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March 18, 2017
Guest Blogger: Renee Wildes
My guest blogger today is Renee Wildes, who is here to share her book Marek’s New World. Welcome, Renee.
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Marek’s New World by Renee Wildes
I’ve always been a tomboy, the complete opposite of my baby sister. Give her the dolls and curling iron. Give me the bikes and horses and pickup trucks. I’d play outside until it was too dark to see, sunburn and all. (Darn glow-in-the-dark Nordic genes…) My Grandma Jeanne, God rest her soul, understood me perfectly. She first called me a writer when I was six. And she took me on two life-changing trips that helped me give birth to a book entitled Marek’s New World.
Trip #1 to the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. Went trail riding on my first Tennessee Walker, and watched a live-performance play in Cherokee, NC called “Unto These Hills” which portrayed the life of Tsali and the travesty of The Trail of Tears. I was in tears as an impressionable 2-year-old.
Trip #2 to Yellowstone National Park, when I got to watch a male tourist trying to get an up-close-and-personal photo with a buffalo that was pawing the ground and throwing some truly impressive horns around…and the poor park ranger who had to convince the moron it probably was in his best interests to retreat. Now. She was an awesome mix of diplomat and dictator, trying to save the guy’s hide when part of her probably wanted to just let Mother Nature weed stupid out of our gene pool…
Fast forward to 2009, when Wild Rose Press was doing their “Got Wolf?” contest. Donna Marie Rogers talked me into writing something for it. I kept telling her I didn’t write short, but she told me, “Try.” I haven’t been able to resist a dare since I was a kid. So, I took that blonde female park ranger, made her a wolf-shifter, added a handsome Native American hero, then tossed in time travel, an earthquake, and a demon on the loose. Stirred into Marek’s New World. Which finalled and was initially published by Wild Rose Press, then our rights were released. It was accepted by Noble Publishing for re-release…and then they folded.
Fast forward to 2013, when I queried Tirgearr Publishing and Marek was contracted, reworked and re-released. New cover, new scenes, new home. Set in early spring in Kootenai National Forest on the MT/ID/Canadian borders. Took a man out of time and place, and gave him the only woman who can help him and doesn’t think he’s crazy.
I had a lot of fun traveling, and writing. I hope people will enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it!
BLURB: When park ranger Cheyenne Rafferty’s truck is destroyed by an earthquake, she doesn't think her day can get any worse. Until she runs afoul of a demon from the ancient past - and the compelling warrior who followed it forward in time.
Hero Marek awakens 2000 years in the future, to a world all but incomprehensible. Sent to teach modern warriors to combat the Reynak, he now finds the demon the only thing familiar. His people and their epic struggle have been lost to the passage of time. The only one willing to help him is a daughter of the earth, a beautiful shifter woman with the heart of a wolf.
BUY LINK:
https://www.amazon.com/Mareks-New-Wor...
I have a new website in the works, but in the meantime you can visit me at Tirgearr and on Facebook and Twitter at:
http://www.tirgearrpublishing.com/aut...
https://www.facebook.com/ReneeWildes1/
https://twitter.com/ReneeWildes
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Marek’s New World by Renee Wildes
I’ve always been a tomboy, the complete opposite of my baby sister. Give her the dolls and curling iron. Give me the bikes and horses and pickup trucks. I’d play outside until it was too dark to see, sunburn and all. (Darn glow-in-the-dark Nordic genes…) My Grandma Jeanne, God rest her soul, understood me perfectly. She first called me a writer when I was six. And she took me on two life-changing trips that helped me give birth to a book entitled Marek’s New World.
Trip #1 to the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. Went trail riding on my first Tennessee Walker, and watched a live-performance play in Cherokee, NC called “Unto These Hills” which portrayed the life of Tsali and the travesty of The Trail of Tears. I was in tears as an impressionable 2-year-old.
