tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66876843121974848952024-03-18T04:48:02.666-05:00Liz Schulte's Bat CountryWriter. Fan Girl. Taker of naps. Dog owner. Daydream believer. Netflix addict. Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.comBlogger412125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-14917176779331116712017-01-19T18:11:00.000-06:002017-01-19T18:11:24.654-06:00DIY Valentine's Day WreathHey all,<br />
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As you may or may not know, I am sometimes crafty. Usually, I struggle to find the time for many crafts, but ever since I took down my Christmas decorations the front porch as been looking a little blah. Watching Home and Family this morning over my coffee inspired me to make a new wreath for my door that will give me a nice pop of color. <br />
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All in all, the wreath cost me less than $20. It was a bit time consuming where it came to cutting the felt for the petals, but it was simple enough anyone can do it. </div>
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Supplies: Wreath frame, red felt, ribbon, quilting pins, and then (optional) I bought at Michaels the little sparkly heart (they have all of their Valentine's Day stuff 40% off so it was less than $5)</div>
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Next, lay out the felt and find a cup about the right (~3 inch diameter)</div>
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Trace a circle around the cup and cut it out</div>
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Then fold it in half again<br />
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Attach the material to the wreath with one of the push pins in the bottom corner<br />
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Measure where you would like the wreath to hang on your door. Attach the heart (if you buy one) and the ribbon to the back of the wreath with the pins or hot glue. And that's it! </div>
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-76653556332475542302016-10-17T11:15:00.002-05:002016-10-17T11:21:46.318-05:00Fairytale Ambrosia ExcerptHey all,<br />
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If you haven't had a chance to meet Maggie, now is a great time. There is a special going on for her series this month. The first book is free and the second is only .99 at all retailers.<br />
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There was an immediate sense of falling, though my feet were
firmly planted on the ground. A too perfect, too green meadow stretched out in
front of me. Lilacs danced in a breeze I couldn’t feel. A thatched roof cottage
stood at the end of the meadow, just before a dark and ominous forest. Behind
the woods, a tall castle loomed, the spires almost reaching to the clouds. I
turned around to watch for Boone and Phoenix, but the doorway wasn’t behind me.
There was only a dirt road that looked identical in both directions.</div>
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“Let go of me. Who are you?” Boone said as both guys
appeared, though they looked completely different.</div>
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Boone’s dark blond hair was shorter and parted on the side
into a perfectly unnatural wave. He was suddenly wearing a red cape and hat
with a tan tunic and brown pants that were pretty tight. Phoenix, on the other
hand, was wearing a turban, baggy pants, and an open leather vest with no shirt
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“Looked in the mirror lately?” Phoenix said, letting go of
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He caught me staring and winked, reminding me that I was mad
at him. I grabbed his arm and dragged him to the side. “I thought you weren’t
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“And I told you, it’s my job to protect you.”</div>
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impatient gesture, but I didn’t miss the tightening of his square jaw as his
eye went to Phoenix’s hand on my arm.</div>
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Wait. Dress? I glanced down. I was wearing a knee length blue dress with
a white apron. “What the holy hell?” I reached up and touched my hair, feeling
a velvety headband. I had to look a lot like…I pulled a chuck of hair forward. Yep, hair was blonde. I looked at the guys again. We
were all dressed in costumes. I pictured the kids. I’d noticed they were
dressed oddly, but as <i>what </i>hadn’t struck me.</div>
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or why it’s being targeted. One by one the witches succumb to curses, each more
severe than the last. As worlds collide, lives hang in the balance and a cloud
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What have I been doing lately? Writing, writing, and a little more writing.<br />
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This month I have released the first three stories in the brand new Knead to Know series. You will remember Maggie from Be Light and the Jinn Trilogy. This series follows her on her adventures while she figures out how to be a modern business owner despite being a newly formed half-vampire. See old friends from the Abyss and meet new ones as Maggie navigates her way through life and hopefully toward love. </div>
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In other news, March's release Catacombs is available for preorder.</div>
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Blurb: You know what’s worse than being blackmailed by a secret council?
