Thursday, December 20, 2012

Are you insured for the end of the world?


This is this months blog for the AW blog chain:

This month's prompt: 
The End (of the World)

Yes, since the predicted Mayapocalypse only fails to materialize once every 500 years or so we are piggybacking on it. Write what you will about the end of the world (those disinclined to eschatology can write about "the end" in a broader sense). Hopefully, after these ends of the world as we know it, we'll all feel fine.



I thought I better get this one done today.  I got bumped once, had some issues.  And you know with the end coming tomorrow—better late—umm early—than never.  Ever since jr high I’ve known about this supposed end of the world stuff.  I did a report and project on the Mayans.   Why does so much point to something big happening in 2012?

In 2012 we had a hail storm that put an end to the roof on the house.  We had insurance so it got taken care of.  I wonder if the world as we know it ends to tomorrow, will insurance pay out?  Is there a such thing as Armageddon insurance? That got me thinking so I did some research.  Here’s what I found you decide if these places are for real.

http://armageddon.thetazzone.com/

This is what they have to say about their product:

Why wait until the last moment and let yourself and your family get caught off guard? With ARMaGEDDON INSURANCE you are protected from the effects of the END OF THE WORLD!

With ARMaGEDDON INSURANCE you are protected against lightning strikes, plague, flood, famine, boils, raging fires, locusts, and death of first-born.

Also: ARMaGEDDON INSURANCE has a extended coverage policy  to protect you from falling objects, glass spray, errand bullets, missle strikes, and accidental drowning.

Or...upgrade to...

ARMaGEDDON INSURANCE PREMIUM covers you not only for what the regular and extended policys cover but...get this...never before offered...a once in a life-time opportunity...ARMaGEDDON INSURANCE PREMIUM covers you for attacks by BEASTS with number pads, SATAN, LUCIFER, and every derivitive of the names of the DEVIL... errand attacks by a God or Gods bearing any of these names: ALLAH, YAHWEH, JEHOVAH, and as an extra FREE benefit JUPITER, ODIN, and ZEUS.

And they even offer testimonials!  Now there’s a deal!

http://www.2012ins.com/

This site even offers a count down clock!  But this is what they page says today:

The 2012 Apocalypse Insurance Company
Thank you for your support and interest!
Unfortunately, you're too late!

There isn't enough time left before the world ends on Friday to process any more 2012 Apocalypse Insurance requests, so we've had to shut down our order system.

Don't worry though, all open orders have been shipped, and according to the USPS, they will all arrive before 12-21-2012!

See you on the other side!

-The Management

Opps, guess a little too late for that one better revert to plan B, if there is one.

http://doomsdayjesters.com/~/product/id=12108257

This site even offers end of the world party gear!  What else could you ask for? 

Insurance
Doomsday Jesters and its subsidiary Doomsday Mutual Insurance Company want you to be insured against all disasters that Earth may experience on December 21, 2012. The ideal gift for Doomsday preppers and doubters alike, each insurance package comes with a personalized certificate and insurance card and your Doomsday policy. Each certificate is printed in full color on thick, high quality parchment, totally suitable for framing, and enhanced with our gold embossed seal to give your certificate a look and feel as official as Doomsday Mutual Insurance Company is unofficial. The certificate is customized with the name of the recipient and date the policy was issued. Our insurance card, which you can proudly pull from your wallet, is also personalized and is hermetically sealed to keep the dirt, blood and bacteria of Doomsday off. The insurance policy is a lifetime policy and is payable for all Earth-ending events, even those that might occur beyond December 21, 2012. Simply present your Claim Form to the Home Office following total global destruction and simultaneous extinction of humanity. Get yourself, your loved ones, your friends and your pets all covered before Armageddon covers all of you.

Umm, okay.  If they say so but the stuff is kinda nifty looking.


So there you have it, insurance for the end of the world.  You decide real or fake, but don’t wait too long or there won’t be any need for it.

Please visit these blogs ot see what others are doing ot gt ready for the end.

