Let's Keep Hopping!

11:10 PM Elizabeth Seckman 40 Comments

Kyra Lennon is hosting the Game On Bloghop to celebrate some awesome new covers!!

Sweet, aren't they?

Anyhow, Kyra wants to know...who is my sporting crush?

Well now that's easy...cause no girl forgets her first crush, right?

And that crush would easily be...Howie Long.

Oh my. He even had this die-hard Steeler fan cheering on the Raiders.

Isn't that a perfect jawline? Aren't those sensitive eyes?

He has that mix of studly and sweet. I imagine he's a bit on the quiet, intellectual side. I mean those glasses say he'd enjoy a quiet night reading by the fire, right?

Sigh.

Oh Howie. You were perfect in the 1980's and you're still perfect now.



Now, let's keep hopping!!!

TaraAngelaGwen, and Roland are hosting the...cue the spooky music...
From the Great Beyond blog hop!
 What writer would I contact in a seance?

Hmm. Tough decision!

My first thought would be Margaret Mitchell.

But, I've read her biography and she was a little serious to the point of stuffy.

Ooh, but what about Mark Twain? 

Educational and funny. But then he was super ornery in life...imagine the chicanery he could pull in death?!
I want an author photog like that!
Would I look cool with a smoke?


I know...John Steinbeck!

He could teach me a thing or two, or a thousand!

Wonderful sense of humor. Saw some amazing history...

And I wouldn't have to worry about getting a wedgie from a ghost!!








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Oh Pop!

1:43 PM Elizabeth Seckman 35 Comments


Thanks so much, Elizabeth, for letting me and my Pop Travel blog tour to invade your pretty, pink blog! Elizabeth requested a Lazy Housewife post – my alter-ego who finds shortcuts and multitasks, in addition to getting creative and saving money. Today, I'm going to talk about staying healthy!

Have you gotten your flu shot? I'd love to hear y'alls opinions of whether to get one or not. The sickie season is upon us. I blame the weather. As kids go back to school and it gets colder, they stay inside and forget to wash their hands and as soon as one gets a bug, they pass it around… Well, here are some Lazy Housewife sickness prevention tips!

  • WASH HANDS! You all know this already. But don't overwash, it dries the skin. Before eating should be fine.
  • KEEP TISSUES HANDY – I keep a box in almost every room (like my mother before me =) Catch those sneezes! Don't wipe your nose on your sleeve! ah!
  • STAY WARM – the cold doesn't give you a cold, but being cold lowers your inner defenses, leaving you more susceptible to catching one if you're around a sickie.
  • LYSOL SPRAY laundry baskets before putting the clean clothes into them.
  • And for when you have a sickie in the house…
    • CONFINE the sickie to a certain chair or couch
    • CLOROX WIPES – love those things! wipe light switches, door knobs, remotes, etc
    • SPRAY – pillows, furniture, floor
    • STRIP the bedding
    • KEEP SPARE tootbrushes to replace any needed to throw away.
    • WASH YOUR HANDS

And to stay healthy, do the four essential things recommended by doctors, Prevention, Self, lots of healthy people! Tried and true, the basics will do, I just wish I could abide by them better.

  1. Eat veggies and fruits
  2. Drink water
  3. Get sleep
  4. Exercise

May you make it safely through sickie season! Wishing you well!
And thanks again, Elizabeth sweetie, for having me over. Now, here are some details for Pop Travel.

Cooper thought he could get through
life without having to pop...
Pop Travel by Tara Tyler
A tale of deception and teleportation.

When a distraught client enters J.L. Cooper's small town detective agency, ranting about a pop travel teleportation cover up, Cooper takes the case. He blames the pop travel craze for his wife's death and would love to expose a glitch in it.

But the glitch turns out to be disintegrating travelers. And now, his client is dead, his secretary is missing, and a hitman is stalking him. Plus there's all the webcams watching his every move. Cooper must find a way to expose the deadly flaw, while using pop travel to escape the maniacs covering it up, not to mention save a couple of tag-alongs he's not sure he can trust. No problem.

Available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Goodreads  <==>  Trailer  <==>  FB Author Page
After having a hand in everything from waitressing to teaching math to rocket engineering, Tara Tyler now writes and teaches in Ohio with her three active boys and Coach Husband. In addition to her novels, she has published short stories and poetry in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, and Humor. So many stories to tell!

