tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92114573425028968792023-11-20T04:13:15.150-05:00Dayana Knight, Paranormal AuthorEnter a dangerous world where magic,
moonlight, and passion embrace in allegiance against darkness.Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-7916003454970664292014-11-01T00:30:00.000-04:002014-11-01T00:30:01.149-04:00<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em>Hauntings in the Gardens...</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Author Veronica Lynch</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Tagline:</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This attraction: Complete madness or—sheer
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Blurb:</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>P.I. Nick Forrester comes to Cape Brendan
ostensibly to assist with Caper Madness, a month long celebration of everything
Halloween. In reality he is tracking a woman on the run. Within days he is
confronted by Annunciata Doyle, a vivid reminder of a pain-filled past. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After retreating to Cape Brendan in defeat and humiliation,
Nunie Doyle's only hope was to make the best of forced retirement. There, in
this quaint tourist town on the shores of Lake Ontario, she earned the love and
respect of new friends and neighbors—and put her talent for helping women to
good use. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>With the mutual goal of making Caper Madness the best ever,
Nick and Nunie fight tooth and nail on the personal level, each discovering a
new side to the other, sides that make them consider making drastic changes for
the rest of their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This attraction: complete madness—or sheer magic? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Writing under the names Kat Henry
Doran and Veronica Lynch, author Kathy Cottrell uses her experience as a nurse,
victim advocate and insurance investigator for background in her award winning
novels and novellas. Her stories are set in her favorite places to visit: the
Catskill and Adirondack Mountains as well as the Saint Lawrence River in the
historic Thousand Islands region of Upstate and Northern New York State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When
not writing, or chasing grandchildren, Kathy spends her time designing and
making tote bags and aprons to custom order.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Visit
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and <a href="http://www.apronswithattitude2.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: navy;">www.ApronsWithAttitude2.blogspot.com</span></a>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Let's take a look at Cecilia's story. Hmmm...suspense? I love paranormal suspense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paranormal romance</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Release: October 27, 2014</span></div>
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<strong>Tagline: </strong>Keeping
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I frowned. Don Perkins had given Daddy’s gun back to
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“God forgive me for saying this but keep it nearby, just
in case. The legends are true about that, you know. Silver and iron. They
kill.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Let’s pray it doesn’t come to that.”
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Behind him the sun was going down, red like roses, red
like blood. We looked at each other for a long moment. Then I stood on my
tip-toes, took his face in my hands, and kissed him on the mouth. “For luck,” I
said. “Good-bye, Liam.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">He smiled sadly. “Good-bye, Ranalt.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I didn’t leave the truck stop after Liam drove away. I
couldn’t wait. I had to call my mother and ask her where Daddy’s gun was. The
‘special’ gun. She sputtered a bit but finally told me: the top shelf of the
office closet. In a box marked Christmas decorations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">What Carrick
County’</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">s powerful
Phelan family want, they usually get, whether that’s land like the Fitzgerald
farm, or women, like the Fitzgerald girls. Handsome Liam can’t tempt
Rana</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">lt, whose
heart belongs to neighbour Colin Sweeney. But his older brother Rory attracts
her sister Lacey like a magnet draws steel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">When the boys and their father
Patrick visit Joe and Sheila Fitzgerald with a mysterious offer, all hell breaks
loose. A furious Joe orders the Phelans off his property and away from his
daughters, warning he knows what to do about </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">their kind. Soon afterwards,
Fitzgerald fences are slashed and cattle lie torn apart. Coincidence or cause
for fear?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">There are secrets in Carrick
Co</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">unty people
don’</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">t dare reveal.
But Ranalt will risk everything to protect her family, the man she loves and the
little girl she adores. Each turn of the summer moon brings danger and in the
shadows, something waits...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Cee” Farrell grew up in a rural area
much like </span><span><span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Carrick County, minus the werewolves.
(But there are wolves in the provincial park, so who knows?) She made her first
sale to a popular confession magazine while in college. Chocolate is her
favourite drug, with mocha lattes not</span><span> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">far behind.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Cowboy <em>Hauntings in the Garden</em>... Wow! Who doesn't like a cowboy story? Let's check this out:)</span><br />
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LOVE HER LIKE THE DEVIL
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Kick up your heels in the local honky tonk for Halloween...but beware the devil in red cowboy boots...
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A chance meeting in a honky tonk on Halloween finds Luke in the arms of a brown-haired beauty. But if the stories he overhears are true, she may be far more than she seems...and he's more than ready to find out.
