Saturday Seven! (February 16th 2019)

• What am I Reading? – I spent most of the week reading the Mother of all Things by Gabriel Blake. Look for my review on Sunday! Also read Kristen Lambs amazing blog - Drudgery: What Separates Those Who Dream From Those Who DO. I am all about the quick reads and so I love Pocket (if you don’t use it GET IT!) You can follow me and offer suggestions to others on what YOU are reading! This week’s favorite is Time Management Hacks That Very Successful People Practice Daily I have also recently discovered the Curiosity App (again a must for your mind) Curiosity offers quick 5 minute articles on everything from space exploration, to time management.

• What am I Listening to?  I am always listening to Bob Mayer’s Novel Writer’s Toolkit. Also started listening to Atomic Habits by James Clear as suggested by the fabulous Kristen Lamb! In my spare time I LOVE the Beyond Reality Radio Podcast with Jason Hawes and JV Johnson. They are awesome talking about ghost hunting, psychics, aliens and conspiracy theories.

• What Quote am I pondering? ~ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Confucius ~

• What am I Researching? – Writing a book is full of research as you all know. I spent my time this week looking up bible quotes, writings on Demonology and Ancient symbols. Also spent some time researching CBD oil and its uses for Anxiety. My daughter suffers from severe anxiety and we have started her on a CBD regiment. I will let y’all know what happens!

• Yummy Meal of the week – Taco Bell usually is awesome going down, but I regret it a few hours later (don’t deny it we have all been there) my 14-year-old son craves it on a regular basis and I usually do not get anything but this week I tried a new menu item. It is called POWER MENU STEAK - you have the choice of a Burrito or a Bowl. I choose the Burrito this time, but I LOVE the bowl option to cut out the carbs of a flour tortilla.  Anyway, very tasty and I was not regretting it hours later!

• What did I Learn this week? – Kinda funny and a reference to my day job, I learned how to us the IF function utilizing a date rage in a TRUE / FALSE scenario. So AWESOME! (Yes, I am a total excel nerd!). I also learned that I am not a fan of 3^rd person writing as a reader. Not something I ever realized before, interesting, I think it is because I am a writer.

• What am I Watching? – I am a TOTAL geek when it comes to good TV and Movies. This week I binge watched Haunted on Netflix – it was interesting--I wasn’t thrilled with the lack of resolution to the tales but as it is reality, I guess there usually are not happy endings. Then caught up on the current season of The Gifted.

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Friday Food Love - Honey-Garlic Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs

I love a man who can cook, but I am cooking for myself and the kids these days so I am collecting yummy easy recipes and sharing them with you! I keep all of my recipes, shopping lists and to-do Calendars safe in my Cozi App.

Ingredients

4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup honey
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried basil

Preparation

Lay chicken thighs into the bottom of a 4-quart slow cooker.
Whisk soy sauce, ketchup, honey, garlic, and basil together in a bowl; pour over the chicken.
Cook on Low for 6 hours.

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Awesome Excerpt - Sometimes Demons Whisper by Lynn Michaels

Available for Pre-Prder NOW!

Release Date - February 22, 2019~

BLURB:

Kayden’s gift allowed him a place at Watercrest Cannon Paranormal Consultants, but it shattered his future. Could his best friend, Bryan, pick up his pieces?

Kayden and Bryan find a way to deal with the demons that the consultants at WCPC can’t handle.

WCPC handles all your paranormal needs. Poltergeists, ghosts, or mystical apparitions, we can help. We employ the most talented wranglers who can control even the toughest demons around. Call the consultants of Watercrest Cannon Paranormal Consultants to help.

Broody wrangler and tactile psychic take on the mystery at Brown-Blythe Manor - Sometimes Demons Whisper.

Excerpt:

Kayden reached out for the ladle. Immediately, the images washed over him. Many of them layered on top of each other. The utensil had been well used. Kayden took a deep breath and sorted through the images searching for the girl and the master. There were several flashes of the slave girl, but nothing helpful. Then, finally, he saw the master. It took a moment to narrow down to a single vision. An older woman held the object. The ladle stirring in a large pot. She thrummed with anger and frustration. She looked over at the master in his new suit looking like…

“The girl—”

“Shut your mouth about her. I’m master here, and I’m not going to go hiding it.”

“She’s a witch. I tell you.”

“She’s not. She’s just a slave. Like any other slave. I own her. And I’m not some kind of old flapdoodle.”

“No. You. I do not even want to get into this with you. I know you have the appetites of a man. I know you can do whatever you want with your slaves. I’m merely asking you to pick a different girl.”

The master huffed something else and turned away from the woman.

Kayden wanted to know who she was. His wife? Sister? It was too hard to tell, and the image faded as she turned away.

Enough of the picture of what had happened was clear. There was a possibility that the girl had some ability. The accusation of witchcraft alone wasn’t enough. Salem had proven that. Yet, there was something there—something in the strength of the slave. It might add up, but he didn’t have enough information. He knew that there was possibly some sort of voodoo rituals involved with the girl, but that didn’t mean she was the witch. If the voodoo priest was related? If they had combined their powers for something?

Kayden shook his head to clear it. His report would say there was a possibility of a haunting by the slave girl. Eventually, she had been killed there on the property. That much they knew from the history the family supplied. There were no signs of any imbued objects. Nothing like what the family was most interested in. Yet, he couldn’t rule it out, either. If the girl had been a witch, or if she had some other psychic ability, she might have done such a thing. Might have her reasons. The motive was there and easy enough to define.

Kayden sighed heavily. He needed lunch, and then he could finish his report.

AUTHOR BIO:

Lynn Michaels lives and writes in Tampa, Florida where the sun is hot and the Sangria is cold. When she’s not writing she’s kayaking, hanging with her husband, or reading by the pool. Lynn writes Male/Male romance because she believes everyone deserves a happy ending and the dynamics of male characters can be intriguing, vulnerable, and exciting. She has both contemporary and paranormal titles and has been writing since 2014. Her stories don’t follow any set guidelines or ideas, but come from her heart and contain love in many forms.

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