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13 Things I find on Website’s that Annoy Me Tiny text. Even with my glasses its hard to see. Fonts should be large and clear. Music!! I HATE it. Especially when I can’t find a way to turn it off. Publishers/Authors websites that don’t post excerpts. I sample before I buy and if I can’t find an excerpt, I click away immediately. I’m not chasing down links to read a sample. Pull down website menus. If I click ‘Books’ on an authors site, I want the books, not 8 categories I need to chose from to find them. Dark/black backgrounds with bright/or white text. It kills the eyes after a while so I click away instead of exploring. Sites that are riddled with typos. Do people not proof-read after they post?  Scrolling until eternity to get to the bottom of the page. If you have that much stuff to say, make special pages for it. It ALL doesn’t have to be on the front page. Blinky’s and sparkly things. They distract from the main content. Music!! I’ve said it once but it bears repeating. I LOATHE it. Transparent backgrounds for posts when the page background is so “loud” you can’t read what is there.  Not being able to find contact information. If I want to email the site owner, I don’t want to spend 20 minutes trying to figure out how. CAPTCHA boxes. Most times, the words are so jumbled I can’t read them! After 3 tries, I give up and leave. Sites without Search features. If I’m looking for something in particular, I want to be able to find it in minutes instead of trolling dozen of pages I care nothing about. There’s my 13 most annoying things I find on websites. What about you? What do you find annoying on websites? List yours in the … Keep Reading! →

This week’s teaser comes from Book 2 in the Wicked Series, LEATHER AND LACE. I’ll admit to loving Luke just a little bit more than I do the rest of the guys in the band but only because he’s SO wicked! He’s the ultimate bad boy and what girl can really resist them? (This excerpt is longer than most so I’ve put a ‘jump-break’ in so it doesn’t fill the page) Roxy Carlisle is on a mission. She’s been in lust with Luke Harris, lead guitarist for the band Wicked, for two years. When her best friend, Holly, hooks up with the bands lead singer, and asks her to tag along to New York with her to meet the band, Roxy couldn’t pack her bags fast enough. The chance to meet Luke in person was a dream come true. Even better if her ultimate fantasy of finding herself in his bed were to happen. One way or another, she was determined to have him. That is, if Holly’s hair-brained idea of playing hard to get doesn’t backfire in her face. Luke Harris loves women and they love him. All he ever has to do is speak to them and they fall all over themselves to be the lucky lady of the night. That all changes though when a feisty brunette comes barreling into his life and changes all the rules. She’s immune to his usual charm, or so it seems, but something in her eyes tells him otherwise. Has Luke finally met a woman he can’t seduce? Can Roxy follow her plan and not give in when Luke sets his sights on her? When sex is all you’re after, can you walk away when your heart demands more? genre: contemporary romancelength: 24,203 wordsReleased: March 2009Rating: SultryPrice: $2.99 BUY THE EBOOK … Keep Reading! →

This week’s Six comes from my contemporary romance, Wicked: Tempt Me Not, book 1 in the Wicked Series! He popped the first button open on the button-fly jeans and Holly swallowed loudly. With each popped button more skin was exposed. If possible, the smile on his face only brightened. A thin patch of fine hair that ran from just under his navel and disappeared into the confines of his jeans came into her line of sight. Holly’s pulse quickened and she had to force herself to not look away. He was definitely not wearing anything under the jeans. To read the first chapter of this book, visit the Wicked: Tempt Me Not book page on my website. Check out the other Six Sentence Sunday participants or follow the #sixsunday hashtag on Twitter. All material &copy2005-2012 to Lily Graison

13 things I Love about Christmas! The music! I love Christmas carols of all kinds and have been known to listen to them in the summer. Mostly when it’s 90degrees outside and I need to cool down. Christmas breakfast at my parents. Their tiny house if full of people, all talking over each other, the kids are wild from opening presents and it’s total chaos. I LOVE it! Christmas trees. The lights, the pretty decorations. They make the house just look more..cheery. I’ve been known to leave my tree up past New Year. WAY past, but don’t tell anyone. My grandbabies faces when they see HoHo (Santa Claus) in person!  The possibility of a white Christmas even though we rarely see any snow here. Christmas cartoons on TV. They never get old. People, in general, are in a better mood despite the craziness of shopping. Watching my grown children open their presents. It never gets old seeing the joy on their face! Getting together with friends and eating junk food while having a good laugh. Lifetime/Hallmark Holiday movies. I can’t get enough of them! Even the cheesy ones. Buying gifts for people even though I loathe shopping! Stockings filled with candy and small gifts. Waiting for Santa to show up!  There you go! My 13 favorite things about Christmas. What are yours? List them in the comments! All material &copy2005-2012 to Lily Graison

