tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66901158554244362482024-03-19T03:00:32.158-04:00Eclectic writerThe Eclectic Writer is about writing and the things that effect a writer. About my books and those of others.Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5059125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-72075111706992385982024-03-19T03:00:00.001-04:002024-03-19T03:00:00.133-04:00The Forbidden Love Plot isfeatured as Tuesday's Writer's Tip #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Writing #Plot #Forbidden Love<p><b>I<i>s Love blind? That's a question for the ages. The last plot we discussed was Love, the kind that operates in the open. Forbidden love is of the shadows and the dark of night. Forbidden love is something that crosses a line. The line being societies accumulation of rules. Forbidden love makes for a great and dramatic story</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a> </p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-26302091887769549522024-03-17T03:00:00.001-04:002024-03-17T03:00:00.141-04:00Haunted Dreams is featured today as Sunday's Book #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #romance <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq_pQUQO1Sfixh7gVJGUX5BljsX6j1iNeJbZ-7ciS2gBS7FFyMfr_8F_ygg5aH3d2sPLbGjLnBzvwaZQ0lvI-Jv-dUU3Qlf5ILNrFRHb2U_1QwfZ5we5sapEijEnot6D2XUBGimOSeBYUhQ57WI9JrjPT4Wk9l-j3Xh_I_8KBxcOHdEvNU1hZpWLH7nIk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq_pQUQO1Sfixh7gVJGUX5BljsX6j1iNeJbZ-7ciS2gBS7FFyMfr_8F_ygg5aH3d2sPLbGjLnBzvwaZQ0lvI-Jv-dUU3Qlf5ILNrFRHb2U_1QwfZ5we5sapEijEnot6D2XUBGimOSeBYUhQ57WI9JrjPT4Wk9l-j3Xh_I_8KBxcOHdEvNU1hZpWLH7nIk=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rachel Lange is a Cancer and a student in a Master’s program in Child Psychology. Her dreams are haunted by an abusive relationship and by an estrangement from her father, her only close relative.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Zach Majors is an attorney and a Libra. His dreams are haunted by his experience in Afghanistan and by the problems of his young sons, one who has nightmares nearly every night. He has come to Fern Lake to try to help his sons grow and to feel safe.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Between Rachel and Zach, the attraction is instant but they each have problems to overcome before they can think about the future. She has formed a rapport with the angriest of Zach’s sons. Together this pair must find peace within themselves and bring healing to their families.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-44361146054456966042024-03-16T03:00:00.001-04:002024-03-16T03:00:00.233-04:00Books by Eileen Charbonneau are featured on Saturday's Blurbs #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Civil War #WWII #Salem trials #Newfoundland #Historical #Romance<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicJrAJjZafno-u_Z9htj499InCvwQ62fkJO2O4tlHWn8pp36XnprhY_EkG5FF0nIDPgkCIYBe4JVGlwQM8fujjEf86sfF9A1JibiYWEfYuwpdLMFGXZO3QhXYPB3A0_QS78enMhONpJD69mC9-e9feCUVfoE4J6tAINj9uztrsiFXlRBZKl6dH6_AfE-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicJrAJjZafno-u_Z9htj499InCvwQ62fkJO2O4tlHWn8pp36XnprhY_EkG5FF0nIDPgkCIYBe4JVGlwQM8fujjEf86sfF9A1JibiYWEfYuwpdLMFGXZO3QhXYPB3A0_QS78enMhONpJD69mC9-e9feCUVfoE4J6tAINj9uztrsiFXlRBZKl6dH6_AfE-4=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p> <a href="https://books2read.com/Ursulas-Inheritance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Ursula's Inheritance | Universal Book Links Help You Find Books at Your Favorite Store! (books2read.com)</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium; outline: none !important;">In 1864 New York, plantation heiress Ursula Buckley’s inheritance yields secrets of her past, some unknown, even to her. Will her young marriage survive both the civil strife and the anguish embedded in her own heart?</span></span><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bOaRqJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Watch Over Me | Universal Book Links Help You Find Books at Your Favorite Store! 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But the year is 1692 and her American cousins in Salem, Massachusetts have been accused of witchcraft and need her help. </span></span><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><blockquote class="yiv9143475517gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-41866327434706545982024-03-15T03:00:00.004-04:002024-03-17T10:47:54.519-04:00Books by Karla Stover are featured on Saturday's Blurbs #BWLAuthor #Parlor Girls #Feather for a Fan #Wicked Tacoma<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">From <i>PARLOR
GIRLS</i>: available through BWL Publishing and Amazon.</span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“As madam
of Chicago’s most exclusive brothel, it wasn’t often that Minna felt at a
disadvantage but she did sitting in Madam Julie’s Shanghai Club. “I have a
client who wants to be entertained by one of your girls,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“And that
girl is?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Suzy Poon
Tang.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Madam
Julie smiled and nodded. “Suzy is very popular and brings in a lot of
business.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Mr.
Smith, as he calls himself, is only in town for a short time and he’s become
comfortable at the Everleigh Club, plus, he likes our food. Our arrangement
would be temporary and we will, of course, compensate you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Madam
rang a small bell and asked that Suzy join them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Suzy was
in her mid-twenties, about five-foot two and 110 pounds. Her thick, black hair
was cut short and parted in the middle. She had dimpled cheeks and, other than
lipstick, wore very little makeup. Her small firm breasts and slightly rounded
buttocks created a perfect hourglass figure. She smiled showing perfect white
teeth. Suzy had a reputation among both men and women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Minna sent
word to Mr. Smith, the New York millionaire and offered use of the Japanese
Parlor. The next day they were gone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“How did
Suzy and Mr. Smith make out,” Minna was asked at breakfast the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Apparently
better than we anticipated,” Ada Said. “They eloped.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">From <i>A
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“The
store’s front door opened and a short, balding man carrying a medical bag came
in. Before he could say a word, Mr. Money hailed him. “Doc, you gotta do
something about this here tooth. I’m in a pain even whiskey can’t cure.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Well,
that is bad, then, isn’t it?” said the doctor with a twinkle in his eye. He put
his medical bag on the counter, opened it, and took something out. “I’m going
to get right to work and I’ll have that tooth out quick as you can say John
Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Mr. Money
eyed the shiny object. “What’s that, Doc?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“It’s a
dental key. Now, stay where you are and open wide so I can see what miscreant
molar is causing you pain.” After a few “ums” and “I sees,” the doctor tapped a
tooth. Mr. Money gave a howl and sat bolt upright.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Holy
crawdad, Doc, that hurt,” he said and tears poured down his cheek.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“I imagine
it does. That’s as rotten a gnasher as I’ve ever seen. But I’ll have it out
lickety split.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Well,
now, mebbe it ain’t so bad after all.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Nonsense,
man, the tooth’s gotta come out. It’s probably septic already.” He held up a
peculiar looking instrument. “It’s mostly for lockjaw patients, holds their
mouth open so I can get some food down ‘em, but I use it for extractions, too.”
With practiced hands, the doctor pinched Mr. Money’s nose shut and grabbed is
chin. Unable to breath, Mr. Money had to open wide, where upon, Dr. Spinning
shoved the mouth gag in place. Then he straddled his patient’s chest and
applied the forceps. “Did this very same procedure last week using a bullet
mold.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Oh,
dear,” said Mrs. Money. “I’ll get some <i>sal volatile</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“He won’t
like this next part any better.” The doctor retrieved his medical bag, took out
a small glass tube and opened a jar. He fished around and then held up
something slimy. “It’s a Dalmatian bloodsucker. Best there is. Now, look here,
I’m going to put the little guy in this tube.” He handed Mrs. Money the tube.