My family. But somehow I was roped into a mission that required me to deal with
both. If it weren’t for bad luck…well you know the rest. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Shezmu, the god of ointment with a penchant for dismembering
bodies, made himself known in the catacombs by chopping up fifteen innocents
and putting them on display. Despite the fact that Shezmu killed my father, the
council determined I was the best person to send on this “diplomatic” mission. All I had to do was convince him to go home, thwart
whatever the council’s real plan was for the contradictory god, and save the
world from everyone else’s personal agendas—or as I call it, just another
Tuesday. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Everything should have been simple enough, but it wasn’t.
This mission was personal and when things get personal, lives change. But not
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-72956385564896306322016-01-14T15:41:00.000-06:002016-01-14T15:41:52.495-06:00Easy Bake Coven Book 6!If the Broom Fits is heeeeeerrrreeee.<br />
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This month's release is none other than the next book in the Easy Bake Coven series. Woohoo! Also, make sure you are signed up for my new release newsletter to hear about all my new releases and the next one will also include a newsletter only sign up to become a member of my beta reader group, The Coven Counsel.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Having spent her whole life knowing that a single touch of her skin could kill anyone, she avoided things most people take for granted: friends, family, and connections. But, despite her best efforts, those things found her in the form a tenacious coven of witches who offer her the only thing she has ever wanted: a place to belong. She knows it is only a matter of time before someone slips and touches her, ending the single greatest shred of hope she ever had to find a cure. </span><br />
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LizLiz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-45419641123018281262015-12-18T15:34:00.002-06:002015-12-18T15:34:40.949-06:00More Femi and More Easy Bake Coven Now!I am so excited. The first book in Femi's series is OUT! Yep, that's right. It is here and waiting for you.<br />
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-88901523060903691842015-10-24T12:37:00.000-05:002015-10-24T12:38:35.352-05:00Ghosts in the GraveyardIt's almost time for Halloween!<br />
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This is without a doubt my favorite time of year. So in addition to releasing two brand-spanking new Halloween short stories in two different anthologies (It's a Ghoul Thing has Maggie's story and Spell of the Ball has Femi's story) I am also releasing last year's Halloween story again.<br />
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So if you missed it last time, fall back into the Easy Bake Coven world and join the coven on their Halloween adventure in Ghosts in the Graveyard. (Timeline-wise, this falls between Tiddly Jinx and Ollie, Ollie Hex n' Free).<br />
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Book 1 Embed: <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224915629&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>
Book 2 Embed: <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/226123820&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>
Book 3 Embed: <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/226146445&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>
Book 4 Embed: <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/226149138&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe>
Book 5 Embed: <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/226150573&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br />
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So visit Audible.com to pick up any of the titles you might want to experience in a new way!! The books also will Whispernet sync which still blows my mind.<br />
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Secrets: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Secrets-Audiobook/B00FP1RVCO/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1444933430&sr=1-1<br />
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Immerse yourself in thirteen enthralling fantasy worlds by NYT and USA Today bestselling authors. Demons, djinn, and bad boys of other worlds ignite this set of action-packed urban fantasy and steamy paranormal romance. Thirteen heart-stopping stories with fierce and feisty heroines, diabolic intrigue, romance, adventure, danger, and mystery … Passionate heroes, magic and mayhem abound. Ignite your imagination and your heart, download this collection before it's gone!</div>
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Chosen ~ Christine PopeWhen a fatal fever nearly wipes out the entire world's population, the survivors of what became known as "the Dying" believe the worst is in the past. Little do they know….</div>
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Three Wishes ~ Debra DunbarA malevolent djinn, a cyber-crime, an angel with a mission, and a demon who just wants to have fun. Be careful what you wish for.</div>
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Marked by Temptation ~ Deanna ChaseWhen sex witch Mati Ballintine meets the sexy Vaughn Paxton, their hot one-night stand changes his life forever and threatens hers.</div>
