Branded ~ Still Dug In... Yeehaw!

Lovely and cooler on the tame prairie, my prancing and dancing Felines... oh, the ole noodle is mush at this closing-in-on-ten-at-night time... it was such an ultra-busy day... to the delight of this Big Cat, Native American Myth was the feature at Just Another Paranormal Monday ~ groups.yahoo.com/group/ParanormalMonday ~ now if moi had time to incorporate all this knowledge into her stories... oh meow... whew! Right now, the Kougar’s writing time is suffering somewhat. But, that’s the *good* way it goes when promo-ing a new release.
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Yes... #2 as of six this evening... wahoo! and if the Kougar had any energy she’d be leaping for yippy-kai-yay joy! Moi was surprised to see Branded by the Texans ~ Still Dug In... Yeehaw! She is so very GRATEFUL!!!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! One and all, to everyone who has purchased Branded. And, thanks to everyone who commented on the Kougar’s post at Lindsay Townsend’s THE PINK BLOG ~ Titled: Three Star Republic of Texas ~ ‘What If’ World Building.

More shimmery *good good* vibes and sparkling kisses are coming your way... smiles, too...
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Authoress news and mews ~

Featured at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS ~

Finally!
By Pat Cunningham

It took a while, but I’ve finally finished typing up the second draft of my vampire story from the handwritten first draft. In the course of the typing I added scenes and rewrote some and discovered at least 3-4 chapters could do with a minor overhaul. Yeah, I said chapters; what I thought would be a novella at best bloated up into a medium-length book.

AND!

The Kougar is posting Tuesday, the 17th ~ here’s the beginning ~

Mad Brain Whirl Syndrome... and Flash Villain...

Greeting, Shapeshifter lovers! Yeeee-ooowww... what a super-busy past week and Monday was the same. Just like in the world at large, the paranormal romance world is a hyper-speed merry-go-round right now. Remember that olden movie, STOP THE WORLD – I WANT TO GET OFF?
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Featured at HAPPILY EVER AFTER ~ It’s SCI-FI week!

Sunday, August 15, 2010
April Morelock - Contest

Thanks HEA for letting me take over your blog for the day. Wow… all these people. Captive audience… Whahhhahahahahahahahaaawwwww. My plans are all coming together ;>

AND!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Science Fiction Romance
by Linda Banche

If you're like me, you'd never heard of science fiction romance. I came across the category last year when I read the submission guidelines for the 2010 Eppie as preparation for submitting Lady of the Stars, my Regency time travel.
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Weekly Angelic Forecast from Volcano

Straight from the Carnal Cherub himself...

Angelic Forecast ~ #102

This is a week of critical mass, meaning the old structures, what are considered to be some of the cornerstones of our world ~ will fall, or will begin their giant-crashing fall. Boom! The resounding explosions, the impending crash, will be heard around the globe. The rot of corruption will be exposed. Decades of lies will become more and more obvious as the light of truth glares, bright as the summer’s noonday sun.

What is the opportunity? Seize this time to create anew and renew. That is, take stock of your situation, and build on your own dreams. Join with those who are bringing about their personal dreams. Remember, it’s all about community. The more you return to doing business locally with your family, friends and neighbors, the more ALL of us will prosper.

Also, hang onto the tiger’s tail. In this Chinese Year of the Tiger ~ during this week you will need to hold on tight because most of us are in for a wild, maybe unexpected ride.

Angelic blessings from Volcano & Sedona
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MORE...Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ http://sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com ~
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Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~ from the Flash Cat...

Happy Courtship on another Earth

X-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues...

Part 596 ~

Sylva slowly unfroze her astral self, turning around. The man she’d witnessed morph, then walk through the door, gazed at her, his eyes gray and dark as Lake Michigan on an overcast day. ‘So, how am I supposed to assist you? And why is your world in danger from my world? And, do you mean my Earth, or this Earth?’ The grin that gradually formed took over half his face. ‘It is this Earth. That is why we are here. The cabal that is called the Secret Circle here, has interrupted the timeline in a manner which will be disastrous.’

Zeke took in the expressions of the other men before he stood. Intense with concern and speculation new lines appeared to groove their faces. Course, they were all bone weary. “If you’ll pardon me, I’ve got some personal business to tend to. You know where I am, if another emergency situation rears up like a rogue stallion.” Giving Van a nod, he pivoted to depart. Lightning penetrated his skull in the next instant, so it felt. Zeke blinked, stared down at his boots, then up his body. He appeared to be whole. Looking up, he gazed around the strange room.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
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Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...
Part 16 ~ 595 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ passionateink.org/forum ~ OR! Now available on The Romance Studio Forum, JANUARY 2009 through JUNE 2010 flashes ~ theromancestudio.com ~ Click on the FORUMS, then Savanna Kougar ~ the Fantasy Lair ~
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~ HAPPY LAZY HAZY SUMMER DAYS ~

Wish Upon on a Blue Moon New Year...
May your most romantic dreams come true...

