http://caridad.com/blog Official Blog of Caridad Pineiro, Author of paranormals, romantic suspense, women's fiction and all other kinds of good stuff! Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:41:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm down in South Beach at a legal conference, plus juggling two writing deadlines. Not complaining about either because the weather and conference are great and it's always good to have writing deadlines. But it's one of those crush moments where finding WIFI in the hotel is iffy and also, ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/17/totally-guilty-that-i-cant-blog-this-week/ Good morning on this Fun Friday! I hope you are all ready for an awesome weekend. Today's post will hopefully bring a smile as boys will be boys! The first video is from a soccer match between Tonga and New Zealand. This second video is the imagined Scottish reply to ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/14/fun-friday-boys-will-be-boys/ My mom and I had a great relationship. She was a mentor, my mom and a friend. I was blessed to be able to work with her for a year before she passed. We had a great time bonding that year and I learned just what an ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/13/thoughtful-thursday-the-generation-gap/ I'm off to South Beach next week for a legal conference and since the weather is turning cold here in NYC, I'm very happy about the trip! I wish I could pack you all up and take you with me, but all I can do is offer up this sexy little ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/12/wicked-wednesday-a-little-sex-in-south-beach/ It's Veteran's Day today and so this Tuesday Tip is about how you can make a difference and help the real heroes, those who make our liberty and our safety possible -- the men and women of the military who serve and sacrifice for this Nation. It doesn't take ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/11/tuesday-tip-helping-our-heroes/ Today's Guilty Pleasure Monday is for my daughter! This is a picture of the two of us at the wedding on Friday. We had a blast and she looked lovely as a bridesmaid. The bride - my niece - was absolutely gorgeous and a good time ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/10/guilty-pleasures-monday-robert-pattinson/ If my thoughts are a little scattered today, it's because I've got a pile of work to do at the office so I can take off tomorrow (and also from the blog!) for a very special event! My niece is getting married! Woo hoo! I'm so excited for her ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/06/thoughtful-thursday-brides-to-be/ Good news! SOLDIER'S SECRET CHILD is now available at Eharlequin.com and even better -- it's a special offer! You can get SOLDIER'S SECRET CHILD for $3.99 while the special offer lasts. Just click here to visit Eharlequin for this special offer. This was a really compelling story for me. ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/05/wicked-wednesday-soldiers-secret-child-is-now-available/ When other writers ask me what's the single most important thing they can do to grow a career, I always say, "Have a web presence." Dollar for dollar, being on the Internet is one of the most effective forms of advertising that you can do. You can accomplish that in ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/04/tuesday-tip-using-google-and-yahoo-alerts/ I'm in hyper-writing mode since one of my books got moved up, always a good thing! TAINTED BLOOD -- now retitled SINS OF THE FLESH -- will be out in November of 2009 from Grand Central Publishing. That means that I spent hours and hours and hours sitting at my ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/11/03/guilty-pleasures-monday-twin-cutie-monday/ A Happy Halloween and All Saints Eve to you! You may be surprised by that saintly image you see and wondering who it is. Well, that's La Caridad del Cobre, the patron saint of Cuba. The story of La Caridad is that the young men in the boat ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/31/fun-friday-happy-halloween-and-all-saints-day-eve/ It seems impossible to believe that Election Day is almost here. Less than a week and many people will be heading to the polls to cast votes to decide who our next leaders will be. It's an important day. An important Liberty the right to decide who will run ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/30/thoughtful-thursday-election-day/ LOL! Yes, I'm teasing you about the upcoming March 2009 release FURY CALLS which features Blake, one of my favorite heroes of THE CALLING. Those of you who have read the earlier books in the series may remember Blake from TEMPTATION CALLS, but he also got ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/29/wicked-wednesday-desire-calls-but-fury-soon-follows/ Got another online treat for you! I’m chatting today at Romance Novel Television and you can check out a new video interview that talks about upcoming books in THE CALLING. Plus 5 lucky blog visitors will be selected to get a print version of the DESIRE CALLS sampler! Here’s the link ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/28/special-tuesday-edition-blog-contest-at-romance-novel-television/ I'm suffering this morning as I try to find a new title for my November release from Grand Central Publishing. The working title was TAINTED BLOOD (and the music for TAINTED LOVE keeps playing in my brain as I see that title). I have to confess that I suck at ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/28/tuesday-tip-titles-and-suffering/ I know I'd seen sexy Chris Pine around, but really got a great look at him in PRINCESS DIARIES 2. A fun movie, although not as good as the first. Chris played the nephew of the man who wants to stop Princess Mia from assuming her spot on the throne ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/27/guilty-pleasures-monday-chris-pine/ So sorry guys for not posting, but work has been crazy and on top of that, I've got two massive writing deadlines and an upcoming conference this weekend for which I have to prepare. My apologies for not offering up anything fun today or for the rest of the week. ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/22/wicked-wednesday-wickedly-not/ This morning's Guilty Pleasure is Jerry O'Connell. You might remember him best as the cute little kid in STAND BY ME, a movie classic based on a novella by none other than Stephen King (see the poster for the movie down below) Jerry has been in a bunch of shows, most of ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/20/guilty-pleasures-monday-jerry-oconnell/ Okay, so maybe not sixty seconds. It's like a minute and a half, but in that minute and a half you get backstory, action, conflict, resolution and a happily-ever-after! A complete romance. So what am I talking about? The lumberjack ad from HSBC. I especially love that ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/17/fun-friday-a-complete-romance-in-just-60-seconds/ It gives me the willies to hear the words "spreading the wealth" maybe because I've had a very personal experience with that concept. Castro. Don't get me wrong. It's nice to think about spreading the wealth. It's just that I like to decide to whom to give the money that ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/16/thoughtful-thursday-spreading-the-wealth/ This Wicked Wednesday's treat is an excerpt from my upcoming December release from Silhouette Romantic Suspense - SOLDIER'S SECRET CHILD. Macy Ward, the heroine, is the mother to troublesome teenager TJ Ward. TJ's a good kid, but he's still not handling the loss of his father from cancer ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/15/wicked-wednesday-soldiers-secret-child-2/ The days are counting down! Halloween will soon be here! Like any paranormal writer, it's a time of year I especially love! Get great free widgets at Widgetbox! But with the economy the way it is, how can you keep in the spirit and not spend a fortune? One ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/14/tuesday-tip-home-made-halloween-costumes/ A lot of actors have played Superman, but one of my favorites has got to be Dean Cain, from the Lois & Clark television series. What a cutie! Not to mention that he graduated from Princeton which means he must have some smarts. Before turning to acting, ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/13/guilty-pleasures-monday-dean-cain/ Ever wonder what it would feel like to see your name in lights? Up on a marquee somewhere? Do you have someone who is totally into the movies who you would like to surprise with something like this? Check out this fun site -- ATOM SMASHER -- where you ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/10/fun-friday-your-name-in-lights/ Besides the most common questions asked of me as a writer, namely, "How do you write a book?" and "Do you want to write about my life?" (yes, that is asked repeatedly), the next most common question is, "Where do you get your ideas for the books?" I have to say ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/09/thoughtful-thursday-the-birth-of-ideas/ This week's Wicked Wednesday brings you another installment of my urban fantasy involving a twist to the werewolf mythology, battles with vampires and a struggle for control in a werewolf pack. The tentative title is UNDEAD UPRISING and I hope you like this next free chapter that I'm offering ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/08/wicked-wednesday-undead-uprising-chapter-12/ It was in the thirties this morning, which means Autumn has firmly grabbed hold in New York. That also means that the annuals will start to die back, leaving only the hardier of the late blooming perennials to offer color in the garden, unless you are going to add ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/07/tuesday-tip-autumn-gardens-and-lots-of-contests/ Don't you just love men with a power tool? LOL! That's why this week's Guilty Pleasure is HGTV's Bad Boy carpenter Carter Oosterhouse. I first noticed him when he was the carpenter on TLC's Trading Spaces, but now Carter has the show CARTER CAN on HGTV and DIY. ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/06/guilty-pleasures-monday-carter-oosterhouse/ By the time you read this, I'll be on my way to Mexico for a business trip! But before I go . . . Harlequin is offering a free read of my DESIRE CALLS novella at the Harlequin Paranormal Romance Blog. You can check it out by clicking here! Have ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/10/01/wicked-wednesday-out-of-town-for-a-few-days/ Unlike the baseball diamond in the midst of the isolated corn field in FIELD OF DREAMS, just building a website doesn’t guarantee that anyone will come visit. In order for people to know that you are out there on the Internet, there are a number of steps you can take ... http://caridad.com/blog/2008/09/30/tuesday-tip-building-an-internet-presence/