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	<title>larissaione.com</title>
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	<description>Larissa Ione - Seduce Your Dark Side</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Amazon Reviews Issue</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/21/amazon-reviews-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Give Me A Break]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, Amazon is experiencing a strange glitch &#8212; some authors are losing all the reviews on their books.  I know this because Pleasure Unbound went from having 17 reviews&#8230;to having none.  Here's the letter I received from Amazon about the issue:
"Our customer review database has been undergoing some minor infrastructure modifications, and it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently, Amazon is experiencing a strange glitch &#8212; some authors are losing all the reviews on their books.  I know this because Pleasure Unbound went from having 17 reviews&#8230;to having none.  Here's the letter I received from Amazon about the issue:</p>
<p><strong>"Our customer review database has been undergoing some minor infrastructure modifications, and it is possible that your reviews are linked with the changes. </p>
<p>I have contacted our technical support staff and they are currently working on the issue with review feature on the product page.</p>
<p>At this time, they have not provided us with an exact date when they expect this situation to be resolved. Often these errors are corrected after only a short time, so please check after 2-3 days."</strong></p>
<p>So if you've had problems with your books' reviews or you are a reviewer whose reviews have disappeared, this is what's going on.  Hopefully it'll be fixed soon!</p>
<p>Okay, I'm outta here for a few days, heading for the Oregon coast.  I'll have no internet access, so if you email me, please be patient &#8212; I'll be back to my mom's house on Thursday.  Have a great week, everyone!</p>
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		<title>I Have Titles!</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/19/i-have-titles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Demons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it looks like I have final titles for my second and third Demonica books, which are Shade's and Wraith's stories, respectively.  (I also got back cover copy for Shade's book, so I'll be sharing that once it's finalized! *g*)
So anyway, looks like Shadow Lover is now Desire Unchained (which totally fits Shade's book,) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, it looks like I have final titles for my second and third Demonica books, which are Shade's and Wraith's stories, respectively.  (I also got back cover copy for Shade's book, so I'll be sharing that once it's finalized! *g*)</p>
<p>So anyway, looks like Shadow Lover is now Desire Unchained (which totally fits Shade's book,) and Eternity Embraced (Wraith's book,) is now Passion Unleashed.</p>
<p>Yay!</p>
<p>Okay, I'm locking myself in my mom's bedroom today and tomorrow so I can finish Taming the Fire by Sunday night.  Then I'll be internet-less until Thursday, so hope y'all have a nice weekend (and a nice week, if I don't have a chance to update the blog by then!)</p>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Post&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/18/todays-post-88/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[At Other Blogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is at Writeminded, where I'm giving away a $10 Amazon gift certificate!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>is at <a href="http://www.writemindedblog.com" target="_blank">Writeminded</a>, where I'm giving away a $10 Amazon gift certificate!</p>
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		<title>LUGGAGE!!!!</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/15/luggage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Give Me A Break]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It finally arrived!  OMG, we finally have clothes!!!
Apparently, our luggage never left Newport News.  My son and I flew to Portland, but the luggage stayed behind.  The airline people found it, called to tell me, said it would go out on the next flight to Portland.
That was two days ago.
They lost it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It finally arrived!  OMG, we finally have clothes!!!</p>
<p>Apparently, our luggage never left Newport News.  My son and I flew to Portland, but the luggage stayed behind.  The airline people found it, called to tell me, said it would go out on the next flight to Portland.</p>
<p>That was two days ago.</p>
<p>They lost it AGAIN.</p>
<p>Man, what a pain.  But it was finally found&#8230;again&#8230;and they delivered it.  YAY!</p>
<p>I'm still never flying again.  Well, after the flight I'll need to take to get home, anyway! <img src="http://larissaione.com/soapbox/wp-content/plugins/more-smilies/larissa/smile.gif" alt=")" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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		<title>MADE IT!</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/11/made-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, seriously, I'm never flying again.
I made it to Washington state, from Virginia &#8212; 24 hours and countless unscheduled flight changes, flight diversions, and headaches later.  What. A. Nightmare.
