tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38195226949457867242024-02-21T05:36:37.807-08:00No Filter Between Brain and MouthI was born. I have not died. I continue to drink.
I write stuff - you might like it. www.bgarrenwrites.com.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-7118979826180248112016-06-09T12:03:00.001-07:002016-06-09T12:15:27.305-07:00A year older - and maybe wiser...It's almost a year since I last wrote on this blog. A busy year - some good, some not so great. All of it engaging in the day to day struggle we call life. <br />
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I have a good life - a great life in many respects. I won't challenge "worse" - I'll smile and be thankful for what blessings I've accumulated. I'll bow my head and work harder to overcome the challenges I'm capable of facing. I'll turn away and not burden myself with challenges I have no influence over. <br />
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The past year saw me reunited with my brother and separated from a family member by the ultimate distance - death. It brought a promotion at my Day Job, and a complete lack of progress in my avocation as an author. The year has definitely had it's ups and downs, highs and lows, gives and givebacks. <br />
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So, what's new? Doesn't every year present us with the challenging cycle of progress and failure? I think so - and I think a lot of how we perceive these events depends both on the degree of each as well as the support system or network around us. <br />
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I mentioned before - mainly in SM - that last year felt terribly hard to me, for no specific reason. And I realize now that I had closed myself off from a lot of the friends, family and followers I had previously relied on to sustain me through the hard times. <br />
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I doubt that I'm unique in this - I think we all crawl into our tiny shells from time to time, rock back and forth and wail "woe is me." It's how long we allow ourselves to stay in that shell, how loudly we wail and whether we find the strength to crawl back out that is the true indicator of our personal strength. <br />
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I think I'm pretty strong. In fact, I know I am. I just keep getting up and plowing forward in a relentless pursuit of progress. <br />
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Want to help? Well, last year I posted <a href="http://nofilterinstalled.blogspot.com/2015/02/book-release-and-economics-of-indie.html" target="_blank"><strong>this</strong></a> on the economic of Indie publishing... I hope you read it. It was an honest discussion of fact and finance, and it's important. Every independent author is, in fact, a small business. We support a multitude of other small business in every transaction with editors, copy editors, formatters, cover designers, swag fabricators, etc. Collectively, we have a significant impact on our economy, and yet we gain very little from each book sold. Not to mention the fact that Authors are facing more book pirating than ever before. And we face a constant barrage of readers begging for free books, and berating us when we don't provide them. <br />
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So, in response, I ask simply that you share this<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/03/10/crusade-against-online-piracy/id=66902/" target="_blank"><strong>article</strong></a>, educate your friends and family on the real cost of those books they download from a "free" site, and understand that free books are available at library's, where authors at least get some recognition and reimbursement for use or download. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-48230389358189967932015-06-28T10:13:00.000-07:002015-06-28T10:13:00.973-07:00Well, hello there!My, my - I've been terribly neglectful, haven't I? I haven't posted since February and I can't think of a single excuse. <div>
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That's really the crux of the matter. I just can't seem to find the mojo to go-go. Words are slow, when they come at all, and nothing seems to stick for long. I had hoped the writing retreat I went to in May would help… and it did, a little. Just not enough. Or maybe I needed a bit more patience, 'cause something gave way last night. </div>
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So, stand by and be patient (since I'm not) - I have a feeling good things are on the horizon and I plan on sharing them with all of you! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-4163992461006318352015-02-05T10:56:00.000-08:002015-02-05T10:56:35.878-08:00Out of the funk, into the fire... in a manner of speakingI was in quite a funk the last 2 days. I'm beginning to see this as a normal book-birthday emotion (see <a href="http://nofilterinstalled.blogspot.com/2015/02/book-release-and-economics-of-indie.html" target="_blank"><strong>this post</strong></a> for book info). You go through months of writing and editing and when your book finally hits the market, it's like *yay - no.* <br />
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In the hours of chit chat about mutual friends and family, the insanity of our daily lives and work (she's in the same industry), a wonderful meal on the sidewalk in Little Italy and a brief stop at a truly fascinating art gallery (unplanned serendipity - you should go, if your in the area: <a href="http://www.meekyungshim.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Mee Shim</strong></a>, 1943 India Street, Suite 101, San Diego) - the funk lifted. It was just... gone.<br />
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So, I was thinking about that this morning. I always have a good time when I see this particular friend. I always leave feeling better about myself and my life. It's not any thing in particular that she does, it's what she DOESN'T do. <br />
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Life's full of ups and downs and little surprises - some good, some bad. My life has it's challenges, your life has challenges, every one has a dragon to slay, sooner or later. Or to tame, if you prefer. The point is, it's up to us to determine how those ups and downs define our moods. <br />
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That's exactly what my friend did, when she looked me in the eye and said, simply "I refuse to let events I can't control define the things I can control."<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's exciting to see my work out there on the market, but I had to think long and hard about publication of this and future works. I had to decide <em>WHY</em> I was publishing, and the Hubs and I had a long, hard discussion before I finally went forward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You see, for most Indie authors, publishing is a losing proposition. Oh, sure, you hear about the ones who become overnight best sellers, racking up sales and dollar signs left and right. The thing is - there aren't that many of them. And with the changing market of the book industry, there are fewer every day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Let me explain - and before you ask, yes I did minor in Economics and no, this won't require a calculator. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was lucky with this book - the editing was completed when my publisher went out of business, so I didn't have to pay that expense. I did pay for two covers: the print rights for the publisher approved cover, and then the cost to design a new cover when my rights were returned and I pursued Indie publishing. For this example, I'll just estimated costs for the Indie version, since I'm too lazy to look up the actuals at this point (my tax guy has all the paperwork as I'm writing this). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, right now I'm into Book 1 for about $1,350. And remember, this is without paying for editing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then, I ordered 40 copies of the book to sell, total $440 with shipping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That's $1,300 out of my pocket. That doesn't count my time in writing, editing, working on layout, cover, promotions. My day job billing rate is (when I do consulting work) is $135.00 per hour. How many hours do you think it takes to write and publish a book? Don't answer that - the truth is too many. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The answer is really quite simple: I'm a storyteller, and every storyteller needs an audience. My audience may be small, but I have one. They may not love all of my stories. They may not be willing to pay for all of my stories, but they still want to hear my stores, and I want to share them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've had incredible feedback from readers who finished Infinite Potential and found it helped them deal with tragedy in their own lives. I've heard from readers who were so touched by Kelsi's struggle, they had to reach out to me, thinking it was my own. I've had readers touch my heart with words, gifts, kindness and eager anticipation of the next book in the series, and the next. And the next story I have to tell. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had so many readers download a free copy of Infinite Potential these past 4 days, it made it to #6 in Paranormal/Urban Fantasy best sellers and #27 in College/New Adult best sellers on Amazon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And in all that time, I've only had 2 readers say they didn't care for the story - found it clichéd or otherwise a "bad read." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You know what - I'm okay with that. I'm okay with their opinion, and with not making money on this grand adventure. Sure, Hubs and I would like to cover expenses. Fortunately, we can keep going for a little while without earning what the books cost. Not forever, but a little while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because it's all about you - the reader. It's about the audience awaiting the story. And it's about all the stories I have yet to tell. </span></div>
