tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21832015473927874692024-02-06T20:38:16.963-08:00Alice Duncan's NewsletterAlice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-74325341033930546592020-09-05T10:37:00.000-07:002020-09-05T10:41:16.389-07:00<b><p class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5RtWoaweoF67AV8uE-F1oUerfKy-958rEidTuUIEFqgMtW8A_7rDW0ZGokzFG0rsEzibDFC6MeGjnv6NbejclfTKDMvo2XUtseFL7BrsOCFnyu3f61M1Vs1ur5w67Q3M38k0sW4BRbk/s500/TL+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </p></b><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br />September 2020</b>
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Wow. It’s September already, and I swear the year has whizzed past in a blur. People are still sickening and dying all over the place, too many people are out of work, too many people are unable to pay their rent and/or bills, California’s on fire again, hurricanes are ravaging the eastern seaboard, terrible storms are ripping up the Midwest; and my hounds, semi-hounds and I just sit here, same as ever. Doesn’t seem quite right, although—believe me—I’ve paid more than my fair share of dues. However, if this series of catastrophes had happened when my daughters were young and I was their only support, we’d have been in deep, deep trouble.
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So far, my daughters are fine. Robin, in the San Fernando Valley is smoke-free at present. Anni, who lives in Kern County and is at present safe but in the middle of two fires, says even her rooster is wheezing. Evidently it’s taken to crowing, “Cocka-doodle-bwaaaaaagh.” Poor bird.
</p><p>Book news to report! Wolfpack came out with another collection of my early western historical romances. <em>Texas Lonesome</em> contains the following books: <em>Texas Lonesome</em> (my second published book), featuring a “Dear Abby”-type columnist in San Francisco and a transplanted Texan. This book also contains dachshunds and a couple of weird relations of the heroine; Secret Hearts, starring a grieving widower and a young postmistress-turned nanny; Cooking Up Trouble, which is really funny (well, I think it is anyway). Heather Mahaffey, who can’t cook, is hired by a gorgeous rancher to cook for him. I wrote this originally as part of Dorchester’s “fairy tale” line. Try to find a fairy tale that ends happily for the humans involved. Go ahead. I dare you! It’s almost impossible. However, Rumpelstiltskin came closest, so the story is more or less taken from that tale; Gabriel’s Fate, featuring Gabriel Caine and Sophie Madrigal (along with her pug, Tybalt and her Aunt Juniper). They make magic in the Old West. I’m quite fond of this story; Sierra Ransom. I love this book. Zenobia Gray runs a soup kitchen in Muddy Flats, a gold camp in 1850s’ California. Sam Ransom is running from the law. They both have heavy-duty back stories. This is the only book for which I wrote the epilogue first. And you can get all of these books for a mere $.99!!!!! Cheap at twice the price. Heck, cheap at thrice the price!
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</p><p>Not only that, but ePublishingWorks, the wonderful people (Brian and Nina Paules) who publish my Daisy and Mercy books, will republish a series of my early historical romances set during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (known as the World’s Columbian Exposition). The series is called “Meet Me at the Fair,” and the books are: Coming Up Roses (starring a trick bareback rider in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and a brash newspaperman); Just North of Bliss (starring a misplaced southern belle and the official photographer of the fair); and A Bicycle Built for Two, the third (and probably best) of the trio of books. This one stars Kate Finney, a poor Chicago girl who’s trying her very best to support her consumptive mother, and Alex English, who is offended (offended, I tell you!) that Kate’s alcoholic father tried to strangle Kate at his fair! They both eventually get over themselves, but it isn’t easy. I’m fond of this book, too.
In the meantime, I’ve written the beginning chapter of Wedded Spirits, Daisy Gumm Majesty’s next adventure. Also, I’m actually galloping along with Mercy Allcutt’s next book, Angels Adrift, which begins with Mercy witnessing a murder. The problem is the body keeps disappearing and reappearing. There’s definitely trouble afoot, but Mercy, Lulu and Ernie are on the job (generally to Ernie’s displeasure). This book also contains not merely Mercy’s adorable apricot toy poodle, but also a couple of mastiffs named Caesar and Augustus. I’m not sure what role they’ll play yet, although I’m pretty sure I’ll come up with something bizarre for them to do. I’m so glad most of my writing mojo has returned. For a while there, I feared it was gone for good.
Anyway, as to winners of August’s book giveaway, I guess I didn’t specify which books I’d give the winners, so I’ll tell you who the winners are. Then the winners can tell me which book they’d like. (Here Bam-Bam takes the stage and noses through his special book-giveaway doggie dish. Bam-Bam is such a good boy). And he selected:
Stacy Stephens, Donna Marton (Donna, all I have is your name and email address. I’ll need a home address if you want a paper book), and Pat Corrigan! Pat, you requested a copy of Exercised Spirits when it’s released, so I’ll send you one then. But Stacy and Donna, please let me know which book you’d like to receive.
Thanks for entering, everyone!
Now, what about the end of September? Oh, goodness gracious, I just don’t know. How about I give away Kindle copies of Texas Lonesome: A Historical Western Romance Collection? Okay. I will. If you’d like to enter my book giveaway, please send me an email at alice@aliceduncan.net. Because I no longer have a post-office box, if you’d like to communicate with me, please do so at the prior email address or through Facebook Messenger.
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Thank you!
</p>Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-39555275459769182752020-05-01T13:44:00.000-07:002020-05-01T14:07:24.956-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Merciful
heavens, but life can change quickly, can’t it? Last month when I wrote my
newsletter, I had no idea Covid-19 would make such a huge impact on the world.
Silly me.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The truth
of the quarantine, at least for me, is that life hasn’t changed a whole lot.
Because the hounds and I live in Roswell, New Mexico, there’s nowhere for us to
go and nothing for us to do anyway. Church services have been held via video for a
few weeks, and choir practice has been suspended for the duration, but that’s
about it. The dogs still take me for our daily drag around the neighborhood (if
I’d ever managed to train them properly, they’d walk like good little doggies,
but I never did, so I get yanked). That’s on me. Mind you, if I could still
afford to live in California, I’d probably be pining away, but I don’t, so I’m
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Did that
make any sense? Never mind. It really doesn’t matter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In recent
weeks I’ve heard from a few people in other parts of the world (other than the
USA, I mean), telling me they enjoy Daisy’s and/or Mercy’s adventures but can’t
quite equate what they’re reading to what they know in their world. I
understand this situation completely, since I love reading British mysteries.
So far, among other things, I’ve learned the boot of a car is our trunk, the
bonnet is our hood, a fish pie is a fish concoction with mashed potatoes on top
(I think mashed potatoes are just mash), and flapjacks aren’t just another word
for what we call pancakes. In fact, Carola Dunn sent me her mother’s recipe for
flapjacks. It looks delicious, although I haven’t made any yet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway,
because people seem interested, I decided I’d create a more pictorial
newsletter than usual, showing Daisy’s street, her house, Mrs. Bissel’s house,
etc. And even, because someone asked, I'm posting a photo of clam chowder (pronounced CHOW-dah)! Not my favorite dish, but
don’t tell my father. Well, you can’t because he’s dead, but . . . never mind
again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">All right, on to Marengo Avenue, where Daisy and her mother, father and aunt
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look like if anybody took care of it. They’re not the same house, but they’re
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Daisy goes to the Pasadena Public Library a whole lot. This is the library she went to. It was replaced in about 1927 (maybe 1929), but this is the one she went to. It sat in its own park with a pond and a gazebo for sitting and reading in:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Here’s the
new self-starting Chevrolet Daisy bought to replace their old 1909 Model-T. In
fact, here’s the Model-T, too. It had no door on the driver’s side, which
created some problems in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fine Spirits</i>:</span><br />
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Mrs. Bissel’s house. This house is of special import to me, because my aunt
used to own it, and I pretty much grew up in it. It was a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">huge</i> part of my life. I used to dream about it all the time. Since
I gave the house to Mrs. Bissel and began writing about it, it doesn’t show up
in my dreams so much. While I’m showing you Mrs. Bissel’s house, I’ll also show
you a monkey-puzzle tree, one of which used to grow in the middle of the
circular driveway in the back yard. The leaves on that tree tore up my own
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conjured the ghost of a poor murdered young man, much to Daisy’s (and pretty
much everyone else’s) horror. My aunt used to serve dinner in this room unless
she was hosting a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">huge</i> gathering, as
on Christmas Eve, etc. Notice the door to the right? Not the door into the
kitchen, but the one next to it? That door leads to a suite of rooms (a sitting
room with a fireplace, a bedroom and a bathroom). I expect when the house was
first built and occupied (early 1900s) that apartment housed the
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Daisy’s church, where she sings alto in the choir: the First
Methodist-Episcopal Church on the corner of Marengo Avenue and Colorado
Boulevard (back then it was Colorado Street). It’s pointy!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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can’t think of any other photos to post. Oh, wait! Boston baked beans. These
are the same beans folks in the UK eat, pretty much. At least that’s what I ate
when I visited. My daddy made them with either salt pork or bacon (or maybe
both), and he served them with home-made New England brown bread, which is sweet
and is baked in a tin can. It’s a little too sweet for me, but again, don’t
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who knows about sewing machines, this model dates from later than the 1920s.
However, it’s mine, I used to make clothes for both of my daughters and
myself on it, and I love it. It’s electric, and it has a side pedal, which runs
the thing. I think in the Daisy books I called it a treadle, but that’s
incorrect. I’ve learned a whole lot of stuff from Leon and his pal, Iris Evans,
who not only collect sewing machines and do tons of sewing, but who also do a
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to the new book front! Um . . . there’s nothing to say, really. I’m actually
getting close to finishing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exercised
Spirits</i>, which was supposed to have been published in May but can’t be
because I haven’t finished writing it yet. I’m sorry! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I did go
through the first book in the to-be-republished “Meet Me at the Fair” series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Coming Up Roses</i>. Boy, oh, boy, I was
blabby 25-30 years ago. I slashed and burned my way through that one and felt
like a blooming idiot. For one thing, I no longer write romances for a good
reason (I don’t want to) and for another, there were just too many words in it.
Still have to go through the other two books, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Just North of Bliss</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Bicycle Built for Two</i>, and I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i>
hope they don’t require so much editing. Y’know, editing other people’s books
and having my own books edited has taught me a lot. I still tend to repeat
myself when I’m writing (it takes maybe weeks to write a scene you can read in
five minutes), but I’m attempting to curb my repetitive tendency. Just so you
know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A reminder:
I no longer have a post-office box, so if you want to get in touch with me, please
do so through my web page or on Facebook. Or send me an email at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">alice@aliceduncan.net</a>. If you
absolutely <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must</i> snail-mail me
something (preferably several checks for large sums of money), lemme know and I’ll
give it to you. My address, I mean. Oy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Because I
have no clue how long everyone will be on lock-down and don’t want to mail
paper books to anyone unless they’re willing to wait six months or so until
this little old lady can get to the post office, I’ll be sending ebooks (or
regular books if you don’t mind the wait) to the people whose names Bam-Bam has
chosen from his special contest doggie dish. And those people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">are</i> (for April’s giveaway):<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Peg Ghrist, to whom I’ll
send a NOOK copy of whatever book you want, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Carol Wright, to whom I’ll
send a book of any sort if you’ll let me know which one you want and whether
you want an ebook or a paper book, and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Teresa Henson, who will
get a paper copy (let me know which one you want) as soon as I feel safe going
to the post office!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Congratulations,
ladies! I’ll send your books as soon as I know which book you want and (in
Teresa’s case) when can I get to the post office! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As for May’s
giveaway, why don’t we just do the same thing over again? Any old book you want
(that I’ve written). Just lemme know either now or if you win which book you’d
like. As ever, please send me an email to </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, and I’ll toss your name into Bammy’s dish. Oh,
there’s one more thing that might be important to know. When it comes to
mailing paper copies of books, I can only send them within the USA. I can send
e-copies of books to people pretty much anywhere (or, come to think of it,
audio copies, if you’re willing to download the Audible app), but postage to
foreign climes is just <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">too</i> expensive.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Okay, what
now? I know! Daisy Daze! If you enjoy the Daisy and Mercy books, or if you’re
just fascinated by the 1920s (as I am), please feel free to join Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">adore</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon
Fundenberger (whom I’ve already mentioned regarding sewing machines) founded the
DAISY DAZE Facebook page on which people post all sorts of historical stuff
about Pasadena, sewing machines, automobiles, buildings, fashions from the
1920s, houses in which the people in the books might live, stars of the silent
screen, and lots and lots of other historical (1920s-era) stuff. It’s fun, and
if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you’d
like to visit my web page, here’s the link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . If you’d like to be
Facebook friends, please go here: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-88519814484843151122020-03-31T14:32:00.000-07:002020-03-31T14:46:05.220-07:00<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Journal of the Plague Month<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wait. I mean Newsletter for April,
2020!</span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well,
isn’t this a whole bunch of fun? I hope everyone who receives this newsletter
(and everyone who doesn’t) is well and healthy and stays that way. We’re living
in strange times, with Covid-19 knocking us all for a loop.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hope all
the folks to whom I sent books got them. Now that the plague is upon us and
most of us are quarantined, who knows when April’s books will be sent to those
who win them. Which reminds me . . . Bam-Bam has chosen!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Slight
detour first: I’ll send whatever book you want (I can send e-copies easily. The
post office will probably take some serious time to reopen to people my age, so
I hope you all have a Kindle, NOOK, or whatever other e-device exists if you
win a book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Okay. Back
to Bam-Bam. The winners of March’s books are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Vstark! I don’t have a first name or
an address, but I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do </i>have your email
address, so please just tell me which book you want.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Crystal Toller (I have your email
address, but no home address, so I hope you want an ebook), and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rebecca Wahr! Rebecca told me she
has a NOOK, so if you’ll tell me which book you’d like to have, I’ll zip it to
you for your NOOK!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,
everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">On the
book front, not a whole lot is new here. I’m still doing my best to finish
writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exercised Spirits</i>. Because I
can no longer pull an all-dayer (much less an all-nighter), but have to rest,
it’s taking more time than I wish it was but oh, well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Denice
Stradling, who has and will continue to narrate my Daisy books, has offered to
read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Perfect Wedding</i>, which is the
third in my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titanic</i> series. Another narrator
read the first two and then pooped out on the third. I appreciate Denice <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i> much!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Okay, so
what exciting things happened at the House of Howling Hounds in March? Um . . .
not a whole lot, actually. I got a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">huge</i>
surprise one windy day, when the back gate blew open. Jazzy, Cookie and Bam-Bam
all decided to go on an excellent adventure! The first two didn’t surprise me,
but Bammers????? The dog who fears every human being in the world who isn’t
me????? Fortunately, my neighbors and I rounded them up safely and got them
home before anything less than excellent happened. We live a block away from
the busiest east-west street in town, so I’m glad none of them ended up squashed
on the pavement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh, and
Jazzy finally received a token that will announce her royalty to the world.
