Lexa's Cover Reveal Is A Challenge.

I had a hunch that to coordinate the following group venture that time zones would need to taken into account.  And oops, I have only just read the email reply to my query about when I should post up this posting.  So, whatever time zone you're in, here goes and have fun......

Lexa’s Cover Reveal Challenge 

Can you find the error on this cover? 

To win a prize, find the cover error in each of these 10 blogs: 

Alex J. Cavanaugh - Alex J. Cavanaugh

PK Hrezo  -  PK HREZO 

Father Dragon Writes  - Father Dragon Writes

Bards and Prophets - Bards and Prophets

The Write Game - The Write Game

Ellie Garratt -  Ellie Garratt

klahanie - klahanie

Julie Flanders -Julie Flanders 

In High Spirits - In High Spirits

Mainewords - Mainewords

For the correct cover, rules, and prize list, go to Lexa Cain’s blog -
Lexa Cain

Soul Cutter releases from MuseItUp Publishing on December 6, 2013. 
MuseItUp Publishing

And away we go.  A posting puzzle pleasantly perusing possibilities.....

Time For Some Links, Me Thinks.

Once again, I'm not going to be so presumptuous as to figure I should apologise for not posting for a few days.  I get a chuckle out of those who apologise.  I shall apologise for actually doing a posting.  How about that.

Let's make this an informative posting.  Have a few links and ask a few questions at the end.  That should work.

My dear friend, Delores, has moved her main blog site to the following location.  So those who wondered where Delores is, here she is : Under The Porch Light  It would be very nice, if you weren't aware of her main blog, to go and pay her a visit.  Thank you.

My dear friend, Heather, after a time on focusing on furthering her career prospects, after going through a traumatic time the previous year, has told me she's going to start blogging again.  I promised that I would provide a link to her site.  Here it is and fulfilling, therapeutic writing, Heather : Soundoff

My intellectual buddy, David, who has little recognition, is a most articulate writer and brings up important issues in regards to mental health.  I do hope you check David out, who can be discovered here : A Day in the Life

Announcing the return of Barry aka "bazza".  After a bit of a time out, Barry has returned with his own unique, informative style.  You can find bazza, here : To Discover Ice

For beautiful art work, you can visit Suzanne Bean's site, which is a written and visual delight, here : Art by Suzanne Bean

For some more incredible art work and thoughtful words, please check out Joanne Rose, who can be found here : joanne rose

I now have a new blogging buddy.  Because my new blogging buddy has a wiggly icon, I reckon he deserves a mention.  Can't beat a wiggly icon.   DAVID WALSTON can be seen here at this site : Blah Blah Blah Yackity Smackity.  You can tell him Dr. Who sent you.

Our good friend, Jeffrey, as you might well know, has been going through a very sad, reflective time, with much dignity and wisdom.  I know the blogging community has been reaching their hearts out to Jeffrey.  If you haven't checked out his latest posting, you can read it here : Strands of Pattern

On Sunday, October 20, you may have realised that it was our remarkable young buddy, Lenny's birthday. The delightful Hilary did a detailed post about him.  If you haven't read Hilary's posting about Lenny, I hope that you do. Hilary's blog is located here : Positive Letters....inspirational stories....

Then there's Pat in the Hatt and his rhyming cat.  Seems to me that Pat, the cat, rhyme all the time and that's not a crime.  If you've never read such poetry, go and see, what those two, do at their zoo.  Here you be, the link from me :  It's Rhyme Time

Any questions from you to me?
Let me see

Going Under The Porch Light
To your delight

Checking out Soundoff
Your hat you shall doff

A Day in the Life
His site to arrive

To Discover Ice
Isn't that nice

Art by Suzanne Bean
Know what I mean

joanne rose
Art and prose

Blah Blah Blah Yackity Smackity
Yackity yack, don't look back

Strands of Pattern
And a glowing lantern

Positive Letters....inspirational stories....
Tales to please....to put you at ease

It's Rhyme Time
Well, ring my chime

Missed anything?  Right then, you can always visit the ninja dude aka : Alex J. Cavanaugh

Y'all In This Together? Eh?

Greetings, yes it me, Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar!  I can hardly believe what's happening in Britain.  Are the North American humans taking over?

For instance, look at the chap in the above photo.  It seems he's waiting for an alien spacecraft to land. Maybe it flew him over to Britain.  Yes, I've found out that Mark Carney, from Canada, is now the Governor of the Bank of England.  I know my human made mention of this before and I've decided to see how he's doing.

