tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78661496045657872892024-03-18T20:20:13.427-07:00Rambling----through the mind, through the country and throughout historyhttp://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-16644868178091978832023-01-24T20:50:00.008-08:002023-01-24T21:37:53.990-08:00My new Year--My new Story<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5n_2lNi4SWcaDabZB93dH8toqVdDo_ShijfzDvSlQKzebvR9qO8VRBM4CS_wwR0uXO9XPAJo0yVUPsAcpbrHTH8ij4IrAdq_bPxgLIJnif22LcdkkMwB4dyS3QxutUqlL5TdgClXjaqRIrjbi-yCXjoNTjxJscXFtOSFiWPp9AhHQyZ4EtYlBT5U/s4000/dreamstime_xxl_21214358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5n_2lNi4SWcaDabZB93dH8toqVdDo_ShijfzDvSlQKzebvR9qO8VRBM4CS_wwR0uXO9XPAJo0yVUPsAcpbrHTH8ij4IrAdq_bPxgLIJnif22LcdkkMwB4dyS3QxutUqlL5TdgClXjaqRIrjbi-yCXjoNTjxJscXFtOSFiWPp9AhHQyZ4EtYlBT5U/s320/dreamstime_xxl_21214358.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span face=""Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif" style="background-color: none; color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt;">One Million words written</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Six novels completed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An agent found<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And a minimum of four children’s books
published<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These 4 short goals for 2023 will make this
story possible….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have been a writer since I was in grade
school, I wrote my first full-length novel (150,000 words) when I was 12 and
started several others. In school, I allowed myself to get sidetracked, by
basketball, volleyball, track, band, and choir, but I still wrote every day,
finding my voice and my passion and not letting anything stand in my way of me
being a writer, but I never considered myself an author, not someone with the
talent to get paid to do what they loved. I met my first love when I was 15 and
we married in high school. He was born with a terminal illness and the doctors
told us every year that if he made it through this winter, he would probably
make it to the next. We had two children, and by the time he was 27, he had had
several strokes and was bedridden for the last 6 years of his life. I had to
work three jobs to take care of the kids, pay for the bills, get his medicine,
and his home health nurse. I am sorry he had to go through it, but I am
grateful that I had the opportunity to know him. He was an amazing man and my
inspiration. He never complained about what life had thrown at him, knowing
that each day could be his last made him live that day to the fullest. He was
passionate and adventurous, never letting his illness stop him from doing what
he loved, doing things that most people told him he shouldn't or couldn't
because he was sick. He is the reason I will never end a conversation or leave
the house without telling people that I love them, and that they are important
to me because, with him, I never knew if he would be there when I got home.
After his strokes I let my writing drop to nearly nothing, finding little time
to sleep or eat, let alone time to be creative, while I worked 7 days a week,
sleeping during my lunch, and concentrating what little home time I had to just
be with him and the kids. At 33 he passed away from a heart attack, on April
Fool’s Day, the worst joke he ever played on me. I am devastated by his loss,
and I miss him every day, even now, 17 years later. I know that he had a full
life, and I am so glad I got to be a part of it. I never want to go through that
pain again, but the eighteen years I had with him made it all worth it. When he
passed, I threw myself into my writing, writing several new books and storing
them away. When I met my new husband, he started to push me to publish my
books, but it was hard for me, as I said, I never believed I could be an
author. Picked on in school, quiet and shy, I was much better at sitting alone
in a room and losing myself to my work than I was at putting myself out there.
My mother only had one call from the school about me, the teacher wanted to
speak to her about me not talking in class. Mom was confused saying that she
thought kids weren't supposed to talk in class. The teacher said...She won't
even talk when I ask her a question. I am not a talker, and still am not, and I
am not one to put myself out there. At the time my husband was pushing me to
get published, I had never even let someone look at my writing. I had written
several short stories for school assignments that had to be read aloud in
class. The kids made fun of me, but the teacher tried to push me to get my work
published, telling me how good it was. I said no, telling her, and myself, that
I was just writing for me, for fun, and that being an actual "writer"
was not what I wanted. I finally allowed my husband to, not exactly bully me :) </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but to strongly encourage and motivate me, and
I started putting my work out there. I now have a couple of children’s books,
and two novels published. The response was good, I have good reviews and sales
were decent for a first-time unknown author. The problem is...they were
published over 10 years ago. I have finished two other novels, am halfway
through a third, and have several chapters into about 50 or 60 others, not to
mention the original story that I wrote, oh so many long years ago, that is
complete, still sitting and waiting for me to do some last-minute edits and
turn it into my publisher. Every time I sit to work on a book, I end up telling
myself that something else is more important, that the floors need to be swept,
the dishes need to be done, and the laundry needs folded. I tell myself that
all of this is more important than wasting time at a computer doing something
that is not paying the bills. Every time I think about turning my work in to
the publisher, I just keep thinking that my earlier success had to have been a
mistake, it was an accident that will not be repeated, either that or all the
people that hated it just didn't bother to say anything. Sales dropped off and
have gone to nearly nothing because I did not have the momentum with another
book to keep the readers interested, especially since both of my published
novels are book 1 in their series. Also, because I am not one to "put
myself out there" marketing for my book has been close to nothing. I have
let self-criticism keep me from completing any of the books that I am working
on and have let fear and doubt keep me from being something I have wanted to be
since I was 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I know my story, I am a writer and I am an
author. People are going to love me or they are going to hate me, but that is
the nature of writing. Not every book is for every person and all I have to do
is read the reviews of my favorite books to remind myself of that. I have had a
wonderful life, and I have a great story. As I have written this I realize
something, it is not a story I want to "change", but like the tales
that I write, that mass of stories that I have sitting in my computer and in
the vast notebooks that encompass my office, all I have to do is to find the
courage to complete my own story, to edit out the parts that are holding me
back, to refine my words and my storyline until it matches my vision of a
better future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So what I am working on is not my new story,
because I need to stick with something and see it complete. This is my
soon-to-be-published story, and edits, changes, and cuts need to be made to
make that happen. In my writing career, I need to focus on one story at a time
until it is done, not tell myself that I need to switch between them because
this character or that is talking to me. That is just an excuse to
procrastinate, a chance to allow my doubts to stop me without admitting that is
what I am doing. I need to put a set limit on editing, because I know it will
never be good enough for me and I will always find some word or some phrase
that could use a little tweaking, could be just a little better. That too is
just a way to fall before my fears without admitting that that is what I am doing.
When the book is done, I need to turn it in to the publisher, it will never be
published if I don’t turn it in. For both my writing career and my personal
life I am going to go back to school and get my history degree. (That must wait
until next year though, because I have agreed to become the President of the
Idaho Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and that will mean lots of travel and
time over the next year. It is something I am terrified to do---it means a lot
of speeches in front of people I do not know and many meeting that I will be in
charge of--I hope it helps not only the veterans and their families but me as
well) For my books to be successful I must start putting myself out there into
the public, restarting my blog, getting back onto Facebook, Twitter, TikTok,
and getting out to do book signings, in other words, being my own cheerleader.
In my personal life, I need to lose weight. I don't care what I look like, and
I don't care what the scale says. What I do care about is my ability to ride
the rides at the fair, to go mountain and rock climbing, to go running, to go
hike the Appalachian Trail, and to spend many years with my family. The things
that I love doing, things I miss or dream of doing, but things that I cannot do
because of my weight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Making these changes to my story will allow me
to have the Happily Ever After that everyone, including me (I remind myself
subtly) deserves to have. It will make me a better wife, a better mother, and a
better person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/newstory?__eep__=6&__gid__=513982769285161&__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXN0ItUU2shZPrDIeSmtKDFSdIgY9DnaXtyr6Q0taTVPZArL7pEpLvIdEKik8zTNVBBeciP-c4c4aNOKICz9XpYmOozNhKobjnKLDGGUQFh__eTAA2NLSTvhv65V2AqqGhBEZb4dkLhYm2Dw7R1bn8z&__tn__=*NK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">#newstory</span></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mystory?__eep__=6&__gid__=513982769285161&__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXN0ItUU2shZPrDIeSmtKDFSdIgY9DnaXtyr6Q0taTVPZArL7pEpLvIdEKik8zTNVBBeciP-c4c4aNOKICz9XpYmOozNhKobjnKLDGGUQFh__eTAA2NLSTvhv65V2AqqGhBEZb4dkLhYm2Dw7R1bn8z&__tn__=*NK-R"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">#mystory</span></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-13739518238930283512016-01-10T17:36:00.002-08:002016-01-10T17:36:17.536-08:00Favorite types of reading material<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just recently released my novel The Dark Lady into an audio version. There were more immediate sales than I had expected. I am averaging about 10 audio sales a day, more than either my eBook or my paperback did in the beginning. This got me thinking about the way things have changed for readers in respects to the way people buy and "read" books.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrAgaOef0sNXB_KUqy_REn0y-apX8iBSwA19Kht8Ha7JosHkJNTqSA3lyMRpBqzEewr31OuuplQ4CAd9eIgItIH5mXJQ0FksMLgRVMu_AMCcMIwdiEgBAPpRYw7GDUCyyqkloFUuRaDc/s1600/Front+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrAgaOef0sNXB_KUqy_REn0y-apX8iBSwA19Kht8Ha7JosHkJNTqSA3lyMRpBqzEewr31OuuplQ4CAd9eIgItIH5mXJQ0FksMLgRVMu_AMCcMIwdiEgBAPpRYw7GDUCyyqkloFUuRaDc/s200/Front+Cover.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhgRFMiruLDTrFa91QM5rjRmczKVLs0gwRw-eEx-dti2nPujhxit8EH_7AWpxQbN0mBGs6FKzublbgRt1_6BvgpZv6zDm1R8BM4iN2pY0lfU0ZWN_Q5IISUiNjnRVxZ6Ib8xITbpm4Ks/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhgRFMiruLDTrFa91QM5rjRmczKVLs0gwRw-eEx-dti2nPujhxit8EH_7AWpxQbN0mBGs6FKzublbgRt1_6BvgpZv6zDm1R8BM4iN2pY0lfU0ZWN_Q5IISUiNjnRVxZ6Ib8xITbpm4Ks/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> My favorite way to read is to curl up with a good paperback, a warm blanket and a good cup of coffee. I do like hardbacks, but to me they look better on the shelf than they feel in my hands. They are more cumbersome and harder to read for me, though I do have some that I buy in hardbound. Stephen King I usuall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhgRFMiruLDTrFa91QM5rjRmczKVLs0gwRw-eEx-dti2nPujhxit8EH_7AWpxQbN0mBGs6FKzublbgRt1_6BvgpZv6zDm1R8BM4iN2pY0lfU0ZWN_Q5IISUiNjnRVxZ6Ib8xITbpm4Ks/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhgRFMiruLDTrFa91QM5rjRmczKVLs0gwRw-eEx-dti2nPujhxit8EH_7AWpxQbN0mBGs6FKzublbgRt1_6BvgpZv6zDm1R8BM4iN2pY0lfU0ZWN_Q5IISUiNjnRVxZ6Ib8xITbpm4Ks/s200/maxresdefault.jpg" width="200" /></a>y buy in Hardbound anymore, but that is because I don't want to wait for the paperback version to be released. I love the feel and sound of a book as you flip through the pages, and although some people think me odd I love the smell of books, old or new. Although the new on demand printing doesn't ha<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhgRFMiruLDTrFa91QM5rjRmczKVLs0gwRw-eEx-dti2nPujhxit8EH_7AWpxQbN0mBGs6FKzublbgRt1_6BvgpZv6zDm1R8BM4iN2pY0lfU0ZWN_Q5IISUiNjnRVxZ6Ib8xITbpm4Ks/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>ve the same good smell as the large printing presses. The thing I think I was looking forward to more than anything else when I published my book was to smell it when it arrived. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hRv6XMIlJ3uSqR6kBz19SzKzW2rS32FMYbGbcwBpLcREkS5NJiiySXnGtV4MofJl2mnb4k9HD-_TeXTMq4P-NcUvWfJseyyrdmnNKtA0AMfGb9_IVOOw1tOUHXMWU6Lx7s_NIl12jYY/s1600/9623a18165a892c3ee7d72dbfb56f940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hRv6XMIlJ3uSqR6kBz19SzKzW2rS32FMYbGbcwBpLcREkS5NJiiySXnGtV4MofJl2mnb4k9HD-_TeXTMq4P-NcUvWfJseyyrdmnNKtA0AMfGb9_IVOOw1tOUHXMWU6Lx7s_NIl12jYY/s1600/9623a18165a892c3ee7d72dbfb56f940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hRv6XMIlJ3uSqR6kBz19SzKzW2rS32FMYbGbcwBpLcREkS5NJiiySXnGtV4MofJl2mnb4k9HD-_TeXTMq4P-NcUvWfJseyyrdmnNKtA0AMfGb9_IVOOw1tOUHXMWU6Lx7s_NIl12jYY/s1600/9623a18165a892c3ee7d72dbfb56f940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhgRFMiruLDTrFa91QM5rjRmczKVLs0gwRw-eEx-dti2nPujhxit8EH_7AWpxQbN0mBGs6FKzublbgRt1_6BvgpZv6zDm1R8BM4iN2pY0lfU0ZWN_Q5IISUiNjnRVxZ6Ib8xITbpm4Ks/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> Even though I prefer to sit and hold books, I do seem to be listening to them more and more. I think it is the busier lifestyle that many people have anymore that makes it such a popular choice. I always feel like I am not getting anything done and I feel guilty if I am sitting down to read. If I put on the headphones and listen I can garden, clean, bake, can, work on my kids book illustrations, crotchet blankets or scarves...well you get the idea. Life anymore seems to have gotten to where it is harder for people t<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hRv6XMIlJ3uSqR6kBz19SzKzW2rS32FMYbGbcwBpLcREkS5NJiiySXnGtV4MofJl2mnb4k9HD-_TeXTMq4P-NcUvWfJseyyrdmnNKtA0AMfGb9_IVOOw1tOUHXMWU6Lx7s_NIl12jYY/s1600/9623a18165a892c3ee7d72dbfb56f940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hRv6XMIlJ3uSqR6kBz19SzKzW2rS32FMYbGbcwBpLcREkS5NJiiySXnGtV4MofJl2mnb4k9HD-_TeXTMq4P-NcUvWfJseyyrdmnNKtA0AMfGb9_IVOOw1tOUHXMWU6Lx7s_NIl12jYY/s200/9623a18165a892c3ee7d72dbfb56f940.jpg" width="112" /></a>o just sit down and read without feeling as they should be up doing something else. Now don't get me wrong I do take the time to sit down and read, but it isn't as often as I like. <br />
My least favorite way to read, although I do when I am out and around, is through eBook. I have the kindle app on my phone and my tablet. My tablet is a 10" and my phone is the Note 3 (a large screen for a phone) but even with the larger screen I still don't enjoy the experience of reading as much on the screen. It takes me longer to get into a book than it usually does. <br />
