tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74858944767906596072024-03-18T07:20:15.989-07:00Katherine's Book BackyardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1844125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-10362524030971046392024-03-18T07:19:00.000-07:002024-03-18T07:19:33.923-07:00March freebie promotion!<p> If you're like me, your favorite four-letter word is FREE.</p><p><a href="https://lovekissedbookbargains.com/2024/03/17/march-freebie-promotion/">Here</a>'s a freebie romance promotion running for the next couple of days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvM_cGaStTyA53Kl9y_rNSk-_jXHk8IsySW-u2Qpvh9Gmehs3AH6x0Oja3hLlDS5N6fO-CPTkBfupFFxi00HRYENFZnXp64JFIK7JKTpUq0Hb5ZurUTv5QBY5DMEIRM8CiTowWmNVsD_6qbrsKF1Vied0-h7g79G_UY9FQ78n70dEQB2_5ArknyWpq34o/s1024/march%20freebie%20romance%20promotion.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvM_cGaStTyA53Kl9y_rNSk-_jXHk8IsySW-u2Qpvh9Gmehs3AH6x0Oja3hLlDS5N6fO-CPTkBfupFFxi00HRYENFZnXp64JFIK7JKTpUq0Hb5ZurUTv5QBY5DMEIRM8CiTowWmNVsD_6qbrsKF1Vied0-h7g79G_UY9FQ78n70dEQB2_5ArknyWpq34o/s320/march%20freebie%20romance%20promotion.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-76462405287522769852024-03-16T07:45:00.000-07:002024-03-16T07:48:48.088-07:00Easter Sweets List from Chef Jin!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9sqN0DYb9M8O1wsVT6nTOrw9U-vR1M8zpa64t0hyeW53vgXZhnPt7dY58Y1HTFeChG_8qMW9bYTlBRlV8YzEym1q6rSfLX-4WwP_h8z5oG4U34IfgFDRXwRALBWUxflsZHBQXyw_l6vk1QaLeT5A0RODoisBAJMOdI1MYIDGZtFalNc4DfnKCjCVozyd/s1529/easter%20sweet%20list.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="1529" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9sqN0DYb9M8O1wsVT6nTOrw9U-vR1M8zpa64t0hyeW53vgXZhnPt7dY58Y1HTFeChG_8qMW9bYTlBRlV8YzEym1q6rSfLX-4WwP_h8z5oG4U34IfgFDRXwRALBWUxflsZHBQXyw_l6vk1QaLeT5A0RODoisBAJMOdI1MYIDGZtFalNc4DfnKCjCVozyd/s320/easter%20sweet%20list.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I am a big fan of the baked goods prepared by Chef Jennifer Pasquill, an award-winning pastry chef who ives in the Pacific Northwest. We know each other in real life and are birthday twins, both of us born on September 12th. (Virgos rule!) <p></p><p>every year, Jennifer prepares seasonal boxes of sweets you can customize to your taste. She even has gluten-free options (this month it's a yummy coffee cake and her scrumptius candied walnuts.) There's also an "off the menu" option for a small "chef's assortment" of cookies that includes shipping for just $25. </p><p>You will not be disappointed. Everything she makes is incredible.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKc5ZLrBi_bWiDK74tINYNk1G7DNNH6Ur2CsZay16gxTRySrR_CLysxVbQpnx8UB87_wGbcL8DZ3dD98rMNsUz9v6CPY2VfPROwhrqIP6uD200lYLh1CBzZ5FTzmvZPA2QnbWSn8kZaX6JfLlQ5bqhKCM5JPsAdsL2Uq6bDKb0RSjiHLX5aaxv7ZMO0mk/s941/easter%20sweet%20list.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="727" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKc5ZLrBi_bWiDK74tINYNk1G7DNNH6Ur2CsZay16gxTRySrR_CLysxVbQpnx8UB87_wGbcL8DZ3dD98rMNsUz9v6CPY2VfPROwhrqIP6uD200lYLh1CBzZ5FTzmvZPA2QnbWSn8kZaX6JfLlQ5bqhKCM5JPsAdsL2Uq6bDKb0RSjiHLX5aaxv7ZMO0mk/w176-h229/easter%20sweet%20list.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><br />Here are the two lists of items, plus info you need to order. Get your Easter orders in by March 26 to meet her mailing date. <div><br /></div><div>And if you're a fan of chocolate truffles (and who isn't?), this is your last chance to order them until weather gets cold again. </div><div><br /></div><div>(There is nothing sadder than getting a box of melted chocolate you have to scrape off the waxed paper.)<p></p><p>She'll orovide a tracking number and put in personalized messages if you're sending the sweets as a gift. (She only ships to continental US.)</p><p>And if you're a fan of a particular sweet from a previous list, shoot her an email and ask her you can special order anything. (I'm fond of a couple of things that she only has at Christmas, but I know she bakes year 'round.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_4do4E7o6f_PwakL9hBMq8AglkX_wQzYLa4oOz-p3em7T7sNwII6-uORh9QiXMFjGIFBimvesW1jLS1mDjZ49BAWJZ3y1KTNeJ4J-UhjOsIezwXy0SPkAgQHzVA2DpLKTliaKm1wAEB2t4CRtW6Z4nEgN5aKEkK4I6b_EDU8TusQUb_K_lS0tXue9BS3/s938/easter%20sweet%20list%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="706" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_4do4E7o6f_PwakL9hBMq8AglkX_wQzYLa4oOz-p3em7T7sNwII6-uORh9QiXMFjGIFBimvesW1jLS1mDjZ49BAWJZ3y1KTNeJ4J-UhjOsIezwXy0SPkAgQHzVA2DpLKTliaKm1wAEB2t4CRtW6Z4nEgN5aKEkK4I6b_EDU8TusQUb_K_lS0tXue9BS3/w130-h172/easter%20sweet%20list%202.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-81565214693438435052024-03-16T05:22:00.000-07:002024-03-16T05:22:12.445-07:00Spring!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR743O8VGlIZMVBcDYMQEfH2SRDFY6HJRgPq6iaZOoo93CY5XArpQ7lyFEZH9llmCDQvluStCB7HUZmUrLJwSGLs4HOw6y0UQ-r9uZczT7Tabu6w0uTBb3NakYif6RyebZBH78JQwb5IsQNS7dlSwzanqpV-bFOG2XIceKHPAMOU8C8djNxCFLzRMlsBdZ/s1548/forsythia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="871" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR743O8VGlIZMVBcDYMQEfH2SRDFY6HJRgPq6iaZOoo93CY5XArpQ7lyFEZH9llmCDQvluStCB7HUZmUrLJwSGLs4HOw6y0UQ-r9uZczT7Tabu6w0uTBb3NakYif6RyebZBH78JQwb5IsQNS7dlSwzanqpV-bFOG2XIceKHPAMOU8C8djNxCFLzRMlsBdZ/s320/forsythia.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>In my parents' house, a forsythia hedge separated their back yard from one of our neighbors. It was about five feet high and in spring it was solid yellow. It was always the first thing that bloomed, always just a week or so before the pink and white dogwood trees started to blossom, and about the same time as daffodils and violets. The Pacific Northwest is pretty stunning in all the seasons, but the spring with its apple and cherry blossoms and flowers is one of the best.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-68523519031161939122024-03-11T12:02:00.000-07:002024-03-11T12:02:10.783-07:00Two new logos<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdZ0lcLJB6xi8emKuyIVfa9SLUe3gkqlBLK1BGghNK4cEZg1uDSdC_J3vLnznk1-Er5062sqJ-0DHh3YCE6qPu7uQcEnkj9ep0PTYOx1RlxnzJtIOiDm9QG9yL-sx330r35xehf7SOVFZorJ3S3q6nGMqA-kMXDzUgJDcSYP1BH7bLcP76YqMeHc1yfRN/s2000/Holiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdZ0lcLJB6xi8emKuyIVfa9SLUe3gkqlBLK1BGghNK4cEZg1uDSdC_J3vLnznk1-Er5062sqJ-0DHh3YCE6qPu7uQcEnkj9ep0PTYOx1RlxnzJtIOiDm9QG9yL-sx330r35xehf7SOVFZorJ3S3q6nGMqA-kMXDzUgJDcSYP1BH7bLcP76YqMeHc1yfRN/s320/Holiday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>When I went to 20 Books to 50K in Vegas, everone seemed to have a logo--on their business cards, on their websites, even in front of their books. Everyone was talking about "branding," and it felt like if I didn't have my very own logo, I was going to be left behind.<p></p><p>So I went to my favorite place (Etsy) and commissioned an artist to make me two different logos. One is for my regular books--the Love is in bloom logo, and the other is specifically for my Christmas romances.