tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15112546045148453202024-02-07T12:04:13.666-08:00Black Cat BlogBlack cats are good luck, not bad.black cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127989090380559376noreply@blogger.comBlogger408125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511254604514845320.post-75615068480883690872023-10-20T10:50:00.000-07:002023-10-20T10:50:22.857-07:00<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOK8CCveeMktZ5RUAft4yfcyEXPmFB6Ub3779ed1ohTktMVm6PcirtLPWu0zLGHD068YkVOdyz9g_UCKmzcM-iGcDKqPFTmZO-ckAs4aMyab6DvQEn0KgPNVMM4fZekSrJinvBq19cEuLLkFRAO53nImnoAL1PXprl44IrbsElvxTbwoUAuJqUPaLY6vR/s1080/394263808_822148763249471_7619178111929925273_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOK8CCveeMktZ5RUAft4yfcyEXPmFB6Ub3779ed1ohTktMVm6PcirtLPWu0zLGHD068YkVOdyz9g_UCKmzcM-iGcDKqPFTmZO-ckAs4aMyab6DvQEn0KgPNVMM4fZekSrJinvBq19cEuLLkFRAO53nImnoAL1PXprl44IrbsElvxTbwoUAuJqUPaLY6vR/s320/394263808_822148763249471_7619178111929925273_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Big News! Big News!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Despite the "radio silence" on my blog, I have been working hard the last couple years and have a few announcements:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1) I found a new publisher - <a href="https://www.immortalworks.press" target="_blank">Immortal Works Press</a> - and have been working with them to revise, republish, and finish my current series, starting with:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">2) The New Order Series is now complete! Book 1 Dead Girl Running and Book 2 Dead Girl Fighting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Both are available for pre-order on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Girl-Running-Ann-Noser-ebook/dp/B0CKPDDL35?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank">Amazon </a>and from my publisher <a href="https://www.immortalworks.press/bookstore" target="_blank">directly.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">3) Next in line is the How to Date Dead Guys series, and I'm hard at work revising book 2 and finishing the series. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you for your patience!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ann</span></p>black cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127989090380559376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511254604514845320.post-33070909055599568072019-02-14T18:30:00.001-08:002019-02-14T18:30:27.815-08:00THE SCOOP ON LITTER BOXES<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Since I started my so-called writing career discussing this exact topic, here's an updated version to help keep both you and your cat happy regarding the litter box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So much to share! Over the last few months, I ended my publishing arrangement with Curiosity Quills. This means I've been busy re-editing, adding new scenes, and working with the wonderful Alexandria Thompson developing new, beautiful covers for all my books!</span><br />
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<u><b><span style="border: none; color: #21201c;">By </span></b><b>Megan O'Russell</b><b><span style="border: none; color: #21201c;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></u></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #2c2a25; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Clinging to Jeremy, Nola struggles to find a way to exist in the domes, turning her back on all she learned in the city. But when one of the outsiders brings the dark secrets of the domes to light, the line between survival and murder blurs against the spectre of the dying world.</span><span style="color: #2c2a25; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with her cousin and boyfriend. Adventure and romance surely await. Instead, war
breaks out, and Avery ends up with an ancient sword everyone is dying to
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Scarya isn’t just a foreign land – the longer Avery is trapped there, the more
she learns about her past. Her ancestors lived in Scarya, and one of them
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adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This young adult novel is filled
with elements of history and romance, published through CHBB, and is now
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black cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127989090380559376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511254604514845320.post-84072554297532497002018-02-14T04:40:00.000-08:002018-02-14T05:09:25.514-08:00AN OCCASIONALLY GRIM FAIRY TALE<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Valentine's Day means different things to different people.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Honestly, sometimes in the past I hated the date (thought it was a way for couples to make singles feel inferior), but this time around I have something to really celebrate.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This year, my beloved fairy tale will<i> </i>become a reality!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Which means that this year, Valentine's Day will mean the following:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Princesses and dragons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Shape-shifting nuns and meek scientists</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Giants (both good and bad) and royalty (also both good and bad)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- Sword fighting and demon hunting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">- and so much more!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Prince Bane Baronne has baby fever. He is in search of a wife with the proper mystical bloodline to bear him the heir of prophecy. Anna Leon is chosen, but Bane only pretends to be Prince Charming. When Anna questions his intentions, she vanishes from the castle.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Maria attempts to salvage what she can of a "happily ever after" by working hard to be the best mother and wife. Until the day she learns that every woman who has married into the Baronne line disappears soon after they have produced an heir.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "garamond";"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And she is next in line.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Available for purchase on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079QM8QGR?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660">AMAZON</a> starting February 14th, 2018!</span><br />
<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Also available on Kindle Unlimited.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>About the author:</b></u></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; text-align: center;"><u>More about me: </u>Growing up an only child, I learned to entertain myself. During summer vacations, my greatest form of exercise consisted of turning the pages of a book. Now I'm all grown up, and full of stories half-written in my head. I have to write them down so I can find out what happens next.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;"><u>What I enjoy:</u> Writing, reading, being a small animal veterinarian, trail running, being a mom (although sometimes the hours do not promote good sleeping) and wife</span><span style="text-align: center;">, and yoga (not saying I'm good at it, just that I enjoy it)</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>Why I wrote this book:</u> Almost thirteen years ago I became a mother to my son. I had no idea how over-protective I would become over this little baby. That's why I started writing this book -- because new moms have so much free time, I thought I'd pick up a new hobby. Makes total sense, right? I've written several other books since then, but kept coming back to revise and rewrite this one -- my first writing love, so to speak. So happy it will finally be out in the world, and I sure hope the world enjoys it!</span><br />
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We fly for a few minutes, though I don’t so much fly as trail behind him like a helium balloon tied to a speeding car. We pass over civilization, and Dalton lurches downward without warning, towing me into a landing by this creepy-as-hell gothic stone building about the size of a lawn shed. I cling to him, mostly to cover my lack of clothing while gazing around in search of anyone who might see us.<u></u><u></u></div>