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He adjusted his Stetson and sidled up to the bar, tossing a leg over the stool next to the buxom beauty. A heady breeze of cheap perfume plumed around him as she turned and graced him with a perfectly wicked smile.
Looks like my lucky nigh—<br />
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“I wouldn’t if I were you.”
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Luke glanced over his shoulder to find a pair of deep brown eyes laughing at him beneath a smooth raised brow.
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“You’re the sixth guy she’s hit on since I’ve been sitting here.”
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He frowned and turned back to the blonde he’d had his sights on…except her sights were now on a Captain Jack Sparrow wannabe.
“Thanks a lot,” he grumbled, swiveling to face the bar.
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“You’re very welcome.”
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a prophecy keep a lonely woman from accepting the promise of adventure?</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Blurb: Aleen MacRae
blames the lure of the sea for breaking apart first her family then her
engagement. When her interest is caught by a man she sees both in person and in
a dream, she resists—afraid to believe in her aunt’s prediction that her future
is tied to the sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Braden
Williams is on the hunt for treasure buried centuries earlier by Rhode Island
pirates. His search brings him to the property where Aleen lives. Collaboration
on genealogy research draws them closer, and Braden steers her toward his true
passion--sailing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Attending a
party with Braden’s family lets her glimpse what she’s been missing. An
unexpected discovery before her date with Braden at the Halloween Midnight
Organ Recital forces a decision. Will Aleen play things safe or accept what
this free-spirited man offers?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ah,
the story of her life—practically invisible. The reminder his first sighting
had been of her bikini-clad backside made her blush. Still didn’t change the
facts. Aleen squared her shoulders. “I remember, but the Manor grounds are
still closed.” Should she be nervous about being alone with this stranger,
especially one who ignored posted rules?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sorry for the intrusion. Let me start over.” Smiling, he
approached and extended his right hand. “My name’s Braden Williams.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Aleen
bit her lower lip, but accepted his hand. “Pleased to meet you. I’m Aleen
MacRae.” At the moment their hands clasped, she felt warmth flooding her
fingers. With a jerk, she released her grip, tingling sensations running along
her skin. Immediately, the scent of fresh air and summer breezes wafted her
way. Definitely a man of the sea. <i>Just where I foretold your future lies.</i>
Whispers of her great-aunt Zsofika’s prophecy trickled through Aleen’s
thoughts. At the memory, her cheeks flamed with heat.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Wow.” Frowning, Braden flexed his hand and narrowed his
gaze then dropped it to his flexing fingers. “That was bizarre.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Static electricity, from all that wind yesterday.” A
reasonable explanation. In the back of her mind, Aleen could hear Zsofika
scoff, “Static schmatic. A connection like that is destiny.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Well…” His gaze searched her face. “Aleen—hey, that’s
pretty, like the direction alee.” A wide smile exposed even teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Her
own smile dimmed. <i>Like I’ve never heard that before</i>. “Thanks.” This guy
was not charming his way around the rules. “Sorry, but you’ll need to come back
when the gardens are open for visitors. That’s Wednesdays through—”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yeah, I read the sign.” He gave a dismissive wave then
turned to gaze back at the main house. “But I just needed five minutes to check
out some dimensions and the lot layout.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As a young girl, Linda was often found lying on her bed
reading about fascinating characters having exciting adventures in places far
away and in other time periods. In later years, she read and then started
writing romances and achieved her first publication--a confession story. Married
with 4 adult children and 2 granddaughters, Linda now writes heartwarming
contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor and a bit of sass from
her home in the southern California mountains.</div>
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treetops. I listened closely and heard an almost imperceptible
word.<em>Leave. </em>My heart rate increased, and I started to hyperventilate. I
felt tingles in my limbs as my hands shook uncontrollably.</span></div>
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Leslie Harrison inherits a sprawling horse farm in Florida from a distant
relative. She packs up her life and relocates to the Sunshine State with no idea
what awaits her. Upon her arrival, she meets the farm manager, Preston McClay
and, to her chagrin, he isn’t happy to see her. Quickly the cantankerous, but
rather good looking, farm manager becomes the least of her worries when things
start to go bump in the night. Will the sinister activity in the house chase
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Lara Parker has worked in the industry for over 10 years but finally
gathered the courage to write and publish her first story. Much toil and
tribulation has been rewarded with <i>The House</i> being released by The Wild
Rose Press on October 20, 2014. Growing up in rural Ohio and now residing in
