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Needing Some Fall… Cougar’s Mate–1st Time Ever! 99 Cent (USD) Sale!

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blue-jay-on-feeder-one-on-fence-900The Fall Colors are from Floating Lights Photography and she’s offering a free workshop coming up for taking better pictures. She’s really an awesome photographer, sharing all kinds of wonderful tips on using Photoshop and photography. I love the tutorial she gives on using curves on photoshop to enhance the colors of your photos, and change eye color? Really simple! Renne Dolling is just giving a free fall colors sampler to try out, super easy.

https://reneedolling.webinarninja.co/my/wnwebinarlist/thanksyou/30812

I have the curves layer tutorial on my tool bar, it’s so amazing. 🙂

No fall colors here. Well, a few. I keep finding beautiful red leaves in my yard, but don’t know where they’re coming from. Otherwise, most of the trees just shed their leaves.

pear-tree-in-fall-colors-012-640x427This was as close to fall as I got at the old home with the pear trees.

pear-tree-in-fall-colors-010-640x427fog-and-fall-640x480-winterThis is Scotland in fall.

fall-vines-and-plaque-640x480COUGAR’S MATE–99 cents for limited time!!!

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Cougar’s Mate: Instinct told her to run…

Shannon Rafferty learns that hanging out with the bad boys could be a dangerous business, but hooking up with a cop is even worse. Now she’s on the run, trying to avoid being murdered by his cougar shifter brothers and uncle. If that isn’t bad enough, a deputy sheriff hunts her down while she’s running as a cougar and trying to survive in the Colorado wilderness. He vows to protect her no matter what she’s done. With three dead boyfriends to her name, she’s sure she will be the death of Chase Buchanan before either of them can prevent it. No matter how much she knows she has to run again, he soon holds her heart hostage. But will that be enough to keep them both alive?

Chase Buchanan—as wilderness cabin resort owner, former US Army Special Forces, and part time deputy of the small town of Yuma, Colorado that boasts a love of cougars—is tasked to track down a cougar reported to be hunting human prey. Chase soon learns she’s a shifter, not a full-time cougar, and she’s on the run. When he takes her in, he vows to protect her. After losing his wife and baby to the human kind of predator years earlier, he’s not letting Shannon’s hunters kill her, too. But how is he going to hold onto the wild-cat woman, who is unpredictable at every turn, without losing his heart to her, and then losing her as well?

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Back to work for me!!

Have a great day!

Terry Spear

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

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Fog and Rain and One Shrub for All Seasons

Fog

Fog

We’ve had some gloomy days where it looked like this all day, perfect for writing spooky stories, don’t you think?

Raindrops on Berries

Raindrops on Berries–Winter Color

And I had to run out and get some shots of raindrops dripping off berries.

Green Berries

Green Berries–Summer Color

These are on the Firestorm Pyracantha, and it’s fun to see the seasons change.

Orange Berries--fall

Orange Berries–Fall Color

In Bloom--Spring

In Bloom–Spring

Okay, so got my seasons out of order, but you get the idea! I couldn’t sleep, so got up to do my blog during the free Internet time. I’m always running out here.

Have a lovely Wednesday. Making a little progress on The Viking’s Highland Lass. It’s halfway done!

I’m writing about fog in the story.

Fog in Scotland, Morning Sunrise

Fog in Scotland, Morning Sunrise off the loch

 

Terry

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

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Fall and Fog and the Perfect Spiderweb

Foggy Days Remind Me of Fall

Foggy Days Remind Me of Fall

The fog was thick all around the house, but what made it even cooler was the perfectly constructed spiderweb built between wrought posts on my driveway gate. What couldn’t be more perfect for the fall look, and ready decorations for Halloween?

Terry

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

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The Reflection of a Castle in a Well

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I love purple flowers and these were more showy, but you couldn’t see the detail of the crenelated parapet which showcases the medieval design on the battlements better in the second picture I took with the tiny orange flowers bowing down over the well. They are actually to the right of the purple flowers above.

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Orange Flowers at the Castle Well

This was at Dunnottar Castle in Scotland, one of my favorite of the seven castles we visited.

Okay, back to writing! 18,000 done! 7,000 to go!

Have a super Sunday!

Terry

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

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99 Cents for Highland Wolf Box Set!!! And Wolves at The International Wolf Center!

pumpkin flower planter (427x640)Flowers in pumpkins for decorating for fall.

Luna playing with Danali (640x457)Luna, female alpha, and Denali, brother to Aidan, the alpha male.

A Tail for a Pillow (640x427)

A tail for a pillow

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Here Boltz, Luna, and Aidan are pinning Denali down. 🙂 <3

99 cents–said one day only, but someone else reported that it was advertised for this price through Oct 5.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NT4ISQM

The International Wolf Center Fall Colors

The International Wolf Center Fall Colors

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Loved this wolf weather vane at The International Wolf Center.

Two of the wolves playing

Two of the wolves playing

Off to have more fun! Hope you are having a great Wednesday!

