tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30763348656529608052024-03-13T12:06:39.934-04:00Michelle Kemper BrownlowHome of Romance Author Michelle Kemper BrownlowMichelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-65244535641586669872022-04-20T15:50:00.002-04:002022-04-20T15:51:24.561-04:00WELL, HELLO THERE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjfOSyVCM-oq8bo_sj5cIu4z4ctx0XEJ8-hVAzDJACKQlgn22WX3KA2Hqu-Au388SCBQlOeUD8GRdOZKGSfAZBZFM0uD2J036oUr6Hstb_V48AgNGQNi_vw3tFl7CxT_FvK9bBGeGeKiJYegF1NNKUkTQY2T52pCmiuQ94zjaOXx4o7JFfHxNbI-s/s937/FEBF51CF-42D8-4B93-801B-051655F8FE67.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjfOSyVCM-oq8bo_sj5cIu4z4ctx0XEJ8-hVAzDJACKQlgn22WX3KA2Hqu-Au388SCBQlOeUD8GRdOZKGSfAZBZFM0uD2J036oUr6Hstb_V48AgNGQNi_vw3tFl7CxT_FvK9bBGeGeKiJYegF1NNKUkTQY2T52pCmiuQ94zjaOXx4o7JFfHxNbI-s/s320/FEBF51CF-42D8-4B93-801B-051655F8FE67.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I’MMMMM BAAACCCCKKKK…</p><p>I will be completely honest with you… if you’re still out there…listens for an echo or crickets… </p><p>I COMPLETELY forgot I had this blog…so much so that a couple years ago I started a website over on Wix. I was just getting ready to start all over from scratch over there and reconfigure what I’d created but I couldn’t find my wix address so I Googled myself in hopes of finding it and I found THIS.</p><p>Imagine my surprise!</p><p>So, if you don’t follow me anywhere but here, I assume you think I fell off the face of the earth. I did not. Life got in the way.</p><p>I’ll catch you up quickly.</p><p>The IN TOO DEEP series is now called the FALLING FORWARD series and is available on Amazon. The story was edited and is a stronger Gracie and you’ll love it all over again. Each book has new covers and new titles. In Too Deep = Going Under, On Solid Ground = Reclaiming Grace, and Above The Noise = Played.</p><p>I didn’t want to change them THAT much but it’s an Amazon thing, if you re-pub with a new publisher, those deets have to change.</p><p>WHEN I LIED is still available on Amazon as well.</p><p>I have not released anything since the re-writes of Gracie & Jake’s story which wrapped up in 2019.</p><p>However, I am working on my 5th novel which is a Young Adult Road Trip Romance. And I’m on the hunt for an agent that reps multiple genres as, of course, I am also always sketching and coming up with picture book ideas.</p><p>If you stick around, I will be updating this blog more often…as a fun place to share my journey and encourage others to get their stories out there for people to read.</p><p>Hope to hear from all you crickets.</p><p>MKB</p>Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-15066671505401320672016-04-19T07:24:00.002-04:002016-04-19T07:25:12.492-04:00WHEN I LIED IS LIVE EVERYWHERE!!!!! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am so excited to bring you my latest novel: WHEN I LIED.<br />
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Bookish Kate Green knew she needed to brush up on her social skills before her first year of college, so she created an online persona to chat and flirt. And who better to practice on than talented and tormented rock frontman Oliver Walt? After all, the lead singer of her favorite band would hardly notice one more adoring fan. Except…he does. And with a single private message, Kate’s world changes forever.</div>
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Then Oliver wants to meet in person. Kate knows she has to come clean, but things are never that easy, so instead she enlists the aid of her beautiful and calculating study partner…which turns out just the way you might expect. Now, with Gretchen refusing to stop being Lexi, the lies grow bigger by the hour—and so do the stakes. Kate’s heart and Oliver’s life.</div>
To see an excerpt from the book, head over to <a href="http://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/wheniliedexcerpt/register" target="_blank">Heroes & Heartbreakers</a> for their EXCLUSIVE look inside WHEN I LIED!<br />
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****THE ANNOUNCEMENT****<br />
I have signed a contract with Boroughs Publishing Group for my latest book WHEN I LIED!</div>
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I am so excited to bring you Kate & Oliver's story!</div>
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The Urban Dictionary defines a "catfish" as:<br />
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Honor student, Kate Green, sees promise in an out-of-character dive into social media to prepare for her freshman year of college. She quickly learns the ropes as alter ego “Lexi Cartwright.” But when “Lexi” catches the attention of Oliver Walt, lead singer of a British Indie rock band, Kate’s game gets kicked up a notch.</div>
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An intense relationship blooms, and before she knows it, Kate has woven herself into Oliver’s life, but as “Lexi”…the biggest lie she’s ever told. And, as if that isn’t bad enough, an unexpected twist of events leaves Kate with no choice but to take that lie one step further. What started as a harmless social experiment soon has the potential to shatter the heart and soul of the man she’s falling for.</div>
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I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS STORY and SO THANKFUL to Boroughs for sharing in that excitement with me!</div>
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We had just moved to Pennsylvania from upstate New York and had been in our new house for a little over 6 months on 9/11/01. Ken was still working in Binghamton Monday - Fridays and came home to us for the weekends.</div>
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It was Matthew's first day of Pre-School, the day the moms tag along for the morning, too. I left Emily with my mom and Matthew and I headed to Goodwill Preschool.</div>
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We knew NOTHING when we were dismissed at 11:30.</div>
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I went to the grocery store before picking Emily up and wasn't surprised when my ATM card didn't work.<br />"Our bank is still in New York, this happens all the time."<br />"New York? Well, no wonder it's not working," the cashier said.<br />I smiled but thought, "How rude!" I assumed it was some grumpy stab at NY state.</div>
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I will never forget the look on my mom's face when Matthew and I walked into the kitchen at her house.</div>
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"Ma, what's wrong?"<br />She took Matthew and Emily by the hands and headed for the living room.<br />"You stay here. Turn on this TV but keep the volume down. And call Ken to make sure <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=703214070" href="https://www.facebook.com/kristin.brownlowmahoney" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Kristin</a> is okay."<br />(Ken's sister worked on Wall Street and thankfully made it home unscathed)</div>
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I did as she said just in time to see the fiery replay of what had played out while I was sitting in Elverson watching 3 year olds find all the items on Miss Linda's Scavenger Hunt List. So breath-takingly innocent.</div>
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That night I paced and cried. Two sleeping toddlers and a husband almost 4 hours away, I knew there would be no sleep for me...or only small moments of sleep...I was terrified as I worried what this meant for the future of my children. Would I see them grow up? Was this the beginning of the end?</div>
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But, thanks to the brave men and women in the armed services (one being <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1844440878" href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.bobulinski" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Michael Bobulinski</a> who calmed me down in the wee hours of the morning when he IMd me from work and I was NOT sleeping bc anxiety had gotten the best of me), our country remained safe and have been since that one horrific day.</div>
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It is on this day that I REMEMBER those who selflessly responded not knowing if it was the beginning of the end, either. And those who continue to fight for our freedom and our safety.</div>
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Thank you!</div>
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So, today is a new day for Mom, too. It's the day I start planning how to reconstruct and reorganize my life. I've been at at-home mom (one with many side projects happening all the time) and summer is WONDERFUL for me because I spend so much of my time with my kiddos. But, I do look forward to getting some semblance of organization back now that school is in - even though, as an artist, organization is NOT one of my strong suits.</div>
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I'm also re-evaluating my health and wellness...re-starting my focus on keeping my body healthy.</div>
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(hands shake as I type this next sentence) AND I'M GIVING UP DIET PEPSI FOR GOOD!</div>
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A couple weeks ago I entered the #Pitchwars phenomenon on Twitter, thanks to the amazing Brenda Drake, the mastermind behind all the hubbub. Here's how it goes:</div>
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You scroll through all the author mentors and choose five whom you'd like to work with on a finished/polished manuscript. You fill out the Google form with all your info and select those five amazing women.</div>
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They take the next couple weeks to read all their submissions, request more of some authors and narrow down their choice to ONE.</div>
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The mentor and the author they chose then work together for two months sharpening scenes, killing off darlings (what we authors call cutting scenes and minor characters), polishing until your fingers bleed (well, that's an exaggeration, but almost). </div>
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Then it's the agent round and, with the help of your mentor, your time to shine in front of some of the best literary agents in the business. All the while, hoping for that match made in Heaven that could get your book...your baby...into the hands of salivating readers everywhere.</div>
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TOMORROW IS D-DAY!</div>
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The day the mentors choose their mentee. There were over 1600 authors who sent in their work and only a handful of mentors-to-be. So, some of these amazing women and men read HUNDREDS of submissions and had to narrow them down to ONE.</div>
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So, I wait.</div>
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So, another of my "resolutions" for this year is to keep current with this author blog and document my journey. I've purposely kept my Mondays FREE for this school year so I have one day a week to re-energize and sort out all that needs to be done in the coming week. So, you may only hear from me on Mondays as I sit and eat my breakfast (like I'm doing now) or you may hear from me as I write and get stuck...and even when I'm procrastinating on a particularly difficult scene.</div>
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I am a "helper" by nature and want to give tips and advice to those of you who have a story inside of you and are looking for direction. I can not offer to read everyone's manuscripts and give advice or I'd never get my own writing done but I CAN point you in the direction of editor friends and beta readers who would be able to get you onto their reading schedule.</div>
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Well, before the end of last year, I pulled the IN TOO DEEP series from Amazon and it's only available if you buy it used through Amazon sellers. My reason for that is long and drawn out and will probably soon be a blog post but the simplistic version is so I can re-write it and have it available for YOUNG ADULT readers.</div>
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WHEN I LIED is done...that's what's making its rounds at #Pitchwars.</div>
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I have SHIFT on the back burner.</div>
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I started a NEW book, called UPSTAGED, but it's currently sharing the back burner because an amazing agent asked what I was working on and I told her everything that was current as well as the ideas that just had jotted down notes in my IDEA journal...</div>
