1994 Lucky vs 2013 Andrew - Who would you rather...?

see as a blue collar hero in a romance novel?

Have you seen the new Diet Coke commercial? It's a take on the popular 1994 Diet Coke commercial where a group of women office workers take a '11:30 break'. They run to the window and watch as a hunky construction worker strips off his shirt and guzzles down a Diet Coke. It was a twist on the complaint of women being whistled at by construction workers. In a new 2013 commercial, a group of women are on a sort of picnic/break who see a cute guy mowing the lawn and they roll down a Diet Coke. He opens it and it sprays all over his shirt and -whoopsie- he has to take it off. My guess this is a take on Lady Chatterley's Lover.

So who would you rather read about in a romance novel? Here are the stats...

Lucky  (1994)                                                  VS                   Andrew (2013)                    
Born: Nebraska                                                                         Born: England
Age: 33                                                                                     Age: 31
Height: 6'2                                                                                Height: 6'1
Former Army Ranger                                                               Owns doggie boutique
Plays: Smoking Hot Construction Worker                               Plays: Sexy Gardner

Please leave a comment and let me know. If you need help deciding here is a You-Tube article about the 2 men....

"I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.” Josephine Baker

Time for another Quotes by Famous Women blog post. (from Wikipedia) Josephine Baker was the first African-American female to star in a major motion picture, Zouzou (1934), to integrate an American concert hall,^[3] and to become a world-famous entertainer. She is also noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (she was offered the unofficial leadership of the movement by Coretta Scott King in 1968 following Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, but turned it down),^[4] for assisting the French Resistance duringWorld War II,^[5] and for being the first American-born woman to receive the French military honor, the Croix de guerre.

Here are some quotes from an amazing woman:

Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”  Josephine Baker

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.” Josephine Baker

“I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely. Josephine Baker

I improvised, crazed by the music. . . . Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.” Josephine Baker

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.” Josephine Baker

Tebow wins by a landslide!

My first post on Romancing The Jock was a resounding success! Thank you to all who stopped by.

Here is the link in case you missed it

 Tebow or Sanchez...who would you rather? Romancing the Jock

It's in his kiss....

If you read some of my past blog posts you'll know how much I love reading and writing those first kiss scenes in romance novels. (and that Playing For Keeps won the NECRWA First Kiss Contest). So here is a cute song about the kiss...

Romancing The Jock - January 1, 2013!!!!

It's almost here! I'm so excited to be a part of Romancing The Jock Blog, which begins January 1, 2013 My first post will be January 4 and then my regular schedule will be the 3rd Thursday of every month.

In the meantime click on the link below to read the article at One Page Press about it!

One Page - Press on Romancing the Jock

and the link to the blog is... (which you can always find on the side bar to the left)

Romancing the Jock

“Aim higher in case you fall short.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

I'm posting my goals for 2013 a few days earlier since on New Years Day I want to hit the ground running on achieving them.

The quote from Suzanne Collins is a good one. I didn't reach all my goals for 2012. In writing I reached 75% of them. Weight wise - um not so much - but I am more fit - hitting the gym to 3 to 4 times a week (until November that is - sigh).

Ok - so onto 2013.

Writing:
Finish getting the audiobook version of Love By Design up on Audible and iTunes.
Then get Going For It (Fantasy Football - Season 2) available on audio as well.
Start and finish Kiss Shot - (Fantasy Football - Season 3)
Start and finish Quarterback Sneak - (Fantasy Football - Season 4)
Plot out my spiritual/inspiration novel.
Plot out my Fantasy novella series.

Health/Fitness:
Get back to my 3 to 4 day gym schedule
Eat healthier 
I'm doing this all because I want to FEEL better.

So there it is my goals for 2013. Do you think I can do it?
What are your goals?

One more quote... 
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” 
― Louisa May Alcott

Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball. Katarina Witt

Katarina Witt, winner of 2 Olympic gold medals in ice skating, is up next in my Quotes By Famous Women series.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it. Katarina Witt

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win. Katarina Witt

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. Katarina Witt

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb. Katarina Witt

If you want to read more about her click below.

Katarina Witt