tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78311436862199193222024-03-12T18:18:41.104-07:00Miss WordedMiss Worded is the blog of romantic comedy author Lucy Woodhull. My romance novels are good for the soul and the funny bone!Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-18114500523283679352015-07-13T05:00:00.000-07:002015-07-13T05:00:01.186-07:00Now You Can Buy Ridiculous Shirts From Me(In Addition to Ridic Books)<br />
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There are tees, totes, phone and tablet skins, stickers, mugs (for coffee or wine--dual purpose!), and lots o' other crap, too. Yay! Check 'em out here: <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/xanaduriffic/portfolio">http://www.redbubble.com/people/xanaduriffic/portfolio</a>.<br />
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<br />Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-4043745002854784482015-06-15T09:44:00.000-07:002015-06-15T09:45:06.088-07:00Growin’ up Florida Style<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ocala is my home town, and this picture going around is amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You’d
definitely see gators when you went to the national forest, or swimming
in lakes. If you were water skiing and the boat stopped, first thing
you’d do is look around for floating “logs.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a
girlfriend when I was in middle school who had a house up on the water.
One weekend, I spent the night there, and we set up sleeping bags on
their enclosed porch. The porch was 20-30 feet from the water.</span><br />
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dad came out and said, “Now girls, make sure you don’t leave the
porch–the gators will come right up to the house. Good night!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yup. Nothing to worry about there. </span>Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-81448304891594926872015-04-23T19:06:00.003-07:002015-04-23T19:06:41.922-07:00 Stupid Questions with Lucy:Dinner of Bieber Edition Featuring Frank Talaber<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Welcome to author Frank Talaber, here to answer my inane questions!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, the cats. That's if they feel like a war, as long as it doesn't
intrude on their main snooze times and it was obviously on their terms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or
Engelbert Humperdinck? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both have great and unusual last names. I'd go with Humperdinck. With a
name like that, he must have been a hit at parties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it
be and why? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Flying dragon. Could zip to all those great places I've wanted to see,
like the Pyramids of Giza and when you get there don't have to worry
about parking. Because everyone would clear out in a heartbeat or he'd
incinerate them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You need to ask, have you not seen any Walmartians? They can't be human.
Can they?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance
about them?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Bridges of Pluto-ian County</i>. Only one can cross at a time.</span><br />
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off the planet?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fill a spaceship with his adoring admirers and tell him they want
to take him to a world where he is worshiped as a god. And once he's
gone, tell him sorry, the translation wasn't correct. It was eaten as a
God.
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The first time I saw you, was the second time I loved you," wrote Brook
Grant in his diary. One problem, the reporter investigates the cutting
down of the Golden Spruce only to find out that the legend is true. The
ancient native prince trapped inside has been released and so has Raven.
Yes, apparently, The Raven. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So when a native God steals away your heart and soul, how do
you get her back?
Well, you hire a shaman who is more whacked than a hockey player's slap
shot and nuttier than a squirrel's winter stash. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Yeah, this is going to work, I'll get my lady back and
we'll live happily ever after," Brook added to his diary after banging
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<a href="https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/museitup/fantasy/urban-fantasy/shamans-lure-detail" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/museitup/fantasy/urban-fantasy/shamans-lure-detail </span></a>Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-90984868327043602382015-04-16T05:00:00.000-07:002015-04-16T05:00:14.816-07:00 Stupid Questions with Lucy:the Other Humperdinck Edition Featuring Adriana Kraft<span style="font-size: large;">Please welcome author Adriana Kraft, a lovely person who wants to help people with her theoretical magic powers. She's going to answer my stupid questions and even be nice to the Biebs!</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m going with cats, no matter how
you parse the combatants. Cats are smarter, quicker, more lithe, and can leap and hang
on for the kill (not that I want to kill a bear, either). Of course the cats are likely to be
shifters, and we never said what size or species of cat, so anything can happen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tough one. Can’t wait to see Cumberbatch’s new movie, <i>The Imitation
Game</i>. Tragic story, I’d like to hope we’re beyond that but I’m not so sure. However I’m
going to have to go with my nerd heritage here – not the current Engelbert
Humperdinck, but the German composer of the same name (1854-1927), who penned
the opera Hansel and Gretel. Yup, that’s my diagnosis, and I’m stickin’ to it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That
didn’t take even a nanosecond – a dragon. They’re magic. Our youngest son (who also
had a role in Hansel and Gretel, see?) loved them and devoured all the books we could
find about them, so I’m steeped in dragon lore. My pet dragon, of course, would be kind
and generous in addition to magical – there’s nowhere I couldn’t fly, no downtrodden
people we couldn’t save together, nothing we couldn’t conquer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course. We are made of the dust of stars – so even we, at
some level, are part alien. How could there not be? </span></div>
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gonna bite on this one. Off the planet is certain death, or banishment at the very least,
and no human deserves that (and no, I don’t think he’s an alien, even if he’s pretty alien
to me). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is going to sound pretty mundane, but it would be some kind of healing
power. I’m all about believing in people, helping them reach inside and find their inner
spark, empowerment. I have no idea how this would work, exactly, but that’s what it
would be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Threatened race horses, city slicker attorney, sexy California wrangler—what can
possibly go wrong?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hot-shot Chicago prosecuting attorney Traci Steele works tirelessly keeping rapists off
the street to prevent other women from suffering the hell she’s endured, so she resists
her friends’ insistence that she take a two month R&R in their California Live Oak
condo—until they persuade her to help their rancher friend as a private investigator. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Though he runs the stables at Live Oak, well-muscled mustached wrangler Scott
McCord much prefers working with the race horses he trains at his ranch, and he can’t
believe his old friends have sent a greenhorn female to help him with horse troubles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The improbable dance between this mismatched pair barely fits in around the escalating
suspense of whoever’s after Scott’s horses. Traci is as tenacious in her sleuthing as she
is terrified about her inability to ever love a man. Can Scott succeed in gentling her - like
he does his horses - before she flees in panic?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Benedict Cumberbatch because Kat
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Maltese Jack would be extremely jealous but
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romance about them? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Cum
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jain Ryan moved to New York City to pursue a career on Broadway.
What she didn't figure was falling for and under the watchful eye of
NYPD Detective Marcus O'Boyle, her brother's best friend. When Jain
scores the role as an understudy for the lead in a Broadway revival, one
kiss alters their relationship. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Marcus O'Boyle had always been a surrogate big brother to Jain Ryan.
When evidence suggests Jain might somehow be involved with the acts
of a serial killer targeting Broadway actresses, Marcus is caught
between duty and desire for his best friends baby sister. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will Marcus discover who is behind the murders before the killer
targets Jain? Or will he be too late to save the love of his life when a
psychopath inflicts his final revenge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kelly Janicello is the alter ego of a staid corporate worker. After years of
writing for her own pleasure, she finally joined the ranks of other men
and women privileged to call themselves authors. Kelly and her dog live
in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York. When Kelly is not writing she
is spending her time with family and friends, cheering for her beloved
NY Rangers, and inventing the perfect man in her head. Kelly loves to
hear from readers. </span></div>
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Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-7534799737190669052015-03-26T05:00:00.000-07:002015-03-26T05:00:03.480-07:00 Stupid Questions with Lucy:Out-of-Control Hairdo Edition Featuring Connie Vines<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hallo, blog friends! Author Connie Vines is here to char herself on my hot seat (ahem)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since neither species inhabits the same global real estate, let’s assume the Siberian Tiger vs Polar Bear
war began at a local zoo, or animal park due to a major social faux pas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Siberian tiger is reddish-rusty or rusty-yellow in color, with narrow black transverse stripes for as
camouflage and hunt by stealth. They lie in wait and creep close enough to attack their victims with a
quick spring and a fatal pounce. Tigers are the largest of all wild cats and are renowned for their power
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<span style="font-size: large;">Polar bears typically have thick white fur, which can range from white to creamy yellow in the summer.