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Don't ya know, one of THOSE is what she was most interested in... so I've started a NEW, NEW book for her. That book's working title is PURPLE HAZE.</div>
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...and now I need to take a walk...and check Twitter to see what my five mentors are HINTING at.</div>
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For those of you who have LIKED my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MichelleKemperBrownlowAuthor?fref=ts" target="_blank">AUTHOR FB page</a>, I will always post a link there when there's a new post. If you haven't LIKED my page yet, please head over there and do it!</div>
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Also, I'd love to connect with you via <a href="https://twitter.com/MK_Brownlow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, too.</div>
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Peace.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-43528872202372166042014-10-28T15:02:00.000-04:002014-10-28T15:02:01.037-04:00Teaser Tuesday <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I LOVE making teasers, have actually considered making a side-business of it...but not sure how that would go.<br />
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So, right now, when I'm procrastinating on my own writing...I make teasers for the IN TOO DEEP series.<br />
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Here are a few of the latest ones.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-36299696062339073352014-10-16T12:47:00.001-04:002014-10-16T12:47:47.474-04:00Roots & Crowns and Project Unbreakable<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sometimes you come across something you just have to have. You NEED it. You covet it.<br />
In my case, that kind of passionate response usually revolves around food, tattoos or bracelets.<br />
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But, as I was doing research for Sexual Abuse Awareness month and working on some programming on the topic I came across <a href="http://projectunbreakable.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Project Unbreakable</a>...if you haven't checked it out, you must (Trigger WARNING: photos of rapist quotes could cause a trigger response in some people. ) As I became more and more intrigued by Grace Brown's brain child I also came across a company called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/rootsandcrownspdx" target="_blank">Roots & Crowns</a> out of Portland, Oregon.<br />
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Max at Roots & Crowns creates the most beautiful amulets that he fills with nature. Max creates each amulet specifically for each person, sometimes emailing or skyping numerous times with the customer to get a grasp of the specific herbs and flowers to include inside their amulet.<br />
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One of Max's recent <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rootsandcrowns?ref=stream&hc_location=stream" target="_blank">facebook posts</a> said, <i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I LOVE personalizing necklaces for custom-order. Getting to tap into the co-creative intention for the piece, and handwriting the scroll describing the included herbs---it's all such a lovely process."</span></i><br />
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Roots & Crowns is designing unbelievably inspiring amulets for Project Unbreakable which supports and brings light to the victims of sexual abuse and rape.<br />
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(photos courtesy of Roots and Crowns etsy shop)</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/203646822/project-unbreakable-special-edition?ref=shop_home_feat_1" target="_blank">CHECK THEM OUT HERE</a><br />
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Which brings me back to the things I COVET. In the photo above I am wearing my very own Project Unbreakable inspired Roots & Crowns amulet and I am so fuh-reaking in love with it! It's beautiful and so meaningful.<br />
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And Max's customer service was impeccable.<br />
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My new favorite etsy shop!<br />
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Kudos, Max Turk! In my eyes, you're a hero for spending your time blessing survivors with your talents and hard work.<br />
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Go book mark <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/RootsandCrownsPDX?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">Roots & Crowns</a> on Etsy and SHARE & LIKE their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rootsandcrowns" target="_blank">facebook page</a>! Go!<br />
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Peace.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-91619509476694957552014-09-29T09:36:00.000-04:002014-09-29T09:43:08.398-04:00The Halls of Skin & Bone...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I've started re-posting a little bit from my former Mommy Blog. I'm getting a kick out of re-living all the chaos of having younger kiddos.</b><br />
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<b>This was written after our first trip into Hollister...a.k.a The Halls of Skin & Bone.</b><br />
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<i>Today we did some school shopping. I got a babysitter and I took my older two to the mall.</i><br />
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<i>I love the smell of Back-to-School!</i><br />
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<i>Not the fact that the fruit of my loins will actually spend hours away from me 5 days a week (I hate that part) but just the tingly excitement of that first day. The new kids, new teachers, locker combinations, new notebooks, cute boys, being late to the class I didn't even sign up for but ended up being on my schedule, unexpectedly getting my period, tripping up the stairs in front of the boy I was planning on having a crush on that day and having egg salad soup at the bottom of my locker at luchtime.</i><br />
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<i>Well, not ALL my memories are good ones I guess. But, I still get excited for the shopping!</i><br />
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<i>On our trip, we went to all the stores that kids love: Children's Place, Old Navy, GAP and some department stores that Mom dragged them into in hopes of a good sale. But then I had the great idea to travel into a world unknown...Hollister.</i><br />
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<i>I have never been able to figure out the fashion phenomenon of a NAME. What makes a name when it comes to fashion? How do the words GAP, ABERCROMBIE, AEROPOSTALE define multi-millions in sales? They are cool clothes, I enjoy the styles and quality but I have a strong feeling if they looked identical but were called SMITHSENSTRUBER they wouldn't be so cool!</i><br />
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<i>So, we walk into Hollister - our first time. It's a dark and loud store. I actually felt like I was walking into a bar. That's how they sell clothes! You are squinting and can't see a thing and the music is so loud when you ask where to find the clothes that cost less than $400 you can't hear what the 4-year old sales girl who weighs 20 lbs. says. So, you grab up a couple things, head to the register, swipe your card and head for the nearest CVS for some Advil, Oil of Olay and Slim Fast.</i><br />
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<i>I am not a name-dropper or someone who needs to have the latest name brand fashions</i><br />
<i>and I try to deter my children from feeling that is necessary. Oh, and knock-off designer purses don't count because they are not real.</i><br />
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<i>But, I have shopped long enough to know that even the stores that cause you to take out a second mortgage just to outfit your three children for one day DO, in fact, sometimes have good sales. I just thought it would be cool for my first-time middle-schooler to have a Hollister T-shirt for school...I would do anything to give him a leg up on the sometimes cruel competition.</i><br />
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<i>So, we walk in and head right for the clearance racks.</i><br />
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<i>Of course, we had to pass the posters...ugh, the posters...what was this, the red light district? Are they SELLING SKIN in this store? Well, then why is so much of it showing?? The girls in the posters weigh approximately 14.5 ounces and have the slender shape of Gumby! Their apparent poster boy love interests have 6-pack abs that go the whole way dowwwwwwwwwn to a VERY TOO LOW waistline.</i><br />
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<i>I was covering my daughter's eyes and blushing before we got past the cash register! I think I actually felt myself get fatter in this store. I could see the sales staff wasting away while I unbuttoned my shorts to relieve the pudge that was growing underneath my not-Hollister, mom clothing. I wanted to BARF. THEY needed to eat.</i><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><em><strong>"C'mon, honey, have some fries, a milkshake, SOMETHING that will make you weigh more than my purse!"</strong></em></span><br />
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<i>I found some great sales after asking a nice kid for help. The kid who then walked us to the register because he had lost his voice from screaming "What's up?" and repeated directions to the Hollister-virgin customers all day.</i><br />
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<i>I know, I know. I should not be school shopping for ME but I have to say, I got sucked into the Hollister haze and wanted to wear the word, too! Of course, that feeling quickly faded when I held up a t-shirts that could have doubled as a sock on this mom body.</i><br />
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<i>They got shirts.</i><br />
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<i>I got perfume and pretended each squirt would airbrush me to the size of that $@!#! poster girl!</i><br />
<i>Still squirting...</i><br />
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<i>NOTHIN’!</i><br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-61240120214945936622014-08-25T13:58:00.004-04:002014-08-25T13:58:44.747-04:00MKB tells it all...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been a storyteller literally all my life and I've never been a very secretive person so, in 2007, when I discovered Mommy Blogging and saw how many hits and followers you get when you air your dirty laundry and Mommy chaos, I knew I'd found my gig.<br />
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Now, seven years later, I'm a published author and just because I wanted to do something a little different, I thought periodically I would share one of those stories with you.<br />
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So, here's a story from 2007, my kiddos were 10, 9 & 2.<br />
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Here's the story I like to call...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why Stay At Home Moms are Constipated</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">I get everyone onto the
bus and coax my little man back inside with the promise of a lollipop so I can
relieve the "urge" that is looming in my gut. Now, you must know that
our other two had a strict rule to live by, "NO sugar until after
lunch!" When the third came along - yeah, not so strict anymore - I just
jump on whatever ploy works that day.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">"Want some
candy?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">"Then, please get
off the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>dining room<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>table."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">"Want a donut?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">"You'll need to stop
playing in the potty and wash your hands, then!"<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">He's onto me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">If I'd have had a bowl of
sugar in my small powder room I would have given him a spoon just so I could
have relieved myself in peace. But I wasn't thinking ahead I guess.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">I briskly entered the
