tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39752033785923233332024-03-12T20:35:45.332-07:00Science Fiction MusingsFrom The Time Key (hard sci-fi) to the Forever Series (paranormal romances) I will be blogging about a storytellers journey!January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-68692412385794463232014-05-18T08:56:00.000-07:002014-05-18T08:56:33.299-07:00The Time KeyHappy Sunday Everyone!<br />
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The Time Key/<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Tagline:
Would you risk your own life travelling through a wormhole if it meant you
might be able to save the one you love? </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Jazlyn
Martin is a bright young scientist who is assisting Macrocosm in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">sending a spacecraft to</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
a traversable wormhole located </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">on the far</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> side of the moon. Helping her is
renowned physicist Jackson Hale, a man she finds irresistible both mentally and
physically. They are assisting another man who has recently lost his wife and
unborn child</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> in a plane
crash. They hope to help</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> him travel back to the
p</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">ast in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">hopes
of saving his family by pr</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">eventing them from getting on that</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
ill-fated plane</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">before </i>it crashes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">.
Will the unravelling of history that this intervention causes to the fabric of
the universe irreparably destroy Jazlyn’s and Jackson’s chance at happiness?</span><br />
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Chapter One:<br />
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The rush to arrive at the lab in a semi-presentable
state and on time had taken all of Jazlyn Martin’s patience. She’d even had her
roommate Ashley help her with her hair, giving her soft waves instead of her
usual messy bun or braid, and then applying a little make-up to reduce the
pallor from always being cooped up in the lab. She knew she looked good, Ashley
was a wiz at that sort of thing, but the time involved was such an annoying
nuisance. Surely someone could invent a dry-cleaning device that you could step
through and be fresh and clean in five to ten seconds? Didn’t she see something
like that in that movie set in the future with Bruce Willis, <i>yes</i>—<i>The
Fifth Element.</i> She had loved movies growing up and had watched many of them
curled up long side her grandma who just kept knitting away at a gentle,
rhythmic pace for hours on end. She still thought of being near someone knitting
as comfort for the soul. Maybe when she was old and gray she’d find the time.
But judging from her life to date, that was light years away for her.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Joining her fellow scientists in the main meeting
room that was more like an old style gymnasium found in most high schools, she
was surprised to see members from all of Macrocosm’s three labs present. That
was a first. Normally all three groups were kept well apart, secrecy being
their modus operandi. She perked up. There was going to be a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">big</i> announcement then. God, I hope this
doesn’t mean lay-offs? Calling them all together was unprecedented. <i>Hold on</i>
she told the jumpy character perched on her shoulder it could be something good.
</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Good morning, darlin’. How are you this fine
morning?” Jackson Hale asked in his southern sexy tone as he strolled over to
join her holding a cup of coffee from Starbucks, his voice that low pitch drawl
that resonated so effectively inside her. Thunderstruck. Yes, it looked like
today’s reaction to his presence was the same as yesterday’s when she met him
for the first time. Her heart rate had increased and her insides quivered. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Great! </i>Now she felt like a star struck
schoolgirl instead of the consummate professional she hoped to always be seen
as. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">An explosion had rocked the facility last night and
she had run into his lab to see if anyone needed rescuing. No one had been hurt
which had been a vast relief. It had turned out an experiment had gone astray
in another part of the building, but she had the extreme pleasure of meeting
the legendary and far-too-hot physicist Jackson Hale. She still felt on high
alert, an uncomfortable feeling after he had featured in her dreams during the
night. He was such an expert lover in her imagination that her body broke out
in a fine sheen of perspiration as she remembered his firm insistent hands that
had been everywhere, making her flesh throb with desire. She got wet all over
again, making her mortified and turned on in equal parts. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Wrenching her mind away from the image of Jackson in
her bed, she noticed he had the common sense not to drink the caustic brew
offered under the guise of coffee in the tarnished urn at the back of the hall.
He looked spectacular even in the harsh florescent lighting. Spruced up and presentable
like everyone else present. We may not get all social conventions right but at
least we know when to clean up. She breathed deeply of his exotic fragrance
that tantalized her with its undertones of soap and manly musk, discovering her
mistake instantly. She swallowed hard, finding the female in her reacting in
unaccustomed ways. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Since when had she
completely lost it? </i></span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The problem was he was the real deal. An extraordinary
genius of a scientist <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> a virile hunk
of a man with his wide shoulders and lean hips that his pants hung off of just
right. He must work out she decided, nature could not be that kind. His dark
unruly hair fell over his broad forehead and she had a sudden urge to push it
back. It looked like it would be silky to the touch and she wanted to test the
theory. Not to mention how damned handsome he looked. She had realized last
night that he did not know the affect he had on females. The memory of her
three AM orgasm featuring him in the leading role made her tingle all over
again. She pulled herself back to the present with difficulty and answered his
inquiry.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Good, thanks, and you?” She gave a nod to his cup
that matched hers. “I see you know better than to drink the vile stuff they
pass off as coffee here.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Yeah, well, my stomach is not made of Ti-22,” he quipped
back, his eyes alight with good humor.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh my</i>, he was also witty. She inwardly sighed,
dreaming of having such a man in her life. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yeah,
like you have the time or could interest a man like Jackson Hale.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“So, any idea of what this is all about?” she asked
and gestured toward the stage where the main characters of the play were
milling about.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“No more than anyone else present,” he replied, and
then raised his expressive brows towards the crew, his voice barely suppressing
laughter. “Nice to see how efficiently they’ve set things up considering the
high paid help in this room.”</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She literally choked on her coffee. Everyone knew
scientists were notoriously poorly paid. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Proletarian</i>,
that best described their pay grade, she thought ruefully. She’d loved big words
since she’d taught herself to read before preschool from a primer found by the
side of the road. She’d dusted it off and dragged her treasure home, holding
her grandma’s hand tightly all the way. It was one of the fondest memories of
her short childhood. Before she understood that her birth had meant the death
of her mother.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Well at least the extra work makes up for the great
pay,” she said straight faced. This time she made him laugh and it made her
feel good, like they were in league together. But it drew her mind to how much
work there was to be done and never enough time to do it the way she wanted.
Nights were better and why she opted so often to work them as well. At least
with no one there, she felt the illusion of time control which was basically
not worrying <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">about</i> the time. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The notoriously poor quality speaker system squeaked
one last ear-splitting time. Everyone turned expectantly to the stage and all the
scientists and lab assistants quieted down. With Jackson standing by her side
keeping her all too keenly aware of his fine male presence, she intently
watched the small group sit down. She recognized all except the one man standing
who had the microphone clutched in his hands. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Fellow scientists,” the man said and paused. She studied
him, curious about his un-kept appearance and eyes that burned with a fanatic’s
intensity. “You must be wondering why I’ve asked to speak to you this morning.
I’m here to tell you that I have discovered the exact location of a <i>traversable</i>
wormhole that allows time travel back to the past.”</span></div>
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<br />January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-65341592948784880082014-05-14T12:03:00.000-07:002014-05-14T12:03:30.168-07:00Interview with Joanne MyersPlease welcome the renown author, Joanne Myers. She's visiting with me today and has kindly answered a few questions for her fans. Welcome Joanne!<br />
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Thanks for having me, January. It's always fun to visit other's blogs.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1. When did you know you wanted to become a writer, why?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That started when I was a child. I have always been able to write.
