tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20520977162040855802024-03-05T07:53:23.493-08:00Maxine Douglas Affairs of the Heart NewsletterMaxine Douglas Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143528112485158983noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052097716204085580.post-78214035172240891032022-12-05T22:30:00.005-08:002022-12-05T22:30:00.157-08:00Ana Diamond<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: black; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; width: 709px;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 30pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt;">Welcome Ana Diamond to Book
Treasure Tuesday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Introduction</span></i></b></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Hi, I’m Ana. I write cozy
mysteries when I’m not at work in the medical field. I’ve been with The Wild
Rose Press since 2021, which has been amazing. I shop too much and I have two
rescue cats. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">My
latest news is I have a new cozy mystery release called Body Snatched. It’s a
mystery set in a funeral home in a small town with a touch of romance. This
is book 2 in the Body Conscious series. For research, I used the Internet and
I read articles written by morticians describing how and why they do what
they do. I came out of the other end knowing a lot about the process of
embalming a person. Working in the medical field also helps. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The
best place to find all my books, social media accounts and contact is my
website www.anadiamondauthor.com.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Genre: Cozy Mystery</span></i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Heat Level: PG-13</span></i></div>
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</tbody></table><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-2ZhD0mVwj1IGEZMkaR8bRzaD2S_oryNUFE-Fb5gHamvymSosQWIJjLxQDsBdQMA21wG8XDnZXkSCXIfuylTVoNBmrIL5lD4r1s0AOaoiIV4B5OgZSHBFHftEhHHXWRuJA4zzJsRT1r7_Oj_hOOBE0TbirUuvSp3jvtsU9qUXpxYcGIWO0ZlitHU8A/s300/BodySnatched_w17236_300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-2ZhD0mVwj1IGEZMkaR8bRzaD2S_oryNUFE-Fb5gHamvymSosQWIJjLxQDsBdQMA21wG8XDnZXkSCXIfuylTVoNBmrIL5lD4r1s0AOaoiIV4B5OgZSHBFHftEhHHXWRuJA4zzJsRT1r7_Oj_hOOBE0TbirUuvSp3jvtsU9qUXpxYcGIWO0ZlitHU8A/w267-h400/BodySnatched_w17236_300.jpg" width="267" /></a></i></div><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">In a town full of secrets, who will come
out alive?</span></i></div><o:p></o:p></i><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;">What’s
worse than losing a body from a funeral home? Losing two. But mortician and amateur
sleuth, Lily Reynolds has a hunch. The new visitor in town, Rick Drakon, may
have charmed his way into her life but she’s not fooled by his smooth talking
ways. Problem is, Rick is a long-time friend of Lily’s new husband, Detective
James Rivers. While James is busy convincing her to look elsewhere, Lily
embarks on a dangerous path toward uncovering the truth. Will this case come
between the couple or will Lily find herself closer to evil than ever before?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Excerpt</span></i></b></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Black River reminded James
of one thing: murder.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Hidden in dense foliage,
the river stretched out far beyond his view and also happened to be a perfect
spot to dump a body. He had no doubt there had been many missing people over
the years who wound up weighed down by rocks at the bottom of the river until
their flesh disintegrated into nothing.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">His boss, Donald Abrams had
a bad habit of telling him about their worst cases, probably to freak him
out. The sicko with the garden of people floating upright like weeds was
particularly gruesome. The chills he got from that one made the hairs on his
neck stand up. However, since Manorview’s crime rate was low, James wasn’t
entirely sure if the stories were folklore or not.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“Congrats on your last
case. I heard you’re a big boss detective now,” Rick said as he reeled in his
empty line.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">James impaled a worm on his
hook and swung the line out into the water. “Thanks. I wouldn’t say big boss
though. More like maybe I’ll get to keep my job.”</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“Have you ever caught anything
here?” Rick asked.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“No, but I hear there’s
trout.”</span></div>
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">And bodies</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Body Snatched</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">
is available in Ebook and Print<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <a href="https://books2read.com/u/3LVx5X">Books2Read</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Interview Questions</span></i></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1.</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Do you write full time?</span></i></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">No, I have a full time job,
which means it takes me along time to produce a manuscript. Maybe in the
future I can go part time . . . fingers crossed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">What is your writing
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I’m a panster. I’m usually
inspired by a setting or maybe I’m interested in exploring a trope and then I
go from there.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">When you have writer’s
block how do you break free?</span></i></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Writer’s block for me
happens when I don’t know how to resolve an issue or the pace has slowed down
in a chapter. What works for me is to think about the next big exciting scene
and work towards it. Taking a break helps too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 30pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt;">Welcome Jude Bayton to Book
Treasure Tuesday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I’m Jude
Bayton, and I’m originally from Kingston-Upon-Thames, near London, in the
county of Surrey. I was an army brat, and got to live in Africa, Germany,
Yemen, Scotland and Wales.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_top"></a></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I now live in Oklahoma. My
husband and I have four sons between us, three grandsons and one
granddaughter. We also have a very spoiled Blue Heeler named Scout.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">My latest book was released
on October 15th – it’s called <i>The Secret of Jacaranda</i> and it is the
fifth book in my Secret set.</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">My Secret books are all
Historical Mysteries set in Europe and the current book is set in British
East Africa. They are in the Gothic style of Victoria Holt, Daphne du Maurier
and Phyllis Whitney, all favourites of mine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Although my subject matter
covers many topics, the books are clean</span>.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Genre: Historical Mysteries</span></i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Heat Level: Clean</span></i></div>
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Secret to keep…</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Under
the threat of imminent imprisonment, Julia Rossington escapes England and flees
to East Africa, where a new job and a better life may await. Living at
Jacaranda, a farm owned by intriguing Nick Fleming, Julia embraces her role as
nanny to a motherless baby. Life in the wild African bush brings Julia contentment,
spoiled only by the open hostility of Nick’s beautiful housekeeper, who
fiercely guards the memory of Nick’s murdered wife, Amelia.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The African continent is in uproar. The Boer
War rages in South Africa, and ivory and diamonds are smuggled to distant
shores as the grip of the British Empire falters. When a member of Julia’s
community is murdered, speculation is that Amelia Fleming’s killer is still at
large. But Julia has greater concerns, when a face from the past unexpectedly
arrives in the area and threatens to expose Julia’s true reason for leaving
England.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">The
killer strikes again, with Jacaranda coming under direct attack. Julia wants to
stop running away. This promising new life is something worth fighting for. Yet
standing her ground will inevitably make her a target, placing her squarely in
the path of danger. Ultimately Julia will learn the hardest lesson of
all—Survival.</span>*</div></div><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">His eyes settled on me, and
I was struck by how handsome I found him. The dark, brooding manner intrigued
me more than I cared to admit. I was forgetting myself.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">He shrugged. “I feel it my
moral duty to look out for you. You are naïve about the way of life here. It
is far different than anything you’ve experienced. This country changes
people. Most of us are not who others think we are. Herr Schmitt is no
exception.”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“If that’s true, then who
are you, Nick?”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">His gaze still held mine,
and the atmosphere between us suddenly felt charged with tension. His
expression softened momentarily, and his eyes were silver in the gaslight. I
could almost hear him think as his countenance underwent a myriad of subtle
changes. Was he choosing how honest he was prepared to be with me? Could he
remove that solid barrier forcing people away?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Then the mask slipped back
into place, and the moment was gone.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">There was a lot! Though I
lived in Africa, I was a child, with a child’s memories. This helped the book
seem authentic, but I had to check on many facts about the culture, and of
course use the native language, Swahili, throughout the story.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">One interesting tidbit was
the discovery of a famous American named Frederick Burnham. He was an
adventurer who also had a distinguished military career, and was hired by
Queen Victoria to aid the British in South Africa during the Boer War.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1.</span></i></div>
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Do deadlines help or
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<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I find that deadlines do
help me with self-discipline. It is so easy to get distracted by life, family
and chores! But I will focus when I know I’m short on time.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">My favourite genre to read
is mystery. Historical is my favourite, but I love contemporary too. I am
partial to stories set in Europe because I can identify with them so much. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">My first book was published
in 2020 by the Wild Rose Press. It is called, <i>The Secret of Mowbray Manor</i>.
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<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Learn about all
of Jude’s books on her website, and also her author page on Amazon.</span></div>
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</span><a href="https://twitter.com/JudeBayton"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥
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<a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Jude-Bayton/e/B088BVCFH2/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">Amazon
Author Page</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jude and me today! Check your email next time on Book Treasure Tuesday!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Hugs~</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Dreaming Outloud Script Pro";">Maxine</span></i></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Award-Winning
Author</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G5ZSMYF/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5"><span style="color: blue;">RED RIVER CROSSING</span></a>: Men of the Double K 2019 IDA
Winner—Historical Novel</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VK8ZM23/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0"><span style="color: blue;">ELIZABETH</span></a>: Widows of Blessings Valley 2019 IDA
Finalist—Inspirational</span></div>
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Historical</span></div>
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Cinema</span></a> / <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=maxine+douglas&i=audible&crid=E9RZZUZ1ZN5L&sprefix=maxine+dougla%2Caudible%2C170&ref=nb_sb_noss_2"><span style="color: blue;">Amazon</span></a> / <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=maxine%20douglas&ac=1&acp=maxine%20douglas&ac.author=maxine%20douglas&sort=PublicationDateDesc"><span style="color: blue;">Kobo</span></a> / <a href="https://www.chirpbooks.com/authors/maxine-douglas?sqi=maxine%20douglas"><span style="color: blue;">Chirp</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></i> </p>Maxine Douglas Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143528112485158983noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052097716204085580.post-92007744870646631722022-11-22T06:58:00.001-08:002022-11-28T09:10:29.192-08:00Kit McKenna<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: black; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; width: 644px;">
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 30.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt;">Welcome Kit McKenna to Book Treasure
Tuesday!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Introduction</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Hey,
y’all! My name is Kit McKenna and I am a born and raised Okie gal and have
lived in Oklahoma my whole life except for a brief detour to hang out in the
mountains. I’ve worn a lot of hats in my life, including being a server,
factory worker, salesperson, nightclub manager, office administrator, state
drone, and business owner. I toyed with the idea of writing for several years
and had a novel that I rewrote the first 50,000 words of at least a million
times. Okay, okay, that’s a bit of a stretch. It was probably more like 50
times. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">In
late 2021, I decided to get serious about it because I was tired of reading
books about perky, perfect, barely legal heroines. The folks in my books are of
a variety of ages and from a variety of vocations and economic statuses. The
one thing they have in common is that they all have their own demons, drama,
and challenges to overcome.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">I
recently started publishing my books and my newest release – <a href="https://amzn.to/3SwdbHk" target="_blank"><i>The Heart That Returns</i></a><i> – </i>is
available for pre-order. This is book 3 in the Oklahoma Skies Romance series.
The series follows the lives and loves of the Cross/Goodnight/Priddy clan and
is set against the backdrop of Oklahoma.
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk112598182"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Sneak
Peek</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3N0fGQR" target="_blank"><b><i>All
Sorrows Are Less</i></b></a><b><i> – </i></b><i>All Sorrows Are Less </i>is
Book #1 in the series and follows Miriam Cross. At age 7 she’s labeled as
cursed by her family’s religious cult. Twelve years later she makes an immense
sacrifice to protect her family and is rewarded by being cast out. Just when
she thinks there’s no hope, she finds a new home and meets Luke Goodnight. Will
he be able to keep her safe when her past comes knocking on the door?</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3snRDBR" target="_blank"><b><i>Paint the Earth Red</i></b></a><b><i> – </i></b>Book
#2 in the series is about Heather and Sean. We meet Luke’s cousin Heather in
Book #1. As a Sheriff’s Deputy, she stumbles across a mystery and crosses path
with Sean, an Agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. For
Heather, it’s loathe at first sight. Will they be able to join together and
trust each other and solve the mystery, or will it all fall apart with deadly
consequences?</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Genre: Small-town romance/Romantic suspense</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Heat Level: </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">HOT!
