tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147386572024-03-07T13:30:34.888-05:00Fierce RomanceAuthor Group BlogVonda Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16680397260476850190noreply@blogger.comBlogger2311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-63900895574104109502021-02-04T11:33:00.001-05:002021-02-04T11:33:17.377-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnazchlkWSGsPPH6DBuDEFQqnB1XzddXIkyesBPCAg5oU2QJVprIzZwQ4yrp5lX8_zBc0rwuKpVu5IbAA48D8O9UQz4mi1kRtw7DJ1QxOfWzRKDulSSNpkK2jSu5_7-j73IYISNQ/s2048/Rock+Star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnazchlkWSGsPPH6DBuDEFQqnB1XzddXIkyesBPCAg5oU2QJVprIzZwQ4yrp5lX8_zBc0rwuKpVu5IbAA48D8O9UQz4mi1kRtw7DJ1QxOfWzRKDulSSNpkK2jSu5_7-j73IYISNQ/s320/Rock+Star.jpg" /></a></div><br /> And more to tempt you...<p></p>Jenna Iveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12951414422818987700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-50317535323965788662021-02-04T11:31:00.003-05:002021-02-04T11:31:51.744-05:00<p>Gotta give a shout out to my buddy Leigh Court on her new release, Rock Star! It's an awesome read (and I should know, being the rock & roller of the two of us)!</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Here’s the blurb: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><i><span style="background: white; color: #21282d; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rock singer Sebastian
Roe was shot onstage during a concert five years ago, leaving him with a deep
fear of performing. But his love of music is too strong to keep him off a stage
forever, despite the fact the police never caught the gunman. He’s just announced
a new U.S. tour, but his performance anxiety is putting the shows in jeopardy.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #21282d; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white;">New York City therapist Mia Merrill was in the
audience the night of Sebastian's fateful concert. She loves his music and
wants to help him overcome his PTSD, but there's another reason she's
determined to become his therapist -- She's the reason he was shot. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Driven by guilt and a need to atone, Mia takes
Sebastian on as a patient. Forbidden romantic sparks fly between the two during
their therapy sessions, but no sooner do they start to make progress on
Sebastian's stage fright than the gunman announces he's back to finish the job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>And [hot!] here's an excerpt: <p></p><p></p><p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Sebastian Roe lived for nights like this one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The roar of the audience echoing in his ears,
the wail of Nick’s guitar making his body vibrate, the pounding of Trevor’s
drums pulsing like a living heartbeat.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">In concert, Sebastian gave every ounce of
energy to his fans, every drop of sweat, everything he had. They loved him for
it, and he fed off that love. Hell, he mainlined it. It was a beautiful
symbiosis, like a massive orgasm shared with thousands of people.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">And this moment of anticipation before each
song started was like delicious foreplay, a breathless excitement that danced
along his nerve endings.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The first recognizable notes of “I Can’t Live
Without You” launched into the air and the roar of the crowd became thunder. A
solid wall of sound. Even with his in-ear monitor, Sebastian could hardly
hear Nick’s guitar to listen for his cue to start singing. But he knew this
song as well as he knew his own name so he strutted to the front of the stage,
throwing open his arms in a show of embracing them all. Every single person out
there in the audience.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The roar got even louder.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">“The sands of time run through my hands, my
dreams and hopes and all my plans,” he crooned, his voice intentionally
cracking to convey the sad emotion of the song. “I can’t live without you.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">It was his biggest hit. But more than any of
his songs, Sebastian’s favorite music was the sound of the crowd’s deafening
approval. He wasn’t disappointed now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">He grinned widely, and then suddenly felt an
odd sting in the vicinity of his left shoulder. It pushed him back on the stage
a few steps, as if a ghost had just shoved him. Weird. He looked around, but
clearly nobody else was onstage except him and the band.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The sting became a burn, but he ignored it.
Had he just pulled a muscle? No time to deal with it now. He straightened and
then noticed a commotion in the seats near the front of the stage. A fight,
maybe. People were running, shoving each other, climbing over chairs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Whatever the
problem, the band knew enough to keep playing. Sebastian took a breath,
readying for the next verse, but he was distracted by an odd warmth now
spreading across his chest. He looked down and tried to make sense of what he
was seeing – a stain on his shirt where he’d felt that stinging burn. As he
watched, the stain got larger. It was a dark shade of red.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">It was blood. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">His</i> blood.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">His head started to spin and he sank to his
knees. The wail of Nick’s guitar stopped. The pounding of Trevor’s drums
stopped. Everything went eerily quiet in a venue built for sound.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Sebastian felt of the heat of the spotlights
still trained directly on him, and as his vision began to fade his last thought
was that he’d lived his life on a stage and tonight he was going to die on one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="font8" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">© by Leigh Court<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p></p><p>The book is available at all outlets, but here's a quick link to amazon: https://amzn.to/3j02bBV And here's her website, with links to all other outlets where you can buy the book: www.leighcourt.com. </p><p>You will fall in love with Sebastian Roe from the first page!</p><p>Jenna<br />www.jennaives.com </p>Jenna Iveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12951414422818987700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-60097808646079950882018-09-25T09:02:00.000-04:002018-09-25T09:02:23.226-04:00A Billionaire Wolf for Christmas Released Today! 5 Star Review! <br />
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MY REVIEW:<br />
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The two doctors in this charming and daring romance capture hearts
and draw readers into their story as search for a cure, defy alphas and
brighten up the holidays. These two strong characters are bold with lots
of charismatic traits that grab readers’ attentions and ensure that
they want to know exactly what happens. Their drive and passion for
medicine and for finding a cure for the decline in the werewolves
lifespans is only surpassed by the sizzling magnetic chemistry and
heated passion of these two characters as they defy a pack leader in
order to achieve their objective and their happily ever after.<br />
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During this steady to fast paced and smooth flowing plot, thrills and
adrenaline pumping suspense keeps readers glued to the pages with a
