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Tidbit Tuesday: BLOG TOUR for Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith

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I had the pleasure and honour of taking part in a blog tour in association with a publicist from Little Bird Publicity Agency a couple of weeks ago. The experience was so exhilarating that when I was offered another opportunity to showcase a book and its author, I jumped on the occasion.

The book in question is Alison Wonderland, written by British author Helen Smith.

DISCLAIMER: In no way was I influenced, asked, or requested to endorse this book with a positive review - ...

Six Sentence Sunday - Walking The Edge: Snippet #12

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It's Sunday once again. Bright and sunny here, but still cold as heck - I need my afghan, a cup of coffee, and some good reading to snuggle down to. But that's not an issue today, innit, since the snippets of Six Sentence Sunday will be up. :)

I'm concluding this action scene in the dark alleyway of Marseille today - next week, we move to another meeting between Gerard and Amelia. But for today...

Remember how last week Amelia was left with the tip of the gun against her te...

A New Contract!!!

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Yesterday I promised to share some good news with you... I won't drag the suspense any more. :)

So, the news... I have just contracted a new book with Noble Romance Publishing. This one is a novel and part of another series - based loosely around a theme - titled Destiny's Child. In every book in this line-up, a child brings an unlikely couple together and love blossoms through emotional struggles and upheavals. The books are mostly sweet romances with little to no sex, rel...

Progress Friday

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Another week from hell - my son went back to school but left his cold bug home with me. With the runny nose, the sneezing, the awful headache, and the kinks in my body (as if a herd of oxen had happy-rolled over me!), I wasn't really in a state to get much work done.

So, the progress meter moves only by 6.8K - I wanted to strike my 10K goal but once again, no can do... I'm still on target with the book and its deadline, but stuff like what's happened this week and the last are why I ...

Link Thursday: 10 Simple Things Men Want

As you probably know by now, the Corpus Brides series, of which I am writing Book 2, Before The Morning, is about espionage, and the women (and some men!) caught in the meanders and workings of a clandestine agency.

So, espionage means spies - guzzling vodka martinis in glamourous settings, wearing designer clothing, getting the girls, and the men too (since this is a heroine-centric series)--BLEEP!!! Wait a second - that's a cue for a James Bond story. Not for one of mine!
For you see, a spy's...

Tidbit Tuesday: Spotlight on I Can't Get Next To You

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Today I am featuring my crit sister's latest release - I Can't Get Next To You by Chicki Brown. This is a 'different' book for Chicki, in that it is a Christian inspirational story.

I'm not really into reading religious-inclined stories, but I did read this one and loved it. Chicki writes it like it is, and does not preach. Religion, faith, beliefs - they're all just part and parcel of the characters, what makes them who they are. Chicki treads a fine line but treads it well - this is...

Random Thoughts' Monday: The Hazards of Motherhood

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I was all abuzz to start this week on a roll - I mean, kiddo's back in school and all. Except that I didn't count on one tiny little possibility - that he'd leave his cold bug at home, with me.

So here I am today, with a runny nose, having gone through a stack of cotton handkerchiefs and a 200-tissues box, with a raging headache. And I wasn't able to take any medication as I had to drive today.

This got me thinking about the topic of today's post - the hazards of motherhood. Motherhood...

Six Sentence Sunday - Walking The Edge: Snippet #11

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It's a bright, sunny Sunday morning here in Mauritius. Temps still a bit chilly, around 60 degrees - perfect to snuggle down with an afghan, a cup of coffee, and some great reading via Six Sentence Sunday snippets.

I'm still with Amelia and Gerard in that dark, seedy alleyway next to the Bistro du Stade in Marseille, on the outskirts of Boulevard Michelet and the Stade Velodrome.

Last week, Amelia still had a gun pointed at her, but her senses were focused on something else...

Progress Friday

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Quick one today - thought my son was doing better but today he's got a cough that could wake the undead during daylight! so he's with me today, and thus you know by now I'm not going to make much sense.

Just let me say that progress on Before The Morning is moving ahead. Just over 6K this week, which is pretty good considering the kid was sick and with me most of the time. I'll take what I got!

A little over 34% on the expected length - I think I'm on track. Here's to more and better p...

Link Thursday: 20 Girl Things I Never Knew In My 20s

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I've been MIA for the past few days - had a sick kid on hand. Touching wood that it's the first time this winter that my son came down sick, and hopefully we're out of the woods as winter seems to be leaving. It's sunnier and warmer this week. Anyway, the mums who read this post will know - there's nothing as harrying as a sick kid on hand. And when it also happens that your husband is uber-cool usually but flies into a raving panic the minute his kids get sick, let me jus...