Wednesday, February 27, 2008

It's a PARTY!!!

Come join the fun and find great books by award-winning authors as Whiskey Creek Press celebrates its Fifth Anniversary this March 2008!
Free ebooks will be given away every week during March to all customers! Our Fifth Anniversary celebration can be found at both our websites, the all-genre General Line at http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/ and the erotic and sensual Torrid Romance Line at http://www.whiskeycreekpresstorrid.com/. WhiskeyCreek Press published its first two titles in March 2003, including The Sweetest Gift by award-winning author Janet Mills, and has since published nearly 700 titles by over 250 authors. Whiskey Creek Press has been named the Publisher of the Year by Fallen Angel Reviews and has also been named "Favorite Publisher Top Five" for three consecutive years in the annual Preditors and Editors Readers Poll. Besides great new releases at both sites and many books on sale at big discounts, Whiskey Creek Press is giving away a different Free Ebook novel every week during March, and this free ebook is available to ALL customers.
We are also sponsoring a huge Scavenger Hunt featuring dozens of WCP authors and prizes during our March Anniversary. Here's the schedule of Free Ebook Full Length Novels for each site, available to all customers:
WCP General Line Free Ebook Title, Dates Ebook Title Is Free (March 2008)
1) Travis Pass by Annette Snyder, Saturday March 1 through Saturday March 8
2) No Worries by Lauren N Sharman, Sunday March 9 through Saturday March 15
3) AEthereal by Christopher W Wilcox Sr, Sunday March 16 through SaturdayMarch 22
4) No Ordinary Love by Karen Wiesner, Sunday March 23 through Monday March31

WCP Torrid Line Free Ebook Title, Dates Ebook Title Is Free (March 2008)
1) A Wolf's Tale by Honey Jans, Saturday March 1 through Saturday March 8
2) Hostage Moon by Emma Wildes, Sunday March 9 through Saturday March 15
3) The Love Machine by Michelle Marquis Sunday March 16 through SaturdayMarch 22
4) Internet Bonds: The Rebirth of Rachel by Christy Poff, Sunday March 23through Monday March 31
A Whiskey Creek Press Anniversary Scavenger Hunt will be featured at each site in March, with a link for details on each Home Page. These Scavenger Hunts will include dozens of author sites and many great prizes and will certainly be a hunt to remember!
Whiskey Creek Press LLC is a Wyoming company and its Publisher and Executive Editor is Debra Womack. Senior Staff members include Torrid Romance Line Executive Editor Jan Janssen, General Line Senior Editor Marsha Briscoe, Torrid Romance Line Senior Editor Chere Gruver, and Review Coordinator Kate Scott.
Website design and maintenance is by Diana Hatch, Wolfden Creations. You can find Whiskey Creek Press at our two great websites: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/ http://www.whiskeycreekpresstorrid.com/
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Grins*

Monday, February 25, 2008

Sharpening my intellect...

...also known as playing a Yahoo game for thirteen hours yesterday.
*grins*

I downloaded Bookworm Adventures onto my laptop Saturday. And I received a couple of free trial turns. But that was enough. I played for a couple of hours Saturday. And then I really got into it Sunday.
I beat the game.
Yeah. That's right. I BEAT THE GAME!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

It's the cute little worm from Bookworm on Yahoo. And he's on an adventure to save some literary chickie. And he has to battle all sorts of mythical creatures. With WORDS.
Oh
My
God

The bigger the word, the more powerful the blow the little worm delivers.
I kicked ass.
That's all I'm saying.

And kudos to the chickens. Especially oldest chicken who could look at sixteen tiles and think up nine letter words.
I'm so proud.
*sigh*

As for the vacation, I got sick again (wheezing, coughing crap this time) Wednesday.
I sleep with earplugs. I have a hard time shutting down at night. I'm like the dude in daredevil.
Gotta have the silence.
So I pop the earplugs in and doze off.
I wake myself at four in the morning with a pounding heart because I think I hear someone talking.
*snickering*
I was hearing myself wheezing because the earplugs trapped the horrible sound in my head.
lmao
Oh yeah. That was extremely special.
So I'm taking OTC meds. Hoping to halt that crap. And I'm back to work today. And the piles...they are huge. pfffffftttttt

UPDATE: Holy crap. Can't believe I forgot to put this in!!!
Baby Chicken is at a Scholastic Meet today. *grins* For English, of course.
Woo!!!
Have a good one!!!
Grins*

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Choice, not chance, determines destiny

I pass this lovely piece of wisdom on a church sign everyday to and from work. And every time, I reflect on what it means. I accept it. Hell, I embrace it.
Gone are the days when someone can shrug their shoulders, mumble "my bad", and that's the end of it.
It's called "accountability." Can you say that? Suuuuuuuuuuure you can.
If you make a choice, own it. Let go of the whole "world is out to get me" scenario and embrace the fact that you have a choice. FREE WILL.
I love free will. *grins*

Things can happen to you. Sure. And they will. But what you do with it is up to you. It's easy to wander around and pretty much let the world bend you over. But it takes intelligence and a backbone to make decisions and stick with them.
So make the choice. Own the decision. And watch your destiny unfold.
Grins*

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Yesterday was my birthday...

