tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51381868487989478712024-02-22T11:31:57.559-08:00From the Mind of OmegiaThis blog gives writing insight, friendly advice, and a peak into the Mind of Omegia.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-21355345728753773582014-02-07T09:28:00.002-08:002014-02-07T09:28:31.000-08:00No Conditions Book Blast--Dr. Vivi Monroe Congress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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directed one very perfection-driven recording engineer. Enoch “Z-man” Zimmerman
is, by far, the most on-point dude I know; nothing gets by him—musically
speaking—and if his name is attached to it, so is excellence. If I hadn’t known
this about him beforehand, I would’ve ended this session an hour ago. Old dude
is dipping into my pockets—deep. But, it’s all good. There’s no price tag on
quality or knowing that your creative vision is being birthed and we did cover
a lot of ground in these last two days. However, I was trying to come in under
a budget since I still have to get updated headshots and that, alone, can cost
a mint. Needless to say, the budget needs a budget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prepare myself for a retake by clearing my throat and rolling my head to work
out neck and shoulder tension. This is the last track we’re recording, also my
favorite, and I can’t risk anything getting in the way of my sound. I’ve
reworked the lyrics and rearranged the music to Will Downing’s <i>All About You
</i>and in a play on words, I decided to use the working title, <i>All About
Him</i>, for my CD. Z-man, who was previously in a zone setting the levels on
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of the unending blessings God has poured into my life, most recently the love
and devotion of a woman who loves Him as much as I do. I give Z-man a thumbs
up, our non-verbal cue that I’m ready to record. Through my headphones, I hear
the music intro and seconds later, Z-man‘s voice comes through in a word,
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forethought, I take ownership of the musical moment and sing, “<i>I’m not a
perfect man, I do the best I can</i>…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feeling good … man!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the booth the once-over and scan the small space for other belongings I might
have overlooked. As if handling a Ming vase, I carefully place the headphones
on the overhead hang. Lord knows the last thing I need now is to have Z-man add
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stronger. Not at all like when I first recorded you a few years back. You’ve
got a more mature sound.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Beaming with pride, “Man, a lot has gotten stronger <i>and</i>
better with me.” I strike an impressive bodybuilder crab pose, careful not to
flash the shiny new article of jewelry that now resides on the ring finger of
my left land. We both laugh and post up a high-five on it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Oh, I know that look. Had it once upon a time
myself,” Z-man reflects. “That’s the look of a man who’s found his better half.
Congrats again, man. I wish you the best.” His voice fades as though he’s been
a casualty of love. And while his wound may still be fresh, he is no love
reject; he’s recovering from the death of his wife earlier this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his shoulder which serves as a point of contact as well, I whisper a brief
prayer for his healing. “That means a lot, man.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I miss her, O.C.” his voice slightly cracking, “I
miss her a lot.” Z-man’s body slowly slumps in his chair, his eyes misting
despite his best efforts to blink back the tears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“You and Maggie…watching the two of you was…was…well,
inspiring. Y’all were so in sync. I’ve never seen anything like it except for my
Mom and Pops, of course.” Although I did my best to encourage Z-man, Goddess is
the pro at this kind of thing since she deals with death and sorrow every day
for a living.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I watch as a nostalgic smile sweeps across Z-man’s
face. I must’ve said something right. Unfolding his grief-tormented body, he
sits straight up and releases a fraction of his pain through a loud exhale,
“Remember this…if this were your last day on earth, what would you look at more
closely, more intensely? What would you appreciate? What would you want to
savor? What would <i>really</i> be important to you?” He pauses and appears to
be thinking about his next words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>The Marriage Pact
(2011), Regrets Only (2012), and Baggage Check (2013)</b></div>
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<b>M.J. Pullen</b></div>
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Author Bio:</div>
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M.J. (Manda) Pullen studied English Literature and Business at the
University of Georgia in Athens, and later Professional Counseling at
Georgia State University in Atlanta. She practiced psychotherapy for
five years before taking time off for writing and raising her two
young boys. Since high school, she has also been an executive
assistant, cashier, telemarketer, professional fundraiser, marketing
guru, magazine writer, grant-writer, waitress, box-packer, HR person,
and casual drifter.</div>
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She reads and writes across many genres, and learns <i>something</i>
from everything she does. No matter what she’s writing, M.J.
believes that love is the greatest adventure there is, and that
hopeless romantics are never really hopeless.</div>
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She loves to hear from readers and
other writers – so drop her a line!</div>
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Website: <a href="http://mjpullen.com/">mjpullen.com</a></div>
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Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/mjpullenbooks">facebook.com/mjpullenbooks</a></div>
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Twitter: @MJPullen</div>
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Blog: <a href="http://mjpullen.com/blog/">mjpullen.com/blog/</a></div>
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Goodreads:
<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4993237.M_J_Pullen">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4993237.M_J_Pullen</a></u></span></div>
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Amazon:
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One set of autographed paperback copies
of the Marriage Pact trilogy (winner can choose a custom inscription
for the first book). US Only, Ebook International</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>The
Marriage Pact</b></i></span></div>
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Book Genre: Contemporary Romance</div>
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Publisher: Flourish Publications (Self)</div>
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Release Date: June 2011</div>
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Marci Thompson always knew what life
would be like by her 30<sup>th</sup> birthday. A large but cozy
suburban home shared with a charming husband and two brilliant
children. A celebrated career as an established writer, complete with
wall-to-wall mahogany shelves and a summer book tour. A life full of
adventure with her friends and family by her side.
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Instead, Marci lives alone in 480
square feet of converted motel space next to a punk rock band,
hundreds of miles from her friends and family. She works in a
temporary accounting assignment that has somehow stretched from two
weeks into nine months. And the only bright spot in her life, not to
mention the only sex she’s had in two years, is an illicit affair
with her married boss, Doug. Thirty is not at all what it is cracked
up to be.
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Then the reappearance of a cocktail
napkin she hasn’t seen in a decade opens a long-forgotten door,
and Marci’s life gets complicated, fast. The lines between right
and wrong, fantasy and reality, heartache and happiness are all about
to get very blurry, as Marci faces the most difficult choices of her
life.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">In
her mind, she had ended it a thousand times. She would spend hours
rehearsing three versions of the parting speech: </span>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><i>Rational</i></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">:
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">Doug,
I can’t do this anymore. Neither of us intended this to happen, but
it has to stop. I love you [</span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><i>should
she say that?</i></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">], but
I can’t be responsible for breaking up a marriage, however unhappy
it might be. I deserve better than this. I need someone free to make
a life with me, and you are not. I know in my heart that part of you
still loves Cathy, and I think you should return to her and really
invest in your marriage.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><i>Magnanimous
and melodramatic</i></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">: </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">Listen,
Doug. This has been wonderful; it really has. But it’s wrong and
it’s been wrong from the start. It’s tearing me apart. I am not
an adulteress; I deserve to be more than ‘the other woman.’ I
can’t live with myself for another day this way, and I can’t let
you do it, either. Go back to your wife, your home, the life that you
chose all those years ago. I will treasure our time together and you
have my word that I will never tell anyone about us.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><i>Jealous
and generally pissed off</i></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">:
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">Doug,
your little weekend getaway with your wife gave me time to get
clarity and realize that I am better than this situation, and better
than you. If you loved me, you would no longer be married. If you
loved your wife, you would not be with me. You act like this is
torture for you, but really you’re just a typical cheating
sleazebag who wants to have his cake and eat it, too. I want you out
of my life forever. If you try to speak to me again, I will call
Cathy and tell her everything. Get out.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">This
last version was the most emotionally satisfying. She would march
into work armed with these words, confident, resolute and ready to
take back her life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">Until
she saw him. She’d find a sticky note on her keyboard: “It was
awful. I missed you.” Or he would pick her up at lunch, and instead
of going back to her place, they would drive to the top of Mount
Bonnell and look over the Texas hill country and talk. She would
feebly threaten to end it, crying pathetically and remembering none
of her kickass speeches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">So
they limped along in a relationship netherworld—not together, not
apart, each day full of the twin possibilities of limitless passion
or goodbye forever. With stacks of invoices and mindless tasks in
front of her each day, Marci had entirely too much time to
contemplate both ends of the spectrum. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;">Today
was no different, except for the fact that she was officially no
longer wasting her late twenties in a hopeless relationship. Thirty
had arrived, and a new decade was waiting. And there was an e-mail
from Jake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Regrets
Only</b></i></span></div>
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Book Genre: Women’s
Fiction/Contemporary Romance</div>
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Publisher: Flourish Publications (Self)</div>
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Release Date: July 2012</div>
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At thirty-three, Suzanne Hamilton has
it all. A successful party-planning business with an elite
client list. A swank condo in a hot Atlanta neighborhood and a
close group of friends – especially her longtime best friend Marci.
A list of men a mile long who have tried to win her heart and failed.
Plus, she’s just landed the event that will take her career and
social status to the next level. What could she possibly have to
regret?</div>
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Then a freak accident changes
everything, and Suzanne discovers that her near-perfect life is just
a few steps away from total disaster. She is humiliated and at
risk of losing it all… except the surprising support of her newest
celebrity client. With nothing else to go on, Suzanne follows
him into an unexpected job and unfamiliar territory. Soon she will
question everything – her career, her past, her friendships, and
even her own dating rules.
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But when her catalog of past
relationships turns into a list of criminal suspects, she is faced
with the horrifying possibility that she may not live to regret any
of it…</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt One:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She
smiled broadly at him, remembering to show her teeth the way she’d
been instructed before beauty pageants as a child. She could almost
taste the Vaseline her mother made her rub on her top teeth to ensure
they didn’t get smudged with lipstick. </span></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Smile.
Be open.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rick
returned the smile with warmth. He also seemed to notice he’d been
talking about himself for too long. “So tell me how you got started
in the party planning business.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Suzanne
recounted briefly how she had been an art history major at the
University of Georgia, desperately wanted to work as a museum
curator, and how she’d taken the job on the event staff at the High
Museum right after college. “Originally, I hoped the foot in the
door at the museum would land me a job in procurement or something,
but it never happened.” </span></span>
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh,
I’m sorry,” Rick said sympathetically. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Suzanne
shrugged. It turned out she had a knack for event planning. Something
about the combination of creativity and crisis response. After a
couple of years at the High, she had been hired away by a large event
planning agency. She stayed there for a few years before creating her
own boutique agency. Now she had one of the most successful,
prestigious agencies in the city. People were often shocked to
discover she and Chad were the only permanent staff. “We actually
won an award last year,” she told Rick. </span></span>
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sounds
like you are quite the little rock star in the event planning world,”
he said. “Or do you just plan events for rock stars?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Normally
very discreet about her clients, Suzanne couldn’t resist the
opportunity to brag a little. “Actually, I am doing a benefit in a
couple of weeks for Dylan Burke. Of course, he’s more a </span></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>country</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
star…”</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Seriously?
I was kidding about the whole rock star thing.”</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0.03in; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0.4in; widows: 2;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>A
Southern lady is always modest</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">,
her mother’s voice chided her. “Well, it’s not that big of a
deal,” Suzanne hedged. “It’s at my old stomping grounds at the
High, which is probably why I got the job.”</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Don’t
sell yourself short,” Rick countered enthusiastically. “That’s
awesome. He’s totally famous.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She
waved away the words with a manicured hand, but Rick was undeterred.
