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May 31, 2016
IWSG Wednesday
It's not only the first of the month, but the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means.The first Wednesday of every month is officially Insecure Writer’s Support Group day. Members post about their doubts and fears, discuss struggles and triumphs, and offer words of encouragement to others who are struggling. This month I'd like to pass on some information about an author app I recently learned about. Some of you may already be aware of it. There's a Free Facebook Author App out there that you can add to your facebook page. It 's a READ MY BOOK icon that let's folks sign up for your newsletter, tell of your upcoming events, allows you to add your covers and links to your buy pages at Amazon. Pretty cool huh? Here's the link: https://apps.facebook.com/authorapp/.
On the home front:
Love, Lattes and Mutants is on sale for .99¢ this month.Love is tough. Especially if you're a mutant.
Moon Watchers .99¢ at Amazon June 1 - 8.Some people find it odd that I hunt werewolves. What I find unsettling is my attraction to Brandon Knight. Why? I think he's a vampire.And........
Sunset is now available at Amazon.
On the surface, Gillian Stone has it all: wealth, beauty, and the freedom to come and go as she pleases...at least from sunset till dawn. From dawn till dusk, she's entrapped in several hundred pounds of marble. And if that's not bad enough, her life expectancy is preordained to be short. Unless, she can find a certain genie and reverse the wish-spell.
I started with this cover:
Really, really didn't care for it and ended up with this. What do you think?
May 30, 2016
May 29, 2016
Butterfly Bushes With Flyaway Prices
So I went to one of the popular chains that has a garden center with the intention of buying a butterfly bush. I picked it up and put it in the cart then glanced at the price tag, forty-two bucks. WT_? And promptly put it back. Last weekend we went to the same store in a different town. Their butterfly bushes (a size smaller) were $6.98. Needless to say that one went in my cart and stayed there.
I also picked up this little coleus.
May 26, 2016
The Star of Seismic Crimes Is A Catfish
With us today is our blog buddy Chrys Fey with a fun post on a....catfish! Welcome Chrys. Let's hear about that catfish.
In 2008, Tropical Storm Fay hit Florida. She became the first storm in recorded history to make landfall in Florida four times! She released so much rain from her cloudy hands that the road and field across from my trailer flooded, making it look like I lived in the middle of a lake. I watched the water rise with growing anticipation. When the water lapped at the top step, I was afraid it would spill over and leak across my living room.
While I nervously kept an eye on the water, a cat fish swam up to greet me. He hung out around my front steps for several minutes before swimming away. I remember hoping he’d find a lake or pond before the earth swallowed the rain, but it continued to rain for days. I was strained in my trailer for about a week, writing and suffering from cabin fever.Tropical Storm Fay (as well as Hurricane Francis) inspired Hurricane Crimes. She also had another impact on me. Shortly after she finally decided to leave I came up with the last name for my pen name: Fey. Although I chose it for its magical meaning, I still believe the storm gave my muse a nudge in the right direction.And that cat fish I saw later became the star of Seismic Crimes. EXCERPT:Mosquitoes swarmed inside the car, attracted to the foot of murky water at the bottom. The hum of their music beat against her eardrums.She moved to the driver’s door and bent down to peer through the window. For a moment, she saw Donovan sitting there, his body hunched over the steering wheel. She nearly lifted her hands to bang on the window as she had done before, but she heard his voice behind her and knew the vision wasn’t real. When she blinked, her eyelids swiped the vision away like windshield wipers. Movement caught her attention. Cupping her hands against the glass, she saw ripples dance along the water’s surface. She squinted to see better and vaulted backward when something leapt out of the water, somersaulted in the air, and landed with a splash. A catfish had made Donovan’s car into a swimming pool. She couldn’t stop the laughter from bubbling out of her mouth.Donovan came up beside her. “What’s so funny?”Beth pointed. “You have a catfish in your car.”Donovan bent down to have a look for himself. “So I do.”
Title: Seismic CrimesAuthor: Chrys FeySeries: Disaster Crimes Series (Book Two)Publisher: The Wild Rose PressFormat: Digital and Print DIGITAL LINKS:Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon CANOOK / KOBO / All Romance eBooksPRINT LINKS:Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon CAThe Wild Rose Press
BLURB:
An Internal Affairs Investigator was murdered and his brother, Donovan Goldwyn, was framed. Now Donovan is desperate to prove his innocence. And the one person who can do that is the woman who saved him from a deadly hurricane—Beth Kennedy. From the moment their fates intertwined, passion consumed him. He wants her in his arms. More, he wants her by his side in his darkest moments.
