MaryAnn Bernal's Blog, page 368
September 30, 2013
Cecilia Spark is all smiles over Wendy Woo's Year
Cecilia says:
A perfect background song while reading Wendy Steele's "A Pocketful of Smiles"
To find out more about Wendy Woo's Year, click on the link:
http://adventuresofceciliaspark.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-pocketful-of-wendy-steele.html
The Phil Naessens Show 9-30-2013 MLB Playoffs and NBA’s Atlantic Division Preview
http://phillipnaessens.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/the-phil-naessens-show-9-30-2013-mlb-playoffs-and-nbas-atlantic-division-preview/
Segment 1: Blogging Mets Mark Berman joins Phil to discuss Game #163 between the Texas Rangers and the Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins pitcher Henderson Alvarez and his crazy no-hitter over the Detroit Tigers, the Bio-Genesis Scandal, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and their biggest surprises and disappointments of the 2013 MLB season and much more.
Segment 2: Sonics Rising Managing Editor Kevin Nesgoda joins Phil for an extensive preview of the NBA’s Atlantic Division, which Phil likes to call a Conference. This is a fun discussion on where the guys think the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks will fare this season and much more.
Segment 1: Blogging Mets Mark Berman joins Phil to discuss Game #163 between the Texas Rangers and the Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins pitcher Henderson Alvarez and his crazy no-hitter over the Detroit Tigers, the Bio-Genesis Scandal, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and their biggest surprises and disappointments of the 2013 MLB season and much more.
Segment 2: Sonics Rising Managing Editor Kevin Nesgoda joins Phil for an extensive preview of the NBA’s Atlantic Division, which Phil likes to call a Conference. This is a fun discussion on where the guys think the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks will fare this season and much more.
History Trivia - England's Henry VIII withdraws his armies from France
September 30,
420 Saint Jerome, one of the great scholars of the early Christian church, died at age 80.
579 Pope Benedict I died.
1227 Pope Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan pontiff, was born.
1544 Henry VIII withdrew his armies out of France.
1555 Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley was sentenced to death as a heretic.
420 Saint Jerome, one of the great scholars of the early Christian church, died at age 80.
579 Pope Benedict I died.
1227 Pope Nicholas IV, the first Franciscan pontiff, was born.
1544 Henry VIII withdrew his armies out of France.
1555 Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley was sentenced to death as a heretic.
September 29, 2013
Mr. Chuckles returns to Deep Space Nine - find him at Quark's with his latest find, Carla by Mark Barry
Mr. Chuckles says:
Carla is a brooding, dark romance, which has you rooting for John Dexter - does he get the girl? Pick up your copy today to find out.
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carla-Mark-Ba...
Amazon US
http://www.amazon.com/Carla-Mark-Barr...
History Trivia - King Richard II of England abdicates
September 29
480 BC Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeated the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.
106 BC Pompey the Great, statesman and general of the Roman Empire was born. He was the chief rival of Julius Caesar and in 61 BC Pompey celebrated his victory in the third Mithridatic War (between Rome and the Kingdom of Pontus, a Persian state off the Black Sea) on his 45th birthday.
440 Saint Leo I, the Great, was elected Roman Catholic pope. 1
227 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
1399 King Richard II of England abdicated; he was succeeded by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV). Richard was initially imprisoned and later died from uncertain causes.
1364 Battle of Auray: English forces defeated the French in Brittany; ending the Breton War of Succession between the Houses of Blois and Montfort.
1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Creator of Don Quixote, was born.
1564, the reign of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley became earl of Leicester.
480 BC Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeated the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.106 BC Pompey the Great, statesman and general of the Roman Empire was born. He was the chief rival of Julius Caesar and in 61 BC Pompey celebrated his victory in the third Mithridatic War (between Rome and the Kingdom of Pontus, a Persian state off the Black Sea) on his 45th birthday.
440 Saint Leo I, the Great, was elected Roman Catholic pope. 1
227 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
1399 King Richard II of England abdicated; he was succeeded by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV). Richard was initially imprisoned and later died from uncertain causes. 
1364 Battle of Auray: English forces defeated the French in Brittany; ending the Breton War of Succession between the Houses of Blois and Montfort. 
1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Creator of Don Quixote, was born.
1564, the reign of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley became earl of Leicester.
September 28, 2013
Mary Ann Bernal reviews Hard as Roxx by Bill Jones, Jr.
The author spins an exciting tale that is set in a post apocalyptic world. If you like strong women, you will love Roxx, a single mother who must protect her family from the ruthless leaders upholding the law. In this futuristic society, the women have been genetically altered to limit pregnancies to just one. However, Roxx’ genetic makeup does not carry the enhanced code, and she finds herself pregnant with a second child as a result of a rape. Once the baby is born, Roxx must protect her two daughters not only from a government that would execute both mother and child, but also from the man who had ravished her. As the months pass, it becomes harder for Roxx to remain in the home she had made for her family. She no longer has a choice and must flee with her daughters across the Sahara desert, hoping to reach the European continent, and safety.
This story is action packed with exciting twists when you least expect them. If you enjoyed “Children of Men,” you’ll love this.
Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Hard-as-Roxx-ebook/dp/B00EL1YP6Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380415262&sr=8-1&keywords=hard+as+roxx
Fantasy and Thriller Writer, Sarah JP White, discusses violence in sports with Mark Barry, author of Violent Disorder
Violent Disorder – Mark BarryPosted on September 28, 2013 by SarahPJWhite
Further to my recent interview with Mark Barry, as part of my Author Spotlight section (if you haven’t yet read it, you can do so by clicking here), I’ve gleaned some extra information about his newly released book ‘Violent Disorder’ and Mark’s thoughts behind it.
What genre do you consider your latest book – Violent Disorder?
Violent Disorder – Mark BarrySport fiction, crime and its own genre, colloquially known as Hooliporn.
How did you come up with the title?
It’s the sequel to the first book, Ultra Violence, and it is one of the most common offences in football hooliganism. It is also extremely catchy. I am surprised no one has thought of it.
What are your expectations for the book?
Well, I sold an awful lot of copies of the first book and I would like to repeat that. I would also like sales on both titles – and my other mainstream titles – to continue to rise.
Is there a message in ‘Violent Disorder’ that you want readers to grasp?No. I’m not much of a message writer. My books are madness.
Which of your characters is your favourite and why?I like the narrator in the book. He’s the complete liberal writer, ironic, laid back, with no experience of the fighting. He is slowly drawn into the violence going on around him through his friendship between two nutty brothers who are supposed to be going straight. He’s a nice man. Vulnerable, clever, a decent writer and you get the sense that he doesn’t know why he’s writing these books, but also that he cannot quite stop himself. Order into chaos…
Which of your characters is most unlike you?Any of the characters in the book who work for the Police or the Judiciary.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?It’s a complete work of fiction. I made it all up. None of the characters exist in real life and none of the stuff ever happened, guv.
Can you share a little of your current work with us?Adjacent to the courthouse opposite, a wagonload of yellow-jacketed Police watched the situation develop on canalside. Twenty years ago, it would already have gone off down here, Coventry on one side, Notts on the other. A blaze of colour, a flurry of fists and boots. A berserker cry (c’mon then, c’mon then), back and forward, back and forward, twenty-on-twenty, fists connecting with shallow sockets, thumbs in eyes, teeth parting from gums, yelps, cries, boots upside your head, trainers stamping, conscious, unconscious, running about, always running about.
Not today.
Not down here, in 2013, the regenerated canalside, full of upmarket brasseries selling champagne at a hundred quid a bottle. Chain wine bars, chain eateries, chain charcuteries, chain hairdressers where grown men spend thirty seven pounds on a Danny Craig haircut; student chain comedy clubs full of tedious student comics taking the piss out of people in wheelchairs and making prehistoric observations about the Battle Of The Sexes. One hundred and thirty five quid a month gyms with mixed saunas.
Running through the opulence is the reanimated canal, once biologically dead; stinking of death and shit, and the lethal chemicals that fuelled the British industrial revolution, won us the Second World War and left behind a toxic disaster area replete with piles of unguent, softened, semi-dissolved hybrid fish. Once a waterway bursting with the rusting detritus, and the vile leftovers of the narcissistic sixties generation (our parents and grandparents, who took all the money for their houses and pensions, and thus, looted our futures, swapped our future well-being for idleness and a non-stop retirement holiday abroad), now, in 2013, scrubbed, scoured, eviscerated, defenestrated, strained and drained, pristine blue, full of frolicking fish.
The occasional brightly painted barge passing by. A cyclist wearing an ill-fitting rose-pink helmet rode past on a mountain bike costing four thousand seven hundred quid. Young, self-assured, self-aware, politically neutral, trans-metropolitan, fit, with communication skills honed at a redbrick university, empathetic, health conscious, green, gender sensitive, racially relaxed and already a three star cook in his own fitted kitchen (with metallic oven and granite worktops), he was heading toward Trent Bridge on the tow path running all the way past the heat station and the old caves.
Past Meadow Lane.
The canal is his. The world is his.
Where to Buy Mark Barry’s Latest Novel – ‘Violent Disorder’Mark’s latest novel, entitled ‘Violent Disorder’ is available now on Amazon – just click on the links below!
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
My thanks to Mark Barry for agreeing to be interviewed. If you’d like to find out more information on Mark, you can check out his website at:
http://www.greenwizardcarla.blogspot.co.uk
Further to my recent interview with Mark Barry, as part of my Author Spotlight section (if you haven’t yet read it, you can do so by clicking here), I’ve gleaned some extra information about his newly released book ‘Violent Disorder’ and Mark’s thoughts behind it.
What genre do you consider your latest book – Violent Disorder?
Violent Disorder – Mark BarrySport fiction, crime and its own genre, colloquially known as Hooliporn.How did you come up with the title?
It’s the sequel to the first book, Ultra Violence, and it is one of the most common offences in football hooliganism. It is also extremely catchy. I am surprised no one has thought of it.
What are your expectations for the book?
Well, I sold an awful lot of copies of the first book and I would like to repeat that. I would also like sales on both titles – and my other mainstream titles – to continue to rise.
