tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10940454549965575692024-03-13T14:27:50.222-07:00Liz Adair, Writing the Red Rock CountryLiz Adair's musings, ramblings and recipes. Liz is a wife, mother, award-winning author, darn good cook, holder of an opinion on just about everything, and writer of the red rock country. Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-8480080538109747572016-11-24T10:38:00.000-08:002016-11-24T10:40:06.265-08:00A Five-day Black Friday Book Sale<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you're a Spider Latham fan, check out <i>A Kane County Christmas</i>, below. It's got two stories in it. The first is AMY'S STAR, a Spider Latham novella. The second is THE HAYRIDE, a quirky Christmas short story by my brother, Ron Shook.</span></h3>
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The middle-grade book below is by my writer friend, Terry Deighton. It's got action, adventure, and humor in it. I bought a softcover set for each of my middle-grade grandkids for Christmas. This is a great chance to try the first of the series for free.</h3>
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<i>In sixth-grade, average may mean boring, but at least it also means avoiding freakdom. Henry is all kinds of average—that is before other people’s thoughts start popping into his head. He thinks he’s going crazy until he discovers he’s one of several kids with genetically modified abilities, including the school bully. How did they get tweaked? To unravel the mystery, Henry must face family betrayal, his parent’s abduction by a greedy scientist, and even becoming frenemies with the bully. Can the Tweaks use their new abilities to avoid being used as demo models for the corrupt Dr. Grey’s foreign military buyers?</i> </div>
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<i>With five children to Christmas shop for, a Sunday School class to teach, and a cub scout den to lead, she has no time to volunteer at the Seattle Crèche Festival. Reluctantly, she agrees to help her friend arrange the nativity displays for one afternoon. Somehow, she ends up working for weeks under Marilynn, a stern woman who organizes the volunteers like an invading army and relegates Kelly to the Children’s Room where she can’t break anything.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Scroll on down to see other great buys. Remember, these prices are good November 24th through the 28th. </h3>
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pirates took more than Jori Virtanen's friends; they stole his face. Not only
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when former model and single mother Caitlyn Drevier Reel has finally put her
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receive an invitation from her ex-in-laws to spend Christmas with them. After
all, she reasons, her ex-husband Grant is constantly on the road with his band
and it's only fair to allow them to get to know her young son. What Caitlyn
isn't prepared for, however, is the spark of attraction she feels toward Ridge,
Grant's older brother, or the sense of belonging to their wonderful family once
again. Ridge, who is recovering from his own personal heartache, seems to feel
the same way. As they work together to ensure the success of the Winter
Festival his parents have organized for their small Wyoming town, Caitlyn
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world, facing death at the hands of the natives, hunted by drug smugglers,
wanted by the Patrol, Captain Dace has one hope of escaping: Convince the
Patrol agent trying to kill her that she's innocent.</i></i></div>
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has, and it opened the door to fairyland. But it's not the place of legend. The
Queen is missing and the lords of the Seligh are hoarding the magic, using it
to fuel their devices. With the help of a pixie warrior and a renegade elf,
Sabrina must restore magic and solve the mystery of the balmorae, flying
monsters that plague the Winterlands beyond the barrier.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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NOBLE</b></a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/all-fall-down-hostage-negotiation-team-1"><b>KOBO</b></a><b><span style="color: blue;"> |
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<li class="MsoNormal">a romantic suspense from
the Hostage Negotiation Team series<o:p></o:p></li>
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ashes, ashes we all fall down . . .</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>That simple rhyme turns
negotiator Claire Michaels' current hostage situation into an international
incident. Claire just wants to help get everyone out safely, but as the crisis
escalates she realizes she's dealing with an al-Qaeda operative who has the
means to become another bin Laden---with the potential to attack America.
Claire has her own personal reasons for wanting to stop al-Qaeda, but time is
slipping away as negotiations break down. Can she overcome her scars of the
past in order to get the hostage out alive and possibly stop an assault on U.S.
national security?</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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on leave to recover from a knee injury he suffered during his tour in
Afghanistan and he doesn't expect to be fighting terrorists on his home turf.
But when he is taken hostage and his brother is kidnapped, Rafe teams up with a
hostage negotiator in order to stay alive and get his brother back. The
terrorist is always one step ahead of them, however, and the situation quickly
turns from desperate to deadly. Will Rafe be able to save himself and his
country without anyone he loves getting caught in the crossfire?</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Navy SEAL Jake Williams is the newly appointed head of a task force assigned to
rescue a kidnapped American diplomat. Their only hope is Mya Amari, the
daughter of a notorious Algerian hostage negotiator, but she is full of secrets
and complications-something Jake takes as a personal challenge. As they grow
closer, the threat to the mission escalates and time runs out for the hostages.
Can Jake unravel the web of deception to save them all without getting caught
in the crossfire?</i></i></div>
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<i>Mya
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anything to bring her home-including walking into the enemy's lair. She doesn't
trust anyone, especially the too-handsome-for-his-own-good Commander Williams,
but when all her careful plans explode out of control, he's the only one she
can turn to with the truth about her family. Is it too little, too late?</i></div>
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John Dillinger’s gang hid out in the 30s, is supposed to be accident-prone
Grace Evanheart’s way of escaping an old romance. When she finds an ancient
diary with a map under the bedroom’s floorboard, the rumors solidify into fact.
She doesn’t know who to trust with the news; Micah Stevens, the handsome deputy
and the great grandson of the original landowners with whom she’s attracted, or
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killed, but she copes with it—every day. Cursed with the ability to glimpse
into the future when a death is about to happen, she has a short window of time
to interfere—risking her life in order to change it. No one knows about her
curse, until she saves a handsome Los Angeles firefighter trapped between her
and foreign operatives hell-bent on intercepting her current assignment.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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into her secretive world of premonitions. His attraction to Lucy grows as he
helps her stop a terroristic plot against the U.S., putting his life between
her and certain death.</i> </div>
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<i>When Virginia secedes
from the Union, Rulon enlists, and finds himself fighting foes both in battle
and in his own camp. He struggles to stay alive against all odds, with a
knife-wielding tent-mate and a Union army that seems impossible to defeat. It
will take every ounce of vigilance he has to survive and, with a little luck, he
might make it home to his wife and the son he's never seen.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Forced to live with
her parents for the duration, Mary faces a battle for independence. With a
mother whispering that her husband won't come home to her and a son who needs
her to be both father and mother, Mary has to dig deep for strength to overcome
her overwhelming loneliness and the unknown future ahead.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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They’re wrong.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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disastrous attempt to unite the nation, she has the deaths of hundreds haunting
her dreams. Now, with hatred and accusations following her past the border,
she’s determined to leave that horrible day behind and find a peaceful,
uneventful life with Vance and the settlers. But when she starts seeing
mysterious figures hiding in the abandoned cities at night and uncovers a
strange desert population, she realizes there’s a danger much greater than NORA
to worry about—and she just abandoned her people to their fate. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Being rejected by the girl he loves and put on trial for betraying his clan are
bad enough, but now he’s been framed for a crime he never committed. Their
less-than-perfect refuge has become the political game of a madman, and Vance
is the only one who can stop it—if he can keep from being executed first.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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still very much in the game, and this time it will take everything they have to
save those they love.</i><i> </i></div>
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<li>“Best dystopian fiction I have read since Red Queen!” -Sheri, Reader</li>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">All is Merri and
Bright</span><span style="color: #632423;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<i>Merri Wilcox has finally
achieved her greatest dream and opened her own hair salon. Life is bliss until
Brighton Stansbury walks through her door. Growing up, Brighton was behind
every bad thing that happened to Merri. She hasn't seen him since high school
graduation and could have happily continued like that forever.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>When a winter storm traps Merri and Brighton together, will
the pair finally learn to get along, or will the Christmas holiday become their
new war zone?<o:p></o:p> </i></div>
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Oyj6yB1qzHA/WC-h4ZFDD4I/AAAAAAAAL5E/_uE_L8-dvnEnDHh6n7hsorvQKTNu7ayowCEw/s1600/Losing%2BIndependence%2BFront%2BCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Oyj6yB1qzHA/WC-h4ZFDD4I/AAAAAAAAL5E/_uE_L8-dvnEnDHh6n7hsorvQKTNu7ayowCEw/s200/Losing%2BIndependence%2BFront%2BCover.jpg" width="125" /></a><i>Five years ago, Lauren Walker ditched everything—and
everyone—she knew and headed for Nashville with her bags packed and violin case
in tow, ready to conquer her dreams. With the perfect boyfriend, a great
roommate, and a job she’s good at, she believes it’s only a matter of time
before her talents as a musician will finally be discovered and appreciated. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>But, just as quickly as they begin, all the good things in
her life come crashing down.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Out of options and money, Lauren returns to the small town
in Utah where she grew up. Living with her parents and working at the same job
she had in high school is hard enough on her ego, but seeing the successes of
people she once considered good friends is even worse. Especially when one of
those friends is her former best friend, Scott McAllister.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Will Lauren completely lose her independence and her mind,
or will she find a way to manage rekindled feelings and still conquer her
dreams?</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(Book 3 in the Quantum
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HeD3aIRARbw/WC-ijxYL7BI/AAAAAAAAL5M/T1SJ0YbJgB4fGrJOcaPxAg_WpcIv3BmXACLcB/s1600/RemembranceCover2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HeD3aIRARbw/WC-ijxYL7BI/AAAAAAAAL5M/T1SJ0YbJgB4fGrJOcaPxAg_WpcIv3BmXACLcB/s200/RemembranceCover2.jpg" width="133" /></a><i>When the Hallelujah
Chorus is banned from his school's Holiday Gala, Josh doesn't want to get
involved and fight the injustice like he usually does. But after book-traveling
through the life of George Frideric Handel in the Literary Loom, Josh has
second thoughts. Those second thoughts grow into a passion as Josh discovers
the mystery behind the quirky new kid at Claremont High, and learns the value
of remembering Christ as he travels through the New Testament. Everywhere he
looks, Christmas seems to be about everything but Christ. He can't change the
world but he can at least bring back the Hallelujah Chorus and help people
remember what Christmas is all about.</i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">The Secret Life of
Daydreams</span></span></i></b></div>
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everything except her. She's too busy to follow her dreams. But sometimes the
dream you never expected is the one you can't live without.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Six years after a
painful divorce, Josh Conrad is happy traveling the world as a photographer.