Participants and posts:
orion_mk3: http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to post)
dolores haze - http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/ (link to post)
randi.lee - http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
bmadsen - http://hospitaloflife.wordpress.com/ (link to post)
Ralph Pines - http://ralfast.wordpress.com/ (link to post)
AllieKat - http://roelke.livejournal.com/ (link to post)
MsLaylaCakes - http://www.taraquan.com/ (link to post)
katci13 - http://www.krystalsquared.net/ (link to post)
Angyl78 - http://jelyzabeth.wordpress.com/ (link to post)
pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
Araenvo - http://www.simonpclark.com/ (link to post)
CJ Michaels - http://www.christinajmichaels.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
SuzanneSeese - http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
gell214 - http://gelliswriting.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
SRHowen - http://srhowen1.blogspot.com/ (link to post)


meowzbark - http://www.lizzylessard.com/ (link to post)
Aheïla - http://thewriteaholicblog.wordpress.com/ (link to post)
BBBurke - http://awritersprogression.blogspot.com/ (link to post)

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Friday, December 14, 2012

Holiday Gifts of Love Blog Hop



It's a Happy Holiday from your favorite Authors and Bloggers. While we know everyone celebrates a different way, we wanted to make sure that you guys knew how much we treasure you all. So from Dec 14th to Dec 17th, all 200 or so of us will be blogging about the holidays and what they mean to us. We may talk about our favorite holiday traditions, recipes, gifts, reads, heroes, and so much more. We want to hear about what you do for the holidays, what you read, and who you'll spend it with. We hope to see you here and happy hopping!

And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.

But that's not all....
We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!

Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet
2nd Grand Prize: A $200 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!
This is how I feel on the Holidays. Really.  When I was a kid, the holidays were about family, now I’m not saying I had the most functional family in the world, but it was about getting together with family.  A big meal, seeing relatives and those annoying cousins who got into your room and messed with your stuff.  The tree was real, in fact most times ours was cut in the marsh on the farm.  That lovely smell through the house, except the year of the skunk tree—it was frigid cold outside and we went and got the tree.  Couldn’t smell a thing it was so cold.

Until the tree thawed out in the living room, then it became pungently clear that a skunk had sprayed the tree.  We still refer to that Holiday tree as Skunk Christmas. Wonder if they’d like to bottle that and make it into candles and plug ins and sprays—somehow I don’t think so.

Every year it comes sooner, this year it came along with Halloween, went to the store to get some bags of candy for Halloween and they had Christmas décor on sale already.  What happened to Thanksgiving?  Time goes fast enough without retail stores hitting the warp speed button.  The giant of commercialism is sitting at the helm waiting for Santa to point his finger and say Enaguge.   Or wait is that a different situation?

It does seem that everything is being pushed by Santa, no more good or bad girls and boys, everyone should get it all under the tree!  Even a new car.  Last year I think I saw one add with a Santa salesman selling cars.  It must have worked because this year it seems every add has a santa hawking a new car in red or white. 

The economy is still harsh, this, I am sure is why retailers are hawking their wares so hard, grabbing for every last bit consumers have to spend. 

This year, we are broke.  Yeah broke.  Am I getting out the plastic?  No.  borrowing from relatives? No. taking out a bank loan? No.  We decided this year that we would spend $10 bucks on each other.  That’s 10 per person, not each person spending 10 on each other person.  We are going to Dollar stores and putting together a fun and silly bunch of gifts,  It’s been a lot of fun hunting the $1 Jungle looking for what the other person might like, and find amusing.

And under the tree all those little gifts look kinda neat with their big bows the cats and the raccoon keep snatching.   This year we are rediscovering the old values that the Holidays held, about family and fun, not the biggest most expensive gifts, not traffic and lines at stores, the closeness of family and friends.

Happy Holidays Everyone From my home and my critters to you and yours!


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Thursday, December 13, 2012

IN the House at ouse Millar today!

House Millar review and excerpt today!