search of a banished wolf, an exciting rescue, pack strife fun and
charming bodyguards, loving family and delightful romance and holiday
cheer. And in a surprising twist, Holly and Aiden will have pull off a
holiday miracle in order to rescue her old pack and escape with all of
their lives. Santa Clause, the whole holiday atmosphere adds delight to
this story along with the love of family as they come together
throughout the story through thick and thin which makes this story one
that warms the heart and makes readers smile in pleasure as the author
brings it all to brilliant life.-- Stormy Vixen's Book Reviews<br />
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ABOUT THE BOOK:<br />
When the wolves’ own blood betrays them, they risk their lives to find a miracle.<br />
Wolf shifter Dr. Aidan Denali has been working day and night to find a
cure for werewolves’ alarmingly sudden decline in lifespan. The key to
the problem eludes him. But when Aidan grudgingly leaves his work to do
some holiday shopping, he meets a remarkable she-wolf whose mysterious
pack could bring him one step closer to the answer.<br />
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Dr. Holly Gray is thrilled to meet the wolf who’s been working so
hard to help others. Now, it’s her turn to help him. But while their
attraction is sizzling, the packs are at odds, and the danger is
increasing. It’s going to take a holiday miracle for Holly and Aidan to
get themselves–and their loved ones–out of this alive…<br />
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Billionaire Wolf series:<br />
Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing (Book 1)<br />
A Billionaire Wolf for Christmas (Book 2)<br />
What People Are Saying About Terry Spear’s Wolf Shifters:<br />
“Packed with adventure… Magnificently entertaining.”–RT Book Reviews TOP PICK for Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing, 4 1/2 Stars<br />
“Spear has become a master storyteller.”–RT Book Reviews for Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply, 4 Stars<br />
“Nobody does werewolf romances like Terry Spear. The romance sizzles,
the mystery intrigues, and the characters shine.”–The Royal Reviews<br />
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Buy Links for A Billionaire Wolf for Christmas<br />
Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Billionaire-Wolf-Christmas-Terry-Spear/dp/1492655848/">https://www.amazon.com/Billionaire-Wolf-Christmas-Terry-Spear/dp/1492655848/</a><br />
Barnes and Noble: <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-billionaire-wolf-for-christmas-terry-spear/1127704371?ean=9781492655848">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-billionaire-wolf-for-christmas-terry-spear/1127704371?ean=9781492655848</a><br />
Google Play: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Terry_Spear_A_Billionaire_Wolf_for_Christmas?id=acxdDwAAQBAJ">https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Terry_Spear_A_Billionaire_Wolf_for_Christmas?id=acxdDwAAQBAJ</a><br />
Kobo: <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-billionaire-wolf-for-christmas">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-billionaire-wolf-for-christmas</a><br />
iBooks: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-billionaire-wolf-for-christmas/id1391355951?mt=11">https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-billionaire-wolf-for-christmas/id1391355951?mt=11</a><br />
BAM: <a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/search?id=7079882685730&query=billionaire+wolf+for+christmas&filter=product_type%3Abooks">http://www.booksamillion.com/search?id=7079882685730&query=billionaire+wolf+for+christmas&filter=product_type%3Abooks</a><br />
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Okay, off to spread the word! I was busy with working on edits for
Cougar Magic, adding another 2,000 words to the novella, Night of the
Wolf, and working on The Countess and the Wolf (an older story that I’ve
been revising periodically about a Highlander, Saxon countess, and her
Norman step-family during the period of William the Conqueror after he
took over rule.) But I’ve made it into a historical wolf shifter story,
so still working on that. Love the changes so far.<br />
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You can have your own hunky wolf for less than a cup of my favorite
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yourself!!! Sale ends in a couple of weeks, less time on a couple of
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Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing<br />
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Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Between a Wolf and a Hard Place<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Destiny of the Wolf<br />
$ 2.99<br />
<strong>Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas </strong><br />
<strong>$ 0.99</strong><br />
Dreaming of the Wolf<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Heart of the Wolf<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Hero of a Highland Wolf<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Highland Werewolf Wedding, A<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Highland Wolf Christmas, A<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Howl for a Highlander, A<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Legend of the White Wolf<br />
$ 2.99<br />
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$ 2.99<br />
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$ 2.99<br />
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$ 2.99<br />
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$ 2.99<br />
Very Jaguar Christmas<br />
$ 2.99<br />
Wolf Fever<br />
$ 2.99<br />
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Terry Spearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788961423817944896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-32554913222668855962018-09-15T07:36:00.002-04:002018-09-15T07:36:51.610-04:00Pitched 3 New Wolf Tales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pictures I took of origami at the Minnesota arboretum and of Axel,
emergent Arctic 2-year-old wolf at the International Wolf Center. And
then of Holly, 2-year-old black bear at the bear center nearby.</h4>
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So I pitched three new stories–red wolf Christmas (Leidolf’s pack),
Billionaire Wolf (Rafe’s friend), and Wolff (2 brothers and 2 sisters
that own the Timberline Ski Lodge in Silver Town) for publication in
2020.<br />
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Also, I asked if we could do a 10th year anniversary re-release of
Destiny of the Wolf. Yes! This will be for 2019, and I’ll have 3 other
new releases that year also: You Had Me at Jaguar, SEAL Wolf Surrender,
and the Silver Bells Wolf Christmas, whatever the title will be. And I
will be writing a brand new novella to include in the re-release of
Destiny of the Wolf also. <br />
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Purple Halloween bear I make.</h4>
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I finished a bear I need to
send off to Australia, and was working on another Halloween bear, this
one with orange fur (new fur). My Janome of decades conked out on me, so
I had to buy a new heavy duty Singer, much lower price, but as much as I
use them for as many years as I do, it’s still a cheap investment. My
Janome cost me about $13 a year.<br />
<br />
We received 2 inches of rain, yay! But it looks like we’re drying out
after this. And it’s heating up, then finally starting to cool down a
little bit. Yay!<br />
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I’m off to write on Cougar Magic, trying to write the final scenes.
