tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91017754808827384682024-03-17T22:03:29.422-05:00Suspense, She WritesDenise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-35794519457415495512023-07-21T11:01:00.000-05:002023-07-21T11:01:07.580-05:00It Wasn't Exactly Writer's Block<p> </p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaoHGmDNsxFqR9rC81h6mCv8_7mzLZHwElyZmBjh8lSMSWnCCUQZHSnOYpRBa74LrQTi_PR2iqpPDHP1VB6JAiJrGb2hDF_PwDNK4U3995ImEFk49EQ8oe0j8pSq_Dki_jmAh5VJD2q7eKmEQ60EsdZ-S8cQSclwQcXNceCaknTcCkihBzuoN-ynik6KmQ/s2560/LindaPitts-72dpi-1600%20X%202560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaoHGmDNsxFqR9rC81h6mCv8_7mzLZHwElyZmBjh8lSMSWnCCUQZHSnOYpRBa74LrQTi_PR2iqpPDHP1VB6JAiJrGb2hDF_PwDNK4U3995ImEFk49EQ8oe0j8pSq_Dki_jmAh5VJD2q7eKmEQ60EsdZ-S8cQSclwQcXNceCaknTcCkihBzuoN-ynik6KmQ/s320/LindaPitts-72dpi-1600%20X%202560.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m happy to announce the release of my latest book, <i>The Cottage on Dare Lake</i>, the second book in the Dare Lake trilogy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Almost three
years have passed without publishing a new book. My last book was released in
October 2020. Sure, I wrote some new material off and on over the last few
years, but I couldn’t quite push myself hard enough to complete a manuscript.</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: medium;">I enjoy the fiction I create. A lot. So what
happened? What got in the way of my creative output? Life. That’s what
happened.</span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: medium;">So a little background. In 2020, I did the work I
need to do to reactivate my CPA license, and along with that, my work hours,
responsibilities, and workload increased. As I’ve said before, accounting is a
skill I learned to support my writing habit. (Which, by the way, includes my traveling
habit. Because I absolutely must travel to research settings for my books,
right?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: medium;">On to what happened. The first big thing that stalled
my writing progress was the birth of my first grandchild. I spent a lot of time
in 2021 caring for my grandson. He calls me Nana. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No regrets for the hiatus during this time.
Spending time bonding with my little buddy is one of the greatest joys of my
life. My accounting hours took a hit. I spent less time on the job and more time
with the family. No regrets. Though my writing time suffered. It was almost non-existent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then in 2022, as the 2021 tax season approached
(As a CPA, I always lived in the past), I made a promise to my employer to make
up for the previous year’s decreased hours. I worked my posterior off during
the 2021 tax season, which officially ended in October 2022. BUT I still spent
a lot of time with the grandson BECAUSE his mom was expecting another baby, my
second grandchild, and she needed my support as the birth of grandson number 2
approached. What’s a Nana to do? I have my priorities. My writing time was once
again limited because I still had that accounting job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: medium;">Years ago, I read a book about trimming the excess
branches off my tree of life. You know, getting rid of things that don’t add
value or meaning to your life. I was in a good spot to do some trimming as I
had just reached retirement age. (Sorry, I don’t remember the name of the book
any longer and a browser search didn’t help me locate it.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4BeB3jNbOmVDIkyycZuZ6YhNKsjEKR6bmmhO8U2yKlfbZGUBlnvK20ODxMH4t5CpLJwSdaDjgqotLFE7rGKr54eVFek5nF1_c0m5kHWWPl42661Dwi4F255zb7n_cL0eW-fJZ0pO2mKf7UbqAS7H4sJYAX6YlI6ZU3HGlpQVtnZYPzk76QWglK2dvhou/s4032/1987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4BeB3jNbOmVDIkyycZuZ6YhNKsjEKR6bmmhO8U2yKlfbZGUBlnvK20ODxMH4t5CpLJwSdaDjgqotLFE7rGKr54eVFek5nF1_c0m5kHWWPl42661Dwi4F255zb7n_cL0eW-fJZ0pO2mKf7UbqAS7H4sJYAX6YlI6ZU3HGlpQVtnZYPzk76QWglK2dvhou/s320/1987.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />In September 2022, my husband and I took a much-needed
vacation to Washington state to visit Mt. Rainier and Olympic National Park,
which included lots of day hiking. It was a good time to reflect on my life and
how it had changed, and more importantly, what my life was missing. By the time
I got home and back on the accounting job, I’d made up my mind. It was time to
retire. I put in my years as a CPA, and I still have priorities that don’t
include surviving another tax season.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: medium;">So now, I spend time with both of my grandsons and
have plenty of time to write. I’ve spent more time on my hobbies, like scrapbooking
and baking. After nine years of public accounting, I finally feel like my life
is back in balance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"></p><o:p></o:p><p></p>Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-53239594130561160582019-10-26T10:17:00.000-05:002019-10-26T10:17:12.621-05:00Five Things I Love About Fall
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It’s Fall ya’ll, or at least, our version of it. Here in north
Louisiana we have four seasons: pre-summer, summer, deep summer, and
summer-isn’t-over-yet summer. Winter? What’s that? There have been times when
we wore short sleeves on Christmas Day. Sure, from January through March the
temperature gets a little cooler, but I can only remember once when the
temperature dropped to single digits during the day. It takes very special conditions
to freeze the Red River, like during the Great Freeze of December 1983.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe I exaggerate (But not about the Great Freeze. We still
talk about that event down here). No, I’m not exaggerating. Not at all. Sure, I’ve
seen snow in June...in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. It snowed on my birthday
one year. I can’t remember which year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fall is when the high drops from 100 degrees to 75 degrees
in one day and the cooler temperature struggles to return the next day but just
can’t quite beat the heat. We love this time of year because it comes as a
great relief from the burning hell of summer. So Fall is here in North
Louisiana. I always look forward to this day for months...and months...and
months.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So in homage to Fall, here are a few things that make Fall
special for me:<o:p></o:p></div>
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said before, the cooler weather is a relief from the burning fire of he... I
mean summer. I love to breathe in the bright, crisp air on a fall morning. I
luxuriate in the smell of leaves on the ground instead of mowed grass. I’m
allergic to grass clippings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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chili and drink hot cocoa when the temperature is over 80 degrees. So we wait
and wait until the thermometer drops to 79 or below. Then we indulge. I know
it’s truly Fall when I pull out my Daddy’s chili recipe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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jackets. It’s an obsession. I love outerwear. I’d wear a jacket, a blazer, a
cardigan, a shawl, etc., every day, all year if I could. And boots? I love
pulling my booties out of the deep, dark hole where they’ve been hiding for
months. I can’t wear them in the summers (yes, plural). I inherited hot feet
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the decorations out of the still-hot attic. It gives me the feeling that Fall
has arrived even if it hasn’t.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love this time of year. I think I’ll go make myself a cup
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It was 1987, and my husband and I were excited to go on our
first trip together to Colorado. I’d been in love with the Rocky Mountains
since I was a little girl. My parents had visited there before I was born, and
I would often gaze at the pictures and postcards from their trip way back in
the 1950s. Of course, by the time they took my sister and me there in the late
1970s, although some things were the same, a lot had changed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So my husband and I set out on our road trip. We settled
into our motel in Estes Park and planned our adventure. The first full day
there, we headed up Fall River Road, a trek that is only possible between July
and October because the road stays covered in snow and ice for most of the
year. We were so excited to be in the mountains, taking in the scenery, that we
stopped at every pullout along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">That’s how we found the Chapin Creek Trail. We were thrilled
to discover we could actually walk into the wilderness to see things we
couldn’t see from the road. Our parents had never done such things when we were
growing up, so we had little to no knowledge of such adventures. Both sets of
parents were make-good-time sort of travelers. They weren’t dawdlers. So the
idea of getting out of the car and diving deeper into the woods was a brand new
concept for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We started out and soon realized we were not prepared to
venture into the woods. The wrong shoes. No water. We had no idea how long it
would take to hike that particular trail. We were rookies. So we turned around
and went back to the car with sad hearts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriOJs6ODovxrr3h9gOfFJvL0KEfn9IDeNcC4jgMtCRX1vIDxfcDkT3HJW8OR-roYeoEPz22hU1ZZx6-F1-TvqD-saGlqHqCrLoXo0w7XfYdeh_LKUPaMbqa780K81yyF9BJjO8Hr7Nm8W/s1600/IMG_2087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriOJs6ODovxrr3h9gOfFJvL0KEfn9IDeNcC4jgMtCRX1vIDxfcDkT3HJW8OR-roYeoEPz22hU1ZZx6-F1-TvqD-saGlqHqCrLoXo0w7XfYdeh_LKUPaMbqa780K81yyF9BJjO8Hr7Nm8W/s320/IMG_2087.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When we finally made it all the way up Fall River Road to
the summit of Fall River Pass, we found the Alpine Visitor Center; and to our
delight, we discovered trail maps existed for the entire park. So when we drove
back into Estes Park, we bought provisions (water and trail food) for our first
hike. It was getting late in the afternoon by then, so we couldn’t do any trail
that was very long. We chose a short hike to Alberta Falls in the Bear Lake
area of the park for our first hiking experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The view from the top of the falls was gorgeous. We truly
felt like we were on top of the world and closer to heaven. The view seemed
sharper. The air smelled fresher. Our bodies experienced the feel-good tingle
of exercise. We felt connected to ourselves, to nature, to our Creator. This
