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Harey--Editor's Pick!

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Decadent Publishing is awesome. They picked Harey for a sale to celebrate Easter. Limited time with coupon code  EW82W.

Welcome Spring

Wow. 300 entires in the blog hop with a theme of first times. Congrats to Karl and Chum for their wins of a kindle fire and a 50$ gift card.
Shelly came up as winner of an e-copy of Haery. Many thanks to everyone for participating and to Jessica and Heather for all the hard work organizing the hop.

First Times

There're many reasons to write about first times, mainly because they can be so powerful. Some stories have more firsts than others.

In the first chapter of Harey, a story about the man behind the myth of Easter, this little clip barely shows the emotion a boy must feel when he's touched for the first time without malice, his pet rabbit not killed, and  when he's given a name other than Gwas, which means servant.
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      He ran his fingers along his cheek, wiped streaks of crimson on the ground, and Gwas knew then he must be dreaming. He had never had anyone touch him before, not like this, and it felt wonderful.
His tears stopped and Gwas sank, lost into the gaze of a man-angel.“Listen,” Gareth said. “Your name is no longer Gwas. I christen you….” he smiled down at Bitty. “Harey. And Harey, you are not anyone’s servant. You now belong to the goddess and you are to come with me.”Me? A real name? Harey?Gareth shifted his hand to untie a brown cloth from his waist. “Forgive me—Harey. I am placing your pet in this sack, and then I shall have to hurt you. The arrow must come out.”He, Harey, did not know what thrilled him more, the fact he had been deemed worthy of an identity, or the novel feel of Gareth’s powerful hand sheltering him and his friend.#
     Of course, the most written about first must be the kiss and there's nothing like setting. How about a man kissing a man inside a filled church? Here's another clip from Harey. It's spring, and he's returned from a winter where no one knew where he was. The groom-to-be is so relieved to see Harey, he goes in for that first kiss and forgets his bride-to-be's name.
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Harey thought his heart would burst. Gareth looked so happy. Son, brother, friend, I wish I could be more to him. “I could never miss your marriage. Gareth? I have to tell—”“Shh. First, a proper greeting.” Gareth threw his arm round Harey’s neck and fastened his lips over his gaping mouth.
Harey leaned into Gareth’s hold, closed his eyes, and the world melted away. He had never been kissed before, not like this. Gareth’s lips felt beyond wonderful, salty and firm as they molded into Harey’s. When Gareth’s tongue danced, brushing inside Harey’s mouth, his moan pulled from his toes and every molecule of flesh, bone, liquid within him began to hum.
Way too soon, Gareth eased his lips from Harey’s and a low growl forced its way through the rushing waves in Harey’s ears.
“Not now, you heathen fools,” Patrick said. “This is Maura’s day.”
“Who?” Gareth stepped back, straightened his robe, and his grin widened. “Oh yes, right. Maura. Stand by me, Harey. Sod off, Patrick. Let friends and God witness what his presence means to me.” Gareth grasped Harey’s hand. He thrust their arms into the air. “Eostre’s hare, Christ’s saint, has blessed us. Hail to our Harey!”

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Accomplishment

 

There's nothing like working for months, hating and loving it, fighting for every word and then wearing out the delete key, ups and downs of insecurity versus whatever, and then putting the mess in hands of critique partners.
The world wouldnt turn for me without my friends and peers who never let me down.

Blood Alert, book 2 in the chronicle of IF, has been exposed for better or worse.

Viva Italia

I dont know why it thrills me, but I think this is the first time someone downloaded a copy of Splintered Energy from Italy.
Those in the UK always come through on free days, second only to the States. Canada, Denmark, France and sometimes Spain has a couple readers willing to check out the first in a series for free, but wow, the Italians...or at least one of them so far, just did.
Now, if I can only invade Japan.

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Sometimes It's All Worth It

Review for Incoming Alert

Not only is the review insightful and detailed, showing how much time this reader invested in me,  the website is awesome. If you're looking to find honest reviews of promising reads, I'd start cruising by.
 Here's the link for the website. I am, Indeed   Yes, I love that name as well.

1-1-2013

I was thrilled to be included in a new series by Decadent Publishing and have a release date of the first day of a brand new year. Delayed a week, but what the hell, it wasnt me that wasnt prepared! I'd never heard of the term preppers before, but you'd think the concept of being prepared has to be internal in our genetic code or we'd not have survived as a species.  Me? I'm neither insect. I'm too lazy to prepare for all the scenerios that could happen, but I also live in an area that can get 2 feet of snow overnight and power outages.  This morning I woke to a half foot, and wow, actually had gloves, hat and boots. Holding a cup of hot earl grey in hand, made from water I distilled myself so no oily residue, I didnt even think how life sucks as I pushed snow aside to drive to work. 

Coming Soon...

This cover is so perfect. From the bright lighting, the droplets on the guy, the correct season, I couldnt be more thrilled. A fantastic start to a new series by Decadent that I am lucky enough to be a part of.