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Superior Species Book 2 Finding Karen

Hello, thank you for having me on your blog. I want to introduce you to my newest book in the world of Superior Species: Superior Species Book 2 Finding Karen. There is a surprise later. 



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Superior Species Book 2 Finding Karen Blurb:Ivory Ames has learned the truth about Los Roshano, New Mexico and the university she attends there, but it isn’t what she expected. Monsters exist. They’ve been running the town in secret to fill their ranks. She vows to keep her friends and herself safe from their evil clutches.
As soon as Ivory makes her pledge, her best friend is missing. The race to find Karen Bakke is on before she is killed or worse.
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Blurb

Ivory Ames has caught the attention of four gorgeous guys. At Los Roshano University this isn’t normal, even when all the upperclassmen have perfect physiques, flawless complexions, and hypnotic looks. That’s not even the weirdest part. The town has a strict sunset curfew because of wild animals attacking.
To keep her friends and herself safe, Ivory must figure out the truth behind the town’s mysteries before it’s too late.
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K. A. Meng lives in North Dakota, in the same town she grew up. Her love for the paranormal started at a young age when she saw her first ghost.
Today, she spends her time writing paranormal romance, fantasy, and everything in-between. When life drags her away from it, she hangs out with her son and friends, goes to movies, watches TV, plays board games, walks her dogs, and reads books. She is actively involved in two writing groups and wishes to some day visit Disney World.
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Action Without Electronic Gadgets

Welcome to #SundayBlogShare. Today, we’ll be talking about The Case of the Missing Girls Wildcat Crew Book 1. This mystery series, set in 1973, offers teen readers the chance to experience a phenomenon most can’t begin to imagine. Marnie, Garth, Tish, Les, Brad, and Suzie solve their mysteries without the benefit of electronic gadgets. In their world, car phones are a few years from being invented. There are no pagers, cell phones, internet, or even GPS. They use their wits and ingenuity to solve their mysteries.



Imagine if you will having to figure out a problem and you can’t hold up your cell phone and say, “Google, find this location.” Instead, you have to depend on a map your parents probably got at a gas station and hope it covers enough area for you to locate what you’re looking for. Or you need to connect with your friends so you stop at a phone booth and use a rotary dial phone to call them at their home. What if they’re not at home? What do you do then?


The Wildcat Crew books are from a different time, a time when the world was changing so fast most people couldn’t keep up with everything. Young women were seeking jobs in non-traditional fields and young men were sometimes doing the same. The teens investigators in these books are faced with different problems, problems that today most teens would figure out by doing research with their phone or computer, and Wildcat Crew solves their problems. They might not be able to solve their problems quickly and they do have to rely on advice from adults, but they’re also learning in the process while enjoying themselves.



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Finally moving on from the horror of the Manson killings, the Los Angeles area has begun to return to normal. Until, that is, the small bedroom community of Monrovia skyrockets into the news. This sleepy little area, nestled up against the foothills, is probably best known for their football team, but that was yesterday’s news.
Three girls have vanished. Notes left behind have an “H” and a “S” with red dripping off them. People’s minds automatically go to the horror of 1969 and wonder if someone else is about to initiate “Helter Skelter.”
A group of teens, Wildcat Crew, doesn’t think so. Despite the police looking at a trouble teen, they focus on another teen whose past has some dark secrets. As the city moves toward the summer solstice, these intrepid investigators work diligently on solving this case before someone else vanishes into the canyon.




The moon hung low on a dark California night. June could be a mix of summer’s warmth with just enough of the coolness left over from spring to force the native Californians to retreat to their homes and huddle beneath blankets.
Fools they were, and The Mastermind would be the one to remind them of their folly. For he was the one who would wake them up from their quiet, peaceful lives and thrust them into the terror of his making. No one would rest easily until he had sated his hunger.
He crept along a quiet street. Homes were lit up. Images of families having an ordinary evening played through his mind. They had no idea of what he was about to unleash on them. His plan was very simple—no one had noticed his first attempt at fame a mere four years ago, because of the Manson Family’s rampage.
They will now. No one will ever ignore me again.