was when we realized we couldn’t truly see and experience the wonders of the
mountains in the seat of a car. There was a whole other world off the road and
down a path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We were hooked. The next day we got to Bear Lake earlier and
hiked all the way to Emerald Lake. Now, we plan trips around the possibility of
day hiking. I’ve included some pictures taken during the numerous hikes we’ve
done. I hope these photos will inspire you to get out of the car and discover
the beauty and adventure that exists only a few miles from the road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ever since Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson created a
wish list of things they wanted to do before they kicked the bucket, people
have talked, dreamed, blogged, posted, and written about their <a href="http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/bucket-list" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Bucket List</span></a>. But
I wonder...how many people actually make a list and then go about fulfilling
their dreams and living their fantasies?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Most people are too busy living every day on a get-by basis
to pursue their bucket list goals. Does that mean most people have lived
unsuccessful, underachieving lives? I don’t think so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What if success is defined by not what you’ve done but what
you haven’t done, or rather what you’ve avoided doing that could make your life
a disastrous mess? What if a successful life is a life not filled with regret
or life-changing consequences? What if the best thing you could do for yourself
was to consider a NOT bucket list? Unlike an Unbucket list where you list things
you’ve done that you would never do again, a NOT bucket list is a list of things
you would never, ever do in a million years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So I thought about what I’d put on a NOT bucket list. And
here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Go
to a foreign country where I don’t speak the language. Why would I risk a
serious miscommunication? I would end up in a foreign jail for the rest of my
life. I watched <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120620/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Brokedown Palace</span></a></i>. I
know what kind of trouble a tourist can get into, especially if you don’t know
the language and don’t know where you’re going.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Go
into the woods alone at night. Why would I do this willingly? Aren’t there
enough horror movies that everyone should know better than to do this? Haven’t
we all been warned? Anybody remember <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/list/ls009545302/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Friday the 13th</span></a></i>? Art imitates life, doesn’t it? I would end up dead because I
would trip over a large something or other and fall, probably breaking my neck.
Or I would meet an ax murderer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Go
skydiving. Why would I jump out of a perfectly good airplane? My parachute
wouldn’t open. I know this. Deep in my heart of hearts. I don’t understand <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">D.B. Cooper</span></a>, the guy that hijacked a plane, demanded a ransom, and then jumped
out of the plane with the money. There isn’t enough money in the world that
would entice me to hatch that kind of plan. His body was never found. Mine
wouldn’t be found either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Go
back in time. Why would I want to relive this life? Redoing the good times
wouldn’t be the same, and redoing the bad times wouldn’t make them any better.
The good times and the bad times have made me who I am, and I’m okay with that.
Besides, if I had a do-over I’d probably disrupt a time-space continuum and erase
the universe...or something like that. Didn’t Marty McFly almost erase himself in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Back to the Future</span></a></i>? I don’t want to
erase myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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swimming in shark-infested waters. Why would I want to tempt a shark to take a
bite out of me? Why would I want to play tag with one? I would bump into it or
it would bump into me, and I would either freak out or freeze. But whatever I
would do, it wouldn’t be the one thing that I should do if I were ever to
encounter a shark...whatever that one thing would be. Is there any good way to
deal with a shark encounter? Probably not. That situation would not go well for
me. The shark and I would not become friends. The Great White would smell my
fear. It would stalk me and play with its food before doing its worst. Have you
seen <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320291/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">The Reef</span></a></i>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This may seem like a negative
list, but really it isn’t. This list represents my deepest fears, so if I avoid
things that make me fearful, I should be able to live a happier, less stressful
life. The absence of negativity is positivity, right? That’s my theory anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I could have made a long list of
things I would like to do before I go, but I’m not going to waste my time
writing lists. (Oh, okay. I know I just made a list, but it was a short list.) I’m
going to spend my time reaching for my dreams and pushing toward my goals.
Living my life to the fullest in every moment is the only item on my bucket
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thank goodness for my wonderful assistant. She was up for anything I wanted to do on this trip. And we walked our butts off. In the heavy humidity. And we drank lots of water because it was hotter than Hades. What were we thinking booking our trip for the weekend before July 4th?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> Callie's is a very narrow shop front, really narrow, with a kitchen along one wall and a few barstools against a bar along the other wall. Very crowded. Most patrons ordered their biscuits to go, and we did as well. My bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit was the best I've ever had. The biscuits are made fresh and are very light and tasty. I highly recommend Callie's for an on-the-go breakfast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As you might be able to see from the above photo, the market was established in 1807. The building is long and narrow and went on for several city blocks. One building would end, we'd cross a street, and the next building would begin. The market is full of both touristy type items as well as locally made arts, crafts, and jewelry. Katy and I both bought a pair of unusual earrings that could either be worn dangling or nestled in the ridges of the outer ear. We enjoyed our shopping experience so much that we went back on Sunday morning after brunch.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Already tired from a busy day, we headed back to the historic district and decided to drive down the peninsula to gawk at the houses south of Broad. We started at the Battery and worked our way north. This gave us a nice introduction to the walking tour we planned for Sunday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our next adventure was a guided ghost tour in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Quarter_(Charleston,_South_Carolina)" target="_blank">French Quarter</a> area of Charleston. I found the tour a bit schmaltzy and the tour guide eccentric (which only added to the fun of the adventure), but despite the somewhat cheesy nature of the tour, the adventure gave me what I craved: inspiration for the new book series. Sadly, I saw no ghosts and captured no apparitions on camera, but I really didn't think that I would.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After our walking tour, we searched for a place to eat along King Street and were disappointed to find that most restaurants along King close up around nine on Saturday night. We finally found </span><a href="https://modpizza.com/locations/charleston-king-calhoun/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Mod Pizza</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">. Mod is a build your own pizza joint. I ordered a large--my eyes were bigger than my stomach--with regular pizza sauce, mozzarella, Italian sausage, mushrooms, and roasted garlic. Very tasty. But I couldn't eat it all. I'd recommend getting the smaller size if your appetite isn't that big.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After brunch, we found a parking lot closer to the market and hit it again. Of course, we needed to bring back souvenirs for those that we left back home.</span><div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For our final adventure before we headed toward the airport, we drove out to <a href="https://www.charlestoncvb.com/beaches/sullivans-island/" target="_blank">Sullivan's Island</a> to take a tour of <a href="https://www.nps.gov/fosu/learn/historyculture/fort_moultrie.htm" target="_blank">Fort Moultrie</a>. The island is 28 miles east of Charleston over the Arthur Ravenel Bridge. We would have liked to tour Fort Sumter, but the tour would have taken two and a half hours. We didn't have that much time to spare on a short, fast weekend. The tour of Fort Moultrie gave us an insight into the harbor defense of the area throughout the history of Charleston.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So...be on the lookout for the new series. I'm titling it Carolina Hauntings, and I'm excited to begin development of the series premise and the book plots. I'll keep you posted.</span><div>
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Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-40649825836367568542018-06-01T16:25:00.001-05:002018-06-01T16:25:39.103-05:00Why I Pulled the Plug On My Twitter Account<div class="ForWeb">