Writing came easy to me so I enjoyed it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2. What inspired you to write “Loves, Myths, and Monsters”?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My love for monster movies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">3. Is this book part of a series? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">No it is not. This book is a collection of fantasy tales starring the
Mothman, the Chupracabra, Mermaids, time travel, reincarnation, a love curse, a
Quaker love story, werewolves, a demonic cellmate, a serial killer family from
1873, and etc. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">4. How do you find time to write in your daily life? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well I live alone and don’t have small children anymore. I have a lot
more time on my hands now, and I spent my days off writing and going through
emails. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">5. Where do you write? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In my hobby room, which is a mess, with the computer and its stand, my
paints and canvas supplies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">6. Write by hand, typewriter, or computer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I use my computer. One of the best inventions ever. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">7. What character did you enjoy writing about the most?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Probably the villains. They are so mean so that makes it easy to write
about them. The hardest characters for me are the main characters, which are
usually the good guys in my books. I want them to all have different
personalities, likes, and dislikes, and of course, they are physically
different looking also. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">8. If you could do something differently about writing one of your
books, what would it be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I think that would be my biography true crime “The Crime of the Century”.
I would have chosen a different true crime to write about. This crime which
occurred in 1982, and in my hometown of Logan, Ohio, is very controversy. I
have taken some hits from locals who don’t believe the story should be written
about, but it was and still is the worst and only double homicide in the
county. It truly was “the crime of the century.” A crime that terrified residents,
and destroyed families, and sent an innocent man to death row. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10. Are you currently working on something new? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yes, my second biography true crime anthology, is being released from
Black Rose Writing in June and I will be spending time promoting it. Also, I
have revised my poetry collection, “Poems About Life, Love, and Everything in
Between,” by adding more poems and getting it published by a second publishing
company. It will be available for purchase this summer. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Blurbs for </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Loves, Myths and
Monsters” </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">11 tales of fantasy, intrigue, and mystery, entwined within the human
world</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Welcome To Anna </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Little does 17 year old Zoe, realize, but the Chupracabra followed her to Ohio
from South America. What happens next is a series of chilling mysteries, and
unsuspecting friendships and love.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></div>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Hunter's Bride</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
When all game warden Daren Abram, had to worry about was which lucky lady to
woo, he comes to the realization that his town is being stalked by the
reincarnation of the town's legend.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></div>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Moon People</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
For teenage mermaid Constance, coming to the quaint seaside town of Willowick,
is heavenly, until she falls for mortal boy Drake. For the town to survive,
Constance is forced to choose between her kind and the boy and town she loves.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></div>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Pack</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
When young Lycan Sonny Red Blanket, a Shawnee Indian falls for mortal girl
Drenda Way, he must save her from his fellow Lycan's and stop a werewolf
uprising.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></div>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Bidding</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
Apiologist 34-year-old Duncan McPherson goes to Circleville, Ohio, to
investigate a series of mysterious bee attacks. What is uncovered proves to be
more dark and sinister then anyone imaged.</span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Agreement</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
Incarcerated in the abandoned Roseville jail, is the last thing rich college
student and speeder Brice Conrad, needs. With an "agreement" between
the town and a permanent demonic "guest", only the unfortunate ones
know the truth, but do not live to tell.</span><br />
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Handsome bachelor and Scientist Alex Anderson from the thirtieth century,
returns to the Civil War with time serum to save his beloved Ginnie Wade from a
snipers bullet, while finding a roller coaster ride of joy and perils.</span><br />
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When 32-year-old Vinton County Sheriff, James "Jim" Connors,
discovers he has a Mothman hunting in his county, he stops at nothing to save
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The rough and ready cowboy John Queenie gets the shock of his life, when the ad
to break a "wild filly" turns out to be a fiery Quaker girl named
Tess. This is a story proving love conquers all.</span><br />
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A seemingly loving family turns out to be serial killers in 1873.</span><br />
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When an Egypt love curse scroll is stolen from a Dean's office, persons begin
dying in bizarre and grisly ways, with the college's mascot a Viking King
statue jokingly blamed for it. </span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the Love of Ginnie</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I don’t know why I wanted to
save the life of a person I never met. Maybe it was because I was tired of
bachelorhood. Maybe it was because I was a chemist and the unusual, and
unexplained, fascinated me. Or, maybe, it was because I was obsessed with this
twenty-year-old, dark-haired beauty named Mary Virginia “Ginnie” Wade I had
read about. These questions filtered through my mind as I drove to the bar to
meet my best friend Will.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Will’s favorite hangout was “The
Bling,” originally an old truck stop on State Route 93, in Nelsonville, Ohio.
The place became a restaurant/lounge/dance hall and brothel when semis no
longer became a necessity for long distance hauling. The invention of the
transporter also<b> </b>replaced many other primitive jobs such as mail
delivery and travel. “The Bling” was best known for the large flashing lights
suggesting scantily clad women in seductive positions above the front entrance,
and its “bulldogs,” monster-sized bouncers in Armani suits who patrolled its
two-block perimeter, inside and out.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“The Bling,” just another
joint with a sleazy atmosphere, like all alcohol-serving establishments,
differed only in that it catered exclusively to class “A” clientele.
Politely—or maybe not so politely—everyone called it the “Whorehouse for the
rich and bored.” Its reputation grew. Its income grew even faster. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I pulled up in front and
exited my vintage DeLorian, tossing the keys to the baby-faced valet, by-passed
the doorman with no questions asked. Just an exchange of large smiles between
us. Will was also part-owner.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As I entered the twenty-four
carat gold, electronic doors, Will immediately spotted me and motioned me
toward the bar with his diamond embellished hand. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I loved sitting at the bar. It
was the perfect place to see the shows. “Two double scotches and water,” Will
said, as we shook hands, and I slid into my seat beside him, just as the tall,
leggy waitress produced the drinks in an instant.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I immediately recognized the “girl”
as one of the latest “do-everything-like-a-wife” robotics. Robot manufacturing
had become a booming business since the last war destroyed the immune and
reproductive systems in most humans, especially females. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“I don’t know why you waste
your time flirting with non-humans,” I said, cautiously sipping my drink. The
immense emptiness of not being able to acquire a wife and soul mate, I felt at
this age in my life, almost drove me to alcoholism, but my boss and mentor,
Doctor Obar Gabry, intervened, saving my life and promising career. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Because, dear friend,” Will
began, “beggars can’t be choosey, and ladies are in scarce supply. Beside,
these ‘girls’ are all pink inside.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“<i>Ugh</i>!” I said, gulping
down a large swallow of alcohol as if it could wash away my friend’s vile
mental picture from my mind.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Come on, Alex, loosen up.
Live a little.” Will motioned to the waitress for another round of drinks. “You’re
alive, so act like it. Don’t let your beautiful mind go to waste. This world
needs people like you. People started treating me like a god once I became an
entrepreneur, and I love it.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I had to laugh. Maybe my
self-pity stage had outlived its use. Only I can find a wife for myself. I
certainly won’t ask Will to hook me up. His sense of values are as artificial
as the women he beds. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The pain and loneliness I felt
at times from yearning for a life-long partner and family wasn’t easy to
accomplish. Scientific and Medical technology still could not reverse the
sterilization effects on the female species. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sure there were some human
women to date. But most were either sterile, too old, too young, or there was
just no chemistry between the two of us. I wanted that spark that unites
between two people madly in love...like my parents. I never met any couple
happier with one another then my beloved parents. That’s the kind of love I
want…never ending. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The emptiness and frustration
of not finding companionship at times made me want to die. But that was the
loneliness talking. I know that now. I love life. I want to live, and I know
who I want for a wife. It’s just that meeting her would be a little tricky.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Abruptly, I asked, “What do
you think about time travel?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Are you serious?” Will asked.
