tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352107442024-03-13T13:39:43.681-04:00Layers of LifeWriting, musings and layers from a busy life . . .Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-6887548348169599152016-12-09T12:06:00.000-05:002016-12-09T12:06:22.825-05:00 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Uyn6DHrKyQ/WErj5aAWXpI/AAAAAAAAAac/pnCdosgMXqQ8ToqOFxMxax-iEOjRYeyLQCLcB/s1600/Banner%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Uyn6DHrKyQ/WErj5aAWXpI/AAAAAAAAAac/pnCdosgMXqQ8ToqOFxMxax-iEOjRYeyLQCLcB/s320/Banner%2B1.jpg" width="320" height="128" /></a></div>
Welcome to the Canoples Investigations Exposes Space Dodger release tour. This is the third novel and fourth story in this series. Strap on your restraints and be ready for an exciting ride… oh, once you have the book in hand, you will discover there’s a special added attraction—the first chapter of Secret Society: A Canoples Investigations Novella!
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Blurb
There’s a carnival on the station, with all kinds of “legally” cloned animals, more than a few zero-G acrobats, and miniature clowns. BD’s ever present suspicious mind latches onto one thing when the advance team for Galactic Carnival arrives to begin preparations for a weeklong visit. The ringmaster looks familiar, but the man swears that he has never been to Canoples Station before. Even worse, children five and under are disappearing. A bit of investigating on BD’s part clues him in to the fact this has happened on every station Galactic Carnival has visited so far. He’s determined to uncover the true identity of the ringmaster and solve the mystery of the missing children, but at what cost. Is BD willing to lose his lifelong friends to solve this case? Will they prove Jenna Rock, Wade’s girlfriend, isn’t involved?
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About K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.
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Excerpt
“Are you ready to put on the ring?” I ask.
Our agreement the day she accepted my proposal was that she would have me slide the ring on her finger in public, but only after she packed away everything that identified her as Jenna Rock and became Mildred Casey full time.
“Nearly.” She stares at me with love in her eyes. “As soon as we finish this job, Wade. The very minute this one is over.”
The joy in my heart is almost more than I can bear. For so long, I’ve worried that a crazed fan will attempt to kidnap her, to hide her from the galaxy. Or that she’ll be injured when a crowd rushes the stage while she’s performing. Mildred isn’t the persona she portrays as Jenna Rock. My girl has a heart as big as Saturn. She cares for small children above all else. My Mildred will put her life on the line for a child in trouble. That scares me more than I will ever admit.
“I’ll make sure this case is completed as quickly as possible,” I promise. “We’ll be married as soon as I can make it happen.”
“Thank you.”
Her bright smile gives me hope for a less troubled future, one where we have sons and daughters to worry about raising rather than constant problems. Even with the circus disembarking all around us, even with the case she brought to me and Chief Pelham about to take us into another troubling investigation, I know that Mildred and I have a future before us that won’t have us seeing each other where no one can discover who she truly is. Thanks to all her care and caution, we’ll both transition easily to a normal couple of the Twelve Stations.
Interview with the Author
Do you ever ask your husband for advice?
Yes, and he’s honest in his opinions. That’s what is so great about our relationship. We can tell each other the truth, even if it hurts, and we don’t get angry. We discuss what the issue is, especially when it comes to a tough plot point, and he sends me in the right direction.
Please tell us about yourself (family, hobbies, education, etc.)
My husband and I blended our families twenty-three years ago. I’m mom to eight and grandma to eleven, with number twelve to arrive soon. I love writing, obviously, cross stitching and embroidery, photography and seeing the seasons turn. Although I did begin college, I left to join the Air Force and spent eleven years with the military. Since then, I’ve focused on my family and writing.
Have you experienced writer's block? If so, how did you work through it?
I occasionally have trouble with writer’s block. Then it’s numerous games of electronic Mah Jong until the problem resolves itself.
What is the most rewarding thing about being a writer?
Being able to bring my stories to life.
https://youtu.be/eZgtik2flEM
Interview with Wade Bradford
What do you like about yourself?
I’m very focused on my job but have also found the love of my life. We aren’t always together but our reunions are sweet and memorable. One day, I’d love to marry Mildred and begin a family, but that won’t happen until she decides to retire Jenna Rock
What don’t you like about yourself?
That I feel I always have to be the saner head. There are times when I envy my younger brother, his ability to do what he sees is right without considering the rules or if he’ll get hurt. While his lack of sense irritates me, I can’t help but admire his willingness to put himself in danger to help others.
What do you find most relaxing? (not stress relief, but something that actually calms you down.)
Being with Mildred. She always manages to tame the uneasiness I feel whenever things aren’t under control. When I’m with her, it’s as if the galaxy’s problems don’t affect me.
Social Media Links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K.C.SprayberryAuthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kcsowriter
Blog: http://outofcontrolcharacters.blogspot.com/
Website: www.kcsprayberry.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5011219.K_C_Sprayberry
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005DI1YOU
Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KcSprayberry/posts
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/kcsprayberry/boards/
Manic Readers:
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>K.C. Sprayberry:</u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Talk
to us about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Paradox Lost Book 2 The
Ultimate Paradox:</i></b></div>
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Paradox
Lost Book 2: The Ultimate Paradox is about triplets (DJ, Matt, and Elisa) that
are also time travelers. DJ and Matt are typical brothers, shutting out their
sister, but not for the typical reasons. They sense that she’s not really
supposed to be with them, so they’re giving her the cold shoulder.</div>
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While
in most ways, these teens seem very typical, they also possess incredible
talents. Not only are all three strong telekinetics, they also have other
talents, such as spellcasting, healing, thought reading, telepathy, and a whole
host of other skills. They’re about to finish their education when the story
began in book 1, but that derailed quickly when it became clear that a legacy
foretold two centuries ago is now about to come true. </div>
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DJ,
the eldest of the trio, has to run for his life after being convicted of his
dad’s murder. Only Dad is still alive, but seriously injured, in another time.
Matt is a ghost, having been killed in a Rogue attack in Mexico, but he’s not
the kind of guy that sits back and does nothing just because all the other
ghosts tell him that’s what they do now. Elisa is a captive at Beaufort School
for Visionary Studies and she’s not taking that sitting down. Her captors soon
learn that she’s not someone they should ever mess with.</div>
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DJ,
Matt, and Elisa try to go on their own path, thinking that is the best way to
solve the problem. That only delays them in their quest, until all of them are
reminded that together they’re a force to be reckoned with and then they have
to get past a few stumbling blocks before they’re ready to combine forces.</div>
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Born and raised in Southern California’s
Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and
Europe while in the Air Force before settling in <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">n</span>orthwest
Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she
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She’s a multi-genre author who comes up
with ideas from the strangest sources. Some of her short stories have appeared
in anthologies, others in magazines. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Introduce
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I’m Dennis James
Sullivan XI. Call me DJ. Everybody does. I’m the oldest of triplets. We’re
pretty astral with our powers. Not just telekinesis and telepathy but other
stuff. My big thing is the ability to use brute force when I’m out helping my
dad. That’s why Matt died instead of me. Kind of sucks. I could have… well,
maybe I couldn’t have stopped those boulders. We’ll never really know that. </div>
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Anyway, lots of
strange things have been happening to me. My uncle, Toby, wanted to have my powers
bound but my posse helped me out of that tight spot and we’re now in hiding.
That doesn’t sit well with me. Like Matt, I’m a take action kind of guy, but
unlike him, I also need to think about stuff before I do it. And all of these
powers are scaring me a lot. Like who doesn’t know about the True Neutral. I
sure don’t want all that responsibility.</div>
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Nice lady. A lot
like Mom. Matt will probably say that too. We think alike too much. This person
understands us, lets us be ourselves. Love that. She’s even giving me time to
think about Lexie, my girl. Well, she might be my girl, if everything works out
all right.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What
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It’s a good
story. Real. What we face with Rogues right now. Rogues are Travelers who don’t
like the rules and aren’t willing to follow them. They do what they want. The
whole personal gain thing doesn’t seem to have caught up with them yet, but it
will. See, we can’t do anything that will help us out of a tight spot, unless
it’s to help humanity. That’s why I haven’t been able to go back to that place
in Mexico, before Rogues attacked, and bring back my aunts and uncles… and
Matt. </div>
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Hey, don’t get me wrong. Sure I’m down
about losing most of my family, but being in this book, letting the world learn
about Travelers? Fantastic! We’ve been doing this for so long and it’s time
ordinary humans learned about us. It’s totally cool going back in time, or even
seeing the future—and I want to do that so bad one day. First, though, we need
to clean up this Rogue problem. </div>
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More of the same
until we have all Rogues taken care of. But that’s cool. No problem there. See,
Matt and I would have been in Repairs if this whole Rogue War thing hadn’t
gotten in our way. Repairs is where Travelers go fix problems that have come up.