While it’s true most of us already acknowledge her as the Beautiful Blue Wiener
and Queen of All She Surveys, until recently she had no crown or tiara
announcing the fact. Then my neighbors (Ann and Barry Lasky, who helped me find
the runaways) discovered a tiara for her. So here she is in her new royal
regalia:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Because I
have no idea how long everyone will be quarantined, and don’t want to mail
paper books to anyone unless they want to wait six months or so until this little
old lady can get to the post office, I’ll be sending ebooks to the people whose
names Bam-Bam picks out of his special contest doggie dish. Any old book you
want (that I’ve written, natch). Just lemme know either now or if you win. As
ever, please send me an email to </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, and I’ll toss your
name into Bammy’s dish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh, and
there’s actually one thing might be important, to a degree. I’ve decided to
give up my post office box. People seldom, if ever, use it since most folks use
email these days. Therefore, if you need to get in touch with me, please do so
by email (</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) or my Facebook page (link
below). If you absolutely need my home address, just ask. Thanks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Okay, what
now? I know! Daisy Daze! If you enjoy the Daisy and Mercy books, or if you’re
just fascinated by the 1920s (as I am), please feel free to join Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">adore</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon
Fundenberger founded the DAISY DAZE Facebook page on which people post all
sorts of historical stuff about Pasadena, sewing machines, automobiles,
buildings, fashions from the 1920s, houses in which the people in the books
might live, stars of the silent screen, and lots and lots of other historical
(1920s-era) stuff. It’s fun, and if you’d like to be a member, check it out
here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></a>
.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you’d
like to visit my web page, here’s the link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . If you’d like to be
Facebook friends, please go here: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-7737023607108043552020-03-02T13:48:00.001-08:002020-03-02T13:50:11.480-08:00<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">March 2020</span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How come
February has two Rs in it? Never mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It galls
me to admit this, but I have to begin this newsletter with a profound and
abject apology. Not only did I fail to write a newsletter for February, but I
also haven’t sent books to people to whom I owe them. Picture me groveling. Or
maybe you’d better not. It’s not a pretty sight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway, I’ll
send <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Scarlet Spirits</i> to everyone to
whom a copy is owed as soon as I possibly can. People whose names Bam-Bam slurped
up from the special give-away doggie dish at the end of January are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rita
Wray, who gets a copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Genteel Spirits</i>,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kat
Sadi, who gets a copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Scarlet Spirits</i>,
and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Margaret
Cronk, who gets a copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fallen Angels</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At least,
perhaps, I am at last getting better after my final surgery of 2019, which I
had in December. It’s been a rough ride. Recovering from a doctor carving a huge
chunk out of one’s guts is no darned fun. Trust me on this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">However,
there are one or two good things to be perceived (dimly) on the horizon. One of
them is the re-publication <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thanksgiving
Angels</i>, Mercy Allcutt’s fifth adventure, which is being published this very
month! Here’s the cover and the Amazon Kindle link:</span></span></div>
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<strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XDMNWJR?pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&pf_rd_r=QXH3809MWEZ3QQ7A6QK4" target="_blank">Buy it!</a></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As for the
next Daisy Gumm Majesty book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exercised
Spirits</i>, I’m writing it as fast as I can, but that’s not very fast. I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">trying</i>, okay??? Which reminds me of when
I was a kid. Every time I told my mother I was trying, she’d say, “You sure are.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
completion date of the next Mercy book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Angels
Adrift</i>, is anyone’s guess. But please don’t guess too soon. I’m sorry.
Truly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Um . . . I
have absolutely no idea what book to give away at the end of March. If you have
a preference, please let me know. Just send me an email at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">alice@aliceduncan.net</a>. If you want an
ebook, tell me which device you use (Kindle, Nook, etc.). If you want a paper
book, you’ll need to send me your address, and it will depend upon if I have a
copy. I think I have copies of most of the Daisy and Mercy books. E-copies of
most of my books (all 65 or thereabouts) are always available, even to me, and even
though I’m not awfully swift with technology. However, if you want an e-copy of
one of my books (if you win one, I mean), I can get it to you. Somehow. I’m
pretty sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Another
good thing is that ePW aims to publish my old “Meet Me at the Fair” series,
which might get a new title. These books will be by me writing as
Rachel Wilson and will get spiffy new covers and so forth. These historical romance novels are set
during the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (in other words, the 1893 World’s
Fair) and feature a variety of people, including a trick rider in Buffalo Bill’s
Wild West (he didn’t like to call it a “show”), an up-tight belle from the
South and a hootchy-kootchy dancer. I think they’re fun, although I may be
biased.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wolfpack intends
to publish three box sets that will include many of my western historical
romance novels (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Bright Morning</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Phoebe’s Valentine</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wild Dream</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sweet Charity</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cactus Flower</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rosamunda’s Revenge</i> (which contains my favorite opening paragraphs
and a Yorkshire terrier), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Texas Lonesome</i>
(which contains dachshunds), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Secret
Hearts</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spirit of Love</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cooking Up Trouble</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gabriel’s Fate</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sierra
Ransom</i>), but I don’t know much about them yet. More new about the box sets
and the World’s Fair books will be announced in future newsletters (I hope).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So far
nobody is lining up to re-publish my post-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titanic</i>-disaster
series. I consider this a darned shame, since the books contain my
second-favorite heroine of all those I’ve created: Loretta Linden (Daisy’s my
first-favorite). Loretta’s rich, feisty, naïve, and wants to save the world
from itself. I had to write these books after the first two Daisy books tanked.
Kensington made me take a new pseudonym (I chose Anne Robins, as those are my
daughters’ names) and write three historical romance novels. I didn’t want to.
I was grieving for Daisy, and I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hated</i>
writing the first book in this series. After that, they became less onerous. In
fact, the last two were actually fun to write.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you’re
interested, the books are, in order: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Perfect
Stranger, A Perfect Romance</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Perfect Wedding</i>. My fave is the middle book, which is Loretta’s story.
Loretta absolutely cracks me up! Haven’t any idea why nobody wants the books.
Oh, well. Thanks to the marvels of self-publication, they’re all for sale
on-line, and two of them are available in audio format. Denice Stradling, who
makes a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">spectacular</i> Daisy, will be
narrating <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Perfect Wedding</i> soon,
bless her. I appreciate Denice <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i>
much!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway,
enough of that. If you enjoy the Daisy and Mercy books, or if you’re just
fascinated by the 1920s (as I am), please feel free to join Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">adore</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon
Fundenberger founded the DAISY DAZE Facebook page on which people post all
sorts of historical stuff about Pasadena, sewing machines, automobiles,
buildings, fashions from the 1920s, houses in which the people in the books
might live, stars of the silent screen, and lots and lots of other historical
(1920s-era) stuff. It’s fun, and if you’d like to be a member, check it out
here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you’d
like to visit my web page, here’s the link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . If you’d like to be
Facebook friends, please go here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=2e61ec6c1f&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-1751309756156382852019-12-31T11:32:00.001-08:002019-12-31T11:39:05.977-08:00<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">HAPPY NEW YEAR!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2020</span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The only
thing I truly hope for 2020 is that it will be better than 2019. Mind you, I
don’t harbor </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">much</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> hope, but maybe a faint, dim glimmer of the stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At least,
perhaps, I won’t have to have too many more surgeries in 2020. Of course, the
X-rays say my right hip is currently functioning with no cartilage in it, so
maybe that’ll have to be replaced, but I can probably handle that. Three
surgeries in one year is at least two too many. Take it from one who knows. The
third surgery, which was a bowel resection, really took the stuffing out of me,
both literally (8” of my guts are gone) and figuratively (don’t think I’ll ever
salvage my energy). Even if energy never returns, I hope to heck I can recapture
my writing mojo, because I’m pretty sure I can’t support the two hounds, one semi-hound,
the Chihuahua and the mixed terriorist and me on nothing but social security.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Then again,
both SHAKEN SPIRITS and SCARLET SPIRITS came out in 2019, which is cool:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Moreover,
ePublishing Works, is republishing all my Mercy Allcutt books, which I think is
mighty nice of them. They’re giving them absolutely <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">beautiful </i>new covers, and it tells you right on the cover which
book in the series it is. If you click on this link and scroll down the page,
you discover where to get all the Mercy books (and the Daisy books, for that
matter, although SCARLET SPIRITS isn’t up there yet):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://ebookdiscovery.lpages.co/aliceduncan/" target="_blank">Buy or pre-order any of the <strong>MERCY ALLCUTT</strong> books!<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In the
next Daisy book, EXERCISED SPIRITS (which should be re-titled, but I think it’s
too late), Daisy and Harold will be picking out china and flatware patterns for
when Daisy and Sam tie the knot. So far they’ve picked out Daisy and Sam’s everyday
china, which is Spode Buttercup:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As for
more formal occasions (during which I have <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">no</i>
idea who’ll cook for them, unless they borrow poor Aunt Vi) they haven’t quite
decided, although they’re leaning toward Wedgwood Florentine. This is mainly
because Sam will probably think Buttercup is to flowery and prefer Florentine as
a more masculine pattern. On the other hand, Sam’s relatively easygoing these
days, so maybe he won’t care:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Can’t even
fathom how to choose flatware patterns yet, but I’m sure Harold will think of
something, if I can’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My
winner-picking wiener dog, Bam-Bam, has selected the following winners of
SCARLET SPIRITS:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Stephanie Cowans (by golly, Steph
and I used to dance and sing together!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jackie Stieghorse<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jean Patton<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’ll get
the books mailed to the wieners as soon as I possibly can. As of today (the 31<sup>st</sup>
of December, 2019) I can’t do more than one thing per day w/o taking a nap
afterward. I’d <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> appreciate some
energy returning sometime soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At the end
of January, I’ll be giving away copies of any old book you want, providing I
have a copy. Therefore, if you’d like to chance to win one of my books, please
send me your name and home address at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. If you’d prefer an e-copy, please let me know
which kind of device you use. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you
enjoy the Daisy and Mercy books, or if you’re just fascinated by the 1920s (as
I am), please feel free to join Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded the DAISY
DAZE Facebook page. On this page, people post all sorts of historical stuff
about Pasadena, sewing machines, automobiles, buildings, fashions from the
1920s, houses in which the people in the books might live, stars of the silent
screen, and lots and lots of other historical (1920s-era) stuff. It’s fun, and
if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-3229769696178553812019-11-30T13:41:00.001-08:002019-11-30T13:44:39.575-08:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
December 2019</h2>
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grief, another year is nearly over. How’d that happen so fast? How come, too,
the older you get, the faster time flies? It isn’t fair, dang it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the year hasn’t been a total loss. I got one new body part (shoulder) and had
two other surgeries. Well, one of them will happen the same day my next Daisy
book will be published, December 3. Therefore, since I’ll be in the hospital
undergoing pain and woe, I think everyone should be a bunch of sympathy copies
for friends and relations! Sound reasoning, right? Here’s the Amazon Kindle
Link:</span></span></div>
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publisher, ePublishing Works, is also republishing all my Mercy Allcutt books,
which I think is mighty nice of them. This is especially true since they’re
giving them absolutely <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">beautiful </i>new
covers, and it tells you right on the cover which book in the series it is. If
you click on this link and scroll down the page, you discover where to get all
the Mercy books (and the Daisy books, for that matter, although SCARLET SPIRITS
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attending physical therapy for my shoulder and feeling nominally better,
considering I’m older than dirt and honestly think I’ve lived plenty long
enough already. Not sure what to do about that, so guess I’ll just keep
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everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. Thanks to the photo below, which my younger
daughter, Robin, sent me, I’ve decided I’m spending next Thanksgiving at Robin
and Gilbert’s house in California. Since I had surgeries all year long, I didn’t
even get to visit California <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">once</i>
this year. I love visiting my family and friends in California, ding-bust-it! Anyway,
if Robin and Gilbert don’t want me to visit next Thanksgiving, too darned bad.
Robin shouldn’t have sent me this photo, huh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My
winner-picking wiener dog, Bam-Bam, who is getting really gray around the gills
(I hate it when my precious hounds begin showing signs of old age; because it’s
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i> difficult to lose them) selected
wieners of November’s book-giveaway. The following folks will receive copies of
ANGELS FLIGHT after I’ve recovered enough from my next surgery to get to the
post office:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mary Roraff<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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because he’s my favorite hound, here’s a picture of Bam-Bam himself:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At the end
of December, I’ll be giving away copies of SCARLET SPIRITS, so if you’d like to
chance winning a copy, please send me your name and home address at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">alice@aliceduncan.net</a>. If you’d prefer
an e-copy, please let me know which kind of device you use. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you
enjoy the Daisy and Mercy books, or if you’re just fascinated by the 1920s (as
I am), please feel free to join Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded the DAISY
DAZE Facebook page. On this page, people post all sorts of historical stuff
about Pasadena, sewing machines, automobiles, buildings, fashions from the
1920s, houses in which the people in the books might live, stars of the silent
screen, and lots and lots of other historical (1920s-era) stuff. It’s fun, and
if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to visit my web page (which I probably ought to update), here’s the link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . If you’d like to be
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Thank you. See you next year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-10684956026119100112019-10-31T13:16:00.000-07:002019-10-31T13:21:26.362-07:00<br />
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most exciting thing to happen (to me) in October was a visit from my grandson
and his wife and family. Dai, Emily, Andrew and Kasumi visited me for a couple
of days. Then Emily, Andrew and Kasumi flew back to North Carolina; and Dai
went off to the Middle East, where he’ll be stationed for nine months or so.
Emily claims he’s in the safest possible place to be in the Middle East, but I
don’t trust anything at all about the Middle East, so I aim to worry about him
until he gets home again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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photo of Andrew, who’s 14; me, who’s 73 and eleven-twelfths; and Kasumi, who’s
12. Aren’t we adorable? <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
black blurry thing at our feet is Cookie, my mixed terriorist. </span> To add to the loveliness, here’s a photo of Dai
and Emily at the White Sands Missile Range in Alamogordo, NM. Dai and Em have
been married for something like 17 years, and they still absolutely adore each
other. As someone who couldn’t stay married for more than five minutes, their
clear devotion to each other impresses me a whole lot. Em says it embarrasses
their kids, to which I say, “Excellent, and keep it up!”</span></span></div>
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most exciting thing to happen in October was getting the cover art for SCARLET
SPIRITS, which will be released in December of this year. I adore this cover,
which encapsulates some of what’s in the book. I’m adding a link to the Amazon
Kindle site, so you can pre-order it! What a lovely thought! Well, I think it
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more, the month of October saw the re-release of two of my Mercy Allcutt books,
LOST AMONG THE ANGELS and ANGELS FLIGHT! I adore the new covers for these
books. Nina Paules, one of the geniuses at ePublishing Works, creates them.
Love her covers. Here they are, and here’s a link to my ePW page, where you can
order ‘em for whatever e-reading device you have. Or buy a paperback! What the
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">More of
the Mercy books will be re-released in November and December.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As for me,
I’m not feeling as gloomy as I was a few weeks ago, when I anticipated living
the rest of my life in pain and poverty. Not a whole lot has changed about the
poverty thing, but at least, since my doctor recommended physical therapy and I’m
getting it, the pain won’t be as bad as I’d anticipated. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">According
to the X-rays, I now need my right hip replaced, which is an utter thrill, but
I’m holding off on that one (which will be major) until it starts hurting more
than it does now. Whoopee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My next
surgery (for the prolapsed rectum, which is totally disgusting) is set for December
3, although one never knows about these things, especially out here in the
Middle of Nowhere where communications between hospitals can be lost, misplaced
or abducted and probed by aliens. I can hardly wait. Such fun! Actually, it’s
not a heavy-duty surgery and pretty easily recovered-from, so that’s okay. Only
I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i> want to visit my family and
friends in California, but this year has been eaten up by surgeries of one sort
or another. Wish my stupid body parts would stop failing. My high-school
graduating class will celebrate its 57<sup>th</sup> reunion in October of 2020,
so maybe I’ll plan a trip for October. Or maybe not. I was nobody in high
school, so I don’t really know very many people. Actually <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i> remember most of them; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">they</i>
don’t remember <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">me</i>. Evidently I was
invisible in high school. And I wasn’t even all that short back then!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But enough
whining. The wieners of October’s giveaway of LOST AMONG THE ANGELS (selected by Bam-Bam, my winner-picking wiener dog) are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Peg Ghrist,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Elaine
Robertson, and<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cyndi
Barkley!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I don’t
yet have my author copies of LOST AMONG THE ANGELS, but as soon I receive them,
I’ll send copies to the three of you (or, if you want e-copies, I’ll get those
to you as soon as you tell me).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lemme see
now… What to give away at the end of November? Oh, I know! Copies of the new
edition of ANGELS FLIGHT! Brilliant decision on my part, by golly </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you
enjoy the Daisy and Mercy books, or if you’re just fascinated by the 1920s (I
know I am), please feel free to join Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded the DAISY
DAZE Facebook page. On this page, people post all sorts of historical stuff
about Pasadena, sewing machines, automobiles, buildings, fashions from the
1920s, houses in which the people in the books might live, stars of the silent
screen, and lots and lots of other historical (1920s-era) stuff. It’s fun, and
if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you’d
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">That’s it.
Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-81765748387752600042019-09-30T10:38:00.002-07:002019-09-30T10:38:38.101-07:00
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2019</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh, boy! Not only does Mercedes Louise Allcutt’s
first adventure, LOST AMONG THE ANGELS, come out in October (October 8, if
Amazon is to be believed), but my grandson and his family will visit me the
first week in October! Yippee! Haven’t seen them since around Christmas time in
2013. My great-grandchildren, Andrew and Kasumi, have grown a trifle since
then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After their visit, Daigoro (grandson, who is in
the army and has been for what seems like forever) will be deployed for a year.
He’s at Fort Bliss in El Paso at the moment, and then he’ll fly far, far away.
And be safe, god willin’ and the crick don’t rise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This is actually the second time LOST AMONG THE
ANGELS has been published. Five Star published it first, and now ePW is having
a go at it. Love the new covers for the Mercy books:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’ll probably have the year’s last surgery in
October, too. Not quite as excited about the surgery as I am aout seeing my family and a
book being republished, but at least my year of living surgically will be over.