Florida gave her the background for <i>The House</i>. Look for more from this
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</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ooooh...doesn't this look interesting? I love witch stories! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let's check out Eliza March's new release.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Witch's Tattoo</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #292f33; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pride or
power, lust or love, life or death. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A
young witch must find her soul mate and unite with him in order to defeat the
dark forces gathering around her.</span></span></div>
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<strong>Release: </strong>October 13, 2014<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; text-indent: 0in;">The
skirt she wore barely covered her sexy ass—like a black leather napkin filled
with wicked delights. Damn, the </span><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; text-indent: 0in;">witch</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; text-indent: 0in;"> looked
hot enough to melt ice-forged steel. He tortured himself with the image of her
wearing just the pendant and the boots—thigh high, black leather cut in lacy
patterns, exposing her creamy skin...</span>
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<span style="color: #222222;">The tips of her long black hair
brushed her narrow waist the way it had the night he watched her in the scrying
mirror. His fingers twitched with the desire to trace her plunging neckline. A
neckline that bared her deep cleavage and the pendant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"While I was attending a workshop with WRP
Publisher, Rhonda Penders, she mentioned needing a few Halloween short stories,
I came up with <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Witch</span>'s <span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Tattoo</span> and pitched the concept off
the top of my head, growing more enthusiastic as I spoke. Thankfully, she liked
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #20124d;">A
year after her husband’s death, Emily Tillman is ready to start dating again,
and hopefully, find what she’s always wanted—marriage and children. But the man
who broke her heart five years ago is back. And he’s anything but the marrying
kind.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><br /><br /><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background: white;">Confirmed bachelor Reese Caster is perfectly content
with his life—and he’s finally over Emily, the one woman who almost made him
commit. Now, his world is rocked when her dead husband shows up, demanding that
Reese pursue Emily to keep her out of the clutches of her latest suitor—a jerk
who is only after her money.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">Being around Emily again has made Reese reconsider his
bachelor life style. But now that the threat of the other man is gone, the pesky
ghost wants Reese to break things off. Can he and Emily find the love they were
denied, or will the ghost of her dead husband destroy their chances?<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“Emily is the kind of
woman you have to take things slowly with.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“Sure, if this was real.
But you have to step it up, turn on the charm. You need to show you care, that
you know her, buy her things that she loves. Her favorite flowers are white
roses, she loves dark chocolate, and her favorite wine is Merlot. You need to
move in on her, hard.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Caster gave a humorless
laugh and shook his head. “Do you hear yourself? You were her husband, for God’s
sake. Have some respect.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Joey’s face flushed. “I do
respect her. That’s why I don’t want this asshole putting one over on her. She
deserves to find someone who will truly love her and give her the things I
couldn’t.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">A note of pain in his
voice almost made Caster feel sorry for him. But not as sorry as he felt for the
family who lost a loved one less than half an hour ago. “Listen, I’ve performed
back to back surgeries today, and had my night capped off by an emergency
surgery that ended with a young girl’s death. So, you’ll understand why I’m not
in the mood for this right now.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“I’m sorry, but there’s
nothing I can do about that. My concern is with Emily. And I need you to follow
through with your end of the deal.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“Deal, my ass. You
blackmailed me into going along with this bullshit. Well, I’m out. I’ll finish
the haunted forest thing, but no more of this romancing Emily crap. I can’t use
her like that, I can’t break her heart again.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“Break her heart? You
sound pretty sure she’ll fall for you. My, my. Someone’s full of
himself.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Caster stood and stalked
to the door. “Look, I don’t know if she will or not, I just know I can’t do this
any longer. You can destroy everything I own, keep me up every night for the
rest of my life, but I’m done.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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door, but Joey’s voice stopped him. “I’ll tell her.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to face him. “You’ll what?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“Not only will I continue
to screw with you, even on the job, but I’ll appear to Emily, tell her about our
little scheme. What do you think she’ll think of you
then?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">“You’re bluffing. You