I am curious to know why the audible is selling so much quicker than the other versions of the book that are available. Is it just because people are busy or is it because of the way Audible.com is set up, a monthly membership with a credit each month. I know when I buy them, using credits, I don't really think about it. I just hit purchase, but if I were to buy the book with actual money (and yes I realize it is actual money, but it comes out automatically and it is already designated for a book, I did all my debating before I started my membership), but with that being said, if I were to buy one with "actual" money I always seem to put more thought into it. Am I the only one who thinks this way or is that strange?<br />
So when you are deciding on a book which do you prefer, audio, eBook, paperback or hardbound? Why do you prefer one above the other? <br />
Stop by and check out The Dark Lady, in audio, eBook and paperback, sorry no hardbound yet, and let me know what you think. <br />
<a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/The-Dark-Lady-Audiobook/B01A5RFTSK/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1452475804&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Audible</a><br />
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<span id="goog_136399581"></span><span id="goog_136399582"></span> There are basically two types of writers. The Plotter and the Pantser. Now while there are those who run wild through the middle and take the best from both worlds, we will focus today on the two different writing styles themselves. Neither group is better off than the other, it is all a matter of which style works best with you. Hopefully every writer will find their stride and find the style, or combination thereof that makes their Muse sit up and take notice.<br />
For me, I am a Pantser, always have been, Though, with the new series I am currently working on, I am trying to be more of a plotter (its not pretty). So, since I am striving to do more plotting and planning we will start with that group of writers, The Plotters.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3rco5EkSezbEwJvNYYjIAeqlpW_imIYvCaO48SEC12jYnzCQjeBDUptG8WNQC371JJWrObl4ZOlSuJ9YPG-A4-zy0J2yj0bYaRYmsWiUdyvPMLvyo0MT7A8S1wZfmSfv1ftCUK-zlvI/h120/7K0A0246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="nm-O-x" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3rco5EkSezbEwJvNYYjIAeqlpW_imIYvCaO48SEC12jYnzCQjeBDUptG8WNQC371JJWrObl4ZOlSuJ9YPG-A4-zy0J2yj0bYaRYmsWiUdyvPMLvyo0MT7A8S1wZfmSfv1ftCUK-zlvI/h120/7K0A0246.JPG" style="height: 120px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 181px;" width="320" /></a> A Plotter knows the story, or at least a basic premise of where that story will lead. They understand the way the story will develop and they can plan out major scenes as well as the ending all before they sit at that blank sheet of paper (literal or on the computer screen) and even write one word.<br />
A Plotter comes in a variety of degrees.<br />
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The soft Plotter, who writes out an outline and begins to write with a fair amount of room to allow the story to change and grow as they go along. Someone who understands who the main characters are and where they need to go, but doesn't always plan for how they will get there. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57Fb6RE9_Mju8cKGu4CnysMz8fVrZeS-GD-XKeTqPR0g-XWWGECaFB_eydZ807CpXRgdhaUWA9dX2eNRidYkjv2GjF3ac3Xy-TSxQySFi0EL1bUPPGzPUzBd-O2VEW5pE3s1mKj7R3Dc/w140-h112-p/dreamstimefree_106245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a> The other end of the scale is the fastidious plotter. This writer, one who I could never be, plots out step by step how the book will progress. They write story boards, draw maps and only begin writing when they are confident they will have it the way it will be in the finished product. These writers leave only a small margin for change as they go along. </div>
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There are many different ways to be a Plotter, from the mild to the extreme and everywhere in between. No matter how you do it, from the plots in the head to the plots on paper, if you plan out where your book will go you will fall into the category of Plotter. </div>
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My London series is going to be a long running series the involves many of the same characters, I am trying to plan my next books at least to a small degree so any characters who will be featured in the next books, will get the right kind of notice in the current works. This has proven to be a challenge for me and this is why...I am a Pantser.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57Fb6RE9_Mju8cKGu4CnysMz8fVrZeS-GD-XKeTqPR0g-XWWGECaFB_eydZ807CpXRgdhaUWA9dX2eNRidYkjv2GjF3ac3Xy-TSxQySFi0EL1bUPPGzPUzBd-O2VEW5pE3s1mKj7R3Dc/w140-h112-p/dreamstimefree_106245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57Fb6RE9_Mju8cKGu4CnysMz8fVrZeS-GD-XKeTqPR0g-XWWGECaFB_eydZ807CpXRgdhaUWA9dX2eNRidYkjv2GjF3ac3Xy-TSxQySFi0EL1bUPPGzPUzBd-O2VEW5pE3s1mKj7R3Dc/w140-h112-p/dreamstimefree_106245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57Fb6RE9_Mju8cKGu4CnysMz8fVrZeS-GD-XKeTqPR0g-XWWGECaFB_eydZ807CpXRgdhaUWA9dX2eNRidYkjv2GjF3ac3Xy-TSxQySFi0EL1bUPPGzPUzBd-O2VEW5pE3s1mKj7R3Dc/w140-h112-p/dreamstimefree_106245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="dreamstimefree_106245.jpg" border="0" class="ag-Bl-Lg-ge" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57Fb6RE9_Mju8cKGu4CnysMz8fVrZeS-GD-XKeTqPR0g-XWWGECaFB_eydZ807CpXRgdhaUWA9dX2eNRidYkjv2GjF3ac3Xy-TSxQySFi0EL1bUPPGzPUzBd-O2VEW5pE3s1mKj7R3Dc/w140-h112-p/dreamstimefree_106245.jpg" style="height: 112px; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 140px;" title="dreamstimefree_106245.jpg" width="200" /></a> A Pantser is much different from a Plotter. I do not plot anything. It is one of my favorite things about being a writer. I get the excitement of watching my characters stories unfold before me as I write and while sometimes I want the story to go one way, I always let it go in the direction it wants to go. It always makes for a better story in the end.</div>
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My writing style works this way. An image or a line, a scene or just a face comes to me (and I never know at this point if it is the beginning, middle or end of the story that I am seeing). It says hey, here I am and you need to tell my story. Then I sit down at the computer, or take my notebook and pencils to a nice secluded lake or mountain top, and look at the blank page. With that start in mind, I wait patiently, and if I am lucky, I do not have to wait long, for that first line to emerge. Then I just let the story take me away. Usually once that first line is out, the rest seems to flow fairly smooth. </div>
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The way I see it, a Pantser's story belongs not to them, but to the characters. It does not always unfold for me the way I think it will and what I want to happen sometimes does not, but such is the way of life. It is not for me to dictate what will happen when, but just to tell the story as it comes to me. </div>
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A lot of people think I am odd when I say I do not control my stories, but it makes a better story if I don't, not just for my readers but for me as well. So I willing give control of my stories to my characters and try my best to stay out of the way. </div>
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Pantsers, like Plotters, come in a wide range of degrees as well. On one end of the spectrum is the pantser who does not plot anything. They work only off the words that spill out of them and let the story come as it may. </div>
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The other end of the rainbow is the pantser who after the story has begun begins to see parts of the story that will unfold later. This usually happens when an event in chapter three has to have an effect or solution later. So this pantser will make notes of those things that will happen later to adjust the story as needed to make it work the way is should. </div>
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For both Pantsers and Plotters they work the way that works best for them. There is no right way or wrong way to get the words on paper. Just get them onto the paper. Then the real work begins. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
big hello from Southern Idaho to all my wonderful readers today. I would like
to introduce you to a crime writing attorney. His second book in his crime
fiction series has just released and is a book I am looking forward to reading.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please give a warm welcome to Alan Brenham
and his newest Jason Scarsdale novel, Rampage. </span></div>
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</span>It is great to have you with me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>First tell us a little about yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Your likes and dislikes, your favorite foods, your special pets? What
makes you…you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you Dawn. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDTdkHVtdDd1t3fXqRT7CmiVpK3vaGJlvtSuCxnTv8WMtHsy7Ih6WQqplSaVE9H41bV4tXX4omfPb_nK6yGvZH00jC_VtH1mWOVJs8JzgptRpdRMqqfvBZFdk0pb8XY5vca8IfEnPTQk/s1600/Alan+Brenham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDTdkHVtdDd1t3fXqRT7CmiVpK3vaGJlvtSuCxnTv8WMtHsy7Ih6WQqplSaVE9H41bV4tXX4omfPb_nK6yGvZH00jC_VtH1mWOVJs8JzgptRpdRMqqfvBZFdk0pb8XY5vca8IfEnPTQk/s200/Alan+Brenham.jpg" width="143" /></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m an attorney with police
experience who loves writing crime fiction. Aside from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>writing, my likes include dating
my wife, travel and watching football. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My foremost dislikes are rude
people and politicians, although it’s probably hard to tell the difference between the two
sometimes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite foods range from
steaks to seafood to Italian and German cuisine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had two pets in my lifetime
that I’d rate as special. The first was a German<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shepherd I brought back from
Germany; the second was a snow-white cat who allowed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>me to live under the same roof
with him.</span></div>
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</span>What is the title of your current work and what is it about?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
current novel is Rampage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The book is second in a
series that follows Austin Detective Jason Scarsdale. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
stakes soar both professionally and personally for Scarsdale as he finds
himself in a race against time to hunt down a vicious gang hell-bent on murder.
Realizing <span style="color: black;">that his new partner, the attractive
divorcee Tatum Harper, could be trouble in more ways than one, he tries to run
her out of Homicide. </span>Will their partnership destroy his romantic
relationship with long-time girlfriend Dani Mueller? Will he and Harper both
survive the harrowing face-off with the increasingly unhinged gang leader?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: blue;">http://www.amazon.com/Rampage-Jason-Scarsdale-Alan-Brenham-ebook/dp/B0102UV6GY</span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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</span>How long did have you been writing and when did you know that writing
was what you wanted to do? What kind of writer are you, a plotter or a pantser?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Alan: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing fiction began about ten years ago more
as a passing interest. Once Black Opal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Books published my first novel, I
was hooked. As for what kind of writer I am, the best<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>answer is that I’m both a plotter
and a pantser. Plotter first - pantser second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Share your social profiles with us. Facebook,
Twitter, Pinterest…where do you spend your cyber-time?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My cyber time is
spent on Facebook with Twitter running a close second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> What draws you to the genre or
genres in which you write? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With experience in criminal law and police
service, writing crime fiction seemed like the obvious and most logical genre to
spend my time with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Who is your favorite author and why?
Which book speaks to you the most?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a dead heat between Michael McGarrity
and James Hayman. Both men author crime fiction/police procedurals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>McGarrity is a former deputy sheriff in New
Mexico so we<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have the police service in
common. His Kevin Kerney novels paint a vivid picture of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Mexico setting where the
stories take place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Hayman and I share a common birthplace - New
York - both of us love Scotch and are<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>married to beautiful brunettes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hayman’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Darkness First</i> is probably the one book I’ve had the hardest time
putting down.</span></div>
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</span>What do you like to listen to when you write? Music, TV, silence? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a toss-up
between silence and music. It depends on how creative I feel at the time. </span></div>
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</span>When do you find the time to write? Are you an early morning person or a
late at night writer?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually I start about mid-morning and go
through the creative process until my wife<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>steps between me and the computer
screen and tells me that’s it for the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tell me about any promotions or contests you are running? Where can we
go to sign up and what are the rules?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Alan:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only promotions I’ve been involved with
are those with the few book tours I’ve participated in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Thank you for being with me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed learning about your book and look
forward to reading it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Other Alan Brenham books available: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Price-Justice-Alan-Brenham-ebook/dp/B00GYGDZ5G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1436289588&sr=8-2&keywords=alan+brenham" target="_blank">Pride of Justice</a> (Book one of the Jason Scarsdale books)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cornered-Alan-Brenham-ebook/dp/B00LV6FTGC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1436289588&sr=8-3&keywords=alan+brenham" target="_blank">Cornered</a></span></div>
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Laurel Downing Bill is my guest today and I am extremely happy to have her.
Aunt Phil's Trunk is a wonderful collection of stories about Alaska's colorful
history written by both Laurel and her aunt Phyllis. <o:p></o:p><br />
These books are dedicated to Laurel's aunt.
