Aphrodite's Having A Blast

Hello Gentle Readers, 

In celebration of Girls Heart Books and Staccato Publishing, I thought I'd send some love to the one and only Donna Milward. 

You may have seen her stuff before. 

Aphrodite’s War

By- Donna Milward

Genre- Paranormal Romance

Published On- September 7, 2013

Published By- Staccato Publishing

Aphrodite despises Aries and when Zeus proposes a contest, the prize being expulsion of her enemy from Olympus, Aphrodite cannot resist. The catch: Aphrodite despises Aries and when Zeus proposes a contest, the prize being expulsion of her enemy from Olympus, Aphrodite cannot resist. The catch: should Aries prevail it is Aphrodite who must leave her home. Risks aside, she cannot refuse the possibility of a future without her former lover. 

The challenge: two mortals must fall in love. It is simple. However, the players could not be more ill-suited. Poetry, a free spirited artist and Adrian, a defense attorney would not normally choose one another. But when gods interfere anything is possible should Aries prevail it is Aphrodite who must leave her home. Risks aside, she cannot refuse the possibility of a future without her former lover.

  

Sir Terry

Hello Gentle Readers,

I sometimes have trouble being honest with people.

I have a trustworthy face. 

If someone asks me "What's your favorite book?" my answer really varies depending on the audience. But, at the end of the day, there's always been one book I keep coming back to, like an old friend. 

Just kidding. 

No, the book I love the most is the one where Santa Claus goes missing and Death has to take his place. It's a magical and wonderful book I've read a dozen times. And it always gets better every time I read it. 

You can find the book here. 

Or, you can watch the pretty awesome movie.

I'll let you guess where the photo is from. 

And speaking of Death...

1948-2015. 

You'd better believe he'd appreciate mildly inappropriate humor. 

Sir Terry was a fantastic humorist, best-selling author, and all around great guy. He created a complete (disc)world filled with mad-cap characters, hapless heroes, and memorable situations. Sir Terry also taught me a very important lesson. Two actually. 

Three if you count "How to look good in a hat"

1) The best way to be a better writer is to keep writing. His first books aren't nearly as crisp and crackling as his later work. He could be hit or miss. But, he kept writing. He grew the characters, changed the librarian into an orangutan and...

2) Made death not so scary. See, in Pratchett's world Death is a character. A character who really loves humanity, who owns a lot of cats (and a horse named Binky) and TALKS LIKE THIS. And most importantly, for Terry Pratchett, Death understands the value of each life. 

He had a brush with Death. 

They've made a clean sweep of it. 

We all have an end point to this crazy life. I'm reminded of this quote from Sir Terry: 

“Sometimes I get nice letters from people who know they're due to meet him (Death) soon, and hope I've got him right. Those are the kind of letters that cause me to stare at the wall for some time.” 

I'd like to share how Sir Terry announced his death on Twitter. 

Good night Sir Terry. See you in the funny pages. 

Jay Mims writes books, blogs, and sings KARAOKE! Jay lives with The Mimsus, a semi-adopted cat named Eartha Kitty, a lizard named Bob and a passive-aggressive Dalek named Steve. Jay is far funnier on Facebook then in real life. He is terrible at Twitter. Jay now has a website.

Super Seckman Sunday!

Hello Gentle Readers,

I have some very awesome friends. You could almost argue they're SUPER FRIENDS!

And one of my Super-duper friends is the one and only Elizabeth Seckman. I've interviewed her once or twice, and also reviewed her book.

Add to that, Super-E has allowed everyone's favorite private investigator to ramble on her website. The most (absurdly) popular one is "How To Get Away With Cheating". I also did one on vacation spots for cheating.