wouldn’t hurt her like that.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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closed his eyes. When he opened them, they were suspiciously damp. “I don’t want
to. But I’ll do anything to keep her from making the biggest mistake of her
life.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Caster let out a resigned
sigh and shook his head. “Nah, getting mixed up with the two of us was the
biggest mistake of her life.”</span></span></div>
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Alicia Dean lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. She has three grown children and a
huge network of supportive friends and family. She writes mostly contemporary
suspense and paranormal, but has also written in other genres, including a few
vintage historicals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Other than reading and writing, her passions are Elvis Presley, MLB, NFL
(she usually works in a mention of one or all three into her stories) and
watching her favorite televisions shows like Vampire Diaries, Justified, Sons of
Anarchy, Haven, The Mindy Project, and Dexter (even though it has sadly ended,
she will forever be a fan). Some of her favorite authors are Michael Connelly,
Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, Lisa Gardner, Sharon Sala, Jordan Dane, Ridley
Pearson, Joseph Finder, and Jonathan Kellerman…to name a few.</div>
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Website: <a href="http://aliciadean.com/" title="http://aliciadean.com/">http://aliciadean.com/</a> </div>
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Blog: <a href="http://aliciadean.com/alicias-blog/" title="http://aliciadean.com/alicias-blog/">http://aliciadean.com/alicias-blog/</a>
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Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Alicia_Dean" title="https://twitter.com/Alicia_Dean_">https://twitter.com/Alicia_Dean_</a></div>
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Pinterest: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/aliciamdean/" title="http://www.pinterest.com/aliciamdean/">http://www.pinterest.com/aliciamdean/</a></div>
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Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/468339.Alicia_Dean" title="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/468339.Alicia_Dean">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/468339.Alicia_Dean</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Please come celebrate with me and other authors who are being released this month. All wonderfully chilling stories just right for the Halloween/Samhain season. I will highlight some of these stories right here on my blog. So please drop by and check out the haunting line up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Breanna McShae is a practicing green witch—harm to none, do as you will is the mantra she lives by. She must seek a familiar as her powers have reached peak and grounding does not pull enough of her magick back. After performing a ritual asking the Goddess to provide her with her given familiar, she finds she has two animals vying for her attentions—a wolf and a raven. The catch is one of them is the love of life and the other devastating trouble—a <em>sikkqui</em>—a creature that can assume any shape and sucks the very essence of human spirit and soul out leaving none but death and destruction behind. The only way to destroy it is too perform a dark ritual, which is taboo for a green witch. Her biggest problem is to figure out which animal is the sikkqui and then go against her very nature to destroy it without destroying herself and the shifter who has captured her heart.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">The monster hovered inches above his mother’s sleeping form. Hunter tried to scream, but no sound came. He tried to run, but his feet stuck as if glued to the floor. The hideous apparition turned its face to him, eyes glaring red, its wrinkled mouth forming a wide “o” as it turned back to his mother, lips crawled back revealing rows of hideously sharp teeth. Hunter tried to shift. If he could, maybe he could break loose from whatever held him. What good would it do even if he could shift? He was nothing but a helpless puppy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">He watched her body wrench as the creature sucked her spirit from her slightly open lips. A glimmering silver-white essence poured from his mother into the mouth of the creature levitating above. Her skin grayed, and her body gave one final twitch and dropped to eternal stillness. The thing drifted past Hunter, its fiery eyes locked on him. Fear slithered through him even as whatever held him in place loosened, allowing Hunter to run down the little hallway toward the room he shared with his brother. His mind screaming, no! no! no!</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">He reached the doorway and once again was locked in place as he watched the creature repeat the process and take his twin brother as well. Tears poured down his cheeks. His father was away, and it was up to him to protect them. He should have taken care of his mother and brother. How could he have let this happen?</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Hunter trembled as the thing turned toward him. Evil emanated sending a wave of cold tremors along his spine as it righted itself and hovered inches from the floor. Then it slid forward. The boy grimaced with the effort to move his feet, but he could not. Fear nauseated Hunter and shook his body. He watched as the horrid mouth yawned open, the monster now close enough to smell its foul breath.</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Hunter squeezed his eyes shut, pushing his arms out in defense, which passed right through the specter. “No! Stay away from me!”</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">It moved closer, stopping within inches of the quivering boy. “You will live to suffer,” it rasped. “I just want to taste…”</span><br />
