Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to a late entry in the MFRW Author Blog 52-Week Blog Challenge. This is now Week Seven, and today's topic is: Top Five Things on My Bucket List Can't STAND the phrase Bucket List . The guy who coined it was referring to death that way, kicking the bucket, and I just think it sounds really stupid. Anyway, I apologize for the late entry this week, but I did spend a lot of time thinking about what to say and didn't really come up with anything spectacular. Realistically, I'm limited by lack of wealth in the Bucket List category of life, but that doesn't stop the imagination from creating one thought bubble after the other! I think we've done this list before, too. Here we go, and in no particular order, either. #1 I'd really like to be in NYC on New Year's Eve just once. Kid 101 Maybe not sandwiched among the throngs -- freezing my doopah off with them -- but in a swank hotel room with a perfe...

I'm late! I'm Late! For a very important DATE, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, I'm LATE!! Yeesh. Life is one of my worst habits, people. Hello, and welcome to another (late) installment of the MFRWauthor 52-Week Blog Challenge. It's Week 35 , and today's question is: What Are Your BAD Habits . 1. Procrastination as evidenced by my very late entry this week! If I know I have to do something, I will put it off until it isn't possible anymore, and then have at it like some psycho on crack cocaine. Like right now with me typing this entry before the time runs out!! I used to tell everyone (about housework) that I needed to have a bomb put underneath me to get me motivated, and sadly, it will always be true. 2. Cigarettes a billion pardons PC world, but yes, I am guilty as charged. Long story short, I was never involved in a war, had a death-defying or life-changing experience, nor was I overly anxious to hang w...