Archive | November 2019

Falling for the Cougar Has Released!

Nov25
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Falling for the Cougar

Army Captain Nicole Welsh’s premonitions of danger warn her more trouble is headed her way after her parents died in an unexplained car accident. Is it just her imagination that someone bad is out to get her? Her vacation to Galveston Island is meant to be a break from her awful job, breaking up with an unfaithful boyfriend, and getting over her parents’ deaths. But her best friend skips out on her, now a tropical storm wreaks havoc, she’s certain someone is stalking her, and she runs into a fellow cougar who might just be her salvation. Unless, he’s one of the bad guys.

Scott Weekum is a finance officer at Fort Hood, Texas, having every intention of having a good time at Galveston Island, and rescuing a mermaid from the Gulf, who he envisions is in trouble. Supposedly, the tropical storm is moving out of the area, so he should be fine. What he doesn’t expect to find is that the mermaid is also an officer from Fort Hood, she has premonitions like he has, she’s a cougar, and she believes she’s in danger. Since he’d just broken up with a she-cat who had transferred to another post and he’s all alone, and she’s all alone, he’s determined to spend the time with Nicole. Except she seems to think someone’s stalking her, and her paranoia is beginning to rub off on him. Is she in danger? He’s not sure what to think, but has every intention of protecting her, whether she needs his protection or not.

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Terry_Spear_Falling_for_the_Cougar

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/falling-for-the-cougar-terry-spear/1135088087?ean=2940163105144

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/992373

Okay, it’s still processing at Kobo and iBooks. Print version available in about two weeks! I’m also working on the print version for Cougar Halloween Mischief. I’ll be working on Joy to the Wolves soon though too.

Have a great day!!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Spots and Dots…

Nov23

So I’m looking over my granddaughter’s picture and wondering what she had eaten that left little black specks on her face in three places. I remove them, only they’re still there.

I see punctuation marks on my manuscript that shouldn’t be there and really aren’t there.

Hmm, it’s time to clean the monitor.

Have a great day!!!

Terry

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

Nov22
Fall Colors on Baby and My 2.5 Mile Walk!

Aren’t you glad the government doesn’t have an expiration date for you? Of course, it helps to make sure that you don’t have really bad food sitting there waiting for you, but… *sigh* If we lived in an apocalyptic world, any food probably would be edible no matter how expired.

So yesterday, I poured a dressing on my salad, and realized it had expired Jan 2018. I only ate a bite of it before I thought it tasted a little soury and didn’t look quite right and checked the expiration date. But no green mold growing in it. That’s my usual way of knowing something is past eating. So the salad went into the trash. I figured I didn’t want to chance getting sick.

Have you checked your over the counter medicines lately? I rarely take them and when I need to, they’re usually way over-expired. Since that’s all I have, I take them anyway. Maybe the potency isn’t there. But the next time I think of it, I get another new bottle, toss the old one, and then the new one sits their expiring every day while I don’t use it, until it meets it’s expiration date.

Rather than get some new salad dressing (it’s the refridgeratable kind so it does expire earlier), I’ll just boil up the fresh spinach and fry up the mushrooms and eat them that way! Solution found!

Hope your day is filled with freshness with no expiration date in sight!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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How to Choose Who Wins

Nov21

I had several CD Audiobook giveaways to offer, so how do I choose the winners? It depends. Sometimes for loyal readers, sometimes for the hope of new readers. For those who follow my blogs/FB, newsletter. For those who comment on my FB or blog. It’s amazing how many people comment daily on my postings, but others never do unless it’s for a giveaway.

It’s like a test too. Does an entrant really say something in a comment? Or just: I love the cover, or not even that. A heart. It costs me money to send gifts so I like to feel that when I give them, it means something to the recipient and it means something to me.

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I look at FB pages of entrants. Some of my readers share my posts. One shared all of the CD offerings. She will win one because I appreciate that she could narrow her chances at winning by letting her friends know about it, but she helped spread the word. Not only that, but she often shares my posts, not just stuff like this!

I look to see how many have already received tons of books from me. I look to see who all enters contests and that’s it. I’ve given several books to one “reader” who always says, “I’ve never read any of your books.” So, hmm, what happened to the ones I sent to her? I’m now wary of that ploy! But hey, it works for her! Authors are drawn in by the chance to hook a new reader. But it’s just a game for a “reader” like her.