Who knows what 2020 will bring besides a census, a lot of dogs, trying new
recipes, remaking oldies and goodies, and writing several books (I hope). The
latest x-rays of my various replaced body parts revealed that my right hip is
no longer being assisted by cartilage in carting me around, so it’ll have to be
replaced sometime or other, but I’m going to wait until it starts to hurt to
deal with it. Pretty soon I’ll be made of metal. I don’t, however, feel the
least bit bionic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Daisy Gumm Majesty’s next adventure (I think it’s
#15) will be published in December of this year. Wish I had the cover art; I’d
show it to you. I can, however, give you the Amazon Kindle link if you’d like
to pre-order it. Not that I’m greedy or anything, but it would be nice to make
a living. Gotta keep the hounds, semi-hound, Chihuahua and mixed terriorist in
kibble after all:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Spirits-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07L3KW12R/ref=sr_1_1?crid=297FPXDW3VZU&keywords=scarlet+spirits&qid=1569260869&s=digital-text&sprefix=scarlet+spirits%2Caps%2C189&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Click Here to Pre-Order SCARLET SPIRITS for your Kindle</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">By the way, in case you ever wondered about my
fur herd, here they are. This is from Christmas in 2018:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jazzy (the Beautiful Blue Wiener and Queen of
all She Surveys) is sniffing my shoulder; Scrappy (the Chihuahua) is looking to
escape; Bam-Bam, my winner-picking wiener dog, is appalled that I actually
picked him up (he spent his first couple of years in a puppy mill and has never
quite recovered); Cookie, the mixed terriorist, is checking out Scrappy’s ear
to see if she needs to take a bite out the one she hasn’t already nibbled; and
Bella-the-Biter (semi-wiener), with whom I have deep, meaningful conversations
from time to time, just looks kind of confused. I also taught Bella to
high-five. First dog I’ve taught a trick to since I was in the fifth grade or
thereabouts. Most of the dogs who have lived with me have taught <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">me</i> tricks. Oh, and that’s me in the
background. In other words, life as usual, but I still need to feed the herd!
So buy a book or two, 'kay? Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I apologize profusely for not getting in touch with
all the people who won copies of the audio edition of DARK SPIRITS, narrated by
Denice Stradling, who makes a great Daisy. She’s working on SPIRITS ONSTAGE
now. I love that book (ONSTAGE, I mean. I was appalled by Daisy’s bratty
behavior in DARK SPIRITS, truth to tell). I will attempt to justify my
procrastination soon. Haven’t been feeling tippy-toppy recently. I’ll get over
it, whatever it is. Or I won’t. And then all my troubles will be over! I think
there’s an old spiritual with a similar title. Hmmm. Must look it up. Aha!
Found it. Peter, Paul and Mary dug it up out of the gospel-spiritual heap and
recorded it during the hectic 1960s-1970s: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38bHXC8drHc"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38bHXC8drHc</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Um, I’ll probably give away a couple of copies
of LOST AMONG THE ANGELS at the end of October, because… well, why not? If
you’d like to be entered into my giveaway for October, please send me an email
at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.ne</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">t</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, and I’ll toss your
name into Bam-Bam’s special doggie dish. Bam-Bam will select wieners at the end
of October.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anything else? Well, there’s always Daisy Daze.
I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and
Leon Fundenberger founded the DAISY DAZE Facebook page. On this page, people
post all sorts of historical stuff about Pasadena, sewing machines,
automobiles, buildings, fashions from the 1920s, houses in which the people in
the books might live, stars of the silent screen, and lots and lots of other
historical (1920s-era) stuff. It’s fun, and if you’d like to be a member, check
it out here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you’d like to visit my web page, here’s the
link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . If you’d like to be
Facebook friends, please go here: </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And I think that’s it. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-45418659649029256952019-09-01T13:14:00.002-07:002019-09-01T13:14:30.236-07:00
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">September
2019</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It’s been so danged long since I wrote a
newsletter, I almost don’t remember how to write one. What the heck. I’ll fake
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">First of all, the shoulder-replacement surgery
scheduled to be performed on May 20 got rescheduled for June 10 and then got
RE-rescheduled for July 8, when it actually took place. I now have a new left
shoulder, and it doesn’t hurt a whole lot anymore, although it aches
occasionally. The physical therapist said I wasn’t giving him enough to do,
bless his heart. Then there’s the surgeon. I can’t remember ever giving a man
as much pleasure (get your mind out of the gutter) as I have this orthopedic
surgeon. The first time he saw me, when he was looking at the X-rays of my
shoulder, he was positively <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thrilled</i>!
Said he’d never seen such hideous, wide-spread osteoarthritis on any patient
before (although I don’t have osteoporosis. Go figure). So happy to give him joy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Then, during my last visit with him, he was
thrilled again. Better, he had a student nurse with him, and he told her about
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gigantic</i> sac of synovial fluid on
my shoulder. He had to aspirate it the first time I visited him (which hurt
like heck), and he was happy as a lark as he explained to his student nurse,
“It was as big as a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cantaloupe</i>!”
Always glad to make people happy, you know? At any rate, the shoulder is
healing nicely, and I won’t make you look at a photograph of the surgery site.
I posted it on Facebook, and received reports of people screaming and fainting.
It’s just a long red scar now. It winds a bit. I mean, it’s not a straight
line. About six inches or so long. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">By the way, the first weekend after my shoulder
surgery, my perfectly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">angelic</i>
great-niece visited along with her perfectly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">angelic</i> son, and Sara (niece) made eggs Benedict for us! I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> eggs Benedict! That was so nice of
her! Sniffle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At any rate, I now have a metal ladder holding
my lumbar spine together, a metal left hip and a metal left shoulder. If I even
drive past an airport, alarms go off. Just kidding. Sort of. Every airport I’ve
been to since my hip was replaced has had a security person pat me down. Even
LAX, for Pete’s sake. Also, I learned that after a person hits the age of 75
(almost there, by golly) s/he doesn’t have to take her/his shoes off at the
airport. I consider this ageist, and I’d warn airports to beware of disgruntled
elderly people with regard to terrorism, if I ever did stuff like that. The
good Lord knows <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I’m</i> a disgruntled
elderly person. I hate being old. Think I’ve mentioned that before.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Also, I have to undergo one last surgery before
the end of the year. This next one will require me to have a colonoscopy (wheeeee!)
first. The surgery itself is of a rather delicate, personal nature, and I don’t
want to think about it, much less talk about it. Oh, what the heck. I have a
prolapsed rectum, and it has to be repaired. I had to have this same surgery
two years ago, and I think it’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">totally</i>
unfair that it has to be re-done. Grumble.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My army-medic grandson has been deployed (again)
for a year. He’s already served two tours in Iraq. This means his kids, Andrew
and Kasumi; and his wife, Emily, will be left to deal with life without him for
the duration. Ah, well. He volunteered for this. Unfortunately, Emily has to
take care of her senile mother as well as the kids while Dai’s gone. Life could
be a whole lot easier for Emily if it only wanted to be, but life seldom seems
to cooperate with anyone in my family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">However, there is some good news in the book
department. First of all, ePublishing Works is going to republish all my Mercy
Allcutt books (set in Los Angeles, CA, in the 1920s), and I’ll be writing more
of them. What’s more, they’ve given the books<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">smashingly</i> gorgeous covers, and the
chapter headings are downright adorable. Look here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Daisy Gumm Majesty’s next book, SCARLET SPIRITS,
will be published this coming October (I think), and I’ve already begun the
next book. Must think of a new Mercy plot, too. I took a fairly giant plunge
and have stopped editing books for Five Star’s Frontier Fiction line. I loved
reading all those wonderful westerns, but boy, editing is hard on the old
eyeballs. I swear, I had permanent, painful eyestrain while editing. Plus, I’ll
have to write more books, and editing takes up too much time. Just hope I can
make enough money to keep the dogs in kibble and me in potatoes and onions.
Maybe cheese, too. Rice. Beans. You know. Cheap, nutritious stuff. Well, I
don’t know about the cheese, but life wouldn’t be worth living without cheese,
so what the heck. Plus, I don’t have all <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i>
many years left to me, and I’ll be dinged if I’ll allow old age to rob me of even
one more of the things I used to love to do and/or eat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’ll be in touch individually with all the
people who won copies of the audio edition of DARK SPIRITS, narrated by Denice
Stradling, who makes a great Daisy. She’s working on SPIRITS ONSTAGE now. I
love that book (ONSTAGE, I mean. I was appalled by Daisy’s bratty behavior in
DARK SPIRITS, truth to tell).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lemme see. What should I give away at the end of
September? Beats me (and it hurts). If you’d like to be entered into my
giveaway for September, please send me an email at </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.ne</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">t</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, and I’m sure I’ll have figured out which book
to send you by then. In fact, send in a request. If you win (and I have a copy
of the book) you’ll get that one.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Um, anything else? Well, there’s always Daisy
Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> Daisy Daze. Iris Evans
and Leon Fundenberger founded the DAISY DAZE Facebook page. On this page,
people post all sorts of historical stuff about Pasadena, sewing machines,
fashions from the 1920s, houses in which the people in the books might live,
stars of the silent screen, and lots and lots of other historical (1920s-era)
stuff. It’s fun, and if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you’d like to visit my web page, here’s the
link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . And if you’d like to
be Facebook friends, please go here: </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And I do believe that’s all I have to say for
the month. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-18180332225212688982019-06-30T13:22:00.002-07:002019-06-30T13:22:44.506-07:00
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">JULY 2019</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">As usually
happens, nothing went as planned in my life during the months of May and June.
The surgery to replace my left shoulder scheduled for May 20 got rescheduled
for June 10 and then got re-rescheduled for July 8. As far as I know, my left shoulder
will be replaced on July 8.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Heaven only
knows how long it’ll take to recover from that surgery, but I aim to take full
advantage of any down-time. My darling niece, Sara, will be coming from
Portales for a couple days to help me out while I’m one-handed, and my dogs
will be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so pleased</i> to have me
sprawled out on the sofa for a week or two instead of sitting at the computer
all day, every day. At least I hope they will be. They keep telling me I need
to spend more time with them. No, really. They do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Anyway, DARK
SPIRITS, the audiobook, is still not up and ready on Audible for reasons too
numerous to mention (although they include having to pry a book cover from the
source, ACX being dilatory, and everything just going more or less sideways).
However, Denice Stradling did a splendid job reading it, as she does all my
Daisy books, and it <em>will </em>be available soon. Then I’ll give away copies as soon
as my new shoulder heals. Since I don’t know who the winners of free copies
will be at this moment, if you’d like to enter my giveaway for it, feel free.
Just send me your name and email address at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">alice@aliceduncan.net</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">There’s really
not a whole lot left to write about at the moment, so I’ll merely post a
picture of the DARK SPIRITS cover and go away for a while:</span></div>
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I'd add a link here if I had one. Sighhhhhhh.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Um, anything
else? Well, there’s always Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i>
Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded the DAISY DAZE Facebook
page. On this page, people post all sorts of historical stuff about Pasadena,
sewing machines, entertainment and fashions from the 1920s, houses in which the people in the
books might live, and lots and lots of other historical (1920s-era) stuff. It’s
fun, and if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If you’d like to
visit my web page, here’s the link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> . And if you’d like to be Facebook
friends, please go here: </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I think that’s
it! Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-26892181994351563272019-04-30T08:15:00.000-07:002019-04-30T08:15:17.757-07:00
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">MAY 2019</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">May, 2019, might
well be an interesting month! Not only am I scheduled to get my left shoulder
replaced on May 20 (although this date might be pushed back some, depending on whether
the hospital ever calls to schedule the CT-scan the surgeon claims he needs in
order to create a map of my shoulder. Guess he’ll use the map and his scalpel
at the same time or something. Ew), but the brilliant and talented folks at ePW
will publish another Daisy Gumm Majesty box set on May 7! Not only <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i>, but they’ve renumbered the entire
series so that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SPIRITS REVIVED</b>, the
true seventh book in the series, will no longer have the number #6 1/2 on its
cover. In other words, Brian and Nina Paules are going to a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">colossal</i> amount of trouble for Daisy’s
sake, and I appreciate them enormously. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The new box set
will contain <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SPIRITS REVIVED</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DARK SPIRITS</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SPIRITS ONSTAGE</b>. I’m particularly fond of the last one, because in
it Daisy gets to play the mean and nasty villainess, Katisha, from Gilbert and
Sullivan’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE MIKADO</b>. Daisy, who
has to be nice and polite even to the silliest and most frustrating of her
clients (she’s a fake spiritualist-medium, if you haven’t read the books)
relishes the opportunity to be awful and not get scolded for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Here’s the newly
minted link for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SPIRITS REVIVED</b>,
which will have #7 on its cover (although it doesn’t yet). If you follow me on
Facebook, I’ll give everyone the skinny as it happens. I’ll also post the link
to the new box set when I get it: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spirits-Revived-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07PQSSJNF/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=spirits+revived+alice+duncan&qid=1556481564&s=digital-text&sr=1-2-fkmrnull" target="_blank">SPIRITS REVIVED<o:p></o:p></a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The recently
released<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> SHAKEN SPIRITS</b> features not
merely Daisy, Sam, Peggy and Joe Gumm, and Aunt Viola Gumm, but a relic from
Peter Brandvold’s books (Peter Brandvold is a best-selling western writer whom
I met when I edited his books for Five Star). Mean Pete kindly allowed me to
borrow Lou Prophet who, in his salad days, was a rip-snorting, hard-drinking,
womanizing, deadly bounty hunter. By the time he ends up in Pasadena,
California, in 1925, he’s… well, not. But he’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so much fun</i> to write; I hope Mean Pete allows me to keep him
forever. Here’s the link for SHAKEN SPIRITS, should you feel inclined to have
some fun with Daisy and the gang:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shaken-Spirits-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07B6GRK4Y/ref=pd_sim_351_2/146-6946003-6876360?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07B6GRK4Y&pd_rd_r=251f33f1-69f0-11e9-bef6-397a2872612d&pd_rd_w=AmiNH&pd_rd_wg=TGzH3&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=BX2SZFTGKE6EN2VBM8B2&psc=1&refRID=BX2SZFTGKE6EN2VBM8B2" target="_blank">SHAKEN SPIRITS</a></strong></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Not only that</span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">, but the immensely talented Denice
Stradling, who has been narrating my Daisy books for audio, has finished
reading DARK SPIRITS, and it should be available soon! I’m listening to it now,
and I’ve never known Daisy to be as downright insufferable as she is in this
book. On the other hand, she’s dealing with the Ku Klux Klan, so perhaps she
should be forgiven a few lapses into snarliness. I’m kinda sorry I made her so
obnoxious, although I didn’t notice this trait when I was writing the book.
Must have been in a bad mood or something. Anyway, here’s the cover art, and
I’ll post a link on my Facebook page when the audiobook is available for
purchase. If you’re interested in reading Daisy as an unspeakable brat, here’s
the Kindle link:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Also, Wolfpack
continues to republish every single one of my back-list books! This is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i> kind of them! The Pack is beginning
with the Pecos Valley series, a series I aim to continue once I finally finish
editing all the books I have to edit and am able to return my attention to
writing. These books are mega-fun for me because they’re set right here where I
live (darn it) in Roswell, New Mexico. However, because I didn’t fancy being
sued or anything, I changed the name of the town to Rosedale, although a whole
lot of the stuff you’ll read about in the books comes from stories my mommy
told me. My mother was born right here in Roswell, NM, in 1913. Shoot, that’s
more than a hundred years ago! Does that mean I’m old? Oh, dear. I fear it
does. Anyway, here they are in order.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">After Wolfpack
republishes the Pecos Valley books, they’ll move on to the “Meet Me at the
Fair” series, which are fun. They take place at the 1893 World’s Columbian
Exposition in Chicago (the Chicago World’s Fair, in other words). I’m really
happy that my early books will be back in print soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Because I’m not
sure I’ll be able to move my arms much by the end of May, I do believe I’ll forgo
a book giveaway at the end of this month. However, I’ll gather names and
addresses for June’s giveaway, if you’re interested. I think I’ll give away
audio copies of DARK SPIRITS. What the heck, huh? Anyway, if you’d like to
enter (and please remember Bam-Bam won’t be munching up names from his special
contest doggie dish until the end of June), just send an email to </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">According to
Bam-Bam, who is a special dog and extremely dear to my heart (he was bred and
grew up in a puppy mill in Big Spring, Texas, and never quite learned how to be
a dog), the wieners of copies of PECOS VALLEY DIAMOND are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Brenda
Williamson (I’ll be happy to send it to your P.O. box), Sue Farell and Vickie
Shaw! Congratulations, ladies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Confession time:
I had carpal-tunnel surgery in early April and didn’t get my March books sent
out before the surgery. Therefore, I’ll send them soon. Promise. And I
apologize!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Um, what else?