About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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Plots & Schemes Vol 1

Mystery and intrigue, your local town to international locations—mysteries abound in this collection of stories from ten very talented authors!




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Her child vanishes in a puff of smoke.
When Murder is on the Itinerary
An eavesdropped comment leads to an impossible scheme!
Mysterious events pull Dana into danger.
A rock star’s murder leaves Emlyn Goode questioning everything she knows about herself.
Murder most foul puts this cop to the test
One murder, one plan, two possible outcomes.
Losing your mind is scary...
If you're not at the beach, the Tough Luck stories will take you there.
Trail Town Texas leans heavily on their sheriff





Murder, kidnapping, mysterious events, and more are our treat to you in this wonderful anthology from Solstice Publishing. Discover the talents of K.C. Sprayberry, Debbie De Louise, Donna Alice Patton, E.B. Sullivan, Susan Lynn Solomon, Johnny Gunn, K.A. Meng, Leah Hamrick, Lois Crockett, and Stephy Smith.




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Wildcat Crew returns with their next adventure. Marnie, Garth, Tish, Les, Brad, and Suzie are celebrating the summer solstice as only  true sun worshiping California teens can!






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The summer solstice has arrived. Being the sun worshipers they are, Wildcat Crew heads to the beach for a day of fun and a picnic. But first, Marnie gets a huge surprise. Her parents have replaced her Camaro, destroyed in their first case.


At the beach with thousands of other Southern Californians, the crew stumbles over a small, crying child. Instead of checking out the waves and working on their tans, they go on the hunt for the little boy’s parents.

Your Book's Copyright

There have been quite a few new authors lately crying “plagiarism” from their books because they swear someone has copied how a character reacts, the clothing, actions, and/or certain items they believe are unique. Most of these cases aren’t copyright infringement and most authors quickly realize that when someone more experienced in the writing field points it out to them.
For others, the path to discovering their claim of theft of their intellectual property continues, with pervious friends becoming enemies when they don’t support the individual. In fact, everyone who doesn’t fall into line becomes the enemy, despite their clear knowledge on this subject.
One can easily go on the internet and look up copyright infringement and make a decision on whether or not their work was indeed stolen. One problem exists with this assessment. Unless you’re an expert in copyright law, you could potentially make a false accusation and create a great deal of animus regarding your accusations.
If one wishes to study current case law regarding copyright infringement, you only need to look into the case of Rachel Ann Nunes. Ms. Nunes writes Christian based fiction and has been self publishing for quite a while. Three years ago, she discovered another author, Sam Taylor Mullens, had taken one of her best selling works, added graphic scenes, and was selling the book under another title and earning quite a few royalties.
In order to prove plagiarism, Ms. Nunes was forced to prove that a substantial amount of her story had been used by Mullens, but first she had to discover who Mullens truly was. Proving the outright copying of the novel was the easy part. Even though Ms. Nunes wrote in third person and Mullens work was in first person, anyone comparing those two works side by side would soon see that one was a rip off of the other. Since Nunes’ book had been published first, she was obviously the victim of a plagiarist.
The hard part came in identifying Mullens, who it turned out was third grade teacher, Tiffanie Rushton, from a Utah school district. To make matters worse, Ms. Rushton had used the names of some of her students to create fake accounts on social media, to give her books great reviews and attack Ms. Rushton and the bloggers supporting her once the information became public. There are even more things that were done, but they aren’t relevant at this point.
Currently, there is a court case going on, where Ms. Nunes has sued Ms. Rushton for copyright infringement along with quite a few other things. The case was an internet sensation in 2014 when it first broke and brought the problem of copyright theft in an online world out to view. What most have taken away from this case is that the similarities of a small item in a book isn’t copyright infringement. In order to sustain this charge, one must prove that the book is substantially copied and is easily recognizable as their intellectual property by the common person.
An accusation of copyright infringement should be made only after a great deal of investigation is made into exactly what is alleged to have been copied and only if it is proven that the person did indeed copy large amounts of your intellectual property.
If you suspect your work has been stolen, instead of jumping to a conclusion that has happened, enlist the assistance of experts, who can be bloggers that read books for review, to other authors, or your publisher. Let them review the information and either confirm or deny that you are a victim of copyright infringement. 


