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  • Water Cooler Wednesday – The Cubs Win the World Series!

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    So, it goes like this:

    Let’s get a schedule together for Nice Girls Writing Naughty. We’ll do Saucy Saturdays, and Teaser Tuesdays, and how ’bout Water Cooler Wednesday!  That last one was my idea, in fact, because it’s the nice side of the Nice Girls, where Saturday is the naughty, and Tuesdays’ Teasers are our most popular and longest-running feature on the blog.  In short, readers like them.

    Those of you paying attention will notice it’s Friday.

    Yeah, yeah.  I live in Chicago.

    …

    Not following?

    Say it with me:

    The Chicago Cubs Won the World Series For the First Time Since 1908!

    And this is why, Dear Reader, my Water Cooler Wednesday is Water Cooler Friday.

    See my logic here?

    Three, sir; three!

    Hmm.  Where was I?

    The Cubs won the World Series!

    Can you believe it?

    Talk about the triumph of hope over experience.

    It’s also November, which means National Novel Writing Month, and I’m volunteering again this year as a Municipal Liaison for the Chicago Region.  And in two weeks, it’s American Thanksgiving.

    See previous re: the triumph of hope over experience…

    But for you, Dear Reader, I have a most auspicious announcement.  My co-Nice Girl, Nona Raines, is putting on a movie party for us in December, coinciding with the international premiere of Hairspray, the movie.

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    So, there you have it, Dear Reader.  A little water cooler gossip about the Cubs, some Monty Python, and an invitation to go to the movies with us, your Nice Girls Writing Naughty.  What more could you want?

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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.”

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    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?

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

    Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Apple | ARe

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

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