with John W. Howell
Charles Yallowitz of Legends of Windemere Fame picked me to play the Three Days, Three Quotes Challenge. I want to thank him for thinking of me.
Rules:
–Post one quote a day for three days (from others or your own).
–Nominate three other bloggers to participate per post.
Thank the blogger
A good time to grab a deal. I’ve read all three and they are terrific.
Cover Art by Jason Pedersen
3D Conversion by Bestt_graphics
*This Book Bundle contains the first 3 volumes of the LEGENDS OF WINDEMERE fantasy series.*
Every hero must take that first courageous step into adventure. For Luke Callindor, it’s more of a blind stumble. From battling a demonic assassin to facing the family he left behind, this warrior’s adventuring career has been one awkward mistake after another. Most days the only things that keep him alive, yet never unharmed, are his trusted friends and his reckless courage. How long can his luck hold out before the gods of Windemere decide to cut his legend short?
That’s right. Guess who just released a book bundle that includes the following:
If you wanted to get into LEGENDS OF WINDEMERE, but feel like…
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I am very pleased to be interviewed today by Sacha Black at her place.
They say night owls stay up late. But in the depths of midnight, Sacha isn’t just awake. She’s hunting. A nightwalker carefully treading the line between light and dark, strange and unusual. A hunter desperately pursuing the right words to chronicle the tales of The Netherworld.
Keepers, the first in the Fallon trilogy which is set in The Netherworld, is currently boiling in the cauldron of her mind, the first draft of Keepers is almost finished.
Sacha was always meant to write, she was the girl who spent her lunch break tucked away in the corner of the school library, head buried in a pile of books pencil in hand, weaving stories onto the page. But she grew up, stumbled and fell forgetting her dream. She spent a while lost in a dark and twisted place. Then, one day she sat in front of her laptop and started to write. She remembered that all she’d ever wanted to do was write stories in far away places filled with curious creatures and magical happenings. Characters started to talk to her, fill her brain with incessant chatter and demanded their stories be told. And so, The Netherworld was created, and Eden’s story began.
Sacha is a wanderer at heart. A thinker, and ponderer on anything unusual or controversial which you can see in her Weekend Wonders series. She finds inspiration in the beauty of imperfection and is enthralled by evocative questions.
She’s loud, but it’s mostly a mask, preferring instead to take sanctuary through travelling the world, particularly New York or Asia having spent time in Nepal and the Himalayas Trekking up to Everest Base Camp. But she also finds peace through shoving her nose deep in a book, through haunting songs or a filthy dirty base beat!
Sacha has a fascination with writing, but particularly with deconstructing the writing process. She shares the trials, tribulations and lessons she learns trying to write the stories of the Netherworld and eventually become a published author.
Sacha is also a mother to a toddler and wife to a beautiful woman. When she’s not writing, she can be found working in the public sector, doing gel nails or occasionally baking cupcakes.
You can also find her here:
Give her a visit. She is someone you should know and follow
The inspiration for this list came from observing everyday life and watching others fall into a dark pit for no other reason than attempting to answer a dangerous, politically incorrect or impossible question.
Top Ten Questions You Should Never Answer
10 If you are asked, “How do I look?” do not answer the question. If you do, at best you only have a 50% chance of being right which is also a 50% chance of being wrong. At worst, the person who asked the question knows they look awful and now picks a fight with you for misleading them. (Your credibility is now null and void. Good luck with the comforting an old friend excuse.)
9 If you are asked, “Have you been drinking?” do not answer. If you do, at best your answer will not be credible. At worst, if you do answer yes you might have some explaining to do and if you answer no you better be telling the truth. (So what was it that made you trip over the footstool on your way to bed?)
8 If you are asked, “Where did this new car dent come from?” do not answer. If you do, at best your “I don’t know,” will require the need to relay your exact itinerary for the day. At worst, you will be forced to endure an agonizing lecture on how to park and drive a car to prevent it from being dented. ( Lesson one: Shopping carts are car magnets)
7 If you are asked, “Would you like to donate to an organization,” do not answer. If you do, at best you will sound mean-spirited if you say no. At worst, those around you will take into account your clothes and appearance before deciding you must be the winner of the cold heart person of the year award. (They will talk out loud while they deliberate)
6 If you are asked, “Would you mind watching our dog for a few hours?” do not answer. If you do, at best your friendship will be made or lost on the answer. At worst, little Fido happens to have a rare spastic colon that unfortunately for you just decided to attack the poor thing in your white living room. (Which the owners totally forgot to mention.)
5 If you are asked, “Would you like that order supersized?” do not answer. If you do, at best you will hate yourself either way. At worst, it will be a week or two before the supersized feeling has worked its way out of your mind and onto your body. (No is the hardest word.)
4 If you are asked, “What size do you wear?” do not answer. If you do, at best your underestimate will be a laughable moment for the store personnel. At worst, the continued suggestion that you try a larger size will point out how much you have been kidding yourself on the need for reform. (A terrible realization after all.)
3 If you are asked, “Is this seat taken?” do not answer. If you do, at best a yes answer will eventually be proven wrong making you a petty unsociable. At worst, the person will decide to take the seat no matter what you say and will now consider you a nut case if you said yes. (If you said no you have invited company who will talk your ear off for the next ten stops.)