“You just hold it right there on the gums where they’re all red and nasty
looking and the leech will eat all that bad tissue away.” The doctor wiped off
his tools, put them back in his bag, and pushed open the door. “I’ll be back
and check on the job. Hold on as best as you can to the tube, leeches love to
make a run for it right down the throat”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">From <i>Wicked
Tacoma</i> available through The History Press and Amazon <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“He was an
avid reader who liked to live among scholarly people; he preferred peace and
quiet, art and good companions; he owned several volumes of rare books, visited
used bookstore in the cities he traveled through; collected rare coins and
corresponded with other numismatics; he liked golf, nightclubbing and dancing;
and in his book, <i>Persons in Hiding</i>, J. Edgar Hoover called him, “the
shrewdest, most resourceful intelligent and dangerous in existence.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“Send me
to Alcatraz; all my friends are there.” Ed Bentz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-83038675622887714742024-03-15T03:00:00.002-04:002024-03-15T11:34:05.523-04:00Eileen Charbonneau is visiting and talking about her latest release with Jude Pittnam #Canadian #mystery #historical #Newfoundland<p> </p><p><br /></p><blockquote class="yiv8168445888gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">1. Tell me about your latest release or the book you wish to feature? Genre?</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium; outline: none !important;"><b style="outline: none !important;"><i style="outline: none !important;">Spectral Evidence</i></b> is book 6 in the Canadian Mysteries Series, which each contain a mystery set in a Canadian province. Ours (co-author is Jude Pittman) was Newfoundland. <b style="outline: none !important;"><i style="outline: none !important;">Spectral Evidence</i></b> is set in the years 1692-3. It is YA-appropriate. </span></div><blockquote class="yiv8168445888gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">2. Where did the idea arise?</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> </div><blockquote class="yiv8168445888gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">Jude and I brainstormed different time periods, historical events and local cultures. We hit on the intriguing maritime ties between Newfoundland and Massachsetts Bay Colony in the 1690s. I love the town of Salem and visit often. We also found a rich heritage of nature-based spirituality...outlawed with devestaing results in Salem, but more tollerated in Newfoundland. We started to "what-if" our plot from there. </p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">3. How much research was involved? Did you stay on point or be distracted by wanting to look at just one more thing?</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> </div><blockquote class="yiv8168445888gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">Yikes, did we <u style="outline: none !important;">live</u> in the fascinating research for this one! Thankfully, the more we researched the more ties we found as we explored the Salem witchcraft trial documents, the colony of Avalon, its flora and fauna, native cultures and centuries of codfishing trade by many nations. On top of that it was a time of conflict as King William's War was in full swing. Our Salem-accused of witchcraft couple were real-life Philip and Mary English. They were merchants. Philip was a French-speaking outsider from the island of Jersey. We gave him a fictional cousin who is a ship captain named Martin Jaddore, based on St. John's, then a small community on the Avalon Peninsular of Newfoundland. Martin is the widower father of Charlotte, our 17 year-old heroine, whose mother came out of the native Beothuk and Mi'kmaq communities, both rich in spirituality and healing women. Father and daughter come to Salem to bring 3 of the English children up to their home and away from the maddness infectiing Salem. But a merchant is soon murdered, and the game is afoot! Will spectral evidence be seen as a factor in the crime as it has been with heart-rending results in Salem?</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">4. How long did you take to write the book?</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> </div><blockquote class="yiv8168445888gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">About 6 months. Book deadlines are good for achieving daily word counts! We had a beautiful cover when we barely had a plot, so I was happy to incorporate the heroine's lovely grey dress into our story!</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">5. Now a bit about you. How long have you been writing? What is your Sun Sign?</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> </div><blockquote class="yiv8168445888gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">I have been writing almost all of my adult life and discovered the great pleasures of novel-writing when a young mom living in the storytelling South-- Atlanta, Georgia. I am a determined and fiery Aries, with just enough Year of the Rabbit loyalty and compassion to keep me from being completely insufferable.</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">6. Do you write in a number of genres of stick to one?</p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> </div><blockquote class="yiv8168445888gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; outline: none !important; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><div style="font-size: 16px; outline: none !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;"><p style="margin: 0in; outline: none !important;">I enjoy writing historical novels for both adults and young readers. <b style="outline: none !important;"><i style="outline: none !important;">Spectral Evidence </i></b>was the first time I've delved back in time to the 17th century---they didn't even call puffins puffins back then--the were "sea parrots!" And the caribou rules the islands as the famous Canadian elk were not introduced to Newfoundland until many years later. Writing in different time periods feels like time traveling to me. But I have written contemporary mysteries, too.</p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;"> </span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; outline: none !important;">7. Where on the internet can you be found?</span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; outline: none !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium; outline: none !important;">I enjoy hearing from readers, and treasure them. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium; outline: none !important;">email: <a href="mailto:eileencharbonneau@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:eileencharbonneau@gmail.com">eileencharbonneau@gmail.com</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium; outline: none !important;">blog: <a href="http://manituwak.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">manituwak.blogspot.com</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: medium; outline: none !important;">facebook: Eileen Charbonneau Auth</span></div>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-36560614059931918772024-03-14T00:00:00.000-04:002024-03-14T11:58:32.190-04:00Melodic Dreams is featured today on Thursday's Opening Scene #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Romance #music composer #occupational therapy<p> <span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.3in;">Chapter 1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .3in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .3in;">To the sounds of
her nephew banging notes on a xylophone, Maria emptied the last box of
kitchenware she’d found at the thrift shop less than a block from the apartment
complex. She paused and laughed. She knew that song, the theme from Jeopardy,
her mother’s favorite program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .3in;">She drew a deep
breath. So much to do to make this one bedroom apartment into a home for her
four year old nephew. Beds to make, clothes to unpack. She needed to buy
curtains to cover the blinds and add color to the ecru walls. She’d been
fortunate that the woman from the Human Resources Department at Fern Lake
General had found this place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .3in;">Last night, she
and Jamie had slept on the green carpet in the living room pretending to be
camping. This morning the furniture and other purchases from the thrift shop
had been delivered.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .3in;">Jamie finished his
rendition with a sweep of the hammer over the keys. She leaned against the
counter and loaded their bowls from lunch into the dishwasher.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .3in;">Maria drew a deep
breath. Inside, she quivered with tension she refused to allow to show. She
must succeed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .3in;">Enough dawdling.
There was a man she needed to see. Her gut clenched.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Jamie, put your toys away. We’re going to see your father.” And pray the
man agrees to pay for Jamie’s pre-school while she worked. Two weeks from
today, she started at the local hospital as an occupational therapist.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Will he like me?” Jamie asked.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">She hated the worry in the boy’s voice and in his brilliant green eyes.
She ruffled his dark curls. “What’s not to like?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">“He never came to see me.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">Maria sucked in a breath. She could have tried to locate the man years
ago, but her mother had been adamantly opposed. “He didn’t know about you. Nana
didn’t know his last name.” Maria brushed hair from her face. They could have
learned. She couldn’t tell Jamie about his grandmother’s anger. Guilt curled in
her thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">Jamie looked up. “How did you know?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">“When we were packing to sell Nana’s house, I found some papers in a
suitcase your mama left. I saw his name and looked for him.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">Jamie nodded. “Uncle Carlo said my mama runned away ‘cause my dad was
mean.” His eyes widened.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">She put her fingers on his lips. “What does Uncle Carlo know?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Just TV and beer.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">Maria popped toys in her huge bag and walked to the door. They rode the
elevator to the semi-enclosed parking area and her battered ten year old blue
sedan. She fastened Jamie into his booster seat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">Twenty minutes later with only one wrong turn, she pulled into the
U-shaped driveway leading to a huge house at the top of the rise. She rehearsed
what she planned to say when she saw Jamie’s father. She swallowed against a
lump in her throat. How would he react when she handed him the folder with her
reasons for being in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Fern</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Lake</st1:placetype></st1:place>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Is that the house?” Jamie pointed up the hill. “Looks like a castle.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">She agreed. The gray stone building rose three stories above the ground.
Shrubbery lined both sides of the driveway. She turned in her seat and winked
at her nephew. “Maybe we’ll meet a prince.” Or an ogre, she added silently.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">“Don’t want to stay here. Want to live with you.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">His voice was shrill with fear that she needed to change. She touched his
hand. “You will. I’m your guardian.” Except for the widened emerald green eyes,
he looked like his mother without her selfish nature. “We need your dad’s help
to pay for your pre-school while I work.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">Maria hoped for more than financial aid but she couldn’t tell Jamie she
wanted his father in his life. Jamie needed a man, someone more honorable than
her brother. She wanted Jay Lockley to spend time with his son. She’d always
thought not looking for him had been unfair but she’d been unable to fight her
mother and start a search in the days after the accident. Then, college had
absorbed her time. Would the man understand?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .3in;">Maria sighed. If Jay Lockley spent time with Jamie, she could focus on
her new career. Was she selfish to want time for herself? Since her sister’s
death, Jamie had been her responsibility. And her joy. Though her mother had
watched her grandson while Maria attended college and worked, most of her spare
time had been spent with the child.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-53109916318672008662024-03-13T03:00:00.006-04:002024-03-13T03:00:00.243-04:00Seppal - Moon Rising #MFRWHooks #romance #swords #sorcery #romantasy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Join the authors at #MFRWHooks for some great excerpts. Mine is found at https://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.com and is from Seppal a romantasy<p></p><p>BLURB:</p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">In Seppal, the prophecy has been heard and the Three and Three are awaited.</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Ranal’s dead mam once told him one day he would learn why he had been born. He has found two companions, boys like himself who have no home and become seaweed gatherers like he has been. His two friends are developing strange skill. He can see no change in himself but he desires a sword. Then they will be three, Seer, Healer and Warrior</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Amera returns to the clan after spending the summer with the king windsteed stallion and six yearlings. What she finds is the slaughtered herd and also the clan. Only one person remains barely alive and tells her Bethera, her cousin and almost sister has been taken by the priestesses and their guards. Not knowing what to do, Amera follows the king stallion to a sheltered glen and a huge cave complex. When the stallion calls her, she follows him to the priestesses’ keep and manages to rescue her cousin and another young girl. During the next few years, her friends develop talents and are becoming the Seer and the Healer. Amera wants to become the warrior but she can’t imagine how she can gain a sword.</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Now the Three and Three must join to bring justice, healing, order and change to Seppal.</span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIUTIgayz-b_j8yRF5A7qKkF-huMUZOUA1SRUbvmYDuCtvcwknES06YHpeHQaG86qIA5WhrftNrf1gY4HYUNd0U6bTpIFAZjr8rTfWUzTqZZwqd14RqmFQSDBKiQ66ZXxzEk3VOxyrF05k8NP6Aa-Ro5ct2fBnj5_u6_IysjwZVf5-Ny6rrHZ7VJeC1lg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIUTIgayz-b_j8yRF5A7qKkF-huMUZOUA1SRUbvmYDuCtvcwknES06YHpeHQaG86qIA5WhrftNrf1gY4HYUNd0U6bTpIFAZjr8rTfWUzTqZZwqd14RqmFQSDBKiQ66ZXxzEk3VOxyrF05k8NP6Aa-Ro5ct2fBnj5_u6_IysjwZVf5-Ny6rrHZ7VJeC1lg" width="240" /></a></span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">EXCERPT:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-CA">Silence brought Ranal awake. Last night when he’d curled
in his blankets for sleep, the wind and rain of the first autumn storm had
begun. Slowly, he uncurled from his cocoon and walked to the opening leading to
the hilltop above the hidden underground shelter. Before leaving his home, he
grabbed three burlap sacks,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-CA">Alone.</span></i><span lang="EN-CA"> Eerie silence surrounded him. His mother had died during the last days
of summer. Her body had been sealed behind a wall of rocks he had carefully
fitted together. A small cell-like room had become her final resting place.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">An
ache of sadness caused his heart to flitter. For a moment, loneliness filled
his thoughts. After drawing several deep breaths, he lifted the sacks. Mam had
been his only companion for the thirteen years of his life. Not long enough but
she had taught him how to survive.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">He
held the sacks over his shoulder and climbed the stone steps to the surface.