A thick undercoat prevents water from penetration, and webbed forepaws can measure up to 16 cm in
diameter; acting as paddles for swimming and snowshoes for walking on land or on thin ice. Compared to
other bears, the polar bear's head is streamlined. It has a longer snout for warming cold air on inhalation
and for trying to catch ringed seals that are slipping down breathing holes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Siberian Tiger: Agile, fast, kills by crushing the jugular. The tiger's sense of hearing is the most acute all
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Size: Male Siberian tigers body length 4.5’ to 9’ and weigh from 400-675 lbs.
Speed: Can run up to 50 mph in the show.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Polar Bear: Power paws, thick coat and protective layer of fat. Polar bears hearing and eyesight
comparable to humans and sense of smell is acute. Polar bears are able to smell a seal from a distance of
32 km (20 miles).
Size: Male polar bears range from 7' to 11' and weigh from 660 to 1,320 pounds.
Speed: Walking speed: 5.5 kph (3.4 mph). Running speed: 40 kph (25 mph) for short distances.
Advantage: additional layer of fat to lessen an attack. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fight: The tiger would try to attack from behind the bear (Method of kill: suffocation after putting the
victim down). However, the bear’s fur is much too thick for the tiger to penetrate. The action would
enrage the polar bear. The bear would fall backwards onto the cat and the cat would then instinctively try
to escape because a cat hates being on its back. Alternatively, the bear (Method of kill: crushing the skull
with a blow from paw) would injure the tiger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winner: Clearly the Polar Bear. After measuring the force a bear creates by a blow from its paw vs the
claws/biting force of the tiger, the bear would win. The tiger would be unable to topple the bear. Result:
the Polar Bear would crush the Siberian Tiger’s skull.
Connie’s Reaction: No more visits to the San Diego Zoo or Wild Animal Park for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Would I rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Engeldict, or Bengelbert? Since I must decide--knowing one side effect is a lovely Las Vegas suntan and
questionable sideburns; the other, pasty-pale skin and an out-of-control hairdo. I would prefer a diagnosis
of Benedict Cumberbatch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A baby dragon would be the perfect mythical pet for me. I have the patience to train him or her to fly and
breathe fire. Baby dragons are not easy to raise. However, I am calm and can handle the challenge (after
all, I am an experienced iguana owner). My adorable baby dragon will love sitting on my shoulder and
accompanying me wherever I go (except for handbag and shoe shopping)! I will be sure to keep my latest
fashion accessory (fire extinguisher) close by! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4a. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance about them? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off this planet? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How about a trip to Mars? A wealthy engineer who paid $20 million for the Russians to fly him
to the International Space Station back in 2001 (who shall remain nameless), is leading a private
effort to stage a Martian fly-by mission in 2018. I am guessing that Justin Bieber could easily
afford a ticket onto the Mars mission </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chi: Control of our inner mojo. Control over your Chi means you have the ability to physically
manifest all of your inner strength and willpower. This means your outer strength can be just as
powerful as your inner strength. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alive, Steampunk novelist Meredith Misso worked hard at living the perfect
SoCal celeb life. Now that she is a Zombie, it’s all about the make-up, non-vegan
lifestyle, and her soon-to-be ex, who somehow managed to Velcro himself back
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“Quirky, Sassy, and Fun! ~ Authors Den Review </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OA25GJY/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=missw-20&linkId=JN2AEGK2AITUX3Z4" target="_blank">Amazon</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Married with two grown sons, Connie Vines resides deep in the quirky suburbs of
southern California. She has published over one hundred short stories and non-fiction
articles, six novels, and has ghost-written two literary novels and one screenplay. The
vice-president of GothRom (Gothic Chapter of Romance Writers), Connie participates in
local literary events and judges national and international writing contests. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please visit her website: <a href="http://www.novelsbyconnievines.com/" target="_blank">http://www.novelsbyconnievines.com </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Easy links to all things Connie: <a href="http://about.me/ConnieVines" target="_blank"> http://about.me/ConnieVines</a></span></div>
Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-2741911534106855632015-03-19T05:00:00.000-07:002015-03-19T05:00:10.021-07:00 Stupid Questions with Lucy:Harry Connick Cooties Edition Featuring Gail Roughton<br /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the blog, Gail Roughton! Her spooky book cover is doing nothing for my fear of flying, but she's a lovely author all the same. Here are her answers to my silly questions~</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears?</b><br /><br />Cats, of course! Cats were worshiped as Gods in ancient Egypt, they’re not going to forget something like that! Smokey hasn’t got a chance!<br /><b><br />2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck?</b><br /><br />I’ll see you your Engelbert Humperdinck and raise you a Harry Connick, Jr.<br /><br /><b>3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it be and why?</b><br /><br />A Falton. You’ve never heard of a Falton? Well, I’m not surprised, you wouldn’t have unless you’ve read a book titled <i>Vanished</i>. They exist in a parallel world I’m acquainted with called Trusca. They look like horses, but they have horns. That’s horns, plural, not horn, singular. Curving, deadly horns that grow out of the sides of their heads, on either side of their ears, like a bull. They’re stronger than horses and smarter than unicorns and nobody owns a Falton. They pick their own masters. (And you thought I was going to say ‘dragon’ or ‘unicorn’, didn’t you?)<br /><br /><b>4. Are aliens among us?</b><br /><br />Oh, you bet your fur they are!! I know quite a few people who can’t be explained any other way, don’t you?<br /><br /><b>4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance about them?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Hmmm, let’s see. <i>The Space Between Us</i>. <i> Aliens No More</i>. <i>Venus Triumphs</i>. <br /><br /><b>5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off the planet?</b><br /><br />Do we really have the right to inflict something like that on another planet? I mean, what sort of impression about Earth would that give other worlds? Still, I suppose we could have an intergalactic hyper-drive installed in a Lamborghini. That wouldn’t make him suspicious or anything, whereas it might be a problem getting him on an obvious spacecraft.<br /><br /><b>6. If you were a superheroine or -hero, what would your special power be?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />I’d be a shapeshifter. The possibilities are endless!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gail Roughton is a native of small town Georgia whose Deep South heritage
features prominently in much of her work. She’s worked in a law office for close
to forty years, during which time she’s raised three children and quite a few
attorneys. She’s kept herself more or less sane by writing novels and tossing the
completed manuscripts into her closet. A cross-genre writer, Gail’s produced
works ranging from humor to romance to thriller to horror, sometimes in the
same book. She’s never quite sure herself what to expect when she sits down at
the keyboard. Now multi-published by Books We Love, Ltd., her credits include
the <i>War-N-Wit, Inc.</i> series, <i>The Color of Seven</i>, <i>Vanished</i>, <i>Country Justice</i>, and
<i>Sisters of Prophecy -- Ursula</i>. Currently, Gail is working on <i>Black Turkey Walk,
</i>the second in the Country Justice series (which no, she didn't expect to evolve
into a series), as well as the Sisters of Prophecy series, co-written with Jude
Pittman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Visit Gail Roughton at: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.to/18gb7gP">http://amzn.to/18gb7gP</a></span></div>
Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-7842216138237918252015-03-18T13:54:00.003-07:002015-03-18T13:55:40.853-07:00Swing on by and Read the Shittiest Thing Ever!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">My "The Shittiest Princess" series has been running weekly on <i>Persephone Magazine </i>for a while now! It's been so exciting for me to share the adventures of Princess Poot, her friend-wife Prince Agnes, Medium-Sized Moat Squid, and all the rest of the kooky Kingdomville gang!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you've missed this amazing phenomenon that my husband calls "you're still doing that weird thing?" then check out all the stories here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The latest is <a href="http://persephonemagazine.com/2015/03/the-shittiest-princess-and-the-manly-games/" target="_blank">THE SHITTIEST PRINCESS AND THE MANLY GAMES</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It came to pass in the country of Kingdomville that the king held an
annual event for the betterment of boners and armpit sweat: The Manly
Games. Besides crusades, wars, Minion-crushing, tournaments, Tuesdays,
and gay pride parades, there were no opportunities for men to run about
waving their implements at one another, so the Games were born...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to start at the beginning, then check out <a href="http://persephonemagazine.com/2015/01/the-shittiest-princess-and-the-twelve-toed-suitor/" target="_blank">THE SHITTIEST PRINCESS AND THE TWELVE-TOED SUITOR</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once upon a time, when men were men and women were property, there
lived a very shitty princess. Verily, she was the shittiest princess in
the seven kingdoms, and in the three kingdoms beyond them. She was worse
than even the most terrible royal in that weird duchy that celebrated
Christmas all year ’round. It took a month to pry the tinsel out of your
sensitive parts after a visit to that accursed place, a pox upon it.<span id="more-159215"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The shittiest princess’ name was Poot. You’d think she’d be the
fartiest princess, but that title belonged to Princess Amanda Who Was
Rarely Invited to Sleepovers...</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the rest can be found on the <a href="http://persephonemagazine.com/category/pop-culture-features/theshittiestprincess/" target="_blank">Shittiest Princess tag</a>--start from page two (at the bottom) and work your way up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you're having a bad day or a great one, Princess Poot can bring a smile to your lovely face. And if not, hey--at least you don't have her vestigial fin! Uh...I meant skateboarding scar.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a devout ailurophile (that's a fancy name for a cat person), I have it on
excellent authority that the cats would clobber the bears. Not in a physical
contest, of course, but I'll bet on brains over brawn any day. Think about it.
Have you ever met a bear with any kind of intellectual depth? Yogi? Pooh?
Smokey? Even Paddington (and he's an outlier)? Give a bear a hug and a bit
of honey and he's happy. The typical ursine would much rather nap than fight.
Bears most definitely do not care about ruling the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Felines, on the other hand, possess unbelievably Machiavellian sensibilities.
Although they love comfort, they won't allow themselves to be seduced by a
plate of fish or a catnip-stuffed toy if that interferes with their larger plans. This
is especially true of black cats who have a higher average IQ than cats of other
colors. (Miz Blackness is sitting next to my laptop right now, dictating.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cats really do seem to have super powers sometimes. They can jump to
impossible heights. They can disappear. They can see through walls. Not to
mention reading your mind - and compelling you to do what they want.
It's ridiculously easy to imagine a world in which cats are in charge.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't you think it's a bit insensitive making jokes at the expense of people with
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to say I don't fully get the way women go all gooey about Benedict. He's
nicely nerdy, but doesn't really float my boat. Of course, Engelbert had the girls
of his generation drooling over him as well. So maybe there is something about
funny names that gets the juices flowing. Although I seem to be personally
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't have a fantasy creature for a pet. My cats won't let me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have it on unimpeachable authority that cats came here from a distant galaxy
where they’d built an advanced civilization. After landing on earth many
millenia ago, they began a systematic campaign to take over. They created the
Nazca lines in Peru while hunting for prehistoric mice. They're responsible for
Stonehenge; the megaliths were originally covered with wood and served as
giant scratching posts. They supervised the building of the pyramids. Why do
you think the Egyptians worshiped them as gods? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They now control the Pentagon, the Kremlin, FaceBook and YouTube.
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance
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<span style="font-size: large;">How about <i>From Fur to Eternity</i>? <i>Fifty Shades of Fur</i>? <i>Gone with the Roast
Chicken</i>? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His cat Tuts is working on it.
<a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/431254/justin-bieber-s-cat-tuts-gets-her-own-twitter">http://www.eonline.com/news/431254/justin-bieber-s-cat-tuts-gets-her-own-twitter</a>
<a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1876645/justin-bieber-cats/" target="_blank">http://www.mtv.com/news/1876645/justin-bieber-cats/</a>
Actually, from what I hear, Tuts plans to bring Justin back to the home world to
investigate just how a human manages to elicit the sort of swooning adoration
usually reserved for felines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jumping to impossible heights. Disappearing. Seeing through walls. Reading
minds.
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But I'd better not get too uppity. I know better than to antagonize my alien
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<span style="font-size: large;">And if any of you are fellow ailurophiles, check out Lisabet's upcoming release <i>The
Eyes of Bast</i>, which actually features a black cat as the hero. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shaina Williams' grandmother bequeathed her that wisdom, along with an
old pendant from the Islands, carved from an ocelot's tooth. When instinct
tells Shaina to visit the feral cat trap she'd set in Central Park, she listens to
that inner voice. She discovers she's caged a magnificent black tom, but the
cat inexplicably vanishes after she tends to his wounds. Seeking the errant
feline, Shaina encounters instead a handsome stranger whose slightest touch
sets her body on fire. As the day dawns after a night of ferocious passion, her
mysterious lover is forced back into his true shape—the tomcat she'd rescued. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Born a cat, Tom was transformed into an unwilling shape shifter by a sorceress
who craved a human plaything to satisfy her perverse lusts. Centuries old
and irresistibly powerful, Delphine Montserrat will stop at nothing to find her
runaway familiar. Shaina vows to do whatever is necessary to defeat the
vicious but seductive witch and save the man she believes is her soul mate –
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Eyes of Bast will be available at Totally Bound on the 27th of March. You
can pre-order it now: <a href="https://www.totallybound.com/the-eyes-of-bast">https://www.totallybound.com/the-eyes-of-bast</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can read an excerpt here: <a href="http://www.lisabetsarai.com/eyesofbastex.html" target="_blank">http://www.lisabetsarai.com/eyesofbastex.html </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And since you can't get that book yet, I'll give you a chance to win a copy
of Incognito, another one of my novels with a cat (named Heathcliff) who has
a crucial role in the plot. Just leave a comment on this post - with your email,
please, so I can find you if I draw your name! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cat lover. World traveler. Belly dancer. Computer geek. Lisabet Sarai loves
variety, in her life and in her writing. Her nine novels and dozens of short
stories include contemporary, historical, paranormal, science fiction, steam
punk, gay, lesbian, ménage, kink, and pretty much every other genre you could
name, aside from cowboys. She even, occasionally, tries her hand at humor,
though she'd never dare attempt an Olivia Newton-John sing-off.
