Merry Christmas and Thank You

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyBI_VR4j56Y6GHO8BAD_39etBTqNDmGJD_q7D44U4Cb2RoYehQGLmnPdPRsdpCRZ0mUzaRkGyMUH53XEdbrLMC8No1VYe1icM_VJoHYZi-slqpHuD-FbCvxNMUpEJLCuCyf2KNIzzYA/s1600/rj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyBI_VR4j56Y6GHO8BAD_39etBTqNDmGJD_q7D44U4Cb2RoYehQGLmnPdPRsdpCRZ0mUzaRkGyMUH53XEdbrLMC8No1VYe1icM_VJoHYZi-slqpHuD-FbCvxNMUpEJLCuCyf2KNIzzYA/s1600/rj.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am sure there will be people I forget on this post and I apologize now. This year has been a year of wonderful highs and frustrating lows and never more than before have I seen who my friends are and how they have helped me... so in no particular order I give you the roll call for thanks and love...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Meredith Russell</b> - squishes you... my very best online friend... god knows how many years you have put up with me now but without you there with me every day things would be very sad on my PC... love you squishy.. xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b></b></div><a name="more"></a><b>Chris Quinton</b> - Thank you for being the one who said I should try writing professionally and the one person who kept me in line when my esteem issues threatened to drag me down... thank you... xx<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Diane Adams</b> - it's been one hell of a year, but babe, 2013 is going to rock big time... hugs xx </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Amber Kell</b> - consider this the one nice thing I'm doing for December my posh American friend... Meeting you in September was one of the highlights of that week... I might even like you a little bit (not much... just a little bit) sniggers. Hugs xxxx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b>Carol Lynne</b>, thank you for your unwavering support and advice in what has been an 'interesting' year. You gave me the push I needed to submit to different publishers and never for one minute doubted they would want me (unlike me who worried like a worrying thing!). Thank you for that and the frozen grapes Carol. xx<br /><br /><b>Serena Yates</b>, for talking to hubby when the shit hit the fan, and for giving me someone to talk to when the going got rough.<br /><br /><b>My Brit Girls - Meredith, Chris Quinton, Lisa Worrall, Sue Brown and SA Meade</b> - with the Hearts Of England Antho and the free Christmas story we frankly rocked as a group. Our little super sekrit squirrel Facebook group has been the single place where I felt safe and loved and where I could rant and shout and laugh and cry without judgement. I love you all.<br /><br /><b>To the wonderful authors I met in Tennessee</b>... you are too many to mention but jeez, we had such a wonderful time chatting and learning. We became the kind of wonderful support network that has seen us end the year on much more of a high than perhaps we expected after November. Hugs you all very hard...<br /><br /><b>Erika Orrick</b>, thank you for your awesome editing skills... you make me look good.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Bitter Grace Art</b> - for the amazing cover art that you created under pressure and in the quickest turnaround that I have ever seen. I lost so many covers this year but I am so damn happy to have found you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tabatha Heart</b> -  for the lovely art for Bodyguards Inc book 1... thank you hun xxx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Reviewers including Don and Josie</b>, and the various review sites that have supported my writing and do a sterling job all the time. Without reviews there would be less readers! This includes, <b>MM Goodbooks Reviews</b>, <b>Rainbow Book Reviews</b>, <b>Mrs Condit Reads Books</b> and so many others...</div><br />Thank you to <b>Total E-Bound</b> and <b>eXtasy</b> who I now have 2013 contracts with and to <b>LooseID</b> who are interested in a MS of mine for their wedding call. I am hoping that 2013 will be a very productive and financially rewarding year for us all.<br /><br /><b>To all the other people who support and talk and share my writing and my publishing...</b><br /><br />Nicole, Sharon, Monique, Scott, Tom A, Josie, Don, Marcus, Aniko, Kim, Cassidy, Patricia, Pippii, Paula, Beverly, Dani, Linda, Aurore, Cinders, Carter, Lexi, Kimber, Sarah, Helle, Linda, XBeany, and everyone else who comments on everything I post on Facebook. Also, thank you to 'most' of the Silver support group (ROFL).<br /><br />I KNOW I have probably missed people out... my head is a bit full of everything at the moment...<br /><br />SO to everyone, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.<br /><br />RJ XXXXX

Merry Christmas and Thank You

I am sure there will be people I forget on this post and I apologize now. This year has been a year of wonderful highs and frustrating lows ...

