tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003385163993004082024-03-13T11:02:59.582-07:00Lynn Kelley: Random Acts of Weirdness"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
Mark TwainLynNerdKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167392990015741278noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300338516399300408.post-72074573503598095092013-09-15T15:14:00.000-07:002013-09-15T15:14:00.016-07:00The Weirdness Has Moved to a New Site
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We're still celebrating the launch of Emblazon's new site<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />and we've got some awesome freebies for you!</h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">Today, </span><span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">August 1st</span><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">, the Emblazon group of tween writers is offering numerous eBooks for <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">free</span>. Help yourself to as many as you'd like! Go to our </span><strong data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Sizzlin' Summer Freebies </strong><span data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><a data-mce-href="http://emblazoners.com/sizzlin-summer-freebies-2/" href="http://emblazoners.com/sizzlin-summer-freebies-2/" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" title="HERE">HERE</a> and get 'em while they're hot!</span></span></h3>
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Do you enjoy audiobooks? Do you like <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Whispersync</strong>? If so, you might be interested in getting <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Whispersync </strong>for <em style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;"><strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Curse of the Double Digits </strong></em>at the discount rate of $1.99 when you download the free eBook today, available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Double-Digits-ebook/dp/B009ICEWD2/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1375230842&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.</h3>
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<img alt="Lynn Kelley, Lynn Kelley Author, Curse of the Double Digits" class="size-full wp-image-1130 alignleft" data-mce-src="http://lynnkelleyauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/doubledigitsfinal-11-e1358986304773.jpg" height="167" src="http://lynnkelleyauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/doubledigitsfinal-11-e1358986304773.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; cursor: default; display: inline; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 24px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 100%;" width="111" /><span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Although the group promo is for today only, <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">Curse of the Double Digits</span><strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;"> </strong>will also be <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">FREE tomorrow, Friday, August 2nd</span>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Please tell your friends about <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">today's Sizzlin' Summer Freebies</strong> so they can get some eBooks for their kids, too.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">If you know of any <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">teachers</strong> or <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">homeschoolers</strong> who use <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">audiobooks</strong> so their students can <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">listen and read along with eBooks or paperbacks</strong>, please give them a heads up. Today and tomorrow, they can get both the eBook and <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Whispersync (audio)</strong> of <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;"><em style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">Curse of the Double Digits</em> </strong>for <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">$1.99</strong>. <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">Free eBook</span> and <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">discounted Whispersync</span>, how cool is that?</span></div>
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Hop on over to the <a data-mce-href="http://emblazoners.com/sizzlin-summer-freebies-2/" href="http://emblazoners.com/sizzlin-summer-freebies-2/" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" title="Emblazon's Sizzlin' Summer Freebies page">Emblazon site's Sizzlin' Summer Freebies page</a> and load up on some great eBooks. Again, this is our gift to you to celebrate the kick-off of <strong style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Emblazon's</strong> new website for tweens. Woot!</h3>
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LynNerdKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167392990015741278noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300338516399300408.post-24777993366673405392013-07-09T22:08:00.000-07:002013-07-09T22:08:30.735-07:00Prizes! Celebrate Launch of Emblazon Website!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Come celebrate the birth of a new website called Emblazon! Together, our sparks will light </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>up the lives of young readers. Help us blaze new trails and make a difference.</b></span><br />
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<b>A wise person once said, </b>“Write your name on the heart of a child.” We hope to emblazon our stories there.</h3>
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<em><b>Emblazon</b></em><b> is a collection of authors–some indie, some traditionally<br />published–who have each produced at least one children’s novel. Our audiences </b>range from fifth grade to young adult, but we have a particular focus on ages 11 to 14. Some call them upper middle grade; others call them low young adult. They’re somewhere in the middle and can lean either way. We call them Tweens.</div>
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<b>To celebrate our launch, we are giving away lots of amazing books! </b>You can win signed paperback copies AND ebooks<b> of stories written by our </b><b>authors. </b></div>
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<b>Enter to win here: <b><a data-mce-href="http://emblazoners.wordpress.com/rafflecopter-giveaway/" href="http://emblazoners.wordpress.com/rafflecopter-giveaway/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://emblazoners.wordpress.com/rafflecopter-giveaway/</a></b></b></div>
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<b>Please </b>share our giveaway with anyone who enjoys a great tween read. Thank you!<br />
