Terry Spear's Blog, page 458
October 21, 2010
Urquhart Castle
A nice trebuchet /catapult to storm the castle with.
Here is another lovely castle that is in remains. When I first envisioned going to Scotland, I really hadn't thought I'd love the castles that were in ruins as much as the ones that were "whole." But I have to admit, I loved the castle ruins for all those we saw! Envisioning the Highlanders living in these castles was much more satisfying than seeing furnished castles to me. :)
I loved this castle!
And here is a lovely new review of Heart of the Wolf by Happily Ever Afters!
"Terry Spear creates beautiful imagery in her writing. Her characters really jump off the page with their personalities in both human and wolf forms. It's refreshing to read a shifter story with characters that really embrace their animalistic differences and welcome the changes that come with every full moon. There's no animosity or disgust, it's pure primal instinct and enjoyment. It's a warm tale of finding your first love and then loosing them only to find them again years later and know that the feelings haven't changed.
I also enjoyed the fact that there's really never a dull moment in this story. It was almost like reading a script for a TV. show. In this story Bella goes undercover to track down a killer with the sexy Devlyn by her side while trying to avoid the man who's been after her for over a century (remember we're talking about wolf shifters, so their life spans are a little different). The rest of the cast helps thicken the plot with their mysteriousness and just when you think you know someone or something... you don't. There's also plenty of plot tension and sexual frustration, so the overall resulting release on both are very well received and welcomed. The ending of this book stands true to the definition of happily-ever-after and anyone who reads it won't be disappointed."~~Yadkny's Review
Hope you all have a terrific Friday!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
Here is another lovely castle that is in remains. When I first envisioned going to Scotland, I really hadn't thought I'd love the castles that were in ruins as much as the ones that were "whole." But I have to admit, I loved the castle ruins for all those we saw! Envisioning the Highlanders living in these castles was much more satisfying than seeing furnished castles to me. :)
I loved this castle!
And here is a lovely new review of Heart of the Wolf by Happily Ever Afters!
"Terry Spear creates beautiful imagery in her writing. Her characters really jump off the page with their personalities in both human and wolf forms. It's refreshing to read a shifter story with characters that really embrace their animalistic differences and welcome the changes that come with every full moon. There's no animosity or disgust, it's pure primal instinct and enjoyment. It's a warm tale of finding your first love and then loosing them only to find them again years later and know that the feelings haven't changed.
I also enjoyed the fact that there's really never a dull moment in this story. It was almost like reading a script for a TV. show. In this story Bella goes undercover to track down a killer with the sexy Devlyn by her side while trying to avoid the man who's been after her for over a century (remember we're talking about wolf shifters, so their life spans are a little different). The rest of the cast helps thicken the plot with their mysteriousness and just when you think you know someone or something... you don't. There's also plenty of plot tension and sexual frustration, so the overall resulting release on both are very well received and welcomed. The ending of this book stands true to the definition of happily-ever-after and anyone who reads it won't be disappointed."~~Yadkny's Review
Hope you all have a terrific Friday!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
October 20, 2010
Wolf Fever Blog Tour
My son captured a picture of my books at B & N in Pensacola on his cell phone! :) The books are autographed!
Here is the initial Book Tour Schedule for Wolf Fever!
11/29 Open
11/30 Open
12/1 Sia McKye's Thoughts over Coffee & Sandra Sookoo's Blog
12/2 Open
12/3 Readaoholic & Marissa's Sizzling Hot Books
WEEKEND
12/6 My Overstuffed Bookshelf
12/7 Stephanie's Paranormal Haven
12/8 Annie's Book Blog
12/9 A Moment with Mystee
12/10 Open
WEEKEND
12/12 Australian Romance Readers (Australian Romance Reader Winners Only)
12/13 Romance Fiction on Suite 101
12/14 Open
12/15 Fresh Fiction
12/16 Open
12/17 Queen of Happy Endings & Guns and Castles
WEEKEND
12/20 Cindy's Love of Books & Star Crossed Romance
12/21 Love Romance Passion
12/22 Open for Holiday
12/23 Open for Holiday
12/24 Open for Holiday
WEEKEND
12/27 Mason's Thoughts in Progress
12/28 Open
12/29 Open
12/30 Open
12/31 Open
More fun to be had!!!
If you are a book reviewer and haven't been asked to review Wolf Fever and would like to, send me an email. If you want me to blog on your site or do an interview for any of the open slots, you can send me an email also.
I will also be doing a book signing in November in Waco, TX at Books-a-Million.