<span style="font-size: large;">True confession time. I didn’t create my Twitter account for the purpose of social interaction. There, I said it...or um...wrote it. No, I opened the account for the purpose of selling books. I know. That isn’t something I’m supposed to admit. My presence on social media is supposed to be all about developing relationships, isn’t it? But the honest to God truth is that most authors were on Twitter for the purpose of selling books, and so was I.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I published my first short story through a now-defunct, small Canadian publisher, one of the first things I did was create a Twitter account for my author profile. Back then, an author was expected to establish a social media presence. That’s what authors did, especially new ones. I still see authors and publishers pushing book promos through social media, so I guess it’s still a thing to do, but I started questioning the effectiveness of marketing books through free social media a long time ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sure, when I first signed on, I met some interesting people through Twitter. That was back when being on Twitter was new and authors actually hung out on their Twitter feed. There was some real-time social interaction. I still maintain some of those early connections I made on Twitter through Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the number of people I followed grew, so did the speed of the tweets flying through my feed. There were too many to keep up with, and I couldn’t hang onto one of them long enough to start a conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The people I met were other authors. I never once made a connection with a reader or book blogger through Twitter. Never. I followed authors, and authors followed me. So when I pushed my books over Twitter, I was peddling them to people who were doing the same thing I was doing. Were we even paying attention to each other’s tweets any longer? I don’t think so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, the inevitable happened. I discovered there was a way to automate my Twitter feed. Twitter automation killed real-time interaction amongst authors. I wasn’t there. Just the tweets I had scheduled at the beginning of the week. When I signed on, there was no else there either. Just their tweets. One time, I tweeted, “Is there anybody out there?” I got no answer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This exercise in futility didn’t sell books. It didn’t gain me any new readers. It didn’t foster new relationships. It was a waste of time. I stopped automating. I stopped popping into Twitter to see what was going on. My feed died from neglect. I almost forgot Twitter existed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I know there is social interaction on Twitter. I read about it in the news. Every day someone tweets something that someone else disagrees with or finds offensive, and the tweet receives a flurry of angry tweets in reply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don’t want anything to do with what spews forth from angry, hateful people on Twitter. For me, use of the medium has lost its intended purpose, and I don’t want to wander into the swamp of dissension that hangs out in other places on Twitter outside of author-land.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So bye-bye, Twitter. I wish I could say it’s been nice knowing you, but for the most part, you’ve been a pain in the butt.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-32578904669482530402018-03-05T12:07:00.001-06:002018-05-13T12:05:30.477-05:00I'm Not Mary Sue. My Name Is Denise. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her name is Mary Sue. She’s a time and space traveler, zipping from book to book, scene to scene, unmindful of physics. The woman is disdained throughout the literary world because Mary Sue is a thinly-veiled representation of the author. She appears when the author interjects a little too much of herself into her characterization.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not Mary Sue. My name is Denise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">My life is not entertaining enough or adventurous enough to be at the center of a suspense story. My characters are so much more than I am. I try to write them stronger, smarter, braver, fiercer, sassier, bolder, more flawed, more compassionate, more sensitive, more emotional, more impulsive, more conflicted, and so much more interesting than me. None of them are perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">So when a reviewer assumes the thoughts and opinions of the character are my thoughts and opinions, I’m disappointed and dismayed. Actually, I’m a little bit wounded. How could someone who doesn’t know me assume I’m that shallow, mean, cold-hearted, stupid, uninformed, disrespectful, immature etc.?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">One review, in particular, has gnawed at me for years. I've considered responding, but responding to reviews is considered a really bad no-no. So I've kept my angst to myself all these years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, let me say I have a tremendous amount of respect for law enforcement officers and I believe most of them are trying to do the job right. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;">So... Just because I write a bad cop character doesn’t mean I think all cops are bad. Just because I write an innocent ex-convict character doesn’t mean I think all convicted felons are great guys. No, I don’t think all police officers treat victims of violence as horrible as the detective character treated my heroine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;">I started writing because I didn't want to read about one more perfect hero or heroine. Human beings are not clones, and characters in books shouldn't be either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: large;">If I didn’t write flawed characters, if all my characters were wonderful pristine people, if they all conformed to stereotype, my characters would be dull and flat, lifeless, and boring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe I should put a disclaimer at the beginning of each book:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The opinions expressed in this book are the characters’ own and do not always reflect the views of the author.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">As strange as this might sound, I don’t always agree with my characters. I don’t always approve of their behavior. I don’t always think like they do. I don’t always behave as they would. Sometimes, they say things I wouldn’t say. Sometimes, they do things I wouldn’t do. Actually, most of the time, they don’t act or react like I would at all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Happy New Year, everyone! Some of you are glad 2017 is over and history. Some of you might be sad to see the old year go. I have mixed feelings about 2017. Some good things happened and some not so good things.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’m started this new year off with some goals. And I’m happy to report that I’ve already completed my first task: cleaning out my clothes closet. So I’m marking one task off my list already. Yay!</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Someone told me she was trying this new method of deciding what clothes to keep and what clothes to toss. No, it’s not the hold-it-in-your-hand-and-decide-if-it-brings-you-happiness method. I tried that with questionable results. It depends on what day I’m trying on a certain piece of clothing if it makes me happy or not. This new method is called the backward hangers method. Turn all your hangers around backward, and after you wear a piece of clothing, hang it forwards. By the end of 2018, you should know which clothes you still wear </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">and which to get rid of. We shall see if this method works on New Year’s Day 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So onward to my writing goals for 2018.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goal Number One: Release at least four books.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rush-Through-Magnolias-Haunted-Hearts-ebook/dp/B06XK81FWN" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Rush of Winds Through Magnolias</i> </a>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Rose-Denise-Moncrief-ebook/dp/B0778YQK39" target="_blank">Wild Rose</a></i> were the only two new books I published in 2017. I did a lot of writing last year, but most of my new work is scheduled for release in 2018. Truthfully, I should have concentrated on finishing the Haunted Hearts series, because toward the end of 2017, my personal life interfered with my writing schedule, and the release of book number ten was postponed longer than I had planned.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The final book in the River Road Set of Haunted Hearts, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Madness-Honeysuckle-Haunted-Hearts-ebook/dp/B07848WQR7" target="_blank">The Sweet Madness of Honeysuckle</a></i> is on pre-sale now and set for release on January 21, 2018. So that’s release number one.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve completed the first book in the new Prescience series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second Sight,</i> with a tentative release date of April 15, 2018. Here's the <a href="https://denisemoncrief.blogspot.com/p/chapter-one-sneak-peeks.html" target="_blank">link</a> to a chapter one sneak peek. My goal is to have the next book in the series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dream Sight</i> written before I release <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second Sight, </i>and release <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dream Sight</i> six weeks later toward the end of May or the beginning of June 2018. So that’s books number two and three.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My plan is to complete <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oceans Apart</i> for release in September 2018. So that’s book number four.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And last but not least, I promised Jane that I would start the Dare Island series this year. So hopefully that’s book number five.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know it’s an ambitious goal, but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Second Sight</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Honeysuckle</i> are already written, and if life doesn’t get in the way, I might be able to release all five books.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goal Number Two: Establish a regular email newsletter schedule and stick to it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My goal is to send out a newsletter every other month. Every month is too much. I want to send you news about my writing and my release schedule that is informative and of interest, so I don’t send out a newsletter just to send a newsletter. Hopefully, there will be more news to report in 2018.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goal Number Three: Start a Facebook Group just for my readers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-85081263939104811232017-10-21T15:54:00.000-05:002017-11-05T09:40:29.093-06:00Sneak Peek at The Sweet Madness of Honeysuckle<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm finally able to give my readers a peek at the cover for the last book in the River Road set of the Haunted Heart Series, <i>The Sweet Madness of Honeysuckle</i>. So here's the cover:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">It was almost time to open, and R.J. hadn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t shown up yet. Tricia leaned on the bar and shut down the string of curse words she had been about to utter. She straightened and rubbed the back of her aching neck. The bed in the spare bedroom was uncomfortable, and she had woke up with a crick in her neck.