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Dalton pulls the thick stone door open with his left hand while grasping my side above the hip and ushering me into a blank chamber with two coffin-sized concrete slabs on either side. The floor is a little slimy and wet, but it’s nowhere near as cold as it looks.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Not entirely, but it’s the closest, best place for you to get out of the sun. There’s not much time left, and you really don’t want to get caught out when it pops up.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Aye. ’Tis the most thorough way for us to die for good. Now, some o’ that other stuff like garlic, crosses, or mirrors… Most of it’s rubbish. Stakes hurt, but all they do is make holes. No idea where that garlic codswallop came from. It does jack shite. Same wit’ crosses or any religious type stuff. The sun though, that’s the big one. At sunrise, you’re gonna collapse. No way to avoid it. Body will shut down.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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He nods. “Basically… unless you’re outside at the time. See, there’s only one thing that’ll wake us up when we ought ta be sleepin’―an imminent threat to our existence. Bein’ out in the sun counts.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Well, yes and no. It’s not so much the stake, since they’re merely annoying. One of the Old Guard started that rumor up a long time ago. Tricked the mortals into sharpening wood for weapons.” He cackles. “Idiots. But anyway, someone comes close to you with, let’s just say, ‘bad intentions,’ it’ll do the trick. Although, if my suspicious are correct, you’ll probably be able to wake yourself up after only a couple hours’ rest. Still, I’d not go out in the sun if you find yerself awake before it goes down.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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I sigh and gaze around at this little stone room. “Not even a mattress or something? No blankets? Hey.” I stare at him. “What about clothes?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Three reasons. One, not enough time right now. Two, you’re more likely to stay here out of sight and be a good little girl. And three, most importantly, you are essentially a newborn babe, and the vulnerability should serve to remind you that you’re dependent on me for everything. So, behave yourself.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #141414; font-family: "garamond";">Instead of raising Mike, Emma assists the others she stole back from the dead—a pre-med student who jumped off the bridge, a desperate victim determined to solve his own murder, and a frat boy Emma can’t stand…at first. More comfortable with the dead than the living, Emma delves deeper into the seductive Book of Shadows. Her powers grow, but witchcraft may not be enough to protect her against the vengeful river and the killers that feed it their victims.</span><span style="color: #1f1414; font-family: "garamond";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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- a mix of different types of apples seems to produce the loveliest applesauce<br />
- remember, it doesn't matter how pretty the apples are for making sauce, seconds are just fine<br />
- decide what size glass jars you wish to use -- larger ones seem more cumbersome to me because it takes so long for them to defrost -- my favorite size are the 2 cup (1 pint) glass jars (but this might depend on the size of your family and the height of your freezer shelves)<br />
- cutting up apples can get a bit boring or tedious, so I recommend turning on HGTV (or whatever you like) in the background (or an audio book) -- make the task enjoyable for yourself<br />
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- apples (mixture works best)<br />
- maybe pears<br />
- cinnamon<br />
- nutmeg (if you like it)<br />
- water<br />
- crock pot<br />
- glass jars<br />
- sharp knife and cutting board<br />
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My favorite version is the sugarless, but to account for taste I'll include both versions<br />
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1) put 1.5 cups of water into the crock pot<br />
2) sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg into the water to taste (a good rule is way more cinnamon than nutmeg, but again it's to taste)<br />
3) start with slicing up either two good sized pears or several more smaller pears (removing cores and skin) -- this makes the applesauce sweeter naturally, but not enough pears are present to ruin the nice, soft texture of the sauce<br />
4) add apple slices to fill the crock pot (sliced, cored, cut into chunks -- the smaller the chunks, the faster the applesauce gets made)<br />
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1) 1.5 cups water in the crock pot<br />
2) add 1/2 cup brown sugar<br />
3) sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg into the water (again, more cinnamon than nutmeg unless you're just crazy for nutmeg)<br />
4) slice and dice apples into chunks to fill up the crock pot<br />
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With my crock pot, this process works best when set on HIGH for 3-4 hours -- keep checking on it and stirring the contents (keep in mind that just as everyone's stove is different, crock pots could act the very same way). It's pretty disappointing to put in all the work (takes me about a half hour or so) to fill the crock pot with apple slices and then have the whole mess burn.<br />
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Turn off the power once the apples are mostly dissolved into the sauce. This lets the reserved heat slowly cook the rest without risk of overcooking. Stir more frequently at this point. Once the sauce consistency is pleasing to your eye, then cool however you wish-- setting outside if the night is cool or putting in the fridge. Once the sauce has cooled at least somewhat, you can spoon it into glass jars, leaving a little space below the lid.<br />
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I'm not honestly sure how long it is safe to keep in the freezer, but that's never an issue with my family. We eat everything up each winter, and nothing gets left over to ruin.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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<br />black cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127989090380559376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511254604514845320.post-55508182154755797672017-09-06T06:00:00.000-07:002017-09-06T06:00:30.954-07:00COVER REVEAL for PHOENIX DESCENDING by DOROTHY DREYER<span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm helping reveal the gorgeous cover for Dorothy Dreyer's upcoming NA
fantasy, <em>Phoenix Descending</em>! The cover was designed by <a href="http://www.derangeddoctordesign.com/">Deranged Doctor Design</a>. You can
learn more about the book, which releases on November 28 from <a href="http://snowywingspublishing.com/">Snowy Wings Publishing</a>, below. But
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Phoenix Descending</em> (Book One of The
Curse of the Phoenix Duology)<br />
<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.dorothydreyer.com/">Dorothy
Dreyer</a><br />
<strong>Release Date:</strong> November 28, 2017<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since the outbreak of the phoenix fever in Drothidia, Tori Kagari has already
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take on a false identity in order to infiltrate the queendom of Avarell and
fulfill her part of the bargain, all while under the watchful eye of the
unforgiving Queen’s Guard. But time is running out, and every lie, theft, and
abduction she is forced to carry out may not be enough to free her family from
death.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>FREEZER PLUM JAM<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<u>Necessary ingredients</u> to fill 4 of the 8 oz jam jars (with a
little left over for tasting purposes):<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->2 envelopes/packets of Knox Gelatine –
unflavored<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->4 cups cut up fruit (in this case, pitted and
quartered plums)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->½ cup white sugar<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->1.5 cups water - use half to dissolve gelatin and the rest to blend up with the fruit<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Directions</u> (adapted from the Knox website for strawberry
jam):<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->First get the fruit ready, which takes the longest
time. Pit plums and cut into quarters or more, depending on size and the
strength of your blender.<o:p></o:p></div>
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aren’t an issue for those squeamish about fruit skins in their jam. Set aside
while preparing gelatine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Empty gelatine packets into cold water in a
large enough saucepan for stirring. Let this stand at least a minute before
adding LOW heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stir until dissolution,
which should take just a few minutes (don’t overheat).<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Pour prepared fruit into the saucepan, stirring
as you bring it to a mild boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes,
continuing to stir.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Spoon liquid jam into prepared glass jars (watch
out, they get hot fast), leaving enough space between the jam and the lid.