Follow her blog Beyond Romance (<a href="http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com/">http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com</a>) for all her
latest news (including frequent giveaways). Check out her website Lisabet's
Fantasy Factory (<a href="http://www.lisabetsarai.com/">http://www.lisabetsarai.com</a>) for lots of free reading, excerpts
from all her books, and more pictures of her cats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course cats would win because eventually bears would have to
hibernate during the winter and that's when the cats would pounce!
Besides we know from the movie <i>Cats and Dogs</i> that cats have been
plotting to take over the world for millennia.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Benedict Cumberbatch-- it would be a shocking diagnosis but well
worth the exam! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A fantasy creature? At first I was going to say a unicorn but I
don't have the aspiration to care for a horse in real life (they are a
lot of hard work to do it right!) so I know I really wouldn't do
'Glowbrite', that's what I'd name it, any justice. So I'd settle for a
Ysalamiri instead. Why? Because I'm hoping the Jedi Council from the
Old Republic would send someone to my house--preferably Obi Wan Kenobi a
la Ewan MacGregor version, to find out why I'd have access a creature.
Jedis and Ysalamiris don't mix. Me and Obi Wan could work out a
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sure there....that's why I'm waiting for my Jedi Knight. Oh do you
mean non-human ones as in humanoid and non- humanoid alike? I hope not! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh you mean they are disguised like the way <i>Men In Black</i> exposed
them.... I'd find out where my nearest MIB outpost is and lodge a
complaint. I'm not about a little framing too. You know for the sake
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<span style="font-size: large;">Making Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan Noonien Singh fall in love with
me and then ravish---. Oh....world peace. Yes...I would create world
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">[Editorial Note: I'm a Ricardo Montalb</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="st">á</span>n girl, myself.]</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Left in cryogenic stasis for nearly a century, Caitlin Driskoll is awakened and drafted into a war she
knows nothing about. Expected to defend a world where her kind is despised and expendable, she
discovers love and respect from the one man who can’t be associated with her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lieutenant Colonel Medoro Keegan has spent a lifetime in the Marines. With no family to speak of,
the Corps and his ship, the USS Blanchard, are all the loved ones he needs...until Caitlin sparks a fire
within, that threatens to consume him if he doesn’t walk away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will he choose a life of certainty in the only world he knows or give it all to Caitlin and run the risk of
losing someone, yet again?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bloggie friends, please meet lovely author Barbara Meyers, who is much better at titles than she thinks she is! Let us all applaud her answers to my stupid questions.</span><br />
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<b>1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think cats would win. They’re sneaky and fast. They
find good places to hide and they excel at surprise
attacks. Plus, they can be annoying. I think they’d wear
the bears down and the bears would just give up. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict
Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Engelbert Humperdinck. It sounds like something could
actually be seriously wrong with one of your important
body parts. “Apparently, Ms. Meyers, you have an
Engelbert on your Humperdinck.” Plus I had a bit of
crush on E.H. in my youth. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what
would it be and why? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It would be a cross between a coffee table and a dog but
wouldn’t require walking. It could retrieve things for me,
like my glasses, the remote, a cold beverage, a snack,
place them on its coffee table back and bring them to me
so I wouldn’t have to get up. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4. Are aliens among us? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you met some of the frightening beings
masquerading as people who are out there in the
everyday world? Of course there are aliens. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you
name a romance about them? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I SUCK at titles.<i> Shifty Shades of Space</i>? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>[Editorial note. I like it. Maybe </i>Shifty Shades of Shpace<i>? Could have a hero with an adorable speech impediment.]</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin
Bieber off the planet?</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He’s already off his rocker (rocket?), isn’t he? I’m not
sure he needs any help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>6. If you were a superheroine or -hero, what would your
special power be? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’d like stealth capabilities, like a cloaking device that
makes me invisible and undetectable. Since I sometimes
feel like I’m invisible anyway, it’d be interesting to really
be invisible. Imagine where you could go and what you
could find out. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">She’s home to make amends. He’s out to get a little revenge. But the heart he breaks could be his own. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Jolie Kramer who left Oak Ridge isn’t the same one who’s home for her ten-year high school
reunion. The old Jolie hid her secrets and insecurities behind her popular-girl image. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The new Jolie is older, wiser, and ready to make amends for the bridges she burned. Especially the one
between her and Court Harrison, her biggest supporter since childhood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Court hates to admit he’s still hung up on Jolie, and he’s vowed to finally put the past way, way behind
him. She wants to kiss and make up? He’ll give her a taste of her own medicine. Make her fall for
him—only this time, he’ll be the one walking away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But his plan works a little too well, and by the time he realizes their feelings are real, it’s too late. She’s
onto him, and he’s lost the only woman he’ll ever want. Unless she falls for plan B, which contains two
things she can’t resist: a career challenge, and a chance to get a little revenge of her own.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-19579283473225582672015-02-23T05:00:00.000-08:002015-02-23T05:00:04.524-08:00Leslie Knope Explains What It's Like to Submit Your Manuscript to Agents<span style="font-size: large;">So you've decided to ruin your life by being a writer. You work for months--writing, editing, inhaling salty snacks, crying in your bathtub. Normal writer stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then you lose your mind and want to submit that manuscript to agents, a fabulous torture of waiting and self-immolation that feels suspiciously like hemorrhoids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You submit your hard work for the miniscule chance that the Great Sky Hand might point to your manuscript while angels sing "I Believe I Can Fly" and BOOM! you have an agent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More often the experience is like hitting yourself in the face with a hammer while fifty professionals politely tell you you're doing it wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why the ever-loving %^$#@ do we do this to ourselves?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We do it because in even the attempt, we've won.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I truly believe any time a person pursues their dreams, it's a great personal win. We can work hard, but we can't always control the outcome of our artistic or professional pursuits. It takes a village to publish a book, and a lot of "yes"es have to happen along the way. Personally, I had a literary agent at one time who put a humor book on submission. Even getting the agent in the first place was a damn fabulous accomplishment! But, even though we were told the book was funny, it didn't sell, and the agent wasn't interested in working with me further. Womp womp. Sucks, right? It sucked great giant donkey balls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No matter the outcome, I felt immensely proud of myself. How many people don't work up the courage to pursue their dreams? Or are sidelined by terrible circumstances? Awful things have happened to me that have shoved aside my ability to write. However, I've gotten back on that horse and, come what may, nobody can take that away from me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even if you never get that agent, that book deal, that pile of money to roll naked in...you have a book that you wrote with your blood, sweat, and barf. You will have that forever! And I'm so freaking proud of you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Try to remember that as you are rejected by agents. Because you will be, even if you go on to snag one. I'm about to sub my superheroine book and yuuuuuup, I'm going to get that form rejection many times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If all else fails, you can do what Leslie did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The moral of the story is...keep writing. And eat feminist barbeque.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cats. Stealth and cunning beat brute force in this stand-off! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert
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<span style="font-size: large;">HA HA HA HA HA. They both do sound like dread diseases, don't they? I
think that Cumberbatch sounds fairly ominous, so let's go with
Humperdinck--that sounds curable by a dose of Baroque music and a
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<span style="font-size: large;">A dragon seems scary though intriguing. The clean-up involved with a
unicorn is, to say the least, unappealing.
A centaur--ummm, best of both worlds if a male.
