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November 11, 2012
My First Book Trailer
I'm real excited about this. I've never had one before and as I've done just about everything else under the sun as far as book promo (except a real signing...I'm still a bit scared of that) I hired Shades of Rose Marketing to make me one to go along with a tour I'm doing in January to promote the f/f and f/f/f bdsm erotic romance novellas D.F. Krieger and I penned.
And on that note, I'll say no more, and instead, allow you to watch. :)
And on that note, I'll say no more, and instead, allow you to watch. :)
Random Reading
Welcome back to my weekly Random Reading! And it will be the last one if I don't get some comments! So I encourage you, readers, to let me know if you wish me to continue this feature.
Some people do Library Loot. Some people do Mailbox Monday. Me, I don't use the library. I have nothing against it; just hate having to read a book in a certain amount of time, and as for Mailbox Monday, I can't say most of my titles come in my mail. I buy them usually or get them via paperback swap.
And I find them the most random ways, these titles. But they all usually have one thing in common: STRONG, SEXY heroines!
Elsa by Simon Gandossi. Spotted on a blog I follow. It's about a young German Jewish girl who is also in love with a girl from her own gender so she's being ostracized for being Jewish and a lesbian, sorta. WWII concentration camps. Promises to be unique and evocative. Bought.
Manuscript for Murder by Chautona Havig. A mystery. A woman gets an idea, writes a series of murder books, and then they really start happening. Spotted on the freebie list. How can I resist that idea?
Cassidy's War by Susan Macatee. Spotted in the funniest way. I was in a cover art contest. I lost. I didn't bother to reannounce the voting when the first voting poll went wrong. Asking people to vote twice? Not gonna happen. *sigh* Anyway, I was competing against this book. The cover got my eye. It's just after the Civil War, heroine wants to be a doctor. You had to be strong to strive for that back then. She gets involved with a Pinkerton agent. Bought.
Windshift by Joyce Faulkner. Found this while doing an Amazon woman pilots search. Wasp. WWII. Woman pilot. 'Nuff said. Also checked out the FB page. TONS of cool stuff about history and WWII and women pilots there. LOVE. I bought this one.
The Devil's Daughter by Laura Drewry. Paranormal western romance. She's the devil's daughter, literally, and is trying to deliver him more souls so she can be free, but falls in love with a cowboy instead. Kindle freebie.
Inventing Love by Killarney Sheffield. Freebie. Love the model. It's the same model as on one of my covers. Anways, the heroine is a feisty inventor and the hero is a Pinkerton agent and there's a murder and all that. Couldn't resist. Downloaded.
Love in the Years of Lunacy by Mandy Sayer. An interracial romance between a white female saxophonist *that is mega cool!* and an African American GI in 1942. She also plays in an all girl band. This lady breaks convention in so many ways. Dying to get my hands on this. Is on my wishlist. Found while doing a random search on Amazon for historical women.
The Admiral (Under Fire 2) by Rita Henuber. I read the first one and liked it very much, but due to it being with a different publisher, I didn't find out about this one until I saw it on the Sizzling Hot Books blog. I was surprised that it had "ducked under my radar." Woman pilot. Young man. Cougar romance. The jungle. Bad guys. It's on my Kindle now.
God Save the King by Laura Purcell. Facebook worked for this one. Saw it on a friend's Timeline and when I found out it was about George III (the MAD king of England) and his wife, Charlotte (the black queen), I promptly bought it. What does a woman do when left with a fighting country and 13 kids? Takes place in the English court, 1788.
Some people do Library Loot. Some people do Mailbox Monday. Me, I don't use the library. I have nothing against it; just hate having to read a book in a certain amount of time, and as for Mailbox Monday, I can't say most of my titles come in my mail. I buy them usually or get them via paperback swap.
And I find them the most random ways, these titles. But they all usually have one thing in common: STRONG, SEXY heroines!
Elsa by Simon Gandossi. Spotted on a blog I follow. It's about a young German Jewish girl who is also in love with a girl from her own gender so she's being ostracized for being Jewish and a lesbian, sorta. WWII concentration camps. Promises to be unique and evocative. Bought.
Manuscript for Murder by Chautona Havig. A mystery. A woman gets an idea, writes a series of murder books, and then they really start happening. Spotted on the freebie list. How can I resist that idea?