“Seriously, you should be really proud of yourself. That’s a huge
deal. Obviously you’ve earned quite a reputation for someone like
Dylan Burke to choose you.” </span></span>
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eyes held hers sincerely. </span></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Okay,
Rick, ease up. We’ve already slept together. You can dial it down a
tad.</i></span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Really,
his manager chose me. I haven’t actually met him yet. We’ll see
how it turns out,” she said, and pretended to be engrossed in the
highlights of spring training on the TV over the bar. “How do you
think the Braves will do this year?”</span></span></div>
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At thirty-five, Rebecca Williamson is
surrounded by happy endings. Her friends Suzanne and Marci are
living out their own personal fairy tales in Atlanta, Georgia. But
despite Rebecca’s best efforts four years ago, her adorable college
friend Jake Stillwell has officially slipped through her fingers and
broken her heart. Even though her job as a flight attendant fits
perfectly with her orderly nature, and brings her into contact with
lots of eligible men, she can’t seem to find a man who is Jake’s
equal.</div>
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Then a frantic phone call from her
mother in Oreville, Alabama turns Rebecca’s structured life on its
ear. She will find herself back in the tiny town she worked so hard
to leave behind, and thrown together with Deputy Alex Chen, a face
from the past who’s made it clear he thinks of Rebecca as more than
just an old friend’s kid sister.
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But Alex is nothing like what Rebecca
had in mind; and in the meantime, she has other battles to fight,
including her painful family history. Can she navigate the chaos and
get her life back to normal? Will Alex prove himself to be the friend
she's always needed? Or will she discover that the door to Jake is
not as tightly closed as she thought?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rebecca
Williamson picked up a smooth, rust-colored clay bowl for the fifth
time in as many minutes. She ran her hand along the sloping curve
from the base to the rim, and then bounced it lightly in her arms for
heft. It was two pounds, she decided. Maybe two and a half once they
had wrapped it for the plane. She put it down again and stepped back
to look at the rest of the artist’s display, dusting her hands
together.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh,
just buy it already!” Valerie said from a few feet away. “I’ve
gotten married after shorter courtships than you’re having with
that bowl.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I
don’t need it,” Rebecca said.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It
would look nice on your kitchen table. You never buy anything,
Becky.” Valerie had been calling her “Becky” since she joined
the airline three years before. For the first several months, Rebecca
had corrected her. Now she just accepted it.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What
would I do with it?” Rebecca said. “I mean, you can’t serve
food in it, not that I ever cook anyway. I don’t have anything to
store in it. And I’m never home to look at how my apartment is
decorated. How is a red clay bowl necessary?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Valerie
rolled her eyes and patted Rebecca’s shoulder with a veined hand.
“Life needs beauty, doll. Every girl should have something
beautiful and useless in her life. Like my first husband, for
example. That man was pure eye candy, but the poor idiot couldn’t
change a light bulb.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rebecca
laughed. She had never asked outright how many husbands Valerie had
been through, but her current guess was four, and at least two of
them had been pilots. Valerie was in her late sixties, ancient by
flight attendant standards, and a legend among all the younger women
they worked with. Rebecca had been paired with her during the first
week of training and they had flown together more often than not
since then. At first, Rebecca had resisted becoming Valerie’s
protégé, but through sheer force of will and nonstop chatter,
Valerie had become Rebecca’s only real friend at work. Tonight,
they were in an artists’ co-op in New Mexico, killing time during
an overnight layover.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Are
you ready to go to the bar?” Rebecca asked her.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What’s
your hurry?” Valerie said. “You never take anything home from
there, either.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Don’t
start with that.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What?
Come on, you know I’m right. And don’t use me for an excuse,
either. I may be an old lady but I know how to make myself scarce
when I see a brassiere on the doorknob.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An
aproned woman behind the counter looked up, smirking. </span></span>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shh...”
Rebecca hushed. But even she could not help but smile at the way
Valerie said “brassiere on the doorknob” in her New York accent.
Rebecca herself had never used this signal, but it had been a
frequent sight in the sorority house at the University of Georgia.
She tried to imagine finding one of Valerie’s big beige
contraptions hanging on their hotel room door and shuddered.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ready
to go?” she asked again.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh,
alright,” Valerie said. “Just let me add this to my collection.”
She held up a blue-glazed mug that had been formed to look like the
squished-down face of an old man.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Several
of Rebecca’s coworkers kept little collections from places they
visited—postcards, spoons, shot glasses, snow globes, you name it.
There was a sort of unspoken code that it was only acceptable to
collect items from cities you had truly visited, meaning you had to
leave the airport for more than a couple of hours. Even so, Rebecca
could not understand this tradition. Yes, it was cute in the moment,
but they went so many places. What did you <i>do</i> with all that
crap? Put it in a box so you could re-live your glory days of passing
out peanuts? Have it gather dust on the shelves while other people
pretended to be interested at parties?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Once
or twice, something had caught Rebecca’s eye, particularly when
they flew to exotic locations. A tiny but exquisite crystal vase from
Waterford in Ireland. Hand-carved candlesticks painted black and
inlaid with gold in Toledo, Spain. A set of Russian dolls in Moscow.
Each time, she had stood paralyzed in the gift shop, debating why she
needed this thing and where she would put it and how often she would
really look at it. Then she would sigh, and to the dismay of each
patient shop owner, return the item to the shelf and walk out. Except
for an irresistible silk scarf from Milan and an emergency t-shirt
she’d been forced to buy in New York, Rebecca had not bought
souvenirs anywhere. Once in a while she regretted this, but never for
long. She would deposit the amount of the foregone purchase into her
savings account with satisfaction and move on. Always move on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Born in 1985, Vulyncia Poindexter was born in Kentucky, however, her family soon relocated to Texas. After a short life in Texas, she returned to her hometown of Hopkinsville, Kentucky with her mother and two sisters. At the tender age of 13, she began writing poetry as an outlet of expression. When her voice couldn’t find the words to say, her poetry became her way to connect with others. </span><br />
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Over the years, Vulyncia has entered several poetry contests and was published in several anthology poetry books. In April 2012, she debuted her first poetry book entitled Timeless Clock, published by One Karma Publishing, in which some of her poems have been nominated for poetry awards. The straightforward and unabashed tone of her poetry combined with her infectious personality and zest for life has landed her several author features and interviews including the Life As A Poet feature with Urban Books, Authors and Writers of America and buzz worthy interviews with AAMBC Radio Show with host Author Anna Black and the Morning Cook-Up Show with hosts the Office Boys NY which generates millions of listeners. Most notably, Vulyncia was chosen as a guest co-host for PD Radio Show with hosts Ms. Pd and Black and the Conversations with Cleo Show with host, “Call Me Now” Ms. Cleo. Currently, she is working on her latest projects which include a sophomore poetry book entitled, For My Cinderellas and her first novel, an erotica entitled Falling Into Temptation. </span><br />
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Vulyncia is currently attending Murray State University to obtain her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with goals of becoming a counselor. She currently resides in Kentucky and has two beautiful daughters.</span><br />
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Lost Understanding...When you don't care who's climbing into your sheets.</div>
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Thick & Thin...When you're constantly reminded of the lies.</div>
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When you hurt...When you love someone more than you love yourself.</div>
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My World... When life in the imagination can be the way you want it.</div>
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Nice Guys Finish Last...When you told what you want to hear</div>
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Before jumping into this authors spotlight I just wanted to mention that I had the pleasure of meeting this author in person at an event of which I was the guest speaker. I enjoyed talking with Untamed and I'm glad to see she's out there making moves in the right way. </div>
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<b>About the Author:</b> Hailing from Albany, GA, Author Untamed is an adult and urban fiction author who accredits her early education in magnet school programs for her creative mind and passion for the literary field. She first found a love of writing as a young child through her love of reading. It was the novel entitled, Coming of Age by Lorri Hewitt that truly inspired Untamed and became the flame that ignited her introduction to the pen and pad.</div>
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Untamed's writing journey began twenty years ago at thirteen years old with poetry, spoken word and short stories. Throughout her high school and college years, she received many accolades for her writing ability to include the Coca-Cola Young Writers Award and honorable mention in the Sandhills Writers’ Conference.</div>
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Deciding to pursue a career in business, Untamed set aside writing for years. However, after suffering the loss of her child, she felt a void in her life and began writing again to remain encouraged. Yet, the void still seemed to remain and she began to develop her writing talents as a novelist due to her own personal life experiences. It was then that Untamed realized her gift should be shared with the world and she made the decision to become a published author. Best known for her gritty yet flavorful language, Untamed embraced urban literature to bring about knowledge and support through real life, every day stories with highly animated and lifelike characters. Her powerful words and straight up, no-chaser verbiage delivers punches that will leave you screaming for more.</div>
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In 2012, Untamed released her debut novel entitled, Never Again…No More through One Karma Publishing to rave reviews. Untamed’s work has been featured in several print ads including Books On Blast by Urban Books, Authors, & Writers of America (UBAWA) and Kontrol Magazine. Untamed has also had several author features and interviews including noteworthy interviews with PD Radio and The Morning Cook Up Show which generates millions of listeners. Since that time, Untamed penned her second novel entitled, Never Again…No More II: Getting Back to Me in July 2013.</div>
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Writing is truly a passion for Untamed and it is her hope that her writing will fulfill her purpose to touch lives, encourage growth and give a voice to the voiceless. Staying true to this goal, Untamed will continue to share her gift of writing for years to come as she delivers it to you real, raw and purely Untamed!</div>
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She currently resides in Georgia with her husband and children.</div>
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First of I’d like to thank anyone who’s reading this. I
needed to take a break and crank out a few books and of course tend to life so
I thank you all for your patience in my 7 month hiatus. With that out the way
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It’s that time again. The first day of a New Year and you’re
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Ready, set, go!! But wait stop. Did you actually set yourself a realistic goal?
I’ll wait. Okay. Now did you? <o:p></o:p></div>
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For the first week you probably go at it full steam ahead
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The solution? Stop it with the resolutions and make life
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the changes so drastic. IE: You don’t have to join a gym to lose weight. That
may be too big of a commitment. Try doing a YouTube video. No excuses on why
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Make your goals obtainable. If you’ve haven’t done anything
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If you’re a writer and say write that best seller, then
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Domestic Seduction (Romantic Suspense)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hundreds
of years into the future, mankind has gone under ground to relocate
to the beautiful city of Epsilon. Epsilon is run by a strong,
secretive government that keeps its citizens in check by subtle
manipulation and strict schedules. No one questions its authority and
no one is unhappy. ALN-896, an average man who is just trying to
live a normal life, begins to have dreams; something strange and rare
in Epsilon. In his dreams, he meets a man named Harry and everything
is fine- until Harry dies. When ALN-896 wakes up, he shrugs it off as
if nothing has happened. It was only a dream. But then the next day,
he is suddenly arrested and sent to prison for killing Harry, whom
ALN-896 assumed was just a figment of his imagination. Now
inside prison, ALN-896 begins to learn about everything the
government of Epsilon has been doing and he plans on escaping. Not
only from prison, but from Epsilon. This one decision turns him
against everything he has ever known and forces him to face against
centuries of lies. To escape means to live. But what will it cost?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thoughts froze within
his mind. Spit bubbled through his pursed lips. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ALN-896 finally
managed to pull away from the exposed wire. He fell to the ground and
wiped away the spit dribbling down his cheek. His heart raced, and
sweat poured down his body. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">That was the most
painful sensation he had ever experienced. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I never should have
grabbed that wire... </i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ALN-896 stood up
slowly and looked around. No one saw what had just happened. He was
alone on the desolate stretch of Simov Street. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Fortunately, I did
not get hurt. </i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Instead of continuing,
he decided to get back into his car and let a nice cup of tea calm
him. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">From the center
console of the car, green tea was automatically dispensed into a cup.