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As we enjoy the day off from work, the family barbeques, the day at the beach, let us remember those who have fallen to make a better life for us all. Those who have fought for our freedom and continue to fight for peace and human rights.<br />
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Let us give thought to those innocents who have fallen needlessly to terroristic acts.<br />
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And finally, seek to create a better world. Hope that if we all join together we can stamp out inhumanity, war, and needless killing and atrocities.<br />
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Dayana~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-5696141519310921992014-01-04T11:02:00.003-05:002014-01-04T11:02:41.829-05:00Happy New Year! Well, another year has come and gone. Time surely does not slow for anyone! At any rate, I haven't dropped of the face of this sweet earth. Merely caught up in my life and editing which some of you may know. I am a professional editor, as well, an author. My muse has taken a back seat for some time now. But... That is about to change.<br />
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Dayana Knight is going to be very busy this year. I have taken down my website, Roma Wolf Tales, and will be working on a brand new look. I have several projects in the works for later this year. I will also be working on some restructure of this blog:) <br />
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May this year be filled with prosperity, change, and success for all of us.<br />
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~DayanaDayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-82263305592767970752012-12-28T22:22:00.001-05:002012-12-28T22:22:24.610-05:00Time moves so quickly. I am hardpressed to believe we are nearing yet another year's end. However, with the new year comes a fresh start, new dreams and goals, another chance to accomplish all the things we didn't this past year.<br />
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With that said, this year will be productive. This year will be successful. This year will be a year of great accomplishment. Positive energy. Good kharma. <br />
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As the New Year approaches, I am reflective of missed opportunities to persue my goals and dreams.<br />
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With every breath I draw I am greatful. For every minute, hour, day, month, year I am given, I am thankful. <br />
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Happy New Year!<br />
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May you prosper and be safe.<br />
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May you meet your most cherished desires.<br />
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Blessings,<br />
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<br />Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-65098608013864526632012-08-27T21:52:00.000-04:002012-08-27T21:58:14.644-04:00Well, it has been quite some time since I have been here...<br />
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Let's see. All I can say is life happens. I say that with a big grin. We sometimes need to step away in order to conclude our energy is not in the right space. Does that make any sense? To me it does. I have had so much going on in my little slice of life that I became overwhelmed with the thought I have to write. I HAVE TO WRITE! WHEN WILL I HAVE TIME TO WRITE! Well... all that accomplished was to push me further and further away from the directive. <br />
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No excuses. No guilt. I am living life. When it is time for me to pick up my Dr. Grip Gel pen/laptop I will and with joy. No longer will I be pressured to figure out what I want to write. Where my next story will go. How long my manuscript will be. I will just write for the pure pleasure of writing. <br />
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It's been 2 years or so since the Roma Wolftales series took off. Do I have a sequel? The answer is YES! But it will come when it is ready. As well, lots of other stories are brewing as well. For now, I will enjoy life and my Zen on a positive plane.<br />
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I would like to share the antics for now that I experience as life lays fodder for stories before me. I am hopeful you will follow and enjoy the path along side me.<br />
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I leave you for now with a whimsical picture of my closest and most steadfast friends:)<br />
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Just do it! Yep, as Nike laments. Just do it!<br />
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D~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-44400268218476184862011-07-31T12:41:00.001-04:002011-07-31T16:46:17.242-04:00True to True Blood?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUMNsTI8Tx4l8B61qfy0bukh6191O083nJMtqpJz2LLn5FYgeaVJbq4fCC_9ku27Es07NJ0H6zVOw7Wgo-gQP5RuHwC0gQQSSCqNsZC0WpsZf4nto4yqSbKLpspEW3oshPS1KyeaPIYs/s1600/74645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUMNsTI8Tx4l8B61qfy0bukh6191O083nJMtqpJz2LLn5FYgeaVJbq4fCC_9ku27Es07NJ0H6zVOw7Wgo-gQP5RuHwC0gQQSSCqNsZC0WpsZf4nto4yqSbKLpspEW3oshPS1KyeaPIYs/s320/74645.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div>I have been watching True Blood and just finished season one consequently moved on to season two and watched the first episode last night. In retrospect, I love to watch or test watch all the shows/movies in the genre I love best, of course! Research, don't you know:) Well, I will say the jury is still out on this show. I can't seem to toss it aside as I did with Vampire Diaries--did not like that one in the least. I will admit, in a strange way, I am hooked on TB. At times I'm really not sure why I continue to watch but others I reflect on an episode and chuckle to myself. The characters at times are so dumb and backwards but then that seems part of the dark charm of this series. I find myself laughing outloud at something humorus every single episode as well as saddened by a death--by the way, if they keep killing of the regulars there won't be anyone left!<br />