throne room with a chubby little hand in mine, shut the door and took my seat
as Queen of...(I'll spare you!) With that, I was apparently awarded a Jester
and JEST he did!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">He is a small 2 year old
but he felt big as he lurched his body across the room, planted his hands on
the lip of the pedestal sink, threw his feet to the pedestal and lifted. His
little body became the shape of a "less-than" sign. He was eye to eye
with me. He looked at me, giggled and jumped down.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Funny how nothing goes
unnoticed when you are 32" tall. He headed right for the small stack of
toilet paper in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>corner. He and I began a sweet game of
catch with one of the rolls. Fifteen years ago, I would never have imagined
myself in the toilet-seat-shot-put Olympics. But, who does? I was just hoping
to read something, anything in any one of the many untouched magazines in the
bin by my feet.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Bored with catch he makes
it his mission to build the Leaning Tower of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>TP.
What a kick he gets out of himself when he makes it as tall as he is. I smile.
How cute. But three seconds later I have become the center of a nuclear attack
as there are toilet paper rolls<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>bludgeoning<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>me from all sides! What is it about
stacks and piles that make toddlers evolve into SUPER<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>DESTRUCTO<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>MAN?! Another Mom-phenomenon that we
will never figure out.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">The dog pushes the door,
that I thought was shut, open a bit ad tries to come in. I fling my body to the
door and shut it. I have all the stimulation I need right now as my body has
not relaxed enough to make this trip a DONE DEAL, yet.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">And with that minor
distraction, my son has decided to switch careers. SUPER<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>DESTRUCTO<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>MAN is now Kareem Abdul<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Juicebox<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>as he makes a slam dunk with a roll of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>TP<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>into
the pedestal sink. Funny, I never saw that parallel...the powder room sink does
look a bit like a basketball net. Huh.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">After the huge bulk pack
of toilet paper is dumped on the floor and he begins fishing in the trashcan
and lunging for the toilet brush I decide...it is time to abort this mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">We walk out together only
to find that the dog has completely<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>macerated<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the roll she must have grabbed when
she tried to interrupt only minutes ago. It looks like she killed a bloodless poodle!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Well, the
"urge" has passed....there's always tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Somehow I don't think
working moms deal with this discomfort. I can't imagine their co-workers
climbing under the stall and wrapping them in toilet paper or playing
pat-a-cake! They have the PLEASURE OF POOPING IN PEACE!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I hope you enjoyed the story - look for more to come...and, no worries, they're not all TMI topics!<br />
LOL!<br />
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Peace.<br />
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Meet me over at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HollysHotReads?ref=hl" target="_blank">Holly's Hot Reads</a> today as I TAKE it OVER! :) Will be so much fun!<br />
Giveaways, trivia, get to know you fun and an EXCLUSIVE excerpt from SHIFT, my latest work-in-progress!<br />
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If you're here for the SCAVENGER HUNT, good luck!<br />
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Peace.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-881183905190920082014-07-01T09:06:00.002-04:002014-07-01T09:06:57.092-04:00eFestival of Words 2014 Finalist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I couldn't be more honored to be nominated for these awards but today they announced the finalists and IN TOO DEEP has made it to the finals and needs your votes.<br />
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We are a finalist in the<br />BEST NEW ADULT NOVEL and BEST VILLAIN (Noah) categories!<br />
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I know there are tons of contests out there and people are winning them all the time, but the fact that this particular contest is for INDEPENDENT ebooks makes this a much BIGGER deal for those of us INDIES!<br />
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INDIE AUTHORS are growing in popularity and all you have to do is look at the list and see how MANY amazing talents are there.<br />
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I'd love it of you'd head over to the eFestival Category lists, register (it only takes a second and you don't have to accept any of the free offers at the end), and vote for your favorites.<br />
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Just click <a href="http://www.efestivalofwords.com/2014-finalists-for-best-of-the-independent-ebook-awards-t513.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and it will take you directly to the voting booths!<br />
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Good luck to all the amazing finalists!<br />
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I can not tell you how THRILLED I am with Book Plug Promotions! Heather ran my COVER REVEAL, my RELEASE DAY LAUNCH and my BLOG TOUR and everything has been so smooth and ...well, PERFECT! Her prices are so reasonable for all the work she puts into these details of her business! Most professional experience I've had as an author!<br />
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart!</div>
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Here's the list of BLOG TOUR STOPS this week...most of which were 4 & 5 star reviews which has me all giddy! The links will take you to each website so you can see reviews, excerpts, bonus scenes, character interviews and join the giveaways, etc.</div>
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Today's the last day - so do it NOW!<br />
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<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #dddddd; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Dates to Post</td><td style="background-color: #dddddd; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Blog Name</td><td style="background-color: #dddddd; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Blog URL</td><td style="background-color: #dddddd; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Post</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Illusionary Pleasure</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://illusionarypleasure.wordpress.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29sl7qF1ANQnFuX4qAmVvJfJmXEaA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://illusionarypleasure.wordpress.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bonus Scene</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Here is some of what I read</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mywriterblog.com/whatiread/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29JDnnUBwV3bmc1m4j3E5MehTOy4A" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.mywriterblog.com/whatiread/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Toot's Book Reviews</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Character Interview</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">HEA Bookshelf</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://heabookshelf.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy281lqwBCS9PM6JGl-tASMujpNHAbg" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://heabookshelf.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">A Love Affair With Books</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.aloveaffairwithbooks.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy280fn0v2L4V2cdSp9yLJ75ajbS9vQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.aloveaffairwithbooks.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wicked Women Book Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://wickedwomenbookblogs.blogspot.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28pkcz4YmR9pYlBdomD9K7wucYsww" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://wickedwomenbookblogs.blogspot.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lovin' Los Libros</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.lovinloslibros.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-RCbCusQMS6S-VvGxHZaRN6eG7-Q" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.lovinloslibros.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Rose's Book Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rosecaceres.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_7ADv1HCD94itjjvZIQQNFmnO5GQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://rosecaceres.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Collector of book boyfriends</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://collectorofbookboyfriends.wordpress.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_h9K_l9ZPkDltBllMy7lUngRq75Q" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://collectorofbookboyfriends.wordpress.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Trinas Tantilising Tidbits</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://trinastantilisingtidbits.blogspot.co.nz&usd=2&usg=ALhdy296Wth5E4pCygw_7piGJTjHZbU3eA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://trinastantilisingtidbits.blogspot.co.nz</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monday - June 16th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">True Story Book Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.truestorybookblog.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28RFI_Z5VCxCOoPSQcQ3P1FlCpq0A" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.truestorybookblog.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tuesday - June 17th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TSK TSK What to Read</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.tsktskwhattoread2.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28i3_-aJqwzGUyOFLm0M7yJb-LUXQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.tsktskwhattoread2.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tuesday - June 17th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Between My Lines</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.betweenmylines.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28mf9VbCThTCatjrsPjty9bBc4sww" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.betweenmylines.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tuesday - June 17th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">halos and horns book blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.halosandhornsbookblog.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29_xunQkYpRChhKqfeLrAX0BuendA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.halosandhornsbookblog.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tuesday - June 17th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Agents of Romance</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.agentsofromance.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28SrO8Gi9jGPWLTbU5pkYLeFANETw" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.agentsofromance.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tuesday - June 17th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ebony and Ivory’s Book Harmony</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">http://ebonyandivorysbookharmony.blogspot.com/</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wednesday - June 18th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Kindle Crack Book Reviews</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kindlecrack.net&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28nKpqwGeYgP8Tb1RRcXDVURm0dAw" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.kindlecrack.net</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wednesday - June 18th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sleep Deprived Book Lovers</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://sleepdeprivedbooklovers.