“Scientists have tried to conquer time travel for hundreds of years, and
failed.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Maybe they failed because
they weren’t Doctor Gabry and me.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Will looked at me in awe. “Oh,
my god, you’re serious!”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“We discovered something today
in the lab,” I said, giving him an arrogant smile. “We believe this is the
answer.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“So who is to be the Guinea
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Me.”</span></div>
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<span id="goog_1915960319"></span><span id="goog_1915960320"><br /></span>January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-34974256522409942552014-04-20T08:28:00.000-07:002014-04-20T08:28:45.542-07:00Fun Tagging Questions from ongoing Goodreads Blog TagHi Julie, here we go!<br />
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working on?</span></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Experimental Eve</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">,
a science fiction novel. I’m hoping to write a crossover novel at some point
during my writing career. By this I mean a book that speaks across the genres
and to a wider audience. I hope that this new book might be a possible
contender. I just finished writing, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Cinderella Proposition </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Virgin
Lottery</i>, both contemporary new adult.</span><br />
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differ from others of its genre?</span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Experimental Eve</i>, I think its biggest
difference is that it’s truly an experiment! I’m bringing together an Ice Queen
heroin, an alien protagonist that could easily exist, and a catastrophe of epic
proportions that has occurred on another exoplanet outside our solar system
making Earth a target. To up the game I’m writing half from the alien’s point
of view and the other half (interspaced by chapters beginning with their names)
from the human’s point of view. It’s also very humorous due to the
misunderstanding in the two planet’s cultures and traditions.</span><br />
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write what I do?</span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I cannot imagine
not writing in every possible moment. Writing is my life. Beginning a new book
is the same endorphin rush for me as falling in love.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">4. How does my
writing process work?</span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">My writing is
always either on the front of my brain, or swirling around at the back waiting
for time to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more you write
the more it finds you. I’ve never been one to wait for their muse to strike,
but get myself there by dedication and persistence. If you sit down to write I
guarantee something good will happen.</span><br />
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<br />January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-22197781741366370062014-03-22T08:50:00.001-07:002014-03-22T08:52:34.029-07:00The Luxury of Vampire Time<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The Luxury of Vampire Time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">By January Bain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><a href="http://worldsoftheimagination.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/the-luxury-of-vampire-time/">http://worldsoftheimagination.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/the-luxury-of-vampire-time/</a> </span></div>
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always wanted to do things once without anyone knowing I have practiced, and
then do them again—perfectly. And I now know why. There is much dignity in the
rhythm of knowing how to do things well. And much comfort. And maybe, just
maybe, a little ease for the fragile ego. Because I have always felt eyes upon
me—judging eyes that catch every misstep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Perhaps
this is another reason for my love of all things vampire, if I have any need of
another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have this time, this
wonderful, incredible spans of endless time to really do things well. To have
the luxury of doing everything perfectly, at least with all the time in the
world to practice, seems to this mortal a very big deal indeed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">And what
would I spend these endless millennia of time on? Well, that’s a no-brainer!
More storytelling, of course. Time to become a great storyteller sounds like
paradise to me. What draws you to the paranormal storyline?</span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-11550097906135997622014-02-05T15:21:00.001-08:002014-02-09T06:26:30.279-08:00Valentine's Day Blog Hop for Champagne Book GroupHello everyone!<br />
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Well, as luck would have it the photo for the blog hop will not upload no how, no way! So here are the facts:<br />
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Grand Prize is amazing! I just got a Kindle paper white and it's even better than I thought. To get your name entered you just have to enter!!!! And you get over 40 wonderful titles! Sound too good to be true, it's not. It's going to happen from February 10 to 14 for Valentine's.<br />
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Enter here from Feb 10 to 14: <a class="parsedLink" href="http://blogspot.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=230c5e46b8467ad43d091489a&id=106fea3e3c&e=2747f6c535" target="_blank">http://blogspot.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=230c5e46b8467ad43d091489a&id=106fea3e3c&e=2747f6c535</a><br />
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I'm offering you three e-books as the main prize and one more for the final installment in the series right here on Science Fiction Musings. Forever Man, Forever Woman, Forever Clan and Forever Angel. <br />
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Go back here for the next stop to win more swag at: <a class="parsedLink" href="http://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=230c5e46b8467ad43d091489a&id=3f198fcf90&e=2747f6c535" target="_blank">http://blogspot.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=230c5e46b8467ad43d091489a&id=3f198fcf90&e=2747f6c535</a><br />
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Best,<br />
January Bain<br />
The Forever Series<br />
Champagne Books<br />
<br />January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-81444873752826434662014-01-08T07:54:00.001-08:002014-01-08T07:54:42.498-08:00The multiverse for world-building, thanks to Brian Greene!
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">“You know what blows me away about our known universe. It’s how it’s so
ideally suited for life as we know it. For example, if the protons in an atom
were just 0.2 more massive than they actually are, they would be unstable and
decay into smaller particles. Atoms would not exist and neither would we! If
gravity were just slightly more powerful, the consequences would be nearly as
grave. It would cause stars to run through their fuel at a fraction of the time
and sputter out before life as we know it had a chance to evolve. In other
words, the universe is life-friendly. Too many coincidences to be mere
accidents according to many scientists.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">*Using the tenants from the above declaration made by one of my characters
in a previous novel, I began to wonder how world building for a new multiverse
might play out. (I’ve watched a lot of science shows hosted by the incomparable
Brian Green and sat enthralled through them.) What could I add that would
differ in a useful way for my storytelling from here on Earth? I decided on
using a time travel scenario by creating a wormhole that could be used as a “bridge”
to the past that would allow my characters to meet up at different times in
history because that just sounds like so much fun to set up. And the ensuing
chaos will help with the storytelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Secondly, I imagined a looser kind of morality that would allow for a
lot more fun. We can sometimes be such prudes here on Earth so a universe with
more scope in that direction just might add a whole new slant to things. And it
looks like some readers are looking for stories that cross many genres, at
least according to some of the blogs I’ve been reading, so that just might be
the needed impetuous, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Thirdly, a new universe would be a great place for all the supernaturals
to hang out, which would explain their elusiveness here on Earth—think Big Foot.
Gives them their own place where they can visit our planet when they chose
which means we need portal(s) to that other world that I’m going to call
Outrider due to their outlaw nature. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Fourthly, the new world creatures just accept reincarnation as a fact,
like some believe in right here on Earth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Fifthly, time travels much slower on this new world adding to the sense
of it being a haven. You can visit this universe and get back to Earth before
very much has changed. Rather a useful premise for storytelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Now, to find out more you will just have to read the series when it’s
finished. First Book: Blood Moon Justice coming soon. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">How does world building work for you? Do you fly by the seat of your
pants as you go or do you plan everything ahead of time? I’d really like to
know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Best, January Bain </span></div>
Storyteller<br />
Forever Series<br />
Champagne Books<br />
January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-21141748384689700562013-10-07T11:00:00.001-07:002013-10-07T11:00:47.598-07:00Forever Angel (Forever #4) October 7, 2013Today is an amazing day! Book four, Forever Angel, has just been released by Champagne Books!<a href="http://www.champagnebooks.com/shop/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.champagnebooks.com/shop/index.php</a> <br />
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Sheanne Moore felt there wasn't enough sun in her native Scotland this summer.