Mr. Carney is going to try and get the British economy stimulated.  Along with the opening of thousands upon thousands of Tim Hortons restaurants in the UK, he's apparently going to bring in the "feel good factor" by having National Hockey League games broadcast live on British television.  Then British folks can get real excited and say things such as, "I turned on the telly to watch a fight and an ice hockey game broke out..." 

It's also rumoured that Mark will be introducing "The Loonie" to Britain.  No, not Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada.  Yes, as in the Canadian one dollar coin with a "Loon" on it.  Mark's philosophy, "Just say lots of 'ehs' everyday!" 

You might have realised that, Jim Messina, the campaign manager for Barack Obama, has been hired by the Conservative Party in Britain for the next general election.  Yes, that's Jim in the above photo looking like he's crapped himself.  The election has to be held by no later than May 7, 2015.

Imagine the conversation with the above buffoon aka David Cameron, aka Prime Minister of Britain and Jim Messina.  They talk campaign propaganda.  Sorry, they talk campaign strategy.   No, they talk campaign propaganda.  The above campaign slogan in the photo was suggested by David Cameron.

David says to Jim, "I'm a big fan of your music and that stuff you did with Kenny Loggins was heavy rock, dude!"  Jim responds, "I'm not that Jim Messina!  The number of folks I've had to explain that to!  Anyhow, Mr. Cameron, we need a strategy to get you elected again.  How about something like, "Y'all in this together."?"  "I've already tried that, Jim." replied David.  "We called it, "We're all in this together!"  What I actually meant was that we'd target the poor, the vulnerable, the sick, the disabled, those with mental health issues, to pay for the mistakes of the incompetent fortunate."

"Okay, this is gonna' be tough one!  You'll have to pay me even more money.  Yes sir, money before morals." Jim stated.  "I shall see what I can do." said David.  "Oh, by the way, are you going to have a reunion with Kenny Loggins?", said the buffoon.  And David, the buffoon. starts to sing, "And it's all because you mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll..."

The chap on the extreme right of the above photo is Prime Minister David Cameron.  The chap on the left?  I have no idea.

May 7, 2015.  The dawn of a new reality in Britain.  A land where the ideals of an all different, all equal diverse society will be realised.

Fast Forwards To The Awards.

Hey, check this out.  I got me the "Sunshine Award."  And couldn't we use a bit of sunshine.  The lovely, Yolanda, at  DEFENDING THE PEN, bestowed this honour, or honor, on my humble self. You might have realised that Yolanda has announced the published arrival of her latest book, "Memories of Murder." You can find info regarding her book, here : Memories of Murder .  And her previous book, here : Murder, Madness & Love

First of all, I have to put you to sleep by answering the following ten questions.

1 : Favourite colour?  Fifty shades of grey.  No, I mean green, sometimes blue, sometimes red.  

2 : Favourite animal?  Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar!   She is true demonstration of the non-judgemental, unconditional love that our animal friends share with us.

3 : Favourite number?  The number between 68 and 70.

4 : Favourite non-alcoholic drink?  A & W Root Beer.

5 : Favourite alcoholic drink?  I don't consume alcoholic drinks.

6 : Facebook or Twitter?  'Farcebook', actually.  Everybody's favourite social 'notworking' site.  

7 :  Passions?  Yes please.  Writing as a therapeutic and shared experience.  Reducing the unfair stigma that still surrounds mental health issues.  Almost any sport.  Especially, the egg and spoon race which I have an undefeated record.  

8 : Prefer giving or getting presents?  Getting presents.  Just give me loads of presents.  Ignore that.  I much prefer to give presents and watch the um joyous reaction of the person receiving it.  Okay, so you don't like the tacky jumper?  

9 : Favourite city?  I have a few that I have much fondness for.  London, England.  Seattle in Washington State.  Portland in Oregon.  San Francisco in California.  However, my favourite city is Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  

10 : Favourite TV shows?  The Penny the Jack Russell Dog and Modest Internet Superstar Variety Talk Show.  Coronation Street.  Second City Television.  

*Laughs uncontrollably!*

 Here are the rules.

1 : Include the award's logo in a post or in a blog.  

2 : Link to the person who nominated you.

3 : Answer ten questions about yourself.

4 : Nominate ten bloggers.

5 : Link your nominees to the post and comment on their blogs, letting them know they have been nominated.

Never mind the rules.  I struggle to forward on awards because I reckon that I might have overlooked somebody and thus hurt their feelings.  Don't want to do that.  

I'm grateful to Yolanda for thinking of me.  I'm honoured she would think of me as worthy of the award. Thank you,  Yolanda.  Wishing you much success, happiness and fulfilment with your writing endeavours. 