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I'm not that big of a fan of Bill but I do like Sookie. I love Lafayette--who wouldn't? Maryanne is very strange and I haven't entirely figured out what the heck she is. Tara and Sam are likeable as well. I have to laugh at the poor Iraq vet and the waitress that surely reminds me of Flo from Mel's Diner(if anyone remembers her and "Kiss my grits!"). I did like Rene until he turned out to be the serial killer who by the way offed my most favorite character, Sookie and Jason's grandmother! I so loved her. She reminded me of my own sweet grandmother, God Bless her soul.<br />
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Anyway, I guess you can say though I'm still not quite sold, I will keep watching--at least for now.<br />
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I am curious at what you all think. Please feel free to pipe in and voice your thoughts on this one.<br />
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D~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-58120182077803734792011-07-24T10:44:00.000-04:002011-07-24T10:44:44.490-04:00And time marches on...Spring has come and gone, the dog days of summer are upon us and still my life seems to sway against my sitting down and writing. I know you all have been through this. Been busy with an array of things lately. Day job demands are greater and grabbing overtime(these days we all need the extra dollars, don't we?). Implicated an exercise program into my agenda for stress relief as well brain food and alertness. Family life is always at the heart of matters, so...<br />
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Speaking of exercise, has anyone grabbed onto Zumba? I am loving it! I love to dance so this program is right up my alley:) Like most people, I tend to become bored with diet and exercise programs but this one is fun. I also change it up which keeps me interested. I add biking, walking, etc. So far, it's working well for me.<br />
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Gonna head out and do some wicked weeding in a bit. Whoa! Even my gardening has slacked. Funny how we cycle through life. Hot and heavy, cool off, then move full circle again. <br />
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Writing? It's coming in its on good time. Festering, I am, conniving, scheming, projects in hand.<br />
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D~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-36779941694912020562011-04-03T09:27:00.000-04:002011-04-03T09:27:34.501-04:00Whew! Rough week but I'm still standing!<br />
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Laptop crashed and burned last Monday evening! Panic? Not yet. Tried everything we could think of for two days to coax the machine to cooperate and come back up. Turn it off/turn it on. F8 to start in safemode. But all it did was cycle off and on. Okay now the panic is ebbing in. Although I, for the most part, save my documents and back up the system on a regular basis, I hadn't saved them in several days! Okay, I told myself, you can recover them from the hard drive. That is assuming the hard drive isn't damaged, as well. Oh but we won't go there as I am a 'glass is half full' type of gal:)<br />
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Okay, I call a friend who aids me in removing said hard drive and go get a nifty adapter/box so I can test the waters to see if it is, in fact, okay. It is! And as luck would have it I have a borrowed back up laptop because wouldn't you know, like the girl scout I used to be, I am pretty much always prepared. My particular laptop, a HP Pavillion Plug and Play, is involved in a class action law suit of which I have recently filed my claim. So onward and upwards. But... Yes there's that incessant<em> but</em>. Little by little things trickled into my mind that were most likely lost. One such thing was my AOL filing cabinet. All my important files regarding correspondence bit the dust--we are talking years of stuff that were necessary keeps! <br />
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Lesson here: if you do nothing else on a daily basis back up your system, your files, and your mailboxes!<br />
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I do have a happy ending, however. Although my filing cabinet and all correspondence as of Monday are toast along with my laptop, I brought a brand new laptop yesterday, have the promise of a replacement machine from HP sometime in the near or distant future(who knows with litigation cases), and a lot more techie knowledge than I ever had:) Next purchase: A large external hard drive that will be programmed to back up system daily!<br />
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D~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-36727358730180493622011-03-26T08:34:00.000-04:002011-03-26T08:34:05.978-04:00Good Morning! And a beautiful sunshining day it is:) Well, the week is over, the day job done for a bit and other projects have been wrapped up and safely set aside for the time being...<br />
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Time to roll up my sleeves and dive into more rewrites! Actually, I am very excited about it. Big change from the procrastinator I'd become when I even thought about the <em>chore </em>of rewriting <strong><em>Dancing on the Edge</em></strong>. I would love for you to join me in my venture. I've even added a comment box so you can put your two cents in along the way. Please check out my progress by clicking the link below the header above. I really have made some fantastic progress in only one weekend! <br />