More Scotland photos coming up! Still trying to get organized, and computer still not working. *sigh* Off to work though!!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
Here is the initial Book Tour Schedule for Wolf Fever!
11/29 Open
11/30 Open
12/1 Sia McKye's Thoughts over Coffee & Sandra Sookoo's Blog
12/2 Open
12/3 Readaoholic & Marissa's Sizzling Hot Books
WEEKEND
12/6 My Overstuffed Bookshelf
12/7 Stephanie's Paranormal Haven
12/8 Annie's Book Blog
12/9 A Moment with Mystee
12/10 Open
WEEKEND
12/12 Australian Romance Readers (Australian Romance Reader Winners Only)
12/13 Romance Fiction on Suite 101
12/14 Open
12/15 Fresh Fiction
12/16 Open
12/17 Queen of Happy Endings & Guns and Castles
WEEKEND
12/20 Cindy's Love of Books & Star Crossed Romance
12/21 Love Romance Passion
12/22 Open for Holiday
12/23 Open for Holiday
12/24 Open for Holiday
WEEKEND
12/27 Mason's Thoughts in Progress
12/28 Open
12/29 Open
12/30 Open
12/31 Open
More fun to be had!!!
If you are a book reviewer and haven't been asked to review Wolf Fever and would like to, send me an email. If you want me to blog on your site or do an interview for any of the open slots, you can send me an email also.
I will also be doing a book signing in November in Waco, TX at Books-a-Million.
More Scotland photos coming up! Still trying to get organized, and computer still not working. *sigh* Off to work though!!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
October 19, 2010
McGuire's Irish Pub, Pensacola
We came back from Scotland to visit an Irish Pub in Pensacola! It was great! Super steaks, and a wonderful piper...the kids drank homemade root beer and I had a taste. It was delicious.
Great atmosphere. My son said they had a million dollars stuck to their ceiling and the IRS taxed them on it.
Here's me looking like a vampire--happy vampire-- with the lighting the way it was. I didn't think to bring my camera so the kids used their cell phones, but it made for even better atmosphere. :)
Fun was had by all! :)
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
October 17, 2010
Autographed Books in Pensacola!
I loved the old world feel of Scotland. In the US we have such a hodge podge of buildings, but there, everything felt neat and uniform, and romantically old world even if the buildings were newer--mainly because of the "castle" rock construction. I loved it!
Streets were narrow though, which emphasized the need for small cars.
All the homes had fireplaces and many had skylights.
Here was a mall, the only place that didn't look old world.
And here we were whizzing by another group of homes.
When I returned to the States, I longed for the uniformity that was Scotland!
Well, I did manage to sign my books at Books-a-Million and B & N in Pensacola, so if anyone lives in the area and needs autographed books, they're there!!! They're out of Heart of the Wolf though.
Off to work on edits to Forbidden Love some more. I'm halfway through! :)
It's been too cold to go to the beach in Pensacola. Can you believe it? I think I brought the Highland weather with me!!!
Hope you have a super Sunday! I can't get internet on my computer, and it's too difficult to transfer over the information, find the log in, etc, to send Killing the Bloodlust this week, but next week for sure. :)
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
Streets were narrow though, which emphasized the need for small cars.
All the homes had fireplaces and many had skylights.
Here was a mall, the only place that didn't look old world.
And here we were whizzing by another group of homes.
When I returned to the States, I longed for the uniformity that was Scotland!
Well, I did manage to sign my books at Books-a-Million and B & N in Pensacola, so if anyone lives in the area and needs autographed books, they're there!!! They're out of Heart of the Wolf though.
Off to work on edits to Forbidden Love some more. I'm halfway through! :)
It's been too cold to go to the beach in Pensacola. Can you believe it? I think I brought the Highland weather with me!!!
Hope you have a super Sunday! I can't get internet on my computer, and it's too difficult to transfer over the information, find the log in, etc, to send Killing the Bloodlust this week, but next week for sure. :)
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
October 16, 2010
Loving Scotland
This is at one of the castle estates. The colors were hard to see, but these trees were a deep burgundy.
This shows the rolling hills and trees!!! It seemed everything I had read said that the trees all had been cut down, which makes it hard to have werewolf/wolf packs moving around without folks noticing. But as you can see from these pictures, werewolves would live nicely here in either their human or wolf form. One of my friends asked what my wolves eat as we passed so many sheep farms along the way.