He let the liquid slide down his throat, easing every muscle that had
tensed. He melted into his plush seat as he let his mind come to a
halt. Then the silence was interrupted by a robotic voice. “ALN-
896, your vitals are irregular. Is everything all right?” </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Everything is fine.
I went to inspect one of the house's trashcans as I was instructed
to, but I noticed an exposed wire on the ground. I went to cover it
back up when it...” </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ALN-896 wasn't quite
sure </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>what </i></span><span style="font-size: small;">had actually
happened when he touched the wire. He hadn’t been electrocuted, but
something strange had occurred. The only thing he could get out of
the experience was that he had seen a black-and-white tie floating in
the darkness behind his closed eyelids. Nothing surrounded it, but he
knew it had been attached to a body. One he hadn’t been able see,
but one he knew existed somewhere within the black. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Irrelevant. </i></span></span>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When it...,”
ALN-896 stumbled. “When it shocked me,” he lied. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Your job still
needs to be completed. You still need to inspect the trashcans for
Monday's workday. After your tea, you need to continue.” </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Yes, I understand.”
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What inspires you as a
writer?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Inspiration is a huge deal
with me. I am a very dedicated person which can work both, with or against me.
I can be very dedicated to finishing something, such as a Three-legged-race, or
I can be very dedicated to lying on a couch munching on candy bars. Because of
this, in order to get me up from the couch, I need a spark of some kind.
Inspiration. What is my consistent inspiration? I don't know. What I <i>do</i>
know now, though, is that I am constantly driven forward by you. My fans.
Before you my constant inspiration, I think, was dedication to finishing the
product (AKA stubbornness).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When did you have that <i>ah
ha</i> moment when you knew you were a writer?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I've always considered
myself a creative person but never a writer until recently (I <i>always </i>did
badly on essays). The first <i>ah ha!</i> moment for me must have been when I
finished my first sonnet in iambic pentameter. Take that Shakespeare!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell us about your favorite
character and why you chose to write about them?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My favorite character,
despite not being the main character, is actually INSN-3396 (Twitch). He is
just kind of a great guy who got caught up in the wrong circumstances. He's
genuine and someone I would really like to know (outside of my head).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What are you currently
working on?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oh boy, that's always a fun
thing to think about. Other than various acting projects and side projects with
writing, I am currently in the midst of finding an illustrator for my
poetry-novel. I am also writing the sequel to <i>Epsilon A.R.</i>!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any upcoming events?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I am still planning as many
book signings as I can for <i>Epsilon A.R.</i> Right now, however, my life is a
little more involved in my acting. I am currently in a production of <i>A
Streetcar Named </i>Desire at my university.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you could be anyone you
like, who would you be?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thought of putting a really
mushy and romantic answer to this. Instead, I'll say Shakespeare. As a writer,
how awesome would that be?!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you have any advice for
new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Advice for the new writers:
Keep at it. It's hard to get through the novel and even harder to get through
the marketing and reviews afterward. Stay persistent. It'll pay off. I promise
you kiddo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Something for a seasoned
vet: Garlic.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Where can your followers
find you?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Social media is my home away
from home. Two places you can find me best are</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zackery-Alexander-Humphreys/370275879738503">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zackery-Alexander-Humphreys/370275879738503</a><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Facebook) and</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Zhumphreys">https://twitter.com/Zhumphreys</a><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> (Twitter)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any last words?</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thank you for joining me on
this interview. I hope you enjoyed yourself. If you didn't, why are you still
reading?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>The
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Carlyle Clark was raised in Poway, a city just north of San Diego, but is now a proud Chicagolander working in the field of Corporate Security and writing crime fiction and fantasy. He has flailed ineffectually at performing the writers' requisite myriad of random jobs: pizza deliverer, curb address painter, sweatshop laborer, day laborer, night laborer, twilight laborer (of the fang-less variety), security guard, campus police, Gallup pollster, medical courier, vehicle procurer, and signature-for-petitions-getter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">He is a happily married man with two cats and a dog. He is also a martial arts enthusiast and a CrossFit endurer who enjoys fishing, sports, movies, TV series with continuing storylines, and of course, reading. Most inconsequentially, he holds the unrecognized distinction of being one of the few people in the world who have been paid to watch concrete dry in the dark. Tragically, that is a true statement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Title:</b> The Black Song Inside</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Genre:</b> Mystery Thriller</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Publisher:</b> Make Luck Press</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Release Date: </b>November 14<sup>th</sup>, 2012</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Inside-Atticus-Rosemary-ebook/dp/B00A7XJ560/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360694396&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Black+Song+Inside">Amazon</a></b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc6600;"><i><b>Shortlisted for the</b></i></span><span style="color: #cc6600;"><i><b>2012 Faulkner-Wisdom Award</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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Newly engaged private investigators Atticus Wynn and Rosemary Sanchez have seen the dark and violent side of life. Atticus's dry wit is born of a traumatic childhood that's left him emotionally scarred and estranged from his homicide detective sister. The medals Rosemary earned during her tour of duty in Iraq are little reward for returning home to San Diego missing a leg and tormented by PTSD and her continuing failure to save her younger brother from his own violent nature. Still, nothing they've been through has prepared them for an explosive murder investigation that tests the couple's trust as they struggle to solve a case where the best result leaves them in prison or dead.
Atticus's manipulative and gorgeous ex-girlfriend, Claire, bursts back into their lives wielding a secret about Rosemary's family that she exploits to force the couple into investigating the execution-style slaying of her lover. The case thrusts Atticus and Rosemary headlong into the world of human trafficking and drug smuggling as well as rendering them pawns in Tijuana Cartel captain Armando Villanueva's bloody bid to take over the Cartel. Villanueva Machiavellian scheme sends one of his minions, Rosemary's own gangsta brother, after Atticus, and as if that weren't bad enough, Villanueva dispatches "The Priest", a former child soldier for a Colombian rebel group who is now a messianic mercenary whose religious psychosis has launched him on a trajectory that can only end in mayhem.
The Black Song Inside is a vivid crime thriller rife with the murder and madness, melded with gallows humor and the heroism of two flawed protagonists who, in struggling to unravel a skein of human suffering, learn the nature of redemption and the ability to forgive others and themselves.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Meadows shoved the door open and marched in with a man he introduced as Detective Morales, his partner. Morales stood behind Meadows, thumbs hooked in his belt, and smiled vaguely at Atticus. He seemed to be trying for harmless, but stocky and clad in a bright-banded shirt, his dark-skinned face spattered with nodules and pockmarked, black-pebble eyes measuringly cold, and a bald head, he looked like a Gila monster eyeing a wounded rabbit. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Meadows sat at the head of the table and plunked down a tape recorder. “We’re going to play a 911 call. Please tell us if you recognize the voice of the caller or have any idea what she’s talking about.”</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Atticus nodded, suspecting the real reason they wanted to play it for him without a hint of what it was about was to keep him from having the chance to guard his reaction. That didn’t worry him. His childhood had trained him to hide his feelings well. The question was how was he going to glean more information than he gave?</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">9-1-1, what’s your emergency?” the dispatcher said.</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">There’s a girl,” a woman said, choking back tears. “She needs help.”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Is she there with you?”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">No, no, oh God help me. I left her out there.”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Left her where, ma’am?”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">In the desert. She was dying and I...I just left her there. You have to understand! She was already dying. There was nothing I could have done. It was hours ago. She’s dead by now anyway.”</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Meadows leaned toward Atticus. Morales seemed to stop breathing, but who can tell with a Gila monster? </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Then came the sound of five quick thwacks that sounded like the receiver was being banged against something while the woman repeated, “fuck” over and over.</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Listen, ma’am,” the dispatcher said, “you need to calm down and tell me who you are, where you are, and where the girl is. We can send people to give you whatever help you need.”</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The woman was suddenly back, her voice tight and venomous. “You can send me whatever help I need? That’s so wonderful. Can you send someone who can tell me how to get my soul back?”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Ma’am, I—”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">It’s a very simple fucking question! Can you send me someone who can help me get my fucking soul back, or can’t you?”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Ma’am, you need to calm—”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">GOD HELP ME!” the woman shrieked.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">There was banging again, but this sounded different, not something hard against something hard, but soft against hard. The woman’s crying grew fainter, along with the sound of footsteps walking away, and then came the roar of a car engine and the squeal of tires. The tape ended.</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">What was that at the end there?” Atticus asked. He hadn’t recognized the voice or had a clue what was going on, which was good, for him at least. For that woman and that girl, the moon was closer than good. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Morales and Meadows glanced at each other. Morales shrugged. Meadows said, “She was calling from one of those three-quarter phone booths. We’ve got a witness who said she went crazy at the end, banging the plastic with her fists, palms, elbows, her head, everything. Then she staggered away crying, got into a car, and drove away.”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Was she alone?”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Yes.”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Do you know what girl she was talking about?”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">The question is, Atticus, do you?”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Not a clue.”</span>
“<span style="font-size: medium;">When was the last time you saw Clarice Rousseau?” </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Atticus blinked, paused, blurted too late, “About two hours ago.” </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Morales tilted his head, his brow furrowing, a caricature of confusion.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Meadows leaned forward and said, “Took you awhile to remember. Weird, isn’t it?”</span>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Freedman and the Pharaoh's Staff</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Lane Heymont</span></i></b></div>
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a focus on literature and history. He also holds a double minor in
psychology and business. After college, he turned his focus back to
writing. Lane has several short stories published, one of which was
recommended for the 2012 Bram Stoker Award in short fiction.</span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jeb,
a former slave, rescues his brother-in-law Crispus from </span>the
Ku Klux Klan, pulling him into a world of Creole Voodoo, hatred, time
travel, and redemption. The two brothers-in-law set out to stop
Verdiss and his Klan followers from using the Pharaoh's Staff, a
magical artifact from ancient Egypt. Soon, Jeb and Crispus learn
Verdiss’ diabolical plan and discover that he is working for an
even more evil force. In the end Jeb and Crispus must stop the
eradication of an entire people and each must find redemption for his
own past sins. </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #262626;">Allenville
flashed in Jeb’s head. Bodies burning, people tortured and
brutalized in the streets. Somehow he felt the same thoughts in
Fallon. The way his slender hand tightened around his when he’d
said the word. He imagined hatred blistering inside the boy. Maybe
the need for a father blinded him. </span><span style="color: #262626;"><i>Thank
the Lawd–that ain’t the case no more…I hope.</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jeb. Fallon. This
way. I found a mambo a few blocks away on Laurel Street.” Crispus’s
voice broke through the crowd.</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Come on!” Fallon
pulled Jeb through the throng of people. Crispus’s voice always
sounded just beyond them, amidst the night madness of Baton Rouge.