Trip #2 to Yellowstone National Park, when I got to watch a male tourist trying to get an up-close-and-personal photo with a buffalo that was pawing the ground and throwing some truly impressive horns around…and the poor park ranger who had to convince the moron it probably was in his best interests to retreat. Now. She was an awesome mix of diplomat and dictator, trying to save the guy’s hide when part of her probably wanted to just let Mother Nature weed stupid out of our gene pool…
Fast forward to 2009, when Wild Rose Press was doing their “Got Wolf?” contest. Donna Marie Rogers talked me into writing something for it. I kept telling her I didn’t write short, but she told me, “Try.” I haven’t been able to resist a dare since I was a kid. So, I took that blonde female park ranger, made her a wolf-shifter, added a handsome Native American hero, then tossed in time travel, an earthquake, and a demon on the loose. Stirred into Marek’s New World. Which finalled and was initially published by Wild Rose Press, then our rights were released. It was accepted by Noble Publishing for re-release…and then they folded.
Fast forward to 2013, when I queried Tirgearr Publishing and Marek was contracted, reworked and re-released. New cover, new scenes, new home. Set in early spring in Kootenai National Forest on the MT/ID/Canadian borders. Took a man out of time and place, and gave him the only woman who can help him and doesn’t think he’s crazy.
I had a lot of fun traveling, and writing. I hope people will enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it!
BLURB: When park ranger Cheyenne Rafferty’s truck is destroyed by an earthquake, she doesn't think her day can get any worse. Until she runs afoul of a demon from the ancient past - and the compelling warrior who followed it forward in time.
Hero Marek awakens 2000 years in the future, to a world all but incomprehensible. Sent to teach modern warriors to combat the Reynak, he now finds the demon the only thing familiar. His people and their epic struggle have been lost to the passage of time. The only one willing to help him is a daughter of the earth, a beautiful shifter woman with the heart of a wolf.
BUY LINK:
https://www.amazon.com/Mareks-New-Wor...
I have a new website in the works, but in the meantime you can visit me at Tirgearr and on Facebook and Twitter at:
http://www.tirgearrpublishing.com/aut...
https://www.facebook.com/ReneeWildes1/
https://twitter.com/ReneeWildes
February 9, 2017
Vanquished on Romance Lives Forever
Looking for a good fantasy novel? Learn more about my book Vanquished on Romance Lives Forever today: https://romancelivesforever.blogspot....
February 4, 2017
Inspiration for It Took a Zombie Apocalypse by Jessica E. Subject
It started with a dream.... Yes, I’m serious. I was binge watching some zombie shows on Netflix then started dreaming about zombies. There were several of them. Two dreams have stuck with me, and one was enough to develop into a story. A story that demanded to be written, as I ended up with writer’s block as I tried to write the one I wanted to. Needless to say, this story was written first.
Aside from my dream, I also gained some inspiration from the zombie shows and movies I watched. The three that inspired me the most were World War Z, Z Nation, and The Walking Dead. I know there are plenty of others out there, and I’ve seen a few others, but those three stuck with me the most while I wrote It Took a Zombie Apocalypse.
I have to say the world events going on at the time also provided some inspiration. So, you may read some scenes in the story that are reflections of world events and situations. It truly is amazing what will light an idea in my mind, but these are the inspiration behind It Took a Zombie Apocalypse.
Blurb: It started with a kiss.
Then the zombies came. Now, Missy must work with the neighbor her parents hate if she wants to survive. But zombies aren't the only threat to her life, or her heart.
Buy Links: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon CA Nook Google Play iBooks Kobo
Add to Goodreads
Excerpt:
RJ pressed on the text and read….
Contagion arrived from Ostrander.
Spread through the hospital.
Stay in bunker.
I’m infected.
Zombies
Zombies? He dropped his phone and stared at it on the floor, expecting it to explode. Zombies didn’t exist. He was in some kind of dream. Had to be. Missy actually had come home for the summer. And kissed him. Now, zombies.
“What is it?” Missy bent down to pick up his cell then handed it back to him. “What happened back at the park?”
“Zombies.” The word came out before he had a chance to stop it. He didn’t know whether to laugh or grab Missy again and run.
A crooked smile formed dimples in her cheeks. “You’re joking, right? Trying to help me laugh off what happened.”
“I wish.” He showed her the message from his father. “My dad doesn’t have a sense of humor.”
The phone beeped, and she pushed his hand away. “I think it needs to be charged. We should call him just to be sure. Or contact somebody. Maybe he meant something else. You know how stupid autocorrect can be.”