Yeehaw grateful smooches from the Kougar...

Flash ~ Battle of the Sexiest Wolf

Warmer, my flash and dash KitKats... meow, yes, the temps are warmer on the tame prairie.
Yesterday, the Kougar’s Golden Lioness ruled. Today, the wolves have battled back and demanded their time in the writing spotlight.
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Gem Sivad held The Battle of the Sexiest?? For Flash Fiction Sunday at the Liquid Silver SEx blog.
Oh, did those wolves make a howling alpha appearance. It became the battle of sexiest wolf.

Gem says ~

Whether it’s a battle of wills, or a down and drag out clash that has two people rolling on the carpet in sexual heat, let’s see what you can flash us today for the Battle of the Sexes…or is that the Sexiest?

Moi’s late-day comment ~

Talk about a battle of the sexes!
Wow, everyone. What delicious and ferocious heat to wake up to.
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From the Kougar’s WIP ~ Secret Lives of Fortunate Wolves

“Oh crap!”
Keira pressed her accelerator again. And again. No response. Gradually her car slowed while the pit of her stomach churned. She stared at the slashing rain, close to panic.
“Now what!?”
Guiding her car onto the highway’s narrow shoulder, she let it roll until it stopped. Turning off the ignition, she tried to calm herself by recalling past rescues.
“Another crisis! In a long series of crisis.” Keira reached for her cell phone. “Just what I need. Why didn’t I get the number to the Half Moon?”
Drawing in a long breath, she fought despair. ‘What now, Goddess?’

Blinking at her cell, she wondered just who she should try to reach. Her mother didn’t drive. Aunt Debbie didn’t have a car. And all her friends would be working, brutally busy with their lives.
“No service,” she stated flatly, not greatly surprised by her fate. “Well, that solves that. Can’t call anyone anyway.”
Bad luck had been her constant companion for the last several years, despite her best efforts to change her luck – her exhausting, endless efforts to keep her karma right.
“Help,” she appealed to God, Goddess, her Guardian Angel.
Keira sat calmly, waiting for something. Anything good.

Her mind spun chaotically, searching for any idea out of her horrid predicament.
“I definitely need help. A miracle or two,” she spoke moments later. Again to her Guardian Angel. Or any Good Being.
She waited, watching the rain pour in glistening sheets down her windshield. She waited, observing her own internal battle and watching the rain rage harder.
Calm or panic? Both tore at her, the giant claws of an invisible monster living in the ethers.
“Direct from hell. Or the X-Files,” she murmured. A glint in her rearview mirror caught her eye.
Glancing around, she saw flashing lights.

The patrol car rolled behind her.
“Friend or foe?” she wanted to ask whoever sat behind the wheel. The news stories of bad cops, of bad men impersonating cops, gripped her mind. Was it slasher movie time?
“Not a Patrol uniform. More of a sheriff’s look.”
As he stepped out, Keira focused on the man in her side mirror. No rain gear. Not even a hat. But armed. Definitely armed.
“Armed and dangerous?”
“Geez!” Keira straightened fast as her insides ran wild with lust. “He’s gorgeous!”
Flowing to his shoulders, his rain slickened hair revealed his sculpted, rather exotic-appearing features.

“Rain god impersonating a mere human male?”
The casually arrogant way he strode toward her side window twisted Keira’s loins back to life, against all her wishes. Men weren’t her thing now.
“Omygod!” His thighs – sleek, yet powerfully muscled – Keira wanted to carve them with her hands. She broke out in a light sweat. Her hand squeezed the door handle, as she girded herself against the onslaught of rain.
“Hello,” she shouted through her cracked door.
“Follow me,” he invited, more than commanded.
Once she’d grabbed up her purse, he pivoted toward his car. Keira plunged into the drenching rain.

With no protection from the downpour, she dashed behind him and hoped he wasn’t the devil incarnate posing as a rain god.
Quickly, he snatched open the passenger door. Keira dove inside, part of her ridiculously concerned about getting his seat wet. As her rain god sheriff, or whatever he was, opened his door, she finger-combed her stuck hair off her cheeks, and concentrated on not looking at him.
Rain god or devil in disguise, she wasn’t prepared for him. No way.
His door clicked shut, an ominous sound. “Keira Summer Windsor. Would you like to see my driver’s license?”