Is there a message in ‘Violent Disorder’ that you want readers to grasp?No. I’m not much of a message writer. My books are madness.
Which of your characters is your favourite and why?I like the narrator in the book. He’s the complete liberal writer, ironic, laid back, with no experience of the fighting. He is slowly drawn into the violence going on around him through his friendship between two nutty brothers who are supposed to be going straight. He’s a nice man. Vulnerable, clever, a decent writer and you get the sense that he doesn’t know why he’s writing these books, but also that he cannot quite stop himself. Order into chaos…
Which of your characters is most unlike you?Any of the characters in the book who work for the Police or the Judiciary.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?It’s a complete work of fiction. I made it all up. None of the characters exist in real life and none of the stuff ever happened, guv.
Can you share a little of your current work with us?Adjacent to the courthouse opposite, a wagonload of yellow-jacketed Police watched the situation develop on canalside. Twenty years ago, it would already have gone off down here, Coventry on one side, Notts on the other. A blaze of colour, a flurry of fists and boots. A berserker cry (c’mon then, c’mon then), back and forward, back and forward, twenty-on-twenty, fists connecting with shallow sockets, thumbs in eyes, teeth parting from gums, yelps, cries, boots upside your head, trainers stamping, conscious, unconscious, running about, always running about.
Not today.
Not down here, in 2013, the regenerated canalside, full of upmarket brasseries selling champagne at a hundred quid a bottle. Chain wine bars, chain eateries, chain charcuteries, chain hairdressers where grown men spend thirty seven pounds on a Danny Craig haircut; student chain comedy clubs full of tedious student comics taking the piss out of people in wheelchairs and making prehistoric observations about the Battle Of The Sexes. One hundred and thirty five quid a month gyms with mixed saunas.
Running through the opulence is the reanimated canal, once biologically dead; stinking of death and shit, and the lethal chemicals that fuelled the British industrial revolution, won us the Second World War and left behind a toxic disaster area replete with piles of unguent, softened, semi-dissolved hybrid fish. Once a waterway bursting with the rusting detritus, and the vile leftovers of the narcissistic sixties generation (our parents and grandparents, who took all the money for their houses and pensions, and thus, looted our futures, swapped our future well-being for idleness and a non-stop retirement holiday abroad), now, in 2013, scrubbed, scoured, eviscerated, defenestrated, strained and drained, pristine blue, full of frolicking fish.
The occasional brightly painted barge passing by. A cyclist wearing an ill-fitting rose-pink helmet rode past on a mountain bike costing four thousand seven hundred quid. Young, self-assured, self-aware, politically neutral, trans-metropolitan, fit, with communication skills honed at a redbrick university, empathetic, health conscious, green, gender sensitive, racially relaxed and already a three star cook in his own fitted kitchen (with metallic oven and granite worktops), he was heading toward Trent Bridge on the tow path running all the way past the heat station and the old caves.
Past Meadow Lane.
The canal is his. The world is his.
Where to Buy Mark Barry’s Latest Novel – ‘Violent Disorder’Mark’s latest novel, entitled ‘Violent Disorder’ is available now on Amazon – just click on the links below!
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
My thanks to Mark Barry for agreeing to be interviewed. If you’d like to find out more information on Mark, you can check out his website at:
http://www.greenwizardcarla.blogspot.co.uk
History Trivia - William the Conqueror arrives lands at Pevensey on the south coast of England, starting the invasion
September 28
48 BC Pompey the Great was murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius in one of the bloodiest battles in Roman military history. 365 Roman usurper Procopius proclaimed himself Roman emperor.
855 The Emperor Lothar died in Gaul (present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine), and his kingdom was divided between his three sons.
1066 William the Conqueror and his Norman army arrived in England, landing at Pevensey, beginning the Norman Conquest.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai: Henry I of England defeated his brother, Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. Henry's knights won a decisive victory, capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England and then Wales until Robert's death in Cardiff Castle. England and Normandy remained under a single ruler until 1204.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeated Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
48 BC Pompey the Great was murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius in one of the bloodiest battles in Roman military history. 365 Roman usurper Procopius proclaimed himself Roman emperor.
855 The Emperor Lothar died in Gaul (present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine), and his kingdom was divided between his three sons.
1066 William the Conqueror and his Norman army arrived in England, landing at Pevensey, beginning the Norman Conquest.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai: Henry I of England defeated his brother, Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. Henry's knights won a decisive victory, capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England and then Wales until Robert's death in Cardiff Castle. England and Normandy remained under a single ruler until 1204.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeated Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
Cecilia Spark is Ready To Roxx With Bill Jones, Jr.
Cecilia says:Bill Jones, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in southern Virginia. He is a novelist, poet, photographer, father, and life coach, along with other things he does for money rather than love. Bill wrote his first two novels in 3 months. Since then, he has published 4 novels and a short story collection, and has two more novels currently in development.
Find out more about Bill and his latest novel by clicking the link:
http://adventuresofceciliaspark.blogspot.com/2013/09/ready-to-roxx-with-bill-jones-jr.html
