1,000 eBooks – Don’t Forget!

All 3 books for .99 cents in July. Help C.N. Faust get to 1,000 ebook sales in July before they go back to $2.99.

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Hello my darlings!

Don’t forget! July is all three of my books up on Amazon for $.99 cents! At the stroke of midnight on July 31st they go back to being $2.99, so don’t miss out! Also, spread the word – because if I can sell 1,000 ebooks this month, I am going to be able to fund a big giveaway of limited edition SIGNED hardcover copies! Now isn’t that tempting?

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Your most adored,

C.N.F.

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Charles Versus Leaky Ceiling

Years ago, I lived in Florida and the best job I had there was working at Hollywood Video.  For those confused, this was video store chain where you could rent or buy movies.  You would be surprised how often I’ve had to explain that.  Anyway, I was a shift leader and would occasionally have shifts by myself.  That’s where this story happens.

Florida has rain.  A lot of rain and that tended to mean a slow day.  Well, it was pouring enough that I could barely see the parking lot.  It was quiet until I heard a distant slap.  It was strange and I followed it to the comedy section.  The ceiling above had begun leaking and the water was pounding on the plastic cases.  The shelving units were made of press board, so the water would destroy it if it started coming harder.  Guess what started happening as I watched.

I called my boss and he said he would try to get some help when the weather cleared.  I was on my own until then.  I cleared the DVD’s off the shelf and dried them off as things got worse.  I was panicking.  Then ‘genius’ struck when my mind wandered to the idea of a water slide.  Stay with me people.

Take a long, deep bucket used for mopping the floors and a big trash bag.  Cut down the sides of the trash bag until you have a long piece of plastic.  Use packing tape to connect the plastic to the top of the shelving unit and the bucket on the floor.  Watch the water flow into the bucket and the few customers you have stare at the ingenuity like it’s modern art. I even got some applause.

I admit that I was proud of this and sorry I never took a picture.  The look on the next shift’s face when they saw it was priceless.

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Final Contest Reminder!

37 hours left to enter the Poetry Contest of the Year.

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Guest Blog: What is Poetry? by The Ranting Papizilla

Today we have a guest blog from the hard-working, talented poet, The Ranting Papizilla.  Enjoy!

Charles asked me a few weeks back for a guest post about what poetry is. I have thought long and hard about that very question for many weeks now. I believe I have an answer.

Poetry has different meanings to different people at different times. So my definition of what poetry is, will be completely different than what it means to you. Why is that? Poetry is a fluid animal, picture a Tiger in the jungle. Muscles rippling, it’s movements lithe and light, with all the beauty and grace of its species yet with unmistakable power. To see one is poetic in and of itself. To ponder one is also an exercise in poetry.

Another example of poetry is that of water. It takes the form of whatever contains it, yet if it is powerful enough, it can sweep even the strongest person away. Throughout history there are many examples of poetry doing just that. Each one of you have a favorite poem. Why is it your favorite? What about it drew you in? The tone? Rhythm? Structure or form? Does it also speak to others as it speaks to you, or is it yours alone?

Making love to a beautiful woman is poetry. Especially if it is done right! (Ladies back me up here… 😀 ) An eagle in flight, soaring high above the landscape is poetic. Nature as a whole is poetry in motion, from the gently swaying trees to the sheer raw power of the grandest storm. A falling tree can lend itself to a poem, a blade of grass with a bead of morning dew can give immense inspiration. The buzzing flight of the busy bumble bee can cause the spark of an idea.

Poetry can make you laugh, cry, despair and feel tremendous pride. All within a few stanzas or lines. The very design of poetry is to elicit a base response. Whether good or ill, its intentions are to inflame the passions of the populace. When done correctly it can do and be all of these things. Again, the correctness of a poem is in the eye/ear/voice of the beholder. One person’s Poe may be another person’s trash. Subjective, completely reliant upon point of view and simply you cannot please everyone.

That, to me is what poetry is. What is it to you? Did I capture it correctly? Am I way off base here? Charles, what do you think? This has been a lot of fun, thank you for having me Charles, and thank you for stopping by.

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Hurricane by Theory of a Deadman

Yup.