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These Beat "A Tear in My Beer"

12:00 AM Elizabeth Seckman 34 Comments

Carrie Butler 
Yep. 
She's back.
With a new book...
and the
Top 10 Breakup/Breakup-ish Love Songs 

(I notice she didn't pick this gem ;)


Um, no. That didn't make the list. But these did, so Elizabeth, get out the tissues. ;) These songs might not all be about breakups, per se, but they’re full of raw emotion. Excellent for writing breakup scenes...

10. “Easy” by Rascal Flatts ft. Natasha Bedingfield


9. “Won't Be Mine” by Matchbox 20


8. “Should’ve When You Could’ve” by Skillet 


7. “6, 8, 12” by Brian McKnight


6. “The Lonely” by Christina Perri 


5. “Better Than Me” by Hinder 


4. “No Reply” by Steve Conte 


3. “Just Give Me a Reason” by Pink ft. Nate Ruess 


2. “I Miss You” by Incubus


1. “Fate” by Bleak ft. Ana Johnsson 


Bonus: This isn’t a breakup/breakup-ish love song, but it does fit Courage. In fact, I consider it Aiden’s theme song of unrequited love...


Excellent list Carrie! Though that Hank ditty...it's pretty classy, you might want to reconsider ;)

Blurb:
When college student Rena Collins finds herself nose-to-chest with the campus outcast, she’s stunned. Wallace Blake is everything she’s ever wanted in a man—except he can’t touch her. His uncontrollable strength, a so-called gift from his bloodline, makes every interaction dangerous. And with a secret, supernatural war brewing among his kind, there’s no time to work it out. To keep Wallace in her life, Rena will have to risk a whole lot more than her heart.


Blog




Carrie Butler is a talented lady. Courage is her second book, the follow up to Strength (both Mark of Nexus books). She holds a marketing degree, so her blog is always a great stop for marketing advice and tips. She also is the co-founder NA Alley—one of the first websites dedicated New Adult fiction. She also manages a design business specializing in graphics for the publishing industry, called Forward Authority.

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I Need a Hero!

10:46 AM Elizabeth Seckman 30 Comments

The release of the novel Saving Sam by J.L. Campbell has been timed to coincide with National Heroes’ Day celebrations in Jamaica. Sam, the protagonist finds a hero—or heroine if you like—in his aunt and the mission of this blogfest is to write a maximum of 300 words about someone who has been a source of inspiration. So, Who’s Your Hero?


Carter "Superman" Seckman

Hero? 

You mean like this?

Bet you guys didn't know the Man of Steel lives in my basement.

I just wish he'd clean it up.

Oy. What good is he if he isn't going to declutter and sweep?

So, I guess for my hero I will have to choose...



DRUM ROLL....

My sweetie. 

Mr. Seckman! 

He tried to fit into that Superman costume, but his muscles kept popping seams ;)

So, instead...this is him...with his trophy from a hunt. A trophy which he tried ever so hard to find a spot I'd allow it to hang in the living room, but it got vetoed at every stop. It's now hanging in that impressive basement. 

He's my super hero. 

He knows I don't fancy dead critters on my walls.

He knows to grab my purse when I leave restaurants, grocery stores, ball games, parties...

He knows when to tell me to breathe and be calm.

He knows when to make me take a stand and stop taking crap. 

He knows how to make me laugh. Knows what makes me cry. 

He knows me. And my dreams. My fears. My insecurities. 

And I know~ his are the shoulders I stand on while I reach for the stars. 

Not once has he told me I'm insane. Or wasting my time. 

He believes in me more than I believe in myself. 

And that makes him my hero. 




J.L. Campbell is a proud Jamaican and an award-winning writer, who is always on the lookout for story-making material.
She writes romantic suspense, women's fiction and young adult novels. She is the author of Contraband, Christine's Odyssey, Dissolution, Distraction, Don't Get Mad...Get Even, Giving up the Dream, Kicked to the Kerb, Retribution and Hardware (written under the pen name Jayda McTyson).
She blogs at http://www.joylcampbell.com Feel free to connect with her on Facebook or Twitter or visit her Amazon author page.