Don’t forget to use a damp cloth to remove any spilled jam on the outside or
top edge of the jar.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Cool jam slightly before covering (careful
again, the glass containers will be hot) with the lids.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Good for 4 weeks in the refrigerator and 1 year in the
freezer, if it lasts that long.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Heading1Char"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Tale of Bryant Adams: <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Don't worry. I never wanted to
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an app I shouldn't have, burned down the set shop for my high school's theatre,
and it was all downhill from there. A drag queen seer who lives under a bridge
is my only hope for keeping my mom alive, and I think the cops might be after
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Megan O'Russell is a native of Upstate New York who
spends her time traveling the country as a professional actor. Megan's current
published works include YA series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Girl of
Glass</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Tale of Bryant Adams:
How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin’ Days</i> as well as the
Christmas romance Nuttycracker Sweet. 2018 projects include <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Chronicles of Maggie Trent: The Girl
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offense like that can’t go ignored. With his old gang at his back, Clark is
ready to take on an abandoned circus, dethroned royalty, a corrupt orphanage,
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hair, so she knew it was coming: the next visit. The nurse shoved Samantha’s
head beneath the water in the tin tub, the liquid already cold from the air,
and she stayed still; if she fought, they might bind her wrists. Last time they
did that, the linen ropes had cut her skin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Droplets
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chin striking the bottom. Blood filled her mouth where her teeth had nipped her
tongue. She fought to not gasp as the nurse pulled her up to drench her hair in
lavender oil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The gas lamps
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macabre dancers. She could drift back into the soapy water and inhale; death
would take her to join that dancing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samantha stared
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comb snapped more hairs from her scalp, and the oil’s scent burned her lungs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A bell rang from
somewhere deep within the asylum, muffled by brick and wood. Two nurses laughed
in the hallway. They all got to go home at the end of their shifts. They had
families and houses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lips.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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clattered onto the side table, where cosmetic products had been lined up on a
silver tray like medical instruments. Her gums where they’d ripped out her
molars ached at the thought. Whatever rich sod received her teeth better have
taken care of them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Ugly thing.” The
nurse jabbed pins into Samantha’s hair to keep her curls up. “Should shave your
head, we should. Get rid of those nits and all this fussing. Get you a wig
then. You’d like that, wouldn’t you, chit?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;">“Rise.” Nurse
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her nose</span><span style="font-family: Rockwell; line-height: 150%;">—</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;">slapped a ragged towel against
Samantha’s frame. “We’ll put you in the sitting room this time. He didn’t like
the parlor, said it was too cold. That man doesn’t like a thing.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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MacFarland gritted his teeth as he took the front concrete steps two at a time.
