Tag: Dee S Knight

Interview with Naval Maneuver’s Todd Baxter

Romance Lives ForeverTodd is one of my favorite characters. He was recently interviewed by Kayelle Allen on Romance Lives Forever. When Todd meets navy lawyer Carie Walker, sparks fly!

He was good looking enough to be a model. An underwear model. Yeah, her mind’s eye pictured him in only underwear. She licked her lips.

Unfortunately, in her current state—more hair pulled loose from her ponytail than still in it, Redskins ball cap half on, half off, scratches on her arms and legs, and probably smears of grime from where she’d wiped sweat off her face—she must look more like a reject from Deliverance.

Read an interview with character Todd Baxter (who’s good looking enough to be an underwear model!) on the Romance Lives Forever blog.Naval Maneuvers by Dee S. Knight

Thanks!
Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

Creative Outlets #MFRWauthor

For many years, I wrote technical manuals. For even more years, I edited them. So for all those years, writing erotic romance was my creative outlet. When I wasn’t working at such technical jobs, I used counted cross stitch,Counted Cross Stitch crochet, a little knitting, and crewel work as creative outlets. I stopped counting cross stitch when I had to use a magnifying glass to see the tiny little holes (oh, vanity!), but crocheting is still a relaxing activity.

Now, I have to qualify that by saying I’m not a terribly good crocheter, so I have to keep things pretty simple. I once knitted my dad, who was a rural mail carrier, a hat with the inscription U.S. Male and that was a huge Crocheted afghanendeavor for me. Mostly though, I crochet scarves and afghans—nothing greatly detailed that involves shaping, like sweaters or booties.

Although I have gotten away from needlework, I’ve lately been giving thought to asking hospitals, nursing homes, and shelters if they could use afghans or baby blankets. For Crocheted baby afghanthem it wouldn’t have to be anything too intricate, just hypoallergenic and washable. I think even I could manage that. And in that case, I would once again be using needlework as a creative outlet, but with greater ramifications.

I’ve always admired my mother and aunt for many reasons but mostly because they are always thinking of others. They’re just plain good women. They routinely buy small, travel-size hygiene products, toothbrushes and toothpaste, brushes and combs, and little teddy bears to package and give to women’s’ shelters, since those victims often have to leave home with Giving, charity, sharingnothing but the clothes on their backs. They crochet winter scarves and donate them to Native American schools in the Midwest where they live. And they do this on very limited incomes! Maybe we can all do a little more to help out those who have less? I’m going to try. Will you?

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

So Much Fun…and I’m Still Dressed! #MFRWauthor

As an erotic romance writer, I’m usually finding ways people have fun while not dressed. So you might think that this post is a challenge. Not so. Since I was the age of 15 (which was a hell of a long time ago!), the most fun I’ve had while dressed is anything I do with hubby.

Jack and I started dating when I was 15. Not serious dates really. Doubling with his brother, dinner at each other’s homes, that sort of thing. But a couple of weeks after our first date we admitted that we would be married some day. That day was a long time coming—he made me graduate from college before he’d put a ring on my finger—but all that time and since we’ve taken time to enjoy the simple things with each other. Walking on the Trucking--fun and clothedbeach, school concerts, just hanging out with friends, dinner at Dairy Queen, talking about books. For eight years we drove nationwide as long-distance truckers where, even as tired and cranky as we were on occasion, we viewed sunrises and sunsets, wide open spaces, and horrific traffic jams all while holding hands (metaphorically).

It’s one of my beliefs that we get up each day and decide to be happy or not. We make up our minds to have fun during the day or let trouble get under our skin. Life is so much better when I decide to be happy and have fun, and Dating--fun and still dressedJack has always been there to remind me that that’s the ticket to a good life. He’s always been able to make me laugh, and that’s fun no matter if we’re dressed or not.

And just so we’re clear, in our many years of married life, we’ve always found plenty of fun things to do without our clothes, too!

Read the next blog in the blog hop by going here.

Dee
Naval Maneuvers When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can’t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!

The Favorite Thing I’ve Written

Usually, I start writing with what I think is a good storyline. And usually it’s a storyline with characters I’ve let rattle around in my head for some unspecified amount of time. But (usually) by the time I finish off the book I’m ready to let those characters go and move on to the next thing that’s been rattling around. So by definition, my favorite thing to have written is that story I just finished and shipped off. Nothing like being DONE to make a piece my favorite.

I think that must indicate a short attention span on my part, right? Even as a child I was never all that patient. When my mom found out after the first book that I managed to stay put long enough to write a first book, she was kind of surprised. I never could have written a sequel to that book, however, or a series. I’d given those characters their happy ever after and they had to give up the stage to new characters in new settings. So now you know my dirty little secret.