May sunshine fill our days.  

And have a look at this one.  Yes, it's the, Super Blogger Award!  This award has a beauty in its simplicity. Our good friend and one heck of a blogger dude, Mark Means, has given me what should become, if not already, a highly coveted award.

I'd been on Mark's short list for sometime.  I appreciate that he would think of me.  Mark, I was truly flattered by all the kind things you said about me.  A big thanks for all you do in the blogging community, good sir.

I know you want to finish the book you're writing.  All it needs is an ending.  May your dream become a reality.

"The "rules" (more like guidelines, really, yaaaarrrrrr!) are simple:

Take the award for yourself, then pass it along to someone who inspires you or you just think is 'super' in one way or another. Tell us why you think that person is super and deserving. Now, all the recipient has to do is reveal a (as in one) small secret about themselves (super people always tend to have a secret or two, right?) and pass the reward on to someone they think is deserving."

One small secret about myself?  I wear stilettos.  No, not really, well maybe....Okay, I was a grade eight class president in my high school.  I was giving a serious speech in front of the class.  Several of my classmates were giggling.  I was confused.  Then I looked down and noticed my trouser zipper was undone.

Yes, I copied and pasted the "rules".  Making a choice for this thoughtful award is easy.  There is a young fellow who has touched the hearts and minds of many of us.  A young fellow who inspires and his inspiration is a poignant reminder of how blessed I truly am.  Our young friend, Lenny, is having his birthday on October 20.  Lenny is going to be fourteen.  Those of you who know Lenny and those of you who haven't been touched by his profound spirit, I would kindly ask that you visit Lenny's blog and wish him the most happiest of birthdays.  You can find our young friend, here : Lenny's World

Lenny, this award is for you.  If you so wish, you can just put up a photo of the award on your blog.  Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar and myself, wish you a wonderful birthday, Lenny.

Our dear friend, Nancy, forwarded on the "Wonderful Team Member Readership Award" to me, yes me, humble as ever, me.  

*Giggles* 

  Here are the rules.

1. The nominee of The Wonderful Team Member Readership Award shall display the logo on his/her blog.
2. The nominee shall nominate (up to) 14 readers they appreciate over a period of 7 days, all at once or little by little; linking to their blogs; and telling them about it at their blogs.
3. The nominee shall name his/her Wonderful Team Member Readership Award nominees on a post during 7 days..

Good  grief!  As many as fourteen readers?  Didn't know I even had that many readers. Anyway, I'm also undecided with who to forward this award onto.  Which means, once again, I shall not create a dilemma and know that I like you, I really, really like you.

Also, if you look back up on the right side, you will notice the, "Sunshine Award."  Nancy, was also very kind to bestow that award to me.  Two awards at once from Nancy.  Nancy, you spoil me. Seriously, dear lady, thank you for both awards.

If you haven't visited Nancy's blog, you can discover her here : Writer's Mark.  You can find out about Nancy's published books, here : Nancy's Books

Once again, thank you, Yolanda, Mark and Nancy.  I'm sorry it took so long to actually post up the awards. The busy life of a celebrity, eh.  Happy writing to you all.

A Breakthrough Opening To Escalation.

It's my pleasure to reveal the reveal of the cover reveal of Stephen Tremp's final instalment in his, "The Adventures of Chase Manhattan", trilogy.  Besides, this way, I get out of doing one of my eagerly anticipated postings.  So, just below this sentence you will notice a photograph of the cover art for Stephen's cover reveal.

Here it is.  The cover reveal for, "ESCALATION  The Adventures of Chase Manhattan."  The cover was designed by his nephew,  Jeremy Tremp .  Jeremy also did the cover art for, "Breakthrough" and "Opening."  

Stephen is hoping to have the book released by the end of October.

Escalation Synopsis: 

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones” - Albert Einstein  

In Escalation, the final installment to Stephen Tremp’s Breakthrough Trilogy, a seemingly innocent discovery in Einstein-Rosen Bridges, or wormholes, becomes a Pandora’s Box—opening doors to other unexpected and unpredictable realities such as parallel universes, time/space travel, and an evil hitchhiker from another dimension. 

Chase Manhattan has survived attempts on his life from numerous sources in his effort to destroy the technology. But he is far from safe. Now Chase and his comrades must not only break world renowned physicist Professor Nicholas Fischer out of prison a second time, but also smuggle him across hostile borders in Europe and the Middle East to prevent events threatening to spiral into World War III. 

At stake: an end to Western civilization as we know it. The result: an epic clash where science and the supernatural take center stage, vying for mankind’s destiny. The setting is global as the world divides into an East vs. West climactic battle. The action is swift, adrenaline-charged, and non-stop. Unending twists and turns will keep the reader turning pages and wanting more. 