The flight had been embedded in the sloping wall.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">When
he emerged, a slice of sunlight pierced the heavy cloud cover. A grove of trees
thrust dark shapes that merged with the gloomy atmosphere. He walked to the
narrow path leading to the shore. He hugged the wall of rocks promising safety.
The other side was a steep drop to the ground. The earth beneath his feet slick
from the rains made each step an adventure. When he reached the end, he
released a held breath,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Ranal
began collecting seaweed and hoped to finish before scavengers from town made
their way to the shore. First he separated the strands of blue from the tangled
clumps. When he filled a bag, he set his spoils at the foot of the path. Next
he collected red strands. He finally filled a bag with green. Before dragging
the filled bags up the path, he pressed each one to remove as much water as
possible.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">When
he reached the top of the path he pushed several rocks to cover the opening. He
dropped the sacks on the flat rock facing the entrance and hurried down to make
himself presentable for his trip to the market. He washed in the fountain pool.
Then he dressed in his best clothes. He realized he had grown. The breeches
allowed his socks to show and the tunic sleeves bared his wrists.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">A
smile crossed his face as a memory unfolded. Mam had studied him from her sick
bed. “The day will come when you’ll be tall and muscular. You’ll become a
handsome man. Don’t grow up too soon.” But he’d had no choice.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">He
reached for the boots he’d worn days ago and found his toes were cramped. Ranal
shrugged and went to the room where heaps of robes and lines of boots were
stored. He had no desire to wear one of the black robes that were women’s wear.
He left the room to comb his hair and braid the dark strands into a single
plait.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Ranal
strode up the steps to the plateau. Gray clouds roiled like the waves of the
sea. After hoisting the sacks, he walked to the edge of the mesa. Before
descending. He recalled Mam’s words. “Never take the same way down or up. Don’t
make a path anyone can follow. Someday, you will learn why you were born. You
must remain safe until that day comes.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">
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scanned the slope and planned his descent. With the bags over his </span></b></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-66407939823818174762024-03-12T03:00:00.001-04:002024-03-12T03:00:00.132-04:00The Ending of the Love Plot featured at Tuesday's Writer's Tip #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #writing #Plot #Love<p> Thenending of the Love plot can be tricky. Think of some of the great love stories that don't have hppy endings. Anna Karenina is one and very much one I remember reading at a young age. I also talked about the ending and thought it wads dumb. My third grade teacher was upset that I read such a book. MY father said Not in his house. I could read anybook on the shelves. I thought the ending was dumb. I was and still am looking for thehappy ending where love rules and wins over all obstacles. Perhaps why I will never write the Great American Novel. So remember while using the love plot though a happy ending is great so can an unhappyone.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-89905789006952760272024-03-11T03:00:00.001-04:002024-03-11T03:00:00.132-04:00Meandering on Monday with Janet Lane Walters #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor Reading #Writing #Thoughts<p> Meander 1 - Reading -Just finished Eileen Charbonneau and Jude Pittman'sSpectral Evidence and enjoyed it very much. Have finished also Racing with the Moon, a different type of mystery and enjoyed it. Will review later.. Am reading No Time For Hate. Just scratched the surface and will finish in a day or two. Then it will be back to reading older books.</p><p>Meander 2 - Thoughts - Politics are really soemthing else these days. That poor woman the Repos had tocounter Biden's Address - which was brilliant. Hers not so much- acutally the reverse of brilliant. Now we know what the Repos think of wemen - Keep them in the kitchen and give them a mostluy eradicated southern drawl and have them whimp, whine and cry but say nothing about what they would do to make this a better place to live. Guess they don't think that's important.</p><p>Meander 3 - Writing - On Chapter 14 of Draft two of Keltio. To finish that and then start on what I hope is the final draft.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-32907407318293685952024-03-10T03:00:00.001-04:002024-03-10T03:00:00.131-04:00Melodic Dreams is featured today as Sunday's Book #BWLAuthor "MFRWAuthor #romance #occupational therapy #music composer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhduzU9Mqks9sIVownilNJUlXjZNlEGiOoPkFt2XW5Cgmp20QqSrZtMAgLopaNs4676Mrv8iqmHqzw1tsW26yRsmP1imO0ggUx-FrnuBkQyrpH26Rwkz8JGgeppwvegSR4Pr9YlU1fRRxNHPPbr6XEXvCZgi-l2MppIC9kp0OCkh0ILnyrH233CxC4Fey8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhduzU9Mqks9sIVownilNJUlXjZNlEGiOoPkFt2XW5Cgmp20QqSrZtMAgLopaNs4676Mrv8iqmHqzw1tsW26yRsmP1imO0ggUx-FrnuBkQyrpH26Rwkz8JGgeppwvegSR4Pr9YlU1fRRxNHPPbr6XEXvCZgi-l2MppIC9kp0OCkh0ILnyrH233CxC4Fey8=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When Maria and a child she says is his arrives on Jay’s doorsteps, he is in the middle of composing a musical. Though the four year old has his eyes, Jay can’t be sure this isn’t a scam.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He believes his dead wife took steps to rid herself of the child. A need for his assistance to help with childcare while she works is Maria’s reason for arriving in Fern Lake. She also believes her nephew should know his father.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Can Jay accept and learn to love his child and deal with the attraction to a woman who physically looks like his dead wife? Can Maria deal with his trust issues and a threat from her own family?</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Reviews</span></p><div class="a-section review aok-relative" data-hook="review" id="RV5AMHJNBIHU1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 22px; max-width: 80em; position: relative;"><div class="a-row a-spacing-none" id="RV5AMHJNBIHU1-review-card" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px !important; width: 680px;"><div class="a-section celwidget" data-cel-widget="customer_review-RV5AMHJNBIHU1" data-csa-c-id="tu89s0-89oan5-gleftm-68dtpa" id="customer_review-RV5AMHJNBIHU1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini" data-hook="genome-widget" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 4px !important; width: 680px;"><a class="a-profile" data-a-size="small" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AG2CA2M6M3COH3DH5Z42ZEUQ6VPA/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_gw_tr?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185; display: table; text-decoration-line: none;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="a-profile-avatar-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; padding-right: 9px; width: 43px;"><div class="a-profile-avatar" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 34px; position: relative; width: 34px;"><img class="" data-src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" style="border-radius: 34px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top; width: 34px;" /></div></div><div class="a-profile-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; min-height: 34px; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="a-profile-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; position: relative; unicode-bidi: isolate;">Kat Taylor</span></div></a></div><div class="a-row" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 680px;"><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base review-title-content a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RV5AMHJNBIHU1/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00JZBCHJW" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 20px !important; text-decoration-line: none;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="background-image: url("https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/sash/9DuIU8ZS5i377uD.png"); background-position: -2px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 512px 512px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: circle(0px); display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 18px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Five Stars</span></a></div><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" data-hook="review-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(86, 89, 89) !important; line-height: 20px !important;">Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2015</span><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 4px !important; width: 680px;"><a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_avp?nodeId=G75XTB7MBMBTXP6W" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" data-hook="avp-badge-linkless" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(196, 85, 0) !important; font-size: 12px !important; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 16px !important;">Verified Purchase</span></a></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 8px !important; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px !important;">Janet Lane Walters has done it again. 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That and the chemistry between Maria and Jay which is hot and gets hotter still all the way through. I recommend this as Janet Lane Walters' best novel yet.</span></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-44907822310789014602024-03-09T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-09T03:00:00.133-05:00Books by Dani Collins are featured on Saturday's Blurbs #MFRWAuthor #romance #Raven's Cove #contemporary #nanny #secretary<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG4SgJNq_5WRzKf-Q0Q2dmeKol7lI7elMvR9EUYGxUx-W_0nz613KbdeCL9FRqP2GPh96yb_Cj-r6jNLBPLfRZC8JmAXmr7W1kM5CfDx2-Vdq3hosD7AiXiQOgqgv-d-EnNNYnJjq-wVbKTCBY1O22v0GPK7GRjehIlkpev8FbIQCOIaJdSIQA3xHdWZY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG4SgJNq_5WRzKf-Q0Q2dmeKol7lI7elMvR9EUYGxUx-W_0nz613KbdeCL9FRqP2GPh96yb_Cj-r6jNLBPLfRZC8JmAXmr7W1kM5CfDx2-Vdq3hosD7AiXiQOgqgv-d-EnNNYnJjq-wVbKTCBY1O22v0GPK7GRjehIlkpev8FbIQCOIaJdSIQA3xHdWZY=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Marrying the Nanny – Mar 5, 2024<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Raven’s Cove – Book One <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">When infant Storm is orphaned, nanny<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Emma Wright</span></strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">, on a work visa and still reeling from a
painful divorce, yearns to adopt her but must relinquish Storm to her three
adult half-brothers. They remind her of a pack of wolves–protective, but not
prepared to care for a baby. Alpha male Reid is especially aloof and
intimidating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">Like his younger brothers,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Reid Fraser</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">left the Westcoast village of Raven’s Cove at
eighteen and never looked back. Now a successful corporate consultant who
rescues failing businesses—which is what this fly-in fishing resort has become,
Reid must rally his brothers to save Storm’s inheritance, but he and his
estranged brothers barely get along. They can’t deal with an infant, too. They
need the nanny.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">As Emma coaches Reid through midnight feedings and
teething, they try to ignore the sexual pull between them. Then they learn
Storm may have family who could take her from them. Reid proposes a marriage of