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Jinn's Wish ~ Marie HallPaz and Jinni only wanted one thing in life. To find their soulmate. Too bad they found each other on a doomed flight across the Atlantic. Trapped in magically induced coma, there’s only one way for them to return to the land of the living, and that's to trust in a love that defies all logic and reason before the final grain of sand drops and they lose each other forever.</div>
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Sacrifice Me: the Complete First Season ~ Sarra CannonOn her twenty-first birthday, Franki Smith receives a dozen black roses and an invitation to a mysterious nightclub. The dark gift leads Franki to the doorway of a strange and glamorous new world, where forbidden romance and dangerous truths await.</div>
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I Bring the Fire Part One (A Loki Story) ~ C. GockelAmy Lewis is being pursued by a very bad wolf. Can Loki, God of Mischief and Chaos, save her…or even save himself?</div>
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Secrets ~ Liz ShulteWhile Olivia Martin observed life through her camera, a world of demons, angels, jinn, and guardians watched her, waited for her to change everything.</div>
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A Spirited Manor ~ Kate DanleyA séance unleashes something sinister in this gothic penny dreadful. Will widow Clara O’Hare and dashing medium Wesley Lowenherz be able to stop it?</div>
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Xoe ~ Sara C. RoetheFighting to save her best friend from a psychotic werewolf, Xoe has to make peace with her unique heritage...and resist an alluring vampire.</div>
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The Noru ~ Lola StVilA half demon/half angel with a dark past abandons the angel world. When the only girl he has ever loved is hunted by a relentless, powerful new evil, he is forced to return.</div>
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Stronger Than Magic ~ Melinda VanLoneTarian Xannon fights demons like the rest of us. This time, the demon just happens to be real.</div>
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Beyond the Veil ~ Pippa DaCostaMuse must decide whether to trust a Prince of Hell, or the assassin sent to kill her. Little do they know, she’s more dangerous than both.</div>
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Death’s Hand ~ SM ReineElise Kavanagh doesn't want to hunt demons anymore. But when the daughter of a coven member has been possessed, Elise is the only one who can help…and there may be more to this possession than just one witch's life.</div>
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-69658292801454165942015-05-13T16:58:00.000-05:002015-05-13T17:09:58.744-05:00Badass and the Beast<br />
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My two favorite things are writing and animals, so when I was asked to be a part of this anthology, Badass and the Beast, which the proceeds would go to benefit <a href="http://awionline.org/" target="_blank">Animal Welfare Institute</a>, I was thrilled to be a part of it. </div>
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Basically, this anthology is made up of some pretty kickass paranormal and fantasy authors to bring you a collection of stories with strong female characters and animal companions and everything we make will go to charity which is pretty awesome too. </div>
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Hello all! I have been getting several comments over on
Facebook asking about what is coming up next and if I am really leaving the
Abyss world after Ollie, Ollie Hex n’ Free comes out (April 15<sup>th</sup>,
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The short answer is I am absolutely not leaving the Abyss
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EASY BAKE COVEN: Katrina (and probably other coven members,
but Kat for sure) will take over the Easy Bake Coven series as the primary
narrators. So the series will continue, but Selene and Cheney will take more of
a backseat to other story lines. <o:p></o:p></div>
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THE GUARDIAN/JINN TRILOGIES: While I don’t have plans to
have another Olivia and Holden book, you will see them in other series. Most
notably with be in Charlie’s NA/YA series. I hadn’t planned on writing this,
but writing her short story Without a Map was so much fun, I can’t let it pass
be by. So basically Charlie will be 18 and Baker will be 14 in this. So
obviously O and H will be around, but probably in more of a frustrated parent
capacity, which Holden in this role can be little other than hilarious. <o:p></o:p></div>
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series. Not only that, but I am not going to put a limit on how long it will
run. Each book will stand alone on its own (about a different bounty hunting
case), but there will be storylines that carry through. Think Dresden Files. <o:p></o:p></div>
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what). Corbin will have his own novel and so will Frost. SY will probably have
his own story at some point as well, but for now, I want to keep him a bit of a
mystery. <o:p></o:p></div>
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THE ELLA REYNOLDS SERIES: I know it is long overdue, but I
am writing the third Ella book. Its title is Dark Obsession. Ella will be
investigating a creepy stalker case. Not only that, but I have at least 3 more
books in her series planned. <o:p></o:p></div>
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STANDALONE: I have a serial killer book planned called Dead
Inside. I am really excited to write this and already have the beginning
written. All I am lacking now is time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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HOLTS HORRORS AND HOAXES: I am crazy excited about this
