Swans typically mate for life. They’re beautiful birds. I took the photo of these at the Waco zoo, Daily Texture background.
I am off and running this morning. Put dirt in the grandkids and my new flowerbed containers. Now my granddaughter can move her fairy village into it and my grandson can place his little animal garden stakes in there. I need to find garden dinosaurs for him. 🙂
Back to the book!
Have a beautiful day!!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Took the photo of the swans somewhere. lol Then added a Daily Texture background for this one.
I’m getting closer to being done with Huntress Unleashed. I’m working on proofing the beginning again and will do that throughout the book so that I can catch mistakes and see what things I mentioned but then never followed up on.
So this week is spring break–which means I’m having trouble figuring out which day of the week it is. Usually, I have my grandson two days, pick up my granddaughter from school afternoons five days a week, and so that keeps me grounded.
Do you ever feel that way when you’re off your regular schedule?
But I am trimming trees and removing weed trees in the backyard. Though the youpon holly tree (a weed tree that I let grow for privacy) is full of flowers and that means honeybees. So I was trimming up underneath it to allow for more light to the rosebush and purple magic crepe myrtle below it. I’m keeping the top of the tree that rises maybe 6 feet above the 6 foot fence. I also have a ton of weed crepe myrtles, so I’m trying to keep some, but trim the branches that criss-cross, so I have just a multiple main trunk. I DO NOT top the trees which ruins the look of them and weakens them. I’m cutting others down that are just growing up everywhere. They have such beautiful flowers and all of the trees are starting to leaf out.
Youpon hollies are kind of unruly trees, growing oddly, not just straight up, but I love them for their tiny white flowers in the spring, tiny evergreen leaves, shade in our hot Texas sun, and hardiness in this area. The crepe myrtles provide shade also and a nice leafy barrier. When I first moved here, I only had 3 pine trees in the backyard, and one died so I had to have it removed. They were native to the forest that had been here. So there wasn’t really any soundproofing. Now with all the vegetation I have, it’s much more soundproofed I’ve noticed. My burford holly that had been under the front windows I moved when they were little and they are now over 6 feet tall against the back fence. That provides a lot of noise reduction.
I’m off to work. Hope your day is fun-filled!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I woke at 5 a.m., the real 5 a.m. and got up and by the time I did a little cleaning, I sat down to begin my writing day and my computer says it’s 7 a.m. Wait, what? How did I lose 2 hours in an hour? Yep, we sprung forward.
My bedroom clock is supposed to adjust on its own. It doesn’t. My computer, phone, and watch do, thankfully. But my oven clock and car don’t either. And neither does my brain.
It’s a good thing we have Sunday off to recuperate before Monday. Wait, I don’t have Sunday off…
Have a beautiful day!!! Hope, if you had to, you have successfully sprung forward until you have to fall back and start this nonsense all over again. 🙂
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
I made word count for Huntress Unleashed. So now I’m over word count! Yay! I’m still working on it to finish it. We dropped 40 degrees overnight. Brr is it cold this morning.
I’m off to work. Hope your day if super fine!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
In the real world and in fiction, all kinds of different choices are available. But which path is the one to take? When I’m writing about characters in a book, they have to make all kinds of choices. Some can lead to resolution, others lead to way more conflict.
Sometimes what seems like the right path turns out to be the wrong one. As the characters discuss it among themselves, they choose a direction to turn and then…they never know what to expect.
Speaking of which, my hunters are entering a vampire club, so I’ve got to see where this takes them.
Have a great day!!!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Created using scrap art from Miles Beyond the Moon– The Girl and Her Friend or…the Fairy and Her Wolf
You see, the fairy could be a fairy and the wolf is also of the fairy world. Or the girl can be a wolf shifter dressed up in her human form, playing that she is a fairy and the wolf is her friend and didn’t want to shift out of her wolf, so she’s also “dressed” up as a fairy. Another scenario is that the girl isn’t a shifter but her friend, the wolf, is. Or that the girl is a girl and the wolf is a wolf and she’s raised her from a pup and the wolf allows her to dress her up.
See? Fantasy, Kind of Fantasy, More Realistic World…any of the notions could work, and others besides. If this was one of my fae books, the two are fae, the one a wolf shifter fae. If the story was one of my wolf shifter books, both are wolf shifters and one wanted to wear her wolf coat while playing at being fairies.
I LOVE creating fun stories from fantasy to paranormal romance.
I have little one all day–we’re doing finger painting today. I did that with my granddaughter yesterday. And I need some more dirt, so we’ll probably go to the grocery store today. We had a 1% chance of rain yesterday and I heard this noise that sounded suspiciously like it was pouring out and it was! I look back at the weather prediction and it says–1% chance of rain. lol
Okay, I’m off before he gets here.