So she designed this summer sun award. Cat passed it onto Ute who has
passed the honor on to me! I don't know if I can keep up with those talented authors, but I'll give it a go!<br />
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To accept the award, I have to display the banner (easy peasy) and answer eight
questions about my summer doings (maybe not so easy peasy, but here goes). <br />
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1. Favorite Song with Summer in the Title or the lyrics (hum a few bars and
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Summertime because it was the first song I ever played on the piano! And you don't want me humming it because it turns out that I'm tone death. But then, so are my cats who seem to love my voice. No accounting for tastes!<br />
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movie: Pretty Woman</span><br />
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destination: our attached screen house! Love to say the cabin's open when we put up the screens. There truly is no place like home!</span></span></span><br />
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suitcase this summer: A hat because I burn like crazy! And my computer and ipad and Sony e-reader 'cause I need my electronics and don't anyone try to take them away!!! Don't say I didn't warn you!</span><br />
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destination: Grand Forks for a little shopping and R and R. Summer ritual as my husband's birthday present (I'm a Leo) always includes shopping. Yeah!</span><br />
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secrets so thanks for the fun Ute. Have a great summer everyone!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span><br />January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-17055520189273304582013-05-15T09:50:00.000-07:002013-05-15T09:50:05.179-07:00New Book coming out in September!Forever Angel will be released September 2! It's the fourth book in the Forever Series and takes us into brand new territory. I also have an new editor from Champagne Books who I am really looking forward to working with.<br />
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FOREVER ANGEL Excerpt:<br />
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<i>And so it shall pass that the white angel comes to drive out the dark angel and ease the suffering of the Clans.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>~<i>Lord Ra<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">You’ll like Julie. She’s a very nice small-town girl from halfway around the world who needs a change of scenery. Promise me that you’ll show her a good time while she’s here, Jax. She knows nothing about our being vampire and since you’re a Daywalker you’re our only hope in keeping her suspicions at bay, though with her sister-in-law Ellie being a true healer she might have a more open mind than most.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was his ma’s words just one week ago and here he was heading for the airport to pick up that bit of baggage, dutiful son that he was. He snorted in derision, remembering how absolutely unimpressed he was to be the official escort of someone—he almost used the word <i>hick</i> but thought better of it—from Nome, Alaska. And to think he had important plans this week—lord knows <i>time</i> was the one thing he did not have enough of and what little he had certainly did not include chaperoning a Miss Julie Stone through the tourist spots of Luxor. He ran his hands through hair that the sun had bleached to a burnished gold, his azure blue eyes glinting angrily in his tanned face, the chiseled jaw-line tightening from the momentary annoyance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He pulled up at the gates to the visiting parking area of the airport, yanked a ticket from the automatic dispenser, and drove the black SUV with dark-tinted glass into the designated area. Strolling with incredible innate gracefulness for such a tall, well-built man, he headed for Gate Three. The chit could wait for him. He would not be rushed on her account. He was aware he did not have a much of a capacity for commotion at this juncture of his life. And like one of his favorite quotes-man, Oscar Wilde, he did not suffer fools gladly. The jury was still out on just how much escorting <i>this</i> particular guest would upset his well-ordered life for the next few weeks, but the tautness in his gut was suggesting it would bring more disruption than he was prepared to deal with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Julie Stone, on the other-hand, unaware she was currently viewed as a liability, was exploding with excitement as the Boeing 747 landed precisely in the middle of the paved runway of Luxor, Egypt, the sound deafening and then easing as the pilot applied the brakes and it came to a full stop on the tarmac. The buzzing sound of the electric Jetway, the bridge between the plane and terra firma, reached out and locked into position at the cabin door. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Finally, after months of begging her mother, she was in exotic Egypt! She could hardly believe her luck. She had wanted to visit her sister-in-law’s brother Aiden and his wife Winter for years, since they were married at a <i>hand-fasting</i> back in Scotland, but it took till now to get the stars lined up to get things to<i> </i>happen. She grinned to herself, happiness radiating from her convivial spirit and causing other passengers to smile in appreciation at her high color and the sparkle in her bright blue eyes, her sleek ebony black ponytail dancing about her shoulders as she began to yank her carry-on down from the overhead bin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The heavy bag finally jerked free of its confinement and came cavorting down where it almost landed on top of her seat mate whom she had been conversing with since he had boarded the plane at a brief stop-over in New York. He mentioned he wanted to see more of her in Luxor, and even gone so far as to trade business cards and making tentative plans for drinks and a meal in the weeks ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He smiled at her <i>whoops</i> look now, apparently finding her entirely charming as he handed her the offending piece of luggage. “I’ll see you to your relatives, Miss Julie.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She nodded and they headed off to join the conga line in the center isle of the aircraft. The tired passengers snaked their way to the open cabin door, most restless to stretch their stiff muscles after the long flight. The over-crowded plane was stifling and there had been the usual distractions of crying babies and whiny tired children, but none of it had fazed Julie. She was on a much anticipated adventure and was right in her glory, her intrepid spirit sucking up all the nuances of the journey. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would refuse to let anything that happened in Nome this past year affect her time in Egypt; this she was adamant about as she pushed away anything but good thoughts to the furthest recesses of her fevered mind. Her normal way of being—hardworking, calm and thoughtful was how she perceived herself, though others might differ in their opinion of her character—definitely not using the adjective <i>calm</i>, had been jettisoned somewhere over the frigid Atlantic. She had even spent time visualizing throwing all the bad memories of the past months <i>off</i> the plane in the short time between conversations with her seatmate who appeared to have sympathy for her plight when she filled him in on her troubles. She was going to Egypt to have a good time, her ex-fiancé Derrick be damned! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">At the baggage carousel she almost missed seeing her two bright red suitcases bumping cheerily along the moving track, but managed to jump in just in time to grab them. She and her new friend, moving at the same time for the same reason, collided heads with a resounding <i>thud</i> in the ensuing commotion and literally bounced off each other. No one was hurt and they broke out laughing. Their merriment carried with them on out into the waiting area. Julie was enjoying the attentions of the handsome, richly dressed Egyptian with the wicked sense of humor when she spun around demonstrating a recent dance move she had witnessed on <i>Dancing with the Stars</i> and collided with a solid object on her right that sent her reeling off balance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The man looked none too pleased at her antics and reached over to grab her to keep her from landing on her keister. Feeling decidedly ungraceful, she straightened herself with his help and looked up into the bluest eyes she had ever seen. She felt a jolt of psychic energy shoot through her at the brief touch. Images raced in an instant through her brain which she had no time to analyze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I’m sorry, I didn’t see you. . .” her words trailed off as her eyes widened. “You’re Jax!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He looked at her with a scowl. <i>He’d be very handsome if not for the frown</i>, she thought, still captivated by how blue his eyes were. She gave a quick decisive flick to her shiny black pony tail and stood up to her full five foot three inches, feeling downright puny compared to his well over six foot frame, she gauged, as she slanted her large, almond-shaped eyes up at him and began to introduce her seat mate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Jax, I’d like you to meet Mr. Anton Mubaruk, means <i>blessed one</i> in Egyptian, pretty cool, huh!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I know what Mubaruk means.” he replied curly while nodding politely at the man. “Is this all your luggage?” he asked abruptly, effectively dismissing her acquaintance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Yes, of course, give me a call, Anton.” she spoke pointedly to her new acquaintance. “I’d like that. You know where I’ll be.” she spoke with more confidence, a deliberate tone that said, <i>don’t you dare say anything</i>, <i>Jax Cameron</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He ignored her words and picked up her two larger bags and carried them with incredible ease out through the automatic doors into the late afternoon furnace that was Luxor’s lot in midsummer. Waves of heat like ghost spirits radiated off the cement and spiraled up into the languid atmosphere. He obviously expected her to follow along after him like a docile sheep and she bit her tongue to keep her temper in check. She quelled her emotions which was not her usual way and followed the <i>insufferable</i> Jax, as she was now thinking of him, down the path to the waiting vehicle. The hot sun beating on her uncovered head felt like a heavy pulsating presence and was a bit of a shock, but she ignored the discomfort, focusing instead on following his broad strides and having to half-run to keep up with him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He efficiently unlocked the rear cargo compartment and threw her bags unceremoniously into it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Careful, I have gifts for everyone!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He just looked at her with a raised sardonic eyebrow and opened her door and then went around and got in. Well, at least, he was a gentleman, she thought as she climbed into the vast driving compartment of the luxurious vehicle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Nice wheels.” she spoke her thoughts aloud as she buckled her seatbelt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Not too shabby.” he acknowledged her compliment and took masterful control of the wheel and soon had them on the highway leading to their compound. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-81169052733896309432013-03-30T08:04:00.000-07:002013-03-30T08:04:21.781-07:00An Eight Week Journey!Good Morning Everyone!<br />