project. It will be a novella series about a paranormal investigative
television show (Holt’s Horrors and Hoaxes). Each story will be a different “episode”
of the show. It will be a little darker and creepier (hopefully) than my other
mysteries but it should still be a lot of fun. Think Alfred Hitchcock Presents
meets Ghost Hunters. Also I plan to have
the entire “season” written by the time I publish the first one because I want
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CHICK LIT/ROMANTIC COMEDY: I have been working on this
project in my spare time (which there isn’t a lot of), and I love it. I will
publish these books under the name Anne Moody (since they are a departure from
what I normally write.) The first series is called Puppy Love. Each book will
be about a different girl and each girl will be modeled after (personality
wise) a different Jane Austen character. Think Clueless and the Jane Austen
Book Club meets Must Love Dogs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-7961890886989705092015-02-27T11:53:00.001-06:002015-02-27T11:53:58.014-06:00#FlashFiction Friday #bravewritingIt's time once again for my weekly writing exercise. Here was today's challenge.<br />
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First line: He had enjoyed ten years of being totally
irresponsible. (randomly generated line)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last line: “Yes,” I said. “Isn’t it pretty to think so?” (~Ernest
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Exercise: Construct a character who is not
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He had enjoyed ten years of being totally irresponsible. His
visits were scattered whirlwinds of excitement and promise that always fell
just short of expectations. In the decade since my dad left, I changed, my mom
changed, and the world changed, but he stayed the same. Always a boyish grin
and quick joke to distract from any semblance of real conversation—Heaven
forbid we get too deep. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At first I believed he would come back and stay. Why wouldn’t
he? He was my dad. So his first visit was hardest. It had been over six months
then without warning one day there he was outside of school leaning against an
old rusted brown car with sunglasses and a smile I had begun to think I
imagined. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Hey, kiddo,” he said. “Did ya miss me?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I dropped my backpack and flung myself into his waiting
arms. He was home. I was right and everyone else had been wrong. He came back.
The rest of the day was a blur of sugar, games, and brightly colored lights,
which ended in a stomach ache and my mom furious. I fell asleep to the sound of
their muffled argument, but still I smiled because my dad was home. It was two years before I saw him again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The next time I was a much wiser eight year old. When he
breezed back into my life, I hesitated. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Don’t you recognize your old dad?” he asked. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I stared at him. Nothing had changed except the car he
drove, now it was a faded VW bug. But I was different. Hurt does that to a
person, it changes them unpredictable ways, but it definitely robs them of
their child eyes. I had a new dad now and was cured of my delusions about my
real dad staying. But still the trickle of excitement seeped into me and I went
with him once again for our day in Never-Never Land. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And so it went on as the years passed. He would always come
without warning and be gone hours later. I don’t know what he did or how he
survived when he wasn’t here. I didn’t even know where he lived. It could have
been a mile or a thousand miles away. Every time he drove a different old car,
but he was always happy and made me feel like the center of the universe even
if it was just for a few hours. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mom never said anything after the first time about his
visits. She would just accept me home late with a relieved sigh and dry the inevitable
teas that came later when he left again. But now she was gone and so was my
stepfather. One terrible accident and now the stranger I had worshipped as a
kid and tolerated as a teenager was my legal guardian. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“It will be different now,” my friend Emily said. <o:p></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I gave her a weak smile. “Yes,” I said. “Isn’t
it pretty to think so?”</span>Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-22561686238043634232015-02-26T12:12:00.001-06:002015-02-26T12:12:46.832-06:00Slow Cooker Taco Soup<div class="bold" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 29.1200008392334px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
I am going to be throwing some recipes and you guys (possibly) in the future. I have been enamored with food and cooking and am trying to move that toward healthy eating, so I am now officially that crazy person photographing her food. Anyway, since I couldn't find a recipe I liked for this on a website that I could pin, I wrote down my own recipe that I made last night. It was delightful and the perfect cold weather, snow-in-the-forecast dinner. </div>
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I adapted the recipe from Web MD's recipe (http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/chill-out-your-appetite-soups-stews?page=3)</div>