But I'll go with Dumbledore's choice--a phoenix. I love birds, though
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't imagine why. I hope that Earth is not the galactic garden spot
or vacation destination. That would not speak well for the Milky Way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think they're on other planets, but if one does visit...<i>The Alien
Within</i>. <i>Alien Explores my Area 51</i>. <i>The Alien Next Door</i>. <i>Sex, Lies and
Aliens</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PERILOUS PLAY by Suz deMello</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One woman’s journey into the contemporary kink underworld, Perilous Play is Suz
deMello’s explosive personal account of her experiences with BDSM. Engaging and honest, this
groundbreaking memoir will grab you and never let you go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Available on <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/509003" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S4GV3AS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00S4GV3AS&linkCode=as2&tag=missw-20&linkId=GUOURKHRUE5MZ7KS" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friends, I think you're going to dig author Karenna Colcroft as much as I do. Read on fer her delightful answers to my asinine questions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cats, no question. They're far sneakier than bears. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert
Humperdinck? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Benedict Cumberbatch. The hair rocks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it be
and why? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Probably a dragon, but only if it was one that could change size. I'd
want a full-size dragon, but I live in a small apartment, so the dragon
would have to shrink to fit. (And to hide from my landlord.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been accused of being an alien myself, and my older kid claims to
be from Neptune, so I would have to say yes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance about
them? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Stars in Your Eyes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off the
planet? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd rather not help Justin Bieber with anything. Can't we just have the
aliens vaporize him or something? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>[Note from the Management: When I am the Intergalactic Queen of All--yes, yes we will have him vaporized. That's a campaign promise.]</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>6. If you were a superheroine or -hero, what would your special power
be? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My special power would absolutely have to be replicating myself so I
have additional Karennas to take care of all the writing, promoting,
housework, kids, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">STEPPING STONE NOT DOORMAT by Karenna Colcroft </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fifteen years ago in Los Angeles, a man named Charlie lost everything in his life to drug and burglary charges. Everything including his lover Navon, who was unable to accept Charlie’s actions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nine years ago, after building a drag career that included TV appearances and international travel, Charlie left his entire life behind to escape his abusive boyfriend Mason, and started anew in Boston as club queen Solara Flare. Going by stage name and female pronouns, Solara has taken every step possible to prevent Mason–or anyone else from her former life–from finding her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, Navon has tracked Solara down in the wake of Mason’s death to return something Mason had kept, and to apologize for abandoning her after her arrest. Fifteen years hasn’t dulled their sexual attraction to each other, but the memories brought up by Navon’s appearance are almost more than Solara can stand. And no matter how much she wants to give Navon the second chance he asks for, Solara doesn’t know whether she can move beyond the past.</span></blockquote>
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Once I thought of the Fabio-lous pun, my hand slipped. Hey, I’m a romance author—Fabio is our god! Send a Fabio valentine to your special pirate/Viking/duke/throbbing hero today.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's a new year, and I'm back with new authors and new STUPID QUESTIONS! So sit back, relax, and embrace the nonsense, friends. Welcome to author G. D. Ogan, who has graciously agreed to play along!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. <strong>Who would win in a war between cats and bears? </strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well,
if we are talking about the small domesticated cats (Kitties) then
there is no contest; however, if we are talking about African Lions and
Asian Tigers then it might be a toss-up. Even then, it depends on which
type of bear: Full Grown Black Bear vs. Adult Lion or Tiger? I'd give it
to the cat! Brown or Kodiak Bear vs. Lion or Tiger? It would be a
toss-up. If a Polar Bear vs. any cat and the Polar Bear has my bet.<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. <strong>Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck?</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is actually a tough call! Cumberbatch is a rather young actor with
a number of stunning lady friends he's dated or at the least been seen
on the Red Carpet with. Engelbert, on the other hand is closer to my age
(but still younger) who as a singer of love songs has done duets with
just about everyone and was good friends with Elvis Presley (now you're
talking nearer my age, in fact Elvis was about 10 years older than I).
Anyone who was friend with Elvis has to get my vote, so I'm down with a
case of Humperdinck (crazy name and all)!<br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. <strong>If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it be and why?</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well duh, I write about vampires...so, if you want to call vampires
"fantasy creatures" and were it possible to have one or more as pets,
then I'd definitely be down with that! Well, if you read any one (or
hopefully more) of my "Immortal Relations" series, you will quickly
understand...I love GOOD vampires. Mine protect innocent humans from
evil (be it the blood-crazed type of vampire, human criminals or evil
politicians [are any not evil?]).<br /><br />4. <strong>Are aliens among us?</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If we are speaking of the kind from Outer-Space/Another-Dimension/</span></span><wbr></wbr><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">or
Time-Traveler, then I would ask, why would they want to be anywhere
near us?! Any of these would probably have to be from an advanced
civilization - so if they are "civilized" why would they stick-around
with a bunch of very unpredictable, and all too often,
uncivilized humans? <br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">4A. <strong>Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance about them?</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"A
Star-Goddess Falls for an Earthman" Having the curse of testosterone
myself, I can attest to its ability to cloud (if not totally destroy)
intellect, so the title might as well be slightly modified and applied
to human females as well. "A Smart Lady has an Irrational Moment".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>[EDITORIAL NOTE: I like your style, and I'm sorry about your testosterone affliction. Better luck in the your next incarnation!]</i><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. <strong>Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off the planet?</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that he has grown (or morphed) into a 20's something...he is
evidently getting some up-close & personal time with some very
beautiful young ladies. Perhaps that is why he came down from Canada (or
whatever star-system he is really from). When will he leave? I guess we
would have to ask "Agent J" from the M.I.B. (Men in Black) Agency when
Bieber's Visa will expire!<br /></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. <strong>If you were a superheroine or -hero, what would your special power be? </strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well duh...remember...I write vampire stories? <span style="color: #ac193d;"><strong>IMMORTALITY</strong><span style="color: black;">...of course!</span><strong> </strong><span style="color: black;">I'm
not talking about just living forever...it would
require invulnerability to insure my immortality (similar to, if not
being in-fact a vampire). Armed with that, I would be doing exactly what
my character Gary Logan does in my "Immortal Relations" series. Surely
you can see his name and my own are so very close...he is, in fact, ME.