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<strong>Do you have a favorite tween book (ages 11 to 14)? If so, what is it?</strong><br />
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Stay tuned every fourth Wednesday of the month for our <strong>Tween the Weekends</strong> posts, which focus on various aspects of tween books. The more people who participate in the discussions and info sharing, the better!</div>
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Hi everyone! As you may remember, a few weeks ago <b><span style="color: #351c75;">PETE the Elf</span> </b>had a touch too much Eggnog at the Holiday Christmas Party and as he stumbled home, he lost Santa's <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>NICE LIST.</b></span><br />
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The North Wind scattered the papers to all four corners of the world, and <a href="http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.ca/2012/12/operation-help-elf.html" target="_blank">The Bookshelf Muse</a> put out a call to help find them in order to SAVE CHRISTMAS. <br />
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Yes that's right...<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>I found part of Santa's missing NICE LIST.</b></span> There it was, fluttering in the wind, half caught under the corner of my welcome mat. And shock of all shocks, I recognized the name, and I bet you will too.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>NAME:</b></span> <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Robyn Campbell</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>NICE LEVEL:</b></span> <span style="color: #134f5c;">99%</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">NAUGHTY LEVEL:</span></b> <span style="color: #134f5c;">1%</span><br />
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Because poor Pete is dashing all over the place trying to hunt down the rest of Santa's missing Nice List, I decided to take care of this one myself. <b>Robyn, I'm truly blessed to know you! Enjoy the gift I sent to your inbox. Wishing you and your family a bodaciously wonderful Christmas!</b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Testing the work in progress of <i>Curse of the Double Digits</i> on a second grade class in 2008 made for wonderful memories in my writing journey. Please hop over to <a href="http://bish-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/12/curse-of-double-digits.html">Bish's blog, Random Thoughts</a>, to read about it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to the winners of the giveaway of my new children's book, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Curse of the Double Digits!</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you to all those who entered the giveaway and helped celebrate the release of my chapter book.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">First, we'll start with the winners from <a href="http://robyn-campbell.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-10-11T01:00:00-04:00&max-results=7">Robyn Campbell's 10-10-12 post on Putting Pen to Pencil</a>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://skmayhew.blogspot.com/">Sharon Mayhew</a></b> - Signed paperback</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.susankayequinn.com/">Susan Kaye Quinn</a></b> - eBook</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Next, the winners from <a href="http://mariacisnerostoth.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/abbracadabra-presto-picheelo-meet-childrens-author-lynn-kelley/">Maria Toth's 10-10-12 post on A Writer's Life of Scraps & Scribbles</a>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.yvettecarol.com/">Yvette Carol</a></b> - Signed paperback</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/melissa.bowersock">Melissa Bowersock</a></b> - eBook</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And now, the winners from <a href="http://writegame.blogspot.com/2012/10/lynn-kelley-debut-novel-curse-of-double.html">C. Lee McKenzie's 10-29-12 post on The Write Game:</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.rillart.com/blog/">Rilla Jaggia</a> - </b>Signed paperback</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Last, the ten winners who left comments on my blog posts:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My son thought he had the best costume in the neighborhood, until he walked into a tree and was knocked flat on his back. It was hard to see out of those little eye holes, especially at night</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I think my favorite costume mishap story is from my writer friend, <a href="http://hoboannie.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-newest-creepy-kindle-book-just-in.html">Hobo Annie</a>. She left this comment on my post on October 10th:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Once a friend and I had to be witches in a play, so we put green food coloring in base makeup. Worked great for the show...but we had to go to school with green-stained faces for a week!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I admit I deserve a time out in a creaky, rickety time out chair. I apologize for not commenting back to my followers. Just haven't been up to par this week, dealing with allergies and fatigue. And a toddler who runs faster than his Grammy's old bones can bend. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please know you're important to me, and I will be paying each of you a visit ASAP. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Do you remember him from last year? He's the creepster, freakster, cranky monster who haunts computers. Anyone's, anywhere, at any time. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I was a kid, we'd invite friends over for snacks and a spooky tale, the story of "Joshua Brown," who one Halloween night disappeared from town. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, we lost the story years ago. I looked for it online and found a similar story called "<a href="http://www.scoutorama.com/skit/sk_display.cfm?sk_id=256">Poor Joe</a>." The words are totally different, but the concept is the same. "Poor Joe" isn't as scary as my childhood 'Joshua Brown,' so this milder version might be better for some folks. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Both 'Joshua Brown' and 'Poor Joe' use peeled grapes for the eyes, which are passed from one person to the next. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Squishy, slimy, and shaped like eyeballs. Great effect! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A bowl of cooked, slightly wet spaghetti pasta was used for veins in both 'Joshua Brown' and 'Poor Joe.' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A piece of liver served as the tongue for both stories. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We used a peeled potato cut in the shape of a big toe for 'Joshua Brown.'