“Wait!”</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where’d he go?”
Jeb tugged on Fallon’s hand, pushing aside a doughy man.</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He took a right
down Nacadian Road. Wait, Crispus!” The hideous ensemble of
vendors, farriers, knackers, and other merchants crying out their
goods seemed to drown out the boy’s call.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One moment, mayhem
wracked the market, the next it fell silent. Fallon stopped, so Jeb
did. He couldn’t move, the herd seemed to stop stampeding.
Footfalls echoed in the street. The crowd spread. Then came the heavy
clacks of soldier’s boots on the flagstones. A band of men, too
many to tell. But Jeb knew them by the procession’s
cadence–Confederate soldiers. Men clad in gray uniforms marching
through Baton Rouge. No doubt, they’d be Klansmen too. Shouts of
jubilation spread like wildfire among the townspeople.</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kill them
carpetbaggers!” came a woman’s elegant voice.</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Long live the
general!”</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The South shall
rise again!” shouted a boy.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jeb felt the panic in
Fallon’s hand, his heartbeat racing as he pulled him away. “What
general? I know that cadence like I know my field.” Jeb focused on
dodging whatever lay in his way, stumbling over garbage and bumping
into people.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fallon stammered over
his words, “Not–not–nothing. Nathan Bedford Forrest?” He
gasped, tightening his grip on Jeb.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Somehow Jeb overcame
his instincts, keeping his head bowed. Not daring to look up in fear
that monster of a man would see him. Though blind, Jeb saw Forrest
clad in the gray Confederate officer’s uniform, adorned with
medals. He’d seen photos of him. Tall, in his fifties, a receding
hairline and a curly mane of black hair. A well-kept goatee tinged
gray like his uniform.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I can end it all.
Fight through the crowd. A single shot to the head. To hell with
being blind, I can do it.</i></span><span style="color: #262626;"> For a
moment Jeb meant it, caressing his pistol. It’d be easy. Instead,
he listened to the Ku Klux Klan founder, savior of the white race,
and ender of Reconstruction, parade along the street. Celebrated by a
throng of who knew how many people. They were closer now, close
enough for Jeb to count them. Four guards following him. Plus
Forrest, that’s five. Six shot pistol. Just enough for one miss. He
gripped his pistol. It didn’t matter that the crowd loved Forrest,
even cheered him on. </span><span style="color: #262626;"><i>Six rounds is
enough.</i></span><span style="color: #262626;"> Jeb edged his pistol free
from its holster.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nick
Cole is a working actor living in Southern California. When he is not
auditioning for commercials, going out for sitcoms or being shot,
kicked, stabbed or beaten by the students of various film schools for
their projects, he can often be found as a guard for King Phillip the
Second of Spain in the Opera Don Carlo at Los Angeles Opera or some
similar role. Nick Cole has been writing for most of his life and
acting in Hollywood after serving in the U.S. Army.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Genre:</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
Science-fiction</span></span></div>
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Harper Collins Imprint: Harper Voyager</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>On-Sale:</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
February 26</span></span></div>
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</b></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/The-Savage-Boy-Nick-Cole?isbn=9780062210210&HCHP=TB_The+Savage+Boy"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amid the Wasteland remains of a world destroyed by a devastating Global Thermonuclear Armageddon, barbaric tribes rule the New American Dark Age. A boy and his horse must complete the final mission of the last American soldier. What unfolds is an epic journey across a terrifying post-apocalyptic tribal America gone savage. Jack London meets The End of the World.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1. What inspires you as a
writer?</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’m
drawn to destruction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always have
been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like thinking about the end of
the world or survival situations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
like empty spaces and places where you can tell there might be some unseen or
unknown story lurking amongst the weeds and wreckage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Places often inspire me and sometimes even
clothing or time periods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s usually
never a character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That comes
later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But starting anew, amidst
hardship, that sort of thing gets my attention.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When did you have that ah ha
moment when you knew you were a writer? </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bypassing the “I always
wrote and knew I wanted to be a writer” stuff which is sort of a given for
anyone who wants to write, I would say just after my earnings began to justify
the writing life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, having said that
let me say this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before that could’ve
ever happened I had to have the faith that it was possible to one day sell
something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I knew I was a writer
every time I received a rejection letter from a SciFi magazine or a website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew I was a writer when I finished a
manuscript to completion one hot summer afternoon on the second story of a house
deep in the sweltering Central Valley of California and it felt good, like I
had actually done real work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was still
a long way from submitting it to anyone, but all by myself, at that moment I
felt like a writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, when my current
agent initially rejected me, suggesting a rewrite and to submit again, yes, I
felt like a writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt like a writer
when he accepted that manuscript and still has not to this day managed to sell
it through no fault of his own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
there are many other small and quiet moments of feeling like a writer at any
given point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give these examples to
illustrate that most of these moments could have been taken as either some form
of acceptance or conversely, rejection that I was indeed not a writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we arrive at this truth:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decide whether we are writers or not
writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t let any other human being
have that power over you because they won’t take responsibility for the
consequences of the decision to be or not to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t lie to you and say that I lived in a
world where I was as constant as the northern star in my belief that one day
someone might buy something I had written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was filled with doubt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would
wake up at 3 in the morning and say, “what am I going to do now?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yet, like the Biblical Abraham, I hoped
for a city not yet seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I continued
through the desert of rejection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yes
I still felt like a writer, but there were many times that the feeling was not
altogether good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that’s part of
the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It separates those that see
it through from those that don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For so
much of my life I felt embarrassed to admit I was a writer especially because I
hadn’t any success to show for my efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But when that success did come, then yes, at that moment also, I felt
like a writer as I had all those other times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just wasn’t embarrassed or melancholic about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was grateful and, surprisingly, I was afraid.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is your writing
process? </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The day to day process is simple:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s generally six days a week in the
afternoon and evenings in a variety of places, i.e. desk, car, opera house,
streets of LA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write on a laptop and
my wife is a very busy opera singer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
go everywhere together so I’m not fussy about location or rituals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like to write on a computer but I’m not
tied to it, so I guess if I ever end up in prison I’ll write on paper, though
my hand does have a tendency to cramp up and I might be a bit busy what with
all that prison stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual
writing process consists of me praying to God to bless my work and use it, and
then writing or editing one chapter or section for the bulk of my time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to work section to section ending at
good stopping points where I’ve completed a particular bit and have a good idea
about what needs to happen next.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell us about your favorite
character and why you chose to write about them? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Old Man from my books
is my favorite character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I generally
like older, interesting people who’ve lived a lot and have very specific
knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can generally get
interested in just about anything, which is a good skill to have when writing
and talking to people, as most people enjoy talking about themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not because they’re self- obsessed, but
because it’s generally easier for most people to talk about what they know: themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I listen and occasionally learn a thing or
two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Old Man is like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s old, he’s a bit of a rascal and he’s not
finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along the way he thinks about
the past and what it all means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has
some regrets, but, like the rest of us he’s hoping things will turn out
alright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s not crabby or cranky and
he likes to help others which lends to his likeability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main thing I go back to about him is this:
he’s not finished with life yet, and I find that interesting.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What are you currently
working on?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">All
three Wasteland novels are done and now I’ve got a zombie triptych in the works,
of which one novel is done and I’ve been told good things about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are two more books to complete and I’m
planning those out right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the
past month I’ve also been editing a military SF novel I wrote a year ago and
I’m alternating between that and a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wind
in the Willows</i>-esque fantasy-cozy about murder and cheese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also just informed my wife that I would
like to master Chinese cooking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and
I prestiged on Black Ops 2.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any upcoming events?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Harper Collins’ version of
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Old Man and the Wasteland </i>came
out in January and the sequel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Savage
Boy</i> comes out on Feb 26<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After that, the final Wasteland novel will be available this fall.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you could be anyone you
like, who would you be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
would like to be like Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people
have a misconception or confused second hand information about Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus was a really loving person who spent
time with regular people and tried to make their lives better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a real heart for people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would come into your house and eat and
talk with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He listened to what
people were really saying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think he
made people feel that they had his complete attention, that what they were
going through really mattered to Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think I need to be more like that. </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you have any advice for
new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best advice I can give during what I feel
is a revolution-in-progress right now in the world of writing is this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take the time to do your best work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s very easy with Amazon and the other
outlets to get your stuff up there as fast as possible and make a bad first impression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s one thing to write a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now it’s time to edit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edit for
four months straight, five days a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One thing I suggest is editing out loud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Read the manuscript to yourself as though you were an audio book actor
(I like to pretend I’m either Garrison Keillor or Michael Beck).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then find and pay a good editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then edit it again and again until you can’t
edit anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, maybe, you can
release it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s too easy to listen to
Amazon stories of “Gold in them thar hills!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if you release a
poorly written and badly edited manuscript, you might never have another chance
to do it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a great quote by
Vince Lombardi, “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is
vital.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is so true in what has
become a golden age for writers to get their work out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s never been easier to get your manuscript
in front of a paying public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But don’t
expect them to sift through all your chaff for a nugget of gold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will be merciless if you haven’t done
your absolute best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And sometimes, even
if you have. </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where can your followers find you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Swing by and say hi
@nickcolebooks on Twitter or leave a message on my website at nickcolebooks.com</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any last words? </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If writing isn’t fun, do yourself a favor and
go find something else to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will
be much happier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It probably means that