Well, there’s always Daisy Daze. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i>
Daisy Daze. Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded the DAISY DAZE Facebook
page. On this page, people post all sorts of historical stuff about Pasadena,
sewing machines, fashions from the 1920s, houses in which the people in the
books might live, and lots and lots of other historical (1920s-era) stuff. It’s
fun, and if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If you’d like to
visit my web page, here’s the link: </span><a href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=ede803b670&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> . And if you’d like to be Facebook
friends, please go here: </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: black;">I think that’s
it! Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Yippee! PECOS VALLEY DIAMOND will be
published in early April! Here’s the lovely cover art and a pre-order link. I’m
really excited about the re-birth (well, re-publication, anyway) of my entire
inventory of back-list novels. As I think I mentioned in another blog, I’m not
accustomed to good things happening to what I laughingly call my writing
career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">The Pecos Valley books are dear to my heart. My mother’s family moved from
Georgetown, Texas, to Roswell, New Mexico, in the early 1900s. In fact, my
maternal grandmother bought the property upon which my house sits in 1903! Most
of the things I describe about Rosedale, New Mexico, are stories I heard from
my mom.<br />
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By the way, my maternal grandmother was born in Switzerland. Her family
immigrated to the USA before Ellis Island was the incoming destination for
immigrants. I think her family docked at the Battery. Her ship also hit an
iceberg on its way from England (departure point for all of Europe, I guess) to
New York. My grandmother was so seasick, she wanted the ship to sink, but I’m
kinda glad it didn’t. Don’t know her feelings on the matter. The <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Titanic</span></em> disaster disturbed her a
lot, even though <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Titanic</span></em> hit that
iceberg about thirty years after her own ship collided with its berg.<br />
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Anywho, until she was an adult, my maternal grandmother believed her last name
to be Ischy, because the man whom she regarded as her father was named
Christian Ischy. It wasn’t until she grew up and wanted to get married (to a
fellow named Daugherty) that her mother admitted that the father of my
grandmother, Emma, and her sister, Lina, was a gent named Krieg. Only she
didn’t seem to consider him a gent. Emma Krieg (or Craig, which is the name I
used for several of my earlier novels) died before I was born, but she used to
tell my mother (Wilma Rachel Wilson, which explains another of my pseudonyms)
the only thing her mother told <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">her </span></em>(Emma)
about her father was that he was a “wonderful musician.” I used to weave
romantic fancies when I was a kid about my great-grandfather being some famous
old-time composer, but I couldn’t find any who were Swiss. Maybe Franz Liszt
visited Switzerland a time or two? Frederic Chopin? Hope to heaven it wasn’t
Richard Wagner!!!! In reality, he was probably a championship yodeler or
something.<br />
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Oh, and my maternal grandmother married William Jones Wilson when she became a
widow. Her first husband, the Daugherty in question, died of tuberculosis after
they’d been married less than a year. My maternal grandfather died two days
after my mother was born, so poor Emma was left to rear five of her own
children and, I think, something like six kids from Will's prior marriage to
his first wife, Emma’s best friend, on her own. At least she had a vocation:
seamstress. I still have the mirror upon which eager brides-to-be would scrape
their rings in order to see if they were real diamonds. That mirror holds
scratches from lovesick maidens of yore, by golly!</span></div>
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Anybody confused yet? My father’s family is <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">so much</span></em>
easier to trace. Oh, well.<br />
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By the way, according to an author friend of mine who lives in Georgetown,
Texas, there are still Ischys running around all 0ver the place there. I guess
technically we aren’t related, but what the heck. Here's a photo of my
grandmother and her children. This picture was probably taken in 1920 or
thereabouts, and Emma was maybe 49 years old. Left to right are Bill Wilson,
Maren Wilson (who owned the house I gave to Mrs. Bissel in my Daisy Gumm
Majesty books), Jesse Lee "Red" Wilson, Wilma (Mom to me) and Adolph Wilson.
Rough life:</span></div>
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So… as for the rest of my life, things are pretty much back to normal, as
normality relates to me personally. Not only did I have to replace my
refrigerator in February, but March also provoked a call to an electrician and
one to my very favorite plumber of all time. This favoritism is probably
because I have to call him so often, and we’ve become pals. Good thing he’s a
nice guy, because I think I supported his family last year.<br />
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And now for the medical issues. I already knew I’d have to have carpal-tunnel
surgery on my right wrist. Had similar surgery on the left one last year;
easy-peasy. Right wrist’s surgery’s scheduled for April 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.<br />
<br />
In the not-so-easy category is my left shoulder. Blasted thing has been hurting
like heck for months. So I figured I’d probably torn the rotator cuff or
something. Ha! I should be so lucky.<br />
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On Friday, March 29, I went to see Dr. Bryant, who fixed my left wrist last
year. This time I wanted him to look at my wonky left shoulder. So he had his
tech take X-rays. I think he was the only person happy with the results.<br />
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Honest to dog, he was positively THRILLED when he went through those X-rays!
First one: "Wow!" Second one: "Will you look at this!"
Third one: "This is amazing!" Evidently most people with shoulders
like mine can't move their arms at all. Medical miracle here. Oh, and it’s not
a rotator-cuff injury. It’s pure-D osteoarthritis. No cartilage between the
socket and the ball joint. He then aspirated about a quart of some kind of
fluid that shouldn’t have been in my shoulder (telling his nurse, “Wow, look at
this! You don’t see <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">this</span></em> very often!
I sure wish a med student was here so I could show them this procedure!”). I <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">live</span></em> to give joy to surgeons.
Anyhow, whatever parts need replacement will be replaced as soon as I recover
from the carpal-tunnel thing.<br />
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Funniest thing he said, however, is that he's never seen such terrible,
widespread osteoarthritis in a person as young as I! He called me <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">young</span></em>! Peter Brandvold, who should
know better, asked if he was speaking in tortoise years. But I’ve got two of
his book under my personal editorial control, so he’d just better be nice to
me. If possible. Can’t expect too much from that source, I reckon.<br />
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What else to report? Poor little Jazzy has been having ear problems. She began shaking
her ear as if one or both ears were itching. So I called my vet only to learn
HIS OFFICE WAS CLOSED UNTIL APRIL FIRST!!!! How <em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">dare</span></em> they be closed when Jazzy needs them? Besides, Dr.
Smith is the only veterinarian in Roswell whom I trust. Another vet murdered my
wonderful, sweet, darling Bella; another one ripped me off for too many
hundreds of dollars; and, well… never mind.<br />
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So, since I didn’t know what else to do, I called Jazzy’s Founding Father,
Jacob Torres. Jacob found her running along the highway to Ruidoso, collarless,
tagless and chipless, so he picked her up. He intended to keep her, but Jazzy
proved too much for him, so he gave her to me and took up the breeding and
showing of long-haired Chihuahuas. Jacob told me to bring her in, so I did.<br />
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He cleaned out her ears, having found a little ear wax build-up. But Jazzy
began shaking her head again today, and now her ears (or maybe only one of
them) hurt. So I’ll try Dr. Smith again on Monday, the day I have to
pre-register for carpal-tunnel surgery. And I have 597 books to edit and 7,000
of my own books being re-published any old day now. Life always picks the least
convenient times to go wrong, you know?<br />
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Here's Jazzy, the Beautiful Blue Wiener and Queen of All She Surveys. She's
gorgeous, and her head's full of cotton fluff. And she doesn't care! She also doesn't really have green eyes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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But enough of that. Bam-Bam has chosen wieners of March’s book-giveaway. They
are:<br />
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Sue D’Amico, who wins a copy of UNSETTLED SPIRITS,<br />
Kristie Dilcher, who wins a copy of SPIRITS UNITED,<br />
And Kathleen Lauri-Lewis wins a copy of SPIRITS UNEARTHED!<br />
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Congratulations, ladies! I’ll get your books to you as soon as I can.<br />
At the end of April, I’ll be giving away a few copies of PECOS VALLEY DIAMOND!
Providing I can use my left shoulder then. But don’t worry. I’ll get ‘em sent
somehow or other.<br />
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My Daisy publisher, ePublishing Works, has also set up a pre-order page on <a data-cke-saved-href="http://Amazon.com" href="http://amazon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Amazon.com</span></a>
for SCARLET SPIRITS, the next Daisy book, which will be published in the fall
of 2019. Yay, me! Haven’t a clue what the cover will look like, but here’s the
Kindle link if you have a burning desire to pre-order it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded a Facebook page called DAISY DAZE just
for posting stuff from the 1920s that Daisy Gumm Majesty and her family might
have used or seen or gone to or shopped at. It’s fun, and if you’d like to be a
member, check it out here: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" href="https://aliceduncan.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79093b8e8b1b1b6af2bdd21c5&id=3ad14e3bb9&e=0a55a0c9e3" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></a>
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I think that’s it! Thank you<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-78306690588219288062019-01-31T13:24:00.000-08:002019-01-31T13:26:12.482-08:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
February 2019</h2>
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Mercy
sakes, January’s over. That happened fast, didn’t it? The coming month will
feature the eleventh birthday of my great-granddaughter, Kasumi. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That</i> happened fast, too. I remember
visiting my grandson and his family shortly after Sumi’s birth, when they lived
in Kansas. And now Sumi’s turning eleven. Worse, Andrew, her older brother, is
going to be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fourteen</i> in May! Well, I
don’t mean worse precisely, but I have almost-grown great-grandchildren, and
that makes me feel old, which is only right since I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">am</i> old. So I’m trying to remember my age in order to minimize
falls, etc. I’m not used to being old, and I don’t like it. Too bad. So sad.
Sigh.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But
enough of that. SHAKEN SPIRITS was released in January, which made me happy.
People seem to appreciate the addition of Lou Prophet to Daisy and her gang.
Old Lou is extremely fun to write, so I hope Peter Brandvold (who created him
and writes about Lou when he was in his salad days) lets me keep him. So please
go out and buy several copies! You know. For gifts and stuff. Here’s the cover
and the Kindle link:</div>
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Also,
if you want to read about Lou Prophet when he was a young, vigorous,
womanizing, hard-drinking bounty hunter and still had two legs, please go and
buy several copies of BLOOD AT SUNDOWN, too. It’s a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">great</i> read, in my not-very-humble opinion. Here’s the cover and
Kindle link for BLOOD, too. Hmm. That title doesn’t shorten awfully well, does
it? But it’s a good book!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sundown-Prophet-Bounty-Hunter-ebook/dp/B07BVGKNNX/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1548969909&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+at+sundown+peter+brandvold" target="_blank"><strong>Buy BLOOD AT SUNDOWN for your Kindle</strong></a></div>
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My Daisy
publisher, ePublishing Works, has also set up a pre-order page on Amazon.com
for SCARLET SPIRITS, the next Daisy book, which I just finished writing. Yay,
me! Haven’t a clue what the cover will look like, but here’s the Kindle link if
you have a burning desire to pre-order it:</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Spirits-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07L3KW12R/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1546119761&sr=1-1&keywords=scarlet+spirits+alice+duncan" target="_blank"><strong>Buy SCARLET SPIRITS for your Kindle</strong></a></div>
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Two
extremely good things regarding what I laughing call my writing career happened
in January, although I’m afraid I’ll jinx myself if I write about them here.
But what the heck. If I’m jinxed, I’m jinxed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
first extremely good thing was that Five Star <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">finally</i> relinquished the rights to Daisy’s actual seventh
adventure, SPIRITS REVIVED. Therefore, ePublishing Works (run by the fabulous Nina
and Brian Paules) are going to reprint the whole series and number them
correctly! That means the books will follow one another in a logical sequence, SPIRITS
REVIVED will be #7, and the rest of the books will be numbered accordingly. I’m
so happy about this I could squeal, but I don’t want to scare the dogs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
second extremely good thing to happen is that a person who hates to be thanked
for anything and whose name I won’t mention here (Peter Brandvold. Okay, so I
lied) told me about a publisher called Wolfpack run by a fellow named Mike
Bray. Mean Pete suggested I send an email to Mike Bray with “Mean Pete Sent Me”
in the subject line. So I did and included a list of all the books I’ve written
(around 60-something). Mike Bray got back to me and said he’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">extremely</i> interested in re-packaging and
re-publishing my entire back-list (the ones to which I own the rights, I mean)!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wow.
It would be spectacularly nice to make some money on books I wrote way back
when, and I’m super-excited about this possibility. Wolfpack will probably
begin by re-publishing either the Pecos Valley historical cozy mystery series
(beginning with PECOS VALLEY DIAMOND, and going on through PECOS VALLEY REVIVAL
and PECOS VALLEY RAINBOW) and starring Annabelle Blue; or my post-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titanic</i>-disaster series, featuring three
women who survived the sinking of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titanic</i>.
The books in order are A PERFECT STRANGER, A PERFECT ROMANCE (my personal
favorite), and A PERFECT WEDDING. All three books feature Loretta Linden, a
fabulously wealthy San Francisco woman who is devoted to helping everyone
around her, whether they want her help or not.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
bitter truth about the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titanic</i> series
is that I totally <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">loathed</i> writing the
first book (A PERFECT WEDDING). That’s because I thought Daisy Gumm Majesty was
dead and floating belly-up in the goldfish bowl of publishing, and I only
wanted to write more Daisy books. I got over it and enjoyed writing the second
and third books. It probably helped a whole lot that Daisy got a new lease on
life, thanks to Five Star. And now ePublishing Works has done a totally <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fabulous</i> job on the Daisy series. In
fact (this is embarrassing to admit, but what the heck), ePW is the very first
publisher I’ve ever had (and my books have been published by most of them) that
has ever made any money for me. I love Nina and Brian!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Very
well then, let’s get to the important stuff. The people who won copies of
SHAKEN SPIRITS are: Meredith Hillenbrand, Tammy Corcoran (who lives in
Minnesota, poor frozen thing), and Teena Stambaugh (who lives in Ohio. Not sure
what the weather’s like there). I’ll get your books to you as soon as I can get
to the post office, ladies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As
for books I’ll be giving away at the end of February, lemme think for a minute.
Okay, I’ll give away a copy of PECOS VALLEY REVIVAL, a copy of FALLEN ANGELS
and a copy of SIERRA RANSOM. SIERRA is an historical romance novel, but it’s
pretty good anyway. Due to the high cost of postage, I’ll only be able to send physical
books to people residing in the USA. However, if you live in a far-off place
and win, I’ll be happy to send you an ebook (Kindle or Nook).</div>
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Iris
Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded a Facebook page called DAISY DAZE just for
posting stuff from the 1920s that Daisy Gumm Majesty and her family might have
used or seen or gone to or shopped at. It’s fun, and if you’d like to be a
member, check it out here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></a> . <br />
<br />
If you’d like to visit my web page,
here’s the link: <a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a> . And if you’d like to be Facebook
friends, please go here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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I
think that’s it! Thank you!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-54976628747467677792018-12-31T17:51:00.002-08:002018-12-31T18:09:58.213-08:00<br />
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2019????</h2>
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When
I was a kid, I once calculated how old I’d be in the year 2000. I couldn’t even
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">imagine</i> being fifty-four years old!
Well, guess what? I not only achieved the astounding age of fifty-four, but
have surpassed it. I’ll be seventy-four at the end of November, 2019. This
would be totally unbelievable to the kid I used to be. Unfortunately, these
days, it’s not only believable but real. Not quite sure how I feel about it,
although I do know I’m not handling the aging process gracefully. In fact, I
resent the heck out of it, for all the good that does.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At
any rate, I’m sure I’m not the only person in the world who’s happy to see the
end of 2018. It wasn’t a great year for lots of us. Personally, I was deathly
sick during much of the early part of the year, bronchitis and sinusitis
finally deafening me completely in my right ear and destroying my vocal chords.
Since singing was about the only thing I liked to do that I still <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">could</i> do, this wasn’t a happifying outcome
for me. I re-joined the Methodist choir I used to sing with anyway because …
well, why not? Of all the things I’ve lost as I’ve aged, including four inches,
my left hip (which has been replaced by a metal one), the ability to run,
dance, walk long distances, cook huge feasts, and sing, the thing I miss most
is my voice. Too bad; so sad; la-di-dah. The only thing I can do now that I
couldn’t do when I was younger is set off alarms at airports. Since Roswell,
NM, is a relatively small place, the airport doesn’t have X-ray equipment, so I
always get patted down before I board an airplane. Heck, they had to pat me
down at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, too, since the X-ray only went so far.