</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The 'Poor Joe' site used ten pieces of carrots for toes, a wig for hair, and a dried apricot for an ear. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It sounds disgusting, doesn't it? We knew it wasn't real, and we thought it was great fun. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you want to do this type of story with friends and family this Halloween, go to the '<a href="http://www.scoutorama.com/skit/sk_display.cfm?sk_id=256">Poor Joe</a>' site and use that version. It will make for a spooktacular party.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What a great idea for a blogfest, the brainchild of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #131313; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: #820000; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.ciaraknight.com/blog/">Ciara Knight</a>, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15.0pt;">I'm excited to tell everyone about this awesome Saturn Society time travel series by Jennette Marie Powell. I'm a sucker for time travel stories in the first place, but these books are so well written and it's clear the author spent a lot of time (no pun intended!) researching the historical settings the main characters travel to. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15.0pt;">These novels are jam packed with tension, suspense, intriguing plots and subplots, and some steamy romance scenes, too! Great page turners. </span><br />
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<em>Time-travel Romance - contemporary and early 20th century America</em></div>
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<strong>One man against a secret society of time travelers – and the woman he loves.</strong></div>
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One unwanted gift. One great wrong. One chance to make things right…</div>
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Tony Solomon never wanted to be a time traveler. But when a freak accident gifts him with the ability to travel in time, he becomes an unwilling initiate in a secret society of time travelers. Determined to prevent his daughter’s murder, he violates the Society’s highest law and becomes a fugitive. When the Society refuses to tell Tony how to time-travel within his own life, he seeks help from Charlotte, the woman whose life he saved during a prior trip to the past.</div>
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When Tony arrives in 1933 looking for answers, Charlotte is both thrilled and terrified to see her childhood hero. Loyal to the Society, she is honor-bound to bring to justice those who manipulate time for their own gain. In giving him sanctuary, she faces a terrible choice-condemn the man she loves and to whom she owes her life, or deny her deepest convictions by helping him escape and risk sharing his sentence.</div>
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Buy <em>Time’s Enemy</em> at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GVDMKS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=jennmaripowe-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005GVDMKS" style="color: #2a6764;" title="Buy Kindle Book at Amazon">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B005GVDMKS&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/jennette-marie-powell" style="color: #2a6764;" title="Buy in Print or Nook Book at Barnes and Noble">Barnes and Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/80848" style="color: #2a6764;" title="Buy a variety of e-formats at Smashwords">Smashwords</a> and many other online retailers. Print edition available at Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, or by request at your favorite bookseller.</div>
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<strong>A past shrouded in mystery</strong></div>
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Violet Sinclair remembers nothing of her life before the day she awoke several years earlier, drenched in blood that wasn’t hers. But since she met Tony Solomon, she’s been certain of one thing – sometime in her hidden past, she knew him… loved him… and did something terrible to him.</div>
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<strong>A present fraught with danger</strong></div>
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Time-traveler Tony Solomon is sure he never met Violet before they were coworkers, yet she bears an uncanny resemblance to the woman he loved and lost decades before he was born. After an impulse encounter leaves Violet pregnant with his child, she becomes the target of killers from the future.</div>
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Framed for murder, Tony will do anything to protect Violet and their child, even if their only escape is to jump into the past, something he swore he’d never do again. But when they jump back much further than planned, they find their troubles are only beginning—and secrets can get them killed.</div>
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Buy <em>Time’s Fugitive</em> at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TD52C2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=jennmaripowe-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007TD52C2" style="color: #2a6764;" title="Buy Kindle Book at Amazon">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B005GVDMKS&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1110111893?ean=2940014472425" style="color: #2a6764;" title="Buy Nook Book at Barnes and Noble">Barnes and Noble</a> | <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/150028" style="color: #2a6764;" title="Buy a variety of e-formats at Smashwords">Smashwords</a> Print edition available at Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, or by request at your favorite bookseller.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">These are two of my favorite books. What's yours? Do you like time travel tales or romance novels? </span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 36px;">If you'd like to check out the other bloggers' picks, here's a list of the blogfest participants and their links:</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5082338" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.ciaraknight.com/blog/">Author Ciara Knight</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5082342" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/">Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5085865" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: markkoopmans.blogspot.com/">Aloha! Mark Koopmans says hi from HI</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086023" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.brindaberry.com/blog.html">Brinda Berry Blogs</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086129" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.rustywebb.blogspot.com">The Blutonian Death