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Dual Nature

Born of pain

Raised by fire

Now I live

A life of opposites

Heart of a hero

Craving

To save all others

Soul of a demon

Thirsting

For the blood of all

Hell races through my veins

While heaven rules my heart

My actions are pure

Though my thoughts are vile

I am not what I think I am

                                                                                                                                                             

I had several moments of depression at the beginning of the Israel trip.  It was the first time away from home and, at the time, I had terrible shyness.  The entire event triggered an identity crisis where I was trying to figure out who I really was.  Not an easy, or possibly smart, thing to do in a foreign country.

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Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen

Why?  Because I’ve heard this song 5 times today on Pandora or the television.  So, I thought I’d share.

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Twist & Turn Cover Reveal

Hot cover for a hot book.

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Here it is: my new cover!!! Hot, right?

Cover Designer: Kellie Dennis of Book Cover By Design Cover Designer: Kellie Dennis of Book Cover By Design

Twist and Turn is Book 2 in The Twisted Trilogy. It will be available for purchase on August 1, 2013. Please add it to your Goodreads shelves!!! www.goodreads.com/christasimpson

Cover Designer: Kellie Dennis of Book Cover By Design Cover Designer: Kellie Dennis                                                                  of Book Cover By Design

If you haven’t read Twisted, not to worry, my betas who hadn’t read book 1 agree that this novel can stand alone. Of course I recommend that you do read #1 first, so you better understand Abby’s conflict and Edwin’s role, and for $0.99 why wouldn’t you??!!

Here are links for book 1: www.amazon.com/Twisted-The-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00BLP8TJM
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A special thanks goes out to my cover designer: the fabulous Kellie Dennis of Book Cover By Design.

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Epic Team-Up

Sun Ce & Zhou Yu from Dynasty Warriors

Teaming up for fun
The planning is underway
Let the games begin

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Interview by a Vampire: Dracula & Eddie

(This is a fun project that Ionia and I have been plotting for weeks.  We finally find the time and focus to put it together.  Enjoy.)

Dracula from Castlevania & ‘Eddie’

 

After the first Dracula Vs. the modern vampire post, things seemed a bit unsettled. So it is time for a rematch. Same vampires as before, except the always entertaining Charles Yallowitz is now joining in on the fun. Not that we would ever banter back and forth. Please welcome Dracula and “Eddie.” No, I don’t mean Munster.

Eddie:  leans back in chair and makes smoldering look that bears more of a resemblance to constipation

Dracula: Forgive me, I am still learning social media and this blogggging thing it is new to my generation.

Eddie:  I’m surprised your creaky generation could use a doorknob much less a computer, old man.

Dracula: Excuse me did you not even take the time to introduce yourself before you began with your feeble attempts at an insult?  I will do it for you. This here is shparkles and he is a supporter of the skinny jeans society.

Eddie:  The woman already introduced us and we’ve met before.  You weren’t too nice last time.

Dracula: Oh pardon my manners then. I did not know vampires were supposed to be “Nice.”

Eddie:  Of course we do.  It’s no longer about baring our fangs and drinking blood.  We have to fit in now.  Not like those barbaric times when you hypnotized and turned a wife. Getting women is more . . . human now.

Dracula: You call that angry string bean you are with a woman?

Dracula: I have seen more meat in a vegan restaurant.

Eddie:  Hey!  That’s my wife . . . who I thought was another vampire when we first met. She barely had a pulse, so I was confused.

Dracula: I’m surprised you weren’t confused about her gender.

Dracula: Why do you dress like that? Where is your cape?

Eddie:  The gender was easy to figure out.  You hide in the bushes or shadows around her until you hear something said that tells you the gender.  It’s easier if you hide outside the girls’ locker room.  I prefer the roof by the air conditioner vents.

Dracula: That is just creepy.

Eddie:  Like I’m the first vampire to troll a high school.  Teenage girls are suckers for the undead.  What is with you and capes anyway?  You realize that walking around with a cape makes you stand out.  People don’t walk around with capes any more outside of a comic convention.

Dracula: Capes are proper. You cannot be a vampire without one. it is written into the code. Now you young whippersnappers wear your underwear above your pants and your capes have vanished. How are we to take you seriously?  You couldn’t frighten a toddler.

Eddie: You couldn’t frighten . . . a baby.

Dracula: I don’t like to frighten babies. I am not desperate enough to need an easy target. You couldn’t successfully order a Mcblood from a drive thru

Eddie: Really?  A McDonald’s joke?  Do you even know how a drive thru works? I’m surprised they let you take the horse and buggy through there.

Dracula: I have a pink motor scooter I stole from your friend, the wolf.