I traveled with my son, who inherited my super-sensitive, nervous stomach.  So he was a basket case the entire trip, throwing up, trembling, making panicked [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, seriously, I'm never flying again.</p>
<p>I made it to Washington state, from Virginia &#8212; 24 hours and countless unscheduled flight changes, flight diversions, and headaches later.  What. A. Nightmare.</p>
<p>I traveled with my son, who inherited my super-sensitive, nervous stomach.  So he was a basket case the entire trip, throwing up, trembling, making panicked trips to the bathroom every 5 minutes.</p>
<p>To top it off, the airline lost all of our luggage.</p>
<p>The seemingly simple flights from Newport News, VA to Charlotte, to Porland, OR, turned into: Newport News to almost Charlotte.  Circle airport but can't land due to weather.  Run out of fuel and have to divert to Wilmington.  Get off plane and sit for an hour and half, which means connection out of Charlotte to Portland is missed.  Get back on plane, get to runway, get called back to gate because weather got bad again in Charlotte.  Sit on plane for an hour.  Finally fly to Charlotte.  No more flights to Portland until 24 hours later, so get sent to Las Vegas in hopes of catching last plane to Portland.  </p>
<p>Get in 1 minute after last flight leaves at midnight.  Now stuck in Vegas until noon when the first flight for Portland leaves.  Haven't eaten since breakfast.  Drag our sorry asses to a hotel, try to eat at Denny's but kid is too sick to eat.  Climb into bed at 2 AM.  Get up at 8 to head back to airport.</p>
<p>Flight actually left on time, so I'm at my mom's now, getting pampered, but I still have no clothes, no makeup, no nothing.  I'm not real sure my luggage will be found, so going out today to get a few needed items.  Fortunately, I can wear my mom's clothes, but my son is screwed.</p>
<p>But at least we made it safely!</p>
<p>Now, I'm going back to bed, because I don't think I'm going to ever catch up on the lost sleep!</p>
<p>Have a nice weekend, everyone!</p>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Post&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/08/todays-post-87/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[At Other Blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is at Writeminded!
I'm getting ready to head out on a month-long vacation tomorrow, so won't be posting that much, but when I get a chance (or some good news,) I'll be sure to post.
I did get a couple of fantastic reviews the other day &#8212; a TOP PICK from Night Owl Romance reviews, and a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is at <a href="http://www.writemindedblog.com" target="_blank">Writeminded!</a></p>
<p>I'm getting ready to head out on a month-long vacation tomorrow, so won't be posting that much, but when I get a chance (or some good news,) I'll be sure to post.</p>
<p>I did get a couple of fantastic reviews the other day &#8212; a TOP PICK from <a href="http://www.nightowlromance.com/NightOwlRomance/reviews/Review.asp?ReviewId=2058" target="_blank">Night Owl Romance reviews,</a> and a perfect 3/3 from <a href="http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Review.asp?bookid=9894" target="_blank">Book Loons</a>, so yay!  And I saw Pleasure Unbound at my local military exchange yesterday, so that was WAY cool.  When I was in the Air Force, I used to go through the book sections at the exhanges and dream of seeing my books on their shelves&#8230;so it was a special thrill to see them there!</p>
<p>Okay, off to exercise on the elliptical (and watch the very last episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer) before getting going on the rest of my shopping and packing.</p>
<p>Have a great day, everyone!</p>
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		<title>Jo Leigh&#8217;s Auction and Stuff</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/06/jo-leighs-auction-and-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[This-n-That]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Argh &#8212; after nearly a full day without internet, I finally got it back!  Storms yesterday knocked out our phones, internet, and TV &#8212; which means I missed the NASCAR race.  Very upsetting. (Cue an angry demon here    )
Also, Alison, Stephanie, HelenKay and I will be posting more information about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Argh &#8212; after nearly a full day without internet, I finally got it back!  Storms yesterday knocked out our phones, internet, and TV &#8212; which means I missed the NASCAR race.  Very upsetting. (Cue an angry demon here  <img src="http://larissaione.com/soapbox/wp-content/plugins/more-smilies/larissa/angry.gif" alt="mad" class="wp-smiley" />  )</p>
<p>Also, Alison, Stephanie, HelenKay and I will be posting more information about Jo Leigh's auction soon!  We're gathering items together, trying to figure out timing (with RWA coming up, things are a little crazy,) and trying to get our deadlines out of the way.  Seems like all of us have mid-month deadlines!</p>
<p>In other news, I THINK I finally have set-in-stone title for my second and third Demonica books, but I'll wait until I hear back from my editor to post them.  I think they work really well to tie all the books together!</p>
<p>Okay, now to catch up on email and all the other crap I need to catch up on because I was internet-less.  And then I have some serious writing to do! <img src="http://larissaione.com/soapbox/wp-content/plugins/more-smilies/larissa/smile.gif" alt=")" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!</p>
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		<title>Happy 4th Of July!</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/</link>
		<comments>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stay safe, everyone, and have a good one!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stay safe, everyone, and have a good one!</p>
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		<title>Bookmarks and Such</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/03/bookmarks-and-such/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I'm at Romancing The Blog, discussing promotional items &#8212; specifically, bookmarks.  Pop by and let me know what you think!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I'm at <a href="http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-little-bookmark-that-could/" target="_blank">Romancing The Blog</a>, discussing promotional items &#8212; specifically, bookmarks.  Pop by and let me know what you think!</p>
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		<title>Today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://larissaione.com/soapbox/2008/07/01/today-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larissa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 I’m interviewed at Michelle M. Pillow’s Author Blog!

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<p> I’m interviewed at <a href="http://michellepillow.com/blog/?p=201</p>
<p>">Michelle M. Pillow’s Author Blog!</a></p>
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