convenience, but will it be enough to keep this fractured family together?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">AZ: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C95P69GS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nook: <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marrying-the-nanny-dani-collins/1143697276?ean=2940160866758">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marrying-the-nanny-dani-collins/1143697276?ean=2940160866758</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apple: <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/marrying-the-nanny/id6450614753">https://books.apple.com/us/book/marrying-the-nanny/id6450614753</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kobo: <a href="https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/marrying-the-nanny">https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/marrying-the-nanny</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">GPlay: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Dani_Collins_Marrying_the_Nanny?id=RY7kEAAAQBAJ&hl=en_US&gl=US<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Baby His Secretary Carries – Jan 23, 2024<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bound by a Surrogate Baby – Book One<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="lead-in" style="line-height: 15.6pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">The Italian boss’s proposal…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">The secretary’s secret!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">Faced with a hostile takeover, tycoon<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Gio</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">must strengthen his claim on the Casella
family company with a fake engagement. He’ll never commit to a real one again.
Despite his forbidden attraction, his dedicated PA, Molly, is ideal to play his
adoring fiancée. The only problem?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Molly</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">is pregnant!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">Secretly carrying a surrogate baby, Molly can’t reveal
the truth of her pregnancy. But knowing Gio’s protecting his legacy, she agrees
to the ruse temporarily. Until pretend passion becomes red-hot reality! Will
innocent Molly walk away from Gio unscathed or forever burned by his
irresistible touch…?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">A temporary engagement is made complicated when this
CEO’s PA reveals she’s expecting! Secrets, longing and passion are to be found
in the new romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Dani Collins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">AZ: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4LP16K6">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4LP16K6</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nook: <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-baby-his-secretary-carries-dani-collins/1143459156?ean=9780369744968">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-baby-his-secretary-carries-dani-collins/1143459156?ean=9780369744968</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apple: <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-baby-his-secretary-carries/id6448914115">https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-baby-his-secretary-carries/id6448914115</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-baby-his-secretary-carries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">GPlay: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Dani_Collins_The_Baby_His_Secretary_Carries?id=Scq9EAAAQBAJ<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Secret of Their Billion-dollar Baby – Mar 26, 2024<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bound by a Surrogate Baby – Book Two<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="lead-in" style="line-height: 15.6pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">They’re having a baby, but will it save their
marriage…?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">A good Greek marriage needs an
heir</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;"><br />
</span><em><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Only
this baby comes at a price!</span></em><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Sasha</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">married billionaire<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span lang="EN-CA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #474428; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Rafael Zamos</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">to escape her stepfather’s control. But is the
gilded cage of her convenient union any better? Lost within their marital
facade, Sasha fiercely protects her heart while surrendering to her husband’s
intoxicating touch…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #474428;">Might a child bring them closer? Sasha knows they’d both
dote on a baby, yet heartbreakingly they’re unable to conceive. She finds her
and Rafael a surrogate from the dark shadows of her past. Yet a secret
threatens to destroy the very foundations of Sasha’s carefully curated world…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-44774802196308368552024-03-08T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-08T03:00:00.143-05:00Dani Collins is visiting and talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #newspaper writing #romance #small town #billionaires #contemporary #historical<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi! Thanks for hosting me today! I’m so happy to be
visiting. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Day 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. What were you before you became an author? Did this
influence your choices as a writer?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I knew in high school that I wanted to write romance for a
living so all of my day jobs were purely to make ends meet. They were usually
office jobs with some accounting tasks. All were very unglamorous. One was for
an HVAC company. Another made stair parts and another made insulation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wrote for our local paper for about a year, which I
enjoyed, but I wanted to write romance so journalism didn’t quite scratch the
itch. I was a wife and mom through most of that so that was also a big part of
my identity and impacted how much time I was able to devote to writing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major
genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I like to say I write anything, so long as it’s romance.
That’s usually my rule around reading, too. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I prefer to read and write hotter books. I mostly write
contemporary, cis-het romance—lots of billionaires and virgins, lots of small
town romance. But I’ve also branched into historical and erotic romance with a
broad spectrum of diversity. I’m currently working on a romcom and really
enjoying it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. What is your latest release?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On March 5, I released the first in my Raven’s Cove trilogy,
called <i>Marrying the Nanny</i>. The initial concept was Three Men and a Baby
on an Island. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Three half-brothers are forced back to their childhood home
at a fly-in fishing resort on the west coast of Canada where they take custody
of their infant half-sister. They’re estranged and the resort has fallen into
disrepair and they are completely ill-equipped to look after a baby. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s funny and angsty and sweet and loosely based on a real
island where my cousin worked for 20 years. The setting is stark and beautiful
and I *love* a tiny town where everyone knows each other’s business. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. What are you working on now?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My next Harlequin is due at the end of May. It will be my 61<sup>st</sup>
and so far I know the heroine is a housekeeper, but it’s still January as I
write this. I’m sure a suitable hero will show up soon. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m also working on self-publishing another historical
romance, <i>The Saloon Girl’s Only Shot</i>, but I’ve been crunched for time. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a
writing career?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I think it’s the other way around. I’m careful what I’m
reading, depending what I’m writing. I love Harlequin Presents, but I can’t
read it while I write it. I wind up second-guessing myself a lot. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I’m working on a historical, I read a lot of nonfiction
for research. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t devote nearly as much time to reading as I should.
In those busy, pre-published days, if I had time to read it meant I had time to
write so I learned to go to my desk instead. Now I’m a bit of a workaholic and
mostly read on the elliptical at the gym which is only twice a week. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">6. Where can we find you?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At my desk or the gym! Kidding. Please visit my website at: https://danicollins.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Better yet, join my VIP list and you’ll receive a welcome
sequence that includes five free samples of my writing, two full-length novels
and three short stories. <a href="https://danicollins.com/vip/">https://danicollins.com/vip/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can also find me on social media, but I try to limit my
time there:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DaniCollinsAuthor">https://www.facebook.com/DaniCollinsAuthor</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IG: <a href="http://instagram.com/danicollinsauthor">http://instagram.com/danicollinsauthor</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TT: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@danicollinsauthor">https://www.tiktok.com/@danicollinsauthor</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">X: https://twitter.com/DaniCollinsBook<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BIO: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Award-winning and <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling author Dani
Collins thrives on giving readers emotional, compelling, heart-soaring romance
with laughter and heat thrown in, just like real life. While she is best known
for writing contemporary romance for Harlequin Presents and Tule Publishing,
she also writes historical and erotic romance. When she’s not writing—just
kidding, she’s always writing. Dani lives in Southern BC, Canada with her high
school sweetheart husband<o:p></o:p></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-61687997657561584672024-03-07T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-07T03:00:00.132-05:00Shattered Dreams is featured with Thursday's Opening Scene #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Romance #medical #second chance<p> <span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Manon Lockley parked in the driveway of the small yellow
brick ranch house she’d converted into an office for her medical practice. She
slid from the driver’s seat and paused to inhale the fragrance of the June
roses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">At the moment she felt like the White Rabbit. She was very
late for office hours. Mrs. Patton, director of nursing at Fern Lake General
had been admitted to the hospital this morning with chest pain. As her primary
physician, Manon had remained to monitor the older woman’s condition and to
work with the cardiologist to stabilize the hospital’s most admired employee.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon glanced at her watch. Well past three. How long
would she need to stay? Her stomach grumbled reminding her she hadn’t eating
lunch. Exhaustion caused by the emergency made her shoulders slump under the
weight of the event.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">She opened the door leading to the reception area.