Eddie: Don’t even get me started on that pedophile.  Can’t believe I have that creeper for a son-in-law. All that time making the perfect vampire bride and my reward is a flea-ridden werewolf in the family.

Dracula: Finally we agree on something. Although his abdominal muscles are quite impressive. More so that yours. You are just a bit pasty

Eddie:  First, you look in a mirror lately?  Oh, sorry, you can’t.  Second, I can’t do anything about the abs.  I could spend all day benchpressing a buick and I’d be stuck like this.  Undead can’t bulk up.

Dracula: I am not vain enough to stand around listening to pop music all day and smoothing my hair in a looking glass. “Hit me baby one more time…” Where did that come from?  Nice excuse did you think of that one all day?

Eddie:  You just use the same widow’s peak from the Dark Ages.  A mirror would be wasted on you.  I have no idea about that song.  I’m not from that generation either.  I think it had to do with watching music videos without the sound on.

It didn’t take me all day to think of it . . . my wife did.

Dracula: You are just jealous that I have made billions with a super empire and you barely got an action figure. My legend will live on sissy ass.

Eddie:  Really?  You see some of the movies you show up in?  You’re an abused cliche.  I was original.

Dracula: The only thing original about you was that you used a new bottle of hair spray every scene. You anger me. I would be very cautious.

Eddie: You don’t scare me, old fang.  I can take you out with a table leg, a cross, holy water, a used garlic press, and so many other things.  You’re so weak.  I’m basically unbeatable since I’m faster and strong than you.

Dracula: Which one of these comic book vampires do you think you are talking to. Look at the Eddie doll. Pull my finger? Really that is what your doll says? Not blaaah blahh blaaah or I’v come to suck your blooood. But pull my finger?

Eddie: Now that you mention it, why do you sound like a guy who is trying to get a foul taste out of his mouth?  Blaaaaah blahh blaaah sounds like you’re about to throw up.

Dracula: I think you meant Blog blog bloggggs.  Show some respect to your elders. You are barely out of Vampers.

Eddie:  Somebody has been spending all night coming up with bad vampire puns.  Didn’t you have a manservant to do that?

Dracula: Do not make me call in reinforcements. You are all my unwitting servants.

Eddie: Who are you going to call in?  The Mummy?  Your own Wolfman?

Dracula: Oh Clyde….

*Strong hand grabs Eddie by the head and squeezes hard*

Clyde: Hello, glow stick.  I’ve been wanting to get my hands on your genre-murdering carcass for a while now.

Dracula: Tee hee

Eddie: You don’t scare me. Who are you anyway? *Shaking*

Dracula: Garlic press he said.

Clyde: A vampire waiting for his time.  I have to wait for people to forget about you before I appear.  *Lifts Eddie off the chair*

Eddie: You don’t have a film series too, do you?  Hey man…that kind of hurts…I’m sure we can work this out

Clyde:  Books, but give me time.  By the way, I think my second-in-command is having some fun with what’s left of your wife.  She got in our way.  A vampire showing pain?

Eddie: reasona *gulp* bly. It is not pain it is….it is

Clyde:  Is this guy really a big vampire?  He’s more like a Buffy extra.

Dracula: *Snort*  These sinuses are terrible. Must be dillweed

Eddie: I’m sorry man…I didn’t mean nothin. I didn’t mean to s s s say…

Clyde: It isn’t what you said.  I just don’t like you.  Any requests, Dracula?

Dracula: Finish it and let’s go get a bloody mary. Be done with this filth. He is a disgrace to our kind.

Clyde: You’re the boss on this one.  I doubt he’ll be any fun to play with for long.

Dracula: Save his head though. I have always wanted one of those sparkly disco balls for the rear view mirror of the Dragula.

Clyde: You got it.  *Pulls Eddie’s head off with a twist*

Dracula: He looks oddly better that way.

Clyde: He’s definitely less annoying.  Did he know how to use a comb?

Dracula: Shall we go catch up then my old friend?  What is all that greasy stuff on his head? Nevermind that thing would stink up my pimped out ride.

Clyde: I got some time to kill.  I’m saving his wife for later.  She seemed to be the tougher, so I might get some fun with her.  I’m guessing she was the strong one.

Dracula: There will be others. They never learn. Teenagers, honestly.  Two bloody marys bartender…extra bloody and hold the celery.

Clyde: And a side of hot wings.

Dracula: What do they mean by Hooters?

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