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy292rs78usWfmkDkuuQzaLFhCFM8Hg" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://sleepdeprivedbooklovers.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wednesday - June 18th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">True Story Book Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.truestorybookblog.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28RFI_Z5VCxCOoPSQcQ3P1FlCpq0A" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.truestorybookblog.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wednesday - June 18th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Books, Boys, & Badass Bloggettes</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://BadassBloggettes.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-TjedJ7ewSZ2sKl23XQpoNG_jruA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://BadassBloggettes.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wednesday - June 18th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wicked Reads</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://vkwickedreads.wordpress.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_ypSy2jfR9Pe3CQGok-NT09M_Mtw" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://vkwickedreads.wordpress.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wednesday - June 18th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">BookSkater</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bookskater.blogspot.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-4mXZ-rCM59jTd6z9YV-5Et30piQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://bookskater.blogspot.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wednesday - June 18th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kvlovesbooks.blogspot.co.uk&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28aOFjHzWZMaPcDQXf3oMpNNPipHQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.kvlovesbooks.blogspot.co.uk</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Thursday - June 19th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Deal Sharing Aunt</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-RB_JwAmsGmiwbnjwyBC-kB2B1TA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.dealsharingaunt.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Thursday - June 19th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Rumpled Sheets Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://rumpledsheetsblog.wordpress.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29x_5Ljgtu8BZhZT7-UZWBwmfjOKQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://rumpledsheetsblog.wordpress.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Thursday - June 19th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Naughty and Nice Book Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.naughtyandnicebookblog.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-hgKiBYWp3GE5oP6aRalaIA33_ag" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.naughtyandnicebookblog.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review & Excerpt</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Friday - June 20th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ashley's Book Corner</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ashleysbookcorner.blogspot.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29_ohGXKasp8n3z5yt4JVFPt5iogw" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://ashleysbookcorner.blogspot.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Friday - June 20th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Scandalous Book Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://scandalousbookblog.blogspot.co.uk/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29iVgPTjbW0vEtTaqyoZjDXW3e5Og" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://scandalousbookblog.blogspot.co.uk/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Friday - June 20th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Short and Sassy Book Blurbs</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://shortandsassybookblurbs.blogspot.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy28E22wQ-j7SmAzBkHnd9oYBjBaajA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://shortandsassybookblurbs.blogspot.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Friday - June 20th</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">The Boyfriend Bookmark</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://theboyfriendbookmark.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_VsWi6KapqPJYFDLZmLtedhE2RMA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://theboyfriendbookmark.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ashley's Book Corner</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ashleysbookcorner.blogspot.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29_ohGXKasp8n3z5yt4JVFPt5iogw" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://ashleysbookcorner.blogspot.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Love Words And Books</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lovewordsandbooks.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-Ix5CU7L86gUUOYrvRm0Js6LzM-g" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://lovewordsandbooks.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Anny books</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://httpswwwfacebookcomsexylmreftntnmn.weebly.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29mwHoGkuS8Wziik_DwIK-BSm_Z6w" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://httpswwwfacebookcomsexylmreftntnmn.weebly.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Six Chicks and Their Love of Books</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://Www.sixchicksbooks.blogspot.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29mnvdeqOqE1RxyCGMM4cLOYcojbA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Www.sixchicksbooks.blogspot.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Love N. Books</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lovenbooks.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy29raCkxlQgEoPow1kLFpNZ-EcCGZA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://lovenbooks.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">we stole your book boyfriend</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://westoleyourbookboyfriend.weebly.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-X3HuvX9bCvHMDxgA31EmqK5A8bQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://westoleyourbookboyfriend.weebly.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Literary Meanderings</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.literaryme.net/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_zz6BI30IDl70JUOYEjOTmz6PjHA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.literaryme.net/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jessica Loves Books</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.jessicalovesbooks.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_ncWyOmJdjq9aoSaYx9exBzyDgJg" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.jessicalovesbooks.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lustful Literature</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lustfulliterature.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_lakthZEpgLDRTj51DNw6PZOtebQ" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://lustfulliterature.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Read-Love-Blog</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.Read-Love-Blog.com&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-zW4zoXoCils8Yw06stGrmaNOqnA" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.Read-Love-Blog.com</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Stick Girl Book Reviews</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">https://www.stickgirlbookreviews@blogspot.com</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review and Excerpt</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hooked on Books</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://hookedonbooksforever.blogspot.com/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2-vEg4QphQH4VRRVrVWDurae0fw8Q" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://hookedonbooksforever.blogspot.com/</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Review</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17px;"><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Saturday - June 21st</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Rockin' The Bookshelf</td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.rockinthebookshelf.net&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_TymTxpsEy6tPpKhxl17DyjOKN2A" style="color: #191919; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rockinthebookshelf.net</a></td><td style="background-color: #eeeeee; direction: ltr; padding: 0px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Promo Post</td></tr>
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I can't believe it is happening tomorrow!<br />
Tomorrow I have to actually SHARE Calon...ugh! He's been all mine for quite some time now. You got a little of him in ON SOLID GROUND but tomorrow you get ALL of him...ALL. OF. HIM.<br />
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Also, today I'm hosting a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/248731125335816/" target="_blank">READERS BRUNCH</a> over on my fb author page - all are welcome!<br />
10am-noon EST<br />
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Peace.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-63519554937639485542014-06-06T09:35:00.002-04:002014-06-06T09:35:51.359-04:00The COUNTDOWN to CALON..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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...and I've been behind in my blogging so I'm gonna catch you up!<br />
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We are at 4 days until the release of ABOVE THE NOISE!<br />
But I'm gonna give you the countdown from 7...<br />
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IN TOO DEEP (book 1) was released ONE YEAR AGO TODAY!<br />
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Time to party! I'm headed to sign at the INDIES INVADE PHILLY author signing tomorrow with 39 of the coolest authors ever! The event is SOLD OUT! Maybe I'll see you there!<br />
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It's been a whole month since I posted.<br />
Why?<br />
Because I have been working my ass off working on the final edits and details of ABOVE THE NOISE!<br />
HOLY CRAP! The people I have been working with are beyond amazing and because of them, this book is going to blow up! I promise you that!<br />
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Heather Davenport of Book Plug Promotions<br />
Elizabeth Aguilar of Book Peddler's Editing<br />
Angela McLaurin of Fictional Formats<br />
and my betas Heather Davenport, Jenee Gibbs and Holly Baker!<br />
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June 6th is my BOOK-A-VERSARY - 1 year since my debut novel, IN TOO DEEP, was released.</div>
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June 7th I will be signing at the INDIES INVADE PHILLY author event at the Phila Convention Center!</div>
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Counting down the days until June 10th when this baby releases to the masses!</div>
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June 11th I turn 44!</div>
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-15586092667657642352014-04-28T11:27:00.001-04:002014-04-28T11:36:22.565-04:00The Author-Mom Chronicles #4 - The New Adult Genre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A RANT! LOL! I am merely bringing up a topic and sharing my thoughts. Please don't read a condescending tone into this post - it is positively NOT intended that way.<br />
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My debut novel, IN TOO DEEP, takes place on the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus. My characters are 21 and 22 and were dealing with the subject of dating abuse. Gracie, my main character, was tested in many ways throughout the novel. Her resolve, self-esteem, convictions, self-worth were all part of the theme which is typical of an early twenties co-ed.<br />
