Day: November 16, 2013

Sneak Peek: Lily Steps Out

Today we have a sneak peek from Lily Steps Out,
the women’s fiction novel by Rita Plush.

Empty nest, retired husband… after thirty-three years of making beds and cooking dinners, Lily Gold has had it and much to the mocking disbelief of her newly retired husband and grown son, decides to look for a job. Husband Leon, however, doesn’t like not having her at his beck and call and puts the kibosh on her chance of opening her own antique store by emptying out their bank account. This is marriage? This is war! Follow Lily as she turns the status quo into quid pro quo and gives Leon a run for the money.

This book is available from Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble.

Here is a book excerpt from Lily Steps Out…

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Book Brief: Allergic to Life

Allergic to Life: My Battle for Survival, Courage, and Hope
by Kathryn Chastain Treat
Genre: Inspirational Biography
Word count:117,204

Imagine that the very food you eat and the beautiful carpet on your floors start to make you feel violently ill. Your contact lenses cause your eyes to burn and water uncontrollably. Trace amounts of mold on other people’s clothing cause you to become unable to hold a thought or get it from your brain to your mouth during an everyday conversation.

The life you once knew is gone and you have become a prisoner of unexplainable and severe allergies and sensitivities. In this new life you can no longer shop or visit friends in their homes because there are too many chemicals and fragrances there. You become plagued by one mystery infection after another and no doctor or specialist seems to be able to give you any explanation of what’s causing your terrifying symptoms. Depression sets in and becomes your constant companion as you try to cope with the stress of being sick and of struggling to live within your newfound limitations.

“Allergic to Life: My Battle for Survival, Courage and Hope” is the story of one woman’s journey through a battle to reclaim her life and overcome depression caused by an exposure to toxic mold in her workplace.

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Flash Fiction Challenge: The Nutty Detective

Photo by K.S. Brooks

I’m Buck Bushtail, squirrel detective. I’d been hired by gorgeous Foxy Redfluff to track down a prize acorn someone had nabbed.

I’d been running my paws ragged looking into every hole in every tree in the forest. I was afraid I’d lost the scent, when a little bird told me he’d seen something suspicious over at the dam.

Those are some busy little beavers over there. I thought I’d investigate. Little did I know there was an eagle who’d been watching me like a hawk. It seemed I’d picked up a tail. I mean an extra one…

In 250 words or less, tell us a story incorporating the elements in the picture. The 250 word limit will be strictly enforced.

Please keep language and subject matter to a PG-13 level.

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