Archive | July 2015

A Silver Wolf Christmas Goodreads Giveaway! & the Crepe Myrtle Flower that Doesn’t Belong…

Jul11

Goodreads Book Giveaway

A Silver Wolf Christmas

by Terry Spear

Giveaway ends September 01, 2015.

See the giveaway details

at Goodreads.

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Doesn’t that sound like a children’s story title? The Flower that Doesn’t Belong?

Like The Ugly Duckling?

Botanists would have a cool explanation for this. Me? I just think it’s the neatest thing ever. I have never seen this happen on any of the crepe myrtles. I’ve seen this happen on variegated privet that will suddenly sport no variegation on some branches and other such things. But this? Never.

I was actually taking a picture of the desert willow flowers in bloom, which surprised me too. They’re supposed to come out when we have a summer rain shower. No rain showers for the past two weeks, and been near 100 every day. So when I was taking the puppies out, I suddenly noticed flowers! And had to capture them. It’s really, really, really windy out, so I had to hold the branch, hoping that I could get a good shot with my phone, though the flower was still shaking, but I thought it turned out well.

Desert Willow in Bloom

And then I saw the crepe myrtle where it wasn’t supposed to be. I have pink, red, hot pink (watermelon), but this caught my eye.

Red crepe myrtle flowers with one pink flower

Isn’t that the coolest???

I’m not very good at holding a phone in one hand and taking a picture when holding the branch in the other in high winds, but I thought it turned out well, despite the handicap. What do you think? And best of all, his brother flowers are just as happy that he is there with him, sharing the same branch.

And another great review for SEAL Wolf Hunting!!!

“True love triumphs over all!”

Fresh Fiction Review SEAL WOLF HUNTING is a fun, sweet, and character-driven romance. The passion between Lori and Paul gets hotter and intensifies as their feelings grow and become stronger. One of the strengths of this book, as well as this series, is the tight-knit relationships between family and friends. I love how the members of Lori and Paul’s pack support each other and watch out for each other. As always, I look forward to the next book by Terry Spear. Reviewed by Miranda Owen
Posted July 10, 2015

http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=54432

Fresh Fiction Review

SEAL WOLF HUNTING is a steamy page turner! Author Terry Spear has another winner with this one as she continues to bring us her bestseller Heart of the Wolf shifter series. The story if filled with down to earth characters, a lot of humor, laughter, sizzle and suspense, making a perfect storyline. Right from page one the reader is thrown into the plot and it continues to build from there. The dialogue is in turns hilarious and serious just what you expect in a couple that are being pushed to be together. Paul has to make a decision that he doesn’t even realize he has already made, just needs it drawn out of him. He is sexy, tough, smart and sensitive to those who belong to his pack and family. Lori is perfect for him; she is also sexy, tough, smart and sensitive. She wants to give everyone the benefit of the doubt but she won’t be walked on either, not by anyone … including Paul. I loved how she took up her role and was there for the pack when Paul had to leave, proving that they are a concise team that could work together for the better of their people. SEAL WOLF HUNTING is already on my TRA shelf and I can’t wait for more!Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted July 10, 2015

http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=54443

Finally reached 60,000! 20,000 to go! 🙂 <3 And up to ch 7 on edits on She-Wolf. 🙂

Have a super great day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

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Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

USA TODAY Review! for SEAL Wolf Hunting and a FB Party Blooper!

Jul10

I’m excited to share a review at USA Today for SEAL Wolf Hunting!!

Book 16

http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2015/07/09/becky-condit-romance-rec-terry-spear/29919673/

I ran errands, had to do promo, and had to do chores all day yesterday, so no, I didn’t reach my goals. *sigh* Today, I’m going to have my nose to the grindstone all day and all weekend.

But I wanted to share this FB party blooper:

I have to say that only an author could do this. Or maybe, only THIS author could do this. I was sending, or trying to send, a fan a code for a free book after the party on Tuesday. I copy and pasted the link. ONLY, it didn’t really copy and paste THAT link.

