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  • Teaser Tuesday – Release Day! Release Day!  The Charmed Bracelet

    Teaser Tuesday – Release Day! Release Day! The Charmed Bracelet

    \"TheToday is the day!  Today is the day!  I’m so excited.  The Charmed Bracelet is release into the world for your enjoyment, Dear Reader.  And for Teaser Tuesday, I figured I’d give you a snippet of the story by Rachel Wilder and I, called “Lost and Found.”

    * * *

    It looked like any corporate conference room, and Shannon suppressed her disappointment. She’d half expected an interrogation cell like on a cop show, complete with one-way glass and a little ring fused into the table for the handcuffs.

    On the other hand, since her imagination was doing its best to freak her out, this was probably better.

    “Thanks for coming down to meet with me.” The detective held out his hand. “I’m Detective Delgado; we met last night.”

    She nodded. “I remember.” His hand was warm and dry. Little prickles went up her arm, and she released him, wishing she could rub her palm without looking like she was, well, rubbing off his handshake. Or cherishing it.

    He beamed at her and then motioned to a chair. “Please, have a seat. You seemed shaken up last night.”

    “Yeah.” She swallowed. “Pretty unexpected.”

    He sat opposite her and flipped open a pristine manila folder. Then he set that to the side and pulled a white legal pad from under the stack. “Start at the beginning. Tell me, in your own words, what happened.”

    She surprised a sudden urge to giggle and blurt out, “Who else’s words would I use?” but she managed to control herself. What was with her?

    He was as hot as her memory told her. Talk about distracting. Why couldn’t he look like Serpico and smell like old cigars?

    * * *

    To find out what happens next, get your very own copy at your favorite online retailer.

    Amazon | B&NKoboAppleARe

    And be sure to check out our Facebook group tomorrow for our raffle where you can enter to win your very own charmed bracelet!

    \"NG

  • Six Geese Laid – A Holiday Fable:  Tuesday, December 22nd, on WROTE Podcast; performed by Vance Bastian

    Six Geese Laid – A Holiday Fable: Tuesday, December 22nd, on WROTE Podcast; performed by Vance Bastian

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    The Geese Are Coming!

    It all started with an innocent question by J. Scott Coatsworth on Queer Sci Fi:  would anyone like to help out with a podcast series inspired by the Twelve Days of Christmas.

    It was November 22nd.

    I figured, I didn\’t have much to do since I was only working full time, Chicago Regional Municipal Liaisons for the ChiWriMo region of National Novel Writing Month, we were leaving for Philadelphia for our family celebration of Thanksgiving (at which 33 people were in attendance), AND it was Black Friday that week and Rachel works retail.

    Sure, I\’d love to write a new story.  From scratch.

    When do you need it?

    The 27th.

    OF NOVEMBER???

    Rachel\’s gonna kill me.

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    So I wrote.  And Rachel and I plotted.  I wrote some more.  We plotted more.  We ate turkey.  Rachel battled the consumer hell that is Black Friday.  I turned in the story by the skin of my teeth on the 27th.

    And now you, Dear Reader, get to hear it on WROTE podcast, performed by none other than Vance Bastian!

    Join me on Facebook for a release day party this Tuesday, December 22nd, from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Central Standard Time (GMT -6).  We\’ll have links, pictures, and lots and lots of fun.

    About the Story

    Six Geese Laid – a Holiday Fable takes place after the end of Cat\’s Cradle, and before the forthcoming Ambush.  Our hero is the tortured TJ Butler, a former Marine suffering from PTSD from the use of electroshock therapy to \”cure\” him of being gay when he was a young man.  He ran away to join the Corps and that\’s where he met Neal Harrison and his squad of Marines.  TJ is unaware of the fact that he is pure catnip to Dillon Kendall and Craig Moretti, but Dillon decides that the time is right to make his move.  Only, there\’s a snag:

    The Geese.

    Join me on Tuesday and find out what happens!