They don't hunt for their food, normally. Not unless it's a necessity as in Seduced by the Wolf when Cassie Roux, werewolf wolf biologist tries to hunt dinner for a red wolf with pups that has lost her mate. So, all will be well in the Highlands. No way do the werewolves want to bring attention to themselves!
This is one of the many lovely waterfalls we saw. :)
Trees!!! I'm sure my companions thought I was nuts the many times I got excited about all the trees! :)
A lake at one of the castle estates. Some kids were feeding the swans and one of the young boys gave me bread to feed them too. He was really cute. :)
We also saw wild peacocks at various places along side the road, but I was never able to capture a picture of them. Cows and sheep alike clung to the sides of hills, but I kept thinking, "Where are the goats?" At one point, I saw one outside a fence beside the road as we drove by. Again, too late to get a picture.
Beautiful fall colors were truly enjoyed since in central Texas we barely ever see much of them at all!
Hope your fall is colorful and fun! Where have you seen some of the best fall colors? For me it was NJ, Wisconsin, and even Eastern Oklahoma along the mountain ridges.
Have a super Saturday!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
This shows the rolling hills and trees!!! It seemed everything I had read said that the trees all had been cut down, which makes it hard to have werewolf/wolf packs moving around without folks noticing. But as you can see from these pictures, werewolves would live nicely here in either their human or wolf form. One of my friends asked what my wolves eat as we passed so many sheep farms along the way.
They don't hunt for their food, normally. Not unless it's a necessity as in Seduced by the Wolf when Cassie Roux, werewolf wolf biologist tries to hunt dinner for a red wolf with pups that has lost her mate. So, all will be well in the Highlands. No way do the werewolves want to bring attention to themselves!
This is one of the many lovely waterfalls we saw. :)
Trees!!! I'm sure my companions thought I was nuts the many times I got excited about all the trees! :)
A lake at one of the castle estates. Some kids were feeding the swans and one of the young boys gave me bread to feed them too. He was really cute. :)
We also saw wild peacocks at various places along side the road, but I was never able to capture a picture of them. Cows and sheep alike clung to the sides of hills, but I kept thinking, "Where are the goats?" At one point, I saw one outside a fence beside the road as we drove by. Again, too late to get a picture.
Beautiful fall colors were truly enjoyed since in central Texas we barely ever see much of them at all!
Hope your fall is colorful and fun! Where have you seen some of the best fall colors? For me it was NJ, Wisconsin, and even Eastern Oklahoma along the mountain ridges.
Have a super Saturday!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
October 14, 2010
Dunnottar Castle
Before I mention the first castle, I wanted to say that I almost didn't make it to Scotland, and was totally unprepared with what to do...what a near disaster!
This was the first castle we visited and it was very cold here! I loved this castle--only one room that was finished off and decorated, otherwise it was in ruins and trying to envision what it looked like when people lived here was more fun.
It was high above cliffs, surrounded by water on 3 sides and had a long way down stairs, then a long path up again until you came to the one entrance, easy to see anyone approaching by land or by sea.
Here was one of the rooms that would have been occupied by someone of status.
This shows some of the walls and one of the more finished buildings.
I love the water, and loved seeing the waves crashing on the rocks below the castle's cliffs. It's a long way down!
Here is one of the storage rooms. Note all the rocks were covered in green moss. It was cold and misty, cloud-covered, a cold breeze while we were here.
Note the thickness of the walls. Long drop off here to the rocks below!
This was the well where they would get their water. I was having fun getting a reflection of the castle in the water. I imagined a medieval people gathering to get water at the well for meals.
In the earlier days, arrow slits were part of the defense system. Later, they created round holes for guns.
Again, rocky, watery grave if prisoners tried to escape, and very difficult to access from down below. The castles were built with primarily defense in mind.
This was the chapel.
We were very fortunate that the place was virtually empty and so were able to get a lot of pictures without having a ton of people in them. :)
After we saw this castle, I felt the trip was worth all the while.
Every vacation should have a disaster or two to make them really memorable, right? Of course! So I made my flight just fine to Houston, to Newark, was getting ready to board for Edinbourgh, and my passport had expired the month before.
I have to say that the folks at Continental Airlines were wonderful. They helped me to get to Philadelphia on Amtrak the next morning and the security at the Customs House were wonderful, and the clerks there too, to ensure that I could get on my way. It was a sweat job getting a train, a taxi, a photo from Kinkos over half a mile from the Custom House, and all the while I'm lugging a bag (the other went to Edinburgh and was happily waiting for me there), very briefly noting historical monuments and buildings along the way in my frantic rush, a very thorough screening, and then hours later with new passport in hand, a rushed taxi ride back, which was the scariest part as the meter went out on the driver's taxi and he kept trying to get his phone that had fallen on the floor while slamming on his brakes when someone stopped in front of him in the traffic filled streets. Then the train ride back to Newark, back through security and on the plane that I should have taken the night before.