18+ only</span></i></div><p>
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<div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3SwdbHk"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Heart That Returns</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> – </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">We’re
introduced to Heather’s sister Veronica, or Roni for short, in the previous
book. In Book #3, Veronica Priddy was only trying to do a good thing by
reuniting a grandson with his dying grandfather. However, the grandson turned
out to be nothing like what she'd hoped. Instead of a joyful reunion, an even
deeper wedge is driven between the two men.<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">In the midst of saying goodbye to her friend, she
meets a man who could be her everything, until he walks away leaving her with
more questions than answers. Although things didn’t go according to plan, she
did all she could and resolves to soothe her wounded heart and fulfill her
dreams of a family on her own despite losing out on love once again.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Takoda Nomee knew he'd be hurting Veronica by
walking away. He adores her, but he had no choice. He can only do what needs
to be done while hoping someday to return to her and get the chance to win
her heart once and for all.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">But you know what they say, no good deed goes
unpunished and Veronica becomes the target of an unhinged man who feels he's
been wronged and is intent on vengeance. Will they be able to join together
again before everything burns to the ground?</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">The Heart That
Returns </span></i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">is available in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kit-Mckenna/e/B0BCJFQGYG">Kindle</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kit-Mckenna/e/B0BCJFQGYG">Paperback</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Research Tidbits</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I LOVE
doing research! When I first started writing this series, I spent a lot of time
down in southern Oklahoma roaming around the areas mentioned in the books. From
the Wichita Mountains to Pontotoc County, I poked around taking pictures and
soaking in the ambiance of the environment. </span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">In <i>The Heart That Returns</i>,
there are more references to Native American words from both the Chickasaw and
Absaroka nations. With Takoda’s arrival, I spent a lot of time reading up on the
Absaroka people and the Crow Reservation.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">1.</span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Is
there a genre of book you would like to write but haven’t yet?</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Yes! Actually,
that first book I started and only got ¾ of the way done is still floating
out there in the ether of my brain. It’s an Urban Fantasy series that follows
two sisters who suddenly discover that the world they thought was real isn’t
and their whole lives have been a lie. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">One of
the characters from that Urban Fantasy book appears in Paint the Earth Red
but you’ll have to wait to see who. I know, I’m a total tease!</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">It will
see the light of day, but there are a few other books to get out of my gray
matter first.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">2.</span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">If you had
to choose one person to have dinner with, who would it be? And why?</span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">If I
could choose anyone living or dead, I’d choose my daddy. He was tragically
killed in a car accident when my mom was pregnant with me, so we never met.
I’d love the opportunity to meet him and hang out even if only for a few
hours over a meal.</span></div>
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<div><i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">What is your writing process?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I am a
total Plantser! I do plan somewhat, but mostly my planning consists of the
characters living in my head for a while before I start to write. They have
entire lives in my brain, I think about them, dream about them, and envision
them. When it’s time, I sit down and pour it all out on the page. I do keep a
series “bible” on a spreadsheet so I can keep things straight (mostly ages)
but otherwise, I don’t outline or do any of those complicated POV sheet
thingies. For me, it bogs me down and anytime I’ve tried to plan, my
characters have revolted and tossed the plan out the window by the time I get
a quarter of the way in. </span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I am a
total Plantser! I do plan somewhat, but mostly my planning consists of the
characters living in my head for a while before I start to write. They have
entire lives in my brain, I think about them, dream about them, and envision
them. When it’s time, I sit down and pour it all out on the page. I do keep a
series “bible” on a spreadsheet so I can keep things straight (mostly ages)
but otherwise, I don’t outline or do any of those complicated POV sheet
thingies. For me, it bogs me down and anytime I’ve tried to plan, my
characters have revolted and tossed the plan out the window by the time I get
a quarter of the way in. </span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Winner—Historical Novel</span></div>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 30.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt;">Welcome Pamela S Thibodeaux to
Book Treasure Tuesday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Introduction</span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I
am a mother, grandmother, and author of “Inspirational with an Edge!”™
women’s/romantic fiction and creative nonfiction.</span><a name="_Hlk112598182" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Sneak
Peek<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">After several months of fits
and starts, </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">Kyleigh’s Cowboy</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> is finally here!</span></span></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Genre: Inspirational Romance</span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Heat Level: Subtle</span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">She’s attempting to start a
new life. He’s roamed for more than a decade. Can they let go of the past and
grab hold of the future?</span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Seven years after the death of her
husband, Kyleigh Winters turned their old vacation home into a brand new
guest ranch. Not willing to join the ranks of lonely women trolling the bars
or online in search of a man, Kyleigh is sure if God wishes her to have
another husband, He’ll send the perfect someone in His own time. But will she
be open to the possibility of new love when He does?</span></div>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 324.9pt;" valign="top" width="433"><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">Searching for a place that calls to his soul, Lance Stevens has been a roaming cowboy for ten years since retiring from the Marines. He finds that sanctuary the moment he drives through the Silver Star’s gate and meeting the lovely owner speaks to more than his soul. Will he open to the healing power of love?</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638"></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<div style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><i>Get Pamela Thibodeaux's second chance romance
novella today and see how love and faith conquers all.</i></span></div>
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<div><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Excerpt</span></i></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">“Mercy.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Admiration
laced Ramona’s voice. Kyleigh glanced at her daughter then turned to see what
she gawked at. Her son-in-law, flanked by a cowboy, strolled toward them. Her
heart did an irrational little twirl, pulse scrambled into high gear. Kyleigh
bit back her own murmur of appreciation of the lean physique, muscled forearms
and bulging biceps poured into the shirt stretched across a broad chest. Her
fingers itched to stroke the salt and pepper hair peeking out from under his
hat and curled over his collar. Smooth shaven for the most part, the man’s tanned
cheeks hinted at a five o’clock shadow just below the surface. <i>Sexy.</i>
Kyleigh shook herself mentally as the two men approached.</span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">“I
think we’ve found our wrangler.” Robert said. “Ladies, meet Lance Stevens.
Lance, my wife, Ramona Evans and…” He grinned and bowed low, then rose with a
flourish of one arm toward Kyleigh. “Mistress of the Silver Star, my
mother-in-law, Kyleigh Winters.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 107%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Eyes
the color of dark roasted coffee swept over her in a gaze as potent as a
caress, then locked with hers. Lance tipped his hat and grinned. A dimple
creased his cheek. “Ma’am,” he drawled.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><i>Kyleigh’s Cowboy</i> is available in Ebook and Print.</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BF627TZF">Amazon</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥ </span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";"><a href="https://books2read.com/KyleighsCowboy">Other Online
Retailers</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Research Tidbits</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> I’m
not a fan of research which is why I write contemporary romance LOL! Sometimes I’ll
research an area where my book is set but this one is in the Texas Hill country
as most of mine are. I’ve lived, worked, and travelled the Hill Country for
many years so describing the area is easy. Kyleigh and Lance visit Lost Maples
State Natural Area which I have hiked before. And it’s a beautiful place.</span></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Interview Questions</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Is there a
genre of book you would like to write but haven't yet?</span></i></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Sometimes I think I’d like
to</span> <span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">write traditional romance with
steamy love scenes. I started one but haven’t had the time or inclination to
finish it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Do you
plan all your characters out before you start a story, or do they develop as
you write?</span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Not at all. I’m 100% pantster
when it comes to my stories. A scene may flash in my mind or a character shows
up and starts talking to me. Sometimes I overhear a snippet of conversation
and off I go.</span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">What are
your hobbies?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">READING, Dancing, Walking,
Hiking, Horseback Riding. Swimming (in a pool where I can see what’s in there
with me LOL!) I love being outdoors so camping could be listed as a favorite
hobby as well as travelling.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Readers can contact Pamela through
her email! Which she welcomes gladly! Pamela also has a newsletter and is also
on Facebook and Twitter as well as other social outlets.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Hugs~</span></div>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 30pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 30pt;">Welcome Mark Edward Jones to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 30pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt;">Book Treasure Tuesday!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">I retired in 2017 after
thirty-three years of working in higher education finance. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">I grew up in Duncan,
Oklahoma, then attended the University of Oklahoma, earning bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in political science and public administration.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;">My
wife and I have three grown children, and we celebrated our fortieth
anniversary in November 2021.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Mystery/suspense/international
intrigue novels are my favorite reads, and I’ve found a niche with medieval
murder mysteries, noting it’s interesting to see the lifestyles from other eras
and how crimes were solved.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;">My
favorite music includes Elvis, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Boz Scaggs
(among others).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Shadowed
Souls</span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;">, Detective
Henry Ike Pierce series, part II, releases on Halloween this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Sneak Peek</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Peculiar Activities</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> (Detective Henry Ike Pierce, book 1) released October
6, 2021.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Genre: Mystery/Suspense with paranormal elements</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Heat Level: Subtle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p align="center" class="RPText" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p align="center" class="RPText" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;">A murder in a
park, and a new detective finds an old conspiracy.</span></i></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><strong><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></div>
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Excerpt</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> </span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Eddie Stone stepped toward the fence,
then cleared off another area. Five gray markers appeared, all said UNKNOWN and
JANUARY 1995. “These are the five homicide victims we told you about.” </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Those deaths came into focus like a
cold slap. “Why couldn’t you identify them?” I asked. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“No heads, hands, or feet.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“Excuse me?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“Whoever did this kept the skulls,
hands, and feet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">With no teeth and no fingerprints, we
had nothing else sophisticated enough to help us.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“No guesses even? A missing person’s
report?” “Nope. We found a connection, though.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“To what?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“To each other, it seemed. The
victims were male, all wore brown leather jackets, and the damnedest thing—a
piece of Orehnjaca was stuck in the breast pocket of each victim.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“Oren Jaka? I’ve never heard that
word.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">He grinned. “I hadn’t either. It’s a
Serbian bread dessert. A nut roll or something.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“These murders sound more like mob
hits.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“Bingo. We’ve thought similarly over
the years but couldn’t connect it to local gangs.” A blast of north wind
shuffled the leaves, covering the headstones again. “I don’t think it’s only a
local issue, and neither does the director.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.25in;">
</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Peculiar Activities</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> is available in ebook, print, and audio.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk112598460"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Research
Tidbits</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The
story’s setting is on Maui, and I have been there several times. For me, it has
definitely been better to write what you know.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Interview
Questions</span></i></b></p><div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Do you
belong to a critique group? If so, how does this help or hinder you?</span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Yes.
Critique partners have helped me to see things I cannot, not only grammatical
and punctuation errors, but the consistency of characters’ actions, linking
scenes, and logic issues.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Do you
write full time? What did you do before you became a writer? Or still do?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I
try to write/edit/market full time now. I worked in the budget/financial areas
of the University of Oklahoma and the University of Central Oklahoma for over
thirty years before retiring in 2017. I had little time before to write. Now,
it’s a matter of discipline to sit down each day and do something related to
writing.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">What is
your writing process? Do you outline, fly by the seat of your pants, or a combination
of both?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">A combination of both. A general outline helps me keep
on track and reduce my inclination for a sagging middle. Complete pantsing is
too unstructured, and I will wallow in the story, put it aside, and tend to overedit.
A strict outline never held up for me as the story evolved. After a few
chapters, I would either reconstruct the outline or pitch it aside, and I’d
rather spend my time writing instead of constructing outlines.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Social
Media / Contact</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Mark has an ‘updates’ section on his
website, many updates he publishes on Facebook, and does try keep up on Twitter.