The stories in the novels are what I would do given the opportunity. I
would definitely be hated by all the evil politicians who try to rule
over all of us. <strong><img alt="Emoji" class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhWbsVguuy_In6LppwfhAi7O64y87InaymCH-OZsaZShsCdkWycp7UUfgDgVs6BpFjMhWem4IZAi7X09Rotvg3_wvEJr0-3TwPpICLKHFaxde23qVW439LmEI85IKlwm7E=s0-d-e1-ft" /></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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This third in the series by G. D. Ogan continues to rock the
foundation upon which typical vampire novels are based. Such stories,
where vampires safeguard humans are rare indeed. These vampires do their
utmost to save humans and animals from not only evil vampires but evil
humans. <br /><br />Ogan's insights into
the powers of the immortal vampires, along with fresh takes on the
complex inner workings of their existence provide an intriguing
experience for readers. In this story a novice shape-shifter wolf meets a
beautiful hybrid vampire. Good vampires set up a new coven in Southern
Canada to monitor a regime intent on changing America into a
dictatorship. Marxist thugs, not realizing who they are dealing with,
still believe the group was partly responsible for the defeat of
Communists intent on stealing oil, gold and mineral reserves from
Russia, so Washington retaliates with violence. A great deal of effort
is required by the vampires to keep Canadian citizens safe. There is a
vampire wedding with a handsome human; then dangers from outer-space
suddenly appear to threaten the entire earth - can such threats be
stopped?<br /><br />An "Immortal
Relations" reader said: "Being a bit of a vampire-phile, I find myself
constantly searching for the next vampire series to reach out and grab,
or, more appropriately, bit me. I believe I have found my holy grail of
vampire novels..."</blockquote>
<br /><em>Not from the author: While each of the novels in
the "Immortal Relations" series will "stand alone," I recommend reading
the second in the series, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G5BQS18/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00G5BQS18&linkCode=as2&tag=missw-20&linkId=IQF2XGHK7WM6WHGS" target="_blank">Immortal Relations, Coming Out</a>" </em><em>before reading this third in the series</em><em>. The second book has a short review of the major points of the first
book as well as all the action of the second book which should make the
third book more enjoyable. I often recommend the second book as a
starting point for those for whom the "explicit togetherness" of the
first book</em><em> "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ZCBT6G/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=missw-20&linkId=PGGVSQ7WZQOINPZC" target="_blank">Immortal Relations</a>" might be disconcerting. </em> Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-37583512970366968232015-01-14T11:05:00.000-08:002015-01-14T11:05:00.212-08:00The Shittiest Princess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't tell you how excited I am for the debut of <a href="http://wp.me/p1rAY2-FpZ" target="_blank">my new series of un-fair-y tales for Persephone Magazine, THE SHITTIEST PRINCESS</a>.<br /><br />Meet Princess Poot, THE SHITTIEST PRINCESS--she's the star of my adult fairy tales for those of us who ain't exactly cartoon princesses. Sure, her father made her wear a bag over her head growing up, and all the neighboring kingdoms' princes leave her horrible Yelp reviews, but plucky Princess Poot never gives up trying to make weird new friends and improving the lot of Kingdomville's women. Stay tuned for a new story every week!<br />
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Poot teaches us that no matter what we look like, where we are in life, or how many times the villagers come after us with pitchforks, we can still live our best lives full of laughter and love. This message of love is from me to all of you reading, especially the ladies, who're told our whole lives that we're too fat, too thin, too young, too old, too sexy, too plain, too ambitious, too lazy. <br />
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Fuck that noise.<br />
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You're perfect exactly the way you are--just like Princess Poot.<br />
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<br />Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-88595629442605145442014-12-02T11:29:00.002-08:002014-12-02T11:29:34.966-08:00It's Raining in LA, so Here's Burt Reynolds' Butt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, this book is called <em>Burt Reynolds Hotline: The Letters I Get…and Write!</em><br />
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It should go without saying, but I want this book immediately and also now.<br />
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<a href="http://happyplace.someecards.com/books/here-are-some-of-the-most-amazingly-awful-books-you-might-find-at-your-local-library/" target="_blank">h/t Happy Place<em></em></a> Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-78356470425706970162014-11-19T09:47:00.000-08:002014-11-19T09:47:32.398-08:00Stupid Questions with Lucy:Oscar Wilde is a Cheeky Bastard EditionFeaturing Destiny Moon<span style="font-size: large;">Happy hump day, Bloggie friends. Today for your amusement I have erotic romance author Destiny Moon answering my fascinating questions. She cracked me the hell up, so keep reading! <i>That's an order! </i> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. If you could have one otherworldly alien ability or body part, what
would it be and why?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tentacles. If writing erotic romance has taught me anything, it’s that
the more gripping and groping a character is capable of, the better.
Let's just say I'm a little jealous of our friends, the octopi. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">2. What Smurf would you be?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sassy Smurf. I’d have a wardrobe closet like Smurfette, but with more
variety. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Do you think the aliens who inevitably enslave the human race will
treat us well or eat us? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If they enslave us, I hope at least they will have the decency to make
it fun. That means no eating. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3A. Follow up: What will you do to distinguish yourself to our
benevolent overlords so that they don't destroy you with their acid
flatulence? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Develop a really great safe word. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. What's the best way to foil a ghost? A smart one, not one of those
dumbasses in a sheet.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Witches, of course. I know a couple, so I got this one. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">5. If you could slap the shit outta one beloved historical figure, who
would it be and why? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oscar Wilde. Because he’d like it. Actually, he’d love it. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">6. Cake or pie? And, if you said pie, why are you so happy to be
wrong? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cake, hands down. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is my favorite,
but a close second is decadent chocolate cake. In all honesty, I'm not
picky. Bring on the vanilla sheet cakes with lard icing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>About Destiny Moon</b>:
Destiny Moon's quest to follow her heart led her to writing erotic
romance. With a few titles already out and and few more on the way, she
is slowly inching closer to her dream, which involves tapping away at a
story while on a beach sipping margaritas. Her latest release is <i>Worth
The Wait</i>, a follow up novel to <i>All I Ever Wanted</i>.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.totallybound.com/author/destiny-moon" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">WORTH THE WAIT</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sassy and glamorous, Monique Mackenzie has everything a modern woman
could want - great career, fabulous home, wardrobe, car and friends. Men
throw themselves at her constantly, but after years of meaningless
flings, the charm has worn off. The one man who truly ignites her
passion is the only man she can't have - her boss, Jerome Fontaine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mysterious Jerome drops clues that he sees her too, but he seems to have
a secret life outside the office. He remains elusive until Monique
accidentally stumbles upon his secrets and discovers the reasons for his
stoic behavior. As the fiercely private Jerome begins to trust Monique
with his secret life, Monique's world is turned upside down with
questions about what she truly wants out of life. Jerome's presence
makes her question everything from her ambitions to her erotic tastes
and in falling for him, she must face her own demons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just when she thinks she's got it all figured out, Monique finds herself
challenged in ways she never imagined, but the one thing she knows for
certain is that she has never loved anyone as much as she loves Jerome.
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Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-36332593771045960732014-11-14T11:11:00.000-08:002014-11-14T11:12:13.286-08:00Dear Time Magazine:I’m Tired of the Word “Feminist,” too.<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Dear <a href="http://www.donotlink.com/cgir" target="_blank"><i>Time Magazine</i></a>*, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Boy, “feminism.” What a pain in the ass,
amIright? Fighting tooth and nail to be considered a person. Wanting
equal pay. Struggling for everyone to be in charge of our own bodies.
I’m fucking sick of it, too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is nobody in this world who wishes the idea of “feminism” could
go the way of the dodo more than a feminist. Because that would mean
that the world has achieved true equality, no matter one’s gender,
sexual orientation, race, religion, cognitive and physical abilities,
height, weight, or freaking Zodiac sign.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">YOU think feminism is a pain in the ass? Try being paid less. Try
being blamed for your sexual assault. Try facing discrimination in
public and private dealings. Try being threatened with death for
speaking out. Ah, but that’s nothing, right? When a big, bad word
makes you roll your eyes—<i>that’s</i> the real struggle. Just shut up and accept your role under the boot, you obnoxious bitches, geesh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Time</i>, you don’t fool us. The only reason to include
“feminist” in the bad word list is as a big fuck you to everyone who’s
not a drooling troglodyte desperate for the hand of time to spin back to
the year 1400. Well, there weren’t magazines back then, <i>so I guess I
don’t need to open yours ever again. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">*That's a "do not link" link, so they won't get any hits off you. </span>Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-51583456521914062642014-11-05T05:00:00.000-08:002014-11-05T05:00:12.360-08:00 Stupid Questions with Lucy:Wedding Pie is an AbominationFeaturing Karen McCullough<div id="cleantext">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another arm and hand. How many times have you been at a party, with a drink in one
hand and a plate of food in the other, only to realize that you have no way to get that
food from plate to mouth? Think how much more we could accomplish with another
hand. I could write so much faster if I had three hands to type with rather than two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Writer Smurf, of course! The one who always has a pen in hand and ink stains on his
fingers. All the other smurfs would gather round him in the evenings to listen to his
stories! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, they’ll probably take good care of us until our numbers begin to threaten them.
