I saw this on Flickr and had to share. And maybe I’ve watched The Wiz, one of my fave movies of all time, one too many times over the weekend.

Please click on the link to learn more about this magnificent beast, Letsatsi, the White Lion.

I’m not going to get into a debate on whether or not Chris Brown should be forgiven or not. It’s not up to me. That’s between him, his conscience and God. I’m also not trying to get into a debate on whether or not the tears were real.

But I will say this. I enjoyed the awards show. Mostly.

I have made no secret of the fact that I’m a Prince fan. I am glad he was recognized and honored. But I thought the tribute was lacking. There were some people missing from the tribute.

Who would I have had join the performers in the tribute on stage? Sheila E, The Time, Anyone from his past bands (that he is on speaking terms with), anyone from his current roster of musical talent/artists, India Arie, Chaka Khan (she was there but she didn’t sing). But I think having Alicia Keys and Patti Labelle were good touches. It showed that BET knows it’s history and knows the history of Prince and these two particular artists.

And of course I think he should have performed.

I enjoyed seeing El DeBarge perform. I didn’t realize that he was free from prison. And that’s not a snark. Just a simple statement. And I enjoyed Eminem’s performance as well as Usher, Monica and Trey Songz to name a few. I think the opening with Kanye was strange. But it’s Kanye s0… *shrug*.

I loved the MJ tribute by Chris Brown. This is what BET should have done last year. I have not watched BET since last years award show. And the only reason I watched was because of Prince being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

So am I glad I watched? Yes and no. It was a night of ups and downs, highs and lows. But overall, there were some pretty good moments.

I hope you enjoy part 3 of Michael’s and Faith’s adventures in Can’t Get Enough. In case you missed it, Part 1|Part 2.

Can’t Get Enough – Contemporary, Erotic Romance

Michael laughed.

Faith frowned, crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Something funny?”

“No.” he continued to laugh. “Do you believe in fate?”

Her brows furrowed and she took a step away from him.

Maybe he was crazy after all.

“I just took my car in today.”

“I thought you said you drove.”

“I did. But I also have a classic 1958 Ford Fairlane.”

“You’re the ’58 Fairlane?”

He nodded.

She started to laugh. “You are not the guy I pictured owning that car.”

“Now I’m curious. Who did you picture?”

“An older man, much much older.”

“It’s sort of a family car. My grandfather to my dad to my brother who didn’t take care of it as he should have so it’s mine now. That’s why I brought it too you. I heard your shop is one of the best with cars and a genius with classics.” He paused, “I also have a 1967 Mercedes Benz 250-SL and a 1957 Thunderbird I’m looking to buy and restore.”

“If you want some help in restoring them I’d love to offer my services.”

“Well it’s nice to meet the owner. Tony said you were a little spitfire. I can see why he said that now.”

She smirked, “Tony sometimes has issues dealing with a female boss. I keep him around cause he’s one of the best. Second only to me.” She took a step closer, head tilted back she stared up into his eyes, her hand on his chest, “Why don’t we meet for dinner tomorrow and discuss this more?”

“You read my mind. How about that drink now? I can take you home.”

She hesitated until Crystal’s words from earlier came back to her. “Why not?”

“Links to other Excerpt Monday writers”

Note: I have not personally screened these excerpts. Please heed the ratings and be aware that the links may contain material that is not typical of my site.

So, to kick it off, your hosts:

As always, your hostesses Bria Quinlan (PG13), , Alexia Reed (R), Rachel Jameson (PG13) and Kendal Corbitt (R) thank you for stopping by!

Joining us this week:

Leslie Dicken, Historical (PG 13)
Danie Ford, Contemporary YA (PG 13)
Babette James, Contemporary Romance (PG 13)
Jeannie Lin, Historical Paranormal (PG 13)
Kaige, Historical Romance (PG 13)
Shawntelle Madison, Paranormal Romance (PG 13)
Debbie Mumford, Fantasy (PG 13)
Ryan, Mystery (PG13)
Madison Woods, Fantasy (PG 13)
Stephanie Draven, Dark Fantasy (PG 13)

