Thirteen Things about Lorelei James My next contemporary Western erotic romance, RODE HARD, PUT UP WET, releases on Tuesday. Since that title is slang, and refers to riding a horse hard (to exhaustion) and putting it up wet, rather than brushing it off and cooling it down, I thought it appropriate to share some of…
I love words – I own like 40 dictionaries and there’s nothing like getting lost in one or ten, and I’m always jotting down little used or unusual words I come across in other authors’ books. So I suppose it’s no big surprise I ended up a writer, messing with words is my passion. It…
This last weekend was South Dakota Festival of the Book, held in that Wild West town, Deadwood. Although I wasn’t there officially as Lorelei James, but as a mystery writer under my “real” name, here’s some of the fun and umm…embarrassing things I did.1. Kicked over a glass of wine in the Deadwood Public Library…
Thirteen Things about Lorelei James I love book titles. I especially love clever titles. Some of these books are on my TBR pile, and I’ll admit, I know a few of these authors from the mystery world, which makes it even more fun. All the books (except Go-Go Girls) are available! X-Rated Bloodsuckers – Mario…
1. Puce – brownish purple: purplish pink. The color sounds ugly but the word pops off the mental tongue. 2. Smalt – deep blue. Reminds me of the word schmaltzy. 3. Rubious – ruby red; rusty. Rubious lips, anyone? 4. Zinnober – chrome green. The zinnober turret absorbed the sun’s rays…sounds good, eh? 5. Niveous…
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