Terry

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Morning Pictures–and the feel of the Paranormal

I “finished” writing A Silver Wolf Christmas, which means I’m still working on revisions, but it’s done! And so I worked on bears, still have about 20 to go but here is a picture of the 9 headless bears! They’re stuffed, and some of the arms and legs are closed. I’ll finish closing the seams on the legs and arms tonight, and sew up the heads. 🙂

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To go along with headless bears and the look of Halloween, the paranormal, etc., here is a picture of the full moon this morning!

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And if that wasn’t enough, my chewed up pistachio, but it’s kind of hard to show that the grasshoppers are devouring it.

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And a really cool picture of a spiderweb, perfect for that Halloween look.

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And I started re-reading Call of the Cougar, so hopefully I can finish writing that in the next couple of weeks and edit it too.

Off to ship bears!

Have a super great, wait, got to get the garbage out Wednesday!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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I Wasn’t Going to Blog Today, But….

I just got word I’m up at USA Today’s Happily Ever After Today talking Scotland and how I used it for settings in my books.

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This is moss on stone in Scotland. I love moss. In Texas, you have to pay a lot of money to buy a mossy stone. LOL

I know. It’s amazing what fascinates me. This reminds me of a faery world.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2014/08/31/willa-blair-scotland-romance-setting-diana-cosby/14908099/

 

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Her Highland Hero
Lady Isobel is a Norman laird’s daughter, living near the Scots border where her father, Lord Pembroke, is trying to keep the peace. But her mother was a Highlander and the man Isobel loves most of all is Laird Marcus McEwan, who has been bringing news of her mother’s people for years. But now Isobel’s father wishes her wed to an English nobleman, who will carry on his title. Isobel will wed no other man but her heart’s desire—and that is one braw Highlander from her mother’s homeland.
Laird Marcus McEwan has loved the feisty lass forever. For years, Marcus has tried to convince Lord Pembroke to allow him to wed his daughter. But the Norman lord will not allow it. Then ambushes and murders make it too dangerous for Marcus to reach a peaceful resolution.

Nothing goes as planned and keeping the lass for his own is fraught with danger, as they try to determine who was behind the killings. Isobel and Marcus will do everything in their power to ensure they are together as they have always vowed they would be.

 

Audiobook will be coming, and print is coming soon.

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I also set A Highland Werewolf Wedding there, after I fell in love with the ruins of Dunnottar Castle.

A Highland Werewolf Wedding: He never thought any woman could get him to the altar…
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Mountain, Fall, Reflection, Scotland

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Isn’t it beautiful? I love reflections.

And, we have a new FB page dedicated to the box set.

Tall, Dark and Paranormal with all our covers

https://www.facebook.com/TallDarkandParanormal

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We’re also having a FB party on Sep 16, day of release, with goodies to giveaway:

https://www.facebook.com/events/514036032064445

So you see why I had to blog today?

When all I thought I was going to do was catch up on student lessons AND work on finishing up A Silver Wolf Christmas. All kinds of folks are vying for a say in whodunit. I’ve got to figure this out! 🙂  <3 The fun part is coming up with the end, and then editing it to make sure it’s the best it can be. No loose ends. No walk-on, walk-off characters, no plot holes. 🙂

Okay, off to do it! Goal is to have the book done by Sunday (word-count wise). It always ends up being 6-8,000 words longer than I expected…but shooting for the minimum by Sunday.

Have a super great Labor Day!

I’m off to labor. What about you?

Terry

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Interesting Doors…

Weird things fascinate me. These doors were in Savannah, Georgia. I was having a discussion about doors with my daughter yesterday, and she was telling me that they put temporary doors on the homes they’re constructing because thieves steal the doors. Huh? Who would have ever thought it.

Okay, so maybe doors are more of a precious commodity than I thought. But unique doors fascinate me.

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This one was at the Cotton Exchange.
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And these were taken in Salado, Texas. These doors might look like ordinary doors, but they were only about 5 feet tall, if that? Little tiny doors. And very narrow.

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I found it fascinating on the doors of this period in all of the old houses redone as shops and how many of them had windows above.

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Back to writing! Reached 55,000 last night, but still 5,000 short for the week on A Highland Wolf Christmas. *sigh* With the holidays coming up, I’m running out of time! But I remind myself when I started this venture, I had Chapter 1 written. As in the heading: Chapter 1. Not the whole chapter. So 25,000 to go! Much better than 25,000 done and 55,000 to go!

Oh, and while I was talking to my daughter about Halloween and how some have over a 1,000 trick-or-treaters at their door–wow, she was telling me how she had one girl show up in a bra and panties–about 14. Who let her out of the house dressed like that???

Have a super Sunday!!!

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com

Sunset in Texas & the North Star and the Moon

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Note there are other specks of stars surrounding the moon and North Star.  The sky is filled with stars this morning and I tried to capture them with my camera but it’s only showing blackness. But I loved seeing the Dippers in the early morning darkness. Ever go star gazing?

What do you see?

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com

Happy Halloween!

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I know it’s early but, I like to do some things early!!! I want you to know I worked a long time to do this. 🙂  Just for you. The growly pumpkin was made by my dad and painted by my mother. I made the wizard bear, and no it’s not a build a bear. Unless you consider building it from scratch. 🙂

But I hope you like it as much as I had fun creating it! Happy Halloween, early!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com