Phyllis Downing Carlson was one of Alaska's most respected historians and the
inspiration behind Aunt Phil's Trunk. She moved to Alaska as a small child in
1914 and grew up amongst railroad men and miners before becoming a teacher and
historian.<o:p></o:p><br />
Laurel Downing Bill was born in 1951, just four short
years before Alaska became a state. She grew up between the gold rush town of
Fairbanks and Juneau. Growing up with a passion for writing she earned a
bachelor's degree in journalism in 2003 and has since written award-winning
articles while working hard to give us these wonderful stories.<o:p></o:p><br />
These women were immersed in the rich history that
fills these volumes.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Aunt Phil's trunk, both volume one and two,
are filled with the adventures of Russian fur traders, Eskimos, gunslingers,
dog sledders, and the first lawyers. Filled with thrilling tales and wonderful
photographs it is easy to lose yourself in the past of one of our wildest
states.<br />
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I am glad to have had the opportunity to read
the first two volumes and am looking forward to the volumes to come.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Excerpt from Volume One: <o:p></o:p><br />
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Woody Island’s Icy Past<o:p></o:p><br />
A little “two-by-four” island a couple of
miles off the city of Kodiak has a number of Alaska’s firsts. The first horses
in Alaska were brought here, the first road was constructed,<o:p></o:p><br />
the first iron rails were put in and the first field of oats was sown. And
they were all put in place to support one thing: a sawmill, so the residents
could start what many people called “Alaska’s Wackiest Industry,“selling ice.<o:p></o:p><br />
The sawmill established on Woody Island was
perhaps unique in commercial enterprises because its main product was sawdust,
which was needed to preserve ice – something abundant in Alaska that<o:p></o:p><br />
California wanted.<o:p></o:p><br />
In 1851, Californians were in the midst of a
gold boom and could afford such luxuries as ice to chill their drinks and keep
their food from spoiling. But ice sent from Boston via Cape Horn was very
expensive and not enough could be supplied to meet the demand. Alaska was
closer. The first shipment of ice was sent from Sitka in February 1852, and it
sold for about $75 a ton in San Francisco.<o:p></o:p><br />
Some authorities contend that the secret and
principal object of the American Russian Commercial Company, or the “Ice
Company” as it was generally called, was not to deal in ice. They say it was to
supply Alaska with provisions during the Crimean War when it was feared<o:p></o:p><br />
that Alaska might fall into British hands. But it’s beside the point WOODY
ISLAND’S ICY PAST 59<o:p></o:p><br />
whether the “ice business” was just a blind. It proved profitable, after an
uncertain start, and provided work and profits for many years.<o:p></o:p><br />
Little Woody Island profited, too, for ice
from Sitka proved unpredictable due to that city’s mild climate. Once – in the
winter of 1853-54 – a California ice ship had to chip ice from Baird Glacier<o:p></o:p><br />
because Sitka had no ice that winter.<o:p></o:p><br />
The first mention of the ice establishment on
Woody Island comes in 1855 in a letter from Lt. Doroshin to Gen. Helmerson,
according to Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska IV.<o:p></o:p><br />
“On Wood Island, Kodiak Harbor, during a
number of years past, horses have been kept to perform certain labor in
connection with a mysterious ice company and for the use of these horses a
field of 12 acres of oats is regularly sown.”<o:p></o:p><br />
The ice company encountered some financial
trouble in 1859, and a Capt. Furuhelm was sent to put matters on a better
footing; a new contract was arranged and the depot of the American Russian<o:p></o:p><br />
Commercial Company was fixed on Woody Island.<o:p></o:p><br />
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As a thank you for joining us please take this time to enter into the
giveaway for a chance to win a PDF copy of one of these great books. Enter here
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For more information on these or other of Aunt Phil's books, please visit
http://www.auntphilstrunk.com/ <o:p></o:p><br />
and<o:p></o:p><br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pCFeHqT58 <o:p></o:p><br />
Please connect with Laurel Downing Bill and get to know more about her and
Alaska's history.<o:p></o:p><br />
<a href="http://www.auntphilstrunk.com/">www.AuntPhilsTrunk.com</a><o:p></o:p><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/LaurelBillAuthor">www.Facebook.com/LaurelBillAuthor</a><o:p></o:p><br />
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/LaurelBill">www.Twitter.com/LaurelBill</a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Welcome everyone. I would like to introduce <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Carole
Avila. He novel Eve's Amulet is releasing today. Make sure to get your copy. </span></span></span></div>
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today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First tell us a little about
yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your likes and dislikes, your
favorite foods, your special pets? What makes you…you?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have so many likes that they’re too hard to
name. If the food tastes great and is healthy, I’ll eat it. If the music makes
me “feel,” I listen to it. If the art attracts my eye, I take it in. I love
being with my three daughters and thankfully, we’re all very close. My dogs,
Kayla and Bostrum, are both like furry kids. What makes me me is that I am very
spiritual and intuitive. As a life coach, generally attracting people who have
endured childhood sexual abuse, I help others move forward beyond fear toward
their personal goals. As an abuse survivor, I have to constantly remind myself
to take care of my needs, too. Writing is a great part of my life, the easiest form
of expression for me. </span></span></div>
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current work and what is it about?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eve’s Amulet, Book 1</i> is a fun, time-travel
western adventure. It’s partly romance and historical fiction. Mandy Ruhe is
swept back in time to Texas 1845, into the body of ranch owner, Carmena
Luebber. Mandy must assume Carmena’s role until she finds a way back to her own
time. She is caught in the lives of her new employees, and ends up torn between
two men in love with the real Carmena. Mandy's amulet is stolen by a historical
figure and she needs it to get back home before she destroys lives in the past
as well as the future, but the only way to get it back is to participate in a
criminal act that may be doomed to failure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Charles Sanders rose above insanely gorgeous. He could turn the head of a
mannequin. He was the classic image of a steroid muscle man on the front cover
of a paperback romance, an easy six-feet-four—maybe five—inches tall. And the
captain was much closer to my age than Carlos.</span></span></div>
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attracted to him. I wanted to gobble the officer up like milk chocolate, and in
testimony, my mouth remained opened a bit too long. The captain’s smile grew
wider and Carlos cleared his throat rather loudly.</span></span></div>
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wonderful to see you.” And it was.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carlos, out of the captain’s line of
sight, rolled his eyes heavenward. I stumbled past the chairs behind my desk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> “Thank you, Carmena.” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
captain’s</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> masculine voice wrapped invisible arms
around me. “And may I say that it’s always wonderful to see you?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> He glided across the room with the heat
of a professional tango dancer. He took my hands and placed a long, slow kiss
on the back of each one. Goosebumps rose on my arms, shivers did the whole up
and down thing along my spine, and I wanted nothing more than to be alone with
the man.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “I’m so glad you have recovered from
that unfortunate circumstance.” No matter what he said, his words oozed
masculine sensuality.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Carlos,” I kept my toothy grin on the
officer, “I’ve changed my mind about our last discussion. Perhaps you can
attend to that other matter we were just dealing with.”</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; tab-stops: -63.6pt -.5in 0in 27.0pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “And what matter would that be,
Carmena?” Carlos asked. He enunciated every syllable in the name and stood like
a permanent fixture with his arms crossed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I waved my hand. “Whatever. Just take
care of it.”</span></span></div>
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the crown jewels under a spotlight and his smile caressed me like a cashmere
blanket.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; tab-stops: -63.6pt -.5in 0in 27.0pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “I don’t understand, Carmena,” Carlos
said. “We were just discussing your poor condition after the lieutenant’s
attack.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Is it true?” the captain asked, deep
concern evident in his tone, and he held my hands tighter. “Are you unwell,
Carmena?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Oh, no. I’m feeling much better now.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Why don’t we sit down?” Charles said.
He took my arm, and I felt a girlish flutter in my solar plexus. We sat down on
the leather settee, and Carlos seated himself on the matching chair directly
across from us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “How are you, Captain?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “I’m very fine, especially now that I’m
here, knowing you’re well.” His voice, smooth as French butter, made me want to
melt into it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> We continued to hold hands and my eyes
held fast to his. “Carlos, is there something else you need?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> "Yes, actually. We need to finish the
conversation we were having moments before the captain arrived in which you
told me how fatigued you still felt since the attack.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Alarm washed across the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">captain’s
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">handsome face. “Please, Carmena. You mustn’t
try to be brave for me.” The captain unwittingly joined the enemy’s side in the
verbal tussle I was having with Carlos and he abruptly stood. “Perhaps I can
return another day.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I practically jumped on top of him and
dragged him back down. “But I’m much better today!” I turned to Carlos and gave
him a ferocious stink eye. “Aren’t I looking much better, Carlos?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Well…” He rubbed his chin. “Now that
you mention it, you do look a little pale.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> The captain squeezed my hands and I
wished he would kiss them again. “I’m ashamed that I didn’t consider your
physical health more thoroughly before riding out.” I made to protest, but he
quickly added, “I’m also flattered that you don’t want to send me off, Carmena,
but we really do need to put your frail condition before all else. I shall call
on you next week.” He glanced at Carlos. “I’m sure you’ll be feeling better by
then.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Warm lips brushed the back of my hands
yet again and the captain smiled. “Good evening, Carmena.” He started for the
library doors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I trailed the captain like a
love-struck teen, hoping he’d change his mind about staying. “It’s much too
late for anyone to be riding at this time of night.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Surely you don’t doubt the ability of
a captain in the Texas Cavalry to take care of himself?” Carlos said.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; tab-stops: -63.6pt -.5in 0in 27.0pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “I don’t mean to insult you, Captain,
but I fear for your safety,” I lied. “There are so many highway men and all
manner of vicious beasts out at night. We’ve plenty of guest rooms to see to
your comfort.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ay,
Diós</i>!” Carlos muttered.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; tab-stops: -63.6pt -.5in 0in 27.0pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Charles took my hands in his. His smile
couldn’t get any wider, and my heart tried to jump out and rest in his dimples.
“Don’t worry about me, Carmena. Several of my men are waiting at the gate. Now,
I insist that you get your rest so that we may enjoy a proper visit upon my
return.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “But I’m really feeling fine!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Thank you, Captain, for seeing to
Carmena’s needs before your own,” Carlos said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> The Adonis made a gracious bow to
Carlos. To me the captain said, “I will call on you next week when you’re
feeling much better, if I may?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I pouted despite the offer of another
visit. “Of course.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> He kissed my hands for the umpteenth
time, and I wanted him to stay all the more. Like a needy little puppy I
followed the captain to the door, but he said, “I will see myself out, Carmena.
I’d prefer it if you sat down and rested.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Of course. Anything you want,
Captain.” And I meant it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> He kept his smile in check, and Carlos
huffed behind me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> The captain’s long pointer finger
stroked my cheek to my chin, and he whispered, “Perhaps we’ll have time later
to share a few private moments together.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I sighed and brazenly admitted, “I’d
really like that.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carlos grunted. The captain grinned as
he closed the library doors behind him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I whirled around to face Carlos who
openly smirked. I jabbed my fists on my hips and glared, but my dirty look had
no impact.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carlos took his seat at the desk and
pointed to my own. “Now, let me think.” He tapped the side of his cheek. “Where
were we before you said how you wanted me to stay in the library with you during
the captain’s visit, no matter how awkward?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “<i>Diós</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">,</span>” I griped and stomped across the room. I plopped down hard
into my chair and crossed my arms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carlos laughed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> “Get on with it,” I said. “What were
you going to say?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> “I was about to tell you everything I
know of the real Carmena Luebber.”</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: How long did have you been
writing and when did you know that writing was what you wanted to do? What kind
of writer are you, a plotter or a pantser? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was 3 years old I knew, after reading
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Go, dog. Go!</i> that I would be a
writer. I didn’t learn how to properly write until I was in the first grade and
my first story was cut to shreds by a substitute teacher. I got a big red F on
the paper, like a flag telling all the other kids what a terrible story I had
written. Although I was only six years-old, the paper was marked off for poor
spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and there wasn’t one mention on the content
of my story. I crumbled it up and vowed never to write again. Of course, I did write
but I kept my poetry, fiction, and non-fiction to myself until my best friend,
Laura, told me on her death bed that I was called to be a writer. As soon as I
recovered from her passing, I wrote my first novel, a romance based on a dream
that I had seven nights in a row.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I am a pantser writer. I dream most
of my stories (in full color with surround sound) or with fingers on the
keyboard, I am inspired and just take off. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: Share your social profiles with
us. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest…where do you spend your cyber-time?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still
learning how to discipline myself as a writer with regards to anything outside
of the actual writing process. I am (slowly) learning how to improve my
website, www.caroleavila.com, and I answer all e-mails there and at </span></span><a href="mailto:info@caroleavila.com"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">info@caroleavila.com</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. I am at Facebook and Pinterest under Carole Avila. I try to use my
writing pen name at all my social media sites. I’m also at writeme1 at Twitter.
My blog can be reached from my website or by going to </span></span><a href="http://caroleavilablog.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">caroleavilablog.wordpress.com</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: If you could travel to any-where
or any-when…when and where would that be? What would you do when you got there?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I would like to remain in America at
the turn of the last century, when so many great industrial discoveries were
being made, like the telephone and automobile. It seems to me that at that time
our technology united people, whereas today, computer technology puts a “safe”
distance between us. Honestly, I’m a very private person so I get hung up in
that, too. I feel better sending texts and e-mails rather than calling or
sending a snail-mail card to someone. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: What draws you to the genre or
genres in which you write? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that if I had to claim a genre, it
would be romance, but that’s normally not the main focus of my stories. I love
to develop my characters and give them something meaningful to do, or have them
search for meaning. (The Eve’s Amulet series is about women connecting to their
inner resources and using their natural talents wisely.) My writing is
inspired–the thoughts flow in, and I grab hold of them, which explains why I
write romance, adventure, young adult horror, non-fiction, mystery, poetry,
contemporary literary works, and other genres.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: Who is your favorite author and why?
Which book speaks to you the most?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s like asking “What is your favorite
food or music?” There are just too many fabulous authors out there! I met Ray
Bradbury several years ago and had the most amazing 2-hour conversation with
him on the craft of writing. I met Nicholas Sparks after The Notebook first
came out and liked that he wanted to write romance, not common for most men.
Well written books speak to me the most, regardless of the genre. It wasn’t
until recently that I started reading sci-fi. Once I read Divergent, The Hunger
Games, and The City of Bones, I was hooked.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: What do you like to listen to when
you write? Music, TV, silence? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t listen to anything! Music and movies
grab my attention, especially if it’s something I like. I write in silence but
my mind is filled with words, action, and the characters who live there!</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: When do you find the time to write?
Are you an early morning person or a late at night writer?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly, Dawn, it depends on how much
caffeine I’ve had! If I have one cup of black tea or coffee after 9 a.m., it’s
enough to keep me up past 1 a.m. If I drink a cup at night, I usually see the
sunrise! I love chai tea with cream and hazelnut coffee. It’s sooooo hard to
refuse a cup! My usual internal clock would probably put me more in the night
owl category, although I write during the day as well. Like most dedicated
writers, I write for hours and lose track of time.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Dawn: Tell me about any promotions or
contests you are running? Where can we go to sign up and what are the rules?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aarggh</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">! I’m still working on it. I am still
too new to the marketing world, but I see that I have more to do! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Thank you, Carole for being with me
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed learning about your
book and look forward to reading it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Carole:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you, Dawn, for generously having me at
your site. I really appreciate your time and energy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</div>
http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-49193078560862834062013-07-26T11:19:00.000-07:002013-07-26T11:20:37.190-07:00Fifth and Final Day of the Blogger Book Fair with Michelle Birbeck<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Well today is the last day of the Blogger Book Fair. I hope you are ready for my last guest author from the fair. Today I have with me</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Michelle Birbeck.</span></span><br />
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great to have you with me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First
tell us a little about yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your
likes and dislikes, your favorite foods, your special pets? What makes you…you?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: Pizza! And chocolate. Or
even better, chocolate and marshmallow pizza, with sliced bananas on top. And
now I’m hungry… Anyway! About me, well, I got married when I was 18 and
everyone told me it would never last. Twelve years later, and my husband and I
are still happily married, with our newly toothless cat, Loki, and our adorable
bunny rabbit, Poppy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love my book collection, which
spans the whole house, and my faeries, which also span the entire house. Things
I hate are thunder, but only when I’m inside. If I’m outside, then I’m fine
with it, and I love watching for lightning. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And that’s me! Well, part of me,
anyway. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Dawn: What is the title of your
current work and what is it about?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: I have a couple of books
out at the moment, both in the same series. The first is called The Last
Keeper, and its sequel is called Last Chance. Both are available for all
ereaders and in paperback, and are paranormal novels. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Buy Links: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Amazon</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">: </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/MichelleBirbeck/e/B00800FYQ2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1363107267&sr=8-1"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/MichelleBirbeck/e/B00800FYQ2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1363107267&sr=8-1</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">B&N</b>: </span></span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/michelle-birbeck"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/michelle-birbeck</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">iBookstore</b>: </span></span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michelle-birbeck/id518091551?mt=11"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michelle-birbeck/id518091551?mt=11</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Last Keeper<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Serenity Cardea's race has been
hunted to near extinction. She's a Keeper, with the ability to influence
others, including those immortal beings who want dominance over the world. Ray
Synclair is a history professor in training with a passion for times past. Fascinated
by Serenity, he has no idea that the world is filled with immortals, most of
whom want him dead. Because the only way to kill a Keeper is to kill their
partner...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last Chance<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyLka1qAO1Bho608huqmdVyQqqk4i-xDJExC3OtCfGIYX8xeUualtAwMZCTi-ulcOHzWr9r03-Ulg_n2bct0JpOS5WCjn6dGMPQKGC0mLjv0bMrfGJPQVKdHaHpZJsJq2rkyCb5Pb9uU/s1600/LastChanceCover.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/AVvXsEgzyLka1qAO1Bho608huqmdVyQqqk4i-xDJExC3OtCfGIYX8xeUualtAwMZCTi-ulcOHzWr9r03-Ulg_n2bct0JpOS5WCjn6dGMPQKGC0mLjv0bMrfGJPQVKdHaHpZJsJq2rkyCb5Pb9uU/s320/LastChanceCover.jpg" width="199" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With her race saved from the brink of
extinction, Serenity’s life could not be better. Married, finally, to Ray, and
back in London for the first time in a century, retirement isn’t coming easy.