The stone plaque beside the door matched well with the asylum’s cold interior.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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only institute in the northeast for the mentally unhinged.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">He hummed under
his breath to keep away morbid thoughts, and the bronze attendant opened the
door for him with a nod that sent the machine’s gears grinding. They might
think him off, bringing music into the darkness, but the walls tended to close
in around him, as if he too might become strapped into one of the cribs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">He’d seen the
cribs once when his friend had insisted they come to visit his wife. The cribs,
Captain MacFarland understood, were reserved for those who fought confinement,
and his friend’s wife had screamed as though a banshee had possessed her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Come night,
dreams of Wade Asylum plagued him, and she’d haunted the majority for the past
year. He could still hear her shriek, “You only put me here so you could be
with that slut!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">His friend had
stroked his fingers across her arm, her wrists bound to the sides of the metal
crib. “Of course. I’ll always love you, but you didn’t like my mistress. You’ll
need to stay here until you can accept her. They’ll help you right your mind
here.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The woman had
spit at him, one of her eyes swollen shut. No one had told them who had punched
her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Captain
MacFarland hummed louder as he approached the mahogany front desk where a young
nurse in a low-cut white bodice wrote in a journal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Hello, Captain
MacFarland.” She closed the journal and clasped her hands atop the leather
cover. “Always so punctual, aren’t you?” The girl bent forward to expose more
of her pale bosom. The song faltered in his throat as he pictured hopping over
the counter to push her against the wall. He could push up her skirt, he
imagined her without bloomers, and take her there in the waiting room that
smelled of lamp oil. Those pink-painted lips of hers would part in a gasp, and
she might even bite his neck. He loved it when they bit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I pride myself
on punctuality.” He pulled the brass pocket watch from his brown jacket to
flash her the time, and she smiled enough to show her straight white teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I made sure to
assign you the sitting room in her ward, Captain. I recall how much you loathed
the parlor.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">How anyone could
call that drafty room a parlor escaped him. “Wonderful. I was wondering, Miss
Nurse, about how you would feel meeting over a meal this evening. We could talk
more about what it’s like here at Wade.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Captain, yes! I
get done here at six if that works.” She chewed on her fingernail before she
tipped back in her seat, her bosom bouncing. “I’ll get an orderly to show you
to the patient, sir.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">He leaned one
arm on the desk and winked. “I’d like that.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">His pleasure
diminished with each step as he followed the brass orderly, who moved on
wheeled feet, toward Ward 8. The machine unlocked door after door, and sealed
them behind, until he seemed he’d entered a box he could never escape. Bars
covered the few windows; bare bricks replaced wooden paneling on the walls. Gas
lamps flickered close to the ceilings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The air adopted
a damp, musty odor, mixed with medicine he didn’t recognize.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The orderly
unlocked a final door and entered what he assumed counted as a sitting room. Unlike
the parlor with a table and chairs, this space offered velveteen settees. Light
shone through two windows across the chipped tile floor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samantha sat on
the settee closest to the door. Iron cuffs fastened her ankles together,
visible beneath her black velvet skirt. The material matched the collar of her
purple brocade jacket.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I see you’re
wearing the clothes I sent.” He cleared his throat when it rasped, and he
glanced at the orderly, but of course it couldn’t make judgments on what it
overheard. By order of the government, the orderly who attended them had to
have its recorder removed so the conversation wouldn’t leave.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Someone had
painted her lips a too dark red. “You can take them with you when you leave. I
never get to see them again.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“What do you
wear normally?” Captain MacFarland had always imagined the girl posing in them
before a mirror whenever he departed. He chose the highest fashion for her to
make her feel… well, like she wasn’t a mental patient.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“A shift.” Samantha
shrugged. “We’re not allowed anything else, and it’s sewn on us, didn’t you
know. If we had loose sleeves, we could strangle ourselves.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her matter of
fact tone made him shudder. He dropped onto the settee across from her. The
last time he’d sat beside her, she’d lunged toward his eyes, and the orderly
had pinned her down while administering a sedative from those brass fingers. The
trip had been wasted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Do you
remember,” he murmured, “when you were a child and I brought you peppermint
sticks?” He should have done that for her again. Her green eyes had always
adopted a life then, rather than the bloodshot, bulging quality they possessed
otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Better than the
toys. They took those away after you left.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">He coughed. “How
are you, Samantha?” It seemed wrong to take what he wanted and leave. She
deserved a social call; he knew he was her only visitor, and his boss only
required one visit every two months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“They don’t
allow me to take lessons anymore now that I’m sixteen.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Captain MacFarland
winced. Her birthday had occurred earlier in the month. He should have given
her more than the clothes, no matter they would vanish. A nurse probably
commandeered them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“What do you do
with your days then?” When she was younger, before she realized what it meant
to be in Wade Asylum, she would have chatted with him about nonsense, like
shapes she spotted in the clouds. He could have told her about the upcoming
date with the nurse, and she could have told colors looked best on him. Brown,
he already knew, but hearing from her had always brightened him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, she asked
questions he couldn’t answer. She learned about life outside from the nurses. She
came to hate him as her jailer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Samantha tipped
her head as if judging his query. He’d brought her a hat this time, and it slid
cockeyed across her head. Sixteen… young lady now despite her frail frame. He
was thankful he’d delivered the white blouse with the high lace collar,
fastened with a cameo one of the nurses must have supplied; it fit with a more mature
age.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I’m drugged
up,” she said. “They didn’t give me anything, because of you I suppose. This is
Ward 8. I hear stuff, you know. Ward 9 is the toughest. Constant lockdown. Violent
criminals. I’m just in the criminal wing.” She scowled, her yellow teeth
crooked. “We can’t wander. Oh no, that would be too dangerous. We get ropes and
medicine.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;">Ropes and medicine.</span></i><span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"> Bile burned his
throat. It wouldn’t help if he voiced aloud his wish for a different life, one
where his boss didn’t make her stay under lock and key. One where he didn’t
have to venture into the sterile building to see her on a clockwork basis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I’m not crazy.”