Egg</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086133" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: sivmaria.blogspot.no/">Been There, done that</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086156" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.joylcampbell.com">The Character Depot</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086166" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: martaszemik.blogspot.com/">Marta Szemik</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086285" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.positiveletters.com">Hilary of Positive Letters</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086370" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: imagine-today1.blogspot.com">Kathy- Imagine Today</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086447" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: writersally.blogspot.com">Writers Alley</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086463" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: tashaseegmiller.blogspot.com">Tasha Seegmiller</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086494" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.hildiemcqueen.com">Hildie McQueens Author Site</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5086773" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: jaynoel.com">Jay Noel</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087001" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: waterytart23.blogspot.com/">Confessions of a Watery Tart</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087072" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: taratylertalks.blogspot.com">tara tyler</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087411" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.lynnrush.com/blog">Catch the Rush</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087438" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: missjacklewisbaillot.blogspot.com/">However Improbable</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087440" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: katieosullivan.blogspot.com">Katie OSullivan</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087633" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: tyreanswritingspot.blogspot.com/">Tyreans Writing Spot</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087661" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.writersdolaundrytoo.com">Writers Do Laundry Too</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087671" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: nancysthompson.blogspot.com/">Nancy S. Thompson</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087705" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.michaelpiercebooks.blogspot.com">Michael Pierce</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087821" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: kmdlifeisgood.blogspot.com/">Tina @ Life is Good</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087930" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: kyralennon.blogspot.co.uk/">Write Here, Write Now</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5087964" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: rachelmarybean-writingonthewall.blogspot.com/">Writing on the Wall</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5088034" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.rachelfirasek.blogspot.com">Rachel Firasek</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5088538" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: louanncarroll.com/blog">Louann Carroll</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5088595" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: iamhrsinclair.com/">I am HR Sinclair</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5088703" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: amyjarecki.blogspot.com">Amy Jarecki Writes</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5088817" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.averyolive.blogspot.com">Avery Olives Blog</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5088926" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: aspiringwriter-honey.blogspot.com">Stories to Share</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5088936" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.amberkallyn.com">Amber Kallyn</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089036" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: writegame.blogspot.com">The Write Game</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089116" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: jenniferlanebooks.blogspot.com">Jennifer Lane Books</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089120" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.jamigray.com">Jami Grays Blog</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089144" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.kristaames.com">Krista Ames</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089158" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: lynnkelleyrandomactsofwriting.blogspot.com.BlogHop">Lynn Kelley Random Acts of Weirdness</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089211" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: christinerains-writer.blogspot.com/">Christine Rains</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089300" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: lauraeno.com/blog">Laura Eno</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089369" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: soyoureawriter.blogspot.com/">Carrie Butler @ SYAW</a></div>
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42.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089547" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: j-scribbles.blogspot.com/">Scribbles From Jenn</a></div>
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43.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5089645" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: mpaxauthor.com/blog/">Mary Pax</a></div>
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44.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090001" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.leaveittolivia.blogspot.com">Leave it to Livia</a></div>
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45.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090045" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: callyjackson.com">Cally Jackson Writes</a></div>
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46.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090073" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: thegoldeneaglesblog.blogspot.com">The Eagles Aerial Perspective</a></div>