</p><p>Christine Morgan made the designs (for a very fair price), and I could not be happier with them. She's a star seller and also does book covers. You can find her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChristineCoverDesign?ref=yr_purchases">here</a>.</p><p>Years ago, I read a really intersting magazine article (remember print magazines) where the writer had gone to five different people--celebrities and regular people alike--and asked them about their support system--who helped them be their best selves. then the magazine photographed them with their "entourages" and it was everything from their mailmen (who picked up packages sent out by a home business) to massage therapist. I could not exist as a</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0wiNdGcSuHz__EAycN2B49bEsgl-bTAEA0CYydZLmR0EM5BBnnXia-9WHMKV_4l0zJo2w23kmIGLmgIkouplXHH73NWNnhceLS3PxWdRU1dd2q2uS2BJPLCbx0I7LnwGj17JB1M4S7BMI9BhEt9bj54N5K7T45LoTKevPqU0SCDeusvS8SqbOMRyngD-/s2000/KatherineFinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0wiNdGcSuHz__EAycN2B49bEsgl-bTAEA0CYydZLmR0EM5BBnnXia-9WHMKV_4l0zJo2w23kmIGLmgIkouplXHH73NWNnhceLS3PxWdRU1dd2q2uS2BJPLCbx0I7LnwGj17JB1M4S7BMI9BhEt9bj54N5K7T45LoTKevPqU0SCDeusvS8SqbOMRyngD-/s320/KatherineFinal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> professional writer if I didn't have a small army of cover designers, my formatter Amit Dey, my various editors and beta readers and general cheerleaders. (My aunt buys all my books!!) <p></p><p>The entrepreneurs and artisans on Etsy and Fiverr work hard for their money and offer incredible value and deals. I could not do what I do without them. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-39313213566706689032024-03-10T08:30:00.000-07:002024-03-10T08:30:35.845-07:00A new series from Katherine Moore<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNkEGUU9r3spofJtouifvhYYTY7O7UzEyHgIOxHZsVnV6tvRllKpzYKQnf9hoFWdS5pdBKvXt2r7IZxKGs99M0t2TlfaOb5xvWhofIvtgL1IX3NiuujhnPen4FFWxytlsR8Sn33Eivpd0xKcmQDdnxl78mVCLF03vScylYrZTh50pgs4vev_J02yuS0pf/s2700/lydia%20from%20legal%20%20Bookcoversonline.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNkEGUU9r3spofJtouifvhYYTY7O7UzEyHgIOxHZsVnV6tvRllKpzYKQnf9hoFWdS5pdBKvXt2r7IZxKGs99M0t2TlfaOb5xvWhofIvtgL1IX3NiuujhnPen4FFWxytlsR8Sn33Eivpd0xKcmQDdnxl78mVCLF03vScylYrZTh50pgs4vev_J02yuS0pf/s320/lydia%20from%20legal%20%20Bookcoversonline.com.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>In addition to my Silver Birch stories, I'm starting a new collection of cozy workplace romances, all with the "enemies to lovers" trope. The series title is: Corporate women. The series kicks off with <i>Lydia from Legal,</i> the tale of a corporate merger and two feuding lawyers who knew each other in high school (#second chance romance) and can't deny their attraction to each other, even though they hate each other.<p></p><p>The series continues with <i>Sara from Systems</i>, <i>Anna from Admin</i>, <i>Rita from R&D</i>, <i>Sofia from Sales</i>, and <i>Faye from Finance. </i>Book Covers Online did Lydia from Legal's cover, Dawn Taylor created the follow up books.</p><p>I love vector-based covers for this type of story. I feel like they convey the tone of the story and that they're on the sweeter side of romance. (Although not always. I just read a hilarious spicy romance featuring a southern woman who is in love with a hometown boy who is definitely a bad boy. (It's called <i><a href="https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B07RWDH7XK&ref_=kwl_kr_iv_rec_1">Enemies with Benefits</a></i> by Roxie Noir. Check it out. Noir brings both the snark and the spice and as someone who was brought up in Virginia, the southern stuff really rings true as well. It's one of a series about a family with a bunch of interesting sounding sons.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaSYe-UL67Cdn88SE-MGAmTNlu57kpLLy-yvn0H1xw8RjRjQXyZghlbGeX-XwqP5SjeyRHkBwB1aX_hxpvTUEnIkMDLXy-C42UXVom4KKQUwv8A3mi58TyCv-SHsSZXfp6aeDuiUDxi6MeYAKPa2DYmfzAt0OIXIRKWIXmnJgn8B1kIEBQqK0bYW7co_Z/s2700/Rita%20from%20RD%20eBook%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaSYe-UL67Cdn88SE-MGAmTNlu57kpLLy-yvn0H1xw8RjRjQXyZghlbGeX-XwqP5SjeyRHkBwB1aX_hxpvTUEnIkMDLXy-C42UXVom4KKQUwv8A3mi58TyCv-SHsSZXfp6aeDuiUDxi6MeYAKPa2DYmfzAt0OIXIRKWIXmnJgn8B1kIEBQqK0bYW7co_Z/s320/Rita%20from%20RD%20eBook%20Cover.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>It's been fun plotting this series and trying to get in what it's like to work in different departments at a big corporation. Before I went freelance, I had a lot of jobs. (Back in the day, I worked as a temp. Remember Kelly Girls?) I worked at banks. I worked at utility companies. I worked at an insurance cmpany. I worked for government agencies. At one of my temp jobs, all I did, all day long, was type type up purchase orders for various different screws and bits and pieces of hardware needed to make Magnasync movieola machines (which are now virtually obsolete.) I would amuse myself by mentioning that the names of the suppliers sounded like Nordic porn magazines (Benthic Screw is the only one I can remember) and oddly, no one thought that was funny.<div>We got a half hour break for lunch and we started at eight in the morning. I was a long-term temp there and valued because I typed fast. But I burnt out. And when one of my coworkers was killed by a car blowing through the crosswalk on the street in front of the office, I took that as a sign to request another assignment. On the plus side, I met a woman who became one of my closest friends, so there was that.</div><div>Corporate life has changed in the details since I worked in an office, but some things have stayed the same, even in this post-pandemic age of hybrid workdays and Zoom calls. There are still managers that inside on having staff meetings when the agenda could be covered in an email message. </div><div>There are still managers who schedule those staff meetings at four o'clock on a Friday afternoon and are very surprised that no one is really paying attention.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp2QhzApeD8wpIwGgZedqNfkGljU1LcQ6CWhC5uFA6FkxOY8-aHHggiMLZBGEFRCvjvoEP9f0CK6vE1oOvgj9a7fo6nVExwD6xxUQOHNpo6YobHXFVZi43RgGIBL1fsAReHiowc50pECrDym_yamWq8z2H2wgHYbrnlobwcTwTFMoPGC4PqP92gSJrxfO/s2700/Sofia%20from%20Sales%20eBook%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp2QhzApeD8wpIwGgZedqNfkGljU1LcQ6CWhC5uFA6FkxOY8-aHHggiMLZBGEFRCvjvoEP9f0CK6vE1oOvgj9a7fo6nVExwD6xxUQOHNpo6YobHXFVZi43RgGIBL1fsAReHiowc50pECrDym_yamWq8z2H2wgHYbrnlobwcTwTFMoPGC4PqP92gSJrxfO/s320/Sofia%20from%20Sales%20eBook%20Cover.