Which meant that I didn't have a night to sleep. As soon as I arrived in Edinburgh, I met my friends and we were on our way across Scotland!
The way I look at it was that I had never been on a train, never to Philadelphia, and so it was a unique experience. And it showed that an impossible situation was made possible. I will also say that I'm not the only one who has faced this crisis!!!Although I wished I had seen that my passport was nearly expired. But I've only used it once in 10 years, so I never even thought about that aspect!!!
Maybe it'll go in a book someday!!!
Have any wild adventures in traveling?
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
This was the first castle we visited and it was very cold here! I loved this castle--only one room that was finished off and decorated, otherwise it was in ruins and trying to envision what it looked like when people lived here was more fun.
It was high above cliffs, surrounded by water on 3 sides and had a long way down stairs, then a long path up again until you came to the one entrance, easy to see anyone approaching by land or by sea.
Here was one of the rooms that would have been occupied by someone of status.
This shows some of the walls and one of the more finished buildings.
I love the water, and loved seeing the waves crashing on the rocks below the castle's cliffs. It's a long way down!
Here is one of the storage rooms. Note all the rocks were covered in green moss. It was cold and misty, cloud-covered, a cold breeze while we were here.
Note the thickness of the walls. Long drop off here to the rocks below!
This was the well where they would get their water. I was having fun getting a reflection of the castle in the water. I imagined a medieval people gathering to get water at the well for meals.
In the earlier days, arrow slits were part of the defense system. Later, they created round holes for guns.
Again, rocky, watery grave if prisoners tried to escape, and very difficult to access from down below. The castles were built with primarily defense in mind.
This was the chapel.
We were very fortunate that the place was virtually empty and so were able to get a lot of pictures without having a ton of people in them. :)
After we saw this castle, I felt the trip was worth all the while.
Every vacation should have a disaster or two to make them really memorable, right? Of course! So I made my flight just fine to Houston, to Newark, was getting ready to board for Edinbourgh, and my passport had expired the month before.
I have to say that the folks at Continental Airlines were wonderful. They helped me to get to Philadelphia on Amtrak the next morning and the security at the Customs House were wonderful, and the clerks there too, to ensure that I could get on my way. It was a sweat job getting a train, a taxi, a photo from Kinkos over half a mile from the Custom House, and all the while I'm lugging a bag (the other went to Edinburgh and was happily waiting for me there), very briefly noting historical monuments and buildings along the way in my frantic rush, a very thorough screening, and then hours later with new passport in hand, a rushed taxi ride back, which was the scariest part as the meter went out on the driver's taxi and he kept trying to get his phone that had fallen on the floor while slamming on his brakes when someone stopped in front of him in the traffic filled streets. Then the train ride back to Newark, back through security and on the plane that I should have taken the night before.
Which meant that I didn't have a night to sleep. As soon as I arrived in Edinburgh, I met my friends and we were on our way across Scotland!
The way I look at it was that I had never been on a train, never to Philadelphia, and so it was a unique experience. And it showed that an impossible situation was made possible. I will also say that I'm not the only one who has faced this crisis!!!Although I wished I had seen that my passport was nearly expired. But I've only used it once in 10 years, so I never even thought about that aspect!!!
Maybe it'll go in a book someday!!!
Have any wild adventures in traveling?
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
Ghostly Scotland!
These are the gardens of one of the castles we visited. I'm not organized, but just wanted to send a couple of the photos I managed to take! I would LOVE to have a garden that looked like this!!!
And here is one of the Scottish cows. We didn't see very many, and my camera's battery died when we got to the Isle of Skye, so I missed taking pictures there of one of the most fun places we saw! The Fairy Glen. But my traveling companions are sending me pictures. One of the ones I loved best was of red and white spotted toadstools. They are so pretty, they looked unreal. We climbed up part of the hills and my friends got pictures of the waterfall and black faced sheep, etc, that I missed. *sigh*
But I took a photo of this woolly cow, but couldn't get one of his face. We saw a few others that were closer but we couldn't find anywhere to park to take a picture.
Now, we were in haunted castles, and in fact the castle that had these gardens had a room that where they found the remains of a young woman and when they buried her elsewhere, she haunted the place until they put her back under the hearth, but I saw nothing, felt nothing.