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47.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090574" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: cathykeatonwrites.blogspot.com">Cathy Keaton Writes, or Tries To</a></div>
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48.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090638" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: hmgardner.blogspot.com/">Heather M. Gardner</a></div>
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49.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090812" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.yolandarenee.blogspot.com/">Defending the Pen</a></div>
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50.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090896" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/">WRITING IN THE CROSSHAIRS</a></div>
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51.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5090924" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.susangourley.blogspot.com/">Susan Says</a></div>
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52.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5091226" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: libbyheily.blogspot.com/">Libby Heily</a></div>
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53.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5091991" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: inkinthebook.blogspot.com">Ink in the Book</a></div>
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54.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5092054" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.medeiasharif.com">Medeia Sharif</a></div>
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55.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5093956" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: sydneyaaliyah.wordpress.com">Sydney Aaliyah</a></div>
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56.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5094142" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.eseckman.blogspot.com">Use Your Words. . .</a></div>
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57.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5094334" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: pensuasion.blogspot.com/">Pensuasion</a></div>
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58.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5094404" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: cluculzwriter.blogspot.com">Joylene Nowell Butler, author</a></div>
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59.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5094692" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: jennajaxon.wordpress.com/">jennas journal</a></div>
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60.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5094716" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.lolakarns.com/">quirky contemporary tales</a></div>
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61.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5094724" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: paradox-theangelsarehere.blogspot.com/">Patti Roberts Book Blog</a></div>
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62.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5095327" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: patriciastoltey.blogspot.com">Patricia Stoltey</a></div>
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63.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5095584" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.com/">Spunky L. Diane Wolfe</a></div>
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64.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5095712" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: isisrushdan.blogspot.com/">Isis Rushdan</a></div>
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65.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5096414" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: Christine-Ashworth.com">Wicked. . . with a Side of Saucy</a></div>
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66.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5096823" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: sylmion.blogspot.com">My First Book</a></div>
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67.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5096870" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: cmbrown-books.blogspot.com.au/">C. M. Brown</a></div>
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68.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5100821" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: thefarseas.blogspot.com">Trisha @ WORD+STUFF</a></div>
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69.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5102209" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: lindipeterson.com">Lindis Writing Journey</a></div>
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70.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5102468" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: siamckye.blogspot.com/">Sia McKye Over Coffee</a></div>
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71.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5104600" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: charitywrites.blogspot.com">Charitys writing journey</a></div>
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72.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5104748" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: thesubmissionprocess.blogspot.com">The Submission Process</a></div>
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73.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5106711" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: carrieannebrownian.wordpress.com/">Carrie-Annes Magick Theatre</a></div>
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74.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5109698" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: its-not-all-gravy.blogspot.com/">Maryann Millers Its Not All gravy</a></div>
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75.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5111800" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: kimmcmahill.blogspot.com">Embrace Adventure</a></div>
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76.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5120640" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: pk-hrezo.blogspot.com">PK HREZO</a></div>
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77.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5131542" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: whenitrainsithalesblog.blogspot.com">when it rains it hales</a></div>