Only 10,000 words to go, then need to jump on the novella for Destiny of
the Wolf. Then I’ll be working on Claiming the White Bear, I have some
of them adrift on an ice floe and need to rescue them! What I do to my
poor characters!<br />
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Have a great day!!!!<br />
<br />
Terry<br />
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Terry Spearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788961423817944896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-18399452065626160602018-09-08T08:07:00.000-04:002018-09-08T08:07:18.209-04:00The Difference Between Night and DayYou never know what will happen in the dark of night when a park closes.<br />
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When writing a book, the scenes in it truly can be the difference
between day and night. I had picked up some Halloween books for my
granddaughter and one was about what the owl sees and hears at night.
Usually the books are all about babies and animals spending the day
doing something and then going to bed at night. At least that’s what we
want the children to get from the bedtime story–we had fun, now it’s
time to sleep.<br />
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The nocturnal animals aren’t out during the day, and the diurnal
animals sleep at night, so even this has to be considered when writing
about night and day.<br />
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The other thing is people can’t see at night.<br />
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When I was writing one of my Highland stories, I realized they really
couldn’t see each other in a room without light. lol So I had to make a
light source. With my shifters, the animals can see well at dusk and
dawn because their wilder animal halves can.<br />
<br />
It’s the same with doing photography. Where is the light coming from?
What is highlighted and what is in the shadows? How can the photo pick
up anything in the dark without some kind of light?<br />
At night, you can’t go to many of the stores because they’re closed.
You can’t get hold of certain places in the dead of night. Some stores
aren’t open until later in the morning, some restaurants only open in
the evening.<br />
<br />
So what happens with an ordinary set of stairs leading up to the maze
gardens in the Arboretum at night when the center is closed? You’ll
have to experience it for yourself because at night, the world is a
whole different place.<br />
<br />
I wrote 1,000 on Cougar Magic last night, despite baby wearing me
out. But I also brainstormed with one of my beta readers on an issue I
need to resolve in the story. Now I need to figure out how to bring that
part of the story out. I still need to work on SEAL edits, but I needed
a fresh mind to figure out how to change the opening–my editor says I
have too much stuff packed into a couple of days and trying to change
that is going to be a nightmare since everything is connected. I think
all the stuff is doable. I could do them.<br />
<br />
I might have to show that time frame better. Her flight is only 1
hour and 15 mins, but delayed by 15 mins, and then she gets lost driving
from Denver and that could add another 15 mins. So she’s half an hour
late to the rehearsal…and I said dinner, but I can change it to
luncheon. Yay! And now I think I can do everything I wanted to do like I
had it! I think my editor was imagining like a 3 1/2 hour flight and an
hour delay, etc…. I just have to make it clearer.<br />
Okay, I’m off to get busy! Have a super day/night!<br />
<br />
Terry<br /><br />
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Of course! I started out with Loving the White Bear, but I also have a confrontation with a grizzly.<br />
I started to have a grizzly in one of my wolf shifter stories, but it
seemed like too many characters and I was afraid my editor wouldn’t
like it. He was just adorable too. But I went ahead and cut out all the
scenes pertaining to him, and every time I re-read it for proofing, I
missed him. So he will have to be in his own story too.<br />
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For now, I’m back to working on cougar shifters. I reached 30,000
words last night, not sure I’d make it because I had baby all day, had
to take her to the doctor and then to the grocery store to get medicine
for an ear infection.<br />
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I'm also working on Taming the White Bear and hope to have it done this year. <br />
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This weekend, I hope to make it to the halfway point!<br />
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Have a great day!!! We might get rain. Yay!~ We got some yesterday, twice, both not predicted at all and much appreciated!<br />
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Terry Spearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788961423817944896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-76229984907031786942018-08-24T00:00:00.000-04:002018-08-24T00:00:08.303-04:00Fear of Flying<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve been afraid of airplanes my whole
life. Well, that’s not entirely true. But my fear of flying was formed on my
first flight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
I was nineteen, my grandmother took me on a high school “graduation present”
trip to Rome. I was a little nervous getting on the plane in New York City, but
the overnight flight was fine until we started our descent into Leonardo
DaVinci airport. The 747, as I learned later, did a common ‘step landing,’
which entailed descending a few thousand feet, gliding, then descending a few
more thousand feet, on its approach to landing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Trouble
was, every time the plane sank those thousands of feet on its glide path, I was
convinced we were falling to the ground. And since I’ve never been
very good with roller coasters, the rolling, dropping, wavy motion of the plane
