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Diane A. S. Stuckart | How To Recycle An Old Plot Idea
Uncategorized / January 19, 2010

One of the items under the tree for me this Christmas was a bottle cutting kit. If you’re old enough, you might remember this gadget spawned of the early 1970s ecology movement (yep, the same one which eventually morphed into the current “green” trend). The idea was to keep those pesky no-deposit, no-return bottles from cluttering up the landfills. All it took was a spin with a special cutting wheel, followed by quick applications of heat and cold, and then, voila, your useless empty bottle was now a handy drinking glass, or a coaster, or a mini-terrarium. Being a crafty sort, I’d always wanted to give bottle cutting a try. I had visions of creating cool-looking stuff out of all our empty wine bottles and then distributing my eco-friendly designs as presents. And so I was quite pleased when Santa filled this particular item on my list. I now have my kit and a whole box of empty wine bottles to play with (no, we don’t drink THAT much; my husband had the foresight to start collecting the empties well in advance of December). Guess what all y’all are getting for Christmas this coming year! To read more of HOW…

Fresh Pick | THE ROGUE’S DISGRACED LADY by Carole Mortimer
Fresh Pick / January 19, 2010

The Nortorious St. Claires January 2010On Sale: January 1, 2010Featuring: Juliet Boyd; Sebastian St. Claire288 pages ISBN: 0373295758EAN: 9780373295753Mass Market Paperback$5.99 Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com The Rogue’s Disgraced Ladyby Carole Mortimer Society gossip has kept Lady Juliet Boyd out of the public eye since the suspicious death of her husband. Although she’s been persuaded to accept an invitation to a summer house party, all she really wants is a quiet life, free from the attentions of any man. But there she meets the scandalous Sebastian St. Claire, who makes her feel things, want things, need things she’s never experienced before. Starved of affection, Juliet finds his lovemaking irresistible. But does he really want her—or just the truth behind her disgrace? Excerpt I have no idea why you felt it necessary to force me from my bed at the crack of dawn—’ ‘It was eleven o’clock, Gray,’ Sebastian pointed out as he expertly handled the matching greys stepping out lively in front of his curricle. ‘As far as I am concerned, any hour before midday is the crack of dawn,’ Lord Gideon Grayson—Gray to his closest friends—assured him dourly as he huddled down on the seat beside him, the high…