RJ rushed to the kitchen, found his charger, and plugged in the cell. But, by then, he’d lost signal. Reception was spotty in West Vitula, but he couldn’t get anything. He peeked through the doorway, out to the living room. “Missy, can you get a signal?”
After digging into her purse, she pulled out her phone with a pink, sparkly case. Not at all what he expected from her. Had he missed that girly side, or had someone given it to her, and she didn’t want to hurt their feelings? That he could understand.
She held the cell up and moved around the room. “I got nothing. What’s going on?”
“I don’t know. Maybe we should try outside?” Though he doubted it would make a difference.
Missy stepped over to window and shoved the curtains aside. “Um, there are people coming. And they don’t…look right.”
RJ glanced outside. Neighbors walked down the middle of the street, their bodies twitching. And no one stopped to talk to one another. They just kept marching along to some unknown destination. As they came closer, he noticed their tattered clothing, their disheveled hair, and limbs connected at odd angles to the rest of their body, as if they’d been trampled. And now they were up and walking.
Buy Links: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon CA Nook Google Play iBooks Kobo
Add to Goodreads
About the Author:
Jessica E. Subject is the author of science fiction romance, mostly alien romances, ranging from sweet to super hot. Sometimes she dabbles in paranormal and contemporary as well, bringing to life a wide variety of characters. In her stories, you could not only meet a sexy alien or two, but also clones and androids. You may be transported to a dystopian world where rebels are fighting to live and love, or to another planet for a romantic rendezvous.
When Jessica is not reading, writing, or doing dreaded housework, she likes to go to fitness class and walk her Great Pyrenees/Retriever her family adopted from the local animal shelter.
Jessica lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two energetic children. And she loves to hear from her readers. You can find her at jessicasubject.com.
Author Links:
Website - http://jessicasubject.com
Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/eX1Zw
Twitter - http://twitter.com/jsubject
Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica...
Facebook Reader Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17588...
Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/jessicasubject/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jessicaesub...
Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/0/100079570...
Amazon Author Page - http://amazon.com/author/jessicasubject
Goodreads Page - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Authorgraph - http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/js...
Aside from my dream, I also gained some inspiration from the zombie shows and movies I watched. The three that inspired me the most were World War Z, Z Nation, and The Walking Dead. I know there are plenty of others out there, and I’ve seen a few others, but those three stuck with me the most while I wrote It Took a Zombie Apocalypse.
I have to say the world events going on at the time also provided some inspiration. So, you may read some scenes in the story that are reflections of world events and situations. It truly is amazing what will light an idea in my mind, but these are the inspiration behind It Took a Zombie Apocalypse.
Blurb: It started with a kiss.
Then the zombies came. Now, Missy must work with the neighbor her parents hate if she wants to survive. But zombies aren't the only threat to her life, or her heart.
Buy Links: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon CA Nook Google Play iBooks Kobo
Add to Goodreads
Excerpt:
RJ pressed on the text and read….
Contagion arrived from Ostrander.
Spread through the hospital.
Stay in bunker.
I’m infected.
Zombies
Zombies? He dropped his phone and stared at it on the floor, expecting it to explode. Zombies didn’t exist. He was in some kind of dream. Had to be. Missy actually had come home for the summer. And kissed him. Now, zombies.
“What is it?” Missy bent down to pick up his cell then handed it back to him. “What happened back at the park?”
“Zombies.” The word came out before he had a chance to stop it. He didn’t know whether to laugh or grab Missy again and run.
A crooked smile formed dimples in her cheeks. “You’re joking, right? Trying to help me laugh off what happened.”
“I wish.” He showed her the message from his father. “My dad doesn’t have a sense of humor.”
The phone beeped, and she pushed his hand away. “I think it needs to be charged. We should call him just to be sure. Or contact somebody. Maybe he meant something else. You know how stupid autocorrect can be.”
RJ rushed to the kitchen, found his charger, and plugged in the cell. But, by then, he’d lost signal. Reception was spotty in West Vitula, but he couldn’t get anything. He peeked through the doorway, out to the living room. “Missy, can you get a signal?”
After digging into her purse, she pulled out her phone with a pink, sparkly case. Not at all what he expected from her. Had he missed that girly side, or had someone given it to her, and she didn’t want to hurt their feelings? That he could understand.
She held the cell up and moved around the room. “I got nothing. What’s going on?”