Readers can contact Mark through his email link below.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Welcome Diana Stout to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Book Treasure Tuesday!</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Introduction</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">I’m
Diana Stout, and I live in the historic community of Marshall, Michigan. With
15 years of teaching experience (classes for writers), at mid-life, I became a
non-traditional college student. My goal was to teach accredited classes. I
became an English professor of writing classes, which allowed me to marry my
two passions of writing and helping others become better writers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Today,
I write full-time and still help writers become better writers through
presentations, workshops, and classes. In early 2015, I created Sharpened
Pencils Productions LLC, from which I publish my books: screenplays, novels, novellas, and nonfiction
that includes a cookbook and the first of my how-to series.<i><s><o:p></o:p></s></i></span></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">My
newest release is </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGJXZM4S"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Buried Hearts</span></i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">: <i>A Laurel
Ridge Novella (Book 4)</i></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">. The series involves 7 books, where 9 of the 14
characters are classmates and another 3 are best friends. Additionally, there’s
a VW beetle that was fished out of the lake in Book 1 (<i>Shattered Dreams)</i>
and so began the mystery that touches each book in the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Because
the characters are in and out of each other’s stories, my spreadsheet became
mammoth, making it both fun and difficult—especially when I had someone in two
places at the same time! I’ve spent so much time with these characters, they’ve
become good friends that I’d love to hang out with. If only.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk112598182"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Sneak Peek</span></i></b></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">A
quick rundown of the series published so far. <s><o:p></o:p></s></span></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><a href="https://mybook.to/ShatteredDreams-Book1"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Shattered
Dreams #1</span></b></a></span><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> – </span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">High
school sweethearts, Mason and Shelley, meet 12 years later and the sparks still
fly, but Shelley won’t cooperate. Soon, both are shocked to learn the truth of
their high school breakup and who was responsible. Is it too late to rekindle
the love once shared or will their dreams be shattered forever?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><a href="https://mybook.to/BurningDesire-Book2"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Burning
Desire #2</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">
– Once a bubbly teenager, as a senior Eddie (Edwina) Taylor withdrew, spurning
everyone, keeping a secret that could destroy her. Now a decade later, when
firefighter Aaron Rhett Sinclair Renoux—a man who hates liars—investigates a
fire in her grandmother’s farmhouse, she’s guarded, fearing he has the
potential to blow up her world completely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Blogs"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><a href="https://mybook.to/ArrestedPleasures-Book3"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Arrested Pleasures #3</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> – <a name="_Hlk30517971">Can Cutter, the bad boy
womanizer of Laurel Ridge, ever win the heart of game warden Annie Martin, who’d
rather see him in handcuffs?</a> <a name="_Hlk114578969">They had dated once in
high school and once was enough for Annie, and now they’ve best friends. Can
Cutter ever get beyond the friend zone?<o:p></o:p></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><i>Genre: Small-town romance </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 18pt;">Heat Level: subtle (thoughts & banter)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><i>He’s an academic archeologist who digs up the past. She’s an
on-the-road psychic balloonist who lives in the clouds. Can they meet in the
middle and shed their walled-up exteriors to expose hidden longings and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Excerpt</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Would—”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “I read
you? Wanting to discover your future so you can satisfy your parents?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> He
snorted and laughed. “That’ll never happen. Not in my lifetime. Mom just likes
to be contrary.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “She
wants to be right.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Remind
me to never try to surprise you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “You
already have, with dinner, this conversation.” She paused, cocking her head,
looking at him. “You’ll end up married much to her delight.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “How—”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “I see
you at the altar, surrounded by friends—”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “What
does she look like? Can you see her?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “No.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “What
about you? Will you get married?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “I never
get that sense about myself. Besides, I’m a realist. People marry for selfish
reasons. Money. Security. Status. Power.—” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “So, what’s
my reason for getting married?” he asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Love.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Not
lust? Isn’t that what attracts us to each other?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> A
statement and phrase she always touted, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> He
continued. “You’re right. I want to be one of those who marries for love.
Otherwise, count me out. Mother will just have to be unhappy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><i>The series is available as eBooks only through Amazon,
but once the series is completed, the series will appear in one print book made
available at all bookstores.</i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGJXZM4S"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Amazon</span></a><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Research Tidbits</span></i></b></p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Because the series takes
place in 15 days and is the same 15 days for each book, as I was writing the
second book, I realized I needed to track who was where at what time of day and
who was with them so that I didn't have someone in two places. I knew a sharp
reader would call me out. The spreadsheet I created was mammoth when printed—12
sheets of paper taped together.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Once I had everyone in
position properly, I typed up each day's activities per each book into one long
outline/story log document.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">From there, I decided to
write the first draft of all the books before I published #2 to ensure I hadn't
written myself into a corner that I couldn't fix. I'm glad I wrote those first
drafts because I encountered logistical errors that did need fixing in several
books that weren't on the spreadsheet.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Interview Questions<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">1. When you have writer’s
block how do you break free?</span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">A</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">t one time, I had what I
thought was severe writer’s block. Now, I no longer believe in it. I write
about how I came to destroy that writing myth in my </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Your-Fire-Keeping-Hot-ebook/dp/B09THPRGR6"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Finding Your Fire & Keeping It Hot</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">book, and
what I do now to avoid from ever having that situation happen again.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">2. What type of book have
you always wanted to write?</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Ever since watching </span><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Somewhere in Time</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">The Two Lives of Jenny Logan</span></i><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">,</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> and reading </span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Constance O’Day Flannery</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">’s romance time-travel books, I’ve wanted to write a
time-travel story. I’ve had a story in mind but am still working out the plot.
In my mind’s eye, I see it as a screenplay, but that’s not to say I couldn’t
write it as a book, too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">3. Please describe your writing
environment.</span></i></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">I live in a small 520 sq. ft.
one-bedroom apartment where my living room is my office, where I’m surrounded
by books. An environment I saw in my mind’s eye decades before it occurred,
even while I was married!</span> <span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Social Media / Contact<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Readers and groups can
contact Diana through email or message her through Facebook. Diana’s website
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Welcome F. Tilly Brownne</span> <span style="font-size: 26pt;">to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Book Treasure Tuesday!</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Introduction</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> I
write fiction under the name F. Tilly Brownne. I just released my first book in
July 2022, titled <i>Audrey’s Search</i>. I’m getting ready to release its
sequel, <i>Trevor’s Torment</i>. These books are part of The Reclusive Man
series, and part two of that series: Hers to Redeem.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
also have many more titles coming up: </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Magi Cottage</i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> in the </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DXKKKLH" style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Holiday Cottage series</a><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> and a book
in the new Christmas Ridge Romance series, both coming in November. Then more
books scheduled in 2023.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">But
I haven’t always been a romance writer. Until now, I’ve been writing nonfiction
books and articles (</span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">psst</i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">: under my real name Dianne E. Butts). And I’m a
screenwriter. My screenplays have placed in some pretty big contests, and I’ve
produced and directed a few award-winning short films.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">When
I’m not writing (which isn’t often!), I enjoy riding my motorcycle with my
husband, Hal. We ride with the Christian Motorcyclists Association. I also
enjoy photography and tinkering in my flower gardens, but they are often
neglected and overgrown because I’m working on some writing deadline!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk112598182"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Sneak Peek</span></i></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> I’m
super excited that my second book, a historical romance, <i>Trevor’s Torment</i>,
will release in the next few months. It’s the sequel to my debut novel, <i>Audrey’s
Search</i>, which came out July 6, 2022, in the Reclusive Man series. Both
stories center on two sisters in the late 1860’s who hire on with a widower and
his two kids to pay their way west with a wagon train. The first story focuses
on Audrey Stillman, then the sisters get separated. In this second book, Francine,
travels on to Colorado in <i>Trevor’s Torment</i>, which is in Part 2 of the
Reclusive Man series: “Hers to Redeem.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Genre</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">: historical romance with
a Christian thread</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Heat Level</span></i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><i>: clean and wholesome, subtle
touching</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Trevor lives alone in a forest to protect
others from his curse…until Francine needs his healing power. Can love break
a curse?</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">In this sequel to <i>Audrey’s
Search</i>, return to follow Audrey's sister, Francine Stillman, to Fairplay,
Colorado, where the mysterious gray horse’s reappearance helps the Sweeneys
and Trouble the dog. When Trouble gets injured, Francine seeks help from a
reclusive man, Trevor Kayne, who lives alone in the forest and is said to
heal animals. Can Trevor save Trouble? And when the worst happens, can Francine save Trevor?</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">iscover the mysterious man tormented by a curse who is hers to redeem.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">If you enjoyed</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">Audrey’s Search</i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">, you’ll love</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">Trevor’s Torment</i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">. Coming this holiday season. Pre-order below.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Excerpt</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 20pt;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Greta continued talking. “This isn’t a whiteout
like I’ve heard described. With those, the wind blows the snow and everything
is white.” </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Mac rubbed his chin. “Well, this surely can’t
seem much different.” </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Junior ventured out further away from the wagon.
His image started to fade as if into nothingness.</span></div><div style="text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Mac looked after him. “Don’t go too far, son.” </span></div><div style="text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">“I know, Papa. But I can still hear your voice
clear as a bell.” </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">That sound started up again in the distance. A
cry in the wilderness. A moan. From a man? Or a beast? She couldn’t tell.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Francine spun around, straining to see into the
white surrounding them. “Don’t you hear that?”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Junior came walking back toward them out of the
mist. It might insult his young manhood for her to say it, but the boy looked
like he’d seen a ghost. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">He and all the others stopped, listening.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">The sound came from her left, from where the dark
evergreens stretching southward had been visible minutes ago. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">No, wait. It came from straight ahead. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">She turned around, looking, listening. Around and
around. Her eyes strained, trying to penetrate the mist, to see…something.
Anything. She failed. All around she could see nothing but white. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Trevor’s Torment</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> is available in ebook.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">♥ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trevors-Torment-F-Tilly-Brownne-ebook/dp/B0BCV27ZDY" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></div><div><a name="_Hlk112598460"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Research Tidbits</span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> I had to do a lot of research about the telegram service in the western U.S. in
1870. I needed my heroine, Francine, in Fairplay, Colorado, to send a telegram
to her sister, Audrey, back in Kansas asking her to do some investigating for
her. I didn’t think that would be a problem, but boy, trying to figure out
where the nearest telegraph was available turned out to be harder than
expected.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
did learn that the telegraph service only lasted a few years before it was
outdated by the telephone, but not by 1870 when my story takes place.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
also learned that telegraph lines ran along the railroad lines.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">When
I found a map that showed a railroad spur that went from Como up to Alma,
Colorado, which today is about 6 miles north of Fairplay, I decided I’d set a
telegraph office there. I also found a photo of a telegraph office called the
Alpine tunnel telegraph station on the “Denver, South Park and Pacific
Railroad.” Fairplay sits on the edge of South Park, so I imagined Alma could have
a similar-looking station.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">That
all took me hours of research, but I needed a not-too-distant telegraph office
for my story!</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Oh,
and by the way. Have I mentioned I used to live in Fairplay?</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Interview Questions</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">1. What
was your first published work and when was it published?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">My
first publication was an opinion column in a weekly Christian denominational magazine,
<i>The Lookout</i>, on December 29, 1991. The first Gulf War, Operation Desert
Storm, was in progress and my article was titled, “Should We Really Pray for
Peace?” I’ve since published around 300 articles and short fiction in print
publications and contributed to 21 books including <i>Chicken Soup for the Soul
</i>books. I’ve published six nonfiction books under my nonfiction-writing
name, Dianne E. Butts.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div></blockquote><div><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">2. What
is the best and worst advice you have ever received?</span></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Worst
Advice:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">
Never outline – it <i>destroys</i> your creativity. <o:p></o:p></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">OMG.
So. Not. True. Outlining <i>explodes</i> my creativity! I have so many
unusable, unpublishable not-quite-finished novels in my computer from trying
the “just start and write” and “write from the seat of your pants” theory. I
wasted <i>years</i> (decades, really) trying to do it the way “everyone” said I
should. Finally, I threw that out the window and started doing it the way I
felt I needed to.</span></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Frankly,
it was when I started studying screenwriting, which led to studying story
structure, that I began to figure out what I needed in order to write a
successful story. Once I found my process, I’ve gotten faster and faster at
developing and writing stories and I’m loving it.</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Best
advice:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">
Comes from me and grew out of that worst advice experience: Trust your
instincts. We each know in our gut what we need, what works for us and what
doesn’t. Trust that. Yes, we need to learn from others and that helps
tremendously, but we can sense when something we’re hearing just won’t work for
us. We need to listen to ourselves and know it’s okay to disregard even the
best-intended advice in order to do what works for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Now
I outline every story before I write a word. This enables me to move around the
outline and add in amazing ideas, set up themes and gags that will pay off
later, and I don’t have to keep going back and rewriting large portions when I
have a great idea. I develop my characters and their conflicts and motivations
before I ever start writing. This process works well for me. I’m able to create
what I think are far deeper emotional and thematic stories and write them much
faster, which I dearly love because I feel I have a lot of making up to do
after being stalled for so many years. </span></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">3. What
type of book have you always wanted to write?</span></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
have a fictional story about a small group of people who discover they’re living
in the End Times described in the Bible. Unfortunately, the majority of people
around them don’t believe that. My little group ends up going off grid and on
the run from authorities to survive. </span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
wrote the first book in 1999 and it didn’t go over well with a few first-readers.