It posted a research link: How to falsify a paternity DNA lab result.

Okay, so this has REALLY only to do with a story. Fictionalized. Nothing personal.

So I hope that if I ever send you a link, it’s the right one. lol

I’m off to write, and I hope to get a lot further than I have for the last three days.

Cute Lizard at Milwaukee Zoo

Have a super great day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

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Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

On USA Today Today!

Jul9

Book 16

Excerpt: ‘SEAL Wolf Hunting’ by Terry Spear

Terry Spear joins us to share an excerpt from her new SEAL Wolf Hunting, book 16 in her Heart of the Wolf series.

About the book (courtesy of Sourcebooks Casablanca):

Hottest of the hot on the Navy SEAL wolf team.

Paul Cunningham has eluded many traps in his long career as a Navy SEAL, but there’s no way out of this one. On a rare visit home, he gets “volunteered” for a local charity bachelor auction, and the community is counting on him. Then he discovers that the sexy she-wolf with the winning ticket is Lori Greypaw—the one woman he could never resist. And she has plans for Paul that go way beyond a simple date. For the first time in his bachelor life, this alpha wolf SEAL is going to have to prove his worth…

Terry sets the scene for us …

***

Okay, I’m behind on word count. First, I’ve been writing 5,000 a day, until party day, and I left that day free. I wrote a 1,000 that day, then yesterday was supposed to be my 5,000 day, but I only wrote 1,000. 🙁 I spent the day getting contest wins to ship and responding to a million different comments. It’s great exposure, and I have to say I am sending 4 of my Heart of the Wolf, first book in the series, to 4 brand new Heart of the Wolf Series books and one of my winners got excited about my Highland medieval series, so that was so much fun.

What’s funny is in the beginning, I had no series name. Then everyone kept asking me what it was. I didn’t realize I was going to have such a long-running series. Soooo, my fans kept calling it the Heart of the Wolf Series, and that stuck. So with Jaguar, I just said make it Heart of the Jaguar Series, and then did the same with my Cougar series. 🙂

I have to ship all the books and autograph books at the two stores that carry them today. So I won’t be able to get as much word count today either. And, I just got in first line edits on She-Wolf Leader of the Pack, so those have to take priority. *sigh*

And I’m behind on exercising. 🙁 I’ve been walking 5 miles a day, mostly stationary so I can still be working at home. But I’ve only been walking 1-2 miles with trying to write. *double sigh*

So there went all my goals. But you see, it’s not forever. And revising goals is just fine too. By writing so much in a few days, I have gotten further than I thought I would. I’m at 57,000 and need 23,000. So really getting close. And yesterday I was also brainstorming some ideas for the end of the book, jotted down a bunch of ideas, so see? I was working on the book. Just not with word count. And that’s important too.

I want to pitch White Wolf Christmas for 2017. I need to get caught up with the Legend of the White Wolf pack. They haven’t had their story told since that one came out as book 4. I need to write another jaguar book to keep the series going, but not sure who needs their story told next. Maybe someone totally different. I’m thinking of a trip to Hawaii.

Plunging Waterfall, Hawaii

For my characters. Been their twice, beautiful. Seems like the perfect landscape for a couple of jaguar shifters.

Gigantic Jaguar Yawn–My what big teeth you have

My internet is really slow this morning, so driving me crazy.

Anyway, I still have to write the Jaguar Christmas story by November, so not like I don’t still have books to write. 🙂

Okay, off to get my day started. If you have picked up SEAL Wolf Hunting and have read it and loved it, I would love a review on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. I never think to mention it, but that would be great!

Have a super wonderful day! Off to do something I’m supposed to be doing now!

Cougar on the Prwol

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

Interesting Life is All Around Us–Do You See It?

Jul8

My crepe myrtles are in full bloom and they’re beautiful.

Watermelon crepe myrtle

But what REALLY fascinated me was this:

What in the world is it, you ask?

Life decorating life.