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She considered her options. If she didn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t open on time, the only people she’d be pissing off where the regulars who showed up right at four come rain or come shine.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Nope. R.J. wasn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t going to do her like this. She grabbed her cell phone out of her bag, intending to call him, but the call wouldn’t go through. She glared at the phone as if it could feel the mean thoughts she was hurling at an inanimate object. Hadn’t she charged the thing before she’d left the house? Why was the battery already drained again? Was she going to have to get a new phone?</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Aggravation. That</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’s all it was. Just another freaking aggravation to deal with.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The overhead lights blinked. She listened for the rumble of distant thunder. The lights went out every time it stormed. But as she had come into work, it had been a clear day. No sound of thunder. She went into the back office to use the house phone, but strangely enough, the line was dead. What the hell was going on?</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">As she turned to leave the office, the clank and rattle of metal on metal came from the storage room. She eased along the bar and grabbed the baseball bat from under the counter. With it over her shoulder, she inched toward the open door of the storage room. She flipped the light on.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Who’s there?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">No one. The room was empty of humans. Plenty of cases of liquor and bottled beer. But no humans.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Must have been something shifting.” She reasoned with herself, but she wasn’t convinced.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Behind her, something crashed. She twisted on her heel. A stack of glasses had tumbled off the back bar and landed on the floor.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The dead phones. The strange noises. The flickering lights. The crashing glassware. Everything was combining into one massive case of freak out.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She shook off her paranoia. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">“It’s all just a coincidence. Get a grip.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Tricia leaned the bat in the corner, pulled the broom and dustpan out of the storage room, and began to sweep up the broken glass. That</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’s when the house phone and her cell phone started ringing in unison. She froze with the dustpan in her hand. A </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">crash</span></i><span style="line-height: 150%;"> came from the storage room.The broom and the pan fell out of her grip. She rushed through the back room and flung the back door open. R.J. had his key out to let himself in.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Whoa. What’s wrong?” He glanced over her shoulder. “Is he here?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She shook her head, but she couldn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t make any words come out of her mouth.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Tricia, talk to me. What’s going on?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She stared at the barroom behind her. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">“The lights... and the phones... and the glasses... Something really strange is going on in there.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">When she turned to face R.J. again, he had a skeptical expression on his face. His eyes reflected a bit of amusement but mostly concern.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“It’s probably just you’re imagination, Tricia. You’ve got to be exhausted. I’m sure you didn’t get much sleep. I didn’t.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“I’m telling you that the lights flickered and... and...” She grabbed his hand. “Come and see for yourself.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She dragged him behind the bar. The glassware was still shattered on the floor. Then, she pulled him into the storage room. A shelving unit had toppled over and broken liquor bottles littered the floor. The stench of spilled alcohol filled her nose, and she pulled the tail of her shirt over her face.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">R.J pulled her out of the storage room. She stalled outside the door, immobile.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">He nudged her upper arm. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Are you okay?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Of course, she wasn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t okay.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She allowed herself a moment to force a bit of calm. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">“First, I couldn’t get my cell phone to work. It was like the battery had run down, but I charged it this morning. Then, I tried the landline because I was pissed at you for not showing up on time again—”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“So really this is just you being pissed at me?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“No. Listen to me. The landline was dead. It was dead, R.J. Just like my cell phone. Then, I heard some strange noises in the storage room, but when I turned on the light in there, nothing was out of place. No one was there. But while I was in there, that stack of glasses on the back bar fell off and broke. I got the broom and the dustpan to clean it up, but the house phone and my cell phone started ringing at the same time. Then I heard a crash in the storage room. It freaked me out.” She grabbed him by the shirt collar. “This is not my imagination.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">He studied her face a long time. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Do you believe in ghosts, Tricia?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She cackled. Yeah, that</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’s exactly what her derisive laughter sounded like. “Ghosts? Are you freaking kidding me? No.” She leaned into him. “Someone is playing tricks on me. Is it you?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Me?” He croaked a bit. “Why would I do something like that to you? I’m trying to help you.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She released his collar and backed away from him. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Right? That’s what you say.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Really?” Why would he do that for her? “I can’t afford an alarm system.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“I didn’t think so, but Craig said he’d install the system for free. It won’t be monitored, so there won’t be a monthly fee. But maybe an alarm going off would be enough to discourage an intruder from coming inside.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Why are you doing this for me?”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“It’s not your concern whether I’m not afraid or not.” She wasn’t trying to be harsh.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“Maybe there’s enough cop left in me... I don’t know.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">He wasn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t telling her the whole truth. She could see the flickers of guilt in his eyes.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">As if someone had shoved her in the back, she fell forward against him. Her head popped up to look him in the eyes. She tried to push off him, but his arms wrapped around her.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“I didn’t do that on purpose, R.J.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">“I know. I saw. It was like someone pushed you.” He smiled. “I think I like this ghost.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">She shoved and stepped back from him. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">“That...” She waved her hand between them. “That ain’t happening.”</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The pounding of a pissed off customer at the door to the parking lot interrupted them. She rushed to unlock the door, thankful that she didn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t have to finish the conversation they’d started.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">For the rest of the evening, every time she glanced toward R.J., he was staring at her with a strange expression on his face. If she didn</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">’t know better, she would have called the look mushy.</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's my last day in Wyoming. No, not the going home day, but
the last day I actually do something vacation-y.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's a bittersweet day
because although I enjoyed our trip immensely, I'm ready to go home. It feels like I’ve been gone forever, and it feels like I never want to sleep in a motel
bed again. But the thing is, I’ll plan another trip for next summer on the way home,
and I’ll plan it with enthusiasm. There will probably be mountains wherever I
plan to go. That’s my thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The last vacation-y thing I did was taking a boat tour of Lake Jackson. It was a beautifully chilly morning cruise across the lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Our family gets one week of vacation a year, and the last day
is always the day that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the thought that it’s
almost over for another year</i> will linger in the back of my mind shadowing
everything I do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I’ve counted down to this day. On day one, I say to myself,
“This is great. We are having so much fun, and we have six more days of
vacation left.” It goes like that for several days, at least, until the
mid-point of the vacation. Then, I begin the end of vacation litany. “This is great.