Being a housewife was never in her make up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But when Lizzy calls to say the
Keepers’ records have been stolen, retirement is preferable over the danger
they now face. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Targets once more, Serenity’s isn’t
inclined to sit back and let her brothers and sisters face the losses she
witnessed, but the order to move an entire race comes at a price. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whoever is behind the threat, they
show none of the mercy The Seats once did. No broken families left to suffer
the loss of parents, aunts, uncles. This time they’ve gone too far, and when
they take the lives of the race’s children, Serenity’s mind is made up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This time they will be no threats, no
mercy.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> This time there’ll be no survivors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Dawn: How long did have you been
writing and when did you know that writing was what you wanted to do? What kind
of writer are you, a plotter or a pantser?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: I started writing when I
was in school, just daft little bits and pieces, but then when I got married,
work took up most of my time, and it wasn’t until I left work that I really
took it up again. That was six years ago now, and ever since then, I have been
writing as often as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As for what type of writer I am… a
bit of both. If I have a very tight deadline, then I like to have an idea of
where I am going, because otherwise, I keep thinking I’ve forgotten to include
one of the plot points. But for the most part, I like making it up as I go
along. And no matter which way I write, there are always a high number of
little bits and pieces that will pop us as I’m writing and take me by surprise.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Dawn: Share your social profiles with
us. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest…where do you spend your cyber-time?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: I spend a lot of time on
twitter, and even more time than I should on Tumblr. You can find me here: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MichelleBirbeck"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://www.facebook.com/MichelleBirbeck</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://michellebirbeck.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://michellebirbeck.tumblr.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/michellebirbeck"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://twitter.com/michellebirbeck</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and </span></span><a href="http://shortsweetandsnappy.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://shortsweetandsnappy.wordpress.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Dawn: If you could travel to any-where
or any-when…when and where would that be? What would you do when you got there?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: I’ve seen a lot of people
answer this question with Hogwarts or Narnia, but though I love Narnia, neither
of those really appeal to me. If I had the choice of absolutely anywhere, I
would have to choose the holodeck of Star Trek. Not because there is any
particular person there that I want to me, but because everyone I ever wanted
to meet could be there. I could input all the books I love and all the times
and places I want to visit and go be part of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That, and the whole travelling
through space sounds like so much fun!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Dawn: What draws you to the genre or
genres in which you write?</em> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: I adore the paranormal
genre. Vampires, witches, wereanimals… there are just so many things that you
can do with them. So many little changes that alter their whole dynamic. I love
that I can take any time period, any country, and throw in some paranormal and
supernatural creatures and have a whole new story. The genre, to me, seems to
endless with the things that you can do with it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <em>Dawn: Who is your favorite author and why?
Which book speaks to you the most?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: My favourite author is
Richard Laymon. I have all of his books, and I love every single one of them. They
have their own shelf in amongst my books, and I have a whole load of first and
signed editions, too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I had to pick one book of his that
I love the most, it would be The Lake. I adore the way all the bits and pieces
of the plot twist about and come together in the end. Seeing the past influence
the present in the way that it does was fantastic, and I have read the book
several times since I discovered it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <em> Dawn: </em></span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>What do you like to listen to when
you write? Music, TV, silence?</em> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: I have to have my music on.
Doesn’t matter what, as I have an eclectic selection to choose from, but it has
to be music. The TV distracts me and makes my mind wander, and silence is even
worse for doing that. So for me, it has to be music. For some reason it focuses
my mind and helps me keep at it longer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, I love to sing. I’m not any
good at it, but I still love to do it, at the top of my voice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <em>Dawn: </em></span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>When do you find the time to write?
Are you an early morning person or a late at night </em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em> </em></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>writer?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: Early and late evening are
the times for me. Mornings and I don’t get along very well. Mornings like to
try and wake me up when the sun is still attempting to rise, but I fight back
most of the time and lie in as long as I can. That way I can stay up later and
get more writing done. Although, I prefer summer mornings to winter. At least
in the summer the mornings are light and bright. I can’t stand having to get up
on a winter’s morning when it’s still dark and cold. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But for editing and interviews and
blog posts, it has to be late morning and early afternoon. That seems to be my
work portion of the day, the time when I get all the non-writing bits out of
the way. Then I get to spend the rest of my night in my own head making things
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <em>Dawn: T</em></span><em>ell me about any promotions or
contests you are running? Where can we go to sign up </em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michelle: There are a couple of
promotions that I am part of at the moment. The first being the Smashwords
Summer/Winter sale. My short stories are now all free to download for this
month only, and my second book, Last Chance, is half price! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can also check out </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/writercmwright"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://www.facebook.com/writercmwright</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to see when her big 1000 like
giveaway is, as there will be a chance to win a copy of my first book, The Last
Keeper, as well as some signed bookmarks! There will also be chances to win a
whole host of other goodies from other authors. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Thank you all for joining us on the Blogger Book Fair and thanks to everyone who voted in the Reader's Choice Awards. Please check out our winners at <a href="http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/readers-choice-awards.html">http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/readers-choice-awards.html</a></em></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em><a href="http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/readers-choice-awards.html"> </a></em></span><br />
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http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-45086725777447688322013-07-25T10:27:00.000-07:002013-07-25T10:48:55.275-07:00Day Four of the Blogger Book Fair with Marsha Canham<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I hope everyone is having a great time with all the authors from the Blogger Book Fair. We have had some exciting books so far. Today my guest is here to sweep us away on a journey. Come fly with us as we travel Through A Dark Mist with my guest Marsha Canham. Marsha, it is great to have you with me today. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This year's Blogger Book Fair theme is to let your imagination travel to far-away places. Since I love to travel, but can't always match my wishes with my budget, I let my writing take me where ships and planes can't go. Even better, since I write historical romances, I can sail the high seas in breeches and a cambric shirt, ride the moonlit moors as a highwayman, stalk the Highlands of Scotland in a kilt or...visit the dark forests and castles of medieval England.<br />
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Through A Dark Mist is book one in a trilogy of stories I wrote based around my interpretation of the legendary forest thief known as Robin Hood. Since there was no such person in existence, and since most of the history of that time was passed down through songs and poems told by travelling bards, Robin Hood was most likely a composite of many heroic stories attributed to the same man. As the stories and songs were passed down from generation to generation, his legend grew, as did the feats of his "merry men". In my trilogy, I researched the period thoroughly and found how the many *real* stories and characters could possibly have been combined to produce the Robin Hood created by those bards so many centuries ago.<br />
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Here is an excerpt from Through A Dark Mist:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shouting an alert, Bayard of Northumbria cursed loudly and voraciously at the ineptness of the scouts he had dispatched ahead to insure against the possibility of just such an ambush occurring. In the next wild breath, he reasoned that, without a doubt, they must be as dead as the ox-brained incompetents who had allowed their concentration to wander to the curves and smiles of a flock of tittering women rather than remain fixed on the deadly dangers of the forest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A second round of curses forced Bayard to acknowledge how efficiently the trap had been laid and sprung. Four of his best scouts had been silenced, seven guards already dead or dying, the rest of the cavalcade corralled and surrounded in a matter of seconds, with no real or visible targets yet in evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The breath hissed through Bayard’s teeth with impotent fury. His keen eyes searched the greenwood but he could see nothing—no pale flash of skin or clothing, no movement in the trees or on the ground. A further lightning-quick glance identified the arrows protruding from the chests of the dead soldiers. Slim and deadly, almost three feet long and tipped in steel, they were capable of piercing bullhide or mail breastplates as if they were cutting through cheese. Moreover, the arrows were shot from the taut strings of the Welsh contraptions known as longbows. In the hands of an expert, an arrow shot from a longbow could outdistance the squatter, thicker quarrels fired from a crossbow by a hundred yards or more. Many a train of merchants had been waylaid and fired upon from such a distance that they could not even distinguish their attackers from the trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As was the case now, Bayard thought angrily. He and his men were like ducks on a pond and, unwilling to fall helplessly to a slaughter, he had no choice but to reluctantly give his men the signal to lower their weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Who dares to challenge our right of way?” the captain demanded, his voice a low, seething growl. “Who is this dead man? Let him step forward and show his face!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A man had stepped out from behind the screen of hawthorns and had moved to position himself brazenly in the middle of the road. His long legs, clad in skin-tight deer-hide leggings, were braced wide apart; his massive torso, made more impressive by a jerkin of gleaming black wolf pelts, expanded farther as he insolently planted one hand on his waist and the other on the curved support of the longbow he held casually by his side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Standing well over six feet tall, his body was a superb tower of muscle that commanded the eye upward to the coldest, cruellest pair of eyes Servanne had ever seen. Pale blue-gray, they were, twin mirrors of ice and frost, steel and iron. Piercing eyes. Eyes that held more secrets than a soul should want to know, or, if knowing, would live to tell. They were strange eyes for so dark a man—hair, clothing, and weathered complexion all combined to make it so—and it was with the greatest difficulty that Servanne relented to the tugging pressure of Biddy’s hands and turned her face away, burying it against the muffling shield of ponderously soft bosoms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And my blog, Caesars Through the Fence </span><a href="http://marshacanham.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://marshacanham.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.marshacanham.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> http://www.marshacanham.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> visit my website<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.marshacanham.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Caesars Through the Fence</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, my pithy blog<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">find me on Twitter @marshacanham</span><br />
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http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-50767422691038436582013-07-24T10:41:00.000-07:002013-07-24T11:17:52.718-07:00Day three of the Blogger Book Fair Lily Bishop<br />
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today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First tell us a little about
yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your likes and dislikes, your
favorite foods, your special pets? What makes you…you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I grew up in Georgia, but I live in
South Carolina. I lived in Indiana for a year after college, but I missed the
warm climate in the South, so I returned to Georgia. I’m a happily married mom
of two and I work full-time. I love Mexican food, and I hate to exercise which
isn’t a good combination. Our family has a cat, but she likes my husband more
than she likes me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dawn: What is the title of your
current work and what is it about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No
Strings Attached</i> is the story of a one-night stand gone wrong. Laura is an
administrative assistant from Miami attending a conference in Las Vegas. While
she is there, she has a hot fling with Fox Thornton, a consultant from Atlanta.
She never plans to see him again. Back in Miami on Monday, she learns that her
boss has been fired, Fox Thornton has been hired to be the new director at her
office, and her company is in financial trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once Fox starts working with the Miami
client, he immediately suspects embezzlement, and all clues point to
Laura.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she the diligent hard-working
assistant that she led him to believe, or is she hiding other secrets?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Fox
Thornton stared at the cards nestled against the green felt. Focus, man, focus.
Something had to change. A fun hand of blackjack had turned into a bloodbath.
After being in meetings all day, he had planned a quick hand of blackjack, but
two hours later, he had lost more than he intended. He blamed his losses on the
gorgeous blonde at the end of the table and her sexy silver dress. How could he
leave with her if she made no effort to leave?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Her hair
reminded him of wheat in summer and it curled around her shoulders with a
devil-may-care attitude. Her eyes shone like dark amber whiskey and glowed with
an inner fire when she smiled—which was often—and frequently in his direction.
She leaned forward and he caught a glimpse of a little dark hollow between her
breasts. He stifled a groan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He
shifted position to relieve the pressure caused by a wave of desire. How long
had it been since he'd been this hard for a stranger? Not since college ten
years ago. As she considered the cards, her tongue peeked between rosy lips.
What a turn-on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Fox
looked for any of the managers he knew from the remodel, and saw James, a pit
boss who had joined him for drinks one night. He sent him a text and then moved
over to the vacant seat beside her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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luck's better over here," he said with a smile, but then he cut his eyes
away, not wanting to appear too eager. She spared him a quick glance before
turning back to her cards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beside her made things worse. He smelled roses every time she moved, and now he
had a full view of her long, tanned legs. One of her legs bounced up and down,
betraying her nervousness. He blocked out the image of those legs wrapped
around his waist or he would never be able to stand. As soon as James closed
the table, he would ask her to dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bizarre play was screwing up the natural order of the cards. She laughed when
the cards fell her way, and when they didn't, she seemed stunned, as if she
should be able to predict the card order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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anyone else had been playing that inconsistently, he would have switched tables
and cut his losses. Now he was so intrigued he couldn't walk away without a
phone number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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girl's strapless dress fit against her like a second skin, and he couldn't look
away. While they waited for the next round of cards, she fidgeted with a
silver-threaded scarf. He could imagine that scarf in his hands as he pulled
her to him ... He had to get control of himself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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waitress brought drinks, he took care of the tip, and his blonde beauty flashed
him a smile. When she won for the third time in as many hands, he saluted her
with a flourish. She repaid him by blowing him a kiss. Now he had her
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dawn: How long did have you been
writing and when did you know that writing was what you wanted to do? What kind
of writer are you, a plotter or a pantser?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: I have always been a
writer. I wrote my first novel in high school, my second in college, and a
third right after I got married. This is the first one that I’ve felt was ready
for prime time. I come up with a general idea of where the plot is going, but
often my characters take me different places.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dawn: Share your social profiles with
us. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest…where do you spend your cyber-time?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: I try to blog regularly,
and I spent time on Twitter. I am still working on what kind of things readers
want to see on my Facebook page.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dawn: If you could travel to any-where
or any-when…when and where would that be? What would you do when you got there?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: I would love to visit
England and Scotland tour some of the historic castles. I love historic sites.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dawn: What draws you to the genre or
genres in which you write? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: I love romance, but it
seems that I’m always adding something else in, whether it’s a theft, death
threats, or trying to recover from an abusive past. While I love history, I
don’t want to do the detailed research necessary for a historical, and vampires
aren’t my thing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Which book speaks to you the most?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: I read all kinds of
authors and books. My favorite of all time is Margaret Mitchell and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gone With the Wind</i>. I grew up reading
about Scarlett, and that book made a HUGE impression on me growing up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What do you like to listen to when
you write? Music, TV, silence? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: I have a son starting
middle school and a daughter starting fifth grade, so if I waited for silence
I’d never write! I can write with the television in the background if it’s not
a show I’m interested in, although if I’m stuck just about anything is more
interesting than the blank screen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When do you find the time to write?
