Archive | September 2024

Midhope Castle Outer Buildings

Sep28

I love old buildings and these on the Midhope Castle property in Scotland, the first two behind the castle, would have had some importance at some time. What were they used for? The one has two chimneys. Another residence, maybe? I can just envision the staff of the keep busily working in all of these places.

I’m still working on my website, nearly have it sort of straightened out. I still need to do a lot on it, but for now, at least it has better uniformity for the book covers and the setup isn’t as squirrely. 🙂 I still need to make sure all my buy links are there and they work. With over a hundred books published, the task was daunting!

I’m off to work. Want to get back to writing, but still having jet lag issues. Waking up at 3 every morning. Hopefully, my sleep pattern will be back to normal soon.

Hope everyone is safe where the hurricane is hitting now!

Have a stupendous day!

Terry Spear

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

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Blackness Castle

Sep27

Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress located on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. And see the little crab? When we entered the castle, there it was inside the tunnel of a walkway. He had to travel a long way to find his way in there.

Notice all the rocky terrain inside? Can you imagine trying to maneuver over that all the time?The rocks near that one entry into the keep was slippery and though it looks easy to navigate, like there’s a path, it’s not all that smooth and yet it is smooth enough to make it very slippery. It was misting on us that day. Very well preserved medieval castle.

Can you imagine our homes lasting that long?

I’m still redoing my website. Off to work and then having lunch with my granddaughter!

Terry Spear

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

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Midhope Castle in Scotland–Outlander Setting

Sep26

Midhope Castle, West Lothian, Scotland. I just love old castles.

It’s the real-life location of Lallybroch, the ancestral home of Jamie Fraser in the Outlander series.

A family actually lives here, which is why it is kept up so nicely.

My birds haven’t come back after I starved them for two weeks. The squirrels are back though. It doesn’t take long for them to figure out there’s a handout for them. It was so nice and cool this morning, I was out weeding. I hope it continues to be cool in the morning so I can keep after it.

I’m off to work on the two stories I’m finishing up that I wrote scenes for on the plane coming and going and I need to work on my website pages some more.

Have a super fun day!!!

Terry Spear

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

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A Scottish Castle

Sep25

I have no illusions of grandeur. If I had lived at this castle in times of old, I’m sure I would have been one of the scullery maids.

But it sure was fun checking them out. I’m off to bring the puppies home. I’m sure they feel I abandoned them forever!

So if you had been here, what would you have been? A Lord? A Lady? A warrior? A farmer? Whatever it was, you would NOT have wanted to have been a prisoner in the dungeon!

Have a beautiful day!

Terry Spear

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

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Jaguars on the Prowl

Sep12

Playing follow the leader? There’s always got to be someone who is the leader and the follower, right? Took the photo at the Waco zoo.

We got a 1/4″ of rain from that storm that hit Louisiana. I’m glad we didn’t get anything worse. People are still redoing roofs all over my neighborhood, trees have large branches just hanging, waiting for the next storm to rip them the rest of the way off, and lots of fence replacement still going on.

Well, we have sweltering temperatures for the next 10 days and probably beyond. Our coolness was short lived.

Hope you’re having a great day!!!

Terry Spear

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

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Spectacled Bear

Sep9

Isn’t he cute and huggable looking? I was told by a friend from South America that her father had rescued a 6-month old, female cub that’s brother and mother had been in killed. They’re black, so this one is so faded in color, he has to be really old. Sweet looking though. Lola shared the picture below of Negrita and Ray playing with her.

Little one is coming, dogs want out, birds want to be fed, it’s 66 out, woohoo! So I have to run.

Have a great day!

Terry Spear

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

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Don’t Pet the Cat

Sep8

Isn’t she beautiful? Even if she’s one of my cougar shifters, they don’t want to be petted by some random stranger. She has a look in her eyes that say don’t even think about it! I took the photo of her at the Waco zoo.

I’ve been working on Highland Wolf edits again. I thought my chapters were a little long, so dividing them up a bit, which means adding some more material, hooks, etc. So I put off proofing it until I get that done.

Hope you have a swell day!

Terry Spear

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

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Goat Having a Bad Ear Day

Sep7

I took the photo of the goat in Brenham, Texas. It looked like the wind had caught his ear and covered his eye, or he was camera shy.

So I have spent several days reworking my author website. It’s still a work in progress. I need to work on ALL the book pages, but I was trying to set up the new landing page. It doesn’t look like another blog now. I still need to add a page for one of the categories of books so I can link to it and set up the printable page link for the book list. Unfortunately, when I began with a different setup, it kept posting automatically with all the changes to the world. With this one, they didn’t until I was ready and then I could just update it as I went along to see if everything was working. It’s supposed to be easy, and for the most part it was, but I managed to “break” things a few times.

I’m also proofing Highland Wolf. Off to work!

Hope you’re having a great ear day!

Terry Spear

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

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Goat Above the World

Sep6

When you’re always looked down on, it must be nice being on top of the world. Goat in Okinawa at a botanical gardens.

I’m off to proof. I’m nearly done with edits, have grandparents’ lunch day with my granddaughter today, but otherwise, hope to finish up Highland Wolf today. We had an inch of rain yesterday, yahoo!

Hope you sit up above the world today.

Terry Spear

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

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Mated for Christmas–Barnes and Noble Preorder Promo

Sep5

Pre-ordered “Mated for Christmas” yet? If not, @barnesandnoble is running an awesome 25% promo for their rewards & premium members!

Just use the code “PREORDER25” when you check out from B&N.com between 9/4-9/6.

You have to be signed up for one of their memberships to be eligible for this promotion, BUT signing up for their rewards membership is free.

As always, preorders are a great way to support an author and I’m always grateful for your love & support of my books!

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Mated for Christmas

Coming October 8, 2024

A romantic holiday vacation is just what these two wolves need to take their romance to the next level.

Arctic wolf shifters Sheri Whitmore and her boyfriend, Slade White, celebrate a festive Christmas at a cabin retreat in the forests of Minnesota. But when they run into unexpected trouble, Sheri and Slade will have to work together to put the danger to rest so they can enjoy their romantic holiday together.

Crazy, hectic fae morning here with everything that could go wrong, is going wrong. So I wanted to post this since I just got word about it.

Happy reading! Terry

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