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<strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">THE AWAKENING</span></strong></div>
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A young woman who has lost everything, and the<br />
wealthy rancher who must choose between his family's power and his conscience to help her.</div>
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Amazon: <a href="http://smarturl.it/TheAWKG" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://smarturl.it/TheAWKG</a></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">THE GIFT</span></strong><br />
A devastating plane crash and a father's only hope<br />
are the dreams connecting him with his son.<br />
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Amazon: <a href="http://smarturl.it/ThGift" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://smarturl.it/ThGift</a><br />
Barnes & Noble: <a href="http://bit.ly/TGifBN" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/TGifBN</a><br />
Nook UK: <a href="http://bit.ly/UKBNGift" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/UKBNGift</a><br />
Apple: <a href="http://bit.ly/1qC2aGx" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">http://bit.ly/1qC2aGx</a><br />
Kobo: <a href="http://bit.ly/KBGift" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KBGift</a><br />
Google Play: <a href="http://bit.ly/GGift" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/GGift</a><br />
Smashwords: <a href="http://bit.ly/1AmYWGJ" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">http://bit.ly/1AmYWGJ</a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color: red;">AUDIOBOOK GIVEAWAY!</span></span></strong><br />
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Every week until December 28, 2014, I'll be giving away copies of four of my titles currently available on Audible including THE DEADLINE, LOST AND FOUND, SAVED and THE ONE.<br />
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Click <a href="http://bit.ly/1twEKxc" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a> to enter this week's contest! Four lucky winners will be selected at random per week, and each winner will receive one of the aforementioned titles.<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>FIND MY TITLES AT THESE ONLINE RETAILERS:</strong></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lorhainne-Eckhart/e/B002HD8MQ2/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">Amazon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/lorhainne-eckhart" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">Barnes & Noble</a><br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lorhainne-eckhart/id452833084?mt=11" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">Apple</a><br />
<a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/Search/Query?query=lorhainne+eckhart&dontModifyQuery=True&fcmedia=Book&sort=PublicationDateDesc" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">Kobo</a><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/LorhainneEckhart" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">Smashwords</a><br />
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Lorhainne%20Eckhart&c=books" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;">Google Play</a></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="color: red;">AUDIOBOOK GIVEAWAY!</span></span></strong></div>
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Every week until December 28, 2014, I'll be giving away copies of four of my titles currently available on Audible including THE DEADLINE, SAVED, LOST AND FOUND and THE ONE.<br />
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Click <a href="http://bit.ly/1twEKxc" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">here</a> to enter this week's contest! Four lucky winners will be selected at random per week, and each winner will receive one of the aforementioned titles. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263589172193528778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871369527983437544.post-72788870808453452292014-10-08T12:01:00.000-07:002014-10-08T13:20:38.848-07:00Lorhainne Eckhart Showcases her New Release ~ The Price to Love<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>USA Today Bestselling Author</i> Lorhainne Eckhart releases the highly anticipated second book in THE FRIESSENS: A NEW BEGINNING with the moving saga of Neil and Candy in The Price to Love.
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--<i> “I am very impressed with your writing and completely OBSESSED with your stories, especially the Friessen's, and especially Neil and Candy. Your stories are real and most importantly GRIPPING as you take your reader through highs and lows. I always know when I have found a good author when they can bring me out of the lows feeling ok if not completely on board and convinced that the bad times happened for a reason. I also applaud that your stories show real life situations while giving me a hunky male to love/want to slap.” <b>From a fan ~ Lauren</b></i><br />
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<i> -- “I love this series but absolutely despise what Neil is doing to Candy! If it was me I would be out the door until he shapes up! Now I have to wait on pins and needles for what happens next! I love this author and will read every book she writes! :-)” </i><br />
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--“Author Lorhainne Eckhart is adept at showing deeply felt emotions through actions, instead of just telling us. ~ <b>Reviewed by Natasha Jackson, Readers Favorite</b> </i><br />
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In <b>THE PRICE TO LOVE</b>…I knew my husband wanted a baby, but I couldn’t give him one. When Neil paid for a surrogate and moved her into our home, he told me not to worry, but I couldn’t help but notice that she recognized the strong, sexy alpha male inside him, and I suddenly felt as if I was on the outside looking in.
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Then, one day, I met Cat, the young girl who stole my heart. I saw something in Cat that I couldn’t turn away from: a damaged, scarred soul filled with the kind of despair and hopelessness that should never have been in the innocent eyes of a child.
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Cat needed me—my voice, my hugs, and my love—and she captured my heart. However, neither Neil nor his family understood my need to help her. I found myself alone, and I knew I was the only one who could save Cat before it was too late.
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**<i><b>THE PRICE TO LOVE</b></i> is a realistic romance filled with passion, the ideals of family, love and loyalty and not your average fairy tale happily ever after. The stories in this series are filled with sexual tension, rough language, and passion and The Friessen men are flawed, strong sexy alpha males.
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<b><br />Friendly Fire (The Wilde Brothers)</b><br />
<b>Author: Lorhainne Eckhart</b><br />
<b>Publication: May 20, 2014</b><br />
<b>Genre: Adult/Contemporary Romance/Women’s Fiction/Western Romance</b><br />
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Although this series is filled with ideals of family, love and loyalty, the Wilde brothers are strong sexy alpha males. Each book and short story in this series is filled with sexual tension, steamy romance, rough language, and passion. It is for those who enjoy adult contemporary romance, women’s fiction, western romance.</span><br />
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<i>“I wish I could find a man like the Wilde Brothers.” - Tina<br />
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In FRIENDLY FIRE, after a roadside bomb ends his career in the marines, Logan Wilde struggles to put his life back together. When he takes a job as a sheriff in a small Idaho town, he expects a quiet, peaceful life that will bore him to tears. However, Logan hides a painful secret: He suffers from sleepless nights and flashbacks that come out of nowhere, and anything can be a trigger.<br />
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Julia decides she needs to meet someone average, someone who has never handled a gun. Everyone is convinced that her daughter’s teacher is the perfect match for her, but when she’s with him, she misses the sparks that always sizzle between her and Logan—and when her daughter goes missing, it’s Logan who’s there for her, Logan who searches with her, and Logan she leans on.<br />
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<b>THE WILDE BROTHERS:</b><br />
The One (Joe & Margaret)<br />
The Honeymoon, A Wilde Brothers Short <br />
Friendly Fire (Logan & Julia)<br />
A Matter of Trust (Ben & Carrie) Coming Summer 2014<<br />
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<b>THE OUTSIDER series:</b><br />
The Forgotten Child (Brad & Emily)<br />
A Baby And A Wedding (An Outsider Series Short)<br />
Fallen Hero (Andy, Jed & Diana)<br />
The Search (An Outsider Series Short)<br />
The Awakening (Andy & Laura)<br />
Secrets (Jed & Diana)<br />
Runaway(Andy & Laura)<br />
Overdue (An Outsider Series Short)<br />
The Unexpected Storm (Neil & Candy)<br />
The Wedding (Neil & Candy)<br />
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THE FRIESSENS: A NEW BEGINNING:</b><br />
The Deadline (Andy & Laura)<br />