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Looking forward to hearing what you think.<br />
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D~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-45063779365496345742011-03-19T18:49:00.000-04:002011-03-19T18:49:37.210-04:00I'm back! Remember I mentioned that my dear departed friend, Joan, had helped me to break into the wonders of being a published author? Do you also remember that I'd pulled my first published title, a crime romance novel, when the contract at ePress-Online had run its course for revisions? Well... <br />
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I am actively rewriting and revising that book! I am excited that my muse has returned, and I am once again motivated to WRITE! And more importantly, I once again have something to thank dear, dear Joan for. I feel it necessary to get this book out there again for Her. She is my motivation, and I will be dedicating this republication to her memory.<br />
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Thank you, Joan. You are so instrumental in my career that <strong><em>Dancing on the Edge</em></strong> WILL once again see publication:)<br />
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For more information on the revision of this book, I will be creating a special page on this blog to follow the process. <br />
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As always, thanks for stopping by.<br />
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D~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-51200387426037681172011-03-13T09:52:00.003-04:002011-03-13T10:42:04.844-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTtGGWXkz3mya_Artff-u7eIJ8ytm6GGWsoCkVWEuda2sX3GC1ACK1nMm8WXTThrje3YXZ6Urwlt8oQqLrIaFWZlvGeWAJvM5JlyhGmx66vQezfGpKGfS3fdKK5qCNJrnykbpvb-efYg/s1600/41618_1470914579_2876_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTtGGWXkz3mya_Artff-u7eIJ8ytm6GGWsoCkVWEuda2sX3GC1ACK1nMm8WXTThrje3YXZ6Urwlt8oQqLrIaFWZlvGeWAJvM5JlyhGmx66vQezfGpKGfS3fdKK5qCNJrnykbpvb-efYg/s1600/41618_1470914579_2876_n.jpg" /></a></div>I've lost a very dear friend and colleague this last week. Joan McNulty-Pulver was a very instrumental part of my writing career. We have a long history together. <br />
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I met Joan at <a href="http://www.writersvillage.com/wvu2/">The Writers University</a> back in the early part of the year 2000. She invited me to help with a new digital epress they were opening up. I went on as a reader and over time began to edit. We have worked together at a ePress-Online, which handles mostly Non-Fiction, Mystery, and SciFi genres for over ten years. <a href="http://epress-online.com/">ePress-Online</a> took a chance on me with my first novel a crime suspense romance, which didn't fall into any of there genre category guidelines, but that's how they are. They tested a new line with my novel but the line didn't work out for them, and I've since pulled that first novel with their blessing to place it where it might do better.<br />
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Joan will be greatly missed by many. She was a wonderfully supportive person whose goal in life was to help writers. I wanted to share something special Joan did for several of us just this last Christmas. My Angel is back on display in honor of my very muched loved friend, Joan McNulty-Pulver. I think of her and all she meant each time I look at this sweet angel...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi519Be0yLjOg4lAvmzsp2utwZeGte2ASUIivTKdfkz5p5n8QWOB7ZhvKyyGO68KKCsb1X-ToW44Mbwh2AQgfs4ZmVS0X7WJ0USQ0UmbVVPGdK0pCS85L_RZ-IHSBBuR3ERWPPOKPdFCKI/s1600/Joan%2527s+Angel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi519Be0yLjOg4lAvmzsp2utwZeGte2ASUIivTKdfkz5p5n8QWOB7ZhvKyyGO68KKCsb1X-ToW44Mbwh2AQgfs4ZmVS0X7WJ0USQ0UmbVVPGdK0pCS85L_RZ-IHSBBuR3ERWPPOKPdFCKI/s320/Joan%2527s+Angel.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Below I've copied Joan's Obituary. Thank you for stopping by and please do comment if you so feel moved. Joan is very special to many people. She will forever live on in our hearts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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McNULTY-PULVER, Joan 67, of Brandon, passed away March 7, 2011. She is survived by her children, Raymond Vidal, Alicia A. Savoie, Rodney V. McNulty, Marjorie Pulver and Frank Pulver; seven grandchildren; and an extended loving family and friends. Services will be private. Stowers Funeral Home-Brandon.<br />
Published in the St. Petersburg Times on March 9, 2011 Email <br />
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Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-35367194360058584202011-03-09T07:40:00.002-05:002011-03-09T07:40:00.521-05:00Recipe: Roasted Potatoes with OnionHere's a quick, yummy alternative to french fries.<br />
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Need:<br />
4 medium red or white baking potatoes<br />
1 large onion<br />
Seasoning of your choice(I use Montreal Steak Seasoning or Mrs. Dash Herb and Garlic)<br />
Olive Oil<br />
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Cut unpeeled thoroughly washed potatoes into bite size chunks. Place into a large mixing bowl along with sliced onion. Coat potatoes and onions with olive oil and sprinkle with desired seasoning. Toss until evenly seasoned and coated with oil. Pour out onto a cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees until done. Takes approximately 30-45 minutes.<br />
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Serves: 2-3 adults<br />
