13 Christmas Funnies

I know I've been a bad bad blogger, and I'm sure your all thinking I'm Ms Flakey because there's been no blog serial updates either. I'll plead burn out and the fact that my mother is here from NZ, so I've ended up in a horrid, horrid cycle of cleaning and organising. It's scary, scary stuff I tell you!

So something to make you laugh...some are old, but still funny :)

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Tidings of the season...

It's Christmas Eve for thsoe of us on this side of the date line, and I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hannukah, Cheery Kawaanza, and hope that next year brings you good things.

Looking back over this year, some big things happened. A surprise trip home to NZ, writing my first story, then having it and my second manuscript published, some front teeth missing (well that was the kiddo, not me), starting home renovations (never, never again - getting the professionals in from now on!), and many other good, and of course some not so good things that make the world go around.

Thank you if you are a reader or a publisher, or indeed family or friends for putting up with me over the last year, I promise I will be just as fun next year!

Oooh, a second, smaller Merry Christmas to me!

Loose Id has been running Kissmas excerpts along with its Kiss promotions, and we authors were asked to send in a hot kiss excerpt for a chance to be in the promotion. Never hearing anything back from the Quad, I figure not this year, maybe next year...until getting my Idbits Digest this morning.

Woohoo! My Persuading Jo excerpt made the cut after all!

Remember to join IdBits is free, and it is purely LI information only not daily chat or spam. SO join today and have a little hot Kissmas read.

Having you been keeping up with Kissmas?

Loose Id has been running a twelve days of Kissmas promotion that you can catch up on at my main website www.annedouglas.com.

There are lots of goodies, like discounts on LGBT and Polyamorous romances (If you wanted a discount on a copy of Persuading Jo, here you go!), and you get a link for free amorous art by some of the great LI cover artists!

Print books are on sale as well, along with a discounted rate for next years VIP Club. If you purchase a lot of ebooks, and a number of them from LI, this is well worth it! I can save 25-50c/book!

LI also have some short story stocking stuffers for you from some wonderful LI authors. And if you join the IdBits newsletter you can also get a daily Kiss from Loowis!

I think I just violated Christmas

Today is the class party for my 6yr old...who wont be attending because he came home sick from school yesterday. Murphys law - isn't it great!

Somehow I ended up being the mother to 'host' the Christmas party. Okay, thats do-able. Fresh gingerbread men for the kids to decorate coming up! (amongst a multitude of other things)

Except I can only find the gingerbread girl cookie cutter, no gingerbread man, so I have just conducted 8 sex changes.

I feel kind of violated now, like I have ruined christmas for 8 little gingerbread girls.

Thank you, Mandy and Russell!

Who said a man with a bit of beef on his bones can't be sexy?

Now THIS is my kind of Christmas card!

Send thanks to Amanda Young for leaving this little beauty at myspace.

We have a winner!

And no, I'm not saying that in that snarky "winna" tone of voice.

Joyce, come on down...! Hrmm...I don't know I will be adding wheel of fortune to my list of day jobs.

Joyce is the winner of the Lemax Ornament giveaway and a copy of Position Vacant, if she doesn't have one already.

Toni. H. is the surprise recipient of a free copy of either Persuading Jo or Position Vacant. It's Christmas, ya'll, I'm feeling all season'y and stuff! (Season'ee not seasoned!)

Congratulations ladies, and thank you to everyone who was in to win!

Last Day to sign up for the Christmas Giveaway!

Since Position Vacant is all about Santa, Elves, and romance, I am running a Christmas themed contest for everyone who is on my mailing list. Today (12th Dec) is the last day for entries. Entries close 6pm EST and I will make a drawing this evening.

I will make a random drawing from the list for a pair of Lemax North Pole Ornaments (approx value $35). I might even be convinced to throw in a free copy of Position Vacant for the winner! I will get everything off via priority mail so it arrives in plenty of time for Christmas.

Use the sign up form on the sidebar.

The stress!

You would think the stress of editing, deadlines, promotions and all the rest would give anyone a severe headache, right?

Wrong, I have found something worse - my child's classroom Christams Party (although we aren't allowed to call them parties and its holiday or winter not Christmas - I'm not religious, but damn, this is getting a touch PC isn't it?).

Why the hell did I volunteer for this shite? Oh, thats right, I am a sucker for punishment and I like to entertain (something that has been significantly curtailed since we came to the States). You might think a house full of 30 adults a daunting task. They ain't got nothin' on 17 6-yr olds!

If you don't hear from me after the 19th of Dec, you know they hated my party planning and stoned me to death with gingerbread cookies and buried me under the playground. Please send the police...