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<b>WALK THE RIGHT ROAD SERIES:</b><br />
The Choice<br />
Lost And Found<br />
Merkaba<br />
Bounty<br />
Blown Away, The Final Chapter<br />
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<br /> Logan saw the sign over the door, a big oval carved with a tree and roots. A plastic sign on the door said “Open.” Logan pulled in front, angling into a parking spot. <br /><br />
When he stepped out, Clinton shut the passenger door and pointed to his phone. “I generally go home for lunch,” he said. “Let me give my wife a call. I’ll be right in, Sheriff.” <br /><br />
Logan took in his deputy. The gun strapped to his side should have given him confidence, but the way he spoke about his wife made his courage seem fleeting. <br /><br />
“I’ll be inside,” Logan said. <br /><br />
He took in the coffeehouse, with about half a dozen tables and a glassed-in counter holding baked goods, sandwiches, and deli meats. He scanned the chalk menu board and strode up to the counter, where a woman with cropped dark hair had her back to him. She wore a white apron over a black long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans, and she turned around and glanced up at Logan with a bright smile and round face—and the most stunning green eyes he’d ever seen. <br /><br />
She hesitated, holding a plated sandwich. “Hey, there. I’ll be right with you,” she said. She had a killer smile as she strode around the counter and over to a table, setting a sandwich in front of an older man wearing a cowboy hat. She said something and then hurried back behind the counter. She had a neat and trim figure, with a small, rounded ass, and she wore sneakers. <br /><br />
Logan couldn’t take his eyes off her. He sat on one of the stools and took in her figure. Something about her had captivated him. She glanced his way, her wide eyes rimmed with long, dark lashes, all natural and so exotic. She wore not a stitch of makeup. Natural beauty, he loved it. He couldn’t help himself from taking in her round face, those soft, pink lips. She cleared her throat, setting both her hands on the counter, and his eyes went right there. No ring. <br /><br />
“You must be the new sheriff,” she said. As she watched him, all the light in her eyes vanished, replaced with something hard, as if she had figured him out in two seconds flat. <br /><br />
“I’m Logan Wilde,” he said. There was something about the way she was standing, so ramrod straight, that kept him from sticking his hand out to shake hers. No, what he wanted to do was put his hands on her, but that would definitely get him slapped. “And you are?” he finally asked, raising an eyebrow until she finally relaxed—almost, anyway. He realized this lady was not one to be toyed with. She was a difficult woman, strong, who reeled in his interest. <br /><br />
“Julia Cooper,” she replied. She clutched a dish rag and then tossed it down, extending her hand. “I own this place.” <br /><br />
Logan couldn’t help the smile that touched his lips as he took her tiny hand in his. Her soft, firm handshake stirred his interest further and scrambled all his good sense, too. “Nice to meet you, Julia.” <br /><br />
“So what can I get you, Sheriff?” she asked. He could tell she was still holding on to something. She had put up a wall and seemed ready to scurry behind it at any time. Logan couldn’t help wondering what that was all about. Did she have some trouble, or had something made her naturally cautious? That wasn’t necessarily such a bad thing, though it bothered him to think something had scarred her. He realized it wasn’t safe for her to take anyone at face value, anyway. <br /><br />
“Heard you make a mean sandwich. What do you recommend?” he asked, taking in the wide selection she gestured to on the chalkboard. <br /><br />
“Well, I have to say today’s special is pretty good: chicken and goat’s cheese on focaccia with a side of soup, your choice of minestrone or spinach and bean.” <br /><br />
He tapped his fingers on the counter. “Either sounds good. Why don’t you choose for me?” <br /><br />
She gave him a quick nod. “You got it, Sheriff,” she said, turning and opening the cooler, lifting out chicken, vegetables, and other fixings. <br /><br />
He couldn’t take his gaze off her back, with her slim curves—and that butt. Logan had never considered himself one of those guys who was a breast or ass man, but there was something about this woman. He wanted to figure out a way to get to know her a whole lot better. She was far from a super model, but she filled out a pair of plain old jeans. She wasn’t tall, either, and he was pretty sure he probably had a foot on her, but she’d sure fit nicely in his arms. <br /><br />
He wondered, for a moment, how responsive she’d be to his touch, or to him whispering to her in the dark. A tightening in his groin overcame him, and he swore under his breath. There had to be something wrong with him. Hell, he’d gone stretches before without a woman, but this last time…well, it had been over a year. Maybe that was his problem. He cleared his throat, trying to clear his head as well, forcing his thoughts to the meeting with Stan and Johnny Rhodes, but he just couldn’t shake the thought of Julia, who was such a distraction. The door chimed, and Logan glanced over his shoulder as Clinton strode in. <br /><br />
“Hey there, Julia,” Clinton said, also nodding to the older man eating a sandwich in the corner. “Slow today?” he asked as he took a seat beside Logan at the counter. <br /><br />
“Hi there, Clinton. Yeah, it’s been a little slow, but it should be picking up, with tourist season coming. I hope so, anyway. How’re your wife and that new baby of yours?” she asked. She had a sweet, soft voice, and Logan thought he could listen to her talk all day. <br /><br />
“Oh, they’re great. Annie is sleeping through the night now. She’s so sweet, and she has such a pretty smile,” Clinton said. He was already pulling out his cell phone, showing off baby pictures, and Julia leaned across the counter, taking in the photos with a natural excitement, as if she really was happy to see pictures of someone else’s baby. Maybe that was a female thing. To Logan, seeing baby photos was about as interesting as seeing some realtor’s face plastered across a billboard. He couldn’t even pretend interest. <br /><br />
Julia actually took the phone and touched her chest. “Oh, look at her! You have to bring her in. Tell Jenny to bring that baby over next time she’s in town.” <br /><br />
“Will do,” Clinton said, taking his phone back, a big smile on his face. <br /><br />
Logan could tell that his deputy was constantly distracted. With all the marines he had trained, he had hammered into them that they had to get their heads in the game. Clinton had two pretty faces waiting at home, but there was a time and a place for those thoughts. Logan couldn’t help wondering, if and when trouble hit, how Clinton would respond. He was soft, and the last thing Logan needed to worry about was having to knock on Jenny’s door and tell her she was a widow—and that her baby no longer had a father. <br /><br />
“What can I get for you, Clinton?” Julia asked, wiping her hands on a red and white dishtowel. <br /><br />
Clinton glanced over at the chalkboard and gestured to the special. “Special looks good, with minestrone. Would love one of them cappuccinos, with cinnamon on top, too, if you don’t mind.” <br /><br />
Julia nodded with a big smile. “You got it, Clinton,” she said, but when she faced the sheriff, her whole demeanor changed. She was back on guard, her smile now gone. “Sheriff, do you want something to drink?” <br /><br />
“Just a regular coffee would be great,” he replied, and she turned away, poured the coffee, and set it in front of him. <br /><br />
“Cream, sugar?” <br /><br />
“Just a little milk,” he said. She set a creamer in front of him, and he watched her as she turned away again and started fixing his lunch. <br /><br />
“I’m just going to wash up, Sheriff. I’ll be right back,” Clinton said, disappearing through a door in the back. <br /><br />
Logan slid around on the stool, taking in the big front window. Cars and a couple pickups drove by, a few people walking past here and there—unhurried, nothing like the way people were in the city. Everyone wore cowboy hats and blue jeans, and the way they all walked and talked said “Midwest ranching community.” <br /><br />
He sniffed the air at the hiss of the espresso machine, frowning out the window at an older white Cadillac that drove past. His heart was racing, his hand shaking on the counter as if he knew what was about to happen. There was a high-pitched whistle, then a bang as the car backfired in the street, and his chest squeezed as he waited for the explosion. Everything was moving in slow motion, everything louder. Where had the explosion come from? He heard the sound of gunfire. <br /><br />
For a moment, it felt as if he wasn’t even there. Julia was screaming, shouting at him, and he stared and stared, blinking, hearing only his breath, long and loud. Her face was terrified, and his hand trembled around his pistol—aimed toward her. It took him a minute to take it in: the shattered glass, the handle she was holding, all that was left of the carafe. There was now a hole in the espresso machine. <br /><br />
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If you use gratitude everyday your life will change in ways
you can’t imagine. It will dissolve negativity. Gratitude is the bridge to love
and nothing negative can exist in love. So when bad thoughts occupy space in