When he arrives in Portugal, he plans to complete the assignment as quickly as
possible. What he doesn't plan for is Sofia, the girl he baptized eleven years
earlier on an LDS mission, and soon he's making excuses to prolong his trip.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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structured life in Braga, Portugal, teaching high school by day and caring for
her mother by night. After she reconnects with Josh through mutual friends, the
memory of a failed relationship and her new graduate program are enough reasons
to stay away from him.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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a project, Josh is wary of repeating his old mistakes and Sofia hesitates to
spend time with an American who's only passing through.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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wounded hearts bring themselves to trust their dreams to each other?<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>The Secret Life of
Daydreams</i> is a standalone full-length novel set in Braga, Portugal. It’s a
clean and wholesome contemporary LDS romance in the <i>A Love Story From Portugal</i> series.<o:p></o:p></div>
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million people and only three months to find her. What are his chances?<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Isabel Antunes is
content with her life as director of the British Academy in Lisbon. Then she’s
hit by a man on a bike—a man her boss just hired to be her assistant. Despite
Simon Ackerley’s repeated assurances to the contrary, Isabel believes he’s
after her position, but she won’t hand it over without a fight. As if dealing
with him all week is not enough, he shows up at church as well. Her only solace
is in writing to the pen pal she knows as “Elliot”.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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his father that he was moving to Lisbon for the job. But that isn’t the only
reason. Simon is looking for Amélie, the pen pal he’s written for fifteen
years. A woman he knows everything about—except her real name and address.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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accident reveals that Simon’s prickly co-worker Isabel is the elusive Amélie,
he knows he has to win her trust before he can confess his true identity. If
only he could tell her the actual reason why he’s come, he’s sure Isabel would
treat him differently. But she’s not ready for the truth.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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is a standalone novella set in Lisbon. It’s a clean and wholesome contemporary
LDS romance in the <i>A Love Story From
Portugal</i> series.<o:p></o:p></div>
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behind the man who loves her to go to nursing school in New York, promising to
come back in six months and marry him. His love is the only thing that sees her
through the trials ahead. When the time comes to make the toughest decision of
all, will she choose justice or mercy out of many shades of gray?<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: inherit , serif;">by Tristi Pinkston<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">$.99<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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life aren’t always black and white? <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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high school newspaper, she gets to share her wisdom on a weekly basis. She
handles questions about everything from dating to choosing the right nail
polish, and with the exception of a few bullies, everyone respects her opinion.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>But when life throws
her some curves she can't handle, she realizes she knows a whole less than she
thought she did, and she'll need to ask others for their advice so she can make
it through.</i> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #b0101b;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lindzee Armstrong</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">First Love, Second Choice</span><span style="color: #632423;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Free<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01094N49A/">AMAZON</a> | <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/B013GP57RG">AUDIBLE</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1122191727">BARNES
& NOBLE</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1028023994">iTUNES</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1096302774">iBooks</a> | <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/first-love-second-choice">KOBO</a> | <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/649869">SMASHWORDS</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">(audiobook is only $1.99 if you own the Kindle
ebook)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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date with your long-lost high school crush? Enjoy this delightfully sweet case
of mistaken identity today!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Mistletoe Match</span><span style="color: #632423;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">$.99<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Michelle kisses a mystery man underneath the mistletoe at a holiday party,
she's horrified to realize he's the new marketing director of the
pharmaceutical company she's trying to destroy due to their nasty habit of
animal testing. Can one impulsive kiss be the foundation for a happily ever
after? Curl up with this delicious holiday romance today!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Renewal: Kaylas Story </span><span style="color: #632423;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i>Kayla Morrison, an LDS
young single adult, grew up in an unloving, verbally abusive home. It’s no
wonder she’s skeptical when charming, successful Chris Christensen brings up
love on their first date. Making things worse, her former fiancé shows up later
and claims Chris doesn’t love her.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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father drops the bomb that he’s not her real father. And then he dies, setting
Kayla on an arduous quest to discover who she really is, and if she’s worthy of
anyone’s love.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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she’s most in danger of losing. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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part-time ranch hand dies under suspicious circumstances, she concocts a plan
to save her ranch. Now she just needs to convince her reclusive neighbor to be
her business partner. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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home after he lost everything when his wife died from cancer. He has finally
saved enough money for a down payment on a house in the city so he can raise
his girls in the cultured environment he promised his wife. When Storm proposes
a business partnership, he refuses. But when she ends up in the hospital and is
on the verge of losing her ranch, Dak steps in to help. And so does Storm’s old
cowboy flame, Taggert. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WLQ8QRK">AMAZON</a>
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donates her company’s sleigh rides for a community fundraiser.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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three years ago, Jayne sets up three rules to maintain a professional distance
and protect her heart.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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village with langbuan, or flying undead, a boy received a secret that would
protect him from certain death. But even armed with a secret, can anyone
survive the undead for long?<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Seventeen-year-old
Antonio Pulido has never known a time when the langbuan didn’t roam the streets
every Ghost Moon Night, killing anyone in their path. He works hard to protect
his family and the girl he loves from the deadly attacks, but he wants them
stopped once and for all. Can Antonio uncover the decades-old secret and will
it help him defeat the langbuan? Or will Ghost Moon Night come again and take
someone he truly cares about? It falls on Antonio to save his village, but time
is running out. The next Ghost Moon Night is nearly here and Antonio knows this
is his last chance to destroy the undead and end their reign of terror -- or
die trying.</i> </div>
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Jewel Allen never would have guessed it would be the end of one life, and the
beginning of another. Wanting to protect her community, she starts a social
media campaign against the giant incinerator which not only costs her her writing
job, but gives birth to the activist inside. She rallies her neighbors against
the company and the State Legislature bent on invading their land.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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and his allies, armed with a million-dollar public relations budget, want to
build a new, water-hogging state prison ten minutes from her home. Equipped
with only her media know-how, Jewel helps her neighbors wage a creative
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<i>In this
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subject herself to that pain. She’s satisfied to help her uncle, the physician
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<i>Kaden’s Egg, a shell
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<i>After three years, Maren Summers is elated to finally have her dream wedding to her dream man, Kevin Bryant. In her sights is the promotion to Weddings she’s worked so hard for at the newspaper. Happily ever after is within her grasp… </i><br />
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<i>Until Kevin jilts her at the altar, elopes with another woman, and becomes her boss. Devastated by the twisted turn of events Maren moves in with her best friend and notices the not-so-homeless guy on the corner, Zane Whitfield. As his heart-wrenching tale unfolds—his vow to wait a year on the corner for his lost love—Maren sees his compassionate human-interest story as her ticket away from Kevin, weddings, and her heartache. </i><br />
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<i>But as the New Year approaches, is Maren headed for heartache again if Zane's lost love returns or has time changed more than one heart?</i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #b0101b;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Susan Tietjen</span></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Dragon Unchained</span></i></div>
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C4KCOPkUryg/WDHf7Q_pm4I/AAAAAAAAL8c/6-jYtkadlFgVHnUJYXK-7D8lTlIPnJxxwCLcB/s1600/Dragon%2BUnchained.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C4KCOPkUryg/WDHf7Q_pm4I/AAAAAAAAL8c/6-jYtkadlFgVHnUJYXK-7D8lTlIPnJxxwCLcB/s200/Dragon%2BUnchained.jpg" width="129" /></a><i>Lady Theona McArthur thinks opening The Keeper, a forbidden ancient relic, will help her find the love of her life. At least that’s what her dreams tell her. But instead of being shown where this handsome boy with violet eyes lives, she becomes possessed by evil spirits and is imprisoned for violating the laws of Kildaria.</i><br />
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<i>Then rumors of war bring a foreign prince to seek an alliance with Kildaria, and Theona’s shocked that Prince Gideon Seville is the young man of her dreams, the one with the violet eyes.</i><br />
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<i>When Theona is condemned to death for transgressing the law, those evil spirits—the shades of sorcerers long dead—offer her one reprieve. Just learn to use magic she never knew she had to return them, and their two ferocious dragons, to mortality, and they’ll set her free. She has no choice but to comply, but she fears that if the sorcerers don’t destroy her, the lure of magic could. Her chance friendship with Prince Gideon blossoms into the love of a lifetime, but even together, will they have what it takes to beat the odds against evil sorcerers, magical dragons, war, and death?</i><br />
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-70904057567559949712016-06-25T19:38:00.000-07:002016-06-25T19:38:29.155-07:00Learning from History<br />
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For over a decade now, Derrill and I have been buying
college courses from The Great Courses, and we spend our lunch hour eating on a
tray in front of the TV, learning about history. (We used to watch the lectures
in the evening, but we kept falling asleep, so we decided that lunch would keep
us awake.) </div>
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Alexander the Great, the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, Jewish history, the
Reformation—well, the list goes on too long to recount. We’ve gone through some
of the courses twice, because there’s so much to absorb.</div>
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Right now, we’re on the tail end of the history of Europe
from the sixteenth century to the present. It’s taught by Professor Kenneth R.
Bartlett, Professor of History and Renaissance Studies at the University of
Toronto, and we just got through studying about the rise of fascism in Italy
and Germany. </div>
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I’m not old enough to remember the rise of the Nazi party,
but after the war, I vividly remember pictures in the newspaper and movie newsreels about what the liberating
armies found in the concentration camps.</div>
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So, at lunch the other day, as I’m learning about the forces
that came into play and about how the Jews were first marginalized, then
demonized, and finally exterminated, I was struck by Professor Bartlett’s
question: How could a sophisticated people allow this to happen? Why did they
not speak out?</div>
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There were lots of reasons—good reasons that had to do with
preserving your own life and your family’s. But the question is a good one, and I began to ask it of myself.
Would I stand up for injustice? Would I speak out if my neighbor—or even a
stranger—were being persecuted because of his ethnicity or religion? </div>
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Then, boom, in my inbox today comes this email from someone
I don’t know but who has my email address. S/he has forwarded an email s/he
received from someone else—I think I must have been the third wave of
recipients. It was an anti-Muslim email, full of dark innuendo and outrageous
statements that would have been laughable if their purpose hadn’t been so ugly.
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Anyone who has read TROUBLE AT THE RED PUEBLO has been
introduced to (and cares about) my Muslim character Karam. I was able to write
Karam because I got to know my son’s former roommate, Hani Almadhoun, a sterling young man and devout Muslim who has dedicated his life to serving refugees. </div>
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2RQ3ebqAw4c/V28-JrbrbOI/AAAAAAAABiY/LaxBFMu_kUU9zEWz4aUfEL7iWO3yjcovwCLcB/s1600/Letters_From_Afghanistan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2RQ3ebqAw4c/V28-JrbrbOI/AAAAAAAABiY/LaxBFMu_kUU9zEWz4aUfEL7iWO3yjcovwCLcB/s1600/Letters_From_Afghanistan.jpg" /></a>And anyone who has read LUCY SHOOK’S LETTERS FROM
AFGHANISTAN has met Barat, Bairde, Saki, and a host of other Afghan men who
worked for my mother between 1965 and 1970. Muslims all, they used to spend
time talking with my mother about common ground in their religions. She loved
each of them for the good men they were, and because of that, I loved them too.</div>
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Back to today’s email: Now, I am not a forwarder, and I’m
certainly not confrontational. Usually, I would simply delete an email like
this, but here I was with this ‘would I stand up for injustice?’ question still
shadowing me. As much as I wanted to
consign this email to the trash bin and go eat something sweet to get the bad
taste out of my mouth, I gathered my courage, hit ‘reply all’ and challenged
the statements in the email. </div>
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I wasn’t eloquent. As soon as I hit ‘send’ I thought of a
whole slew of things I should have said. Speaking up to a forwarded email wasn’t
as brave as it would have been in Germany in 1935 when the Nuremburg Laws
deprived Jews of their citizenship and civil rights, but I don’t think those
laws happened in a vacuum. That movement started somewhere, probably with a
campaign of half-truths and lies (kind of like this email). </div>
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I’m not going to exhort readers to action of any kind. I’m
just reporting a small window of opportunity that opened up for me. My name was
on that email string. Not saying something would have meant that I agreed with
what was in that email. I most certainly didn't agree, and with Professor Bartlett's question dogging me, I had to speak up.</div>
Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-14192882690090016832016-05-30T19:30:00.000-07:002016-05-30T19:43:05.304-07:00An Interview with David Swindler of Action Photo Tours<div class="MsoNormal">
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I met David Swindler at church. I’m music chairman for our
congregation, and one of my tasks is to get special musical numbers for Sunday
services. David sent me an email saying he was new to the area, and though he
traveled a lot, he was willing to play the organ when he was in town. <br />
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I signed him up to do a special number on one of the Sundays
he wasn’t traveling. I can’t remember the name or
the composer, but the piece he played was variations on the nineteenth-century song “A Poor
Wayfaring Man of Grief.” </div>
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While David played, I closed my eyes to shut out the visual,
because I didn’t want to be distracted from the music. The arrangement was
beautiful, but it was David’s interpretation that touched my heart. I saw then
that he had an artistic soul.</div>
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At that time, I didn’t know what he did when he was traveling.
But when I opened this year's <i>Kanab Arts Magazine, </i>I found he was the featured artist because of
his photography. </div>
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I discovered that David has a photographer-touring company
called Action Photo Tours. I’ll send you to his web site later in this
posting, when you’ve discovered a little more about him. I’ll just say right
now that his own pictures are jaw-droppingly beautiful. I should have known that after
hearing him play. But more than that, he's dedicated to ensuring that people who go on his tours get their own jaw-droppers.</div>
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I asked David if I could interview him for <i>Liz Sez,</i> and he
graciously consented. At the end of the interview, he’ll talk about some of the
pictures on his web site. </div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> I know you graduated college
with a chemical engineering degree. That seems a stretch to photography. Is it?</div>
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<b>DAVID:</b> Photography is multi-faceted.
There is definitely an artistic side to it, but in order to express your
creative vision, you must also master the technical details. Having been an
engineer, the technical side of photography came very easily to me. I had to be
very detail-oriented in my previous career which is a necessity to be a good
photographer. In the semiconductor industry, I specialized in photolithography
and optics where we used state-of-the-art equipment to image the tiny circuits
on silicon wafers. With many direct analogs to photography, it was really easy
for me to understand photography and teach others. Even though I’m technically
oriented, I still have an artistic side. I studied music for many years in my
youth and I’ve always had an intuitive sense of what looks good and what
doesn’t. Finding good compositions is key to creating compelling images.</div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> I’ve seen your gallery on your
web site. Your photos are amazing! How did you manage to catch those shots of a
shaft of sun coming into the red rock cavern?</div>
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<b>DAVID: </b>There’s a lot of planning
that goes into most of these shots. You have to understand how the sun angles
change throughout the year. You need to be in the right place at the right time
and watch the weather and clouds carefully. There are many seasonal
considerations to be aware of as well.
For night photography, you must understand how the night sky changes
month-by-month and when particular features will line up with what you want to
photograph. Granted, sometimes you get
lucky and get a shot you hadn’t planned on, but most of my best work has been
thought out and planned in advance.</div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> I read on your blog that your
favorite animal to shoot is the bear. Grizzlies and polar bears both have
fierce reputations. Isn’t that a bit
terrifying?</div>
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<b>DAVID: </b>That’s just how Hollywood
likes to portray them. When you spend time with bears in the wild, they aren’t
nearly as ferocious as the media would lead you to believe. That being said, we
take careful precautions when in close proximity to the bears. We go in groups
of 5-6 people. By staying close together, we become the largest “bear” in the
area and they just end up ignoring us or moving away. Bears are not known to
attack groups of people of 3 or more. You never want to approach bears.