We would have even got to work with TES (Traveler Enforcement Squad) to stop
other Travelers from changing history. Now I’m not sure what I’ll do once we
finish here. Sure would like to have a lot more adventures.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is
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future? Will you be part of it?</b></div>
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A few more.
That’s what Matt and Elisa keep telling me. Sure hope they don’t include that
whole True Neutral thing. I’d like to have a normal life for a while, as normal
as Travelers can have.</div>
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Someone wants to make a movie about
Travelers? Cool. Totally cool. Who would I want to play me? Let me think.
There’s this guy. Just did a movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past a few years
back. Lucas Till is his name. Yeah, he’d play me really well. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Introduce
yourself to our readers. Where do you fit into the story? What should we know
about you?</b></div>
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Yo, Matt here.
Yeah. That’s right. The guy that died in the first book is coming on strong in
this one. I get to tell my own story, and let me tell you, I’m not gonna hang
around wherever the cosmos has stuck me and cry about being dead.</div>
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I’m the middle
triplet, the one that is always on the go, always thinking up new pranks. Now,
though, I’m the guy with a mission—to help my brother and sister kick some
Rogue ass. First, though, I have to figure out how to get away from this prison
without walls where I’m stuck, and that’s going to take quite a bit of work.
Turns out that whole personal gain thing I’ve lived with all my life and didn’t
think much about? Well, around here, it’s huge. You want to use someone for
something, you run into this invisible wall that knocks you backward. Can’t get
through it. But I’ll figure out how to get out. You can bet on that.</div>
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So, you want to
know more about me, do you? I’m pretty much a what you see is what you get sort
of guy. No sitting around discussing things in committee for me. Action—that’s
where I’m at. Let someone else handle all the discussions. I’ll be out there
teaching those Rogues a lesson they won’t ever forget.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What
do you think about the author? Tell us everything. We want to know.</b></div>
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Awesome lady.
Kind of reminds me a lot of my mom. You know the type. Family first, kick the
backside of anyone that hurts them. Herself last. She’s pretty cool the way she
lets me take the lead instead of shoving me into a corner while Elisa and DJ
get to have all the fun.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What
are your feelings about this story?</b></div>
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This story is
intense. All our lives DJ and me (oh yeah, and Elisa) have had to live with
this legend about the True Neutral. We’ve all heard over and over again how The
First made this prophecy that someday, someone would get all the powers
Travelers have. Crazy if you ask me. Some of those powers will be the direct
opposite of others, but that’s the way it is. Anyway, like who wouldn’t want to
be this person in total control? But not me. No way. I’m not a give orders kind
of person, and besides, nobody would listen to me. But the story, especially
the parts when I get to see my girl, Dixie, great. </div>
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Love it.
Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. People need to know what Travelers really
can do, and why we can’t sometimes. They also need to know all about personal
gain. That’s pretty important. It’s kind of like this—we can’t go save you from
messing up your whole life because you’re about to be in more trouble than you
thought possible. That was your choice. You have to pay that price. </div>
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It’s kind of
like what happened to me when I begged to go with my dad in book 1. That wasn’t
what I wanted, and I sure don’t like the consequences, but I figure I’ll
somehow get used to this prison without bars. Maybe.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What
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Well… you
mentioned no spoilers. Not much I can tell you except that there will be
another book soon. Other than that, I’ll probably go back to that prison
without walls, until it’s time to break free again.</div>
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Oh yeah. At least two. More if I can help
it. I love the adventures, even as a ghost. Definitely going to make sure there
are more books.</div>
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and why?</b></div>
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An actor playing me? Really? Definitely
Stefano Masciolini. Dude might be Italian, but he looks exactly like me. And
he’s into all the action and kicking major butt thing. </div>
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My name is Elisa
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I’m a triplet,
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legacy, where one of us is supposed to become the True Neutral. Only no one
really knows when that will happen. And everything about Travelers, especially
Sullivans, is connected to the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fires in San
Francisco. There’s a huge world out there, but we can’t seem to get past the
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She’s great. I
like how she makes me so strong, but also lets me be afraid. That’s real, how
most girls will react in the situations I face. And she doesn’t make me into
some wimpy crybaby. But that whole screaming thing? Yeah, I do need to learn
how to tone that down. A lot. Got to hear myself as a little girl doing it.
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It’s a fabulous story, full of adventure
and intrigue. My awful uncle doesn’t realize that I’m the one person he never
can control. He tries, though. Has since I was a little girl, but I don’t like
Toby one bit and I’ll never do anything he wants.</div>
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I love it. Well, there are times when I’m
not so sure, but mostly it’s a lot of fun. Can you imagine being able to hide
from everyone on plain sight or sneaking around as a spirit and then going back
to your body? And traveling through time, seeing all those great places. Riding
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Oh, a lot more
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First, though,
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really thinking I need to deal with Miranda. She really pisses me off with that
“wittle baby” thing she’s always doing. I’ll show her who is a baby. (pauses
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For Elisa?
Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones. She’s an actress that has to overcome
numerous obstacles. I can see her reveling in the role of Elisa, the child no
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upon us. The Curse of Grungy Gulley releases today, October 31, 2014 ~
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for eternity when they don’t pay attention to him? Keep trying, of course!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Barron’s young assistants: Tuck Barrons, Earl Lee Farley, and Sue Anne Edwards.
Confidant he can beat three kids, Random has no idea that the Johnson triplets
have invaded the ranks of his brethren. These brothers have pledged their souls
to Archangel Michael to rid the world of evil. What the Bewitcher thought would
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large;">Born and
raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years
traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling
in Northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty
years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and
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multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Some of
her short stories have appeared in anthologies, others in magazines. Three of
her books (Softly Say Goodbye, Who Am I?, and Mama’s Advice) are Amazon best
sellers. Her other books are: Take Chances, Where U @, The Wrong One, Pony
Dreams, Evil Eyes, Inits, Canoples Investigations Tackles Space Pirates, The
Call Chronicles 1: The Griswold Gang, The Curse of Grungy Gulley, and
Starlight. Additionally, she has shorts available on Amazon: Grace, Secret From
the Flames, Family Curse … Times Two, Right Wrong Nothing In Between, and The
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that are Amazon best sellers: Softly Say Goodbye, Who Am I?, and Mama's Advice.
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started writing young, first as a diarist, and later through an interest in
English and creative writing. Her first experience with publication came when
she placed third in The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest while in
the Air Force, but her dedication to writing came after she had her youngest
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about life in the south, and far beyond. More than a dozen of her short stories
have appeared in several magazines. Five anthologies feature other short
stories. She has four books that are Amazon best
sellers: <u>Softly Say Goodbye</u>, <u>Who Am
I?</u>, and <u>Mama's Advice</u>. Her other novels available
are: <u>Take Chances</u>, <u>The Ghost Catcher</u>,
<u>Family Curse … Times Two</u>, <u>Secret From The
Flames</u>, <u>Where U @</u>, <u>The Wrong
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Bio:</u></b> KC Sprayberry started writing young, <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">first as a diarist,</span> and <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">later
through</span><span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span>an interest in English <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">and creative writing.</span> Her first experience with
publication came when she placed third <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">in The
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Her family lives in Northwest Georgia where she spends her days creating
stories about life in the south, and far beyond. More than a dozen of her short
stories have appeared in several magazines. Five anthologies feature other
short stories, and her young adult novel <i>Softly Say Goodbye</i>, released in
2012. During 2013, more young adult stories have been released: <i>The Ghost
Catcher, Who Am I?, Family Curse … Times Two,</i> and<i> </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Amazon Best Seller, <i>Canoples
Investigations Tackles Space Pirates, Canoples Investigations Versus Spacers
Rule, Take Chances, Mama's Advice, Secret From the Flames, </i>and <i>Where U @</i></span>.</div>
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Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/KC-Sprayberry/331150236901202">http://www.facebook.com/pages/KC-Sprayberry/331150236901202</a></div>
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Blog: <a href="http://outofcontrolcharacters.blogspot.com/">http://outofcontrolcharacters.blogspot.com/</a>
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<span style="color: black;">One by one, the residents of Landry, Georgia
gave up on finding Lyssa Winders alive. It had, </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">after
all,</span><span style="color: black;"> been fourteen years since she vanished.