your head you have the power to change this by simply being grateful for things
in your life. You can’t be sad, or depressed or angry when you're grateful. When you find yourself taking that slide to
cranky, and irritated, stop and look around you for things to be grateful for,
look for things that make you happy. Once you start looking, keep looking for
another and another and what happens is those bad feelings that have crept up
on you will suddenly dissolve. You can change anything negative into positive
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When problems crop up during your day, learn to not give them
any energy, look for things to be grateful for and what will happen is those
problems will disappear. And the reason they disappear is because you are not
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I remind myself often, and my kids that everything negative and problematic in our
life, we’ve created by our thoughts. And
we don’t even realize sometimes we’ve done it. Because what we think and what
we believe are what we create in our reality. And it’s not about the other
person, you may believe that challenging person you’ve met or who is the source of all your misery is the
problem. Well, they’re not. It’s you, the energy you give to the situation. If
you focus your energy on the problem you
will make the problem bigger. Simply turn away from it, give it no energy and start
looking for things to be grateful for. <o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the things I’ve learned and I stress to my kids, don’t
talk about problems, or gossip about people because this isn’t being grateful
or loving and will come back to you in ways you can’t imagine, and nothing
good. It comes down to, you get back what you put out. I certainly don’t want people
gossiping, making up stories about me, or dissecting my skills as an author, as
a parent, as a community member. So I make a point if someone is gossiping
about another person, I change the subject and end whatever is being said about
that person with something positive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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or someone you met start looking for something to appreciate about that person
and don’t focus on the problems. Feeling the need to vent about a person to a
friend isn’t helping the situation for you. And all you're doing is giving
energy to a bad situation and making it worse. When you start to recognize what
you’re doing with these patterns you can change your entire life for you, for
the better. <o:p></o:p></div>
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listened to an old Elvis Presley hit called </span><span lang="EN-CA"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GWC0Z2I?tag=lorhaeckha-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00GWC0Z2I&adid=1YR4ZXJRQZRXZCJF925F" target="_blank">“<i>She’s Not You</i>”</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">,</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> I couldn’t
get the words out of my head. Finally, it came to me. The sentiments were so
beautiful that the story they told should be written. So, I wrote the first
chapter and the song stopped haunting me. I released book #1 of the Elvis
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time to decide which of Elvis’s song should be chosen for Book #2, I decided
who better than the readers themselves to make the choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> ~Mimi **<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Make an Elvis
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here
it is live for the whole month of</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <b>February.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263589172193528778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871369527983437544.post-86517651529301958132014-01-07T07:55:00.000-08:002014-01-07T07:57:11.239-08:00How to romance your LadyI thought it would be fun to create a post about all the Alpha’s, the cops, the cowboys and the military captain that I write about, and how each one of them would put together a romantic dinner for his special lady.
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Let’s start with sexy Joe Wilde from The One. A man tucked away on his rural acreage in Post Falls Idaho a cowboy barely getting by, and the one woman who he realized is The One, Margaret Tanner a former surgeon who has a gift with horses. Since Joe, is the backyard barbeque type, beers and burgers, and no love for fancy restaurants, he is more likely to try and whip up a dinner, something simple a meatloaf or burgers with a couple beers. This man is not a wine drinker. Then he’d take his girl out on the deck perched on his lap and take in the stars and keep her warm his way.
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Now sexy big brother Brad Friessen who you met in The Forgotten Child, has grown up from his days of being a fast talking hot sexy rancher who appreciates beauty vs brains hanging off his arm. No with Emily, the first woman to ever show him what true love meant. He’d hire a sitter and take his sweet wife out to a nice steak dinner in Hoquiam, and maybe finish the evening off with some ballroom dancing, before taking her home and surprising her with whatever new lacy negligee he bought her from Victoria Secret.
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Neil Friessen the extravagant middle brother is all class with his million dollar deals and not a hair out of place. No he’d insist on the finest dining experience with no expense spared. He’d whisk his sweet Candy off to Paris to one of the finest dining experiences then on to the theatre for a musical or play or something that’s received a lot of praise, and finish off the evening with an eight thousand dollar bottle of wine. Rose petals scattered to the bedroom and candlelight in the background.
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Now baby brother Jed Friessen walked away from his family fortune. A cowboy who insists on doing things his way with no help from anyone. You met him in Fallen Hero and again in Secrets with his sweet wife Diana, the woman he loves more than his next breath. The mother of his children, and a woman he’ll go to his grave protecting. No Jed, would saddle up their horses and whisk Diana off for a picnic in the meadow. Hold hands and lay with her on a blanket under the deep blue sky. With no one around them to interrupt them.
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Their wealthy cousin Andy Friessen is a man with a dark side that you first saw in Fallen Hero, but when he rescued his wife Laura this alpha is definitely a force to be reckoned with. You saw this in The Awakening, and then again in Runaway, he’s a man who doesn’t give his heart easily. Andy is a man every woman wants, but few could handle. For his romantic evening he’d make all the arrangements to surprise Laura, including ordering her a stunning cocktail dress that she’d find laid across the bed for her to slip on. He’d arrange for a limo to whisk them away to some out of the way dining experience, a four course meal, and then later dancing would be Salsa and something slow and sexy where he could have his hands all over his wife.
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And then there is Eric Hamilton a US Navy Captain from Saved and Vanished, a man who fills many woman dreams of taming. A difficult, strong willed and opinionated man. He’s a military man in the blood, and loves Abby deeply. He’d surprise her with dinner. And it would be something special and creative some cuisine he’d learned from one of the many ports he’d been stationed around the world. He’d cook at home where the kids would be tucked in bed for the night and he’d slip on some romantic music something low and soft and he’d take her in his arms after dinner and dance with her.
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Now, let’s move on to Sam Carre the cop and DEA agent you met in, The Choice. He pined for his dead wife for years even though she’d been a dishonest woman on the take. But when he met Marcie she stirred something in him he never dreamed he’d feel. With Marcie, he’d plan a romantic beach getaway, somewhere hot, sandy and exotic where she’d be in a bikini and he could appreciate the view.
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Richard McCafferty from Lost And Found, a dark haired sexy man who could turn every woman’s head. A man in partnership with a dishonest scumbag, and really walks a fine line between truth and lies. Richard only has eyes for Maggie, his dark haired wife. Richard is a difficult man to read and you really wouldn’t know what he’d plan, but it would be somewhere private, where he could have his wife alone and his hands all over her. Dinner would be romantic a dark private booth in a restaurant a bottle of red wine and maybe a hotel room for the night.
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Now last but not least, Zac, the gorgeous sexy scarred trauma surgeon who carries his own secrets and baggage from his years in the military. Diane’s new man you met in Bounty. He’d keep Diane at home where he could have her all to himself. He wouldn’t take her to his place, he’d cook dinner for her at her place and then he’d put on some soft music and he’d listen to Diane, let her talk and then show her how special she is to him.