Only women security folks are allowed to pat down female passengers, so even
that’s boring.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However,
I attended my—gulp!—55<sup>th</sup> high-school reunion in October and had a
whole lot more fun than I expected to have! I wasn’t a big kid on campus, and
that’s not counting the fact that I was only 5’2” tall (I’m even shorter now).
But I managed to reconnect with two women with whom I used to play flute in the
Eliot Jr. High School Band (Altadena, CA). It is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so good</i> to have Phyllis McKown and Janet Levine Goldberg in my life
again!<o:p></o:p></div>
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As
soon as I left California, the entire state went up in flames. The Woolsey Fire
got to within a mile or so to my younger daughter and her husband. That fire began
in Thousand Oaks the day after that monster murdered so many people at the
Borderline Bar and Grill. Fortunately, neither my daughter nor the
above-mentioned Janet Goldberg was burned out, but lots of people weren’t so
lucky. The Camp and Hill Fires in Northern California were even more
destructive. I love my home state and really wish it didn’t have so many fires.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Both
of my wrists needed surgery to repair problems associated with carpal-tunnel
syndrome. Got the left wrist done. Still have to have surgery on the right,
because stuff intervened to make having that wrist fixed in 2018 impossible. I
aim to get that done in 2019.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Had
a serious bout of colitis, too. Spent a hideous five hours at the local ER, and
eventually lost ten pounds I didn’t exactly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">need</i>
to lose, but what the heck. A woman can never be too rich or too skinny, right?
I’m still waiting for the rich part of that equation to catch up with me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I
lost my problem child, Giblett, this year. I mourn Giblett, although he was kind
of a monster dog. Still, he came to me after being abandoned in a home where a
murder-suicide had been committed, so I cut him some slack. Poor Gibbles was so
scared when he first came to me, he refused to leave his crate. He got over
that problem a little too quickly for my taste. Still, I miss him, even if he
did take every opportunity he could find to bite the heck out of me. Here he is, doing his favorite thing: destroying and unstuffing fluffy squeaky toys. </div>
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The
House of Howling Hounds (and fluff) was enriched this year by another dog,
Bella-the-Biter, who came to me via a lovely woman in Albuquerque. Bella has
wild, squinchy eyes; a little pink nose; a furrowed brow and origami ears. She
doesn’t bite as many people as she used to, which is a good thing. It’s also a
good thing not too many strangers visit my house, because I really don’t need
to be sued because Bella bit someone. Oddly, Bella is the only one of my five
dogs who worships me the way I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">should</i>
be worshiped. Wish I could convince other humans and canines of this pertinent
fact. Oh, well.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The
rest of my herd remains well. Bam-Bam is still scared to death of anyone in the
universe who isn’t me (and so many people aren’t, you know?). Jazzy remains a
Beautiful Blue Wiener and Queen of All She Surveys. Scrappy, the friendliest
Chihuahua on the face of the earth, is well and healthy, although he’s getting
really gray around the gills.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cookie,
my mixed terriorist, is well, although she suffered a terrible attack by a
neighbor’s dog right before Christmas. She’s okay now, and my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wonderful</i> veterinarian, Dr. Charles
Smith, charged me virtually nothing to fix her. He kept her two nights in his
hospital, sedated her, shaved her, flushed out her wounds, sutured them, sent
her home with a bottle of pain pills and a bottle of antibiotics—and the
saintly man charged me a piddly few bucks. I can’t think of another
veterinarian in the world who would do such a kind thing. I took him and his
staff two dozen tamales (a dozen red and a dozen green) from El Charro which,
according to the guy who cuts my hair, is the best place in Roswell to get
them. It was a very small thank-you for taking such good care of Cookie, and
two dozen tamales doesn’t cover a fraction of the gratitude I feel for those
folks. Not only that, but the woman whose dog attacked Cookie, came by today and
reimbursed me! How often does something like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i> happen?<o:p></o:p></div>
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In
2018, many of my friends were diagnosed with ghastly diseases, from cancer to
scleroderma to lupus. In fact, my older daughter, Anni, was just diagnosed with
lupus. Because the only person I knew whom I knew had lupus(if that makes
sense) died of the fell disease in the 1970s, I thought a diagnosis of lupus
was an automatic death sentence. I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ever</i>
so glad to know I was mistaken! Lupus won’t be a lot of fun for Anni, but it
can be dealt with. Whew!<o:p></o:p></div>
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A
few good things happened. Peter Brandvold gave me his character, Lou Prophet,
to play with. By the time he came to me, Lou was old, weathered, cranky and
one-legged, having lost one leg in an accident when one of the floozies he was
with drove a car loaded with bootleg liquor off a cliff in Santa Monica. Lou
was the only one who survived the accident, although one of his legs didn’t and
had to be replaced by a peg. Boy, did I have a fun time with Lou Prophet!
Although Mean Pete <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hates</i> it when I
thank him for giving me Lou (even though he waited until Lou had one foot in
the grave and the other … well, a peg), I thank him anyway. I’m madly working
on finishing SCARLET SPIRITS, which will be my second Daisy Gumm Majesty book
containing Lou Prophet. Lou kinda stole SHAKEN SPIRITS, Daisy’s upcoming
adventure, but that’s okay by me. I love Lou.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Speaking
of SHAKEN SPIRITS, the paper book will be released on January 1, and the ebook
will be available on January 15! What’s more, you can begin leaving reviews for
same on January first! That’s just a teensy hint. Reviews are important to
authors. If an author’s book gets enough reviews, bookstores like Amazon and
Barnes & Noble will actually recommend it to people! So leave a review!
Heck, leave several reviews! I’d appreciate it a whole lot, and so would Daisy,
Sam, Lou Prophet and Spike the Dachshund! Here’s a link: </div>
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<strong><a href="https://ebookdiscovery.lpages.co/aliceduncandaisygummbook13excerpt/" target="_blank">Order SHAKEN SPIRITS for anything</a></strong></div>
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My
wonderful publisher, ePublishing Works, has also set up a pre-order page on
Amazon.com for SCARLET SPIRITS! I don’t have the cover art yet, but here’s a
link if you’d like to pre-order it. I’m buzzing right along with it and should
have it finished shortly after the first of the year, thank <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">goodness</i>! And then my reward will be to
write another book! There seems something slightly askew about this picture,
but I’m not quite sure what it is:</div>
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<strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Spirits-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07L3KW12R/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1546307266&sr=1-1&keywords=scarlet+spirits" target="_blank">Pre-Order SCARLET SPIRITS for your Kindle</a></strong></div>
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Okay,
down to the good stuff. Emily Newman wins a hardback copy of HIGH SPIRITS, Joy
Isley wins a hardback copy of HUNGRY SPIRITS, and Nancy DeLoera Arellano wins a
copy of ANGELS OF MERCY! The last book is a trade paperback (which means it’s a
largish paperback). It’s my only self-published book (so far), but I like it
anyway.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now.
Since SHAKEN SPIRITS will be released in January, I’ll give away a few copies
of it at the end of the month. If you’d like to enter, just send me your name
and address: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: blue;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a> . Due to the high cost of postage, I’ll
only be able to send physical books to people residing in the USA. However, if
you live in a far-off place and win, I’ll be happy to send you an ebook (Kindle
or Nook).</div>
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I
think that’s it! Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger founded a Facebook page
called DAISY DAZE just for posting stuff from the 1920s that Daisy Gumm Majesty
and her family might have used or seen or gone to or shopped at. It’s fun, and
if you’d like to be a member, check it out here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/</span></a> . If you’d like to visit my web page,
here’s the link: <a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a> . And if you’d like to be Facebook
friends, please go here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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In
the mean time, HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US. We are, in order from left to
right (more or less) Jazzy, Bam-Bam, Bella, me, Cookie and Scrappy!</div>
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December? Whew!</h2>
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<span>Well, blow me down with a gentle
breeze, another year’s nearly bitten the dust. They seem to fly by faster and
faster, the older I get. That doesn’t seem fair somehow. Ah, well. Such is
life.</span><br />
<br />
<span>However, I can show you the
great cover for SHAKEN SPIRITS (created by the brilliant and talented Nina
Paules), Daisy Gumm Majesty’s… Oh, Lord. Here we go again. This is Daisy’s 14<sup>th</sup>
adventure into publishing, but the book cover says the book is her 13<sup>th</sup>.
As I’ve often mentioned before, the actual 7<sup>th</sup> book (SPIRITS
REVIVED) is one for which I haven’t yet been able to get the e-rights back.
Therefore, as an audiobook, SPIRITS REVIVED is #6½. When it comes out in print
and e-book format again, it will still be #6½. Publishing is a strange and
mysterious business, if you’re me.</span><br />
<br />
<span>Anyway, back to the cover of
SHAKEN SPIRITS. Here it is! That’s Daisy reclining pretty much underneath the
wheel of that automobile—which is a 1923 Cole Sportster Sedan—and Spike, her
loyal dachshund, valiantly attempting to rouse her. Somebody paid somebody else
a lot of money to mow poor Daisy down. The car actually slaps her up against a
pepper tree (pepper trees lined Marengo Avenue, where Daisy lived, in those
days). Daisy is quite shaken up by this non-accident, which occurred right
after the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day, 1925. Her shaken-ness
doesn’t abate when she realizes someone actually <i>is</i> out to get her.
Below the picture of the cover is a link where you can read an excerpt from
SHAKEN SPIRITS. Moreover, you can buy it, because there are links to every
e-reader, paperback and hardback site known to man. Well, maybe not <i>all</i>
of them, but close enough:</span><br />
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<span><a href="https://ebookdiscovery.lpages.co/aliceduncandaisygummbook13excerpt/" target="_blank">Buy <strong>SHAKEN SPIRITS</strong> for almost anything</a></span></div>
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<span>(and read an excerpt if you'd like to)</span></div>
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<span>About halfway through SHAKEN
SPIRITS, Lou Prophet, a washed-up, one-legged former bounty hunter, shows up.
The elderly Lou was given to me by Peter Brandvold, bless his heart (don’t tell
him I said that. He cherishes his image as Mean Pete) after I’d already written
nearly half of the book. Anyway, when Lou came along, I had so much fun writing
him into Daisy’s life, he darned near stole the book! I’m trying to tone him
down in the book I’m writing now, SCARLET SPIRITS, although he still plays a
role. If you want to read about Lou before he hit rock-bottom and ended up in
the Odd Fellows Home of Christian Charity in Pasadena, California, in 1925,
here’s his latest book (by Peter Brandvold, of course), BLOOD AT SUNDOWN (to be
released December 19, I believe). In Mean Pete’s book, Lou’s about forty-five
years younger than he is in Daisy’s day, and he’s a wild and woolly,
hard-drinking, womanizing, irreverent, rascally bounty hunter. He looks good,
too. When he hits Pasadena, he’s still a little woolly, but he’s old and not
nearly as wild as he once was. He resents it, too (and I don’t blame him, being
in the same fix myself, although I was never a hard-drinking, womanizing bounty
hunter):</span><br />
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<span>Um… Oh, yes! I need Bam-Bam (who
went to the vet this morning for a checkup and trembled the entire time) to
pick a November wiener for my book-giveaway! Bam-Bam, while terrified of pretty
much everyone in the universe who isn’t me, at least doesn’t scream as if he’s
being tortured when he goes to the vet like Jazzy does. Of course, Jazzy is a
Beautiful Blue Wiener and Queen of All She Surveys. She’s also an <i>incredible</i>
drama queen. In fact, here’s a photo of Bam-Bam the Not-Very-Bold and Jazzy the
Drama Queen. They’re lying on my bed, which has on it a crinkly silver thing
that’s supposed to keep dogs off the furniture. You can see how well it works:</span><br />
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<span>And (thank you, Bam-Bam) the
wieners are: Julianne Sparks, who wins a copy of CACTUS FLOWER; Karla Jans, who
wins a copy of SIERRA RANSOM; Marilyn Silverstein, who wins a copy of
THANKSGIVING ANGELS; and Mary Jane Hopper, who wins a copy of FALLEN ANGELS.
I’ll get your books to you as soon as I can drag myself to the post office,
ladies.</span><br />
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<span>Let me see… I’m sure something
else exciting happened in November. Oh, yes. I remember now. Right after I left
Southern California, the whole blasted state caught fire, and my daughter and
her husband barely escaped being burned to a crisp by the Woolsey Fire. The
Woolsey Fire started in Thousand Oaks the day after that horrible man shot all
those people in the Borderline Bar. That bar is where Robin and Gilbert (my
daughter and her husband) go with pals to watch sports and stuff. Fortunately
for my family, everyone in it was spared. Far too many other people weren’t so
lucky, and the entire town of Paradise, CA, was burned to cinders in one of the
fires in the northern part of the state. Here’s what it looked like in Robin
and Gilbert’s neighborhood while firefighters were gallantly attempting to save
it from total ruin:</span><br />
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<span>For what it’s worth, rains have
come recently, and California has experienced terrible mudslides in the
burn-scar areas. Fortunately again, Robin and Gilbert and their neighbors were
spared. However, the air still stinks to high heaven. I fear it’s going to take
a lot of work and planting and more rain to make my home state beautiful again.
I love California, so this makes me sad. Sniffle.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span>Oh, yeah. Here’s something
not-so-awful. Joyce Abbate, a long-time friend and dancing pal, sent me some pictures
from when I belonged to the dance company, Gypsy. Here I am. These were the
good old days. I could still hear, had all my original body parts (and they
worked) and I could sing and dance and have fun. I miss those days. Deep,
theatrical sigh here. Hmm. Maybe Jazzy takes after her mommy in some ways. But
never mind that. Anyway, the Gypsy Folk Ensemble has a Facebook page, if you
want to visit it: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Gypsy-Folk-Ensemble-168129599867691/?hc_location=ufi"><span><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/Gypsy-Folk-Ensemble-168129599867691/?hc_location=ufi</span></span></a><span> </span><br />
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<span>Oh, yes! The very <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">best</span> thing that happened in November
(for me) was that Iris Evans and Leon Fundenberger created a special Facebook
page for Daisy! It’s called Daisy Daze, and it shows photographs of things that
were around in Daisy’s days and that Daisy and her friends and kin might have
used. For instance, they found a copy of SIXTY-FIVE DELICIOUS DISHES MADE WITH
BREAD, the cook booklet Daisy used when she was coerced into teaching a cooking
class at the Salvation Army. Poor Daisy, who can burn water, <i>hated</i>
teaching that class. Worse, she didn’t learn how to cook while she did it. If
you’d like to participate in Daisy Daze, click on this link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/905100189878318/?jazoest=26510012076847690791115580113121518872831141135675107775086113119499010710311679688184109738581104121111655210358651001219853106112811098410111010510572120861124552741076874111661131095710373102111561088798111769512083100116106119" target="_blank"><strong>DAISY DAZE</strong></a> .</span><br />
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<span>Let me see… What books should I
give away at the end of December? Beats the heck outta me. Lemme think. Ow.
That hurt. However, I did find a few books I can give away. Some lucky folks
will win an original hardback version (these are first editions, by golly. If I
were famous, that might actually mean something) of HIGH SPIRITS or HUNGRY
SPIRITS, and I’ll also give away one of my Mercy Allcutt books, ANGELS OF
MERCY. If you’d like to enter, just send me your name and address: </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span><span style="color: blue;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></span></a><span> . Due to the high cost of postage, I’ll
only be able to send books to people residing in the USA. However, if you live
in a far-off place and win, I’ll be happy to send you an ebook (Kindle or
Nook).</span><br />
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<span>I think that’s it! If you’d like
to visit my web page, here’s the link: </span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span> . And if you’d like to be Facebook
friends, please go here: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></span></a><span> </span><br />
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<span>Thank you!</span><br />
Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-88859169331048316812018-10-30T14:18:00.000-07:002018-10-30T17:25:37.651-07:00<br />
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November. Already<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Before
I begin whining about how another year’s almost bitten the dust, which seemed
to take all of five minutes, here are the names of this month’s wieners. The
following folks will receive a copy each of SPIRITS UNEARTHED: Lisa Brooks,
Margaret Somebody-Or-Other who lives in Virginia Beach (she didn’t give me her
last name), Tracy Thurber and Kat Sadi! Kat just retired, so she’ll have more
time to read now.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Okey-dokey,
so. About October. It wasn’t a terrible month, overall. The hearing in my right
ear is evidently gone for good, and when I talk I sound like a sick bullfrog. However,
a lovely woman named Dawn Willis (she’s a nurse here in Roswell) gave me some
hearing aids. These hearing aids were donated to St. Andrews Episcopal Church
by a widow whose hubby used to wear them. Dawn, whose husband goes to St.
