Showing posts with label Realms Faire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Realms Faire. Show all posts

Friday, November 13, 2015

WARS & BATTLES



A flash fiction challenge of 100 words or less

The photo prompt copyright  J Hardy Carroll.




WARS & BATTLES

John fought to come home just for them. When he left, she was pregnant. He knew his daughter, Jenny, only through Mary's words and photographs. He couldn't wait to hold them close. His mission finally ended, he boarded the plane home.

50 years later

         At the cemetery, he watched them play, both so beautiful, unchanging, and full of love for him. He'd survived the war, but a drunk driver on the way to his next drink stole them from him.

He hoped Mary would be glad to hear that he only had weeks left. Cancer would win this final battle.

100 words
Yolanda Renée © 2015


Join the fun here:



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This is the last day for
Your cheers are still needed.
You have 3 opportunities a day
and many Knights
deserving of your cheers.
So please take part – for the fun if not for the prizes!
Wants to thank you for your cheers this week and if you have one more
Huzzah
in you
 she'd love your
consideration today!
To score points for the Lady, use the words. Lady Enigmatic, Murder, and cutpurse on THE JOUST site by clicking HERE

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The winners for commenting on this blog, and chosen by Random.org are

Monday - Sia McKye
Tuesday - Pat Hatt
Wednesday - M Pax
Thursday - Cherie Reich

Congratulations!
Deborah Druker
you won Friday!

all winners of a $5 Amazon Gift Card, and an eBook copy of
Murder, Madness & Love and Memories of Murder.

just for a comment!


CONGRATULATIONS!



Hosted by M. Pax the Faire finishes Today!

Click on the Title and Play the Game!


Midnight 11 - 13 - 2015
The Realms Faire is over!

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

HERO'S


In Honor of our Veterans!

HERO'S

The desire to serve
A calling felt deep
An honor only a few will earn
A job only a soldier understands.
Sacrifice beyond the call of duty

The debt we owe
Gratitude unvoiced
Flags draped and folded
Tears forever shed
A hero saluted.

A nation saved
A country freed
A prisoner released
A dictator dethroned
Our hero's come home!

Please God, let all our hero's come home!

Yolanda Renée © 2015





Hosted by M. Pax continues!
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still needs your cheers to win THE JOUST
Please give her your support on The Joust page

Just copy and paste these words:

Catching a cutpurse or solving a murder is the way Lady Enigmatic fills her day!



For your reading pleasure an unedited excerpt
from 

now only .99 cents
in honor of the 


Sarah poured a bottle of shampoo on the floor. "See how well you can stand up after you hit this," she said.

A loud explosion told her the front door was down. She scrambled through the window to the first-floor roof.

"Sarah. Come out, come out, wherever you are!" A loud bang heralded the news that the bedroom door was down.

She quickly, but carefully, made her way across the wood shingles to a point where she could shimmy down to the porch roof, and to the ground. She heard him kick in the bathroom door and allowed herself a smile when she realized the other sound was him falling on his ass. Curse words filled the air, and she knew he was at the window, looking for her. 

Sarah stayed low but moved quickly.

Sliding down the support columns for the porch, she picked up several splinters. But bruises, broken bones, abrasions, and a few shards of wood would heal. Once she hit the ground, Sarah planned to run to the knoll and the old oak tree, a new hiding place.

Just as she landed on the ground, he came barreling through the patio doors. She thought of scooting closer to the porch, but she coughed again.

The monster grinned. "Trying to hide? A little difficult with that hack. Come along quietly, such a mess your once lovely wedding dress. If you're good I'll buy you a new one."

He moved toward her. She scrambled to her feet as he jumped from the porch grasping for her. He managed to grab the hem of her dress, but the fabric gave way, and he had nothing for his effort. Sarah was running again, but he was right behind her.

She knew the way despite the dark and raced through the tall grass, but her body was no longer cooperating. Her lungs were inflamed. Her chest hurt with a pain so severe, she could barely breathe. Please, God, not now. Please let me get to the tree, up the tree, to somewhere he can't reach me.

Sarah reached the tree, but, before she could raise herself to the lowest limb, he was on her, tackling her to the ground.

"After all that effort. Tsk, tsk, tsk." He clicked his tongue in disapproval. "Oh, well. Where we're going, you won't need clothes."

He lifted her by her upper arm, held her close, and marched her to the cliff's edge . . .


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The Winner of the $5 Amazon Gift Card 
& and eBook copy of both Murder Mysteries
chosen by Random.org

Murder, Madness & Love
and
Memories of Murder

for Monday is

Sia McKye

And for Tuesday is

Pat Hatt

And Wednesday's Winner is

Mary Pax

CONGRATULATIONS!

Comment and you could win today!