Who's Your Hero?  October 22

J.L. Campbell

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Never Again!

12:00 AM Elizabeth Seckman 40 Comments

Leigh Covington came up with the cutest spin on Theresa Paolo's blog hop celebrating the release of her new book, (Never) Again!

Here's the real rules:
Liz, the main character of (Never) Again got her heart broken and refused to ever open it up to anyone again. We all know how that goes though. How many times have you swore off something only to step right back into it? So for this bloghop I want to know what it is you swore you would never do again and then wound up doing. It could be anything. Dating a guy, drinking, going on the roller coaster that made you vomit, anything.

But Leigh posted a quiz...four things she swore she would never do again...but only one of them was true and commenters were asked to choose: what did Leigh swear she'd never do again?



So, I liked this idea and in planning for it, I was trying to think of my most outrageous stunt that I swore I'd never do again. My husband was trying to help me out...he'd say what about that time your friends had the seance in the graveyard?

Nope, I stayed in the car. Same for the time they broke into the local "haunted" and abandoned house. If horror movies taught me nothing, it's that teens who commit B&E's die before the credits. Every. Time.

Did I ever puke on a roller coaster? No, but I once talked a carnie into letting my girlfriend and I stay on the Cobra for four hours straight. No stopping.

Good times. No regrets there.

Drink too much? Sure, but never past enjoyment. Though there was this one time when I was dating my husband and I mixed beer and liquor and ended up throwing up. In front of the car head lights because I was afraid of the dark (it's that ghost thing, ya know). Would I do it again? Yep. If I had to barf in the boonies where werewolves might grab me from behind a tree, I will puke in the light every single time.

So...what do I regret? What have I sworn off of for a lifetime?

Oy. This is tough. I live a no regrets sort of life, but I will give it a try, and you see if you can guess what one thing I will never do again.

1. I will never again speed through Moundsville, West Virginia. It's a total speed trap and I have better ways to spend $300 dollars.

2. I will never again give my teen-age boy my credit card and a Game Stop card. Again, better ways to spend $300 dollars.

3. I will never again drink cool, refreshing glacier water. Feeling like I have dysentery is NOT my idea of vacation.

4. I will never camp again. Sold my tent for $300 dollars.


Happy Book Birthday Theresa! 

May publishing a book not be the one thing you never do again!






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Any Time, Any Place?

12:00 AM Elizabeth Seckman 40 Comments

Pk Hrezo is out and about showing off her fabulous new cover...and asking the question:

If you could pick any place, any time to visit...where and when would you choose?

This is a no brainer. I mean I would love to be able to hop around the globe and its amazing time line, but if I could only choose one time, one destination...it would be to meet this amazing man:


Yep, I'd want to chat with Jesus. Prophet to some, savior to me, I'd love to have a chance to see Him well, you know, before I kick the bucket.

And how would I get there?



Welcome to Butterman Travel, Incorporated
We are a full service agency designed to meet all your exclusive time travel needs. Family-owned and operated, we offer clients one hundred years of time travel experience. A place where you can rest assured, safety and reliability always come first.
Anxious to attend a special event from the past? Or for a glimpse of what the future holds?
You’ve come to the right place. We’re a fully accredited operation, offering an array of services; including, but not limited to: customized travel plans, professionally piloted operations, and personal trip guides. *Terms and conditions do apply
Conference us directly from our Website. Our frontline reservation specialist, Bianca Butterman, will handle all your inquiries in a professional and efficient manner, offering a tentative itinerary and free fare quote, so you can make the most of your time trip.
We look forward to serving you at Butterman Travel, Inc., where time is always in your hands.  

Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc. the exciting new read from the fab Pk Hrezo coming November 12, 2013!


PK Hrezo is a native Floridian whose life could easily be a Jimmy Buffet song. She shares her home with her firefighter husband and their two children. When not creating characters and their worlds, PK can be found at her other job of rearranging passenger’s itineraries for a major international airline. The only hobbies she loves more than traveling, are reading, writing, and music, and when the four are combined she exists in total bliss.  
She blogs regularly at PK HREZO: Fearless Fiction http://pk-hrezo.blogspot.com/
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PKHrezo  @pkhrezo

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Backwoods Jane Austen

12:00 AM Elizabeth Seckman 16 Comments

Welcome Mary! Or for the sci-fi world, I should say, welcome M. Pax! 