Check out the newest review for Medicine Man I The Chief of All Time.

Reviews re always scary.  You never know what someone is going to say.  I know i don't much care for the Twilight series of books, but I am a vampire purist, I think they should be scary not sparkly.  So when you get a review you know the chances are it may be a bad one because someone didn't like the book, or even what your main character looks like!

A review to me should be about the writing, the story, and not if you like blonds and the MC has black hair. But I have seen reviews like that, mean, nasty reviews because the reviewer didn't like the MC's hair color.   I welcome all reviews, they are a guage if you are doing your job right, entertaining the reader.

So come take a look at the newest review for my latest release.  And tomorrow-- The Holidays!  On a blog hop.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A Little Bit of Naughty: Guest Blog with , S.R. Howen

A Little Bit of Naughty: Guest Blog with , S.R. Howen: Today I have the pleasure of having a "new" to me  author stop by and visit my blog to talk about her new book, Medicine Man I: The Chi...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012


My book tour starts on Dec. 2nd.  I hope everyone will join me through the month of December on my tour.  There will be some giveaways, interviews, excerpts from the novel, and of course, reviews.  Join in and learn a little more about me and my writing.

Take note of the schedule below, book mark the sites now and mark your calendars!

December 2   Interview  SnifferWalk

December 5 Guest Post/Review Dakota Trace

December 13 Review/Interview House Millar

December 19 Review  I am, Indeeed

December 20 Pod cast LIVE radio interview with Elaine Roco Chase

December 23 Review/Guest Post   Harlie's Books

December 27 Review Buffy Kennedy

December 27 Interview…TBR
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Black Friday Blog Hop





While the rest of the US is out handling the crowds, fighting for their holiday gifts, some of us like to stay in, shop online, or just ignore Black Friday all to together. This year, join us in our second annual Black Friday Blog Hop! It's a ONE DAY hop where we're giving away prizes, talking about books we love, and most likely  eating left over turkey. :-)

The hop is November 23rd and is ONE DAY only.

But that's not all....

We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!

And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.



Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet
2nd Grand Prize: A $75 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!

Post a comment with an email addy for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to Wild Child Publishing!
Black Friday.  Ever wonder where that name came from?  Does it mean that’s the day the stores move their red sales figures into the black?  Or could it mean that you’ll come away form the stores black and blue from all the elbowing to get those bargain prices—but they left off the blue?

Wikipedia had this to say: The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Use of the term started before 1966 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation began to be offered: that "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or are "in the black". 

I’m trying to figure out why they would give that name to traffic, do all people in Philly drive black cars?

I know one thing I avoid the stores from Black Friday onward.  I don’t like crowds, I mean seriously some of these people don’t need to worry about that deal on a laptop, but worry about the sale on deodorant in isle 5. 

On the few occasions I have been to a store on Black Friday I did not come away impressed with humanity.  The last time I went was in 2006, no that’s wrong it was in 2005.  One retailer had laptops on sale, and I needed one.  I had this thing about needing to feel something, reach out and touch it before I bought it.  Black Friday can give new meaning to reach out and touch someone.  Just ask the people who got sprayed with pepper spray last year so some woman could get that new Xbox for her kids.

That year I went back to the electronics department, it wasn’t very crowded, but there were none of the laptops on the shelf. A small group of people were standing by the stock room door.  One man said the clerk had gone back to get more.  So I stood there with everyone else waiting,  One woman near the front had two carts and nothing in either one.  She stood in front of those double doors like she was manning a police barricade and no one else was getting through with ID and registration.  Or at least a cart with a battering ram.

The clerk comes out with a flat utility cart (you know the ones you see sitting in the store and so want to have someone push you around the store on while you giggle like an idiot?) and the woman in front grabs a laptop off the stack.  Her kids also grab one each, so now she has four.  The clerk is explaining to her that the limit is one per adult shopper.  Another shopped manages to break through her cart barrier and she screams at him: I was here first, put that back! I’m telling.