Kind of a perfect storm of discouragement caused me to shelve the project, but
the story has never left me. I’m a better and more confident writer now. I
didn’t agree with those readers then, but I trusted them more than I trusted
myself. </span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
now believe those books were ahead of their time. They are even more timely
now. I really want to write them, and I’ve begun rewriting the first one. It
began as a three-book series, but now I believe it can be much more. I’d like
to write the “side stories” of each of the twelve main characters as novellas,
then write the main series of books as well. </span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
have several deadlines coming up that are keeping me busy, but my mind is
turning and developing this story and I can’t wait to write it. </span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Social Media / Contact</span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Currently, Dianne E. Butts’s fiction, which she writes under the pen name, F. Tilly
Brownne, is housed on her main website. There’s a Contact form under the
“More” menu where readers can contact Dianne. You can sign up for her newsletter
at the link below.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">♥ </span><a href="https://www.dianneebutts.com/about-3"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Website</span></a><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DianneButtsAuthor"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/DianneEButts">Twitter</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <a href="https://www.dianneebutts.com/contact">Email</a> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Welcome Margaret Tanner to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Book Treasure Tuesday!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;"><i>Introduction</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;">I am Margaret Tanner,
an award-winning, Australian author with over one hundred books published on
Amazon. I now concentrate on writing sweet Western Historical Romance, although
in the past I used to write Contemporary Romance and Australian Historical
Romance.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Frontier Australia and frontier America, have
many similarities such as isolated communities living in a harsh, unforgiving
environment, a large single male population, and a lack of marriageable women,
so I have never found it hard to write Westerns. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">I like my stories to be drama laden. My heroes
hide behind a rough exterior. They are tough men who are prepared to face
danger and overwhelming odds for the women they love. My heroines are brave,
resourceful women willing to endure hardship and danger in an untamed land, if
it means they can win their heart’s desire.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">I have had had many jobs over the years including
being an Army Reservist and an Army Major’s secretary. Another job I held was
as a postal delivery person. Being scared of dogs didn’t help, as I was
accosted many times by dogs who were/or were not, intent on doing me harm. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">I sadly lost my husband a couple of years ago. I
have three grown up sons, and two gorgeous little granddaughters. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Outside of my family and friends, writing is my
passion.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Sneak Peek</span></i></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">My
latest release was on the 9th September, and is a standalone story in my
Western Flower Brides Series - </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Rosemary</i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> (Book 4).</span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Genre: Historical Western
Romance</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><i>Heat Level: Sweet with
Christian values</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Griffin Eastman has
been shot by an unknown assailant.</span></i></div>
<div><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span></i></div>
<div><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Disillusioned
with women and life in general after a shocking betrayal, a wounded Griff
Eastman struggles to the home of a distant relative. </span></div><div><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> They
give him sanctuary, but there is always a price to pay, right?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Rosemary
Duffy is the only mother little Luke has ever known.</span></div><div> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">When
a ruthless relative tries to claim him, she will do anything to thwart his
plans.</span></div>
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keep Luke safe, Griff reluctantly offers to marry Rosemary.</span></div>
<div><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Can
Cupid’s magic enable this unlikely couple to find the happiness they both
deserve?</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Excerpt</span></i></p><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">“Will grandpa be okay?” Luke manfully tried to
stop his bottom lip from quivering as he helped Rosemary unload a wagon load of
hay. Noah McVeigh, from Virginia City, had delivered it yesterday afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rosemary hated to think of the little boy being
so worried. Well, she was worried, also, as her grandfather was an extremely
old man. What would they do if something happened to him? He had promised to
leave her the way station in his will, knowing Luke would always have a home
here with her. As if she would desert the ten-year-old she had brought up since
he was twelve months old and looked upon as her son. She was the only mother he
had ever known, and she would fight with every breath in her body to keep him
happy and safe from harm.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Could she run the way station on her own and
fight Jeb Cashmore, who wanted to get his greedy hands on it because of the
creek? It was terrible thinking this way when grandpa was still alive, but
foolish not to do so under the precarious circumstances in which they were living
under now.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Over the last few months, grandpa seemed to have
given up the will to live. The only thing keeping him alive was trying to find
a solution to the dilemma she and Luke would find themselves in once he was
gone.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">“You need to find yourself a decent man to
marry,” the old man kept saying. “It would scare Jeb away once and for all.”
The words echoed inside her head until she wanted to scream at them to go away
and leave her alone. </span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">At twenty-one, she should have been married, but
had yet to find a man who appealed to her. Not that she had much chance to meet
anyone suitable, as keeping the way station going didn’t give her any spare
time. If the stage line owners knew it was her and Luke who did most of the
work here, they might be tempted to stop the twice weekly mail run, with the
odd passenger or two, who needed to travel out this way.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">If Jeb Cashmore found out the diabolical position
they were in, he would use it to run them off the place.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rosemary</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> is available in Kindle Unlimited</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18.0pt;">♥</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RVNMYPB" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Amazon</span></a></div></div></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Research </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Tidbits</span></i></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
always do special research for each book, so the main characters have their own
little niche and foibles, appropriate to the time period. I write mainly in the
same era and areas, so I already have my basic research notes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Interview </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Questions</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Do
deadlines help or hinder your muse?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">I don’t like deadlines, mainly because I am no
good under pressure. This is the reason why I am always well ahead in my
writing schedule.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">What
genre do you mainly write in?</span></i></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">I now write only
sweet western historical romance with Christian values.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Do
you recall when your interest in writing originated?</span></i></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Yes, I can. I was about
eight years old and loved writing short stories and submitting them to
competitions, which I often won. The prize money, even if it was only a few
dollars, was always helpful as my family were doing it tough. My father was
wounded in World War II, and needed to retire from work at an early age due to
ill-health, and with three young children my mother couldn’t go out to work.</span></div>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Over many years, my short
story writing developed into novel writing, something I continue to love doing.
It has truly been a Godsend now my husband has passed away and I spend a lot of
time alone.</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk112598640"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 34.6667px;">Social Media / Contact</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Readers
can contact Margaret via her Facebook author group. Margaret would love to see
you there. Or private message her on Facebook.</span></div>
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you for spending time with Margaret and me today! Check your email next time on
Book Treasure Tuesday!</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Hugs~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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RIVER CROSSING</a>: Men of the Double K 2019 IDA Winner—Historical Novel</span></div>
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Welcome Caroline Clemmons </span><span style="font-size: 26pt;">to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 26pt;">Book Treasure Tuesday!</span></div></div></div><div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: x-large;">Introduction</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Thank you for asking, Maxine. After seven years
in Southern California as a small child, my family moved back to Texas, and
eventually settled at Lubbock. Around the dinner table, my father told
fascinating stories about growing up in and near Denison, Texas, and about his
family. I think that is what first sparked my love of history, especially Texas
history. The interest has grown over the years as I’ve read and/or researched
for books. I write books set in other states, too, but most are set in Texas. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">My Hero and I live in Fort Worth, Texas, with our
two cats and a dog. Hero and I both love reading, but we also enjoy watching a
movie on TV each evening. In the past we loved travel, but Hero has Parkinson’s
now and—except for dining out—he prefers staying home. Our youngest daughter
and I still find time to get into mischief for various interests.</span><a name="_Hlk112598182"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></a></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: x-large;">Sneak Peek</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">My
current release is <i>Gentry and the Mail Order Bride,</i> Book 1 Texas Hill
Country Mail Order Brides. It’s available as an ebook or in print. Of course,
it’s free in KU.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><i>Genre: Historical western
romance</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><i>Heat Level: Sweet/clean/kisses
up to Subtle/implied lovemaking, but no details, PG rating.</i></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Sometimes the perfect
match is one you didn’t want.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Nothing
much riles Gentry McRae. He works hard on the ranch he co-owns with his
immigrant best friend, and is content with his life. He’s proud of all
they’ve accomplished in the ten years since the war. That is, until his
partner dies and leaves a fourth of the ranch to his mail-order bride—and
wills the bride to Gentry.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> “Now
just a doggone minute, I don’t plan to marry for years!” </span></div>
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a single woman can’t reside on a ranch where four men live without ruining
her reputation. What’s a good man to do, except marry the woman when she
arrives?</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> Heidi
Roth has been spurned for being too plainspoken and too tall. In addition,
her sister constantly makes fun of her for those reasons. That’s why—with
many doubts—she’s willing to travel for months from Germany to Texas to marry
a man who once lived in her town. When she arrives, she learns her prospective
groom is dead, but left her a fourth share of a ranch. She has serious
doubts, but agrees to wed Gentry to protect her reputation. Sure enough, from
the next day, one event after the other happens to complicate her life and
her husband’s. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk112598390"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></a><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: x-large;">Excerpt</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The comments from her
sister and cousin fueled her actions. She strode from the house toward the matchmaker’s
home. Though she did not want to risk the matchmaker again, Heidi longed to get
away from the people who belittled her. Something must change.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Being ten inches over
five feet meant she towered over most people. Being tall did not mean she had
no feelings. She wanted her own husband and children. She was tired of her
sister and cousins making snide remarks about her height and lack of a husband
or children. Each of the matches Mrs. Heinz suggested was a man Heidi had known
all her life. Each disliked that he was several inches shorter than she. She
had no control over her height. Each wanted a younger wife, not someone nearly
twenty-five. Neither liked a woman who spoke her mind, but she would not
pretend to be what she was not.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Their town was simply too
small to have many bachelors. Mrs. Heinz relied on word of mouth for her
matchmaking business. Heidi wanted to run into the forest and never return. Instead,
she held her head high and walked the half-mile to the home of Mrs. Heinz.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Gentry and the Mail Order
Bride</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> is available in eBook and Print<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">♥</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6YN6QHK">Amazon</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: x-large;">Research Tidbits</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">In <i>Gentry</i>, I researched Bavaria and how a
young woman would travel from there to Bandera, Texas. I’m so glad I didn’t
have to travel like she did!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">From that research, I learned that Bavaria,
before it became part of Germany, belonged to Prussia. That’s probably only
interesting to history nerds like me. I also enjoyed researching the route for
the heroine’s travel from Bavaria to Amsterdam, west toward the U.S.A., then
south along the east coast and around Florida into the Gulf of Mexico to
Indianola. Indianola was remarkably damaged in a hurricane on August 12, 1886, but
at the time of this book, it was an important port. Galveston has replaced it in
importance, even though Galveston had a devastating hurricane in 1900. I have
to be careful when I’m researching for a book. Going off on an interesting
tangent is tempting, but can devour writing time.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: x-large;">Interview Questions</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Is
there a genre of book you would like to write but haven't yet?</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I have plotted a four-book
contemporary women’s fiction series set in North Central Texas and called The
Tanglewood Springs Series. I’ve even written over half of the first book. In
the first one, the heroine’s youngest daughter is anorexic, her football player
son is injured and loses his college scholarship, and she learns her husband
has been cheating on her for some time. It’s so different from my historical
western romances, that I’m not sure my fans would enjoy the series. The first
one isn’t even a true romance, but a promise of happily-ever-after, which is
okay with women’s fiction. </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I wrote a couple of cozy
mysteries earlier this year—published to the sound of crickets. People who read
cozies really liked them, but not many people read them. My historical western
romance fans did not cross over. The books are <i>Death in the Perfect House</i>,
Book 1, and <i>Death in the Grave Yard</i>, Book 2, Zoe Wilder Cozy Series. I
doubt I’ll write more of them.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">When
did you first decided to submit your work? Please, tell us what or who
encouraged you to take this big step.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">This was an involved
process. I had written newspaper, genealogy journal, and newsletter articles for
years. On one visit, my mother-in-law brought me a grocery bag of Harlequin
novels. She said she could tell from my long letters filled with anecdotes that
I could write this kind of book. I was surprised, but read and enjoyed several of
the books. I decided to try, and wrote a pretty amateurish novel. I thought I
had to have an agent, but my attempts to get one were unsuccessful. Then, I found
RWA, joined a chapter that had wonderful workshops on writing. After a year of
those and a community college class on Writing Fiction To Sell, I wrote a
better book. </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I was at a monthly
meeting of the North Texas chapter of RWA in 1998. Four members—Sylvia McDaniel,
Carol Rose, Shayla Black, and Kathy Shaw—announced they had each sold to
Kensington for the new Precious Gems line to compete with Harlequin. They said
the editor was buying more. I submitted and sold <i>Be My Guest</i>, all
because of the generosity of fellow writers who shared good news. The line
didn’t last long (who can compete with Harlequin?), but I was published. I
switched to historical romance, and wrote several other books for Kensington. I
also wrote for The Wild Rose Press (very nice people), but an indie now.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Do
you recall how your interest in writing originated?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I’m pretty sure it
originated with my father, who was a voracious reader and gifted storyteller.