How 'bout a West Virginia howdy
for one of my favorite Mountaineer alums?

It really is a small world. When I first started stalking following Mary, I never realized a star-gazing Oregon gal would have attended the same university as my son. 

Cool, huh? 

What's even cooler is Mary has a new book out! And she agreed to take a minute and do a flash interview, Faster than a Meteor! 
 
I had to ask: You’re a huge Jane Austen fan, where’s the Jane in the Backworlds?
 
M. Pax:  I am a huge Jane fan and have thought about putting her in space, but Craze didn’t want any of that foo fooey stuff around his bar. So far I’ve complied with his request as I torture him enough as it is. There is love in the Backworlds. Captain Talos gets a girlfriend in Beyond the Edge. 


M. Pax-- Inspiring the words she writes, she spends her summers as a star guide at Pine Mountain Observatory in stunning Central Oregon where she lives with the Husband Unit and two demanding cats. She writes science fiction and fantasy mostly. You can find out more by visiting her at:
 
 
 
 
Beyond the Edge:
 
Some truths are better left unfound.

For two years Craze’s dear friend, Lepsi, has been missing. The murmurings of a haunted spaceship might be a message and may mean his old pal isn’t dead. The possibility spurs Craze and Captain Talos to travel to uncharted worlds, searching. Out there, in an unfamiliar region of the galaxy beyond the Backworlds, they stumble upon a terrible truth.

Meanwhile, Rainly remains on Pardeep Station as acting planetlord, dealing with the discovery of her lover’s dark and brutal past. Alone and questioning her judgment, her introspection unlocks more than heartache. Latent protocols in her cybernetics activate, forcing her to face a sinister secret of her own.

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendents to survive in a harsh universe. This is the fourth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.

 

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Nothing Shocking!

9:17 PM Elizabeth Seckman 37 Comments

Guess where I just came from? 

Did you say a football game? 

Golly, you're smart! 

We won. My baby was a beast. There's nothing shocking there. 

Working on my edits, I continue to worry that my Russian lingo won't translate correctly. 

I mean I saw on the news where the White House got the words on the infamous "reset" button wrong. 

And that worries me because I'm betting they didn't hire their translator by lowest bid. 

And I did. Nothing shocking there!

I also tried to sign up for book buzz. Couldn't flipping get my book to download to the site. 

Sigh. Nothing shocking there! 

Announced I'd be trying to schedule a blog tour for November. Of course it's short notice and people are busy, but still plenty offered to help me out. 

You know what? Nothing shocking there either...because bloggers are the best!!!

I love you guys! 

Oh, and if you have a spot in November or December, or whenever, and want to host me...I'd love to visit! 

Anytime, any place, any sort of post you want...I'm game. I'm a blog tramp. Nothing shocking there! 



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Double Fun? Double Trouble?

12:00 AM Elizabeth Seckman 28 Comments

Double fun (or trouble!) for you today!

Congrats Crystal!
We have Crystal Collier's brand new book cover!!!

And yes, it is bee-u-ti-ful!!

The blurb: Alexia’s nightmares become reality: a dead baron, red-eyed wraiths, and forbidden love with a man hunted by these creatures. After an attack close to home, Alexia realizes she cannot keep one foot in her old life and one in this new world. To protect her family she must either be sold into a loveless marriage, or escape with her beloved and risk becoming one of the Soulless. 

MOONLESS is Jane Eyre meets Supernatural.


And speaking of Supernatural!! Joining the party with some Sam and Dean are the lovely Gwen and Angela! (I told you...it's a special day!!) 


                                                                
                                                       I didn't watch it. I watch a season behind
and couldn't risk spoilers.
But you should feel free to enjoy ;)

Elizabeth: I figured, to make life easier on you busy gals, we'd do some trivia. It will give you even more reason to study up on Sam and Dean ;)

The Winchester boys have cute pet names for each other...    

Dean calls Sam (1)_______Bitch_______;

Sam calls Dean (2)______Jerk ________.