Instead, you hold your ground and if they want to get closer, they will. Most
will just move away. We also take special care not to surprise bears,
especially moms with cubs as that can be particularly dangerous. If you take
the appropriate precautions and have experience around bears, it’s rare that
you will have any problems.</div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> I lived in the Matanuska valley
in Alaska for five years and only recall a couple of times where the northern
lights were as vivid as the ones in your gallery. How can you guarantee that a
person on one of your photography tours will see northern lights? Ditto polar
bears?</div>
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<b>DAVID: </b>Polar bears are a guarantee
since they are always waiting on the northern Barrier Islands for the sea ice
to freeze in the autumn so they can go out and hunt seals. Northern Lights are
no guarantee. On our trip last year, it was cloudy every night, even though we
could see the aurora going like gangbusters behind the clouds. As with all
things photography, going to the right place at the right time of year will
dramatically improve your odds of seeing the Northern Lights. </div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> What’s your favorite landscape
to photograph? </div>
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<b>DAVID: </b>I can’t really say because I
like them all! You can’t really compare the Southern Utah desert to a place
like Mt Rainier with all the wildflowers. Any landscape is a joy to photograph
with spectacular light. I especially
enjoy doing night photography and long exposures since it’s one of the rare
times where images look better on the camera than they do to the naked eye. </div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> How did you happen to move to
Kanab, Utah?</div>
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<b>DAVID:</b> I was getting lots of demand
for photo tours in the vicinity, so it made sense to move down here. Kanab is
central to Zion NP, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Escalante, and the Vermillion
Cliffs. </div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> I know you take photography
tours all over the world, and you have people all over the world come to do
tours with you. How do you deal with the language barrier?</div>
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<b>DAVID:</b> Everyone I’ve worked with is
at least semi-fluent in English. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be able to find
or read my website very well. When I traveled to China, it was difficult to get
around without knowing Mandarin. I remember the first bus station we went
to. There were like 30 long lines at
ticket windows and each one had different Chinese characters above them. We had
no idea which one to go to to catch a bus to our remote destination. Using
Google Translate on our smart phones, we were eventually able to figure it out
with the help of other people. It’s all part of the adventure!</div>
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about taking someone out on a photography tour?</span></div>
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<b>DAVID:</b> I really enjoy it when
someone has that “ah-ha” moment, when things suddenly begin to click and they
really understand what we’ve been working on. I also love seeing people’s
reactions to some of the incredible places I take them to.</div>
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<b>LIZ:</b> I’m inserting a video of panting owlets that you took. Can you tell us how you happened to get this
video? </div>
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<b>DAVID:</b> These little owlets were just
up Johnson Canyon, close to Kanab. One of my friends told me about them so I
grabbed the long lens and headed up there. The first couple times I went I
didn’t get that great of shots. But the last time, all 3 were perched out in
the light and were all awake and attentive. After I took a bunch of still
shots, I thought a video would be best to really show what was going on. </div>
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<b>LIZ: </b><a href="http://www.picturethejourney.com/" target="_blank">Here’s a link to your gallery.</a>
Is there any picture that has a story you’d like to share?</div>
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<b>DAVID:</b> Here are stories from the
first 5 shots in the gallery:</div>
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#1: White Sands New Mexico. I got up
at 1AM and it was a very cold night in the winter (single digits). I went hiking out in the dunes and it took me
hours until I found the perfect dune. I setup external lighting and took this
shot during the blue hour with the nice accent light of Alamogordo in the
distance.</div>
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#2: Reflection Canyon is a remote
viewpoint of Lake Powell. I decided to go close to the winter solstice since
the rising sun would be aligned with the canyon. However, it's not easy to get
there in the winter. Most photographers hire a boat to get here, but that's not
an option in the winter. First, I had to drive nearly 60 miles on a snowy/muddy
Hole-In-The-Rock Road. From there, it was a 9-mile cross-country backpacking
jaunt with a lot of washes to cross. Since I did most of the hike in the dark,
I know I didn't go the most efficient route. The next morning it was cloudy and
I got some great shots of the canyon. But since I didn't get the sunburst I had
hoped for, I stayed one more night and was treated to clear skies the next
morning.</div>
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#3: While in Zion NP, there were
heavy clouds all afternoon and I seriously thought we weren't going to get
anything for sunset. However, I looked at the SunsetWX website and it showed very
good sunset potential, so my workshop group decided to hang out and wait. Sure
enough, the sun popped through about 5 mins before sunset and transformed a
dull, lifeless scene into one of the most vibrant displays I've ever witnessed. A couple minutes later the river began to
reflect all the wonderful cloud color.</div>
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#4: It was a stormy evening out at
the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Because the salt was so wet, I didn't dare
drive my truck on the flats, so I used my mountain bike to get out a good
distance out. I really didn't have much hope for sunset due to the heavy clouds
on the horizon. However, a small break appeared and the sun poked through for
just a couple minutes. Good thing I was
ready! And yes, it was totally worth
getting self and bike completely covered in wet salt.</div>
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#5: I wanted to get a high up shot
of Fly Geyser, but there isn’t anywhere you can get this vantage point from the
ground. Thus, we decided to build a very tall 20-foot tripod. Unfortunately,
this tripod was difficult to use since we had no way to gauge the composition,
leveling, exposure, or polarization state from the ground. For example, we
found that we had to offset the polarization by a quarter turn in order for it
to be correct higher up in the air. It took a lot of raising and lowering the
tripod to get it right. However, I was pretty happy with some of the shots we
got. For this shot, I used a neutral density filter to get a 5-sec exposure. It
took a few attempts since the wind kept blowing in different directions!</div>
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#6: Most people go on polar bear
trips in Churchill, Manitoba, where they see polar bears from the top of large
rover vehicles. It’s not the same seeing them from 20-feet up in the air. In
Alaska, we take boats out to see the bears and we photograph them at eye-level.
This allows us to get eye-level shots such as this one of a sub-adult cub
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LIZ: My thanks to David Swindler for
taking the time to do this interview. If you didn’t already check out his web
site, I hope you’ll go to <a href="http://www.picturethejourney.com/">www.PictureTheJourney.com</a> and scroll through. There’s
contact information on the web site if you’ve always dreamed about going on a
photographic odyssey with someone who can coach you along to the best shot. </div>
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I've had several brilliant careers in my threescore years and ten plus. One of those careers was owner of a bakery. It was a wholesale bakery where the kids and I made pies for about 21 restaurants in two counties as well as carrot cake and cinnamon rolls for convenience stores.<br />
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One day, my delivery person wasn't able to take pies around, so I did both the baking and delivery. I stopped at the Dairy Queen for a coke to help keep me awake, since I'd been up baking since two a.m. Sitting in the drive-up window, I was fidgeting with my rings, and I suddenly became aware that they felt different. I looked down, and there, where the diamond usually sat in my engagement ring, was a diamond-size ball of pie dough. The stone had disappeared.<br />
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I was devastated. I finished the deliveries and went and cleaned the bakery better than I ever had when I was anticipating the food inspector. No diamond. I waited, hoping I'd be sued by someone who had bit into an apple pie and broken a tooth. That would have brought a host of other problems, but at least I'd have the diamond my husband gave me at the Vista Point above Glen Canyon Dam one Sunday in April, 1961.<br />
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It never showed up.<br />
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A year or so after I lost my diamond, my mother-in-law came to live with us, and I was her caregiver. I was able to do that and continue with the carrot cake and cinnamon rolls, but soon her Alzheimer's progressed to the point that I couldn't do both, and so I closed the bakery.<br />
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About that time, my daughter Terry and her then-husband Matt were building a house. She wanted to put a licensed commercial kitchen in the house, and she offered to trade the double convection oven and the Hobart mixer for a diamond her husband had purchased years before as an investment. We made the trade, and I again was able to wear my engagement ring. We called it the Hobart diamond.<br />
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Luckily, we were friends with goldsmiths Owen and Janet Walker. He replaced the diamond and made sure the prongs were way strong. I've had him check them as the years have passed, not wanting to lose this diamond, but he did such a good job in the beginning that the prongs have stayed strong.<br />
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If any of you have read my first Spider Latham Mystery, you've met Owen and Janet, as I wrote them in as silversmiths in <i>The Lodger. </i>They're marvelous artists, and I have several pairs of earrings created by them.<br />
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The lapis lazuli earrings on the left were my first pair of Walker Goldsmith earrings. Derrill gave them to me for Christmas probably twenty years ago. My mother brought the lapis from Afghanistan when she returned from there in 1970.<br />
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The amethyst earrings on the right are wonderful, because the setting has a hole in the back so that light shines through.<br />
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Several times, when I've been wearing one or the other of these two pairs, I've had strangers stop me and tell me how beautiful my earrings are. It's happened multiple times, and though I wear earrings every day of my life, it's only happened with these two pairs.<br />
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Janet and Owen Walker have earned well-deserved recognition for their artistry in gold and silver. <a href="http://walkergoldsmiths.com/" target="_blank">Click here to to go their web site and see some of the beautiful custom jewelry they've created. </a><br />
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But none of their work has been more appreciated than the work they did on the Hobart Diamond.Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-14119289370225106882016-04-26T09:21:00.000-07:002016-04-26T09:23:49.343-07:00The Buckskin Trail by JoAnn Arnold, a review<br />
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I'm proud to be on JoAnn Arnold's blog tour team for her new Young Adult book, <i>The Buckskin Trail.</i><br />
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The book is about Cherokee-Irish Kelzi Tsali, who saw her parents murdered when she was a girl.<br />
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The back cover blurb reads:<i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;">A miracle saved Kelzi's life when she was
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Kelzi survives the trauma of her childhood because of her support system. She's taken to the reservation to live with her grandmother. There, with her extended family and the lore that her grandmother teaches her, continuing the education begun by her Cherokee father, she stays grounded, focused, and prepared for the tasks that are ahead of her.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Shannon is my favorite character in the book. A Scotsman when he was alive in the 1700s, he is colorful (can you have a colorful ghost?), inventive, and wise. And good with a needle.</span></span><br />
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-54590519807006502922016-02-18T12:05:00.000-08:002016-02-18T12:05:55.799-08:00Liz and the Raising Kane Quilt Retreat<br />
Every February I accompany nineteen quilters to a beautiful house near Zion National Park for a quilt retreat. I'm not a quilter. I go to write. And cook.<br />
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The house is a beautiful three story house with seven bedrooms, lots of bathrooms, and a wonderful, well-stocked kitchen. It also has a large room downstairs with tables available so that each of the ladies can set up her sewing machine, cutting apparatus, and pressing equipment. If you're interested in this particular rental, perhaps for a family reunion or a retreat, <a href="https://www.vrbo.com/425700" target="_blank">click here to see it. </a><br />
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While there, I worked on chapter six of my new Spider Latham Novel, to be titled <i>Death on the Red Rocks. </i>I was able to rescue Spider after he had been knocked out and tossed into <a href="http://www.zionnational-park.com/peek-a-boo.htm" target="_blank">Peekaboo Canyon </a>during a rainstorm.<br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tgPPXYXOqYk/VsYX0xq84bI/AAAAAAAABc8/FslJIFvppGE/s1600/Liz%2527s%2Bquilte.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tgPPXYXOqYk/VsYX0xq84bI/AAAAAAAABc8/FslJIFvppGE/s200/Liz%2527s%2Bquilte.JPG" width="200" /></a>The ladies I accompanied were busy during that time, too. One of the things they did was to make a quilt top for me. Ilene Ott was in charge, and she had each lady bring some white and some printed fabric. She had each make a pinwheel block, and Alana Robinson put them together. What precision! All the points are perfect, and where they're joined, the block edges are precise. Pamela France made a binding that came with the top in a sweet little gift bag<br />
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There were three rows of double tables downstairs, and each quilter had not only her sewing machine, but cutting tools and a pressing board and iron set up.<br />
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This is the middle row of quilters. Muriel is showing her star center she finished. I can't remember who's behind the airplane quilt below.<br />
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Judy (left) and Alana (Right) are working on the same pattern. I can't remember the name, but again, the points are so precise!<br />
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Here's a 'You've Got Mail' quilt made by Pamela.<br />
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You can see why I'd enjoy spending three days with these ladies. What a creative bunch! There were lots more quilts a-building and people that I didn't have a chance to highlight here. Next year I'll do a better job of chronicling all the quilts. <br />
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I watched the film <i>Barbara</i> on New Year’s Day. I watched
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1980s. For those of us who lived through the cold war, our news consciousness
was shot through with tales of people who had risked everything to escape the
iron curtain countries. I remember one family who built a hot air balloon and
successfully flew over the Berlin wall. I had a math instructor in college who
had come through in a wagonful of cabbages. We forgave him his intense manner
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What I’m trying to say is that I brought something to this
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that Barbara, an East German doctor, is desperate to get out. Her punishment
for even filling out an official request to leave is exile to a provincial
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Nina Hoss as Barbara is all angles, competent, and brittle. Ronald
Zehrfeld as fellow doctor André Reiser is—cuddly isn’t the word I want. Safe? Maybe
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One of the beauties of <i>Barbara</i>, and there are many, is that
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The English subtitles are sometimes hard to make out when
they’re set against a light backdrop. I would say it might be a good idea to
read through the plot outline on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_(2012_film)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> before you begin. It won’t destroy
the movie for you, for the way Christian Petzold gets from Barbara’s arrival at
the hospital to the scene on the beach when she makes her sacrifice is
masterful. Knowing the plot will leave you free to concentrate on the wonderful
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in as many days. It was better the second time, because I was able to watch Ronald
Zehrfeld, as Johnny, miss all the important clues
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The film is set just after World War II. Nelly returns from
the camps wounded in the face and is brought to a hospital by her friend Lene
for reconstructive surgery. Nelly is anxious to find her husband, Johnny.