She’d said that at every visit since she turned ten. “I know why I’m here. Someday
the doctor’s going to believe me.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Oh, sweetie.” The
doctor could believe her all he wanted. Money kept him quiet and her confined,
and so long as he kept getting his checks, he wouldn’t so much as whisper the
truth in his sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her pale face
hardened, and she stuck out her hands, the fingernails broken, blood caked
under them. “Come get what you want.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">He pulled off
his leather gloves and placed them in his jacket pockets. Something told him
he’d be doing this for the rest of his life, and was only thirty-four. “Tell me
what the country needs to know.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">She squeezed her
eyes shut and breathed through her mouth, the sound loud and harsh in the room
where the only noise came from the tick-tock of the orderly’s body. He gripped
her hands and interlaced their fingers, hoping it would lend her strength.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perspiration
dotted her skin despite the frigid winter air. Snowflakes stuck to the window
glass. A trickle of blood seeped from her left nostrils and her teeth
chattered. Her eyeballs rolled back in her head as her lids fluttered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Tell me what
the country needs to know,” he repeated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Clark Grisham
will overthrow the presidency.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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fertile cat typically produces 1-2 litters a year with an average of 4-6
kittens each litter. A fertile dog comes into heat approximately every 6
months, and can produce two litters a year with an average of 4-6 puppies per
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year in the USA, approximately 7.6 million companion animals (3.9 million dogs
and 3.4 million cats) wind up in shelters. Around 2.7 million shelter pets are
adopted each year, but sadly about the same number are euthanized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">The sad
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The only guaranteed way to not contribute to overpopulation is to spay and
neuter your pets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once you've worked in one or more animal shelters or pounds,<br />you'll realize the sad reality pictured in this photo is the truth.</td></tr>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">When
in heat (a 4-5 day cycle repeated every 3 weeks during breeding season), <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">female</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">cats</b> often yowl and spray indoors. This urine marking increases
with estrus and decreases post spay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">male cats</b> decreases marking
behavior (urinating in the home) by 78%. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">male cats</b> cuts inter-male aggression
and roaming in half, decreasing the chances of cat fights and hit by car
injuries. Fewer cat fights means less cat abscesses and reduced transmission of
the viral diseases Feline Leukemia and FIV.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or neutering dogs <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">before</i> the age of
social maturity decreases the chances of developing aggression threefold. The
old wives' tale assuring that a female dog is nicer if it has a litter of pups
before being spayed is unfounded, and if the maternal dog becomes overly
protective of her pups, the opposite is true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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male dogs decreases inter-male dog aggression by 60%, urine marking by 50%, and
roaming by 90%. Statistics reveal that as many as 85% of HBC (hit-by-car) dogs
are not neutered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Health benefits to spaying female
dogs and cats:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prevention of pyometra, a
life-threatening infection of the uterus (literally means "pus in the
uterus"). Pet insurance data from Sweden (where many do not spay their
pets) revealed that 23% of intact females developed pyometra. This dangerous
condition often requires emergency surgery to remove the infected uterus. Some
patients do not survive the surgery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In Norway (another country that doesn't promote spaying), 53% of malignant
cancers seen in female dogs are mammary in origin. A high percentage of breast
cancer in pets is malignant—50% in dogs and 90% in cats. Spaying before the
first heat provides the best protection—less than 0.5% chance of breast cancer.
When spayed after 1 heat, there is an 8% chance. When spayed after 2 heats, a
26% chance.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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and giving birth: false pregnancies, dystocia, mastitis, uterine rupture, and life-threatening
post partum hypocalcemia. Small breed dogs with narrow birth canals are
especially at risk of dystocia, particularly those with large head to body
ratios (such as Chihuahuas), risking emergency C-section or death.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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most common tumor in male dogs (second to skin). These tumors can metastasize
or secrete estrogen, which suppresses the bone marrow. Those with undescended
testicle(s) are at even greater risk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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less prostrate disease including prostatitis or benign hypertrophy where the
continued presence of testosterone enlarges the prostate to the point where it
becomes increasingly difficult and painful for the dog to urinate or defecate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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population. Although first thought to be a concern, studies have shown that
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cats, there isn't much debate. The American Association of Feline Practitioners
(AAFP) report that "studies suggest that early neutering is not associated
with serious health problems and does not seem to adversely affect skeletal,
physical, or behavioral development in the cat."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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primarily due to a 2013 UC-Davis study in golden retrievers (a breed well known
for increased risk of several cancers, hypothyroidism, epilepsy, and numerous orthopedic problems), there is some debate whether or not spaying and
neutering causes an increase in some diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and neutering does decrease the metabolic rate, which will lead to weight gain
(and other associated health problems) if the diet is not adjusted. Spayed
female dogs do have an increased risk of urine incontinence, generally easily
treated with either an estrogen supplement or another medication to improve the
urethral sphincter tone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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diseases that the UC-Davis study suggested are associated with spaying and
neutering are cruciate disease, hip dysplasia, osteosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma,
and hypothyroidism. However, these diseases are still common in the mainly
non-spayed or neutered pet populations in Europe, which makes one question the
full validity of the UC-Davis study.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dr.
Philip A. Bushby, a professor of humane ethics and animal welfare at the
Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, cautions people
not to ignore a key statement included in the UC-Davis study: “An important
point to make is that the results of this study, being breed-specific (to the
golden retriever, which already has an increased rate of many of the diseases
targeted in the study), with regard to the effects of early and late neutering
cannot be extrapolated to other breeds, or dogs in general.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dr.
Bushby also suggests that spaying and neutering is no longer a "one size
fits all" decision. The answers are only simple if the points of interest
are narrowed to one at a time. Regarding overpopulation, the answer is simple:
spay and neuter your pet to avoid more suffering in the homeless pet
population. Regarding many unwanted behaviors, such as urine spraying or
roaming, the answer is again simple: spay and neuter your pets. Regarding the
possibility that early spaying or neutering might affect growth plates and
therefore cause orthopedic problems later in life is a more complex question.
