode on tonight! There was one actually after the Superbowl which was fantastic. It’s sad in a way, I haven’t been this excited about TV in a long time. LOL

Today I have my weight watcher meeting and I’m dreading going. I know I’m up, I just know it. I had a bad weekend eating just about anything I wanted, and now I’m going to have to pay for it. *sigh* But it was interesting how the whole temptation thing works. Most of the time I’m good and can resist. But if I’m tired or have had a down week…look out fridge! I really need to get that worked out.

It also got me thinking about the different types of temptations we put in front of our characters and their different reactions to them. Right now I’m writing about two people who are obviously attracted to each other, but after they had sex, one of them had a powerful and violent vision that scared the crap out of her. She really wants to be with that man again, but her fear is keeping her from him.

But the temptation is going to win her over soon…

At the same time I’m writing, my husband and I are re-watching season one of Torchwood. We’re getting ready to sit down and have a marathon to get us caught up for season two (Amy I’m avoiding your blog until that post is gone or else I’ve watched it LOL!). The characters of Torchwood have a lot of temptations they are dealing with on a daily basis. One of the things I love about this show is that these characters usually give in to their feelings. The end result is normally different than what they anticipate too. That’s really fun to watch.

Well so far we haven’t blown away here. The wind has been crazy in my neck of the woods last night and this morning. And to make matters worse, the temperature is going to drop from plus to minus and the rain switch to snow. The roads should be fun today.

On this wild Wednesday I thought I’d pimp a few contests that I’m participating in. If you are a member of my newsletter, you’ll be entered into a draw for this fun t-shirt and a copy of Chasing Phoenix! That’s it! Sign up for here super fun.

The Deliciously Naughty Writers is also running a Valentine contest. All you need to do is pop on over to our site and check out the questions to answer! It’s super easy and the prizes…well they’re uber!!

I have a confession to make as well. I’ve barely done any writing this week. But I’ve gotten all caught up on my TV shows and only have CSI left and I’ll have nothing else to watch. Except American Gladiator…which totally ROCKS!!!

Who knew that the past three days could feel longer than the previous two weeks? I’m so happy it’s Friday!

I’ve been working my way back into my writing routine after having been “on vacation” for the past month. My alarm has been set for 6am rather than 5:30 and I seem to be getting just as much done. Well, up to a point. My word count has been lower than I can do, sitting at just over 2000 words for the past three mornings, but I’m not too upset by that. I haven’t been able to write at lunch or at night either, so its not really a bad word count.

Tonight my husband and I will be watching the last two episodes of season two of Dexter. OMG that show rocks! They’ve got him painted into a corner and I can’t wait to see how they get him out…if they do at all. After we’re caught up on those, it’s on to season four of Stargate: Atlantis.

So much TV, so little time.

I’m also going to try and get some more writing done this weekend, but I’m not going to push it too much. The NFL play offs start and I plan on watching quite a bit of football.

What are your plans for this weekend?

The only thing that got me out of bed this morning was knowing that Kelly was probably already up and had written 2000 words. I’m glad I did because I managed to write 1500 words, and could have kept going but I had to get ready for work.

I’m now into a section that is heavy in the external plot, which I’m never sure works until I get someone else to read it. This of course won’t happen until NaNo is done, but that internal editor of mine has been trying to get in the way and slow me down.

I’m going to try and do some writing once I get home tonight, because I doubt I’ll even get a lunch today, let alone get any writing done. We’ll have to see.

Watched Heroes last night, and have to say I think that was the best episode of the season. We finally started to get into some major action and I can see the seperate lines starting to come together. Next weeks show looks just as good and will hopefully give us some answers to what happened at the end of last season. Tonight House is on!

I hope the rest of you NaNo participants are doing well. And thanks to everyone who gave me some suggestions on what books I should read next.

I’m also posting over at Six Degrees of Sexy this morning. I’m talking about the insanity of NaNo!

Hello my friends.