The men who invaded her home left behind the bodies of those she loved with all
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and</span><span style="color: black;"> still searches for Lyssa. Kyle Tinker
battles his own demons from that night, when he hid like a</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"> coward</span><span style="color: black;"> instead of </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">running</span><span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span><span style="color: black;">for help. Their eightee</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">nth
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a pretty blonde girl—</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">she has no idea that
these dreams are of her life as Lyssa Winters. She also hears a guy who has
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Four-year-old Lyssa Winders landed with
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head ached from all the yelling and shouting she'd been hearing. Nothing made
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"Gonna talk now, Jack?" the
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He stared at her with scared eyes. "Right, baby? You won't say
anything." She nodded, and her daddy faced Stinky. "See, she agreed. Just
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She turned her head and saw her puppy.
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<span style="background-color: purple;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span></span><span><span style="background-color: purple;">K. C.</span> </span><span><span style="color: purple;">Sprayberry has written another super exciting mystery</span></span></span></span></span>! <span style="color: purple;">Check out the super trailer below and ORDER THIS BOOK TODAY! It will be a gripping read that will keep you guessing until the end. Who is The Wrong One?</span></div>
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Release – Where U @ by K.C. Sprayberry</span></div>
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Sprayberry started writing young, <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">first as a
diarist,</span> and <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">later through</span><span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span>an interest in English <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">and
creative writing.</span> Her first experience with publication came when she
placed third <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">in The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest while in the Air Force, but her
dedication to</span> writing came after she had her youngest child, now in his
senior year of high school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her family lives in Northwest Georgia where she spends her days creating
stories about life in the south, and far beyond. More than a dozen of her short
stories have appeared in several magazines. Five anthologies feature other
short stories. She has four books that are Amazon best sellers: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Softly Say Goodbye, Who Am I?, Mama's
Advice, and Canoples Investigations Tackles Space Pirates</i>. Her other novels
available are: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Take Chances, The Ghost
Catcher, Family Curse … Times Two, Secret From The Flames, </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Canoples Investigations Versus Spacers Rule.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Trea
Jones has always known the bitterness of bigotry and abject poverty. Her
half-Cherokee daddy disappeared thirteen years ago on the pretense of getting
milk. Mama has done nothing but mourn his loss, and she blames Trea for that.
Now that she's starting her senior year of high school, Trea hopes for
something better, but she doesn't hold out much hope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She loosens up on some of her rules. Her guy, Dave, proves to
her that she is worthy of everything the others have. The last day of classes
prior to the winter break, she's ready to share some stupendous news with Dave,
but tragedy intervenes when her daddy texts while driving a bus. Trea is left
wondering if she can ever be free of a curse that heaps a lot of bad luck on
her whenever good things happen to her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The text is from my guy, Dave Woods. It's a code,
a way for him to help me feel better about everything. Mostly, it's his way of
showing me that he cares.</span></div>
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That's something only he can accomplish.</span></div>
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down my spine. I am in no way ready for school, but I'll have to go tomorrow, no
matter what.</span></div>
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open the door to a floor to ceiling pantry. To put away the last of the dishes,
I have to step into a room that is narrower than a shoebox.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The same reaction overtakes me that I experience every
single night, as soon as my foot moves through the doorway. Cold sweat rolls
down my back. I can't catch my breath, and the walls feel like they're
squeezing the life out of me.</span></div>
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Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5011219.K_C_Sprayberry">http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5011219.K_C_Sprayberry</a></div>
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Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005DI1YOU">http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005DI1YOU</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A mini quilt made for a friend. I'd always wanted to make a quilt for a friend who loves flowers and gardening. This summer she gave me gobs of flowers and I wanted to make something to show her how much I appreciated it. It didn't turn out quite how I'd hoped, but she was pleased.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here are some of the buttons shaped like a watering can, pair of gardening gloves and a pot of basil. My aunt found them at a closeout sale years ago and I saved them for a special project.</span>Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-38067559631100159462013-09-15T22:29:00.001-04:002013-09-15T22:29:39.758-04:00Welcome KC Sprayberry and TAKE CHANCES<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Good
Morning! My name is KC Sprayberry. Donna Alice Patton of Layers of Life has let
me hijack her blog today. The purpose is to tease all of her very dedicated
readers with information about my soon-to-be-released YA coming of age novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Take Chances</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">We're going to do an interview of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Take Chances</i> main character, Julie Bond today.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, my name is Julie Bond. I'm almost
eighteen when the story starts. Wow! Eighteen, an adult. How cool is that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anyway, I have this great group of friends,
but I'm always scared that they'll tell me one day that they're going to
disappear from my life. Even after four years, I can't help feeling like this.
See, I grew up as a military brat, always moving away from my friends, always
leaving my school, sometimes in the middle of the year. That totally sucked,
but I now have the chance to graduate from the same high school I started
almost four years ago, so I can't let anything stop that. I really won't let
that happen.</span></div>
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everything. We want to know.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She's okay. Well, better than okay. There
were a few times when I had to crack a whip over her head, to get her to
understand how I feel, since she was just a military mom, not a military brat,
so she has to work hard to understand my feelings, but she does now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wish it never had to be told. Seriously.
More than anything, I wish it had never happened, but it did, and now I'm
dealing with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You see I used to define the worst moment of
my life as the day when terrorists took over my kindergarten classroom. Things
turned out mostly okay, but I refuse to talk about that. That didn't work,
though. All the promises I got about it never happening again turned out to be
so many words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It did happen again.</span></div>
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this book?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Great! Looking back, I know I had a great
life, well except for WWE, but she has her own problems to deal with now, and she's
kind of forgotten all about me. That's sort of sad, but I don't have to put up
with everything she used to do to make me feel bad about myself. All my friends
gave me the best memories I've ever had, but I'm working on making even better
ones now.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What do you see in your future? (No spoilers
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My future? Oh, you want to know about my
future. (giggles) What I'm doing now, with two of the best friends I have. I'd
love to say more, but you don't want spoilers, so I can't tell you how much fun
I'm having. One day, I do want to go to college, but that won't happen for a
while. It's still too hard to walk back into a classroom.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Is there another <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Take Chances</i> in the future? Will you be part of it?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Probably not. We told you our story, the
reasons why we are the way we are. I think it's good to leave things as they
are, to let the reader envision the future.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Say a movie producer comes knocking. What
actor/actress would you want to play you and why?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Movie producer? Did you say movie producer?
Oh-em-gee! Wow! I don't know. Maybe. It would be kind of a good thing. I mean,
there's not really a movie a whole lot like this story, but then again, it
might be too sad for most people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don't think it's too sad. It's more like
bad things happen, but then you have to make good things happen, and that's
what I'm doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So, if the impossible happens, I'd want to see Nina
Dobrev play me. Wasn't she total amazing in The Vampire Diaries? So cool!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Julie Bond grew up in Europe
as a military brat. She found her very first permanent home in Landry, GA
as a teen going into high school. Almost four years later, she's having
pre-graduation jitters and flashing back to an incident of school violence she
experienced in Europe. She attempts to
convince herself that it can never happen again, but continually finds herself
flashing back to that day no matter how hard she tries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The people around her present any number of problems for
Julie, and she's hard put to keep from drowning under all the issues. Then <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">Michael--a </span>cool guy she's <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">had
a crush on </span>for <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">the last three years—returns
from traveling the US
as a photographer,</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>and Julie now has one
more thing to distract her as she prepares to leave high school. One thing she
firmly <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">believes in: no </span>one will ever invade
her classroom with violence again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Once again, the impossible <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">happens.