Are you an early morning person or a late at night writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: I write in the car on
long trips, I write at night, and when I’m waiting at kid’s activities that
don’t need my immediate attention, like dance practice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell me about any promotions or
contests you are running? Where can we go to sign up and what are the rules?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lily Bishop: Everyone who comments on
my blog this week at Lilybishop.com (July 22-26) will be entered in a drawing
for a ten dollar Amazon gift card.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you for being with me
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed learning about your
book and look forward to reading it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks for having me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-44646330850129287752013-07-22T09:14:00.000-07:002013-07-22T09:14:55.731-07:00Day one Blogger Book Fair with Jacquie Rogers<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It is my great pleasure to be apart of the Blogger Book Fair. As we kick off the week long celebration I get the joy to introduce to you a great author. For this first day I have with me Jacquie Rogers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: Jacquie, it is great to have you with
me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First tell us a little about
yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your likes and dislikes, your
favorite foods, your special pets? What makes you…you?</em></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie: Thanks, Dawn!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s great to be a guest on your blog and
participate in the Blogger Book Fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Likes: the smell of sagebrush,
wind rustling through the junipers, baseball, rodeo, and hitting the
bulls-eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love reading an
action-packed novel that makes me laugh and sigh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dislikes: Macaroni and cheese, cleaning
house, and over-bearing people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pets: we
have one cat named Annie who was feral when we got her thirteen years ago, and
only now will let us pick her up and pet her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But she’s a sweetheart, even if she’s a little scaredy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me: I’m outgoing in some situations and a
quivering coward in others—sometimes I’m surprised by which is which.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I grew up on a dairy farm in
Owyhee County, Idaho, which is where my Hearts of Owyhee series </span><br />
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is set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed a natural thing since
that area isn’t far removed in culture and deed from the wild west, and I use
some of my experiences in my fiction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: What is the title of your
current work and what is it about?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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traditional western short story, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Muleskinners:
Judge Not</b>, in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wolf</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Creek, Book 6: Hell On The Prairie
anthology</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Before that, I released
another short story, a time travel to the future romance, titled <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Single Girls Can’t Jump</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>But my latest novel is the third book in the
Hearts of Owyhee series, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Much Ado About
Mavericks</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the blurb:</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Benjamin Lawrence is a highly
respected attorney in Boston, but in Idaho Territory, they still think of him
as that gangly awkward boy named Skeeter. When he goes back home to settle his
estate, he's confronted with a ridiculous will that would be easy to
overturn--but can he win the regard of his family and neighbors--and the
foreman?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> The Bar EL's foreman, Janelle
Kathryn aka J.K. aka Jake O'Keefe, is recognized as the best foreman in the
territory. But being the best at her job still isn't enough--now she has to
teach the new owner how to rope, brand, and work cattle before she receives
clear title to her own ranch, the Circle J. The last thing she expects is
rustlers. Can she save her ranch without losing her heart?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Kindle: </span><a href="http://amzn.com/B008EDN9T4"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://amzn.com/B008EDN9T4</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Much Ado About Mavericks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Copyright © 2013 Jacquie Rogers</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Ben Lawrence could hardly wait to
see his mother and sister, even if his stomach soured every time he thought
about his childhood home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he had to
take care of the family and ranch now that his father had died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worse, he had to contend with Jake O’Keefe
because Pa thought his own son too incompetent to hire good people, even after
four years at Harvard and nine years of practicing law.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> The soda was refreshing and he took
his time while she waited, not patiently, shifting her weight from left to
right, then tossing a few pebbles.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “I think we should reintroduce
ourselves.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He placed the mug on the
boardwalk and offered his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“How do
you do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m Benjamin Lawrence, visiting
from Boston.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Janelle Kathryn.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She grabbed his hand and shook it
vigorously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m surely pleased to meet
you.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> He tested his shoulder to see if
it still functioned after her hearty handshake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then, just to knock her off guard, he took her hand and kissed the back
of it with grandiose gallantry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“My
pleasure, Miss Janelle.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">♥</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">♥</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">♥</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jumpin’ juniper berries!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake snatched her scorching hand away from
Skeeter’s lips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His well-placed little
smacker burned hotter than a branding iron in August. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only better, but she sure as shootin’ wouldn’t
admit it to a soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, she had no intention of washing
her hand for a month either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That hot
kiss sent goosebumps clean down to her toes.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> She sucked in a deep breath and
cleared her throat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Let’s go.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She hopped onto the wagon and picked up the
reins.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Ben leapt onto the seat and took
the reins from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’ll drive.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> His thigh rubbed hers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She didn’t know how he could think right if
he tingled anything like she did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But,
he probably didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She inched away from
him as the buckboard moved out of town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She focused on the sagebrush—at least it didn’t knock her plumb
senseless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was too damned
good-looking in a dandified sort of way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Taller than she was, too, by a few inches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Few men were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She stood even with Whip, who, although bent with years of hard work,
was taller than the rest of the men.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> It ate at her that Skeeter muddled
her mind so, and she had no idea what got into her to tell him her real
name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’d better set him straight.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Just so’s you know, I ain’t no
simpering female.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Folks around here call
me Jake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake O’Keefe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expect you ought to call me that, too.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> She nearly laughed at his
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Jake O’Keefe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My foreman?”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Just what she needed—a greenhorn
who didn’t think she could do a man’s work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well hell, she’d already proven herself better than any hand in the
territory, and she wasn’t about to do it again—especially to a feller they
called Skeeter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just so’s you know, Harley Blacker hired
me on with the Flying B, so as soon as I show you the ropes, I’ll be leaving
the Bar EL.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> He set his lips firm like he was
cogitating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She didn’t know what there
was to think about—she’d laid out the deal square enough.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Finally, he said, “All right then,
Jake, just so you know, my name is Ben.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Benjamin Lawrence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expect to be
called that.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His jaw tensed and his
cheek twitched just a might.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“And I’d
appreciate it if you’d stay on the Bar EL, at least until I get the family
affairs settled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be going back to
Boston as soon as I can.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Got a woman?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake could’ve slapped her own fool face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why the hell would she care?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that tickly feeling deep inside seemed to
make her lose all her brains.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “I have a law practice there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And friends.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He pulled on the right reins and flicked the left side, turning the team
onto the Lawrence road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A lady friend,
too.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Probably some frilly-assed, sappy
female who batted her eyelashes at him and giggled at any harebrained thing he
said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men seemed to like such silly
critters, although, for the life of her, she couldn’t see why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Well, I ain’t staying, so you’d better be on
the lookout for a new foreman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fred’s
probably your man—he’s been sourer than five-day-old pissed-in milk since the
old man chose me over him.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Don’t want him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need you.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Tough.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “How much is Blacker paying you?”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “Eighty dollars and found.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “I’ll give you a hundred.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> She shook her head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“One-twenty and found.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “One-ten.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “And found—ain’t interested in
eating my own cooking.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’d starve to
death if she did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whip had taught her
how to rope, shoot, and just about everything else, but he never could teach
her how to cook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every concoction she
had tried ended up looking and smelling like fresh-branded cowhide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that she’d wanted to learn in the first
damned place.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> He nodded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“And found.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “I’ll take it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Six months I’ll give you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But come spring, I’m working my own ranch, so
you better get used to the idea.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “One-twenty and found for any
months you work after six.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “I ain’t budging.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> “All right, for now I’ll take six
months at a hundred and ten dollars and found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shake?”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> She wasn’t so sure she wanted to
feel his hand on hers again—more dangerous than a rattlesnake with a
toothache.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grabbing his hand, she gave
it one shake and let go immediately, wiping her hand on her pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Deal.”</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> But it would be a helluva long six
months if she buzzed like her guts were filled with bumblebees every time Ben
Lawrence took a gander at her.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em> Dawn: Awesome excerpt. How long did have you been
writing and when did you know that writing was what you wanted to do? What kind
of writer are you, a plotter or a pantser?</em></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie: My mother wanted me to be
a writer so of course I did everything I could think of except write, and only
started about 15 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I’m not
one of those who say they were born with pencils in their hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for how I go about creating a story, it
all starts with characters and I don’t write a single word until I understand
my characters as well as myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I
plot out the bones of the story, write out a few scene ideas along the way—but
then it’s all seat-of-the pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
50/50.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: Share your social profiles
with us. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest…where do you spend your cyber-time?</em></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m on Facebook more than the others, but
it’s frustrating because I’m at my friends limit, so I’ll include the link to
my author page.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/JacquieRogersAuthor"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://www.facebook.com/JacquieRogersAuthor</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Twitter: </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/JacquieRogers"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://www.twitter.com/JacquieRogers</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Pinterest: </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/jacquierogers"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://www.pinterest.com/jacquierogers</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Goodreads: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/jacquierogers"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://www.goodreads.com/jacquierogers</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Blogs:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Romancing The West: </span><a href="http://romancingthewest.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://romancingthewest.blogspot.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Jacquie Rogers, Author: </span><a href="http://jacquierogers.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://jacquierogers.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Website: </span><a href="http://www.jacquierogers.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://www.JacquieRogers.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: If you could travel to
any-where or any-when…when and where would that be? What would you do when you
got there? </em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie: That’s a hard one because
I’d like to go everywhere, just about any time—it’s all fascinating to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d love to visit Ancient Greece and before
that, Ancient Babylonia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But since I
write Westerns, the first place I’d like to visit would be Silver City, Idaho
Territory, in the early 1880s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
things just can’t be learned from books—daily life of those who were never
written about, for instance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be
interesting to follow a rancher’s wife around all day (if I had the stamina!),
and the rancher, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d love to go on
a wild horse roundup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then there’s town
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The general store’s contents would
tell me a lot, and who wouldn’t want to be a fly on the wall in a saloon or
brothel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: What draws you to the genre
or genres in which you write?</em> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie: For the Westerns, it
would be the fiercely independent spirit and can-do attitude that I so
admire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lawlessness and resulting
moral code interests me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rooster Cogburn
might not have been a model citizen, but he never waivered from his personal
moral code.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> For my Fantasy stories (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Faery Special Romances</b> and others), I’m
drawn by the magic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life is magic but we
mostly ignore it, so in fiction we can magnify it and even glorify it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, I’d love to clean my house with a
twitch of my nose like Samantha Stevens in Bewitched!</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: Who is your favorite author and
why? Which book speaks to you the most?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> Jacquie: I have never read by
author and in fact, I’m pathetically name-challenged, so rarely ever remember
the titles or authors of the books I’ve read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That said, there are a few that stick in my mind, the first being Mary
Renault and her novels set in Ancient Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Great books, all, my favorite being The King Must Die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Western authors: Louis L’Amour is the king,
of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, I’m reading books
by Troy D. Smith and James Reasoner, and am also drawn to books by Robert
Randisi and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a list of who’s
who in western fiction, go to the Western Fictioneers site (</span><a href="http://www.westernfictioneers.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://www.westernfictioneers.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">)
and click on Members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Romance,
there’s Leigh Greenwood, Maggie Osbourne, Kathleen Eagle, Gerri Russell, Gina
Robinson, Heather Hiestand, and in Mystery, there’s Ann Charles and Wendy
Delaney (new author).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A slew more. </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> But like I said, I don’t choose
books by author or title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read the
blurb, click on Look Inside, and whatever interests me, I buy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: What do you like to listen to when
you write? Music, TV, silence?</em> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie: Usually, I listen to four
little boys fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peace and quiet would
sure be nice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em> Dawn: When do you find the time to
write? Are you an early morning person or a late at night writer?</em></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie: Night owl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write from 10pm to 5am, and go to bed
around 6am.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <em>Dawn: Tell me about any promotions or
contests you are running? Where can we go to sign up and what are the rules?</em></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> Jacquie: Besides the Blogger Book
Fair, I’m in the Western Roundup Giveaway Hop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m giving away several books and you can find out more at Romancing The
West: </span><a href="http://romancingthewest.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://romancingthewest.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">It’s been fun today, Dawn, and
once again, I’d like to thank you for hosting me on your blog for the Blogger
Book Fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope everyone checks out
your post on my blog at </span><a href="http://jacquierogers.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">http://jacquierogers.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> Jacquie Rogers, thank you for being with me
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoyed learning about your
book and look forward to reading it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> Check out Jacquie's blog at <a href="http://jacquierogers.blogspot.com/">http://jacquierogers.blogspot.com</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">and come back to see me tomorrow to meet my guest Zrink Jelic. </span></div>
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http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-44787439653178358372013-07-21T17:31:00.000-07:002013-07-23T11:19:33.725-07:00Day Two of the Blogger Book Fair with Zrinka Jelic
Welcome to day two of the Blogger Book Fair. Yesterday we had some exciting Westerns to check out. Let's see what fate is in store for us today as we meet my guest today.<br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello Blogger Book Fair hoppers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m very delighted to meet you. My name is </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zrinka-Jelic/e/B007AIQCMU/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Zrinka
Jelic</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and I’m author of three published books, Bonded by Crimson, a
paranormal romance, and Treasured Chest, a historical romance. Plus my work
appears in an anthology titled </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17183181-angels-cried"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Angles Cried</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
dedicated to tiny victims of unimaginable and senseless violence of Sandy Hook
School. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today I’d like to talk about my newest
release, a time travel romance titled “Love Remains”. It was published by </span><a href="http://www.crimsonromance.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Crimson Romance</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> on July 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is dedicated to all women, but
especially working kind. It takes a lot of skill and energy to juggle career
and family, and to keep going day in and day out. When kids are sick and we
have to stay at home with our little ones, we face the employer’s scrutiny and
in some cases even losing jobs. The treatment of working mothers in the
corporations got me thinking and I’ve decided to show my findings (at least the
way I was treated when faced with the issue) through my writing. And since I am
a romance writer, what best way to do it than through romance. Of course, being
of Croatian descent, I have to throw something Croatian in the mix. Would you
sacrifice your family for the sake of your career? Is it OK for corporations to
dispose of women who put their families before their jobs? Is there a golden
middle? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I hope you’ll find “Love Remains” a
thrilling read as I found it when I wrote it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Olivia Owen, a busy, single,
high-functioning, corporate executive officer, is not afraid to die a spinster
for the sake of her career. But in an alternate reality world, bridged by the
angel of her Down’s syndrome sister, she meets Tom Medar, a dedicated, Croatian
defense attorney who dreams of the right woman, but never has time to find her.