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There is only one thing all these strong Alpa’s have in common and that is they are strong willed men who are by no means a pushover for anyone. But each one of these sexy complex men has their own story, their own baggage, and each one of them is fiercely protective of his lady.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263589172193528778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871369527983437544.post-33065714968367745872013-12-04T19:52:00.006-08:002013-12-04T21:05:15.876-08:00Illusions and the Real Online Dating ScammersThe one thing everyone wants is to find love. You want to meet someone so you decide to join all the others who have waded into online dating. Which site to choose, a paid one, or a free one. Which one is safer and will protect you from online dating scammers. Well none of them will.<br />
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One of the biggest cons is alive and well in On-Line Dating, and has infiltrated some of the top paying sites that promote themselves of carefully screening applicants. These scammers target a weakness in these genuine people who want nothing more than to find that right person to share their life with. Now if you say to yourself, “well I’m too smart for that and I could spot one of these scammers a mile away.” You may want to ask yourself how all these innocent people got scammed to begin with? Everyone has a weakness. Everyone tries to be careful not to show their cards, but these predators (and they are in fact predators, men and women) zero in on your weakness. Because it’s what they do. And they never approach it the same way. If something backfires on them, they come at it in a different direction.<br />
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What they’re looking for is money. And what they’re not going to do is come right out and ask you for it. And quite often they build a relationship with you over time first before asking for money. Because they want you to care about them, so when something conveniently happens in their life after they’ve developed a connection with you, and they ask you for advice first maybe, and then in a subtle way ask for money next. Should you be scared? No, you should be wary. Don’t ever, ever give money to anyone. You’ve been dating them a month and they suddenly need help with something, some cash. Your answer should be NO! Someone genuine would not ask you for money ever!<br />
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Here is how it works. They put up a profile and it will be about someone respectable, a business person a great job, conservative appearance, with strong family values. If it’s a man quite often they’re a widow, and they target unsuspecting women with children. And they take their time. The illusion people are under is that they target divorced women who are lonely and vulnerable. That is an illusion, the men who are active scammers target women and they play their part well. And because their profile appears to many women to be the knight in shining armor, or someone with values, these scammers (men) get tons of emails from women. These guys know how to read women. These women who become victims of these scammers have done nothing wrong except build a relationship over time with who they believe is the real deal. These men portray themselves as having family values, having their own children and that their children are important and they refuse to have a relationship with a woman unless their child is completely accepted. Maybe they tell you they’ve been burned in the past -- hurt by a dishonest woman. Whatever story and role they play, they allow it to unfold over time, getting to know these women, and these women unfortunately, believe they have just met the love of their life.<br />
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Guess what? You’ve been fooled. And this doesn’t just happen to women, guys there are women doing the same thing to you. And it happens so subtly. Here is one of many stories that your new love you met may pull, “ He’s a businessman and private contractor and just landed a big contract with an oil company and has to fly to an oil rig, his team of men that work for him are coming in from Australia. He will be gone for three weeks, but he’ll call you every day, email you too when he can get internet access. And then an accident happens, he’s frustrated and talking to you is the only thing that helps. He’s worried because he could lose his money, and he wants to provide for you, and he has been planning a future with you, but then suddenly he has to raise money quickly to cover repairs, and guess what? Because you are now the love of his life, he’s going to ask you, and the story will be believable and good, and you may find yourself scrambling to send him the money. Instead please, please do not give him one cent, right now you should be running the other direction. End all contact.<br />
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The illusion many are under is these scammers hit you up right away for money. But that’s not true, they build a relationship first, one of trust, then hit you up and it’s with a story that most women will of course consider draining their savings and sending the money, men too unfortunately. And you know what happens? Nothing. He’s gone, and because you gave the money willingly, there is no chance for you to get it back. And the majority of women will never, ever tell their friends or family of how they were duped, because they feel stupid, when in fact they shouldn’t.<br />
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If women and men can learn one thing, it’s this and please share this every single person you know. When you are online dating and the new guy you meet sends his photos to you, (ladies too), and please ask for some if he hasn’t, do a reverse photo search. It’s easy and if this guy is a known scammer his images will show up on all these dating sites across the country, different cities different names, and maybe some sites where he’s been flagged as a scammer. Keep in mind not all his photos will show, and sometimes it will be just different sites. But if they pop up, then you should be questioning, why? But as soon as you recognize he is a scammer, what you should do is email the dating site and tell them, and all the other dating sites where with his profile showed up and let them know. Your paid dating site, will of course delete him, but will also let you know they’re not legally liable and they also don’t do background checks or photo searches. Will they notify all the men and women that were on the site and contacted by these scammers? It’s hard to say. But for you entering online dating take this simple matter into your hands starts with their photo. Also another red flag is they will quickly try to get you to start texting and using their private email for contact. Keep your contact on the dating site until you’ve actually met this person.<br />
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• Rush a relationship online
• Have to travel for business
• Get you to fall in love with them
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• Ask you for money. And last, if their photo doesn't show up that doesn't mean they are not a scammer. It just means no one has taken any steps to report them to online dating scam forums who are active at posting these frauds. And never, ever give anyone money. If you start dating someone who suddenly asks you for money, you should really be taking a second look. How many of you know of someone who has been targeted by a scammer?
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Sorry everyone for the long gap in between blog posts.
This has been a hectic spring, not only did we take time out for Disneyland, which was awesome. I've been working every spare minute on finishing two books from two series. Today marks the release for <a href="http://bit.ly/illusionsblogSecrets" target="_blank">SECRETS</a>.
Secrets follows The Awakening in Finding Love~The Outsider Series.
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<b><i>"Jed always told me he'd take care of everything. And I believed him, I trusted him, I loved him."</i> </b></div>
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For Diana, Jed was the first man she trusted. He was the first man to show her what true love was. He was the father of her child, the one man she could always count on. Until one spring day Jed falls from the roof of the barn and Diana's world as she knows it begins to unravel. </div>
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Diana is forced to face two things, her husband's secrets, and what if... there was no Jed.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263589172193528778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871369527983437544.post-67947433610105283182012-12-05T12:55:00.002-08:002012-12-05T12:57:05.320-08:00The Awakening<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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My new romance, The Awakening, is a dramatic western romance,
the 4<sup>th</sup> book in The Friessen Legacy Romance Series. The Awakening explores an issue of homelessness for single mothers, an issue that is not
given much light and is a very serious problem in every community.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Laura is a maid who
works for a pittance and is fired right before Christmas. Her last check is
withheld by her wealthy employer, unable to pay her predator of a landlord his
excessive rent she is forced to live in her car with her young son.</i></div>
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The Awakening is a work of fiction. But rest assured as one
of my reviewers noted, “This book could have been taken from the news today. Bad
things do happen to good people.”</div>
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And over the holidays it is that much harder. Holidays are
time for celebrating, families, giving, love, and yes the gift of giving. But
when you're poor, have only enough to feed yourself and your child let alone pay
for a roof over your head, for many single mothers, holidays are a nightmare...a very stressful time of year. Because they don’t have to give to
their child, what others do. And hearing that you just need love, doesn’t take
the look of sadness from child’s eyes, when there is no Christmas Tree or gifts
for them. Or ease a single mother’s conscious and help them sleep better at
night.</div>
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A lot of single mothers are barely getting by, living somewhere
around the poverty line. And one of the worst nightmares for many is finding a
decent place to rent. What many don’t know is male landlords dominate the population.