had added to my stress level and made me sick to my stomach. The minute I’d
felt a sour taste in my mouth, I’d known I was in trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
flight attendants ordered everyone to buckle their seatbelts for landing, but I
unhooked mine and scrambled into the aisle, making a mad dash for the bathroom
in anticipation of throwing up. I never made it. A flight attendant at the back
of the plane blocked my desperate beeline down the aisle and literally shoved
me into an empty seat in one of the last rows, ordering me to buckle up for the
landing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">That’s
where a good Samaritan came to my rescue. Blond hair, blue eyes. I’d seen him
get on the plane in New York carrying five tennis racquets, and wondered who he
was (since I’m a big tennis fan myself). Now he turned out to be my savior. He
urged me to put my head between my knees and just breathe. I remember shaking
with the effort not to get sick in front of this gorgeous guy, when I felt his
hand gently stroking my back, trying to calm me. Of course, with his other
hand, he slipped an air sickness bag between my knees, but it turned out I didn’t
need it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
advice worked. The plane landed without me making a scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Except, that is, for the scene my grandmother made later, when she yelled at me for being so
reckless by leaving my seat during the landing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
name of that gorgeous guy? Well, he said he wanted to be a professional tennis
player, and he was on his way to Rome to follow the tennis circuit in order to
make a name for himself. I can tell you he had blond hair and blue eyes and
that he went on to win many, many major tennis tournaments, but that’s all I’m
going to say (or else I’ll date myself)!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This real life event has inspired my
latest book. In my story, a fortune teller informs my heroine, “You’re never going to die in a plane
crash.” Which immediately makes my scaredy cat heroine think "Okay, but that doesn't mean I'm never going to be IN a plane crash!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Of course this is a romance, so expect lots of steamy scenes as my travel writer hero tries to help my book publicist heroine overcome her fear of flying!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">How about you?
What are you afraid of? I’d love to hear!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Leigh Court<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.leighcourt.com/">www.leighcourt.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453825885893857876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-31501656111104781222018-08-10T00:00:00.000-04:002018-08-10T00:00:01.549-04:00On The Road Again To…Warsaw!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last
month I shared with you my adventures in Prague. On that trip I also went to
Warsaw.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warsaw was… better than I expected. It has a terrible wartime past but it also has a beautiful
Old Town and lots of fascinating history. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For
instance, did you know that the Polish composer Frederic Chopin was so afraid of
being buried while still alive that on his deathbed (he had tuberculosis and
died at age 39 in 1849) he made his sister promise to cut out his heart to make
sure he was really dead? So… Chopin’s body is buried in Pere Lachaise
cemetery in Paris (along with Jim Morrison of The Doors) but his heart was sent
back to Poland, and is eternally encased in this pillar in the Church of the
Holy Cross in Warsaw. Fascinating!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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also fascinating to see the Barbican, the ancient city gate and battlements
(built around 1548) that protected Warsaw… The walls have been
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Rolling Stones. So the highlight of Warsaw for me just might have been seeing this…
In one of the Old Town squares, a husband-and-wife team built
marionettes/puppets of the Stones, and had them “dancing” to the Stones’ music. Pretty
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glimpse of this beautiful city and consider putting it on your bucket list!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614436093606991757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-62589170838481891062018-07-27T00:00:00.000-04:002018-07-27T00:00:04.098-04:00What’s an Aperol Spritz? It’s Your New Favorite Drink!<br />
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was in Europe at an evening party with my husband. The alcohol was freely flowing, but
I didn’t want to get buzzed because there were a number of people I wanted to
speak with. So I asked the bartender if he could make me something “light.” He
took one look at my jacket (which was orange, red, black and yellow) and
brought me a red-orange drink in a pretty stemmed glass, which he
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is a citrusy bitter liqueur that has been popular in Italy since the 1950s, but
this summer its popularity seems to have spread like wildfire. Literally every
person I stopped to speak with at the party said, “That’s an Aperol Spritz!”
and seemed dumbfounded when I admitted I had never heard of it before.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that I’m back in the U.S. (and asking friends about my new favorite drink) I’m
finding out that an Aperol Spritz almost as popular in California and New York as it is in
Europe. I understand someone has even created a frozen version, like a slushie!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to a recent article in the New York Times, the spike in Aperol consumption is
in line with a rising demand in the U.S. for herbal bitter liqueurs.