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div><div>There are still horrible "trust building" events and corporate retreats and Christmas parties (command performances, often without significant others). There's office politics. There's ... you get the idea. I think the experience is universal, and hope to make the situations fresh and funny and yes, romantic. <br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-36518129751595954662023-12-10T11:06:00.000-08:002023-12-10T11:06:58.683-08:00Pre-order now, out December 12th<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyR3jcYnFKAul__IEiZ_e6iP5V1QnrrE7kH_wAn5rIt4TO1rJl4_OKXHuVxYjdN94nWzm9WxTuAfH9tu7vv0lX5QA4RKvydO-bIDR-PTYoYOEhSa0TIx5zVQRc_2ouzU3RFeoc735K6IleLx-xx908r1Xc-iKs3mdTXkbrHhN8zIrdbhDihEk00PL8lUa/s1200/12%20days%20of%20christmas%20coming%20soon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyR3jcYnFKAul__IEiZ_e6iP5V1QnrrE7kH_wAn5rIt4TO1rJl4_OKXHuVxYjdN94nWzm9WxTuAfH9tu7vv0lX5QA4RKvydO-bIDR-PTYoYOEhSa0TIx5zVQRc_2ouzU3RFeoc735K6IleLx-xx908r1Xc-iKs3mdTXkbrHhN8zIrdbhDihEk00PL8lUa/s320/12%20days%20of%20christmas%20coming%20soon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The Christmas just keeps coming!!! Katherine Moore has got a lot of Christmas stories out this season. In this anthology, she returns to Silver Birch with a story of second-chance romance, "Countdown to Christmas." You can pre-order it <a href="https://books2read.com/12DaysXmas">here</a>.<p></p><p>Here's the pitch: </p><p><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺ 𝕲𝖞𝖕𝖘𝖞 𝕻𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕻𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘 ༻*ੈ✩‧₊˚</span></p><div class="x1cy8zhl x78zum5 xdt5ytf x193iq5w x1n2onr6 x1kxipp6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; align-items: flex-start; background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; user-select: auto; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j" style="align-items: inherit; 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𝕻𝖗𝖊𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕹𝖔𝖜: <span role="gridcell" style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1heor9g x1bvjpef" href="https://books2read.com/12DaysXmas?fbclid=IwAR0oBbgBeLYUj8DI16SmxLubgYN5AbZNAXMQY0VDrL1pLWIhv4wr1d8o0sM" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: underline; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">https://books2read.com/12DaysXmas</a></span>
𝕽𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖙𝖊: 12𝖙𝖍 𝕯𝖊𝖈
𝕭𝖑𝖚𝖗𝖇
𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖌𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙𝖘.
𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖚𝖓𝖜𝖗𝖆𝖕 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊?
𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖒𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖎𝖙 𝖘𝖓𝖔𝖜𝖘.
𝕯𝖊𝖑𝖛𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖒 𝖍𝖚𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖒𝖊𝖑𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖘
⁺˚⋆。°✩ ✸ 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 ✸ 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖: ✸ 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 ✸ 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎𝚢, ✸ 𝙰 ✸ 𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗, ✸ 𝙺𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎 ✸ 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎, ✸ 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚢 ✸ 𝚁𝚑𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 ✸ & ✸ 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎 ✸ 𝙹𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 ✸ ✩°。⋆˚⁺</div></span></div></div><div class="x1h91t0o xkh2ocl x78zum5 xdt5ytf x13a6bvl x193iq5w x1iyjqo2 xcrg951" role="none" style="align-items: inherit; align-self: stretch; background-color: var(--messenger-card-background); display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; justify-content: flex-end; max-width: 100%;"><div class="x1r8uery x1iyjqo2" role="none" style="flex-basis: 0px; flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit;"></div></div></div><div class="x1h91t0o xkh2ocl x78zum5 xdt5ytf x13a6bvl x193iq5w x1c4vz4f xcrg951" role="none" style="align-items: inherit; align-self: stretch; background-color: var(--messenger-card-background); display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 0; font-family: inherit; justify-content: flex-end; max-width: 100%;"><div class="x193iq5w x1n2onr6 x1vjfegm xh8yej3" style="font-family: inherit; max-width: 100%; position: relative; 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The goal is to publish a Christmas novella every day in December. I've been writing the stories all year and I'm excited to get them out into the world.<p></p><p>One thing I've noticed is that certain themes keep surfacing. One is that I write a lot about family. My parents died young and I miss them. My little sister died young too, and I really miss her. We were eight years apart in age but close in sisterhood. We spent most Christmases together the last decade of her life. </p><p>I also write about heroines and their grandmothers. I was brought up in a three-generation family, with my maternal grandmother living with us for huge swathes of time while my grandfather was in and out of the nearby veterans' hospital. My grandfather was old and rather remote, but my grandmother was very much involved in our lives. And she was a character and a half. I use a bit of her and her various sisters and friends every time I write an older woman. You can purchase it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Xmas-Tales-Twelve-Christmas-Stories-ebook/dp/B0CCLV4LKL/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=0Zv7P&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=133-1143965-2954940&pd_rd_wg=NT4DI&pd_rd_r=08f1a37b-f5ee-4f7e-8fe8-5425a43e59f2&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk">here</a>.</p><p>You can also pick up the other stories (all of them bite-sized and available on Kindle Unlimited for your reading enjoyment). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4u0JUtNuxLQpYEj8WVPwpilZCKCUCWg3D1xhtQDo1nPjzUirZ4DbodVm_jwAwr7QhOb1FLd-2kYm3CTJ4dLhJBIvIT13aFd__SjlDkPT7iOrcmGJhzD5rbC9R_VB6OJF8OeFBseqnndzbmiHRev0O2nw_iByJwC67IJaPF4501CgzmuDXG6AixKcjlJV/s2560/A%20Cozy%20Christmas%20Night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4u0JUtNuxLQpYEj8WVPwpilZCKCUCWg3D1xhtQDo1nPjzUirZ4DbodVm_jwAwr7QhOb1FLd-2kYm3CTJ4dLhJBIvIT13aFd__SjlDkPT7iOrcmGJhzD5rbC9R_VB6OJF8OeFBseqnndzbmiHRev0O2nw_iByJwC67IJaPF4501CgzmuDXG6AixKcjlJV/s320/A%20Cozy%20Christmas%20Night.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Available December 4, 2023.<p></p><p><i>A Cozy Christmas Night</i></p><p>Preorder <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cozy-Christmas-Night-Katherine-Moore-ebook/dp/B0CGQ2M9K2/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=M7oYI&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=133-1143965-2954940&pd_rd_wg=A9gai&pd_rd_r=c9a89cd9-71f3-49c9-ae37-0af42d24cd86&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk">here</a>.</p><p>This is one of two divorced couples/second chance love romances on offer this Christmas. The other is <i>Merry Christmas, Darling</i>, which is one of my Silver Birch stories. </p><p>You can preorder that <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Merry-Christmas-Darling-Katherine-Moore-ebook/dp/B0CGQ1QC7W/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=qruF9&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=133-1143965-2954940&pd_rd_wg=mXCr2&pd_rd_r=abbcbf11-c1b4-4e02-846a-72c10f90d82a&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk">here</a>.