I’m telling? Really?  Who is she going to tell?  Do they have laptop police in the store, or maybe her mom works there?

Next another shopped manages to get one and the woman starts to threaten the clerk.  Now two things here, one: she has four already, make that six, as her kids have continued to add boxes to her carts, and two IS SHE NUTS?  She’s already been told she can’t have more than one.

Suffice to say I had no interest in this little play of human stupidity.

I get in line ot check out, I’ve had enough be banged by carts by insane people who are sure I am going for that one item they wanted.  Unless it’s aspirin for the headache I now have, they have no worries.

I get to the front and low and behold I am in line behind the laptop hog. She has at least 8 of them.  I hear her tell her oldest kid, wait until we get these listed on e-bay we are going to make a killing. I kept looking at those boxes as she put them on the belt thinking, all I wanted was one, one for me to use, to have and to hold, not make money on.

I am startled out thoughts of my one true love named Dell, but the woman’s loud voice as she went to war with the cashier: I don’t care what your stupid add says I can have as many as I want, that’s the law, you can’t stop me.

Law?  Is there a law that says you can buy as much of whatever you want even when the store clearly stated one per adult shopper?  I tried several searches involving quantity and shopping in the search criteria, apparently the internet isn’t up on any such law, but I did get quite a few returns for places selling Viagra.  I think google was trying to tell me something, make love not war on Black Friday.

Security comes out and they confront the woman.  I say to the cashier, I’d really like one of those laptops, do I have to wait for them to be taken back to electronics before I can get one? The words were no sooner out of my mouth when there is a loud crash as the woman pushes all the laptop boxes with the laptops inside onto the floor and tries to stomp on them screaming, it’s not right, it’s not fair I was here first . . .

The cashier looks and me and says do you want one, you don’t have to wait for them to be taken back to the department?

Is she kidding me?

Apparently the store didn’t care that they’d been dumped on the floor, and some of them stomped on—because that backroom clerk was there with his silver trolly picking them up and as he headed back people were eager to grab them off his transport.

I think I will just stay home, read a good book, drink some spiked egg nog, maybe put up the holiday tree, 

 Please check out my newest release, available in print and ebook from B&N and Wild Child Publishing, and Amazon.

Medicine Man I: The Chief of all Time.

Shannon Running Deer is American Indian by blood, he has forsaken his people's ancient ways to embrace the "modern" world as a wealthy, highly successful trauma surgeon.


His comfortable existence begins to unravel when, seemingly by chance, Shannon finds himself gradually drawn into the past. Pursued by an ancient evil, he knows he can change the future, if he can survive the past.


In the tradition of Diana Gabaldon, S.R. Howen's MEDICINE MAN is a distinctive and atmospheric novel full of spirituality, mystical time travel, romance, passion, and suspense.


Please check out my newest release


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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Medicine Man I: The Chief of All Time


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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Nov. AW blog chain.

This month's prompt: 
NaMoReMo (National Mock Review Month)

In the spirit of NaNoWriMo, write a mock review of a writing project that you have done or would like to do. Make sure to either give a brief, one-sentence description of what the project is or work it into the review somehow. You can review anything (poetry, prose, collected blog posts) and in any way you like (funny, serious, Dadaist).

 This is a tough one, last year I wrote over 167 k fro NaNo then another 2oo plus k in Dec.  This is a review of the raw draft of that epic . . . monster.
Reading The 12th World was like watching a bad rendition of Frankenstein.  Told in omni POV with a host of characters that would have taken a separate book just to categorize and profile for the reader to understand the story, it is a tome of over 400k words.  

The story head hops from one character to another, and while the reader can keep track of who is seeing the story, there is too much confusion, and the twists and turns often don’t make sense and require the reader to go back and reread to find their place in the story.

The story starts on Earth with no explanation for the almost post apocalyptic conditions there, martial law seems to be in place, until one of the many main characters leaves Earth through a system of magical gateways that the reader is never given an explanation for.  One of many parts that don’t make sense.