He encouraged me to write stories as well as read them. My fourth grade
teacher, Mrs. Huff, encouraged me to read more diversely, and gave me an Earle
Stanley Gardner paperback for Christmas. (She chose a gift personalized for
each student, reminding us that she had spent the same amount on each of us.) She
told me she could tell I would be a writer, surprising and inspiring me. My
eighth grade journalism teacher was a jewel named Mary Stewart—not the well
known author, of course. She encouraged me to write and gave excellent classroom
instruction. In the ninth grade, I was the school newspaper editor. Our
newspaper won several state awards, one of which was for an editorial I wrote. </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">All through this, my
father encouraged me to write. The stories he told of his family coming to
Texas and their various adventures, plus his childhood exploits, fueled my
imagination. Sadly, he died before I was published. My mom was not a reader
until later in her life, but then she was very proud of my books and encouraged
me. My family continues to encourage and support me in my writing. Now, I have
about eighty titles published, all at Amazon. I love writing!</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Maxine, thank you again
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<div><span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Book Treasure Tuesday!</span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 24pt;">Introduction</span></i><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I am a mother, grandmother, and author of “Inspirational
with an Edge!”™ women’s/romantic fiction and creative nonfiction.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><i><b>Sneak Peek</b></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">MY
HEART WEEPS is two years old! Birthed (published) on August 18th, 2020, and eight
years in the making, this book was released on the 11th anniversary of my husband’s
death.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Genre: Inspirational Women’s
Fiction // Heat Level: Subtle</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">When life takes
everything, your world stops. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Can a retreat heal the broken lives of two
wounded souls?</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Melena
Rhyker’s world shattered the day her husband died. Lost without the man of
her dreams, she digs deep to find a path out of her sorrow. Discovering an
artistic retreat, she vows to find a reason to carry on and focus her life in
a new direction. Can she heal her own heart, and find her new beginning?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Garrett
Saunders knows pain. He’s spent most of his life hiding from his past. Regrets
and lies haunt him, but he longs to leave them behind and embrace his true
self. Will Melena’s efforts to rebuild her life in the face of such grief
encourage him to exorcise his own demons of guilt and shame?</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Will
two hurting people find peace, wholeness and perhaps love in the heart of
Texas?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: center;"><b>Excerpt</b></i></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.3in;">She took Jon’s picture off the table, caressed
the beloved image. She’d talked to him every day the last thirty years of her
life and had no qualms about talking to him now. Far sight better than talking
to herself.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maybe.</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">She swallowed convulsively and stroked his face,
his smile, his eyes. “I dreamed of you again. You were so alive and healthy.
Radiant. Oh, God…” The words trembled on a sob. “How I wish it were so.”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">She longed to touch him; to trace his moustache,
run her fingers through his hair...press her lips to his. Her arms ached to
hold him close. Why is it he appeared so full of life when she’d watched him
die? Day after day, she’d watched the strong, beautiful man wither away into a
mere shell, and in one moment, with one final gasp of breath, his life was
over.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">“I visit you daily, yet everything seems so
surreal. Like I’m walking through a dream.” She shoved the picture back onto
the table, bit her lip and nearly choked on the hard knot of anger in her
throat. “No, not a dream. Dreams are wonderful, full of hope and magic. This is
a nightmare.”</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Get Pamela Thibodeaux’s
second chance women’s fiction novel today and see how love and faith conquers
all.</span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">My Heart Weeps</span></i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is available in eBook,
Print and Audio<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">♥ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Heart-Weeps-PAMELA-THIBODEAUX-ebook/dp/B085Z9BG6K" target="_blank">Amazon</a> ♥ <a href="https://books2read.com/MyHeartWeeps" target="_blank">Other Online Retailers</a></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: center;"><b>Research Tidbits</b></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Not
a whole lot. I did research the setting (Utopia, TX) but being familiar with the
Texas Hill Country, writing descriptions was easy. The story is of one woman’s
journey through grief into new life and parallels my own.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px;">Interview Questions</i><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">What
was your first published work and when was it published</span></i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tempered Hearts</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">, book 1 in my series, was published in
2000.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">If
you had to choose one person to have dinner with, who would it be? And why?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Nora Roberts! She is my all-time-favorite author
and I’d just love to sit and have a conversation about her life outside of
writing.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Do
you recall how your interest in writing originated?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unfortunately, yes, LOL! While pregnant with my
daughter who is now 39 I got tired of reading too many disappointing romances and
thought I could do better. A bit arrogant because writing and writing well are
two different things. However, that’s what got me started penning stories in
5-subject notebooks which I did for YEARS. After which came a word processor,
then computer and as they say, the rest is History. </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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if readers sign up to receive Pamela’s newsletter, they’ll have access to a
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</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="WordSection2"><div><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><b>Welcome Heidi Gray McGill to</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 26pt;"><b>Book Treasure Tuesday!</b></span></div>
<div><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 24pt;">Introduction</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">My husband of 30+ years and I live in South
Carolina just below Charlotte. Besides writing Christian fiction with relatable
characters in life-changing stories, I relish time with family and friends. I
fill my non-writing time with scrapbooking, playing games, traveling, and
building bridges with my two grandsons. Somehow, those masterpieces must fall
with a loud crash, usually involving a monster truck.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> That’s what is in my bio…but there is more.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> Most readers do not know that I am legally blind
and have only 5% of my vision remaining. My diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa
in 2001 was devastating. There is no cure, and there is no surgery. But that
does not mean there is no hope. I still have value.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> Those who do not know me well often don’t realize
I have low vision or zero vision in a dark room. We humans are amazingly
adaptable, and I do a pretty good job covering up my disability. My friends have
learned to watch out for me and alert me to potential pitfalls, some better
than others, which is always good for a laugh. I use a cane when I’m navigating
alone.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> I use Word for my writing, but I have a ¼” mouse
with a ½” tail, making it easier for me to find the pointer on my screen. I
work in brief spurts so my eyes don’t get overly tired. I read best on my phone
since it requires little left-to-right eye movement. I prefer a black screen
and white text when reading but love the option of audiobooks. I rarely read a
paperback, even large print.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px;"><b><i>Sneak Peek</i></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Dial
P for Perfect</span></i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> was released on September 7, 2022. This fun, curvy-girl novella will keep you in
stitches and tug at your heartstrings. It is a sweet Christian contemporary romance
and part of the “You Are on the Air” series as book 11.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Genre: Christian
Contemporary Romance with a good dose of humor<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Heat Level: Sweet/Clean/Wholesome</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Being a curvy girl can
be a curse… </span></i></div><i style="text-indent: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Unless you find someone
who values the person you are underneath.</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></div></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Snarky is one way to describe Ginger’s response
to life, love, and loss—as in weight loss. She needs to whip up a little
creativity, self-forgiveness, and reality.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> Reggie is one cup nerd, two cups out-of-style, and
a dollop of comfortable. Add in a dash of corny, and you’ve got a heap of fun
even though Ginger can’t count their time</span></div>
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some belly laughs with Ginger as she navigates dating life. Walk beside her,
figuratively—since that’s too much like exercise—as she determines her path
in life. Will she accept herself as she is, or will changing to achieve
perceived perfection challenge Ginger to dig deep into how God sees her?</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">We see our flaws, but
our heavenly Father sees His intricate, </span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">thoughtfully designed creation.</span></i></div></i></div>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px;"><i>Excerpt</i></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> His eyes scan my body like an airport security
wand, just skimming the surface. Wide eyes finally meet mine.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">“You, you’re…”<br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">“Fat?”<br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Silence creeps like the red moving up his neck.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">“No. I mean…” he stutters.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">“Chunky?” I watch color spread over ears with their
own zip code. </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">“Oh, so you think I’m beautiful? Thank you.” I paste on a smile
as I watch his eyes follow my fingers which trace a circle around my full face.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">“No. I mean, yes.”<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">His Adam’s apple bobs like a swollen cherry. You
know, those dark, crisp ones where the pit stains your fingers when you touch
it? I love those.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">“You, well, you just aren’t what I expected from
your voice.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">And…there it is. You’d think after countless
blind dates, I’d be used to this reaction. Actually, most dates start in much the
same way as they end. If I’m honest, men, primarily immature boys, hear my
voice on a local radio station and conjure up all sorts of images, none of
which are remotely close to my curvy figure. While some appreciate a little
padding, I’ve got enough real estate up top and behind to name my own town.</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Dial P for Perfect</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> is available in eBook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 18pt;">♥</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <a href="https://books2read.com/u/md6gAX" target="_blank">Books2Read</a></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px;"><i>Research Tidbits</i></b></p><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">My research for <i>Dial P for Perfect</i> came
from deep within. I’ve always considered myself on the heavier side of the scale.
Being measured for a costume for <i>Brigadoon</i> as a High School Junior was
traumatic. The moms that volunteered that day smiled at me with their pearly
whites and a “Bless your heart” on their lips. They may not have said the
words, but I heard them in my mind. I felt “less than,” or bigger than, as the
case may be.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Identifying with Ginger in <i>Dial P for Perfect</i>
was easy for me, and I felt her pains and triumphs, her fears, and her
confusion. No matter what size you are, I think we can all relate since there
is a bit of Ginger in each of us. It is natural for us to struggle to see our beauty.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Writing this story reminded me that God does not
look at our outward appearance.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> </span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px;"><i>Interview Questions</i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">What
was your first published work and when was it published?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I published my debut
novel in November 2020. It was an act of faith and obedience. God blessed those
efforts, and my “Discerning God’s Best” series now has a prequel and three
novels. You can read about the series by *<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XWD3ZZ6" target="_blank">clicking here</a>*.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> For years, I happily
served as a Beta reader. I realized I enjoyed the process of thinking through
the details of whatever book I was engrossed in. I’d read to see if the characters
were compelling, sympathetic, or someone for whom I rooted. I envisioned the
characters to see if they felt real and were three-dimensional, with distinct
voices, flaws, and virtues.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> I wondered—can I do this?
Can I write the way I like to read?<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">When Covid-19 hit, my schedule
became free to focus on writing because the English as a Second Language program
I was directing closed. I dusted off the cover and reintroduced myself to my
old friends, and <i>Desire of My Heart</i> was born.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Is
there anyone who really mentored or inspired you to keep writing until you were
finally published?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">That is a tough question. No single author has
influenced or inspired my writing more than another. But I crave connection
with others and soak up all I can when I have the opportunity. Sitting in a
room with women just like me—those struggling with balance, naysayers, and life
in general—these are the authors I want to learn from. It isn’t a specific
question I would ask these writers, but a connection I would seek.
Relationships are crucial to surviving in this industry.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">How
does your family feel about having a writer in the family? Do they read your books?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I am blessed to have a
supportive family. My husband helps guard my writing time, and my mother-in-law
and my siblings are my biggest promoters.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">It is fun doing full-time
ministry with my family. Ministry and purpose are important to me, and every
author should know their purpose for writing before they begin. For me, it
sounds like this: Writing is my ministry, and it’s how I share Christ with those
who may never pick up a Bible or step foot inside a church. I also write to encourage
those in the Faith to live abundant lives—full of all God desires for us.
Writing is also how I work through my heart’s questions and embrace God’s best
for me.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 24px; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Charles H. Spurgeon, in <i>All
of Grace</i>, says it best. “Begin as you mean to go on, and go on as you
began, and let the Lord be all in all to you.”</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 32px;"><i>Social Media / Contact</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">Heidi</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> loves connection! She is active on social media but gets real in her newsletter.
Individuals who *</span><a href="https://bit.ly/freeprequel4you" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">sign up</span></a><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">* to receive Heidi's monthly
email are gifted the prequel to her Christian historical series as a thank you.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">♥ </span><a href="https://heidimcgill822089357.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Website</span></a><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorHeidiGrayMcGill" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/choosingjoynovels/" target="_blank">Instagram<br /></a><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">♥</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20851872.Heidi_Gray_McGill" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>
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you for spending time with Heidi and me today! Check your email next time on Book
Treasure Tuesday!</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Hugs~</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-size: x-large;">Maxine</span></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
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Treasure Tuesday!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: Charm;">Introduction</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">My
name is Kara O’Neal, and I live in Texas with my sweet family. I am the Special
Education Campus Specialist for a middle school, and I’ve worked there for 25
years. I enjoy singing, reading, and scrapbooking, and I love to travel. I have
two children in college – yikes – and my youngest is a sophomore in high
school. (I guess I’m showing my age. Ha!) I love to listen to Texas Country
music, which is not played on the radio, and my favorite artists are Roger Creager,
Turnpike Troubadors, Charley Crockett, Flatland Calvary, Kaitlin Butts, Curtis
Grimes, Drew Kennedy, and a whole host of others. My favorite foods are – in this
order – brisket, cheeseburgers, tacos, Bluebell ice cream, and chips and salsa.