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78.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5135798" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: sherryellis.blogspot.com">Mama Diaries</a></div>
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79.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5143421" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: the-open-vein-ejwesley.blogspot.com/">The Open Vein - E. J. Wesley</a></div>
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80.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5151411" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.msmariah.com">MsMariahs Space Blogyssey</a></div>
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81.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5159154" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: nitewriter6.blogspot.com/">Edge of Your Seat Romance</a></div>
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82.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5165151" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: courtlyromance.blogspot.com/">Hold on to Your Bloomers</a></div>
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83.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5165679" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.onemagicbeanbuyer.blogspot.com">One Magic Bean Buyer</a></div>
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84.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5170489" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: scribbleandedit.blogspot.com">Madeleine</a></div>
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85.</div>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; margin-left: 34px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">
<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=5171599" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Linked to: www.susanroebuck.com">Susan Roebuck</a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As promised last Friday, here are more jokes, especially fun for kids, to get you ready for Halloween. If you missed the Pirate Jokes last week,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> go <a href="http://lynnkelleyrandomactsofwriting.blogspot.com/2012/10/pirate-jokes.html">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who helped make it an extra-special day that I'll never forget. I was overwhelmed by the awesome support I received. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you missed the launch, you can check it out <a href="http://lynnkelleyrandomactsofwriting.blogspot.com/2012/10/curse-of-double-digits-launch-party.html">here</a> and enter the giveaway to win a copy of <i>Curse of the Double Digits. </i>I'm giving away 10 copies - 5 signed paperbacks and 5 eBooks through October 30. Just leave a comment and specify which you prefer, paperback or eBook. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Also, you can enter again on <a href="http://mariacisnerostoth.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/abbracadabra-presto-picheelo-meet-childrens-author-lynn-kelley/">Maria Cisneros Toth's blog</a> post where she did a quirky interview of me and <a href="http://robyn-campbell.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-10-11T01:00:00-04:00&max-results=7">Robyn Campbell's blog</a> for another fun interview. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Becky turns 10 on the 10th day of the 10th month!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">along with which format you prefer, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">eBook or a signed paperback. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Random drawings will be held through October 30th.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Sorry, paperbacks are only for the U.S. and Canada. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ebooks for anywhere.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To continue the fun, hop over to: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mariacisnerostoth.wordpress.com/">A Writer's Life of Scraps & Scribbles</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">for another quirky interview! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Leave a comment on Maria's blog </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and Robyn's blog</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">May your luck be better than poor Becky's!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Did you ever have a birthday party when you were a kid?</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>How old were you? Did you play games? </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> told by yours truly dressed as Funny Bones. </span></div>
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<br />LynNerdKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167392990015741278noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300338516399300408.post-6763415470250581932012-10-03T03:02:00.000-07:002012-10-05T09:02:04.641-07:00Happy First Birthday WANA 1011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In October and November 2011 I took Kristen Lamb's Blogging for Author Brand class.</div>
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Kristen is the best selling author of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> </strong><a href="https://coolgus.com/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=We+Are+Not+Alone&description=1&model=1&product_id=87" style="color: #20a3ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">W</strong>e Are Not Alone–The Writer’s Guide to Social Media</a> </span></div>
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She's not only knowledgeable about social media, search engine optimization, effective topics to blog about, and managing our time so we can focus on writing our books, but she's funny as heck. </div>
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I learned to hang loose, be my zany self, and have fun with blogging. </div>
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My blog gets more traffic since I took this class, but that's not all. I also made new and long-lasting friendships. Our class has stayed in touch and morphed into a team that shares knowledge on writing, marketing, technical problems, and any other concerns we have. </div>
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WANA Tribe is a new social media site for creatives of all types. It's similar to FaceBook. </div>
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Kristen's online blogging class is now offered on the <a href="http://wanaintl.com/">WANA International site</a>, </div>
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Kristen Lamb recently started <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/wana">WANA Commons on Flickr</a> </div>
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One look at the gorgeous tiki hut below makes me think of a tropical paradise. Peaceful, relaxing, a place to hang loose. Can you believe this is someone's back yard in a suburb of Los Angeles?<br />