We are having so much fun, but we only have two more days of vacation left.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In seven days, I’ve seen six states: Louisiana, Texas, Utah,
Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. (Yes, there was some air travel involved, right
between Texas and Utah. Have I mentioned how much I hate DFW Airport? No? Well,
that’s another blog post.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I’ve covered a lot of miles. I’ve taken a buttload
of pictures, and I’ve gotten some terrific writing inspiration. Like, the hotel
where we stayed the second through fourth nights has its very own ghost story,
and the mist over the thermal pools in Yellowstone in the evening has given me
some ghostly inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So now that I’m home, I’m hitting the writing hard again. I
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm finishing up a ghost story for a box set with five other authors. Watch for Mystic Passions coming soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm finishing up the last book of the River Road Haunted Hearts set. I don't have a cover for <i>The Sweet Madness of Honeysuckle</i> yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And I'm working on two other paranormal romantic suspense books: <i>Second Sight</i> and <i>Oceans Apart</i>.</span></div>
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Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-27794909846804993062017-06-10T09:30:00.000-05:002017-06-10T09:30:14.103-05:00Juggling Three Works In Progress<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Well, I've never done this before. Right now, I'm working on three books at the same time. My husband asked me how I keep them all straight and if I have a problem with continuity when I'm bouncing back and forth. I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Naw." All three books are paranormal romantic suspense, but they are all different with totally different story lines. This is a challenge, but I'm up for it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is what happens when I have multiple ideas coming at me from my sweet muse all at once. I couldn't ignore her. She kept hitting me with inspiration for all three books. So I'm juggling them. One day, I'll write 5,000 words on one book, the next day another 5,000 on another book, and the next day 5,000 on the third book.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You want a teaser from one of them? All right. Here it is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lucy wrapped her arms around herself and turned in a slow circle. The scene came back to her easily; she’d pulled it up from her memory so many times over the last eleven years. Aidan’s arms around her. The music from the playback flowing around them. Him smiling down at her. Her heart thumping wildly in her chest. Spinning and spinning until they were both dizzy and the director had yelled at them because they’d started laughing like a couple of idiots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> She stopped and closed her eyes tight. “Aidan, are you here?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The now familiar tingling began in her fingertips and spread throughout her body. She couldn’t be wrong. Lucy could feel him even though she was sure Aidan was dead. She felt the loss in her soul. Knew the pain by heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The peace she usually gained from calling his name was missing. In its place was a restless uneasiness. Something had changed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A whisper brushed across her psyche. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I can’t sleep.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> How many times had he said that to her in the middle of the night? She bit her lower lip to keep from crying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> “You’re here? Are you dead, Aidan? I need to know. I mean it. Don’t play this game with me. I need to know for sure.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> What did he mean? He’d just told her he was with her in the house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> “I don’t understand. Where are you if you’re not here? Are you in Thailand?”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> The voice went silent. She’d asked the wrong question before. The voice never answered her if she pushed too hard or asked too much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Isn't the artwork beautiful? My sister painted this original of the picture. I think it is the perfect compliment to the book's title and its premise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The inspiration for this book has been bouncing in my head for weeks. I have to give it some attention. I hope to release Oceans Apart sometime in the winter of 2017 or the spring of 2018. I'll keep you posted. If you want updates for new releases, please sign up for my email newsletter. You can find the link at the top left of the main page of this blog right underneath the picture of Mount Rainier.</span></div>
Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-78189371465710731522017-03-18T18:54:00.000-05:002017-03-18T18:54:09.581-05:00My Netflix Addiction<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some might call my addiction to Netflix bingeing a problem. I call it... Well, I can't argue with them. I can't watch just one episode of a show. Oh, no. My bingeing got so bad that I had to stay off Netflix for a while or wouldn't get any writing or housework or accounting....or anything done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'm ging to list the shows that I've binged to see how bad an addiction I have. So here goes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Leverage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Burn Notice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">CSI: Miami</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">CSI: New York</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Criminal Minds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Forensic Files</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Crossing Lines</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Revenge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Killing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Midsomer Murders</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Bloodline</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Blue Bloods</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Death In Paradise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Glades</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hawaii Five-O</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sherlock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Person Of Interest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Jack Taylor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lie To Me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Broadchurch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Vexed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hinterland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Reign</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wallander</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">River</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Marcella</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(I know I'm missing a few.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There seems to be a pattern here. I'm obviously obsessed with murder and revenge, but that kind of goes along with my writing genre. Let's call it research. That was a good reason to watch all those shows, right? My theory is that even when I'm not adding word count on a manuscript everything I read, hear, and experience contributes to my writing. Yeah, let's go with that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There's one more show that I've binged, but I don't know how it fits with the others. I've seen every single episode of Gilmore Girls. So how does that fit in with my suspense genre? Wait. Wait. I've got it. I'm researching characterization when I watch dramedies. Yeah, that's it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So when I'm watching Netflix, I'm really writing. Whew! Now, I feel better.</span><br />
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<br />Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-27003876884849934842017-03-11T18:31:00.000-06:002017-03-11T18:31:08.719-06:00How My Family Copes With My Writing<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the family. Left to right: Me, my daughter, my son, my son-in-law, and my husband.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This post is supposed to be about how my family copes with my writing, but I don’t think they cope with it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes, I get a distant look in my eyes, and I stare at nothing. For a while, my son thought I was upset with him, and he would ask me if I was all right. I’d say, “Sure. I’m just writing a scene in my head.” Now, he just nudges me and says, “You’re writing again, aren’t you?” I’ll nod and then go back to my inner thoughts. He’ll shrug and leave me alone. We have an understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It’s embarrassing to work out dialogue in my head. Well, it’s supposed to be in my head, but sometimes, it comes out of my mouth. People think I’m talking to myself, but I’m not. I’m putting myself in my characters’ heads. My family knows I’m not talking to people that aren’t real. Not really, because my characters are real to me. My daughter just ignores my odd behavior. She knows what I’m doing. (Thank God, for Bluetooth in my car because I can talk out the dialogue and other drivers think I’m talking on my cellphone. Sweet, huh?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My husband gets my obsession with my characters. He reads all my books before I publish them, so he gets acquainted with them. We talk about them like they are real. Some of my best ideas happen when we are discussing why one of my characters did that stupid thing that they did. When he says, “Tess would do that, wouldn’t she?” or, “That sounds like something Gray would do,” I know he loves them as much as I do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When I told my husband I needed to go down to south Louisiana to do research for my book series set along the River Road and in New Orleans, he helped me plan the trip. Once we were there, he made some great suggestions about where to go and what to do. That trip added so much to my knowledge of the setting for the book series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I think my family isn’t just coping; they are supporting and encouraging my writing. They are right there in it with me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-63882724004138619442017-02-25T12:34:00.000-06:002017-02-25T12:35:33.087-06:00The Power of Words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hello, my name is Denise, and I’m addicted to books. My reading addiction began when I was a teenager. My friend Brenda had begun reading Harlequin romances, and she let me borrow one. I was hooked from the first read. The emotional rise and fall of the plotline pulled me in and wouldn’t let me go. So I bought a few of my own, and we traded books for the rest of our high school years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the beginning of my writing career, I called myself a romance writer, but I don’t think that’s really what I am. In those old Harlequins, it wasn’t the romance that attracted me. I particularly enjoyed stories where something or someone sinister was lurking in the background of the romance trying to keep the couple apart. It was the conflict that hooked me. Would the hero and heroine overcome the odds to be together? The suspense always pulled me along to that moment when the couple overcame whatever obstacle they faced. Yeah, that was the moment that got me. The romance...that was just lagniappe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The power of words has always fascinated me. The right words strung together can enlighten, entertain, inspire, frighten, soothe, motivate, or destroy. I’ve always loved the power of words, but lately, that power has begun to scare me. There have been a lot of powerfully negative words spoken or typed in the last couple of years. Not just here in the United States, but all over the world. Angry words. Mean-spirited words. Degrading and condescending words. Hateful words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes, in the midst of all the ugliness, someone will say or write words that are encouraging or uplifting, but it is hard to find positive words when the world is inundated with so much negativity. At times, there is so much meanness that it seems that is all there is left. It’s overwhelming. I live with the constant awareness that something bad could happen any moment and change my life forever. The depth and intensity of the hate makes me want to crawl under my covers and hide from the world. But I can’t do that, can I? Isolating myself isn’t good for me or for the world I live in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">During the past presidential election in the United States, I have kept my opinions to myself, at least, publicly. My opinions are going to stay with me. This isn’t a harangue at either the right or the left. I’ve seen ugliness come from both ends of the social and political spectrum. No political ideology is immune from this disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Please, for the continued existence of humanity, if you engage in contentious or controversial conversations, I beg of you, don’t call those with whom you disagree ugly names. That’s not going to change their opinion or yours. All it does is make you look like an asshole, and it feeds the frenzy of anger and hatred that seems to be boiling over in the whole freaking world. So stop already. Before you tear someone else down because you really don’t have a good argument to support your shallow opinion, take a deep breath before you speak or write. Back away from the argument. Is losing your decency worth being right? Because words aren’t just words, they can be two-edged swords, not only cutting the one you attack, but stabbing and killing your humanity. Hatred, anger, and bitterness are the poison pills one swallows in the vain attempt to destroy someone else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">The seventh book in the Haunted Hearts series just released on June 25<sup>th</sup>. I was editing it right up until the moment I had to submit the final version to Kindle by the end of the day on the 14th. I uploaded the final copy and sat back to relax.