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I have just spent the most amazing eight weeks imaginable. I wrote an entire novel (the first in a new series) in that time. A truly metaphysical experience. I've had these experiences before when I was a wildlife painter, but never as a writer. <br />
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Of course, now the polishing begins. I feel the urge to polish this new work to the nines. A feeling right now that I hope continues for all the days that this will take...<br />
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Here's an (unpolished) excerpt from <strong>Blood Kin:</strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">CHAPTER
ONE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eighteenth
Dynasty<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Egypt
1350BC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> “I
want to live <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">forever</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Have
you any idea what you’re asking? I beseech you to think upon this one last
time, my queen.” The ancient voice rumbled with foreboding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Yes,
I am aware. I have born my children. The timing is right with the chaos brought
on by plague. I am at the peak of my human beauty and I will preserve it at all
costs.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The
haughtiness of her tone contrasted enticingly with her bewitching countenance,
the ancient Sun God took intellectual note; he who was created from one of the elite
lineages bestowed on early pro-magnum man by the star visitors. If his was the
dark gift, so be it for the gift of light was overrated by his rivals. He
wished briefly that the passing of hundreds of millennium had not left him beyond
the human need of procreation. A beauty such as hers came only once in a
thousand years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Beware,
Queen Nefertiti, the cost of what you ask may be far higher than you seek. Are
you willing to pay this cost? You will not know what debt you have incurred
until it is too late. You cannot be brought to such a state until you agree to
accept the other side of the coin—and it is a dark side, I caution you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“What
cost? Living as I am now—forever? Bah, nothing you could say could sway me from
this course of action. I will rule this land forever—my pure heart commands it.
And you said I would have one wish granted for my dedication to praising you to
my people and making you our one god. Living forever is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my wish</i> and it is in your provenance to give it to me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The
finality of her tone convinced the deity of her conviction, though grave doubts
lingered of her understanding of the high cost of becoming immortal. And how
could she know? Most of the facts he could not divulge until she was turned as
it was far too dangerous to have such knowledge venture forth into the human
world. But his word was his word and thereby he must bestow the gift of
everlasting life; damn the cost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Then
I, Lord Aten, will make it so.” With a dramatic flourish of his luminous aura
that surged with shinning rays of intense light like the spokes of a wheel from
his entire being, he pronounced the words, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Regina
vitam aeternam dona tibi</i>—I give you the gift of eternal life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I
feel no different.” Nefertiti said after a moment and looked at<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>Lord Aten with distain clearly written
on that sinfully beautiful face. A face that could command an army at will. But
he knew how to bend that powerful will to his own though soon he would be gone
for he had been promised entry into the highest realm for his destiny fulfilled.
Leaving his human body behind gave him a twinge of regret as he watched the
captivating face of the first woman to become a vampiress flush with impatience.
She was a worthy prize. He could well imagine the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mesmer</i> abilities she would incur with the change for no human could
be safe from her influence once the likes of she was immortal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Habere patientiam</i>—have patience. First
you need to be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">inficitur.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Inficitur?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Infection
with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">aeterna sanguis virus </i>is
essential to immortality<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>Only blood
changes blood<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>You will wake immortal
the day after it is administered.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Let’s
begin.” Her tone was certain and he approved her steadfast conviction though he
thought her impulsive to the extreme. Even felt a little thrill at knowing that
such a beauty and spirit would exist for all time; and if he could not be the
beneficiary—so be it for it must be written in the stars for what happened was meant
to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“This
is the substance you seek.” With a sleight of hand he pulled a shimmering vial
from beneath his snow white robe and held it up to the single candle that lit
the dim, dank cavern well hidden beneath the new capital city. The suffrage
would camouflage what actually had to be done and that he would take care of
later under cover of darkness; the sharing of blood. The fundamental actions he
would be called upon to perform in the night ahead created a surge of excitement
beyond what he had felt in a plethora of years…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I
will take it now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Drink
it all in one go. It is the gift of the distant star visitors. You will be the
first of your kind—the first female born of darkness to become immortal.” He proudly
commanded and handed it over and felt her shiver involuntarily with
anticipation as she ran the tip of her pink tongue over her full lips. He
calmly watched as she impudently pulled the stopper from the vial and whipped
her head back allowing her thick mane of undulating auburn hair to flow far down
her back and rest at the hallow of her hip. She drank the shimmering liquid
that shone with an iridescent unearthly glow as greedily as a hungry babe at
its mother’s breast. Bemused, he watched her look of instant horror at the vile
taste of the ancient concoction. Just the first insignificant cost of what was
now destined to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-69626030484615443502013-01-05T08:50:00.000-08:002013-01-05T08:50:01.310-08:00STAR CHILDNow at over 40,000 words into my newest novel: STAR CHILD. Please find next a small excerpt to entice you to read this novel in the months to come!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The
bright colors that surrounded her had entered his body without his realizing it
and had lit the darkness that had always ridden him. No longer could he ignore
right and wrong—no longer could he fail to fully understand what his people
were doing. The blinders were off. He was now enlightened to a full
understanding of his soul and there was no going back. With a final thrust he
felt his seed leave him in a hot rush, his body the instrument to fulfill some
kind of manifest destiny. At the instant his seed entered her he experienced
fireworks of color light her from within. He felt her body embrace this vital essence
for starting life and in that split-second he knew: Lily would bear his child:
a star child<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. My God, what had he done…?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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pair lay still, trying to absorb the enormity of what had happened. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily
spoke first. “Something <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">huge</i> just
happened, didn’t it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Yes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Who
are you, Cullen Goodman?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">His
heart lurched in his chest. If he told her he would lose her. He could not lose
her. Lily was…Lily, and the sun rose and set on her. It was a monumental
realization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Just
a man falling in love.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Love?”
she said the word tentatively, like she was trying it on for size.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Yes,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love </i>Lilly. I don’t know the why or
the how, just that it is.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Don’t
be frightened, but I think you’re pregnant,” he whispered in her ear, holding
her close and wanting to spare her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She
nodded. “I know, I saw it happen. It’ll be a boy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“A
son.” His voice was full of reverence. The pair held each other close, finding
the surreal moment too overwhelming to say anything more…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2topia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-48556171480032292562012-12-03T16:53:00.001-08:002012-12-03T16:53:09.745-08:00FOREVER CLAN is coming January 7, 2013Hi All, just a wee excerpt for FOREVER CLAN being released by Champagne Books 2013:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I think reading all those vampire romance novels you
love so much has addled your brain, Sunday Rose St. Clair. First, it was
Grandma Rose and her faeries, and now you and your vampires,” her mother
remarked without rancor as she deftly rolled out the piecrust for the fifth pie
of the morning. Sunday Rose, in her task of peeling the Macintosh apples lagged
behind her mother, earning herself a stern warning glare that plainly told her
to <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">hurry it up</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She sighed, “But Ma, to be able to live forever,
just imagine!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Her mother brushed back a wayward strand of still-bright
auburn hair that belied her years. She left a streak of flour on her forehead.