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What a perfect setup for Alexis to house sit for her parents last June. She and little Zack, not quite two, could walk over to visit her 90-year-old grandmother, who lived next door. And what a fun yard for a toddler to run around in.<br />
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One late afternoon, Alexis took Zack outside with her to feed the fish in the pond. When she tried to go back in the house, she discovered the door was locked. There's a gate, but it was padlocked. The key? In the house, of course, and the gate was too high to scale.<br />
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It was 4:30. She called over the fence to her grandma, but there was no response. What the heck, Alexis decided she could make do for a few hours until Joe, her husband, got off work at 7:30.<br />
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She continued to call to Grandma next door, but Grandma didn't answer. Inside the house, the landline and cell phone rang off and on. Soon dinnertime rolled around, and Zack needed to eat.<br />
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The tiki hut's shelves weren't stocked with food, just drinks. She let Zack sip a Coke and hoped it would hold him over until Daddy arrived to rescue them.<br />
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Soon Zack filled his diaper, and what a doozie! No wipes and no extra diapers, so she hosed him off and had no choice but to let him run around stark naked. He ran all over the yard, rolled in mud and dirt, laughing and having a blast. He reminded his mother of the wild boys in <i>Lord of the Flies</i>.<br />
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All the while the phones kept ringing and Grandma still didn't answer Alexis's calls. Joe must have worked overtime because 7:30 came and went. Then darkness fell, so Alexis found matches in the tiki hut and lit the tiki torches so they could see. She helped herself to a Mai Tai and let Zack sip more Coke.<br />
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Just when Alexis thought they'd never escape the backyard prison, Grandma arrived at 9:30 to save them. It turned out Joe had been calling and for hours. He finally called Grandma and asked her to go next door and check on Alexis and Zack.<br />
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That night they basked in the comforts of civilization, so happy they had survived their back yard adventure.<br />
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Some kids get in trouble if they utter the dreaded 'S' word. Parents, you know what I'm talking about, and big, bad me, I'm going to say it right here in this post, so if your kids are looking over your shoulder, you might want to shoo them away. Here goes, the shocking, scandalous 'S' word - 'Shut up!' (Hey, that's actually two words.)<br />
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Rene Reiner is one of many parents who designated the 'S' word as off limits. In the wee hours one morning while doing paper work, she was startled by the loud voice of her 18-year-old son, J.R., telling her nine-year-old son, "Shut up, Charlton!"<br />
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It took Rene a moment before she realized that J.R. was in another state and that Charlton had been asleep for hours. Then once more she heard it, "Shut up, Charlton!" This time she pegged the speaker as their pet parrot.<br />
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J.R. turned red, then fessed up, "I've only done it a couple times."<br />
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I've heard other stories of parrots repeating things they weren't taught to say, like one family that spent hours trying to teach their new parrot cute phrases, but it wouldn't say anything. Then one day the parrot started talking, but instead of the cutsie phrases they were teaching it, it said, "Get out of my room!" Then later, "I didn't do it."<br />
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The parrots repeated some not-so-nice things, but that's nothing compared to a white cockatoo I heard about. Yes, this is a true story. Imagine buying such a beautiful bird and wondering why anyone would want to sell their gorgeous pet. Now picture the new owners' shocked expressions when the cockatoo yelled, "Shut the 'F'ing door!" Oh, my, my, my. What a predictament!<br />
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Spring and summer are my favorite seasons. My kids are grown, and I don't have to deal with hectic school mornings anymore, but every year at this time I pause to mourn Fall casting its shadow on summertime.<br />
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Some of my favorite childhood memories: </div>
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Surprise showers with tingly raindrops.</div>
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Marking the street up with sidewalk chalk well past 9:00 and still daylight.</div>
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When night fell, lightning bugs flitted around us, glowing with magic.</div>
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As a mother, summer fun with my kids and my sister Pam and her children bring more happy times to mind. These photos are from about 24 years ago, but it seems like just yesterday:</div>
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Pam remembers this day of fun spent with our kids.<br />
Sometimes adults need to take time and play like a kid again.<br />
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What's going on with the spoon dangling from that bracelet? </div>
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No, it's not a charm gone wild. No, it's not a magic trick. No, it's not Photoshopped. </div>
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This is my aunt's bracelet. A group of us went out to breakfast. She lifted her arm and felt something heavy on her wrist. She couldn't believe a spoon was sticking to her bracelet. She removed it, but the next time she lifted her arm, it happened again! How could that be?<br />
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Simple: Her bracelet comes apart in two separate equal-sized pieces. Each piece has magnets built into them to hold the bracelet together around her wrist. The magnet attracted the silverware on the table.<br />
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I wonder what she'd pick up wearing that bracelet in a jewelry shop? Imagine her walking out with a pricey metallic piece and not realizing it. She could end up in prison!<br />
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<b>Can you think of any other strange scenarios that could happen with a bracelet like that? C'mon now, stretch your imagination and have some fun!</b><br />
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