About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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Renewal of Faith

Welcome to Tuesday Blog Share. Today, we’re examining the anthology with faith based stories.
Stories about Christian faith took a back seat for a few years, with many afraid to publish them due to what quite a few saw as unwarranted criticism. Not much has changed, except the seat of power in the United States, but it appears that stories regarding Christian Faith are now in favor and more people are speaking out about their beliefs while at the same time no longer turning a blind eye to the extremists within this religious base.



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Renewal of Faith Vol 1 explores faith lost and found again in a series of stories revolving around ordinary lives. Contrary to the beliefs of those who have not read this anthology, these stories are not an exercise in bible verses and church meetings but rather ordinary stories about ordinary people having a crisis and leaning heavily on the faith that has always cushioned them.


Blurb
Old friends… New danger
Pioneer Easter, new beginnings
A Heaven sent smile to believe
Bereft of faith Anton returns home
The Story of Faith and Courage
Some things can be changed
Will Melinda discover her inner strength?
Faith tested and renewed in many different ways. An abandoned child; two people must trust all will turn out right. A family moving west following bigotry. Hope lost; a yearning to believe. A return home to discover faith. Faith and renewal versus loss and grief. Her rocky path leads her home. A teen struggles for answers.
April Erwin, Eden S. Clark, Donna Patton, E.B. Sullivan, J.E. & Carla Holling and Jeannie Anderson, Leah Hamrick, and K.C. Sprayberry present stories of strength and hope, of struggle and desolation, of returning to what has always sustained them.
Excerpt
“Drat!” Kate Morris muttered from the depths of the hall closet.
Didn’t it figure? Wasn’t it Murphy’s Law or an obnoxious twist of the universe or something; that as soon as she’d gotten into the closet, someone would come banging on the front door? Of course, the door banger couldn’t have come when she’d opened the door or just stepped inside.  No! The person had to wait until she was buried in the depths of the spacious closet, barricaded behind heavy plastic bins of winter clothes and the cumbersome boxes and bags of Christmas decorations. They’d had the audacity to wait until her hearing was muffled by the swish of coats. Forcing her to waste precious seconds, shoving aside Heath’s suit jackets and leaning against the door jamb to listen.



About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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Believable Dialogue