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-45466133277030152942015-01-27T05:53:00.000-08:002015-01-27T05:53:52.613-08:00DOMINICK cover reveal!!!<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Prequel to Inferno)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Author</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">: Kara Jemal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Release Date</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">: March 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Blurb</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">: <span style="color: black;">Dominick
Grant had the perfect life: parents who loved him, a beautiful girlfriend, and
a best friend who always had his back. He knew who he was, and how he
wanted to live his life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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But in Dominick’s world, that choice belongs to someone else --
a totalitarian government that dictates the lives of its citizens,
decreeing that Dominick must be separated from his girlfriend and forced to
work for the very government he detests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The question is...will Dominick accept his predetermined path, or risk making
his own choices and bringing his world crumbling down around him? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Leigh Miller and David Jemal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kara is a 30-something, stay at home mom, multi-published
romance author who enjoys writing across a variety of genres & categories:
adult, young adult, new adult, romance, dystopian, and thrillers just to name a
few. When she's not writing tall-tales of love, she's spending time with her family,
friends, and good books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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background in real estate who is eager to breathe life into the many stories
and characters banging around in his head. When's he not writing, he's
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-83290936709238786032015-01-18T18:48:00.002-08:002015-01-18T18:48:58.656-08:00<span style="font-size: large;">Ummm - so, I kind of missed posting my own cover reveal. Yeah. Lame, I know. But it's never to late to fix that, right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Without further ado...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wait a minute. I can't let this go this easily. Yeah, yeah, yeah - we've all been busy with the holidays and the New Year and the resolutions we've already blown. Me? Well, I don't make resolutions. That way I don't let myself down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But if I HAD made resolutions, they would be sort of like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) Post your own cover reveal on your blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2) Finish writing the third book in this series that is due to your editor, like TOMORROW! (not really - it's due the end of the month, but that's close enough to be just as panic inducing as tomorrow).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3) Some other stuff about not drinking so much Scotch, exercising more, yadda yadda yadda. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But wait - you're here for a cover reveal, aren't you? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay. If you insist...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Captive Potential, book 2 in the Phasms trilogy, will be available February 3rd, 2015. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It's already received a <b>5 Star Review</b> from Bianca at Biblio Belles (you can read the review <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1172005908?book_show_action=false&page=1" target="_blank">HERE</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can preorder <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Captive-Potential-Phasms-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00SBQ373W/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421615327&sr=1-1&keywords=9780986087905" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</b></span></div>
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Everything in Kelsi's life feels more like The End, rather than the Happily-Ever-After she anticipated with her prince, Aiden Hardt. She and Aiden are fighting. Again. His daughter Bryn wakes them screaming every night. By day Bryn is bright and bubbly, but at night her dreams are filled with a distant land, a dark-haired man, and a threat Kelsi couldn't foresee. Even her best friend Sarah is miserable.</div>
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Tossed between multiple planes of existence, Kelsi must overcome the barriers in her heart and mind to save those she loves: her friend, her lover, and the child she thinks of as her own.</div>
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Even if providing them a chance for their own Ever After spells the end for her.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-28291998735195689402014-12-15T12:21:00.000-08:002014-12-15T12:33:11.953-08:00Gone too long?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ysSEen5wUspGz6GtJ2x-BTZs4CUHGNQoYsK1448p88d8r7GMacFUO6cfIdqM2sIzbR9rOMZtAtaN1m6CfD8OsLiAcPNNMv7ivbA9rN74FwoX0GJFyLfevtHmZsvo1hN6_5eSC9mia9o/s1600/Book+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ysSEen5wUspGz6GtJ2x-BTZs4CUHGNQoYsK1448p88d8r7GMacFUO6cfIdqM2sIzbR9rOMZtAtaN1m6CfD8OsLiAcPNNMv7ivbA9rN74FwoX0GJFyLfevtHmZsvo1hN6_5eSC9mia9o/s1600/Book+1.png" height="320" width="217" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Wow - I haven't actually "blogged" in forever. Shame on me! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To make it up to you, and to get off on the write foot in 2015 (<=== see what I did there?)...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to kick the year off with a GIVEAWAY! Because everyone likes free stuff, right?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here ya go - enter - win - I do the rest! Oh yeah - have a FAB holiday. See you Next Year!</span><br />
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<script src="//widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-29727289722465052852014-09-22T18:34:00.003-07:002014-09-23T07:30:15.159-07:00OMG! This was SOOO worth the wait!My best NOLA gal pal and all around FABULOUS author friend Kat Daemon is ready to share the second installment of <i>The Darkness Saga</i> with us!<br />
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If you haven't read the first book, <i>Taming Darkness, </i>well, all I can say is the devil never looked so good! (You can find it here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taming-Darkness-Kat-Daemon-ebook/dp/B00JRHVFOC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1411435561&sr=1-1&keywords=Taming+Darkness" target="_blank">Amazon</a>)<br />
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Book Two, <i>Killing Darkness</i>, will be available soon (I'll update this as soon as I have a release date), but for now, the cover alone will make you swoon!<br />
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Created by the incredible and talented S.P. McConnell (visit him at <a href="http://www.spmcconnell.com/" target="_blank">www.spmcconnell.com</a>), it is a vision! I can't wait to read the book!<br />
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So, cue drum roll and...<br />
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beautiful, and covered in scars...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is prophesied to be the one capable of turning the tide in the brewing
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Brielle’s thirtieth birthday draws near, she strikes a deal with the devil and