Hopefully her nurse/secretary had been able to reschedule the patients for
another day.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">The rumble of a motorcycle sounded in the distance. Her
muscles tightened. Her fists clenched. Her heart pounded in an erratic rhythm.
The roar of a bike never failed to flood her with memories she didn’t want.
Those memories had been shattered years ago and still filled her with anger and
grief.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"><i>Do not go there.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">After sucking in a series of cleansing
breaths, she entered and paused at the reception desk. The cheerful yellow
walls brightened her mood. She glanced into the waiting room and saw just two
people seated on the brown leather chairs. Manon smiled. Two to four patients
was better than the dozen plus who had been scheduled.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Emma hung up the phone. “Finally.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon nodded. “It’s been quite a day.
Things here.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“Relatively quiet. Managed to
reschedule all but five of today’s appointments. Schedule will be tight for the
rest of the week. How’s Mrs. Patton?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“Stable. Angina. No cause yet. Tests
to run before we know her course of treatment."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Emma smiled. “That’s great. Will be
hard to think of the hospital without her at the helm. I wouldn’t be in school
for my nurse practitioner’s degree if she hadn’t pushed me to try.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon half-sat on a corner of the
desk. “Did you know she plans to retire?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“I’ve heard the rumors. They say she
waited until she found the right replacement. I heard she made a recommendation
to the Board. Someone from the city.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon frowned. “How do you think the
supervisors will feel about that?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“None are qualified. Ruth has a
doctorate. None of the others in upper management does. What have you heard?
Any names?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon rose. “No rumors but I’m not on
the Board. Hope they bring the person on staff early.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“Is she that ill?” Emma asked.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“She’s almost seventy. Time for her to
relax. She needs less stress.” Manon moved toward the hall. “I’d better start.
What do we have?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“You’ve time to settle in. There’s a
protein bar and pomegranate juice on your desk. I imagine you skipped lunch.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon laughed. “Does four cups of
coffee count?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“No calories.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“Actually two sugars and milk.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Unhealthy. Eat the snack.” Emma raised
her fist in a mock gesture of threat.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon giggled. “Yes, Mother. Thanks.”
She dashed down the hall to her office. Light from the windows revealed a neat
oak desk with a computer on one segment of the L-shaped piece of furniture. She
locked her purse in the bottom drawer. After settling on the chair, she sipped
juice and ate the bar. The snack should hold her for an hour or so. She used a
wipe on her hands, donned a white lab coat and stood at the window to admire
the red, pink and white roses in the side yard.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Emma tapped on the door. “Prelims
done. One of the patients who refused to reschedule is, guess who?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“Sands,” Manon said. “Why me?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“You’re too nice to the jerk.” Emma
fisted her hands on her hips. “Don’t you feel weird examining a man who has the
hots for you?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“Emma!” Manon shook her head. “There’s
nothing personal on my part.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“You need to dismiss him as a patient.
He’s a stalker and if this visit is like the others, we can’t bill his
insurance.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon groaned. Tom Sands was a
persistent pest from her past who wanted a role in her present and future.
They’d gone to the same private high school. When she’d entered med school,
he’d been studying law at the same university.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Manon released a long sigh. Why today?
Twelve years ago on this date in June, she had experienced the worst day of her
life. Had he purposely chosen this day for a visit?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">She stepped into the hall. “What’s his
problem? I wonder why a lawyer doesn’t understand how close to trouble he
ventures.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“He knows you’re a softie.” Emma
scowled. “Do you think he’s trying to push you into committing fraud so he has
a hold over you? Doesn’t he understand you can’t bill his insurance company for
every silly complaint?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">Though Manon hadn’t wanted to believe
her friend. She knew Emma was right. Tom’s frequent visits for non-existent
illnesses needed to end. “I don’t think he cares. What’s his current
complaint?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;">“Fever. Was ninety-eight point nine.
Since that’s above the average normal temp, I guess he’s right.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-13993499198089834332024-03-06T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-06T03:00:00.138-05:00Nilos - Moon Rising #MFRWHooks #BWLAuthor #romantasy #magic #swords #healwomen #The Eldest<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcCzruh4yN7Gsv_nA3QmR7_Rz_oVG5v0w9Fx4k5mlNv1vw5AyZSg5cGYDvoES0JvOIHYw8dYhJcr4u4_wSinSX0ZuxKpOuKw8cNnsSgNUOHvzLX_9ONy-i9DTF5hbEg4tX-zRZGzmij8aG37D58CGvijs2fPpznpOrvRDPNrexhp2lma9mV6MR9eie7B8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcCzruh4yN7Gsv_nA3QmR7_Rz_oVG5v0w9Fx4k5mlNv1vw5AyZSg5cGYDvoES0JvOIHYw8dYhJcr4u4_wSinSX0ZuxKpOuKw8cNnsSgNUOHvzLX_9ONy-i9DTF5hbEg4tX-zRZGzmij8aG37D58CGvijs2fPpznpOrvRDPNrexhp2lma9mV6MR9eie7B8=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Join the authors at #MFRWHooks here </span><i style="background-color: #efefef; color: #0000ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"><u><a href="https://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #bb213a; text-decoration-line: none;">http://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com</a></u></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> for some great excerpts. Mine is found at https://wwweclecticwriter.blog.spot.com and is from Nilos Moon Rising series</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">BLURB<br />Return to the world where Midra and Midran rule. The god and goddess have two faces. Midra is Mistrees on the Moon and also Mistress of the Dark. Midran is Lord of light and Lord of shadows. Rons ago, the Three and Three rose, Seer, Warrior, Healer defeated the Lord of Shadows, though remnants of his worshipers remain. As generations pass in the four nomes of the land only a few remain to honor the Mistress. Once again the followers of Midran prevail, leaving trouble to roil beneath the surface. Prophecies abound and many point to change. Will the Three and Three come again?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">In Nilos, Healwomen have become only midwives. Their hodara lies in ruins on the bank of the Nilos River in the city of Memphos. Only a few women come for training and remain in the city. Others serve in the highlands and on the desert. The Eldest, she who rules the midwives, sets upon a scheme fo bring the Three to life and to rule the nome.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">What will happen when the Eldest sets her plan into action? Will there be just three women or will they find their opposites becoming the fabled Three and Three? Who will rule the changes to come?</span></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini" data-hook="genome-widget" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 680px;"><a class="a-profile" data-a-size="small" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFNCI7XYGBSK4236ML3VPFLX34EA/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_gw_tr?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185; display: table; text-decoration-line: none;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="a-profile-avatar-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; padding-right: 9px; width: 43px;"><div class="a-profile-avatar" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 34px; position: relative; width: 34px;"><img data-src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" style="border-radius: 34px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top; width: 34px;" /></div></div><div class="a-profile-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; min-height: 34px; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="a-profile-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; position: relative; unicode-bidi: isolate;">Diane Scott Lewis</span></div></a></div><div class="a-row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 680px;"><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base review-title-content a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2TD75Y1QXCNNQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B08NDBC1F3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; text-decoration-line: none;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="background-image: url("https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/sash/9DuIU8ZS5i377uD.png"); background-position: -2px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 512px 512px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: circle(0px); display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 18px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Compelling Fantasy of Female Empowerment</span></a></div><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" data-hook="review-date" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2021</span><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 680px;"></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 8px; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;">An evocative fantasy with hints of The Handmaid's Tale, when females are demoted to a servile role in their society. 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change had come long before her birth. As the last of a line of Elders
extending back for generations, she was a failure. She had failed to give birth
to a daughter. To her disgrace, she had one child, a son. He’d been taken by
his father when the boy reached his fifth year. Failure had honed her
determination. She had dreams and plans to restore the reputation of the
Healwomen. <i>I will succeed.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">She
stumbled over a protruding stone and nearly fell. Her hand hit a piece of
rubble that moved. A bit of parchment showed from beneath the rock. She stooped
and carefully moved the piece of granite and grasped the scrap.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">After
finding a place to sit, she read the words. <i>The
Three…Seer, Warrior, Healer…come again…unite with.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Those
few words rocketed into her thoughts. <i>Destined.</i> She’d always known a way would be found. What
else had been written on the torn shard? She wished for more. Her hopes flew
like prayers to Midra, Mistress of the moons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">The
Eldest planned. She would be the one to find the fabled Three and thus erase
her failure. She slid the scrap into the pocket of her divided skirt. Were
there more pieces of parchment to guide her?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Though
she overturned other stones and rocks in what had once been the scriptorium,
she found no other bits. Her excitement remained high. What she’d found was a
gift from the Mistress and she would use what she had learned.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Thoughts
of triumph raised a broad smile. I will be the one. The Three will come. The
Seer, Warrior and Healer called by the Mistress of the Moons will bring change
to Nilos. The midwives would regain their proper position in Nilos. Once again,
they will be called Healwomen. A new hodara would be built.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">She
rose and crossed the road to the wall surrounding the house where she lived
with the other women considered mere midwives. Moments later, she opened the
beaded curtain and entered her office.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Plans
to make. Three young women, each to birth a girl, must be found. Her eyes
closed as she thought of the women living in this house and the few assigned to
the highlands.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Not
many young women sought to join the midwives. Most were middle-aged. Of the
five who were of a good age to bear a child one had just joined, two had nearly
completed their training and two were poor choices. Finding a willing man for
them would mean coins they didn’t have.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">For
the fathers, young men would be best. They must possess good blood lines. Most
under consideration were priests of Midran. One of that ilk was her son. Though
he was a few years older than the others, his lines were pure. The daughter to
come would be of her heritage, making her failure less. Tomorrow she would