Once </span>again, she's in a classroom with a madman holding a <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">gun. Once </span>again, she must survive. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The German word for attention echoes through my head as I sit in
the last French class I'll ever take. In an instant, the comforting
cream-colored walls of Landry
High School vanish. I'm
crouched under a table with tears streaming down my face. Three men and two
women point huge, black automatic weapons at my classmates.</span></div>
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I'm almost eighteen – not five.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">KC
Sprayberry started writing young, with a diary followed by an interest in
English. Her first experience with publication came when she placed third in a
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest while in the Air Force, but her
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family lives in Northwest Georgia where she
spends her days creating stories about life in the south, and far beyond. More
than a dozen of her short stories have appeared in several magazines. Five
anthologies feature other short stories, and her young adult novel <i>Softly
Say Goodbye</i>, released in 2012. During 2013, more young adult stories have
been released: <i>The Ghost Catcher, Who Am I?, Family Curse … Times Two,</i>
and<i> </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Amazon Best Seller, <i>Canoples
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">KC Sprayberry juggles her writing between a son in the band, a loving husband, a reformed barn cat, and an excitable Black Lab puppy determined to play all day long. She lives in Northwest Georgia, and often uses local settings in her stories. Her first love in writing is for young adults, be it historical, contemporary, sci-fi, or fantasy, a short story or a full length novel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say that this is one of the best books for teens I've read in a long time! It's especially timely in dealing with the topic of teens and underage drinking. Too many young kids - roughly one out of every four - lose their lives in accidents pairing driving and drinking.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">KC Sprayberry has written a book that speaks to young people in their language and tells it like it is. I'm having a hard time putting it down and wish I could read the whole book straight through. The only that keeps me patient is the fact that Kathi is a friend of mine and I had the privilege to read the whole book in first draft form. So I know what happens - I think! The final draft is proving to be so much richer and like a chocolate chip cookie crammed with details, descriptions and delicious bites of teen humor. If you know a teen who needs this message, or even one who might know other teens with a drinking problem - get the book asap! You won't regret it!</span></span></div>
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Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-9589255938554663022013-04-10T21:03:00.002-04:002013-04-10T21:03:55.956-04:00Guest blogging today!I'm guest blogging or being featured (really have to learn this cyberworld lingo) on <a href="http://www.sunnebnkwrtr.blogspot.com/">http://www.sunnebnkwrtr.blogspot.com/</a>. This is my friend, Carole Brown's super blog! She also has a new book coming soon and I hope to have her visit here.<br />
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the Anastasia?</span></i><span lang="EN-CA"> It’s been almost a year since
Laura Barkley’s husband, a museum curator, was murdered and the fabled
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come from for the book? My friend, Judy Nickles, is totally responsible for
this book! She saw a contest at one publisher and encouraged (nagged?) me to
enter. The contest had certain criteria – it had to include a blue diamond and
the main character had to be in danger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
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choose to play your characters in a movie rendition? Okay, this is going to be
hard since I rarely go to the movies. For Laura Barkley, the main character, would
be Mag Ruffman (a Canadian actress who played in Avonlea the series awhile
back)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the male lead – Sean Murray
(NCIS) with a dark beard and very brooding in this role. Then the other male
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probably keep track? It took about a year to get it into a book form with all
the drafts, another three months to take out 20K words to submit to one
publisher who rejected it. After that it took two more months to put in all the
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Higgins Clark’s finest – whether or not anyone else does . . . SMILE.</span></span></div>
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you to write this book? Again – Judy Nickles – kept after me until I did! But
I’d have to say someone else ‘inspired’ me to write it and that’s Laura Ingalls
Wilder. I’ve loved her books since I was a child and this was the perfect
opportunity to use some “Laura Lore” in the mystery. Also some of the
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<span class="ecxapple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">www.judynickles.com</span> See what's new with Penelope Pembroke and the Bogus Biker! A new cozy mystery series that's sure to have you begging for more.</span></span></div>
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Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-31599851597438104252013-01-19T17:05:00.000-05:002013-01-19T17:05:05.988-05:00I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, I hope I'm back to the world of blogging. This blog has been a source of frustration, joy and just about every other emotion since I first began several years ago. My choice would be not to have a blog at all - but since the standard is that a writer "should have a blog" - here I am again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This time I've added some tabs of some of the 'layers' in my life. It's a work in progress so if you like, check back from time to time. Can't promise to post every day or even every week, but I'd like to start posting a few things along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span>Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-25482713296182928612012-08-25T17:39:00.002-04:002012-08-25T17:41:54.647-04:00Dear Lucky Agent Contest!It's that time again! Time for the 11th (free!) “Dear Lucky Agent” Contest on the GLA blog. This is a recurring online contest with agent judges and super-cool prizes. Here’s the deal: With every contest, the details are essentially the same, but the niche itself changes—meaning each contest is focused around a specific category or two. So if you’re writing middle grade fiction novel, this 11th contest is for you! (The contest is live through Aug. 27, 2012.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/11th-free-dear-lucky-agent-contest-middle-grade-fiction?et_mid=575716&rid=1923839">http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/11th-free-dear-lucky-agent-contest-middle-grade-fiction?et_mid=575716&rid=1923839</a><br />
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<br />Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-38579405560969341902010-08-04T16:55:00.001-04:002010-08-04T17:11:02.689-04:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Today I’m happy to showcase author Judy Nickles and her two Vintage Rose novels. <i>Where Is Papa's Shining Star?</i> and its sequel, <i>Finding Papa's Shining Star </i>were released April 2 and April 16 of this year by <a href="http://www.thewildrosepress.com/">The Wild Rose Press</a>. Never one to let her keyboard cool off, Judy also penned a third book, <i>The Showboat Affair</i>, coming in 2011 under the pen name, Gwyneth Greer, and also from The Wild Rose Press.<br />
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Judy maintains a wonderful writing blog at <a href="http://judythewordplace.blogspot.com/">http://judythewordplace.blogspot.com/</a> filled with oodles of helpful advice. One particular saying of Judy’s always makes me smile and inspires me to get back to my writing chair. Her signature phrase is “Someday is Here.” Here’s how Judy describes her writing journey and the story behind the quote.<br />
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<i>I've been writing forever, first on a big Chief tablet, then on my father's ancient Underwood typewriter. I've been through a portable typewriter, two electrics, a word processor, and several computers. I wrote stories and poems to amuse myself and to express feelings that had no other outlet. But published or not, I write for the love of writing and that's the most important reason of all. </i><br />
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Someday, Judy often thought, she’d be a published author. I can still remember the blog post when she announced that first contract. It was simple and to the point. The first line read: Someday is here. It’s a wisp of inspiration we should all have as writers. The thought that SOMEDAY will come and we’ll see our name on a published book. Judy believed it and all of us should too.<br />
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Publication happened for Judy because of her talent, persistence and determination. Although I’ve only known Judy for a few years, one thing I’ve always admired about her is her great stick-to-it-ness. Despite the fact that her ‘retirement’ from teaching has often been more work than a full time job, I’ve never known Judy to throw up her hands and declare in her delightful Texan drawl, “I don’t have time to write!” Judy approaches writing like I imagine she faced lesson plans during all those years of teaching. She wrestles it into submission and gets the job done!<br />
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You can find trailers of Judy’s books at her newsy and informative websites: <a href="http://www.judynickles.com/">www.judynickles.com</a> and <a href="http://www.gwynethgreer.yolasite.com/">www.gwynethgreer.yolasite.com</a> <br />
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Judy’s latest project is the self-publishing of a trilogy she calls <i>The Kate Chronicles</i>. The series is dedicated to her long time friend, Linda Sherlock, who sadly passed away early this year. The titles of the Kate series are: <i>The Sparkling Years, The Shining Years</i> and <i>The Golden Years</i>. <br />
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Here’s a brief synopsis of The Kate Chronicles:<br />
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<i>When Dan Forrester meets Olivia Bancroft, he is ready to live again after the tragic loss of his wife during the Civil War. Cary, her oldest son, opposes the marriage. Just a few months later, Olivia and Dan make the decision to adopt an infant found beside the body of her mother in a deserted line shack on the Double B ranch. <br />
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Nicknamed KatieBee by her brother Cary, Katherine Bancroft Forrester soon steals the hearts of her much-older siblings and brings incomparable joy to her parents.<br />
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"The Christ Child brought you, Kate precious," Dan tells her every Christmas</i>.<br />
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<i>"Well brought up little girls do not come down the stairs like a herd of cow ponies," Olivia admonishes her.<br />
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Her brother Cary teaches her to ride and shoot. Her sister Regina delights in having 'a real live doll' to dress and show off. Hart secretly resents the attention lavished on his unexpected sister. And Mr. Amos fills the roll of grandfather, counselor, playmate, and adviser when Kate is at the ranch.<br />