</p><p>Probably one of my favorite stories on preorder is<i> Gifts for Christmas</i>, which is a love story, but it's also about a distressed community coming together and providing a lovely winter holiday for all its citizens. This is a story that was first inspired by the loaves and fishes, but also by the children's book <i>Stone Soup</i>. I first learned about that book becuase it was one of the books featured on Captain Kangaroo. I've remembered it all these years. </p><p>Both my grandmothers were award-winning bakers and fine cooks, and during the holidays, they set bountiful tables. I've akways been grateful for that bounty, and as I've gotten older, I have become well aware that too many people are hungry. There are all kinds of giveaways for the holidays, and people are usually generous with their donations to food banks around the season, but people are hungry all year long. I'm lucky in that there's a tiny food pantry near me, so donating is easy. But when I have extra money, I also like to support the work of Jose Andres' <a href="https://wck.org/team">World Central Kitchen</a>. </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-89235882216918446372023-11-22T07:24:00.000-08:002023-11-22T07:24:07.690-08:00Upgrade your romance game!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShjVQ-z0R1M45eUjbcypwk5VkdusZy0P8SIsh9bBizKstJJcoJO3RAdLJt72AslP8wsdZa6PU7RCW3E613A1q3PbFPBg309cnbVweSB4Ms3w1S0lxu3F_u1LH-2DOrNjrCb8f45tE2ehV4-_NC19kSMd9t81nLvpFIOejnWW8u1bYYFF3RpMD21MED535/s2048/total%20fireworks%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShjVQ-z0R1M45eUjbcypwk5VkdusZy0P8SIsh9bBizKstJJcoJO3RAdLJt72AslP8wsdZa6PU7RCW3E613A1q3PbFPBg309cnbVweSB4Ms3w1S0lxu3F_u1LH-2DOrNjrCb8f45tE2ehV4-_NC19kSMd9t81nLvpFIOejnWW8u1bYYFF3RpMD21MED535/s320/total%20fireworks%20cover.jpg" width="206" /></a></div>Pre-order here!<p></p><p>Join me for a new Silver Birch story.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">As the night sky lights up with a dazzling display of fireworks, these stories of unexpected encounters, fiery connections, and smoldering attractions come together to create an unforgettable anthology of summer love.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">From sweet and tender moments to passionate fireworks that will set your soul ablaze, these stories capture the essence of summer romance.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Join these Authors as they weave their tales of summer passion and feel the sparks fly off the page!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Get it today!</u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;">Authors in this Anthology:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Brigitte Ann Thomas</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vic Leigh</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Katherine Moore</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">M Leigh Morhaime</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rae Goldman</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Leanora Cowan</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rose Bak</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cecelia Conway</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">MacKade</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Becca Turner</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sofia Aves</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Britney Bell</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">E.S. McMillan</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-28089816592069604682023-10-06T07:54:00.002-07:002023-10-06T07:55:21.091-07:00The best season is here...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCXKw2QqlhLunpw2_dL_OXz6OzDYKf5UBQaOGMD75Zz_zM8iGZvFKyHocMQlqLuDTG55TRnMkP_IhNWfkkinmFT1Y8NJzM9i4K6Dbk7MsBwASCtz2fU-9EsToTVZIG5YYH_5YoRLCjlXIJadaYHmgjo46FEU2hAWhGl1Q4kfBxyfz0kirZkQ8HMx6INp5/s1920/tree%20in%20leila's%20yard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCXKw2QqlhLunpw2_dL_OXz6OzDYKf5UBQaOGMD75Zz_zM8iGZvFKyHocMQlqLuDTG55TRnMkP_IhNWfkkinmFT1Y8NJzM9i4K6Dbk7MsBwASCtz2fU-9EsToTVZIG5YYH_5YoRLCjlXIJadaYHmgjo46FEU2hAWhGl1Q4kfBxyfz0kirZkQ8HMx6INp5/w559-h994/tree%20in%20leila's%20yard.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-38996342944530041542023-09-29T04:11:00.001-07:002023-09-29T04:11:34.602-07:00Magic Discovered is live!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiVdDUSzw5rt7TpWQTkLqnC-OEUyu5a53DxwGiqBe9PxAoWirL1YWjuLNUnyXgEgkN4ylE3aC1sub0iCcytcOuw7DBDqTcfzFfzfGbDfscQepXVuivrYo4KTfjzYLXZ_-TOc9Wc7pGEPXTJu317BuCbfkouo3AQV1qBFMXwem0NWQPDd2VG9P88Bwawzg/s1080/magic%20discovered%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiVdDUSzw5rt7TpWQTkLqnC-OEUyu5a53DxwGiqBe9PxAoWirL1YWjuLNUnyXgEgkN4ylE3aC1sub0iCcytcOuw7DBDqTcfzFfzfGbDfscQepXVuivrYo4KTfjzYLXZ_-TOc9Wc7pGEPXTJu317BuCbfkouo3AQV1qBFMXwem0NWQPDd2VG9P88Bwawzg/s320/magic%20discovered%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Out Now! Available with Kindle Unlimited. <p></p><p>https:<a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2qraG">//books2read.com/u/m2qraG </a></p><p>Magic has always remained hidden from the world. That's about to change. </p><p>When magic is revealed, all hell will break loose as humans try to adapt to a world of witches, the fae, orcs, and dragons. Nothing will ever be the same again as they fight for survival against powerful beings with abilities they can only imagine. </p><p>Is this the end for mankind? Or can they learn to live with magic? </p><p>Magic Discovered is a limited collection of urban fantasy and paranormal fantasy stories.</p><p>Available now at your favorite digital store!</p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2qraG">Get it here</a>.</p><p>Available now at your favorite digital store!</p><p>Magic Discovered by S. K. Gregory, Kat Gracey, Sarina Langer, Kat Parrish, Kat Gracey and more! </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-51419040853247907382023-09-13T07:25:00.005-07:002023-09-13T07:37:43.588-07:00The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club Book One by Ann Warner<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnsryqdr-duU5elg5tPVdK1YCIRD6j5ww_-lSgcJV2MXYeMYwmTkoV2F_j1tn-ZKcHvUCUss1gp0ikj_mINQXGHQIXGSZto1_Tq1VGkUWMDCT6qLd9gmSPv5wTNKGVc9rZme1lt8GAxAdLaQl8KGE98RgIUHXc-OeREDRTBXWYwKA2scDNrOjYjsQFIhM/s500/babbling%20book.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnsryqdr-duU5elg5tPVdK1YCIRD6j5ww_-lSgcJV2MXYeMYwmTkoV2F_j1tn-ZKcHvUCUss1gp0ikj_mINQXGHQIXGSZto1_Tq1VGkUWMDCT6qLd9gmSPv5wTNKGVc9rZme1lt8GAxAdLaQl8KGE98RgIUHXc-OeREDRTBXWYwKA2scDNrOjYjsQFIhM/s320/babbling%20book.