Andrews, snabbled a pair for me. So I got an expensive pair of hearing aids for
absolutely nothing. Well, a guy had to die, but we all have to do that
eventually. Also, even though my voice is shot, I re-joined the Trinity United
Methodist Church choir. I figure nobody else in the choir can sing, either, so
I fit right in. It’s fun to sing again, even though I’m a relatively rusty
tenor nowadays.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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best thing about October was that I got to visit my California friends and
relations (my two daughters and my younger grandson) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> attend my fifty-fifth high-school reunion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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few old (well, vintage) dancers and I got together at Canter’s Deli in Los
Angeles, where we had fun and I ate pastrami! I love pastrami. Here are John
Pulver, Robert Jablon, Me, Art Aratin, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my daughter Robin, and Nicki Aratin. Had a
great time. I miss my friends.</span></span></div>
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had more fun at the John Muir High School Class of 1963’s fifty-fifth reunion
than I thought I’d have, mainly because I got to see the two other women with
whom I played flute in the Eliot Junior High School band. We haven’t been
together as a threesome for… well, more than fifty-five years, anyhow. Here we
are: Phyllis McKown, me, and Janet Levine Goldberg. It was such fun seeing them
again!</span></div>
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took a little trip to Kernville, where my older daughter and her husband live.
Kernville is a charming place, and Anni and Razmik live right across the street
from the Kern River. It’s beautiful up there. Here are Anni and Robin feeding
ducks and squirrels beside the Kern River:</span></span><br />
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is a knitter of almost everything. She gave me some dog sweaters that were too
small for my dogs, but that fit my buddy Jacob Torres’ Chihuahuas admirably.
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also took me to see the Los Angeles Memorial Pet Cemetery and Crematorium in
Calabasas. This cemetery was established in 1929. Petey from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Little Rascals</i> is buried there,
along with hundreds of other pets, from dogs and cats to birds and pot-bellied
pigs. Some kindhearted volunteers revamped the place in 2003. Guess it had
become rather run-down in the years between 1929 and 2003.</span></div>
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I visit California (where I was born and lived for most of my life), I always
try to eat food I can’t get here in Roswell, New Mexico, because Roswell is in
the precise middle of nowhere and has no East Indian, Middle Eastern, or
Japanese restaurants. I managed to scarf down three (count ‘em) falafel wraps.
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great good friends, Karen and Dale Boggs, allowed me to spend the night after
the reunion at their spectacular house in La Canada. Dale is a mad scientist (PhD
in math and physics), and he can rule the entire house from his armchair in the
living room. Karen and Dale have a cat named Molly, who isn’t generally fond of
strangers. For some reason Molly liked me. When I told her I wanted to take a
picture of her, she stuck her butt in my face. I considered this a delicate
courtesy on her part, so here’s a picture of Karen along with Molly’s butt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day after the reunion, Karen and Dale went with me to Yes! Sushi. There we were
joined by my younger grandson, Riki, who is also a mad scientist and got along
with Dale like gangbusters (where’s that expression come from, anyway?) Riki
got the all-you-can-eat sushi. The waiter kept showing up with platters of various sushi rolls, and Riki ate it. All. Amazing sushi-eater, Riki:</span></div>
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then, because I whined about my thinning hair on Facebook (I’m almost 73, so
thinning hair should be expected, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be liked),
people began telling me about on-line wig shops, and I bought a wig! I think it’s
charming, although the wig has a heck of a lot more hair than I ever had. Here's an incredibly unflattering picture of me in my wig, holding my new cane. That's Scrappy nosing the floor beside me:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And
now I’m home again. With hearing aids, a wig, and a lovely new pink-and-blue
cane (which can be seen in the above photo). I’m trying to think of something
good to say about Roswell. Oh! I know! You can always find a parking space in
Roswell. That’s a major advantage for someone who’s shaky on her pins and gets
wobbly and falls down from time to time. It’s not overcrowded either, which can’t
be said for the Los Angeles and Pasadena areas. I still miss Pasadena, but oh,
well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So
let’s move on to the book giveaway. I gave so many books away in October, I
hardly have any left, but lemme see what novels currently reside inside the
boxes in my office. Aha! Found some. It’ll be hardback time at the House of
Howling Hounds in November. At the end of the month, I’ll give away two of my historical
romance novels: SIERRA RANSOM and CACTUS FLOWER (there’s a line in this book
that always makes me laugh, although I’m not sure why); and two Mercy Allcutt
books: THANKSGIVING ANGELS and FALLEN ANGELS. FALLEN ANGELS won the 2012 Arizona/New
Mexico Book of the Year Award for mystery, by the way. Not bad for someone who
doesn’t enter contests, huh? Someone else entered it for me, which was nice of
him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you’d like to visit my web page, here’s the link: </span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . And if you’d
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you!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Saga of Daisy Gumm Majesty’s Publication<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Before
I begin telling you about Daisy’s epic publishing history, here are the wieners
of September’s book giveaway (SPIRITS UNEARTHED): Elizabeth Keene, Paula Adams,
Jon Ludwig and Linda Ames-Boman. Congrats! I’ll get your books to you…
eventually. Truth to tell, I only managed to mail August’s books yesterday.
Sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But
back to the subject of this month’s newsletter, let me tell you that keeping
Daisy published wasn’t easy. Here’s why.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
idea for the Daisy Gumm Majesty series came to me in the early 2000s. The books
were supposed to be historical cozy mysteries, and they were supposed to feature
as their main protagonist a fake spiritualist-medium named Daisy Gumm Majesty, a
young woman married to a crippled veteran of the War to End All Wars (it wasn’t,
more’s the pity). Daisy plied her art during the 1920s in Pasadena, California,
my old hometown.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
order to achieve publication of this series, I gathered what few wits I had
left and sent a proposal for the first two books to my publisher at the time
(Kensington). The Powers That Were liked the idea, the characters and the
period, but they said there wasn’t enough mystery. That’s undoubtedly true, and
it’s also pretty much the story of my life. Their fix, however, was for me to
take out the dead bodies, add a subsidiary romance (since the heroine was
already married) and they’d market the books as romances.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So
I did, they did, and STRONG SPIRITS and FINE SPIRITS were published. They tanked.
Big-time. Broke my heart. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">loved</i>
Daisy. More, I loved Pasadena, California, and the era in which Daisy lived.
Nevertheless, Daisy and her pals seemed to be floating belly-up in the goldfish
bowl of publishing, and there was nothing I could do about it. The late, great
Kate Duffy called and apologized for mis-marketing the books, but that didn’t
help a whole lot. My heart remained, squashed and pulsing with grief, on the
floor at my feet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nevertheless,
I did as the Kensington goddesses asked, took yet another pseudonym (I think
this made six of them), and I wrote a series about survivors of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Titanic</i> disaster. I used <span class="3oh-">a combination of my daughters’ names for my pseudonym </span>and churned
out A PERFECT STRANGER, A PERFECT ROMANCE and A PERFECT WEDDING as Anne Robins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Then,
because I was editing books for Five Star-Cengage, I asked if I could submit a
book for their consideration. Five Star doesn’t acquire books on proposal, but
I already had the third Daisy book written. Therefore, I sent it in, and they
acquired it for their women’s fiction line. I was delighted, even if the books
still weren’t dead-body-cozy mysteries. And then Five Star closed their women’s
fiction line. I managed to get book #6 (ANCIENT SPIRITS) published as a
romantic suspense novel, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">then</i> I
got to turn Daisy’s books into cozy mysteries! Yay!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Five
Star published SPIRITS REVIVED, Daisy’s seventh adventure, as a mystery!
Wheeee! Then Five Star closed their mystery line.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Um
. . . I wasn’t sure what to do after that. However, a lovely woman named Jeanne
Glidewell, whose cozy mystery novels I’d edited for Five Star, told me she’d
found a great publisher and suggested I get in touch with them about my Daisy
books. So I did. ePublishing Works (Brian and Nina Paules) decided to reprint
the entire Daisy series, give the books new covers that clearly defined them as
cozy mysteries (“branding” is, I think, what this is called), and they even put
the series number of each book on the front cover! Wow. You can’t get much
better than that. What’s more, ePW actually promotes<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>their authors’ books! This has never happened to me before in my
life. I’m actually making <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">money</i> with ePW.
Whatta miracle!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
only thing neither ePW nor I can do is get the rights to SPIRITS REVIVED back.
Therefore, there’s a hole in the middle of Daisy’s series. However, when the
narrator reading the Daisy books for audio (the extremely talented Denice
Stradling) got to SPIRITS REVIVED, Nina Paules made a lovely cover for it and
numbered it 6 ½. I tell you, those ePW folks are clever.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway,
book #12 (actually, it’s #13, but I just explained the reason it’s not numbered
as such) was published in July of this year. SPIRITS UNEARTHED begins at the
Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California. It’s not as gruesome as it
sounds (to start with, anyway) because Daisy and her fiancé, Sam Rotondo, are there
to visit their late spouses’ graves. Daisy’s dachshund, Spike, begins the
action by finding a shoe. Unfortunately, the shoe contains a foot. And so the
fun begins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">By
the way, I grew up and lived in Altadena and Pasadena for most of my life, so
it didn’t occur to me that having only one cemetery to serve an entire
community was in any way unusual. I’ve since been told by my number-one beta
reader, Lynne Welch, librarian extraordinaire, that most cities have little
cemeteries dotted all over the place. In Altadena and Pasadena, it’s either
Mountain View or an urn on somebody’s mantel, I reckon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A
running theme in the Daisy books is the magnificence of Viola Gumm’s cooking.
Vi is Daisy’s aunt-by-marriage and is a genius in the kitchen. That’s a good
thing because neither Daisy nor her mother can cook a worth a lick. They all
live together in a sweet little bungalow in Pasadena. One of Vi’s recipes appears
in SPIRITS UNEARTHED. In order to make Vi’s Swedish-style smothered chicken,
you first have to haul out your Scotch kettle. Don’t know what a Scotch kettle
is? Neither did I. So I did some research, and it turned out to be a Dutch
oven!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Daisy’s
13<sup>th</sup> (actually, her 14<sup>th</sup>) adventure is titled SHAKEN
SPIRITS, and it will be published in January of 2019. This novel features a
character created by another author for his own books. Peter Brandvold (who
writes terrific westerns) gave me his very own, personal, made-up character,
Lou Prophet, to play with. Mind you, Mean Pete waited to give Lou to me until he
was old, weathered, falling apart and one-legged, but Daisy and I had a whole
lot of fun with old Lou in spite of his antiquity. Daisy thinks Lou is quaint.
Lou, who was once a hard-drinking, violent, womanizing, dangerous and tricky
bounty hunter in the wild and wooly Old West, would <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> be happy with Daisy’s assessment. Being a woman of
understanding and compassion, Daisy will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i>
tells Lou she thinks he’s quaint mainly because, if she did, Lou would hobble
out of her life as fast as he could. Please pre-order SHAKEN SPIRITS if you
feel so inclined.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shaken-Spirits-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07B6GRK4Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1538354992&sr=1-1&keywords=shaken+spirits" target="_blank">Pre-Order SHAKEN SPIRITS for your Kindle</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What
the heck, you can get Lou Prophet’s latest story (written about his early career,
when he was young, virile, handsome as heck, and not quite as cantankerous as
he ultimately became) right now if you want to:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stagecoach-Purgatory-Prophet-Bounty-Hunter-ebook/dp/B077WZ6884/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1538354279&sr=1-1&keywords=stagecoach+to+purgatory" target="_blank">Buy STAGECOACH TO PURGATORY for your Kindle</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Now
I’m writing SCARLET SPIRITS, Daisy’s 14<sup>th</sup> (actually, her 15<sup>th</sup>)
adventure. Lou Prophet’s in this book too; however, even <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more</i> fictional Old-West characters show up in SCARLET. I made up
all these new guys, though. In fact, a proposal for a western novel no one ever
showed interest in publishing (because westerns are supposed to be jam-packed
with adventure, and all my characters ever do is sit around chatting with each
other. Well, and they eat a lot), is helping me with SCARLET’S plot. Never let
a good plot go to waste is my philosophy. In truth, it isn’t, but it sounds
good.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
tell you, publishing is a strange and confusing industry.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At
the end of October, I’ll be giving away even more copies of SPIRITS UNEARTHED.
I seem to have about fifty billion copies of that particular book for some
reason. If you’d like to find out more about Daisy and the gang, please visit
this page (https://ebookdiscovery.lpages.co/aliceduncandaisygummbook12excerpt/
), where you can read an excerpt from SPIRITS UNEARTHED and learn more about my
Daisy books. That page also contains links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and
everywhere else if you’d like to buy the book. If you’d like to visit my web
page, here’s the link: </span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> . And if you’d
like to be Facebook friends, please go here: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thank
you!<o:p></o:p></span></span>Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-44986598424868007292018-09-08T13:15:00.004-07:002018-09-08T13:15:58.230-07:00<h3 align="center">
How'd it get to be September Already?</h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">First
of all, I proffer my sincere apologies for being a week late with my
newsletter. Another bout of illness (in this case colitis) felled me. Well, it
didn’t <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flatten</i> me, precisely; it just
doubled me over in pain. Phooey. Whoever called old age “the golden years” was
either lying through his/her teeth or making an extremely bad joke. They’re
more like corroded copper or, in my case, rusted steel. I used to be fit and
healthy and danced and sang and had a good time with this formerly fairly nice
body. Now, although I still live in it, I seem to have no control over what
happens to it, inside or out. Totally unfair. Whine, whine, whine.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Huh.
Now that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that’s</i> over with, I probably
should mention a few things that actually happened in August! For one thing,
Peter Brandvold’s book, STAGECOACH TO PURGATORY, was published. In order to
understand precisely how Lou Prophet, a rugged, hard-drinking, womanizing, wild
and woolly western bounty hunter, ended up a one-legged old crock in Daisy Gumm
Majesty’s Pasadena in 1925, you can read all about it in the forward to
STAGECOACH. Therefore, I recommend everyone get a copy or three. Here's the Kindle link, and after you read
the forward, you may also read the rest of the book if you want </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After
you’ve done that, please feel free to pre-order SHAKEN SPIRITS, Daisy’s next
adventure, which will be published in January, 2019. Here’s the Kindle link for
SHAKEN SPIRITS, along with a place-holder in the real cover’s stead. I can’t <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wait</i> to see the cover art for this book.
I’ve been in the book biz for more than 25 years and have 65 or so published
books under my belt, but the most exciting part of the whole process, even to
this day, is seeing the cover art for the first time. In SHAKEN SPIRITS,
someone or some ones are attempting with all their skill and might (using
motorcars, guns, knives, and various other weapons) to kill poor Daisy. They
don’t succeed, but they sure bang her up a lot, and she recovers, but not
without damage to her poor self. Pasadena Police Detective Sam Rotondo, Daisy’s
fiancé, helps capture the rascals, as does poor, worn-out, one-legged, amazingly anachronistic Lou
Prophet. Lions (beasts of the jungle, not a sports team if there is one) even
come into play, by gad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shaken-Spirits-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07B6GRK4Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1536426703&sr=1-1&keywords=shaken+spirits" target="_blank">Pre-order in on Kindle</a></o:p></span></span></div>
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sure I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: it still amazes me that Mean
Pete gave me Lou Prophet to play with, even as a damaged old coot (Lou, not me,
although I guess we both fit that descriptor). I’d <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i>, ever, in a zillion years, entrust another author with one of
my characters. I don’t care how old, senile, wretched, poor or broken-down one
of them gets, and no matter how many body parts have gone missing, I’d still
never let another author have her. Or him, but most of my books have female protagonists.
In fact, I think they all do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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after you’ve ordered or pre-ordered the above books, I should tell you about
Boomer. As a member of New Mexico Dachshund Rescue, I have had many foster
hounds in my care over the years. I don’t know how many dachshunds I’ve owned
since being given my very first wiener dog, Hansel Schnitzel Fritzel von Pancho
Pooh Puddle Monsieur la Puppy Stink Duncan, but I’ve owned a bunch of them.