If we ever meet, I will ask you a ton of questions about your likes and
dislikes, because I love to learn as much as can about the simple things.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I
just released CORA LEE’S WAGER, which is book 3 in my GAMBLERS &
GUNSLINGERS series. I was quite excited for this one because in this story, the
heroine is the gambler. Cora Lee makes her home in Hell’s Half Acre in Fort
Worth, Texas. She’s a professional gambler and is known as the “Angel of the
Acre”. It was a lot of fun to write her.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Charm;"><span style="font-size: 32px;">Sneak Peek</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">OLIVIA’S
TREASURE will be book 4 in my GAMBLERS & GUNSLINGERS series, and it should
release in October of 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">GENRE: Western Historical
Romance // HEAT LEVEL: Warm</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">The Angel of Hell’s
Half Acre makes the biggest wager of her life with the man who abandoned her.
She can’t lose.</span></i></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">Cora Lee Walsh. The Angel of the Acre—</span><i style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">Hell’s</i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">
Half Acre—never intended to be a professional gambler. But her wealthy
grandmother hadn’t wanted her, and, at fifteen, she was abandoned by the
Tucker family who’d taken her in as their ward. She had no other choice than
to make vice her life. Now, the eldest son of the Tucker family is on her
doorstep, asking for an audience.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> When Cora and Graham meet again, they both
fight old feelings. And Graham finds himself across the betting table from
her, making a wager he can’t afford to lose.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> But more threatens the pair, and Cora finds
herself needing Graham. Can she trust him? The young man who’d abandoned her?
Or will she find herself a victim…again?</span></div>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Charm; font-size: 32px; text-align: center;">Excerpt</span></p><div style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Cora let out a sigh, sank deeper into the rocker,
opened her book and just enjoyed the morning. A half-hour had passed when she
felt a presence to her right. She turned her head, and her breath flew up into
her throat.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Graham!</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">He stood on the dirt lane that went by the side
of her home, his hands in his pockets, a guarded expression on his face. Their
past stretched between them.</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">In a second, every morning she’d ever spent with
him flashed before her eyes. They’d both loved the dawn. Those quiet hours
before the world started. And they’d shared them together in his father’s
library or on the porch just beyond the French doors.</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">And he must’ve decided to take a chance and see
if she still woke with the sunrise.</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">She managed to drag in a breath but couldn’t
move. She needed to get inside, hide herself from the pain he caused her. But
her feet wouldn’t listen.</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">With a tight jaw, he took a few steps, and now he
was in her yard, but still on the fringes.</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">He didn’t want to get close to her, either.</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Well…</span></div></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">He’d sent her away, hadn’t he? She shouldn’t be
surprised he didn’t want to see her.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Available at <a href="https://amzn.to/3bCPyxg" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Charm; font-size: 32px;">Research Tidbits</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">I had to research Houston society, which was
quite interesting. While they had some money, they were still as rough and
tumble as Texans usually are. And, of course, I had to learn everything I could
about Hell’s Half Acre, which was quite a dangerous place. Many cities had an
area of town named similarly, but Fort Worth’s was the bloodiest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Charm; font-size: 32px; text-align: center;">Interview Questions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Who is your perfect hero? And why?</span></i></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Any hero who is calm,
steady, intelligent, righteous, and confident. So that means Mr. Darcy, Gilbert
Blythe, Captain Steve Rogers, and pretty much ANY hero I write. Sometimes they
make mischief, but they are almost always, gentlemen.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">When did you first decide to submit your work?
Please, tell us what or who encouraged you to take this big step.</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I was in college, and I
had just finished reading a book that had an ending I didn’t like. Since books are
like friends to me and the characters are real people, I went around the house perturbed
and telling my sisters and brother all about it. Well, one of my sisters
ordered, “Make up your own ending, Kara.” That shut me up. I did what she said
and from there, other stories developed. I love answering the question, “What
if…?” Now, I didn’t submit my first book until 2008, which was about ten years
later. I got married and had children and couldn’t concentrate on writing until
my kids were older. It’s quite surprising that I started writing. I never thought
I would do this. It’s been one of the greatest pleasures of my life.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Is there anyone who really mentored or inspired
you to keep writing until you were finally published?</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">I have a very dear friend.
Her name is Jean. She read my very first book before anyone else did. And it was
her encouragement, her honest critique, that made me believe I hadn’t wasted my
time. She made me believe that even if I failed, I was failing at the right
thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><a name="_Hlk111134467" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Charm; font-size: 32px;">Social Media / Contact Information</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: justify;">Readers can contact Kara through
her email! Which she welcomes gladly! Kara also has a newsletter and is also on
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today! Check your email next time on Book Treasure Tuesday!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Hugs~<br /></span><span style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: Homemade Apple; font-size: x-large;">Maxine</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsk4fWkhcozFkOqA1QG80dVRYciiHzA099UHqYQCKeEIGoNiXLzY2RB1Ja-ondddvuyGl6ZJ4Sofua_r1siFJwVR-NY2B-fosBLAoheBG-Qlwyssh9JpLWUj9n6jplnPjmEL3tg6PJBkpkI5VdRsFvtW93Oc_lX_VUxARE9uIsJTlBMJhGv5A0ZN8Iw/s3192/Wrap%20stretch.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="3192" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsk4fWkhcozFkOqA1QG80dVRYciiHzA099UHqYQCKeEIGoNiXLzY2RB1Ja-ondddvuyGl6ZJ4Sofua_r1siFJwVR-NY2B-fosBLAoheBG-Qlwyssh9JpLWUj9n6jplnPjmEL3tg6PJBkpkI5VdRsFvtW93Oc_lX_VUxARE9uIsJTlBMJhGv5A0ZN8Iw/w526-h408/Wrap%20stretch.jpg" width="526" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Available in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MMLVVPS" target="_blank">eBook </a>and
Print ~~ </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Coming Soon to AudioBook</span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 18pt;">Get <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K7FP3SJ?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tukn" target="_blank">The Reclusive Man Series</a></span></i></p></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Maxine Douglas Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143528112485158983noreply@blogger.com2Oklahoma, USA35.0077519 -97.0928776.6975180638211569 -132.249127 63.317985736178848 -61.936627tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052097716204085580.post-30499035487590512782022-08-08T13:32:00.001-07:002022-08-08T13:32:00.154-07:00<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "times new roman", times, baskerville, georgia, serif; text-align: center;">Has it really been this long since I last checked in with you?</span></span></b></p><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"> I have finished my book, <em>Hannah's Discovery,</em> which is book 16 in the series and will come out on August 17, 2022. Click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K7FP3SJ?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1638828292&sr=8-4" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">here </a>for the series Amazon page to check out the currently available books. </span></span></h1><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hannahs-Discovery-Reclusive-Man-Book-ebook/dp/B09MMLVVPS/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=legXv&content-id=amzn1.sym.5fe95cd4-8512-42fa-bf21-63d83b898785&pf_rd_p=5fe95cd4-8512-42fa-bf21-63d83b898785&pf_rd_r=EV48KBGFP839SP0NZNZ8&pd_rd_wg=GJYws&pd_rd_r=731704a7-39d2-4626-9f21-d22ac73fed0f&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img data-file-id="7218161" height="250" src="https://mcusercontent.com/46bb4d41dd12f5ea28e5067cb/images/9137a19f-72ef-38e3-115b-b629c4c470d4.jpeg" style="border: 0px; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 250px;" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"></span><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"> I started the contemporary romance for Christmas 2022 in the Christmas at the Inn series. It has been fun to write and not have to worry about doing historical research. Pre-order for this series is scheduled to begin on August 15.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="7218165" height="261" src="https://mcusercontent.com/46bb4d41dd12f5ea28e5067cb/images/4ce8bd61-0a32-50db-4a2e-0c465a565208.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 261px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> Also on my writing plate are contributions in the Hers To Redeem, Holiday Pet Sleuths, and the Here and Now series coming in 2023 and 2024, respectively.</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"> <br /> Remember the Angel Creek Christmas Brides series? Well here is some great news for those who love audiobooks! The entire series is being produced by Barr26 Publications in audio format. The narrator has a sweet voice that I'm sure you will love. As soon as I have a link, I'll share it so you can revisit this Christmas series by some of your favorite authors.<br /> I won’t keep you any longer. Have a great weekend and until we meet again stay safe, have fun, and find your next book boyfriend.</span></span></h1><h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 32.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, baskerville, georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 18px;">Hugs,</span><br /><em><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Maxine</span></em></span></h1>Maxine Douglas Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143528112485158983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052097716204085580.post-17415693697446385742021-12-16T07:00:00.001-08:002021-12-16T07:00:00.164-08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">So, where do I
start? 2021 has been an interesting year. I fell down the rabbit hole of DYI
crafting. My writing suffered all year long where I couldn't seem to make
myself get going on Winds of Change, which by the way probably won't be
published until 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My mother fell ill
this year and I felt helpless once again. She lives in Wisconsin and I live
here in Oklahoma. I am so thankful for my middle brother who did all the
running around for her. She went from the hospital to a rehab nursing facility,
then finally back home. I thank God every day that her health has been
maintained and she fully recovered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My youngest
brother and his wife recently recovered from COVID. Praise the Lord that their
symptoms were manageable at home and that their two sons didn't get it. <br />
I finally figured out why my writing was suffering this year, and I won't go
into it. But I will tell you that I was surprised by the reason. You never know
what will tilt your world until it happens. I’ve been writing but slowly and
hope to also improve in that area as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Since then I have
started working on a book for a 21 multi-author series called The Reclusive
Man. My book, Hannah's Discovery, is book 17 in the series and will
come out on August 17, 2022. Click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K7FP3SJ?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1638828292&sr=8-4" target="_blank">here </a>for the series Amazon page to check out the books
that are currently available. Then come join us for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/433743458220429" target="_blank">Facebook
Launch Party</a> on December 17 and meet the first 6 authors of the
series.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7vvIuxoIrVgXMcp_dgJVHEZMHnTRcexvY8JSx3LZQ6Fe9pMqmcpaCatMc07wKqCkpQoZM2bGgk_emOWYkGAmcDhwzoOKpodvuPT2ChVDhyP4mWLrGXnzo1QhUVTlTgXq-AmpMeKIgB_p/s2000/Books+01-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.3in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7vvIuxoIrVgXMcp_dgJVHEZMHnTRcexvY8JSx3LZQ6Fe9pMqmcpaCatMc07wKqCkpQoZM2bGgk_emOWYkGAmcDhwzoOKpodvuPT2ChVDhyP4mWLrGXnzo1QhUVTlTgXq-AmpMeKIgB_p/w640-h426/Books+01-06.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.3in;">I also have
scheduled a contemporary romance for Christmas 2022 in the Christmas at the Inn
series, as well as contributions in the Hers To Redeem, Holiday Pet Sleuths,
and the Here and Now series coming in 2023 and 2024, respective.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I have a private
reader book club on Facebook where authors will share their new releases,
sales, and excerpts. If you are interested, click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maxinesbookdivas" target="_blank">here</a> to
join.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Remember the Angel
Creek Christmas Brides series? Sadly, this series is coming to an end this
year. There will be a high farewell party on Facebook starting December 27. As
soon as I have a link, I'll share it so you can come and say goodbye to your
favorite authors of the series.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Starting December
24 my book, Victoria, will be on sale for 99 cents through the end of
the year! This week meet the Angel Creek Christmas brides at that special
price of 99 cents the week of the farewell party. The Angel Creek Christmas
Brides series Facebook page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AngelCreekChristmasBrides" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I won’t keep you
any longer. Have a great Monday and until we meet again stay safe, have fun,
and find your next book boyfriend.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Hugs,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maxine<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Maxine Douglas Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143528112485158983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052097716204085580.post-69213811257753295122021-07-27T11:23:00.000-07:002021-07-27T11:23:38.842-07:00Oklahoma Heatwave<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>I don't know about where you live, but here in
Oklahoma, we have had several days in a row of heat advisories being issued.
