Friday, April 4, 2014

A bit late, but ....


...I'm back. Sort of.

I have to apologize for my month-long absence. I went through a very stressful period at my day job and at the end of the day I was too tired to do anything else but crash. And to top it off, one of my cats thinks she's a dog and I had to rush her to the vet the other week for ...wait for it...infected anal glands. Who ever heard of a cat needing her glands expressed?

But I'm happy to report that Breaking Ground, book two of the Taking Chances series, is coming along nicely. I can say that the end is in sight. I'm a really slow writer and getting so close to the finish in such a short (for me) time, it's a nice surprise. Don't worry, I will keep you updated with the progress!

 

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Hunting Under Covers anthology

My story, Living out the Fantasy, is available for free downloading as part from the Hunting Under Covers anthology.

Download links:

http://www.divergentpublishing.com
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/398126
https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-huntingundercovers-1396659-351.html

Thank you, J, for all the hard work you've put in getting this anthology together!

Enjoy the read, everybody, and if you feel so inclined, please tell us your thoughts on the stories.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Living Out the Fantasy

My new free short story, Living out the Fantasy, will be available for free download in January. The story will appear in the "Hunting Under Covers"anthology.

J, Kaje, Shayla, M.E, it was great working with you!

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Holiday Season

I want to wish everyone of you a Merry Christmas  with your loved ones and a Happy New Year!

Monday, December 9, 2013

Save a life!



I am in shock now. I’ve just stumbled across a video about a cat being rescued from a cement grave. Some had stuck the poor thing in a pipe and poured concrete on her, leaving her to die a painful death. She lived because a kind soul freed her from her prison, but I cannot understand how anyone could torture a poor cat like that. It makes me so sad and furious. I hope there’s a special place in hell for people like that.
Every once in a while, I come across articles and videos like that and for days after that I feel sick inside. I have saved my share of animals in my life, sparrows, pigeons, kittens, rabbits, lizzards or even mice….I've even tried to rescue most of they animal my cats bring me as offerings. I’ve managed to save most of them, but some of them had little chance from the beginning. I’ve cried for each death and been grateful for those who lived. And everytime I wish I could have more. If I'd save one bird I'd wish there were too. That's not always possible and it's something I have to live with.
I cannot picture my life without animals in it. My house is a mess at times, my new couch looks like it seen (much) better days, but when I come home from a long day at work and they welcome me at the door, purring and rubbing against me, none of that matters. They make my life better on so many ways.
Please, if you get the chance, save a life! We can’t save them all, but every single one counts, no matter how small.

Sunday, November 10, 2013

The joys of owning cats...

I have five cats. Three adults (one male and two females) and two 4 month old kittens I'm hoping to give for adoption. At 8 10 this morning, my girls insisted I let them outside to play and seeing as I had 40 more minutes before having to leave for work, I complied, leaving the porch door open. You see where this is going, right?

At 8 45, I went the bedroom to get dressed and noted the male cat reaching for something behind the clothes hamper. On a closer look, I realized that one of my girls was doing the same thing on the other side of the hamper. Curious, I pulled the hamper from its place, and there it was, in whole its glory, a big mouse. Or, a small rat, judging but its size.

Now imagine me screaming like a banshee, the cats, four of them, converging on the mouse, chasing it through the bedroom, through the closet and moving through the house to the open kitchen. And despite the number of cats, the mouse escaped, somewhere in the living room.

I had to drag the desk, the few boxes I had next to it, some books and I still couldn't find the intruder. Luckily, I don't have much furniture. So, I left all 5 cats in the living room with the mouse, firmly requesting they present me with a corpse upon my return.

Okay, I understand them bringing me gifts, but if it has to be mice, is it too much to ask for them to be dead?