Sunday Snippet: It's Always the Same Show

The end of Octoberis nigh and, man, it's been a month. Between work projects and personal life stuff,time flew by fast. Helped my oldest kidlet move some things from their oldplace to their new one and also took him for a job interview. Happy to say hegot an offer and should start sometime soon. Also looking forward to trick ortreat night and then gearing up for the holidays.

Happy to say theareas where I had my extractions are finally healed up enough that I can eatmost types of food. I'm still careful with anything hard and crunchy butotherwise normal intake isn't a challenge anymore.

Stayed busy withwork. Have a tricky manuscript that's kind of giving me fits with continuityand consistency concerns, which makes the edit slow way down. Sent off a coupleof quotes for upcoming projects and look forward to getting started on those.

Had a decent weekof viewing. I made it through a full round of my shows but kind of in backwardorder. Will probably have the same thing this week.

Started off with anepisode of Elementary and thoroughly enjoyed it. Nice to see Lastradeget back on track. Interesting twisty case also.

Caught an episodeof The Batman and enjoyed it. Always like seeing the Flash in action. Iremembered most of this episode also.

Enjoyed an episodeof Classic Rugrats and only remembered one of the vignettes. The othertwo were either new to me or memory holed.

Watched anotherepisode of Mr. and Mrs. Murder. I do remember bits of this one and I’m gladI got to see the whole thing from start to finish.

Caught another episodeof London Kills and I like how the new cases play into the overall caseof the disappearance of David's wife. Looking forward to seeing how this seasonends.

Enjoyed anotherepisode of Death in Paradise. Loved the case because it's fun to see abit of Ruby's past mixed in with the present. I enjoy her interactions with CommissionPatterson. Gotta say, I'm not sure I enjoy Neville Parker. I appreciate thefact he's very different from the previous three DIs but … the constantafflictions are, well, annoying.

On a side note, Idiscovered there's a second spinoff of this show that's set in Australia. I'mlooking forward to seeing it when it's available in the US.

Started a new two-partSilent Witness and it's terrific to see Jack's niece take a role in theLylle. Looking forward to the second half of this episode.

Another side note …most of the cast from Battlestar Galactica is in Chicago for the twentiethanniversary of the show. I've been poking around all weekend to stay up to dateon what's happening at the convention. My mind is completely blown that it'sbeen twenty years since the premiere of the series. It's still probably myall-time favorite show.

That's pretty muchit for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from It's Always theSame Show, a novella that reunites a couple that can't help but push eachother's buttons.

Here's theminiblurb:

Lanie Beck and Titus Berkley are tasked with whipping anew class of cadet mages into shape for the Academy of Light. The biggestproblem they face is never agreeing on how to make it happen. The cadetsquickly learn to tune in and enjoy the show.

And a preview snippet…

"Great mage. Could I be moreof an idiot?" Lanie walked up the path to Titus's cottage.She shouldn't have agreed to meet him.But she wanted to set the record straight between them. Standing outside hisdoor, she pushed down the nervous tremble in her stomach down, then knocked.Two seconds later, Titus's facegreeted her, and she crossed the threshold into his home. Half a second later,her back hit the wall and her lips were caught in a steamy kiss. Oh … she'dmissed his mouth. Not that she hadn't indulged in a few liaisons, but no onegot her revved and going like Titus.And, ugh, she didn't come here forreunion sex. She couldn't. Not when her whole future rode on getting her classprepared. She pushed against his chest, and he took the hint, stepping back togive her some breathing room.Titus sighed. "Well, Iwould've said we answered the where-we-stand thing, but you'd disagree,wouldn't you?" He wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb.Lanie shrugged. "I didn't comehere to pick up where we left off, no. I just want to avoid a lot ofawkwardness if we can." She willed her heartrate to slow down.Titus snorted. "Lanie, we'venever been awkward. Passionate, volatile, on opposite sides of too much stuff,but never awkward." He paused. "Why are you really here?" Hefolded his arms over his chest.Lanie eased away from the wall."To make sure you know I'm back to stay. I finally found my niche.Discovered something I'm very good at." She slowly walked into the livingroom then turned to face him. "The rest? You and me. Has to take abackseat until I get this semester out of the way." She couldn't do moreat the moment. "And, even then, I have no idea if there can ever be anus." As much as she really wanted him.Titus grunted. "So, basically,you're here to yank my chain."She growled right back. "No,dammit, but if you need to see it that way, I won't try to change yourmind." She dashed past him and pulled the door open. "Let's try tostay out of each other's way." Better yet, she'd completely avoid him ifpossible.Titus followed her to the thresholdwhen she exited the house. "Sure, we can try." He closed the doorwith a loud bang. "Not gonna be easy." His muffled response reachedher ears.Lanie stalked away from his cottageand walked toward the visiting-instructor residence—her home until she made thecut. Why on earth would Titus think they'd have a hard time avoiding eachother? She'd go out of her way to give him wide berth. The less she let himdistract her from her goal the better.Unlocking the door, she steppedinside the warm interior of the house. She did her nightly ritual, then headedto bed. Room 322 would greet her early in the morning.Hopefully she wouldn't have anysexy dreams about Titus…

I'm not much of anangst fan, but this story definitely has some between Lanie and Titus.

 

That's it for thisweek.

Cheers!

Skye