...and it sucked.

It had some highlights. (Thanks Amber, Shaun, and chickens.)

But all in all, I could have bypassed the entire shitty day. Plans fell through. I was trapped in a meeting. You know those commercials where the office people are out in the jungle? Yeah. Something like that.
My God. I was wishing for a sharp object to poke my jugular with.

So I have vacation for the rest of the week. Eh. Not quite feeling the wonderfulness of it yet, though I DID sleep in this morning. But I suppose I'll do some writing. Bip around and enjoy the time to myself.
Thirty-six.
hmph
Still feels the same.

Enjoy the rest of your week.
Crystal*

Friday, February 15, 2008

VACATION!!!

Yep.
Afraid so.
*grins*
Don't expect any new posts next week, my lovelies. I'm going on vacation. Won't be logging onto the computer at all next week. So take heart. Go back and read some old snarkiness.
It'll be like I never left.
lmao
Crystal*

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Mind shift

This is your brain:
Job. Dishes. Laundry. Kids. Cleaning. Not enough time. Put gas in the car. Tick tock. Pets need food/water. Get the kids off to school. Hurry hurry hurry.

This is your brain on Stephen King:
The night was silent. The foliage hovered overhead and drowned out all attempts from the moon. The path was still. So still. And then you hear it. The faint hissing of warning. Your heartbeat speeds up as you look around in panic. The vines speak to you. Run, they whisper. You are not welcome here.
Your legs like leaden weights when you see the red eyes ahead. And then the ominous glint of moon on long teeth that promise your last seconds of life.
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Seriously. *grins*
I love Stephen King. He is the Master Storyteller. I read Lisey's Story, and it was okay. But I'm reading Duma Key right now, and I like it so much better. It's scaring the hell out of me, but we shall bypass that for the pure quality of terror it inspires.
I enjoy anyone who can bypass my first defenses and clamp my psyche in greedy jaws of literature. Stephen King digs deep. I'll have nightmares, I'm sure. But the story. Damn it all. The story is brilliant. It rings true. And he has the perfect balance of dialogue and description.
He also kills off main characters that I thoroughly enjoy. I stumble over that sometimes. But it also rings true with me. The ability to scare the shit out of me, make me laugh, and make me cry is potent.
I'm almost done with Duma Key. And I recommend it if you're a Stephen King fan. Or not. Because he can make you see the dark recesses of his mind.
I wonder how HE sleeps at night.
Grins*

Saturday, February 09, 2008

One Enchanted Evening


When a magical evening lifts the veil between the mortal world and the fairy tale kingdom, Ivy Daniels enjoys a closer look at the characters of her childhood. But they are also looking at her.
To save their world.
Prince Duncan enlists the fascinating and infuriating Ivy to help him save the kingdom and his ailing father. Although reluctant at first, Ivy comes to realize that unless she helps, the precious world of her youth will disappear.
Not to mention that her house has a revolving door for all magical creatures wishing to plead their case. Which is becoming really, really old.
Armed with an attitude, a hypochrondiac sister, and a fairy tale bear, Ivy has her work cut out for her.
Ivy Daniels used to believe in Fairy Tales.
Now they believe in her.
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Available now from Whiskey Creek Press
Grins*

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

The Uber Talented Baby Chicken

I found this the other day and read it. It was laying on top of Baby Chicken's stuff. I asked her if she copied it down from somewhere. No, she assured me. She was simply bored.
I was amazed.

Together we are unique. Apart we are not far.
I see a bright light around me. I stumble to reach the end.
I trip over things. Things not visible to the eye. I trip over my heart and almost die of fright.
I hustle to get back tight into place, when the space is to small for anything.
It takes forever, but I finally make it. I am now back where I belong and safe into place.

Isn't that amazing???
Grins*

Monday, February 04, 2008

Programmed for Pleasure

FROM THE MARCH 2008 ROMANTIC TIMES MAGAZINE!!!

PROGRAMMED FOR PLEASURE by C'Ann Inman
RT Rating: 4½ STARS
Category: EROTICA
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press
Published: November 2007
Type: Erotic Romance


Inman takes us on an imaginative journey with this sensual story! Readers will be drawn to these well-written characters and long to be in their shoes. The author not only gives the readers scrumptious sex scenes but also a story with real substance that will hook you and leave you longing for more.

Summary: Meg tests sex toys for a website, but she needs a break. What she really wants is to get her pleasure from a real man, not a plastic toy. Then she wins a contest and gets the chance to play with the ultimate sex toy. She doesn't realize the contest was rigged by Ethan and his partner, Collin. Ethan secretly watches Meg with his creation and knows he's the man for her. But will she want him once his secret is revealed?

(WHISKEY CREEK PRESS, Nov. '07, 154 pp., $13.95)
—Janean Sparks
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sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Grins*