“You,” she said, “with your Titian hair, your emerald eyes filled with foolish
dreams, your books and poetry, are so like Grandma Rose it sometimes frightens
me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a last-born child, too, you
know. And while some say it’s the middle one who tends to be fey, in this
family, I think that’s not so.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday Rose
peeled another fragrant apple, sliced into the large tin basin positioned
precariously in her lap. “But, Ma,” she said again. “To live forever? Wouldn’t
that be something?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i> think
it would be torture. I’ve done enough baking and cleaning and doing for others
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> lifetime. I’d not care to continue
it indefinitely. Be practical, child.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday Rose
hurried her pace at another warning glance from her mother, but continued to
argue. “It’s not a practical matter. It’s about being able to have endless time
to live and love and learn and—to just have <i>more</i>.” Yearning filled her
voice as she tried to explain how she felt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“What do you know about love? You’re just a chit of
a thing.”</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh97iE0wxXXUFwJupCzsPhpbz92lWgDgkrKiU5BLnencWLsFDW0eSLTVQs9qYmwn6f8Lp16lsGhBIGs0BmDhmGphKsVfIcNtz1ZK_QSV3Y4GDAadt7zdGHGc3MJcBwZCqgJ3pTUffIi5Ik/s1600/Button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh97iE0wxXXUFwJupCzsPhpbz92lWgDgkrKiU5BLnencWLsFDW0eSLTVQs9qYmwn6f8Lp16lsGhBIGs0BmDhmGphKsVfIcNtz1ZK_QSV3Y4GDAadt7zdGHGc3MJcBwZCqgJ3pTUffIi5Ik/s320/Button.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I know that I’m going to find someone who will love me no matter what--who’ll love me unconditionally.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Best,<br />
January Bain<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-90797139536556856312012-11-04T08:55:00.000-08:002012-11-04T09:25:18.971-08:002topian view of our planet EarthHappy Sunday Everyone,<br />
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Got a really early start due to the time change so five was really four o'clock in the morning!<br />
THE PERFECT STORM stands at 36,507 at this brief moment in time.<br />
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Cullen Goodman, the hero of my work-in-progress, is in the process of telling his parents that he has fallen in love with an Earthling. Horror of Horrors!<br />
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Un-edited Excerpt of The Perfect Storm:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Yes,
I’ve fallen in love and married a woman. Lily Stewart to be exact.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">His
father closed his eyes for a moment as if gathering himself and for the first
time Cullen could see that he had aged. 2topians live far longer than the
people of Earth thanks to so many advances in health care, but they were not
immortal and could expect to live one hundred and seventy years at best. Every
life form on all life-giving planets, of which there were too many to count in
the cosmos, had the same curious feature that though they promoted life, they
were even better at extinguishing it. And so many had totally extinguished theirs
by not getting their act together in time to prevent total alienation. Thank God
there was still hope for Earth. But knowing he would very likely live longer on Earth
than Lily was not something he was prepared to dwell on. It would be his job to
convince her to live on 2topia and avail herself of their advancements. And
perhaps the two of them, along with Mathew and Jasmine and others that would
band with them in the future could help this population… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“It’s
insanity to think that this won’t lead to your undoing, Cullen. Did Tiber not
teach you anything?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“He
was a good teacher. Things changed when I met Lily. I saw reason—that it is wrong
what we are doing here. And I’m not the only one.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Who
else, Cullen?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He
looked at his father, wondering how much he should say as his mother came into the
room. Eying them both, she sat down on a chair close by and shook her head at
Cullen’s offer of a drink.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I’m
fine. Now, what’s been shared between the two of you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Your</i> son has fallen in love with a
human!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Best, January Bain</div>
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November 4, 2012</div>
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from Ashern, Manitoba, Canada</div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-91810191471447815282012-10-28T07:51:00.001-07:002012-10-28T07:54:52.855-07:00Lily and Cullen's storyThe Perfect Storm<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzH2hBzI04bwEjDKKcJl-Nd6wNniba3BTRMZawyMmJe9NolUbIO61nEPmQ_J470S9KlFLD5_QhtCZpJmCT1fZfojlRvIsera9JYd6O_yQ6oArSp2sy0nTz6YN3sW7GrSvRbidH4AG5wqP/s1600/Oct+7+039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzH2hBzI04bwEjDKKcJl-Nd6wNniba3BTRMZawyMmJe9NolUbIO61nEPmQ_J470S9KlFLD5_QhtCZpJmCT1fZfojlRvIsera9JYd6O_yQ6oArSp2sy0nTz6YN3sW7GrSvRbidH4AG5wqP/s320/Oct+7+039.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The
gentle flow of three hundred year old classical music surrounded Lily as she waited
at the entrance of the wedding venue for the march to begin. It would announce
her intentions to walk down the aisle to join with Cullen. Her mind had been filled
all day with an intense buzzing sensation that heightened her sense of
unreality. Then, as the wedding march started and she began her long walk
toward her intended she felt a great relief come over her and it was a little
like swooning. Above her the stars shone hard and bright and sparks struck off
the dark skin of the universe through the vaulted glass ceiling of the
conservatory. In this other humbled world she walked on the wings of love
toward Cullen, carrying their child in her womb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">*These two lovers are more than star-crossed. They come from different planets! Lily is from Earth and Cullen is from 2topia. Talk about conflict as 2topians are on Earth to exploit humans...</span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-29053034376087772682012-10-24T15:51:00.003-07:002012-10-24T15:51:31.884-07:00Thanks, Mom!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXi1J002aOO22oY7g0ejxQJ4J-ZWwYbH5x27PA-IpvxKZNxNNppS7DETCuHbnYrAI0OtlVkPkkeC2POLj2XLjydaPrjlrOfckvn2AE4yKg1ES6eEfbiD9u0X-33LuON_zpcGPWoHIWzg/s1600/Oct+7+039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXi1J002aOO22oY7g0ejxQJ4J-ZWwYbH5x27PA-IpvxKZNxNNppS7DETCuHbnYrAI0OtlVkPkkeC2POLj2XLjydaPrjlrOfckvn2AE4yKg1ES6eEfbiD9u0X-33LuON_zpcGPWoHIWzg/s320/Oct+7+039.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">My personal journey into the awesome realm of writing truly began for me as a child. I thank my dear mother for reading to her brood pretty much nightly for my interest in the written word. In point of fact, I was so excited about discovering how to read I taught myself how to even before my first day of school!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">And once I began writing there was no stopping the outpouring of words. I not only write novels, I write about the journey of creating each novel. Words have such power for me! And over me…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">To date the journey of storytelling has led me to vampire lairs, to distant planets, to many exotic place right here on Earth and all have definitely increased my pleasure. I usually give my characters the lead, as they off-times know more than me about what they would or would not do! Another advantage of this style of writing is the journey is so fresh that I believe that freshness and passion comes across in the story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Different species populate my novels. Vampire, Dhampyre, Angel-Fae, Fairies, Dragons, Aliens—all have called my pages home. And all have enriched my life.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">So thank you, Mom, for introducing me to stories by reading a chapter-a-night to us. It was the best gift a child could have!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Forever Man<br />
Forever Woman<br />
Forever Clan<br />
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<a href="http://www.januarybain.ca/">www.januarybain.ca</a><br />
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-18281072144401563092012-10-21T09:16:00.001-07:002012-10-21T09:37:02.312-07:00World Building for The Perfect Storm<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Welcome to my 2topia:! A planet that has two moons and a highly advanced civilization that will take your breath away...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Excerpt from today's writing:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">His
mother was pushing to see him but maybe it was for the best. He was thankful his
parents’ trip would take a week, even at infinitely faster-than-light speeds
that humans have not even dreamt of yet. They would go through the Universal wormhole
in Alpha Centauri’s binary star system propped open with superstrings of
limitless energy. He saw it in his mind’s eye: the wormhole used by 2topians
for easy access to Earth and its rich resources.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From 2topia to Earth was just a week’s travel.