Before the war she was a cabaret singer and he was her accompanist. As she goes
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Lene warns Nelly that Johnny betrayed her, a Jewess, to the
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Nelly refuses to believe it. However, she doesn’t reveal her identity to Johnny
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desperate. Johnny is desperate, too. He’s not broken, but he’s psychologically
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Both of these are great movies, must see movies. They’re
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-55546493556398112722016-01-01T14:32:00.000-08:002016-01-01T14:40:59.735-08:00Be Kind to Your Tenor Section<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been a church choir director for several decades now. My success lies in the fact that I don't get overly anxious when people don't come to choir practice. Maybe someday I'll blog on the tried and true Liz Adair Method of Choir Directing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But right now I want to talk about the choir I had in Sedro Woolley, Washington. It was a great choir, and some of them even came to practice. I had several children and grandchildren in the congregation, and I leaned on all of them to attend, but there wasn't a tenor among 'em.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enter Keiffer (Keith) Marino. He was a nice looking young fellow. Gorgeous tenor voice. Came to practice. Boy, we were really cooking when Keiffer was there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly, he transferred out to better things (he was in the navy). That must have been five years ago. I've gone on to different climes and different choirs, but I heard his voice again yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My son-in-law sent me a Youtube video of Keiffer singing the national anthem at this year's Holiday Bowl. Take a listen. The caption was, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">The way our National Anthem should be sung."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yea Verily. </span></span><br />
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<br />Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-10521815299186502002015-11-30T19:04:00.000-08:002015-11-30T19:04:22.275-08:00Cold River is FREE as an ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, itunes <br />
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I'm offering my book COLD RIVER as a free ebook for a period of time. You can get it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble (Nook), itunes and Smashwords.<br />
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Here are the links:<br />
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cold-river-liz-adair/1106776132?ean=2940152475319" target="_blank">Click here for a Nook ebook</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/cold-river/id1060773790?mt=11" target="_blank">Click here for an itunes ebook.</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/593782" target="_blank">Click here for a copy on Smashwords. </a><br />
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Enjoy! <br />
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And tell a friend.Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-26211221232014458202015-10-11T21:12:00.000-07:002015-10-13T06:00:09.241-07:00Tons of ebooks seriously discounted for 5 days.<br />
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A couple of groups of authors have banded together to offer a huge list of ebooks marking down prices to a range from <b>FREE</b> to <b>$1.99</b>, with the majority of them marked FREE or $0.99.<br />
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I'll list my books first and then I'll give you a link to Bookmarked Bargains where one list is. After that is a list of 23 more seriously discounted books..<br />
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First the FREE one. This one is set in the San Juan Islands in Washington State.<br />
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the residents of a backwoods district in the Pacific Northwest. When Mandy
lands in the middle of an old feud and someone keeps trying to kill her,
instinct tells her to run. With the river rising, will she find a reason to
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web of lies and deceit that threatens to ruin the Red Pueblo Museum. And when a
handsome playboy is killed with the museum’s Anasazi axe, things really get
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H<a href="http://www.bookmarkedbargains.com/" target="_blank">ere's a link to the Bookmarked Bargain Page</a>. <b>These books will be on sale from Oct. 12th to the 16th.</b> Before you move over to that site, read through the list below to find 23 other books priced from FREE to $1.99.</div>
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It's time for another HUGE multi-author promotion! We've gathered a robust collection of books for you to choose from, all of which are rated PG13 and below. There's something here for everyone--we even have some non-fiction! Listed alphabetically by the author's first name. Enjoy!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Discern</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Andrea Pearson</b><br />
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Original Price: $3.99<br />
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Movie Rating: PG - PG13 for fantasy violence<br />
Genre: YA Paranormal/Urban Fantasy<br />
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Available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1YAEy30" target="_blank">Kindle</a>, <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/discern-katon-university-book/id913407508?mt=11" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/discern-katon-university-book-one" target="_blank">Kobo</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1120204066?" target="_blank">Nook</a><br />
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As an FYI: <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1RxTEBz" target="_blank">Praxis</a></i>, <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1P3in2d" target="_blank">Perceive</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1RxTHx4" target="_blank">Observe</a></i>, books two-four of this series, are available for $0.99 for the week of this promotion only (down from $4.99).<br />
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Nicole Williams is an Arete—a fourth child with magical abilities—yet no matter how hard she tries, she can’t Channel her power. In fact, she seems to be the only student at Katon University who fails at magic.<br />
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Nicole turns to her best friend, Lizzie, for help, along with fellow student Austin Young, who is considered by all a magical rarity. He also happens to be the hottest guy on campus and just might be interested in her.<br />
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<b>Adrienne Monson</b><br />
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Original Price: $8.99<br />
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Movie Rating: PG13 for violence, two swear words, and sexual innuendo<br />
Genre: Paranormal Romance<br />
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Leisha used to be a loving mother with a perfect family, but that was more than 2,000 years ago. Though she holds the memory of that time dear to her heart, she must now focus on trying to escape the eternal and bloody war between her kind—the Vampires—and the Immortals, an undying race sworn to destroy her people. Leisha soon finds herself captured by the government, only to be saved by a young and mysterious human girl. What follows is the beginning of a long and tortuous journey as Leisha and her newfound friend run for their lives while searching for the one thing that can bring an end to the conflict—the prophecy child.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Blood Crown</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Ali Cross</b><br />
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Original Price: $4.99<br />
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Movie Rating: PG13 for violence and sensuality<br />
Genre: Science Fiction<br />
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Androids have claimed power over what remains of the human race. They rule without remorse. They are the Mind and humans exist only to serve them. But it wasn't always so. Before the android uprising, select droids, called Servants, were pivotal in engineering a new human race with nanotechnology enhanced DNA. The Blood Crown theorem was to be humanity's crowning glory and the key to their survival in deep space. But Serantha, Daughter of the West, was the last female to receive Gifts from her Servant and when the Mind mutinied, she was hidden away, and presumed dead. Without Serantha there is no hope of the Blood Crown being realized so Nicolai, Son of the East, abandons his crown to join the rebel forces. He might not provide the future for his people he had once dreamed of, but he will not go down without a fight. When Nicolai discovers Sera among a small compliment of kitchen staff, everything changes--but Sera's Gifts were never completed and she is ill-equipped to face a legion of androids determined to wipe her, and every other human, out of existence. Their only hope is the Blood Crown--but even if Serantha and Nicolai can realize their potential it may be too late to save mankind.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>What If It's Love?</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Alix Nichols</b><br />
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Movie Rating: PG13 for sensuality<br />
Genre: Contemporary Romance<br />
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<i>What If It's Love?</i> is Book One in the Bistro La Bohème series. Book Two, <i>Falling for Emma</i>, is on sale on <a href="http://amzn.to/1P3i7jz" target="_blank">Kindle </a>for $0.99 (regularly priced $3.99) October 14-20.<br />
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When the hottest man in Paris - Rob Dumont - shows interest in geeky, introverted heiress Lena, she suspects something fishy.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>A New Beginning</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Amelia C. Adams</b><br />
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Genre: Western Romance<br />
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Handsome young heir Adam Brody sees nothing but possibilities in the sprawling old building he's just purchased. With a little hard work, he will transform it into a hotel to meet the needs of those traveling by railroad. Aunt Caroline believes he's lost his mind, but she agrees to help him give it a try.</div>
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Left a widow with a small daughter, Elizabeth Caldwell must find work. When she sees an advertisement in the newspaper inquiring about cheerful young women to work in a hotel, she decides to apply. However, the hotel owner specifically requested single ladies, so she must hide her former marital status, and her child, if she wishes to get the job.</div>
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With cloudy pasts to overcome, both Adam and Elizabeth want to believe in a bright future. Will they find the strength they need in each other, or will their differences keep them apart?</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Return to Moon Lake</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Amy Gamet</b><br />
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Movie Rating: PG13 for behind closed doors sex<br />
Genre: Contemporary Romance<br />
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Lisa Addario is struggling to make peace with her family and her own bad decisions, while ex-soldier Greg Mora is desperate to carve a new life for himself after war. Can two broken people heal the wounds from their past, or will their demons destroy their chance at happiness forever?</div>
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Books in the Love on the Lake series (each can be read as a stand-alone story):</div>
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Treasure on Moon Lake (Tori and Jed)</div>
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Fortune on Moon Lake (Melanie and Rafael)</div>
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Return to Moon Lake (Lisa and Greg)</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Superstitious Romance</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Anastasia Alexander</b><br />
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Movie Rating: PG<br />
Genre: Sweet Romance<br />
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Friday the 13th has always been unlucky for history professor Camille Britain, and this one doesn't seem any different. In an effort to escape her failed marriage, Camille is renting a cabin in beautiful Island Park, Idaho, where she meets wildlife photographer Jackson Armstrong, who scoffs at her superstitious ways and infuriates her with his offers of help.</div>
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Camille doesn't need another man—not even one as compelling and attractive as Jackson. Especially when he seems hung up on another woman. And yet Camille can’t deny the passion between them or the way Jackson makes her feel.</div>
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This Friday the 13th upsets both their worlds by forcing Camille and Jackson to see things about themselves, their families, and each other that might—with a little help—change them forever. Maybe this time superstition is on their side.</div>
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The Superstitious Romance is a "sweet romance" about a strong woman who feels weak, a man who doubts himself, and a powerful love that changes everything.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Exodus</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Andreas Christensen</b><br />
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Genre: Science Fiction<br />
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When mankind faces extinction, how can anyone survive?<br />
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In 2072, Earth faces the ultimate extinction event. In an America turned authoritarian, a race against time begins. To send a starship to a distant planet, where the remains of humanity can survive. Only a small number will be chosen for this final endeavor to save mankind from extinction, and among the contenders only the most resourceful will have a chance.<br />
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But while the government wants to choose loyal subjects in order to create another version of the society they have engineered, there are those who secretly conspire to let the starfarers choose their own destiny, free from the bonds of their mother world.<br />
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As mankind on Earth faces its final blow, the selected few set course for Aurora, more than 40 light years away!<br />
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Follow Tina Hammer, scramjet pilot and officer, Kenneth Taylor, Harvard professor and alienated by the nation he once held so dear, Maria Solis, daughter to one of the richest men in the world, a girl who would never have been chosen, except for her dad's money, on their various paths toward the greatest adventure in human history.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Captain of Her Heart, Vol I of the Buchanan Saga</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Anita Stansfield</b><br />
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Genre: Historical Romance<br />
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The year is 1777. As the brooding mists of war settle over a stark American battlefield, Captain Ritcherd Buchanan yearns for his native England—and for Kyrah Payne, the woman he loves. Wounded and disheartened, he eventually returns home, only to have Kyrah torn cruelly away from him and deported for a crime she didn’t commit. Desperate to bring her home, he joins a band of privateers and finds himself embracing the American patriot cause—a cause he’d once sworn to defeat.</div>
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All alone in a country at war, Kyrah becomes a victim of the breach between her own impoverished circumstances and the aristocratic upbringing of the man she loves. They had been best friends and confidants for more than half her life, but now she wonders if Ritcherd will ever be able to find her—or if he’ll even try. And she fears that the chasm between their worlds can never be bridged.</div>
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A powerful and deeply moving saga, its intricate plot expertly woven and guaranteed to keep any reader turning its pages. The only disappointment is that the book ends!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Moonlight</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Ann Hunter</b><br />
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Genre: YA Fantasy<br />
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War is coming. I am just one girl. I feel so small, but I will draw strength from Mother's final words: You are never alone."</div>
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One vow. One curse. One thousand moons.</div>
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While Princess Aowyn's six brothers are favored by their father, Aowyn is the jewel in her mother's crown. When the Queen dies, Aowyn takes a vow to protect her brothers and father from the hungry eyes of the queen's handmaiden, Ciatlllait - who is more than she seems.</div>
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In order to save her family, Aowyn risks a dangerous deal with the dark creature Sylas Mortas. But magic comes with a price: and Aowyn soon realizes the one she has paid is too steep.</div>
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Only true love can reverse the spell...but it will take one thousand moons. Can she keep to her word with war and romance on the horizon?</div>
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Set in a Celtic world, "Moonlight" is the story of faith and true love woven through a breathtaking coming of age retelling of the classic fairy tale "The Swan Princess"</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Dead Running</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Cami Checketts</b><br />
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Movie Rating: PG for mild violence<br />
Genre: Clean Romantic Suspense<br />
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Cassidy Christensen is running.</div>
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Running from the mercenaries who killed her parents.</div>
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Running from a scheming redhead intent on making her life miserable.</div>
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Running from painful memories that sabotage her dreams of happiness.</div>
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With two very tempting men competing for her attention, she hopes she’ll finally have someone to run to, but can she trust either of them?</div>
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A light-hearted and clean romantic suspense, by #1 Bestselling Christian author, Cami Checketts, Dead Running will have you lacing up your running shoes and racing for the sequel, Dying to Run.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>ConQuest</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Dhayaa Anbajagane</b><br />
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An ordinary man would fear the realm of the unknown.<br />
An extraordinary boy would conquer it.<br />
Enemies can come from a different country, different continent or even a different planet, but what if they came from a different Universe? When a freak space phenomenon threatens to tear open the ancient seals of the Universe, teenage rookie Q and his crew are told to head out and gather vital data on the situation.<br />
What they weren't told is they wouldn't be coming back.<br />
Thrilling, adventurous and action-packed, ConQuest promises to be a page turning read that'll always keep you guessing.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>New World Orders</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Edward G. Talbot</b><br />
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Genre: Political (Action) Thriller<br />
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Killing Kennedy was only the beginning. . .</div>
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In the nineteen-sixties, a group of wealthy men concludes that it's already too late to stop global warming from destroying the planet. But they have a plan to save themselves.</div>
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Twenty years later, Jack Crowley and Jim Patterson stumble onto the conspiracy, and every answer they find is accompanied by more questions - and more deaths.</div>