Kendal Corbitt , Contemporary YA (R)
Ali Katz, Historical (R)
Vivien Jackson, Paranormal erotic romance (R)
Rhiannon Leith, Fantasy (R)
Alexia Reed, Urban fantasy (R)

Elizabeth Black, gay m/m erotica (NC 17)
Sara Brookes, Urban Fantasy (NC 17)
Lisa Fox, Paranormal erotic romance (NC 17)
Christa Paige, Regency romance (NC 17)
Gail Roarke, Paranormal erotic romance (NC 17)

1. Here’s a quick test of intelligence. There are no tricks to the test, and it looks pretty simple. But let’s see how YOU do. Read this sentence:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Now count aloud the F’s in that sentence. Count them QUICKLY AND ONLY ONCE. Do not go back and count them again. What is your answer? SIX

2. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5′10″ tall. What does he weigh? MEAT

3. The doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour how many minutes will the pills last? ONE HOUR

We took a test the other day in school (I may or may not have mentioned that I’ve been going to culinary school) on how well we read and understood questions.

Here are three of the questions from the test (No cheating by looking the answers up on Google) -

1. Here’s a quick test of intelligence. There are no tricks to the test, and it looks pretty simple. But let’s see how YOU do. Read this sentence:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Now count aloud the F’s in that sentence. Count them QUICKLY AND ONLY ONCE. Do not go back and count them again. What is your answer?

2. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5’10″ tall. What does he weigh?

3. The doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour how many minutes will the pills last?

I’ll be back with the answers in a few days. Post your responses in the comments

I have my book of poetry – Poems from the Heart: A collection of poetry about love, live, relationships and sex now available on Smashwords.

I am doing a little experiment with self-publishing and the “you set the price” option on Smashwords.

I’m part of a new group blog with a great bunch of authors.

• Nicole Gestalt
• Lissa
• Elise Hepner
• April Morelock
• Christa Paige
• Madison Scott
• Jeanne St. James
• Sara Brookes
• Carol63Storm
• Madelyn Ford
• Mary Quast
• Dawne Prochilo
• Crystal Kauffman
• Savanna Kougar
• Raven Bower
• Valerie Mann
• Keta Diablo
• Kissa Starling
• Kayelle Allen

Monday is the kick-off party for the blog. You can also find us around the web on:

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March 1-26, 2010

“Sex Between The Pages: Understanding and Crafting Sexual Tension” by Mary Buckham

www.WriterUniv.com

How do you write great sexual tension? That’s the question Mary Buckham posed to Linda Howard, Stella Cameron, Susan Andersen, Nancy Warren and more romance writers who write great sexual tension from sweet to spicy hot. In her workshop, Mary combines these lessons from real-writers with practical understanding of the 12 Stages of Intimacy (based on Desmond Morris’ works) and more recent findings by scientists on the amazing role biology plays in mate attraction and selection — findings that can be directly incorporated in our creation of powerful sexual tension.

So if you want to learn how to increase the sexual tension in your work, don’t miss this opportunity. Topics include:

* Sex versus Intimacy

* Using conflict to increase sexual tension

* The importance of details

* How to portray body language

* Maximizing biological differences between the sexes

* Analyzing those who write sexual tension well

* Exercises for your work in progress

Mary Buckham is co-author of BREAK INTO FICTION: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells and an award-winning Romantic Suspense author. She has hundreds of free-lance articles to her credit, a non-fiction book and is a former Magazine Editor.   Currently she is a national writing-workshop presenter both on-line and at Conferences and wherever writers meet around the country. Mary encourages you to visit her website at www.MaryBuckham.com for more information about her and her current writing projects.

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And for those who want to catch up with the story – in case you missed it – you can find it here.

A Perfect Combination

A Poem by Angeleque Ford

When a dream
becomes reality
and the reality
exceeds the dream
its a remarkable thing

to experience
the flow of energy
the feeling of intimacy
when the one
you want
wants you

and you merge
from two into one
and experience
heaven on earth,
floating
above your self
spirit soaring

trying
to get a glimpse
of
the perfect moment
the perfect combination

when desires explode
souls connect
and you know

this is it
you’ve met
your soul’s match
your heart’s mate

and it’s
more than words
can express
more than feelings
can show

and
you
just know