Stupid Questions with Lucy:Dinner of Bieber Edition Featuring Frank Talaber

Welcome to author Frank Talaber, here to answer my inane questions!

1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears? 

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.

2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck?​ 

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.

3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it be and why? 

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.

4. Are aliens among us? 

You need to ask, have you not seen any Walmartians? They can't be human. Can they?

4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance about them?

Bridges of Pluto-ian County. Only one can cross at a time.

5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off the planet?

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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Raven's Lament 

"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. 

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. 

"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 his head several times.

http://about.me/ftalaber 

http://www.bookswelove.net/authors/talaber-frank/ 

http://www.readwave.com/frank.talaber/stories/ 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8092362.Frank_Talaber

http://www.cyclamensandswords.com/frank_talaber_aug_2012.php 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frank-Talaber/805296946204873 

https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/museitup/fantasy/urban-fantasy/shamans-lure-detail

Stupid Questions with Lucy:the Other Humperdinck Edition Featuring Adriana Kraft

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!

1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears? 

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. 

2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck?​ 

Tough one. Can’t wait to see Cumberbatch’s new movie, The Imitation Game. 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. 

3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it be and why? 

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. 

4. Are aliens among us? 

Of course. We are made of the dust of stars – so even we, at some level, are part alien. How could there not be? 

5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off the planet? 

Not 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). 

6. If you were a superheroine or -hero, what would your special power be? 

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.

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Detour Ahead (Riders Up, Book Four) by Adriana Kraft

Threatened race horses, city slicker attorney, sexy California wrangler—what can possibly go wrong?

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. 

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. 

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?

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Stupid Questions with Lucy:Rocket Up His Butt Edition Featuring Kelly Janicello

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Hello and happy Thursday!  Welcome author Kelly Janicello, who has the single best answer to one of my stupid questions of all time.  Read on...

 

 

 

 

1. Who would win in a war between cats and bears? 

 

Cats definitely. They are stealthy, quick and are 9-1 on bears. 

 

2. Would you rather get a diagnosis of Benedict Cumberbatch or Engelbert Humperdinck?​ 

 

Benedict Cumberbatch because Kat Attalla likes him. 

 

3. If you could have any fantasy creature for a pet, what would it be and why? 

 

My Maltese Jack would be extremely jealous but Gizmo from Gremlins. He is fluffy, cute and will fit in my purse 

 

4. Are aliens among us? 

 

Yes. The man I am seeing is too perfect so therefore he must be an alien. 

 

4A. Since there are aliens among us, what would you name a romance about them?

 

The Cum From Outer Space.

 

[Editorial note:  It was all I could do not to call this blog "The Cum From Outer Space Edition." BEST. ANSWER. EVER.  Perhaps even...IT CUM FROM OUTER SPACE.]

 

5. Speaking of horrible aliens, how would you help Justin Bieber off the planet? 

 

By chauffeuring him to a launch pad at Cape Canaveral and put a rocket up his butt.

 

6. If you were a superheroine or -hero, what would your special power be?

 

Teleportation.

 

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ROSES ARE RED by Kelly Janicello

 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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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. 

 

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