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Jack is a former idealist, turned cynical by his years working as a New York tabloid editor. But his enthusiasm returns as he looks into the work of a NASA scientist who tells Jack about cover-ups at the space agency. Jim is a detective with little patience for conspiracy nuts. But he hates loose ends, and is unable to let go of the inconsistencies in another suspicious NASA death. Soon, his investigation leads him to Jack, and they join forces.</div>
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As Jack and Jim dig deeper, they are targeted by the type of killers that don't usually miss. From Washington to Las Vegas to the Middle East, they manage to stay one step ahead of their pursuers in a race to expose the truth, and maybe, just maybe, save the world.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>With No Regrets</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Julie N. Ford</b><br />
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Movie Rating: PG13 for mature themes, mild innuendo, farmer swearing, and a couple of passionate kisses<br />
Genre: Women's Fiction/Romance<br />
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Living With No Regrets Is Harder Than It Seems</div>
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Finley isn’t exactly sure when her life began to feel unfamiliar. She suspects the transformation started long before she caught her husband and fellow garden club member doing the white-trash-two-step on her new Bernhardt sofa. Now free from the shackles of a loveless marriage, and with her children off to college, she’s finally able to go searching for the missing pieces of her heart.</div>
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Finley’s best friend, Cathyanne, is already working hard to ensure that Finley finds true love this time around. But when Finley is unwittingly tossed into the arms of two men—their sexy trainer and her neighbor, a popular country star—Cathyanne fears finding the right guy will be more complicated than she ever could have imagined.</div>
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For Finley, building a new life feels as impossible as flying a paper airplane to the moon. But maybe, just maybe, with the right help, she will find her whole heart—even if it’s in the very last place she thinks to look.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>To Swallow the Earth</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Karl Beckstrand and Ransom Wilcox</b><br />
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Genre: Western Suspense<br />
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108 years in the making! What if you came home after a journey and your family was no longer there? What if someone else was living in your house, running what you used to manage—and trying to kill you?</div>
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Wade Forester must stay in the shadows because, it seems, everyone has reason to shoot him. His father has disappeared, and his sister won’t speak a word to anyone. Beautiful Patricia Laughlin is searching for her family as well. Few people gain her trust or approval, though powerful landowner Bridger Calhoun just might be the man to do it.</div>
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Set in Nevada’s historic silver rush, and reminiscent of Crichton, Grey, and L’Amour, the writing comes from intimate knowledge of the era and area. Having lived off the land, Wilcox depended on his wit, grit, and strength—and that of his animals—for survival, just as these characters do. Wilcox and Beckstrand weave authentic detail and care for the terrain and its creatures into a mystery that will make your heart pound and fill your lungs with the “rarefied air” of the old Sierra Nevada Mountains.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Cold River</i></span></b><br />
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Mandy Steenburg thinks her doctorate in education has prepared her to run any school district - until she tangles with the moonshine-making, coon-dog-owning denizens of a tiny district in Pacific Northwest timber country. She's determined to make a difference, but the local populace still looks to the former superintendent for leadership. When Mandy lands in the middle of an old feud and someone keeps trying to kill her, instinct tells her to run. And though she has to literally swim through perilous waters, she finds a reason to stay and chance the odds.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Finding Success in Failure</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Lucas Carlson</b><br />
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So did I. And I used to read anything that promised it. </div>
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It was a constant disappointment. Time after time I would read these books feeling like I couldn't apply or reproduce their efforts. </div>
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But after 10 years of struggling, something finally clicked. I signed up over 100,000 users for what started out as just a side project, raised almost $10 million, and ended up having my company acquired. </div>
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The real question you should be asking is what I DIDN'T do to find success in failure.</div>
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In every field, from chess to gymnastics, we can make bigger gains by reducing mistakes than by making winning moves. This is especially true in business. We study the greats, trying to extract valuable lessons, when avoiding a few key blunders would be more valuable. </div>
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Fortunately, advice on what not to do is universally applicable. The ways to fall down the mountain are shared by all climbers, no matter which path they've chosen. </div>
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This book is here to teach you how NOT to fall down the mountain. </div>
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How can you be an entrepreneur that beats the odds? How do you build a successful business that not only changes the world for the better, but creates generational wealth for you and your family? You simply need to avoid mistakes -- and this book will show you how.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>You Belong with Me</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Melissa Storm</b><br />
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Would you let your dog choose your boyfriend?</div>
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Maybe Charlie Rockwell should have thought a little harder before adopting the large, out-of-control rescue dog she saw featured on the local news—but, then again, her life has always been best with no waiting, no attachments, nobody to hold her back.</div>
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Will Porter lives a life of order and routine, so, of course, he's miffed when a savage Rottweiler picks a fight with his golden retriever at the dog park. His anger quickly vanishes when he looks into the tearful eyes of the dog's owner—eyes that look strikingly similar to his ex's. Even though he'd like nothing more than to run in the other direction, he's unable to ignore the beautiful stranger's request for help in taming her new dog.</div>
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Can Will get past her resemblance to his ex and finally learn to love—and trust—again? And can Charlie find the fun in a simpler existence? Who knows, maybe opposites really do attract.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Paladin: Pawn</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Michael Young</b><br />
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When nerdy eighth-grader Rich Witz unwittingly becomes a paladin, a white knight in training, he is thrust into a world where flunking a test can change the course of history, and a mysterious bully is playing for keeps with his life.</div>
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Rich’s grandmother leaves him one thing before disappearing for good—a white chess pawn with his initials engraved on it. The pawn marks him as the next in an ancient line of white knights. He must prove himself in a life-or-death contest against his nemesis, a dark knight in training. With the ghost of an ancestor for his guide, he has seven days to complete four tasks of valor before his nemesis does, or join his guide in the realm of the dead. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Paradise Lot</i></span></b><br />
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The gods are gone. All of them.</div>
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Their last message to humanity was: "Thank you for believing in us, but it is not enough. We're leaving. Good luck." At first no one took them seriously. Until, that is, all the denizens of all the heavens and hells started showing up on people's doorsteps.</div>
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Creatures that were once thought of as myth are now refugees striving to adapt to life on earth. Trouble is, after eons of living forever, they're not very good at being mortal.</div>
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Caught in the middle is Jean-Luc, a struggling hotelier who (reluctantly) promised to help these wayward 'Others' live in this new GoneGod world. But taking care of his guests, keeping his hotel afloat and dealing with the constant drama of the Others' lives is figuratively killing him. And now that an unusually strange Other is in town, his figurative demise might soon become more literal.</div>
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Paradise Lot is a new urban fantasy series by R.E. Vance that chronicles the adventures of the humans and 'Others' alike, as they struggle to navigate this strange, new post apocalyptic godless world.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The January Cove Series: Books 1-5</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Rachel Hanna</b><br />
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Genre: Contemporary Romance<br />
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The first 5 books of the January Cove series!</div>
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Welcome to January Cove, a quaint beach town on the coast of Georgia where true love always wins and happy endings are the catch of the day.</div>
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In the first 5 books of the January Cove series, you'll meet the Parker family. There are 4 brothers (Kyle, Aaron, Jackson and Brad) and one sister (Addison). Books 1-5 follow each of the siblings through the trials of falling in love, and you'll also meet their mother, Adele, who raised her five children alone after becoming a widow at a young age.</div>
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These books will make you swoon and leave you wanting more. Don't start reading them before bed or you may not get a wink of sleep!</div>
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The January Cove series books are the perfect beach reads. If you love small town romance set in a beach town with rich characters and amazing love stories, this series will be a new favorite!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Numbers Game</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Rebecca Rode</b><br />
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Treena isn't sure she wants to be Rated anymore. Sure, she's prepared for Rating Day her entire life. Sure, she's one of the top contenders in Level Three school. But this number will brand her forever—a valuable citizen, or a pathetic waste of space. And then there's the the issue of being within 100 points of her top-rated boyfriend if they'll attend the academy together.</div>
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To get her life and boyfriend back, Treena must go undercover and expose a military spy. Doesn’t sound too hard, except that someone wants her dead. And then there’s Vance, the mysterious soldier with a haunted past and gorgeous brown eyes. Together, they discover a dark numbers conspiracy, one that shatters the nation’s future. Treena must join up with Vance if she is to survive the dangerous game of numbers—and the terrible war that rages within her heart.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Change</i></span></b><br />
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<b>Teyla Branton</b><br />
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Death, Life, or Love—Unbounded Always Play for Keeps</div>
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There are only two ways to kill Unbounded, and fire isn’t one of them—as law school dropout Erin Radkey learns the hard way. By fluke of a recessive gene, she has become Unbounded, a nearly immortal being with paranormal abilities.</div>
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Erin’s Change separates her from her loved ones and alters everything she believes to be true. A week earlier she was considering a marriage proposal; now she contemplates the best way to stay alive. Caught in a battle between two Unbounded groups, the Emporium and the Renegades, she is also hunted by a secret mortal society sworn to eradicate the Unbounded gene.</div>
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As Erin plunges into this dangerous new life, she must carve out her own place in the madness, protect her mortal family, and decide which group she should join. Her unique ability is vital to both groups in the race to secure an identification software that spells death for all Unbounded—or enslavement for the entire mortal world. Some will stop at nothing to use Erin as one more pawn in a battle that has spanned centuries. Erin’s undeniable attraction to Ritter Langton, whose family was massacred by opposing Unbounded two hundred and forty years ago, complicates her choices. There are no second chances. Death, life, or love—Unbounded always play for keeps.</div>
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Non-stop action, terrifying consequences, and powerful romance make The Change an exciting addition to the world of romantic urban fantasy.</div>
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<br />Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-84348462897606161292015-09-23T10:22:00.000-07:002015-09-23T10:22:01.573-07:00Water Bottles for Team Rwanda<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sabotage
Cycling Gear is selling water bottles with the Team Rwanda logo on it. For
every bottle that is purchased by you and me, a bottle is donated to the Rwandan
cycling team. They have trouble covering basic cycling necessities for the
team, and water bottles are scavenged and recycled. <a href="http://www.sabotagecycling.com/products" target="_blank">Click here </a>if you want
to help this courageous team with this basic item. Purchase of water bottles
also helps fund their trip </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">to <span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #141823;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #141823;">worlds</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-size: 8.5pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How did I, a senior citizen and one who never in her life
used pedal clips, come to be involved with the Rwandan cycling team? It’s a
great story, and I’ll tell it below, but you can’t read it until you’ve gone to <a href="http://www.sabotagecycling.com/products" target="_blank">Sabotage Cycling </a>and bought your bottles. Well, maybe you can read on. I’ll
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My son Clay is a passionate cyclist. Last year, as he
traveled for his job with the government, he took a Ritchey break-away bicycle
with him. After work and on weekends he’d explore the particular country he was
in at the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was riding the roads in Rwanda and met up with one of the
members of Rwanda’s team. They rode together for a couple of hours, and through
hand gestures and rudimentary English, they were able to talk cycling and get
acquainted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clay told us about the encounter on one of our Skype
sessions, and when Christmas came around, remembering the conversation, I got
him the movie Rising From Ashes for Christmas. Here’s the blurb from the web site: </span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hBDXmTGRJRo/VgLc5D0sHvI/AAAAAAAABaA/wLSzeWGfZ8M/s1600/Rising%2Bfrom%2Bashes_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hBDXmTGRJRo/VgLc5D0sHvI/AAAAAAAABaA/wLSzeWGfZ8M/s1600/Rising%2Bfrom%2Bashes_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Rising from Ashes” is a feature
length documentary about two worlds colliding when cycling legend Jock Boyer
moves to Rwanda, Africa to help a group of struggling genocide survivors pursue
their dream of a national team. As they set out against impossible odds both
Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the things
you learn from this wonderful, well-done </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> movie is that bicycles are an integral part of the Rwandan
transportation system. In such a poor country, they’re often cobbled together
out of materials at hand—usually wood. Just google "wooden bikes in Rwanda" and you'll see what I mean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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powerfully moved by the movie, and Clay was especially intrigued when he found
out that Tom Ritchey (mountain biking pioneer and manufacturer and the “Ritchey”
of Clay’s Ritchey bike) was the author of the cycling team resurgence in Rwanda. There’s a great writeup of Tom Ritchey’s connection to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Clay returned
to that country for work after Christmas, he got in touch with Team Rwanda and asked
if there was anything they needed him to bring over. He met up with some of
them and had some great rides. </span><br />
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Clay and some cycling buddies began designing and selling cycling gear. Their
company name is Sabotage, and they’re having a lot of fun and some success with
their shoestring enterprise. When Clay heard that Team Rwanda had no water
bottle sponsor, it was a logical step to have Sabotage do what they could to
supply bottles to Team Rwanda. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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If you need some water bottles, or if you’d like to plan ahead for Christmas
presents, or just want to foster some goodwill, I hope you’ll <a href="http://www.sabotagecycling.com/products" target="_blank">go to this link</a>
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-7322284661127420552015-09-13T15:05:00.000-07:002015-09-13T15:05:32.124-07:00Of Trombones and Tender Mercies<br />
If I knew fifty years ago what I know now, I would have urged my husband, Derrill, to keep his college trombone and find a group to play with. But the expediencies of food and shelter and a growing family create different priorities when you're young.<br />
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We always had music in our home, though. Derrill's college trombone was sold to buy a marimba, and that was sold to buy a string bass that we toted with us through several moves. We found a friend who played guitar, and for a couple of decades we spent many family evenings singing folk songs.<br />
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We got seven kids raised and launched, and about the time we had an empty nest, Derrill bought a beater trombone on Ebay. That led to another trombone, which led, finally, to the vintage Bach Stradivarius trombone. It's a model used by many professional musicians, a truly fine instrument.<br />
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I know Derrill would like to have been able to play jazz trombone. He has a great ear and a real appreciation for the art form. After he got the Bach trombone he took lessons and spent lots of time woodshedding out in his shop.<br />
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He played this horn in the Skagit Concert Band in Mt. Vernon, Washington and for a short time in the Symphony of the Canyons here in Kanab, Utah. But he was frustrated with his inability to pick up where he had left off over fifty years ago.<br />
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There was the timing problem, too. As we push on through the middle seventies, we realize we haven't time to learn things that are going to take years of dedication. Life becomes a matter of choices.<br />
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In light of that fact, Derrill figured he didn't have time left on this earth to learn to do the Bach horn justice, so he decided to sell it. He is not trombone-less, as he has another horn that is easier for him to play. Still, advertising the Bach Stradivarius was hard for him to do. <br />
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Mike Hettwer, a man in Oregon, bought the horn for his son, Matt, who was studying for his master's degree at California State University at Long Beach. Derrill boxed it up and sent it off, and months later got an email from Mike:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><i>I just wanted to let you know that Matt is putting your trombone to good use. Last week he competed in an international competition in Valencia, Spain, and won! The event was sponsored by the International Trombone Association. He won the Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone event. Thanks again for selling your trombone to us. He is so happy to have it!</i></span></span><br />