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>I used to facilitate a mystery book club that was primarily composed of women in their late sixties and seventies. And before we got to the book discussion each month, we often got into a discussion of what they'd suffered under the patriarchy. This book is about women in a retirement home who ALL have stories like that, and they all have pasts, sometimes dark pasts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I loved this book and cannot wait to read the sequels. The characters are women who could be in my friends group. There's the teacher who "took care" of the bully, accidentally paralyzing him but knowing that she saved a lot of other kids pain. There's the woman who hides an original Edward Hopper painting in her room. There's the woman who took up handwriting analysis as a hobby to occupy her retirement. </div></div></blockquote></blockquote><p> TThe book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Babbling-Brook-Naked-Poker-Club-ebook/dp/B01I46E4E4/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1TGDERC1VF4I7&keywords=babbling+brook+poker+club&qid=1694615312&sprefix=babbling+b%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-8">free </a>today on Kindle.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-74718485602357664492023-08-26T08:10:00.001-07:002023-08-26T08:10:07.203-07:00New Urban Fantasy Coming Soon.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJx2twGLRNm5XREjEiUWuAjKUsM68O2FwT60Yqp5aMjHf-eFORqqvdZCinSw3Moph_w6o71yKVUJ3R_4xWoQC1jgT3-D_kyhFO1iMK3Uap06JgzyDi7u6Tkgu4teN_stth1LNB3u-LeRCcOJPCexBTgt8uadjbeHYf7HACtLd8LdTfDsZgqxTHKTndxbf/s2775/witch%20and%20the%20hunter%20amazon%20size.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="1839" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJx2twGLRNm5XREjEiUWuAjKUsM68O2FwT60Yqp5aMjHf-eFORqqvdZCinSw3Moph_w6o71yKVUJ3R_4xWoQC1jgT3-D_kyhFO1iMK3Uap06JgzyDi7u6Tkgu4teN_stth1LNB3u-LeRCcOJPCexBTgt8uadjbeHYf7HACtLd8LdTfDsZgqxTHKTndxbf/s320/witch%20and%20the%20hunter%20amazon%20size.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div>It was 1993 when I read my first Urban Fantasy novel and it changed my life. I'd never heard of the the genre before. But I felt like it had been invented for my own particular pleasure. A mixture of mystery and fantasy!!!! <p></p><p>I loved the snarky voice of the heroine, Anita Blake, vampire hunter. I started looking for new UF authors and found them. Nancy Collins and her SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK, Carrie Vaughn and her Kitty Norville books, Jim Butcher and Harry Dresden. When I first ventured into longer fiction after writing short stories for about a decade, I went for urban fiction. All the stories in my L.A. Nocturne world are about vampires and werewolves and the humans they interact with in a paranormal "open" city. I love my paranormal Los Angeles, where the largest vampire in the city has taken over my favorite building in the world, the Griffith Park Observatory.</p><p>But then I started venturing out and got sidetracked for a while writing sci fi and paranormal fantasy and sweet romance. I love all those stories, but now I want to go back to UF for a while. I'm going to start with <i>Witch and the Hunter</i>, a story set in the Pacific Northwest, which is aplace I love, particularly in Autumn when everything is ablaze with fall color.</p><p>I won't quit writing the other books--I'm releasing short, sweet Christmas romances every single day in December--but it'll be nice to return to my first love. You never forget your first.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-6946539648816138762023-08-11T02:07:00.002-07:002023-08-11T02:07:13.322-07:00Total Fireworks...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_5re8ixV0fhCXdE93jpWvE8PpJNuBMIUlyhNVTZflzxjdlwDbZIZYgwWi65ve_eBXDOv0AfB7DCtxe5tUYeL-e4m_62kQ9tnfGK7NfjIrHoswatho7QbpdMkjj75b6bXQ3jAfpPhyPU56WWTov924TEPwpRcgp3FfGsm9ei5RK9LvSzIe9DNP7Vz8-a8/s1640/total%20fireworks%20header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_5re8ixV0fhCXdE93jpWvE8PpJNuBMIUlyhNVTZflzxjdlwDbZIZYgwWi65ve_eBXDOv0AfB7DCtxe5tUYeL-e4m_62kQ9tnfGK7NfjIrHoswatho7QbpdMkjj75b6bXQ3jAfpPhyPU56WWTov924TEPwpRcgp3FfGsm9ei5RK9LvSzIe9DNP7Vz8-a8/s320/total%20fireworks%20header.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I really like writing romances revolving around holidays, but so far I've concentrated on Christmas and Halloween (my two favorites). But I've joined this anthology that'll be out next summer, and I couldn't be more excited. Using my USAT bestselling author pen name Katherine Moore, I'm writing a story that takes place at a small town Fourth of July festival with a city girl and her first love. fireworks ensue, although I write Hallmark-rated hijinks, so it's pretty sweet. (But there are a number of writers in the collection and the stories will come with all the levels of heat.) <br /><p></p><p>You can <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB222K28">preorder it here</a> for 99 cents. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-79010488544042468132023-06-28T15:18:00.000-07:002023-06-28T15:18:04.823-07:00USA TODAY Bestseller List is BACK! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKFikogjRhUYYMKQpczX_1GYWn8qjBsMHyFWzfSbxKjVbbQ-1G0B0OUWSNjmXIvODCXPMVsvOPxk2uqNM4QuuZMYLs1Xp5Vm6GEUSpDsrqKFvmUBmHHKFgQFFaGtsIRlQ0t_TT6ul-VfTknkDFBaQ_qHp4cUGXCQCsf-GltUsobhgjL7xXwabGTDZPd1v/s2700/a%20woman%20presumed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKFikogjRhUYYMKQpczX_1GYWn8qjBsMHyFWzfSbxKjVbbQ-1G0B0OUWSNjmXIvODCXPMVsvOPxk2uqNM4QuuZMYLs1Xp5Vm6GEUSpDsrqKFvmUBmHHKFgQFFaGtsIRlQ0t_TT6ul-VfTknkDFBaQ_qHp4cUGXCQCsf-GltUsobhgjL7xXwabGTDZPd1v/s320/a%20woman%20presumed.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>I am in a boxed set of mystery stories that was aiming for a list win that got derailed when the paper closed this list down. Now it's back, we're hoping we can still make it. You'll be hearing more from me, but here's a picture of my personal cover:<p></p><p>A Woman Presumed.</p><p>I took the title from an NPR story I heard about a double murder where the police found a victim and "a woman presumed to be his wife." And I thought...what if the dead woman wasn't his wife? And what if the person who identified the body knew that? I'm really excited by the story. </p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/talkdeadlytome?fbclid=IwAR07ea4FtvvzhDxy8j0-_x39ME99ydg-x_TJ85Bw_Pc2YOPaTKr4bhqWVQs">Here's</a> the link to pre-order <i><a href="https://books2read.com/talkdeadlytome?fbclid=IwAR07ea4FtvvzhDxy8j0-_x39ME99ydg-x_TJ85Bw_Pc2YOPaTKr4bhqWVQs">Talk Deadly to Me</a></i>.</p><p>I love the cover for the collection. This collection is close to my heart because I grew up reading mysteries. Yes, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, but back then, there was no such thing as YA or Middle Grade reading, so once you were done with those, you pretty much graduated to adult reading. I was reading <i>Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine</i> and <i>Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine</i> and my mother read a mystery a night (because she was an insomniac.) I read everybody--Josephine Tey and Sue Grafton and Dick Francis and Agatha Christie (of course) and ... on and on and on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FqfoJwEDSuat568DXDX4yOLciWG7EJLfJEzop6YCmvK2lG4V8OUwuzRYfiFrSYVxdsFwIuHZ25joeAWvhezGezWGTRUbyBt-lWAGfDEGMTJYKoN_n5_V922j98qQ-2Wu1_EYL0ourycYtKFWZelU3Kt2PcqoHIX1P8Zt_Lrw4724DCvNOLCLzcMHV4ql/s1080/talk%20deadly%20to%20me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FqfoJwEDSuat568DXDX4yOLciWG7EJLfJEzop6YCmvK2lG4V8OUwuzRYfiFrSYVxdsFwIuHZ25joeAWvhezGezWGTRUbyBt-lWAGfDEGMTJYKoN_n5_V922j98qQ-2Wu1_EYL0ourycYtKFWZelU3Kt2PcqoHIX1P8Zt_Lrw4724DCvNOLCLzcMHV4ql/s320/talk%20deadly%20to%20me.