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Favorite things about my job as a writer – top ten style 1.             Working in my bathrobe and slippers 2.             The commute 3.             Making my own hours (and being able to take frequent breaks with no one the wiser) 4.             Eavesdropping on people (for realistic dialog, of course!) 5.             Going on adventures and spending time in places I love without leaving the house 6.             Knowing my POV character’s thoughts and feelings, and it’s not weird 7.             Making my characters say things I, as a polite person, would never say 8.   ...

 Capturing steam off a picture or...a ghost? Latest bear order! Butterfly and shadows Butterfly sunning itself I took this out the kitchen window because when I go outside, the butterflies flutter around like crazy. These seem to be the most common I’ve seen out there. They love the fermenting pears. What is Mom up to now? Peek-a-Boo Though I shot the pictures of the puppies at different times, they make the perfect pairing. I have to take some of these shots with the phone because if I move around too much, I lose the shot. They were so good that they waited for me to take the shots. Often, they will jump down and come to greet me. Sunset Somewhere in the fog, there is a house.   Have a great Friday the 13th! Terry “Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.” Connect with Terry Spear: Website: http://www.terryspear.com Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear Face...

Have you ever had a moment in time you wish you could do over? I have a looming deadline to submit my next manuscript, so I decided to take my laptop with me to write on the go. I had the laptop in my purse and left it on a table just for a second and...imagine one of those slow motion moments when you see a priceless item fall and you dive to catch it just in time...except I didn't catch it and my brand new laptop hit the floor.    Noooooooooo! I rushed the patient to the computer repair folks and got the bad news. The motherboard was cracked. Maybe they could retrieve the data. Maybe not. And the laptop was dead. Oh, and it would take several 2-3 days just to see if my data was retrievable. Time to panic! I begged the computer repair folks to work on it faster. I begged them to revive the computer. I may have even offered a ritual sacrifice (yeah, ok, this was not my finest moment). I left the store in a daze, hoping it was all just a bad dream and I would wake ...

  Sexiest Rock Stars (And What Makes Them So Hot!) with Dawn Ryder Rock Stars…some are just lick-able…. Let’s face it, there is something about a man in leather, who can bring a stadium to its feet. I know there are all sorts of different music out there but heavy metal in all its formats has a certain, gut-wrenching appeal that just gets girls wanting to squeal. So here are a few of my favorites: David Bowie – Okay, I’m an 80’s child and there was this little movie called “Labyrinth.” Now I don’t care if you hated the Muffat/D&D/Princess Bride concoction that was this movie, there was one thing that made it worth your attention…David Bowie in Regency garb. And when he opened his mouth and those deep vocals came out with a rhythm that had you squirming in your seat…well, he made my top three male singer list for sure. Besides, his Goblin King makeup was amazing and I actually based a lot of Syon, the hero of Rock Me Two Times , on this character. I think n...

Once upon a time, I wrote a book--a nice Regency romance with a hero and a heroine, a cute kid, a lady villain (vanquished by the end of the book, of course), and a happily ever after. Title was David: Lord of Honor , and it fell about mid-way through the very long Lonely Lords series. Thereafter, I went about my business as an author, finishing out the series, writing new trilogies, but every so often, a reader would ask, "What about Daniel Banks?" Daniel was a problem, that’s what about Daniel Banks. In David's book, Daniel had been married to the lady villain, a selfish brat of a disgrace of a wife. Because Daniel was also a Regency vicar (I pictured him somewhat like the image below of Daniel Day Lewis), I couldn't see prying him loose from that marriage. The best I could do was get Daniel and the disgrace separated by the end of the book. Daniel struggled nobly on alone, a sadder but wiser (and really good looking) sweet guy.   What about Daniel Banks...

I just love seeing all the new books along the right side of the page. And there's mine! His Kind of Trouble is book two from the Beauty and the Brit series. About the book: Monica Campbell may have a history as a wild child, but she's changed her ways. She's respectable, responsible-and, most importantly, she's sworn off bad boys. That is, until Callum Hughes roars back into her life with his sexy British accent and killer smile. Cal remembers every steamy moment he shared with Monica, but he barely recognizes the straight-laced woman she's become. Determined to lure Monica into letting go of her inhibitions, Cal will use every trick he knows to fire her blood and tempt her body...reminding her just how good it can feel to be bad-and his. Excerpt: “Dinner,” Monica said. “That’s all I’m agreeing to.” For now. She just wanted to state it for the record, but her delivery was weak. Even Monica wasn’t buying her flimsy denials. She and Cal would b...