“I don’t know. Maybe we should try outside?” Though he doubted it would make a difference.
Missy stepped over to window and shoved the curtains aside. “Um, there are people coming. And they don’t…look right.”
RJ glanced outside. Neighbors walked down the middle of the street, their bodies twitching. And no one stopped to talk to one another. They just kept marching along to some unknown destination. As they came closer, he noticed their tattered clothing, their disheveled hair, and limbs connected at odd angles to the rest of their body, as if they’d been trampled. And now they were up and walking.
Buy Links: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon CA Nook Google Play iBooks Kobo
Add to Goodreads
About the Author:
Jessica E. Subject is the author of science fiction romance, mostly alien romances, ranging from sweet to super hot. Sometimes she dabbles in paranormal and contemporary as well, bringing to life a wide variety of characters. In her stories, you could not only meet a sexy alien or two, but also clones and androids. You may be transported to a dystopian world where rebels are fighting to live and love, or to another planet for a romantic rendezvous.
When Jessica is not reading, writing, or doing dreaded housework, she likes to go to fitness class and walk her Great Pyrenees/Retriever her family adopted from the local animal shelter.
Jessica lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two energetic children. And she loves to hear from her readers. You can find her at jessicasubject.com.
Author Links:
Website - http://jessicasubject.com
Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/eX1Zw
Twitter - http://twitter.com/jsubject
Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica...
Facebook Reader Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17588...
Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/jessicasubject/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jessicaesub...
Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/0/100079570...
Amazon Author Page - http://amazon.com/author/jessicasubject
Goodreads Page - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Authorgraph - http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/js...
January 30, 2017
Interview on SFR Brigade
I'm being interviewed about my sci-fi romance novel The Colony on the SFR Brigade blog. http://sfrcontests.blogspot.com/2017/...
January 23, 2017
Cover Reveals: The Colony
I'm on Cover Reveals today with my sci-fi romance The Colony. Stop by to learn more and read an excerpt. http://coverreveals.blogspot.com/2017...
January 22, 2017
Quick Book Browsing: Historical Romance
I don’t write historical romance, but I’ve read some great books in this genre. Here is just a sampling of a few of my favorites.
Books I Recommend:
Tessa Dare’s A Night to Surrender and the rest of the Spindle Cove series — I really love these books, both the bits of humor and the romance
Loretta Chase’s The Last Hellion — this author is definitely one of my favorites
Amanda Quick’s Desire — another fantastic author in all the genres and pen names she writes under
Loretta Chase’s The Knave’s Wager
Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel — if you haven’t read this classic, you’re missing out
Amanda Quick’s Deception
Amanda Quick’s Mischief
Mary Balogh’s Famous Heroine and The Plumed Bonnet — both made me laugh out loud
Georgie Lee’s The Courtesan’s Book of Secrets — I loved what the heroine did when the hero taunted her in this book!
Karen Ranney’s The Virgin of Clan Sinclair
Loretta Chase’s Scandal Wears Satin
Loretta Chase’s Miss Wonderful
Amanda Quick’s The Paid Companion
Stephanie Laurens’s All About Passion
Delilah Marvelle’s Prelude to Scandal
Suzanna Medeiros’s Dancing with the Duke
Movies I Recommend:
The Winslow Boy (1999)
Emma (1996)
Previous Posts:
Quick Book Browsing: The Lighter Side of Vampires (though not the sunny side)
Quick Book Browsing: Vampire Romance with Bite
Quick Book Browsing: Sci-Fi Romance (or help, I’m being chased by an alien/monster/robot!)
Quick Book Browsing: Werewolf Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Psychics and Sci-Fi Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Fantasy
Quick Book Browsing: Paranormal Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Comedy and Mystery
Books I Recommend:
Tessa Dare’s A Night to Surrender and the rest of the Spindle Cove series — I really love these books, both the bits of humor and the romance
Loretta Chase’s The Last Hellion — this author is definitely one of my favorites
Amanda Quick’s Desire — another fantastic author in all the genres and pen names she writes under
Loretta Chase’s The Knave’s Wager
Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel — if you haven’t read this classic, you’re missing out
Amanda Quick’s Deception
Amanda Quick’s Mischief
Mary Balogh’s Famous Heroine and The Plumed Bonnet — both made me laugh out loud
Georgie Lee’s The Courtesan’s Book of Secrets — I loved what the heroine did when the hero taunted her in this book!