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Slow Cooker Taco Soup</div>
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1 pound lean ground sirloin or ground turkey </div>
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1 can black beans, drained and rinsed<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />1 can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />1 cup salsa<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />2 cups water<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />2 cans petite diced tomatoes<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />1 can diced green chiles <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />Taco seasoning mix (I make my own and then put it in to taste)</div>
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Optional Garnishes (I don't use these. I normally just top mine with some cilantro, but I like it spicy):<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />Sprinkle of cheese (your choice)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" />Dollop of Greek Yogurt or sour cream<br />Cilantro</div>
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-38542005262109981092015-02-20T21:07:00.002-06:002015-02-20T21:07:34.647-06:00#FlashFiction FridayToday's exercise (sorry I was so late posting it).<br />
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Writing exercise: Write a “conversation” in which no words are said.</div>
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Explanation: This exercise is meant to challenge you to work with gesture, body language (or, as a baseball announcer I heard once misspeak it, body English), all the things we convey to each other without words. We often learn more about characters in stories from the things characters do with their hands than from what they say. It might be best to have some stranger observe this conversation, rather t<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">han showing us the thoughts of one of the people involved in the conversation, because the temptation to tell us what the conversation is about is so great from inside the conversation. “I was doing the opposite of Freud,” Desmond Morris says, of his famous book The Naked Ape that first studied the ways humans speak with their bodies. “He listened to people and didn’t watch; I watched people and didn’t listen.” Because of Morris, according to Cassandra Jardine, “when politicians scratch their noses they are now assumed to be lying—and the sight of the Queen [Elizabeth] crossing her legs at the ankles is known to be a signal that her status is too high for her to need to show sexual interest by crossing them further up.” Autistic children cannot understand human conversation even when they understand individual words because they cannot read facial expressions, which is clear evidence of how important other forms of language are.</span></div>
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-31051961387008498572015-02-17T11:53:00.000-06:002015-02-17T11:53:27.096-06:00#CurrentlyReading Not Quite Mind by Catherine BybeeSo I have been on a contemporary/chick lit sort of kick recently. This book, Not Quite Mine, is about a rather spoiled rich party girl, Katie, who finds a baby on her doorstep and it changes her life. It is sweet and fun and sometimes funny.<br />
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Basically, Katelyn's brother is getting married and with the wedding comes an old, long lost flame back into her life, Dean. Then she finds the baby about the time she is ready to make some changes. But instead of calling the police and turning the child over, she decides to keep it and hide the fact from everyone who knows her. <br />
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She lets them think that her lack of sleep, erratic behavior is all because she is partying too much. Having promised her brother he would look after her, Dean starts to get suspicious and eventually finds out about the child. But will the baby pull them closer together or push them further away?Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-77077982296154245362015-02-13T18:57:00.000-06:002015-02-13T18:57:00.067-06:00#FlashFiction Friday #BraveWriting<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;">“What a shame the poor bride’s groom is a whore,” repeated over and over in my head as I watched him with her below. They couldn’t even give me one day. No. That wasn’t the right response. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;">-Liz</span></span>Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-87886655374644421412015-02-10T19:17:00.000-06:002015-02-10T19:17:00.291-06:00#CurrentlyReading The Legend of Drizzt by R.A. SalvatoreSo this one is a bit of a departure from what I have been recommending, but it is an excellent series. I have been rereading it (I have read this series about five or eight time). Let me tell you, it is fantastic.<br />
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This is a high fantasy trilogy in the Forgotten Realms that has a little of everything. It has action, fantastic battles, subtle emotion, character growth, lots of pain, and one of my favorite heroes to ever grace the page: Drizzt Do'Urden.<br />
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My actual first introduction to Drizzt was in The Crystal Shard then I went back and read the trilogy about how he escaped the Underdark. You see Drizzt is a dark elf who isn't much like most of his kindred. It starts with Drizzt being born in the first book Homeland. This book takes us all the way through his education and his ultimate choice to leave Menzoberranzan. The second book Exile is about Drizzt's time in the wilds of the Underdark. The third book is Sojourm is about Drizzt adjusting to the world on the surface where everyone is terrified of him.<br />