           *punk     *jerk    *brat     *bitch


Gwen: But we certainly don’t advocate name calling, especially when two such lovely bodies…

Angela:brothers. She means brothers.

Gwen: Oh. Yeah. Brothers. That’s what I meant.


(3) What is Sam's email address?                                                      

            a. hunter69@gmail.com

            b. hotsam83@stanford.edu

            c. ladieswantme@hotmail.com

            d. lawboy@stanford.edu


Angela: Oh, nice try Elizabeth, but you’ll have to try harder than that. Sam would never forgive us if we gave out his email address to half of America. 
Elizabeth: I wanted to keep it for myself anyhow...bwa ha ha...be back in a sec...got to check my inbox!

(4) Dean's favorite dessert?                                                
How 'bout a cheeseburger pie combo?

            a. ice cream

            b. chocolate chip cookies

            c. white cake

            d. pie


Gwen: Cheeseburgers and pie! You know I’m rather partial to those foods myself. Just one of the many things Dean and I have in common.


(5) By MY best count, how many Winchesters have died on the show?  

*Angela and Gwen put their heads together. A few whispers escape…* ~you know Dean has died about a 100 times…stabbed in All Hell Breaks Loose…hit by lightning in Wishful Thinking…hellhounds…Lucifer…John, Mary…and can’t forget Dean’s daughter, uh, Emma, I think…oh and their grandfather, Henry…Sam…*shake heads*…those boys have been through so much…are we agreed, then?~

Angela:  We’re ready.

Gwen:  Yes, we’re ready.

Elizabeth: Go ahead then. Tell us how many Winchesters have died?

Angela:  197, give or take a life here or there and taking into account whether they were really dead and brought back to life... 

Gwen: …or if they were just fake dead, because fake dead isn’t dead-dead, know what I mean?

Elizabeth: Um, yeah... Let’s just go with that number. I totally forgot about Emma! You ladies are sharp!


(6) When Sam and Dean are separated, what name do they check into a hotel under?
Seriously Elizabeth!!
I am a FREAKING Icon!!

            a. James Dean

            b. MacGuiver                                                 

            c. John Rockford

            d. Quincy Jones


Gwen *glances left then right, then leans forward to whisper*: Don’t tell anyone I said this, but the first name begins with a ‘J’ and the last name is Rockford.

Angela *shakes her head*: You do know folks just have to look at The Rockford Files to figure out ‘J’ is for Jim, right?

Gwen: Shhhhh! Remember, Sam? Superpowers that can kill us if we say too much, although, he’d be a pretty fine last thing to look at.

Angela: You. Are. Hopeless.

Elizabeth: Crap, I meant Jim. There goes all my hopes that Alex Quebec will give me his job when he reitres...giggles and whispers in the background...Trebek? You ladies sure about that? Huh. Seems I've got name problems!


                            (7-10) Speed Round: Match Sam or Dean to the quote!   


a. "I'd give anything not to tell you this, but sometimes nightmares are real." Dean.

b. "What kind of house doesn't have salt? Low sodium freaks!" Dean. (oops...it was Sam) 

c. "You brave little soldier. I acknowledge your pain." Sam.

d. "Always take down the Christmas decorations after New Years, or you might get filleted by a hooker from God." Dean.

*Angela and Gwen wait nervously to hear their scores on Supernatural Trivia* 

Angela whispers to Gwen: So--do we lose points ‘cause we won’t part with Sam’s email?




 About A Guilty Ghost Surprised: Indigo Eady and gang are back with a  feather and a Chance setting off another twisting-turning investigation to bring a cold case, and loved ones, closure at last.

AGGS buy links: Amazon and Barnes & Noble




About They All Fall Down: Free of their duties as Cleanser and Harvestor, Abby and Basil try to move on with their lives. But some secrets remain. And what is done in the dark won’t be good when it comes to light.

TAFD buy links: Amazon and Barnes & Noble


Gwen Gardner and Angela Brown - YA paranormal authors embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. Share with us as we take the Indie journey to bring our works to the world. Buckle up! There'll be mystery, mayhem, action and emotional roller coasters...oh, and a few things that go bump in the night.

Hauntings are scary but we love interaction:





And don’t forget about the giveaway!


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