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After my first round of edits, my publisher said, "We need the sex to be a little grittier. Leave less to the imagination. Give us more details." I wasn't completely comfortable with that for many reasons, the first being that my teenage kids would want to read my very first book...and I didn't want them INSIDE Gracie's sex life. But, because I was writing in the NA genre, I knew readers were older and more mature and my own kids would just have to wait a couple years to read Mom's book.<br />
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Well, once you start a series with gritty sex, your readers will look for that in the subsequent books...so, I wrote in plenty of steamy scenes. I've gotten many compliments on those scenes, too. :)<br />
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But as I was laying out my first stand-alone novel I found myself trying to figure out where I would fit sex into a story that was about SO FREAKING MUCH MORE the sex. I just kept thinking, if I plop sex in here it will seem contrived and I don't want that.<br />
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So, I talked to some of my blogger and author friends who agreed, the current trend in NA is hot sex. But why is that? I worry we don't give our readers credit for being the intelligent, deep, and passionate (in non-sexual ways) women they are.<br />
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I am not saying that the sexual content determines a shallow plot. NOT AT ALL! You don't have to read too many NA novels to see the twisted webs we weave!<br />
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Let's dive into the details of this five-year old genre we've come to know as New Adult....<br />
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New Adult is a genre that, in the beginning, was defined by an age bracket, not subject matter.<br />
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Having been a "new adult" I can guarantee you for most of us, that age between 18-24 was hardly all about my sex life or lack thereof. It was more about the excitement of living on my own, striving for personal growth and navigating my way through life's hurdles, tensions and conundrums that sharpened my problem-solving skills. All of which opens up millions of scenarios for fiction writers, even those who write romance, without diving into bed with the protagonist.<br />
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Now, obviously sex is one of those hurdles, tensions and conundrums of the age group but I feel we owe it to our readers to feel a part of the main character finding her way in life not finding her panties after a one night stand. How many of us look back over our lives and say "if it weren't for my sordid sex life in college, I'd never be where I am today." Are we insulting our readers by assuming that's all they want?<br />
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Karen Grove is the editorial director for Embrace, Entangled Publishing's New Adult imprint and had this to say on the subject of what New Adult is:<br />
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“The mindset is different in New Adult,” Grove says. “There’s a focus on success and survival versus [high school themes of] popularity and acceptance. The new adult brings their young adult experiences and discoveries to a new level, and they get to choose the adult they want to become.”</div>
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I'm not AT ALL trashing a hot sex scene, I swear! There are more than a handful of those in all three books of my IN TOO DEEP series.<br />
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But, the personal growth between the ages of 18 and 24 is fascinating, challenging and the biggest puzzle piece of who we become when we enter the real world. And sometimes it's just as exciting and satisfying as a good romp in the hay.<br />
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Suzie Townsend, Cora Carmack's agent from New Leaf Literary & Media supports the notion that sexual content is only a small facet of the New Adult genre...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #443f38; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">“A few of the New Adult books I’ve read could have arguably been called angsty, sexually explicit YA, but I would say that’s the minority,” Townsend says. “To me, New Adult is a more specific name for what we would have called adult novels with strong crossover. They’re targeted for those adult readers who really enjoy YA, and for 20-somethings that haven’t always been able to find a lot of novels taking place during the college years.”</span><br />
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Sara Megibow, an agent with the Nelson Literary Agency had this to say and I see a lot of truth in her statement...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #443f38; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"The assertion that New Adult is just sexually explicit YA feels confrontational to me—as if the person doing</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #443f38; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the asserting were dismissing the sexual content as a hook or a marketing scam to get more people to buy a book,” Megibow says. “The good New Adult submissions I’ve seen tend to focus on the conflicts of early adulthood—somewhat like the first Bridget Jones book—dating, jobs, first apartments, money, identity, self-sufficiency, etc.”</span><br />
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Tell me your thoughts.<br />
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Peace.<br />
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I have met so many amazing people through this author journey I've been on and I can't say enough about how welcoming and helpful they all have been. And it's always fun to have so much in common with someone and THEN find out they LOVE EDDIE VEDDER, too! LOL!<br />
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That's my sweet friend and amazing author, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rachel-Brookes/e/B00EWGXPFU/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1398259592&sr=1-2-ent" target="_blank">RACHEL BROOKES</a>!<br />
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And who doesn't want a friend who knows kangaroos personally? That's right, Rachel is an Aussie! I love when she posts videos and I can hear her talk! :)<br />
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As we grow up and mature, our views, passions, fears and
beliefs evolve. Sometimes we look back on our lives and think, “I can’t believe
I used to think that way” or “I’m so glad my views have changed so much.” What
is one thing about your character or personality that has stayed steadfast over
the years?</div>
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Rachel – </div>
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My belief of never living with what ifs. This was something
that came to me when I was at 17 years of age and now at 32 it is still one of
the beliefs that I always live by. I believe life is too short to live with
what ifs. Some of my biggest successes and my biggest downfalls was because I
took a chance hence taking away the what if scenario. I would rather live with
a hundred regrets than one what if. I refuse to be sixty, sitting with my
grandchildren and looking back on life thinking what if I had asked that guy
out, what if I had published that book, what if I had gone at that trip. Life
is all about taking those risks because you never know what will come out of
them.</div>
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I love Rachel's answer, especially just coming off my <a href="http://michellekemperbrownlow.blogspot.com/2014/04/above-noise-cover-reveal-and-chapter-1.html" target="_blank">ABOVE THE NOISE</a> cover reveal yesterday. Rachel is one of the many authors who will tell you DON'T EVER GIVE UP! I spent seven years trying to break into the children's book market and failed miserably but my daddy always taught me, "No one tells a Kemper, No!" So, I plugged along, not willing to throw in the towel because I knew I would one day see my name on a book cover...and Sapphire Star Publishing believed in my little story and we did just that! </div>
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So, I'm choosing a different trait to expand on since I just blabbed about that one ^^ up there!</div>
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Me – </div>
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I’ve always been insanely empathetic and it has my heart
breaking on a daily basis. There are many, MANY things that hurt my heart so I’ll
just choose one: HARM to ANIMALS</div>
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I feel guilty but I can’t watch the PUPPY MILL or ANIMAL
RESCUE LEAUGE commercials because I am physically pained by the pictures on the
screen. And add to that, stinkin’ Sarah McLachlan and her “I will remember you”
background vocals…and I’m a puddle on the floor.</div>
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Since I was a child, I’ve been an “animal saver.” I had an
annual summer terrarium in our backyard in which I constructed playgrounds and
pools for the toads that came to visit. I’ve raised injured wild animals with
my kids and then cried when we set them free. I’m a grown up and still save the
worms that are stuck on our hot driveway after a rainstorm. I live my life as a
vegetarian and adopt (not eat!) a turkey through FARM SANCTUARY every
Thanksgiving.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m completely and
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So, you can imagine all the OTHER things I could elaborate
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Have an awesome Wednesday!</div>
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Good night, sleep tight, Rachel!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Peace. </div>
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-91052045724908096422014-04-22T19:55:00.000-04:002014-04-22T19:58:25.062-04:00ABOVE THE NOISE cover reveal and CHAPTER 1 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I can NOT believe this day has come!<br />
Last year at this time I was working on final edits for IN TOO DEEP, my debut novel, and worrying people may not like it. <br />
And, today, because of all of the AMAZING Gracie fans, I've released the sequel ON SOLID GROUND in December and now I'm revealing the cover for ABOVE THE NOISE... the third and final book of the IN TOO DEEP series.<br />
<br />
This last year has been amazing! Unbelievable! And I can't that all my family and friends, betas, bloggers, readers and author friends for helping this dream come to fruition. There are days I still have to pinch myself!<br />
<br />
Well, I know you're all waiting for Calon and would like me to stop babbling...so here he is...on the <br />
ABOVE THE NOISE COVER...<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-oEcjIox0Q/U1UwXkFrH9I/AAAAAAAAD3w/cWZyFUV95Tw/s1600/Book+cover+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-oEcjIox0Q/U1UwXkFrH9I/AAAAAAAAD3w/cWZyFUV95Tw/s1600/Book+cover+jpg.jpg" height="640" width="428" /></a></div>
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And here's the synopsis:<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Becki Mowry’s
journalism expertise keeps her busy as she spends her waking hours filling a
calendar with gigs and public appearances for her boyfriend’s up and coming
band, Alternate Tragedy. Radio interviews and TV spots result in sold out
concerts and rowdy groupies hot for her guy; lead singer, Calon Ridge. But, as
fame would have it, their time in the limelight also brings sabotage, rumors
and false accusations. Becki and Calon try to stay steadfast on a personal
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third book of the In Too Deep series, Becki and Calon struggle to find balance
as they navigate their new relationship while living amid the rock world’s
nocturnal chaos. But when life’s unexpected obstacles come out of nowhere, they
focus on finding their own private solace Above the Noise.</span></i></div>
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And like I promised, here's the ENTIRE first CHAPTER because you are all so awesome and have waited so patiently (NOT!) for this final book in the series. I will miss Calon terribly and after this book, you will, too!<br />
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ABOVE THE NOISE<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 48.0pt; line-height: 115%;">one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Becki </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Change
our image? Are you fucking kidding me? This is ridiculous! Guys, Becki. We’re
out!” Calon’s voice was sharp and his stance was on the verge of threatening.