Crepe myrtle flowers caught in spiderwebs, hanging there like decorations. Every night, the spiders remake their webs, not at all happy that the crepe myrtles are adding non-bug populations to their bug nets.

But I find it fascinating as each morning as the wind blows, the webs are again decorated in flowers.

How cool is that?

Do you ever notice cool things like that?

Have a great day!!! Back to working on Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing! Over halfway done! 🙂

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerrySpearParanormalRomantics

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

SEAL Wolf Hunting is OUT!!!

Jul7

After months of writing, more weeks of editing, and more revising, and proofing, and in the meantime writing 4 more books–Silver Wolf Christmas (Oct 2015), She-Wolf Leader of the Pack (Feb 2016), SEAL Wolf Diving for Trouble (Summer 2016), Phantom Fae (Apr 2015), and 55,000 words into Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing (25,000 words to go, woohoo!), while promoting the new release of Jaguar Pride (Feb 2015) it seems like eons ago that I wrote SEAL Wolf Hunting. An eternity.

Book 17

Don’t have covers for SEAL Wolf Diving for Trouble, or She-Wolf, or Billionaire yet. 🙂

And here you all thought I was goofing off!!!! With trips, and book signings, and playing with puppies and taking pictures, and visiting zoos and wolf parks and well, just plain old goofing off.

But you see writing is REALLY my day job and unlike Rick Castle on CASTLE, who writes one book a year, I get a little more done in a year. I have to. I have 3 wolf books and a jaguar book coming out next year. And more, when I can find the time. See if you can match that, Rick Castle. Oh, sure, he’s running around flirting with Detective Kate Becket and helping her to solve murder cases, but that’s the same as taking trips to zoos, playing with puppies, and taking pictures–time-wise, right?

And yet he’s a multi-millionaire crime thriller novelist. Hmm, maybe I should switch genres. Oh, I know it’s because the women flock to him and books aren’t the only thing that he’s signing. *sigh*

So I have to make do with what I have and…write more.

Book 16

I have to thank my fans for loving my books though. You are my inspiration! Every time I write a scene, I wonder–will you love it as much as I do? I’ve been writing some fun scenes in Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing, and those scenes make the book memorable to me. But every book has them.

Even after writing so many other books, nearly 5 since I wrote SEAL Wolf Hunting, I still can vividly see some of my favorite scenes–Paul Cunningham, retired Navy SEAL wolf who now does undercover freelance work has come home with his SEAL team body, Allan Rappaport, after a grueling mission. They lost one of the college students they were supposed to rescue.

Paul suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But I don’t belabor it. It’s just to show how something like that can make someone react to situations that others will take no note of. When Lori Greypaw realizes Paul might be reacting to situations because of PTSD, she reaches out to him, to help him deal with it. HE doesn’t believe he is having any trouble at all. But when he breaks into Allan’s mother’s home, both men covered in face paint and armed and ready to take down hostage takers, it’s funny and fun, but there’s this undercurrent of hint of trouble that Paul is dealing with, unbeknownst to anyone.

Anyone can suffer from PTSD.

So I’ve touched on it in the story, in fun ways that show that life isn’t always what’s right in front of you, but sometimes there are hidden fears that make you react to certain situations that might confound others.

Okay off to start the busy day ahead with prizes and such at my site.

I also will be giving away 5 copies of the audiobook through Audible–to lucky commenters on this blog. They are good for US and UK winners. I’m not sure if the codes will work elsewhere. But if you love shapeshifters, romance, the paranormal, wolves, mystery, suspense, action and humor, and enjoy audible books, just tell me why you’d love to listen to this story, and I’ll throw you in the pot for a free copy!

Have a super great day! Mine is on top of the moon because it’s RELEASE DAY!!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerrySpearParanormalRomantics

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

Chapters Indigo

Are You Goal Oriented?

