Jacquie D'Alessandro
Jacquie D'Alessandro is the New York Times and USAToday Bestselling author of more than 30 books. She grew up on Long Island, NY, where she fell in love with romance at an early age. She dreamed of being swept away by a dashing rogue riding a spirited stallion. When her hero finally showed up, he was dressed in jeans and drove a Volkswagen, but she recognized him anyway. They married after both graduating from Hofstra University and are now living their happily-ever-afters in Atlanta, Georgia, along with their son, who is a dashing rogue in the making, and Kennesaw the cat, who kindly allows them to reside in HER house. Jacquie's won a few writing awards (probably her mom was a judge), and was famously a RITA finalist this past summer in the same category as Julia London. Sadly, they cancelled each other out and both lost, although that might be good as it prevented a throw down of epic proportions. Jacquie writes both contemporary and Regency-era historical romances filled with two of her favorite things-- love and laughter. She is honored to be a Whine Sister, yet is torn over which title she likes better-- Whiner, or Wino? Although, why choose? She'll just take both-- with a side of Brie and grapes, if you please.
Jacquie lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can read more about her and her books at jacquied.com
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I love marshmallows. Love their soft texture, their sweet taste, their ooey, gooey goodness. I love them roasted, toasted, covered in chocolate, or plopped in hot chocolate. My favorite sandwich is a Fluffernutter (peanut butter and marshmallow fluff). My favorite part of being a girl scout was making s’mores over the campfire. My favorite part of [...]
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Tonight marks the end of another season of one of my favorite shows, Dancing With the Stars. I was glued to the tv last night to see the free style dances of the three remaining contestants vying for the coveted mirror ball trophy. Here’s my take the trio of stars: Ricki Lake. I like Ricki–she [...]
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For Book Saturday I decided to blog about WIRN, which is What I’m Reading Now. I recently finished Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and am about to begin book 2 of the trilogy, Catching Fire. If not for my book club I never would have read Hunger Games–dystopia isn’t really my cuppa. Plus, the premise [...]
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I have a weakness for cool kitchen gadgets. I have an entire shelf in my basement devoted to off-beat kitchen stuff that I don’t use very often, but when I pull them out, they provide lots of fun. For instance, there’s my tabletop s’mores maker. So much fun! Just light the flame and [...]
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I’ve never been particularly athletic. I wasn’t one of those kids in school who was good at sports. No, I was more like one of those kids who always got picked last in gym. I sucked at volleyball, field hockey, dodge ball and all that assorted crap we had to play. Yet I’ve always enjoyed [...]
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As far back as I can remember, we always had a pet. My parents adopted Tony the cat six months before I was born and good old Tony (who was a prince among cats) lived to the ripe old age of 18. Tony bore the indignities of being dressed in baby clothes and pushed around [...]
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I need to add another tv show to my already too long “must watch” list like I need a hole in my head. But here I am, adding more and more shows to TiVo. My latest addictions are the new season of Dancing With the Stars, Chopped, Rachel Zoe Project, Project Runway, and Revenge. First–Dancing [...]
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I love to entertain, love having friends and family over, love making trays of appetizers, cooking fun meals, and concocting fattening desserts. As for the caloric fallout, I figure, hey—that’s what treadmills are for. Right now my sister-in-law and niece are visiting from New York and we’re having a blast. Sadly they’re leaving tomorrow, but [...]
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As a reader, I’ve always enjoyed anthology stories. I like the fact that I can read one in a matter of hours and that I often find new-to-me authors in a collection that I purchased in order to read one particular story. As a writer, I love anthologies because the short length is not only [...]
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Good times were had at Casa D’Alessandro over the weekend as we attended our neighborhood’s annual Octoberfest celebration. We weren’t able to attend last year (our first year here), so we were excited to give it a try. The evening included all those Octoberfest must haves–beer, bratwurst, sauerkraut, red cabbage, strudel, and oh yes, more [...]
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Some friends I’m on an email loop with were discussing their favorite ice cream flavors, and now ice cream is now all I can think about (clearly I’m very susceptible to the power of suggestion, LOL!). I recently discovered two new-to-me brands of ice cream and I am seriously in love. Actually, they aren’t ice [...]
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College football is a HUGE deal in the south. Seriously HUGE. Rivalries are intense and fortunes are spent by fans for tickets in stadiums that attract mind-boggling crowds. Sanford Stadium at the University of Georgia holds 96,000 people. NINETY-SIX THOUSAND. And every game is a sell-out. To someone like me–who picks the team I want [...]
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I’ve mentioned in numerous previous blogs that I don’t like going to the supermarket. It’s one of those things that I have to do, but I find it more a pain in the neck than enjoyable. Until last night. Last night after dinner I headed to Publix–I’d put off going as long as I could [...]
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It’s US Open time, which means you’d think my obsession du jour would be my fave tennis player (and defending champion) Rafael Nadal—but you’d be wrong. No, I am currently obsessed with something other than handsome young Spaniards, and given how hawt Rafael is, that’s saying something. My latest interest? Quilting. I blogged a while [...]
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Way back in 1998 I wrote my first contemporary romantic comedy, a book I entitled It Only Takes a Moment. About two weeks after my first sale (of Red Roses Mean Love), Kensington Publishing bought the contemporary story, but they wanted a different title and asked me to come up with some suggestions. I compiled [...]
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Hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a fab time here at Casa D’Alessandro, and since I blogged on Friday about all the activities we had planned for the weekend, I thought I’d follow up with a few photos since it’s my blog turn again today. First up—the Cardboard Boat Regatta. SO MUCH FUN! [...]
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Lots of fun things coming up at Casa D’Alessandro this weekend! First, I plan to see the movie The Help. I loved the book and am really looking forward to seeing it adapted to the big screen. Plus, I love Emma Stone who plays the lead. I first saw her in Easy A and thought [...]
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I KNOW WHAT YOU DID THIS SUMMER Over the past few weeks my blogs have been about my adventures while I was away in New York, and I thought it was about time I provided some photographic proof. So, without further ado, I give you the very condensed version of My Summer Vacation. I arrived [...]
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I returned to Atlanta last night after being away from home for an entire month. I traveled to New York on June 25th to attend the Romance Writers of America conference, then remained there for an additional three weeks to help my parents get their house ready to put up for sale. I’d never been [...]
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I must apologize for my absence at the Whinery lately, but I’ve barely been online because I’m visiting my parents and accessing the internet is a challenge here in the land of dial-up (yes, you read that correctly–dial-up!). I’m helping the folks pack up their house, the house I grew up in, in preparation of [...]
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The good news is that I’m in New York for the Romance Writers of America conference and everything is going fabulously well. The bad news is that I forgot to bring the wire-thingy that allows me to download the pictures from my digital camera. So I can’t show you the fun pics I’ve taken of [...]
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