begin to implement her plan.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-52166995838448650542024-03-04T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-04T03:00:00.136-05:00Meandering on Monday with Janet Lane Walters ##BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Reading #Thoughts #Writing<p> Meander 1 - Reading - I'm reading one of Kurtz's Camber stories but a few more whapters and I'll be reading BWL's three releases this month and looking forwardto them.</p><p>Meander 2 - Thoughts - Let's not hear it for the Supreme Court. I sure hope they don't say Trump is above the law and doesn't have to pay for his crimes. I know he gave many of them their jobs and they belong to that radical conservative group but they also aren't above the law and there are a few criminals sitting on those seats. Maybe it'stime for new members and no one gets a life sentence unless it's for c crime. The murder of the United States must be stopped.</p><p>Meander 3 - Writing - Am moving ahead with Keltoi and have started to work on the Demise of the Horror Writer. Finally came up with something to uncomplicate the plot a bit. and I now know who the murderer is.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-16516921478015067262024-03-03T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-03T03:00:00.126-05:00Shattered Dreams is featured as Sundy's Book #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #romance #second chance #medical<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheD5ww8M1qBJ5YNVJee4NVZpZt1qWLlwI6-IyF5Z_pIEFs0_LCmD9g3Fhjsu157VNQRj1DffekBpj6RZYcT5XMreQE6MYrdjRq-28rWQbHowD18K4mVaM_1HeqQi8ali3dW97izc40tAZc2ZfbfsyceHprXBi0-TBYxRX9v37LIioLjz2ZesMLaZQYguQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheD5ww8M1qBJ5YNVJee4NVZpZt1qWLlwI6-IyF5Z_pIEFs0_LCmD9g3Fhjsu157VNQRj1DffekBpj6RZYcT5XMreQE6MYrdjRq-28rWQbHowD18K4mVaM_1HeqQi8ali3dW97izc40tAZc2ZfbfsyceHprXBi0-TBYxRX9v37LIioLjz2ZesMLaZQYguQ=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Torn apart years ago by lies and threats, Rafe Marshall returns to town and confronts Manon Lockley. She has been told he died on the night he stood her up for their senior prom.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When she faints, Rafe catches her and realizes he hasn’t stopped loving her. Manon carries anger and now grief that wasn’t real. Rafe wants her in his life, but she doesn’t want to talk about what happened in the past. She can’t be sure if her father or someone else told lies about Rafe and she doesn’t want to know. Can Rafe persuade her to listen? Not without a battle.</span><p></p><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini" data-hook="genome-widget" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px !important; width: 680px;"><a class="a-profile" data-a-size="small" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AGXIA6B5HN6NNPNB2EWGCX2QBYMA/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_gw_tr?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185; display: table; text-decoration-line: none;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="a-profile-avatar-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; padding-right: 9px; width: 43px;"><div class="a-profile-avatar" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 34px; position: relative; width: 34px;"><img class="" data-src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" style="border-radius: 34px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top; width: 34px;" /></div></div><div class="a-profile-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; min-height: 34px; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="a-profile-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; position: relative; unicode-bidi: isolate;">ouida stokes</span></div></a></div><div class="a-row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 680px;"><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base review-title-content a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12AL7EAZIX1K3/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00DPZT6K2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 20px !important; text-decoration-line: none;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="background-image: url("https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/sash/9DuIU8ZS5i377uD.png"); background-position: -2px -23px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 512px 512px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: circle(0px); display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 18px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">4.0 out of 5 stars</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Here's to a good ending</span></a></div><p><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" data-hook="review-date" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(86, 89, 89) !important; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px !important;">Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2013</span></p><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px !important; width: 680px;"><a class="a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_avp?nodeId=G75XTB7MBMBTXP6W" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007185; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" data-hook="avp-badge-linkless" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(196, 85, 0) !important; font-size: 12px !important; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 16px !important;">Verified Purchase</span></a></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 8px !important; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px !important;">The story of the death of young love and the birth of adult love. 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-42357625282364832702024-03-02T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-02T03:00:00.177-05:00Books by Kim McMahill are featured on Saturday's Blurbs #MFRWAuthor #Beartooth Mountain #A Dose of Danger #Big Horn Storm #mountains #romance<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuIT7EldeyMJLizM35-V7IOdyww48avtl6CwqRpMG_lSAgUcJReRlXNTtXn3sw502v_VlFKpbQc95-zKka1XTQCuVTDsaISNdpK-3nnOt1lyxVasEDB5Bkm8Qwxgkl92dhAFtIujMqVmsugdmvnlDpK9mt6ohAEgP9iNOx69zn52-gIjPnTZMrBAtwVH0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="141" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuIT7EldeyMJLizM35-V7IOdyww48avtl6CwqRpMG_lSAgUcJReRlXNTtXn3sw502v_VlFKpbQc95-zKka1XTQCuVTDsaISNdpK-3nnOt1lyxVasEDB5Bkm8Qwxgkl92dhAFtIujMqVmsugdmvnlDpK9mt6ohAEgP9iNOx69zn52-gIjPnTZMrBAtwVH0=w207-h320" width="207" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Give the blurbs and buy
marks for 3 of your books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">I’ve included blurbs from my
soon-to-be-released novel along with two others. The common thread in these three
novels is that all are set in different fictitious, mountain locations in
northern Wyoming. Even though the settings are products of my imagination, I’ve
relied on my extensive knowledge of this part of the country to make the scenes
believable. </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Refuge from the World (The Beartooth
Chronicles, Book 1)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ashley McPhee arrived in
Beartooth with her mom, Sara, when she was three years old. Ever since Ash can
remember, life has been simple and peaceful. She enjoyed a carefree childhood,
tending honey bees with her mom and spending time with her best friend, Caleb
Solomon. But, life in their idyllic mountaintop community is changing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After learning of the
government’s plan to use a geoengineering process to cool the planet, Ash and
Caleb realize they need to step up and take an active role in the community.
Along with fear for how the process might impact their food supply, Ash learns
her mom’s health is failing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sara doesn’t want Ash to
face an uncertain future alone and nudges her and Caleb into marriage. Even
though they have known each other most of their lives, Ash and Caleb’s
relationship has changed drastically in a short period of time. They embrace
the challenges of learning about each other, dealing with tragedy and grief,
protecting their community from deadly predators and ruthless neighbors, and
experiencing epic adventures, while trying to find solutions to a rapidly
changing environment and deteriorating world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-pagination: none;"><a name="_Hlk159562039"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Refuge from the World will be available from your favorite on-line
book retailer soon. In the meantime, book details are available on the
publisher’s website at </span></a><a href="https://www.fireandiceya.com/authors/kimmcmahill/bear1.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159562039;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.fireandiceya.com/authors/kimmcmahill/bear1.html</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159562039;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A Dose of Danger (Risky Research Series, Book
1)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk17619327"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">When
researcher Grace Talbot and her team discover a possible solution for weight
loss, they are targeted by a group dedicated to controlling the diet product
industry worth billions. Her unsanctioned testing methods bring tragedy to the
family ranch and the attention of the local sheriff’s deputy. With her
colleagues either dead, missing, or on the run she soon realizes she must trust
the deputy with her life, but can she trust him with her heart?</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Amazon:</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dose-Danger-Risky-Research-Book-ebook/dp/B07PYPQ9T5/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.amazon.com/Dose-Danger-Risky-Research-Book-ebook/dp/B07PYPQ9T5/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Barnes and Noble ebook: </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-dose-of-danger-kim-mcmahill/1122032480?ean=9781943104086"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-dose-of-danger-kim-mcmahill/1122032480?ean=9781943104086</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk54265486"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Kobo ebook: </span></a><a name="_Hlk498010858"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk54265486;"></span></a><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-dose-of-danger-1"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk498010858;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk54265486;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-dose-of-danger-1</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk498010858;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk54265486;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk498010858;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk54265486;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Apple Books ebook: </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-dose-of-danger/id1457767540"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-dose-of-danger/id1457767540</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Big
Horn Storm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Niki Garat tolerates her job and the city, but she lives
for her summer vacation with her grandfather at his sheep camp in the Big Horn
Mountains of Wyoming—until this year. When the U.S. comes under attack,
including an aggressive attempt by foreign invaders to locate nuclear missile
silos scattered throughout remote western lands, the serenity of her mountain
refuge is shattered. As area ranches are commandeered, neighbors and friends,
including Deuce, her childhood infatuation, band together. Throughout their
struggle to stay alive, Niki begins to understand what came between her and
Deuce, but before past mistakes can be corrected, they must endure a terrifying
manhunt and a desperate fight for survival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Amazon
ebook (short): </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Big-Horn-Storm-Kim-McMahill-ebook/dp/B07PXN5MRY/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">https://www.amazon.com/Big-Horn-Storm-Kim-McMahill-ebook/dp/B07PXN5MRY/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Barnes and Noble: </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/big-horn-storm-kim-mcmahill/1112640883?ean=9781522398530"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/big-horn-storm-kim-mcmahill/1112640883?ean=9781522398530</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="auto-style168" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Kobo buy link: </span><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/big-horn-storm-1"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/big-horn-storm-1</span></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Horn-Storm-Kim-McMahill/dp/061567920X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837923&sr=1-1&keywords=Kim+McMahill"></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-29408986780872553172024-03-01T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-01T03:00:00.144-05:00Kim McMahill is visiting and talking about being a Panster or a Plotter #MFRWAuthor #panster #Plotter #writing #Beartooth Mountain<p> </p><p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1. Are you a panster or a
plotter or perhaps a bit of both?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">I’m a little of both. For
my latest project, The Beartooth Chronicles, there are a lot of characters and
the series unfolds over about five years, so it is essential to keep the
timeline straight and introduce events that may not play out for another book
or two, so I’ve had to plot out the storyline a little more than usual.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">2. Which comes first -
characters or plot for you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Usually the plot comes
first, though the main character in The Beartooth Chronicles definitely drives
the story. </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">3. What are you working on
now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new?</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">I’ve finished the first four
novels in The Beartooth Chronicles. Book 1, Refuge from the World will be released
in mid-March. The next three novels in the series will be released every four
to five months thereafter. I just finished the first round of edits for book 2,
Above the Abyss. In between meeting editing deadlines, I’m writing book 5.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">4. Do you have some kind of
object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals
and caves.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Locations for my books are
generally based on someplace I’ve been that has made an impact on me. Sometimes
it’s places I’ve traveled to, but my latest series is set in the Beartooth
Mountains decades in the future. Currently the road over the pass is only open
from Memorial Day to around October. In the series, temperatures have warmed
around the planet, melting all of the ice and snow, raising sea levels. The new
climate in Beartooth no longer receives snow, and the population in the U.S. is
being pushed to higher elevations. </span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">5. Do you write every day or
just when the spirit hits?\</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">I generally write every day.