Jul6

I reset my goals on Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing because I was stuck. What on? How to deal with a 3-year-old. It’s been a while since I had one, and I wished I’d written down all the funny things my kids said when they were little. Or things they did. I remember some, but not what age exactly. So I did my usual and posted on FB and asked if anyone has a 3-year-old and any cute sayings or things to share. And voila! So someone had said that little boys like to run around naked. I began to remember things my kids did–like my little boy running stark naked out the door after a bath, and the foreman who was doing some renovations on our place laughing. He later was my son’s and his son’s t-ball coach. His son was the same age as mine, and so he had experienced it all. But that was when he was smaller. So that’s the thing. Trying to remember exactly what age they are when this happens…that’s a different story.

I’m putting all my contributors into the acknowledgements and the stories will be incorporated to fit into my world. But I have to say, laughter is good for the soul and I’ve been laughing a lot at the cute things kids say.

Blaine trying to scare his little sister

I think Jenn was 3-years-old here. But she might have been 2 and her brother is 5 then. That’s what throws me is the ages. 🙂

And, I’ve been writing again and that’s great! I finally made it to the halfway point and it’s downhill from there. Now I have to start figuring out how to tie up loose ends, etc.

Tomorrow is the big release day for SEAL Wolf Hunting, so I will be busy with that all day. Which reminds me I need to work on a newsletter!!!

Okay, off to work on my writing goal now and hope everyone is having a great day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerrySpearParanormalRomantics

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

Ever See a White Bison?

Jul5

Did you know that bison and buffalo are not the same critter? Settlers mistakenly called bison buffalo, but they technically live in Africa and Asia, whereas bison are in North America. Bison have the huge shoulder hump and massive heads. They even have a few bison in Poland. They are from the same family–the buffalo and bison, but they are two distinct animals.

Here are some pictures of the white bison a couple of years ago, and then this year, but probably last year, she had a baby, which we didn’t know about. It was really fun to see two of them this time.

White Bison Right Beside the Car

Juvenile White Bison

White Bison and Juvenile Side by Side

By himself, the juvenile is white, but standing next to his parent, he’s browner, but still much whiter than the brown bison.

White Bison Reflection

My son was driving and the bison were on his side of the car, so he took the pictures. He wanted to get a cool picture of just the white bison’s reflection. This was what I loved so much when we saw them this time. All the animals, elk included, were trying to beat the heat, either by staying in the shade, or wading in the water. The years before, it was Thanksgiving and the ponds were frozen. 🙂 No need to beat the heat!

Two Tired Baby Bison Calves

Did I mention that when I got home, my external hard drive is giving me an error message and I can’t access it? Grrr.

I can still access it on my laptop, so the cords and such are working. My son and my SIL tried to figure it out, but no success. I save all my stories on it because my computer has crashed so many times. I really can’t afford not to be able to use it. 🙁

So then I loved my son’s water container for his dog. And I got one for mine. They loved it at his house and he doesn’t have to refill it all the time. So I filled mine up with water, and it started to fill up the dish, and fill it, and fill it, and wait, it’s going to breach the top any second now. Puppies are waiting in heady anticipation. They love the water from those. They are excited. But like me, waiting for it to quit filling up. I had to quickly tilt it back and stop the water from filling up and try to tip it back into the tank, only it began pouring all over the floor. So then I was running the tank into the kitchen to let the water out there, puppies racing with me–their mommy is always so much fun–until I could figure out what I had done wrong. Not turned it enough in the seat.

I do things like this just to entertain you, you know. Just in case your life is boring.

Oh, and yesterday, Max was thwarted from going to the bathroom…by this.

Toad sitting on sidewalk

Tanner raced over him to get to the grass, never seeing him. Max saw him and stopped dead in his tracks, tried to move around him, then backed up, and did the same. I finally had to carry him over the toad. Max, thwarted by a toad.

Have a great day!!! Back to working on Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerrySpearParanormalRomantics

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

Happy 4th!!!

Jul4

I’m going to be busy writing! What are you doing?

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerrySpearParanormalRomantics

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

Posing Puppies

Jul3

My puppies are easy to pose. They do so naturally, or I can have them sit on a spot and hold it. But throw another dog in the mix and it’s chaos. One’s over here, another over there, and the third one only shows off a tail in the picture.