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Derrill replied:<br />
<i>What a pleasing message. Thank you. We send our congratulations to your son. It was a great horn to own, but far better that it be in the hands of such a talented musician.</i><br />
Mike's wife Kami wrote back, saying:<br />
<i>Matt's prize is an Edwards trombone, but he says he will continue to use the Bach exclusively.</i><br />
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Kami also <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/life/2015/08/03/west-salem-grad-doodle-tongues-international-victory/31078555/" target="_blank">sent a link to a newspaper article</a> about Matt's win.<br />
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So there you have it. Not only is the Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone competition a very big deal, but you can see from the newspaper article that Matt Hettwer is a dedicated jazz trombonist.<br />
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So what is the tender mercy? It's a little hard to explain, but here you have a man, a septuagenarian, who now has the time to practice that he didn't have as a young father trying to provide for his family. He's able to buy a nice horn, but in the meantime his body has betrayed him.Seeing the music is harder and remembering the quick passages is trickier, and his arm doesn't work like it used to.<br />
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So when he finally realizes that's one dream that's not going to be realized, he sells his nice trombone. He packs it up and sends it off and figures that's the end of it.<br />
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But it's not. He finds out that this horn that he spent hours and hours practicing on is now in the hands of a dedicated musician, one who loves jazz and is mastering the craft. One who's won a prestigious award. With Derrill's Bach trombone. <br />
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So, though Derrill hasn't yet gained facility as a jazz trombonist (I still hear him out in the shop playing along with Louis Armstrong CDs), his favorite horn is playing lots of jazz. There's a lot to smile about, there.Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-87060485678072717232015-08-23T15:42:00.000-07:002015-08-23T15:42:18.816-07:00Announcing my new book THE McCARRAN COLLECTION<br />
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I've had the launch party, so I guess I'd better post my new book on my blog. I'm calling it THE McCARRAN COLLECTION, and it's about an archivist who comes to Kanab to catalog a collection of papers. These papers are housed at the fictional McCarran House, which is based on the actual Heritage House in Kanab.<br />
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The Heritage House was built in 1894 for the Bowmans, who sold it about the time it was completed. The house was occupied by Chamberlains from 1897 until 1973, when it was purchased by the City of Kanab as a heritage center. (From 1937 on, it was Lillian McAllister Chamberlain who lived there with her husband June--short for Junior.)<br />
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I had begun this story in a different setting, but when we moved to Kanab, Utah, and I toured the Heritage House, I determined that this was my new McCarran House.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 120%;">Bridget Olasfson, a
beautiful archivist with a painful secret, comes to Utah's brilliant red rock
country to catalog the McCarran Collection. She finds herself caught up in a
dangerous intrigue involving a lost boy, a drug cartel, and possibly murder. </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 120%;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 120%;">What will she do when the only way to save
the boy is to give up the man she loves?</span><br />
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<br />Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-71708997550226082662015-06-16T14:56:00.000-07:002015-06-16T14:56:52.574-07:00Southern Utah's Toadstool Hike<br />
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the Toadstool Hike. One Thanksgiving day we took the whole family. There were
seven children, the youngest 3, and as we were hiking along they were shouting, “This
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Powel. After you go through the Cock’s
Comb and cross the Paria river, the parking lot will be on the left after you
pass milepost 20. (If you’re coming from Page, it will be on the right just
past milepost 19.) Here are the directions from the BLM web page, but I’m sure there
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east of Kanab, 12 miles west of Big Water, or 1.5 mile east of the Paria
Contact Station. There are no signs marking the trailhead. A short access road
on the north side of the highway leads to a hiker’s gate in the fence line. A
power pole near the fence is a good landmark. Visitors should park near the
hiker’s gate. This is a moderate 1.5 mile round trip hike. A trailhead register
is located a short distance from the fence. Follow the wash and a well defined
social trail to view the hoodoos. Exploration in the general area will reveal
other hoodoos and balanced rocks. Cryptobiotic soil crusts are prevalent in the
area and should be avoided when exploring off trail. Return to the trailhead
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I said, it’s a wonderful place to take kids. It’s also a
wonderful place to teach youngsters about caring for the environment. There are
lots of rocks they can climb on there, but I hope you’ll talk to them about how
fragile some of the toadstools are and make sure they don’t climb on them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Better details about the hike c</span><a href="http://www.roadtripryan.com/go/t/utah/escalante/toadstools#overview" style="font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">an be found here</a><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s
a link to a web site with more <a href="http://theworldinlight.com/thumbnails/the-toadstools-photos.html#.VYCSwPlViko" target="_blank">pictures of the toadstools</a></span></span><br />
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-6604046266290987032015-06-13T09:38:00.000-07:002015-06-13T09:38:17.266-07:00An interview with Pamela France, author of LIFE SOUP - A Memoir<br />
When I moved to Kanab three years ago, I was delighted to find a chapter of ANWA (American Night Writers Association) was forming. I had been a member of this vibrant LDS women's writers group for ten years and was glad to have a local chapter to attend.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K6BJreCpomY/VXxZVwGbXmI/AAAAAAAABVs/M2XHJ41Eqys/s1600/Life%2BSoup%2BFINAL%2BMEDIUM%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K6BJreCpomY/VXxZVwGbXmI/AAAAAAAABVs/M2XHJ41Eqys/s200/Life%2BSoup%2BFINAL%2BMEDIUM%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="133" /></a>One of my fellow chapter members was Pamela France, and it's been exciting to see her complete her book and have it published. In her book LIFE SOUP she confronts a difficult subject--sexual abuse and incest--in a sensitive and nonthreatening way. Make no mistake, you will feel her pain, but she writes in such a way that you aren't afraid to tackle the subject with her.<br />
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I already had someone come to me, knowing I was a writer and knew Pamela, and ask me to tell her how much reading the book helped her. If you know someone who is dealing with the aftereffects of this blight, tell them about Pamela's book. I'll put a<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Soup-Memoir-Testifying-Healing/dp/0986090107/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434204643&sr=8-1&keywords=life+soup" target="_blank"> purchase link</a> here and at the end, too. This is too valuable a book to miss out on.<br />
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I asked Pamela if I could post an interview on my blog to let people know about her book. She graciously consented, and she'd like to host a drawing for a free ebook copy. If you'd like to win a copy of Pamela's book, post a comment below. I'll have a drawing on Wednesday, June 17 for all those people who have commented and award the book.<br />
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Here's the interview:<br />
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years to understand oneself and when abuse is thrown into the mix, it can take
even longer. I have been writing all my life and I found it very beneficial to
get my thoughts and feelings out in this way. I wanted to share my testimony of
Jesus Christ. My hope is that it might touch the hearts of those caught in the
throes of traumatic abuse. Conveying this in a readable and inoffensive way
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PAMELA: I survived my father's abuse. Throughout my life I
have taken many opportunities to read, study and experience what I could that
would help me to deal with its effects. Along the way, I learned much and
wanted to help other in similar circumstances. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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must admit that reading and writing in my teen years became an escape. Reading
especially took me away to other places and helped keep my mind off my troubles.
I love most genres of literature and have immersed myself in everything I read.
My favorite categories are mystery and historical fiction. I believe writing is
a wonderful way to heal wounds of the heart.</span></div>
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my confidence was in the Lord. I hope that my writing my book helps repay some
of the debt for the blessings He provides in such abundance. Sharing my story
was not easy for me. Fortunately, I have a very loving family and friends who
care. These people encouraged me to continue. I believe I had more
determination and hope than confidence. Mia Angelo's quote says it well -
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LIZ: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Did
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I shared my manuscript with my beta-readers, I
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in my childhood and healing journey, said, "We are who we are." I am
so appreciative of her attitude and support. My topic is sensitive, but it is
my story to tell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the unexpected benefits. One friend shared a wish that she could have read it
many years ago. She felt it would have helped her better understand and love
her own mother, who was also a victim of incest. Many have told me that they shared
the book with a friends dealing with similar circumstances such as: the mother
of a child victimized, a woman dealing with effects of abuse perpetrated on her
during childhood and now trying to raise her own children. Other victims also
shared support and appreciation that I had a voice when they had none. Abuse
can make one feel so isolated. I needed to tell my story to let others know
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An arrangement made when Elizabeth was just a babe ties her to someone she has never met, never spoken to, never loved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now she desires freedom—a way to choose her own path—her own husband. The moment Elizabeth meets Patrick she knows he is her soul mate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But when you are bound to a crown how is any choice your own?</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After celebrating college graduation with her friends in Las Vegas, Amanda St. Claire wakes up with a terrible hangover and a ring on her finger. Her day gets worse when she finds out she's married to rich playboy Blake Worthington—the guy she has loathed the past four years. Amanda convinces Blake to legally terminate the marriage and they both return home like nothing ever happened. That is, until Blake shows up on her doorstep and Amanda has to come clean with her family. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Together for better or worse while the legalities are cleared, Amanda reluctantly plays along, but then the unthinkable happens---she finds herself falling in love with Blake. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Can they overcome the past? Or will it end their future before it even starts? </span><br /><br /><b>Those who enjoy What Happens in Vegas and The Prince and Me will find a kindred spirit in Ring on Her Finger.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">In The Darkest Hours of Addiction, A Light Shines </span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">When Jessica Mobley's husband abandons her and flies off to Mexico to meet another woman, it's the tip of the iceberg. She soon unravels his porn addiction and her financial ruin. </span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Jessica tries to keep up an appearance that all is well, but ultimately she resorts to drastic measures to support her three children. She guts part of her home to start a preschool and rents out another two rooms. </span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Her life is soon filled with new friends and activities, but the new friends bring problems of their own. Is hope and healing possible as they strengthen one another and rely on the Lord? And will romance find its way into Jessica's heart again? </span><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><br style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Intercession is a story of love and friendship loaded with drama, inspiration, loss and the tenacity of one woman who finds her strength in the Lord</span></span></div>
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My audiobook odyssey began a little over 5 years ago when I
met Tanya Mills at a writers retreat at Silver Lake Washington. She and I and four other
retreaters formed a critique group that’s been going strong for five years now.</div>
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As a function of our weekly meetings, we exchange 5 pages of
manuscript, critique them, and meet each Wednesday evening for 2 hours to
discuss them. (We're far-flung, so we meet by Skype.) We read two passages each time, and everyone has always loved to
have Tanya read. She makes your writing sound great, and she even does
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About two years into the critique group, Tanya and I both moved from Washington state to
Southern Utah. We’ve shared rides to three or four writers conferences, and on
the rides we’d talk about goals and even set a few. Several times she mentioned
she’d like to do audiobooks. She had purchased some of the hardware she needed
to set up a studio, but she needed a sound booth, and she was stuck there.</div>
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sewing machine that could sew through a Sherman tank, and I’ve got yards of
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Well, it was harder than I thought it would be. It took me
about three times longer than I thought it would. But I got it done and called
Tanya to say it was on its way.</div>
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Tanya, in the meantime, had fallen and bunged herself up
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But, she finally healed enough to do stairs, and she learned
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This book is a rewrite of my award winning book, Counting
the Cost. If you’re familiar with it, the new version has three new prequel
chapters to it, before Ruth Reynolds comes to New Mexico. Also, I moved the
middle section, the one that was set in the Prescott, AZ area, to Kanab UT. I
intend to write a sequel next summer. It will be set here in red rock country
and be called RETURN TO WILLOW CANYON. </div>
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audiobook. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nefrjza" target="_blank">You can listen to Chapter One by clicking here</a>. Click <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mlnjrbj" target="_blank">here for a purchase link at Amazon.</a> Or, you can get the audiobook free on Amazon if you get a trial
membership at Audible. (A membership at Audible is $15 a month after your first
free month. For that you get a free audiobook download each month plus 30% off
other books that month.) If you’re into audiobooks, that seems like a pretty
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-27410651890657746522015-05-31T15:59:00.000-07:002015-05-31T15:59:25.528-07:00An Interview with Janet Jensen, author of GABRIEL'S DAUGHTERS<br />
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first became aware of Janet Jensen when her book DON’T YOU MARRY THE MORMON
BOYS came out. Though I’ve not met her in person, we’ve corresponded via a
writers loop, and we have several mutual friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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learned that Ms. Jensen doesn’t shy away from hard—even controversial--topics which
makes her writing timely and easy to identify with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #2e150e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wrestling with issues
of polygamy, homosexuality, and modernity, Gabriel’s Daughters examines them
through the lives of the large, loving, and polygamous Martin family. The story
is told primarily through the eyes of Zina Martin, a young girl who—upon discovering
she is impregnated by her “sterile” teacher and will soon be married off to a
man three times her age—escapes the enclosed polygamous town of Gabriel’s
Landing, Utah. Zina then embarks on a journey of self-discovery, yet she can
never fully escape the longing she has for her family and even the
controversial and outdated lifestyle she once lived. Through both tears and
triumph, Gabriel’s Daughters reveals a moving story that not only acts as
insightful social commentary but also prompts readers to re-evaluate their
lives.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #2e150e; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
glad to be able to feature Janet Jensen as an author on my blog. I’ll include a purchase link at the end of
the interview. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>LIZ: What inspired <i>Gabriel’s Daughters</i>?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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JENSEN: Zina’s story was originally included in early drafts of my first novel,
<i>Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys</i>. I
began to write the stories of both Louisa and Zina in alternating chapters.
That led to logistical problems as the events occur in different time periods.
Zina’s story also began to take on greater significance and in fact threatened
to take over the whole book. To do it justice, I had to pull it out and promise
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<b>LIZ: Does Gabriel’s Landing have a
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JANET
JENSEN: No. I chose to create a governing body, the Council of Brothers. They
are a committee of very like-minded men who govern all matters secular and
religious in the community. I
deliberately avoided writing a character who was the prophet or all-powerful
leader, to avoid comparisons to current events. Gabriel’s Landing is a quiet
community. Though life is tightly controlled by the Council of Brothers, the
extreme abuses and violence uncovered in other groups, which often make
headlines, do not occur in Gabriel’s Landing. It’s a town that strives to keep
the traditions of their fathers. As we know, however, not everyone in Gabriel’s
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<b>LIZ: Given all the recent public scrutiny,
do you think polygamy will survive?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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JANET
JENSEN: Polygamy has always been with us throughout history, and is common in
many cultures. In America, some feel that prosecuting it will simply drive its
followers underground. Others, citing the significant cost to taxpayers in
terms of financial assistance given to women who declare themselves to be
single mothers, feel the welfare system is being abused. There are certainly no
clear answers. </div>
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<b>LIZ: How do you feel about polygamy?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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JANET
JENSEN: I’ll let the readers form their own opinions about that. I was very
surprised, however, when doing some research on the Internet—when my own photo
popped up as I searched for “pictures of polygamous women.” Yep, there I was,
with my three dogs, in my own backyard. That photo had appeared on my blog and
as I had written a book about polygamy, it somehow became associated with the
topic, or at least the search engines thought so. There’s a lesson in this: you
never know where you’re going to show up on the Internet. It’s a bit
disconcerting. </div>
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<b>LIZ: Why do quilts appear prominently in
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JANET
JENSEN: Quilts convey our heritage and culture from one generation to another.