But when we walked down toward the pasture where these cows were on the western side of Scotland, I heard Celtic music. It faded in, then abruptly cut off as I drew closer to the fence. I felt it was like one of the Highland romances I'd read where the woman kept hearing the ghostly piper playing. Only this was of more than just a piper's playing, no singing, just instrumental. It was beautiful and made the place even more special, as if the Highlanders were having a celebration in the wilds of Scotland in a green glen. I was so disappointed that the music ended so abruptly as it did.
A farmhouse was about a mile away, and there were no other people or homes and this was on a river, no one about anywhere. When I asked the ladies if they heard the beautiful music, neither had!!! I didn't hear music playing anywhere else in Scotland--just that one isolated place for the span of a very brief time, and yet I'd longed to hear more of it. It was like a welcome home from a clan long forgotten. :)
Everything I wrote in Heart of the Highland Wolf was confirmed on our trip---sheep on the road, heavy fog, mist, and rain. Although, we were very fortunate it didn't rain while we were there.
The fall colors as you can see from this picture from the castle gardens were beautiful!
We weren't as cold as I thought we'd be either. I took too many clothes!
I thought I would be able to write last night, but by the time I got in late and had dinner with my son and his wife, etc, etc...it was too late to find my camera, the cord to connect it to the computer, and all that!!!
Oh, and when my friends were taking pictures of the woolly cows close up when I didn't have a charged up camera (and I was afraid to try and charge it because my friend's hair dryer started to smoke and was ruined and my curling iron did the same thing, only it burned my hair right off!--but I finally bit the bullet and charged it and my phone as I needed them so badly!--and they were fine.)--my friends came running pell mell to the car and I looked back, but the cows weren't moving---there were no fences. So I asked why they were running like the devil was after them. The farmer's dogs were headed up the hill to protect their livestock!
Have a super day! I have tons more pictures to share....
Terry"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."www.terryspear.com
And here is one of the Scottish cows. We didn't see very many, and my camera's battery died when we got to the Isle of Skye, so I missed taking pictures there of one of the most fun places we saw! The Fairy Glen. But my traveling companions are sending me pictures. One of the ones I loved best was of red and white spotted toadstools. They are so pretty, they looked unreal. We climbed up part of the hills and my friends got pictures of the waterfall and black faced sheep, etc, that I missed. *sigh*
But I took a photo of this woolly cow, but couldn't get one of his face. We saw a few others that were closer but we couldn't find anywhere to park to take a picture.
Now, we were in haunted castles, and in fact the castle that had these gardens had a room that where they found the remains of a young woman and when they buried her elsewhere, she haunted the place until they put her back under the hearth, but I saw nothing, felt nothing.
But when we walked down toward the pasture where these cows were on the western side of Scotland, I heard Celtic music. It faded in, then abruptly cut off as I drew closer to the fence. I felt it was like one of the Highland romances I'd read where the woman kept hearing the ghostly piper playing. Only this was of more than just a piper's playing, no singing, just instrumental. It was beautiful and made the place even more special, as if the Highlanders were having a celebration in the wilds of Scotland in a green glen. I was so disappointed that the music ended so abruptly as it did.
A farmhouse was about a mile away, and there were no other people or homes and this was on a river, no one about anywhere. When I asked the ladies if they heard the beautiful music, neither had!!! I didn't hear music playing anywhere else in Scotland--just that one isolated place for the span of a very brief time, and yet I'd longed to hear more of it. It was like a welcome home from a clan long forgotten. :)
Everything I wrote in Heart of the Highland Wolf was confirmed on our trip---sheep on the road, heavy fog, mist, and rain. Although, we were very fortunate it didn't rain while we were there.
The fall colors as you can see from this picture from the castle gardens were beautiful!
We weren't as cold as I thought we'd be either. I took too many clothes!
I thought I would be able to write last night, but by the time I got in late and had dinner with my son and his wife, etc, etc...it was too late to find my camera, the cord to connect it to the computer, and all that!!!
Oh, and when my friends were taking pictures of the woolly cows close up when I didn't have a charged up camera (and I was afraid to try and charge it because my friend's hair dryer started to smoke and was ruined and my curling iron did the same thing, only it burned my hair right off!--but I finally bit the bullet and charged it and my phone as I needed them so badly!--and they were fine.)--my friends came running pell mell to the car and I looked back, but the cows weren't moving---there were no fences. So I asked why they were running like the devil was after them. The farmer's dogs were headed up the hill to protect their livestock!