And single mothers become prey to the unscrupulous male landlord who are
nothing but predators in disguise. There are no laws that are accessible to a
single mother to protect them. They are forced to keep their head down, walk on
and not make any noise. Many landlords will refuse to rent to a single mother,
and they will give any excuse. I’m sure everyone has heard them. </div>
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In smaller communities, resort communities and many of the
Islands the focus is on vacation rentals, and what happens to single mothers
and children is they’re forced in the summer to live in tents to make way for
the wealthy to rent out homes. But what would happen to these communities who
employ these single mothers, the children that fill the schools if they left? Many
of these communities would die a slow death. Many have said this is the way of
the world and the property owner has the right. Yes they do, I will agree
there. But morally, it is shameful, and it is not up to governments to solve
the problem. This is a community problem, and comes down to right and wrong.</div>
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Are all male landlords predators? No they are not. In fact,
I have been told of one man and his wife who witnessed a single mother in a
similar situation. They approached her, moved her to a cottage they owned, and
charged her only what she could afford. They treated her with respect, her
children too. There was a mutual respect that existed between them. The landlord--husband
went above and beyond to bring her dry wood to burn, picked her and her
children up when her car broke down. They gave her kindness, and provided her a
home that was well maintained and in good repair. And this single mother was
able to get back on her feet, because of this kindness.</div>
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If you read the Awakening, Laura lived in a slum, a basement
suite that really was unlivable, renting from a landlord who refused to repair
anything, and jacked up her rent to something that wasn’t affordable. And when
she lost her job, unable to get her last check her landlord suggested other
ways for her to pay her rent. On her back. Of course she refused, and did the
only thing she could, moved her and her child into her car, in the cold.</div>
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In my new romantic suspense series, Walk the Right Road, I've introduced some interesting characters one of which is Dan McKenzie, a man who is not as he seems. But as a man he is in fact a predator. If you've read The Choice you may identify with how Marcie was preyed upon and maybe you too had at one time in your life been the victim of a predator?
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There are many species of predators.
Do you understand the difference? A predator is something that hunts prey. Prey
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There’s a particular predator that
has the ability to slip in under the radar and prey on women’s vulnerability.
With an ability to cloud the invisible barrier of right and wrong. From my
novel, The Choice, Dan McKenzie is the epitome of this type of predator.</div>
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This is a moral dilemma, a social
problem. At which point does it become criminal? Who holds these predators
who flood society accountable? How does society fuel a predators power? Would
you recognize the signs? Predators have the ability to focus solely on you with
that intense charm, charisma--that gifted ability in an instant to transfer all
their attention on you.</div>
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Who’s their target?</div>
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The special needs, smart educated
women, professionals, single mothers, married women, children, a specific race.
No one’s immune. And they choose their victims carefully going after the weak
that lack self esteem and are filled with self doubt. They read your thoughts.
They know how to feed your ego with compliments. The attention is bewitching.
They feign interest in everything you do. But make no mistake this an illusion.</div>
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They seem to understand and
completely get you. They reel you into their web of lies with a gift to make
you want to do anything for them. What would you do for someone you
love?</div>
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Who are they and where are they? Don’t be fooled they’re everywhere,
and they can present themselves as respectable members of society. They can be
careworkers, politicians, teachers, contractors, church workers, and police
officers. They are gifted with an ability to mimic emotions without feeling
them. They have an explosive charm that seduces you. Reeling you in.</div>
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Then they hurt you. And this can be
done in any subtle form. Physical, emotional or spiritual. And remember, after,
their genuinely sorry. They do this to keep you off balance for what they truly
are. Someone with no remorse--no conscience, and no sense of responsibility.</div>
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They’ll take the credit; but never
the blame. And when they hurt you again, it was your fault, or you made him do
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Why do they need to hurt you? It is their sole purpose. To them
it is pleasure to create much emotional turmoil, guilt, self-doubt and
depression. They practice this trickery--honing their skill.</div>
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Similar to darkness, the only way
for it to survive is to destroy the light. The goal is to destroy you
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Ask yourself if you have what it
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Remember Rosa Parks? She is known
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<i>I knew someone had to take the
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">At
the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was a day
like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses
of people joined in.</i></div>
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As times change so do predators. They
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And remember a predator will come
again and repeat the performance.</div>
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So what is a predator? Someone
whose sole purpose is to eliminate your power. Like Marcie in The Choice, have you ever had to stand up to a Predator?<br />
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Running Late is a short story when Marcie and Dan met.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Marcie
frowned as she hurried to stuff the last of the rosemary in a small plastic bag.
Scribbling a price on a white, sticky tag, pasting it to the bag, and arranging
it with the other herbs displayed on the small rectangular table at this
Saturday’s Farmers Market, this early spring morning. She brushed her fingers
lightly over the three dozen small bags of herbs that only filled half the
table. She was late, she’d forgotten the peppermint, the lemongrass her
homemade soap; her biggest sellers. “Well crap.” She closed her eyes for a
second picturing the full dark blue Tupperware container, sitting beside the
door. She cursed under her breath and shuffled around the sparse table. Her
Granny would’ve made sure she’d brought everything. She was an organized woman,
who’d protected Marcie, loved her, and raised her. But it’d been a little over
a month since she’d buried her Granny, which sucked Marcie into her head, to
relive her agonizing loss over and over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Shivering,
she yanked on her Granny’s light brown sweater, over her green cotton dress
just as her handwritten sign was picked up by a sudden breeze. Her wooden sign
was at home, most likely beside the box of herbs, all forgotten, as she’d raced
late to the morning ferry that shuttled her from her Island home, Las Seta, to
the mainland. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Oh no, what
else could possibly go wrong?” She darted after the hand written sign as it
fluttered across the dirt path over to the lettuce lady who decorated her table
with a bright red and orange tablecloth. That was just one more thing
forgotten, her blue checkered tablecloth. “Stop it.” She swept back her long
wavy hair that blew in her face. Could today get any worse? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So focused
on that sign and her self-consuming frustration Marcie didn’t see the long,
lanky legs step in front of her just as she bumped into the solid thigh with
the top of her head. She landed on her bum in the dirt, and for a minute, she’d
swear she saw stars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Are you
okay?” He was in her face. She blinked. And he had the most spectacular hazel eyes.
She felt her face heat as his dimpled smile widened over his perfectly straight
white teeth. He was a magnificent looking man, just as she’d remembered. Dan
McKenzie ran his hands over her shoulder and grasped her elbow, as he pulled
her up. Oh crap was he tall. And looking up at him, she was sucked in by this nice
wave of comfort. There was something so surreal about him that sent all those
butterflies pounding in her stomach. And man he smelled good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She brushed her
hand over her swirly green dress, and looked down at her bare toes that popped
out of her red flip-flops. She wanted to hide her dingy feet, as she looked
around at all the other gorgeous women, with their painted, pedicured and
manicured fingernails and toes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I’m good.
I’m so sorry; I can’t believe what a klutz I am. I didn’t see you. I was ... oh
my sign.” Her face was burning. She wanted to hide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dan looked
behind him, and bent over so elegantly, picking up her paper sign stuck under
the lettuce ladies table. He brushed the dirt smudged over the childlike
handwriting. His fingers brushed her hand as he handed it back. And this time
when he looked at her, she’d swear he could read her every thought. And for a
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But then it
happened again, her face heated, she knew damn well she was blushing. Every day
she prayed she’d be able to shed this awkward stage of blushing at the drop of
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dan chuckled
and glanced away, before giving her his entire focus. He stepped closer and
touched her arm in such a kind tender way. “Marcie right?” This time when his
caring eyes washed over her, they were filled with such gentle support as if he
was preparing to be her knight in shining armor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He always
was a charmer; so nice. She’d remembered him from High School. They never hung
out, but he was always the King of his people, but that was ten years ago. All
the kids flocked to him. But even then, he was the life of a party. Everyone
wanted him around. So did Marcie. She’d always worshipped him from afar, never
fitting in to his circle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Yah.”
