Julie’s Jungle Madness Friday!
I’m buried under in revisions, but am coming up for air to offer what I need most right now.
Guess what that is.
No, really.
Guess.
Okay, I give.
If you guessed booze, you’re right. But I can’t ship booze, so I’ll provide the mixer and the sugar rimmer for the glass. Winner gets to pick ONE of the following and must promise to drink one for me.
Hopefully you’ll be through with the revisions soon.
If I win, I’d love to share the drinks with you…hee hee hee.
Since I’m in packing hell right now getting ready to move I could use the drink.
Comment by Vicki — August 17, 2007 @ 6:06 am
Woo hoo, sounds like a fun time LOL. I hope you take a break soon Julie, and have a little celebration of your own. Happy Friday! What’s on everyone’s agenda this weekend? I’m hoping to go see the “Bourne Ultimatum” and maybe have a few margaritas
Comment by Stacy ~ — August 17, 2007 @ 6:19 am
Good luck on the revisions. Happy Friday.
Comment by Stacy S — August 17, 2007 @ 6:35 am
Comment by Yolanda — August 17, 2007 @ 7:25 am
LOL :-)) Good luck with those revisions, Julie. :-)
Have a great Friday everyone!
Cher
Comment by Cher — August 17, 2007 @ 7:36 am
Good luck with the revisions, Julie!
Comment by Estella — August 17, 2007 @ 7:46 am
Good luck with all the work Julie.Happy Friday All.I’m going to read Witchy Business this weekend.Watch the kids and so on…. been a while I COULD use a drink.:cocktail:
Comment by nancy — August 17, 2007 @ 7:47 am
Good luck with the revisions, Julie. Are you sure you only need us to drink ONE for you?
Comment by Cheryl S. — August 17, 2007 @ 7:47 am
Hope you are through your revisions soon
Comment by Beth — August 17, 2007 @ 8:37 am
Good luck with the revisions Julie. I would be happy to have a drink for you or with you if I win. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Would love to get to the movies this weekend, but with kids birthday parties and other stuff will have to wait until next weekend.
Comment by Liza — August 17, 2007 @ 8:39 am
My day has not started out good as my coffee pot is not working….grrrr! I have to have my coffee to get started, BUT, maybe one of those tempting drinks might just do it for me instead…ha,ha. They all look so delicious right about now, especially the Margaritas….but definitely willing to share with you.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe week-end. and I am off to find a wake-up extra large cup of coffee.
Comment by Shari C — August 17, 2007 @ 8:41 am
Julie, I’d fly over to Florida to share one with you! I just started STRIPPED. Good so far.
Lori, if you’re out there…holy cow on your UIA. Highly recommend Lori Borrill’s latest!
Comment by katie — August 17, 2007 @ 9:34 am
I would definitely drink at least one for you, Julie! I hope all goes well with the revisions.
Have a great weekend, everyone!!!
Comment by Stephanie S. — August 17, 2007 @ 9:39 am
Looks like a fun prize. Have fun with the revisions.
Comment by Phyllis Lamken — August 17, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Great prize Julie!! Happy Friday to everyone!!
Comment by Carolyn A. — August 17, 2007 @ 10:12 am
Who couldn’t use a drink? Great Prize, as always. Everyone have a wonderful weekend and relax!
Comment by Shannon Upright — August 17, 2007 @ 10:24 am
:cocktail::cocktail::cocktail: I’ll share!:cocktail::cocktail::cocktail:
Comment by Karen B — August 17, 2007 @ 10:36 am
Julie, hope those revisions go fast and well! Here’s a virtual one for you :cocktail: No need to enter me in the drawing :P
Comment by Fedora — August 17, 2007 @ 10:46 am
:cocktail: Julie, I’ll have a Berrytini for you tonight. It’s just been one of those weeks. Some Vodka and Berrytini mix sounds like it would hit the spot. If you like those blue raspberry popsicles then you would love one of these!! Problem is they go down way too quick and way too easy. LOL!!
Comment by Kelly F. — August 17, 2007 @ 10:57 am
LOL Hang in there Julie:cocktail:
Hope everyone enjoys their weekend….TGIF
Comment by Tina Martinesi — August 17, 2007 @ 10:59 am
Julie, good luck with the revisions this weekend. I am sure everything will turn out great…I am not much of a drinker, so don’t think of me when you do prizes okay…whoever wins, I am sure they will have a drink on/with or for you…I can’t wait to see the finished product when you are done…don’t forget to come up for air sometimes though and have a big old
when you are done…You are a great writer 
and frustration is only one of the stages you have to go through right? I know I sound like a therapist…I am not, just a teacher…have fun no matter what though cause this fan can’t wait to see what comes out of all the frustration you have built up about revisions…
Comment by Paula R. — August 17, 2007 @ 11:18 am
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!! THOSE MIXERS SURE LOOK GOOD!!!! HAPPY READING!!!
DONNA:doggie:
Comment by DONNA — August 17, 2007 @ 11:39 am
Thanks, Paula, and everyone. One of the reasons the revisions are so frustrating is simply because I’m a VERY slow reader. I’m doing my last pass through the manuscript before the copy editor and proofreaders get their go and I want to try and fix any little errors on my own. Because I have to read so carefully, it takes me a good 15 minutes to a half hour to read a single page. I know that sounds ridiculous, but that’s how my brain works (it has something to do, I’ve heard, with the dominant eye being the opposite of my dominant hand, but who knows?)
Just last night, I found the word–whever. Not a word, right? Spell check clearly didn’t catch it…neither did I on my first read through, my editor on her revision read or my SIL, who read for me. I didn’t even catch it this time, honestly, until I had to go back and check something and there it was! Crazy. It’s funny how the brain just “supplies” the extra letters so that everyone who’d read it knew what I meant and moved on!