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My Christmas Top 5

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAE09nxQf4ohV8iFzDPLAeP7ojHXJ58FaQQAYBwFgO5f46romIpPIjcTXbRKLU9ngxExhZiJNJiLti73WJun2pBSCHp4tX4qsmtssC6V8bVgK7vmvdJBsajQrh_9DY3bk0Ecg3YeI4O2E/s1600/RJScottxmasBloghop+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAE09nxQf4ohV8iFzDPLAeP7ojHXJ58FaQQAYBwFgO5f46romIpPIjcTXbRKLU9ngxExhZiJNJiLti73WJun2pBSCHp4tX4qsmtssC6V8bVgK7vmvdJBsajQrh_9DY3bk0Ecg3YeI4O2E/s320/RJScottxmasBloghop+(1).jpg" width="224" /></a></div><b>WINNER OF THE COMPETITION: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span>aer...@yahoo.it... am emailing you now! CONGRATULATIONS!<br /><br />RJ XXXXXXXx<br /><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Welcome to my Christmas Blog post...</b><br /><br />I am a huge fan of Christmas; not just the day itself, but of the season in general.<br /><br />The season for me starts when we have the first leaves turn in Autumn in England and last's through to the crisp January mornings.<br /><br />There are five things I love about Christmas...<br /><div><br /></div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Expectation</span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">From Autumn onwards 'Christmas' is that goal we all try to work for. Be it making sure we have all our manuscripts written by Christmas, or buying the perfect gift, it is the 25th December that is a day to mark how hard you have worked to get there. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">S</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">now, Cottages & Old England</span></b></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWndJBT_jyoSFF4b7rTrZ-UN6e6lNarVM_JPYMiPjMKRBB2WrjchmIFAkimvu9Y0SBLpaipiq179VkUjtYXjV8wRkNUWp_qfDp5XZGvx8ZXKAXXdcnyJpCgymKuFzZ9ktZcFM0tvEuuso/s1600/cottage.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWndJBT_jyoSFF4b7rTrZ-UN6e6lNarVM_JPYMiPjMKRBB2WrjchmIFAkimvu9Y0SBLpaipiq179VkUjtYXjV8wRkNUWp_qfDp5XZGvx8ZXKAXXdcnyJpCgymKuFzZ9ktZcFM0tvEuuso/s400/cottage.jpg" /></a></div>Have you ever seen the Christmas movie *The Holiday* with Jude Law and Cameron Diaz? Then, if you aren't a resident of the UK you probably imagine that Christmas is spent in cottages covered in snow with an open fire and whisky. Not so much unfortunately... BUT... it is an image I aspire to.<br /><br />One day I will travel up to Scotland, find a remote cottage, wait for it to snow, and then sit in front of the open fire with my bottle of spirits. Of course, what the kids would do in the middle of nowhere for a week would be another matter.<br /><br />So I guess I need to add wifi to the list of must haves in my perfect dream Christmas Day.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVwEopty2pisCf9mWG0XOVILcdl3IZzC6RS9Qfn9l3AIS5a98G0yEaFL_z-5jIvSzCbS5C9sVeXGVlwKkOX1rv7KyB4kQjo0MoqbGyU1vQHzdoQ1549SHWwBnu-uRSEbQp6b6dcnmy2A/s1600/nyxmas600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVwEopty2pisCf9mWG0XOVILcdl3IZzC6RS9Qfn9l3AIS5a98G0yEaFL_z-5jIvSzCbS5C9sVeXGVlwKkOX1rv7KyB4kQjo0MoqbGyU1vQHzdoQ1549SHWwBnu-uRSEbQp6b6dcnmy2A/s320/nyxmas600.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Family </span></b><br /><br />I love that moment when you open the front door and family is on the doorstep... (or, like this year, where my mum opens the door and we walk in to the scents of turkey cooking!). The sensory impression is of warmth and happiness and secrets. *loves*<br /><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Food & Candles</span></b><br /><br />Where do I start... I may like food quite a bit... (a lot). We buy food for Christmas, so much food, all for one day. We have a real first world problem in having too much. I know we are lucky. There is nothing better than candle light in a room, especially when you are eating...<br /><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Music</span></b><br /><br />The minute we hit December 1st (and sometimes earlier much to hubby's distress) I start to play Christmas music. I have my favourites. My top two favourite songs are Band Aid (original) - Do They Know It's Christmas, and Greg Lake -I Believe In Father Christmas. Both passionate and well meaning songs with a message or two in them... Add in Wizzard and Paul McCartney and it's a party...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b>Click below on the blog hop list to visit all my fellow authors who are blogging today about Christmas and are including some awesome book giveaways and vouchers!</b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">RJ's COMPETITION</span></b></div><b><br /></b>Win a copy of one of my backlist OR win an early look at a book that is coming up...Simply answer the question below and leave your email.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><!-- start LinkyTools script --><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=169323" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- end LinkyTools script -->