Cassidy's War by Susan Macatee. Spotted in the funniest way. I was in a cover art contest. I lost. I didn't bother to reannounce the voting when the first voting poll went wrong. Asking people to vote twice? Not gonna happen. *sigh* Anyway, I was competing against this book. The cover got my eye. It's just after the Civil War, heroine wants to be a doctor. You had to be strong to strive for that back then. She gets involved with a Pinkerton agent. Bought.
Windshift by Joyce Faulkner. Found this while doing an Amazon woman pilots search. Wasp. WWII. Woman pilot. 'Nuff said. Also checked out the FB page. TONS of cool stuff about history and WWII and women pilots there. LOVE. I bought this one.
The Devil's Daughter by Laura Drewry. Paranormal western romance. She's the devil's daughter, literally, and is trying to deliver him more souls so she can be free, but falls in love with a cowboy instead. Kindle freebie.
Inventing Love by Killarney Sheffield. Freebie. Love the model. It's the same model as on one of my covers. Anways, the heroine is a feisty inventor and the hero is a Pinkerton agent and there's a murder and all that. Couldn't resist. Downloaded.
Love in the Years of Lunacy by Mandy Sayer. An interracial romance between a white female saxophonist *that is mega cool!* and an African American GI in 1942. She also plays in an all girl band. This lady breaks convention in so many ways. Dying to get my hands on this. Is on my wishlist. Found while doing a random search on Amazon for historical women.
The Admiral (Under Fire 2) by Rita Henuber. I read the first one and liked it very much, but due to it being with a different publisher, I didn't find out about this one until I saw it on the Sizzling Hot Books blog. I was surprised that it had "ducked under my radar." Woman pilot. Young man. Cougar romance. The jungle. Bad guys. It's on my Kindle now.
God Save the King by Laura Purcell. Facebook worked for this one. Saw it on a friend's Timeline and when I found out it was about George III (the MAD king of England) and his wife, Charlotte (the black queen), I promptly bought it. What does a woman do when left with a fighting country and 13 kids? Takes place in the English court, 1788.
November 10, 2012
Strong is Sexy Woman of the Past: Blanche Stuart Scott
This woman came to my attention via my dear friend, Amanda Watson. Knowing my passion for aviatrixes, she found an envelope postmarked 1980 at a flea market. On it is a picture of this woman, the wooden airplane she flew in, and a stamp with her likeness.
She was the Tomboy of the Air and the *first American woman to fly solo.*
You can read the photo for yourself, but if not, it says she had her first flying lesson in 1910. She was part of a group of barnstormers and did air acrobatics at air shows and fairs. She hoped first and foremost that she could help open new aviation opportunities for women. She later became a filmwriter, radio commentator, and station manager, as well as a special consultant to the USAF.
From digging deeper on the Internet, I also discovered:
-She was the first (or second. I'm finding conflicting reports) woman to drive an automobile across the United States.
-She was instructed by Glenn Curtiss himself, the only woman he taught.
-She was the first woman to fly long distance and the first woman to fly in a jet, with Charles Yeager, the man himself.
-*Her first solo flight is not official as it was a 40-foot hop in the air, but her reputation reached amazing heights.*
-She did "death dives" from 4,000 feet.
-She was a test pilot too! For Glenn L. Martin.
-She got behind the wheel of an automobile at 13!
Much more data can be found on this page: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/scott.html
Of the pages I browsed, I found this one to be the neatest and easiest to follow. Photo below is also on their site.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/scott.html
What I like about her: She set out to do something and she did it. This wasn't an easy feat back then. Heck, it still isn't.
'Til next Saturday, ladies, remember: think it, achieve it, do it. Don't let naysayers stand in your way and don't forget STRONG IS SEXY.
She was the Tomboy of the Air and the *first American woman to fly solo.*
You can read the photo for yourself, but if not, it says she had her first flying lesson in 1910. She was part of a group of barnstormers and did air acrobatics at air shows and fairs. She hoped first and foremost that she could help open new aviation opportunities for women. She later became a filmwriter, radio commentator, and station manager, as well as a special consultant to the USAF.
From digging deeper on the Internet, I also discovered:
-She was the first (or second. I'm finding conflicting reports) woman to drive an automobile across the United States.
-She was instructed by Glenn Curtiss himself, the only woman he taught.
-She was the first woman to fly long distance and the first woman to fly in a jet, with Charles Yeager, the man himself.