sets out on a journey of self discovery. In an attempt to comprehend what it
means to be fully human, Brielle finds herself at the door of her therapist,
Adam. Blurring relationship lines and questioning everything, she quickly
learns that humanity, vulnerability, and love are things she isn't prepared to
handle. Distancing herself, she finds shelter in her father’s arms once more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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archangel Michael suddenly takes a deep interest in Brielle, Lucifer begins to
understand that his greatest opponent is curious about more than just her
choice. Michael's fall will be Lucifer's rise and only Brielle holds the key to
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Sixteen-year-old Callista Tanner was in the bathroom slitting her wrists the night her father took a fatal plunge down the stairs. People around her think she attempted suicide because she found him dead -- or worse, because she had a guilty conscience. Few know the truth; Michael Tanner had been beating her for years.<br />
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The freedom that should have come with her father's death becomes a cage of rumors and self-doubt. Callie seeks escape in the most destructive ways, bringing her emotional scars to the surface for the world to see.<br />
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Lincoln Devaux refuses to let Callie sink fully into the depths of her own depression, stepping into her life when she needs someone the most. She tries to push him away, but Link is determined to save Callie from herself. Even when she doesn't think she's worth saving.<br />
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Rosie Somers is a YA author who lives in Florida, soaking up the year-round sunshine. She can often be found in her favorite spot on her favorite beach, nose-deep in a good book.<br />
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Archaeologist Riley Cooper is offered the chance of a lifetime: a chance to find the <i>Crux Fidelis</i>, the coronation cross of Charlemagne. Under Water Sea Adventures members believe they have found remains of the <i>Indigo</i>, a heavily laden cargo ship commissioned by Charlemagne and presumed lost on its maiden voyage off the coast of southern Italy in the early 800s. If Riley can find the cross, it will prove Charlemagne’s coronation as the First Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day had not been a spontaneous act, but rather a desperate political maneuver by a Pope in need of protection.<br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>
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If you've been following on FB and Twitter, you know Charlie has been very ill this week. He had emergency surgery Wednesday and (fingers crossed) is on the mend, but it's made for one hulluva long week.<br />
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So - because you've been such patient little darlings - I have something better for you:<br />
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<b>The first chapter of Captive Potential, Phasms Volume II! </b></div>
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Enjoy! And if you haven't read Volume I, you can pick it up here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JTKGILC" target="_blank">AMAZON</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> fighting. We weren’t even having a
heated discussion. We weren’t doing anything. Including talking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fed up with Aiden’s
refusal to discuss things, I stomped to the garage in search of my painting
supplies. Boxes were piled everywhere, furniture shoved against the walls and
covered in drop cloths. My easel was tucked up in the rafters over my head,
where I couldn’t reach it. Naturally. I looked around, hands fisted on hips,
the heat and frustration sending rivers of sweat down my face. I spied the
ladder in the back corner, cleared a path to it, then moved more crap so I
could open it beneath my intended target. Teetering on the top rung of the
ladder, I tried to pull the easel loose with the tips of my fingers. I managed
to drag it a little closer along the beams when it slipped out, throwing me off
balance. Arms waving frantically, fingers scrambling for something to break my
fall, I landed with a thud, crushed against Aiden’s chest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There were worse places
to land.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Need help?” he asked,
dark eyes looking down at me, the wayward easel in one hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“No.” I pushed away,
brushed the dust and cobwebs from my hands, and proceeded to ignore him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Kelsi…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I huffed, leaned across
several boxes to reach the one I wanted, and attempted to drag it towards me,
threatening to send the entire stack of boxes crashing to the floor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He huffed twice as loud,
then reached past me and set the box on a piece of furniture from my old house,
sending dust motes from the drop cloth dancing in the light that poured through
the open garage door. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Crossing his arms, he
dropped his chin, waiting for me to acknowledge the box as if it were a gift. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I didn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I scowled and turned my
back to him. After pulling the lid off the box he had moved for me, I stretched
up on my toes and poked through the contents. It wasn’t the box I needed and I
shoved it back, turning to look at the mess surrounding me. Tears prickled
under my lashes, and my hands opened and closed. I refused to look at Aiden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fingers curled around my
elbow as he tried to turn me, and I pulled away with a shrug.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Kelsi, please. I can’t
stand to see you upset.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m not upset,” I
hissed like a petulant child. Turning to face him, I crossed my arms over my
chest and puffed out my lower lip. “I can’t stand this, Aiden. This place is a
mess. I can’t find any of my things, my furniture’s getting ruined, and I have
nowhere to paint. I can’t live like this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Of course, he was
reading my mind. What lay hidden there was the truth behind my frustration. I
couldn’t stand clutter or chaos, of any sort. I was overwhelmed by the changes
the last few months had brought into my life, both moving in with him and becoming
insta-mom to five-year-old Bryn. I was still having dreams I couldn’t
understand, sleeping next to a man with a Phasm living inside him that I
couldn’t understand, and experiencing weird moments of semi-lucid dream-travel
that I couldn’t understand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Other than that, and the
fact we were arguing about why Bryn was having nightmares (or not arguing as
the case was), I was fine. F.I.N.E. fine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He dropped his head and
raked a hand through his dark hair, giving it the tousled look that tugged at
my heart every freakin’ time. Pausing with one hand on the back of his neck, he
turned and looked at the boxes piled around us, as if seeing them for the first
time. Eyes quickly scanning the label on each carton, he began moving them
methodically from one side of the garage to the other, stacking them in a neat
pile, as they’d been before I started rummaging around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I submitted the
building permits last week,” he reminded me in a calm voice. “It takes about
two weeks to get approval, and about two months for the construction.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I looked down at the
ground, the toe of my purple Chucks trying to dig a hole through the concrete
floor. “I know,” I mumbled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Aiden straightened and
held out another box. It said <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">paint stuff</i>
on the side in my writing and several brushes stuck out the top. I pointed to a
piece of furniture beside me and he set the box down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I need the one with the
canvases.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He turned and walked to
the far corner, returning with a stack of canvases wrapped in paper to keep
them clean. Propping them next to the easel, he leaned a hip against my old
couch, shoved his hands in the pockets of his jeans, and watched. My hands
found their way to my own pockets and I looked sideways, trying to judge how
mad he was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“This isn’t about the
boxes, is it.” He made it a statement, his voice rough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“No. I mean, sort of.