what you were made to do is still waiting for you to discover what it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So get rid of needing to write for any other
reason than that it’s fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not
going to make you rich or make someone love you more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not going to give you dignity or status.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if it’s fun then who cares what
happens... you’re having fun doing what you love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Making a Scene: stalking the key ingredients</b></div>
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by Shelly Frome</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When I was
a little kid, I often heard mothers say, “We’re out in public. Don’t make a
scene.” At first, I thought it meant, I want you to behave yourself or I will
tell your father. Or, Please, I’m only going to ask you once. Don’t embarrass
me. Later on, it seemed some parent in question was saying, Don’t you dare do
anything to draw attention to us. Later still, I began to wonder what it would
take to not only draw people’s attention but to sustain it. What could the
child do besides acting out? Which, by that point, had become so predictable in
shopping centers everywhere that it just didn’t play. No longer was repression
and strict behavior part of our cultural landscape. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Interesting
enough, after years of acting, teaching, directing and playwriting, each time I
tackle a novel I have to confront this same problem. I still marvel over
Brando’s performance in the movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the
Waterfront</i> when, for instance, disregarding what Budd Schulberg had written
in the script, he picked up Eva Marie Saint’s delicate white glove. They were
outside in the freezing cold in a park not far from the Jersey
docks. The two <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>had barely met. Brando
was an illiterate dock worker and Ms. Saint was playing a former convent girl
as delicate as her gloves. Intuitively, Brando knew he wasn’t good enough for
her. Intuitively, the closest he could get, the only way he could hold her
there was to pick up the glove she had inadvertently dropped (which also wasn’t
in the written scene), slip his hand inside and, in that way, keep her from
leaving. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The noted
movie director Robert Altman was fond of saying that every time the actors did
what they were told—said what they were supposed to say, followed the stage
directions to the letter—he had no movie. It was only the happy accidents that
made the storyline work. It was because of something other, some elusive
ingredient that any given scene sprang to life. And, inevitably, those were the
moments that moviegoers remembered. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So here I
am, approaching another scene in a new novel I’m writing. As far as I know,
Jed, my wayward central character, who is in deep trouble, is about to approach
Babs, a power supply store owner, for some information. The scene falls flat
because each character is doing exactly what I expected. It’s only when I have Babs
wheel out a reconditioned DR brush cutter trying to deflect that things start
to happen. The more she attempts to pawn it off on him, placing it between Jed
and herself, the more obstacles Jed has to navigate around literally and
figuratively. And the more Babs finds little devices to ward Jed off, the more the
scene starts to percolate. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It wasn’t <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the</i> answer. It was only part of the improvisational
process. To put it another way, What’s it going to take to “jack this up” to
use novel guru Larry Brooks’ unfortunate phrase. (An expression he kept using during
his Story Engineering sessions at a recent writers conference in Portland.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I myself
would rather ask, What will make this encounter reverberate and propel the story
on? How can I make a scene?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>OK: What inspires you as a writer?</b></div>
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Some pressing unfinished business I
need to come to terms with; a provocative wrong in the world I’m at odds with
and have to put right or at least deal with; an intriguing place or setting that
sparks an irrepressible journey or exploration—e.g., finding myself in the
backwoods of the Deep South with its haunting history. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>OK: When did you have that ah ha moment when you knew you
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While trying my hand as a
playwright, my first effort (a one-act) was immediately published by an
enthusiastic lady who wrote that I “had a great feeling for a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dramatic engine.” Then when I stretched out,
wrote a full-length and sent it to a noted author and professor of playwriting
at Indiana University, I was told I “truly had
writing gifts.” At that point, I felt I wouldn’t be kidding myself if I pursued
some form of creative writing to see where it led me. Admittedly, I always seem
to need some assurance from those in a position to know what it really takes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>OK: What is your writing process? </b></div>
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In all cases I seem to be on a
quest. At first it’s very vague. I have an idea what notion or set of dramatic
circumstances is prodding me, I know what the catalyst is—the disturbance that
sets everything in motion-- and I’m pretty sure the journey is going to take me
from here to there. But I don’t know how I’m going to get there. At some stage
I have to devise a logline, a one-sentence synopsis like the ones you find in
movie guides or the book review section of the New York Times so I can pin down
exactly what this novel is about. At the outset, I also have to determine who
the major players are and make sure they contrast and will develop so that I’ll
be surprised along the way. Taking this approach I’m guaranteed he story will
be character driven an not just plot driven.</div>
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Along the way, I always discover missing
links and holes where I have to do research and determine certain realities so
that this particular odyssey if firmly grounded and not just floating free in
my imagination. I also find that I do a lot of daydreaming before I jot down
each scene so that I can picture events unfolding like a good movie. In a way,
I’m always asking myself, Why here? Why now? and, So what? </div>
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Last, but not least, I go over each
scene and then a set of chapters until I have a through-line, always aware of
the tempo and dynamics (contrasting waves of rising action and falling action,
short scenes and more developed scenes, dialogue and synopsis, etc.) I want to
be caught up in the story like an avid reader who is in the flow and has to
keep going in order to discover what happens next. </div>
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<b>OK: Tell us about your favorite character and why you chose
to write about her or him?</b></div>
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That, of course, is like asking,
Who’s your favorite child? But I am quite taken with Alice in my latest, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twilight of the Drifter</i>. Some reviewer recently found her to be a
cross between Holden Caulfield in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Catcher
in the Rye</i>
and Mattie Ross in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">True Grit</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I know is that she’s barely fourteen, a
runaway, has had a dreadful upbringing which amounts to no upbringing at all,
and is a survivor. As a result, I never knew exactly what she was going to say
or do, loved her cocky façade and hidden vulnerability, and was willing to
follow her anywhere.</div>
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<b>OK: What are you currently working on?</b></div>
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I’m writing a crime novel
centering on a thirty-something handyman who becomes embroiled in the murder of
his employer, a highly suggestible lady choreographer who’s sought refuge in a
rundown cape in an isolated section of the Connecticut hills. Determined to challenge
the circumstantial evidence weighing against him, he also seeks justice for the
victim whom he’s unwittingly grown fond of. But like everything else, the
harder you try to overcome something nearly impossible, the greater resistance.
At this point, Jed finds himself on a collision course with elements of
organized crime. As it happens, this murder is only part of a botched scheme
and intended cover-up involving racketeering on the Jersey
docks with probable stopovers in Manhattan,
South Florida and various locales in and
around Connecticut.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently,
this is as far as I’ve gotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>OK: Any upcoming events?</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tinseltown Riff, </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">a Hollywood escapade, is
scheduled to be released some time this spring. It’s a story that straddles the
line between illusion and reality, fantasy and danger as it delves into the
loopiest business on earth. An L.A.
film agent recently wrote that even though she loves the milieu and the
dynamics, Ben, my desperate hack screenwriter is basically a nice guy and nice
guys aren’t trending right now. My publisher doesn’t agree. Hopefully readers
will side with my publisher.</span></div>
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<b>OK: Do you have any advice for new writers and something that
a seasoned vet can learn?</b></div>
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I suppose the toughest thing is to
try to come to terms with the new realities. There was a time when you could
devote your energy toward honing your craft, refining your voice, deepening
your work. Then after, say, getting some expert editorial advice, polishing a
final draft and trying to get a good agent or sending the novel off to
appropriate publishers. Nowadays, with the burden of salesmanship on the
shoulders of writers, and through the relative ease of self-publishing, anyone
and everyone it seems can call themselves an author. Not only that, they flood
the Web and social media with self-advertisements (“buy me, buy me . . like me
and I’ll do the same for you . . . my e-book is now only 99 cents, what a
bargain . . . ”). As a result, it’s become harder to maintain any integrity. At
a recent major writers conference in Portland,
Oregon I was repeatedly advised
that top flight agents and publishers receive at least 200 unsolicited
submissions a day. If you can make personal contact and they like your pitch,
they will still only read the first few pages. If they’re hooked, are convinced
you’re a professional writer and think you’re on to something marketable,
they’ll ask for more. </div>
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I know this is a long answer to
your question, but I’ve reached the point that the only thing that makes sense
for me is to concentrate on my work, send it to my independent publisher when I
think it’s ready, take the advice of my editor who will inevitably find
glitches here and there, do what I can to help promote the book when it comes
out and devote most of my spare time to the creative process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>OK: Where can your
followers find you?</b></div>
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Twitter: @shellyFrome<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazon: Shelly Frome; author central <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Facebook,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Teresa Trent
wasn't born in Texas but after a few glasses of sweet tea and some exceptional
barbecue she decided to stay. With a father in the Army, she found herself
moved all over the world, settling down for a while in her teens in the state
of Colorado. Her writing was influenced by all of the interesting people she
found in small towns and the sense of family that seemed to be woven through
them all. Teresa is a former high school teacher and received her degree from
The University of Northern Colorado.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Teresa is presently working on the third book in her Pecan Bayou
Series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her second book, Overdue For
Murder, came out in June of 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b>What inspires you as a writer? </b></div>
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I am inspired by newspaper headlines and people. I collect
interesting incidents in the news and just keep my eyes open. One day I was
driving down the street and saw a bakery van. The name of the baker would be a
wonderful character name, so I wrote it down later! Also, I probably shouldn't
admit this, but I love to watch reality TV like Survivor or Project Runway and
watch the personalities clash. There is so much of human nature that can be
learned from observing these people. </div>
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<b>When did you have that ah ha moment when you knew you
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Not until I had Bride's Magazine call me and tell me they
actually wanted something I had written. They really just used my article as
research, but there I was writing about the fascinating world of ... tuxedos.
After that, I continued to write and submit, but mostly scored rejection slips.
I started writing fiction during that time and decided it was a whole lot more
fun. </div>
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<b>What is your writing process?</b> </div>
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In writing a novel I start out with a crime story and then
add a "what if?" The story needs to fit into life in my small town in
Texas. Once I have that story down I start thinking about subplots and how they
might weave into the main story. The subplots often involve secondary
characters either recurring or new. Then, I sit down and plot the main and
subplots separately. Then, I create an outline of everything. Before I can
start to actually write, I work on character sketches and settings. Finally, I
start writing. One thing about this process is it is always fluid. Even if I
outline a certain event, once I get into the flow of writing I may make a
change. My original outlines are never the same as the final product. I write
and I rewrite and then someone else reads it and I rewrite again....and
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<b>Tell us about your favorite character and why you chose
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That's tough. It's like your asking me to pick just one
child. In <b>Overdue for Murder</b> I guess it would be Martha the librarian.
She's disagreeable to the very end. In the series it would have to be Betsy, my
main character. She is patterned after so many single moms I've had as friends
over the years. This is a tough group of ladies that would make perfect amateur
sleuths! </div>
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<b>What are you currently working on?</b> </div>
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Right now I'm editing and rewriting my third book and
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<b>Any upcoming events?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My cupcake Giveaway
to celebrate Overdue For Murder ends on December 14th so make sure you register
below! </div>
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<b>If you could be anyone you like, who would you be?</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I've always been
pretty happy being me. My life isn't perfect, but it's mine. </div>
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<b>Do you have any advice for new writers and something
that a seasoned vet can learn? </b></div>
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If you are self-publishing hire an editor. Plunk down the
cash and do it. Also, learn all you can about publishing because you are now
that as well as your own agent. Work at it every day. Don't stop writing, even
after you get a negative review. Everybody gets them. </div>
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<b>Where can your followers find you? </b></div>
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Visit me on my blog teresatrent.wordpress.com, or follow
me on Facebook /http://www.facebook.com/teresatrentmysterywriter and Twitter.
