And I’m Away . . . Uh . . . Okay

Quick post here.  I’m at the hotel and it’s a nice little room with cable, mini-fridge, AC, and a single bed.  Internet is a little wonky though, which might be an issue at some point.  So if I vanish for this time then you know why.

One oopsie that isn’t really an oopsie:

There’s a DVD Player here!

I wasn’t told!  Now I have to drive home to get Merlin Season 3 since I can’t trust daytime TV.  HBO doesn’t seem to be my friend right now either.  On the plus side, I can use the trip to grab some food since this place isn’t really close to restaurants.  Nothing in walking distance anyway.

Time to edit a bit before passing out.

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Questions 3: Escaping the Homestead

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Prefer Asuka, but whatever)

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Prefer Asuka, but whatever)

Welcome back to QUESTIONS 3!  The rules are that there are no rules.  Sort of.  I think of a topic on the fly and make a post that has 3 questions.  You can answer in the comments or answer on your own blog.  If you do the latter then please pingback to this post.  Hopefully we can get some fun conversations going here.  Here we go:

  1. If you could go away for a weekend by yourself, where would you go and why?
  2. What would you use your time away to do?
  3. How easy is it for you to get back into a routine after a vacation?
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On Tour – Jason Zandri -Author of “I,Hero: Nathan Returns” #RRBC

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I am pleased to welcome Jason Zandri to Fiction Favorites. Jason is on tour to promote his book I, Hero: Nathan Returns. Jason, welcome.

Thanks, John. It is with great pleasure that I introduce to everyone, via the blog tour, the very first look at “I, Hero: Nathan Returns”.

I, Hero: Nathan Returns – Excerpt I

PROLOGUE

The morning sun rose over the horizon and immediately began to heat the crisp morning air.

A middle-aged woman sat on a park bench with a small, mixed breed dog on a leash. The dog sniffed around at the grass to the left rear of the bench and the woman turned her back to face her dog.

She was holding her smart phone and had ear buds in her ears. She listened to music that played while an older gentleman with white hair, dressed in a long suit coat, came along. He moved alongside the…

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New Educational Book Release

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On the Eve of Exile . . . Changes to the Plan

To answer his question: Because I brought vodka and ‘Not Your Father’s’ Root Beer.

So tomorrow night, I had out to spend a few days at a hotel.  I’ll be doing some editing, formatting, sleeping, and maybe some notebook work.  As far as the debut of The Merchant of Nevra Coil, I can’t say at this time because I’m missing that one, final piece.  It could show up tonight or tomorrow or whenever, but the whole thing is out of my control for now.

A wrinkle has appeared and I’ll only be staying until Sunday afternoon.  This means I’ll be doing the Twubs Chat on Sunday from the house.  A situation has turned up where it makes more sense for me to be home for Monday and Tuesday.  I’ve been asked not to mention what it is on-line due to it embarrassing the person in question.  This means one of those days will be a family outing to the big zoo.  So any other things to say?

  1. I AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT THE DEBUT DELAY!  Seriously, I really wish I could make in a vague deadline and meet it.  Now I have volunteers either waiting or forgetting they volunteered.  I’m dreading December since releasing the 9th book before Christmas is the best time to do so.  Afterwards is rather dead.
  2. TWUBS CHAT ON SUNDAY FROM 7-11 PM EST!  INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE POSTED THAT MORNING!
  3. If I forget to mention it, I’ll only be a morning and night social media person from next Monday until early September.  The boy will be home and that means no projects for me beyond checking email and prepping posts for the next month.  I’m just not winning in the time arena.

So the big exile plan has changed, several things are in stasis, and I’ve got no idea what I’m doing any more.  It’s become a struggle just to make any progress during the day.  Enjoy tomorrow’s ‘Questions 3’.

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August Interview: Yola Biggs the Chaos Goddess