They speak of economy and necessity as well as artistry. I think every quilt
has its own story, and I love the intricate varieties of patchwork quilts, both
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<b>LIZ: Why did you choose to have Zina
hitchhike to Chicago?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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JANET
JENSEN: Because that’s where Mo and Callie were going! I really had three
reasons. First, I wanted to put some some significant geographical distance
between Zina and the place where she was raised. It’s the only way she can
begin to learn who she is. Second, I have always loved Chicago; my husband and
I honeymooned there for three years when we attended graduate school. Third, I
wanted to give a little shout-out to a city that is full of diversity and
vitality and class. Chicago is a good fit for Zina, and she learns to love the
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<b>LIZ: Andy and Louisa could have
higher-paying jobs in larger cities. Why did you choose to have them stay in
Hawthorn Valley?</b> </div>
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JANET
JENSEN: Andy fell in love with Hawthorn Valley when he first arrived there,
just out of residency, and Hawthorn Valley fell in love with him. When Louisa
married him, it was with the understanding that they would share a joint
medical practice in Hawthorn Valley. It’s a place where they feel needed and
appreciated. They want to give their children a healthy upbringing, and neither
is too concerned about material wealth. That is consistent with their
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<b>LIZ: Why did you choose to write Simon as a
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JANET
JENSEN: Because he is. Seriously, I asked myself what kind of man Zina would
trust, given her devastating experience with her high school teacher, and
almost marrying a man twice her age. It’s not a surprise that she doesn’t
doesn’t trust easily, and Simon presents no sexual issues to negotiate. He
simply offers friendship and companionship to his roommate. It’s something he
wants, too. And he sees Zina’s potential. </div>
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<b>LIZ: Yes, there is a bit of the Pygmalion
myth in their relationship. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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JANET
JENSEN: Right. I loved having Zina “bloom and grow,” to borrow from another
musical. She gains some survival skills in Chicago, though Mo and Callie
provide her with the tender care of parents while she acquires the ability to
support herself. Her native talents and intelligence are appreciated wherever
she goes. Starting with Chef Damian’s tutelage at Harry’s in Chicago, Zina
continues to grow intellectually. Simon can, in some ways, give her the world.
He’s educated, well-traveled, and well-read. And, most important, he is
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<b>LIZ: You seem to like strong female
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JANET
JENSEN: I do. Girls and young women need to know they have unlimited potential,
even if it means they may have to fight for it. I didn’t want a
high-cheekboned, square-jawed, broad shouldered romantic knight with long,
flowing golden locks to gallop into town on a white horse and rescue Zina. She
doesn’t need rescuing. She’s become her own person. Readers deserve more, and
so does Zina. And she may find it in James. </div>
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elements in Gabriel’s Daughters are based on real-life people or events?</i> <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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JANET
JENSEN: Quilts, hope chests, bread-baking, book-burning, a visit to Russia, the
nesting dolls, and friendships between women and gay men. Oh, and a smart border
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My thanks to Janet Jensen for a
great interview. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gabriels-Daughters-Janet-Kay-Jensen/dp/1939967198/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433112648&sr=8-1&keywords=Gabriel%27s+daughters" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a purchase link for her book GABRIEL’S
DAUGHTERS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-83197009195628462402015-05-31T15:29:00.000-07:002015-06-02T11:12:50.194-07:00An Interview with Judith Kirscht, author of Hawkins Lane <br />
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I lived in the
Pacific Northwest for forty years, and it was in the last two decades of that
stint that I began to write. When I started, I didn’t know anything about
writing communities. I didn’t know that if you scratched the surface of any city,
town, village, hamlet, you’d find lots of people who scribble and who like to
hang out with other scribblers and learn the craft.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I finally found the
Skagit Valley writers league and joined it, and that’s where I met Judith Kirscht.
She was president of the league. I’ve since moved away from the Skagit Valley,
but I’m still interested in the writing lives of the people I became acquainted
with there, and when Judith announced her new book, I asked if I could do an
interview. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I think you’ll be
interested in her path to publication. I think, too, that her answers to the
questions posed are a window to her literary style and lyrical writing. I’ll
include a purchase link to her latest book at the end of the interview. <b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">JUDITH: I was born and raised in Chicago, and it wasn’t until
I finished college and was raising my family in Michigan before it occurred to
me that I wanted to write. Then writing had to compete with child-raising,
divorce, and earning a living, so it emerged in spurts while I taught college
writing first at the University of Michigan and then at the University of
California, Santa Barbara. It wasn’t until I retired in 2001 and moved to
Washington State that I could devote myself to writing fiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It took ten more years to get published. Now I’ve published
my fourth book in as many years so it looks as though I’m churning them out at
amazing speed, though they’ve actually been written over forty years.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LIZ: Your latest novel is Hawkins Lane. Can you tell us something about
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b2HaGRTaIvs/VWuKXmaoLHI/AAAAAAAABTE/Zy9LOKCRcOI/s1600/51yvvoGG7lL._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-v3-big%252CTopRight%252C0%252C-55_SX278_SY278_PIkin4%252CBottomRight%252C1%252C22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b2HaGRTaIvs/VWuKXmaoLHI/AAAAAAAABTE/Zy9LOKCRcOI/s200/51yvvoGG7lL._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-v3-big%252CTopRight%252C0%252C-55_SX278_SY278_PIkin4%252CBottomRight%252C1%252C22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">JUDITH: Hawkins Lane is set in the Cascades and is a story
of love gone wrong. It’s about the power of the past to disrupt our futures. Both
the hero, Ned Hawkins, who is the son of a murderer, and the heroine, Erica
Romano, daughter of a family with expectations she cannot face, find in each
other release from their pasts. They create a life they love in the
mountains—in a clearing beyond the tree-tunneled lane that gives the book’s
title—and give birth to a child, but then Ned’s father is released from prison,
returning Ned to his previous fatalism and sense of impending doom and disrupts
the harmony. Erica rebels against this return to the past, triggering a series
of disasters that threaten to bring their lives to ruin. For both their
survival depends on confrontation and victory over their pasts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">JUDITH: That’s a question I ask myself—often. HAWKNS LANE
grew from an image that I woke up with one morning of child looking down a tree
tunneled lane that had taken everything that had happened up into its boughs as
though it had never been. Well, clearly that’s the end of a story I hadn’t yet
told. HOME FIRES, my third novel, grew out of short story I wrote while living
next to wild meadowlands, cliffs and beach near Santa Barbara, and by hindsight
I can say it came out the fairytale aspects of that place. But that’s hindsight—in the
beginning I had only an image of a woman in a tower looking out to the sea. What
gets expressed in my stories remains a mystery to me except by hindsight. I can
only say some image triggers the unconscious—things left unresolved, unexplored
but released by the pen in a process we aren’t intended to understand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">JUDITH: That’s another mystery, in some ways. I grew up with
the understanding that a wife a mother was what I was going to be, and I never
questioned it until my daughters were half grown. But when I finally asked
myself whether there was something else I would like to do, the answer was
instantaneous. My husband said I’d told him I wanted to write, but I have no
memory of it. In any case, I took myself up to the University of Michigan—an
act more presumptuous than I can ever explain—and made an appointment to talk
with the professor in charge of the Hopwood Room—the room where the creative
writers hung out (they had no creative writing program in those days). When I
got home, I went into shock at what I’d done and realized the professor was
going to ask to see my writing. Duh. I had none. So I sat down with a yellow
pad and wrote about growing up near the University of Chicago football stadium
while they were experimenting with nuclear fission. I don’t think it was even
typed, but he read it and said “You’re a writer.” </span></div>
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day that says “You’re a Writer.” I studied under him for four years, wrote two
novels, and won the literary prize for which that room was named.</span></div>
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wrote lovely stories, but I don’t remember them. Emotional expression was not
encouraged, so I had no ready access to that side. By the time I reached that stage
of adulthood there was a whole submerged person ready to spring forth. I write
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">JUDITH: Do it. Understand that the rational brain that directs your
life will always resist opening up that other side. It’s exposure. I resist
going to my computer every morning and unless I made it as habitual as brushing
my teeth, I’d never get there. The rational mind is very used to having its
way. After 25 years of teaching writing, I assure you procrastination is the
greatest enemy of any kind of writing—academic, business, or creative; probably
90% of the papers turned in were written the night before. I have a gifted
writer friend who can’t sit down to the computer until the night before our
critique group meets. That’s a shame.</span></div>
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Novel Writing Month about three years ago. It’s been interrupted by revising
other work, but it’s close to ready now. It’s set on an island in the Puget
Sound. That first professor told me I write from place, and he’s turned out to
be right. For me, place produces characters and characters produce stories. The
Inheritors is set in Chicago, where I grew up, Nowhere Else to Go is set in a
Midwestern college town in the ‘60s—a fictional version of Ann Arbor where I
raised my family, Home Fires is set on that area of wild meadowland and cliffs
above the beach near Santa Barbara. Hawkins Lane is the first set in the
northwest—in the Cascade where I’ve never lived, but am now familiar with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROBBIN: Thanks, for interviewing
me, Liz—you have been such a big support for me over the years, giving me and
other budding authors positive feedback! The first thing I usually tell people
is I have six kids. Living in California that is as unique as saying I have
been to the moon. My husband and I met at Utah State University, where I
graduated in English Literature, and he got a Master’s studying Asparagus.
We’ve lived in California ever since. I play the viola in our local symphony,
as well as help mentor music students.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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things! Something that first amazed me about writing is how it connected me
with people. I live in a very rural area and one day I remember thinking, “Wow,
I could just be folding laundry and cleaning up baby puke, but instead I’m on
my computer discussing medical conditions in Peru with a senior missionary I
met through a blog.” That felt really cool. Much cooler than baby puke. It was
like having a secret identity. Recently, many people have asked me how it feels
to be published. And I tell them it feels really great because it does
feel good to accomplish goals. But the real joy in being an author for me is
the relationships I make—both real and imagined! It’s so exciting to find a new
imaginary friend and follow them on an adventure. Writing a book feels just as
wonderful as reading one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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because I have a husband who not only married me because of my crazy out-of-the
box thinking, but supports and encourages it. As I’m doing this interview he is
holding my 7 month old baby and supervising kids doing homework. He tells
anyone who will listen about my book and checks my sales and stats daily. I
really appreciate him! Since my book came out it’s been entertaining to see how
my kids react. My 7 year old watched my book trailer and now thinks I write
about killing people. My 13 year old who actually read my book seemed dazed the
next day and told her dad, “It’s really weird to see what’s going on in Mom’s
head.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Men will enjoy this
book. It’s actually an emotional/spiritual journey about a young man struggling
with PTSD after a mission. I think all returned missionaries suffer from this
on some level. I’ve had many mothers tell me this book has helped them
understand their missionary age kids better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s also appealing to a
younger audience than I originally thought. I was surprised my 13 year old
daughter enjoyed it. Recently I’ve seen more and more teens (boys and girls)
picking it up and it resonating with them. I think the timing of this book is
particularly fitting, with more missionaries out, and at younger ages than
before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ROBBIN: Attend writing
conferences, read books about writing whatever you’re interested in writing
about, and read! There is no better teacher than a good book!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Here's the back-cover blurb:</b> For eighteen months, Elder John Miller has served faithfully as a missionary in the jungles of Peru. Everything seems to be clicking, including his easy camaraderie with his companion, Elder Kaai, and his girl waiting for him back home. But then Kaai passes away unexpectedly, John is overwhelmed with grief, and his faith is shaken to the core. Why did God let this happen? John returns home to heal from the devastating loss. Determined to leave the past behind him, he struggles to move forward with life--to pretend Peru never happened. But Peru did happen, and the memories continue to haunt him, not to mention the confusion he feels over his relationship with his girlfriend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-40305621670470990282015-05-14T18:29:00.002-07:002015-05-14T18:29:43.379-07:00Writers United to Fight Cancer CookbookMargaret Turley and I both belong to American Night Writers Association (ANWA) a national LDS women's writers organization, and I've known about her involvement in Writers United to Fight Cancer (WUFC) for years. She's tireless in her efforts to spread awareness and raise money for cancer research.<br />
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As part of that effort, this last year, WUFC put out a cookbook. And yes, some of my recipes are in it.<br />
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I asked Margaret if I could feature her organization and the cookbook in a blog post. I'm tardy in getting it up, but if you want to get a great cookbook and support a worthy cause, you couldn't do better than this.<br />
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Now, here's my interview with Margaret Turley:<br />
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MARGARET: Writers Unite to Fight Cancer (WUFC) was started by a group
of eight friends who took writing classes together from Pamela R. Goodfellow
PhD over a period of two years. As we shared our manuscripts and life stories
we discovered that each of us had been involved with cancer either personally,
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When it came time to celebrate our writing
accomplishments we desired to increase awareness about cancer and assist in the
battle to fight this dreadful disease that affects one out of every two men and
one in three women sometime in their lives. We organized a silent auction
during our book launch in November of 2010 and donated the money to the <a href="http://www.aacr.org/">American Association for Cancer Research</a>.</div>
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cancer. We felt compelled to continue our efforts to raise funds for Cancer
Research. Our group has grown from the original eight members to over 140
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MARGARET: In an effort to include authors who do not live in Arizona,
we evolved from holding multiple fundraising events and book-signings to
holding an annual writing contest. Our last and largest fundraising event was
in February 2012 at the Arizona Biltmore where over 40 authors participated
along with guest speakers in addition to another silent auction. The money
raised at that event was donated to the University of Arizona Cancer Research
Program and the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine / Arizona State
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MARGARET: Gayle Martin of
Good Oak Press, a WUFC author and publisher of our first anthology: <a href="http://writersunitetofightcancer.org/about/books/courage-to-thrive-anthology/"><b>Courage to Thrive</b></a><b> </b>suggested we<b> </b>create a cookbook to raise funds for our organization. I had also
noted that many authors will include recipes associated with their novels. One
of our members wrote of her experience surviving Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. In her
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out a letter to our members and supporters and received an enthusiastic
response. Many of the recipes submitted are from cancer survivors or health
food experts. Other recipes are family favorites. Local flavors, and
international specialties are mixed within categories that include appetizers,
salads, soups, dressings and gravies, meats, main dishes & casseroles,
vegetables and side dishes, beverages, candies, cookies, cakes, pies &
pastries, deserts and snacks, breads, breakfast foods, remedies and more.