2 If you are asked “Where are you from?” do not answer. If you do, at best the person asking is from the same place, and you now have a new unwanted BFF. At worst, the new BFF decides to go through the list of possible people each of you knows, and you realize that it might be hours before the list is complete. (And because you answered the question you are too polite to tell the person to bug off.)
1 If you are asked “Would you like to go out?” do not answer without thinking. If you do and say yes, at best you’ll need to follow through no matter how dim the prospect. At worst, you say no and unbeknownst to you the person asking is a certified psychopath who made the decision to stop taking the medication that has helped keep the aggressive tendencies in check. (You now have a spurned non-medicated psychopath wanting to walk you home.)
It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday again. This week we have a new badge which was established by pitting several bloggers against each other in mortal combat. It was agreed in advance the last one standing would establish the badge for the rest. Since all manners of contests cause me to break out in a rash I did not participate. I do think all the competitors did an excellent job. Special congratulations to Hope Floats for the winning design.
This week’s prompt is “ay.” We are to use a word that ends in ay. If you would like to participate go to Linda Hill’s blog and read about the rules. Here is the link. http://lindaghill.com/2015/08/14/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-august-1515/ My interpretation follows.
Say What? By John W. Howell © 2015
“So tell me again what the guy said to you.”
“He said, ‘Aye matey, you’ll make a fine seaman.’”
“Give me a little more context here. Why would he say that?”
“Well, I asked if he was looking for employees.”
“Employees? On a ship?”
“He was standing on the corner. He had a parrot on his shoulder, and one leg was wooden. He was holding a sign that read Crew members needed. Good, pay.”
“And you decided to talk to him?”
“Aye. I mean yes. I asked him what would be the duties of a crew member.”
“This is getting worse. What did he say?”
“He mentioned manning the sails, swabbing the deck, and boarding other ships.”
“Boarding other ships? The person was a pirate?”
“Nay me hardy. The person was a sea, captain.”
“Nay? Are you nuts? You have a job and a good home.”
“That’s today. What about the future?”
“What possible future could there be in the pirate business?”
“He offered me an eighth split.”
“Split of what.”
“The bounty. You know gold, silver, and jewels.”
“Have you been watching Pirates of the Caribbean again?”
“You gave it to me for my birthday.”
“Yes, I know. I didn’t think it would be a gateway to your delusions.”
“I don’t have a delusion. In fact I gotta go I’m due at the gangway in a half hour.”
“I think I need a jug of Chardonnay.”
Although I’m a little late in this reblog I was honored to go with Professor V J Duke of The Punchy Lands to try and hoodwink Mr. Manahanny into selling his paper. All good fun and Thank you Professor for the opportunity.
We are all faced with moments of writing challenge. Know you are not alone and can help yourself.
I’ve always found the different ways that we scribblers describe our experiences with writer’s block very interesting. Also the different ways the seasoned writers suggest getting over it. Some suggestions are to work around your block, or force yourself to write through it, even if what you write is rubbish. Other advice is to write something completely different. We won’t mention those rather hurtful cries of, “Stop being such a wussy. Adorn yourself in adult underwear! Plumbers don’t get plumbers block!” All of these things can work with a bit of effort and confidence, but one bit of advice that you seldom see is to take a break from writing completely. As if a week away from writing anything will totally strip you of the ability to write at all. It is true that if you don’t do something for a good long while, you could get a little rusty…
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It is Wednesday story time again. Last week we left Bob and his mother in a pretty dark place. Bob had just threatened to choke his mom and she taunted him with the words, “you don’t have the guts.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t think that was a wise thing to do. It is time to get back and see where this goes.
“I don’t have the guts you say?”
“That’s right Bob. You are afraid to stand up to anyone in this world let alone your mother.”
“I may be afraid but Robert isn’t.”
“Where is this Robert you keep talking about?”
“Right here.”
“Where? I don’t see anyone but you.”
“I am Robert and I think you owe Bob an apology.”
“Ah, so you are the famous Robert huh?”
“Bob invented me to help him out of troubling circumstances.”
“So you are in his brain?”
“No, I’m here and in a minute I’m going to kick your ass.”
“Just because Bob says so?”
“No, I’ve been here when you treated him like dirt. He doesn’t deserve what you have been doing to him.”
“And you think you will settle the score huh?”
“That’s about it. I don’t have any other reason for being.”
“Are there others inside of Bob?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why don’t you find out? Once you deal with me how do you know there isn’t another personality to deal with you?”
“I don’t know but who cares if there is.”
“So you don’t want to live?”
“Never thought of it.”
“Favorite food?”
“Don’t have any.”
“Bob has pretty much kept you in the dark hasn’t he?”
“This is not about me. I have a job protecting Bob from you.”
“Hmm. If it were me, I would wonder how it would be without Bob.”
“You are trying to subvert Bob and my relationship.”
“From my perspective there isn’t much of a relationship. Looks like you’re a servant.”
“You have me confused. Let me think. Bob, where are you?”
It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday again and this week’s prompt is Fly/Flies/Flew/Flu/Flue. If you would like to participate, visit Linda Hill at http://lindaghill.com/2015/07/17/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-jily-1815/ Here is my interpretation.
Fly/Flies/Flew/Flu/Flue by John W. Howell
When flies flew down the flue,
I could not fly with fly flu.
This looks like a lot of fun and is written by a top 500 reviewer the delightful Ionia Martin
If you should feel so inclined to purchase
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If romance clichés drive you mad and you like Monty Python style humour, this may be the perfect book for you.
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