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">A week before its official release, my family left for a vacation to Colorado. Since we were flying, I decided to leave my computer at home, to enjoy the trip, and to give my writing a short break.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Heresy, I know. How many times have veteran writers advised someone new to writing to write something every day? Too many times to remember. I was one of those writers. When someone asked for my advice about writing, I spouted the same mantra. Write every day, even if it’s only one sentence. If you don’t use it, you lose it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">So leaving the computer at home seemed a bit…unsettling. Would I lose my writing mojo if I took a couple of weeks off? Would my muse pack her bags and move back to wherever she came from? Would the lapse cause my release schedule to fall months and months behind? Would my readers forget me and find someone else’s books to love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">I learned a solid truth about writing while my computer had a little staycation back home. No. I wasn’t going to stop being a writer because I wasn’t recording the words that form inside my head. Writing is my life. It’s part of me. It’s not leaving me because I take a break.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Writing isn’t just tapping out words on a computer keyboard (or writing them out longhand if the writer is old school). Writing is a process that involves much more than drafting a manuscript. Good writing begins with inspiration, and inspiration can be found anywhere, anytime. The process continues when inspiration morphs into imagination. And finally, the work is halfway there when imagination emerges as creativity. The longest and hardest task is shaping creativity into a product that is publishable and readable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">I should have known better than to suggest that a writer should add word count every day. Sometimes imagination hasn’t quite reached the point of creativity. Sometimes it stays stuck in my head, percolating and simmering and baking into something worth putting into words. Yeah, a lot of the writing process stays in my head until it’s fully cooked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">How many times have I stared into space only to be jolted back to the moment by someone I know? “What are you staring at?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">“I’m not staring. I’m writing.” And I am. In my head. Setting the mood. Concocting the action. Considering potential dialogue. Twisting plot points and imagining character reactions. This is all part of writing. Important steps in the process that cannot be rushed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Writing begins somewhere else besides the computer keyboard. Truth be told, some of my best work happens in the shower, or in the car, or I must admit, at my accounting job. So is it any wonder that the core of a brand new trilogy came to me in the Denver Airport at the tail end of our trip while we were getting ready to fly back home? (P.S. Have you read about the conspiracy theories surrounding the new airport? If you’re curious, check out the murals that were painted in the main terminal. Creepy. That might be the core of a suspense novel right there.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Setting is so important to the mood of a book. My trips around the country have often inspired the locale for a book before I even start to consider a plotline. The Haunted Hearts series began when I spotted a creepy, abandoned house on a country road in Arkansas. Now, I’m working on book number eight in the series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">But this trip, I doubted if I would find much inspiration. I’d been to that part of Colorado many times. I even have an already published three-book series set in another part of the state. I thought I had milked all the inspiration out of the state of Colorado that I could manage. I thought my brain could take a little rest from working out plots and character sketches. Just for a couple of weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">But no. Inspiration hit me hard. Right there, while I was waiting for my husband and my son to come back to the table with our pizza. I scratched out a description for book one of the trilogy right there on a scrap piece of paper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">After I got home and typed the blurb out on my computer, inspiration settled into what the book will become, and the premise for all three books solidified. The writing began somewhere near Shadow Mountain Lake in Colorado, but readers probably won’t see the final story for months or maybe even years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Everyone in author world has his or her own definition of success. Some define it as making six figures in royalties. Many want to be published by a big 5 publisher. Others want to be number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Still others are content selling a few copies of their book to family and friends. Whether seeking recognition in publishing, longing for feedback from readers, or craving the joy that comes with creative expression, most authors have at least attempted to define success.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Writing is my passion. Someone reading what I write is my dream. Success came when I finally made more money in royalties than I earned in accounting. If I am a professional writer, I can stop being a professional accountant. That’s how I define success: having the freedom to quit the day job, indulge my passion, and pursue my dream. Royalties mean books are being sold. That means someone out there is reading. Maybe that’s not your definition, but it’s the definition that is meaningful to me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">It’s been a twelve-year journey. I started this blog years ago with the title “Journey to Publication.” I changed the title to “Suspense, She Writes” when Still Moments Publishing released my first short story in 2012. At first, I labeled myself as a romance writer because Still Moments was a romance publisher. After a few years and a few releases, I realized that the title of this blog had always been a more accurate description of what I write. I love writing suspense. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">In 2014, I released my first paranormal romantic suspense novel and found my niche. After ten years of writing and publishing, I finally knew who I was as a writer. I had found the elusive voice that writers talk about—that quality of one’s writing that defines them as a writer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Occasionally, an aspiring writer will ask me for advice on how to succeed in publishing. I try to give the best advice I can. The truth is I have no idea why my books began to sell. I have a few theories, but I can only guess. All I know for sure is that in January 2015 the first book in the <i>Haunted Hearts</i> series started selling, and it’s still selling. I’m grateful. It was my dream to be a professional writer. The success of the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Haunted Hearts </i>series<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>has fulfilled my dream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">However, I am not at that place in my writing life, at least not psychologically, where I can boast about how I did it. I don’t feel comfortable giving how-to-succeed-in-this-business advice. When I do, I subconsciously, or maybe even consciously, wonder if I’m a fraud pretending like I know what I’m talking about when I really don’t. My success feels very much like being in the right place at the right time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">There is a subgenre of writing about writing, and some writers have been successful in publishing in that genre. I read their words, and I suspect those writing gurus are just as clueless about why they succeeded as I am. All of their advice is sound, but a writer could follow their advice and still remain unknown, unpublished, and unsuccessful. I'm sorry if that is discouraging, but it's the truth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">During these twelve years, there are a few things I’ve come to understand and I can state without feeling like I don’t know what I’m talking about.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I cringe when I think about the first full-length manuscript I finished. I know now what I didn’t know then. The book was lame and the writing was terrible. You’ll never read that book because I don’t think I can revise it enough to make it sellable. Like I wrote before, I want people to read what I write, and I'm not fond of one-star reviews.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It’s been awhile since I shared one of my conversations with my muse. Not that my demanding, loud-mouthed muse has been quiet. No, actually she’s been very vocal, and her ideas have kept me busy writing. In fact, sometimes she demands so much attention that it’s hard to think about anything except what she’s yelling in my ear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As some of you may know, my alter ego is a tax accountant. January through April is tax season, a time of the year I call hell on earth. Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much. Stress levels during this time of year can get very high.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Wait! Stay with me. I’m not going to bore you with tax stuff. I promise. I’d rather not bore me with tax stuff, but the non-writing job supports my writing habit, so I immerse myself in tax stuff. This time of year, it’s hard to get all that tax stuff out of my head when I’m trying to write, and a writer has to have priorities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After tax season ended last year, I tried to quit my part-time accounting job to write full time. I really tried, but the accounting boss man asked me <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nicely</i> if I’d considered staying. The men and women I work with have become my extended family. I’ve developed a rapport with most of the clients I work with. I mourned losing my connections with them, because no matter how hard a person tries, connections get lost after a certain amount of time. So when the boss man asked <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nicely</i>, I agreed to stay. Reluctantly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My muse was furious.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Last April, our conversation went something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Me:</span></b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"> <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jumps out of skin (figuratively if not literally).</i></b> Go away. I’m working. <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Muttering under my breath while I glance around cubicle world to see if anyone notices me talking to my invisible muse. My co-workers already think I’m nuts.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Muse:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> You should be working on something important, like your manuscript. You’ll never get it finished this way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Me:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gritting my teeth and growling my answer.