Marcie turned to walk away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“So I didn’t
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He was
following her. He seemed interested. He was so close she could feel his warmth.
But how could he be interested in someone as unsophisticated and boring as her?
She was nothing like the gorgeous blondes she’d always seen draped around him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She scurried
behind her table. Safe at last, now she could focus on her herbs. “I sell
herbs, rosemary, oregano, sage, lavender. I’ve even bottled some essential
oils. I’m sorry it’s so sparse today. I just wasn’t organized this morning, and
I almost missed the ferry. And I forgot the peppermint, lemongrass... and I’m
rambling. I’m sorry.” She didn’t know where the giggle came from. She covered
her mouth, as Dan crossed his solid arms over his broad chest. His short
reddish hair seemed to glow under the glistening sun. And this time she saw
humor shine down from his mesmerizing eyes, not in a ridiculing way, but in a supportive
captivating loving way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Well Miss
Marcie. It was good to see you. I’ll be seeing you around I think.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“You too
Dan. Thanks for your help.” He saluted her in a casual fun way, as he strode
away. And Marcie couldn’t help admiring the fine package that he was, hoping he
would truly stop by and see her again.</span></div>
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Except we expect him stand out and be flashy and easily identifiable. The reason these suave sophisticated predators do so well in society is because of their skill. They are in fact some of the most respected members of the community.Underneath that you’ll find a trail of women and sometimes men they’ve used to make their way to the top.<br />
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Are all men predators? No, but the ones that are do considerable damage. They can be movers and shakers with positions of power in your community. They can be handsome and charismatic, and they attract women as bees to honey. Are they players? Some are some aren’t. But they are the guy—women/girls want to have in their life. Like the socially skilled predator they know how to fit into polite society. They hold really great positions, jobs, high profile, public, or working with the needy. They can be with the Fire Department, Police. Contractors who build homes, politicians, care workers, doctors, social workers. They seek positions where they’re in control like the property owner who rents homes to single mothers. They're masters at clouding a woman's judgment, and there isn’t a woman around that hasn’t at one time in her life been touched by one.<br />
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These charming predators can have fronts like the guy next door. They can also be the guy who parades women through his house like a revolving door, not choosy on who or their age. But unfortunately the latter is what we expect and is why so many women are deceived. How about the drop dead gorgeous forty year old living in a resort hotspot who preys on those hot teens sixteen, seventeen, eighteen...doesn’t really matter the age. And they do it in a way community members don’t know, or community members choose to look away. They’re suave, sophisticated, know how to maneuver a young girl, even an older woman into a situation for their benefit. And many of them, their motto is what can I take from her and what can I get for free.<br />
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They’ve practiced this skill secretly. This guy is that upstanding community member who donates his property for community events, helps the less fortunate, or the wealthy neighbor everyone thinks so highly of. And what’s really sad is he’s taken advantage of neighbors, those without a voice. Will those in your community know? Most will, but unfortunately what the predator counts on, no one will say a word. No one will stand up to them. And you know who pays for it? Their next prey.<br />
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The charm and power they exude attracts women. Because they know how to deceive community members, other women and men into believing their upstanding citizens.<br />
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But wait what if a woman was ever to stand up to one of these predators? They’ve already planned a way to discredit that woman or teenagers character. And remember these guys are believable in the story they can spin off their tongue, the lie. Because they live, breathe and practice lies. Deception is who they are. And what happens is women refuse to stand up to these predators, so do men, and instead they do what society expects. Don’t make waves, don’t cause trouble, keep quiet, and go away.<br />
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Because if you do stand up to one what happens next is he’ll discredit you. And how he’ll do it will leave you speechless. The well practiced predator will use another woman to spread his lies because he knows how to manipulate women. And women know how to talk down a perceived enemy, to spread gossip that will and can ruin another woman’s credibility, and destroy everything she’s worked for.<br />
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Community gossip is poison. There is a difference between warning others about a predator who will harm them, and destroying someone’s credibility. Ask yourself this the next time you hear someone’s poison. Who and what is really behind it?
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A Freak Accident. A Drug Bust Gone Bad. One Haunting Question.<br />
<i>What would you do for someone you love?</i> <br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Stranger
danger. What we teach our children—don’t ever go with a stranger or anyone
without your parent knowing whom you’re with—where you’re going. You’ve pounded
this information into your children, every scenario you can think of.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">But what
happens when your child is on a school bus. This is after school, and the bus
is still on school grounds. The bus drivers on the bus too, waiting for the
rest of the kids who are still filing out of school. A fellow parent steps on
the bus with their child. This parent stands beside the bus driver and says to
your child, “Do you want to come over and play with Jane today?” Of course, your
child says yes, because they’re with safe people or so they thought. The bus driver
has seen this parent around. Maybe this parent works in the school. And the bus
driver lets your child off the bus with a smile and a wave to go with this
other parent.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">At this point,
let me ask you has the hair raised on the back of your neck? Well it should
have. Because at what point were you consulted? Were you asked? And did you
even know?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">This parent
then takes your child to their home, and its then you get a phone call from
your child—from this parents’ house. You’re speechless. You ask the other
parent to be put on the phone. You know her, but cannot believe she’d take your
child off the school bus—take her home without speaking with you first—without your
permission, no matter how small the community. Add to that the bus driver, who
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">After a
sleepless night you address the matter, because your gut, those instincts that
have saved you time and again are warning you to not let this matter go, no
matter how innocent everyone is playing it up to be.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">You speak
with the bus driver first thing in the morning. His response—he has seen this
parent around school. Thought she was nice and that a play date had been
arranged with you. Of course he apologies profusely and assures you it will not
happen again. But this is your child so how assured are you going to be?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">You show up
at the school and speak with the fellow parent who works at the school. Her
response, she didn’t realize there was a protocol and sees nothing wrong. Your
child has been at her house many times. It’s her—she’s not a stranger. After all
the bus driver let her go. And when they went back in the school to call you,
the lineup for the telephone was too long.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Maybe it’s
time for a refresher. For every school— every community— every parent and child.
