Wednesday, April 24, 2013
My Husband the Plant Killer
He has a talent. No flower is safe for miles around. He's known for trimming back the flowers and leaving the weeds untouched. Last year in his zest to fertilizer my yellow rose bush, he nearly burned it up. Yesterday it was my coleus. I'd just bought it. I didn't even have it out of the car before he lopped the top off with his cane. Below is pictures of the knocked off top and the rest of the poor maimed coleus. Oh yeah, and I tossed in a pic of my new gazing ball:) To the gardeners out there: Do you think it will root? I need to ask good bud Rhobin Courtright. Are any of you Courtright fans? She's an excellent author and gardener. I lust for her gardens.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Too Cute Tuesday
Rats don't rate high on my Richter scale, but this trailer really does deserve a 'too cute' mention.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Dog People VS Cat People and Oblivion Trailer
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First of all let me start by making a disclaimer to all the cat people out there that have all kinds of patience. I'm sure there are some. Unfortunately, I'm just not one of them:)
I believe patience is what separates the dog people from the cat people. Its only a hypothesis of course. But here are my findings:
Dog people are calm. Well maybe not always, but it helps when dealing with canines.
When a dog gets on something he's not supposed to, the dog person says in a calm but firm voice, "Down."
Cat People, not so much. If the dog gets on something he's not supposed, the response is: "Get your ass down."
Dog person tells a dog, "Sit." Repeats in a calm voice, "Sit."
Cat person tells a dog, "Sit." Dog ignores cat person. "Damn it, sit!"
Dog person tells dog to stay. "Stay." Holds up hand to indicate stay. "Stay,"He/she reiterates dragging out the word.
Cat person tells dog to stay. Dog ignores cat person. This time cat person responds with a blasphemy in front of the stay. And also makes a hand gesture but its not the one to stay.
Dog person says "Quiet," in voice of authority to stop dog barking.
Cat person says, "Don't make me come out there."
I think dogs are wonderful, faithful creatures. I truly do. Cats are just all kinds of easier.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
VBB: A Witch Without Magic
BLURB:
When her neighbors accuse Belladonna of Satanism and making them
age years to days, she must find who is behind it or face a modern day witch
hunt. Her mysterious enemy knows where to strike to cause the most damage:
Belladonna's only friend is losing his life-force; the garden that feeds her is
dying; and her house ghost goes poltergeist. To save her neighbors and friends
and prove her innocence, she must travel to the Otherworld where butterflies
have razor wings and where her worst fears will come to life.
The mob on the other side of the
wrought iron fence wore no tri-cornered hats or starched bonnets. They didn’t brandish pitchforks or flaming
torches. Hell, they didn’t even bring a
preacher to drive the Devil out. Still,
they had come to flush out a witch and the witch was me.
They were thirty all together,
gathered outside my gate under the two California live oaks that shade the
sidewalk in midday. I had to squint into
the still hot mid-October sun to study their unfamiliar faces. The mob included several dwarves. The youngest dwarf must have been in her
forties, a tiny woman that for some reason wore a yellow, red and blue Snow
White dress with an appliquéd picture of Snow White on the chest. She didn’t look like a typical dwarf: no
classically high forehead and her arms and legs were proportionate. She was holding a fluffy purple teddy bear by
a front paw and sucking her thumb.
In the sun my forehead sweated under
the straw hat. A mocking bird’s harsh
chirrup burst from the oak on the right, piercing as a car horn. I flinched.
I don’t much like or trust people in
large groups - doing time in Greenville State Prison for Women had taught me
that. In prison the exercise yard is the
most dangerous place to be: too many inmates in one area, too many chances to
be stabbed with a shiv made from a sharpened toothbrush handle or from melted
and hardened Styrofoam cups.
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Larisa
Walk, a native Russian, lives in California with her husband and two formerly
homeless cats. She writes paranormal fiction that is more often than not
populated by characters from the Russian fairy world. Her short fiction
appeared in several anthologies and magazines. She has published a historic
fantasy novel, A Handful of Earth, and a modern paranormal novel, A Witch
Without Magic. See her quirky blog posts here: http://www.larisawalk.com
Larisa will be awarding a $10 Amazon Gift Certificate to five randomly drawn
commenters during the tour.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
BBT: Angel Chronicles
A
Privilege:
The
Angel Chronicles, Book 3
The beloved Angel/Warrior team face pure evil in
their final climactic story!
The first time they were sent down, Irish lives were led.
Emily, the angel, ended up embedded in murder and lost in the realm of true
love. While Matthew, the warrior, took over a life that left blood on his hands
and anger in his soul.