So imagine my excitement when I had my phone in hand and the puppies and their cousin were all sitting on the stairs or one was lying down and posing for me, AND held their pose long enough that I could get all three in the picture and no one was a blur. Not to mention all their body parts were included. But also, the stairs provided for the perfect setting, AND they were looking at me. 🙂 In the first picture, mine had their heads tilted a little. What does this mean in doggy language? They’re trying to figure something out.

Believe me, before this? I had tons of one fuzzy dog or two fuzzy dogs, or tails or heads. So it was quite remarkable to manage several of them where they were perfectly posed.

Okay, so I have a big release coming up! I’ve got SEAL Wolf Hunting and a giveaway at this site:

http://t.co/AR3inpOey2?cn=cmV0d2VldF9tZW50aW9uZWRfdXNlcg%3D%3D

Spotlight and Giveaway ~ Terry Spear ~ SEAL Wolf Hunting

July 1, 2015 Annie Slasher Giveaway, Spotlight 6

Come meet the bachelors of Cottage Cove! Today I have Paul Cunningham here telling you what would make his perfect date! Don’t miss this great new paranormal romance by Terry Spear, SEAL Wolf Hunting.

Just be sure and drop by there and enter!!!

Have a great day!!! Back to working on Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerrySpearParanormalRomantics

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

SEAL Wolf Hunting and Sea Lions

Jul2

Love these reviews! They’re starting to come in for SEAL Wolf Hunting!

It’s releasing on July 7, so get ready!

“If only you made a different choice, moved faster, slower, something, anything to change the outcome of a past event that haunts you with regret; haven’t we all experienced that? Such is the conflict that plagues the novel’s hero, Paul. Once a SEAL, always a SEAL and failure doesn’t sit well with him. The good thing about this story is that the angst doesn’t bog down the story, it just helps a reader understand what motivates the hero to make the choices he does, and why he says the things he says. In the very first chapter, not only does a reader see that, but they get a good dose of the kind of humor and quirky shenanigans Ms. Spear puts her characters through. Their first ‘rescue’ mission occurs when they come home and I found it hilarious.” Long and Short Reviews

http://teaandbook-shauni.blogspot.com/…/seal-wolf-hunting-r… “Terry Spear is back with yet another delightful and delicious read. In her 16th Heart of the Wolf Series Book, Ms. Spear returns to the her Seal Team, to the last of the unmarrieds.” Shaun, Tea and Book Blog

So what do you get when you mix a seal with a wolf?

A hot SEAL Wolf.

Book 16

Chapters Indigo

Okay, so a sea lion, not a seal, but close? Several were having a great time making their seal lion happy sounds and frolicking in the water.

Sea Lion Momma and babies–she was waking up, rolling around, checking to see that her babies were there.

Are you ready for SEAL Wolf Hunting??? 🙂 <3

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

Connect with Terry Spear:

Website: http://www.terryspear.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/421434.Terry_Spear

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerrySpearParanormalRomantics

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerrySpear

Wilde & Woolly Bears http://www.celticbears.com

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Archive | July 2015

A Silver Wolf Christmas Goodreads Giveaway! & the Crepe Myrtle Flower that Doesn’t Belong…

“True love triumphs over all!”

USA TODAY Review! for SEAL Wolf Hunting and a FB Party Blooper!

On USA Today Today!

Excerpt: ‘SEAL Wolf Hunting’ by Terry Spear

Interesting Life is All Around Us–Do You See It?

SEAL Wolf Hunting is OUT!!!

Are You Goal Oriented?

Ever See a White Bison?

Happy 4th!!!

Posing Puppies

Spotlight and Giveaway ~ Terry Spear ~ SEAL Wolf Hunting

Come meet the bachelors of Cottage Cove! Today I have Paul Cunningham here telling you what would make his perfect date! Don’t miss this great new paranormal romance by Terry Spear, SEAL Wolf Hunting.

SEAL Wolf Hunting and Sea Lions