Ask yourself this question. Would your child go with someone they know? Your
child your school and local police have been far too slack. Don’t listen to lip
service from the school, or your local police, especially if you’re a single
mom. I’ve seen way too many single mothers not given the respect they deserve. Find
out how the school, police would respond? Check it out—how vigilant are they? Ask
your local police, and yourself, how many abductions happen from someone the
family knows?</span></div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263589172193528778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871369527983437544.post-24151805897215164902012-04-15T09:34:00.000-07:002012-06-17T16:40:47.370-07:00The Woman who Walks Alone<span class="caption">This is a short post today, but I feel pertinent and wanted to share with everyone. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The winds blew, twelve foot waves pounded the shore in the early evening Sunday. An amazing sight to watch from shore, and in the safety of our house. The wind blew shaking the thick fir, pine, and maple trees that shelters our home. And late Sunday night the power was knocked out to several islands, and the mainland. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So come Monday morning the power still out, the school now closed and my editor waiting for my current manuscript. I dug out the old landline, plugged it in and dialed hydro. And of course they’re experiencing a high volume of outages, thousands, but we’re expected to have power restored Tuesday at 4:00. With the storm still raging the ferry was cancelled, no one was coming on the island or leaving. Of course I can live with that, it’s only a day. So I used up what battery power was left on my two laptops. Cooked over our woodstove, hauled water from the rain barrels I’d set up in the fall, as the wind blew, the rain fell, and the kids on the island celebrated their day off from school. </div><div class="MsoNormal">It was fun really, playing little house on the prairie. And by the end of the day with no electro magnetic fields, and absolute quiet we all felt great.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Day two the kids still can’t go to school, and of course I can’t write, and the power people still can’t get here because of the thousands of others without power elsewhere. And we’re now scheduled for Wednesday. By this point we’re getting close to using every dish in the house and we’d really like a shower. Thankfully I have enough drinking water to last until Wednesday morning, and I’m one of the fortunate ones to have rain barrels filled with water I can use to heat up and wash with. Others aren’t so lucky, they’re collecting water from ditches to boil and wash up with.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Day three of course we slept great. But still no power and another call to hydro, and they apologize again, no power is expected until the 14<sup>th</sup>, which is Thursday. The candles are getting low, but we still have lots of wood, but hauling in water and boiling it first on a woodstove just to have a cup of coffee first thing in the morning is an exercise in patience and makes you really appreciate that high tech coffeepot. Then you hear the unmistakable whirr of an engine and everyone who’s outside gazes at the big beautiful oceanfront home not far from you, and you know that sound anywhere. A generator. And you look with power longing at that house who now has water, lights, electricity, and hot water. And you have none. But wait, late afternoon someone spots a hydro truck on the island, word gets out, and suddenly half the island has power. We wait but nothing happens for us. And then hydro unexpectedly leaves the island-- presuming powers been restored to us all.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Day four, still no power, everything in my deep freeze has unthawed the meat, the berries. And the fridge is warm. But hallelujah the school’s got power, and their up and running. So in the cold early morning, we haul water, heat up the woodstove, and get cleaned up. The rest of my small section of the island starts phoning hydro. And the first ones were told they must be mistaken, they have power it was restored yesterday. But after several calls, including mine we’re now told it’ll be another day as another storm has blown in and again the ferry shut down. With my hair slicked back, as clean as we can get I load the kids up in my vehicle, and dodge debris from the trees as I drive them to school. With my laptop packed up, I find a spot in the school to borrow their precious power and do some work. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But wait, early afternoon by some miracle Hydro was spotted back on the Island. Our wonderful ferry people found a way to shuttle a hydro truck over a special ferry. And late in the afternoon, while down at the small corner store on our island news spread when the Hydro guys popped in the store and announced power was now up and running. Of course I shouted from the till after paying for my groceries, “wait don’t let them leave until I race home and see if I have power.” And I along with others raced home, and hallelujah the power was back. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">“Well not so well. Richard cancelled all my credit cards. He seized my SUV, and he emptied our bank account so I’ve no money. I had a small savings account in my name, but its almost empty.”</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">A strong single mother’s reply, “well actually it’s easier.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">But remember everyone’s background and situation’s different. Women are a strong lot and the majority of women who are single mothers do more than most husband and wives put together. And they do it without complaining.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Single mothers are judged harshly by society. In fact many labels spoken by people in positions of power about single mothers have left me speechless. From they’re incapable of doing anything meaningful, they’re all welfare recipients, can’t hold a respectable job, lazy, their children are out of control or every time you turn around they’re shacked up with some guy. Personally, I don’t know of a single mom who’s falls into one of these categories. So where does this come from?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Society has way of classifying genders, groups, races and class of people. And some will judge still. Communities feed off gossip and create sensationalism especially where there’s no truth. The Truth is hardworking, dedicated honest single mothers, keep their heads down and many go unnoticed. A high number of single mothers are the sole support for their children--the hardest working in society. Their primary focus is the welfare of their children, looking after house and home and helping out in the community—all in the best interest of their children.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Single mothers work all day. Hurry home to care for their children, feed them, clothe them, shelter them, and protect them. Are always there to listen, or read to them even though she’s so tired she’d rather soak in a hot bath or curl up in bed. She loves her children. Teach them to be honest--to make the right choices. She’ll stay up late helping with a class project that’s suddenly due the next day. Juggles after school activities, monitor’s friends her children play (which includes their parents), helps out those less fortunate because she recognizes a need--maybe at one time she had been there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Single mothers are strong women, and they’ll not seek out a man to help them. Because they know they can do it themselves. They’re the ones up on the twelve foot ladder cleaning out the gutters, chopping wood, fixing what needs fixing. And not once will she complain. But she’ll also learn to stand up to authority and to those predators who try to take advantage of her and her children. Predators can be a boss, a co-worker, a landlord, a neighbor; even someone of authority in schools—and unfortunately, some are other women. Being a strong independent single mother comes with a price and sometimes a label, at times not a very pretty one.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">I’m sure everyone knows one of these hard working caring single moms who are trying to make a difference. These women are not out dating every guy and looking for a meal ticket—the stereotype society likes to portray. Those who believe that way of thinking need a reality check. These women are too busy to play games. Many have learned the hard way predators who fill society seek them out looking for a way to break them. And it’s because they’re so strong. And these predators can stalk them, will attempt to manipulate them, steal from them and they’re masters at what they do. Knowing they can get away with it because very few resources of support are available to single mothers—and surprisingly in some areas that includes local law enforcement. There have been a few stories in smaller communities, male dominated communities—rural communities of these travesties. Which is maybe why some women refuse to report a crime against them--or stand up to a predator in their area, as support may not be on their side.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The power of knowledge is something I believe in and teach my children. Sometimes having insight into what some single mothers face helps us not only to be empathetic. But be better people.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">A strong single mother does not need a man to step in and rescue them. Most have been there done that and it wasn’t a fairy tale. And he wasn’t the prince he claimed to be, which may be why they’re so strong and confident today. How many of you can pick out one of these strong confident single mothers?</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Guy Harrison is a Phoenix area-based author raised in Philadelphia. Once an aspiring sportscaster, Harrison has worked in public relations in higher education for the past six years. Agents of Change is his debut novel. He currently lives in Chandler, Arizona with his wife Lindsay and their two cats.</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks again to Lorhainne for having me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As I embark down the road of plotting a sequel to Agents of Change, I must say that I am officially stumped. There are so many directions in which I could take the story; how do I plot and, therefore, write a sequel as good as the first installment?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In doing research, and in thinking of what my sequel must have, I have compiled a brief listing of three main ingredients I think all sequels should possess if they are to be just as good, if not better, than their predecessors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#1. Up the Ante - In a sequel, the conflict that arises in the first installment needs to escalate. Simply put, there needs to be more at stake in the sequel than there was in the original, especially if your plot is a continuation of the first book.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some sequels can get away with not doing this because they’re simply a standalone story involving characters brought over from the first book. Most of us, though, like ongoing sagas or trilogies (think Twilight, Harry Potter, and Star Wars).