The incredible pressure that such high velocities were thought to be created
for the body did not happen as expected at that speed as time also speeded up
to a superluminal blur. Of course, everyone was backed up with data streams in case
of failure to allow cloning in the case of death, though it was not an option
Cullen liked to think about as it was too similar to a mind-sweeper experience
and he could not imagine for one second wanting Lily to forget any of their
time together...</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Best, January</span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-46932433942434549692012-10-14T08:37:00.000-07:002012-10-14T08:37:00.655-07:00THE PERFECT STORM
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Did you ever feel that
you were bringing something new to the table with your writing? That many
things were converging and creating a perfect storm. That is how I feel right
at this moment in time. I’ve hit a place that is well above the earth where
different ideas of writing are unfolding in unison and creating a book that is
like none I have ever written.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The novel unfolding is
more powerful with words and paragraphs and words that I have not strung
together before. It’s a love story not wholly of our world, but of a new one
created from world building. Two beings have come together, one from planet
Earth, one from planet 2topia. Their mating is so intense I can only hang on
for the ride. But even more importantly, their offspring will be the salvation
of our planet... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The story overrides all
genres for me. It’s science fiction, its fantasy, its romance, its intense
literature. And I’m bringing to it a freedom that is calling to me. It will definitely
be written under a pen name to protect the innocent! And I cannot wait to see
how it will end. I’m twenty thousand words in and it’s fully charged with intrigue,
romance, the need for salvation, and themes around human issues and healing. I
can only hope do it justice. May the word fairies have my back!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Best, January Bain / October
14, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-83284408358914519152012-10-05T05:00:00.000-07:002012-10-05T05:00:13.527-07:00)… And do the sins of the human fall on the vampire?
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ve considered many ethical and moral questions as
I write vampires and humans that are juxtaposition, one on the other. Vampires
have obviously discovered the proverbial <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fountain
of youth,</i> but how much of their former human characteristics do they bring
to their new lives when they are made by a vampire? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">These are the things I have imagined during alternative world building I’ve created writing about vampires:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine: having all the
time in the world to create medical cures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine: it being feasible
to inoculate all humans against their mortality, a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">vaccine against death</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine: never dying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine: saving loved
ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine: saving people with
special gifts: Those who want to do good in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Imagine: watching
history being made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Those are just some of
the things I’ve thought about during the journey of writing the Forever Series
of books. The best part of writing for me is the realization of how amazing our
world truly is. And maybe I just like to twig it a bit to add even more magic!
After all, that is the gift of storytelling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-50473394307504397642012-10-04T05:00:00.000-07:002012-10-04T05:00:04.989-07:00A Writer’s Journey<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">My personal journey into the awesome realm of writing truly began
for me as a child. I thank my dear mother for reading to her brood pretty much
nightly for my interest in the written word. In point of fact, I was so excited
about discovering how to read I taught myself how to even before my first year
of school!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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words. I not only write novels, I write about the journey of creating each
novel. Words have such power for me! And over me…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">To date the journey of storytelling has led me to vampire lairs, to
distant planets, to many exotic place right here on Earth and all have definitely
increased my pleasure. I usually give my characters the lead, as they off-times
know more than me about what they would or would not do! Another advantage of
this style of writing is the journey is so fresh that I believe that freshness
and passion comes across in the story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Different species populate my novels. Vampire, Dhampyre, Angel-Fae,
Fairies, Dragons—all have called my pages home. And all have enriched my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">So thank you, Mom, for introducing me to stories read a
chapter-a-night. It was the best gift a child could have!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The murmur of voices
was silenced in an instant by the ancient magistrate’s unearthly cold stare as
he stood with full authority, blacked-hooded and paper-white, and read from the
book of punishments, his voice heralding the full power of the Condita, the
Vampire Establishment.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“It is our character
and our will that makes and mars our lives. Your defense that you were not
aware of the edict against Human feeding falters as it does not justify the
excessive crime of random acts of terror against humans. Modern Vampire lore is
clear on this point, as it is written.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">And with a short pause
for emphasis, continued his diatribe in the echoing tone of an inhuman mountain
of stone. The more astute members of his audience felt an infinitesimal flicker
of his savoring the silence before his final pronouncement began.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Therefore, it is the
verdict of this court that the vampyre, Katrianna Ivanski, in absentia, for her
crimes against the Condita, be chained for no less than twenty four hours to
the punishment polus in the central courtyard of the templum. May the Confuto
have mercy on your undead soul.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-44401122745083867562012-10-03T05:00:00.001-07:002012-10-03T05:00:00.632-07:00Its Hard To Be Human
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is hard to be human which is maybe why I like to
immerse myself in imaginative vampire lore. And immerse myself I do. I’ve lived
their lives 24/7 as I get the gift of experiencing the richness of this
parallel world. Okay, my human life probably suffers for my obsession at times,
but fortunately I have a loving, tolerant husband and three independent cats
that like to watch me tap away at the computer. I think they find the rhythm of
the keystrokes soothing—just my take as I used to like the sound of my
grandma’s knitting needles clicking away while I sat beside her. I even used
that memory in my third book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forever
Clan</i>, for the heroine’s Scottish ma. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But I digress. Why is it so hard to be human? Well,
we cannot heal ourselves as quickly as vampires can. Imagine being healed
overnight as you sleep from a wound that would kill a mortal. I’d like that
gift! And for those of you that know me well, you can imagine how I would want
to share the gift of healing after reading my first novel in the series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forever Man</i>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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full of energy. And if the blood comes from a blood bank concoction there would
be little guilt, I’m just saying…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Vampires can shape-shift at will. Not a bad ability
to have. Imagine the havoc one could bring to bullies, child molesters,
murderers and other such evil people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Vampires can live forever. Okay, this sounds good
but what about the fact that if you have regrets in life you have to live with
them FOREVER. But then maybe vampires (at least the uncivilized ones) don’t
carry this guilt. But mine do for the most part, so maybe it’s also hard to be
a vampire at times. But they can’t complain too much as they get to live
forever, for heaven’s sake!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope you follow the journey of my vampires,
angels, and Fae that exist in the pages of the Forever Series<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. Forever Man</i> was released by Champagne
Books in July 2012 and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forever Woman</i> on October 1<sup>st</sup>, with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forever
Clan</i> January 2013. I love to hear from readers and writers alike!</span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-28514833520544708022012-10-02T05:00:00.000-07:002012-10-02T05:00:17.407-07:00The Writing of Forever Woman<br />
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Woman</i> was the kind of experience I can only wish all humans (and especially
writers, of course!) could experience at some special time of their live. I
found my full writing voice on this magical journey, discovered the richness of
an alternate world, and, I won’t hesitant to say, began to envy vampires! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What’s
not to like?</i> You can to stay young and beautiful forever is you get to be
made young; you can acquire great wealth with the full gift of time, you can