Together they foil an adulterous murder plot while discovering there’s room for
love and family in their busy lives—but not before they are separated again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Also, there’s a little giveaway on my blog
and since I’m in Canada I’ll have to make it digital. So a copy of Love Remains
for your e-reader and $5.00 Amazon gift card. Just drop by my blog </span><a href="http://forromanceloversonly.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Hello Romance</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and leave me
a comment, join my blog or like my </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/zrinkajelicauthor?ref=hl"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> page. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Zrinka Jelic lives in Ontario, Canada, with
her husband and two children. A member of the Romance Writers of America and
its chapter Fantasy Futuristic &Paranormal, as well as Savvy Authors, she
writes contemporary fiction—which leans toward the paranormal—and adds a pinch
of history. Her characters come from all walks of life, and although she
prefers red, romance comes in many colors. Given Jelic’s love for her native
Croatia and the Adriatic Sea, her characters usually find themselves dealing
with a fair amount of sunshine, but that’s about the only break they get.
“Alas,” Jelic says, with a grin. “Some rain must fall in everyone’s life.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Zrinka, it has been wonderful to meet you. I look forward to reading your books. Please stop by tomorrow and meet with Lily Bishop. </span></span></div>
http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-19633030500219338402013-07-19T22:46:00.004-07:002013-07-19T23:01:22.623-07:00Welcome Catmarie Wilson In my rambling travels I have come across many great authors. I have the opportunity today to introduce you to one. Have you ever seen a ghost, have you ever had an unexplained encounter? Many people have and my guest today has had the great fun of interviewing those people. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dawn: I would like to welcome Catmarie Wilson to my blog today.
Catmarie, it is great to have you with me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First tell us a little about yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your likes and dislikes, your favorite foods,
your special pets? What makes you…you?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie: As a
former dance teacher I enjoy all types of exercise including yoga, tai chi,
aerobics, zumba, you name it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
taking daily walks while thinking about what to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I’m not reading a good book I’m usually
planning a Red Hat Society event as the queen of the Snake River
Scarletts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Photography is another
passion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m still an amateur, but enjoy
entering contests and posting at online photo sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t forget my love of the computer and
word games too.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dawn: What is the title of your current work
and what is it about?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie: My
current book is “STRANGE Unexplained Tales from Idaho and Beyond.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I relate my own experiences including winning
a contest to begin training as a ghost hunter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve included results of investigations and ghost tours along with
thoughts on dreams and reincarnation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friends and
relatives contribute with tales of UFOs, near death experiences and many ghost
stories, mostly from Idaho.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A wide
variety of paranormal phenomena will please the reader.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Buy Links: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://uintahspringspress.com/">http://uintahspringspress.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Nook and Kindle</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The phone rang during a
pleasant visit with my in-laws.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the man in a slow, despondent manner. The tone of his voice was very sad.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“This is Karl,” he said
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Charlie, the phone’s for
you. It’s your Uncle Karl.” However, when my husband picked up the phone, no
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Karl had died at the exact time we received the call. While cutting grass, he
had collapsed from a heart attack. This was in the 1970’s before cell phones
were popular. He’d had no chance to get to the inside phone. I believe his
spirit wanted to contact the family gathered at my house. I had talked to a
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when did you know that writing was what you wanted to do? What kind of writer
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie: I took
a children’s writing class in 2002, but decided I like writing for adults more
so I submitted to magazines and contests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 2009 I developed breast cancer and came through it with new
priorities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to share my beliefs
with people and let them know how ordinary people experience these fantastic
events every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writing a book felt
imperative.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest…where do you spend your cyber-time?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie: You
said it already, Facebook for games and Idaho Author’s Community, Twitter,
Pinterest, Goodreads, and myboomerplace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m sure I’m forgetting more.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dawn: If you could travel to any-where or
any-when…when and where would that be? What would you do when you got there?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ancient Egypt!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a thrill it would be to see an ancient
civilization in its glory days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modern
day Egypt is on my bucket list, but I’d want to wait until things settle down
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to see the Eiffel Tower,
now it’s on to the pyramids.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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genres in which you write? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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unexplained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chalk it up to watching the
“Twilight Zone” while growing up along with reading fairy tales and hearing
about miracles. My grandmother’s eerie tales must have been an influence too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dawn: Who is your favorite author and
why? Which book speaks to you the most?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tough question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like reading a wide variety and don’t have
one special favorite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m impressed with
Dan Brown and all his research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dean
Koontz and Stephen King have wild imaginations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shirley Maclaine isn’t afraid to speak out about her beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Betty Eadie’s “Embraced by the Light”
influenced me decades ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her book
encouraged me to read everything in the library about death experiences and the
paranormal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually got to meet her
at a Salt Lake City book signing.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dawn: What do you like to listen to when you
write? Music, TV, silence? <o:p></o:p></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie: Silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to give full attention to my writing
and tune everything else out.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dawn: When do you find the time to write?
Are you an early morning person or a late at night writer?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie: Since I
retired as a substitute teacher I have all the time I need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can write at any time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is scheduling interviews with all
my contributors.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dawn: Tell me about any promotions or
contests you are running? Where can we go to sign up and what are the rules?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t done anything like that yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds like a great way to promote and I’m
open to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catmarie, I
want to thank you for being with me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love reading stories about the true unexplained experiences of people.
It must be fascinating to talk to so many people about their “close
encounters”. I enjoyed learning more about your book and look forward to
reading it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>This is a picture of Catmarie after winning all the prizes from Dreyer's Ice Cream
Co. They sent her to the Haunted America Conference.</o:p></span>http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-76594635966262712932013-06-20T20:11:00.001-07:002013-06-20T20:11:08.707-07:00Writing and writers...how does the muse speak to you<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-smRaUb1Gt6dZQBam9-QrldmWP6whPmtU2hFYcDeWR3qTBhRj13lcJ-9H0HX15CkDwfBDEXFpetK-NFvluogw-P-jGEs_HdC3GZ326CR7q1YWOhb3Uq6qQ6vuNLKDkaN3zYMivFDAAdw/s1600/dreamstimefree_192239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-smRaUb1Gt6dZQBam9-QrldmWP6whPmtU2hFYcDeWR3qTBhRj13lcJ-9H0HX15CkDwfBDEXFpetK-NFvluogw-P-jGEs_HdC3GZ326CR7q1YWOhb3Uq6qQ6vuNLKDkaN3zYMivFDAAdw/s320/dreamstimefree_192239.jpg" width="320" /></a> Something I have learned in the process of publishing my book and talking with people is that a wide majority of people are writers. Now, I have come to that conclusion because it seems like every person I tell that I am an author tells me in return "really, you know, I write too." <br />
This has got me to thinking about all the different kinds of writers there are. <br />
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<li> The Closet Writer--This is what I was for years. I wrote just for me and was too self conscious to even tell people I wrote, let alone let someone read my work. I wrote for me and only began to consider getting published recently, because of insistent encouragement from my husband. The closet writer writes for the love of writing, but is afraid of criticism and hides behind endless excuses of why he cannot go for publication. Even though sharing my stories with the world has always been a dream. I let fear hold me back for far too long.</li>
<li>The Outspoken writer, who for the want of a more politically correct term, sucks--I know some of us know someone like this, at least I have spoken to several people who do. This person is the one who writes a story and believes it to be perfect, an instant success (even with no editing and no structure). They push their work off to everyone and anyone who will read it. They send off copy after copy of their masterpiece and constantly complain that the publishers and editors do not know a great story when they read it. They are also the ones who claim you to be jealous if you give them some supportive and helpful advice.</li>
<li>The Insistent writer whose works shines--They push their work to publisher, agent and reader. They are confident and accepting of advice and use it to make their work better. They are on top of all the latest publicity moves and are always first to talk about their book. (This is the category I am striving to be in).</li>
<li> The Inconsistent writer--This person has several stories started and tucked away in her closet. They have been there for twenty years, but every so often she pulls them out, dusts them off and tells herself she will finish one, only to put it back again until who knows when. </li>
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No matter what kind of writer you may be--keep at it. Push yourself beyond what you believe you can accomplish. You might just surprise yourself. <br />
Dr. Seuss, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Catherine Coulter. All would still be closet writers without that first step to get published.<br />
We all may not have an instant success on our hands--nothing is instant.<br />
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But with patience and time the possibilities are endless.http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-660700381083590932013-05-25T17:57:00.000-07:002013-05-25T17:57:14.253-07:00My Release Date is Finally Here No, I haven't been in prison, so its not as bad as it sounds. I have although been waiting so impatiently for the release of my new novel The Dark Lady. The Dark Lady is a historical romance set in 12th Century England. <br />
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The Dark Lady<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">She should have
grown up in a life of luxury and ease—instead, she was thrust into one of
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Forced
by her scheming mother to pretend that she was a boy, Vanessa Fordella becomes
Van, the Dark Knight, in twelfth-century England. But when her now-dying mother
demands that she leave behind her charade and marry, Van embarks on the most
difficult journey of her life. And if her new husband ever finds out the
truth...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After years of
war, all he wants is peace and the simple life...<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Peter
Lawston, Lord Grayweist, hopes for a shy and controllable wife to run his
castle and bear his children. What arrives, instead, is a hell cat, who doesn't
know the first thing about being docile or obedient. There’s something familiar
about his unconventional wife, but Peter can’t put his finger on it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">As Van struggles to let go of the knight she has
been and become the wife she is expected to be, events unfold that threaten to
destroy everything she holds dear, including her very life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">You can read the first three chapters at <a href="http://www.dawnchandler.net/">www.dawnchandler.net</a> by clicking on the free reads link. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">You can purchase your copy today at</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <a href="http://www.blackopalbooks.com/">www.blackopalbooks.com</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">or </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Dark-Lady-Dawn-Chandler/dp/1626940134/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369529714&sr=8-2&keywords=The+Dark+Lady+by+Dawn+Chandler">http://www.amazon.com/The-Dark-Lady-Dawn-Chandler/dp/1626940134/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369529714&sr=8-2&keywords=The+Dark+Lady+by+Dawn+Chandler</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">If you have any questions or comments please feel free to ask. I will get a response to you as soon as possible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Thank you for your support and happy reading. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span>http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-67933791922692529462013-05-24T11:41:00.001-07:002013-05-24T11:41:54.450-07:00My Favorite Books I am an avid reader, but I have to say that my very favorite is Stephen King. I have almost all of his books and I have read them all multiple times. I also like to read Catherine Coulter, Connie Mason, Kat Martin and a wide array of other romance novelists. I prefer to read and write historical romances. Contemporary women, while yes we have our own problems, are not as interesting a read. Women nowadays are not sold off, or traded or bartered with, at least not in decent society. It is not a matter of your father telling you that you will marry this man because the families made an arrangement before you were even born. And it is not just the women, the men were just as trapped in marriages that may or may not work out, just as trapped by the dictates of society. Walk around the stores today and look at the pants bagging around the ankles while the boys try to hold them up while they walk and you will see that society no longer has a claim to what people want and what they want to be.<br />
I will rant on about that at a later posting, this one was supposed to be about my favorite books, and those would be The Dark Tower Series, by the master Stephen King. I have read them several times and unfortunately my copy of The Gunslinger is not in need of replacement since I have read it once to often. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Hzw02obTmTOB5J-szPPeexTUemJb7uSBpah7VWN1rUxWEB43Txd-C2A-9EaJAZmOFx5fqXMFysaebpmFYOmAwXpxsyuM_LzceEIGghgXb0A8wR4s5QclMP65J3ULV0ie4mNIy1LbZlA/s1600/IMG_6172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Hzw02obTmTOB5J-szPPeexTUemJb7uSBpah7VWN1rUxWEB43Txd-C2A-9EaJAZmOFx5fqXMFysaebpmFYOmAwXpxsyuM_LzceEIGghgXb0A8wR4s5QclMP65J3ULV0ie4mNIy1LbZlA/s320/IMG_6172.JPG" width="320" /></a> In this series, Roland Deschain, for whom my <br />
wiener dog is named, is the last of the gunslingers and the final remaining member of the line of Arthur Eld. A once magical land is now dying and the Gunslinger is on a journey of many lifetimes to fix the problems that are devastating his home. Roland's quest is to find the Dark Tower, the building that is said to hold the fabric of reality together. That is why this series is my favorite, and why I am a Dark Tower Junkie. It holds secrets from many of his other books and you get to become reacquainted with your old friends.<br />
Tell me about your favorite books and why and then go to <a href="http://dawnchandler.net/Contact.html">http://dawnchandler.net/Contact.html</a> and send me a comment with your email address in it and a comment that says you would like to enter to win a wonderful swag bag full of prizes. <br />
If you have not yet had the chance to go to my Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dawnchandlerauthor?ref=tn_tnmn">https://www.facebook.com/dawnchandlerauthor?ref=tn_tnmn</a> please come by and help me celebrate the release of my novel The Dark Lady. Its official release is tomorrow, but I thought I would start celebrating early. <br />
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I am so happy to let you all know that the long awaited arrival of The Dark Lady is quickly approaching. Do the happy dance :)It will be released on May 25th, 2013 and available for pre-order through <a href="http://www.blackopalbooks.com/">www.blackopalbooks.com</a> three weeks before that day. As soon as I have a link to the pre-order I will let you know. I am excited to finally see it in print. I cannot wait to hold it in my hands and smell that wonderful new book smell. <br />
If you are unfamiliar with Van and her story you can read the first three chapters at h<a href="http://dawnchandler.net/thedarklady_LIY1.html">ttp://dawnchandler.net/thedarklady_LIY1.html</a><br />
The Dark Lady is a historical Romance set in 12th century England. It is the first book in a series of five. Keep your eyes out for From Under a Dark Shadow, Book two of the Dark Series, that will follow soon. <br />
The 100 lucky winners have been posted at <a href="http://dawnchandler.net/giveaway.html">http://dawnchandler.net/giveaway.html</a> and will be receiving an email in the next few days. Congratulations to you all, and if your name is not on the list please check out the contests page at <a href="http://dawnchandler.net/Contests.html">http://dawnchandler.net/Contests.html</a> for a chance to win other great prizes. <br />
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The Dark Lady Excerpt:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">Peter
watched her walk away, head high and determined. He was about to go after her,
despite her objections when she placed two fingers into her mouth. The
deafening whistle that issued forth stopped him in his tracks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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registered the answering scream of a horse from the stables and the crash of
wood that could only have been the stall gate. Not looking back at the screams
of the stable hands, he kept his eyes glued to the tall woman as she grasped
the hole where he now knew her dagger was kept.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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grasped the material and pulled. Peter heard the long tear as the skirt fell
open completely on the side, baring her leg from thigh to ankle. During it all,
she never broke her stride.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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called out as her huge destrier thundered past him, screamed for her to watch
out. Beast began to slow until Vanessa whistled again. He regained his speed,
tearing straight for her. Peter’s breath caught in his throat as he knew he
would not be able to save her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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felt a jolt of fear as she wobbled slightly on the racing stallion, one creamy
white leg glistening in the dim sunlight. Shadows played off the thick muscles
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http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-44896676843138396032012-10-30T13:19:00.000-07:002012-10-30T13:19:36.535-07:00In with the editor 'YAY!!" I am sorry that I have not gotten on here lately and you have not had the joy of listening to me ramble, but my computer has been down. I had to send it in to Toshiba to get it repaired. I hate sending my computer off for repairs, I so wish they had a person come to me to fix it or that I could take it to my local repair man. Mostly I hate having to reinstall everything that I use. I have everything that is important to me backed up in several places, so I haven't lost anything, but it is a pain to have to find all the programs and reinstall them. That is if I remember all the programs I am using. I guess if I forgot something it must not have been very important.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQeuyhjvXWbgo8G4AzfrPSnqB3mfRlgjF85-k7IHTowzZ4jzV-2cJi-bMVVmmVjjuI6EfdX0BXRsro3W6wFOq2-DjSYe3Hlg7DxR8BmdUnMPGkfOPox6bIPfmhZXCjXdBVkLZkHx8qEI/s1600/dreamstimefree_122041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQeuyhjvXWbgo8G4AzfrPSnqB3mfRlgjF85-k7IHTowzZ4jzV-2cJi-bMVVmmVjjuI6EfdX0BXRsro3W6wFOq2-DjSYe3Hlg7DxR8BmdUnMPGkfOPox6bIPfmhZXCjXdBVkLZkHx8qEI/s320/dreamstimefree_122041.jpg" width="320" /></a> I am now back online and excited to say that The Dark Lady is in rounds with the editor and I should be seeing edits within the week. I am looking forward to getting them. It is so much different from the first time I was waiting for edits. I was nervous and not looking forward to changing anything in my story. Now I get excited to get my edits back, to make my story perfect for my reader. <br />
I will be announcing my 100 Lucky winners in The Dark Lady Celebration Giveaway in Early 2013, as soon as I have an approved cover and know my release date. Please stop by <a href="http://dawnchandler.net/giveaway.html">http://dawnchandler.net/giveaway.html</a> and read the first three chapters and sign up for your chance to be one of the lucky winners. <br />
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The Dark Lady<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Dark Lady is a historical romance set in 1100 England
during the time of the dark and dangerous knights. It is a turbulent time of
upheaval and strife. During this time a young female child is born to a loving
and doting father and a jealous, spiteful mother. Angered because her arranged
marriage was not to the man she loved and jealous of the way her husband doted
over and spoiled their little girl she sought revenge. Stealing away in the
middle of the night with the man she loved she took the one year old girl with
her. In order to keep the baby hidden she lied to the child and everyone around
her. She told everyone the child was a boy, and when Vanessa was old enough to
question it she explained to her that her father wanted her dead. That she had
been born a girl and her father had wanted to kill her because he had wanted a
son. She told Vanessa that she had stolen her away the very night she was born
and had hid her for her own protection. She told her daughter that she must
pretend to be a boy and never go to her father for if she didn't do as she was
told he would find her and kill her. Vanessa become Van very successfully and
excelled at the art of sword play and is chosen to go to Grayweist Castle for
page training where she fights her way to the top of the group and becomes a
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The beautiful meadow where they had first
taken camp was now a ransacked and demolished mess of torn up grass and
flowers. Ruts and deep holes from the warriors and their horses made walking on
trembling legs difficult for Peter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Out in front of all the men, the King’s man blew once again on the horn.