It was unusual to see him that way. He’d been nothing but sweet, sensitive,
passionate and gentle since we first met. I’d heard him get loud with Gracie
when they practiced new songs at Mitchell’s but that was usually because she
held back what he tried to pull from her. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That</i>
kind of passion was a cool thing to see. The clenched fist thing in Greystar Management’s
conference room teetered between passionate and dangerous and that was a first
for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr.
Barnes sat with his eyes fixed on Calon but seemingly unshaken by my new
boyfriend’s outburst. I sat with the band, across from Mr. Barnes desk, on an eccentric
couch. I looked around at the other guys to see if they were as thrown by Calon’s
booming voice as I was. They didn’t seem fazed. Spider leaned back into the
couch with his arm up over the back. Manny sat next to Spider with his elbows
on his knees and his hands clasped under his chin. He rubbed his forehead then
turned his head away from Mr. Barnes, looked passed me and grinned at Bones.
Bones nodded, straight-faced, then looked back at Calon. I was the odd man out,
the only uncomfortable one in the room. I felt like I should stand up to leave as
per Calon’s directive, but no one else budged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Mr.
Ridge, listen. It’s common practice in this industry for management to help you
create an image. Your image is what sells your music, that’s no secret.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Funny!
I like to think it’s our talent.” Calon wasn’t about to let this go. It was
incredibly sexy to watch him take charge and stand his ground but I would have
rather had toothpicks shoved under my fingernails than spend any more time in
the meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Calon,
think of the bands you know off the top of your head. You can picture the band
members, right?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Of
course I can, but that’s not what sells a record, Mr. Barnes. The passion for
the craft, the investment in the art of taking an emotion and slinging words
around it then folding in just the right beat and melody is what sells. Not my
hair or the style of my clothes. I don’t even think about that stuff before I
go on stage. All I think of is how I’m gonna move my fans. And I sure as hell
think they’re longing to be moved…by my voice, not my image.” Calon added air
quotes at the end of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>his rant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Honey,
what’s your name, again?” Mr. Barnes pointed at me with his pen as he stood and
walked around the back of his chair. I hated that he called me that but I
decided to ignore it so as not to add to the stress level in the room. He
nodded in my direction and that proverbial pin would have split my eardrums against
the silence in the room at that moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Becki.”
My name came out of my throat like it’d been dragged across sand paper first. I
hated that this cocky man had me so worked up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Becki,
you’re Alternate Tragedy’s manager.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
nodded. “Yes, sir.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Which
means you must be a fan of their music, correct?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Of
course.” I nodded again and rubbed my hands on my knees to try and keep my body
from shattering from the nervous energy that ran through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Are
you also a fan of their look?” He raised his eyebrow at me and slowly turned
his head to Calon as if he was drawing an imaginary line between us,
challenging me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
took a slow deep breath and gathered my thoughts before I spoke. . I stood and
walked toward a bookshelf where a framed photo of Mr. Barnes and the members of
his company sat. Mr. Barnes blinked a couple times as though I caught him off
guard with my decorum. I made it obvious that I would use that photo as a means
to turn the table on him. I nodded in the direction of the stuffy, exclusively
male executive team posed against a boardroom table in the frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Mr.
Barnes, image sells, you’re right. So, we agree that people may not take your
company seriously if your trademark photo had been taken on a beach and you
were all shirtless and in Hawaiian swim trunks. Correct?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Sure.”
He remained behind his chair, an obvious comfort zone. He looked nervous. But I
told myself I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">made</i> him nervous, then tried
not to pass out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“There
is no doubt in my mind that women will fall in love with these guys, as they
have for years, for their music and what it does to them while they listen. I’m
sure they’ll each have their very own groupies.” I heard a loud slap and looked
over my shoulder at Spider who threw a dirty look at Bones then rubbed his arm.
Bones who looked up at me like a scolded child. Dork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“That’s
exactly what—”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Excuse
me, I’m not finished making my point Mr. Barnes.” I nodded when he motioned
with his hand to continue and I walked back over and stood behind the guys on
the couch and next to Calon who had stepped out of my way when I stood up to go
head to head with Mr. Barnes. “As an avid music fan and former groupie myself,
I have to stand behind my clients and support Calon’s concerns. There needs to
be an authentic match between appearance and music. If there’s even the slight
shift it will appear orchestrated and unnatural to the fans who’ve followed
them for years. Just as it would if the professional reputation of your company
was challenged by a beach bum photo. Do you see what I’m saying, Mr. Barnes?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr.
Barnes folded his arms across his chest and reached up with one hand to rub his
chin. He walked around the front of his desk and sat on the edge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
took my phone from my pocket and scrolled through my music while I struggled to
keep my trembling under control. I pressed play. The acoustic guitar that
sprung forth would not only prove my point, it would help to calm my nerves
immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Mr. Barnes, you know this artist.” The guys
instinctively kept the beat with their feet on the expensive oriental carpet
under their shit-kickers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Chris
Cornell.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yes.
When you close your eyes and picture him performing this song, ‘The Keeper,’
live. Can you feel the vibe he has?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Of
course. The man’s an icon.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“But
that’s not why you can picture him. You can picture him easily because he wears
his music. Everything about who he is, what he loves, what cuts his soul, how
deeply he loves and how passionate he is about his fans is externally evident
in his image. If I saw Chris perform in anything other than his signature
combat boots, jeans and t-shirt it would be a distraction. If he walked out on
the stage holding his guitar in a pair of Justin Bieber’s saggy leather dance
pants, a flat brim hat and awife beater I wouldn’t appreciate what he had to
offer that night. It would seem contrived. I would feel cheated out of what I
could have received from him in the form of an artistic experience.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
looked up at Calon for approval of my calm rant. He smiled that crooked smile
that dropped the bottom out of my stomach. He tried to hide the smile and
scratched his forehead, then nodded. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Mr.
Barnes, what you see in front of you in how these guys are dressed and how they
wear their personalities is what you get on stage. Calon couldn’t take a handful
of short hair in his hands to show the ache in the words he’s singing. Spider
couldn’t throw it down on the drums the way he does if he wasn’t comfortable in
his own skin. Manny and Bones light up the stage with those guitars, if you
asked them to morph into something they are not, they wouldn’t suck that crowd
in like I know they can. Listen, it’s smart marketing. You can look at a photo
of Alternate Tragedy and know the kind of music you’re getting just like you
can with Chris Cornell. Asking them to become something they’re not, would be
cheating everyone out of what they have to offer. And in my honest opinion,
that would be a huge mistake for you and this tour.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr.
Barnes looked a bit stunned but kept his eyes locked on mine. He wasn’t going
to admit that I’d just put him in his place. “Becki, you raise a good point.
Let me mull this over and we can get together tomorrow and discuss my thoughts.