My hero’s last name even changed in one spot…my villain’s first name changed, then went back, then changed again! (Granted, the two names were VERY similar.) Little stuff takes so much time to catch…but I’m halfway there…hopefully, by next Wednesday, we’ll have a big party here at Plotmonkeys!!!
Comment by Julie Leto — August 17, 2007 @ 11:47 am
Good Luck, Julie!!! After all that you’re the one who’s going to need the drink. So here’s one for you! :cocktail:
Comment by Carol R — August 17, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
Good luck Julie. Thanks for being so dedicated as an author.
The prize this week is fun, love those Margaritas!! :cocktail:
Everyone have a great weekend.
Take care,
Donna M
Comment by Donna M — August 17, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Neat prize and I’d have one for you, lol.
Comment by RobynL — August 17, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
Cool prize! Have a great weekend everyone!!!
Comment by Amy S. — August 17, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
HOPE YOU CATCH ALL THE ERRORS SOON. MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU
SHOULDN’T HAVE THE NAMES SO SIMILAR.
GREAT PRIZE–SHAME YOU CAN’T SHIP BOOZE TOOOOO.
ALICE IN TEXAS
Comment by ALICE — August 17, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
Ok who let Julie out of the closet???
Comment by BadBarb — August 17, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Great prize. I would have 1 for you. Good luck.
Comment by Karen — August 17, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
Comment by Fran — August 17, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
Alice, I didn’t pick similar names on purpose! I just forgot what his name was from one chapter to the next…when you’re writing fast, these things happen. Kyle became Keith and then Kyle. It had a K!
The moral of the story is write slower…but I’d like to think some people wouldn’t like that much either…namely, my editor!
Barb, I’m going back in the closet now, I promise!
Comment by Julie Leto — August 17, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
Good luck with the revisions. Cool prize! Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Cherie J — August 17, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
Well, revisions don’t sound like the fun part of the job, but we all know that they have to be done. Good luck with getting through them so that you can enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Then we can both have a drink :cocktail: together, even if we are not physically in the same place, lol. Have a great weekend everyone! 
Comment by Joanne — August 17, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
I always know where to find a party on a Friday!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Comment by Sue A. — August 17, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
This prize sounds really good right now. I’m in Alabama and we are on like the 12th day of the temp. being over 100 degrees. And I already have problems during the summer because I am really sensitive to the heat. If I get overheated, I end up getting dizzy and get a migraine. So right now anything that is cool and refreshing sounds really good!
Comment by Claudia — August 17, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
Mmmm Appletini! :cocktail:
Comment by Jen — August 17, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
Good luck with the revisions!
What a cool prize!:cocktail:
Have a great weekend everyone!:thumbsup2:
Comment by Terri W. — August 17, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
After Tropical Storm Erin rains & the a/c goes out in the office - a drink would hit the spot. Everyone have a great week-end!!!
Comment by susie — August 17, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
Good luck with the revisions. And after a week from hell, a nip of any kind of alcoholic beverage sounds like just the thing.
Comment by cathy — August 17, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
Julie, your prize is perfect! I really NEED to win this one! Just found out yesterday that I’m going to have to have knee surgery AGAIN! So…I’m kind of bummed right now.
Comment by Tina — August 17, 2007 @ 8:23 pm
:cocktail: Good Luck with the revisions :cocktail:
Have a great weekend
Comment by Shelley — August 17, 2007 @ 8:23 pm
Another great prize Julie! Have a great weekend everyone.:cocktail:
Comment by Dena — August 17, 2007 @ 8:57 pm
I’m also buried in revisions. It’s nice to know I am not alone. Good luck with yours and have a great weekend. :cocktail:
Comment by JT — August 17, 2007 @ 9:01 pm
Best of luck with the revisions. Have a great weekend. Summer will be over soon…..I hope. It has been too hot for too long. Makes the old brain turn to mush. A cool one sounds just fine..
Comment by Ruby D — August 17, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
Revisions…
I hope they are going well for you though! Now at RWA I was introduced to a new Lemon Drop - Strawberry Lemon Drop!!! Now that was the best thing I think I have ever had. :cocktail:
And, I don’t like martinis! Love at first sip :love2:
Comment by Lynn Matherly — August 17, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
I would be happy to raise a glass and toast to you
Comment by Jeanette Jackson — August 17, 2007 @ 10:59 pm
:cocktail: Awesome drink mix… I need one of those. Have a great weekend…
Comment by Elisa V — August 17, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
(Only enter me under my first post)….where is everyone!? Only 48 comments, and two or three were from Julie….
Okay, yes, I need a life.
Comment by katie — August 18, 2007 @ 1:14 am
Have a wonderful weekend!
Comment by Philomena D — August 18, 2007 @ 7:21 am
Actually, katie, I was thinking the same thing. Clearly, booze does not go over as well as chocolate.
Better chances for everyone else, I guess! :cocktail:
Comment by Julie Leto — August 18, 2007 @ 9:31 am
Julie, chocolates are aphrodisiacs…not so booze…
Comment by Paula R. — August 18, 2007 @ 11:34 am
Good luck on the revisions and I would love to have a drink with you!:cocktail:
Comment by Teresa W. — August 18, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
I would be happy to toast you. Good luck on the revisions.
Comment by Joan Woods — August 18, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
This week has been crazy and I’m just getting a chance to check my favortie blogs. I hope I’m not to late to sign up for the giveaway. After this week, I could definitely use a drink. LOL
Comment by Patty L. — August 18, 2007 @ 9:03 pm