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-13301159431255854502023-06-24T08:17:00.002-07:002023-06-24T08:17:59.739-07:00Follow me on Facebook...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6bWXlbwVveqK4yVpLi1xOJr_PWwakGAsQwPBPJD12XqbsccSF0cHCFnxZfz3qRr2mXg4VeE9OPrBcEQNiSxZXUUu8o2VHN0DJkDXiwP59wHfSjt-JR6yFueapo-hWyxGO9Kb1uPzQKqGkpKMmCGpPehcyNitJt-bXt5iwe6G2H1N1-lZUw6tgQH0x1vi/s1280/thanks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1280" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6bWXlbwVveqK4yVpLi1xOJr_PWwakGAsQwPBPJD12XqbsccSF0cHCFnxZfz3qRr2mXg4VeE9OPrBcEQNiSxZXUUu8o2VHN0DJkDXiwP59wHfSjt-JR6yFueapo-hWyxGO9Kb1uPzQKqGkpKMmCGpPehcyNitJt-bXt5iwe6G2H1N1-lZUw6tgQH0x1vi/s320/thanks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm pretty low-key when it comes to pimping out my work. I'll post links if a preorder goes up, or if a friend of mine has a book I think you'll like, but 90 percent of my FB content is interesting stuff. Or things I'm interested in that I think you might be interested in too. But I'm currently trying to get a book deal and one of the metrics the editors are interesed in are HOW MANY FOLLOWERS you have. Which makes it sound like they're only interested in signing cult leaders. But I'd love it if you followed my Kat Parrish page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eyeofthekat/">here</a>. Or while you're at it, follow my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kat-Parrish/author/B0133WSZHG?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true">Kat Parrish</a> Amazon page.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-78570084166629686762023-06-23T08:56:00.003-07:002023-06-23T08:56:59.785-07:00Coming soon--Chimera in Vella<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY3of9HKabPjvCoXo5EVQdWj_QJYUU2UuMgxE0kbP7zTLgWukj7TaM_t8QKhbRsbzRfuC4rxls-WPCwzQam3xY5b2eCHM_szjg1P7z6gw9PgSCMB1hbWc8Q5SFllCnjsfxD-zMz1s8q0uLQb5yhTZy3o3t9ySIXR1I6sNEkBtxk275GtLHSSb2cWNa4jP/s1600/leopard%20girl%20vella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY3of9HKabPjvCoXo5EVQdWj_QJYUU2UuMgxE0kbP7zTLgWukj7TaM_t8QKhbRsbzRfuC4rxls-WPCwzQam3xY5b2eCHM_szjg1P7z6gw9PgSCMB1hbWc8Q5SFllCnjsfxD-zMz1s8q0uLQb5yhTZy3o3t9ySIXR1I6sNEkBtxk275GtLHSSb2cWNa4jP/s320/leopard%20girl%20vella.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> I'm giving Vella another trial after finding this cover (and another) from Chris at Novel Storm on Etsy. (Find it <a href="by: https://www.etsy.com/shop/novelstormdesigns/?etsrc=sdt">here</a>.)<p></p><p>My story is a future, space opera-ish take on Robert Louis Stevenson's <i>Island of Dr. Moreau. </i>I've been playing with the idea for years!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-52555877003708522692023-05-31T16:08:00.002-07:002023-05-31T16:08:17.741-07:00CHOSEN ...Fight Like a Girl now on pre-order<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oL2ktND3ryTZwBVWrpoYa-uRMPubGtVS5Fv2h3hwAEOOsFRYXbGtnMURusOk1AdUM8UkeXYhk3WsCy8_X25XE3f3xI9dBY1pgVNlReJpp4hewhoTwlcUAa0n4czh1SOuez9MoMj4Dy8fd7nDpAXks_-akuqYdRVdihiBqciNLnwh50Dnblpye7FX7g/s2015/chosen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oL2ktND3ryTZwBVWrpoYa-uRMPubGtVS5Fv2h3hwAEOOsFRYXbGtnMURusOk1AdUM8UkeXYhk3WsCy8_X25XE3f3xI9dBY1pgVNlReJpp4hewhoTwlcUAa0n4czh1SOuez9MoMj4Dy8fd7nDpAXks_-akuqYdRVdihiBqciNLnwh50Dnblpye7FX7g/s320/chosen.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Stories of bad-ass women (some of them with swords) available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6RBNP4L?ref_=ast_author_dp">preorder</a> now. I have two stories in this collection. One by my pen name Kat Parrish, one by Katia Kozar. The stories will fit into my Twelve Realms world and be short works of epic fantasy. <p></p><p>Find it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6RBNP4L?ref_=ast_author_dp">here</a>.</p><p>Speaking of epic fantasy, I watched Dungeons and Dragons today, which I enjoyed very much. I never played the game, but I know all the tropes and it was to see how the writers handled them Loved the fat dragon. It looked like Hugh Grant was having a great time. Ditto Chris Pines. Not a rod of lordly might in sight and nobody paid for their drinks with coppers!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-78725930049004190982023-05-31T10:32:00.002-07:002023-05-31T10:32:24.714-07:00 Seasons of Silver Birch out today and FREE on Kindle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13J28WlxGsmaMIWvrZZXLaMBeTmwvqe_j_UPj2oBkIiKJxq4FP6xa_3nzHUcdVVTz8ncuQ9BV3zzF-xfvoANrjgde8dZgL50GprJx0cHfTaUngCTSjNi420de6ln7VGIBs-mqlvfPu9hj5qi7il3pJm1pltJOEDsKRG_UoRbLYRdPxEfC9StyTlziOw/s2400/seasons%20of%20silver%20birch%20betibup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13J28WlxGsmaMIWvrZZXLaMBeTmwvqe_j_UPj2oBkIiKJxq4FP6xa_3nzHUcdVVTz8ncuQ9BV3zzF-xfvoANrjgde8dZgL50GprJx0cHfTaUngCTSjNi420de6ln7VGIBs-mqlvfPu9hj5qi7il3pJm1pltJOEDsKRG_UoRbLYRdPxEfC9StyTlziOw/s320/seasons%20of%20silver%20birch%20betibup.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> <i>The Christmas Experienc</i>e was my first novel as a romance writer, and I created the fictional town of Silver Birch, Washington to be its location. At the time I was living in Bellingham, Washington (it's so gorgeous in the fall that it almost looks like it's a fairyland). I took my favorite parts of the city, embellished them, and before I knew it, I'd written a bunch of novellas and short stories based in Silver Birch. So I decided to combine them. The result is more tha 400 pages of cozy romance with all the tropes--second chance, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, surprise love, holiday romance. The book is out now and it' free on Kindle. <p></p><p>I had a lot of fun writing the stories. I hope you will enjoy reading them. </p><p>Find it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seasons-Silver-Birch-Katherine-Moore-ebook/dp/B0BYL6WRY6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24HUIW664LB4&keywords=seasons+of+silver+birch&qid=1685553656&s=digital-text&sprefix=seasons+o%2Cdigital-text%2C8033&sr=1-1">here</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-48090761652952223362023-05-25T06:40:00.003-07:002023-05-25T06:40:41.000-07:00Magic Discovered...now on preorder.