But no.” I took a step toward him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It’s not about the
studio, either.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“No, but I need a place
to paint.” I took another step.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“And it’s not about
selling your house and moving here.” He reached with the fingers of one hand,
snagged my belt loop, and pulled me close. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My hands flew up and
landed on his chest, and I stared at how small they looked there. “No,” I
whispered. Maybe he wasn’t as mad as I thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It’s because I won’t
argue with you. I won’t get into an argument when we disagree on things, and
that makes you angry.” Snagging another belt loop, he pulled until I stood in
the V of his legs, biting my lip and playing with the buttons on his shirt.
“Because I won’t go into another discussion knowing we’ll disagree.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I nodded, my fingers
plucking again at the buttons and held my attention. Hiding my eyes. “It’s not
normal. It’s impossible for us to agree all the time.” He made a low sound in
the back of his throat and I looked up. Aiden’s eyes were hooded in the dim
light, hiding what lay behind them. “People argue,” I pressed on. “They fight
and they disagree, but it doesn’t stop them from talking about things.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dark brown eyes scanned
my face, but his mind didn’t probe my own. I think he was afraid, honestly, to
see my thoughts at that moment. So I put it into words. Which I usually sucked
at. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Didn’t you fight with
your wife?” I asked as gently as possible. I had an inkling of his life with
his late wife, none of it good. He never really spoke of their relationship. I
assumed they fought at some point, over something. Nobody got along all the
time. Jamie and I’d had several all-out fights in our six years together. We
never got into name-calling or door slamming, but we weren’t afraid to mix it
up. How else did you get to the make-up sex?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“No,” he said with a
soft snort. “No, we didn’t fight. She couldn’t stand any sort of, uh, extremes
of emotions.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Wow. That’s unreal. No
fights, ever?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“None. Waves of icy
distance, but fighting? Raising your voice and arguing? Never.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“That’s – sad. How did
you work things out, resolve disagreements?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Aiden shrugged, and it
was that motion, that inconsequential and dismissive movement that made me
realize we really didn’t know each other at all. We loved each other. We needed
and wanted each other, and we lived for each other, yet we had no idea who we
were. I tamped down on the chill that threatened to spill from my stomach and
forced a smile on my face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“We’re going to fight,
Aiden. We may even yell. It doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“You’re wrong. We will
disagree, and we will learn to compromise, but we won’t fight. Or yell. Or
argue. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I </i>won’t fight. I won’t ruin
what we have like that. It’s not healthy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wow. Did he really just
say that? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Denial was not healthy.
Holding in, repressing emotions was not healthy. I would’ve thought <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he</i> of all people would know that. He was
the one who’d explained the Phasms to me, how they sought emotionally
compromised people to feed off of, sucking lives away at the same time that
they bled them of their feelings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Body" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I opened my mouth to
counter him, and stopped. He was so clearly not in a receptive mood, I’d just
be throwing good words after bad. It would wait. It would have to. And we <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">would</i> argue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Today is my stop on the blog tour for
ELECTED by Rori Shay! The book has already hit the Amazon Best Seller list for Science Fiction and was written by one of my fellow authors from the "Publisher Who Shall Not Be Named." She found a new home at "Silence In The Library" publishing and I can tell you, it's one book you don't want to miss! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The kickstarter to this book is available at</span><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ElectedNovel"><span class="Hyperlink0"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15.0pt;">http://tinyurl.com/ElectedNovel</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will be able
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of special limited-edition items and other free books. Don't wait, get your
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<span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ELECTED by Rori Shay</span><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">April 22, 2014</span><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">It's the year 2185, and
in two weeks, Aloy will turn eighteen and take her father's place as president
of the country. But to do so, she must masquerade as a boy to avoid violating
the Eco-Accords, four treaties designed to bring the world back from the brink
of environmental extinction. Aloy hopes to govern like her father, but she is
inheriting a different country. The long concealed Technology Faction is
stepping out of the shadows, and as turmoil grows within her country, cryptic
threats also arrive from beyond the borders.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">As she struggles to
lead, Aloy maintains her cover by marrying a woman, mea</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">n</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">while battling feelings for the boy who knows her secret - the
boy who is somehow connected to her country's recent upheaval. When
assassination attempts add to the turmoil, Aloy doesn't know whom to trust. She
understood leadership required sa</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">c</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">rifice. She just didn't
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Rori Shay is an author living
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<a href="http://girlclassified.com/"><span class="Hyperlink1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Website</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/RoriShayWrites"><span class="Hyperlink1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Twitter</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18485862-elected?from_search=true"><span class="Hyperlink1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Goodreads</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Don't forget to enter the giveaway!</span><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">~Kindle</span><span style="font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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such as a marriage binding (temporary tattoo)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">~Necklace as seen in
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">~Signed paperback copy
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">~Optional FaceTime or
Skype session with the author for 1/2 an hour (can be used one-on-one or at the
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">2 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">I learned how to fly an airplane before I learned how to drive a car. Flying doesn’t affect my fear of heights. I love flying. I grew up flying with my Dad and he taught my brother and I how to fly as soon as we were able to see over the nose of the plane! So, maybe it’s not really a fear of heights, but a fear of being on the edge, teetering on the precipice?</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">I began my career in the Navy as a welder. Really! I was darn good at it too! My grandfather taught me how to weld (a little bit) when I was a little girl and I love the magic of joining metal together. I’m a bit of a metal geek (okay, a LOT of a metal geek) and the whole process still fascinates me. I quickly moved on to inspection and testing after suffering a nasty burn welding on a pipe on a ship in the Bay of Oman, but that’s a story for another day!</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">4 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">My iPod would probably have you scratching your head in confusion. I have opera, operetta’s (Gilbert & Sullivan), classical music, country, pop, rap, new wave, rock and roll, heavy metal – you name it. Most of my playlists are a real mash-up of genre, rhythm and tone. Whatever sets the mood best! I tend to gravitate toward darker, more melancholy songs when I’m really in “writing” mode. It helps me reach all those feelings!</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">5 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;">I am possibly one of the most socially awkward and shy people you will ever meet, I’ve just learned to hide it well. I drag my husband to all the professional social functions I’m required to attend and he pushes me into other types of events, but I’m quite the wall-flower at heart. I can never figure out what to say or do and am terrified of glomming on to the ONE person who talks to me and never letting them go! With that said, once I know you and feel comfortable with you, I’m a firm believer in tackle hugs!</span></li>