Have a super day! I have tons more pictures to share....
Terry"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."www.terryspear.com
October 10, 2010
My Wolf Costume for Halloween
This could be my costume--although I never remembered Little Red Riding Hood looking like this.
This costume was called: Wolf Bait. :)
But I'd rather be the wolf!
Of course I'd need the body and hair to go with the outfit to catch a real wolf, but hey, fantasy is the name of the game!
And this was described as wolf contact lenses. Now, everyone knows wolves don't need contact lenses!
I'm afraid the only hunky werewolves are the ones in my books. :) They don't need costumes for Halloween. They're definitely the real thing. :)
Have a super fall day!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
This costume was called: Wolf Bait. :)
But I'd rather be the wolf!
Of course I'd need the body and hair to go with the outfit to catch a real wolf, but hey, fantasy is the name of the game!
And this was described as wolf contact lenses. Now, everyone knows wolves don't need contact lenses!
I'm afraid the only hunky werewolves are the ones in my books. :) They don't need costumes for Halloween. They're definitely the real thing. :)
Have a super fall day!
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
October 9, 2010
The Accidental Highland Hero
The Accidental Highland Hero Terry Spear
Historical romance
Available from Vintage Romance Publishing
ISBN: 978-0981989662
March 2010
Lady Eilis was a ward of her uncle Creardach. Her cousin, Lady Agnes, had just died from the fever. Agnes had been betrothed to sixty year-old Laird Dunbarton. Now her uncle insists she take her cousin's place. From now on she would be known as Agnes, his daughter. She would marry Laird Dunbarton, securing ties with their clan. The whole clan was forced to acknowledge her as Agnes or suffer the consequences. Lady Eilis reluctantly went aboard the ship that would take her to her new life. The ship was demolished in a storm and the only survivor, Lady Eilis, hung on to a bit of wood and was battered against the rocks. She was plucked from a sure drowning by two Scotsmen. They took her to their castle and this is where her life would begin.
I love Medieval times, especially in Scotland. I know times were tough and dangerous but I like the romantic side. The unusual names, the dialogue, wonderful clothes, and the beauty of the surrounding area. The men were, for lack of a better word ,"men" with their muscle-hard, battle scarred bodies. The women were feisty but always had a soft side for their men. This book draws you into this world, all I needed was bagpipe music playing in the background.
The author kept the story interesting with romance and a little intrigue. The dialogue felt authentic and the plot crystallized into a fanciful historical romance.
Overall rating: 
Sensuality rating: Sweet
Before this came Winning the Highlander's Heart!! Wouldn't you love to have a Highland hero keeping you warm nights?
And then, there are Highlanders! Of the more wolfish variety!
Coming Jun 2011!!! I can't wait, can you? Now if only they would go to audio books and I could listen to those sexy accents! :)
Catch a kilted warrior in your next reading frenzy! :)
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
October 8, 2010
A Squirrel of a Time
One of the fun things about writing is coming up with creative stories. But sometimes it's fun just to attempt to explain the unexplainable.
What was your first thought when you saw this picture?
For me, it was that the photographer's subject got away from him. :)
But then I thought, "No, wait, who then took the picture?"
Ah, so the truth of the matter is that the squirrel is the subject and the photographer is the prop. :) And the OTHER photographer had a Kodak moment.
Or, we can get more creative. The squirrel is the photographer and is adjusting the lens while the other photographer is the subject.
Or, the squirrel is the assistant photographer learning the ropes and the other photographer is filming this for an educational piece on how to teach students photographic wizardry.
Thanks to Susan for making my life easier and sharing this photo with me. :) And thanks to the two photographers and their squirrel mate who gave us a fun glimpse of the sublime.
So what do you think the REAL story is???
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
What was your first thought when you saw this picture?
For me, it was that the photographer's subject got away from him. :)
But then I thought, "No, wait, who then took the picture?"
Ah, so the truth of the matter is that the squirrel is the subject and the photographer is the prop. :) And the OTHER photographer had a Kodak moment.
Or, we can get more creative. The squirrel is the photographer and is adjusting the lens while the other photographer is the subject.
Or, the squirrel is the assistant photographer learning the ropes and the other photographer is filming this for an educational piece on how to teach students photographic wizardry.
Thanks to Susan for making my life easier and sharing this photo with me. :) And thanks to the two photographers and their squirrel mate who gave us a fun glimpse of the sublime.
So what do you think the REAL story is???
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