</i></b> I’m working on it. Besides, what I’m doing here <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> important.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Muse:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Uttering in an incredulous voice. </i></b>You can’t work on your manuscript here. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Me:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> I can so work on it here. Just because I’m not typing doesn’t mean I’m not organizing my next chapter in my head.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Muse:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> Hogwash. You need to be in your writing environment to write. <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">She’s so wrong. I can write anywhere. Most of my writing is done in my head before I even start typing. She knows that. What’s her problem?<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Muse:</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;">I have an idea…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Me:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rolls eyes.</i></b> You’ve given me enough ideas to keep me writing for ten years. I don’t need any more. Let me finish the ones I’m already working on.</span><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Muse: </span></b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Are you really sending me away? <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pouting. Not a pretty sight, I guarantee.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Me: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;">Just until I finish working on this tax return. Then, you can help me think about how I’m going to get my character out of that sticky situation I left her in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Muse: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Picking at her fingernails.</i></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> It’s not nice to leave a heroine with a villain’s fingers around her neck. You should have finished that scene before you came to work. I told you what to write.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Me:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"> <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huffing.</i></b> I was already late for work this morning. If I’d finished the scene… Never mind. You have no sympathy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Muse: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;">So when are you going to quit this job and come back to work?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Me: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;">Oh, please. Go away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And she did for a long, long time. The ungrateful wench left me on my own for a few months. Thankfully, she’d left me with plenty of ideas to work with. I just had to come up with the details on my own. I finished the manuscript I was working on and released it in April 2015. I was still rolling with ideas, so I wrote the follow-up book and released it in July 2015. After that, I needed her help badly. I didn’t release the next book in the series until December 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She pouted slightly as she thought, her full red lips begging him to suck on them. “I felt like dinner went well the other day, but…” She paused and scarlet flared against her cheekbones. <br /><br />“Dinner did go well,” he agreed. “I wasn’t sure you thought so, but I had a great time.” <br /><br />“I was surprised when you left so fast.” Looking down at their hands, she avoided his eyes, seeming unsure and flustered. “I thought you’d want a goodnight kiss.” <br /><br />She felt insecure because he hadn’t kissed her? Well, hot damn! <br /><br />Brad chuckled and tugged her hands, pulling her close to his chest. She was enough shorter than him that when her hair swished around her face the silky strands rubbed against his chin, catching slightly in the evening stubble he hadn’t had time to shave. <br /><br />Pressing his lips against her forehead, Brad released one of her hands to caress her cheek and slide his hand down her neck. <br /><br />The passion he felt in being so close to her was echoed in the soft trembling of Chelsea’s body against his and the sweet, contented sigh she released. <br /><br />Wrapping both arms around her, Brad held her close to his heart, enjoying having her so near after spending several days apart. If only work would slow down and he could see her more often. He knew it was too sudden to be sure that he wanted things to work out with Chelsea, but holding her felt right. Since the moment she arrived on the island, Brad hadn’t been able to stop thinking about her, wishing he could call her his lady. Now he might have a chance. <br /><br />Chelsea’s arms circled him, and she rested her head on his shoulder. The soft puffs of breath coming from her mouth bathed his neck with their warmth, making him wish he were less of a gentleman. <br /><br />“You smell delicious,” she whispered, sniffing deeply. Her lips brushed his collarbone, setting his heart rate racing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At their tropical island resort, the McCallister family works hard. Life in Paradise should be perfect. After all, the place is great for a romantic getaway. Unfortunately, the five McCallister siblings are still searching for their happily ever afters... and romance always seems just out of reach. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Searching for a reason to go on living…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">All her life, Chelsea has suffered feelings of worthlessness from being abandoned—time after time—causing a huge pile of hurt to reside in the deeper recesses of her heart. When James Standridge kidnaps her, he gives her a new name and a new reason to exist. The will to survive keeps her going from one day to the next until his death changes everything.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Fearing freedom after living so long in the shadows…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After years of being a missing person, Chelsea is suddenly free to reclaim her lost identity, but she doesn’t know where to start rebuilding her interrupted life. Hovering around the fringes of her former existence seems easier than facing the dangers of becoming Cherish Duncan again.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Finding that hope happens when you least expect it…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When Chelsea begs him to help her, Jordan Clark can’t resist being Chelsea’s knight in shining armor. After all, hefeelsdeeply the need to make up for the mistakes he’s made in the past. Living with Chelsea in the house she shared with James Standridge ignites more than the promise of romance. Jordan’s presence energizes restless spirits who would prefer their secrets remain buried for eternity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Can love conquer fear and free the ghosts haunting the house on Chelsea Lane?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm excited about this book because it completes the story arc that began in book one. Do you want to know what happened to all your favorite characters? Did the bad guys get what they deserved? Will the paranormal activity in Hill County finally settle down to a somewhat tolerable level? You can find out by purchasing the book at this link. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-Lane-Haunted-Hearts-Book-ebook/dp/B017MZBS4C">http://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-Lane-Haunted-Hearts-Book-ebook/dp/B017MZBS4C</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Finishing a series like this is kind of like saying goodbye to close friends. But this isn't the final farewell. No way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've already begun the outlines for the next five book set in the Haunted Hearts Series entitled River Road Hauntings. In book one, coming early 2016, Jordan and Chelsea move to south Louisiana to start their lives over, and of course, they discover the River Road is haunted with the ghosts of the mysterious Wakefield family. Can Jordan help his old friend Dylan with his ghost problem? Will Jordan have to call on some old friends to help him with another ghost eviction?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Are you ready to get acquainted with a whole new cast of characters to follow from book to book?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Book #6: <i>The Unmistakable Scent of Gardenias</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Book #7: <i>The Curse of a Single Red Rose</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Book #8: <i>The Wind Through the Magnolias</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Book #9: <i>The Trail of Crushed Azaleas</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Book #10: <i>The Sweet Madness of Honeysuckle</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've already started writing Book #6. Here's the book's description:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Content with the direction her life takes…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The temptation to earn a sweet payday and collect enough money to start her own interior design business is too much opportunity for Sophia Cannon to ignore. Working for her new client, Les Wakefield, is like working for a creepy stalker. He seems to be everywhere she goes.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Until trouble walks around the corner and into her life again…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dylan Hunter almost turns down the Wakefield Manor restoration job until Les Wakefield tells him Sophia is the interior designer hired to oversee furnishing the old plantation house. Sophia has been the ghost in his life since the day she left him, haunting his heart with her memory every day and every night.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Stirring up more than just the spirits of the dead…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sophia and Dylan fight with each other until a much bigger threat puts both their lives in danger. Discovering that generations of Wakefields have restored the plantation only to disappear months after moving into the manor house stirs up spirits that would rather remain undisturbed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Can love survive the long nights at Wakefield Manor with the unmistakable scent of gardenias hanging so heavily in the air?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Okay, come on! Doesn't that sound just a little bit...creepy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In this new set, I'm cranking up the creepy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Check out Chapter One of <i>The Unmistakable Scent of Gardenias</i> at this link. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://denisemoncrief.blogspot.com/p/chapter-one-sneak-peeks.html" target="_blank">http://denisemoncrief.blogspot.com/p/chapter-one-sneak-peeks.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I was searching the internet the other day for blog post ideas because well...honestly I felt my blog had become stale. Posting blog articles had become infrequent. Good ideas had run away from home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Of course, I ran across several posts listing blog post ideas, which was very helpful...sort of. Here's my blog post about my search for blog ideas. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">One of the suggestions was the popular top ten list blog post. List ten of anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">10 breeds of cat that will disdain your presence</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">10 roller coaster rides that will knock your brains out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">10 horrible songs that will get stuck in your head </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">10 reasons to avoid shopping at <i>that</i> big box chain store</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Since I've been a member of the writing community, I've found that writers might be the most paranoid, insecure bunch of creative personalities on the planet. So much second-guessing about already published work. Should I have done this different or that better? What can I do to make readers love me...um...I mean my work? Any little bit of criticism (interpret this as negative reviews) sends most of us into a frenzy to try to correct our perceived writing deficiencies. After all, there must be a REASON we are not at the top of the bestseller list every single day. Right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yes, we admit it: Our pride is wrapped up in how our writing is received. Our book baby is a part of who we are. We've put our heart and soul out there for people to evaluate. If you don't like my writing, you just might not like me. Well, that's the fear deep in our writing hearts.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So much has been written about making one's writing better. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I did an internet search for writing tips lists and the search results resulted in a long list.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> I'm gonna share my top ten list of writing tip lists. Well, no that's not quite true. These aren't my top ten. These lists are just the ones I decided to list here.</span><br />