Sound good?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Sounds
great.” Calon’s voice was calm and relaxed. However, I was about to throw up
but I plastered a classy smile across my face and nodded. We all shook hands
and left Mr. Barnes’ office in a single file line; Calon right behind me
bringing up the rear. We walked silently to the elevator and once we were in
and the doors closed all four of them let loose. Whoops and yelps that I’m sure
could be heard two floors away were showered down all around me. All I could do
was laugh. My very first official day as Alternate Tragedy’s manager and I
rocked it like nobody’s business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calon
turned his body to mine and forced me into the corner of the elevator. He
pressed his hips into me and slid his face next to mine until his lips touched
my earlobe. I could feel his hot breath on my neck as he spoke. “That was the
hottest thing I’ve ever seen, Becks.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Oh,
here they go again. Good grief, get a room, would ya!” Bones was always the one
to complain about me and Calon. The other guys didn’t seem to mind all that
much and it’s not like we were all PDA all the time. We’d been stuck in a van
with all of them since we left Knoxville for LA. Calon hadn’t gotten anything from
me in all that time except a few stolen kisses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Becks?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yeah.”
It was the breathiest word I’d ever spoken but the sexual tension between the
two of us turned me inside out.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I
can’t wait until we have our own room.” Calon spoke loud enough for everyone to
hear.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Me
too.” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We
can’t wait either.” Bones’ voice was harsh. “God, you’re making me horny. Would
you put your dick away, man. All this sexiness is really starting to be a
problem for me.” He grumbled something else under his breath and Calon chuckled
and turned toward Bones in our cramped space..</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Bones,
man, I’m sorry my dick is such a problem for you.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Shut
up, faggot.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
elevator erupted into celebratory laughter. When the doors opened on the ground
floor of the posh LA office building, we stepped into the glass atrium and the
late afternoon August sun stung our eyes. Manny spoke the words forming in the
back of my mind.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Let’s
go get some drinks.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Summer flashback</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
first time Calon and I drank together was after one of their shows when he
walked me back to my dorm. The guys didn’t usually drink during a show but a
big storm rolled in that night just as their first set started. The atmosphere
inside Mitchell’s unexpectedly turned from a slamming rock sound to an acoustic
vibe when the lights went out. Gracie ran around and gathered as many candles
as she could from the back room and we all helped her light them and place them
on the silenced speakers on and around the stage. Calon and the guys enjoyed
beer after beer and did a show like I’d never seen from them. It was rustic
with a little folk-funk. The bar’s patrons sang along in the glow of about
forty container candles of all different sizes. Calon sat center stage on a
stool and sang away the hours with his guitar resting on his thigh. The whole
night was ethereal and quaint and very fucking sexy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
asked if he could walk me home again which was exactly what I’d hoped for. When
we crossed the road right outside of Mitchell’s, Calon grabbed my hand and we
ran for the opposite sidewalk that lead across campus and up to my dorm. Electricity
ran through the hand he held, I was sure he could feel it because he didn’t let
go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
night he told me groupie stories for the entire length of our walk. I was
laughing when I pushed my door open. And being a little tipsy, I tripped and
fell into him, pinning him against the open door. My hands landed on his chest
and in an attempt to keep up both upright, his strong <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hands grabbed my hips. My mind shot back to
the thoughts I’d had earlier watching his deft fingers move on the strings of
his guitar. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His
t-shirt was damp from sweat and his curls tickled my forehead when he laughed.
It was one of those moments you see in movies when the couple finds themselves
in a compromising position and they freeze. Chests heaving, mouths agape and
hearts racing. His eyes searched my face but for what I didn’t know.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
pushed off his chest and walked, a bit shaken, to the mini fridge and grabbed
the bottle of vodka from the top freezer portion.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Shots?”
I spun around and took him all in. Dark curls, sultry deep green eyes, an
intense stare and lips I could entertain for days.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Absolutely.”
He plopped down on my bed and leaned back against the wall, his legs so long
they hung at a weird angle not quite touching the floor. He had a hole in his
jeans just below his front pocket which puckered when he sat and I had a hard
time <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not </i>trying to see into it. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
was completely oblivious to what my heart was capable of at that point, so the
alcohol was an attempt to loosen up before we started making out. He kind of
brushed me off the first two times he walked me home like he didn’t want to be
that jerk rock star and left without even a kiss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this was the token third time he’d been
to my room and that’s just how it typically worked. The guy comes back the
third time after not getting any the first two, you know they want it or they’d
have given up after the second night of blue balls.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
did a couple shots and laughed about random shit and then there was the
uncomfortable silence; it was deafening. I decided to make the first move
before it got really awkward. I turned on the twinkling lights that hung above
my bed and flipped the switch for the overhead fluorescents. I climbed onto the
bed on my knees facing Calon and reached for his face to pull him in for a
kiss. He stopped me, and held me still by the wrists.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Becki,
I’m not here for that.” He loosened his grip on my wrists and I dropped my
hands in my lap.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Oh.”
Fuck. He wasn’t interested. It was one thing to be turned down by the conceited
freak from my study group but to be turned down by a hot rock star seemed to
slice a little deeper. I brushed it off like it didn’t bother me, but it did.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No,
no. Listen.” He took my chin between his thumb and finger and pulled my face a
little closer to his. “I am extremely attracted to you, Becki. I love your
personality and you are gorgeous, so my comment wasn’t a rejection.” He smiled
and I felt like a complete idiot. A slutty idiot.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It’s
okay, I get it. It was stupid for me to—”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Shh.
No regrets, Becki. You’re attracted to me, too and I’m glad. I’m just not one
to rush into that kind of thing.” He dropped his hand from my chin and it
joined my hands in my lap. I held his hand with both of mine.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Wow.
I’m pretty sure you’re the first rock star in history to turn down a groupie.”
I rolled my eyes and got up to pour more shots. Calon followed me over to the mini
fridge, put his hands on my waist and spun me around. His thumbs touched my
skin when my blousy Marilyn Monroe tank flounced with my spin.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I
don’t see you as a groupie, Becki, and I’m technically not turning you down. I
can’t explain it but I feel like there’s more here, between us. A connection
that we should pay attention to.” He rubbed the outside of my bare arms with
his warm, strong hands. Those fingers.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
didn’t know what to say. I suddenly felt mute. He had all the right words and I
didn’t have a single word in my head. He left me speechless which is no easy
task.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So,
am I crazy? Or do you feel it, too?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yeah."