With their second coming, Emily found herself facing an
oncoming war that brought her to the shores of America. While Matthew tried
desperately to unveil the evil character of a young man who was intent on
locking his partner in a ‘gilded’ cage.
Now...Emily and Matthew find that their lives are all their
own. Yet, all the memories, hatred, longing and regret have come hand-in-hand
with this newfound freedom.
In small town U.S.A., Matthew finds himself loving his new
life. From his military school existence to a new, ‘odd’ friend who’s arrived
in town, Matthew’s looking forward to graduation and heading off into a
brilliant future with Emily by his side.
Emily wants nothing more than to hide. Although doing her
best to fit in, she lives a life on the edge, wondering when her past love with
reappear to either forgive or seek revenge on the angel who let him down.
Battling the shadows that seem to be breaking her soul in two, Emily soon
discovers that her small, quiet town has a secret that’s beyond
dangerous...
As she and Matthew join forces to help a ‘haunted’ victim,
they open the door on a mystery neither of them can believe. A true villain has
returned from the past, and not even their heavenly family will be able to save
them. This time they’re on their own, as they face a fight that could lead them
straight to Hell…and end the angel/warrior team forever.
Without a word, Matthew reached out, took Emily by the hand
and pulled her down beside him. He looked into her eyes and smiled. “I knew my
Emily was still in there.”
Out of the blue, the room became incredibly hot, as if
Gabriel had entered in order to give a lesson to his favorite students.
“What?”
“That spark.” He pulled Emily’s face closer before she could
push herself away. “You’ve been acting all this time like you’re just here to
sit and wait it out until you’re lucky enough to go Home. But you’re still in
there, Emily. You still have all that energy and belief in there and you want
to do something. That’s the partner I know.”
Shaking her head, Emily listened to her own breathing
intensify as she stared at his full lips and wondered why she felt so
completely and utterly strange...vulnerable even. “I want to help this girl.
This is a job, maybe my only job down here. She saw a ghost and she wants me to
help her out, that’s all.”
“And you will.” Matthew captured Emily’s lips, and she could
no longer feel the breath in her lungs. Completely different than the one kiss
they’d shared up above so long ago, this one was far more demanding, as if
Matthew was a young man determined to kiss his human love for the very first
time.
Sitting back, Emily practically jumped off the bed.
“I’m sorry,” she heard him whisper behind her. “I guess I was
just excited to see you again.”
Not trusting her voice, she remained silent.
“We have jobs, but we also have a life to live. Our own lives
this time around. Maybe you should think about adding that into your angelic
plans.” Matthew continued softly, “Jason isn’t here, Emily.”
The name being said out loud sent a chill down Emily’s spine.
It reminded her of the vow she’d made a long time ago—a vow that an angel
couldn’t break.
She cleared her throat. “It doesn’t matter if he’s here. We
were sent to do a job, and maybe helping this little girl prove her story is
what I need to begin.”
Standing up, Matthew looked as if he was a man who wanted
nothing more than to turn back the clock and erase the name he’d spoken aloud.
He walked to the open window. “Well, I hope the job goes
well. Good luck with it.”
“Matthew,” Emily took a step toward him. “Don’t leave like
this.”
He nodded at the book on the bed. “You have your mission,
Emily...your job. Ghosts, goblins, lost souls—knock yourself out.” He took a
deep breath. “I wonder when you’re going to figure out that the living souls
around you would like some of your attention as well.”
Closing her eyes, Emily shed silent tears as she heard his
feet hit the ground beneath her window. A friend, a partner, the one who
actually listened, was now just an angry young man racing back to The Armory—a
place where warriors reigned.
Emily sighed. She’d done it again. No matter how hard she
tried to be good, her mouth always got her into trouble. She needed Matthew to
understand. She’d made a promise to a young man a long time ago; a promise that
was supposed to last for eternity. How was she to know at the time that their
eternity would include death by her hand?
Had the second time around broken their vow? Emily had no
idea. But whatever happened she could not and would not offer Matthew her heart
if payment was still due for her past sins. Above all, Matthew was the last
person who deserved to be punished for her mistakes.
Author Amy
Lignor
Amy Lignor began her career at Grey House Publishing in
northwest Connecticut where she was the Editor-in-Chief of numerous educational
and business directories.
Now she is a published author of several works of fiction.
The Billy the Kid historical The Heart of a Legend; the thriller, Mind Made;
and the adventure novel, Tallent & Lowery 13.
She is also the owner of The Write Companion, a company that
offers help and support to writers through a full range of editorial services
from proofreading and copyediting to ghostwriting and research. As the daughter
of a research librarian, she is also an active book reviewer.
Currently, she lives with her daughter, mother and a
rambunctious German Shepherd named Reuben, in the beautiful state of New
Mexico.
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