Today is packing day in the d’Abo household. And no, we are not doing it. Part of the relocation deal is work hires someone to come in and pack everything for us. The movers will be here tomorrow and Friday to put everything in the truck and then we’re off. So while we don’t have a lot to do, I find myself getting emotional, missing the friends that I’ve made here over the past year. Basically, I feel like this right now:

Writing hasn’t happened at all this week. I was actually home sick yesterday (still feel icky, but I’m at work anyway), and I’ve been getting caught up on my reading. I’m not stressing about it at all. I think I owe myself the small break. I might not do much in the way of writing next week either, but I do plan on doing some plotting so I’m ready for NaNoWriMo.

Speaking of which, if you are participating and would like to add me as a friend, my ID is Christine99. Please add me and we can keep each other happy in our insanity!

At night we’ve still been watching NCIS getting all caught up. We’re on season three now, and I’m still loving the show. I can’t wait until I can actually see all the new episodes on it’s regular night. It’s officially been added to my must watch list.

How are things with you??

So after my whinefest yesterday morning about how I thought my novella was sucking, I sat down and wrote 1400 words (not 14000 like I had a second ago). I think I know where I’m going to take this plot now (thank god) and I just need to sit down and write it out.

This got me thinking about writer’s block. This isn’t something that has happened to me very much over the five years that I’ve been writing seriously. In fact, I normally suffer through having too many ideas. This is almost as bad in some ways because you don’t know where to focus your attentions - you love all your stories! But to have no idea where to go, it’s a terrifying feeling.

I wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and fantastic suggestions yesterday, and to my Six Degrees of Sexy sisters who’ve had to put up with my freak attacks. I promise, I’m going back to the laid back me soon.

And speaking of laid back…anyone see House last night?? I want the old team back *sniff*. They keep teasing me with glimpses of them without giving me the whole package. Not…fair…

And my husband and I are almost done watching season two of NCIS. This is a show my dad insisted on us watching, mostly so he can talk to me about it. I’m really loving it so far. Apparently something big happens this season, but we haven’t gotten to it yet. I hope we will get to it this weekend.

Well I’m up. I’m not feeling 100% better, but I’m at work. A trainer’s work is never done…

I didn’t even think about writing yesterday. Well, that’s not true. I thought about the story, but I didn’t get in front of my computer except to check a few emails. I’ve been plotting out what I want to see happen in my paranormal.

In fact, I can’t seem to get it out of my head. I’m going to have to try to get as much plotting done as possible and tackle this project soon. Especially with NaNoWriMo coming out. I know myself well enough to know when an idea is sticking like this one is, I need to work on it. And the faster I get the plot out of my head and onto the computer the better.  

Last night I watched Heroes (I missed it Monday because I was sick) and House. I like where they are going with Heroes. The addition of the new characters will add a lot to the plot. And House rocked. I love the fact he now has an assistant and that Cameron and Chase are back in the hospital. I can’t wait to see where they end up going with the team make up.

Though the snarky girl has to go…there can be only one Foreman.

First off…I sold my house…again!! Only this time the financing is all approved. Now we just have to wait for the home inspection and water test (which I know are fine) and it’s a done deal! I’m so happy because I’m going to be buying a new house this weekend. I’ll keep you posted.

And finally, I was able to make progress on my novella yesterday. And thanks to my very good friend Red, I think I solved what was bugging me about the story. Totally a character motivation thing. I’m going to try and clean it up today to see if it makes a difference.

Tonight on TV we have the premiere of The Bionic Woman and Criminal Minds. I think I’m going to record Criminal Minds and give BW a chance. I hope beyond hope it doesn’t suck. I used to love the original when I was a kid…

Second…OMG House!! I love that show! I love any show that can make me laugh out loud many times, and then turn around and almost make me cry. The writers on that show are brilliant.

I was also able to pick up J.R Ward’s Lover Unbound. I started reading it last night and am already drooling. But I think I might hold off reading anymore until Friday when I’m flying to ON. I need something to preoccupy myself on the plane.

I’ve also posted some Hump Day Hunks over at Six Degrees of Sexy. Come check them out!