Traditionally, these bitters have been produced in Europe, but now,
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give this orange-y bubbly low-alcohol drink a try. It’s very refreshing on a
hot summer day, and it just might become your new favorite drink! It's definitely mine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453825885893857876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-16790193509580642822018-07-13T00:00:00.000-04:002018-07-13T00:00:03.443-04:00On The Road Again To… Prague!<div class="MsoNormal">
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is Prague’s famous medieval astronomical clock. It was designed by clockmaster <span lang="EN">Jan Růže (also
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around 1490. My tour guide recounted the story that the astronomical clock was
such an impressive and beautiful piece of work that the Prague City Council was so jealous <span lang="EN">Hanuš
was getting offers from other European cities to create similar clocks that the
Council kidnapped Hanuš and gouged out his eyes so that he couldn’t create
another masterpiece!! However, Hanuš – now blind and knowing his career was
over – got his revenge by climbing to the top of the clock tower and throwing
himself into the gears, killing himself but disabling the clock for more than
100 years! (The clock IS beautiful... at certain times of day, little carved figures come out and parade around to mark the hour.)</span></span></div>
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who founded Prague (modeling it after Paris). The Charles Bridge is
pedestrian-only (since it was built in the 1300’s) and statues of saints and
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are quite a few bridges that cross the Vltava river. This shot (below)
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believe the Infant of Prague (a statue located in the Church of Our Lady
Victorious, said to originally been owned by St. Theresa of Avila) can grant miracles. We all know someone who needs a miracle,
so I stopped to say a prayer…</span><u1:p class=""></u1:p><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember
I said King Charles modeled Prague after Paris? It seems tourists who come here
are trying to make it more like Paris by “locking” their love to a railing near
the Vltava river, then throwing the key into the water so that love lasts
forever (i.e. it can’t be unlocked)…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I leave you with this spectacular picture of Prague
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hard to concentrate on work (writing or otherwise) on lazy, hot summer days. I just want to be rocking in a hammock with a glass of iced tea! So today I’m
taking a break and blogging about something totally different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the moment. Embrace it. Feel it. Become it. Share it. Then repeat for all
the moments that follow. Life is not about the quantity of moments; it’s about
the quality of moments. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453825885893857876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-70627344173010502242018-06-08T00:00:00.000-04:002018-06-08T00:00:10.294-04:00What’s Your "80/20" Number? <br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I read a fascinating
article by a woman named Noelle Nelson that I want to share with you, because it can apply
not only to writers, but to everyone in the world. How’s this for a fascinating fact: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most of us spend 80% of
our time on things that really don't matter and only 20% of our time on the
things that really do matter.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">WHAT,
you say? Well, there's a concept in economics called "Pareto's Law,"
or the "80/20 Rule." In a nutshell, a 19th century economist,
Vilfredo Pareto, noticed that 20% of the people owned 80% of the land, and
similarly that 20% of his peapods produced 80% of his peas. Much later, Joe
Juran, looking to improve factory production during WWII, realized that 20% of
the factories were responsible for 80% of all defective parts, and vice-versa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What
could the "80/20 Rule" possibly have to do with you? Simply put, most
of us spend 80% of our time on things that really don't matter all that much to
us, and only 20% of our time on the things that really matter. Huh . . . <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ask
yourself, who do you spend the most time with? The people who uplift you,
support you, cherish you? Or those who bore you, annoy you, cause you endless
irritation or grief? What do you spend most of your time doing? Complaining,
blaming, feeling sorry for yourself? Or praising, appreciating, finding value
in what you do? How about activities? Do you spend most of your free time in
activities that engage you, inspire you, thrill you? Or do you just go with
whatever flow happens to, well, flow at the moment? Facebook, TV, surfing the
web . . .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It
dawned on Noelle that she’d rather work a little longer/harder to earn some
extra bucks (given that she really enjoyed her work, like we writers enjoy our
writing), so she could pay a house-cleaner to clean her home, an activity she
did not enjoy. And when given the option of taking a dance class rather than
spending an hour on the couch watching a TV program, the appeal of a dance
class won out. Dancing is now on her list of "top things she loves."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What's
your percent? When you sit down and honestly assess with whom and where you
spend your time—which is the same thing as saying "with whom and where you
spend your life?"—what's your 80/20? Noelle suggests that we deliberately
cut out or reduce those things that don’t give you joy, so that more and more
of your time is spent in the 80% of stuff you really like to do. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Take
a look at your friends and social life, including your social media life. She
suggests we deliberately reduce or cut out the time we spend with those who
don’t make our “things I love” list. </span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It
may sound odd to take such a calculated approach to life, but time really is
all we have. How and with whom we choose to spend that time very much defines
how happy we are in life. So stop for a few minutes to consider your “80/20”
and you might just change your life!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">P.S.
I am taking Noelle’s advice to heart. Readers of this column know how much I love
to travel, so I just surfed the web for some cheap airline flights, and it
looks like I’ll be travelling to Prague and Warsaw at the end of June! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now
THAT makes me happy!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Until
next month,<br />
Jenna<br />
<a href="http://www.jennaives.com/">www.jennaives.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Garden pictures, birthday flowers from my son, and a composite I did of the dandelion and fairy. </h4>
My SIL and I have a birthday celebration today!<br />
Have a great one!<br />
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Terry<br />
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Memorial Day started as Decorations Day in 1868 to honor Civil War
soldiers who had died. That’s what Memorial Day is all about. Not just a
3-day weekend holiday off from work, government agencies and banks are
closed, and we don’t get mail, and lots of folks are having barbecues.<br />
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But it’s nice to take a moment to remember what the day stands for.