-*Her first solo flight is not official as it was a 40-foot hop in the air, but her reputation reached amazing heights.*
-She did "death dives" from 4,000 feet.
-She was a test pilot too! For Glenn L. Martin.
-She got behind the wheel of an automobile at 13!
Much more data can be found on this page: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/scott.html
Of the pages I browsed, I found this one to be the neatest and easiest to follow. Photo below is also on their site.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/scott.htmlWhat I like about her: She set out to do something and she did it. This wasn't an easy feat back then. Heck, it still isn't.
'Til next Saturday, ladies, remember: think it, achieve it, do it. Don't let naysayers stand in your way and don't forget STRONG IS SEXY.
November 9, 2012
Morrigan by Laura DeLuca
I've never read fantasy before. Never had any interest, so it was with much trepidation I began to read this...and I was immediately sucked into another land, deeply engrossed and involved in this tale.It starts in the modern world. You have a teenage girl in school, seeing a strange man outside her classroom window... she has these two cats...she's been going foster home to foster home and is about to get a shock discovery about who her parents were.
One of them was a witch...but the evil witch or the good witch? There's two of them. Which one is her mother?
The strange dark knight takes her to another kingdom. Her house cats become giant cats/Guardians. Her knight is a werewolf that can change as he pleases, but mostly for his own reasons, chooses not to. There's a renaissance village that fears her. Why? Morrigan doesn't know and no one is giving her straight answers.
There are faeries with enchanting kisses and fruit that promises immortality...
And this all wraps up in an incredible battle of wind, fire, water, and earth. I am blown away by how the author handled all four elements in an incredible scene that literally had me on the edge of my seat. And the ending...holy smokes!!! Wonderful ending. Is there a sequel?
I think this is a YA, but as an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed it. There was enough adult material to make it appeal to all the older folks and enough fantasy that the young crowd will devour it. There's sexual tension/awareness normal to teenagers but enhanced due to the dire situations they face. There's tons of conflicts/decisions Morrigan has to make and the possibly of losing out on love.
Truly one of the best books I've ever read and I'm labeling myself a fan of this author.
Favorite quote: "We all create our own destinies with the choices we make. All we can do is try our best, learn from our past, and use that knowledge to grow wiser in the present."
November 8, 2012
GIVEAWAY & Strong is Sexy Heroine of the Week: Delilah Rivers
Book: Micah's BlessingAuthor: C.L. Williams
Heroine: Delilah Rivers
Hi. Thank you Tara for inviting me here today. It was a pleasure working with you on Micah’s Blessing. Let me tell you, this book has surprised me and I’m grateful you were there to help me finish the project.I’d like to introduce you to Delilah Rivers. She’s the heroine in Micah’s Blessing, a Contemporary Christian Romance. She’s a nightclub singer on the verge of suicide and even though she doesn’t want to die, she just doesn’t know how to live.What makes her strong is she knows she needs help, and since she’s tried everything else, she might as well try church.What makes her sexy? She’s humble and willing to learn from her mistakes. And she’s not as haughty as some would make her out to be. She has an inner beauty and strength that makes her attractive to Micah.Thank you so much for allowing me this opportunity to be on Book Babe today. If you don’t mind, Tara, I’d like to offer a signed paperback of Micah’s Blessing to one lucky commenter.In the meantime, I hope you’ll visit me in my cyber home.
http://clwilliams1stldy.weebly.com/http://www.facebook.com/C.L.WilliamsAuthorhttp://clwilliams1stldy.wordpress.com/Blurb:
There must be another way. Pastor Micah Daniels has grown weary with his well-doing, even worse he’s losing faith in what God has for his life. The only solution Micah can see is to step down from his position as pastor of Revival Tabernacle. Maybe some time away from the parish can restore his ailing heart. Lord, please help me. I can’t keep living like this. Delilah Rivers utters this plea as she stares at a handful of pills. Despondent at the shambles her life has become, Delilah tries one final tactic before ending her life, she goes to church. What God hath joined together... Micah is the last man she expects to treat her with care and respect. His compassion and understanding move her as nothing else can. God wouldn’t send a humble, devout man to cherish someone like her. Her past is sordid, her flaws many, but will she be able accept a better way to love and be the blessing Micah needs her to be?Buy in print or ebook
November 7, 2012
Dream a Little Dream ... in Stanstead Tower ... With Sue Moorcroft
Please give a warm welcome to Sue Moorcroft, who has kindly agreed to visit and bring with her, a fascinating tale. To research for her new release, Dream a Little Dream, she got to delve deeply into the world of air traffic control and even visit THE TOWER. Now, in the aviation world, those guys are like gods. Pilots depend on them to tell them where to land, when, what runway. An error on their part means death. Passengers depend on them. Flight attendants...