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the original Star Wars trilogy, for example, the conflict escalated in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Empire Strikes Back</i> from a band of rebels battling an evil empire to a son trying to reconcile his own fate with that of his father’s. The central conflict goes from your basic good against evil to a conflict with many more layers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You have to raise the stakes in a sequel. Otherwise, the story feels stale as a rehash of the first book. I would venture to say that this is perhaps the most challenging element of writing a sequel.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#2. The Sequel Should End on a Sour Note - This one is especially true for those of you writing trilogies. Obviously, if you’re just writing a sequel with no plans to write more than two books, you can kindly disregard this element if you so choose. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you think back to some of our favorite trilogies, both in film and print, usually the second installments are the darkest of the three, ending in a more dour tone that carries the story into the third book.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the end of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Empire Strikes Back</i>, Luke loses a hand and finds out the bad guy is his father. Also, Han Solo is captured and taken back to Jabba the Hutt. The simplest way to put it is that the bad guys won in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Empire</i>. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Back to the Future II</i>, Marty McFly and Doc Brown succeed in their mission to retrieve the sports almanac from Biff in 1955. Unfortunately, before they can celebrate, the time machine (with Doc inside) is struck by lightning sending Doc back to the Old West. Although Doc isn’t dead, it feels as though he is. Both of those saddening turn of events carry these sagas into their respective third installments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you’re not at least strongly considering killing off one of your characters in the sequel, then you’re not doing your job as a writer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#3. Don’t Be Afraid to Introduce New Characters, Settings, etc.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It has been suggested that when you get stuck while writing a standalone novel, you should never be afraid to introduce a new character or a new item. We call these plot devices; they help the author move the story along.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When writing a sequel, it’s almost inconceivable that you can write a good story while simply carrying over all of your plot devices from the first book. As your characters continue their journeys, they’re bound to meet new people or encounter new roadblocks and solutions. Adding new plot points helps keep the story fresh as well. This, as I stated in the first ingredient, is vital.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One caveat about introducing new plot devices: they must be consistent with everything you wrote in your first book. It sounds obvious and should go without saying but it’s easy, I think, to add something without considering its consistency with a previous work. So, if you wrote in your first installment that one of your female characters has never had a boyfriend, don’t try and build tension in the second book by bringing in her long-estranged high school sweetheart…unless she lied in the first book, in which case it would still feel quite cheap.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Those are the three key ingredients to a successful sequel. Writing such a story can be daunting, but the successful writer isn’t one to back down from a challenge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What do you think? Are there any other key ingredients that should be added to this list?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black;">Guy Harrison is the author of Agents of Change. Available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Agents-of-Change-ebook/dp/B0078IPPXE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1330016453&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A Valentines Day short story about Marcie and Sam, two characters from my new release, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Choice-romantic-suspense-Right-ebook/dp/B00761HL0S/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_2_2?ie=UTF8&m=AZC9TZ4UC9CFC" target="_blank">The Choice, Walk the Right Road Series, Book 1</a></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Candles, wine, and what’s this?” Marcie lifted a silver plate warmer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A light breeze drifted in the open patio doors fluttering the thin gauze of her white swimsuit cover. She peered up at Sam when he didn’t answer. He never failed to take her breath away. The way he looked in his white cotton shirt, his khaki shorts as he lit the candles on the small table in their beachfront suite in Mazatlan.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“What’s the occasion?” Marcie touched the pink roses with sprigs of baby’s breath in the center glass vase. She leaned over and breathed in the perfume and glanced shyly up at Sam. His wavy hair had lightened from the two weeks they’d spent in the bright Mexican sun. His tanned face appeared relaxed as if he’d left all his worries behind. But then she still couldn’t believe he resigned from the DEA. And after the investigation collapsed, he whisked her away protecting her as if he could shelter her from everything. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Valentine’s Day, did you forget?” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maybe it was the way she stood so still and watched him that had him striding around the table and lifting her long windswept hair over her tanned shoulder. She leaned into his touch and needed to breathe. He was so damn good-looking, and still turned every woman’s head. But Sam was faithful to her. So it shouldn’t surprise her he’d plan something like this, but old wounds were hard to shake. With Dan, the one who fooled her, she’d told herself a hundred times it didn’t matter each time he ignored her on those special days. And she’d let him. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Hey babe are you crying?” She reached for his wrist after he wiped away her tears.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Will I ever get used to what an amazing man you are, I matter to you. And I can’t help this. Because I can’t believe I found you. That you love me. And you never turned your back on me—not once. Even after you found out what I’d done.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He didn’t smile but the heat from his mesmerizing blue eyes left no doubt he’d move heaven and earth to be with her. Marcie kissed his palm when he cupped her cheek. And she allowed him to pull her into his solid arms as he rested his chin on top of her head. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“So what’s for dinner?” She linked her fingers with his. He slid out her chair— helped her sit, and rested his hand possessively—protectively on her bare shoulder, when the wide neckline of the soft cotton slipped down, exposing the thin purple bikini strap.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Maybe I should change.” Marcie started to get up, but Sam leaned down and touched his lips with hers. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“No. You look fabulous, all sexy under that sheer dress you got going on there over that band aid you call a bathing suit. It’ll be less to peel off that sexy body of yours.” His smile was intoxicating as he lifted the metal plate warmer. “Rack of lamb, asparagus with hollandaise.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Mm” Marcie scooped back her hair and breathed in the fragrant aroma. “I’m starving. Thank you for doing this. I should have thought of it.” The truth was she had but a lingering fear of rejection poked its ugly head, like an unwelcome guest. Take a chance and believe was something she worked on with Sam—every day. Not once had he used her. He was the genuine knight she’d always asked for. And she loved every moment they spent together, whether sleeping, talking, sitting or just holding hands.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The candles flickered in the dim room as the sun lingered at the edge of the ocean—the perfect horizon—the perfect romantic setting with her Mr. Right. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sam uncorked the light blush wine and filled her glass. The fruity aroma she’d loved the first few times in Mexico, but lately turned her stomach. Sam held up his glass. “To the most beautiful honest woman who turned my life upside down and made me believe once again that truelove’s possible.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her throat thickened and she tried to swallow past the lump wedged in her throat. She’d barely shed a tear her entire life, but since meeting Sam it felt as if she constantly blinked back that endless sting of tears burning her eyes. She wasn’t one of those weepy women, so why? Maybe, for the first time in her life she had a man who truly loved her—who truly believed in her.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I love you. Damn you—look what you do to me.” Her hand trembled as she raised her glass and touched his. When he took a drink she didn’t. She set down her glass, and dropped her gaze to her plate. Picking up her fork and knife she cut into the lamb, took a bite and nearly groaned as the savory tender lamb melted in her mouth. All the while she could feel his eyes burning into her. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She swallowed as she looked up. Sam tilted his head and swirled the light peachy colored wine in his glass. “Something up?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“You’ve not had a sip of wine in a week. And don’t think I haven’t noticed you turned two shades of gray each time you get a whiff of that Mexican food wafting in from those outdoor stands. And you’ve been tired, unusually so. But then again, after what you’ve been through I just thought…” He shoved an index finger at her glass. “And you’re not drinking again. You feeling okay?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She bit her lip. Set down her fork and rested her napkin in her lap. Marcie warmed as she met the gaze of the man she loved, who didn’t have a dishonest bone his gorgeous body. “Sam how do you feel about kids?” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yesterday I rescued the center pole, and brought it home to keep safe until the medicine wheel could be restored. When Mishi’s sister arrived late Thursday morning with instructions from the Elders on how to repair the medicine wheel, I carried the center pole outside, so it could be cleansed first. We burned Sage while Mishi's sister advised me of the restoration instructions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With a dog, my middle child, and two adults to repair the desecrated wheel, we strode down to the beachfront with the center pole, which held the still intact original prayers tied on by Panji Mishiikenh Quay, from when the Medicine Wheel was constructed in November.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Today is January 16, twelve days since the Medicine Wheel was restored, and I'm happy to announce the Medicine Wheel remains undisturbed. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">See Part 1 - <a href="http://lorhainneeckhart.blogspot.ca/2012/01/desecration-of-medicine-wheel.html" target="_blank">Desecration of a Medicine Wheel</a></span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">See Part 2 - <a href="http://lorhainneeckhart.blogspot.ca/2012/01/storm-gathering-information.html" target="_blank">The Storm - Gathering Information</a> </span></div>
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