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdz4Fp1Rk2C9UhJ80uoYJCVMg1OMSbEVjW4ZHfp44-ZyCG7sf12YKo4kjf7ePcR5aFNDR_ZgpYfVs0kCx0hxgHKn1yE6KlTKaaNHyHTClINMQmQSucWqCGuLbwfEKbNaE7g2WXwpo-5z8PEKUQaIattoO-V4MzOfyEK5wW2oB3q-1Y6HYshz0qJmsww/s1080/magic%20discovered%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdz4Fp1Rk2C9UhJ80uoYJCVMg1OMSbEVjW4ZHfp44-ZyCG7sf12YKo4kjf7ePcR5aFNDR_ZgpYfVs0kCx0hxgHKn1yE6KlTKaaNHyHTClINMQmQSucWqCGuLbwfEKbNaE7g2WXwpo-5z8PEKUQaIattoO-V4MzOfyEK5wW2oB3q-1Y6HYshz0qJmsww/s320/magic%20discovered%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This new anthology was a lot of fun. My story, "Dragon Moon," is about what happens when the employees of a bookstore in Toronto are stuck inside at closing time when Dragons suddenly start appearing. It's got all my favorite tropes--enemies to friends, the outsider becoming a hero, working class kids and intellectual dreamers, and lots and lots of books. I think you might enjoy the story, and all the other ones you'll find inside. You can preorder it <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2qraG">here</a>. <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-67235816869412966632023-05-22T06:25:00.000-07:002023-05-22T06:25:16.478-07:00A new series...coming soon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPRfshGpSWiDBchq9CSNWYkIMdzG0GJXKPNasVC4VVOmITOz54tFjt7C6IV98OJpzejW02KhXsTwK6OZV7dLj2MRoUfleL5Db6B54ZzotwRX-omUSnpGN5DHMmkvMlQImMj-3GBJxdNTiBHqVbcHcwJCBovRcSSC6g9yDiRzUhPX_lG-QorPtmThRmg/s2775/mr.%20clockwork%20book%20three.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="1842" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPRfshGpSWiDBchq9CSNWYkIMdzG0GJXKPNasVC4VVOmITOz54tFjt7C6IV98OJpzejW02KhXsTwK6OZV7dLj2MRoUfleL5Db6B54ZzotwRX-omUSnpGN5DHMmkvMlQImMj-3GBJxdNTiBHqVbcHcwJCBovRcSSC6g9yDiRzUhPX_lG-QorPtmThRmg/s320/mr.%20clockwork%20book%20three.jpg" width="212" /></a></div> I've lately been wanting to do something that combines historical fiction, spy thiller, and mystery. And as often is the case, I found a series of book covers that inspired me. Set in the WWI era, with a train, a dreadnought and a plane, the particulars of the character and the situations came to life. I'm still researching those. My grandfather served in WWI so it doesn't seem so long ago but more than a century? All the covers have a similar sepia tone with the ghostly immages of WWI era machines in the background.<p></p>But then yesterday I was searching covers on Etsy and ran across a perfect cover by Puzzle Vault (www.etsy.com/shop/PuzzleVault). And it was perfect for updating my character to a new war and a new set of circumstances. It's in color, which helps sell the time shift. It's going to be set in 1937, 20 years after the first book ended. My hero is 50 and tired of "the Great Game." He was always a cynic, but now that cynicism is on the brink of turning dark.<div>All around him, he sees betrayal. Especially of the men who fought the war and the many who died. </div><div>All around him, he sees disruption.</div><div>And all around him, he sees despair. For the mistakes after the Armistice have seeded the war that's coming and he fears it will be terrible.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypI4FHMzN0kzK-uoAzapTUbgDjqfB665XbM_j9KBmzOIduMoiZm6BglzQY9dyWJq6-EojlAMFUqZUUHMSYZoghPrwH5gWOtutMa1LX0erMlcIUHsQMnztUY9d15o0p_i4Glc-Nyn3QbPvU8QrwBnYbjrFgsacZz-vVepNt6I2_g4FCqkI9kFvoGQ75A/s2560/here%20puzzle%20vault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypI4FHMzN0kzK-uoAzapTUbgDjqfB665XbM_j9KBmzOIduMoiZm6BglzQY9dyWJq6-EojlAMFUqZUUHMSYZoghPrwH5gWOtutMa1LX0erMlcIUHsQMnztUY9d15o0p_i4Glc-Nyn3QbPvU8QrwBnYbjrFgsacZz-vVepNt6I2_g4FCqkI9kFvoGQ75A/s320/here%20puzzle%20vault.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div>His world has endured the Spanish Flu Epidemic. The Great Depression. The Advent of Talking Pictures. The Communist Revolution. </div><div>The world was never simple but now it is more complex than ever.</div><div>I am eager to write these books but first I need to clear a bunch of sequels off my plate. <br /><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-51524997866019212152023-04-30T07:16:00.001-07:002023-04-30T07:16:03.087-07:00Blue Hearts<p> I'm starting to see Blue Heart gifs everywhere. i think this is my favorite: https://tenor.com/view/heartonfire-blueheart-gif-11948513</p><p>I think symbolism is important. I don't wear t-shirts with slogans. I don't wear buttons or caps with initials on them. But my politics are pretty simple and pretty straightforward. I'm for kindness. I'm for inclusivity. i read banned books. I watch more than one news station. </p><p>But wearing our (blue) hearts on our sleeve isn't enough. There is so such going wrong--everything, everywhere, and all at once--that it's really easy to be overwhelmed. And it's not like you can hit pause on your life and devote yourself full time to solving problems. But there are things you can do. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IN_yR6-Ker99VJwq5aiufmXbbvVfSLlBfi0fAs1rLNlu71taVwlw7SQjSRz88lrcBopSiU1qv_sC2a6c3xa0F_HxER0S_xU9u44ddx0Qj540CUbaLOqBDPbqXmmTiqHIJu4Nai20RlesYcWRr7EmHBF9p-vGClzBD6z_Smyb73uDiQ9FZFMzvuyWHQ/s2000/BANNED%20&%20CHALLENGED%20BOOKS_23.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="2000" height="97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IN_yR6-Ker99VJwq5aiufmXbbvVfSLlBfi0fAs1rLNlu71taVwlw7SQjSRz88lrcBopSiU1qv_sC2a6c3xa0F_HxER0S_xU9u44ddx0Qj540CUbaLOqBDPbqXmmTiqHIJu4Nai20RlesYcWRr7EmHBF9p-vGClzBD6z_Smyb73uDiQ9FZFMzvuyWHQ/s320/BANNED%20&%20CHALLENGED%20BOOKS_23.png" width="320" /></a></div>Check out <a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity">the suggestions</a> from the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom. <div><br /><div>Join <a href="https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/">Unite Against Book Bans</a> to find out abotu the latest legal shenanigans<br /><p><br /></p><p>Check out <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fight-against-book-bans-us-b2326814.html">these tips</a> on how to get nvolved. And <a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10">read these books</a>. Buy copies ad leave them in Little Libraries. Give them as gifts. </p><p><span style="background-color: #ff00fe;">BE AN ALLY</span></p><p>Support <a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10">LGBTQ right</a>s.</p><p>Support social justice for all Americans. <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/">Southern Poverty Law Center.</a></p><p>Advocate for gun sense. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh--7TQ-Wy8tVl_DSqt7Oiyb24KMP8sdyUmZgmKI1D5ORO1RRhrn3cGmOYgfjZAG5irD0EKhtSH1o4O1BFxvQUbiSJ8KUkkkjW53-r8JmG-SmKSZC1E00arEizRrr6iYDzfwLdDWcoQTrWgvBtGKY8Z8ng4rW32ATxg9NXO6s_HdDXaVfAu7d_hgSjHhQ/s5000/bloody%20handprint%20against%20gray%20background.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5000" data-original-width="5000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh--7TQ-Wy8tVl_DSqt7Oiyb24KMP8sdyUmZgmKI1D5ORO1RRhrn3cGmOYgfjZAG5irD0EKhtSH1o4O1BFxvQUbiSJ8KUkkkjW53-r8JmG-SmKSZC1E00arEizRrr6iYDzfwLdDWcoQTrWgvBtGKY8Z8ng4rW32ATxg9NXO6s_HdDXaVfAu7d_hgSjHhQ/s320/bloody%20handprint%20against%20gray%20background.