All stopped to look at the men standing with the King. Peter allowed his two
good friends to sit him on a low boulder, in the warm sun. When all of Peter’s
men as well as the men the King had brought were circled around them, the King
motioned to Van.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> The King’s face held a serious expression as he addressed the brave boy.
“Van Burgess, will you please stand before me.” Van approached the King on
shaky legs, head bowed. He appeared nervous and that surprised Peter. Why was
this arrogant and self-assured boy so nervous around the King? Why was he so
reluctant to be questioned or to be the center of attention? It almost appeared
to Peter that the boy was hiding something. Peter took a deep breath deciding
that more than likely the boy was just unaccustomed to all the fuss. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Peter’s head was beginning to ache and he knew it would soon be a
blaring headache. He took deep breaths and concentrated on the King and Van and
tried to ignore the throb that was becoming insistent. The King never took his
eyes from the boy as his loud voice boomed across the torn up field. The
bellowing voice tore through Peter’s head like a stampede of sheep. Prodding
and gouging as they ripped through the soft tissue of his mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> “All who have gathered here will be witness to great deeds today.” Van
jerked his face up to the king’s in surprise, “Van Burgess, for your bravery on
the field of battle. For your selfless act to save another, with no regards to
your safety or to personal gain. For your personal stand to protect your
beliefs in the face of opposition I am here to acknowledge you. Kneel.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Van dropped to one knee and bowed his head. Between the black clothes
and the deep black hair the boy looked like a small dark boulder. The King pulled
a sword from the scabbard at his belt. The shiny metal of the newly forged
sword touched each of Van’s shoulders as the King said the words that made him
a knight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Peter’s pride swelled within him as he listened to the familiar words.
Richard cleared his throat beside him and Peter caught sight of the pride and
emotion in his face. With a grin Peter watched the King speak the final words
of the creed. “Now rise. Rise as Sir Burgess. The Dark Knight.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-24093888854544139112012-10-04T08:51:00.000-07:002012-10-04T08:51:45.177-07:00The trouble my muse causes<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeP-aT4lzVE_c57pLjid3k2G8IydyVdjMEi_yXk4Y5ff8D5ZD0KLwR_hLoTLvFH-XRUhQLjo5QIdic23V7COdG3DNilAvqMR_oRHfGzW7BHRkHLs4elHwsrW8E1oG6RoahF3RPFOjf_A/s1600/dre%3Cdiv%20class=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" separator="separator" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeP-aT4lzVE_c57pLjid3k2G8IydyVdjMEi_yXk4Y5ff8D5ZD0KLwR_hLoTLvFH-XRUhQLjo5QIdic23V7COdG3DNilAvqMR_oRHfGzW7BHRkHLs4elHwsrW8E1oG6RoahF3RPFOjf_A/s320/dre<div class=" style="text-align: center;" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I write on an almost constant basis, which has a tendency to cause a few issues in my life. I have always done it (well ever since 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> grade when my muse bit me). My mom used to say, as I was growing up, that I would space off into my own little world, but </span>I didn't. I would be drug off into the world of my muse, okay to be fair I wasn’t kicking and screaming. No, I went into that world willing and eager. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, when I say I am always writing that does not mean that I am always putting pen to paper, fingers to keyboard or however it is that I get a chance to actually get my story out. I write in my head. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE20rUFTPMikZ_RPtLpWMRc2YNA1SKzR8dN9rsh8eOGj6ZbbKWgP0nv278uIqtXlMTybr8K8JHiuxDOLZoh8H4m3apth2tOUtX3biYQbi_9QyrPaGBn8A53LotoKJ1wWSdRv2BWmuP7oA/s1600/pictures+123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE20rUFTPMikZ_RPtLpWMRc2YNA1SKzR8dN9rsh8eOGj6ZbbKWgP0nv278uIqtXlMTybr8K8JHiuxDOLZoh8H4m3apth2tOUtX3biYQbi_9QyrPaGBn8A53LotoKJ1wWSdRv2BWmuP7oA/s320/pictures+123.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I used to be the cake decorator at Wal-Mart. Now the good thing about that was I have been decorating for over 15 years, so I didn't have to really think about my work. My fingers would do the cakes in the background. My thoughts would be on my characters and I could enjoy the unfolding of their stories. Now of course when I made faces or laughed at what my character would do or say...well, my coworkers had a tendency to look at me funny. **The bad thing is occasionally I wouldn’t hear people talking to me, as long as it wasn’t the boss or a customer I was usually okay.**<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I am a seat of the pants writer which means I don't outline, I do not know the story before I start writing and I don’t know what will happen until it happens. I have to go with the flow of the book, start at the beginning and let it go from there. My favorite thing about that is I get to find out as I go along what happens....which is why when something unexpected happened I would laugh or make a face. So I would let my mind flow and then on breaks or on lunch I would get as many notes down as possible so as not to lose the story later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> The great thing about being able to allow my muse full rein as I worked is that I now have 38 novels completed and ready for edits. Of course the bad thing is getting them from my head and all those pages of notes, and onto the computer screen so I can start those edits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I now have the opportunity to write full time and I officially consider myself a professional author, even though I am still waiting for the money to think of me as one. So I have had the chance, here within the last few years, to put all those stories into the computer. In the last three years I have gotten four novels completed and the other 34 are entered into the computer, with at least 4 or 5 chapters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I also have several binders full of notes and 42 other novels that are only started, with at least one or two chapters going. I pull them out and work on them as they call to me. Which book that calls to me is always up for grabs, but one of them, at least if I’m lucky it is only one, is constantly running in my head. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Now, as I mentioned, there are issues created by my muse’s constant ramblings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> My memory sucks. My file cabinets are filled with places, people, and events from 71 novels, and some new ones that are trying to start and there isn’t much room for anything else. My attention span is small, I don’t have ADD, I just have so much going on in my head it is hard to focus on that stuff outside my head. I have always spaced off, and don’t hear when people are talking to me sometimes. I don’t mean to and I try to pay attention, but sometimes the muse’s voice is louder than the rest. As long as there is no break in the conversation I am good, but if you give me a few minutes of silence, well I know how to fill the empty space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I take the good with the bad and wouldn’t know what to do if my muse was ever silent. I am lucky that my family is supportive and understanding when it comes to my writing. I try my best not to ignore them when they need my attention, but my kids grew up hearing…. “let me finish this chapter and we will go.” I tried to never make them wait long and was so excited to get my first laptop so I could just take my story with me and the kids didn’t have to wait to go to the park or wherever they wanted to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never complained, probably because they knew they would get extra treats when we went out to make up for having to wait. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Do you daydream, do you talk to yourself? For me it is the way I function every day, but to be fair, I don’t really talk to myself. I talk to the imaginary people inside my head….see, so I’m still okay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-18739059409427353382012-09-27T12:32:00.000-07:002012-09-27T12:34:03.935-07:00Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEO2gxHNXtSv5qIoP8zUUJcJZxR4rq1eY7g6IwxZGDXTPSFU2JggY5gPvu6-fiVU4dB4-mXFZ4vnAkzbSCFanbuUhyphenhyphento0fHDphrlWmQEx1hiD7B1STDp0RdBP-v2_ZV_ZiYQN3TrgETcs/s1600/trucking+464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEO2gxHNXtSv5qIoP8zUUJcJZxR4rq1eY7g6IwxZGDXTPSFU2JggY5gPvu6-fiVU4dB4-mXFZ4vnAkzbSCFanbuUhyphenhyphento0fHDphrlWmQEx1hiD7B1STDp0RdBP-v2_ZV_ZiYQN3TrgETcs/s320/trucking+464.jpg" width="320" /></a>I love spending time on the truck with my husband, as most of you already know. I love the chance to see so many different landscapes and cultures. One thing that I have learned in travelling across country is there are a multitude of different landscapes and that what one person thinks is beautiful another may find to be ugly. My husband and I have very different points of view on what beauty is. <br />
He loves the high mountains and pine covered hills. He wants to be somewhere in the middle of a bunch of trees. Now while I think the trees are beautiful to travel through, it is not my idea of the perfect location for a house. To me the trees block me in and I cannot see. I want to be able to look out into the distance from my writing office and see for miles.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH3alZgTASeKYW8Dg9wHiB__Nyyd74wPfki7foM2QsDS_CrbetYufbuJOcQ-yf95DfBoDs_oB8uU6SmCBGz0BbzgLQ25VGxZFE-25LscmKcJHOb-DqCNEah4WU9EWKERJ7sjt4Po42Kc/s1600/100_5958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH3alZgTASeKYW8Dg9wHiB__Nyyd74wPfki7foM2QsDS_CrbetYufbuJOcQ-yf95DfBoDs_oB8uU6SmCBGz0BbzgLQ25VGxZFE-25LscmKcJHOb-DqCNEah4WU9EWKERJ7sjt4Po42Kc/s320/100_5958.JPG" width="320" /></a>My favorite landscape is wide open plains covered in sagebrush and cacti. Of course with that, comes rattlesnakes, bull snakes, spiders and ants, but I am okay with that too. I want a large green yard, with several large weeping willows, lilac bushes, flower gardens, and fruit trees. Surrounding my green yard I would like miles of sagebrush and cactus, minus a large spot designated for a vegetable garden. <br />
In this desert I would also like a river running through my property and a large lake to swim in. Somewhere I can have a frog and turtle pond and a massive koi pond, but that could be in the middle of my flower gardens. I don’t think I am asking too much, just an oasis in the desert.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtwspLQ0OoVj3BIKZK3mJ3QCRgEaRQVRa7dAu2osmAVki1avLs1faNrkn7r6FCPdT2SwJxxYT_xbcaIFViEU4AwX1Oa33HkUs3qPI-KSjyf3nnPik62oJX3AvRTXXi-wzuANxVrGarG0/s1600/101_0773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtwspLQ0OoVj3BIKZK3mJ3QCRgEaRQVRa7dAu2osmAVki1avLs1faNrkn7r6FCPdT2SwJxxYT_xbcaIFViEU4AwX1Oa33HkUs3qPI-KSjyf3nnPik62oJX3AvRTXXi-wzuANxVrGarG0/s200/101_0773.JPG" width="200" /></a>The only problem with my dream is that my hubby hates sagebrush. He says if I build my office high enough I can look out over the trees, but it is not the same. So what we need is a property that is mountains on one side and desert on the other side. <br />
The other issue I have with the high mountains that he likes is the winters. They are cold and usually come with heavy snow, which if I am rich and famous and don’t have to leave the house in the winter that wouldn’t be so bad. I could curl up with my writing in front of a large fireplace and sip hot cocoa while I write. <br />
Somewhere there has to be a property that will make us both happy. Don’t burst my bubble. I know it is out there.<br />
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<br />http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-81823029525889359342012-09-22T18:30:00.000-07:002012-09-27T12:57:49.292-07:00Rolo's Travels---Taking the World by Storm..or at least the USA<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have a large “zoo” at our home. We have rats, ferrets, rabbits, dogs, cats, turtles (both red eared sliders and a box turtle), fish (about 400 hundred gallons worth), birds, a bearded dragon (named hairball) and a ball python. We are trying to get out into the country so we can have some of the bigger farm animals too. </div>
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I love my animals, but as you can imagine they are quite a chore to take care of. It may come as a surprise to some of you, but I cannot bring them all on the semi with me. Ha…imagine that if you will. </div>
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I do, although, bring my dachshund, Roland Deschain, (Rolo for short) on the truck with me. Anyone who likes Stephen King I am sure will recognize the name. I am a huge Tower Junkie and proud of it.</div>
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He loves to go on the truck and gets excited when it is time to leave. He will bark and jump around as soon as I start putting stuff in a suitcase. He knows. </div>
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He loves going all over the country and smelling all the new places. He is really well behaved and does not have to be on a leash, which he prefers. Sometimes I put him on one anyway, if there are other dogs or we have to stop too close to a road to let him out to do his business.</div>
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Now one of the biggest hassles to having him on the truck is, on the rare occasion when we need one, finding a hotel that allows pets. They are not easy to find and sometimes charge more for the pet then they do for us. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuo5BN5vHupK-NvoEf3e9dBT2fK7GUuL68Ch2DtiDUAjS1QF7lrODZgmi1dw6UnscgETXnQ3XSY8PxedIhV4kQEp8SRtZzbxfwzNICoLN0zyFewrW5AmHzTiugbwJFKQ4Zs52jhiMaObA/s1600/IMG_3025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuo5BN5vHupK-NvoEf3e9dBT2fK7GUuL68Ch2DtiDUAjS1QF7lrODZgmi1dw6UnscgETXnQ3XSY8PxedIhV4kQEp8SRtZzbxfwzNICoLN0zyFewrW5AmHzTiugbwJFKQ4Zs52jhiMaObA/s320/IMG_3025.JPG" width="320" /></a>I do understand this. I have been to some hotels where other dog owners will take their dog out and he does his business and they don’t clean it up. They tear up hotel rooms and make a mess of the yards. It is because of irresponsible pet owners that I cannot take my dog with me to most hotels. I understand why most will not allow dogs, but it is still frustrating. </div>
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We were in the shop with the truck broke down for several days and we had to go several miles away before we found a pet friendly hotel. The ones that are out there are usually really good about Rolo, especially when they see how cute he is. Now that is not just my opinion, though I am bias. </div>