(ttrent_cozymys) </div>
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<b>Any last words?</b> </div>
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Thank you for letting me come and visit! I really
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<b>OK: </b>This sounds like a fantastic read. Thank you so much for stopping by Teresa. Please leave a comment and follow along the tour for your chances of winning. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Aunt
Maggie, have you ever made one of these fancy cakes?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Like
what? Like what you see at the grocery?" Maggie's voice rose at the end,
exaggerating her Texas accent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I propped
up the book for her to see a cake titled "Undersea Fantasy," which
featured crabs, turtles and dolphins all crafted out of what looked like
marshmallows and licorice strings. She peered at it, adjusting her bifocals on
her nose as I explained to her what Rocky had asked me to do for Creative Cooks
Day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Gee,
Betsy. I'm thinkin' you're in over your head this time. I remember when you
tried to make Danny that smiley face cake. The black icing you used on the grin
ran down the side and it about scared him to death. Surprised he made it to his
next birthday without counselin'."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I scratched
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kids were screaming." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Sure,
and then there was the time you tried to make Judd that cake and forgot to put
the eggs in."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"I
should have caught that."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Yeah,
we had to put candles on a box of honey buns that day. You got a track
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Zach and
Danny ran into the kitchen. "Mama," Danny said. "We're going to
break the world record."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"What
world record?" Maggie asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"All
of them!" Danny answered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"We're
still figuring out what incredible thing we're going to do, Aunt Maggie, so I'm
glad you got your hair done." Zach stretched out his arms, imagining his
future paparazzi. "There will probably be hundreds of reporters out on the
lawn after we do it." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"Thanks
for the warning," she smiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I paged
through the glossy photos in the cookbook. There were cakes that looked like
circuses, swimming pools, insects, hats, cartoon characters. I started having a
case of baking terror. "You know, Aunt Maggie. I could always drive into
Houston and buy something and bring it back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">They'll never know."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"You'll
know."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I sighed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"You
could make a cake out of rubber bands," suggested Zach.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-38551934750575074032012-12-09T12:28:00.002-08:002012-12-09T12:28:47.167-08:00Parenting in the Age of Technolgy: How Much is Too Far? Let me start off by first explaining PDA. It's stands for Public Displays of Admonishment. After seeing the video I posted of me and my son many have had much to say. There are strong supporters on both sides. Though, most who are on the side of me going too far as a parent didn't bother looking at the video of my son cursing, pretending to be drunk, acting like a thug, and being sexually explicit. There was also another of him dancing in the classroom when he should have his tail in in his seat learning. This was all after he was told he couldn't not be a part of social media due to his age and maturity level.<br />
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I was very upset when I made my video, but would I change a thing...no. The video wasn't to become a media sensation it was part of his punishment outside of removing all technology from him. Although a few have stated I was scaring my child for life, I'd like to think I did the right thing. I was showing people who saw his video that I was a parent who is there. I didn't raise my child to behave the way he did and I know for a fact it would be more scaring to my child to end up in juvenile detention for his actions than for me exorcising my right for Public Displays of Admonishment. <br />
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I was surprised when his fellow students and even some parents reached out to me. I found out they too have had to deal with issues of parenting in the age of technology. When Kat Robertson contacted me with this message she posted on her daughter's Facebook page...<br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Hi,
my name is Briyana. I like to roll my eyes, shirk my chores, and take
for granted the WONDERFULLY supportive and caring family that God
blessed me with. And to add to that, I've now apparently lost my mind
and decided to further try my mother's patience by acting like I have no
home training at school. I've been caught passing notes in class,
reprimanded several times because I am not quite sure when I should shut
my mouth, and a teacher had to email my mother today because I thought
it would be a good idea to text on my phone while I was serving "silent
lunch" for talking excessively in class. Because I can't seem to get my
act together and my disobedient actions reflect absolutely NO respect
for God, myself, or my parents, as of today when I get home I will have
no phone so don't bother texting or calling me. My mom is also changing
my Facebook password so I won't be on here either. I sure hope I enjoy
the next 3 weeks at school because it will be the last bit of
socialization I get for a LONG time... at least until I learn more
self-control OR until I reach the age at which my parents will not be
responsible for my screw ups. --- HACKED BY MOM, <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=215500457" href="https://www.facebook.com/katjrobertson">Kat Robertson</a>,
who couldn't possibly care less how embarrassed I get by this wall post
since I obviously don't care how badly I embarrass her.</span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">...I wanted to hug and embrace her. It's hard enough being a parent and then you have technology added to it.<span style="font-size: small;"> She was a parent who'd been there and felt my pa<span style="font-size: small;">in. She too was a subscriber to the "Puni<span style="font-size: small;">shment Should Fit the Crime Club". In her words w<span style="font-size: small;">hich I say often myself, "</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It’s not my place to be popular with my kids. It’s my place to be their
mother — to teach them, guide them, and make sure that the lessons they
learn are being learned in a way that they won’t forget. It’s not my job
to befriend them. It’s my job to PARENT them."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">K<span style="font-size: small;">at is als<span style="font-size: small;">o a blog<span style="font-size: small;">ger and a<span style="font-size: small;">sks<span style="font-size: small;"> this question. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">How do you feel about the new PDA — public displays of admonishment? We
live in such a digital world that sometimes this is one of the best ways
to keep a child accountable for their actions. On the other side,
however, there are parents who believe that humiliating a child is not
appropriate regardless of how much a child humiliates his or her
parents. Where do you stand on this issue of digital parenting? Check out her blog <a href="http://iheart7.com/2012/12/how-far-should-a-parent-go-to-make-a-point/" target="_blank">How Far Should a Parent Go to Make a Point? </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-83316676999446931502012-12-04T07:11:00.000-08:002012-12-04T07:11:00.580-08:00Parenting 101: Get SomeWhile this topic is way off base on what my blog is about I feel it's very important. My child looked me in my face and lied on numerous occasions about having any accounts online. I'm that mother who gives no breathing room. I'm on my son the moment he steps in the door and in his room checking things out with or without him being there.<br />
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My son gets A's and B's in school and is an overall good kid. At home he's well mannered to me and everyone who comes around but it doesn't stop me from digging deeper. Yes, I logged into another account and found out my son had a FB page, Instagram account, and on Oovuu all things he is not allowed to have. He doesn't have his own computer nor a smart phone but still managed. My heart sank when I saw videos and pictures of my son acting like a thug/ingrate/menace. It's everything I've taught and showed him not to be.<br />
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As a mother/business woman/author/veteran/human being I was embarrassed. There is nothing cool about portraying youself as a thug. I know some parents don't care and glorify fight videos, young children dancing provocatively, and being disrespectful but I'm not that parent.<br />
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When asked about his accounts he lied until the end. I will not support jackassery in any shape form or fashion. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm excited for today's guest. I've been knowing BK for a few years now and she's always been a great resource for authors. If you're in need of a VBT please stop by the Virtual Book Tour Cafe and let her set you up with one. No, it's not free. Nothing in life is, but she has some very affordable rates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enough of my gushing and on to the Interview.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What inspires you as a writer?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Life inspires me.
I'm always looking at things through “what if” glasses. What if this happened,
or what if the outcome was this instead of that. Through my “what ifs”, I'm
able to create worlds all of my own, with my own endings.</span></b></div>
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knew you were a writer?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I got a call
from a publishing house that I submitted my very first story to. I wasn't sure
if my writing would appeal to anyone, let a long a publishing house. It was
very exciting when that call came in. I must have listened to that message
twenty times before I called them back. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is your writing process? </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm a panster. I
don't really plot things out unless I find myself struggling. I tend to let my
characters do a lot of the plotting. I like to have a cup of coffee on hand,
makes me feel all grown up and sophisticated, and depending on my mood, I may
have music or silence.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tell us about your favorite character and why
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keara probably
fits that bill. She goes through so many changes in a short period of time. It
was fun to experience these changes with her, and view things from her
perspective.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To Love A Wolf, a
paranormal erotica romance is due out this month. My first try at erotica.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just that To Love A Wolf will be releasing this month.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Janis Joplin. I
just love her voice and to live in that time era, an era I think I should have
been born in anyways, would be so cool.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do something
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm all over. If you just google my name, you will find me.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Believe in
yourself enough to finish your novel. Nobody can write what's in your head but
you. I believe in you, you can do it. You just need to show up :).</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Always romance your dark side! Thanks for having me Omegia.
It's been great.</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
inspires you as a writer?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I love
telling a good story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure what
makes a story worthwhile, but I know it when I think of it and then can’t stop
thinking of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea for this book
came from watching a series of infomercials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Things the Banks Don’t Want You to Know”, “Things the Government
Doesn’t Want You to Know.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My friend
Jeff and I turned to each other and started joking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Things Your Dog Doesn’t Want You to Know.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that was it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The title came first.</span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When did
you have that ah ha moment when you knew you were a writer?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One of my
early projects was a collection of short mysteries for Sterling
Publishing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved the twisty little
plots and dreamed, in my oversized way, that a Hollywood producer would happen
upon my work and call me up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And,
although it took a few years, that’s basically what happened.</span></div>
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blue one day I got a call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man on
the other end said, “My name is Andy Breckman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just created a mystery TV show and I need stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I went to a bookstore and found your books
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That’s not
how I became a writer, but that’s how I became a TV writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show was “Monk” and it was probably the
best eight years of my professional life.</span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is
your writing process? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I sit down
around eight, as soon as the cobwebs start clearing, and write until I hit
1,000 words or find something better to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then I come back in the afternoon and review the work and work on
plotting for the next day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, I’m
under contract to write two books in six months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m cranky a lot.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell us
about your favorite character and why you chose to write about them?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In “Things
Your Dog…” we have 11 dogs, each one writing ten little essays about their
secret lives, from a Chihuahua living in a stylish purse, to the world’s
dumbest Yellow Lab.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite would
have to be Sarge, the German Shepherd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In each of his stories, Sarge has a job and winds up losing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it’s sniffing drugs for the police or
working nights in a junkyard, things never work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, Sarge gets adopted by a real family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he still thinks it’s a job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That strikes me as a perfect metaphor for my
own life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just keep working. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What are
you currently working on?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have a
mystery series that just started called Abel Adventures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first book, “Rally ‘Round The Corpse,” is
already on the shelves and the second is on its way.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The project
that’s driving me insane is the Monk novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A few months ago, the people at Obsidian Press asked me to take over
writing a mystery series based on the Monk characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first one, ‘Mr. Monk Helps Himself”, will
be out next year.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any
upcoming events?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Working,
walking the dogs and eating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
about it until May.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you
could be anyone you like, who would you be?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A thin,
good-looking Alfred Hitchcock.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you have
any advice for new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t write
too detailed an outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Figure out
where you need to be by page 100 or 200 or 300.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But in-between those mile markers, let the story lead you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll run into problems, sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But writing is all about solving problems and
making them into assets.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where can your followers find you?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m at
hyconrad.com and thingsyourdog.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also
please look up my page on Facebook.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any last
words?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Everything
in publishing today seems to be about marketing; getting yourself out
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there’s no real substitute
for just being good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work at your craft
and read – a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A writer who doesn’t
read isn’t a writer.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thank you for stopping by. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Annie
Laurie Harris, the oldest one of her ethnicity who lives independently, was
born with cerebral palsy. She has defied the odds and challenged the medical
prognosis since<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12480053847285163988" title="Powered by Text-Enhance"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">early childhood</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">. She continues to
live a full and active life in her 6th decade. After achieving her Master's
Degree at Penn State University in 1985 she worked as a counselor and advocate
for those with a history of chemical dependency. In 1990, she was recruited by
the prestigious World Institute of Disability to be the Assistant Director of
the first HIV/Disability Project. Her grant writing expertise is second to none
as private foundations funded her innovative research projects again and again.