Larger breeds are much more at risk than smaller breeds for many of these issues. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Please
feel free to discuss these issues with our staff. Since this is a complex
issue, different people will choose to do different things, but the choice of
delaying or declining to spay or neuter your pet does increase your
responsibility to ensure you don't add to the already staggering overpopulation
problem. Not spaying or neutering also increases the chances of some diseases
(mammary and testicular cancers, for example), while potentially decreasing the
chances of other diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
time, the answers may become more clear, or else opinions on the subject will
continue to become more polarized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Resources
used for this article</span></u><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Websites
of the following organizations - ASPCA, SNAP, SPAYUSA, AAFP</span></div>
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- <a href="http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTermHealthEffectsOfSpayNeuterInDogs.pdf" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTermHealthEffectsOfSpayNeuterInDogs.pdf</a></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Johnston,
Shirley D., questions and answers on the effects of surgically neutering dogs
and cats, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Vol. 198,
1991, pp. 1206 – 1214<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://www.avma.org/news/javmanews/pages/131101a.aspx">https://www.avma.org/news/javmanews/pages/131101a.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt;">Southwest
Veterinary Symposium 2016 (<a href="http://www.vin.com/">www.vin.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">release date: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1606330400" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">September 13, 2017</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">From between the cracks of imagination, among the splinters of the unknown, and upon the winds of mystery, lurk the Fragments of Darkness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #181818;">With legends of killer mermaids to tales of Civil War era ghosts, ten passionate story-tellers come together to bring you yarns of fantasy, paranormal, and chills and thrills that will entertain, intrigue, and enchant young adult and new adult readers.</span></span></div>
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<strong>TITLE:</strong> <em>Déjà You</em><br />
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In <em>Déjà You</em>, five authors share stories of second chances, as varied in telling as the writers themselves.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kellycainauthor.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Cain</a>’s <em>We’ll Always Have Oahu</em> takes us on a whirlwind New Adult romance set in the 80s between a young woman on a high school graduation trip and a handsome Navy sailor.<br />
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<a href="http://www.biancamschwarz.com/" target="_blank">Bianca M. Schwarz</a> transports us to 1760 in <em>The Pearl</em> with the story of Marcus Landover, who attends a card party and ends up with more than he bargained for in the beautiful Sophia Chelmsford.<br />
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<a href="https://amandalinsmeier.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Linsmeier</a>’s <em>Joy and Sorrow</em> reunites lovers separated by death in a Women’s Fiction tinged with the unusual.<br />
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<em>The Eyes of the Heart</em> by <a href="http://www.authorjamiemclachlan.com/" target="_blank">Jamie McLachlan</a> gives us Rosalina, who is forced to confront her attraction and the truth about her blindness when a new gardener is hired at the Greystone house.<br />
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Finally, <a href="http://www.charmstrongbooks.com/" target="_blank">C.H. Armstrong</a> brings us <em>Mr. Midnight</em>, where tragedy reunites two star-crossed lovers, but misunderstandings soon rip them apart. Now, six years later, the stars are realigning with the help of the smooth voice of a late night radio DJ.<br />
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Some of the stories are sweet, some sad, some steamy, but all carry the same theme. <em>Déjà You</em> is a collection of stories for those who believe in love, but most of all, second chances.<br />
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About two years ago, a group of five novice writers signed with the same small publisher, each inexperienced in the publishing world yet committed to understanding the process and finding success. Through their mutual dive into unchartered territory, Amanda Linsmeier, Bianca M. Schwarz, C.H. Armstrong, Kelly Cain, and Jamie McLachlan reached out to one another and became instant friends, sharing laughs, tears, and the struggles of life and writing. We soon dubbed ourselves "Book Besties."<br />
During the fall of 2016, we decided to write a book of short stories together. As friends, we wanted to combine our talents to create a collection that would inspire hope and happiness. After much deliberation, we chose the theme "Second Chances" and decided to title this anthology, "Déjà You." Though each story contains the same theme, they all are as unique as the author who wrote it. Including New Adult, Women’s Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, and Contemporary Romance, each short offers a different take on the theme and involves varying heat levels, from sweet to steamy.<br />
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Kelly Cain</strong> has published a multicultural adult and new adult romance, but she writes across genres and age groups, currently penning book one of a young adult urban fantasy series. Most of her stories are set in Texas with frequent travels to her home state of California, and all of her stories have an excess of food weaved throughout.<br />
If she’s not writing, she’s probably reading. Or maybe cooking. Check out her <a href="http://kellycainauthor.com/">website</a> for recipes for dishes featured in her books, and some other fun stuff. She has two adult daughters and lives in a suburb of Houston, Texas.<br />
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Kelly is the author of <em><a href="http://tinyurl.com/gmhxrgh" target="_blank">Altered</a></em>, a new adult multicultural romance and <em>Connections,</em> a steamy short story exclusively available on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/hj79b4c" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. Visit her on her Facebook, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kellycainauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, Pinterest, Instagram or Tumbler.<br />
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<strong>Bianca M Schwarz</strong> was born in Germany, spent her formative years in London, and has a US passport, but she considers herself a world citizen. She lives in Los Angeles because that's where they make movies and she used to work on them. She writes novels because that's kind of like making a movie in people's heads and because she just loves books. Bianca has one son, because that's all she can handle and she tolerates her husband because, well, she loves him and there is no help for that. Visit her on her <a href="http://www.biancamschwarz.com/">website</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/schwarzbianca1">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/biancam.schwarz">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/schwarzbianca2/">Pinterest</a>.<br />
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<strong>Jamie McLachlan</strong> is the Canadian author of <em>Mind of the Phoenix</em>, an Amazon Bestseller in Dark Fantasy and the first novel in the <em>Memory Collector Series</em>. The third, <em>Rise of the Phoenix</em>, is set for release in summer of 2017. When not writing, Jamie reads, dabbles in various crafts, and spends time with her family. Find her on <a href="https://twitter.com/JamieMcLachlan8">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJamieMcLachlan/">Facebook</a>, and her <a href="http://www.authorjamiemclachlan.com/">website</a>.<br />
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<strong>C.H. Armstrong</strong> is an Oklahoma-native transplanted in the Midwest. A life-long lover of books, she made her author debut with the 2016 release of her historical fiction novel, <em>The Edge of Nowhere</em>, which was inspired by her own family’s struggles during the one-two punch that was The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl. Armstrong is currently working on two young adult novels and is a regular contributor to the Minnesota-based women’s magazine, <em>Rochester Women</em>. Visit her on <a href="https://twitter.com/C_H_Armstrong">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/charmstrongbooks">Facebook</a>, and her <a href="http://www.charmstrongbooks.com/">website</a>.<br />
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For more information on <em>Déjà You</em> or the Book Besties, visit their <a href="https://bookbestiesblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">website</a>, or find them on <a href="https://twitter.com/bookbesties9" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BookBesties9/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</h4>
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In her hometown of Talbot, New York, in the year 1880, she doesn’t have to
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family unit with her mother and the new man in her mother’s life, or she can go
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and join them in their new home. Instead, his world unravels, and he spirals
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sunlight reflects off the pavement and
bakes my bare legs. Shadows play across Daddy while he cries on the stoop,
slumped forward, his shoulders shaking. How many times will he play this game?