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Kate fulfills her ambition to become a doctor, marries, and has a son and a daughter. She lives through two world wars, a depression, and sees a man walk on the moon. The memory of her parents' words and example keeps her feet firmly on the path despite all the changes around her.</i><br />
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Judy chose self-publication for Kate’s stories because of their wide scope and the age range of readers. Interested readers should visit <a href="http://www.thekatechronicles.yolasite.com/">www.thekatechronicles.yolasite.com</a> to learn more about Kate and these entertaining books. To promote The Kate Chronicles, Judy sends a free email newsletter – The Kate Chronicles Newsletter. This is a delightful mix of excerpts from the Kate books, a contest for readers, helpful links for historical writers and usually an article or two on a historically based topic. Judy is always looking for new writers and topics for the newsletter. You can email her at: <a href="mailto:thekatechronicles@yahoo.com">thekatechronicles@yahoo.com</a>. New readers for the newsletter are also welcome. <br />
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This month, The Kate Chronicles is having a contest. If you become a newsletter subscriber and get one other friend to join, your name is entered in a drawing for a complete set of Kate books! One winner will get a set of Kate chronicles just by subscribing and getting a friend to join. It’s free and the newsletter is a great historical breath of fresh air once a month. There are always useful links to historical sites as an added bonus! <br />
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So, saddle your ponies and gallop to the nearest computer! Spend some time on one of Judy’s fun websites and learn about this amazing author! You’ll be glad you did!<br />
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It's here! My first book is now on the market and for sale at: www.eccehomopress.com. There is also a nice interview I did on their Glory of America blog. Just follow the links down the side of the home page.<br />
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Still recovering from a very dumb accident two weeks ago. Tripped backwards while unloading wood and hit my head on the garage. Had a HUGE lump for awhile but it is just barely tender today. Also landed on my right hand and arm - wouldn't you know? Must have sprained the wrist, hand and twisted some muscles in my arm. It hurt like blazes for a few days and swelled to the size of a muffin. Swelling has gone way down. Can type, use my fingers and do pretty much except for fine motions that require me to turn my wrist in certain ways. Missed a week of work but am going to try to get back into the swing of things this week by trying to work.<br />
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Need to recover before Friday as I'm due at a booksigning in Dayton - Huber Heights. Hope I can sign books without an ace banadage on my wrist.Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-39055889861784131252010-04-28T15:56:00.000-04:002010-04-28T15:56:44.423-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/S9iPU4buDGI/AAAAAAAAAS0/mGNDErWqsJs/s1600/california+pictures+407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/S9iPU4buDGI/AAAAAAAAAS0/mGNDErWqsJs/s320/california+pictures+407.jpg" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gearing up for a Harvest!</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's been a long time since I've kept up my blog. A lot has happened since my last post - some good, some not. Some days it almost seems a waste of time to even try to keep this up. Other days, I get really enthusiastic and think, "I can do this!" Most of the time the enthusiasm passes quickly and I get back to procrastinating. :)</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But today, I decided that I'd just start out slowly and put up a small post. Surely, I can write a couple of paragraphs and post something to sort of break the 'log jam' (Can you tell I've been watching a lot of <i>Here Come the Brides</i> reruns?) So as I was thinking about what to write about, I came up with an idea.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gearing up for a Harvest. I put up a little picture of some of my garden harvest from last year. These are the pickled beets - yummy - and bread and butter pickles I canned. That's one kind of harvest . . .</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">another kind of harvest is the one that we reap in good works, perseverance and persistence - such as in our writing lives. Guess part of my writing harvest is coming in soon with the publication of my children's mystery, The Search for the Madonna. On May 15th, I'll have an actual book with my name on the cover! I've waited a really, really, really long time for this harvest and now it's coming true. I'm reaping from my persistence, perseverance and plain old hard work! Hopefully, some other 'seeds' of writing that I have sown over the past few years will start to bear fruit soon.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And that's my thought for today! Hope your harvests are coming in too! </span></span></span></b>Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-85342927905293315712010-02-15T13:33:00.000-05:002010-02-15T13:33:07.094-05:00<b><a href="http://links.mkt230.com/ctt?kn=28&m=4350827&r=MTAyOTA1NTM3NAS2&b=0&j=MTUxMDA5NzE4S0&mt=1&rt=0" name="www_guidetoliteraryagents_2" title="http://links.mkt230.com/ctt?kn=28&m=4350827&r=MTAyOTA1NTM3NAS2&b=0&j=MTUxMDA5NzE4S0&mt=1&rt=0">The second "Dear Lucky Agent" contest</a></b> is for writers of book-length <b>middle grade and young adult</b>. The judge is agent Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. The contest runs from Feb. 7 - Feb. 21. This is a cool free contest. You submit the first 150 -200 words of your work in progress then follow some easy steps to get the word out.<br />
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We are snowed in here! I am so ready for spring.Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-35350591109276618372010-02-08T13:03:00.000-05:002010-02-08T13:03:35.938-05:00<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/S3BRKWy78TI/AAAAAAAAASs/cxp43HspdFU/s1600-h/lisa+book+tour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/S3BRKWy78TI/AAAAAAAAASs/cxp43HspdFU/s320/lisa+book+tour.jpg" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lisa Wingate Blog Tour!</span> Read about this exciting new title from Lisa and make a comment. One name from my blog (as well as others on the tour) will be placed in a drawing for a super load of goodies! It's so fantastic I can't even describe all the great stuff you get! </span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Book:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots in any one place--and she doesn't plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily--until she discovers he may be promised to someone else. Daily has always been a place of refuge for those the wind blows in, but for Kai, it looks like it will be just another place to leave behind. Then again, Daily always has a few surprises in store--especially when Aunt Donetta has cooked up a scheme.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
</div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Interview Questions:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">1. How did you develop the initial story idea/plot line for this book?</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>Some book ideas you search for, and some just blow in on the wind. For the past several years, dating back to Hurricane Katrina, we in Central Texas have been the recipients of massive hurricane evacuations. These massive exoduses of people, pets, and belongings are frightening, frustrating, challenging, and at times oddly wonderful. When so many are on the road seeking shelter, the worst, but also the best qualities of humanity come to the surface. Hurricane evacuations truly provide times when we ask the question, "Am I my brother’s keeper?" In answering that question, we’ve enjoyed amazing moments of friendship and fellowship, family reunions, and chances to share a food and space with strangers from other parts of the country. We’ve traded stories and recipies, laughter and tears. </i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>One thing we’ve learned about hurricanes, living here, is that the paths are never predictable. Storms waver, hesitate, speed up, slow down, and sometimes change course unexpectedly. Evacuations needs can change and develop quickly. What better way for the beauty shop girls to find their inner strength and to show Daily hospitality, than for their cruise plans to land them smack in the middle of a sudden and chaotic hurricane evacuation? </i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">2. Almost every author puts a little of themselves into their stories—what did you put of yourself into this one? (personality traits, life events/jobs, settings, characters based on people you know, likes/dislikes, etc.)</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>There’s a bit of me in the setting, of course. I love Texas, in all its variety of cultures and landscapes, but, living in a small town, I have a particular affection for little bergs like Daily, where the coffee’s always hot, and a good slide of pecan pie can cure most ills. Having watched our little town mobilize to take in hurricane evacuees several times now, I’ve been reminded that sometimes the worst things that can happen bring out the best in people. Given the opportunity and faced with the need, regular people can rise to the occasion in amazing ways, as do the citizens of Daily in the book. </i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>Some members of the Wingate family might also claim to recognize themselves among the citizens of Daily, Texas. I would offer the disclaimer that any resemblances are completely unintentional, but that would be a bald-faced lie. When you come from a family of great storytellers and colorful characters, there’s nothing to do but make use of what you’ve got.</i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">3. Did you encounter any interesting challenges while writing/researching for this book? Please explain if so.</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>The most difficult part of working on</i> Never Say Never <i>was researching and reliving the devastation left behind on the Texas gulf coast last year after Hurricane Ike. While interviewing family members about their experiences during the evacuation and return, we shared laughter and quite a few tears. For those who have lived in southeast Texas all their lives, talking about familiar landmarks, heirlooms, and old family places that were washed away forever, knowing some things will never be the same, is both difficult and devastating. For those of us who have so many memories of family gatherings and vacations there, it’s hard to believe we’ll never visit the old places again.</i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">4. Why is this book/story relevant today?</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>Despite our best-laid plans, we all experience storms in life—whether those storms be of a weather-related nature, or due to an illness, death, or in recent months, job loss and financial misfortune. When the parameters of life and our ability to control fate suddenly change, we’re confronted with our own helplessness and need to rely on other people and God. In a culture that values independence and self-sufficiency, it’s important to remember that we all have a common need and a common responsibility for each other and that without faith we really are alone in the storm.</i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="color: #7208a4;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About the Author:</span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7208a4;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><b>Lisa Wingate is a popular inspirational speaker, magazine columnist, and national bestselling author of several books, including <i>Tending Roses, Talk of the Town, Drenched in Light, A Thousand Voices</i>, and <i>A Month of Summer</i>. Her work was recently honored by the Americans for More Civility for promoting greater kindness and civility in American life. Lisa and her family live in central Texas.</b></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-51257946382264303792010-02-01T15:25:00.000-05:002010-02-01T15:25:11.635-05:00<b> <span style="color: blue;">Whether you have a sister or just a great friend who feels like one, you'll love this new book by Virginia Smith! Take time to read through the blog and leave a comment. I will select one name and send it on for an awesome drawing of goodies within the next couple of weeks!</span></b><br />