Today’s Tuesday teaser comes from my Contemporary Romance novel, DESTINED HEARTS. This is the first original story I ever tried my hand at so it’s a bit special to me even though it wasn’t the first I had published. A love that transcends time. A Passion that couldn’t be denied. Caitlyn Edwards has always lived her life between two worlds. One…in the hustle and bustle of modern day Boston, the other…in the arms of a man she only sees in her dreams. Her nights are filled with promises of a love so passionate, she’s spent the last fifteen years trying to find out who he is. William Davenport is a man torn between duty and what he wants. He’s led a life only the privileged and very rich can afford, but his controlling father still feels the need to dictate his every move. A chance encounter with Caitlyn triggers dreams of a life he can’t remember living and soon a woman he can’t seem to forget, starts to invade his every day world. Will Caitlyn and William discover their past in time to change their future? Will the mistakes of years gone by repeat themselves? Or will a love once denied be reunited? genre: contemporary romancelength: 73,000 wordsReleased: Feb. 2008Rating: SultryPrice: $3.99 BUY THE EBOOK FROM: » Buy at Alinar Publishing» Buy at Amazon Kindle» Buy at Amazon Kindle UK» Buy at Amazon Kindle DE» Buy at Barnes and Noble» Buy at Diesel Ebooks» Buy at Sony Reader Store» Buy at Smashwords» Buy at KoboAlso available at the Apple iBook Store Excerpt “Dance with me?” Caitlyn looked at William over the rim of her wine glass. “Right here?” she asked, amused. William grinned before sitting his glass down and standing. “Why not?” Caitlyn stared up at him, taking in his … Keep Reading! →

Here’s six sentences from my newest release, The Lawman, a Historical Western Romance. He was thinking about this McNally man seeing her naked, she just knew he was. She leaned forward, pushing her breasts up by crossing her arms under them. “Of course, seeing how you’re unmarried, I wouldn’t have any objections to you taking on the task of marrying me. I’d have no problem crawling naked into your bed, marshal.” He looked up quickly then, shock registering on his face. Her composure broke and she grinned. “Just something to think about.” To read the first chapter of this book, visit THE LAWMAN book page on my website. Check out the other Six Sentence Sunday participants or follow the #sixsunday hashtag on Twitter. All material &copy2005-2012 to Lily Graison

I’ve seen this everywhere and thought it looked like fun so I’m going to give it a go myself! My 13 this week is…. 13 ways I Procrastinated this week instead of writing! Played games on Facebook. Zuma blitz is evil! Made Bookcover wallpapers I hated and deleted without showing anyone. Created Bookcover ‘swag’ I hated and deleted without showing anyone. Browsed Amazon for new books when my TBR pile is already topping 100. Fiddled with my website, redesigning pages that were already fine. Fiddled with my blog, redesigning pages that were already fine. Cleaned house just so I had an excuse not to write. Re-wrote my To Do List, putting WRITE at #1. I still haven’t done that one. Followed every link posted in my Twitter stream. Re-watched old eps. of Once Upon A Time…just incase I missed something the first time. Signed Christmas cards I’ll probably not mail. I never do. Checked the tracking status of a package coming to me even though I knew what day it would be delivered. And the last procrastination tactic I used was…looking at multiple pages of OTHER people’s Thursday 13! So…there’s my list. Now that I see where my time was wasted this week, maybe I can NOT do those things next week. What about you? What do you do to procrastinate? List your 13 in the comments! All material &copy2005-2012 to Lily Graison

This week’s Tuesday teaser is another of my Holiday stories. I have an excerpt from THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS to share today so grab a warm cuppa and a cozy chair! Meredith Gunter has always been Daddy’s little girl. Spoiled all her life, she’s never had to ask for anything and expects to get exactly what she wants. When she wrecks her car on the way home from college for Christmas break, she finds herself stranded on the mountain in the middle of a snowstorm, in a one-room cabin with a man she can’t help but want. Travis Gregory has lived alone on the mountain for the last four years. He has little contact with the outside world and prefers it that way. When he spots a girl on the side of the road, his conscience won’t let him abandon her. The redhead captivates him instantly. Worlds collide when Travis and Meredith try to co-exist in his one room cabin. Can they fight their growing attraction when the nights get longer and the storm isolates them from the rest of the world? Can two people, from such different worlds, ever truly be happy together? BUY THE EBOOK FROM: » Buy at Alinar Publishing» Buy at Amazon Kindle» Buy at Amazon Kindle UK» Buy at Amazon Kindle DE» Buy at Barnes and Noble» Buy at Sony Reader Store» Buy at Diesel eBook Store» Buy at Smashwords» Buy at KoboAlso Available at the Apple iBook Store Excerpt It was almost dark when Travis stopped in front of the cabin door. He’d been avoiding it, and Meredith, all evening but knew he couldn’t hide out in his workshop all night. He needed to eat for one thing and Meredith would freeze to death if he didn’t get a decent fire going. He sighed, laying … Keep Reading! →