Once on the alien world where tech should be high on the SciFi list it seems totally absent, the reader is tossed into a world that seems more primitive than a trip to medieval world.

Like Frankenstein’s monster this novel is a conglomeration of parts, that don’t look very pretty when stitched together. And like Frankenstein's monster it would be better off locked away where no one will ever see it.

I give it a read if you want a headache rating.



Please visit these other blogs and see what they think about their past NaNo efforts.


Participants and posts:
orion_mk3: http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to post)
Ralph Pines - http://ralfast.wordpress.com (link to post)
bmadsen - http://hospitaloflife.wordpress.com (link to post)
dolores haze - http://dianedooley.wordpress.com (link to post)
writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
meowzbark - http://www.lizzylessard.com/ (link to post)
randi.lee - http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com/ (link to post)

SRHowen - http://srhowen1.blogspot.com (link to post)
pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to post)
wonderactivist - http://luciesmoker.wordpress.com (link to post)

Bumped:
Angyl78 - http://jelyzabeth.wordpress.com (link to post)
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Autumn Harvest Blog Hop


What do you love about Autumn and Fall? What does it remind you of? What about reading? Do you think it's a good subject to read? Tell us your favorite Autumn stories! Well, we authors are ready to share our favorite Autumn stories. Starting on Friday and ending on Nov 12th, over 200 Authors and Bloggers will share their favorite things about Autumn.

 And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.

But that's not all....

We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!
Now what are those prizes?



1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet 

2nd Grand Prize: A $50 Amazon or B&N Gift Card 



3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains 10+ paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!
On top of that I will be giving away a $10 gift card to WCP or Freya's Bower on my blog. Leave a comment to enter to win! Follow my facebook author's page for a second chance to win. And tweet this blog for a third entry! Please be sure to include your e-mail address in your comments for you entry or we won't know how to contact you if you are the winner!

Autumn, cooler temperatures, the start of the holidays right around the corner, and of course the bronco ride on the edge of plastic to fill the stockings. Am I the only one who hates that Christmas has taken over everything—even earlier this year? Every ad on TV is filled with Christmas trees, gifts, and super early before black Friday sales already. So here are some thoughts on this time of year, the theme of what the retailers think we should be focused on.

On the first day of Autumn, I expected temperatures to fall. It was 101 under the trees.

On the second day of Autumn, I turned on my TV and political ads for the two who would run would not fly away.

On the third day of Autumn the three neighbor kids egged my house, it wasn’t even Halloween yet.

On the fourth day of Autumn four people in white coats came to my door, good lord we’ve been here before. The crazy person lives next door.

On the fifth day of Autumn five rolls of TP appeared in my trees. 

On the sixth day of Autumn my family gave to me six frozen turkeys and said see you for dinner on turkey day.

On the seventh day of Autumn I got stung by seven bees. When will these things go away?

On the eighth day of Autumn I drank eight homemade eggnogs, I think the milk was bad.

On the ninth day of Autumn I stayed in bed, pain dancing in my head.

On the tenth day of Autumn ten ads arrived in the mail, the mailman a leaping.

On the eleventh day of Autumn eleven piles of leaves and many more to go, why or why is there a burn ban?

On the twelfth day of Autumn I jumped twelve times naked into the leaves with glee. The men in little white coats have come again . . .

Please check out my newest release:
Medicine Man I: The Chief of all Time.

 Shannon Running Deer is American Indian by blood, he has forsaken his people's ancient ways to embrace the "modern" world as a wealthy, highly successful trauma surgeon.

 His comfortable existence begins to unravel when, seemingly by chance, Shannon finds himself gradually drawn into the past. Pursued by an ancient evil, he knows he can change the future, if he can survive the past.

 In the tradition of Diana Gabaldon, S.R. Howen's MEDICINE MAN is a distinctive and atmospheric novel full of spirituality, mystical time travel, romance, passion, and suspense.
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