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Great side dish where ever french fries would be used also the leftovers make wonderful home fries!<br />
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Enjoy.<br />
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Another tasted recipe from Dayana's kitchen~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-30325964945011108312011-03-05T18:51:00.000-05:002011-03-05T18:51:03.710-05:00Working on some stuff right now but thought I'd post a humorus true adventure. This is sort of a Chicken Soup for the soul type of story I like to call Domestic Bliss. <br />
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Have you ever had one of those days you wondered why you bothered to put forth an effort to accomplish anything? This was my day of domestic bliss…<br />
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Let me start by setting the scene. We had a galley kitchen that opened into the dining room on one end and a breakfast bar with a pass through into the family room on the other end. My husband was kicked back enjoying Sunday football on television, and I decided to bake a cake.<br />
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I proceeded to get all my ingredients together for a Hot Milk Sponge Cake; something I hadn't made in a long time. It's delicious but a whole lot of work. I began measuring out the flour. By the way, what is it with flour? No matter how carefully you deal with the stuff, the kitchen always looks like the dusting in the aftermath of a small explosion.<br />
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Okay, I've got all the dry ingredients together and the bowl set aside. I got eggs, sugar and vanilla going in the mixer, then began warming the milk moving from mixer to stove careful not to scold the milk. I'm in the rhythm now; on a roll, so to speak. <br />
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I combined all ingredients into one bowl then poured the batter into a bundt pan, placed it in the oven, set the timer and began cleaning up the kitchen. It's amazing how one person can create such a mess in such a minimal amount of time!<br />
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The kitchen was small, so I crawled around the floor with the dustpan and brush in an attempt to sweep up the nuclear fallout of flour that managed to migrate everywhere. Finished, I started to get up but, stopped in a squat to dump the dustpan into the small trashcan I kept under the ledge of the breakfast bar. That done, I stood up and BANG! My head met the underside of the counter with a dull thud. The pain blackened my sight and a millions stars sprinkled across my vision. My husband swears to this day, the counter lifted several inches with the impact.<br />
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"God! Are you all right?" He asked coming into the kitchen concern written all over his face.<br />
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Meanwhile, I'm cursing and laughing at the same time, rubbing the knot on the back of my already aching head. I nod to assure him I'm not going to fall out nor did I think I had a concussion. After a quick hug and a small stint with the ice pack, we both went about our business. By that time, the cake was ready to come out of the oven.<br />
I took it out and placed it on the rack to cool for about ten to fifteen minutes. You wouldn't believe what happened next… <br />
I got the cake plate and set it on top of the cake pan so I could turn the still hot cake out onto the plate. Well… the plate somehow went AWOL and the next thing I knew the cake had taken flight. I watched mesmerized as it passed over the breakfast bar and into the family room. My husband looked as if he were watching a tennis match; his eyes traveled between my face and the airborn cake. But, he was quick to recover. He jumped up and after one-bounce rescued the hot cake from the floor on the rebound, flipped it from hand to hand and finally, landed it upright on the cake plate. I still stood in the kitchen grasping the cake pan laughing so hard tears were streaming down my cheeks and my stomach muscles ached.<br />
To this day, we get a gut-busting laugh over that episode. I guess you can say, without a doubt, that sponge cake had bounce.Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-12376752884186941162011-01-23T21:48:00.000-05:002011-01-23T21:48:53.426-05:00Writing...is exactly what I've been doing this weekend!<br />
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D~Dayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9211457342502896879.post-61642037946129381492011-01-20T23:05:00.000-05:002011-01-20T23:05:13.348-05:00Writing SensibilityEver hear that if you don't use something you lose it? Or a writer should write every day to keep the muse active? <br />
Well... I have to tell you though I never was a writer who wrote every day, I did have my own system. Problem is I let the muse lay for far too long. And I let the branding and visibility slide right along with it. Life sometimes gets in the way. Time slips ever faster. Don't let it take your writing to the wayside.<br />
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Words of advise:<br />
Don't do as I did. <br />
Keep actively writing. <br />
Keep something going whether jotting down an idea, a scene, a cluster writing episode even a journal. <br />
Keep in touch with your muse.<br />
And most of all, keep your name out there.<br />
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Otherwise, like mine, you muse may just take an extended vacation.<br />
And all the PR work you've done will have been for naught.<br />
Now I'm off to trick my muse into coming back from the islands. We've got work to do!<br />
And yes, I will rebuild. <br />
<em>From the ashes we can build another day...</em><br />
Moody BluesDayanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345946706697474586noreply@blogger.com5