We’ll make a wonderful set of exhibits in their zoo-they can watch us play with balls,
swing from branches, draw in the dirt, build stone fortresses, make crude weapons like
spear throwers and slingshots and reproduce like crazy. It’ll amuse them until they
realize that we’ve got numbers on them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Me, I’m hiding behind all the big, aggressive guys and letting them handle the fight.
I’ll be ready to help with the clean up and setting up the new order when they’ve
cleared the way. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4. What's the best way to foil a ghost? A smart one, not one of those dumbasses in a
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m calling Ghostbusters. After all, their “courteous and efficient staff is on call 24
hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs.” And on their best-known gig, they came, they saw, they kicked ass. Big, white, marshmallow ass. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">5. Cake or pie? And, if you said pie, why are you so happy to be wrong?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No definitely cake. Pie is good for sure, but you can’t put birthday candles or sprinkles
on pie, and you can’t write silly messages in the frosting. And really, two words: Wedding
Pie. ‘Nuff said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">About Karen McCullough:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Karen McCullough’s wide-ranging imagination makes
her incapable of sticking to one genre for her storytelling. As a result, she’s the author
of more than a dozen published novels and novellas, which span the mystery, fantasy,
paranormal, and romantic suspense genres. A former computer programmer who made
a career change into being an editor with an international trade publishing company for
many years, she now runs her own web design business to support her writing habit.
Awards she’s won include an Eppie Award for fantasy; three other Eppie finals; Prism,
Dream Realm, Rising Star, Lories, Scarlett Letter, and Vixen Awards, and an Honorable
Mention in the Writers of the Future contest. Her short fiction has appeared in several
anthologies and numerous small press publications in the fantasy, science fiction, and
romance genres. She lives in Greensboro, NC, with her husband of many years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.kmccullough.com Blog: http://www.kmccullough/kblog" target="_blank">Website</a>,
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/KarenMcCullough" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/kgmccullough" target="_blank">Author Twitter</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Latest Release: <i>The Detective’s Dilemma</i>, a short romantic suspense novel published
in paperback and ebook by Kensington’s Lyrical Press imprint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Available from: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Detectives-Dilemma-Karen-McCullough-ebook/dp/B00OA9WFQY/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&keywords=Detectives-Dilemma-Karen-McCullough&linkCode=ur2&qid=1415139403&sr=8-1&tag=missw-20&linkId=A3OPXXCCF5YJNUBJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-detectives-dilemma-karen-mccullough/%201120500707?ean=9781616506520" target="_blank">B&N</a>,
<a href="http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/book.aspx/31106" target="_blank">Kensington</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although Sarah Anne Martin admits to pulling the trigger, she swears someone forced
her to kill her lover. Homicide detective Jay Christianson is skeptical, but enough ambiguous
evidence exists to make her story plausible. If he gives her enough freedom, she’ll either
incriminate herself or draw out the real killers. But, having been burned before, Jay doesn’t trust
his own protective instincts...and his growing attraction to Sarah only complicates matters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With desire burning between them, their relationship could ultimately be doomed since Sarah
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Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-46000004049761076162014-10-29T05:00:00.000-07:002014-10-29T05:00:03.577-07:00 Stupid Questions with Lucy:SMH at Saints Edition Featuring Jenna Byrnes<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please help me welcome author Jenna Byrnes who will save all of humanity with Candy Crush, as well as other assorted apps on her phone. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. If you could have one otherworldly alien ability or body part, what
would it be and why? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would love to be able to transport from one place to another in the blink
of an eye. I’m a lousy traveler and usually just barely on time for work,
so that would be totally cool and helpful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. What Smurf would you be?</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I can’t go a day without my computer, I guess Computy Smurf
works for me. Or Candy Crush Smurf??? </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Do you think the aliens who inevitably enslave the human race will
treat us well or eat us? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We will enslave them and attempt to treat them well because we are not
animals, after all. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3A. Follow up: What will you do to distinguish yourself to our benevolent
overlords so that they don't destroy you with their acid flatulence? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Prove myself invaluable with great knowledge. They may not be aware that
I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the entirety
of information known to man. I use it to look at pictures of cats and get into
arguments with strangers. (Found that online, loved it. LOL) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. What's the best way to foil a ghost? A smart one, not one of those
dumbasses in a sheet</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everyone knows cheap foil is not the same as Reynold’s Wrap so I
suggest paying a little extra and going with the good stuff. I still laugh
when I think about Joaquin Phoenix and his niece and nephew sitting in
front of the TV with foil on their heads in the movie Signs. Mua ha ha!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. If you could slap the shit outta one beloved historical figure, who
would it be and why? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here’s one for you, in 1265 (now Saint) Thomas Aquinas argued that
sodomy was second only to murder in the ranking of sins. Even though
many men in history were known to be gay and it wasn’t any big deal,
for instance Trajan (53-117 AD) who was gay and is remembered as
a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military
expansion in Roman history. Aquinas called Trajan a “virtuous pagan”.
Puh-leese! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>6. Cake or pie? And, if you said pie, why are you so happy to be
wrong?</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cake, all the way. I make my own greeting cards for friends and one of my
favorites says, I was going to make you a rum cake for your birthday, but
now I’m drunk and it’s just a cake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for letting me be stupid with you, Lucy! Readers can find all my
books on my website: <a href="http://www.jennabyrnes.com/">http://www.jennabyrnes.com/</a>
or keep up with me on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorjennabyrnes" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/authorjennabyrnes</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My latest release is <i>Peyton’s Pursuit</i>, book two in the Kansas City Heat
series from Totally Bound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>A home invasion leaves one man dead. Can the KCPD track down the
killer before anyone else is murdered? </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Detective Nick Peyton lands a homicide case involving stolen property. He
finds himself with the tedious task of visiting pawn shops, showing photos
of jewelry and other missing items. When he meets store owner Rob
Hewlett, Nick suddenly feels like this is the best job he’s ever had. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nick and Rob share an immediate attraction and act on it without much
thought. With his mind on other things, Nick exchanges only the most
basic information with the hot stud who has captivated his heart and soul.
He soon comes to realize how little they know about each other and that,
sometimes, secrets can be deadly. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.totallybound.com/peytons-pursuit">https://www.totallybound.com/peytons-pursuit</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Series blurb:
Kansas City Heat by Jenna Byrnes </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kansas City, the ‘Heart of America’ is home to great jazz music and world
famous barbecue. The KCPD is the largest police department in Missouri,
with a mission to protect life and property while reducing fear and disorder.
Det James Dixon and his partners take their oaths to serve and protect
very seriously. But sometimes it’s about more than just the job. And when
things get hot in Kansas City, it’s not just the barbecue sauce talking.
