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There's nothing like it. No editing yet, no reading a preceding paragraph wondering where it's headed, just an empty screen waiting for black on white imagination to fill it.   I suspect a tome of a novel that's been in the works for 4.5 billion years or so won't reach an ending in a few weeks. Regardless of this world gone or not, however many doorways open into unfamilar rooms, that blank page will be always there, waiting. How cool is that?  Hey, maybe the next group of calender makers will use a pic of a fireman instead.

Best Decadent Blog Hop Ever

 DP Author Hop List

Wow. Over 45 authors giving away stuff. As you hop from blog to blog, think about a guy named Harey who has an incredible hopper for a friend.
No, Roger, I don't mean you. Forget about looney cartoons, I'm talking about a real rabbit. Your ancestor called a hare who became associated with a goddess by the name of Eostre.   The origins of Easter are well documented in pagan past. Spring finally breaks past winter, a fertility goddess supervises and it’s party time beneath a full moon.  
Of course, it took a novel to explain the true deal behind the myth of a big bunny handing out painted eggs. And a ménage. And historical fact. It wasn’t all fun and sex and true love and sex and acts of heroism and sex when writing about the man who made the Easter bunny popular. I came across an episode in Briton’s past that was quite shocking. I do hope I gave voice to the fallen and anyone who reads my story will think upon true sacrifice as well.
Excerpt:I am no angel.Gareth’s shoulders slammed into the ground. A heavy body covered him, and the adrenalin jolting through him made him feel like a powerful animal. But I am in heaven. He tugged his arms free, wrapped them around Harey and grasped the back of Harey’s head. And I do not care if adulterous sodomites go to hell. He jerked him upward and took his lips.No time for tender exploration. He had to show Harey who he belonged to, and it was not some bloodthirsty deity, or the daughter of a mass murderer. What if Aethelfrith, the devil who had ordered one thousand, one hundred and sixty-five men killed so they could not pray against him, had still lived? Harey would have walked into his knife with a smile, a pet hare, and promises of painted eggs.I will not let this man leave me again. Never. Not ever. He’s mine. Gareth fought back his moan and deepened his kiss. Harey tasted so good, fresh and sweet like Maura, but firm and bony where she was all curvy softness. He intensified the pressure, relishing the feel of the lips he had desired for so long, and Harey yielded. Gareth rammed his tongue in, danced around, and then back out to repeat. He had never held a body to mirror his own like this, captive over him, and the sheer joy of not being gentle saturated him. Please Click Thank you!! for particpating. Do leave a comment with your email address because someone picked at random will win a copy of Harey, or any story from my decadent list if Harey is already on your ereader.Here's the list to continue:

A Loaded Nook?!

Only from an awesome publisher like Decadent, is there a chance to win a fulled loaded Nook. Just need to comment, the more often the better. Good luck and have fun.    Blog Hop schedule  Nov. 15
Daily Dose of Decadence http://decadentpublishing.blogspot.com Nov. 16
Tamara Gill http://tamaragill.blogspot.com
Nov. 17
Lia Davis http://www.authorliadavis.com/blog, Nov. 18
Liza O'Connor http://lizaoconnor-author.blogspot.com/
Nov. 19
PatriciaBates http://ofinkandquille.blogspot.com/
JMMadden http://jmmadden.blogspot.com/ Nov. 20 Carly Fall http://www.carlyfall.com
Nov. 21 Seleste deLaney http://selestedelaney.blogspot.com
Nov. 22 Krista Ames http://www.apassionforromance.blogspot.com
Nov. 23 Katie Harper http://katieharperwrites.blogspot.com/ Becca Dale Nov. 24
Romance Author Hotspot
Nov. 25 Desiree Holt www.desireeholttellsall.com Sassy Seven Writers http://sassyseven.com/ Nov. 26
Kacey Hammell kaceyhammellkreations.blogspot.com Nov. 27
Jessica Subject http://jessicasubject.com
Nov. 28
Margie Church http://www.site.romancewithsass.com
Nov. 29
1NightStand blog http://decadent1nightstand.blogspot.com , DayDrmzzz http://daydrmzzz.blogspot.com/
Nov.30 Sorcha Mowbray http://sorchamowbray.com/
Gracen Miller http://madisonroadtohell.blogspot.com Dec 1
C.R. Moss http://crmoss.blogspot.com/
Dec. 2
Fierce Dolan http://www.fiercedolan.com/blog
Dec. 3
Taryn Kincaid http://dreamvoyagers.blogspot.com
Dec. 4
Sara Daniel http://saradanielromance.blogspot.com
Dec. 5
Kiru Taye http://kirutayewrites.blogspot.co.uk/
Dec. 6
Wendi Zwaduk http://wendizwaduk.blogspot.com
Dec. 7
K aryn Gerrard http://www.karyngerrard.com/,Dec. 8
Emily Cale http://www.emilycale.com
Dec. 9
Graylin Fox http://www.graylinfox.com/blog
Dec. 10
v.s. Morgan http://www.vsmorgan.com/blog.html Cassandra Dean http://cassandradean.com/blog
Dec. 11
AJ Hawthorn www.ajhawthron.com
Dec. 12
Deena Remiel http://deenar116.wordpress.com/Dec. 13
Lucy Felthouse http://lucyfelthouse.co.uk/ Arlene Webb http://arlenewebb.blogspot.com
Dec. 14 Sabrina Sol http://www.theromancechica.com/ Louisa Bacio http://louisabacio.com
Dec 15
Dawn Jackson http://backwardmomentum.blogspot.com 

