Do You Like Cowboys?
- At July 01, 2012
- By Roxanne Snopek
- In Life, Roxanne Writes On, Uncategorized
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I know I like cowboys. Always have. I love horses, too, even owned one for a short time. About 14 years ago, as a surprise birthday gift, my Mr. (Always)Right had some photos taken for me. Now understand, horseback riding isn’t really his thing. He’s what you might call a reluctant cowboy, but he knows my weakness, so he duded himself up with chaps, boots and hat, and found a friend with a cooperative horse.
For a touch of “bad boy” he even attempted to add a cigarette! (Of course, since he doesn’t smoke, all the pictures are of him either coughing or laughing.)
Why am I talking about cowboys today? Well, (drum-roll please!) in August, Entangled Publishing will release my first book featuring, wait for it: a reluctant cowboy.
This book will be available in digital format only, at least initially, so if you don’t have a Kindle or Kobo or iPad or Android… well, get into the twenty-first century buckaroo. It fits way better in a saddlebag than 43 paperbacks.
Take that, cholesterol.
- At June 07, 2012
- By Roxanne Snopek
- In Life, Roxanne Writes On
- 2
With all the comings and goings in our house lately, proper meals are a hit and miss affair. I know it’s typical of this stage of life; kids hopping up and down on the brink of the nest… dad finally trading his 60-hour work weeks for some fun stuff … and me with my predictably random schedule. (By the by, did you know that the term “freelance” comes from the Medieval name for soldiers who hired themselves out for whoever would pay them. Game of Thrones calls them “sellswords.” Boom. You’ve just been Clavened.)
But as I was saying, thank goodness for frozen thin-crust spinach pizza. And tortellini, without which I believe my youngest would have succumbed to starvation. Alone in her room. Neglected and forgotten, as last-borns always are. Or so they believe.
Yesterday, however, we are all around to eat at the same time, so I made a proper dinner. Salmon with lemon-dill sauce, my famous Kitchen Sink salad (don’t ask for the recipe, it changes every time) and fresh asparagus, grilled and tossed with olive oil and lemon juice. Check out the plate: more than half-full of veggies.
I feel so virtuous, I may have to go to Starbucks for a lemon-cranberry scone.
Go, Sisters!
Silicon Sisters Interactive‘s founders, Brenda Bailey-Gershkovitch and Kirsten Forbes, were nominated for the 2012 YWCA Women of Distinction award in the Science, Research and Innovation category. Since Brenda was out lollygagging in Sweden, Kirsten represented the company alone, and promised to name us all in her acceptance speech, should they win. Alas, the award went to another worthy over-achiever.
I am so proud to be part of this team! Here’s why I love writing for SSI:
Kirsten says: “Though it’s easy to pillory videogames as being responsible for some ill effects on today’s youth, at Silicon Sisters we’ve seen otherwise. Games can be a safe world in which to practice and rehearse skills that might otherwise be too stressful – from making friends to challenging the status quo to allowing yourself to fail and see the consequences. Silicon Sisters supports healthy choices for youth.”