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Seriously if you enjoy fantasy, even if you have never read high fantasy, give this series a chance and we will chat about it. I love it so much!<br />
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<br />Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-49733499838843416762015-02-06T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-06T06:00:10.710-06:00#FlashFiction Friday #bravewritingHello all,<br />
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Here is this's week's piece of flash fiction. I hope you guys are enjoying these as much as I am. Here was the challenge:<br />
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The path to my future was beat down before me. Impractical shoes wore blisters on my feet. I paused long enough to take them off before starting back forward, not seeing anything before me. The tall dry grass brushed my skirt and tickled my legs, but heart lay bleeding and broken back on that porch with the only man I had ever loved.<br />
Jack had been sitting on the top step of my porch, elbows against his knees and a beer dangling from his fingertips when I got home from my trip. I left to find myself—God that sounded cliché. The whole cab ride home I debated if I had found what I was looking for at all. Seeing Jack’s unshaven square jaw and serious eyes hungry as they grazed over me, I doubted everything I thought I figured out.<br />
He waited until I was within a few feet of him to look up with a wry, entirely too handsome smile. “You’re home.” His rich baritone was soft and pensive.<br />
I dropped my suitcase on the sidewalk and schlepped up the four steps before I plopped down next to him. “How long have you been here?”<br />
His lips pursed as he shook his head ever so slightly, taking a swig of his beer. “Not long.”<br />
Three more bottles of beer sat behind the post. I reached around him, bumping him with my shoulder as I grasped one bottle and knocked over another. Empty. Raising my eyebrows I straightened. “As I suspected.” I took the bottle out of his hands and took a drink before handing it back.<br />
We sat in comfortable silence for several minutes. Exhaustion plucked at my consciousness make each blink longer and slower. After traveling all day, the only thing I wanted to do was shower and go to bed. “What are you doing here, Jack?”<br />
He took a deep breath and offered me his beer again. I took it as he watched out of the corner of his eye, never once turning toward me. He was obviously in a mood today.<br />
“Do you know what the best part of my day is?” his voice startled me.<br />
My mouth fell open. I pressed my lips together and shook my head.<br />
“It’s sitting on the balcony with you.”<br />
My cheeks were warm and my breath thin. This was it. It was finally going to happen. I glanced at the ceiling of the porch as if I would be able to see the balcony that sat above it. Every evening I sat out on that balcony and waited for him to come home. That moment when he’d look up at me from his driveway next door and smiled just for me had been the best part of my day since the day I moved in. I looked back at his profile, his mouth still thoughtful and his cheekbones sharp. “Is that right?” I handed his beer back to him.<br />
His shoulders drew up with breath and his legs shifted, pressed his knee against mine. Suddenly I was very much awake. The warmth from his leg soaked into mine. His finger laid over mine, but he still didn’t look at me. “It would appear so.” The vibration of his deep voice ran down my spine.<br />
I wasn’t going to misunderstand this time. If it killed me, he was going to spell it out. I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. I dropped my head against his shoulder and let this rare moment of vulnerability wash over me. I didn’t have to control everything, but I did need to know he wasn’t going to change his mind again. I couldn’t go through that a second time. If my trip had taught me anything, it was that I couldn’t keep waiting around for him. I had to live my life. The degree to which Jack would be in it was up to him. It had to be.<br />
“What does that mean?” I finally forced out, terrified he wouldn’t answer—or worse that it changed nothing. He’d still go home like he did every night and leave me in limbo.<br />
Those wonderful, terrible fingers rough to the touch, moved back and forth over mine so gently, so soft. The seedling of hope grew. I couldn’t help it or stop it. This was what I wanted and I was finally getting it. He was finally choosing me.<br />
“I don’t know,” he said.<br />
All heat drained from my body. Piece by piece I broke contact. First, I removed my head from his shoulder, next I slid over enough that our legs were no longer touched, and finally I took my hand from his, feeling each finger tear away a piece of me as they left. It was my turn to breathe deeply. Tears didn’t come, only shocking pain that hardened my insides—a tragic aftermath of hop. I stood up and went back down the stairs. With trembling legs, I pushed each foot forward. I couldn’t go into my house and I didn’t look back.<br />
I’d never look back again.<br />
The worn down path stretched out endless in front of me. It didn’t matter where I was going. All that mattered was that it wasn’t here.<br />
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Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-90850616109796098722015-02-03T06:00:00.000-06:002015-02-03T06:00:12.009-06:00#CurrentlyReading The Jinn Trilogy by Liz SchulteSo yes, I am cheating by talking about my most current book, but this is my blog so I do what I want. Bam!<br />
