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February 4, 2013
Tuesday Tales - Silver
Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SILVER
This weekend was a bit hectic in this house, so I do apologise - I believe Past Tense and Past Perfect is not quite right. I hope you'll enjoy this week's Tales anyway. .... Oh, and feel free to comment on it!
Katie glanced at her mobile. A reply from Tyson! A matter of time 4...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SILVER
This weekend was a bit hectic in this house, so I do apologise - I believe Past Tense and Past Perfect is not quite right. I hope you'll enjoy this week's Tales anyway. .... Oh, and feel free to comment on it!
Katie glanced at her mobile. A reply from Tyson! A matter of time 4...
January 28, 2013
Tuesday Tales - Light
Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... LIGHT
ENJOY!
“Why are you here?” she asked, facing him again. He couldn’t get enough of looking at her. Never had he felt like this before. She’d been on his mind the whole day, and more or less the whole night. Going out with his parents the previous night, he didn’t stop talking about her. So much...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... LIGHT
ENJOY!
“Why are you here?” she asked, facing him again. He couldn’t get enough of looking at her. Never had he felt like this before. She’d been on his mind the whole day, and more or less the whole night. Going out with his parents the previous night, he didn’t stop talking about her. So much...
January 25, 2013
#SweetSat Sample - 26/01/2013 - Australia Day
~~`´*•.¸`´*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*´`´*•.¸~~♥«´¨`•°..Happy Australia Day..°•´¨`»♥~~.¸.•*.¸.•*(¸.•*´♥`*•.¸)`*•..¸.•*~~
Welcome back To Sweet Saturday Sample!
Here's a little teaser from "Innocent Tears",
set in Melbourne / Australia.
~~♞ ♘ ♞ ~~
“Would you like to see a photo of my mum?”Emma tilted her head to the side. “I’d love to.”Nadine hopped off the chair and as quickly as she had previously retrieved her bag with dolls out of the other room, she returned with a framed photo. “Th...
Welcome back To Sweet Saturday Sample!
Here's a little teaser from "Innocent Tears",
set in Melbourne / Australia.
~~♞ ♘ ♞ ~~
“Would you like to see a photo of my mum?”Emma tilted her head to the side. “I’d love to.”Nadine hopped off the chair and as quickly as she had previously retrieved her bag with dolls out of the other room, she returned with a framed photo. “Th...
January 22, 2013
Jill Shalvis - Instant Gratification (Wilder #2)
Publisher: Brava KensingtonISBN: 9780758231253
My rating: 3.5/5
In Instant Attraction, Jill Shalvis introduced Cameron, Stone, and T.J.; the sexy, daredevil brothers who run Wilder Adventures. And for Stone Wilder, the thrill of a lifetime is about to arrive in a surprising package. . .
The Doctor Is In Deep
Wishful, California, is 3000 miles from Dr. Emma Sinclair's last job in a New York City ER. It may as well be another galaxy. Here, running her father's clinic for a summer, Emma treats bee s...
January 21, 2013
Tuesday Tales - Package
Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... PACKAGE
ENJOY!
Katie was glad Ty had pulled her down to sit next to him. That kiss had not only stolen her breath, but also gave her jelly legs. It had been a while since she’d been kissed like that. Well, she had to admit it, it had been a while since she had been kissed, full stop. And she still w...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... PACKAGE
ENJOY!
Katie was glad Ty had pulled her down to sit next to him. That kiss had not only stolen her breath, but also gave her jelly legs. It had been a while since she’d been kissed like that. Well, she had to admit it, it had been a while since she had been kissed, full stop. And she still w...
January 18, 2013
Lee Child - The Enemy (Reacher #8)
Publisher: BantamISBN: 9780440423003
My rating: 3/5
You’re in the Army now, son…
New Year’s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The Cold War is ending. Soon America won’t have any enemies left. The Army won’t have anybody to fight. Things are going to change. Jack Reacher is the Military Police duty officer on a base in North Carolina when he takes a call reporting a dead soldier in a hot-sheets motel. Reacher tells the local cops to handle it—heart attacks happen all the time.
But why is...
January 14, 2013
Tuesday Tale - Picture Prompt
Happy New Year and Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt, OR like this week, a picture prompt.
And this week's prompt is .....
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.... Winter scene :-)
So, in all fairness, I pushed it, having a snow cabin in my AFL story here in Australia, so I thought, I give you a little teaser on my next WIP, working title "Hums of Silence". Hope you like it. And be nice .... it really stil...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt, OR like this week, a picture prompt.
And this week's prompt is .....
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.... Winter scene :-)
So, in all fairness, I pushed it, having a snow cabin in my AFL story here in Australia, so I thought, I give you a little teaser on my next WIP, working title "Hums of Silence". Hope you like it. And be nice .... it really stil...
January 12, 2013
Six Sentence Sunday - 13 Jan 2013
Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday. My six today come from my release "Journey to Her Dreams" - Set in Tasmania & Ireland.
Let's send some thoughts to the Tassies (and of course all other Aussies affected) who over the last couple of weeks fought a vicious bushfire which has destroyed over 100 houses!
She sat down. “Great!” she said wryly.
But he missed the sarcasm. “I know. It’d be a great move.”
Hollie rolled her eyes and threw a towel at her friend. “For someone who apparently is s...
Let's send some thoughts to the Tassies (and of course all other Aussies affected) who over the last couple of weeks fought a vicious bushfire which has destroyed over 100 houses!
She sat down. “Great!” she said wryly.
But he missed the sarcasm. “I know. It’d be a great move.”
Hollie rolled her eyes and threw a towel at her friend. “For someone who apparently is s...
January 10, 2013
Jill Shalvis - Rescue my Heart (Animal Magnetism #3)
Publisher: Berkley Mass MarketISBN: 978-0425255810
My rating: 4/5
Animal Magnetism, Book Three (Adam’s story!)
After a tragic stint in the National Guards, Adam Connelly returns to Idaho and to Belle Haven, the animal shelter he owns with his brothers. All Adam wants is to be alone. Then he opens the door to the past—the woman whose heart he once broke. Still gorgeous, still tough-as-nails, but this time, unusually vulnerable.
Holly learned the hard way to never depend on a man for an...
January 8, 2013
Jill Shalvis - Forever and a Day (Lucky Harbor #6)
Publisher: Grand CentralISBN: 978-1455503698
My rating: 4/5
LOVE CAN HAPPEN IN A HEARTBEAT
Grace never thought she’d be starting her life over from scratch. Losing everything has landed her in Lucky Harbor, working as a dog walker for overwhelmed ER doctor Josh Scott. But the day his nanny fails to show up, Grace goes from caring for Josh’s lovable mutt to caring for his rambunctious son. Soon Grace is playing house with the sexy single dad…
With so many people depending on him, Josh has no...
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