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Writers’ Digest<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10 Tips for Writing<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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Denise Moncriefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452331743301566274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101775480882738468.post-63935182440360538132015-11-01T21:30:00.002-06:002015-11-01T21:30:47.640-06:00It's That Time Of Year Again...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's that time of year again. No, not sweater weather. I live in Louisiana. There is only one day a year that it is cold enough to wear a sweater. No, not the end of daylight savings time. Although we did just experience the wonderful Fall Back event, that's not what I'm talking about. No, not crank up the fireplace season. I wish I could. I've needed to get my chimney swept for several years, and I'm too embarrassed to admit how many. Have you ever seen what smoke will do when it has nowhere to go but back up into your living room? Not a pretty sight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you guessed Christmas cookie baking time, then you guessed right. It happens every year. The weather turns cooler (notice I didn't say colder), the leaves fall, the trick or treaters have come and gone, and my children say, "Mom, will you bake us some cookies?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I baked my first batch tonight. Here's the link to the recipe from Betty Crocker:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My cookies didn't turn out exactly like the picture on the website. Truthfully, my attempts at baking never do look like the recipe picture. :( </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I had a couple of accidents after I took them out of the oven. Two of the precious little darlings slid right off the spatula and landed on the counter. They were delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I miss the days when a person could eat cookie dough right out of the bowl. Not any longer. Too much risk of ingesting the salmonella virus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You know what? I'm going to Google <i>eggless cookie dough. </i>A gal's gotta have something to do after she types <i>The End</i> on her next release.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you are an author, especially an indie author, the question of on-going viability in the ebook market is of great concern. Well, it is of great concern to me because 99% of my sales are ebooks through the 'Zon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I think the big 5 publishing houses would like me to believe the days of my indie success are over, that perhaps, I should go back to groveling for their attention through the industry gatekeepers, the agents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'm not ready to give up my indie status. Not yet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Recently, I've come across two very interesting articles with opposing points of view on the subject.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It would seem that the Association of American Publishers would like the public to believe that the shift away from paperbacks to ebooks has reversed and the ebook market is in decline. Not great news for indie authors or small presses. Or for the many trees who will have to give their lives for the resurgent success of the paperback market.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is an excerpt from an article posted to <u>The New York Times </u>website.</span><br />
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“E-books were this rocket ship going straight up,” said Len Vlahos, a former executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, a nonprofit research group that tracks the publishing industry. “Just about everybody you talked to thought we were going the way of digital music.”<br />
<span style="line-height: 1.4375rem;"><br /></span> <span style="line-height: 1.4375rem;">But the digital apocalypse never arrived, or at least not on </span>schedule<span style="line-height: 1.4375rem;">. While analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by 2015, digital sales have instead slowed sharply.</span></div>
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It is also possible that a growing number of people are still buying and reading e-books, just not from traditional publishers. The declining e-book sales reported by publishers do not account for the millions of readers who have migrated to cheap and plentiful self-published e-books, which often cost less than a dollar.</div>
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Read the full article <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/media/the-plot-twist-e-book-sales-slip-and-print-is-far-from-dead.html?_r=1" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">While another site that monitors ebook sales on Amazon, <u>Author Earnings</u>, posted an article with a very different outlook for sellers of ebooks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is an excerpt from the article.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The widely-heralded “plateauing” of the US ebook market has gotten plenty of press over the last 18 months, fueled primarily by these reports of declining ebook sales from the AAP, from Nielsen, and in the released quarterly financials of the Big Five.</span></div>
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Traditional publishers and publishing industry pundits are claiming that the broader US ebook market has now flattened, or is even shrinking.</div>
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But at the same time, the largest ebook store in world is <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/e-book-sales-weaken-amid-higher-prices-1441307826" style="color: #3083ae; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">telling the Wall Street Journal that the exact opposite is happening</a>:</div>
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<em>“Amazon says e-book sales in its Kindle store—which encompasses a host of titles that aren’t published by the five major houses—are up in 2015 in both units and revenue.”</em></div>
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You can read the full article <a href="http://authorearnings.com/report/september-2015-author-earnings-report/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So are ebook sales declining or not? No, I don't think so. <u>Author Earnings</u> further reports:</span><br />
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But right now, <strong>as of September 2015</strong>:</div>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><em><strong>“Nontraditionally-published” ebooks </strong>from indie self-publishers and Amazon publishing imprints<strong> make up 58% of all Kindle ebooks purchased in the US.</strong></em></li>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><em><strong>Traditionally-published ebooks make up 42% of Kindle ebooks purchased in the US.</strong></em></li>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><em><strong>When the AAP reports “declining ebook sales”, </strong>they are describing <strong>the shrinking portion of the US ebook market held by their 1200 participating traditional publishers, </strong>whose share of the broader US ebook market<strong> has fallen in the last 18 months </strong>from<strong> 46% </strong>of all Kindle ebook purchases to less than <strong>32%.</strong></em></li>
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This dramatic market share shift has not gone entirely unnoticed in traditional-publishing circles. In July, influential industry veteran <a href="http://www.idealog.com/blog/another-wake-up-call-from-amazon-as-they-serve-author-interests-better-than-publishers-have/#comment-2153753613" style="color: #3083ae; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mike Shatzkin</a> observed that:</div>
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<em>“<span class="s1">Ebook sales for big publishers may be declining but they’re being replaced by indie sales at lower prices (their USP) at Amazon.”</span></em></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When the big 5 won their war with Amazon and began setting their own prices for ebooks, my sales soared. Is this just my experience or is this indicative of a larger trend in the market away from the higher prices set by the big 5? Did the big 5 basically shoot themselves in the proverbial foot?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No one is going to want to pay more for an ebook when you can get the paperback cheaper at Walmart. The big 5 were intentionally using this strategy to tank the ebook market and bolster the dying paperback market. So, yes, the big 5 ebook market was going to decline.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Readers who follow authors published by the big 5 are going to remain loyal and purchase the paperback if the ebook is more expensive. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">But what about those readers who have gotten used to the lower price of ebooks? A lot of them have migrated to independently published books.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I think the big 5 should break out of the denial their living in and quit believing that their segment of the publishing industry is the only segment that matters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday, my daughter and I traveled to a stately old plantation house just south of town. There we met her wedding photographer to take bridal portraits on the grounds of the estate. I watched as my beautiful, poised daughter worked well with the photographer. The two of them seemed to read each other’s mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It occurred to me how independent my baby had become over the last twenty-one years. She knew exactly what she wanted. Not once did the two of them ask my advice or opinion. My job? To lift her train and carry it behind her while they relocated from one spot to another. Sure, the two of them could not have done it without me, but truthfully, she could have brought anyone along to carry her dress while she walked across the landscape from location to location.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">She’s at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i> point in her life where she needs me, but doesn’t really need me. Both. And neither. Am I complaining? Sort of. But not really. Kind of. I have mixed emotions about my little girl growing up and becoming a woman. I’m proud of the woman she’s become. Sometimes I wish I were more like her. Sometimes she’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my</i> role model.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">She’s intelligent, thoughtful, classy, elegant, considerate, conscientious, passionate, compassionate, and opinionated. When she was a baby, I struggled with how to raise her. I knew nothing about children. Finally, after reading a lot of how-to books on raising daughters, I decided what I needed to do was be the kind of woman I wanted her to grow up to be. In some respects, I’ve failed to be the person I’ve wanted her to become, but for the most part, if I’ve truly been her role model, then I must have done something right. Or maybe she's become who she is in spite of me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But as proud as I am of her for being such an awesome woman, sometimes I wish she could have stayed a little girl a little while longer. The instinct to protect her from heartache, nurture her with lullabies and cuddles and motherly words of wisdom, and shield her from the meanness of other people is still very strong, even though I know she has to move on into her adult life and make her own decisions. Even though I have to step back and give her the room to be her own woman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Several times yesterday, while I watched her as she moved gracefully in her stunning bridal gown, tears welled in my eyes. Yeah, I cried. Mommy tears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When the photographer would tell her to smile, a gorgeous smile would spread across my daughter’s face. She doesn’t realize how beautiful she is. Inside and out. She’s glowing and in love. She’s happy. Isn’t that what most mothers want for their baby girls? I just want her to be happy. With her life. With her husband. With the choices she makes. Whatever choices she makes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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