Karen Ranney’s The Virgin of Clan Sinclair
Loretta Chase’s Scandal Wears Satin
Loretta Chase’s Miss Wonderful
Amanda Quick’s The Paid Companion
Stephanie Laurens’s All About Passion
Delilah Marvelle’s Prelude to Scandal
Suzanna Medeiros’s Dancing with the Duke
Movies I Recommend:
The Winslow Boy (1999)
Emma (1996)
Previous Posts:
Quick Book Browsing: The Lighter Side of Vampires (though not the sunny side)
Quick Book Browsing: Vampire Romance with Bite
Quick Book Browsing: Sci-Fi Romance (or help, I’m being chased by an alien/monster/robot!)
Quick Book Browsing: Werewolf Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Psychics and Sci-Fi Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Fantasy
Quick Book Browsing: Paranormal Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Comedy and Mystery
January 21, 2017
Quick Book Browsing: The Lighter Side of Vampires (though not the sunny side)
Not every vampire book has to be dark or edgy. For those times when you want something lighter or even humorous, there are now a lot of vampire books out there in a..ha, ha...lighter vein.
Books I Recommend:
Fred Saberhagen’s The Dracula Tapes and the rest of the Dracula series —such a droll sense of humor in these books
Kathy Love’s Fangs for the Memories and the rest of the Young Brothers series — definitely made me laugh
MaryJanice Davidson’s Undead and Unwed and Undead and Unemployed — the rest of the series lost me, but I loved these
Nina Bangs’s My Wicked Vampire and the rest of the Castle of Dark Dreams series — ridiculous but entertaining
Kerrelyn Sparks’s How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire and the Love at Stake series — these books always make me laugh
Movies I Recommend:
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), starring Leslie Nielsen
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Love at First Bite (1979), starring George Hamilton
Previous Posts:
Quick Book Browsing: Vampire Romance with Bite
Quick Book Browsing: Sci-Fi Romance (or help, I’m being chased by an alien/monster/robot!)
Quick Book Browsing: Werewolf Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Psychics and Sci-Fi Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Fantasy
Quick Book Browsing: Paranormal Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Comedy and Mystery
Books I Recommend:
Fred Saberhagen’s The Dracula Tapes and the rest of the Dracula series —such a droll sense of humor in these books
Kathy Love’s Fangs for the Memories and the rest of the Young Brothers series — definitely made me laugh
MaryJanice Davidson’s Undead and Unwed and Undead and Unemployed — the rest of the series lost me, but I loved these
Nina Bangs’s My Wicked Vampire and the rest of the Castle of Dark Dreams series — ridiculous but entertaining
Kerrelyn Sparks’s How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire and the Love at Stake series — these books always make me laugh
Movies I Recommend:
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), starring Leslie Nielsen
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Love at First Bite (1979), starring George Hamilton
Previous Posts:
Quick Book Browsing: Vampire Romance with Bite
Quick Book Browsing: Sci-Fi Romance (or help, I’m being chased by an alien/monster/robot!)
Quick Book Browsing: Werewolf Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Psychics and Sci-Fi Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Fantasy
Quick Book Browsing: Paranormal Romance
Quick Book Browsing: Comedy and Mystery
January 19, 2017
Visiting Romance Lives Forever
Today, I'm getting some cover love for my sci-fi romance The Colony on the Romance Lives Forever blog. Stop by to learn more or leave a comment. https://romancelivesforever.blogspot....
January 16, 2017
Writer’s Brain
Despite being decent at math and good with words, I always hated word problems in school. When I saw a riddle tweeted yesterday, I gave it all of a minute’s contemplation. In doing so, though, I realized just how screwy my mind works. I won’t speak for all authors, but here’s how this writer’s brain works.
The riddle was, "10 fish are in a tank. 2 drown, 4 swim away, and 3 die. How many are left in the tank?"
Immediately, I’m struck with a question. Is there a time limit on this? Because presumably every fish that died had, at one point in its life, swum. Unless, of course, we’re counting fish that died in the egg. Are those fish or pre-fish? Or caviar? If roe is counted as fish, then millions die on crackers at fancy dinner parties all the time. I’m going to assume that we’re only discussing grown-up fish, though. Is "swam away" a euphemism for dying, like mothers tell their kids about their pets? If the riddler means it literally, did the fish swim out of the tank, which would require going airborne? Or did it "swim away" from one side of the tank or school of fish? It's a question of away from what?