This past weekend was no exception.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>I am on the board of the Chickasha Area Arts Council, and we had a booth at the
first-ever Christmas in July in historical downtown Chickasha. The event didn't
start until 5:00 pm, which here is the hottest time of the day it seems, with
free live music, food trucks, vendors, events for the kiddos, and fireworks to
end the evening.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>I was asked if I would put a few of my crafts in the Arts Council booth as part
of a fundraiser and I was more than happy to donate the proceeds to the
council. Now the temps were in the 90s but the heat index was much higher. I
only lasted about 2 hours in the booth before I retreated back to the Canadian
River Brewery to cool off. I eventually headed home after feeling like I'd
gotten my legs back under me. Anyway, long story short, I am sure I ended up
with a mild case of heat exhaustion as I was feeling not quite myself for a
little over 48 hours. Last night I turned the corner and had more energy and
focus. Today I am feeling nearly 100%!</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Lesson learned: remember to hydrate days before an outdoor event during a
heatwave.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vAICdRuDoO2lrh2JGjNdPtPIMaQgzo8NUyQypYznl4eITbIevLH4vPPLtmVYVuTuwdc3hASlvut82UnTTEl8fdIkunShlIEdVknDfISHF3nqqRObZIJ8mufwWekCjHhowecIJUoDanjd/s640/07-24-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vAICdRuDoO2lrh2JGjNdPtPIMaQgzo8NUyQypYznl4eITbIevLH4vPPLtmVYVuTuwdc3hASlvut82UnTTEl8fdIkunShlIEdVknDfISHF3nqqRObZIJ8mufwWekCjHhowecIJUoDanjd/s320/07-24-21.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDXTEWRlHRN36tZMdv3oWLZgYULE-GPznrys_sFTbWmgNKqyNEqt7_X-Fh6iw_V207V413sHZRb53cA4Z94_WKlrdhW-RMPytLbU-B7Q6xi4DBnZ2BGlk22r1QD7-a44j6NZZ_ziqzEbl/s640/07-24-21+leg+lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDXTEWRlHRN36tZMdv3oWLZgYULE-GPznrys_sFTbWmgNKqyNEqt7_X-Fh6iw_V207V413sHZRb53cA4Z94_WKlrdhW-RMPytLbU-B7Q6xi4DBnZ2BGlk22r1QD7-a44j6NZZ_ziqzEbl/s320/07-24-21+leg+lamp.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>
The other unfortunate thing that happened this weekend was the Leg Lamp,
yes that leg lamp, was damaged in a storm that came through Sunday
night. I am not sure if it is beyond repair or not. Hopefully, it can be
repaired.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Also, if you are in the Central Oklahoma area, please
stop by the Anadarko Community Library in Anadarko on August 6 from 4:00 pm -
7:00 pm for a multi-author event! Check out the library's Facebook page to read
some of the author spotlights </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnadarkoLibrary" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgYcjcCU7hv_Z8y0AosTf6bUOJl798og82MUgeuiw0W6K7QVCA0GLDjkaNTZH0vPrwgmppSzc2QPJHhAtjE75w3AJvcJLuBMCzIIUynNLYHt-8BAFo12ToivPLoKIotnFZOtS0Ur7eIRS/s1650/07-27-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgYcjcCU7hv_Z8y0AosTf6bUOJl798og82MUgeuiw0W6K7QVCA0GLDjkaNTZH0vPrwgmppSzc2QPJHhAtjE75w3AJvcJLuBMCzIIUynNLYHt-8BAFo12ToivPLoKIotnFZOtS0Ur7eIRS/s320/07-27-21.jpg" /></a></b></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></b></p>That's it for now. I hope you all have a wonderful
summer and remember to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!</b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Thank you for your continued support. Until we see each other again...</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Hugs,</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Freestyle Script"; font-size: 48.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Maxine</span></p>Maxine Douglas Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143528112485158983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052097716204085580.post-67065142260265951522021-07-07T13:25:00.000-07:002021-07-07T13:25:06.461-07:00Let's Catch Up!<p><b> </b><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Goodness so much has happened since last we
corresponded. I hope that your summer has been filled with fun and love.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>It
has been over three years since I lost the love of my heart. I hadn’t realized
just how much I had pushed aside until the other day. So, I will be doing my
best to stay in the here and now to bring you a newsletter more often.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>We
all know what happened with COVID to all of us.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I
lost my dog, Missy, to cancer. I gained a kitten shortly before that named Simon,
who as you can tell is more than willing to be my assistant. And I became a
great-grandma in December to a beautiful great-granddaughter.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gFEO1bO03Ftp8W7U6VcrCVLaynSGs19tcAOA4vIiIhXqqNRtK-NkOdj1vhFGqlEynflzDKKrfgbSTrF-c_Q1g2aIXIv2Cvf2vMqFBhhqGbexdOVII3WFs4mlGSbQPx0LaiTlwefm_XyZ/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="256" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gFEO1bO03Ftp8W7U6VcrCVLaynSGs19tcAOA4vIiIhXqqNRtK-NkOdj1vhFGqlEynflzDKKrfgbSTrF-c_Q1g2aIXIv2Cvf2vMqFBhhqGbexdOVII3WFs4mlGSbQPx0LaiTlwefm_XyZ/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHltQojRw8zns1Fl6m0KpztvI3lI2bk66sOV7IMR0Pbk3FVhKy4QwfIVsSKqsOOhFwY2pxEaAaFpNV362EYmsKi1C9_N39CO4P4WFAWlZATbVyBKtItK6K3mV6yw7VX3YkTYuQaMVqfxhh/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="126" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHltQojRw8zns1Fl6m0KpztvI3lI2bk66sOV7IMR0Pbk3FVhKy4QwfIVsSKqsOOhFwY2pxEaAaFpNV362EYmsKi1C9_N39CO4P4WFAWlZATbVyBKtItK6K3mV6yw7VX3YkTYuQaMVqfxhh/w264-h400/image.png" width="264" /></a><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"> </b>
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been writing but slowly and hope to also improve in that area as well. I am
working on the second book in the Men of the Double K series, and I have scheduled
a contemporary romance for Christmas 2022 in the Christmas at the Inn series.</b></span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.3in;"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>
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releases, sales, and excerpts. If you are interested, click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maxinesbookdivas" target="_blank">here</a> to join.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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the Angel Creek Christmas Brides series? Well, it is Christmas in July at Angel
Creek. Starting this week each group published will have their books on sale
for 99 cents! This week meet the 2018 Angel Creek Christmas brides all week at that
special price of 99 cents. The Angel Creek Christmas Brides series Facebook
page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AngelCreekChristmasBrides" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .3in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_dFw01iKNTedDyH_b4qaTuSLELgFHljq7xeOAQkEJr-Gx0rMbRAwW8E6-zyHRjOjMceJuAzXDftHV9oVYSdSky2iaqj2qCxvqFuH-N0aptW42Z9TP63DedcvwQiOGFxSznJcxLiHg3Cl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="368" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_dFw01iKNTedDyH_b4qaTuSLELgFHljq7xeOAQkEJr-Gx0rMbRAwW8E6-zyHRjOjMceJuAzXDftHV9oVYSdSky2iaqj2qCxvqFuH-N0aptW42Z9TP63DedcvwQiOGFxSznJcxLiHg3Cl/w640-h334/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.3in;"> I
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like many of you, I grew up with the wonderful smells coming from the kitchen each night as our mothers prepared dinner. There were times when I swear, I could smell my mom’s cooking half-way across town from work. I’d call her and ask, “Are you making chicken and dumplings?” She’d laugh and tell me that she was in the process of preparing it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I’m not sure if that was the power of suggestion or if mom and I were mentally connected those days. And I’m not about to question it, I only know that when I got home there was chicken and dumplings simmering on the stove.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then there are the holidays when the Christmas baking starts after Thanksgiving. Mom would be in the kitchen making cut out sugar cookies to freeze and frost about a week before Christmas. She’d make popcorn balls, seafoam, fudge…all the yummy sweets that we only got at that time of year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">My material grandmother’s lemon meringue pie was to die for, as was her Sunday fried chicken sizzling in an electric skillet. Since I was the youngest of my grandparent’s 20 plus grandchildren, I never got to taste any of the Norwegian or Danish food she may have made. My material grandparents were first generation Americans, while my paternal side arrived before the American Revolution.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do remember though that THE cookbooks of the day were Fannie Farmer and Betty Crocker.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, I’m not a baker and I don’t really enjoy cooking the way my husband did. He was the chef in our household and there is a bookshelf filled from top to bottom with cookbooks he collected over the years. I guess I need to find things to make myself now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">My creativity is with the written word or on occasion with a crochet hook and yarn, while my husband, mother and grandmother’s creativity brought wonderful and mouthwatering smells from the kitchen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bon Appetit!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0px;">Remember the old
TV show <em><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; margin: 0px;">I've
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Valentine's
Day always falls on February 14, and is the traditional day on which lovers in
certain cultures let each other know about their love, commonly by sending
Valentine's cards, which are often anonymous. The history of Valentine's day
can be traced back to an obscure Catholic Church feast day, said to be in honor
of Saint Valentine, are discussed below. The day's associations with romantic
love arrived after the High Middle Ages, during which the concept of romantic
love was formulated.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Some legends
go back to erotic festivals in ancient Rome that happened to take place during
February. Women would dress up as wolves and wait to be whipped by men wearing
loin cloths. Today in Italy and Greece, young men still chase young women while
brandishing whips - made of plastic. The Lupercalia (February 15), was a
fertility festival until 495 A.D., when a pope put a stop to it.</span></b></span></span></div>
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husband has recovered and was released back to work after having Mohrs Surgery followed
by a one-step rhinoplasty surgery. This has weighed on our minds, hearts, and
souls since December, and are thankful for the results and care he received. We
celebrated yesterday (Valentine’s Day) by spending the entire day with each
other away from the confinement of our home. So I hope that you will forgive me
for the lateness of this newsletter.</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>My inspiration for Melt My Heart was a call by my publisher, The Wild Rose Press. They asked for books that revolved around candy heart sayings, so I did some research found Melt My Heart and built the book around it. It took some time, but I thought about what kind of hero would melt my heroine's heart. </b></span></div>
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Lexi Mallory wants to submit to the sexy new Dom from the club, but trauma
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>2 pods of vanilla <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1 liter of milk </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>2 tbs spoons of
pure cocoa <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>1
quarter of liter of tepid water </b></span></span></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>2 tbs spoons of
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tbs spoons of brown sugar </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>1 half tea spoon
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1 pinch of salt <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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-<b> Heat the vanilla pods 10 minutes in milk. <br />
- Withdraw the pods, press them to extract all juice from it and scrape them to
preserve small seeds. <br />
- Add the pure cocoa to water with a quarter of tepid liter of water. <br />
- Add hot milk while stirring up well, then to add honey, and the brown sugar. <br />
- Incorporate while whipping: Tabasco or Cayenne pepper, salt, and rum or the
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Is useful hot or cold. Drink in very good company!</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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24 days left until Christmas morning have you started your gift shopping? Or
have you been done for months? According to </span></b></span></span><a href="http://www.rcs-uk.com/people-start-shopping-for-christmas/" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">Yesmail Interactive</span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">,
38.1% of people start their Christmas shopping before November which jumps up
to 69.8% of people starting their Christmas shopping before the 1st December. Merry Christmas from our house to yours!</span></b></span></span></div>
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mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the
real spirit of Christmas.</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">” </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">~~ </span></b></span></span><a href="https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/calvin_coolidge_121116" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">Calvin Coolidge</span></span></i></b></span></span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> (US President, 1872-1933)</span></i></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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dates. New information. Watch for the first issue in 2018 this February…the
month of hearts and love.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"></span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> I have also started on a new trilogy for 2018—Men of the Double K
continues with the stories of the Kennedys you met in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://maxinedouglasauthor.blogspot.com/p/brides-along-chisholm-trail.html" target="_blank">The Cattleman’s Bride</a></i> starting with Beau Kennedy in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red River Crossing</i> in April 2018.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span><a href="http://maxinedouglasauthor.blogspot.com/p/2012-releases.html" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">Maxine’s Romance Bookshelf</span></span></b></span></span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">~~ </span></b></span></span><a href="http://maxinedouglasauthor.blogspot.com/p/sexy-stories.html" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">Maxine’s Hotand Spicy Bookshelf</span></span></b></span></span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Both <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Morgan D’Arcy: A Vampyre
Rhapsody</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Four by Moonlight</i>
are anthologies of stories I’ve written over the years.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Morgan is the inspiration for all his books.