Have a fantastical day!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
A GOOD WOLF IS HARD TO FIND–Roxie Wolff’s story coming in March 5, 2024
Agent Dylan Powers tracks the bad guys right to Roxie Wolff’s ski lodge and finds love where he least expected…
Fish and Wildlife Service agent Dylan Powers is on a mission in Silver Town to catch four men hunting illegally and put them behind bars. With his heightened wolf senses, he’s right on their trail, but the hunters know he’s coming. Suddenly, Dylan finds himself in deep trouble, nearly drowned and left to die, until he’s rescued by a beautiful she-wolf.
When local ski lodge owner Roxie Wolff first found Dylan, her curiosity got the better of her. Who was this handsome wolf and how did he end up in such dire straits? Things start to heat up between Roxie and Dylan as she takes him into her home to help him recover. But with the hunters still on the run, all of Silver Town is at risk, and Roxie and Dylan team up with the Silver Town sheriff’s department to take them down before anyone else gets hurt.
Praise for Terry Spear’s USA Today bestselling paranormal romance:
“The chemistry crackles off the page.” —Publishers Weekly for Heart of the Wolf
“Essential reading for werewolf romance fans.” —Booklist for Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply
“Spear delivers a layered suspense story.” —Library Journal for Night of the Billionaire Wolf
I usually try to prepost book releases, but my granddaughter stayed overnight, so after every announcement I make, she looks up to see if I’m done and can pay attention to her. lol Poor thing. Her school had the day off, so I am taking care of her. We didn’t even realize she was off until my SIL was checking the school lunch menu. We’re going to have lunch in a bit and then go out for our favorite ice cream treats to celebrate the book birthday. Mine is a hot fudge sundae with coffee/chocolate chip ice cream, usually chocolate mint chip. Hers is bubblegum ice cream, but she often switches things up.
We’re also dropping off my tax stuff. Glad to get that done! Another reason to celebrate!
We’ve been vacuuming and steam cleaning the floors. It’s never too early to get kids involved in helping to clean and she loves it. We’re going to do some more gardening in a bit.
Have a super fun day and if you have A Good Wolf is Hard to Find to read, I hope you’re enjoying it!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
You can look at this two ways–it’s another day to create an adventure, work on something you normally don’t have the time for, live another day in our lives…or, ack, I have to work another day for my boss and don’t get one extra dime for it!
It’s your choice! I look it as having an extra day to do more stuff!
Have a great Leap Day!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
Evander Cameron works for the MacNeill wolf pack, taking their Irish wolfhounds to dog show competitions and breeding them, when one of his charges takes off and meets up with his dream dog—a Scottish deerhound. Evander discovers her owner is the kind of wolf he could really fall for.
Alyth MacBain is breeding her Scottish deerhound with a champion when her dog runs off. Now what is she to do? Her puppies might be a mixed breed and the man who owns the stud dog wants one of the puppies for a stud fee!
Who would have ever thought her dog and Evander’s—causing all the trouble they have—could bring them together in such a crazy way? Their chemistry is off the charts when it comes to Evander and Alyth’s interest in each other. But now it appears that someone is intent on stealing her dog to sell her and her puppies and Evander and Alyth have to keep that from happening at all costs.
One of the squirrely squirrels in my backyard. You see how he’s eyeballing me? They chitter at me, waving their bushy tails, telling ME that I can’t have the bird seed in the feeders. Wait, you guys can’t have the bird seed in the feeders. Right. They totally scoff at me, and at the dogs that love to chase them.
My book blog came up as number 3 on The 40 Best Paranormal Romance Book Blogs and Websites! I’m thrilled! I Love Vampires was number 1. I love their blog!
I’ve been working on proofing Mated for Christmas. What inspired me for the book was that I went to visit my friend in Minnesota and we took in all the sites up in Ely. I loved seeing the wolf reserve up there and then this past time, we went to see the bear reserve also. I love that they have so many lakes, and of course my wolf pack lives on a lake, visited by a real black bear. This story is set in wintertime, where it’s really really snowed in. One of my beta readers, Donna, has to remind me to add more clothes to my characters when I send them out in the snow.
Where I’m at in Texas, we don’t get snow very often. And when I wrote this story, it was probably 110 degrees here. It can be hard to think Christmas thoughts when it’s the middle of the summer! But I always have fun writing them.
Also, on Feb 28th, I’ll be taking over Lori Foster’s Facebook page, and kudos to Lori for giving me the opportunity! I’ll post links when I have them.
In the meantime, I’m halfway done with proofing Mating for Christmas, trying to finish up a marketing plan for my publisher, getting closer and closer and closer to finishing Huntress Unleashed, and waiting to hear if I have a contract for new wolf books coming up. But when I’m waiting for things like that, what do I do? I keep on writing.
Have a great one!
Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