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.everytown.org/">Everytown for Gun Safety</a></p><p><a href="https://www.txgunsense.org/">Texas Gun Sense</a></p><p><a href="https://momsdemandaction.org/">Moms Demand Action</a></p><p><a href="https://gunsensevoter.org/">Gun Sense Voter</a></p><p><a href="https://gunsensevoter.org/">Students Demand Action</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bradyunited.org/">The Brady Foundation</a> (Take Acton, Not Sides)</p><p><a href="https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/">Sandy Hook Promise</a></p><p><a href="https://giffords.org/">Giffords Law Center</a></p><p><a href="https://oneaimil.org/our-coalition/">One Aim</a> (Illinois)</p><p>There's a lot going on right now.</p><p>Pay attention.</p><p>Read everything you can.</p><p>And vote.</p><p><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-41330017461398830712023-04-07T03:34:00.003-07:002023-04-07T03:34:43.472-07:00Castle of Shadows is up for preorder<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_3G3A14v81zO5cCTUo_WNEJ8k3jI_cGrMkjyXdcfo2QH94QsKaOjUTmXPHKHn7sqCi4K-uxUguoBQ3ELlFKR0DurkIJZITRIUuNVrfpaS4nHhnRjIXpVw_Xjn16dXtU-oUX1k10a-D3B0xYj7ubOEjLGyjfW55lWiTr9CIXsNGhVSqKnHzAIQ6jZtg/s2048/castle%20of%20shadows,%20large%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_3G3A14v81zO5cCTUo_WNEJ8k3jI_cGrMkjyXdcfo2QH94QsKaOjUTmXPHKHn7sqCi4K-uxUguoBQ3ELlFKR0DurkIJZITRIUuNVrfpaS4nHhnRjIXpVw_Xjn16dXtU-oUX1k10a-D3B0xYj7ubOEjLGyjfW55lWiTr9CIXsNGhVSqKnHzAIQ6jZtg/s320/castle%20of%20shadows,%20large%20cover.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>As you know, I love my fairytale retrellings. I was very pleased to be selected to participate in the Castle of Shadows boxed set. My story is a retelling of the Snow Queen called, "The Ice-bound Heart."<p></p><p>Here's the blurb:</p><p>What fairy tales lurk in the dark? Are they good or evil? Who gets their happily ever after, the heroes or the villains? </p><p>Grab your pixie-dust, hoist up your sword, spin some gold, and take a climb into this riveting limited collection of fairy tales!</p><p>This collection will leave you breathless with wonder, shower you with laughter, and might even bring on a spout of tears. But have no fear! These twenty authors will be sure to give you a story you won't soon forget. </p><p>Because let's face it . . . Not all fairy tales are meant to stay under the castle's shadow.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTDJQZZV?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_dp_PDA7V7SM9MZTABNK3JRS&fbclid=IwAR3RKrtLkmJpbwpLWQJanuhZ6qsybleDuq2FmdWRowj8AyKRuAPTROOYz0I">Here's</a> where to preorder it for $4.99. It will be FREE on KU. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-30546139069222855472023-04-05T02:30:00.004-07:002023-04-05T02:30:44.528-07:00The Bachelor and the Geek...out now from Sofia Aves<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsLXieVXRjDmv8AjhqOTWTd8syfii0M1KkA52fkhP17VIIXw9J1iweA1_dp7RXBN4T-UEWVwxJsUrl7C6lQGlBhrm1AgEWX2hP951yztDyKO2kZbuV3PzeOP_-32oY4aQc_IgQ65sQ9TBwEeJtqBVkBK-zS8dzLBKlofU5o-JQygiVFHslhdNSxEWng/s500/bachelor%20and%20the%20geek%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsLXieVXRjDmv8AjhqOTWTd8syfii0M1KkA52fkhP17VIIXw9J1iweA1_dp7RXBN4T-UEWVwxJsUrl7C6lQGlBhrm1AgEWX2hP951yztDyKO2kZbuV3PzeOP_-32oY4aQc_IgQ65sQ9TBwEeJtqBVkBK-zS8dzLBKlofU5o-JQygiVFHslhdNSxEWng/s320/bachelor%20and%20the%20geek%20cover.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>His brand of grumpy sunshine clashes with her outer geek...on an international stage.<p></p><p>Silver fox and security firm owner Sirius Weston is the eldest of his band of bachelor brothers and feels some responsibility for his siblings’ security. Intent on leading by example, he lets himself be goaded into joining the cast of a reality TV show in an effort to boost his firm’s reputation and find himself some form of stability as a model for his brothers-in whatever form that might take.</p><p>Mousy brainiac Annie Pillingston is nothing like what he imagined, either in his bed or out of it. When he’s partnered with her for the duration of filming reality TV show Geekily Yours, ending in the biggest gala event of the year, he helps the chaotic and shy woman battle catwalks, heels and social awkwardness as she transforms from geek into gorgeous in her own way.</p><p>But there’s more fingers in the reality TV pie than either of them expect, from exes and interfering bosses to controlling fathers. Together they navigate the political landscape despite the risk of ruin for his firm’s reputation-and his own-until one secret too many threatens the trust they’ve built together. Though Sirius didn’t want to be on the show in the first place, he no longer wants to go home alone, though he might not have a choice.</p><p>Buy <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bachelor-Geek-Bodyguard-Protector-Bachelors-ebook/dp/B0BW2GTQC4/ref=sr_1_1?adid=082VK13VJJCZTQYGWWCZ&campaign=211041&creative=374001&keywords=Bachelor+and+the+Geek&qid=1680686511&s=books&sr=1-1">here</a> for $2.99. It's the first in a series!</p><p>Check out <i>USA Today</i> bestselling novelist Sofia Aves:</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sofiaavesbooks/?hl=en">sofiaavesbooks</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sofia-Aves/author/B086HZM5CG?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true">Amazon</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/sofia-aves">Bookbub</a></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20210299.Sofia_Aves">Goodreads</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sofiaavesauthor">Facebook</a></p><p>Stay tuned for the review!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-33684524397767196562023-04-01T06:25:00.000-07:002023-04-01T06:25:47.536-07:00New books for a new month!<p> Who doesn't want to start the new month out with new books--free and priced at 99 cents? Check out this promo <a href="https://lovekissedbookbargains.com/book-bargains/">here</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-41312204682673911462023-03-22T14:31:00.002-07:002023-03-22T14:31:45.000-07:00Another short story collection<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWAOCKjHCDYONgF-W40zfCLPnggQbGodPkWzvjd3amSTwasT649nZlePVNJHp_3Jedu_w3vwQLzrlHR2oYF5Zg8g4fPbRzQrkPvCIqBioQLFGaxBR55N4yk84ZFZXnE-SW0HCnZ_9ZGuY8-mHpmPJ17Wm2gFdGf4awM2XnvRvT1McB47MJ6TfuH_PEw/s1800/necropolis%20mat%20yan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWAOCKjHCDYONgF-W40zfCLPnggQbGodPkWzvjd3amSTwasT649nZlePVNJHp_3Jedu_w3vwQLzrlHR2oYF5Zg8g4fPbRzQrkPvCIqBioQLFGaxBR55N4yk84ZFZXnE-SW0HCnZ_9ZGuY8-mHpmPJ17Wm2gFdGf4awM2XnvRvT1McB47MJ6TfuH_PEw/s320/necropolis%20mat%20yan.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>I turned my focus from short stories to novellas and short novels a few years ago, but over time, I still wrote the odd short story. And this month I realized...I'd written enough for a new collection. So here it is--dark fiction in short bites. Most of the stories were published in short-term anthologies that didn't get much circulation and collections that are now "out of print." The title story is new.<p></p><p>It's available free on KU. You can purchase it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Necropolis-Other-Stories-Katherine-Tomlinson-ebook/dp/B0BZ2GXLGX?ref_=ast_author_dp">here</a>. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0