Thanks to those men and women who served during the time of war and
sacrificed their lives.<br />
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And I’m off to work! Need 2,000 words on SEAL Wolf Surrender, just
for minimum word count, and my publisher is changing the title from the
other book: Her Jaguar Protector to You Had Me at Jaguar. I thought that
was cute.<br />
Have a great weekend, whether it’s a 3-day holiday, or just the same old thing. I’m off to write.<br />
Terry<br />
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all lead such busy lives these days that sometimes our brains get “too full”
and we feel like we have no more room for any additional information. And it’s
not just adults who suffer! As my 8-year-old niece often says, “It fell out of
my ear,” meaning her head is too stuffed with facts to fit one more in there,
LOL. Having a full brain can certainly make retrieving a particular fact
difficult, but I recently read an article by a psychologist with tips that
might help us remember the important stuff:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-When
introduced to someone new, try to immediately repeat their name back to them, as
in “Nice to meet you, Joan” or “My mother’s name is Joan, too!” This helps
cement a name to a face.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Imagine
their name written across their forehead. The name will make more of an
impression if the person is bald, has bangs, etc. The individualness of their
forehead will help trigger name recollection next time you see them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Always
break down long strings of numbers into groups of three. Our brains are somehow
wired to remember information in groups of three (“Life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness” or “I came, I saw, I conquered” etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-One
of the oldest and best-known retrieval cues is still the most effective: the
mnemonic. Roy G. Biv helps us remember the colors of the spectrum (red, orange,
yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) and HOMES helps us remember the names of
the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior). Whenever possible,
come up with a simple, catchy word or phrase that will help prompt you to
remember a string of data.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Don’t
skimp on sleep. Instead of staying up all night cramming for an exam or trying
to figure out the next plot twist for your novel, you’d be better off getting a
full night’s rest so you brain is fresh are ready-to-think the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-You
are what you eat. Stay away from brain-sluggish food like saturated and trans
fats, and eat lots of fruits and vegetables, especially blueberries and
Brussels sprouts! (Okay, maybe not Brussels sprouts, but definitely walnuts…)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Read
a print book. Studies done in Norway showed volunteers remembered more information
they read in a print book than the same information they read on a computer
screen (or tablet, or phone).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Chew
it over. Psychologists from the University of Northumbria found that volunteers
who chewed gum retained more information after a 20-minute memory test than volunteers
who did not chew gum. Chewing gum increases heart rate, so maybe more oxygen gets
delivered to your brain while you chew, oxygen that can aid in memory!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-Have
a latte. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that volunteers were
able to recall more images if they drank the equivalent of one cup of strong
coffee immediately after studying a series of images. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All
this scientific stuff is fascinating, but remember, if all else fails, try
tying that string around your finger. It actually does work! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What
about you? Any tips or tricks that have helped you remember things? Let me know!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leigh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453825885893857876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-63231071993435760962018-05-20T13:50:00.001-04:002018-05-22T14:48:21.348-04:00Nantucket Beaches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've just completed a mini-vacation to the island of Nantucket, located about 30 miles off the shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The above picture is Cisco Beach. We biked there. It's about 6 miles from town (one way).<br />
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This next beach is much harder to get to. It's called Great Point, and is located on the northern tip of the island, between both the Atlantic Ocean and Nantucket Sound.<br />
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This beach is actually part of the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge and is an area protected for seals and birds. You can only reach it via 4 wheel drive jeep, and a 5 mile drive over a thick and rutted beach. My husband and I were the only ones there that day, plus the ranger.<br />
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Madaket Beach (below) was easily our favorite because it's wide and long and just beautiful. The only problem - this is Nantucket, so you can't really get here easily for a beach day. There is no parking. So you need to have one of the very expensive homes near the beach to enjoy it, or you could ride a bike there.<br />
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There are even houses right on the beach which don't have any parking, not even for one car. I was wondering how they use a house like that. But the beach is gorgeous.<br />
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I like this view of Sconset Beach because of the pretty dune grass which is all over Nantucket. The island suffers from severe erosion problems so they leave the grass alone.<br />
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Since Nantucket is an island, they have many more beautiful beaches. The only problem is they can be hard to access. Nantucketers are not anxious to be bombarded by day trippers, and most of the beaches are bordered by homes which are private property. Still, we managed to see a fair number of them with a jeep and some bicycles.<br />
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My story, <a href="http://books2read.com/u/38Dwpr" target="_blank">Love Charm for Dakota</a>, is set in Nantucket.<br />
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Nantucket is the home of hedge fund titans, old money and
hidebound tradition. Habits are comfortable, and the habits of the rich are
very comfortable. Into Cabot Saltonstall's sedate world blows Dakota Bishop,
possessor of a wild spirit and a magical love charm. Cabot's blue-blood family
history includes an ancestor who resigned from the Salem Witch trials, because
he refused to believe in witchcraft.</div>
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Dakota can't stay still long enough for anyone to tie her
down, nor is Cabot the right kind of guy for her. If only he'd have sex with
her so she could get him out of her system. Why does he need to be so
traditional with his emotions and plans for the future? Does she know enough of
witchcraft to overcome the spell of the accidentally cast love charm?</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.carlycarson.com/bookshelf-2/love-charm-dakota/" target="_blank">Excerpt here</a>.</span></div>
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<br />Carly Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236823971323039071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-16730025168522462792018-05-19T08:47:00.001-04:002018-05-19T08:47:32.327-04:00Writing and GardeningI’ve been working on the cover for Claiming the White
Bear. It helps me to visualize the characters. I added a little word
count to that book yesterday (up to 12,000+ now), and to SEAL Wolf