My Christmas Top 5

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The Christmas Blog Hop

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAE09nxQf4ohV8iFzDPLAeP7ojHXJ58FaQQAYBwFgO5f46romIpPIjcTXbRKLU9ngxExhZiJNJiLti73WJun2pBSCHp4tX4qsmtssC6V8bVgK7vmvdJBsajQrh_9DY3bk0Ecg3YeI4O2E/s1600/RJScottxmasBloghop+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAE09nxQf4ohV8iFzDPLAeP7ojHXJ58FaQQAYBwFgO5f46romIpPIjcTXbRKLU9ngxExhZiJNJiLti73WJun2pBSCHp4tX4qsmtssC6V8bVgK7vmvdJBsajQrh_9DY3bk0Ecg3YeI4O2E/s320/RJScottxmasBloghop+%25281%2529.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">To celebrate the release of <a href="https://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/" target="_blank">New York Christmas</a> this weekend I am hosting a CHRISTMAS BLOG HOP!</span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Look at the list below of many wonderful authors who have posted about Christmas memories, songs, films and traditions to name but a few!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Competitions</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Free Reads</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Blog Posts</span></b></div><br /><br /><!-- start LinkyTools script --><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=169323" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- end LinkyTools script --><span style="font-size: large;"><b> New York Christmas, the story of falling in love, again, one Christmas in New York...</b></span><br /><br /><b>Available to buy from <a href="http://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/">Love Lane Books</a></b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDLjGIdoJ7hmMhLZjb3Z5Piqt_WzFPjohZEu3IuTpGXqX62Yzvm3rgVLfiYwMN2E51La6xfL2D4y2ekwBo9vshBe-VJQNJGvxo-54GYSx_aMTxofizCx841Wsn0ZX6oUyzP6OkuvIdQY/s1600/nyxmas300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDLjGIdoJ7hmMhLZjb3Z5Piqt_WzFPjohZEu3IuTpGXqX62Yzvm3rgVLfiYwMN2E51La6xfL2D4y2ekwBo9vshBe-VJQNJGvxo-54GYSx_aMTxofizCx841Wsn0ZX6oUyzP6OkuvIdQY/s1600/nyxmas300.jpg" /></a><br /><b><br /></b><b>5/5 from Hearts on Fire Reviews</b><br /><b><br /></b>If you're looking at the days ticking by and just don't feel the spirit, pick up this wonderful, heart warming romance and you'll be looking forward to the holiday again.<br /><br /><b><br /></b><b>4.5/5 from Mrs Condit Reads books</b><br /><b><br /></b>"Go ahead and judge this book by its cover because NEW YORK CHRISTMAS is a great holiday story and that’s a beautiful cover. However, as usual, RJ Scott puts enough angst into the plot that it isn’t all feel-good Merry Christmas.<br /><br />Someone is accused of something he didn’t do. Someone else saves the day. Someone is shot and might die. Two someones have a hard time overcoming past history and making a new start. Together.<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">"</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

The Christmas Blog Hop

To celebrate the release of New York Christmas  this weekend I am hosting a CHRISTMAS BLOG HOP! Look at the list below of many wonderful aut...

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