Regardless, as Book Babe has that side theme of aviation half the time, it's a perfect topic.
Sue, go ahead and take off. Runway is clear. :)
"When I decided to make Dominic Christy suffer from the rare sleep disorder, narcolepsy, in Dream a Little Dream, I looked around for a career for him that would be particularly affected, a job that involved high concentration, shiftwork and health.So I decided to make him an air traffic controller, and I chose Stansted, one of the London airports, because it worked in location terms for the book. Most of us take the people in ‘the tower’ for granted. We don’t always think about the thousand of lives they hold in their hands every day or the emergencies they stave off. It can be a high-pressure environment and the training is intense.My friend Dave was in fighter control in the Royal Air Force and had done a bit of route planning for private aviation at Stansted, so I began by interviewing him (at length. We met for lunch and I let him go at about seven in the evening …). He gave me brilliant background information about the kind of guy Dominic would be – incisive, decisive, fact based, information hungry, strong, active, and loads of other good ‘hero’ qualities.Then I said, ‘Do you think you can get me into Stansted tower?’ He thought about it and said, ‘I’ll give it a go.’ The next week I found myself copied into e-mail correspondence with Stansted’s public relations department and Paul, the general manager of NATS, Stansted. And, within a few days … we were there. In the tower.It was an amazing experience.First, in the offices at the bottom of the tower, I had the opportunity to talk to Paul about the life of an Air Traffic Control Officer (ATCO), about what would and wouldn’t work in my story, and, crucially, how Dominic’s narcolepsy would have been handled from the human resources point of view. Then we were escorted to an elevator that seemed to go up for ages. And we stepped out on the top of the world.
OK, it wasn’t the top of the world, but it felt like it, a glass room with views in all directions, the runways, aprons, taxiways, stands and aircraft laid out in front of us like toys that a giant child had forgotten to put away. Airliners hung in the blue sky in their approach to the runway and speed and distance information blipped up on computer screens. It helped that it was a sunny day, but, honestly, the view from the tower was beautiful. I was allowed to sit with the guy who was moving the aircraft from the stands to the runways, then passing them on to another controller to be sent up into the air, passing those that had landed, in return, to ‘my’ controller. I was given earphones so that I could hear his conversation with pilots and he explained his computer screens to me, and how the ‘strips’ that represent each aircraft move back and forth across them. I was impressed that he had the spare mental capacity to talk about what he was doing whilst he did it! I could see why the training is intensive and lengthy. The experience in the tower passed in a blink and I was disappointed when it was time to be gently prised from my controller’s side for a quick chat with the watch manager before being escorted back down to the bottom of the tower and, ultimately, shown the door.But that’s a day that will long stick in my memory – the day I discovered who Dominic Christy used to be, just before Dream a Little Dreambegins. What I hadn’t realised, until my time at Stansted, is that the training doesn’t transfer easily to other jobs. It’s aviation specific. This caused Dominic a lot of problems, problems it was my job to iron out for him. Eventually. And, of course, I had to make a woman, Liza Reece, one of the most significant problems of all. How did I do that? I gave Dominic a new dream. And I gave Liza one, too.
But if Dominic realises his dream then Liza can’t realise hers and if Liza gets hers then Dominic can’t get his. That’s quite a reality to wake up to."
Sue Moorcroft writes romantic novels of dauntless heroines and irresistible heroes for Choc Lit . Her last book, Love & Freedom, won the Best Romantic Read Award 2011 at the Festival of Romance and her next, Dream a Little Dream, is out now.Combining writing success with her experience as a creative writing tutor, she’s written a ‘how to’ book, Love Writing – How to Make Money From Writing Romantic and Erotic Fiction ( Accent Press ). Sue also writes short stories, serials, articles and courses and is the head judge for Writers’ Forumfiction competition. She's a Katie Fforde Bursary Award winner. Check out her website www.suemoorcroft.comand her blog at http://suemoorcroft.wordpress.com/ for news and writing tips. You’re welcome to befriend Sue on Facebook or Follow Sue on Twitter.