(All gift cards will be issued after the Faire)

Monday, November 9, 2015

TAKING OVER THE WORLD

Welcome to another awesome Monday! 
Today, I am hosting L G Keltner's cover reveal for her upcoming release 

HOW I LEARNED TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD THROUGH TOLERATING MY FAMILY. 

A novella to be released on 
December 1, 2015 

Just in time for Christmas!

Blurb:

Dani Finklemeier has decided to write a self-help book about how to take over the world, but she’s not sure where to start.  After all, she’s only seventeen and looking for a better way to make money than babysitting.  She buys a self-help book that promises to teach her how to write a self-help book in the hope of getting the job done.

Not that it’ll be easy to get any work done this holiday season.  Her family is staying at the house for Christmas, and fights break out almost immediately.  Dani also has to deal with the fallout from an unexpected kiss with her best friend Seth and the feelings that go along with it.  On edge around her family and unsure how to interact with the one person she’s trusted with everything in the past, she can only take what inspiration she can from the crazy circumstances surrounding her and see what happens.

One way or another, it should be an interesting holiday.

Bio:

L.G. Keltner spends most of her time trying to write while also cleaning up after her crazy but wonderful kids and hanging out with her husband.  Her favorite genre of all time is science fiction, and she’s been trying to write novels since the age of six.  Needless to say, those earliest attempts weren’t all that good. 

Her non-writing hobbies include astronomy and playing Trivial Pursuit.


You can typically find L.G. lurking around her blog, on Twitter, or on her Facebook page.

Title: Self-Help 101 or: How I Learned to Take Over the World Through Tolerating My Family
Author: L.G. Keltner
Genre: Holiday/Humor
Length: 27,000
Cover Art: L.G. Keltner
Release Date: December 1, 2015

Pre-Order Links:


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I hope you're all ready for the M. Pax's annual


Today is the first day!




I'll be fighting it out as
Lady Enigmatic in The Joust hosted M. Pax
I hope you'll come along and cheer me on!
Even though my Joust isn't until tomorrow
Please mention me today, and everyday 
to help me win The Joust
and earn a chance to win your own prize!

My magic words are:

Lady Enigmatic
Murder
Cutpurse (means thief) 

I earn points when you use these magic words 
to cheer me on in your comments on the Joust page and you're placed in a drawing to win a prize that day.

Such as!

Lady Enigmatic has an amazing story about a cutpurse involved in murder.
or
Lady Enigmatic solves murder mysteries but she'll easily play the cutpurse to win this Joust.
or
Lady Enigmatic is rumored to have been a former Cutpurse and may have committed murder.

Just copy and paste!

All commenters on this page, and who use these magic words on the Joust Page will be entered into a drawing to win a

$5 Amazon gift card.

Winners will be announced at midnight each day until the Joust is over. 
There's a new winner every day! 
Right here on my blog too!

The more times you comment using the magic words the more entries you'll have!

Plus, M Pax is giving away prizes too!


Hosted by MPax
Prizes for the winning knight. 
Prizes drawn daily for the crowd.
Up to 10 knights can joust. Each will battle daily. Magic words will be granted to each knight to pass out to their adoring fans. Knights score points by commenters using their magic words. Knight with the most points at the end of the week wins. What does the knight win? A year of promo on my blog in the slider and a tumbler printed with your championship boasts and badge (SEE HERE).
Winners are drawn daily from the adoring crowds.

Each cheerer may cheer 3x a day!
Each time they cheer, they'll be put into the daily drawing for prizes.
Both on M Pax's Joust page - and here !


Please check it out!

&


From November 9 - 16 & in honor of 

Lady Enigmatic - Yolanda Renee's

 crime thriller mystery Murder, Madness and

 Love is on sale‬ for 99 Cents‬!








Murder, Madness and Love
Sunlight blazes on an empty canvas.
Arctic winds gather snowflakes on a frosty window ledge as a statuesque form appears. She moves past a table littered with papers. Headlines splash news of murder, but it’s the photo of another young woman with features mirroring her own that draws her attention.
A different headline peeks from underneath the Anchorage Times.
Wealthy Businessman Dies in Car Crash … BLACK WIDOW SUSPECTED!
Graphic images swirl through her head and a tear rolls down her cheek. She drifts toward an easel and a trembling hand dips a sable brush into a palette of paint.
The Westminster doorbell chimes. The brush slips and blood-red paint stains the floor.
Detective Steven Quaid waits. His Tlingit, Indian features carved from granite, mask his Irish passion …
Will he arrest her this time?
All fingers point to her guilt.
But, is she guilty of this cunning plot? Or just a victim of circumstantial evidence?
The door opens …
His eyes lock on hers …
His heart races …
Hers skips a beat.


And even more exciting news via:

called




The Winner of the $5 Amazon Gift Card & an eBook copy of both Murder Mysteries
Murder, Madness & Love 
and 
Memories of Murder

for Monday is

Sia McKye

CONGRATULATIONS!

(All gift cards will be issued after the Faire)