I know some authors do a chance drawing, so if someone posts a response a couple of times on the posting, they have a better chance at winning. Playing the system. Not really interested in the books as much as winning the game. Look. What. I . Won.

I want someone to win my books who genuinely is interested in my books.

Years ago when I was sharing books on a review site, the owner said they read every response and chose the best reader comments for a win.

That’s what I try to do.

For loyal readers. For those who are just getting started with my series. For those who want a chance to check them out. I like giving books away when I can. But it costs me money and I want to feel that I get something back in return.

So I’m off and writing on Bite of the Vampire, have books to ship, and I’m now farther along on the 2nd book in the series than the 3rd book. I might finish it before the end of the year. Here’s hoping! I still need to try and put the Halloween cougar novella in print, and I’m working on edits on Falling for the Cougar, and Red Wolf Christmas (now Joy to the Wolves) edits are coming soon.

Have a super great day! I’m off to choose some winners so I can get these shipped today!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Do You Remember a Time Before…

Nov20

Netflix and Prime Amazon and Youtube and Hulu? A time before emails and Facebook and Twitter and Instagram? A time before computer games that suck away the seconds, the minutes, the hours, the days?

Was it boring, or what?

My granddaughter is coming in about 2 seconds and it won’t be boring at all. Have a great adventurous day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Before I Forget…

Nov19

Before I transformed the angel that I took a picture of at the Ren Festival, and after… Angel at Sunset.

But before I forget, I’m off to write the next scene in Bite of the Vampire….that I thought of in the middle of the night, thought of grabbing a pen and writing down, but I REALLY needed to sleep. So will I remember it? *sigh* It will undoubtedly be different, but hopefully as good. Or maybe better? Sure, it will definitely be better…

Have a fun day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Are Dragons Real?

Nov18

Of course they are! Here’s a statue of one I took the picture of at the Ren Festival. I’m still working on a vampire young adult book, but I want to write about the dragon fae also. Dragon Fae was the first book I wrote about fae who shift into dragons.

I finished a bear for an order yesterday and have that and some books I need to ship today.

Otherwise, I’m working on Bite of the Vampire. Sometimes at times like this, my mind drifts to other books I’ve started, or covers that I want to write books for. I need more hours in the day!

Have a super fine day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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A Smile to Brighten Your Day

Nov17

According to neuroscientists, it’s the equivalent brain stimulation of having 2,000 chocolate bars. Just think of all the calories you save by smiling! Or you can have the same effect as receiving $25,000–if you’re not into chocolate.

An older man was leaving the grocery store and he looked so glum, I just smiled at him and that one little smile absolutely transformed him. His whole expression brightened, he said something about the weather, it took him out of the doldrums and made his day. And it made my day!

For my daughter’s birthday, we went to a coffee shop, and after my granddaughter had part of our cinnamon rolls, she was wired and running from one of us to the other and around a table to me, giving hugs and kisses. A man was watching her, smiling. Of course we were smiling, as we played the game, “Go give your daddy a hug and kiss. Go give your mommy a raspberry. Go give your grandma a hug.” And she was having a ball, instead of bugging us about leaving while we finished our coffee. And yes, it made for a perfect birthday.

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If I smile at my granddaughter, she smiles back, her eyes bright and twinkly. If I smile at my dogs, they wag their tails. Who would ever have thought a smile could equal that much chocolate to a brain that is totally addicted to it.

Smile and lose weight! Hey, sounds like a plan, right?

Okay, I’m off to work on Bite of the Vampire and I HAVE to make up a bear today. Have a smiley day!

Terry

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

Nov16
Rescued Birds of Prey

Celebrating my daughter’s birthday early–so off to try and finish Falling for the Cougar before we’re off.

Have a wonderful day!!!

Terry

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

Nov15

The little girl was actually with a buzzard, not a hawk, and the other is a vulture. The birds were at the Renaissance Festival, and are all rescue birds.

Okay, granddaughter is here, no hat and gloves, so we probably won’t take a walk unless I can find another pair of gloves in my house. Her daddy was running late, hit the snooze button on his alarm, and her shoes were on the wrong feet too. lol Grandma fixed. Wednesday, she had unmatched socks.

At least it’s Friday!

I’m up to chapter 16 on proofing Falling for the Cougar, 50 pages to go. But of course with a toddler here, it’s iffy about working on it. We’re playing musical laps. Max is on my lap whenever Keira wants off it, and then she wants up again. lol

Have a wonderful day!

Terry

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