Writing my next book from a treadmill desk.

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I’m sure you’ve heard the cliché about klutzy people being unable to walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. I hope I’m not that klutzy because tomorrow I try out my new treadmill desk—treadmill compliments of our daughter—desk compliments of my handy husband.

Sitting for hours in front of my desk is killing me. I’ve been using my jogging trampoline, but I can’t really write for any length of time while jogging on the trampoline.

Tomorrow I start working on Haunting Danielle, Book 3—and I’ll be doing it from the treadmill desk. Wish me luck. Hopefully I won’t fall on my butt.

Gosh I loathe scammers and spammers…

Video

I set up the Watch Book Video website to give authors a place to post links to their book videos. I figured it would be fun for visitors to the site to be able to browse through the videos, perhaps find a few new books to read.

It’s relatively easy for an author to add their video to the site. First they select their book’s genre from the top menu, and then leave a comment on the genre page –including the author’s name, book title, and a link to the book video.

Initially I deselected the option to review the comments—that way the video links would show up immediately. Tonight I had to re-select that option, because of the ridiculous amount of spam littering up the comment sections—a place for book videos, not a place for someone to pitch their wares.

I guess it is time for me to add more hoops for posters to jump through, because it’s obvious the random and numerous off-topic comments I’m getting are from some energetic bot. I’d like to squish the bot and its creator.

It’s not about political correctness—it is about hypocrisy and disrespect.

SONY DSCHad the late Joan Rivers been delivering her shtick and made the “boobs on the ground” crack when mentioning the female pilot in the United Arab Emirates’ Air Force, I might have chuckled. We sort of expect that type of humor from comedians like Rivers, and she was an equal opportunity comedian—no one was really safe from her brand of humor.

The “joke” didn’t quite go over when Eric Bolling played comedian on Fox News’ The Five. Time and place, Bolling—to make it as a comedian, you really need to improve your timing.

Ironic that Bolling had just blasted President Obama for his “Latte salute” – how disrespectful to the brave military! Of course, if it is a female risking her life, then Bolling seems to think it is cute to make a disrespectful and hypocritical comment at the expense of the female pilot.

Yes, he apologized, yet only after his wife “gave him the look.” He didn’t realize that was a lame comment the moment the words left his mouth? He should have had enough sense to realize before he spoke the words.

But let us not forget the other snarky comment another male on the show made shortly before Bolling’s stinker—Greg Gutfeld said, “After she bombed it, she couldn’t park it.”

A friend told me that those of us who were offended were just being over sensitive. Really? If you agree with her, I ask you this—if your daughter was risking her life to fight terrorists and a national news station had just run a story on her—and then they capped off the story with a “boobs on the ground” quip, and a snarky comment that as a woman she can’t park—wouldn’t it piss you off just a little?

As for President Obama’s “latte salute”—did they call it the “Pooch Salute” when President Bush saluted over an armful of dog?