Even if I’m not in the mood to work on a novel, I also publish Kindle Vella
episodes, update my social media, or work on marketing and promotional tasks.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6. Where can we find you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">7. Who are your favorite
authors? What about a book you’ve enjoyed?</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9984839034ydpa39745fcmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">James Rollins, Suzanne
Collins, and Dan Brown. I love books that take me on an adventure or to a new place.
I enjoy everything from romantic suspense to dystopian.</span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-81141217330881997392024-02-29T03:00:00.001-05:002024-02-29T03:00:00.157-05:00The Virgo Pisces Connection is featured on Thursday's Opening Scene #BWLAuthor 3MFRWAuthor #romance #medical #Virgo #Pisces<p> The alarm blared and jerked
Megan from a dream she wished hadn’t ended. During the night she had found him,
the perfect man for her. Though she hadn’t seen his face, his hair was dark and
his eyes were hazel. She sighed. She’d had this dream before but her dreams
never came true. She sat up and touched her toes. Prince Charming had vanished
like mist as had the three men she had recently dated. Their attitudes and
aspirations had told her they weren’t right. She rubbed her eyes, slid from the
bed and dashed to the bathroom to begin her morning routine.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fifteen minutes later, she sat
at the kitchen table and turned a coffee mug in circles. One gulp of the
aromatic brew did nothing to jump start her enthusiasm for the day ahead. A
long sigh escaped. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Every day for months, her
eagerness to head across the street to the hospital had lessened. A year ago
when she’d started working on the Oncology unit, she had welcomed the
challenge. Since that day, twenty of her favorite patients had died. The past
week had been the worst of her career. Two of her patients had died. With
dread, she waited for the third. These days she felt as though a sinkhole had
opened beneath her, leaving her dangling with no way to escape.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Move. Time to go.</i> She had never been late to work a day in her
life. <i>Not happening today.</i> With a
sigh, she stuffed a pen holder, her keys and money in the pocket of her pink
scrubs. While pulling on her sheepskin lined jacket, she rode the elevator to
the ground floor. The town clock chimed the quarter hour. She would make the
seven AM start.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As she trudged across the
street, the brisk breeze of the February morning made her shiver. A pale sun
shone through clusters of gathering clouds. She pulled open the door of the
employees’ entrance and paused at the time clock to punch in.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Her friend Suzanna Winstone
dashed inside and grabbed her card. “Megan, guess what?” Her voice rang with
excitement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“You’re pregnant.” <i>Just like three others of the Grantley Gang.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suzanna smacked Megan’s arm. “Are
you crazy? I’ve only been married for weeks.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“I figured with Jenessa, Cate
and Lauren ready to increase <st1:place w:st="on">Eastlake</st1:place>’s
population, you were next. Might be catching.” She walked toward the elevators.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suzanna laughed. “Caleb and I
found a house. Lauren’s place is waiting for you.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t expect me to move in. I’m
happy in my apartment.” She rang for the elevator. Lauren’s house had seen four
of the six members of the Grantley Gang finding love while living there. <i>Wouldn’t work for her. Her perfect man
existed only in her dreams.</i> She stepped into the elevator.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suzanna followed. “Lunch?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“I’ll let you know.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When Megan reached the unit, she
checked the assignment sheet before cornering the night nurse for report on her
four patients. Then she began rounds and started care. Death hovered in her
thoughts. <i>Who? When?</i> Mr. Phelps was
going home. Though not cured, he had gone into remission. Then on to Mrs. Gray
and Mrs. Brown. She quickly completed their morning care and treatments. Both
responded favorably toward their chemotherapy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Megan entered the room of her
favorite patient and rubbed her arms to chase a sudden chill. The five year old
girl looked so tiny and frail. A virulent type of leukemia had drained the
child rapidly. The little girl’s color nearly matched the white sheets. Megan
drew a deep breath. Though the night nurse had assessed Bonnie’s condition as
stable, Megan knew the woman had been optimistic. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Not today. Please.</i> As certainty entered her thoughts, her stomach
lurched.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Morning, Button.” She waited
for the child to open her eyes and make her usual response. The little girl’s
eyes remained closed. She didn’t speak. Megan cleared her throat and tried
again, hoping to hear “Not Button. I Bonnie.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The child’s eyelids fluttered
open exposing her dark eyes. Bonnie seemed to stare at a point in the distance.
Slowly, she focused on Megan. “Tell…Mama…Not be …sad…Hurt gone.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The whispery voice brought a
cold shiver. Megan checked Bonnie’s pulse. An erratic beat bounded against her
fingers. Shallow breaths were interrupted by long pauses. Megan’s fears
deepened. She pulled her cell phone free and dialed the number taped to the
bedside stand.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Mrs. Mellis, Megan Carter here.
I’m Bonnie’s nurse. You need to come at once.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Is she?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“No, but she’s very weak.”