Beth Kennedy may not know everything about Donovan, but she can’t deny what she feels for him. It’s her love for him that pushes her to do whatever she has to do to help him get justice, including putting herself in a criminal’s crosshairs.
When a tip reveals the killer's location, they travel to California, but then an earthquake of catastrophic proportions separates them. As aftershocks roll the land, Beth and Donovan have to endure dangerous conditions while trying to find their way back to one another. Will they reunite and find the killer, or will they lose everything?HURRICANE CRIMES 99¢ SALE!
DIGITAL LINKS:Amazon US / Amazon UKAmazon CA / NOOK / KOBOAll Romance eBooksThe Wild Rose Press
GIVEAWAY:a Rafflecopter giveaway
In 2008, Tropical Storm Fay hit Florida. She became the first storm in recorded history to make landfall in Florida four times! She released so much rain from her cloudy hands that the road and field across from my trailer flooded, making it look like I lived in the middle of a lake. I watched the water rise with growing anticipation. When the water lapped at the top step, I was afraid it would spill over and leak across my living room.
While I nervously kept an eye on the water, a cat fish swam up to greet me. He hung out around my front steps for several minutes before swimming away. I remember hoping he’d find a lake or pond before the earth swallowed the rain, but it continued to rain for days. I was strained in my trailer for about a week, writing and suffering from cabin fever.Tropical Storm Fay (as well as Hurricane Francis) inspired Hurricane Crimes. She also had another impact on me. Shortly after she finally decided to leave I came up with the last name for my pen name: Fey. Although I chose it for its magical meaning, I still believe the storm gave my muse a nudge in the right direction.And that cat fish I saw later became the star of Seismic Crimes. EXCERPT:Mosquitoes swarmed inside the car, attracted to the foot of murky water at the bottom. The hum of their music beat against her eardrums.She moved to the driver’s door and bent down to peer through the window. For a moment, she saw Donovan sitting there, his body hunched over the steering wheel. She nearly lifted her hands to bang on the window as she had done before, but she heard his voice behind her and knew the vision wasn’t real. When she blinked, her eyelids swiped the vision away like windshield wipers. Movement caught her attention. Cupping her hands against the glass, she saw ripples dance along the water’s surface. She squinted to see better and vaulted backward when something leapt out of the water, somersaulted in the air, and landed with a splash. A catfish had made Donovan’s car into a swimming pool. She couldn’t stop the laughter from bubbling out of her mouth.Donovan came up beside her. “What’s so funny?”Beth pointed. “You have a catfish in your car.”Donovan bent down to have a look for himself. “So I do.”
Title: Seismic CrimesAuthor: Chrys FeySeries: Disaster Crimes Series (Book Two)Publisher: The Wild Rose PressFormat: Digital and Print DIGITAL LINKS:Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon CANOOK / KOBO / All Romance eBooksPRINT LINKS:Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon CAThe Wild Rose PressBLURB:
An Internal Affairs Investigator was murdered and his brother, Donovan Goldwyn, was framed. Now Donovan is desperate to prove his innocence. And the one person who can do that is the woman who saved him from a deadly hurricane—Beth Kennedy. From the moment their fates intertwined, passion consumed him. He wants her in his arms. More, he wants her by his side in his darkest moments.
Beth Kennedy may not know everything about Donovan, but she can’t deny what she feels for him. It’s her love for him that pushes her to do whatever she has to do to help him get justice, including putting herself in a criminal’s crosshairs.
When a tip reveals the killer's location, they travel to California, but then an earthquake of catastrophic proportions separates them. As aftershocks roll the land, Beth and Donovan have to endure dangerous conditions while trying to find their way back to one another. Will they reunite and find the killer, or will they lose everything?HURRICANE CRIMES 99¢ SALE!
DIGITAL LINKS:Amazon US / Amazon UKAmazon CA / NOOK / KOBOAll Romance eBooksThe Wild Rose Press
GIVEAWAY:a Rafflecopter giveaway
May 24, 2016
Wacky Wednesday
I've visiting with Crystal Collier today.
May 23, 2016
Bella
I heard my cat cry and went to investigate, afraid something was wrong. She was in the kitchen, staring up at the cabinet her treats are kept in. Really? When my daughter was young, I heard her confide in a friend that if she cried, she'd get what she wanted. Now this sounds like my kids were spoiled. They really weren't, but they knew how to play me:) Apparently, she let Bella in on the secret.~*~
On sale at Amazon for 99¢ in US and UK May 23-30.My name is Zoe Tempest. I'm a vampire hunter.
May 19, 2016
May 18, 2016
Enjoying The Weather
The flowers are certainly enjoying the rain and the sunshine.