Regardless, as Book Babe has that side theme of aviation half the time, it's a perfect topic.
Sue, go ahead and take off. Runway is clear. :)
"When I decided to make Dominic Christy suffer from the rare sleep disorder, narcolepsy, in Dream a Little Dream, I looked around for a career for him that would be particularly affected, a job that involved high concentration, shiftwork and health.So I decided to make him an air traffic controller, and I chose Stansted, one of the London airports, because it worked in location terms for the book. Most of us take the people in ‘the tower’ for granted. We don’t always think about the thousand of lives they hold in their hands every day or the emergencies they stave off. It can be a high-pressure environment and the training is intense.My friend Dave was in fighter control in the Royal Air Force and had done a bit of route planning for private aviation at Stansted, so I began by interviewing him (at length. We met for lunch and I let him go at about seven in the evening …). He gave me brilliant background information about the kind of guy Dominic would be – incisive, decisive, fact based, information hungry, strong, active, and loads of other good ‘hero’ qualities.Then I said, ‘Do you think you can get me into Stansted tower?’ He thought about it and said, ‘I’ll give it a go.’ The next week I found myself copied into e-mail correspondence with Stansted’s public relations department and Paul, the general manager of NATS, Stansted. And, within a few days … we were there. In the tower.It was an amazing experience.First, in the offices at the bottom of the tower, I had the opportunity to talk to Paul about the life of an Air Traffic Control Officer (ATCO), about what would and wouldn’t work in my story, and, crucially, how Dominic’s narcolepsy would have been handled from the human resources point of view. Then we were escorted to an elevator that seemed to go up for ages. And we stepped out on the top of the world.
OK, it wasn’t the top of the world, but it felt like it, a glass room with views in all directions, the runways, aprons, taxiways, stands and aircraft laid out in front of us like toys that a giant child had forgotten to put away. Airliners hung in the blue sky in their approach to the runway and speed and distance information blipped up on computer screens. It helped that it was a sunny day, but, honestly, the view from the tower was beautiful. I was allowed to sit with the guy who was moving the aircraft from the stands to the runways, then passing them on to another controller to be sent up into the air, passing those that had landed, in return, to ‘my’ controller. I was given earphones so that I could hear his conversation with pilots and he explained his computer screens to me, and how the ‘strips’ that represent each aircraft move back and forth across them. I was impressed that he had the spare mental capacity to talk about what he was doing whilst he did it! I could see why the training is intensive and lengthy. The experience in the tower passed in a blink and I was disappointed when it was time to be gently prised from my controller’s side for a quick chat with the watch manager before being escorted back down to the bottom of the tower and, ultimately, shown the door.But that’s a day that will long stick in my memory – the day I discovered who Dominic Christy used to be, just before Dream a Little Dreambegins. What I hadn’t realised, until my time at Stansted, is that the training doesn’t transfer easily to other jobs. It’s aviation specific. This caused Dominic a lot of problems, problems it was my job to iron out for him. Eventually. And, of course, I had to make a woman, Liza Reece, one of the most significant problems of all. How did I do that? I gave Dominic a new dream. And I gave Liza one, too. But if Dominic realises his dream then Liza can’t realise hers and if Liza gets hers then Dominic can’t get his. That’s quite a reality to wake up to."
Sue Moorcroft writes romantic novels of dauntless heroines and irresistible heroes for Choc Lit . Her last book, Love & Freedom, won the Best Romantic Read Award 2011 at the Festival of Romance and her next, Dream a Little Dream, is out now.Combining writing success with her experience as a creative writing tutor, she’s written a ‘how to’ book, Love Writing – How to Make Money From Writing Romantic and Erotic Fiction ( Accent Press ). Sue also writes short stories, serials, articles and courses and is the head judge for Writers’ Forumfiction competition. She's a Katie Fforde Bursary Award winner. Check out her website www.suemoorcroft.comand her blog at http://suemoorcroft.wordpress.com/ for news and writing tips. You’re welcome to befriend Sue on Facebook or Follow Sue on Twitter.
November 6, 2012
Votes for Women
Today, I merely wish to share with you a collection of mine. I'm just fascinated by this time in our history, by the fight, the determination, the way women came together for one cause: the vote.
No matter who you vote for, don't forget you have a voice, and it wasn't easy getting there.
On that note, this is my Votes for Women postcard collection.