Since returning to her home state of PA where she lives near her beloved alma
mater, Ms. Harris continues to be involved in her community and avidly supports
the Penn State athletic program. Once again,her love of writing helps to
supplement her income. Her groundbreaking memoirs, It's Easier to Dance, is
provocative and thought provoking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1. What inspires you as a
writer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What inspires me is a sincere
hope that the reader’s life will be enriched or inspired in some way.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When did you have that ah ha
moment when you knew you were a writer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I saw the “proof” copy of my book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll never forget that day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is your writing
process? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Initially, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just want to get a story down on paper where
I can actually see it written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I
edit with my reader in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
instance, when I wrote the chapter titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Feminity</i>
, I thought about how it felt to be a young girl with cerebral palsy and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the questions I had that no<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one
seemed to be able to answer, or, perhaps, wanted to avoid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to answer those questions for young
girls with cerebral palsy going through puberty and becoming young women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell us about your favorite
character and why you chose to write about them?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother, by far, is my favorite character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people may only choose to see the
violence and mental instability, however, she is present<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in every chapter and continues<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to influence my life almost every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her belief that her disabled daughter would one
day be educated and care for herself despite no confirmation from physicians
amazes me to this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until I was born,
she didn’t step out of her assigned role as a woman of color for her time in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, she fought for me as
only a mother could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a true
visionary and I try to live by the values she instilled in me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What are you currently
working on?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>t takes enormous effort for me to type, I
work in my head long before I sit at my computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think in images and ideas, then words
come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a “knowing” when it’s time
to actually commit to paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any upcoming events?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been invited to Scranton, PA to do a
presentation and book signing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am currently
negotiating a date. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am taking a vacation
in December which<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you could be anyone you
like, who would you be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maya
Angelou.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She speaks at least 7
languages..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really enjoy t raveling
and knowing people of other cultures so I wish I could speak many languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you have any advice for
new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be your best self at any given moment AND be
open to change!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try not to resist this
for it is a certainty in life!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 12.0pt; text-indent: -12.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where can your followers find you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best place is to find me is on my
website<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.annielaurieharris.com/">www.annielaurieharris.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or send me a message<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>www.facebook.com/psuannie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any last words?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am available
to make professional presentations at conferences and/or small groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fees are negotiable depending on group size,
travel, lodging, and expertise of audience. I also have an amazing Give-away
for a Kindle Fire HD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you all
will enter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a great contest. You
can find it for sure on http://www.facebook.com/psuannie/contest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thank you very much for this interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have enjoyed answering your questions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Omegia Keeys:Wow it's not often I'm at a loss for words. Annie you have an amazing story and I wish you all the best. Please inter the raffle below. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-15993463773434861742012-08-31T04:30:00.000-07:002012-08-31T04:30:00.236-07:00Author Spotlight-Barbara Jean Wilson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span>"Mute But Now I Speak", is a powerful read
that puts Barbara Jean Wilson's life into words. A must read for anyone
who enjoys reading a true story. Especially one that takes you on a
person’s journey, as they battle adversity, striving to survive. .</span></div>
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<span><b><u>Bio:<br clear="none" /></u></b></span>Barbara Jean Wilson was born and raised in Flushing, New York and
remains a die-hard New York sport fan. In addition to writing her first
book, Barbara also loves to cook and entertain family and friends at the
home she was blessed to receive from God and relaxing on Sunday
afternoon reading the newspaper and books by various authors. Barbara
loves to travel and had an opportunity to fulfill one of
her biggest dreams. Her daughter Tawanna's surprise gift to Barbara
upon receiving her BBA was a Mediterranean Cruise to Spain, France, and
Italy in November 2008. Barbara is always praising and giving thanks to
God from where He has brought her and keeping His hands of protections
over her life and her daughter's life. Whenever Barbara thinks she can't
do something or fear creeps in, she is reminded to look back over her
life and see where God has brought her from and what He has brought her
through. At that point, her faith just takes over and her spirit is
renewed.</div>
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<span></span><span><u><b>Website: </b></u><b> </b><u><b><a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mutebutnowispeak.com%2F&h=aAQHO5R4j&s=1" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.mutebutnowispeak.com/</a></b></u></span><br clear="none" /><span><u><b>Facebook Page:</b></u> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/irreconcilabledifferences2012" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/mutebutnowispeak</a><br clear="none" /><u><b>Goodreads</b></u><b>: </b><u><b><a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fbook%2Fshow%2F10673082-mute-but-now-i-speak&h=2AQGDyf3K&s=1" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10673082-mute-but-now-i-speak</a><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />Where Available:<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />Amazon.com<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMute-But-Now-I-Speak%2Fdp%2F1612158005%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1343909833%26sr%3D8-1%26keywords%3Dmute%2Bbut%2Bnow%2Bi%2Bspeak&h=_AQHxu52K&s=1" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Mute-But-Now-I-Speak/dp/1612158005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343909833&sr=8-1&keywords=mute+but+now+i+speak</a><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />Barnes And Noble<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%2Fw%2Fmute-but-now-i-speak-barbara-jean-wilson%2F1100439349%3Fean%3D2940012461513&h=CAQGNMnhh&s=1" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mute-but-now-i-speak-barbara-jean-wilson/1100439349?ean=2940012461513</a><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />Xulon Press<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xulonpress.com%2Fbookstore%2Fbookdetail.php%3FPB_ISBN%3D9781612158006%26HC_ISBN%3D&h=7AQG___9d&s=1" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.xulonpress.com/bookstore/bookdetail.php?PB_ISBN=9781612158006&HC_ISBN=</a></b></u></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-55114586881782751552012-08-30T04:30:00.000-07:002012-08-30T04:30:04.235-07:00Author Spotlight-Terry Vinson-Sidekicks Incorportated<div style="text-align: center;">
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Carelessness of the Heart<br /><br />Carrie is a successful and accomplished lawyer that wants more<br />than anything to find love. Torn between her new husband and<br />her past boyfriend Carrie searches desperately to find her true<br />love. What will Carrie do when the one she loves doesn't love<br />her back? Will Carrie let go or keep getting pulled back? Will<br />her family's secrets block her chance at love? Read Carelessness<br />of the Heart to find out.<br />
<br />Available at:<br />Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com<br />ISBN# <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1345831719_0">9780985612528</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-88200339111890021932012-08-27T04:30:00.000-07:002012-08-27T04:30:02.370-07:00Author Spotlignt-Ronnie C. Dawson-Irreconcilable Differences<span class="fb_protected_wrapper"></span><br />
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Ronnie C. Dawson is a Social Services Professional, originally from
Camden, New Jersey, who helps the disadvantaged get a new start in
life. He currently resides in Williamstown, New Jersey, where he has
lived for three years. <br />
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His first project, "Irreconcilable Differences 'til death do us
part" combines the possible with the impossible, illustrating the
effects of love, lies and loss.<br />
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<u><b>Facebook Page:</b></u> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/irreconcilabledifferences2012" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/irreconcilabledifferences2012</a><br clear="none" /><u><b>Goodreads</b></u><b>: </b><u><b><a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fuser%2Fshow%2F7152746-ronnie-dawson&h=fAQGERrCf&s=1" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7152746-ronnie-dawson</a><br clear="none" />
Twitter</b></u>: <a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Firreconcilable1&h=OAQEnw6gB&s=1" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/irreconcilable1</a><br />
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<u><b>Where available:</b></u><br />
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Amazon.com (See Below)<br />
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Barnes and Noble (See Below) <br />
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<span class="fb_protected_wrapper"><b> Prologue</b></span></div>
<span class="fb_protected_wrapper">As the blazing sun took its position high above the Las Vegas horizon, Mia Davis woke up</span><br />
<span class="fb_protected_wrapper">to the day that she had been longing for her entire life; her wedding day. In a few short</span><br />
<span class="fb_protected_wrapper">hours, she would be walking down the aisle to proudly stand next to the man that she has</span><br />
<span class="fb_protected_wrapper">been deeply in love with for the last two years, her friend, her lover, her soul mate,</span><br />
<span class="fb_protected_wrapper">Michael Williams.</span></div>
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Through the tears that flowed from her eyes, her face displayed a smile that could be seen<br />
from across the room. She lifted her eyes and raised her hands over her head, as she gave<br />
thanks to God for giving her such a beautiful day to let go of her pain and misery as is to<br />
begin the next chapter of her life as a married woman. She still couldn’t believe how<br />
everything in the world around her appeared to be almost perfect. So much so that as she<br />
took a glimpse out of the window, and turned her attention up to the sky, she could see an<br />
image in the clouds that looked like two smiling faces.</div>
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<br />
As the image in the clouds seized her attention, it brought memories to her mind of her<br />
parents. The memories of her mother and father, and how she came to lose them only<br />
served to make the tears of happiness flow harder, turning into showers of pain, as her<br />
mind took in a harsh reality. The day that she had dreamed of for as long as she could<br />
remember, had finally arrived, and the people who brought her into this world would not<br />
be with her to witness her dream become a reality. No father to walk arm in arm, step by<br />
step with her down the aisle, giving her away, and no mother to be there to help plan<br />
every aspect of the wedding, making the day as special as it promised to be.</div>
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Mia’s parents were brutally murdered in a tragic incident two years ago. A high speed<br />
police pursuit through downtown Camden, New Jersey turned deadly, as a car driven by<br />
an unknown person, desperately trying to avoid being captured, forcefully struck and<br />
killed them both as they crossed the busy intersection of Broadway and Federal on a busy<br />
Monday morning. To this day, the crime remains unsolved, leaving Mia to feel victimized<br />
as a result of so many unanswered questions. Questions she often finds herself asking<br />
again and again, as she wonders what kind of person could take a life and not feel obliged<br />
to come forward, especially if that person knew what they had done. Which in her mind,<br />
they must.</div>
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Because the person responsible was never caught, Mia continued to feel a sense of loss,<br />
which slowly consumed every aspect of her life. She had hoped and prayed that her void<br />
would be filled by her unity with Michael. After being with him for two years, still seeking<br />
the peace of mind that had thus far been elusive, she found herself desperately waiting for<br />
closure day after day. As her thoughts began to creep up on her, overpowering her joyous<br />
spirit, she fell to her knees, put her face to the floor, and began to pray. She cried out,<br />
“Lord, please give me a sign. Show me what you have planned for my life!” as the words<br />
left her lips, she heard the door open.</div>
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<br />
Michael walked in to find his bride to be on her hands and knees. At first he thought that<br />
she was cleaning as she always did. It wasn't until his ears caught the sound of her<br />
whimpering that he quickly realized that she was crying. He walked across the room to<br />
her side, knelt down and asked what was wrong. Before giving her the chance to answer<br />
he lifted her up off the floor and carried her to the couch.</div>
<div>
<br />
Sat beside her, he rubbed her back, and asked her again, “What’s wrong? Why are you<br />
upset?” She leaned over with her hands covering her eyes, trying to hide the tears, and put<br />
her head in her lap. “Nothing”, she said as she fought back the tears. “I’m just thinking<br />
about how everything is so beautiful, and how my parents aren’t here to share it with us.”<br />
He put his arms around her, and whispered in her ear, “Your parents may not be with us<br />
physically, but they will always be with us in spirit. Your Mom and Dad will always be<br />
watching over their one and only daughter.” Mia explained the smiling faces in the clouds<br />
and went on to say how they had reminded her of her parents. Michael smiled, “That’s<br />
your Mom and Dad expressing to you how proud they are of you, and how they will never<br />
stop loving you.”</div>
<div>
<br />
Mia sat up and smiled at Michael as she wiped the tears from her eyes. His comforting<br />
words seemed to instantly heal the pain inflicted by the thoughts of her loss. She wrapped<br />
her arms around him, remembering that she was with the man that she would call her<br />
husband in just a few hours. The happiness that his words brought her flowed through<br />
her, she tightened her grip on her chosen forever, squeezing as hard as she could. “Thank<br />
you so much for saying that. I needed to hear it” she said in a whisper.</div>
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<br />
“No need to thank me. That's what I'm here for”, he quietly replied. “Now let's get to the<br />
honeymoon!” he said laughing, trying to lift her spirits.</div>
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“Aren't you forgetting about the wedding?” she said, laughing back at him.</div>
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<br />
“I knew I was missing something!” He grinned back as he put his hand on her cheek,<br />
stroking it with his thumb. He looked into her soul through the open gates of her eyes.</div>
<div>
<br />
“Are you ready to be my wife?” he asked.</div>
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She took in a deep breath, exhaled, looked into his eyes and replied, “I'm ready”.</div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-14821387568634370772012-08-26T04:30:00.000-07:002012-08-26T04:30:01.868-07:00Author Spotlight-Lisa Wooten-Unforgivable<b>Bio:</b><br /> <br /> Lisa Wooten is an avid reader who especially enjoys
thrillers and mysteries. Her first novel, Unforgivable, is a suspense
tale of a young woman, Joan, who is convicted of murdering her best
friend on the night on their senior prom. Joan is deemed criminally
insane and sentenced to life in a psychiatric asylum. Filled with
despair and anguish, Joan escapes to her “special world” where she can
be anyone she wants to be; a beautiful model, a smart lawyer, an Olympic
gold medalist. Her only ally is her psychiatrist. With his help, Joan
is hoping to be declared sane so she may be released from the asylum.