Surrender. I’d prefer a conflictive couple for the cover of the new
white bear book but couldn’t find any. Conflict is better! For a book
that is romantic suspense.<br />
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Anyway, I started Claiming the White Bear at Christmas time while
visiting my son and DIL. He was playing a game and I was watching it and
giving direction (lol) and writing. Perfect vacation. But then I got a
new contract for 3 more books and had to get down to writing deadline
books.<br />
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Oh, and my daughter claimed the Sunshine ligustrum that volunteered
next to the house. So I’ve got to try and dig it up for her. I love being able to share plants!<br />
I’m back to the word count!!! Have a great day!!!<br />
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Terry<br />
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Last month I filed my taxes, figured out my refund, and immediately bought a ticket to the closest fun place I could think of to spend those dollars, er pounds... England!<br />
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So here I am in London for three weeks! I love England. Once out of the capital, the scenery is like a
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Ate lunch at this typical British pub… The Cleave</div>
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<span style="color: black;">I hope these pictures came out
okay, because I was (mostly) taking them from a moving car, LOL! </span>It
was a rare sunny weekend (but COLD) and today (Friday) it’s predicted to be rainy (as usual) in London as you read this.</div>
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<o:p>I'll be back home before next month's post, but I wanted to share these classic pictures with you!</o:p></div>
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gets her wolf and a hero who is overjoyed to be captured. It’s always
great seeing familiar favorite characters and revisiting Silver Town. I
can’t wait to see if Jenna’s sisters find mates in future stories. As
always, I look forward to Terry Spear’s next werewolf romance.~~Miranda
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Working
on edits for the new book coming out next year (Her Jaguar Protector),
and over halfway done on SEAL Wolf Surrender coming next year!<br />
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Terry<br />
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Zoerro gray timber wolf at the New Mexico wolf reserve drinking water from a bowl on our cabin porch.</h4>
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Ladies, and Gents, and Wolves, it’s out!!! All’s Fair in Love and Wolf can be in your hot little hands/paws now!<br />
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<strong>The Silver Town wolf pack has your back</strong><br />
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Wolf shifter Sarandon Silver’s in trouble with the law, and bounty
hunter she-wolf Jenna St. James is determined to bring him in for trial.<br />
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Lucky for Sarandon, the entire Silver Town pack is ready to fight for
his innocence. But until the case is solved, Jenna’s sticking to
Sarandon like glue…<br />
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<strong>Silver Town Wolf:</strong><br />
Destiny of the Wolf (Book 1)<br />
Wolf Fever (Book 2)<br />
Dreaming of the Wolf (Book 3)<br />
Silence of the Wolf (Book 4)<br />
A Silver Wolf Christmas (Book 5)<br />
Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply (Book 6)<br />
Between a Wolf and a Hard Place (Book 7)<br />
All’s Fair in Love and Wolf (Book 8)<br />
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<strong>What People Are Saying:<br />
</strong>“Sweet and sexy.”<strong><em>―Fresh Fiction </em></strong>for <em>Between a Wolf and a Hard Place<br />
</em>“Spear has become a master storyteller.”<strong><em>―RT Book Reviews, </em></strong>4 Stars for <em>Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply<br />
</em>“Magnificently entertaining.”<strong><em>―RT Book Reviews</em></strong>, 4.5 Stars TOP PICK! for <em>Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing</em><br />
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Put up that <strong>Do Not Disturb</strong> sign and enjoy another Silver Town Wolves’ story!<br />
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Have a super wonderful day!!!<br />
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Terry<br />
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<i>“The thrilling start to a wonderful werwolf series!”</i></h2>
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<a href="http://freshfiction.com/book.php?id=92201">Heart of the Wolf</a><br />
<a href="http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=18259">Terry Spear</a></h2>
<span class="data"> Reviewed by <a href="http://freshfiction.com/user.php?id=359160">Kim Roller</a><br />
Posted April 23, 2018</span><br />
HEART OF THE WOLF is the first book of the series of the <img alt="Heart of the Wolf" class="alignnone wp-image-11589" data-attachment-id="11589" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Heart of the Wolf" data-large-file="https://terryspear.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/heart-of-the-wolf.jpg?w=396&h=651?w=623" data-medium-file="https://terryspear.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/heart-of-the-wolf.jpg?w=396&h=651?w=183" data-orig-file="https://terryspear.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/heart-of-the-wolf.jpg?w=396&h=651" data-orig-size="1256,2063" data-permalink="https://terryspear.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/hummingbird-like-a-fairy-bird/heart-of-the-wolf-2/" height="651" src="https://terryspear.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/heart-of-the-wolf.jpg?w=396&h=651" width="396" /><br />
<i>same name</i> and I look forward to reading the rest. I was also
pleasantly surprised to get a bonus novella about Bella’s twin sister
Serena after finishing this newly reissued title. There was also a sneak
peek of the different series based on the white wolves that Terry Spear
is writing about also. I look forward to reading all of her Werewolf
series in the future. They are definite must-reads on my list of series
to complete. <a href="http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=65658">http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=65658</a><br />
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Danger, intrigue, and forbidden love in a wolf shifter world so compelling, you’ll swear it’s real life…<br />
Bella, a female red werewolf, was adopted by a pack of gray wolves as
a pup. Now grown up, the alpha of the pack tries to make her his mate
against her will—Bella knows she has no choice but to run away.<br />
She makes her way as a lone wolf until childhood friend, Devlyn,
comes to bring her home. On their journey back, they get tangled in up
in unimaginable danger and must apprehend a werewolf murderer while
keeping their identity secret from humans. The chemistry between them
sizzles like never before…but they both know if they mate, Devlyn will
have to fight the pack’s wicked alpha…and it’s a fight to the death.<br />
As a companion to Bella and Devlyn’s story, this edition includes an
exclusive, brand new novella that brings the story of the lupus garou
family full circle.<br />
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Terry Spearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788961423817944896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-46732403749389299022018-04-21T08:33:00.001-04:002018-04-21T08:33:13.860-04:00Between a Wolf and Hard Place $1.99!! And How Does $1,000,000,000 Stack Up?<br />
$1.99!!!<br />
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Alpha werewolf
Brett Silver has an ulterior motive when he donates a prized family
heirloom to the Silver Town hotel. Ellie MacTire owns the place with her
sisters, and he’s out to get her attention.