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<div align="center"> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/2753499120/2491428/90392094/14449/goto:http://www.VirginiaSmith.org" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="137" src="http://e2ma.net/userdata/14449/images/e1262665382.jpg" width="191" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Virginia Smith is the author of a dozen Christian novels including the Sister-to-Sister Series, which is based in large part on her relationship with her own sisters. <em>Stuck in the Middle </em>was a finalist for the 2009 ACFW Book of the Year award. Her newest book, <em>Third Time’s a Charm,</em> the third and final book in the series, is now available wherever books are sold. Learn more about Ginny and her books, and enter a Prize Bonanza Giveaway, at </strong><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/2753499120/2491428/90392439/14449/goto:http://www.virginiasmith.org/" target="_blank"><strong>www.VirginiaSmith.org</strong></a><strong>.</strong></div><br />
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<b>The Awesome Bond of Sisters</b> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>By Virginia Smith</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div> <i>Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there</i>. --Amy Li</div><div></div><div>My middle sister and I fought like wildcats when we were growing up. One of my most vivid childhood memories is of being forcibly separated during an argument and banished to sit together on the living room couch with orders not to get up until we could get along. I huddled against one arm and resigned myself to living on that two-foot square cushion for the next eleven years, when I would turn eighteen and could get my own apartment. After an eternity, Mom entered the room to mediate. “Girls,” she said, “you are sisters. There will never be another person in the world more closely related to you than your sister. So you’d better learn to get along, because someday one of you might need a kidney.” Not, perhaps, the most convincing argument for reconciliation ever presented, but it worked. For the moment, anyway.</div><div></div><div>A woman has many relationships in her life, but the bond between sisters is unique. There is the biological link, but the connection goes beyond that. Sisters enjoy a shared past. They experienced many of the same events that molded their personalities, and therefore they understand one another in a way no one else can. They speak the same shorthand. If one of my sisters says, “I know! Let’s put on a show!” we all laugh, because we remember the first time one of us said that, and the resulting spectacle that has become family legend.</div><div></div><div>Sisters “get” each other without having to go into all the background. When I’ve had an argument with my husband, I can call my sisters and say, “He doesn’t want a puppy. I think I may divorce him.” My sisters understand my reaction immediately, because they remember witnessing our parents’ argument over the same subject. They can talk me down from the ledge, and away from the divorce attorneys. And they will do this even if I call them at three o’clock in the morning, with only a minimum amount of grumbling about the loss of sleep.</div><div></div><div>Psychologist Marcia Millman, author of <i>The Perfect Sister, </i>said during an interview, “I think sisters can help repair the injuries of childhood.” That’s certainly been true in my family. Whenever we get together, our husbands cover yawns and eventually slip away to the other room to watch a ballgame while we rehash events of our childhood, and discuss how they have impacted us as adults. Often I come away with a new perspective and a better attitude, so gatherings with my sisters are sort of like group therapy sessions. Only less expensive.</div><div></div><div>While it’s true that we share a common past, even sisters experience different events while growing up in the same household. I like to remind both of my sisters that, being the oldest, I blazed the trail for them. They both got their ears pierced sooner than I did, and wore lipstick, and shaved their legs. They were both allowed to date at an earlier age than I was, and stay out later. There are ten years between my youngest sister and me, so by the time she became a teenager, I had successfully driven our parents into a state of exhausted stupor, and she got to do pretty much whatever she wanted. (Which I still think is totally unfair, but that’s the way it is in most families, I’ve learned.) I think she owes me big-time.</div><div></div><div>My sisters and I do still have the occasional conflict. Author Linda Sunshine said, “If you don’t understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.” Our arguments don’t become physical anymore (we all understand the importance of good hair now, so we are no longer tempted to grab a handful), but these days, being at odds with one of my sisters is far more painful than our childhood brawls.</div><div>Several years ago, my middle sister and I had a disagreement and didn’t speak to each other for a few days. I was miserable without her, but we both stubbornly refused to back down. While cooking dinner one evening, I dropped a glass measuring cup she had given me, and it shattered. When it did, my stubbornness broke into a million pieces. My husband brought the phone to me where I sat sobbing on the floor, surrounded by shards of glass, and said sternly, “Call your sister.” Never has a reunion been so sweet.</div><div></div><div>Someone once said that relationships between siblings are the most long-lasting and influential of all. My sisters have been a part of my life longer than my husband or my children, and they will be part of my life even after our parents are gone. They know me, and understand me, and they like me anyway. They’re one of the best blessings God has given me. And as Mom said, if I ever do need a kidney, I know who to call.</div><div></div><div>------------------</div><div>SIDEBAR</div><div></div><h1 style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">8 Tips for Maintaining a Relationship with your Sister</span></h1><div style="color: blue;">In today’s busy world, it’s easy to let a relationship slide. That’s true regardless of whether you live nearby or far apart. Here are some tips for maintaining a strong relationship with your sister.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Scheduled Phone Calls</b> – Communication is the key to any relationship, so don’t leave it to chance. Select a specific day each week for an uninterrupted phone call. Put your sister on your cell phone “Favorites” so you can talk free.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Text Messages</b> – Texting is the preferred method of communication for one of my sisters. Be sure you have unlimited texts on your cell phone plan.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Utilize the Internet</b> – Email and social networking sites like Facebook are wonderful ways to stay connected. On Goodreads and LibraryThing you can keep track of what your sister is reading, too.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Skype</b> – If you both have a computer with a camera, this software allows you see each other while you talk – and it’s free.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Letters</b> – Email is wonderful, but there’s nothing like reading your sister’s words in her own handwriting.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Cards</b> – Next time you browse the card shelves, pick up several funny ones and tuck them away in a drawer. Send one every so often to surprise your sister with a laugh.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Sister Sleepovers</b> – Even if you live near one another, there’s nothing like getting away from it all with your sister. Schedule an annual sleepover at a lodge, or hotel, or even at someone’s house. Leave the kids at home, and focus on having fun with each other.</div><div style="color: blue;"></div><div style="color: blue;"><b>Start a Tradition</b> – Create a tradition you share only with your sister. For instance, my sister and I exchange ugly ornaments at Christmas every year. We spend months shopping for the ugliest ornament we can find, and love the competition of seeing who “wins” that year.</div></div></div>Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-89090874649479435242010-01-28T21:05:00.000-05:002010-01-28T21:05:11.712-05:00<strong><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another year, Another opportunity</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia;">It's been awhile since I've written a post on here. Too much has happened to go back and recap everything so I thought I'd just start fresh. After all, I've been given another year to reach my goals, another year to stretch toward becoming a <em>published in book length</em> author. Some days my writing life seems to have the same warning shown below! Will I cross in safety to the world of the book length author or will the ice break and place another delay in my way?</span></strong><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/S2JBHtczvGI/AAAAAAAAASk/0puKpBjIHnk/s1600-h/california+pictures+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/S2JBHtczvGI/AAAAAAAAASk/0puKpBjIHnk/s320/california+pictures+029.jpg" /></a></div><strong><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia;">The sun shone today which was a very nice break from our dreary, winter weather. We got another dumping of snow Tuesday, which resulted in a snow day for the boys. They were gloriously happy to do nothing. I managed to get some more candy articles written. (Check out some of my work at the website <a href="http://www.sugarstand.com/">http://www.sugarstand.com/</a>.) </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia;">I'm also guest blogging tomorrow on Judy's blog:</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Come on over and see what witty words of wisdom for writers I was able to impart! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">Guess this is enough for a first time back post!</span>Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-44977848485209049232009-11-02T22:48:00.000-05:002009-11-02T22:48:40.602-05:00<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/Su-n2kmUZdI/AAAAAAAAASc/u_2risK7OwI/s1600-h/e1251845298coffeebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/Su-n2kmUZdI/AAAAAAAAASc/u_2risK7OwI/s320/e1251845298coffeebook.jpg" vr="true" /></a><br />