She reached in her bag.
“Ms. Windsor.” His voice did not disappoint. No, smooth and deep, his timbre reminded her of a long summer night beneath an endless black sky.
Resisting the urge to shudder like a wanton, Keira looked at his face, compelled by his tone.
“Marshall Zane Dominik Vhulfe,” he formally intoned.
He also presented a small formal smile. Though, it was the warmth emanating from his gaze, the flame rising in the depth of his eyes, that captured her attention. The flame intensified.
‘Why his whole name?’
“Your license is not necessary, Ms. Windsor. Are you stranded?”

Keira nodded, shivering inside. Suddenly she felt possessed. Held in some sort of weird hypnotic state while he inspected her.
Strangely, she knew he sniffed her all over like one of her dogs. She felt it as tingles of awareness. Somehow she knew, as she knew the feel of the rain on her skin, he found it immensely pleasurable. Found her sexually desirable. Found...
‘If I open the door, run – I wonder if they’ll find my body?’
Dark, but flecked with gold, his eyes mesmerized her. Gold flared into blazes, leaping toward her.
“What happened?” he asked, breaking the spell.

“No power, when I pressed the accelerator.” Keira averted her gaze. Goddess! The bone structure of his face was to die for. “Know where I can get a tow to a mechanic?”
“I’ll have David bring your car to his garage. I’m Marshall of Blue Moon Bay. David will take care of you. Fair price.”
“Thanks. Blue Moon Bay? What a wacky coincidence, Marshall Vhulfe. I’m looking for my cousin, Rob. Robert Bateman. He’s supposed to be staying at the Half Moon motel.”
“Zane,” he patiently encouraged. “Mother read all of Zane Grey’s westerns. You said ‘supposed’. Is something wrong?”

“Rob was supposed to call his mother last night. I was on my way past here. Said I’d check on him. He always calls.” She rushed the words out, then noticed how tight she’d clutched her bag against her chest.
“We’ll head over there right now. Nothing doin’ tonight with the rain. May I call you, Keira?”
“Of course... Zane,” she managed. “Great name. Read a few Zane Grey books... my teenage years.”
‘Is it possible to actually jump out of your skin?’
“Nervous, Keira?” He moved to switch on the car.
Terribly. Wickedly. Jump out of my skull nervous.
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Author’s news and mews ~

The Kougar joined the Coffee Time Romance forum to participate in Eva Gordon’s Wolf seminar.
February 2010 - Seminar Host is Eva Gordon
Call of the Wild : Wolf Lore, truths and myths every writer should know about wolves

3rd -17th

A month long seminar for writers who are interested in writing about wolves and werewolves in their stories but who want more background on the basic biology and behavior of real wolves. Writers will also learn why the wolf evolved from admired archetype to savage evil nemesis of man.
~ http://coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=480 ~
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BTW, if the time comes when a license is required to be on the Internet, no, this Big Cat will not be getting a so-called licence. She will no longer be on the world wide web.
Remember, all licensing came about as ‘black laws’, that is, the laws/codes were originally created for Black/African Americans after they were supposedly freed from slavery. No, *any* license is actually a form of slavery. We, as the people, have been conditioned to believe otherwise.
Driving IS NOT A PRIVILEGE. DRIVING IS A RIGHT!!!
Getting married does not require a license, it is your right as a free individual.
Course, if you don’t comply, well MIGHT MAKES RIGHT... that’s their pea-brain reasoning.
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Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~

Happy Courtship on another Earth

X-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues...

Part 399 ~

Sylva imagined herself as a gloriously burning torch, sizzling from both ends of her body, her sexual need savage yet delicate. Her husband’s hands wrapped around her breasts, shaping her curves as he continued sucking her nipple. “I think I’m going to go crazy,” she whispered in a moan. Seizing his forearms, she caressed. “Zeke.” Her own voice was foreign to her. Not surprising since she’d never come this close to a passionate paradise like this, this agonizingly slow torment. “You’re making me come apart at the seams, cowboy.” Her cowboy released her nipple tenderly and nuzzled her other breast.