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Ellie is even more special than Brett knows. She’s a wolf shifter
with a unique ability to commune with the dead. Ellie has been
ostracized, so she protects herself and those she loves by revealing
nothing—not even when strange and dangerous things begin to happen in
Silver Town. And especially not to the devastatingly handsome and
generous wolf who’s determined to win her over…<br />
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So I was trying to figure out how big a stack of $1,000,000 would be in
$100 bills. Hey, it’s doable. You can put it in a briefcase, no problem!
You can stick $10,000 worth of $100 bills in your pocket, easy. That
bundle is 1/2″ thick if it’s all new dollars. If it’s old bills, it can
be up to 1″ thick. You can do it!<br />
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Research is fun, but time-consuming. I end up reading all kinds of
things that I don’t need for the story. Sometimes, I discover something
else that might really add to the story. Sometimes, I learn I can’t do
what I envisioned because it wouldn’t be feasibly possible. Now, if I
wrote strictly fantasy, then I could stretch the bounds of reality, yet I
still would need some constraints to make the fantasy world seem real.
Even though my world isn’t exactly straight up real, I mean, if
werewolves didn’t really exist, I need to keep the world as real as
possible.<br />
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I learn all kinds of amazing things when I do research for a book.
Who would have ever thought you could keep $10,000 in your pocket
without any problem???<br />
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Have a super fun day!!<br />
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Terry<br />
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
Francis Ford Coppola’s Café Zoetrope in San Francisco, an odd machine stands in
the middle of one of the dining rooms. It’s a tall black-and-orange cone with a
lighted monolith sticking out of its top. The kiosk, built by the French
publishing company Short Edition, is called a Short Story Dispenser. It’s the
first of its kind in the United States. With just the push of a button, the
dispenser prints a one, three, or five minute story, completely free of charge.
The stories come out on long rolls of paper like a receipt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lydia
Valledor, Café Zoetrope’s General Manager, says the dispenser has been a huge
hit since it was installed a year and a half ago. “I love the idea, especially
for us,” she says. “We are all about Art; we have a lot of art on our walls. We
also have Mr. Coppola‘s magazine Zoetrope: All-Story, which is a short story
magazine. So the dispensers are very related to our place.” Valledor add that
the dispenser comes in handy since the café tries to encourage patrons to stay
off their phones and digital devices. “When people ask if we have Wi-Fi for the
kids, we point to the machines and say, ‘No, but you have a story you can
read.’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
dispensers first started popping up in Short Edition’s hometown, the French
city of Grenoble, in October 2016. “We always believed in the power of short
literature, and the fact that it is particularly adapted to the modern world,
as a way to bring (or bring back) people to reading,” says Loic Giraut, and
international business developer for the company. According to Giraut, The
dispensers were born after a seemingly routine have it ended in a flash of
inspiration. “One day, while they were in front of the coffee vending machine,
the four cofounders of Short Edition thought: ‘Why couldn’t we do the same
thing, but with culture stories instead of coffee? Literature should be
available everywhere!’” The company build a prototype and showed it to
Grenoble’s mayor Eric Piolle, who commissioned eight machines to be erected
around the city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
dispensers are extremely simple to operate. “When plugged in, the machine
connects to the GSM network, which allows us to manage and adapt the content,”
says Giraut. For example, during December, the dispensers only put out
Christmas or holiday-themed stories. Writers are discovered through Short
Edition’s expansive online community of 100,000 short stories by 9000 authors.
An even larger community of readers – some 200,000 – vote on their favorite
stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“We
always work with the community… to identify the best texts,” says Giraut.
“Anybody can create an account on short-edition.com, take part in a writing
competition that we organize, and publish his or her text.” Submitted stories
are eligible for one of two prices. The public winner receives the most votes.
The Short Edition editorial board and a jury of readers select the winner. “All
the texts that have sufficient quality are then included in the dispenser
worldwide,” Giraut says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Reaction
to the dispensers has been overwhelmingly positive so far. “We are receiving
tons of messages both by email and social media, of people just saying thank
you, or telling us that the story they read has made their day,” Giraut says.
“We often hear people saying they had the feeling that story they picked up
randomly was made for them, that it was really related to their actual life. It
makes us really proud, because this was our goal when we invented the
dispenser: to create emotion.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Today,
there are more than 150 short story dispensaries worldwide, most of which are
in France. But there are 20 machines in North America, and that number is about
to grow. “Our objective is to pursue our development in North America by
installing more and more dispensers and starting to gather content from North
American authors by launching writing contest in the U.S.,” Giraut says. “We
have a lot going on in the beginning of 2018, and new machines should very soon
appear on both west and east coasts.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sure
enough, on March 22, at the 2018 Public Library Association‘s conference, Short
Edition announced that they are installing four more machines on U.S. soil.
This time, they will benefit public libraries: the Akron-Summit County (Ohio) Public
Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Richland Library in Columbia
South Carolina, and the Wichita Public Library in Kansas. Each dispenser will
be specifically branded to the library. And that’s not all Short Edition has
planned. They hope to eventually include translations, allowing author is to be
read internationally as well. “At some point, our objective is also to have a
worldwide community of writers and readers, and have some Asian authors read in
Europe or America, American authors read in Africa or South America, etc.,”
says Giraut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
now, Valledor says the one dispenser in San Francisco has become so popular
that people come in off the street just to print out a story. While in most
establishments it might be considered rude to do such a thing without being a
paying customer, Valledor encourages it. She says it helps the café find new
customers, all through the power of literature. “It’s like I always say,
they’re coming today for a story – people who have never been here before –
they open the door, see the space, they love it, they come back.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until next month,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Leigh</span><br />
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