It’s all I could muster but admitting just that much sucked the air from my
lungs. I wasn’t the sappy, talk about your feelings kind of girl. In my
experience, it just made life messier. But there was something about those
green eyes and sexy grin that pulled the sap right out of me without even
trying. He was so incredibly intense and it took years for me to build the
walls I had around my heart. He’d already knocked away a couple bricks and
something told me he could get to my heart if he really wanted to. Calon may be
ready for me, but what if I wasn’t ready for Calon?</span></div>
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And, don't forget, you can find EACH BOOK'S playlist on SPOTIFY! Just search my name.<br />
I think this playlist is my favorite...well, they're all my favorites!<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-24509512496141781062014-04-21T10:34:00.002-04:002014-04-21T10:34:48.427-04:00The Author-Mom Chronicles #4 - My Teen is Driving<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I remember turning 16. It was exciting. There was a sense of freedom. My car was always filled with friends and loud music. But there was also that annoyance of the parents who thought they could still hold me down...<br />
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And this was my car, Betty Boop!</div>
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Well, now my husband and I are those parents. <br />
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Our son turned 16 in September and got his permit within a week. We did the necessary driving time and he passed his license test a week and a half ago. Of course, the test wasn't near as rigorous as I would have liked. He basically had to drive through a shopping plaza, out to a light and back into the plaza. I would have preferred the have a rush hour simulator set up with full-time actors cast as asshole drivers to push his limits. Maybe they could also have a couple gorgeous teen girls in the crosswalk and some old ladies vying for their turn across the street. I would have happily let them borrow my youngest to add the ADHD distraction I deal with every time we get in the car.<br />
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But, he is a good driver and he, of course, passed the test.<br />
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But, this opens the door to a new level of anxiety for us as his parents. Even though he's had his license for almost two weeks, he hasn't been allowed to drive alone. Mostly because there are a couple things we needed to have done to his car so he doesn't have it yet and my husband and I both have new cars that we are not willing to let him drive alone. (Good excuse for just not wanting him to be off on his own, yet. Yeah, we suck like that!)<br />
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He gets his car this week and, even though we have given him the deets, still thinks this is his FREEDOM PASS. NOT! There will be rules.<br />
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1. When your girlfriend is in the car there will be a hired Amish widow to sit in the backseat as a chaperone.<br />
2. There will be a GPS chip and surveillance camera in the interior of your car so we can monitor everything.<br />
3. We have hired a private investigator to tail you closely every second you are not in our driveway.<br />
4. You can drive to school and back, to WalMart to help me out when I'm in a pinch and to church. All other places you'd like to go will be added one at a time in 6 month intervals.<br />
5. When all of these rules have been followed to a "T" and you have not been pulled over, caught parking, had secret excursions and the GPS has not logged unknown/unapproved addresses and you have been driving for five years...then you may come and go as you please.<br />
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Deal?<br />
Awesome.<br />
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Of course, I'm joking about all the silly rules but not about the anxiety level I will experience when he leaves our house with his sister each morning for school. Even though I can see the school from our living room window. Shut up! I'm just that kind of mom.<br />
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I will, however, be keeping myself occupied with a new book boyfriend to keep from giving myself a stroke over his new-found freedom.<br />
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You will soon get to know the beautiful boy that will steal your heart but FIRST, you will need to come back tomorrow for the COVER REVEAL of ABOVE THE NOISE and a last minute decision to post all of CHAPTER ONE!<br />
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Don't miss it.<br />
Hey, I gotta go install an engine speed and stereo volume monitor before the 16 year old wakes up.<br />
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Peace.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-47795258986420082022014-04-16T10:03:00.000-04:002014-04-17T10:10:22.310-04:00One Question Wednesday - Rebecca Shea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are back with another installment of this ONE QUESTION gig and I am thrilled to have the very talented, very sweet <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-Shea/e/B00E4RIUQ6" target="_blank">Rebecca Shea</a> joining us with her answer to today's question!<br />
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<br />
I read Rebecca's debut novel, UNBREAKABLE when it first came out last summer and was blown away!<br />
I immediately facebooked her to tell her how much I loved it and she has become an author I know I can turn to with questions about this publishing gig...and I do turn to her...often! :)<br />
And she's nothing but sweet and ready to answer my questions so, of course, she's one of my top picks for this feature on my blog!<br />
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Rebecca's question is:<br />
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What was the most memorable devious thing you ever did with
your high school/college girlfriends?</div>
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Rebecca – </div>
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This is hard because I have so many memories, but not really
many that were devious. I’m a pretty fair and honest person…so being devious
isn’t in my nature.</div>
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Me – </div>
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I was thrilled Rebecca answered this way because it shows
the type of character she has and I love that. She was sweet back<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then and still is one of the sweetest authors
I know.</div>
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So, of course that means two things… 1- I will take her slot
and give you two memorable deviosities (yes, I know that’s not a word but look
at it!! It really should be!) and 2 – the fact that I have enough of these to
fill my next novel will prove to all those people in HS who called me
“goody-two-shoes” that I may have only have one foot in those shoes!</div>
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It would either be the time in HS we stole the letters off a
movie sign, herring and eggs, threw gum in someone’s hair just as the photographer
snapped the Varsity Club pic. And then there was the time in college when one
of my sorority sisters and I said we were sick and couldn’t make it to our
Sunday night chapter meeting but… we drove with a bunch of fraternity guys from
PSU to Pitt to go to a Henry Rollins/Jane’s Addiction concert.</div>
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So, thanks Rebecca for making this “good-two-shoes” look
like a felon!</div>
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See, I told y'all she was sweet! </div>
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Peace.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-65824021283940225542014-04-14T09:49:00.000-04:002014-04-17T09:51:42.436-04:00The Author-Mom Chronicles #3 - Editing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I can't begin to describe the frustration of SPRING BREAK and an EDITING deadline.<br />
So, I'm not going to try.<br />
I'll just say...<br />
The Author-Mom Chronicles will be post-poned today.<br />
Now, back to frantic Simultaneous kid-AND-word Wrangling!<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-54777084062405054302014-04-09T09:16:00.002-04:002014-04-09T09:16:55.741-04:00One Question Wednesday with Nancy S. Thompson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Once again, it's time to ask one of our favorite authors a random question to get to know her a little more. Maybe it's voyeuristic but it's always fun to take a peek into the non-author part of an author's life. I think sometimes people picture us writing all day (which we do) but I'm just assuming they don't think about us doing the grocery shopping, fighting with our kids, scooping poop in the backyard.<br />
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So, just for fun, once a week we will peek into the other parts of an author's life just to, let's face it, be nosey.<br />
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This week's question was a fun one and a no-brainer for me to answer, so I threw it out to my sweet author friend, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nancy-S.-Thompson/e/B009R9Z3Y8" target="_blank">Nancy S. Thompson</a>. Nancy's debut novel The Mistaken is a brilliant Vigilante Justice Crime novel, that I have to say, calls to me from my Kindle on a daily basis. The Mistaken is on my list of books to read when I ship Above the Noise off to the editor next week.<br />
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So, I'm proud to introduce you all to my friend, NANCY S. THOMPSON!<br />
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The question I gave Nancy was, <br />
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<span data-measureme="1"><span class="">What is your current non-food addiction? And if there was a support group for this addiction what would its acronym be?</span></span><br />
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<span data-measureme="1"><span class="">And her answer... </span></span><br />
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<span data-measureme="1"><span class="">"</span></span><span data-measureme="1"><span class="">Oh God, I'd definitely have to say social media. Maybe it could be called SMAC: Social Media Addicts Collective." </span></span><br />
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<span data-measureme="1"><span class="">And I'm sure you'd have a full house if you ever organize this group, Nancy! You'll have to buy a truck load of cookies and juice. </span></span><span data-measureme="1"><span class=""> </span></span><br />
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As you know, I love to play these kinds of games so I will always answer the same question I ask my authors. This way they can rest assured I'd never ask them something I wouldn't answer myself.<br />
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If I could answer with a food, my answer would be cheese. I'm a failed vegan because I can never stay away from it for longer than a month or so.<br />
My support group for my cheese addiction would be FAT: Fromage Aficionado in Training.<br />
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But, since I specifically said NON-FOOD then my official answer to this question would be...<br />
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"Hi, my name is Michelle and I'm an Eddie Vedder a-holic!"<br />
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And the acronym for my support group would most definitely be AWFAMTRSM<br />
pronounced aw-fam'-tur-sim<br />
Authors Who Fantasize About Meeting Their Rock Star Muse<br />
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And there ya have it.<br />
Happy ONE QUESTION WEDNESDAY!<br />
Tell us your non-food addiction and support group acronym in the comments below! Also, feel free to leave a question you'd like to see answered and authors you'd like to see featured.<br />
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Peace.<br />
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Michelle Kemper Brownlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344673576693662842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076334865652960805.post-61779926065285663182014-04-07T09:47:00.002-04:002014-04-21T10:37:06.638-04:00The Author-Mom Chronicles #2 - April Fools and Writing Habits<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Morning!<br />
Today I'm actually NOT trying to procrastinate! I have three days to finish ABOVE THE NOISE so I have time to run my own edits before sending it out to my editor so I've got a ton to do.<br />
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This was the first year I did NOT tell my husband I was pregnant on April Fool's Day. He believes me every single year so I thought I'd give him a break this time. However, one of my friends who pranks her husband on a semi-regular basis needed proof to play the pregnancy trick on her husband. So, she begged and pleaded and finally got a nurse at her doctor's office to dig out a positive pee test so she would have "proof." I really think she deserves an award or something! That was brilliant and kudos to her nurse!<br />
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Gracie's character would want you to know that April is NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH so in support, I will be posting awareness facts on facebook periodically but here are some statistics to wake us all up!<br />
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I wrote 10,374 words on Saturday which is the most I've ever written in one sitting. My kids roll their eyes because they know that since Mom is a writer, they get no sympathy when they complain about having to write "ten whole pages!"<br />
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Last week, my healthy goals were amazing until Thursday...I kinda fell off the wagon and we won't even talk about the weekend. But, I'm focusing on how well I did for those THREE DAYS! :)<br />
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I could keep writing and blah blah blah-ing but I really need to write so<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">HAPPY NO HOUSEWORK DAY!</span></div>
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I'm serious, it really is a registered holiday!</div>
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I hate to go... you know I could talk here all day but Calon is calling me to finish his story and, in all honesty, I really am excited to get to the end...it's SUCH AN AMAZING ENDING!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Have a great day, lovelies.<br />
Peace.<br />
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