Haven’t done a whole lot of fostering in recent years, primarily because I live
in Roswell, which is in the precise middle of nowhere. Roswell is about 200
miles away from a city larger than it is. You can drive 200 miles in pretty
much any direction and, if you don’t die from boredom, you’ll eventually run
into Albuquerque, Santa Fe, El Paso, Las Cruces, Lubbock, Midland, etc. Most of
our adoptees go to Albuquerque or environs, so there isn’t much call for fosters
in this neck of the woods. However, it has been a pure pleasure to foster
Boomer, a long-haired, black-and-tan, seven-year-old <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">darling</i> of a dachshund. He’s about the most adorable dog I’ve ever
even known, much less fostered, and I’m going to miss him a lot. Here’s Boomer:</span></span></div>
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too late for you to adopt the precious Boomer, because an approved adopter has
already been found for him. However, if you ever feel the burning need for a
dachshund to give you comfort and solace in your life, please visit NMDR here: <a href="http://newmexicodachshundrescue.org/"><span style="color: blue;">http://newmexicodachshundrescue.org/</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh,
and for the first time in all the miserable years I’ve lived in Roswell (feels
like about a thousand, but it isn’t quite <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i>
many), scorpions invaded the house in August. Scorpions. In the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">house</i>. Come on. Scorpions have an entire
desert to roam around on. My dogs and I have this one small (maybe 800 square
feet) house to live in. If I could read and write Scorpion, I’d issue warning
signs: DANGER TO ANY SCORPION WHO CROSSES THIS THRESHHOLD, but I don’t. Even
though the scorpions around here aren’t particularly venomous, their sting
hurts like heck, and I don’t want my dogs to tangle with one of them. Death to indoor
scorpions, say I. And so do the hounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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terribly exciting thing happened in August. My hot-water heater broke. On a
Saturday morning. The plumber, a very nice fellow who also sings in various
venues around Roswell, had already been to my house earlier in the week to
grind roots out of my water pipes. Well, not my personal pipes, but those
belonging to the house. So I guess he’s got his utility bills covered for
another month, thanks to me. Sigh. Not that I’m not a charitable person or
anything, but I’d be happier if I could select the charities to which I donate.
Not that he and his family aren’t a worthy cause, but, well, sheesh, y’know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Um…
what else? Oh, I probably should tell you who won last month’s book-giveaway,
huh? The people who will receive copies of BRUISED SPIRITS, Daisy’s tenth
adventure (it’s actually her eleventh, but… oh, never mind) are: Vickie Shaw,
Donna Durnell, Pat Thayer and Marelou Azares. Congratulations, ladies! I’ll get
your books to you as soon as I can stagger to the post office. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Since
I just restocked my supply of SPIRITS UNEARTHED, Daisy’s 12<sup>th</sup> adventure
(that’s what the cover says, although it’s really her 13<sup>th</sup>, but…
never mind again), I’ll be giving copies of that one away at the end of
September. By the way, if you live outside the United States, I’ll be more than
happy to give you an e-copy of the book, but postage to places outside the
country is mega-expensive. I remember fondly when I heaved books to people in
Germany, Turkey, Australia and even China. Not any longer. Oh, well. Sorry, but
since I’ve recently begun supporting my friendly neighborhood plumber, I just
can’t afford postage to areas outside the USA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If
you’d like to enter September’s contest, just send me an email (</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) and give me
your name and home address. If you’d like to be added to my mailing list, you
may do so on my web site (</span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) or email me
(you won’t be smothered in e-mails, because I only write one newsletter a
month, and that’s an effort). If you’d like to be friends on Facebook, visit my
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you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Does
anything exciting happen in August? Around here, school begins in August. When
I lived in California, kids went from September to June, but here it’s August
to May. Not sure why. And I really don’t much care, either, so I’m not sure why
I mentioned it. Maybe because August is otherwise such a dull month? Oh, never
mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway,
Bam-Bam, my winner-picking wiener dog, has selected the winners of July’s book,
SPIRITS UNITED (he’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">such</i> a good dog,
even though he <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">did</i> just bark madly at
a huge scorpion his mommy had to squash for him. I hate doing that). The
winners are: Lisa Brooks, Paula Adams, Brenda Winslow and Sandra Miller.
Congratulations, ladies! I’ll send your books to you as soon as I can make it
to the post office.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">All
sixteen of my regular readers will probably be delighted to know I finished
writing SHAKEN SPIRITS, the next Daisy Gumm Majesty book. I’m hoping it will be
published in October, but I have to go through it one last time and take out
the boring bits. After Peter Brandvold gave me his character, Lou Prophet, to
play with, there were no more boring parts. Even if Mean Pete <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">did</i> wait to share until Lou was old,
broken-down and one-legged. But that’s okay. Daisy, Sam and I had a lot of fun
with poor old Lou, even in his elderly guise. Daisy is even learning a new
language: Old Westish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Regarding
carpal-tunnel surgery on my left wrist: It went <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perfectly</i>! So few things do, you know? But the surgeon knocked me
out (he used drugs, thank heavens), went <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">snip-snip</i>,
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">voila</i> (or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">viola</i>, as Julia Child sometimes said when she was in a funning
mood), the wrist was fixed. It didn’t take long to heal, and I’m hoping to get
the right wrist operated on before I head to California in mid-October. I’m
right-handed, so this upcoming surgery might take a little longer to mend, but
I was really happy the surgery was so trouble-free. People I know who had carpal-tunnel
surgery some years back didn’t get off so easily. The surgery had improved lately,
for which I’m grateful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Any
other news? Other than being a bit wobbly on my pins and taking the occasional
fall in front of hordes of spectators in Cahoon Park (Roswell, New Mexico) as
the hounds take me for our daily drag every morning, all is just swell. It’s
really stupid for a crippled little old lady to walk four (sometimes five)
dogs, as my younger daughter is always telling me, but if I walked them one at
a time or in bunches, I’d be walking dogs all day long. And If I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">didn’t</i> walk the dogs, I’d feel guilty.
So. There we are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Regarding
August’s contest… Why don’t I give away copies of BRUISED SPIRITS, Daisy’s
tenth adventure? All righty then, I will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
the meantime, please feel free to pre-order SHAKEN SPIRITS:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If
you’d like to enter August’s contest, just send me an email (</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) and give me
your name and home address. If you’d like to be added to my mailing list, you
may do so on my web site (</span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) or email me
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month, and that’s an effort). If you’d like to be friends on Facebook, visit my
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></b></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Okay,
so it’s a little early to be wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July. I’m
having carpal-tunnel surgery on my left wrist on June 27, so I’m catching up
ahead of time. If that makes any sense.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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June’s give-away, Bam-Bam, my winner-picking wiener dog, has selected the
winners of June’s contest, in which I’m giving away copies of some Mercy
Allcutt books. They are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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AMONG THE ANGELS, which goes to Carol Goerz;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ANGELS
OF MERCY, which goes to Lisa Brooks;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">FALLEN ANGELS
(winner of the Arizona/New Mexico Book of the Year award in 2012. I’m not a
contest-enterer as a rule, but this one cracked me up. New Mexico &
literacy don’t normally end up in sentences together. That’s not very nice, is
it? Oh, well), which goes to Donna Durnell; and<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">THANKSGIVING
ANGELS, which goes to Mary Ann Hopper.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At the end of July, I’ll give away … I dunno. Let me see here. Okay, the book will be SPIRITS UNITED. I’ll give away four copies of that one, in which a librarian is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">murdered</i>! By, needless to say, a dastardly fiend. But Sam Rotondo and Daisy save the day. Well, not for the murdered librarian, but for other would-be victims of the villain.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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I recover from having my left wrist operated on, the surgeon will fix the right
wrist. I’m actually looking forward to this, because I’ve had trouble with
carpal-tunnel syndrome for … oh, I don’t know. Twenty or thirty years or
thereabouts. It’s past time to get my wrists un-crimped. Maybe my handwriting
will improve! It used to be kind of pretty, but now, what with arthritis and
carpal tunnel, my writing looks rather like that of a spider on meth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to the good stuff. Last month I told everyone Peter Brandvold (Mean Pete, as he
prefers to be called) gave me one of his characters, Lou Prophet, former bounty
hunter, to play with in SHAKEN SPIRITS, my next Daisy Gumm Majesty book. This
is probably the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for me, writerishly speaking.
Of course, when Mean Pete writes about Lou in his books set the 1880s, Lou is a
young man in his late twenties or early thirties. When Daisy gets hold of him,
he’s in his seventies, has lost a leg in an accident involving (naturally)
wimmin and booze, and is living in the Odd Fellows Home of Christian Charity in
Pasadena, CA. He’s craggy, slightly grumpy, still good-looking for an old guy, and
I absolutely <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> him!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Pete’s next Lou Prophet book, BLOOD AT SUNDOWN, will be released by Kensington
in August of this year. I hope everyone goes out and buys a copy or three.
Here’s a picture of Lou Prophet as a young, womanizing, and incredibly handsome
man. I’m including a link so you can buy Mean Pete’s book. I didn’t get to edit
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">June is bustin’ out all over!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Or
maybe it isn’t. Busting or not, it’s sure hot here in SE New Mexico. May’s blog
was sort of a downer (actually, it was a major downer), and I apologize for
that. Nothing much has changed in my world, which means my niece still has
scleroderma, although there’s been no biopsy to confirm the synovial carcinoma
thing, and that’s good. Probably. I still can’t hear out of my right ear, and
I’m peeved about it. But enough of that!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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start with, Bam-Bam, my winner-picking wiener dog, has selected people’s names,
and the winners of May’s contest are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ONSTAGE: Annie Amos and Virginia Winfield<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">UNSETTLED
SPIRITS: Diana Smith and Johnna Smith (I don’t believe these two ladies are
related. For that matter, I don’t know if they’re ladies, but I’m pretty sure
they are).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Believe
it or not, something not merely good, but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">exceptionally</i>
good, happened to me in May. I’ve had more than sixty books published since
1994, and I used to be incredibly single-minded and gung-ho about writing.
After all, writing books was the only thing I ever really wanted to do. And
puh-leeze don’t give me that “Writers write” nonsense. I was a single mother
with no money other than my crummy earnings as a secretary (a job I hated, if
anyone cares). My kids’ father didn’t see any need to pay child support, so I
worked one and sometimes two jobs in order to make ends meet. Rearing two
daughters alone, working full tim, and taking care of everything by myself ate
up all my time. There wasn’t any time for this writer to write, dad-gum it!
Every time I hear some snobby person say, “Writers write,” meaning, of course,
that no matter what, you’re supposed to be writing, I want to strangle that
person. It’s probably a good thing the arthritis in my hands is so bad, I can’t.
But honestly, do the “writers write” folks not care if their kids starve to
death? I did, and if that was wrong of me, so be it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh,
dear, I’ve done it again, haven’t I? I didn’t mean to sink into negativity. Ahem.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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get back to the exceptionally good thing that happened to me in May. After
being published for so many years, earning so little money for my efforts
pretty much sapped my writing energy. It wasn’t fun any longer, and I had
trouble thinking up plots. It takes a long, long time to write a book that can
be read in hours, and if the author isn’t making any money doing it, why do it,
y’know? Fortunately for me, all those books having been published led some
folks to think I knew what I was doing. Therefore, I was offered an editing job
by a publisher. Which means, of course, I actually <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">was</i> making through my writing, although not precisely the way I’d imagined
it would happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyhow,
I began editing books written by Peter Brandvold. Mean Pete (he calls himself
that; I’m not being unkind) writes really, really good westerns. His books are
full to the brim with action, violence and sex. He has several ongoing series
featuring people like Bear Haskell, Deputy US Marshal; Yakima Henry, a
half-breed wandering law officer (he does other stuff, too); Mike Sartain, a
Cajun who takes it upon himself to enact justice on people who would otherwise
get away with their fell deeds; and Lou Prophet, a dissolute, funny,
big-hearted, foul-mouthed bounty hunter. All these guys are young in the books
Mean Pete writes about them in the 1880s and thereabouts. My books are set in
the 1920s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But
you know what? Mean Pete gave me Lou Prophet! Mind you, Lou’s kind of a broken-down
crock by Daisy Gumm Majesty’s day, but he’s still a firecracker, albeit an
elderly and one-legged one. You see, after his youth was spent on tangleleg and
loose women and he got too old to continue as a bounty hunter, a film company
in Los Angeles hired him to be a consultant on some of their western flickers.
Old Lou had himself a high old time for a while there. Then one night he got
into a motorcar with two ladies of the night and a case of bootleg hooch, and
somebody drove the car off a cliff in Santa Monica (which is right on the
Pacific Ocean for anyone who doesn’t know). Lou was the sole survivor, although
he lost one of his legs during the accident. Therefore, in 1925, poor old
one-legged Lou, while still a foul-mouthed, uncouth sort of fellow, has fallen
on hard times. In fact, in SHAKEN SPIRITS, the Daisy book I’m writing now and
in which he has a part, he’s living at the Odd Fellows Home of Christian
Charity in Pasadena, California.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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it just seem inevitable that Daisy and Lou should get together? It did to Mean
Pete and me. Daisy and Sam break him out of the Odd Fellows Home, and Lou is
now helping Sam figure out who’s trying to kill Daisy. I haven’t had this much
fun writing a book in, literally, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">years</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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thank you, Peter Brandvold! You’re not as mean as you like people to think you
are. Most of the time. Here’s a picture of Mean Pete and me when he drove
through Roswell on his way to Arizona to get away from the Minnesota winter for
a month or so (he lives in Minnesota).</span></span></div>
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the meantime, if you want to read Daisy’s latest adventure, SPIRITS UNEARTHED,
in which Daisy’s dachshund, Spike, finds a shoe with a foot in it at the
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Now.
Whatever should I give away at the end of June? Beats me. Oh, I know! I’ll give
away some of Mercy Allcutt’s books. There will be no more Mercy books, by the
way, until I can get the rights back to the last one. At any rate, I’ll give
away a copy each of LOST AMONG THE ANGELS, FALLEN ANGELS, ANGELS OF MERCY and
THANKSGIVING ANGELS. If you live in a country other than the USA, you’ll have
to settle for winning an e-book, because sending books all over the world is
too expensive for this little old crippled lady.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
swear to heaven, life is just flying by. I wouldn’t mind that so much if it
didn’t stop to heap coals of fire upon people I care about (and me) every
thirty seconds or so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For
instance, my very favorite great-niece (actually, I think she’s my only
great-niece) already has scleroderma. Look it up. You don’t want it. Trust me
on this. And now she’s been diagnosed with what her doctor thinks is a synovial
sarcoma that finally grew so big it shredded her meniscus. She’s THIRTY-THREE
YEARS OLD, for dog’s sake! I mean, I whine and moan about all the things
getting old is doing to me, but the hideous meanness of life is hitting her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">now</i>, when she’s young, and it’s not
fair. Single working mom, a thirteen-year-old son. I mean, come on. Where are
the gods of mercy when you need them?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And
then my wonderful neighbor and friend has been diagnosed with macular
degeneration. That means she’s going to be blind one of these days. Talk about horrible!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My
older daughter has such trouble with her feet, she has to use a wheelchair to
get around. Gimme a break, life! My younger daughter also has trouble with her
feet, and she just got through surgery for a detached retina and cataract
surgery. These are what my daughters and I call “family heirlooms,” since they
seem to pass from generation to generation (I’m sure both Anni and Robin will
begin to suffer from back problems soon). Some families pass along… oh, I don’t
know. Money. Jewelry. Wealth. Health. You know, good stuff, to their children.