Zeke drew in the heated carnal fragrance of his Sylva. The petal-soft skin of her breast threatened to make him ‘come apart at the seams’. “Darlin’,” he rasped, his lips against the beautiful plumpness of her breast. Stroking beneath her robe’s belt, he palmed the hot skin of her belly, and caressed slow circles. The loud buzz that warned him of a critical incoming message startled them both. Their bodies jerked, and Zeke raised his head. Their breaths huffed, invading the room’s quiet. “Right back, darlin’ mine.” Gently placing his arms beneath her, he scooped her upwards against his chest.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
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Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...
Part 16 ~ 398 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ http://passionateink.org/forum ~ OR! Now available on The Romance Studio Forum, January through December 2009 flashes ~ http://theromancestudio.com ~ Click on the FORUMS, then Savanna Kougar ~ the Fantasy Lair ~
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~~~ Do not comply with the corporate Borg. Resistance is victory. ~~~
~~~ Remember, knowledge and truth make us unfit to be slaves. ~~~

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Wish Upon on a Blue Moon New Year...
May your most romantic dreams come true...

Sexiest smooch from the Kougar...

The March Lion Roars

My Beautiful Big Cats, did the March Lion roar today... the winds were completely ferocious for most of the day. The Kougar opened her favorite window twice and was blasted in the mug by icy cold.
What do you think of this cover art, Kittens? Moi was impressed with the chivalrous passion and enchantment evoked by the cover artist, whoever that is? She stumbled over this beauty at the ~ romanceebooksnewyearnewsletter.blogspot.com ~ while reading a feature on the Happily Ever After blog. Michelle Pillow was one of the featured authors and this is her cover art for Cupid’s Enchantment. Here’s the info.
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Cupid’s Enchantment by Michelle Pillow
Excerpt: http://www.michellepillow.com/cupids_enchantment.htm ~
Buy Link: http://michellepillow.com/ravenbooks/index.php?main_page=document_product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=12 ~
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Another bloggie for the Kougar... she will be over at HAPPILY EVER AFTER on Wednesday, April 1 ~ no, it’s not an April Fool’s joke... meow-snicker...
If you’d like to read the scene of Lady Sheridan and Baron Zaggry’s first meeting, when their courtship began... claw-click on over.
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Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~

Happy Courtship on another Earth

X-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues...

Part 94 ~

Sylva tried to see everything around her, and at the same time, her cowboy possessed her full attention. The boutique-like shops they passed had exquisite and eclectic displays of jewelry, clothing and art. “When Royce finally beat me and Bobby McBeal in the bull riding competition, it was his destiny turning point. He practiced on every bull he could find, and focused on becoming the best.” Recalling the little she knew about bull riding, Sylva asked, “How many bones has he broken?” Zeke halted, facing her fully. “He’s taken dozens of hard spills, cracked his noggin, but no broken bones.”

Zeke cocked his head in puzzlement. “No broken bones,” she repeated, her gaze perplexed. “Sylva, no one breaks bones here anymore.” She stepped back, astonished. Zeke steadied her, gradually bringing her close. “How is that possible?” she murmured. “Once the effect of nutrition on genes was studied, it was simple to create supplements, then fertilize the soil. Everything grown here has been designed to enhance health in a natural way.” Zeke answered her inquisitive expression. “Yes, what we had for dinner.” She blinked after a long moment. “Fascinating. Will it work on me?” Zeke grinned reassuringly, cupping her shoulders. “Absolutely, darlin’.”
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TO BE CONTINUED
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Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...
Part 16 ~ 93 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies...
Presented in its entirety on the Liquid Silver forum ~ click on ~ Savanna Kougar ~
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HAPPILY EVER AFTER blog ~
Wednesday ~ The Kougar is blogging ~ Romancing the Heavenly Stars in Blue ~ the first meeting of Sher and Zag, the heroine and hero in ALL SHADES OF BLUE PARADISE ~
Monday ~ Bekki did a round robin about reader reviews, etc. Yes, the Kougar yowled her piece.
Friday, By George, Whatever Next! ~Posted by Francesca Prescott ~
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For the next part of the Never-Ending Story ~ http://judahraine.blogspot.com ~
Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ http://sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com ~

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NOTE: NO, BLOGGER, YOU HAVE NOT SOLVED MY PROBLEM. OH, YES, THE ‘I ACCEPT’ BUTTON NOW SHOWS. BUT I COULD CLICK THAT SUCKER FROM NOW UNTIL SUNUP AND IT WOULD NEVER ‘CLICK’ THROUGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Let FREEDOM ring. Let every VOICE be heard! NO! Internet Two. Resistance is victory.
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Happy Age of Aquarius
May your most romantic dreams come true...

March lioness kiss from the Kougar...