If he got it together, Mom and I wouldn’t be packing the car to move to a
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I shade my eyes and look away from him.
Think about the steps. Don’t think about him. It’s a lovely stoop, with only a
few chips, and it has a wrought iron railing that curls at the end. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why does life keep throwing crap at
me?” Daddy’s yell makes a crow fly from the old oak tree in our front yard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Leaves rustle in its wake as the bird
shoots over the house like a black ball, and it caws, a hoarse screech like
Daddy’s voice when he’s upset. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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inside the garage and sets it in the trunk of her Subaru. The huge box catches
on an edge and she grunts as she shoves it. Her biceps flex— surprising how
strong she is, since she never works out. I swear Mom can lift anything. She
wipes her palms on her shorts, smearing dust across the black denim. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Why does this always happen?” Daddy
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I wince. I could cover my ears against
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">His hand bleeds. It will add a new scar
to the skinny white lines that crisscross his knuckles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When I was younger, I pretended they
were lines from elf hoes, and miniature vegetables would grow among the whorls
of dark curls. Now, seeing the scars makes my stomach clench.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mom won’t bandage him up. She stopped
years ago. This time, I won’t either, even though my fingers itch to fetch the
Band-Aids and Neosporin. I didn’t make Daddy punch anything. He needs to patch
himself. It isn’t our fault he won’t take his medication. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I pick at my glittered purple polish,
catching a hangnail. The red stain mixes with the polish as if I intended for a
gruesome pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I need a gun,” he rants. “I’m gonna put
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mom clears her throat. “Come on,
Charity. We’re leaving.” She presses her lips into a thin line and slams the
trunk door, making her Impreza vibrate. She walks along the path of flat rocks,
trampling some of the grass that has grown too tall, and pauses next to him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Daddy grunts, dropping back down onto
the stone, and he tips his head up, his fingers dragging across his cheeks.
Blood trickles down the back of his hand into the sleeve of his button-up
shirt. His blue eyes are wide and bloodshot, tear-filled. Sometimes when he
cries, Mom kisses the tears away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Even though I’m thirteen, I should be
the one crying. Heck, I’m still a child. His therapist said so. Daddy should
hold me and promise everything will be fine. He’ll take his meds and we’ll all
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m too delusional for all that, but the
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I shouldn’t have to avoid Daddy when
he’s in a mood. I shouldn’t have to worry about my words making him emotional,
or my attitude setting him off, or whether I’m going to find him dead when I
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You can’t go!” He yanks his arms free
and stands on the stoop, but he teeters. His bare feet poke from the ragged hem
of his jeans. The lack of shoes makes him look like a teenager. When has Daddy
ever been an adult for me? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Has he ever been an adult for himself?
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You know where we are. When you’re
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away. His blood smears her palm, but she doesn’t look down when she wipes it on
her thigh. It leaves a crimson streak, as if she’s the one bleeding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Charity!” Daddy stumbles toward me.
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He doesn’t need me. He needs to help himself. I play with my hemp bracelet to
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Isadora,” he yells. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It won’t be my fault, or Mom’s. We don’t
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">His brown hair is in that buzz cut Mom
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the house the way he cuts his hair, the place wouldn't look so run
down. After we leave, he’ll break things, but we took the things we cherished—
everything except for Daddy, and seeing the tears in Mom’s eyes, I know we
cherish him most of all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She slips the key into the ignition and turns it without taking her gaze from
the road. I stare forward too, because it only hurts to think about the past.
Tall grasses wave in the breeze next to the garage as if saying goodbye. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ll really miss this place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“He needs to get help,” Mom whispers.
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forget how hot the day is until sweat gathers behind my knees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We need to grow up, too, but I don’t
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How dare they leave that poor man? Mrs.