One of the things that can make or break your novel is believable dialogue. I’ve seen far too many books by new authors lately where they have tried to get around “show don’t tell” by having their characters describe a person in-depth or expound in great depth about a situation or location. The reader will often get involved for a sentence or two, but they will eventually skip those “telling dialogues” or close the book completely and write a scathing review about how the author doesn’t trust their reader.
There it is. The one statement no author wants to hear. “Trust their reader.”
It’s true though. You have to trust your reader will understand what you are giving them in your book. Not only do you have to trust them but you also need to do this with showing, not telling. I’m sure more than a few authors are grumbling at this point and will demand to know one very simple thing. Just how am I supposed to describe my characters if I can’t tell someone about them?
First of all, as an author, you should be concentrating on your main characters. Description should be added when necessary and should fit into the scene. Say your main character is walking along the street. It’s a blustery day, lots of wind, leaves rattling in the gutters, trees bending double, most people shivering in warm coats, but your character has on shorts and a T-shirt. Ah, perfect opportunity to describe both what he/she is wearing while also giving an overall glimpse of the scene, and you’ll be smart about it. This character is about to run into an old buddy and they’re going to tell each other what’s happening. You’re thinking you get to put out four or five paragraphs of description without your editor giving you the red pen.
With a wicked grin on your face, you set into motion a fabulously plotted method of fixing the problem of too much exposition and not enough dialogue, something was pointed out to you by a beta reader. Hours later, you sit back in satisfaction. You’ve added about thirty pages to your book. Sure, there’s a lot of dialogue but you did manage to insert a sentence or two between those long diatribes. Your characters are described. Their motivations have been discussed in such a way the reader can’t mistake what’s going on. You’ve even managed to get in a lot about their background so the reader understands why they’re at this point.
Hold on there, partner. We don’t need to know your characters’ details from birth to this moment. You lost your reader back on the first page where you started this in-depth look at his/her life.
Believable dialogue is important in any book. It’s difficult to achieve and takes a lot of research to get it right. Oh, and this research can’t happen on the internet. You, the author, will have to leave your writing cave and venture into the world. You will have to listen to how people talk and make copious notes. A mall, the grocery store, even a school board meeting will give you an idea of what people say to each other.
Once you’re done with this research you can then venture back to your story and make that dialogue believable, with longer narrative to add in description of each individual and the scene around them, in a way where the reader feels as if they are there, experiencing the same sensations.
Remember this bit of advice: description doesn’t belong in dialogue. A reader doesn’t want to know about your character from birth to this point. All they want to hear in dialogue is normal people speaking to each other. They may or may not discuss what’s happening. They may comment on clothing, if it’s very different from what others are wearing. What they aren’t going to do is make an analysis of the situation or go on and on about the impact to the human condition. They aren’t going to expound on what happened to them at two or three and how it impacts their life now. Save that type of background for when it’s important, a tense situation where the main character is confronted with a scenario they once experienced.


About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
 
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Family Commitments

Everyone has family issues. We’re all very familiar with the expectations of our elders. What if you, the teenager, had different dreams? What if you wanted to go in a direction your family has never considered, because they have always done one job?





Protector of the Phoenix explores a family’s decision to allow their youngest son to follow his dreams. Those dreams become dust when an explosion threatens not only the lives of the Evans’ but also their livelihood. Trank now has a choice to make, one he thought would never happen. Will he be able to choose wisely?








The Evans family has always been the Protector of the Phoenix. The heavy mantle has passed from father to oldest son for hundreds of years—until an accident in the breederies changes everything.
Trank’s dreams are of Wizard Camp and teaching about his wonderful world to young wizards and witches around the world. He has plans, none of which include working at the family’s legacy. After an accident in two of the breederies, he finds himself with the heavy mantle of Protector shoved on his shoulders, a mere day after his fourteenth birthday.
Not only is he thrust into the drudgery of protecting the Phoenixes, he has to continually fight to prove that he can do the job when the father of his best friend attempts to wrest the position of Protector from the Evans family. Can Trank do what is needed and prevent a reoccurrence of the accident that took so many of his family? Will he succumb to the intense work and quit to escape what he views as something that is making him so unhappy?





Southern pines rose well above the two boys hidden in the wooded area behind the small farmhouse. A gentle breeze blew across the tops of the trees bending them and swaying the upper trunks. Neither boy paid much attention after watching the action for a few moments. Both held sticks about two feet long and grinned at each other. Dust clouds rose from where they stood. At one end of the clearing, rocks lay scattered.
The taller boy’s skin resembled a rich cup of espresso. His companion’s complexion appeared so pale as to redden in the early spring sunshine breaking through the trees surrounding them. Shouts and laughter filled the air.
“I’ve got it,” the fair-skinned one called. “It’s not fair, Gordon. Your last three landed without a problem. You’ve been practicing.”
His companion bowed. “I’m not a Protector, young Trank. I’ve got more time.”