Urgency filled her voice. She prayed the woman would arrive in time. She bit
her lip to keep from crying. Why this child? Why now?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mark My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-72682128934806588012024-02-28T03:00:00.001-05:002024-02-28T03:00:00.152-05:00Nilos Healwomen #MFRWHooks #BWLAuthor #romancy #fantasy #swords #sorcery<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcM5FINGDbBMiwVUn3f3qpe9NGZP5zWmJnI8f7FtBHbH5_Yr1kXkhb4O4W2AwA1Yc8Xv6LnaJ_V7Gq8thT3k8qMFiX4LYVLbFJgHqv99FAj7tzlyH6d9H4LH53jP8ldhZsMTsniq1qpQgwp_9B0PAhLTgJzxxdiZX2C0df_Nx-3DWyAeJUdHkkxxfd8FE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcM5FINGDbBMiwVUn3f3qpe9NGZP5zWmJnI8f7FtBHbH5_Yr1kXkhb4O4W2AwA1Yc8Xv6LnaJ_V7Gq8thT3k8qMFiX4LYVLbFJgHqv99FAj7tzlyH6d9H4LH53jP8ldhZsMTsniq1qpQgwp_9B0PAhLTgJzxxdiZX2C0df_Nx-3DWyAeJUdHkkxxfd8FE=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><p>Join the authors at #MFRWHooks <i style="background-color: #efefef; color: #0000ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><u><a href="https://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #bb213a; text-decoration-line: none;">http://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com</a></u></i> for some great excerpts. Mine is found at https://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.com and is from Nilos</p>Blurb:<p></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">Return to the world where Midra and Midran rule. The god and goddess have two faces. Midra is Mistrees on the Moon and also Mistress of the Dark. Midran is Lord of light and Lord of shadows. Rons ago, the Three and Three rose, Seer, Warrior, Healer defeated the Lord of Shadows, though remnants of his worshipers remain. As generations pass in the four nomes of the land only a few remain to honor the Mistress. Once again the followers of Midran prevail, leaving trouble to roil beneath the surface. Prophecies abound and many point to change. Will the Three and Three come again?</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">In Nilos, Healwomen have become only midwives. Their hodara lies in ruins on the bank of the Nilos River in the city of Memphos. Only a few women come for training and remain in the city. Others serve in the highlands and on the desert. The Eldest, she who rules the midwives, sets upon a scheme fo bring the Three to life and to rule the nome.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">What will happen when the Eldest sets her plan into action? Will there be just three women or will they find their opposites becoming the fabled Three and Three? Who will rule the changes to come?</span></p><p><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini" data-hook="genome-widget" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 680px;"><a class="a-profile" data-a-size="small" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFNCI7XYGBSK4236ML3VPFLX34EA/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_gw_tr?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c7511f; cursor: pointer; display: table; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="a-profile-avatar-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; padding-right: 9px; width: 43px;"><div class="a-profile-avatar" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 34px; position: relative; width: 34px;"><img data-src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" style="border-radius: 34px; border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top; width: 34px;" /></div></div><div class="a-profile-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; min-height: 34px; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="a-profile-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; position: relative; unicode-bidi: isolate;">Diane Scott Lewis</span></div></a></div><div class="a-row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 680px;"><a class="a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base review-title-content a-text-bold" data-hook="review-title" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2TD75Y1QXCNNQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B08NDBC1F3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; text-decoration-line: none;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="background-image: url("https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/sash/9DuIU8ZS5i377uD.png"); background-position: -2px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 512px 512px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: circle(0px); display: block; font-size: inherit; height: 18px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Compelling Fantasy of Female Empowerment</span></a></div><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" color="rgb(86, 89, 89) !important" data-hook="review-date" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2021</span><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 680px;"></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 8px; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;">An evocative fantasy with hints of The Handmaid's Tale, when females are demoted to a servile role in their society. Ms. Walters spins a compelling story of struggle and empowerment. I must try the other books in this series.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Plus that cover is gorgeous!</span></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 8px; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJjt_KW16-BcNe4-2RPCTVMpZ-OkQuaOkJ4s7Vm6MLb9n75w-GQRJ217oPWuMZ4CQUNdbn60fPwx9gENQOY2vkiv74DtDg9bRdOTx7e_jSzmco30cRZjriPpT0swOZe3lsy_32hUEVBpHcJIM_-PY5GYzfskgUWYuVPEWtxz9vIvNK131nAslpYnQC4uY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJjt_KW16-BcNe4-2RPCTVMpZ-OkQuaOkJ4s7Vm6MLb9n75w-GQRJ217oPWuMZ4CQUNdbn60fPwx9gENQOY2vkiv74DtDg9bRdOTx7e_jSzmco30cRZjriPpT0swOZe3lsy_32hUEVBpHcJIM_-PY5GYzfskgUWYuVPEWtxz9vIvNK131nAslpYnQC4uY" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 8px; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px;">EXCERPT:<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">The
Eldest, ruler of the midwives, entered the ruined remains of the hodara. Once
the Healwomen, Sworn to Midra, Mistress of the Moons, resided here. People from
the nome had come here to seek healing. She reached the banks of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Nilos</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
The churning waters of the life-bringer rushed toward the sea. Anger roiled her
thoughts. Her hands clenched.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Why
had the Healwomen lost their standing in the land? Once they had walked hand in
hand with the priests of Midran. Her gut churned with desire, not to stand with
the priests but to rule over them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;"><i>I am a Healwoman.</i> Those words rang loud
in her thoughts. Though the title remained an empty promise, she vowed to find
a way. The few women who entered had dwindled. Those who had once dwelled in
the House of Healing had been relegated to the status of midwives. Where they
once had been considered vital to the land their reputation lay in tatters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">She
moved away from the edge of the river and reached a deep depression where chunks
of stone had been ripped away and carried to the city. Much of the newer buildings
in Memphos had been made from the granite of the hodara. Where she stood had
once been the healing pool. The ill and injured had come to bathe in the warm
water before entering one of the Halls to be treated by the Senior Healwomen.
She should have been one of them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">The
change had come long before her birth. As the last of a line of Elders
extending back for generations, she was a failure. She had failed to give birth
to a daughter. To her disgrace, she had one child, a son. He’d been taken by
his father when the boy reached his fifth year. Failure had honed her
determination. She had dreams and plans to restore the reputation of the
Healwomen. <i>I will succeed.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">She
stumbled over a protruding stone and nearly fell. Her hand hit a piece of
rubble that moved. A bit of parchment showed from beneath the rock. She stooped
and carefully moved the piece of granite and grasped the scrap.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">After
finding a place to sit, she read the words. <i>The
Three…Seer, Warrior, Healer…come again…unite with.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Those
few words rocketed into her thoughts. <i>Destined.</i> She’d always known a way would be found. What
else had been written on the torn shard? She wished for more. Her hopes flew
like prayers to Midra, Mistress of the moons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">The
Eldest planned. She would be the one to find the fabled Three and thus erase
her failure. She slid the scrap into the pocket of her divided skirt. Were
there more pieces of parchment to guide her?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Though
she overturned other stones and rocks in what had once been the scriptorium,
she found no other bits. Her excitement remained high. What she’d found was a
gift from the Mistress and she would use what she had learned.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Thoughts
of triumph raised a broad smile. I will be the one. The Three will come. The
Seer, Warrior and Healer called by the Mistress of the Moons will bring change
to Nilos. The midwives would regain their proper position in Nilos. Once again,
they will be called Healwomen. A new hodara would be built.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">She
rose and crossed the road to the wall surrounding the house where she lived
with the other women considered mere midwives. Moments later, she opened the
beaded curtain and entered her office.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Plans
to make. Three young women, each to birth a girl, must be found. Her eyes
closed as she thought of the women living in this house and the few assigned to
the highlands.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Not
many young women sought to join the midwives. Most were middle-aged. Of the
five who were of a good age to bear a child one had just joined, two had nearly
completed their training and two were poor choices. Finding a willing man for
them would mean coins they didn’t have.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">For
the fathers, young men would be best. They must possess good blood lines. Most
under consideration were priests of Midran. One of that ilk was her son. Though
he was a few years older than the others, his lines were pure. The daughter to
come would be of her heritage, making her failure less. Tomorrow she would
begin to implement her plan.<o:p></o:p></p></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-43791152771549326282024-02-27T03:00:00.001-05:002024-02-27T03:00:00.137-05:00Love Plot is featured as Tuesday's Writer's Tip #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #writing #plot #Love<p> Just think of the kinds of love and remember this, the course of love never seems to run smoothly. Boy meets girl and something is around to keep them apart. Remembering there are many kinds of love means there are many ways any love story can go. There is "forbidden" love. Definitely won't go smoothly. Some great stories have been written about forbidden love. Sometimes the obstacles aren't forbidden and still the love doesn't go smoothly but the chances are things will happen to make this love work. But this is not easily done.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">My Places<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 243, 219); line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0.1in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6690115855424436248/4909274657136036508"><span style="color: #473624; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;">https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/</span></a></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Janet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-41759552153179686392024-02-25T03:00:00.001-05:002024-02-25T03:00:00.137-05:00The Virgo Pisces Connection is featured as Sunday's Book #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #romance #medical<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOe3JwplFbGMhBm-logVGU7LijNAR4QWGlaGm3JHddUzcANI7RBBH9J54MIaO-h06_Ga2zzUwnKO6BAfDTs6szYM1CT6qNt3LH7udttGbSAy1l0WQRcb5PocbO--xVesJ1Dt__Chc3_3HeNvefr1W8g_ojBZCTQ4tQ2F3XxS--CYU46uqF6_neuG5tDpo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="145" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOe3JwplFbGMhBm-logVGU7LijNAR4QWGlaGm3JHddUzcANI7RBBH9J54MIaO-h06_Ga2zzUwnKO6BAfDTs6szYM1CT6qNt3LH7udttGbSAy1l0WQRcb5PocbO--xVesJ1Dt__Chc3_3HeNvefr1W8g_ojBZCTQ4tQ2F3XxS--CYU46uqF6_neuG5tDpo=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Pisces Megan experiences burnout. Her third witnessed death on the Oncology Unit in a week is too much for her to handle. Going to her apartment and being alone isn't to her taste. Of all the Grantley Gang, she is the only one not married. She tries to resign from the hospital and is persuaded to take a month of her accumulated vacation time first. Avoiding her five friends, Megan rushes from town, not knowing or caring where she is going. Escaping the ghosts of the dead is her primary goal. During a blinding snowstorm, she crashes into the life of Dave Malloy MD.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dave is a Virgo a traveling doctor going from assignment to assignment over the country. He's decided two things. One is to settle and gather moss. The other is to find his sister lost years ago when they were sent to two different foster homes. He has found her and vows to rescue her from an abusive situation. When Megan lands against a tree at the house where he is staying, he finds her very attractive. But can he act on this attraction when he must care for her after the accident and his decision she is a patient?</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Together, they must find his sister and hope they aren't too late.</span><p></p><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini" data-hook="genome-widget" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px !important; width: 680px;"><a class="a-profile" data-a-size="small" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AH6APTK3EY7VBJKTFRC62LKERUJQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_gw_tr?ie=UTF8" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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