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...

Hi, everyone! This is now Week 48 of the MFRW Author Blog 52-Week Blog Challenge, and today's topic is: 5 Things on my Bucket List Starting with honesty (as usual), I don't particularly possess a Bucket List and I don't really care for the term Bucket List. It sounds ugly. I get what it means, though, but think it is a stupid choice of words is all. Now I need to keep thinking about what to say in 5 different ways to be able to participate. Outlandish 5. Winning the Lottery 4. Traveling the Globe 3. Owning my Own Island 2. Being a Best-Seller 1. Staying Healthy until at least 70 (so I can keep writing) Realistic 5. Being in Alaska on December 21 to see a 24 hour night and again in June for the 24 hour day 4. Publishing a Novel that a lot of People really enjoy Reading 3. Building my Dream Writing Space 2. Swimming in Lake Ontario (the only Great Lake I have yet to set foot in) 1. Spending New Years Eve in NYC Hope this wasn't too bor...