Barbara Elsborg's Blog: https://www.barbaraelsborg.com/blog, page 30

Psst - keep this quiet

Hi there. My name is Winston Kennedy and I want to complain about the way I'm treated by my slave, Barbara. She spends far too much time sitting on her backside with a shiny flat thing on her lap when she could have a fluffy thing - me! Trying to get her attention when she's writing is almost impossible. I have needs! Often. Frequently. Food being one of them. I'm getting fed up of eating the same thing every day - what dog can live on chicken breast? - and her expecting me to be grateful for it. What's worse, she keeps dragging me outside for a walk and then not letting me sniff every lamppost. She rips the fun out of my life. I don't ask for much--just a few treats every now and again, her NOT TO LEAVE ME ON MY OWN - and why can't I go in the loo with her?? What happens in there? And why did she buy me that squeaky ball only to get cross when I run round the house and squeak it??
If you'd like to read about my adventures - which frankly are a lot more exciting than her scribblings, I have my own blog. www.winstonken.wordpress.com

That's a picture of me - on the right - with my mother and sister. I'm the good-loooking one, obviously.

Chosen - out with Decadent Publishing -3rd June

This is NOT an erotic book. This is the story of a woman put in a desperate situation, who fights for survival with every ounce of her being. It's an adventure story, a thriller, a tale of psychological suspense and a murder mystery - all rolled into one. I'm very proud of this story and thrilled to pieces that Decadent have published it.

CHOSEN


Some crimes can never be forgotten.

Kate Evans doesn't take risks. She chose her apartment with care—a safe district with a good neighbor—a place where she can live a quiet, unassuming, under-the-radar existence. Then she makes one mistake and opens her door to accept a delivery of flowers from a secret admirer and her life will never be the same again. A guy she's never seen before bursts into her apartment and asks her to marry him. Jack Thompson won't take no for an answer and drags Kate on a cross country journey to hell.

Invalided out of the police, Nathan Beranson works as a private investigator in San Antonio, Texas where he spends too much of his time following unfaithful spouses and delivering the bad news to their partners. When his fiancée cheats on him with Jack Thompson, the half-brother Nathan's only just met, he becomes obsessed with Jack in the same unhealthy way as his revenge-seeking clients. By the time Nathan finally realizes putting the ghosts of the past to rest is a wiser option than settling an old score, it's too late. He's already been drawn into his sibling's latest deadly game and Nathan and Kate find their nightmare is only just beginning.

http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=279&osCsid=93bdcbd83547fd075b1642d8854094af


For the chance to win one of my ebooks and find a little information about my journey to my twentieth book visit - the site below.


http://spacefreighters.blogspot.com

Yippee for An Ordinary Girl

I've won a trailer for An Ordinary Girl

An extra-ordinary review for An Ordinary Girl

I've had a fantastic review for An Ordinary Girl by The Long and Short of it. My book is now up for book of the week. Yippee. Voting only over this weekend. I'm not going to beg for votes. I'd love to win but I don't know enough people - oh darn it, yes I am going to beg. I don't know that many people but I do love this book and believe in it!

http://www.whippedcream2.blogspot.com...

Rocked - out today!! With Loose-Id

The Rock
Desired by men and women, Eli's good looks make sexual conquest easy until he attends a party at the Supernatural Museum, where they land him in deep trouble. He says no to the wrong women, and his punishment is to learn the ultimate meaning of loneliness.

The Stone Maiden
Much to her family's disappointment, not only is Pepper single but she works a hard and dirty job as an apprentice stonemason. Pepper loves bringing stone to life with her chisel but struggles with the isolation that comes with being different. Then there's her attraction to her boss, Alessandro, who appears to prefer men. When Eli materializes out of nowhere, Pepper can hardly believe her eyes. Now she's caught between a rock and a hard place.

The Hard Place
His hands hardened by years training to become a master stonemason, Alessandro is an expert at his craft, but not in matters of the heart. A daily frustration when he's in hopelessly in love with Pepper and the man of his dreams has disappeared. As Alessandro's team begins to restore the Supernatural Museum, he, Pepper and Eli are drawn into the building's secrets and risk losing everything they hold dear.

The link -http://www.loose-id.com/Rocked.aspx

How to get myself on the best seller list at Amazon

I wish I knew. I just read a fascinating article by a guy who did manage to do that by writing a book that was called something like - What Men Think About Apart From Sex. The book was full of blank pages. I'm wondering now if I should issue my own version - What Women Wished Men Thought About Apart From Sex. Trouble is, it wouldn't sell, would it? We women already know the answer and men don't want to hear it.
So I'll just have to try to get 'Rocked' - out next Tuesday - with Loose -ID to sell a million. I shall spread the word on Facebook - to my handful of followers, on Twitter to even fewer followers, to my family - who gulp at my depravity, to my loyal readers to whom I send virtual hugs and to the dog, who I know would buy hundreds of copies if I'd lend him the money.
Actually, Rocked won't be out on Amazon straight away, I suppose, so I have time to work on my master plan for world domination.
Unfortunately, I'm too honest to put my own raving reviews on about my own work, too honest (and too poor) to buy hundreds of copies to boost ratings, so I have to rely on people spreading the word.
If you like my writing, please tell others! If you don't like it, don't tell anyone. Not even me - not on Thursdays anyway.

Now to cheer me up - above is a picture of my foot cushion.

Manipulating Characters

Usually, I start writing with no idea where the story is going, nor what my characters will be like. But those details come fast once I get going. For some reason, this time, I decided beforehand what I want my characters to be like and now they are NOT cooperating.
First version they were cool dudes. Second, they were cheeky flirts. Third version - somewhere between the two. I've tried sitting and thinking it out. Tried swimming it out at the gym, but they've not formed yet in my mind. The female has - but it's the relationship between her and the two guys that has me flummoxed this time.
I don't want to leave this story alone because I've been dying to write it. The alternative is my story about Walmart. Which will probably have to be renamed Tarmart or Sexmart something. That's going to have a big cast of characters, so I really need to grab the current three by the neck and make them behave. Since i can't even control the dog, I don't stand much chance.

Ashes by Arlene Webb - out May 20th!!!!!!!

Ashes by Arlene Webb

Lyle holds his murdered brother and wants his life to end too. When the unbelievable happens, he'll sacrifice anything to avoid the final stage of grief, and comes to learn life is just beginning.

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Not happening. Four hours pass while Lyle Logan holds his brother's corpse and pretends he's the one not breathing.

Those responsible are dead. Only one reason to live now—vengeance.

Please. Lyle will do anything to alter reality. But he can't. Instead he fills his stomach with ashes and unwittingly devours a myth.

I want to die. Guilt holds hands with grief. Lyle doesn't care when authorities conclude that he committed the crime of Cain.

Acceptance. Lyle has no choice but to acknowledge the entity burning within.

When five stages lead to a precipice, Lyle takes the next step. So what he'll lose his humanity and hold a miraculous creature hostage.

Resolution. Ashes to life, he will find a way to his brother.