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<i><span style="color: #131313; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">The problem with crazy is that crazy, by itself, has no context. It can
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Kate couldn’t be more excited about finishing high school and spending the
summer on tour with her boyfriend's band. Her dad showing up drunk at
graduation, however, is not exactly kicking things off on the right foot—and
that’s before she finds out about his mystery illness, certain to end in death.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whole life goes from adventure and ecstasy to sad and suicidal, what’s the
point? Not knowing who to love, and who to trust . . . where does it end?</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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With Crazy <i>is a story about love and life; about overcoming obstacles,
choosing to trust, and learning how to make the choices that will change your
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kat</span> is one of my besties from "t<i>he publisher who shall not be named,</i>" and like me, she's going Indy with this amazing book. I've read it. I've devoured it. I've drooled all over the bloody thing. </div>
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T<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">he amazingly talented S.P. McConnell worked VERY hard on creating this original illustration, so please, give him a special shout out as well. His website is</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><a href="http://www.spmcconnell.com/" style="font-family: Helvetica;">www.spmcconnell.com</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">and his twitter handle is @SP_McConnell. I think his amazing artwork speaks for itself - I mean seriously - look at the detail! Did you notice the carving in the lintel piece (above the door)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Since he was sentenced to earth eons ago, Lucifer has always lived by three simple rules: Humans are toys that are meant to be played with, love is a useless emotion, and the only creature worth fighting for is himself. To him, nothing matters but his own enjoyment, whether it be manipulating those around him, or indulging in the sins of the flesh with Lilith. Then he found young, sweet, and innocent, Maria, who is everything that Lucifer detests. She has devoted her life to her one true love, God. Unable to resist a challenge, Lucifer sets his sights on tempting Maria away from his enemy. Disguising himself as Lucas Starr, he creates a world that not even Maria can resist. He never planned on having the tables turned on him.Imagine Lucifer’s surprise when Maria brings him to his knees and shows him a glimpse of heaven once more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kat Daemon grew up in New York where her imagination always seemed to get the best of her. When she’s not hanging with demons, she’s usually armed with a strong cup of coffee and dreaming up her next tormented character.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are many places that I have called home over my lifetime. I have rooms in every corner of the globe. Yet, I have such a fondness for Manhattan that I made a penthouse on the Upper East Side one of my more permanent lairs. I acquired the building during the stock market crash of 1929. Amazing what people are willing to give up when they are in a state of panic. Although the entire building is mine, I prefer to spend my time at the top, watching the city, keeping a close eye on humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular evening, I was host to a party, an impromptu event in which many of my minions had brought with them a human counterpart to tempt and indulge. All around me, the weak were lost in laughter, swimming in the sensation of sin as they turn a blind eye on their conscience. Bodies were draped over chaise lounges with veins full of heroin, brains closed to common sense. Girls danced for men with dollars while greedy hands in the corner bet their house over a card game. In the back rooms, people fucked like dogs, cheating on their spouses, and snorting lines of cocaine off of the bodies of the camouflaged demons that would later chain them to the beds. The air was thick with smoke and fragrant with booze. It was a typical Saturday night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat cast in shadows, a king on my throne, observing the jesters that provided my entertainment. Sometimes, human behavior fascinated me. But mostly, I was watching Lilith. She was sitting on top of the bar, with no less than a dozen suitors at her feet. Leave it to Lilith to break my one guest rule. Red leather high-heeled boots ran up her legs, black hot pants revealed too much flesh, and a red halter top tied her up in one neat package. Her skin might as well have been white marble, with lips red as roses begging to be kissed. Lavish, flaming red hair spilled over her breasts, hitting her hips in thunderous waves. She was the vision of a ripe, delicious, cherry waiting to be plucked. One of my favorite features was her eyes. They were always changing color, alternating between green and yellow. What was even more fascinating was that she could spin them at will, hypnotizing any man that needed to be soothed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primitive beings before her fought hard to serve, hoping for a fraction of consideration, but her eyes were on me. They always were. Hopping off of the bar, she walked toward me, her body swaying in a seductive rhythm, her hips demanding my attention. She offered me a ha<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3819522694945786724" style="mso-comment-date: 20140416T0839; mso-comment-reference: _1;">lf empty </a>glass of bourbon, and made herself comfortable in my lap. Stretching out like a cat, she lay against my chest and raised a lazy hand beneath my chin, tracing my chiseled jaw with her finger. Had it been a normal night, I would have enjoyed her this way, but I knew it wasn’t for me. It was all part of the act for her fans, whose hungry eyes longed for her, with tongues hanging and dicks waving. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pulled her hair out of my face, rested it on her shoulder, and took a generous gulp of the bourbon. “Rough day at work, dear?” I asked while eyeing <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3819522694945786724" style="mso-comment-date: 20140416T0839; mso-comment-reference: _3;">the strings of her shirt knotted at he</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3819522694945786724" style="mso-comment-date: 20140416T0839; mso-comment-reference: _2;"><span style="mso-comment-continuation: 3;">r neck</span></a>. It didn’t seem to be tied very tight, and I was tempted to pull it apart. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“If only it were. You know I like it rough.” She purred in my lap. “May I ask what the great Lucifer has been up to? I haven’t seen you around lately.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I handed her the glass and revealed my secret. “I found a new toy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh? I’m in need of a new toy.” She took a drink from the glass and licked her lips before laying her head against my shoulder. “I keep breaking all of mine.” She gestured toward the bar, where the men were begging for her return. Her fingers unbuttoned my two top buttons. She slipped her hand inside and ran her fingers over my pecs. She was warm, like me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m not sharing this one,” I declared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You never do,” she said, pulling her hand back a tad more defiant than I would have liked. Sitting up and slamming back the bourbon, she leaped from my lap, taking a step back toward her fans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Lilith...I think I might keep this one for a while. This soul may be a bit harder to acquire.