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Friday, January 25, 2013
Justin Bieber growing up? Not on my site yet
We all have to grow up, and Justin Bieber is growing up, I notice. The teen crowd is soon going to be the New Adult group, and I've been thinking of my next book, a mystery, aimed at the New Adult group. There's going to be a schizophrenic female private eye, and a Sudanese roommate, and a series of grotty killings.
Any comments or suggestions about possible names for protagonists? Who dun it? Indeed? Is it her boss, or the Sudanese roommate, or his cousin? Or the farmer in the red truck? Hmmmmmm....
So you don't think I've lured you into this post unwittingly with a teen idol's name at the top, I'll tell you where you can buy a Justin Bieber pillow. If you'll pull out the latest Canadian Avon catalog you'll see him there cuddling up to a pre-teen girl - his image, of course, on a pillow. 'Nough said. There's my lure to a teen idol and at the same time promoting one of my favorite businesses (not Avon, myself).
Any comments or suggestions about possible names for protagonists? Who dun it? Indeed? Is it her boss, or the Sudanese roommate, or his cousin? Or the farmer in the red truck? Hmmmmmm....
So you don't think I've lured you into this post unwittingly with a teen idol's name at the top, I'll tell you where you can buy a Justin Bieber pillow. If you'll pull out the latest Canadian Avon catalog you'll see him there cuddling up to a pre-teen girl - his image, of course, on a pillow. 'Nough said. There's my lure to a teen idol and at the same time promoting one of my favorite businesses (not Avon, myself).
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Meet the amazing Eileen Schuh, Author - The Traz FREE January 3-5, 2013
THE TRAZ is free Jan. 3, 4 & 5, 2013 around the
world on Amazon Kindle.
She’s only 12, out on the streets after
midnight, watching, listening, learning. Delivering illicit drugs in exchange
for excitement. She is Katrina, the
young protagonist in THE TRAZ.
Life away from parental guidance is not as
easy as she first imagines and soon the lessons she’s learning escalate from
heart-thumping to horrifying and beyond.
Street children like Katrina are vulnerable
to criminal gangs, easy prey for sophisticated adults. Are often addicted and
sometimes sex slaves. Some are recruited to be enforcers for gangs...or
couriers of illicit substances. Street kids are prevalent around the world.
Many don’t survive. Katrina does.
Her home life as she hits her teens is worse
than the family life of many young teens, but better by far than some. She
takes with her onto the street some life-saving skills that many street kids
don’t possess.
Perhaps it’s her skill with hand guns,
learned from her cop father that saves her. Or, perhaps it is her skill with
long guns, taught to her by her grandfather over many seasons of hunting.
Perhaps her uncanny ability to not only
hide her emotions, but control them keeps her safe. Or maybe it’s her high-IQ
and her quick learning of body language.
Maybe what saves her, is her ability to
control her breathing and heartbeat. She can stay steady in the face of fear
and get off a clean shot even when her life’s on the line.
Katrina learned how to control her breathing
and heartbeat from her grandmother during lessons in yoga and meditation.
Although such a skill may not seem possible, biathletes know it is. They
receive intensive training on controlling their heartbeat and breath and must
master that ability because their sport demands it.
Several times during a biathlon event,
athletes must accurately fire up to five rounds from the rifle they are
packing—this after coming off an exhausting cross-country ski. From the
intensely aerobic, heart pumping strenuous ski, the athletes quickly slow their
breathing, quiet their heart, and take aim at the targets. It’s not just for a
split second they need this control, they need to it to last for as long as it
takes for them to fire off five shots at the targets. Then, they are quickly
pushing across the snow on their skis again, to repeat these events a kilometer
or so down the trail.
Maybe it is a combination of skills that
helps Katrina survive a year with a murderous biker gang. Maybe she ignores the
blood on her hands, switches from horrified to angry without anyone knowing,
understands exactly what her enemy is thinking, keeps a steady heartbeat, begins
breathing deeply and evenly...and takes aim.
Maybe that’s what happened. Find out. THE
TRAZ is free Jan. 3-5 on Amazon Kindle.
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