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Anyway, the last book in the Jinn Trilogy released last week. Woohoo!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Olivia and Holden always beat the odds. Destined to be apart, there was nothing they wanted or fought for more than simply to be together. But no matter how great their love, the hurt they've caused each other may be more than they can bear.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">An evil like no other has risen from the underworld, leaving nothing but</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> death in its wake as it seeks out the one thing it requires: complete and utter submission from the jinn.<br /><br />Losing the angel has left Olivia weakened beyond repair and unable to help even herself. Frustrated with her loss of power and devastated by her part in the death of two cherished loved ones, she struggles to find the hope she once relied on even though her relationship with Holden is crumbling. An offer to help comes from an unexpected source, but it isn’t without cost. To save herself, she will have to give up everyone else.<br /><br />Holden’s powers are stronger than ever before, but his control slips further and further from his grasp, putting everyone around him at risk. Unable to forgive himself or Olivia for the death of a friend, he focuses on the only thing that matters: insuring the freedom of the jinn. But as his past comes back to haunt him, he is pushed further and further into the darkness.<br /><br />In their final battle between good and evil, no one is safe and everything will change.</span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">- "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Thank you thank you thank you it was everything your readers could ask for! Loved it so so much!"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">- "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Finally finished Vestige... </span><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_d0cfb4" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -432px -334px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_c6ddee" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -306px -334px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_6ca312" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -648px -262px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_f3e69a" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -72px -352px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_e7582c" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -288px -334px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_c6ddee" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -306px -334px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_9a78cb" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -612px -334px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><i class="_4-k1 img sp_Ny7nGpFGJ9H sx_d0cfb4" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yV/r/ETDpa2zM-CX.png); background-position: -432px -334px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 690px 442px; color: #141823; display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">... That about sums it up. Thanks for another great ride"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">- "</span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f8;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;">Damn. That was fantastic!! This is why I stalk Liz"</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;">- "</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;">Just finished Vestige and wow! I went through every emotion possible.Absolutely amazing bòok!"</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;">So there you have. This book may or may not make you cry, it will make you want to stalk me, and it's a solid ending. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;">Okay, that's enough shameless self-promotion until the next release!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">-Liz</span></span>Liz Schulte's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326150778630293771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687684312197484895.post-56962796199999813452015-01-30T14:52:00.001-06:002015-01-30T15:29:22.874-06:00Flash Fiction Friday #BraveWritingOkay, so this week's flash fiction challenge was this.<br />
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Pssh. Harvey. What kind of stupid name is that? It’s a hipster name that’s what it is—probably not even his real name. His entire persona is an affectation down to his fake glasses, teal shorts, and $90 t-shirt that looks like it comes from Goodwill—but doesn’t. Add a blond straggly beard, shitty music playing in the background on a record player, and a $6 cup of coffee made by a giant corporation he claims to hate but still frequents daily, and that is exactly how he looked when I left. </div>
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My head bobs up and down to the music and I sing with the singer about living my life instead of being tied down by Cupid’s plans and those nasty little arrows. He says I’m a sellout because I want to make money doing my art instead of letting my parents support me. How does that even make sense? </div>
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Well one thing is for certain, I’m not with stupid anymore. So yeah, Cupid, take your arrows back or I will pluck them out myself. Perhaps money is a sick muse, but this sellout is ready to play the lead.</div>
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