Sorry!

Dear Reader,
I have sucked with amazing sucktasticness when it comes to my blog lately. I have excuses-- I have opened my own personal training studio, I am busy with the Delaware Dangerous project, and well yeah-- actually those things mostly.

I have missed being here, talking trashy and making a fool of myself. But it wasn't just my busy busy life that kept me from being here. I also bought a couple of really BAD books.


There has been much talk about the place for bad reviews-- especially for book bloggers that wish to become published authors. It has been my stated policy for-EVA not to publish 100% bad reviews. If I hate a book that much I simply won't waste more of my time writing about it. I haven't been writing all glowy rainbows and sunshine reviews either-- If a book has merit, but has some flaws (serious or not) I'll point them out.

What's awful is the one book has merit-- the first 20 pages are exquisite. I mean- GAH! When do I get to write like that? How do I get the EP to achieve level 20? I'm pretty sure I can write like that if I ...just ...get...to ...level....20! But then it kinda (read totally, for me at any rate) fell apart. I went from GAH! to GAK! in the space of the first 100 pages. I finished it, hoping to get that original magic back, but ultimately it left me hanging.

I've moved on. I just finished Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes which is a more traditional fantasy (but I needed to break out of the rut I was in). I'm working on that review and it shall be up soon. I also have A Devil in the Details by K.A . Stewart, which I am certain I will love. So expect me to be back in the saddle again with a vengeance. I'm trying to line up some interviews as well.

Thanks for your patience.

Lela

Introducing Delaware Dangerous

You know how I feel about unrealistic violence in writing. So I decided to do something about it. I happen to know a lot of people skilled in martial arts and trained to use weapons of all kinds. And we are having a camp.

Here's the skinny:
Delaware Dangerous is a unique concept in Writer’s Retreats. We offer the opportunity to get hands on with all types of weapons and combat– Hand guns, Long guns, Knives and Hand to Hand.


    Our team of professional instructors will provide detailed instruction. We have five black-belts on the team, two of whom are former military. Participants will get twelve hours of firearms training, six hours of knife training, and six hours of hand to hand. This isn’t just theoretical or role-playing or demonstration. After receiving appropriate safety training, you will have a gun in your hand.


    The weapon work is always serious, but there is plenty of fun to be had. Brewery tours, kayaking, behind the scenes at a tattoo shop, tax free shopping at a huge outlet mall. The Delaware Beaches are beautiful and have something for everyone. Nature, nightlife, gourmet dining and down-home charm.

    Delaware Dangerous. Put a little violence in your vacation and a little realism in your writing.

    For more information go to www.DelawareDangerous.com or email me directly Lela@DelawareDangerous.com

Yeah? And? She's a SEXY bitch and I'll do what I want!

When my friend Gretchen McNeil announced that her cover art was dropping today I say "Oh, oh, me me me!"

Yes, Gretchen writes YA. But it is supernatural and as I mentioned in the title Gretchen herself is sex on a stick. I often live vicariously through her awesome exploits. (She's an opera singer for the circus fergawdsake! There isn't a tattoo girl girl alive that doesn't dream of that-- and her circus doesn't even have creepy carnies!)

So here it is! Drumroll Please!

Go visit her blog
or her twitter  to tell her how GORGEOUS she it is! :)