To hell with deadline hell! I’m out of here on Monday to Jolly old England! When my husband said, “We have enough credit card airline miles to make a trip to London over springbreak” I have to admit I hesitated. I HESITATED!!! I have a book deadline of end of month. I just got back from 2 weeks in Virginia, I’m going to Novelists Inc convention at the end of March in NYC and Romantic Times Booklover’s convention in Pitsburgh two weeks after that…and I HESITATED!
So I have a deadline to turn in a book by end of March, get ‘er done! So I have two conferences to prepare for. So what! I have 
the opportunity to go to England, a place I’ve never been, LET’S GO!
So we booked, I’m packing this weekend, taking my dogs to Mom’s and we’re flying out Monday. I’m so excited, I’m already visualizing myself walking down the streets in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral, taking a Jack the Ripper walking tour, wandering through Buckingham Palace and Convent Garden.
I’m planning on taking loads of pictures but at a different angle. Most of the 
time, I take pictures of the incredible achitecture. This time, I’m taking pictures at “street level”. I want to capture what it’s like to move about the streets. What a character in a book would see, smell, taste and hear.
That’s right, I’ll use this trip as research for a setting. Don’t know for what book yet, but there will be one, I promise!
I gotta go pack!!
Oh! And while I’m gone I have a book coming out at Ellora’s Cave! Check out my wild west novella FIT TO BE TIED! A cowboy and a female bandit, two desperate people and a night they won’t forget!
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Hey there, sis! You have a great time. Come back jazzed and all fired up to write your next great book! Mom finally let go of TEXAS-SIZED SECRETS, so I’m going to read it this weekend. (Think hubby would notice if you smuggle me into your suitcase?)
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And you have a great trip to Memphis. I’d love to come with you, but I think I’ll go to London instead. Can’t wait. We’re NOT going to rent a car. After learning to drive on the opposite side of the road in Sydney, Australia, I think not. It’ll be an adventure! Can’t wait. Oops, did I say that already?
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I’m so so SO jealous! I’ve never been to London but it’s on my “bucket” list! Have a blast and take lots of pictures. Meantime, your sis and I will paint Memphis red!
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I want to do that trip sometime. Save some of Memphis for me!
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Have fun! My college graduation present was a week long trip to London (hey, I majored in history and minored in art history… and London was the perfect place to see all that stuff I’d just learned about). At any rate, it was a great trip and the city is just awesome. So much to see and do… and if you can swing it, a trip out to Stonehenge is a must!
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Stonehenge! I wonder if I can do a day trip there. Have to check into. Off to google tours!
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Have a great trip. I would love to go to London. One day I’ll go with my daughter since my hubby and son don’t like to fly. LOL She’s only eleven, I’ll have to wait a few more years.
by Patty L.
on March 14th, 2008 at 10:50 am
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If you’re just staying in London, you won’t need a car. You can take the tube from Heathrow or the train from Gatwick, then in town you can walk, take the tube or a cab. Easy as pie. Have a great time. We used to go once a year and stay in a wonderful Brit hotel called Durrant’s and walk everywhere. It’s just a block or two from the Tate.
ENJOY!
by Laidybyrd
on March 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
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Myla, have a fabulous time! I had a chance to tag along when my DH went to London on business years ago, and it was really fun! And wow, what a cover! Congrats on its release!
by Fedora
on March 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
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Patty: We’re taking our 15-yr-old daughter. It should be interesting to see everything and a learning experience for her.
Laidybyrd: We’re flying into Gatwick. I’ll go look at the Durrant. Can’t wait to see everything. Taking my walking shoes!
Fedora: What a treat to tag along. Thanks for the congrats!
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Have a fabulous time in London!
by Estella
on March 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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Thanks Estella! I plan on have a fantabulous time in London!
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have a good time myla
by kim h
on March 14th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
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I would love to go, please take me with you. Have a wonderful time.
by Virginia H.
on March 15th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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Thanks Kim and Virginia! I plan on have a great time!
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Have a wonderful time.
Kristal L. Rosebrook
by Kristal L. Rosebrook
on March 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