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She turned and looked at me for a moment, contemplating my intent. “I never interfere with your work, just as long as it doesn’t interfere with me.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Go have fun. Work up an appetite, and when you get hungry, come back to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She leaned down and placed a firm hand on each armrest, looking into my eyes with her wild, animal instincts. She kissed me fiercely, and added, “I always do.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“One more thing,” I said grabbing her wrist and kissing the inside of it before she fled toward her toys. “That blonde with the great hair, but bad teeth...”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lilith turned a lazy head and noted who I referred to. “Do you want him?” she offered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I want his watch,” I said, my eyes locked on the Rolex that was in all likelihood a family heirloom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Lilith laughed. “Is that all? Consider it yours.” Then she made her way back to the crowd to break a few hearts, and perhaps a few necks as well.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: #0400; mso-bidi-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: #0400;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-12015539065473462742014-04-15T06:59:00.000-07:002014-04-16T18:03:59.446-07:00To Norse or Not? When there's a God involved, do you really need to ask?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm thrilled to host the return of the Elsker saga - with a new addition, new covers and a giveaway! Check out these beauties...</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-15025147409308695392014-04-10T05:00:00.000-07:002014-04-16T18:04:21.744-07:00INFINITE POTENTIAL NEW COVER REVEAL!!!Okay, I have to say, I loved my previous cover. All the mystery and the image of that man in the corner. Who was he? Was that Aiden? Was that the Dark-Haired Man? The rocks and the stormy sea - it was a wonderful image…<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-76750722179379431702014-04-08T00:00:00.000-07:002014-04-16T18:27:54.126-07:00A Late Thaw, by Ana Blaze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ana lives just outside Washington DC with her very supportive husband and three rather demanding cats. She loves the ocean, Indian food, Ikea, and cooking. Ana admits to watching too much television and she swears that someday she’s going to learn how to play the guitar resting on the bookshelf in her office. Ana is a member of Romance Writers of America.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WEBSITE:</b> <a href="http://anablaze.blogspot.com/">http://anablaze.blogspot.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GOODREADS:</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/AnaBlaze">https://www.goodreads.com/AnaBlaze</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TWITTER:</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/ana_blaze">https://twitter.com/ana_blaze</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.bookbuzztours.com/" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Book Buzz Tours" src="http://www.bookbuzztours.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BBT-SiteLogo-300x105.png" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-9418562380967671762014-04-05T11:09:00.001-07:002014-04-16T18:05:05.976-07:00What makes it worthwhile...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I received an email yesterday that just MADE. MY. DAY. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was the first thing I opened in the morning, and (in between dancing around with jazz hands and smiling my silly face off) I had to share it with everyone. Including you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But first the jazz hands and silly face. Cuz, ya know: Jazz hands. Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Nuff said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, before I post the email, here's the backstory: despite my publisher going out of business, when Infinite Potential was initially released we ran a Rafflecopter for a couple of goody bags and prizes. The winner's were selected a matter of days before I was notified of all the events going on with Entranced and I was more than a bit pre-occupied with all the decisions I needed to make about re-querying, independently publishing, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other words - I was late sending the prizes out to the winners. Bad me. Bad.</span><br />
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Yup. One of the things I need to do is a <span style="font-size: large;">Cover Reveal</span>. You know, a virtual party where by <b><span style="font-size: large;">you </span></b>sign up to <span style="font-size: large;">host</span> a look at <span style="color: purple;"><b>ALL THE PRETTY</b></span> of my new cover?</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-37593149660773495282014-03-25T17:40:00.004-07:002014-03-25T17:40:56.466-07:00The implosion heard through out the publishverseOkay, I can't go into specifics (much as I would love to) - but if you saw my Facebook post (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bgarrenwrites/posts/556345987796045" target="_blank">here</a>) you know that my publisher has gone out of business.<br />
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There's a lot of churn and turmoil going on with me and my fellow former Entranced authors. A lot of questions and concerns.<br />
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For now, all I can say is Infinite Potential, Phasms Volume 1 is no longer available in any format. Book 2 (tentatively titled "Captive Potential) is on hold, as well as book 3.<br />
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The news saddens me more than I can say. I'm angry, hurt and trying not to act precipitously. The best thing you, my fair reader, can do is share your support. Not just with me, but with my many fellow authors.<br />
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I have a lot to think about right now. I need to decide if I'm going to re-query the series or go Indie. I need to decide if I want to walk away from these books completely, though that would be extremely difficult for me to do. Kelsi and Aiden have become part of my family, just like I hope they are now part of yours.<br />
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If you find the electronic version of Infinite Potential available on any sight, please notify me. The print version will take a day or two to come off all sale points, but I expect it to be removed from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other locations by the end of the week.<br />
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Thanks for all the kind words and the wonderful support. And don't worry, I'm still writing!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625658374842334834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819522694945786724.post-68658198656956546712014-03-03T04:51:00.000-08:002014-03-03T04:51:01.221-08:00Can you Tame the Darkness? I've given my blog over to the Dark-Haired Man today - the Man from the Phasms Trilogy released last week… If you recollect, he was interviewed by an interesting character from an upcoming novel. And now, here, the tables are turned. I hope you enjoy his interview Lucas (aka Lucifer, Luce, Satan) of Taming Darkness fame. If you would like to see the previous interview, click <a href="http://nofilterinstalled.blogspot.com/2014/02/release-day-blitz-i-cant-believe-its.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I agreed to meet Lucas at his penthouse apartment on New York’s Upper East Side. I wasn’t disturbed or suspicious about his request of venue. He’s a businessman, with pressing demands on his time and resources and the request made imminently more sense than asking him to traipse over to my location. Not that I have a location, shifting between alternate planes of reality and all.<br />
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But I digress. I was introduced to Lucas by an industrious young acquaintance who; while not necessarily currying favor with either of us, would certainly benefit from the details of our conversation. Poor thing, she neglected to first ask the price of our cooperation.
Having set the meet for this particular evening, I arrived to find an exceedingly large number of beautiful men and women exiting the apartment. Lucas met me at the door, waived me in and proffered a drink. I had to refuse, as it was difficult for me to maintain my corporeal form as well as imbibe.<br />
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The main room was large, with a massive fireplace and black, granite bar. A balcony overlooked the city, affording a spectacular view of Central Park, and one entire wall displayed a quaint collection of swords, knifes, armor and other such items.