</div>(Dallas, Texas)- There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and a cup of coffee--and there's no better book than the Bible. Sandra Glahn continues her series of Coffee Cup Bible Studies, presenting Kona with Jonah and Frappe with Philippians. Using creative teaching resources, including the Internet, art, online study groups and more, Glahn provides a special blend of bold and flavorful experiences that will bring participants back for a second cup of God's Word. <br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Kona with Jonah begins with a brief history of Jonah and Ninevah. Merging historical event with current modern day practicality, Glahn invites readers to take a walk in Jonah's sandals. Coffee sippers will find it hard to escape the similarities as these two worlds collide. Prayer, mercy, city revival and other strong themes will perk the interest and heart of diligent students.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Frappé with Philippians brews for five weeks of strong, powerful conversation about Paul and the heroes of the Philippian church. With detailed study time spent examining the letters of Paul to the Church, readers will come away feeling like they have met with the man himself. With sections entitled "That God Will Get me Out of Here, and Other Prayer Requests Paul Doesn't Make," Glahn keeps the tone of the study light, without disrespecting the seriousness of the study of God's Word.</span> <br />
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A Chat Over Coffee w/ Sandra <br />
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Women who typically feel they don't have the time to do Bible Study find your studies relevant and easy to use. What's the secret to making the study inviting?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">I don't know if there's one secret. Different things appeal to different people. But I do know that with my own personal Bible study time, I've been able to stay fairly consistent Monday through Friday when my daughter is at school. But on the weekends everything changes in our household. Sometimes we travel. Or we sleep later on Saturday. And we rise and go to church on Sunday. Result: my routine gets disrupted. For this reason I often have a more difficult time doing Bible study on the weekends. So I designed the series for Monday-through-Friday study with only short devotional readings on the weekends. The weekday time can require twenty minutes or more; the weekend readings take less than five minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I think the studies also appeal to the right-brained person. As an artsy type, I sometimes engage more with the Bible if I can write out a prayer, draw, view a related video, compose a story, sing a song... And I wrote this series with that person in mind. The devotionals are also full of stories, which most of us love to hear. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">In addition (and this is probably the main reason), when I was working full-time, I wanted a study I could stash in my purse without having to lug a Bible and a commentary. I wanted to use my lunch break for a quiet time without parading my resources in front of people. And I think it helps that the Coffee Cup series books don't look like typical Bible studies; they're all-inclusive (text, commentary, questions included); they're small enough to throw in a briefcase or diaper bag; and they're both spiral and bound--making it easier to use on a treadmill or fold in the lap and write on while sitting. In short they're designed for the multi-tasker. I heard from an ob-gyn who uses them as she's sitting in the doctors' lounge waiting for babies to arrive</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">And one more thing--I also include a prayer at the end. I heard from an eighty-something man who told me how much those prayers meant. All his life he had struggled with prayer, and that guidance helped him respond to God. I'm glad that a series directed to women didn't scare him off! </span><br />
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In Jonah with Kona, what do you hope participants will take away and apply to their own lives?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">We tend to like our own causes best; we like our own country best; we like our denomination best; we like our own families best; we prefer the schools we attended, the neighborhoods where we grew up, our own political party or cause, our gender--even our brand of peanut butter. And somewhere along the way we cross the line from preference to prejudice. We pray for our loved ones but rarely, if ever, our enemies. Mention atheists, opposing politicians, humanists, materialists, homosexuals, and radical feminists in most churches today, and the response you'll evoke will sound nothing like, "Let's pray right now for God to pour out his love."</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Genesis tells us that humans are fellow creations of one maker. The qualities of God that so angered Jonah are the very qualities we most need: grace, compassion, patience, mercy, abundant love, and truth. And not just for those we love--but for those we hate. For those who have wronged us. For those who want us dead. For those with whom we strongly disagree. The only possible way we can demonstrate such remarkable goodness is through the power of the Holy Spirit.</span><br />
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The focus of Frappé with Philippians is the life of Paul and the early church. What kind of historical research did you do and did you learn any surprising facts as you compiled your information? <br />
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<span style="color: red;">I think it's enormously important to understand the world in which Paul was writing. Let's take the view of women, for example. The Jews were the most conservative. The Greeks were better, though greatly influenced by Aristotle's low view of women. And the Roman women had the most freedom--even owning property and supervising gymnasiums. Knowing a city's predominant citizenship helps us understand Paul's letters on such issues.</span> <br />
<span style="color: red;">My PhD work relates a lot to the Greek pantheon and Greek and Roman history. The historical backgrounds for the Bible books are essential, and fortunately they interest me.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: red;">I</span><span style="color: red;"> also love getting a sense of the geography, if I can. I had the advantage this summer of taking a clipper to follow the journeys of Paul. Some of our stops included Corinth, Troas, Neapolis, Philippi, and Athens. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">One sentence out of the mouth of a guide in Corinth really stuck with me, as she provided a key to understanding the cities we visited. She mentioned that while American visitors seem generally uninterested in talk of gods and goddesses, knowing which member of the Greek pantheon a city worshiped is essential to understanding that city's mentality. The more I thought about this, the more sense it made:</span> <br />
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<span style="color: red;">ATHENS. Athena was the goddess of wisdom, so citizens of Athens wanted their city to reflect culture, religion, and philosophy. And sure enough, in Acts 17 we find Stoic and Epicurean philosophers hanging out at the Areopagus (Mars Hill). Paul affirms them for being religious, and rather than dissing their many false gods, he zeroes in on their altar to the unknown God and tells them about this Almighty one who was not made with hands--One who is never far from any of us.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: red;">CORINTH. Corinth was the home of Aphrodite, goddess of love (and not the agape version). Behind the city ruins stands a towering hill at the top of which sat Aphrodite's temple. One could not walk down the street without being conscious of its prominence. Might that explain why the Corinthians had so many issues with sexual immorality, and why Paul tells them that it's good for a man not to touch a woman (1 Cor. 7:1)? For the sake of the kingdom, he encourages them to consider embracing sexual abstinence rather than marrying. How fitting that in a city that prides itself on being a center of love, Paul pens the beautiful definition of true love--known to us as the love chapter (1 Cor. 13).</span> <br />
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<span style="color: red;">EPHESUS. Ephesus was home to the virgin Artemis who loved her virgin status and was immune to Aphrodite's love arrows. Among other things, Artemis was the goddess of the hunt. If you take a close look at the Artemis statues from the first and second centuries, you find her legs covered with numerous animals and flanked by a couple of deer. Now, usually we think of women as gatherers and men as hunters. And the fact that Artemis was a hunter suggests she had a less-than-feminine persona. In Ephesus we find stone work with the Amazon story (these women were way independent!), and guides tell visitors that the city was founded by an Amazon queen. The Book of Ephesians was probably intended for more than one city (like Laodicea), so we don't find much that points to a specific city's mentality in that book. But we do find 1 Timothy directed to Paul's protégé in Ephesus, and in it we find an emphasis on widows, women teaching false doctrines, and the need to marry and have children.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: red;">When reading the New Testament, I think it's important to find out something of its geography and certainly what member of the Greek pantheon each book's readers were up against. How its authors approached the cities' demons can provide insight for us into engaging a culture that's in love with worldly wisdom, immorality, and a low view of family.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Sandra Glahn, Th.M., is adjunct professor, Christian Education and Pastoral Ministries, at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), her alma mater. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Aesthetic Studies (Arts and Humanities) at the University of Texas at Dallas. In addition she serves on the board of the Evangelical Press Association, the advisory board of Hannah's Prayer, and the women's executive committee for bible.org. Sandra is editor in chief of Dallas Seminary's award-winning quarterly magazine, Kindred Spirit</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Her books include The Coffee Cup Bible Study series and the medical suspense thriller, Informed Consent (Cook). Ms. Glahn has also coauthored seven books and she has contributed to several additional works, including Genetic Engineering: A Christian Response (Kregel); and The Making of a Mentor (Authentic). Sandra has appeared on the 700 Club, Ivanhoe Productions' "Smart Woman" television broadcasts, Family Life Today, At Home Live television, Janet Parshall's America, and in other national media. She and her husband, Gary, have been married twenty-nine years and have a daughter who joined their family through adoption.</span><br />
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Creative Ways to Have Girlfriend Bible Studies <br />
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· Get ripped with Ruth. Meet at the health club and walk side-by-side on the treadmill with your BFF. The study's spiral binding and modest size lends itself to being stashed in a gym bag. You won't even have to pack your Bible. The text is included.<br />
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· Inhale the aroma of java as you enter your favorite coffee shop. Order yourself a cappuccino, and then hang out around the table with friends discussing Colossians. <br />