He is a singular individual – English aristocracy, a renowned classical
pianist, and….a vampire. He needed no fleshing out, but came to me fully
realized—as if indeed he were real. I wonder if he was someone I knew in a
former life. </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;">J</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">The 4 stories in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Four by
Moonlight</i> each had a different inspiration. The ghost story was inspired by
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Highwayman</i> by Alfred Noyes,
absolutely my favorite epic poem. Loreena McKennitt recorded the poem in a
beautiful rendition of these immortal words.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"></span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">The alien story came to me late one night. I was in the throes of a
divorce, feeling low, and wondered what it would be like to have your dream man
materialize in front of your eyes when you were stuck in debilitating boredom
and hopelessness. Star Angel was born, originally titled Home.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"></span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">The vampire story I began as for an erotic romance anthology, but it
just didn’t want to be ER, so I tamed it (just a bit) and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Gatekeeper’s Cottage</i> became a very spicy offering to this
anthology.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>BTW, it should be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Game Keeper’s Cottage</i>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>My bad!</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"></span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">The angel story was born on a flight from Dallas to Houston. I read
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Book of Enoch</i>, which is not in
the modern Bible but a part of the Apocrypha. Enoch tells the story of the
Grigori, angels who took human wives.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In
Genesis 6.2, one reference remains to the Grigori, “that the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that
they chose.” I made Azazel the hero rather than the demon he’s most often
portrayed.</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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existence have taught Lord Morgan Gabriel D'Arcy to fear nothing and no one.
Humans and their weapons have little chance against his preternatural speed
and arcane powers. Vampires are viral mutations of human DNA. Still, the
Vampyre code requires secrecy, and he has learned to hide his nature from the
world. The lure of mortality, of a life in the sun, puts Morgan again and
again at the mercy of calculating human women though they fail to consider
his charm and determination into the equation. However, even grooming a
future bride from infancy proves to be fraught with heartbreak. And second
chances are not always what they seem unless... you are Morgan. Immortality
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have lived in England, Canada, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta and in the
Houston area. I’ve seen a lot of this country from the windshield of a
truck pulling a horse trailer, having bred, trained and showed the
magnificent Andalusian horses for many years.</span></b></span></span></div>
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Writers Magnolia Award and the SARA Merritt. I’m proud of my two
wonderful sons. I am a retired legal assistant, and member of the Houston BMW
Club. In a former life, I must have had to walk everywhere because today I am
very into transportation: loving horses and hot cars! Also, I love music,
particularly the piano.</span></b></span></span></div>
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parties. I don’t even object to hand washing the crystal and china the
next day.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1 cup </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">molasses</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">2 cups dried </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">figs</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> (about 1
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1 cup </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">buttermilk</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1/2 cup </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">walnuts</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">, chopped </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">2 teaspoons </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">baking powder</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1 teaspoon </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">salt</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1/2 teaspoon ground </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">cinnamon</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1/4 teaspoon ground </span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">nutmeg</span></b></span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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mixer, cream the butter until it is fluffy. Add the eggs and molasses and
beat again. Add the figs, lemon peel, buttermilk, and walnuts. Blend for one
minute. Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and
nutmeg. Blend until everything is incorporated completely.</span></b></span></span></div>
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an 8- by 4-inch souffle dish and pour in the batter. Bake it in a 325 F oven
for one hour. You will know it is done when a toothpick inserted in the
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pudding out onto plates or cut it into wedges. Garnish with whipped cream.
You can also pour some brandy over it. In some cases, the alcohol is set on
fire briefly to char the outside of the cake.</span></b></span></span></div>
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I’m trying something a bit different for 2018. I’ll be sending out newsletters
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series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Like No Other</i>, a charity
foundation that works with teenage girls. The inspiration for my heroine is
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young homeless man from Los Angeles, Ca. One morning I witnessed this man eat
off a dirty plate on the table next to me at a sidewalk café. I share the story
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years ago, I was at Hugo’s Restaurant in West Hollywood having breakfast. I sat
outside at a small table for two. A couple seated at the small bistro table
next to me had recently left and the waitress hadn’t yet picked up their
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dressed in loose clothing, with wavy longish hair and a short beard walked by
at a nice clip. He briefly stopped at their table and grabbed a napkin. To my
astonishment, without missing a beat, he lifted a spoon, scraped the last bit
of food onto the napkin, then shoveled it into his mouth as he continued
walking. He acted without the least hesitation. Without thought. As if he’d
done this many times before.</span></b></div>
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at what had transpired, I watched him walk the length of the restaurant, then
turn right before he disappeared.</span></b></div>
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man strode off, my heart cried out to stop him, to offer him a meal. But what
60-year-old woman runs after a thirty-year-old homeless guy? So, I did the
normal, sane thing, simply sat there and watched him leave. I glanced around at
those seated near me and not one of them seemed to have noticed him.</span></b></div>
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young man many times since then, replaying the scene over and over in my head.
In my daydream, I call out to him. He stops and turns. I offer to buy him
breakfast, and although surprised, he accepts. We sit at the bistro table on a
beautiful California morning and I discover more about him over a hearty
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loved this young man, who worried about him. And mostly, I thought about his
mother. As I pondered this man’s condition I played several scenarios in my
head. Maybe he was a spy, undercover, and fleeing his most recent captors.
Nearly starved. Why else would he eat off the plate of a stranger?</span></b></div>
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him a story and a reason to do what he did. Thus, my undercover journalist hero
was born. Then I gave my heroine the heart I’d wished I’d had that day. The
heart that was in me, but afraid to act. I gave her the courage to actually go
after the homeless man and the will to at least try and change his life.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Undercover journalist, Cameron Phillips,</i> is
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Jillian Jeffrey, teen fashion industry’s latest darling, has a heart
for the less fortunate. Her goal is to raise enough money for fashion icon
Anna Delany’s, Like No Other charity foundation. The donation will not only
keep the charity afloat, but will place Jill in the running for a coveted
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pitted prunes</span></b></div>
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cups diced walnuts</span></b></div>
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are moist and I sometimes add more than 24.)</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Measure out 1-2
cups chopped walnuts and set aside</span></b></div>
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baking flour with 1 teaspoon each of nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice and set
aside (I use organic pastry flour, sometimes mixed with hazelnut flour).</span></b></div>
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each time beaten w/fork before being added)</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1 cup buttermilk
mixed with 1 teaspoon baking soda (I measure the buttermilk first, then add
the soda using a 2 cup</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">measuring cup as
the mixture will expand. I also prepare it just after I prepare the flour
mixture so it can rise a bit)</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">1 teaspoon
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add in the flour mixture, the prunes and the nuts and mix to evenly
distribute.</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Pour into your
prepared Bundt pan(s).</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Bake for 60
minutes and check to see if done . Check for doneness with a toothpick and by
pressing your finger slightly to the top to see if it “bounces” back. If the
toothpick comes out clean and the cake bounces back when pressed, it's done.
If not done then, leave it in for another 5 minutes (it usually takes 65
minutes for me).</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Cool 10 min.
before taking out of the Bundt pan. Cool another 15 min. before dusting with
powdered sugar.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">This cake goes
well with my Agents of the Crown series in which the Prince Regent is
frequently mentioned.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I didn't start
out as a writer of romance. Although I wrote stories as a child, by the time
I got to college, and at the urging of my professors, I became a lawyer.
After years of serving clients in private practice and several stints in high
levels of government, I decided it was time for a change. Becoming a
bestselling author and winning awards were the subject of dreams when I first
began writing historical novels. But dreams sometimes do come true.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s Halloween! Who has their costume all picked out? My husband and I walked the streets of a real ghost town in New Mexico over Labor Day weekend. It was really cool to see the church and schoolhouse that the people who lived there attended.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The inspiration for <i>Evil Speaks Softly </i>came from Maureen’s own struggles. As a writer who 'writes by the seat of her pants' her relentless characters can be very demanding in wanting their story told and often have their own agenda. They just aren’t ruthless spirits and there’s no ancient curse…that she’s aware of.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I searched her face. I knew my Grams. When resignation settled on her features a knot clenched in my stomach from either fear, or the excitement of validating Gage didn’t fabricate the story. Perhaps he wasn’t crazy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">She turned to stare out the frosted window where the birdfeeder sat frozen over from the recent snow. “I can’t believe he took that risk. Watchers are never to approach the Recorders. It could totally upset the balance.” She worried her lower lip between her teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When she used the same terms as Gage, my anxiety elevated. I expected her to deny his claims and then we’d laugh about the incident. “Grams, please tell me. I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I took a deep breath. “Some weird things happened last night. Occasionally I notice unusual things, but it’s an old house and I have an active imagination, but this time it scared me.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Grandparent’s Day is this month! We have two beautiful granddaughters who are sisters and as different as night and day. One blonde and one brunette. One in 3<sup>rd</sup> grade and one graduating from UW-Whitewater this winter. We love, adore, and are proud of our girls.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">In my novel, <i>Absinthe</i>, I had deliberately written an epilogue which could lead into a sequel if I ever decided to write one…and my friend didn’t let me forget.</span></b></div>
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<b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“So…when are you going to write a sequel to </span></i></b><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Absinthe<i>?” she asked, out of the blue one afternoon.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Probably never,” I replied, and continued with what I was doing, which was writing a chapter of my new novel.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“But…what about all the questions left unanswered?” she demanded.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“What questions?” I tried to pretend I didn’t know what she meant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It didn’t work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“What questions…? Don’t play stupid. What happens when little David grows up? Are he and Rouge going to have the same relationship as Absinthe and the other Rouge? Will </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Étienne</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> tell David about his father? And what about this twin sister? Where did </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">that<i> idea come from?” She caught my arm and shook it, jerking my hand from the keyboard which sent it nearly toppling from the typing shelf. I managed to catch it before it crashed to the floor. “Come on, don’t leave us hanging…there’s more to the story and you know it!”<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I <i>did</i> know it…and as much as I tried to ignore it and work on something else, the idea had been buzzing around in my brain for a bit. I bowed to the inevitable and took up the threads where they’d been left hanging…and <i>Essence of Absinthe</i> was the result.</span></b><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Essence of Absinthe</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> may be considered mild in comparison to its predecessor. <i>Absinthe</i> was a tale of <i>obessesion</i>; <i>Essence of Absinthe</i> is a story of <i>possession</i>, and how the desire for revenge can survive and fester and wreak itself upon the innocent.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Madame.” He set down the glass, placing it carefully on a nearby lamp table. “May I assist you? Are you ill?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Absinthe, my dearest.” The woman took a step toward him. “You’ve come back to me, as you said.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“<i>Mon cher</i> Absinthe…”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Renegade’s Rose<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book 6: Incognito<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Network 5th in Command, Hunter Savage turns renegade to save his sister, kidnapped by Rex Kovac, leader of the terrorist organization R.E.D. Hunter’s only means of saving Celine? Steal Kovac’s most prized possession—his wife.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A writing professor finds her career-long plan to establish a romantic fiction writing curriculum blocked by a department chair. Educating him on the benefits of the curriculum may also require a crash course on love.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One woman's journey home gets derailed by her soon-to-be ex-mother-in-law in a novel filled with humor, small-town charm, rekindled love, and the resilient ties of family<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When Lord Hawkridge inherits a penniless marquessate, he must abandon his courtship of the low-born girl he loves. Years later, she rises from commoner to textiles heiress. But how can he convince a woman whose trust he destroyed that he desires her far more than her money?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The curtains are drawn, and the sheets are rumpled… Prepare to melt for 22 tales of lustful abandon that will fulfill your deepest, darkest, most secret desires on many<span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span>hot and sinful nights.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Captain Colin “Hunk” Lynch is tempted past his ability to withstand the sizzling attraction to the wrong damsel-in-distress—an undercover siren on the run from a heroin dealer out for revenge. Breaking his long-standing rule forbidding involvement with a fellow law-enforcement professional could be the mistake of his life. But more importantly, he hopes to hell it doesn’t compromise his ability to save hers…<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I love a good chicken recipe with lots of flavor and this one is oh, so French. It was the favorite of Jean Donet, comte de Saintonge, the hero in <i>Echo in the Wind</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Regan Walker didn't start out as a writer of romance. Although she wrote stories as a child, by the time Regan got to college, and at the urging of my professors, she became a lawyer. After years of serving clients in private practice and several stints in high levels of government, she decided it was time for a change. Becoming a bestselling author and winning awards were the subject of dreams when Regan first began writing historical novels. But dreams sometimes do come true.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.reganwalkerauthor.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> / <a href="http://reganromancereview.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/regan.walker.104" target="_blank">Facebook</a> / <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Regan-Walker/e/B008OUWC5Y/" target="_blank">Amazon Author</a> / <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6450403.Regan_Walker" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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