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WIP Wednesday featuring Ann Edwards
Chapter 1 Zayn Ugh! I don’t remember ever partying as hard as we did last night. As soon as we got off stage, we started celebrating Tanner and Sofia’s engagement. Of course, it only got worse once Spotted Leopard joined in after their set. I am so glad we don’t have a concert tonight. I plan on spending the day sleeping this off. I get up and go to the bathroom. Grabbing a bottle of water from the mini-fridge, and popping a couple of pain relievers along the way. I no sooner get back in bed, getting comfortable, when I feel weight pressed against my back and an arm…
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Saturday Snippet featuring Rachel Lyn Adams
About halfway through my shift, I saw the hostess seating a couple in my section. I couldn’t see them clearly, but I watched with envy as the man guided the woman through the restaurant with his hand on her lower back. At their table, he pulled the chair out for his date to sit down. It was a simple gesture, one I had never been on the receiving end of. Brad had never taken me out on a proper date. In the beginning, I was blinded by his charisma and good looks so I accepted whatever time he was willing to spend with me. Once I was pregnant, he knew…
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WIP Wednesday featuring Katrina Marie
I’m not entirely sure what just happened. A moment ago, she was about to turn me down…I think. Actually, I’m sure she was going to say no. I know rejection when I see it. But something caught her attention. From the way her skin pales, it’s not a good thing. “Caroline?” Her eyes are wide when she turns in my direction. “He can’t see me here.” Then her cheeks turn a bright red. “Though that explains why he didn’t bother to pick up his son. Selfish son of a bitch.” She’s angry now. I don’t know what to do. Of all my time keeping drama out of the bar, I…
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Saturday Snippet featuring JA Lafrance
“Oh my goodness, I am so sorry.” She says as her head slowly rises and her eyes connect with mine. Her blue eyes are like a beautiful sky on a sunny day. They are captivating. Her nose is cute, and her cheeks are full and suit her face perfectly. But, when my eyes meet her lips, I become hypnotized by the shape of them. I can’t tell if her upper lip is formed in the perfect heart shape or if her lipstick just makes it look that way. “It’s okay. I was just on my way to the bathroom. But I will gladly hold off if it means you keep…
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Gretchen’s Take on Bowie by Jules Ford
Wow so there are really no words for the feelings as I just finished Bowie and Layla story. This is the first book in the series and honestly I am so excited for more… Layla is a single mom to a spunk of a kid named Sunny. And truly the kid had me cracking up. I hope to watch her grow up. But anyway, Layla and Bowie do not get off to the best of starts but watching them get together was just wow. To top it off Layla was so much more the just an old lady she is a mc princess by family. This book had me…
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WIP Wednesday featuring CJ Warrant
Brenna~ You know the last place I thought I’d be right now is bent over a ratty green couch being fucked in the back of a tattoo parlor on the south side of Chicago. I ignore Arnie, the tattoo artist slamming into me from behind. My attention is fixed on what’s between my fingers, a rusted blade coated in blow and my blood. As the tip digs deeper, piercing my thin skin of my inner wrist, I realize there is no turning back. No. There’s no turning back. The hell I call my life will cease to exist with one hard swipe of the blade and I’m glad for it.…
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Saturday Snippet featuring Addict by Ivy Love
I watch as her face twists in confusion. “Why?” she asks. At this point, Jazz isn’t even trying to hide it anymore and is laughing outright. I can’t fight my smile either, she’s stunning, but right now she looks adorable. Her face is scrunched up and she looks like she’s trying to figure out an unsolvable math problem. “Why what?” A small scowl crosses her face, “You know exactly what I mean.” Jazz leans back, “I’m enjoying this so much right now. I told you so,” she taunts Liv. “Told me what?” “How you looked hot tonight and he was looking at you.” “Whatever,” Liv says. “Actually, she isn’t…
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Constructive Criticism: Why It Matters
Last week, I discussed why how you write a review matters, but I left one key point out– criticism. Now why would I do that? Easy answer there. Lol. So that I could write this post. Criticism is all around us. We have heard it every day since we could toddle. People telling us what we are doing wrong, how we should do it, how they did it. So, you wouldn’t think that anyone needs or wants to hear more of it. There are so many forms of criticism. For this post, we are looking at constructive criticism. What it is. How to use it. What is not constructive criticism.…
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WIP Wednesday featuring Kate Davison
Excerpt from Blackstone: Dahlia by Kate Davison I was five when my father killed my mother in cold blood. I’ll never forget that day. Even now, more than thirty years later, I can still hear the boom so loud in our quiet little house. I was in my room with all my crayons and plain paper spread across the desk, creating some world tucked deep in my imagination. The report shook me, froze me in place to listen. Waiting for what came next. Nothing. Fear crawled up my throat as if I knew the magnitude of that sound. As if I could actually feel the cleaving of my life into…
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Relax… It’s Just Music
Welcome to Relax….. It’s Only Music. My weekly blog entry is where you get to dive into the mind of a music nerd. I am not a musician. My dreams of being a rock god died in my teens. But I fucking love music. All kinds of music. My philosophy is if it moves you, go with it. You’ll get a music history as you read things you might not have known; as I write about things I love, know about, and maybe even some things I think are messed up about the most wonderful thing you can put in your ears…. Music. So join me every Monday. Won’t you?…