recover easily from wounds that would smite down a human, and maybe best of
all, you get to live with the love of your life forever—that is if you can find
them!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">That has been Christopher St. John’s, the
antagonist’s problem in the novel, as he has lost his mate to betrayal and
looks to find another. Well, you can’t just take another man’s love! But he tries
and all hell breaks loose. Aidan Hightower, our hero, has his hands full trying
to save his love, Winter Kennedy from herself as she has <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">invited</i> Christopher, the head of the Pharaoh Clan to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">make her a vampire</i>. She has a good
reason, but she changes her mind, a woman’s prerogative which the alpha vampire
does not take kindly to at all!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the sparks behind <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forever Woman</i> was the revelation to me that if you could give the
gift of eternal life to someone, why not chose someone worthy of the gift?! And
so the characters that pepper my books are special people, saved for good
reason. Winter is a gifted medical nurse with a talent for research and that
makes her special to the Pharaoh Clan. Other members of the Clan have their
historical gifts too and you will need to read, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forever Woman</i>, to find out what they are!</span></div>
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“Nice to see you again, Winter.”<br /><br />The smooth voice of Christopher St. John sucked up all the air in the vehicle. The contrast to the last few days was too much and she was unable to make a connection to any other thought for a few paralyzing seconds. Her brain had shut down, overridden with apprehension and the beginnings of terror.<br /><br />Finally she found her voice as the vampire appeared in the passenger seat in a blur of hazy movement, dumping her purse on the floor in the process.<br /><br />“I…I didn’t expect to see you again.”<br /><br />“Ah, but I am a man, or should I say, a vampire of my word.” His sardonic comment gave her an overwhelmingly queasy feeling.<br /><br />“Things have changed. I don’t want to be a vampire. I’m getting married tomorrow.” She hated the pleading tone of her voice. She was too stunned by the sudden arrival of the creature and the words spilled out on their own violation.<br /><br />“Yes, I am aware of your pathetic dabbling with the human. It’s all beneath you. You’re too fine for their world. A beauty like yours comes only once in a thousand years and needs to be preserved for all eternity. That is my quest; that is my service to the Lore.”<br /><br />“No, no, I’ve changed my mind. I…”<br /><br />“What you want is not of importance. You are confused—too human. You were meant to call me. As your new-age humans like to profess, nothing happens without a reason. I will help you see the truth and that is my final elucidation on this subject.”<br /><br />The vampire’s eyes glittered in the lamplight as he placed his hands on each side of her face. She froze once more, her eyes huge, as he bent down and caressed her throat, the vein containing her life’s blood throbbing under the pressure of his cold fingers.<br /><br />“I thought…I had a choice. That you would know by now that I had changed my mind.”<br /><br />“Did you really believe that?” His unholy voice was now colored with patronizing overtones. “I gave you too much credit—I thought you were one of the more intelligent women of your species.”<br /><br />His condescending words enraged Winter and she pulled away violently, only to be trapped in an instant by his inhuman strength as he pulled her close in the claustrophobic confines of the vehicle.<br /><br />“The pain will only be momentary. Fighting it will only make it worse. Relax, hush, little one.” His voice was mesmerizing as he gathered her close and sunk his lips into her neck. A brief start of intense pain caused Winter to let out a moan and then she felt nothing, thought nothing, as the vampire stole the life force from within her and she lapsed into unconsciousness.</div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-16498286544140883012012-09-30T05:14:00.000-07:002012-09-30T07:08:30.373-07:00October 1, 2012: FOREVER WOMAN is published!<br />
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that becoming a vampire might be your best bet. Winter Kennedy has moved to
Nome looking for vampires only to find Aiden Hightower. She doesn’t expect to fall
in love, but fall deeply and passionately in love she does. </span></div>
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unplanned action gets in the way of her desire to become a vampire and soon she
is confused as to what direction her life should take. Can she burden her new
found love with the knowledge that she will die within two years, barring a
miracle? Watching her dear mother die a horrible death only two years earlier
has left a permanent mark on Winter, and is what has driven her to make desperate
decisions regarding her own fate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Adding to this confusion is Ellie Stone’s proposal (Aiden’s married
sister) to heal Winter of her fatal disease. Ellie is the real deal. She can
heal others at will. However, it leaves her drained and very weak for days
after. And her new pregnancy complicates the matter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The arrival of the vampire
that Winter had purposely called up before falling in love, Christopher St John,
further complicates her life when he desires her as his new mate. The pressure
on Winter is enormous, but after much internal turmoil she chooses Aiden over
eternal life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the eve of Winter and
Aiden’s marriage, Christopher whisks her away to his lair atop a mountain in
Alaska where he changes her into a vampire after receiving a special sanction
to do so. Devastated by the turn of events and blaming herself for her actions,
Winter is lost until she finds solace in discovering cures for human diseases
in her new home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Will Winter make her way back to her beloved Aiden? Read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Forever Woman</i> and find out!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The murmur of voices
was silenced in an instant by the ancient magistrate’s unearthly cold stare as
he stood with full authority, blacked-hooded and paper-white, and read from the
book of punishments, his voice heralding the full power of the Condita, the
Vampire Establishment.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“It is our character
and our will that makes and mars our lives. Your defense that you were not
aware of the edict against Human feeding falters as it does not justify the
excessive crime of random acts of terror against humans. Modern Vampire lore is
clear on this point, as it is written.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">And with a short pause
for emphasis, continued his diatribe in the echoing tone of an inhuman mountain
of stone. The more astute members of his audience felt an infinitesimal flicker
of his savoring the silence before his final pronouncement began.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Therefore, it is the
verdict of this court that the vampyre, Katrianna Ivanski, in absentia, for her
crimes against the Condita, be chained for no less than twenty four hours to
the punishment polus in the central courtyard of the templum. May the Confuto
have mercy on your undead soul.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Forever
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Woman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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January Bainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119921877074838876noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975203378592323333.post-15618830393634194612012-09-25T17:06:00.001-07:002012-09-25T17:06:37.330-07:00Major Theme running through my novels
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Harvest/ Science Fiction Romance<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I
have begun to notice a theme running through my books this fall of 2012,
whether they are fantasy, horror, paranormal or science fiction. Apparently,
living through the life of my characters cavorting in my works, I worry a lot
about our planet progressing beyond its present status of using fossil fuels as
energy sources which makes us only a Type O on the standard Kardashev scale
accepted by most scholars. We need to reach the next tier of the scale for
categorizing civilizations to learn to control the weather, or truly manipulate
planetary energies. People will need to embrace the big picture if all we hold
dear is going to survive<span style="color: black;">.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Well,
that’s according to Lily Stewart, my newest heroine who clawed her way up from
the having a drug-addicted mother to acquiring a doctorate in anthropology. Her
colleagues at the university paint a doom-and-gloom scenario that the planet is
heading for disaster in the near future if humans didn’t start pulling together
and realizing what’s at stake, not only on an ecological front but also the
all-important social wherewithal to settle illiberal differences that had been
separating cultures for millennium. When would people realize it was the war
between them that could cause Armageddon—internal flaws in human character
would most likely be the catalyst, not the insignificant threats from doomsday
scenarios proposed by the recent crop of survivalists? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">And that realization was not going to happen unless everyone
started to pull together, Lily laments in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">First
Harvest</i>. People needed to embrace the big picture if all they held dear was
going to survive fifty years past Peak Oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">What
about you? Do you think like Lily? Do you worry about the future of our fellow
humans?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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