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About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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Homophones

This week is one of my favorite subjects, homophones. Exactly what is a homophone? It’s a word that sounds like another word but has a very different meaning. As authors, we are expected to use homophones correctly, or at the least set up our grammar checker to catch those instances when we’re using them wrong.
Nothing is more off-putting to a publisher than reading through an otherwise outstanding manuscript and continually running across incorrectly used homophones. Many publishers will reject the work once they see one incorrect homophone and not bother to tell you why. This is why it’s important to have a trusted beta reader or critique group look over your book before you submit. That first impression is the only time you’ll get to catch a publisher’s attention.
Below is a list of the worst offenders on the homophone list. There are many more you should be aware of though.
Your/You’re
Your is a pronoun and shows possession. Your dog got loose from the yard.You’re is a contraction of you are. You’re in trouble now.
Its/It’s
Its is a possessive form. The cat lost its ball.It’s is a contraction for it is. It’s hot outside today.
Their/There/They’re
There is a pronoun. Their coats were hung in the closet.There is a place. We put the dishes over there.There is a contraction for they are. They’re running in the track meet.
Affect/Effect
Affect means to influence. Missing class didn’t affect his grade.Effect is used as a noun. The effect of mushrooms on the taste of food is negligible.
Than/There
Than is used for comparisons. I’d rather have ice cream than a cookie.Then is used to show the passage of time. We left early but then didn’t get to the campsite until late that night.
Hear/Here
Here is an adverb used to show location. Put it down here.Hear is a verb meaning listening. He can hear her calling him.
Are/Our
Are is a to be verb in the present tense. We are going to the movies.Our is an adjective, the plural possessive for we. Our game isn’t going well.
Accept/Except
Accept is a verb meaning to receive. I accepted the decision.Except is a preposition meaning to exclude. Everyone had their lunch except John.
To/Too/Two
To can be a preposition. It’s time for us to get ready to leave.Too is an adverb meaning excessive or a synonym meaning also. It was too hot to move.Two is a number. There were two of them.
Bear/Bare
Bear is for an animal or the act of holding or supporting. The bear was running right toward us.Bare is an adjective meaning a lack of clothes. His bare arms were reddening in the intense sunlight.
Break/Brake
Break means to shatter something or to take a recess. Our spring break is next week.Brake to stop or a device that ends motion. He slammed on the brakes.
Aloud/Allowed
Aloud refers to speaking out loud. He read the passage aloud.Allowed means to be permitted. We are allowed to go to the gym after school.
Principal/Principle
Principal is the head of a school or an organization, or a sum of money. Our principal spoke at the commencement ceremony.Principle means basic truth or law. She stuck by her principles.
Site/Sight/Cite
Site is a place you are seeing. We went to the website.Sight is what you see with your eyes. My eyesight is twenty/twenty.Cite is what you do on your term papers. Citing the books for this paper was difficult.
Right/Write/Rite
Right refers to direction. He turned to the right.Write refers to what authors do. I am writing a book.Rite refers to a ceremony or ritual. Getting a car is a rite of passage for a teen.
Lose/Loose
Lose means to be defeated. How can our football team lose so many games?Loose means not fitting tightly or properly. My pants are too loose.
Worse/Worst
Worse means of poor quality or standard. No matter how hard I tried, everything got worse.Worst is the superlative of bad or ill. That was the worst restaurant I’ve ever been to.
These are just a few of the homophones you will find misused. While their meanings are clear to most people, some of us have trouble remembering which one goes where. A suggestion? Make sure your grammar checker is set to check for misused words. A blue line will appear under any word that isn’t used right, including homophones.