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· For your friend's birthday, give her chocolate-covered coffee beans and a Coffee Cup Bible study. Promise her an hour every week of your time for building your friendship on what lasts.<br />
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· Invite the person who does your nails to consider the words of Jesus. Provide a copy of Mocha on the Mount, and every time you're together discuss what you're both learning as you go through it. <br />
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· Schedule an extended "Spiritual Spa Day" together by watching and discussing a movie about Esther as you kick off bi-weekly meetings around your kitchen table. Contemplate what the Hadassah spa-Esther's year of beauty treatments-must have been like. Then consider the part of her beauty that was deeper than skin.<br />
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You don't have to sip your cuppa joe in a shop that starts with an "S." Grab some colleagues and organize a small group study. You can nurse your favorite beverage in the company cafeteria, the hospital coffee shop-even your local McDonald's. <br />
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· Brew a pot of coffee in your church kitchen and meet one evening per week with members of your congregation. Engage in a lively discussion about Deborah, Jael, and Samson's mother as you go through Java with the Judges. <br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">CONTEST!!!!!!!<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">One fortune blogger from each participating blog will be entered into a grand prize drawing for a coffee themed tote bag, twelve oz of Starbucks Sumatra and signed copies for Kona with Jonah and Frappe' with Philippians.</span>Donna Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04242871850994009888noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35210744.post-56992102163796882712009-10-28T15:53:00.001-04:002009-10-28T16:02:35.762-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/SuiiAMxutgI/AAAAAAAAASU/xFDupKRcPhw/s1600-h/e1251904381zuliabook" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jfBAY4eXpLc/SuiiAMxutgI/AAAAAAAAASU/xFDupKRcPhw/s640/e1251904381zuliabook" vr="true" /></a><br />
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(Eugene, Oregon) - An arranged marriage, a runaway bride, and an ugly family heritage of brutal and inhumane slavery operations leave no room for a fairytale story. Grace Winslow, daughter of an English sea captain and African princess, finds herself in a horrific position of betrothal. Doomed to marry an obnoxious white man, whom she does not love, Grace runs away to escape the slavery she's been surrounded by all her life. Instead, her journey from home brings her face-to-face with issues of extreme slavery, abuse and human trafficking. In the end she discovers slavery is more than just chains and finds grace that exceeds a name given to her by her parents.<br />
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Written by Kay Marshall Strom, The Call of Zulina links historical slavery issues with the modern-day crisis tainting many countries. On the heels of important legislature regarding human trafficking, Strom tackles the subject boldly as she sheds light on the practices and techniques used by angry slave traders. Seen as an advocate for those who have no voice, Strom finds words to communicate the message of history to today's readers. While this book shines the light on an uncomfortable subject, the message of hope, freedom, and justice prevail and eternal truths discovered.<br />
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Author Kay Marshall Strom has two great loves: writing and helping others achieve their own writing potential. Kay has written thirty-six published books, numerous magazine articles, and two screenplays. While mostly a nonfiction writer, the first book of her historical novel trilogy Grace in Africa has met with acclaim. Kay speaks at seminars, retreats, writers' conferences, and special events throughout the country and around the world. She is in wide demand as an instructor and keynote speaker at major writing conferences. She also enjoys speaking aboard cruise ships in exchange for exotic cruise destinations.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Blog Tour Interview:</span><br />
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1. How did you come up with the storyline of The Call of Zulina?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">While in West Africa working on another project, I toured an old slave fortress and was struck dumb by a set of baby manacles bolted to the wall. The characters of Lingongo and Joseph Winslow, Grace's parents, are modeled after real people who ran a slave business in Africa in the 1700s. I "met" them when I was researching Once Blind: The Life of John Newton, a biography of the slaver turned preacher and abolitionists, author of Amazing Grace. The more I thought about them, the more I wondered, "If they'd had a daughter, who would she be? Where would her loyalties lie?"</span><br />
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2. What inspired you to write a book so entrenched with uncomfortable issues?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">I used to think that non-fiction was the meat and potatoes of writing and fiction was the chocolate mousse dessert... fun, but not of much value. But I've come to understand that truths can be revealed through fiction just as powerfully as through non-fiction. Sometimes, more so! The fact is, for so long we have tried to look away and pretend that this horrible chapter in history never happened. But it did, and we still feel the effects today. Moreover, the roots of slavery--hunger for power and money, fear and diminishment of people unlike ourselves, and humanity's endless ability to rationalize evil actions--abound today. The time seemed right.</span><br />
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3. How haveyour travels around the world equipped you for writing such a historical novel?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">People ask me where my passion for issues such as modern day slavery come from. To a large degree it is from the things I have seen and heard on my numerous trips to India, African countries, Cambodia, Nepal, Indonesia, and other places around the world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">A most pervasive type of slavery is what is known as bonded servitude, where entire poor families are bound into virtual slavery--sometimes for generations--because of a small debt. This is especially common in India. I visited a village in central India where the women had been freed from bondage and set up with a micro loan that allowed them to raise a small herd of dairy cows. They worked so hard and saved every rupee. When they had enough saved, they persuaded a young teacher to come and start a school for their children. Then they used further profits to make low interest loans to others in the area so they could start their own businesses, too--a little bank. I sat in a circle with the five women who made up the "board of directors." Only one could read and write. I asked, "How will the next generation be different because of what you have done?" They said, "No more will be like us. When people look us, they see nothing. But when they look at our </span><span style="color: red;">children, they see real human beings with value."</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">From invisible slaves to human beings... all in one generation!</span><br />
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5. Grace, the lead character in The Call of Zulina, forsakes all to escape the slavery of her parents and an arranged marriage.How common is this scenerio today in other countries? <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Horrifyingly common. Slavery today takes many forms. According to UNICEF's more conservative count, there are about 12 million people living as slaves today--three times as many as in the days of the African slave trade. As for child arranged marriages, I have talked to girls "enslaved" to husbands in many countries. Examples include a girl in Nepal married at 9 to a middle-aged man, one in India married at 11, a 13-year-old in Egypt married to a man older than her father. I've seen it in Africa, Eastern Europe... so many places!</span><br />
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6. What about in America, are there slavery and trafficking issues here?<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Unfortunately, there are. The U.S. State Department estimates between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the Untied States each year, although it concedes that the real number is actually far higher. And it's not just states like New York and California that are affected, either. According to the U.S. Justice Department's head of the new human trafficking unit, there is now at least one case of trafficking in every state.</span><br />
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7. You've had 36 books published, and more written and contracted for future release. How has this one impacted your own life?<br />
<span style="color: red;">Some books report, some tell stories. This book has torn my heart.</span><br />
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8. Briefly tell us about the next two books in this Grace in Africa trilogy.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">In Book 2, Grace watches her reconstructed life smashed by slavers and revenge, and she is forcibly taken to London. There she faces a new kind of tyranny and another fight for freedom... and for her husband, who is enslaved in America.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Book 3 is set in the new United States of America, in the heart of the slavery. It is a story of slavery at it's worst and redemption at its best.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">What Can Concerned Citizens Do to Raise Awareness?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Find out all you can about Modern Day Slavery: then watch for chances to pass on what you have learned. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Write to your elected officials: Petition them to place a high priority on enforcing anti-slavery laws and to put pressure on countries that tolerate forced labor or human trafficking. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Buy Fair Trade products: Fair trade provides a sustainable model of international trade based on economic justice. To find out more, see http://www.fairtrade.net/ . </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Support organizations that are in a position to make a difference. When you find an one that is doing a good job on the front lines, contribute to their cause so they can continue on</span>. <br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Be willing to step into the gap. If you suspect someone is being held against his or her will, call the Department of Justice hotline: 1-888-428-7581. Or you can call 911.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Grand Prize Giveaway!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Post a comment on this blog and I will pick one winner to enter in Kay's contest on November 2nd!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Kay Marshall Strom is giving the following books to one fortunate commenter from The Call of Zulina blog tour. The prize package includes several of Kay's books:</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Seeking Christ: A Christian Woman's Guide to Personal Wholeness & Spiritual Maturity </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">John Newton:The Angry Sailor </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Making Friends with Your Mother </span><br />
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