Romance in the City
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Madison Avenue on the East Side. Depending on the time of the day, you can practically have the streets of the city to yourself. Perfect for two lovers.


Madison Avenue on the East Side. Depending on the time of the day, you can practically have the streets of the city to yourself. Perfect for two lovers.

Folks:
There’s a lot of loot to bid on. ;-) You can find out what’s up for auction at this site: For Sharon Cullars.
Check out Roslyn Hardy Halcomb’s message below:
I’ve always known that the Romance community had some of the most fabulous people on the planet. Time and time again we’ve banded together to help one another and even a notorious band of ferrets. When we put out the call for items for Sharon’s auction I knew we’d get some great stuff. Even so, I’m like WHOA!!! Oh my, the pretties we’ve got. As usual my problem is, I want it all.
We’ve got items from some of the hottest authors out there, bestsellers Nalini Singh, Shiloh Walker, Angela Henry, Cheyenne McCray. We’ve even got ARCS. You’ll get to read them before anybody else! Need website design? Emma Petersen, who, besides being an awesome author is also a site designer, has her services up for bid. And the package from The Romance Studio? Just makes my mouth water. We’ve got critiques from published authors and acquisition editors, and a special critique by a Golden Heart finalist. In a word folks, don’t sleep on this one.
Head on over to the website (designed by Emma Petersen) to get a preview. The auction goes live on Monday, January 19th. So be sure to bid early and bid often.And please put the link up on your sites and in the social networks. We need to get the word out. Again, thanks so much to so many generous people. We can do this.
**Ed. Note: Just recently, I received a note of thanks from Sharon Cullars, which she asked that I pass on to you:
"Although there are many ways to say thiank you, there’s really no way to truly express how much I appreciate the kindness shown me during this particular challenging time in my life. I’ve been given hope and that is a priceless gift." ~ Sharon Cullars

I was stuck at home. It was snowing outside. I decided to channel surf and lo and behold! What did I find? The 1987 movie The Big Easy, starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin. The Big Easy! Yes!
Every once in a while I’m able to catch one of my favorite movies on T.V.
From the first time I saw this sexy thriller that takes place in New Orleans, I loved it. What a wonderful background to use to tell the story of the laid back cop with a questionable character, Remy McSwain (who is solving mob-related murders) and the sharp but uptight attorney, Ann Osborne (who is investigating police corruption). I loved how the passion flared between these two characters on screen.
There are lots of favorite parts of the movie, one includes actor Dennis Quaid singing, Why You Don’t Love Me Anymore? *sigh*
I love the sexy, sultry atmosphere, the Cajun music, and the one liners of the movie.
This was a good, hot movie to watch on a cold snowy day.
Have any of you seen this oldie but goodie?
Paz

First of all, I’d like to say a massive thanks to everybody who donated to Sharon Cullar’s Chip In fundraiser. In just over a week, you guys raised $1200. That’s f*cking awesome. You guys rock all kinds of wonderful.
Unfortunately, we’re a little off the target that Sharon needs to help her stay in her home, so some of Sharon’s friends are organising an E-bay Auction to help raise the rest of the funds required.
With this in mind, we need freebies from bloggers, authors, editors, publishers, web designers, so if you have items to donate - books or book baskets/collections, critiques, ARCs of upcoming releases, review spreads, mentoring opportunities, web or promotional material design work etc., please email the item description to Roslyn Holcombe at roslynholcomb @ mac.com (no spaces).
You guys have been amazing so far, and I think it would be fabulous if we could do something this important for one of our own.
If any of you still want to donate to the Chip In Fund, you can do so here. All donations will be gratefully received.
Or simply click on the Chip In Icon below.
Once again, please feel free to copy and paste, and post this info onto your respective blogs, the more people know about this, the more successful we’ll be I’m sure.
Thanks again for the wonderful effort so far.
For Sharon’s story, please click here.
**Copied from Karen Knows Best.


Is she on her way to meet her lover or is she waiting for him on the subway platform?
