Arlene Webb's Blog, page 11

Contented Realism nestles beside Sci-fi. Romance in a Bowl.

[image error] The coconut doesnt care. It's not branching out, surviving on who knows what, or reaching for a different level of being.
I can't begin to guess who'll rot or go sour first. Hard skinned nut who's happy to simply exist, or exploring sweetie who tries for infinity and beyond.

Is A Picture Worth 92, 000 Words?

[image error] No doubt in my mind. There I am, on Main St, USA.

Dreams do Come True. Ashes in Print.

[image error] Last night, I faced the tragic truth I'd have to shop when I found my green apple dish soap was completely gone, and yep, no back up bottle. Forced myself to leave dishes in sink, not use laundry soap.

Went to grocery store after work.
Got home. Unpacked. Had forgotten soap. Swore. Went to garage to store case of water.
Found two boxes. Heart stopped. Cell rang. Dad had tractor crisis, needed ride home.Debated opening boxes. Didn't. Ran Dad home.

Came back. Held my first print book with my name on it. Sat down for a private moment with the Logan twins. Thought, I wrote that? Interesting. Maybe I'm possessed. [image error] Time froze. Don't know how long, until I realized I hadn't stolen dish soap from parents.
Went to nephew's. Not home. Debated breaking in. Didn't. Left copy of Ashes for nephew's girlfriend propped against door.Drove to friend's home near my parent's house. Said sorry for disappearing at her daughter's wedding the other day and popping home to edit 40-50 pages of a beta read for a crit partner. Put a copy of Ashes in her hands, made her smell the scent of a freshly made print, and to swear not to let her mom read it. Forgot to steal her dish soap, but remembered to take cookies.

Went to parent's, left copy of Ashes and told them not to read it. (blush) Took their dish soap and went home. Sat down with the twins. Thought, I did write that.
It's been a good night.



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Inde! A Fan! Life Rocks!

[image error] It's happened. The moment I've worried about, the reason I have yet to hop into Create Space where print books are set up, and figure out what the hell a wrap around cover is and how to spell out the formatting, whatever to my wonderful cover artist. I got a text a few minutes ago.

Can u fix an error end of chapter nine. The word, through, the r is missing.

I have a fan who cares. He's reading Splintered Energy, found a typo, and he made his wife text me, under the assumption I can do something to fix the problem.
Of course I can't. But I didnt give birth almost 27 years ago for nothing, and my son will surely figure out how to stick one letter in a word so I can reload it on Amazon. But I'll wait in case there's more text messages to come.
The main thing is, I have at least one reader who not only claims to love the book so far, he gets that need to strive for perfection to the very letter.

Gulp. Ashes, coming soon in PRINT

  [image error] I'm supposed to be a writer but I find myself at a loss for words. Not good, right? But what's right around the bend seems as unreal as a guy being staked in the Nevada desert to die, close to myrrth scented scrubs. I know the future isn't electric, the present is. The digital age is here, now! Yep, I've come to love my kindle. Yet the jitters in my stomach tell me I will feel like maybe, honest to god, I am a writer, once I hold my first print copy in hand.Publisher said final formatting is done, Lightning Source is contracted, the press will be clicking, ink splattered to make legible a world that used to be only in my head. How cool, and strange, and wild, is that???

Virtual Interview!! How Cool is This!

http://www.karencote.tv/?page_id=814   

I was lucky enough to be invited to Karen's website.  Karen, a MuseitHot author releasing in October, guided me every step of the way and made this 90 second clip of me chattering about my debut novel, Ashes so much fun.

Published! Book One of the Color Series

Happy birthday, Splintered Energy.
Speechless and thrilled pretty much sums it up for me, and the pressure is on. Book 2, Rain Word follows in (gulp) August.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/66190

amazon buy link

SSS. Splintered Energy. Sci-fi Suspence

"Good Lord, son, can't you find pretty shells like normal people?" Aaron dropped to David's side.

"She wasn't completely in the water, but shouldn't her skin be bluish? Why's she green?"

"Maybe she's an actress or something."

Erotica no less, starring Aphrodite dipped in food coloring. Her skin wasn't Exorcist-vomit pea soup, nor gingerbread-trim lime, but a soft, immature apple—almost the same shade as the shirt David wore.

http://www.sixsunday.com/

Thank you for the comments, they mean the world to me.

SSS. Splintered Energy. Sci-fi Suspence Releasing Soon!

"Good Lord, son, can't you find pretty shells like normal people?" Aaron dropped to David's side.

"She wasn't completely in the water, but shouldn't her skin be bluish? Why's she green?"

"Maybe she's an actress or something."

Erotica no less, starring Aphrodite dipped in food coloring. Her skin wasn't Exorcist-vomit pea soup, nor gingerbread-trim lime, but a soft, immature apple—almost the same shade as the shirt David wore.

http://www.sixsunday.com/

Thank you for the comments, they mean the world to me.

SSS with a Twist. On Friday. Featuring Chosen, by Barbara Elsborg

Before she'd finished turning the handle, the door slammed open and sent her crashing to the floor, flowers raining over her. The door closed and the blond guy dropped to his knees at her side. Kate opened her mouth to scream, and he smiled.
"Marry me, Kate."
Shock killed the scream in her throat. "What? Who are you?"
"Your future husband."
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http://www.spacefreighters.blogspot.com/
 
Barbara will see your comments here, but why don't you pop over to the above blog link? You'll have a chance all weekend to win an e-book. After all, we're celebrating an author who just released her 20th novel. Yes, that is not a typo. 20 novels, each a masterpiece.
I, for one, can't wait until Barbara adds another 0 and hits 200 novels!!!
 
Here's the link to all the other awesome SSS players (who are taking a website remodeling break this sunday, June 5th) but will be live on Sunday, June 12.
http://sixsunday.blogspot.com/