We settled into a pair of comfortably heavy oak chairs, detailed with gothic carvings of gargoyles, imps and such. The place was charming beyond words and Lucas was an attentive host and subject.<br />
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<i>DHM: So, Lucas - you seem quite the gentleman. Articulate, erudite, with excellent taste. And yet, you have such a horrible public image. All those horns, fangs, pitchforks and a tail. Why do you believe the public continues with this campaign of vilification?</i><br />
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Lucas: I think we can both agree that people fear that which they do not understand. Ignorance stirs the imagination, folklore gets interwoven with truth and the facts seem too far-fetched to be believed. They want to hate me and condemn me, because I had the courage to carve my own path. They paint me as being uncivilized because accepting me as civil makes me too much like them. Imagine how hard it would be to look in the mirror and see me staring back. (Not that they’d protest, I am beyond beautiful.) Then who would they point a finger at? Creating a monster has given them a false sense of security. They don’t even need me. They are their own demons.<br />
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<i>DHM: Wouldn’t it be easier to utilize your prowess and slant public perception in a more positive light? I mean, look what Ghostbusters did for that heinous lot of puerile, amateur exorcists… </i><br />
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Lucas: I’m a businessman, not a politician, although I know more than my fair share. I’m not about to run a campaign persuading the public to adore me. I do my dealings in the dark, and I want my clients to come to me of their own free will. The world has become one big carnival of bandwagons, and I am not handing out horns and a lifetime membership to those willing to fight for my cause. My time will come, and if nothing else, I am extremely patient.<br />
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<i>DHM: So, man to man here – what WAS it about this particular human female; Maria, that made you so, well, whipped? Surely, in the length of time you’ve existed, you’ve come across truly exquisite females who didn’t require such sacrifice. The challenge wasn’t all that; was it? Weren’t you really looking for a way to tangle with Michael and prove you were the better, uh, Angel? </i><br />
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Lucas: Like all my conquests, it began as a game. A beautiful, twisted game to pass the time. When you’ve seen as much as I have, nothing phases you anymore. Every action is propelled by the need to amuse yourself. Sacrifice is a word that I don’t feel is part of my vocabulary. I carry out decisions in ways that I feel are in the best interest to me. With Maria, it was no different. When I looked at her, I saw myself shining back in her eyes. You can call it reckless narcissism if you’d like. Perhaps my judgement was jaded by her, dare I say it? Light. Either way, as you said earlier, I have excellent taste. As for Michael, there is no question that I am the superior being. We have “tangled” many times, it’s a healthy way for me to release my pent up anger and eternal frustration with the monotony of this crumbling rock I have come to accept as home.<br />
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<i>DHM: How about something a bit more plebian, for the masses if you will: If you could change any one thing in your past, any single decision or outcome from your millennia of existence, what would it be and why? Other than the whole “cast down from Heaven” bit, of course.</i><br />
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Lucas: (laughs) I don’t regret the rebellion. I did what I had to do. I made my choice and Michael made his. The outcome was rather unfortunate, but that’s just one battle of the great war. Trust me, that story is not over. If I could go back to any moment, I think I wouldn’t have waited so long to tempt that famous carpenter. I went after him when he was in his thirties, and lets face it, in ancient times that was the equivalent of retirement age. It’s not as much fun to bully the elderly. I didn’t really have my heart in in it either. I should have gone after him when he was a teenager. Teens are so much more persuasive. What can I say? You live, you learn.<br />
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<i>DHM: Anything you wished your adoring fans and minions knew about you? Any last words, heh, heh? </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Author:</b> Kat Daemon </span></div>
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Since he was sentenced to earth eons ago, Lucifer has always lived by three simple rules: Humans are toys that are meant to be played with, love is a useless emotion, and the only creature worth fighting for is himself. To him, nothing matters but his own enjoyment, whether it be manipulating those around him, or indulging in the sins of the flesh with Lilith. Then he found young, sweet, and innocent, Maria, who is everything that Lucifer detests. She has devoted her life to her one true love, God. Unable to resist a challenge, Lucifer sets his sights on tempting Maria away from his enemy. Disguising himself as Lucas Starr, he creates a world that not even Maria can resist. He never planned on having the tables turned on him. Imagine Lucifer’s surprise when Maria brings him to his knees and shows him a glimpse of heaven once more. </div>
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Kat Daemon grew up in New York where her imagination always seemed to get the best of her. When she’s not hanging with demons, she’s usually armed with a strong cup of coffee and dreaming up her next tormented character. </div>
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There is a tour wide giveaway for the blog tour of Taming Darkness.</div>
Here ís what you can win;<br />
Prize pack #1 A Red Heart Necklace & a $15 Amazon Gift Card<br />
Prize pack #2 - Essie "devil's advocate" nail polish and a $10 Amazon gift card<br />
Prize pack #3 - $5 Amazon gift card<br />
(All prize packs will also include a signed postcard from the author)<br />
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Enter the rafflecopter below for a chance to win.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The
Dark-Haired Man is interviewed by Lucas Starr (of the upcoming “Taming
Darkness”)</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wrapping
myself up in a veil of black smoke I left the comfort of my lair. The party was
in full force, the burning fireplace, the flowing liquor and the scandalous
women, but I have an important engagement. I am on my way to meet someone who
has intrigued me for some time now. He is known as The Dark-Haired Man, and he
is a force to be reckoned with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Appearing
on the beach, <i>his beach</i>, to be exact, I take in a breath and
feel the salty air enter my body. The beach is empty, and I make my way to the
shore, pulling a lit cigarette from mid air and taking my first sweet drag. Out
of the corner of my eye I see a shadow approaching. He is walking toward me
with strong, determined steps. His face is serene, his eyes dark and
determined. I knew in that moment, we would get along.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I offer him
a cigarette, but he only moves his head slightly in a no, his eyes locked on
mine. Gesturing to the rock formation that stretched it<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>s hand out into the ocean, we took our
seats. The jetties are sharp and hard, but it doesn<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>t bother us. It<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>s time to get down to business, I need
to find out more about this Dark-Haired Man. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. So, you are a Phasm. I<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>ve
been around longer than time existed and this is new information, even for
someone as well cultured as myself. What are the advantages for being such a
being, and where do you get your power from?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ah, I see you are
as direct and, pardon the pun, pointed as ever. May I answer your last question
first? Yes? Thank you – Phasms
are older than mankind, older, my dear friend, than you. We are beings formed
of emotion itself – the
emotions of man, in God’s
image, of course. That is where we draw our power and that is what makes our
power limitless. As man feels, man gifts us with the ability to feel. As man
hates, or loves, the strongest of those emotions feed to us a surfeit of power.
Man can no more control his simple, reactive nature than he can pull the tide
from the sea, thus it is left to us, to the Phasms to rein in the impulses they
eschew and utilize them for our own good. As to the benefit, surely you can
appreciate the ability to draw power from a source of such Infinite Potential? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Describe yourself to our readers. We know you as, <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">“</span>The
Dark-Haired Man.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">”</span> But there<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>s
so much more. How do you feel about being known as this mysterious man, and
what would you like us to know that we may not know?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We all wear many
guises, do we not? We choose the form, the likeness and the garb that suits our
purpose, as I chose to appear in this form. I fear I’m the least mysterious of my kind,
having chosen to reveal myself to others here, on this plane of existence. Not
to bore you with braggadocio, but I am the first of my kind to develop such
abilities. It takes a great deal of power to appear as I do in this time and
place. Would you not agree this reflects a consummate level of skill? As to
what I’d like you to know
that you may not, I believe it’s
that I too am susceptible to deep, moving emotions. I love, I laugh and I live,
as few before me have. I harvest from a wellspring of deep feeling, and seek
only to share the richness of those feelings with the one I love. So you see,
in reality, I’m
quite kind and generous, extremely affectionate and most respectful of the
emotions of others. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.