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art. Each submitter has their picture and a bio. Authors were allowed to share
a book cover and blurb for each recipe we printed. Over half the 190 recipes
are represented with photographs of the finished product. We are privileged
that you shared some of your award winning recipes with us.</div>
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LIZ: You are very kind. As I remember you were very patient with my deadline phobia. Where can someone get a copy of <a href="http://writersunitetofightcancer.org/cauldron-of-love/"><b>Cauldron of Love</b></a>? </div>
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cookbook: <b>Cauldron of Love </b>can be
purchased on our website for $24.95. 100% of the profits (proceeds above the
cost of printing) will be donated to cancer research. You can buy using cash or
check by calling Margaret Turley at 480-586-7902 or emailing
writersunitetofightcancer@gmail.com.</div>
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Recently I published a mystery novel called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Robbed-Soul-Legends-Treasure-Book-ebook/dp/B00SLPQAHS/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top">Robbed of Soul</a> that combines a modern-day mystery with a 150-year-old legend of Montezuma's gold in Utah. This is how the book came about.<br />
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In the spring of 2013 I received a strange email. It was from a television producer in England. They were filming a television series called "Myth Hunters" and wanted to do an episode about Montezuma's Gold in Kanab, Utah. They had found my name on Amazon. I had published various short stories about treasure hunting, including one about Montezuma's treasure. A month later we met in Kanab and they interviewed me for the show. (See a peek of the episode <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2fb--Nyxg">here</a>.)<br />
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A year later I was in Kanab again, this time spending the day with a film crew from "America Unearthed," a top-rated show that airs on the History Channel 2. Together we explored the mysterious 500-year-old cave Freddie Crystal excavated in search of Montezuma's gold. (See a promo video of <a href="http://vimeo.com/112819568">Montezuma's Gold</a>.)<br />
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-23050940460082042312015-01-28T11:11:00.000-08:002015-01-28T11:11:34.006-08:00An Interview with Tina Scott about her new book, MY SWEET DANISH ROSE<div class="MsoNormal">
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Tina (writing as Tina Peterson Scott) has a new book out, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Danish-Rose-Peterson-Scott-ebook/dp/B00R3MHREK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422471534&sr=1-1&keywords=my+sweet+danish+rose" target="_blank">My Sweet Danish Rose</a></i>, and I was eager to talk to her about this new arrival. </div>
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LIZ: How did you come to set this book in Denmark? </div>
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<span style="color: red;">TINA: Many of my ancestors are from
Denmark. Years ago when I was reading some of my family history, I came upon my
great-great grandmother’s story. She talked about some of the things that
happened on her voyage to America and I was intrigued. When I had the
opportunity to visit Denmark, I felt an undeniable connection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LIZ: You’re using a character you used in <i>Farewell, My Denmark</i>. Tell me how/why you came to do that?</div>
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Danish Rose is the sister to the main character in Farewell, My Denmark. I had
originally planned to make the stories into one book. However, since the
timelines were a little different, I thought it was best to separate their
stories. In this way I was better able to develop their characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and continues at a steady pace. Do you consciously plot that way, or are you a
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learns, other than how to trust her own heart, is that God loves us all no
matter the mistakes we make. She starts out as a timid and sheltered girl who
thinks she’s in love. Throughout the story, she develops the gumption she needs
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that helped me prepare. The poorhouse left quite an impression and I knew I had
to write it into the story even though it wasn’t in existence at the time of
the novel. Another helpful place was Den Fynske Landsby (The Funen Village).
It’s an open-air museum that has many historic homes and buildings from around
Denmark. Some of the Danes I met while in Denmark told me stories of the area
that I’ve tried to include, and I also did a lot of research online.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">TINA: I appreciate your compliment. Thank
you. My skill came from lots of trial and error, and from reading a lot of
books – some in the historical romance genre, others on writing. And I’ve
attended a lot of writer’s conferences. The ANWA conference in Arizona is an
exceptional value, both in price and content.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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story set in Denmark. The characters won’t be related to Berta, though it will
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story. I’ve wanted to write one for a long time—The Little Mermaid was written
by a Danish author, and mermaids are actually mentioned in my first book. It
wasn’t until we (my husband and I) visited Alaska this past August that I felt
the inspiration to begin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">TINA: I like to write about ordinary
people in extraordinary circumstances. Leaving your home and traversing the
Atlantic to start a new life, or being alone at a young age are both
extraordinary circumstances. I also believe that meeting a mermaid would
qualify as an extraordinary circumstance. Don’t you? It’s during these trying
and difficult times that we can discover our true character.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">My novels are like a good dessert.
They have layers—there’s a smattering of adventure, a dose of history, and a
measure of romance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-38949488603007382682014-11-30T18:08:00.000-08:002014-11-30T18:18:11.142-08:00A Spider Latham Christmas Story<br />
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<i>Amy’s Star</i>. It’s set here in Kanab, Utah, and I had such a good time writing
it. The story is available in softcover only as <i>A Kane County</i> Christmas where
it partners with a short story <i>The Hay Ride</i> by my brother, Ron. It’s available
on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=a%20kane%20county%20christmas&sprefix=A+Kane+County%2Caps%2C362" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and in several stores in Kanab.</div>
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Christmas Village</i>, available in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Village-Three-Novellas-ebook/dp/B00PT2OU28/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417399478&sr=1-1&keywords=a+christmas+village+anthology" target="_blank">softcover and Kindle on Amazon</a> and as an ebook on <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-christmas-village-liz-adair/1120795416?ean=2940150359406" target="_blank">Nook</a>. I
joined with two of the members of my critique group, Ann Acton and Terry
Deighton, to put together this Anthology. </div>
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I’m partnering with Kent Douglass for a launch party at 7
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HuYxxaUVubs/VHu9Wdm2fMI/AAAAAAAABOE/KRe9Ywv5NYM/s1600/What%2BThe%2BWind%2BBlew%2BIn%2BFINAL%2B1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HuYxxaUVubs/VHu9Wdm2fMI/AAAAAAAABOE/KRe9Ywv5NYM/s1600/What%2BThe%2BWind%2BBlew%2BIn%2BFINAL%2B1.JPG" height="200" width="140" /></a>Kent is launching a middle grade, Goosbump-ish, novel <i>What
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We’ll read from our books at 7:30, and then we’ll have
doorprize drawings. People who come are in luck, because Kent, besides being a
good writer, is a woodcarver, and he’s offering a couple of his carvings for
door prizes. I’ll give books and six of my world-famous apple pies. Kent’s wife
Inez is making pumpkin bread for refreshments, and we’ll have hot spiced punch,
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books. If you’re a Spider Latham fan, you’ll enjoy <i>Amy’s Star</i>. Heck, you’ll
enjoy it even if you’ve never heard of ol’ Spider.</div>
Liz Adairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08815648250166705199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094045454996557569.post-21041005262367960312014-08-31T20:34:00.000-07:002014-08-31T20:34:18.396-07:00Lu Ann Brobst Staheli and I talk about writing and her new book TEMPORARY BRIDESMAID<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_jhOQ9Yqdo8/VAPnYAwN8jI/AAAAAAAABNc/f0pTfcAxpCw/s1600/LA%2Bauthor%2Bphoto.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_jhOQ9Yqdo8/VAPnYAwN8jI/AAAAAAAABNc/f0pTfcAxpCw/s1600/LA%2Bauthor%2Bphoto.JPG" height="200" width="138" /></a>Veteran writer Lu Ann Brobst Staheli has just released a romance, <i>Temporary Bridesmaid. </i>Here's part of the review I posted on Amazon. "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It’s a book with an interesting main character—not the dewy, young, just-turned-twenty miss of so many romances, but a successful career woman of thirty-nine with a closet full of bridesmaid dresses . . .</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With some nice, unexpected plot twists, Ms. Staheli carries us through the expected romance format to a sweet conclusion that leaves us smiling." You can read the whole review by clicking <a href="http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B00MWA5PWE/ref=acr_search_see_all?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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the non-fiction and fiction genres before. When Hearts Conjoin: The True Story
of Utah’s Conjoined Twins (Richard Paul Evans, Inc.) and Psychic Madman (Source
Books) are both biographies and each won Utah’s Best of State for Non-Fiction.
My most recent non-fiction is also a biography of sorts. Men of Destiny: Abraham
Lincoln and the Prophet Joseph Smith (Walnut Springs Press) is a comparative
study of the similarities of the lives of these two men, one the leader of a
country, the other the leader of a church. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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non-fiction realm, I’ve published two books for Language Arts teachers. Books,
Books, and More Books: A Parent and Teacher’s Guide to Adolescent Literature
was my Christa McAulliffe project, and One Day at a Time: Teaching Secondary
Language Arts is a compilation of the newspaper columns on literacy which I
wrote for two local newspapers. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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my only genre. I’ve also published a series, Small-Town U.S.A., which includes
one middle grade novel (Leona & Me, Helen Marie) about my mother’s
childhood in 1922 southern Indiana during the first depression, and two young
adult novels (Just Like Elizabeth Taylor and A Note Worth Taking), each about a
young girl and her experiences coming of age. The first book in the Explorers
series (Tides Across the Sea) has also been published. Each of them won awards
from the League of Utah Writers and Elizabeth Taylor was the winner of the Utah
Arts Council Juvenile Novel of the Year. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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came about because people kept asking me to tell my own story. Although the
novel is fiction, those who know me well will recognize elements of my life. I
met my husband later in life and we married when I was 40 and he 35. We met at
Payson Jr. High School where I was a fulltime English teacher and he came as a
substitute—a temp. I had given up on ever finding a husband, and he on finding
a wife. In addition, I was taking care of my elderly mother who suffered from
dementia, the early stages of Alzheimer ’s disease. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b><i>LIZ: Temporary Bridesmaid</i>
is about a single, career-track woman who falls in love at thirty-nine. After
reading your acknowledgements, I have to ask, are there any autobiographical
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<i>LU ANN: Stephie just appeared
out of nowhere one day as I was writing—something authors understand. I had
known some young couples who were suffering from the same break-down in
communication that she and Phil were experiencing. I’ve also known some young
men who had become so wrapped up in their gaming that they had withdrawn from
those who loved them. Her part of the story practically wrote itself. I felt
the contrast to Jenny’s desire to marry and the happier couples around them
both was important to the full development of the story. Life doesn’t always
work out the way we—or our characters—expect it to. My plan is to eventually
give Stephie a new, and perhaps happier, love story in a sequel to this book. </i></div>
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<b>LIZ: What have new have you learned about writing from the
experience of <i>Temporary Bridesmaid</i>?
Or maybe I should ask, was this process any different from the nonfiction
writing you’ve done? </b></div>
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<i>LU ANN: With non-fiction, you
do a lot of research, often needing sources you can footnote, so the process
can be time intensive. But the same can be said for fiction. This novel started
out to be </i>my <i>story, so the first
draft was fairly easy—it was my NANOWRIMO book three years ago. But during the
revisions, I discovered that what I thought was romantic, because it was
actually how my love story had developed, didn’t read as all that romantic to
people who read and wrote nothing but romance. Luckily, I have great friends
and several romance writer mentors in my critique group. I think I’ve managed
to keep the elements of my own personal romance true, but added just enough to
satisfy other readers who enjoy a good romance. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>LIZ: What’s the next project we can expect from the pen of LuAnn
Brobst Staheli?</b></div>
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<i>LU ANN: I’m in final revisions
for a novella that will be in the Timeless Romance Anthology Silver Bells
edition. I haven’t settled on a title yet, but I will tell you it’s about Dick
Wilkins and Pricilla Fezziwig, and includes the more familiar character of
Ebenezer Scrooge. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>After that, it’s back
to non-fiction as I’m finishing a memoir titled Living in an Osmond World,
which is a collection of experiences I had from the time I met the Osmond
family through the years I worked for Alan Osmond Productions as an Associate
Producer of Stadium of Fire. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>LIZ: Is there anything else you’d like to add, anything you’d
like to say to readers or potential readers?</b></div>
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<i>LU ANN: My childhood dream was
to be a published author, and I’ve been thrilled to see this dream coming true.
I’ve always been an avid and eclectic reader, and I suppose you can use the
same labels to describe me as a writer. When you follow your passion, as I am
doing now, the money is nice, but the true reward is making someone smile. I
hope that somewhere in my crazy list of publications I have something that does
that very thing for each of you. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Thanks for letting me
be a part of your blog, Liz. And thanks for bringing a smile to my face! <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>LIZ: Thanks for letting us all get to know you better.</b></div>
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