Yola Biggs by Kayla Matt

Yola Biggs by Kayla Matt

  1. If you had the choice of any occupation, what would you actually like to be?
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    I’d want to be a jellyfish.  Just float around the ocean and stinging things.  Nyder says I’d be good at that because they don’t have brains.  I think he means I’d be a really smart jellyfish.
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  2. Do you have any hobbies that you would like to be able to spend more time on?
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    I would like to get back into painting.  The Baron made me stop when I colored the castle an ugly yellow that made the entire continent sick.  Then I tired sculpting, but people got angry when I rearranged their bones and organs.  Nobody understands true art.  All they do is yell ‘Don’t do that, Yola! My liver doesn’t bend that way, Yola!’  I put everyone back the way they were before.  Only two casualties, which is a record.
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  3. What’s your favorite meal?
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    There is a vendor in Gaia that sells these folded sandwiches.  They have lettuce, spiced meat, a creamy sauce, tomatoes, and onions.  The wrapper he gives with the mediocre sandwich is delicious.
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  4. Do you play any musical instruments–if so, what? If you don’t, what would you like to play?
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    I can sneeze all of the ancient songs.  There’s also this thing called a panpipe that I can play when I don’t feel well.  Trinity says those periods are when I’m normal, but I’m pretty sure it’s a chronic disease.
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  5. Is there any one in particular that you wish you didn’t have to be around?
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    That person over there.  Not you.  The woman with the . . . what kind of shirt is that?  It doesn’t matter.  Go away.
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  6. Have you ever been strongly attracted to someone and it never developed?
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    In my youth, I shared a room with a handsome young man.  We were joined at the hip until we were forced to separate.  Wait.  What do you mean twin brother in the womb doesn’t count?  That’s what the person meant?  Well that’s just sick.  I’d never feel that way about my brother.
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  7. Are you surprised about what you have become? Is this what you expected when you were a child?
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    Nope.  I’ve always been what I am.  Though getting kicked out of my home and having to hide was a shock.  Go search for The Merchant of Nevra Coil to find out more about that.  It might be out by now.  We do these things a month early.
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  8. What is your biggest fear?
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    Leaving home without my legs, cuttlefish, that monkey with his eyes covered, and the threat of being sealed in a bubble where I can sense the world without interacting for all eternity.
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  9. If you could change places with another person in Windemere, who would it be and why?
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    There’s a gnome currently sitting in the most blissful cross breeze.  The sky is perfect and they’re drinking something called a lemonade.  Be right back.  *switches places with gnome for a minute and returns with two glasses of lemonade*  I may have left a tiny windstorm there because I was in a rush.
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  10. What makes you happy?
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    Everything!
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  11. What does teamwork mean to you?
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    Something important?  I’ve never really been part of a team, so I couldn’t say.  Gods and goddesses are more solo acts that happen to work alongside each other.  They do occasionally work together, but nobody ever wants to partner up the Chaos Goddess.  I guess being the one who does whatever random thought comes into her mind has a downside.  That downside is people simply never learn how much fun I can be.
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  12. How would you define honor?
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    As a noun it means high esteem, esteem, or privilege.  As a verb it means to regard someone with great respect or fulfill an obligation.
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  13. What’s the best way to hunt monsters?
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    With a helmet made of meat, a barbeque sauce cologne, and underwear made out of bacon.  That way you’re working on an even playing field.  After all, the monsters don’t have swords.  They have claws, teeth, various poisons, some breathe fire, wings, and a variety of other deadly skills.  None of them have swords.  Well, some undead have swords.  What about inviting them to dinner and being nice?
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  14. What’s your first response when someone makes you really, really mad?
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    Turn them into a watermelon.
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  15. What’s it like working for Charles?
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    He pays me in gummy bears.

Check out more of Yola Biggs in
LEGENDS OF WINDEMERE

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Goodreads Giveaway – Sebastian Meets Marvin the Monkey!

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Goodreads Giveaway now on until Sept. 10, 2015

Enter for a chance to win 1 of 3 signed copies of Sebastian Meets Marvin the Monkey.

http://goodreads.com/book/show/25667820-sebastian-meets-marvin-the-monkey

This is an adorable rhyming book that encourages children to be kind to animals. It is an easy reader and early readers will enjoy this along with young children PS – Grade 1.

Synopsis:

When a little boy, Sebastian, goes to the zoo he meets Marvin the Monkey. Sebastian loves monkeys and likes to watch them climb the trees. Something amazing happens when Sebastian’s toy phone suddenly plays music.

I dedicated this book to my youngest grandson, Sebastian, who loves animals and is always kind to them. He also loves music and dancing.

Thank you for stopping by. Don’t forget to sign up. I hope you win!!

REMEMBER: READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY!

Blessings!

-Janice-

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Books Free on Brave Bear Books

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A Little Promo & A Little Info

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Before it becomes a museum relic, you have an opportunity to buy this book for just 99 cents!!!

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Red Clay and Roses is on sale this week for 99 cents. Yes, I know, I said I didn’t like that artificial ceiling we’ve set for ourselves, but it was the only way to get Book Gorilla to take it…see what I mean?

However, if you’re in the USA and decide to buy the book, go to AmazonSmile: HERE, and choose a charity. Then type in Red Clay and Roses. Better yet, write in the charity of my choice: GMO Free USA Inc, in the others box 🙂 .

If you are not familiar with AmazonSmile, a little info from their site: AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com,

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Your chance to win a copy–Becoming Ellen by Shari Shattuck

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I’ve got a beautiful hardcover copy of this book to giveaway to one lucky winner. All you gotta do to enter is share this post with your favourite social media outlet and drop me a comment below to let me know you did. (US residents only please.)

Winners will be chosen on Friday 8/14

Thank you to Putnam/Penguin Random House for the prize 🙂

Becoming EllenBecoming Ellen by Shari Shattuck

Returning in the bestselling tradition of Jennifer Weiner, Shattuck brilliantly illustrates the deep friendship between two absolutely unforgettable women in this touching yet funny novel.

Ellen Homes is done being invisible. Well, sort of.

Living with her closest friends, Temerity and Justice, has helped her step out of the shell of invisibility she once hid away in. She still seeks refuge in solitary time and observing from afar, but she has pushed herself to open up to others in ways that…

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