Archive for December 15th, 2009

Win a Sony e-Reader from LL Publications!

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
LL-Publications is giving away a Sony PRS-300 E-Reader to one lucky customer! SonyPromoBanner.gif LL-Publications is one of the publishers I work with, and we're doing a big push to get the word out on this. So, how do you get a shot at winning this lovely, lovely e-reader? Simple! Every purchase of a Logical-Lust or LL-Publications book (ebook or print, short story or novel) between 12th Dec 2009 and 12th Jan 2010 gets you an entry into the draw for a SONY PRS-300 EBOOK READER! The more titles you buy, the more entries you have and the better your chances! Here are some of the features of the SONY PRS-300: • Lighter than a typical paperback weighing just 220g the new ultra slim Reader Pocket Edition™ is designed to fit in your bag or pocket - take it with you wherever you go • Elegant lightweight design with front aluminium panel in a choice of new colours to suit your own personal style • Easy to read 5 E Ink® Vizplex™ paper-like screen has no backlight or flicker so you can read for hours - even in direct sunlight and at virtually any angle. 8 Levels of grey scale gives ultra fine text detail • Built-in 512MB memory easily stores around 350 eBook titles so you can carry all your favourite thrillers biographies or romantic novels on-the-go • Long battery life with 6 800 continuous page turns from a single charge - enough to last up to two weeks and get you through the longest journeys • Compatible with the industry standard ePub and PDF formats Impressed? The PRS-300 retails at £179.99UK/$199.99US, but could be yours for the price of an e-book (which is one heck of a bargain, I might add)! What are you waiting for? You don't even have to buy the book(s) directly from LL-Publications! Our books are available from AllRomanceEbooks, OmniLit, Bookstrand, Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, and a whole load more online retailers. Just email your purchase receipt to editor(at)ll-publications.com before 13th Jan 2010 to validate your entry. Contest is open to US and UK/EU residents only. No maximum number of entries. There is no cash equivalent or alternative prize. Entrants must be aged 18 or over. Eligibility period is from 12.00am 12th Dec 2009 to midnight 12th Jan 2010 US EST. Not sure what to buy? I could make a couple recommendations... Future Perfect: A Collection of Fantastic Erotica Welcome to Mundania - buy all four stories in one colleciton, or get them separately! Really, however you like! Seriously, you NEED to do this! Just buy an e-book and MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Episode 48 – Is this a trick question?

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Oh yes she did!

Last week, a few days after I had posted episode 47, I was busy folding laundry when I noticed Pixie had some strange greyish stains on her arms. I went to check on her and thought, "Hmm. These stains look suspiciously like washed off paint or... INK?!"

You see, I had pulled out a bottle of India Ink the weekend before, to experiment with for the cartoon. And I had left said bottle on my art desk, where I do all my cartooning. Now, Pixie knows she's not supposed to touch anything on that art desk. However, Murphy's law states...

Oh hell, you know what Murphy's law states. And we all know Murphy was a damned optimist! Anyway, I raced to my bedroom to check my desk, and sure enough, there were solid black ink stains everywhere, including on the cartoon I had drawn last week. It was at this point that I vaguely recalled having seen Pixie in the bathroom diligently washing her hands, and I also recalled thinking at the time, "Well that's nice! She's finally listening to all those lectures I gave her on washing her hands after going potty!"

Yeah, I know. I'm an idiot sometimes.

The damage wasn't too bad, certainly not as bad as I've painted it in the cartoon above. But this isn't the first time little Miss Pixie has gotten into something she shouldn't have and then proceeded to get it all over the place. Right after the Hubster spent a week painting the walls downstairs, she grabbed a piece of bright blue chalk and colored on his paint job. I guess ecru low gloss wasn't to her taste. Other times I have found marker on the window sills, and on her clothing, and on her face. Oh, and ball point pen shows up in the most interesting places around here. The kid's a menace, I tell ya. A real tiny vandel!

But then so was I. Maybe this is how Pixie learns to become an artist, hmm? That or drive me crazy!

Did I mention India Ink is permanent? Oy!