Not my family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And
yes, I know every family has its problems, but these things seem particularly
harsh to me. And I haven’t even talked about my own problems yet, although you
might have read about them on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I came
down with bronchitis. Bad stuff, bronchitis. It morphed into sinusitis. My face
hurt, my teeth ached, my ears itched. And then, BOOM, all of a sudden I
couldn’t hear out of my right ear! Mind you, I expected some hearing loss as I
age, but this just happened all of a sudden in one swell foop, you know? So my
regular doctor, after making sure all the various infections were cleared up,
sent me to an ear-nose-throat guy who checked my ears and throat and did a lot
of strange things (well, they seemed strange to me, anyway) with various
instruments. Then he sat me down and said I had two options. One was to do
nothing, and the problem might resolve itself eventually. Or it might not. The
second was to insert a titanium ear tube, and the problem might resolve itself
eventually. Or it might not. So, since I pay through the NOSE for a Medicare
Plan F, I decided to go for the titanium. What the heck, if I never hear out of
that ear again, I guess I can always sell the titanium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This
ear thing has been quite bothersome, however. I’m already unbalanced (and I’m
not talking about my mental state, although that’s iffy, too). I had lumbar
surgery in 2012. When I woke up in the recovery room, the adorable 16-year-old
Austrian neurosurgeon smiled hugely at me and said, “Oh, my, you gave us <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">such</i> a challenge!” So happy to have
given her something interesting to do for ten hours, y’know? Anyway, since
then, my back has been full of so much hardware, I set off alarms in airports,
and I tend to walk funny. Then I had to have my left hip replaced, so I have a
metal hip. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And</i> (this is the important
part as far as my unbalanced state goes) my left leg is now slightly longer
than my right leg. So I wear heel lifts in my right shoes. What with the
defunct ear now messing with my equilibrium, I’ve managed to take a couple of
truly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">spectacular</i> falls in recent
weeks. I’m trying to remember to take my cane with me when I go places, but I
more often than not forget it. Sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
know I whine a lot, but jeez, I’m used to being an independent person! I’ve
lived alone on purpose for years and years and like it that way. Yes, I have
dachshunds. I also have lots of friends, and I adore them. I also adore most of
the dachshunds. But I used to be a dancer, for pity’s sake! And a singer! My
voice is now shot, too, thanks to the bronchitis-sinusitis junk. Not that I was
an opera singer or anything, but I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">did</i>
enjoy singing in choirs and local choral groups from time to time. I even used
to have a fairly respectable (loud, anyway) tenor voice. Now I croak when I
talk. Singing is out of the realm of possibility at the moment. I really hope
this all comes to an end, preferably before I do. It would be nice to be able
to hear out of both ears again, you know? Whine, whine, whine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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enough of that. The wieners of SPIRITS UNEARTHED, Daisy Gumm Majesty’s 12<sup>th</sup>
(or 13<sup>th</sup>, depending on who’s doing the counting) are: Linda Tippit,
Prentiss Garner, Jeri Dickinson, and Brenda Winslow. I have to buy some more
envelopes before I can send your books, but I promise I will get that done
soon(ish). Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy the book!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Here’s
my regular caution about my monthly contests. I love giving my work to people;
however, I found out quite by accident a few months ago that sending books to
Great Britain, Australia, and other countries outside the United States is
beyond my monetary capability. If a resident of a nation other than the United
States has an e-reader, I’ll happily supply that person with an e-book. If a
person doesn’t have an e-reader and still likes to read book-books, he or she
is on his or her own. I’m sorry, but what I laughingly call my writing career
hasn’t made me wealthy yet. And it probably won’t, but let’s not get in to that
because it always depresses me. So. That’s that. However, if you WANT to read a
book, you may do so with an app on your computer, so let me know if you live in
some far-off country (Canada, maybe), and you can still read the book on your
computer with a Kindle or Nook app.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Um
. . . about May’s contest. It’s the merry month of May, or so they say, so why
not give away a merry book or two? Let me ponder a moment to see if I can think
of my jolliest books. Ha! Found ‘em! How’s about I give away a couple of copies
of SPIRITS ONSTAGE, in which Daisy gets to play the mean and nasty Katisha in
Gilbert and Sullivan’s MIKADO; and two copies of UNSETTLED SPIRITS, during
which people drop dead during communion services at Daisy’s church. Sounds like
fun to me.</span></span><br />
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you’d like to enter the contest to win a copy of, just send me an email (</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) and give me
your name and home address. If you’d like to be added to my mailing list, you
may do so on my web site (</span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) or email me
(you won’t be smothered in e-mails, because I only write one blog a month, and
that’s an effort). If you’d like to be friends on Facebook, visit my page at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SPIRITS
UNEARTHED, Daisy Gumm Majesty’s 12<sup>th</sup> (actually, it’s her 13<sup>th</sup>,
but let’s not get into that again) adventure is being released on the 17<sup>th</sup>
of April! What’s more, one of Aunt Vi’s recipes will appear in this book:
Smothered Chicken, Swedish Style. You’ll have to get the book to read the
recipe, but I found one very interesting historical item in it. In order to
create this recipe, you begin by hauling out your Scotch kettle! I had no idea
what a Scotch kettle was, so I looked it up on Google, and turns out it’s a
Dutch oven! You just never know about these things, do you? Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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here you have the cover of SPIRITS UNEARTHED. Immediately below the cover is a
link to purchase it for your Amazon Kindle or your B&N Nook:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">By
the way, in case you’re not tired of pre-ordering Daisy books, here’s the
place-holder and Amazon link to SHAKEN SPIRITS, Daisy’s 13<sup>th</sup>
(actually 14<sup>th</sup>, but we knew that already) adventure:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can’t find the Nook link, so I’ll just have to post it later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">March
was an uneven month. I had to have Giblett, my problem child, put to sleep.
Hurt like heck, even if he was a pain in the butt. The other dogs are happier
without him, so I guess it’s a good thing I finally bit the bullet. Or Giblett
did. Here’s one of my favorite photos of him. He used to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> disemboweling stuffies. Unfortunately, he also tried to
unstuff me when he got the chance. He finally bit me once too often, and I had
to get a tetanus shot and take antibiotics for that, and Giblett bit the dust:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Then
I got a most ghastly case of bronchitis, which I’m still battling. On my second
round of antibiotics, and I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">still</i>
playing merry melodies on my bronchial tubes. Sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’ll
be giving away copies of SPIRITS UNEARTHED at the end of April.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lamar Jackson
wins a copy SPIRITS ONSTAGE (in which Daisy has a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">marvelous</i> time playing Katisha, the mean old nastypants in Gilbert
& Sullivan’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mikado</i>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fred Holmes wins
a copy of UNSETTLED SPIRITS (in which people keep dropping dead during
communion services at Daisy’s church).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sheila Deeth
wins a copy of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BRUISED SPIRITS (in which
Daisy and her friends save the life of a battered woman – this is based on a
true story, by the way. The real woman lives in Australia).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And Sharon
Sambuca wins a copy of SPIRITS UNITED, in which a dastardly plot at the
California Institute of Technology (or Caltech, as it’s affectionately known)
is foiled by Daisy and her gang. I think Sam’s Voodoo juju goes a bit wacky in
this one, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A
word about my monthly contests. I love giving my work to people; however, I
found out quite by accident a few months ago that sending books to Great
Britain, Australia, and other countries outside the United States is beyond my
monetary capability. If a resident of a nation other than the United States has
an e-reader, I’ll happily supply that person with an e-book. If a person
doesn’t have an e-reader and still likes to read book-books, he or she is on
his or her own. I’m sorry, but what I laughingly call my writing career hasn’t
made me wealthy yet. And it probably won’t, but let’s not get in to that
because it always depresses me. So. That’s that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If
you’d like to enter the contest to win a copy of SPIRITS UNEARTHED, just send
me an email (</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) and give me
your name and home address. If you’d like to be added to my mailing list, you
may do so on my web site (</span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) or email me
(you won’t be smothered in e-mails, because I only write one blog a month, and
that’s an effort). If you’d like to be friends on Facebook, visit my page at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-89250906163139457082018-03-01T19:56:00.000-08:002018-03-01T19:56:27.410-08:00<br />
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March already! How come the older I get, the faster time flies? No need to
answer that question. Anyone who’s old knows the feeling, and if you aren’t yet
old, you will know it—with luck and survival skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Winners
of February’s contest, which is whatever book you want as long as I have a copy,
are: Alicia Carol, Linda Rorex, Rita Wray and ALICE DUNCAN! Yes! There’s
another one! And she lives in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She also claims to wear
a kilt, but I haven’t seen proof of same yet. I’ll send you an e-book of your
choice, Alice, since I can’t afford to send a real book. Alicia, Linda and
Rita, please let me know which book you’d like, and I’ll send it to you. It may
take me a while to do so (unless you want an e-book) I regret to say, because I’ve
been a bit dilatory of late.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Here’s the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fabulous</i> cover of next
month’s release, SPIRITS UNEARTHED, Daisy Gumm Majesty’s 12<sup>th</sup> (actually,
it’s her 13<sup>th</sup>, but let’s not go into <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i> again) adventure. Right below the cover is a link to purchase
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">February
was kind of a dopey month. I got edits for SPIRITS UNEARTHED while I was sick,
and I fear for the book’s reception and overall worth. I think it stinks,
although I do hope I’m wrong. The cover is spectacular. Yes, Spike is a
black-and-tan dachshund; red dachshunds show up better on book covers.
Therefore, he’s red on the cover (by the way, red is dachshund-speak for brown).
But his attitude on the cover is pure Spike, and he’s doing precisely what he
does in the book to get the action started. Hope the rest of the book lives up
to its cover. If you ever want to understand insecurity, go in for a writing
career. Insecurity guaranteed, curse it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh,
and everyone else I know was sick in February, too. Basically, February was a
sickly, sucky month. Fortunately, the hounds seem to be all right, even
Giblett, my problem child, which doesn’t seem quite fair to me but what do I
know?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I got an invitation to attend my – this just makes me gasp with appalled-ness –
55<sup>th</sup> high-school reunion. I swear, I don’t know how I got so old so
fast. I wouldn’t mind the aging thing if it didn’t hurt so much, but oh, well.
However, I’m going to attend. This is mainly because I’ll get to see Phyllis
McKown and Janet Levine Goldberg, with whom I used to play flute in the Eliot
Junior High School band in Altadena, California. I don’t think the three of us
have been together since Eliot days! Egad. I only recently found out that neither
Phyllis nor Janet considered herself a musician, but both merely sort of faked
it. And here I thought we were all ardent flautists who practiced all the time
(even though by doing so we made our dogs howl). Show’s how much anyone knows
about anyone else when s/he’s a kid, huh? Also, it cleared up any doubt I might
have had about why I was selected to be first-chair flute. Evidently, I was the
only one who could play the instrument!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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now I’m in the process of writing Daisy’s 13<sup>th</sup> (or 14<sup>th</sup>)
adventure, SHAKEN SPIRITS, in which Daisy has already been hit by a car and had
her left shoulder dislocated. She’s recovering nicely, although she’s in a good
deal of pain. The car that hit her was a 1923 Cole Sportster Sedan, quite a
classy car. In fact, here it is! It’s not the real culprit. It’s the agent the
real culprit used to whack poor Daisy. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">After</i>
he stole it from a grand estate in the San Rafael hills. Then he abandoned it
on the Angeles Crest, the bounder:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Daisy’s
going to miss choir practice for a couple of weeks, and she won’t be able to
use the Ouija board or shuffle tarot cards for a while, but she’ll recover. I’m
also relatively certain she and Sam will figure out who did the evil deed, why,
and make certain whoever dunnit will never be able to do it again. If that made
any sense.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well, whatever.
Let’s see now. What should I give away at the end of March? SPIRITS UNEARTHED
comes out in April, so what I think I’ll do is give away one copy each of
SPIRITS ONSTAGE (in which Daisy has a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">marvelous</i>
time playing Katisha, the mean old nastypants in Gilbert & Sullivan’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mikado</i>), UNSETTLED SPIRITS (in which
people keep dropping dead during communion service at Daisy’s church), BRUISED
SPIRITS (in which Daisy and her friends save the life of a battered woman –
this is based on a true story, by the way. The woman lives in Australia), and
SPIRITS UNITED, in which a dastardly plot at the California Institute of
Technology (or Caltech as it’s affectionately known) is foiled by Daisy and her
gang. I think Sam’s Voodoo juju goes a bit wacky in this one, too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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word about my monthly contests. I love giving my work to people; however, I
found out quite by accident a few months ago that sending books to Great
Britain, Australia, and other countries outside the United States is beyond my
monetary capability. If a resident of a nation other than the United States has
an e-reader, I’ll happily supply that person with an e-book. If a person
doesn’t have an e-reader and still likes to read book-books, he or she is on
his or her own. I’m sorry, but what I laughingly call my writing career hasn’t made
me wealthy yet. And it probably won’t, but let’s not get in to that because it
always depresses me. So. That’s that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you’d like to enter the contest, just send me an email (</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) and give me
your name and home address. If you’d like to be added to my mailing list, you
may do so on my web site (</span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) or email me
(you won’t be smothered in e-mails, because I only write one blog a month, and
that’s an effort). If you’d like to be friends on Facebook, visit my page at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thank
you!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183201547392787469.post-89823519854609081442018-02-28T12:19:00.003-08:002018-02-28T12:19:41.611-08:00<br />
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gum, January was an okay month! Well, until the end, when I got sick and
received edits for SPIRITS UNEARTHED at the same time and suffered a minor
meltdown. Having people tell you your book sucks hurts even when you’re
healthy, y’know? And actually, nobody said that. That’s just how I took the
comments. Not that I lack self-esteem or anything.<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway,
probably the best thing that happened in January was that Peter Brandvold,
western writer extraordinaire, came to see me! He lives in Minnesota, where
there’s snow and ice everywhere. Therefore, he rented a cabin in Arizona (he
went to college and taught in Arizona) for January and most of February. He and
his dog, Bad Buddy, drove there and, on the way, stopped to see me! I edit Mean
Pete’s books (he calls himself Mean Pete, and I’d <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i> do anything to jeopardize his reputation as a bad guy, even
though he isn’t one), and they’re <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so much
fun</i> to edit! I never knew there were so many ways for the good guys to kill
the bad guys in the wild and woolly Old West until I began editing Mean Pete’s
books for Five Star’s Frontier Fiction line. Anyway, it was great to meet him.
Bad Buddy didn’t like me, but I guess he’s skittish around most people, so I
wasn’t offended. I’m skittish around most people, too. Here’s a picture of Mean
Pete and me:</span></span></div>
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my very first friend in the whole world (because until I was four, we lived on
a farm in Maine without anyone else around), Dena Mossar, whom I met when my
family moved to El Monte, California, sent me some absolutely adorable pictures
of when Dena and I were young, which was an incredibly long time ago. Thank
you, Dena!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
also found out my next Daisy book, SPIRITS UNEARTHED (the one I got the edits
for) will be published in April of this year! I wish I had the cover art to
show you, but I don’t yet. Will post on my Facebook page as soon as I get it.
This book starts in December of 1924, when Daisy and Sam are at the Mountain
View Cemetery in Altadena to visit their respective spouses’ graves, and Spike
finds a shoe and brings it to them. Unfortunately for all concerned, the shoe
has a foot in it. Thus begins a new bout of sleuthing. In this book, Sam
doesn’t actually mind Daisy being involved, since she … well, is. From the
beginning, you know? Anyway, he’s becoming reconciled to the fact that people
are more inclined to bare their souls to Daisy than they are to the Pasadena
Police Department. He doesn’t <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">like</i>
it, but he’s becoming reconciled. Sort of. In a way. Anyway, here’s the Amazon
link, in case you have a mad urge to pre-order it: <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Spirits-Unearthed-Daisy-Majesty-Mystery-ebook/dp/B079CC4BTG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1517417169&sr=1-1&keywords=spirits+unearthed+alice+duncan" target="_blank">KINDLE LINK</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anyhow…
The winners of January’s contest are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">THANKSGIVING
ANGELS: Aloha Burnard and Polly O’Brien<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">GENTEEL
SPIRITS: Margaret Cronk and Michelle Santana<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> I</o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">’ll
mail your books as soon as I can, ladies. I need your address, Aloha! Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As
for February’s contest… I dunno. I’ll think of something. I’m pretty sure I
won’t have copies of SPIRITS UNEARTHED yet, so I’ll have to give away something
else. What the heck. I’ll let the winners (up to four of you) choose whichever
book you want. If I have a hard copy, I’ll send that. If I don’t, I can send an
e-copy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A
word about my monthly contests. I love giving my work to people; however, I
found out quite by accident a few months ago that sending books to Great
Britain, Australia, and other countries outside the United States is beyond my
monetary capability. If a resident of a nation other than the United States has
an e-reader, I’ll happily supply that person with an e-book. If a person
doesn’t have an e-reader and still likes to read book-books, he or she is on
his or her own. I’m sorry, but what I laughingly call my writing career hasn’t made
me wealthy yet. And it probably won’t, but let’s not get in to that because it
always depresses me. So. That’s that.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If
you’d like to enter the contest, just send me an email (</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">alice@aliceduncan.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) and give me
your name and home address. If you’d like to be added to my mailing list, you
may do so on my web site (</span><a href="http://aliceduncan.net/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://aliceduncan.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) or email me
(you won’t be smothered in e-mails, because I only write one blog a month, and
that’s an effort). If you’d like to be friends on Facebook, visit my page at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.facebook.com/alice.duncan.925</span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thank
you!<o:p></o:p></span></span>Alice Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617808704864502171noreply@blogger.com0