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We raise dachshunds, so when the two girls are in heat I will probably end up bringing them along on the truck as well, but I am not looking forward to it. Maybe Rolo will just have to stay home….but don’t tell him that, he will freak out. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGDxD9cHFYRysBRyJjOOtwPeNWttRow3nCm_O2VPT7v0Vk0eC5G_sCTXkLdG0aTGB8n9u8tV3ub-Wit7-4LsiuUnd4nM5glHfvyTwYzQSclJ7tAWcVosFwbPTcUZeKgsEQsxUNaXkSZ4/s1600/IMG_3170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGDxD9cHFYRysBRyJjOOtwPeNWttRow3nCm_O2VPT7v0Vk0eC5G_sCTXkLdG0aTGB8n9u8tV3ub-Wit7-4LsiuUnd4nM5glHfvyTwYzQSclJ7tAWcVosFwbPTcUZeKgsEQsxUNaXkSZ4/s320/IMG_3170.JPG" width="320" /></a>Rolo is quite lazy when it comes to riding in the truck. He spends most of his days sleeping, until we stop and he can get out and run around. </div>
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Please tell me about your favorite pets and any traveling stories you may have with them. Have you had any experiences with hotels, rental cars, or taxis because of your pets? Tell me your favorite story or why your pets are special to you.</div>
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Today panties come in many shapes, colors and styles, but they have not been around as long as some people may think. Panties, as we know them today, did not show up until the 1920’s and before that they had a long journey and a lot of change by the time they finally arrived at the modern day delicates that we take for granted.</div>
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Before the 12th century women went, as one would say, commando. They wore no coverings on their legs, bottoms or privates. Between the 12th and 14th centuries women wore full length leggings, from ankle to waist, and these garments were tied at the waist but left the crotch exposed. </div>
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In the mid 1500’s that changed and the change came, at no surprise, from a woman. Sidesaddle was an issue for some women. Long flowing dresses tangled the rider when trying to throw one leg over the horse’s neck and fighting to keep all your unmentionables, well…unmentioned, was a task in itself. Catherine de Medici, the queen of France, while accused of many horrible things, made a revolutionary invention. To keep herself modest, as a queen should be, while riding sidesaddle she invented the first style of women’s underwear, pantalettes. Basically, taking the two leggings and stitching them together. With the invention of elastic still years away, they still had to be tied, but the new design was still functional.</div>
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In the second half of the 16th century cotton gins and spinning machines made it possible for factories to mass produce underwear, no longer making it necessary for women to make their own or to hire out private seamstresses. They became more affordable and well known. They were produced in two styles. One piece, pantalettes, and as two separate garments that still tied together at the waist, the original leggings. The open crotch style was still produced for those who thought it was better hygiene. Now the open crotch is for a much more excitable reason. </div>
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In the mid 1800’s , Elizabeth Miller, an advocate of the women’s right movement and an advocate of the Victorian Dress Reform, fashioned and wore pantaloons, a shorter version of the Queen’s design. While the shorted legs were more scandalous, they allowed women to wear shorter skirts. Now, I don’t want to shock anyone, but they nearly showed the knees, if you can imagine that. These undergarments were known as Bloomers, due to Amelia Bloomer, in The Lily, who popularized them. These “Bloomers” were worn by leaders of the women’s rights movement as an act of rebellion. </div>
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The panty has become much more than just a covering. It is a way of expression, a feeling of sensuality and sexuality. They are as varied in style and charm as the people who were them. So no matter what your style, you can appreciate the women who came before us, who brought us from the dark ages and into the era of the light colored bikinis and thongs.</div>
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http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-52823072600923940092012-09-06T20:09:00.000-07:002012-09-27T13:02:05.244-07:00New Publisher -- Black Opal BooksI am excited to have been offered a contract from a great publisher. Though the contract is not signed yet, I could not contain my excitement and had to share.<br />
Black Opal Books http://www.blackopalbooks.com/ <br />
“Since we're authors as well as businesspeople, we know how much hard work goes into writing a book—endless hours spent staring at a page while searching for words, struggling to finish the first draft, revising, editing, more revising, and still more revising.” Black Opal Books<br />
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Historical Romance, currently under contract with Black Opal Books. </div>
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You can read the entire first, second and third chapters of The Dark Lady at www.dawnchandler.net <br />
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The Dark Lady, while not my first novel, is the first one that I had completely edited and ready for publication. It was under contract with a publisher that I had some time constraint issues with and they graciously returned my rights. It is now being considered by another publisher, who I am hoping to hear from soon, today would be nice. <br />
The Dark Lady was a joy for me to write. I fell in love with the characters immediately and knew I had to tell their story. <br />
The struggles that Van has to go through to become a whole person touched me deeply and I found myself cheering for her as I wrote. <br />
In essence, this book is about the struggles to break though the bonds of society and prove that one is more than the stereotypes portray them to be. <br />
I hope that my readers will fall in love with my characters as much as I have. <br />
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Blurb<br />
Vanessa Fordella should have grown up in luxury and ease with a father that doted on her and loved her. Instead her mother stole her away and forced her into the life of a boy. Becoming Van instead of Vanessa was so easy for her she was sent to page training at Grayweist Castle. Large for a girl and uneven of temper it didn't take her long to make herself well-known. She rose through the ranks quickly and was sent into battle. She risks her life to save Peter Lawston and in return for her courage and honor King Henry II bestows her with knighthood making her The Dark Knight. For years she enjoyed being a dangerous and deadly knight until one day a message tore her beloved world apart. At her mother's dying request she agrees to marry.<br />
Peter Lawston goes home from the war with ideas of a simple and peaceful life. Peter has always had an ordered and controlled life and he wants to keep it that way. Pain and betrayal from when he was a child dictates the kind of man he is and the kind of wife he will allow himself to have. When his father grows ill Peter reluctantly agrees to marry a woman he has never met. As the carriage pulls up to the castle, Peter is hoping for a shy and controllable wife. What arrives instead is Van, a six foot tall Amazon of a woman with pent up rage and aggression who doesn't know the first thing about being docile or obedient. <br />
Peter and Van fight and struggle for power and control of the relationship. They fall in love quickly but her secret past is always a strain between them. Peter doesn't want to give up his idea of a perfect wife and struggles to turn her into what he wants. Van has always been the one in control and is used to getting things her way. She doesn't know how to let go of the knight that she has always been and struggles to become the woman and wife that she is expected to be. Both must give up their difficult past if they hope to have any kind of a future.<br />
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Excerpt from Chapter One of The Dark Lady<br />
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Peter closed his eyes and his breathing became shallow. Numbness was beginning to overtake his mind. His thoughts were getting slower, he could feel it. He tried to concentrate on the boy’s voice above him, but his mind felt heavy and sluggish. <br />
The voice that had been gravely and deep at first had changed; softened, like a gentle breeze across his heart. He was confused at his thoughts. His mind was hazy. Delirium was obviously setting in. A groan slipped from beneath his numb lips. <br />
The sweet concerned voice caressed him, washing over him like a warm breeze. “Are you with me, can you focus on my face? Come on, talk to me. Open your eyes. I need to know you are going to be alright.” The gentle voice was like a melody to his war ravaged ears, a loving voice that brought forth images of that life his father had spoken of. Of children to hold and to love, not just some faceless heir to be his future, but a child to be his life. <br />
He opened his eyes to the young boy’s blurry face. The light from the fire pierced into him, cutting through him like a dagger. He shut his eyes again with a moan. <br />
“Come on focus, you are going to be alright.” There was fear in that soft voice that told him he was cared for. That he was needed. “Look me in the eye.” The worry that he heard enveloped him in warmth in a way no fire ever could. He could almost picture the mother of those children who would hold him at night when he was cold, as he was now. She would be beautiful, dark and exotic. <br />
When he opened his eyes once again the boy was gone and in his place was the beautiful yet blurry face of a girl. “Are you alright?” she asked sweetly as she leaned close to him.<br />
“I am here with you.” Concern filled him as he spotted the large gash on her check, oddly in the same spot as the lad’s injury. He shook his head to clear it. Confusion swirled through his weary mind. Peter lifted his hand and ran his fingers along the uninjured cheekbone as blood dripped onto his injured shoulder. “Your face. You are hurt. You must have it looked at.” <br />
The face swirled in and out of focus and the boy was there once again. Peter closed his eyes tightly and shook his head. “I will. You first, I can wait.” The soft voice told him. When he opened his eyes once again she was smiling down at him. Her face was still slightly blurred, but he knew it was her from her melodious voice. <br />
“You have such dark eyes, almost black. One could get lost in them.” Peter continued to stroke the smooth cheek above him, sliding trembling fingers down the warm and inviting skin gently cupping the soft and shapely chin before starting again. Peter squinted in an effort to keep the world focused as he looked deeply into those black eyes and thought of his future. “You are so beautiful.” <br />
Full lips parted in a sweet tinkling laugh, like water rippling over stones. “I will forgive you that since you have lost so much blood, your thoughts must be scrambled and your vision faulty.” A wide beautiful smile took the sting from the words.<br />
A deep trembling breath caused the world to shimmer before him and the image of the boy was once again before him. <br />
Peter pulled his hand away in confusion as he looked at the boy. “Quite. I have lost a great amount.” His arm dropped as darkness swallowed him. <br />
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Look for interviews with the characters coming soon. http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866149604565787289.post-79180476183312720992012-08-29T19:10:00.000-07:002012-09-27T13:05:03.879-07:00Writing on the Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Running down the road in the passenger side of the Semi makes it difficult to write sometimes. I have to say I am very disappointed in the conditions of the roads around the country. Some states are fairly smooth, but some will throw you out of the seat. It is a challenge to just look at the screen as it bounces on my lap.<br />
My husband is a long haul truck driver, he owns his own company, www.idahoramtruckinginc.com and he travels all of the 48 lower states. Now that the last child at the house is graduated from High School and started College I have the opportunity to go with him, which is much better than sitting at home and patiently…:) okay not so patiently, awaiting his return.<br />
I used to go with him only in the summer, while the kids were at their grandparents, but now I get the fun of winter travel, can’t be any colder than the air conditioner he runs full blast. <pb>My friends all make fun of me because I bring my blanket with me in the summer to wrap up in….if they sat here for long they would understand.<br />As I write this we are traveling through Washington, a beautiful state. We are in Naches, WA…well going through it on our way to load in Richland, Washington. Most of Washington that I have seen is tree covered, with lots of rivers and lakes. I am watching, with regret, as the campgrounds go by. One of the drawbacks to being on the semi is time constraints. We are on our way to the next load and unable to stop. Oh well, it is kind of cold to stop and swim anyway, out temperature gauge says it is 72 degrees out there. <br />I am enjoying going to all the different states and seeing the new scenery. Before I got with my husband the only trip I ever took, besides to Jackpot, Nevada (45 minutes from the house), was a trip to Minnesota, where I stayed at the fabulous Lake Toad in Frazee. I was a stay at home kind of girl and barely left southern Idaho.<br />One of my favorite activities while on the road is visiting museums. We have stopped at several so far, which I will make sure and tell you all about as I stop at more. I was born in Coffeyville, Kansas and have not been back there since I was 6. Recently I got the opportunity to stop there on the truck. We went to the Dalton Gang Museum and I got thousands of pictures. <br />It took some getting used to, to be able to write as we drove, okay, as he drives, because it would be very unsafe if I were to drive and write…fine, it would be unsafe for me to drive the Semi at all, though he is pushing for me to learn. <br />The bouncing screen was the hardest to get used to, but I am doing quite well at it now, as long as the roads are not too messed up. I tried to write only when we stopped, but he doesn’t stop often enough for me to get anything done that way. So, I just made it work. I now write, or do something book related, most of the day. I do miss the large screen at the house that I hook to my laptop, but other than that I am content with what I have to work with on the road.<br />We have internet on the truck and I am able to send my books in to publishers for consideration, or work on my site, or work on my blogs…or play on Facebook. :) I probably spend more time on Facebook then I should, but I just call it publicity for the new book and that is what I am sticking with, even though I don’t promote on there as often as I should. <br />When my books are finally out and available, I will have the advantage of being able to set up book signings all over the country. I am hoping that will help get my name out there faster and more people with have the pleasure of reading my character’s stories. <br />Thank you for stopping by to see me, and I hope you will come back often. Leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you. Feel free to ask me anything you wish…see you next time.</pb>http://dawnchandlersramblings.blogspot.com/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07558219291224224364noreply@blogger.com0