Together, Breakthrough, Opening, and Escalation follow the lives of the unlikely participants from innocence to a coming of age through sacrifice, betrayal, passion, lust, unconditional love, and hope. Escalation will appeal to fans of modern-day science fiction, action, and horror. 

Escalation Short Synopsis: 

Together, Breakthrough, Opening, and Escalation follow the lives of the unlikely participants from innocence to a coming of age through sacrifice, betrayal, passion, lust, unconditional love, and hope. Escalation will appeal to fans of modern-day science fiction, action, and horror. 

Other Blurbs: 

ESCALATION: an epic clash where science and the supernatural take center stage for mankind’s destiny. The setting is global and the adrenaline-charged action is non-stop. 

ESCALATION is cued from current world events and scientific breakthroughs. Great cover, plot, editing, and reviews. Wormholes too! 

ESCALATION speaks to our generation with its technological breakthroughs and struggle to use for good or for evil. 

You can discover Stephen's blog, here : Author Stephen Tremp

On Farcebook, sorry, Facebook, here : Stephen Tremp

On Twitter, here : twitter.com/Stephen Tremp

Wishing you the very best, Stephen.  

Announcing: "Memories of Murder", by Yolanda Renèe.

It gives me great pleasure in announcing the release of Yolanda Renèe's mystery thriller sequel to. "Murder, Madness & Love". which was released on August 19, 2013.

Today, October 4, 2013, is the day that, "Memories of Murder", has been released.  Below, you will see the cover reveal, the blurb, an excerpt and links to purchase either or both books.  

Memories of Murder 

Yolanda Renèe 

Blurb: 

Decades ago, the seeds were planted … 

Today, dark, fathomless eyes rake the image before him. One final task and the transformation is complete. Steady fingers screw intricately carved horns on each side of a stiff brow, and a gargoyle suitable for Notre Dame scowls from the smokey mirror in satisfaction.  

A jagged smile rips through his smooth, hairless face, and inked, reptilian scales caress his naked body.  

A laugh of hideous resonance emanates from his gut as the demons of hell welcome Lucifer into their fold. 

In a dungeon-like chamber, his Lilith awaits. The kidnapped daughter of a nun, groomed to fit the final piece in the complex puzzle for world domination. Will Lucifer marry his bride, on the summer solstice?  

Only two things stand in his way ... 

His greed ... 

And ... 

Detective Steven Quaid.  

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Memories of Murder

Excerpt
Yolanda Renée

From a lair of downed tree limbs and forest debris, a man watches a young woman. He chronicles her every move. From the moment of her arrival, and through the three hours she works to record the scenery on her canvas, he barely moves a muscle. He is content—comfortable. His camouflage is so perfect that deer graze just inches away.
Tomorrow, you'll be mine. Your blood will assuredly be purer than the sweetest honey on earth. His stomach rumbles, and his saliva flows in anticipation of her taste. His unbridled joy almost costs him his concealment when a celebratory growl escapes his throat, and the doe takes notice. He stills himself and waits.
The woman looks directly at him. Seconds tick by in uneasy expectation. She sees me. He swallows hard, almost dropping his camera. She smiles. His body flushes with excitement.
His smile broadens, and then evaporates. No. He takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and relaxes his muscles. The Scriptures have foretold of our first meeting. Patience, my queen, my love.
His hands drip with sweat; his heart pounds. He shuts the camera off and carefully lowers it to the ground. She shows no fear, and he sees every move as flirtation. Using the sleeves of his shirt, he dries his hands, mops his forehead, and turns the camera back on. He calms the urge to go to her. He stays silent, motionless, but vigilant.

An adventurous spirit took Yolanda Renee to Alaska where she hiked the Brooks Range, traveled from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, and learned to sleep under the midnight sun.

She claims her vivid imagination as a blessing, a habit, a hobby, a calling and sometimes a curse.

She now resides in Central Pennsylvania with her husband, two sons, and Boston terrier, Patches.

~ Memories of Murder will be available October 4, 2013 ~ 

Available through : Goodreads

You can also discover her first book, "Murder, Madness & Love", here : Curiosity Quills

You can find Renée here:  

~ Defending The Pen ~ 
Facebook ~ 
Twitter ~ 
Pinterest ~ 

Before I go, Patches, Yolanda's lovable Boston terrier, Patches, is working on a potential interview with Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar, hopefully in time for Halloween.

Wishing you much success, happiness and fulfilment with both your books, Yolanda.