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infant. No doubt she’ll go with that train of thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the fluffy clouds dancing over the blue sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Isadora! Charity!” Daddy’s wails fade
and I bite my lower lip. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mom told him to come home once he becomes
well. Our new house. Her dream house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Snow Queen Thyra Winther is immortal, but if she can't reassemble a shattered enchanted mirror by her eighteenth birthday she's doomed to spend eternity as a wraith.<br />
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<strong>Author:</strong> Vicki L. Weavil<br />
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She’s the ugly duckling in a family of swans. But Varna Lund is determined to live a life that matters.<br />
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Ridiculed by the young men of her village, Varna vows she’ll become the finest healer in the land. The skills she’s learned from her ancient mentor prove vital when she encounters Erik Stahl, a young soldier who deserted the battlefield to carry an injured friend to safety. Aided by her sister Gerda, she cares for the soldiers in secret.<br />
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When betrayal catapults the four young people into life on the run, Varna encounters her former mentor—now revealed as the sorcerer, Sten Rask. Seeking an enchanted mirror that offers unlimited power, Rask appears determined to seduce Varna to his side.<br />
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To protect their country, Varna and her companions form an alliance with a former Snow Queen, a scholar, and an enchantress. But when Rask tempts her with beauty and power, Varna’s heart becomes a battlefield. Caught between loyalty to her companions and a man whose kisses ignite a fire on her lips, Varna must choose—embrace her own desires, or fight for a society that’s always spurned her.<br />
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Vicki L. Weavil turned her early obsession with reading into a career as a librarian. After obtaining a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Virginia, she continued her education by receiving a Masters in Library Science and a M.A. in Liberal Studies. She is currently the Library Director for a performing and visual arts university.<br />
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An avid reader who appreciates good writing in all genres, Vicki has been known to read seven books in as many days. When not writing or reading, she likes to spend her time watching films, listening to music, gardening, or traveling. Vicki, who writes in other genres under the pennames V. E. Lemp and Victoria Gilbert, is represented by Frances Black of Literary Counsel, NY, NY. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and some very spoiled cats.<br />
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After returning home from her father’s funeral to find her boyfriend in bed with another woman, Mackenzie Clair is looking for a fresh start. She thinks she’ll find it in her favorite childhood vacation spot, but returning to Donn’s Hill awakens more than nostalgia. Mac regains a lost psychic ability to talk to the dead, and the poltergeist haunting her apartment is desperate to make her use that gift to find his killer.<br /><br />Aided by her new roommate—a spirited Tortoiseshell cat named Striker—and the ghost-hunting crew of the nationally televised show <i>Soul Searchers</i>, Mac struggles to learn how to use her powers. But she’d better get a handle on them fast, because someone in town is hiding a deadly secret. If Mac can’t somehow divine the truth, Donn’s Hill will never be the same.</div>
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Caryn Larrinaga is a Basque-American mystery, horror, and fantasy writer living in Utah with her husband and cats. Despite obtaining a degree in Anthropology (which is much cooler than you might think), she explored several career paths before deciding that she had to follow her passion. Suddenly, writing fiction was the only thing that made sense. </div>
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<br />Watching scary movies through split fingers terrified Caryn as a child and inspires her to write now. She lives in a 90-year-old house with a colorful history, and the creaking walls and narrow hallways send her running (never walking) up the stairs from her basement whenever she has no other choice but to go down there. Exploring her fears through writing makes Caryn feel a little bit less foolish for wanting a buddy to accompany her into the tool shed.<br /><br />When her fingers aren't glued to her laptop keyboard, Caryn also enjoys binge-watching superhero television shows, reading, playing video games, and filling up her phone's flash memory with pictures of her cats. She loves music, and plays the bass guitar.<br /><br />Caryn is an active member of the League of Utah Writers and the Utah Chapter of the Horror Writers Association. </div>
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My website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.carynlarrinaga.com&source=gmail&ust=1486430718070000&usg=AFQjCNHYtnqxA-axwr33YiZhC78l6hjCxA" href="http://www.carynlarrinaga.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>carynlarrinaga.com</a></div>
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black cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127989090380559376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511254604514845320.post-45787213957852302322017-03-11T05:26:00.000-08:002017-03-11T05:26:02.899-08:00ENTANGLED SOULS by Dorothy Dreyer COVER REVEALWelcome to the cover reveal for ENTANGLED SOULS by Dorothy Dreyer. This new adult paranormal novella is part of Ednah Walters' Runes Universe Kindle Worlds launch, releasing April 18th.<br />
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<b>Entangled Souls</b><br />
by Dorothy Dreyer<br />
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Her whole life, Lexi has known that the voices she hears in her head—omens and harbingers of important things to come—are part of being a witch. But what she doesn’t know is that a soul has escaped its reaping while on her family’s property. When handsome stranger Caden shows up on his motorcycle to tour the vineyard she grew up on, she isn’t aware that he is a Valkyrie searching for the lost soul. All she knows is that the deep attraction she feels for him is undeniable.<br />
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When Caden finds out Lexi is a witch and asks her to help him track down the soul, Lexi must come to terms with the fact that Caden is immortal and decide if her feelings for a soul reaper are worth the risks.<br />
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<b>About the Author</b><br />
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Dorothy Dreyer is a Philippine-born American living in Germany with her husband, two teens, and two Siberian Huskies. She is an Amazon category bestselling author of young adult and new adult books that usually have some element of magic or the supernatural in them. Aside from reading, she enjoys movies, chocolate, take-out, traveling, and having fun with friends and family. She tends to sing sometimes, too, so keep her away from your Karaoke bars.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">2.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">ALL THAT GLITTERS <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">3.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">DAYS MADE OF GLASS <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">4.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">HOW TO DATE DEAD GUYS <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">5.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">CAULDRON BUBBLE <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">6.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">VANISHING ACT <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">9.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">THE PRECIOUS RUBY <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">10.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">MOUNTAIN OF LIES <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">11.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">BRIGHTEST SHADOW <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">12.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">SHADOW MAKER <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">13.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">MERCY & MAYHEM <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">14.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">15.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">FIRST KILL <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">16.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">RECLAIMED HOPE <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">17.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">LOVE ME <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">18.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">THIS TIME AROUND <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">20.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">21.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">UP TO ME <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">22.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">ON THE BUCKLE <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">23.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">SHIFTED UNDERCOVER <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">24.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">THE THIEF’S COUNTESS <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">25.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">VELICIOUS PART ONE <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">28.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">NECKLACE OF SOULS <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">29.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">SAVED BY A DRAGON <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">30.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">BESOTTED <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">31.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">FAT GIRL <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">32.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">YOU PROMISED ME FOREVER <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">33.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">TASTE <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">34.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">RUSH <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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My favorite author as a kid was Carolyn Keene of the Nancy
Drew Mysteries. Sure, I read and enjoyed other authors, but no one did for me
what Ms. Keene did: she made me obsessed with books—and bookshelves, and
libraries, and the smell of books, and illustrations…<o:p></o:p></div>
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I devoured the series and would stand in awe in front of the
library shelf where all her books sat. She gave me an escape from the real
world, and to this day when I see a series of any type of book lined up on a
bookstore or library shelf, I get that giddy little feeling inside that
whispers, "Ohhh, the possibilities!"<o:p></o:p></div>
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