Why the beach? You could meet her anywhere. --I know of
some excellent private lounges if you are interested-- Here, the sand, the
seaweed, the desolation? What is it about this place that makes it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the</i> meeting spot for you and Kelsi?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Lets out a low
laugh and gestures around him) Ah, yes, the beach. Think of it – the endless cycling of sand and sea,
the inevitable pull of gravity’s
tides. The beach has such symbolism, such strength and power. And yet, the
stark desolation often found here, the solitude and relativity of such a
massive entity as the ocean mirror nicely the same traits of my kind, of the
emotions that give rise to our existence and to the ever changing nature of our
being. It’s
also a rather nice analogy for the fruitless pursuit of man to harness that
same power. And Kelsi rather likes it here. Such a shame she doesn’t see the parallels – she’s really rather hard to impress at
times.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Let’s talk about Kelsi for a minute. You
have some power over her --Nicely done, by the way-- You have managed to weave
your way into her thoughts, and dreams at a time of her life where she was the
most vulnerable. Some would perceive
this seduction to be cruel, how do you respond to that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am beside myself
with sorrow over Kelsi’s
unresolved needs and I wholeheartedly disavow such nonsense! How can it be
cruel to give what one needs in order to move past such torrid, tragic loss?
How can it be cruel to deny one’s
self one’s
deepest feelings? Are not all true emotions a balance of two strong states of
mind? Is not love only truly felt when it is balanced by loathing? Is not joy
only experienced against the reflection of despair? I seek only what is best
for Kelsi – true
illumination of the multitude of emotions. Poor thing, she never had a chance
to understand this facet of existence before I met her. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Without giving too much away, I<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>m
going to ask a difficult question. There are rumors that Kelsi brought you to
her. Could you exist physically without Kelsi, and just how far are you willing
to go to obtain her?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ah, how shall I
reply? Truly you ask a significant question. Let me say only that Kelsi
completes me, as I complete her. We are two halves of a whole and we can no
more exist without another as the tides can exist without the pull of the moon.
Yes, I’ve lived (pardon
the expression) long before Kelsi was born, but did I truly live before I
gathered her grief unto myself? Can I truly go on living without drawing from
the exquisite panoply and depth of emotion that girl wields inside herself? Can
any of us, of any species, truly give up the one thing that completes us and
ensures we exist with the fullest meaning of the word? Can we? Can you? I think
not. I will give up all the power I have gathered to bind myself to that sweet,
tender girl. All of it, for a temporal life of true sensation and feeling.
Though in reality, time has little or no meaning to my kind (laughs).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I'm happy to host Heather Smith on the debut of her novel "Balancing Act." Heather's a terrific young author with mad </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">skills. She's an inveterate "List Maker," and has agreed to share why she feels lists are a key tool for authors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Why Lists Are Amazing for Some Writers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Hey, everyone! So glad I could be with you here today! As I’m sure you’ve seen, my YA contemporary romance, Balancing Act, has just come out. And I’m here to talk about it (sorta). I don’t want to bore ya’ll with a long post about my inspiration, because it won’t make much sense until you’ve read the book. Instead, I’m going to talk about my writing process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">First, a little background on me. I have a problem where I take on as much work as possible. Truly, it’s an illness. I am a full time student at a university, an editor for a publishing house, I work on my own books, and attempt to have a social life (that last one doesn’t always work out). Then there’s life stuff that gets in the way like washing dishes or doing laundry or my summer job. Psh. Anyway, as you can see, my life is very hectic. I am also compulsively organized. All of this is relevant, I swear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">One thing I found exceedingly helpful while writing Balancing Act was writing lists. Whether it was my daily checklist of things to do (yes, I have one every day) or lists of things to research or changes to make to a character, I found them to be very helpful. It helped me to remember what I wanted to get done. Between running to class, homework, work, and supporting my unhealthy Netflix habit, I often forget things that need to get done. Lists are remarkably effective in reminding me. They also hold me accountable. I get such a feeling of accomplishment when I check something off my list, and such a feeling of disappointment when I don’t. By putting writing/editing Balancing Act on my daily To Do list, I basically guilted myself into writing when I could have done something else. Like watched Firefly for the umpteenth time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Balancing Act went through many edits, and the one list I am very proud of was the one I made right after I finished the first draft. I went back through and made a comprehensive list of everything I wanted to change/add/take out. Then I looked at the list carefully to make sure all those changes would make sense together. Callie’s character arc was very important to me, as Balancing Act follows her journey of discovering who she is now that she can’t be a gymnast. My list was essential in making Balancing Act readable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Now, I know this method of writing doesn’t work for everyone. There are so many processes out there, there’s something for all kinds of writers. I’m just saying, if you like lists and you are a very busy person who’s organized, this may help your writing career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><b>Balancing Act by Heather Smith </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">One year ago, Callie Harding was the star of the Redwood High gymnastics team. Now, she’s just trying to forget that her Olympic dreams were stolen from her in one failed landing. Most of all, she wants to forget her first love, Ty. That part of her life is over and she’s sure she has got something good with Scott… even if he doesn’t exactly understand her passion for sports. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">But when Callie is persuaded to take on the position of assistant coach of the gymnastics team, Ty and Callie are thrown together almost nightly, and she’s forced to confront her memories of the night everything changed. As things get tense on and off the balancing beam, Callie must find a way to stay strong. But is forgetting her accident – and forgetting Ty – the best way to do that? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Heather Smith is a student of English and History at University of Washington in Seattle. She works as a senior editor at Entranced Publishing, with the Kissed and Entranced imprints. In her free time, Heather loves to ride horses and watch Disney movies. She would like to travel the world one day, and Europe would be her first stop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Heather's first book "Balancing Act" will be published in 2014 by Entranced Publishing. You can find out more about Heather and what the future holds at the links below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SmithWriter" style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">https://twitter.com/SmithWriter</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">Blog: </span><a href="http://startingonthewritepage.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">http://startingonthewritepage.blogspot.com</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"> </span><br />
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