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Number One. Next to George Martin. Smile.

Incoming Alert is Live

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It's All In The Eyes

 A masterpiece in progress.

                                                                                                   

Worth a thousand words? Oh Yeah.

It's fascinating for me, who can barely manage to make a realistic stick figure, how a handful of babble from me to someone with talent starts the process of bringing a picture to life. Artists are so amazing. A blank canvas and then--wow. I can't wait for the finished cover. I picked number one to pour some blood, sweat and color into.

Incoming Alert
Science fiction adventure.
The canvas created by Francisco Etchart coming soon.
  

Nothing Like Release Days

Gwas can outrun a horse, knows how to hide and steal, but is ignorant of the ways of men. The last thing he expects when he is rescued from a miserable existence by a blue-eyed, blond haired angel is to be promised as a Druidic sacrifice to Eostre. Unfortunately, the only direction Gwas wishes to flee is straight into the arms and knife of his savior, Gareth.

Maura knows Gareth is no angel, but she adores him with a passion that time and loneliness cannot dent. When he rides in carrying an injured lad who fears her on sight, she is drawn to open her heart to the abused orphan as well.
Gareth is caught between his liege lord and brother’s fist, and an emotional dilemma that grows harder and harder to deny with every passing season. If he must defy man and gods in order to embrace his heart’s desires, so be it.
When the clash of old and new religions puts lives in peril, ultimate sacrifice bears witness to enduring love. Winter gives way to spring, and the evolution of a colorful myth spreads across the land.

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Blog Hop Time-Works in Progress

1. WHAT IS THE WORKING TITLE OF YOUR BOOK? Blood Alert
2. WHERE DID THE IDEA COME FROM FOR YOUR BOOK? A spin off from a novel set to publish before the end of the year called Incoming Alert.
3. WHAT GENRE DOES YOUR BOOK FALL UNDER? Science fiction-adventure-young adult with adult themes.
4. WHICH ACTORS WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO PLAY YOUR CHARACTERS IN A MOVIE RENDITION? No clue.
5. WHAT IS THE ONE-SENTENCE SYNOPSIS OF YOUR BOOK? I leave the head banging details until after the novel’s written.
6. WILL YOUR BOOK BE SELF-PUBLISHED OR REPRESENTED BY AN AGENCY? I think inde for this one.
7. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO WRITE THE FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT? I’m only 30K into it, and took a break to write another in submission at one of my publishers for a new series they’re working on. It could take me until next year to finish first draft of Blood Alert.
8. WHAT OTHER BOOKS WOULD YOU COMPARE THIS STORY TO WITHIN YOUR GENRE? Good question. I’m not sure there is a comparison.
9. WHO OR WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS BOOK? My mom. Four kids close in age making road trips difficult (we sang 'Rubber Ducky, you’re the One' nonstop for two states on the way from NY to FL), she told us about this six inch man that only good kids could see. I tried, so hard, and after a few years concluded that despite not hitting my brothers, keeping my mouth shut and all that, I was doomed to hell fires (yes, raised on guilt as a Catholic) and I'd never catch sight of the little guy who popped in and out of nowhere. I was quite pissed at seven/eight years old when big sis and dad said Santa wasn’t real. That’s when I stopped believing anything adults told me without science based proof, but I never forgot that guy I wanted to see so badly.
10. WHAT ELSE ABOUT YOUR BOOK MIGHT PIQUE THE READER’S INTEREST?
It’ll be a read they most likely won’t forget. There’s also a loose tie in to a sci-fi series that’s already released. Please message if you’d like a PDF file of Splintered Energy, book one in the color series, to see what a mind who really wanted to believe in little men, Santa, Easter Bunny, God, and so forth but got disillusioned, can come up with. arleneann1@gmail.com
And!! Make sure you check out some fantastic authors by linking back or going to my awesome crit partner's site. Be warned. There will be Puddles to splash around in.
Barbara Elsborg