About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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Retweet Groups ~ The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The use of social media for an author is important during this age where we are competing with so many others to sell our books. Gone are the days when an agent and/or publisher would fete an author with trips to expensive restaurants, book them on national talk shows, or send them on whirlwind book tours to prestigious bookstores.
Wow! That sounds like it would have been a lot of fun. However, today’s author faces a different situation when getting word about their book out. Promotion budgets at the Big 5 are often reserved for well-established authors or celebrities. Those of us considered mid-list are consigned to setting up our own promotion daily and often have a miniscule budget in which to do that.
How does an author now get the best exposure for their book(s)?
One way to get help are with the many retweet groups on Facebook. These are groups where you and others share your daily link for a book, and everyone retweets for you. Depending on how many Twitter followers a person has, your book is getting seen anywhere from a few hundred more people to tens/hundreds of thousands more potential readers.
There is yet again an author beware about these groups. First, you need to see how much experience with tweeting the group requires. Some are for the beginner while others are for individuals who have been tweeting for a while. A few of these groups require a certain number of Twitter followers to join while others don’t have that requirement.
You will soon discover, as you join and leave groups, which ones are a good fit for your type of book. If you write for children or teens, you certainly don’t want to be in a group with erotica authors. That would be a turn off to the parents and grandparents of your target audience. If the group indicates it’s genre specific and you don’t write in that genre, it’s not the group for you. This is all a learning experience, one where the author may join, attempt to be part of the group but feel as if this group isn’t helping them so they’ll leave and seek out another group. That’s perfectly fine. As an author, you need to recognize there are times when you won’t fit in with the others in the group and it’s time to move on.
A word about the groups that require a certain number of Twitter followers to join. These are elite groups, perhaps too elite. In my experience with four of these groups, I found I wasn’t getting the wide exposure I wanted. They were so elite that I was with the same people in all four groups, so my tweets were going to the same potential readers. This caused my exposure numbers to fall significantly. So, while I enjoyed being in retweet groups where I was with authors who had as many or more followers than I did, I didn’t feel as if I could remain because my exposure dropped significantly.


About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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Romance for Everyone

Romance is a genre that has stood the test of time. Women for millennia have enjoyed a tale of love between two people who might or might not be right for each other. Many men have also read these books, but until recently few would have admitted to that let alone allowed the world to know they actually wrote romance novels.
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Today’s romance has become as modern and open as the world we live in. Yet, many who seek out a romance aren’t looking for a romp in bed or a redefining of societal mores. What they want is an escape into the developing relationship between a couple who are either rekindling what they once had or are discovering each other for the first time.


Blurb


Will Millie be a victim of, hot, passionate, and fleeting war kisses?Romance has no age barrierThe biggest mistake of Aly’s life could turn into the promise of new love…Can love be rekindled after a lifetime?Victorian diary surprises modern brideJust when she thinks she’s through with love, Cupid aims his arrow at Nixie again.Support your local bartender, Stacey Jennifer Longacre at Tough Luck Lounge.There is nothing sweeter than pure, unrequited love.Sweet romance, the moments leading up the first kiss, a spark of love between a couple. E.B. Sullivan, Archimede Fusillo, Marie Lavender, K.C. Sprayberry, Debbie De Louise, M.A. Cortez, Lois Crockett, and Leah Hamrick team up to bring you eight tales of love in its early stages.






Excerpt




The war changed things.
Rationings from sugar to coffee to gasoline kept increasing. Silk stockings were scarce. Triage panels decided which patients would receive penicillin from hospitals’ small inventories. Varieties of fruits and vegetables grew in communal victory gardens. Seldom did we see young men walking the streets. And, women joined the industrial workforce in droves.
The war changed lives.
It demanded extraordinary sacrifices. Soldiers’ deaths mounted. Parents lost sons. Wives lost husbands. Children lost fathers. Wounded casualties returned home—some without arms, others without legs, and many without hope. Infatuated lovers worried their romances couldn’t survive overseas separations. Without knowing each other well or for very long, couples rushed into marriage. In my cynical opinion, they were victims of war kisses—hot, passionate, and fleeting.
The war changed me. It turned my mundane existence upside down and offered me an unpredictable future.




About the K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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