Archive for September, 2006

September 11, 2006

10:44 am • Filed under: Uncategorized

It’s going to be a silly blog kind of week. I don’t feel like writing anything too serious - I have too much going on and my brain is still a little empty because of this cold. I believe I’ve coughed most of my brain cells out. Ugh.

So check out this pic of Clark Gable. I don’t find him drop dead gorgeous, but I lurved him as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. I just watched that movie again this summer after many many years. Scarlett is so awful - what the hell did he see in her? And I read the book long ago - she was even worse in that! Oh well…

I need to find a pic of the actor Lawrence Olivier back in his day - whew, he was real purty!

Don’t forget to leave a comment - then you’re entered into my contest to win a $5 Starbucks gift card and a bookmark! Come on, that’ll buy you one drink and leave change for another one, plus a bookmark? Cool!

September 10, 2006

1:04 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized

Well, I meant to hibernate through the weekend, yet here I am. I had a very productive Friday and Saturday. Wrote over 4,000 words since Friday night and cleaned a lot around the house yesterday. Of course, all of this kicked my butt and I felt like hell last night. My husband kept insisting I have allergies - I believe now it’s a cold. When I cough, I sound like a 99 year old smoker.

Anywho, that’s not what I want to talk about. I’m here to announce a new contest!

In celebration of Release Me being a Top Seller at Cobblestone and in honor of Fall trying to get here (hey, it was cooler yesterday in my neck of the woods - yea!), I’m going to give away a $5 Starbucks gift card and a fun bookmark. How can I win, you ask?

Just leave a comment on my blog all week. I’ll be gathering the comments left beginning tomorrow (Monday) through Saturday, September 16th, and entering them in the drawing. So leave a comment every day - it ups your chances!!

I’ll announce the winner Monday, September 18th. Now I’ll be out of town then, so forgive me if I can’t announce it in the morning. But I’ll find a way to get to the Internet, trust me.

September 8, 2006

11:36 am • Filed under: Uncategorized

I’m going to hibernate for a while - at least through the weekend. I’m tired. I have major allergies that made me go to bed last night at 9:30. I never go to bed that early. These allergies are kicking my ass.

Plus, I have a couple of Christmas short stories I want to work on. I would really love to finish at least one in the next few days. I’m leaving a week from Saturday and I’ll be gone for over a week. I don’t think much writing is going to happen during that time. I need to cram as much in as possible.

So check this out. I at first thought it was a fine man butt but now I’m not so sure. Is that really a woman? Check out those legs - they’re smooth. But the back looks mannish. Ah, hell, I can’t tell. Maybe my allergy medicine is making me crazy.

Is this a man or a woman???

September 7, 2006

10:35 am • Filed under: Uncategorized

It’s happening right now as we speak! Head on over there…

September 5, 2006

4:24 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized

I feel scattered and I need to focus. There’s all of these things I want to accomplish, and I don’t know if I have time to do them all. So that means I need to make time.

Which means I need to — gulp — organize.

It’s not that I’m a total scatterbrain, but I don’t organize much. I’ve tried - lord knows I’ve tried. Many times. Over and over. When I worked full time, I always meant well. Had calendars dinging at me on the computer (eventually just shut them off cos they annoyed me), made lists a mile long. But in the end I discovered those things didn’t work for me. I preferred to work in chaos.

Ugh!

I get too easily distracted. At home, I’ll fold a load of laundry, take it back to my bedroom to put away, start making the bed, clean the bathroom…and that load of laundry is still sitting there waiting to be put away.

This is the story of my life!

So this week my goal is to get organized. I don’t know how much it’ll help me, but I wanna try. Again. I want to organize both my personal life AND my writing life. I’d like to get a plan in place by the end of this week, especially cos I’m going out of town at the end of next week. Wish me luck cos I’m gonna need it.

What works for you guys? Any suggestions? I need all the help I can get.

September 2, 2006

10:47 am • Filed under: Uncategorized

Warning: Shameless Self-Promotion Ahead…

I’m so excited! Release Me is a Top Five Bestseller for August at Cobblestone Press!

Click on the cover if you haven’t bought it yet. Please.

I’m with great company. Here’s the list:

Bad Moon Rising by Loribelle Hunt
Bonding Experience by Cora Zane
Seducing Olivia by Madison Layle and Anna Leigh Keaton (second consecutive month!!!!)
Under Cover of the Moon by Loribelle Hunt (second consecutive month!!!!)
Release Me by Karen Erickson

Whoo hoo! Congrats ladies!

In other awesome news, Release Me has received very positive reviews.

Kerin at Two Lips Reviews gave it four and a half lips!

“The attraction between Sommer and Ted is instantaneous and lit the pages of this story. Sommer and Ted are both so likeable which made Release Me such a wonderful read. The love scenes were a beautiful balance between ferocity and tenderness which caused them to be highly erotic. I can’t remember the last time that I got lost in a book and didn’t notice the time pass and the pages fly by…Release Me is a sexy, hot read that you won’t want to put down.”

Read the rest of the review here: http://www.twolipsreviews.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138&Itemid=36

Lena C. at Fallen Angel Reviews gave it four angels!

“Release Me by Karen Erickson is one tale so worth reading from its comedy to the sexual heat that makes Ted and Sommer so unbelievably real in this book. All Sommer wants is a guy who knows how to do it and give her that big orgasm everybody talks about. Ted is your average man trying to make a living in the business world. He falls heedlessly in love with Sommer but abides by her wishes for just a fling, which makes it harder for him to just walk away. I loved how Karen Erickson kept up the heat throughout the book yet never swayed from the story line. Great job.”

Read the rest of the review here: http://www.fallenangelreviews.com/2006/August/LenaC-ReleaseMe.htm

I want to say thanks to everyone for helping me make this happen! I couldn’t have made the bestseller list without YOUR support!!!