But should she be? As long-buried memories unfold, she teeters on the
edge of sanity and insanity, fantasy and reality. Could it all come
crashing down on her or will she free herself? <br /> <br /> Unforgivable
has very unique characters that deal with real life problems. Joan and
her false world wrap the readers up, leaving them wondering what is
going to happen next and what is real and what is a fantasy <br /> <br />
Lisa wrote Unforgivable with the hopes that not only would it entertain
an audience but that it would shed light on the different levels of
mental illness that plague people and how these individuals are
perceived not only by their caregivers but by their own family and
friends. Lisa has worked in the healthcare field for 10 years and
during that time, has been able to work with many different individuals,
some of whom do suffer from a mental illness. <br /> <br /> Lisa is
currently working on her second novel. She lives in Philadelphia with
her husband, Ted, and their Persian cat, Clara Rose.<br />
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Guilty or innocent? Sane or insane? Justified punishment or horrible
mistake? Joan Miller believes she is ordinary in every way until she is
tried and convicted for murdering her best friend the night of their
senior prom. Joan is deemed criminally insane and is committed to a
life sentence in a psychiatric asylum, where she attempts to escape a
life full of despair and anguish as she did in the past - by creating
glamorous characters and living in her private World. Now cohabitating
with mentally ill and criminally dangerous patients, with an estranged
family who is ashamed of her, Joan has nowhere to turn. She confides in
her only ally... her psychiatrist. With his help, she struggles to be
declared sane in hopes of being released from the institution. But
should she be? As long-buried memories unfold, she teeters on the edge
of sanity and insanity, reality and fantasy as she realizes that she may
have committed the terrible crime after all. Could it all come crashing
down on her or will she free herself? <br />
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worked in many different countries around the world. She currently resides in
Tanzania at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. Cindy has three children, two of
whom have already left home. Writing and reading has been a passion of hers
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Websites:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://cindyvine.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://cindyvine.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ; </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://cindy-vine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://cindy-vine.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ; </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://facebook.com/cindyvinefanpage"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://facebook.com/cindyvinefanpage</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ; </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://twitter.com/cindyvine"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://twitter.com/cindyvine</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ; </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://cindyvine.hubpages.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://cindyvine.hubpages.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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writer?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The self-belief that I can
do it, I can write and entertain people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My late grandmother was very inspirational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a great imagination and used to tell
me lots of stories and encouraged me to believe in myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course there’s my children who are so supportive
of my dream.</span></div>
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moment when you knew you were a writer?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At elementary school I
always used to get the highest grades for my stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In secondary school the teachers also made a
big deal about my essays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the
biggest a ha moment would have to have been at Teacher’s Training College where
I had to write children’s stories for an assignment and my lecturer told me I’d
get published one day as I had what it took to be a writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then life got in the way and it was
almost twenty years later that I started writing to get published.</span></div>
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process? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I am not a fly by the seat
of my pants type of writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get an
idea, do some research then come up with a title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find I have to have a title before I can do
any writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just seems to make the
whole story seem more real to me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I
mull it around in my mind for a couple of weeks, play around with some
dialogue, so by the time I come to write an outline I have a good idea where I
am going. The next step is deciding on the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually I write a character sketch for each
character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the current novel I’m
working on, Hush Baby, I approached the character sketches slightly
differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using Google images I
searched for images of people who looked similar to the characters I was
imagining in my head, and then printed out those images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next I came up with their name, date of
birth, character traits and what problems they were facing in life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave every character 4-5 problems because
the problems you are facing in life dictates how you handle everything
else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figured that would give my
characters more depth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I list the chapters and say roughly what each
chapter will be about just using keywords.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That becomes my outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally
I start to write the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I
might veer off the outline or think of a twist I can add, but I will always
return to the basic outline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I finish
about 3-4 chapters, I email off to my editor who proofreads for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After I’ve finished I take a couple of weeks
off and then the editing starts and I follow most of my editor’s suggestions.</span></div>
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character and why you chose to write about them?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My favorite character is
Jenny in Not Telling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a girl who
faced enormous odds, went through so much but still endured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote about her because I wanted to show
that whatever you go through there are people going through far worse, and they
can overcome the adversities.</span></div>
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working on?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I am currently working on 2
projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hush Baby will explore a
little of Munchausens by Proxy and Diary of a Dancer incorporates the diary my
late cousin wrote in the last year of his fight against AIDS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any upcoming events?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Just this Virtual Tour
unfortunately, as it’s the start of the new school year and I’m the principal
of an elementary school.</span></div>
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like, who would you be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I guess I would be Meryl
Streep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the most brilliant
actress of our time, able to carry off comedy and serious roles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She appears to balance her life perfectly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely a great role-model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you have any advice for
new writers and something that a seasoned vet can learn?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Work out a schedule to
manage your time effectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time is
the biggest challenge as you have to write more content, build an author
platform and market your books, as well as looking after your family and
holding a full-time job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Effective time
management is essential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also believe in
yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where can your followers find you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My username is cindyvine on
Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google +, Goodreads.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Any last words?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Only you can make your dream
a reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to be a writer,
throw caution to the wind and go for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You don’t want to spend the rest of your life wondering if you could
have done it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Become a risk-taker and do
it.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138186848798947871.post-6772355062623232762012-08-09T04:00:00.000-07:002012-08-09T04:00:10.397-07:00Author Spotlight-Fellow Vet Jesse HolderI think I'm more excited about this guest than any others because Jesse Holder is a fellow Army Vet! Here's a big fat hooah for you! If you know about the Infantry then you can clearly see where the title of his book comes from. Welcome to my blog Jesse.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Jesse Holder
(1986- ) was born in Valdosta, Georgia. He quickly became known as a
"class-clown" throughout his school years. After putting college on
hold, Jesse joined the United States Army. He graduated United States Infantry
and Airborne School in the spring of 2006. He served in the 173rd Airborne
Combat Team in Italy from June, 2006 to July, 2009. He has completed two combat
tours, the first being a fifteen month deployment in Afghanistan with the 173rd
ABCT; the second being with the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. Jesse is very
passionate about friends, family, food, beverages, traveling, and University of
Georgia football.</span></div>
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1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span>What
inspires you as a writer?</div>
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Well I’m sure most people that you get on your blog are
indeed writers. I’m not really a writer. I just happen to write a book and get
it published. I am the type of person that once I have done it I usually move
onto something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now that I have
written a book, which I only did because time permitted and I did not really
have anything else to do, I doubt I will write again…unless someone wanted to
pay me upfront like they would Tom Clancy. </div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>When
did you have that ah ha moment when you knew you were a writer?</div>
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I never really had an “ah ha” moment. I never set out in
life to write a book. My brother gave me a journal right before I joined the
Army and said to write down as many memories as possible. At first it seemed a
little weird, writing to myself, but I did start doing it in Afghanistan. It
started as a way to pass the time. </div>
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When I got to Iraq with the 3<sup>rd</sup> Infantry Division
we worked 12 hours on and 12 hours off. Aside from eating, showering, and
hitting the gym there wasn’t much to do. So I thought hey…why not write a book?
Toying around with the first chapter got me rolling. I worked on it a little
bit every day until the next thing I knew I had twenty two chapters and was
writing the conclusion. The journal, pictures, and memories I had came in
handy! </div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>What
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When I was writing I had to get up, work out, get my blood
flowing and then write. I would only write for a few hours in the morning,
about as long as it took to finish a few cups of coffee and then that would be
it for the day. </div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Tell
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Well
my book is a chronological narrative following my life from 2006 to 2009 so all
of the characters are real life folks. As far as my favorite, I guess I would
have to say myself…since it is my story. </div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>What
are you currently working on?</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’m currently
not working on anything. I’m just trying to get the word out about my current
title. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yes. Excluding
this virtual book tour I am on now, I am embarking on an actual book signing
tour starting on August 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012. It starts in my hometown of
Valdosta, Georgia then proceeds to Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, and
finally Annapolis. </div>
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you could be anyone you like, who would you be?</div>
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Anyone? Well if I could be anyone
it would probably be Alexander Skarsgård’s character Eric Northman on the HBO
Series True Blood. Who wouldn’t want to be rich as hell, good-looking, 2,000
years old, and also a vampire? Sign me up. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The only advice
I really have is write what you like. Don’t be afraid of what this liberal
world we live in will thing, or what the media will say. This country needs
more people who say what they want to say when they want to say it.</div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Where
can your followers find you?</div>
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You can e-mail me at <a href="mailto:chutesbeerbullets@gmail.com">chutesbeerbullets@gmail.com</a></div>
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Twitter:@Jesse_Holder</div>
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Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/ChutesBeerBullets">http://www.facebook.com/#!/ChutesBeerBullets</a></div>
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last words?</div>
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Do not let the "norms" dictate this
business, it’s your life; live it!<br />
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Thank you for stopping by Jesse. Now, if you read this and don't leave a comment you may just make me put back on my combat boots and get you. <br />
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Omegia Keeys<br />
www.okeeys.com<br />
www.reedpiconsulting.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0