[image error]I still don't get the joke on the left one, bu t the right one is adorable and
they are both postmarked 1918. Cambridge Springs, Penn. *I think*
[image error]The one on the left is not postmarked. The one on the right is postmarked 1916.
It was sent to a Miss Foster in New Haven, Conn.
[image error]Postmarked 1914 and appears to be from a young lady to a Mr. Perkins.
Elgin, Ill.
[image error]My personal favorite...Look at the right corner of the chalkboard. LOL
Not postmarked.
She ain't giving up. Nope. Postmarked 1918.
No matter who you vote for, don't forget you have a voice, and it wasn't easy getting there.
On that note, this is my Votes for Women postcard collection.
[image error]I still don't get the joke on the left one, bu t the right one is adorable and
they are both postmarked 1918. Cambridge Springs, Penn. *I think*
[image error]The one on the left is not postmarked. The one on the right is postmarked 1916.
It was sent to a Miss Foster in New Haven, Conn.
[image error]Postmarked 1914 and appears to be from a young lady to a Mr. Perkins.
Elgin, Ill.
[image error]My personal favorite...Look at the right corner of the chalkboard. LOL
Not postmarked.
She ain't giving up. Nope. Postmarked 1918.
Cover Art Reveal for D.T. Dyllin's Hidden Gates
Today, I'm pleased to be a part of Sizzling PR's cover art reveal. Now this is an uber cool cover. LOVE the eye.
Expected publication: January 2013
For P.J. Stone, being a “Seer” who has never seen anything is less than fun. And P.J. isn’t known for her patience.
To make matters worse, she must choose a suitable mate to continue the Seer bloodline. Duty always comes before her heart…at least that’s what her parents taught her. When she finds herself wanting someone who is considered off-limits, P.J. is forced to question everything she believes.
As if navigating her love life isn’t complicated enough, P.J. finally receives a vision—of a threat to her world that only she can perceive. But no one will believe a fledgling Seer’s warnings. With nowhere else to turn, she may decide to trust a stranger with her life, her world, and maybe even her heart.
Author Bio:Cynical-Optimist. Chocolate-holic. Sarcasm Addict. Paranormal Believer. Self-Imposed Insomniac. Sci-Fi Geek. Animal Lover. Writer…are just a few words to describe D.T. Dyllin. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two very spoiled GSDs.
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***Author is at the moment doing a huge giveaway on her FB page. The widget is here***[image error]
Expected publication: January 2013
For P.J. Stone, being a “Seer” who has never seen anything is less than fun. And P.J. isn’t known for her patience.
To make matters worse, she must choose a suitable mate to continue the Seer bloodline. Duty always comes before her heart…at least that’s what her parents taught her. When she finds herself wanting someone who is considered off-limits, P.J. is forced to question everything she believes.As if navigating her love life isn’t complicated enough, P.J. finally receives a vision—of a threat to her world that only she can perceive. But no one will believe a fledgling Seer’s warnings. With nowhere else to turn, she may decide to trust a stranger with her life, her world, and maybe even her heart.
Author Bio:Cynical-Optimist. Chocolate-holic. Sarcasm Addict. Paranormal Believer. Self-Imposed Insomniac. Sci-Fi Geek. Animal Lover. Writer…are just a few words to describe D.T. Dyllin. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two very spoiled GSDs.
Website
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Twitter
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Facebook
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Goodreads
***Author is at the moment doing a huge giveaway on her FB page. The widget is here***[image error]
November 5, 2012
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: Now accepting historical flash fiction/shorties for March 2013
March is women's history month, and I would like to host numerous historical fiction/romance/women's fiction writers on my blog, Book Babe, in honor of this month.
To make this as uncomplicated as possible (for myself!) I'll just kind of make this like a list.
What I am seeking from authors:A flash fiction piece or very short story featuring a woman in history or an event in history that had some impact on women/the women's movement/the civil rights movement, or a fictional character dealing with an issue/issues that was common in a time of history that is fascinating to you. Can be 500 to 3k words. Romance is acceptable. Erotic content is not.
This cannot be from a published book or book about to published. We don't want copyright issues. :)
You can provide a photo, real or from stock that you have permission to use. You can even write a scene about an ancestor.
What I will do:
I would like to post one a day, but that's quite a goal. I will post them spaced out according to however many I get.
I will line edit them before posting, check your grammar, punctuation, spelling.