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<span style="font-size: large;">See the full series here: <a href="https://www.totallybound.com/series/kansas-city-heat" target="_blank">https://www.totallybound.com/series/kansas-city-heat</a></span>
Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-60451750446009257822014-10-23T05:00:00.000-07:002014-10-23T05:00:00.796-07:00My Author-to-Reader Statement of Ethics<br />
There have been a lot of horrific stories of author-on-reader hate lately. Google "badly behaving authors" and prepare to gasp. I'd like to make my intentions known, as an author, and explain how I feel about my amazing readers. I went on a bit of a rant recently on Twitter, and I stand behind it, so I'm publishing it here. Er, sorry for the typos. It was a rant, after all.<br />
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We, as authors, must do better than petty bullshit and ridiculousness. I'm not perfect, but damn, I appreciate each and every one of you, and I will try my darndest to be great for you in every way.<br />
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<br />Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-40344917643080497702014-10-22T05:00:00.000-07:002014-10-22T05:00:07.541-07:00 Stupid Questions with Lucy:Aliens vs. Husband Edition Featuring Ylette Pearson<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Author Ylette Pearson is in my hot seat this week answering my turgid questions while talking about bareback cowboys. If you can't make three dirty jokes out of the last sentence, then you might not belong on a site of mine.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. If you could have one otherworldly alien ability or body part, what
would it be and why? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could use another pair of hands. Being a lousy and slow typist, think
of the possibilities if I wanted to increase my daily word count (and I
desperately need to). Another pair of hands would also come in handy
when attempting to try out the scenes I write in my novels—every writer
has to do that, right?</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">2. What Smurf would you be? (You can't pick an existing one, like
Brainy or Lazy.) </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’m not saying that I grew up with the Smurfs and has long since
forgotten their names, because I might reveal my age, so I’ll stick to a
name they couldn’t possibly have. Lazy and Brainy fits like a glove,
but alas, it’s forbidden to use them. Hmm, the most apt description of
the blue Smurf I’d be must be Tangled Smurf. I’m always somewhat buried
in a tangled mess of both my unmanageable hair and the little (and
large) dumps the cosmic powers regularly drop on my doorstep. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Do you think the aliens who inevitably enslave the human race will
treat us well or eat us? </span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If they have enough intelligence to see this planet as an asset, I
believe they will quickly realize humans are not a tasty treat. I also
think they will mostly ignore us because with their superior
intelligence they wouldn’t need someone as slow as humans to do their
work. (They just have to glance at my typing speed to pity us.) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3A. Follow up: What will you do to distinguish yourself to our
benevolent overlords so that they don't destroy you with their acid
flatulence? </span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I’d hide behind my husband who’d give them a run for their money and
distract the attention away from my delectable body. Seriously though,
who’d want to harm such a beautiful creature like me? </span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">4. What's the best way to foil a ghost? A smart one, not one of those
dumbasses in a sheet. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With a smart ghost, you don’t stand a chance. It’s best to invite them
in and have them join in the fun that’s your life. In my case, they’d
hightail it out of there soon enough as crazy women scare the hell out
of all men—even ghosts. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">5. If you could slap the shit outta one beloved historical figure, who
would it be and why?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’d have to say Shakespeare. The man is responsible for the most hours
of sweating behind study guides in human history. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">6. Cake or pie? And, if you said pie, why are you so happy to be wrong? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No contest—cake wins hands down. Nothing like a cup of strong, black and
bitter homebrewed coffee and a juicy piece of chocolate cake to put a
sugarcoating on your day. (If I had the extra pair of hands, I could
still work on my novel while doing this.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Her Bareback Cowboys</i> by Ylette Pearson </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When riding bareback proves too much of a temptation to resist… </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the Groundhog Saddle Company awards twenty-six-year-old freelance
photographer and divorcee, Adrian Barlow the coveted assignment of
advertising their saddles and other leather products, she jumps at the
opportunity. Her bank account is in dire need of replenishing and her
reputation as a photographer hangs by a shred over a bottomless abyss.
Even when her employer informs her that her duties include playing
babysitter for the two cowboys they hired for the job, she doesn’t
complain. She needs the money too much to be fussy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Texan rodeo stars Wade Randall and Maverick Green agree to play fashion
model for a couple of months because Wade needs the money to buy his own
ranch in Texas and Maverick must rest his injured shoulder. However,
nothing prepared them for the sight of Adrian when she collects them at
the OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The attraction between the three is instantaneous and the sexual tension
so thick it clogs up the interior of Adrian’s four-wheel-drive Toyota
Land Cruiser, but none of them are in the market for a serious
relationship. Adrian’s past sexual mistakes caused her financial misery
and she has no desire for a repeat performance while the men’s plans for
life exclude permanent partners for a long time to come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isolated on a working farm in the Highveld of the Mpumalanga Province,
Adrian is unable to resist the sexual pleasures the two cowboys promise.
With the firm understanding that none of them wants a serious
relationship, they embark on a journey of sexual discovery that melts
the cold winter days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, when old acquaintances from Adrian’s past arrive, she learns
that over-indulgence always comes at a price… </span></blockquote>
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</span>Lucy Woodhullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772331811727392601noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7831143686219919322.post-54999066159269163532014-10-20T10:01:00.001-07:002014-10-20T10:02:38.115-07:00You're a Loony, Miss Lucy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure many of you recognize one of the funniest scenes of all time--the Black Knight vs. King Arthur from <i>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</i>. The Black Knight engages King Arthur in a fight over a footpath, and Arthur swiftly divests the fellow of his arms and legs. But through it all, the Black Knight refuses to give up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I'm invincible!" declares the Black Knight while hopping on one leg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"You're a loony," replies King Arthur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I watched this just yesterday and suddenly, it came to me. I must have laughed with this scene a thousand times, as Monty Python is a major influence on me as a writer. Hell, as a person. But this time I finally got it: <i>I am the Black Knight.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm the girl who never says die. In the last two weeks, I had a cold, a major personal setback followed not one hour later by a horrible sciatica attack that put me in bed for a week, my car broke down to the tune of $1200, I received multiple rejections for multiple projects, and my cat barfed in my workout sneakers. Not that I'm allowed use them at the moment, says my BFF the chiropractor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cried. I railed at the unfeeling universe. I popped muscle relaxers like it was my job. But, in the end, you know what I did? I hopped on my one remaining leg, picked up my laptop with my phantom arms, and started editing a book. My superheroine book, to be precise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The heroine of that book, who I beat over the head repeatedly with the plot twist bat, keeps going. Maybe she shouldn't. It's nuts that she keeps trying and working and smiling in the face of those who would laugh at her. But she does. And so do I.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I think...Lucy, some of your ideas are too weird. They're funny, but too weird! JUST BE NORMAL. But I'm the Black Knight, and none shall pass. I am who I am. And I will flail on the ground until I can flail no more, dammit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've really thought about this since I realized that I'm the Black Knight. A loon is not the best patronus. The Black Knight ultimately fails! But that's only because King Arthur refuses to battle anymore, <i>so I say ol' Knightey won the fight.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been told from a reader that my character <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dimple-Doom-Samantha-Lytton-ebook/dp/B00EAPTEWQ/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&qid=1375460545&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&tag=missw-20" target="_blank">Samantha Lytton</a> inspires her. She inspires me, too. All my heroines do, because they're all loonys. They keep going, they keep working and, ultimately, they get their happy endings. Who knows? Maybe the Black Knight met a lovely nurse and they lived happily ever after until the age of thirty, when most people in the middle ages croaked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After all--he was invincible.</span><br />
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