The two that drown should be part of the three that die. Except, wait, do fish drown? We’re being told two did, but can we trust the riddler? He could be lying, or maybe the fish were trying to fake their own deaths. They might be attempting to get down the drain to the ocean like the tank full of fish in Finding Nemo. I like that movie. I still haven't seen the sequel yet and really should get around to it.
For now, I’ll take it on faith that two fish actually drowned. That leads to another question. Were any of the fish resuscitated? Veterinarians can work on fish these days. I saw on Dr. K’s Exotic Animals that they can X-ray a goldfish in a plastic bag full of water, and Dr. K said they can even anesthetize and operate on them. Or maybe one of the fish was only “mostly dead,” like in The Princess Bride. Miracle Max could have brought the fish back with a chocolate-covered fish pellet, allowing it to swim away. So with fish infanticide, faked deaths, and Lazarus-like resurrections, I count…well…hmm…
So there you have it. That’s how my writer’s brain works, which is how I came up with a lot of Cassie’s silliness in my humorous mystery series. It’s also the same brain that imagined colonists running for their lives on another planet in The Colony. My gray matter is flexible and complex like that. For some reason, it’s now telling me I feel like a fish taco. Huh.
If you are curious about the answer to this riddle, one article on it is here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/new...
The riddle was, "10 fish are in a tank. 2 drown, 4 swim away, and 3 die. How many are left in the tank?"
Immediately, I’m struck with a question. Is there a time limit on this? Because presumably every fish that died had, at one point in its life, swum. Unless, of course, we’re counting fish that died in the egg. Are those fish or pre-fish? Or caviar? If roe is counted as fish, then millions die on crackers at fancy dinner parties all the time. I’m going to assume that we’re only discussing grown-up fish, though. Is "swam away" a euphemism for dying, like mothers tell their kids about their pets? If the riddler means it literally, did the fish swim out of the tank, which would require going airborne? Or did it "swim away" from one side of the tank or school of fish? It's a question of away from what?
The two that drown should be part of the three that die. Except, wait, do fish drown? We’re being told two did, but can we trust the riddler? He could be lying, or maybe the fish were trying to fake their own deaths. They might be attempting to get down the drain to the ocean like the tank full of fish in Finding Nemo. I like that movie. I still haven't seen the sequel yet and really should get around to it.
For now, I’ll take it on faith that two fish actually drowned. That leads to another question. Were any of the fish resuscitated? Veterinarians can work on fish these days. I saw on Dr. K’s Exotic Animals that they can X-ray a goldfish in a plastic bag full of water, and Dr. K said they can even anesthetize and operate on them. Or maybe one of the fish was only “mostly dead,” like in The Princess Bride. Miracle Max could have brought the fish back with a chocolate-covered fish pellet, allowing it to swim away. So with fish infanticide, faked deaths, and Lazarus-like resurrections, I count…well…hmm…
So there you have it. That’s how my writer’s brain works, which is how I came up with a lot of Cassie’s silliness in my humorous mystery series. It’s also the same brain that imagined colonists running for their lives on another planet in The Colony. My gray matter is flexible and complex like that. For some reason, it’s now telling me I feel like a fish taco. Huh.
If you are curious about the answer to this riddle, one article on it is here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/new...
Out Now! The Colony
My new action-packed sci-fi romance, The Colony, is now available in e-book and trade paperback.Not everyone will make it out alive.
Responding to a distress call, Officer Alexander Valerian and the rest of his security team arrive at the human colony on the planet of Jangala to find blood and gore all over the walls. All the colonists are dead or missing except for Dr. Elisa Everett, a pretty paleontologist he finds injured and nearly suffocated in a ventilation shaft. Now Alex has to figure out how sixty-nine colonists were wiped out in a single night, but Elisa’s account of killer monsters just raises more questions. Has the colony really been attacked by bloodthirsty beasts, or did everyone succumb to a powerful hallucinogen that made them turn on one another? He had better find out fast, because Elisa’s life is in his hands.
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