Your author bio and links will be at the end of the post for readers to find out more about you and your books. This is a great way to garner new readers AND perhaps attempt writing something new for you and shock yourself.
I will also provide a button that you can post on your own blog and link to your story on Book Babe. You may choose from the two buttons shown.
I will have readers vote on their favorite flash fiction piece. The winner gets a book ad in the sidebar of Book Babe for three months.
Feel free to spread the word and forward this on to any authors you know who would be interested. Book Babe has 158 blogger followers, 56 networked blog followers, and gets over a hundred hits a day from Google, Goodreads, Facebook. Last month alone it had over 4,100 hits.
Flash fiction pieces should be sent to tchevrestt(at)yahoo(dot)com no later than February 1st, 2013.
Thank you!
To make this as uncomplicated as possible (for myself!) I'll just kind of make this like a list.
What I am seeking from authors:A flash fiction piece or very short story featuring a woman in history or an event in history that had some impact on women/the women's movement/the civil rights movement, or a fictional character dealing with an issue/issues that was common in a time of history that is fascinating to you. Can be 500 to 3k words. Romance is acceptable. Erotic content is not.
This cannot be from a published book or book about to published. We don't want copyright issues. :)
You can provide a photo, real or from stock that you have permission to use. You can even write a scene about an ancestor.
What I will do:
I would like to post one a day, but that's quite a goal. I will post them spaced out according to however many I get.I will line edit them before posting, check your grammar, punctuation, spelling.
Your author bio and links will be at the end of the post for readers to find out more about you and your books. This is a great way to garner new readers AND perhaps attempt writing something new for you and shock yourself.
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Things Your Dog Doesn't Want You To Know
A mixture of comedy and sadness by Hy Conrad and Jeff Johnson with artwork by Dean Stefanides.Eleven dogs tell you their innermost thoughts.
Sarge...starts a police dog with a fondness for pot. He goes to a junkyard and then a hospital and even the movie business.. It seems poor Sarge just can't keep a job. He gets into tons of trouble and yet at the same time, his stories are a tad sad. He just keeps getting abandoned...or fired as he says.
Moonbeam is a rescued dog living with a hippie. He's not too fond of being forced to be a vegan.
Tinkerbell is the show stealer. Her pages look like a Facebook page and she's very sarcastic as she berates her human and the human's daughter. She's hauled around in a purse, drinks wine with the gardener when everyone is away, has the adventure of a lifetime, and bashes her human for assuming she has a Mexican accent. Her comments are snarky and funny.
"Why do you expect me to come every time you say my name? Do you come to me every time I bark?"
Orson is all about food. He just wants to eat, even spoiled guacamole -his fault for accidentally pulling the refrigerator tail.
Gabby is a show dog. I didn't find her that interesting
Rufus...poor Rufus. He's one of those dogs people get just to entertain the kid and then the kid grows up and ignores the dog. He's got fleas, ticks, mange, is a terrible hunting dog who gets kicked out sometimes. I thought his stories more sad than funny, but he's touching all the same.
Axelrod is kind of doofy. He talks a lot about fetching, the elevator, going to work, vomiting...
Dimples is constantly talking about her puppies and how bad a job her humans are doing raising them, but each one of her parts tells a funny story...like taking the Christmas photo. It can be quite the adventure!
Then there's Bandanna, Charlie, and Sophie..oh, Sophie is my favorite. She's been with her human a long time and they are...you could say, dying together. Her parts are just super touching and sweet. It's like what it would be like...growing old from a dog's POV. Her parts make you want to drop the book and hold your dog.
But what was really awesome about this book is the pictures/layout/artwork. Sarge's parts look like a clipboard. Tinkerbell has the Facebook. Orson I think has an ereader. It's cute! I really like it. This isn't a book you toss away, but leave laying around to pick up and get a smile any time. It's a book you leave on your coffee table.
I absolutely loved it. I had a hard time saying something about each dog for the simple reason there's so much funny and cute stuff to remember, it's impossible to sum it up. They talk about lifting their legs, puppies, death, doggie day cares, baths, and licking your face, among other things.
I just randomly chose a page for something funny. Here is what Rufus does when no one is watching:
"Put bottle caps on my feet and practice my tap dancing. But it hurts."
It's just too cute. God a dog lover on your Christmas list? This would be the perfect gift.
I nabbed this via Paperback Swap.
