tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44295519701298738152024-03-19T18:35:43.624+10:00Kiss Carson - Fantasy Romance AuthorThis is the blog of fantasy romance and paranormal romance author, Kiss Carson.Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-36734293271900891552021-03-28T12:19:00.000+10:002021-03-28T12:19:39.422+10:00Vacation time!<p><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So, COVID put a stop to any overseas travel we had planned. We wanted to go to Egypt and continue our tour of the Wonders of the World. We've seen the Colosseum, Great Wall, and Taj Mahal and the next attractions on our list were the Pyramid of Giza and Petra. Apparently, the pyramid at Giza isn't a modern Wonder anymore, replaced by Machu Picchu. Well, that's just another country to add to our list! The Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx are the only two Wonders of the Ancient World still standing so I guess they deserve a mention.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3_vE-RK48Esr1ke9Pp7StEyXCK3DOZjQYT_zHWBqNQL-mDb9jTFDrqYZ0xMbYBBBcWCIRSh2-zyLEUw0ZfDrD5Zj9_cz_kUwtkhq9fPFx5z3tbLNsE6iLnGIk-MNGX8z5q02xD5-Wg0n/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="810" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3_vE-RK48Esr1ke9Pp7StEyXCK3DOZjQYT_zHWBqNQL-mDb9jTFDrqYZ0xMbYBBBcWCIRSh2-zyLEUw0ZfDrD5Zj9_cz_kUwtkhq9fPFx5z3tbLNsE6iLnGIk-MNGX8z5q02xD5-Wg0n/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Rome’s Colosseum, The Rose City of Petra, The Taj Mahal, The Great Wall of China, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu and Rio's Christ the Redeemer.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Back to our adventure. For 18 days we drove through the Queensland Outback, towing a caravan and staying in various caravan parks. We took the Jeep and the Penguin and had an absolute blast on the longest road trip we've ever been on. We leave on March 1 and returned on March 18. We encountered heat, floods, and roads that stretched way past the horizon.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #141414; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqIy6ItnSTOnCB_DAmrhA_TEq3OgCrb7wg4d6uBZZUTiBd1TbIc3HnRq_um2HEPoerL2nhzLrQ5_M9w5Iud2KBnHYzNyB90y0czJbQ9Xfc0dD78JyaWxtt-wHEoYWZE_nCag1BuRpKeG4p/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="275" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqIy6ItnSTOnCB_DAmrhA_TEq3OgCrb7wg4d6uBZZUTiBd1TbIc3HnRq_um2HEPoerL2nhzLrQ5_M9w5Iud2KBnHYzNyB90y0czJbQ9Xfc0dD78JyaWxtt-wHEoYWZE_nCag1BuRpKeG4p/" width="320" /></a></span></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="color: white;">We saw the dinosaurs in Winton, the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine, and the Red Stump of Boulia that signified the start of the Simpson Desert. It was fascinating touring in our own state, something that never really interested us because of the cost. It is very expensive to holiday in Australia. A trip within Australia may cost us $4000AUD yet an overseas holiday to India for two cost us $5000AUD.</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlkXZpwIG9Ff22zGpUAPx7jA57-voJnbEdjhjkwDWaZk6nuOFUm24BLGnAcyf8wP3-GwrgbheQZT2SXCSNTOHghVHN1tCClTvSV_DXeFYWuNcGOvZWKJ_Xr9h4I2KK3GNYYaNKknwBlIF/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="275" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlkXZpwIG9Ff22zGpUAPx7jA57-voJnbEdjhjkwDWaZk6nuOFUm24BLGnAcyf8wP3-GwrgbheQZT2SXCSNTOHghVHN1tCClTvSV_DXeFYWuNcGOvZWKJ_Xr9h4I2KK3GNYYaNKknwBlIF/" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5USruiKTWih3D4SdkVXMag5hECr9OsbnbMqpToFMNzVq5z5yCodKY2hyphenhyphenP0mFdQpIQBW1bSU5P6csOWRuYdJA73gek1QtycKFInKDHt6cSzVQ_4RBkgVz3okeqV7jtzfwYfza46TNHnRVg/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="275" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5USruiKTWih3D4SdkVXMag5hECr9OsbnbMqpToFMNzVq5z5yCodKY2hyphenhyphenP0mFdQpIQBW1bSU5P6csOWRuYdJA73gek1QtycKFInKDHt6cSzVQ_4RBkgVz3okeqV7jtzfwYfza46TNHnRVg/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JBLz9SRW4DsgnLQ9DGm7maonYT6UxhGjx_egEkdhQjXFLQ0pPgNKBeilBuF-LxKrOCM7QhW8obiRaaMQLt0ETBppCRmRQdzrEi-Q3w_tvgrACpTnvxAoEm-uK9Eta-bao6_CyfYEE80Y/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="275" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JBLz9SRW4DsgnLQ9DGm7maonYT6UxhGjx_egEkdhQjXFLQ0pPgNKBeilBuF-LxKrOCM7QhW8obiRaaMQLt0ETBppCRmRQdzrEi-Q3w_tvgrACpTnvxAoEm-uK9Eta-bao6_CyfYEE80Y/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Now we're back and COVID has struck again in Brisbane. We're just waiting for the order to lockdown again.</span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Let me out on the open road again.</span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Take care</span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Kiss xx</span></p>Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-19217277313654749522021-01-07T13:23:00.004+10:002021-01-07T13:23:39.495+10:00Happy New Year!<p>With a new year comes new expectations...</p><p>Resolutions</p><p>Promises </p><p>Excitement</p><p>However, 2021 has started like any other year. </p><p>Work</p><p>Sleep</p><p>Eat</p><p>😂😂😂😂</p><p>It's times like this that I wonder if I will ever get a book finished, or do those promos I've been promising, or stop long enough to think!</p><p>Anyway (insert sigh here)...</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6HqM3XpBVxbQgB0ECw-DxmS9h-3ww15XH7zLXMBTKl90CeXz__ti4qMAOyAl55AGmHEZCA26QLX9PQEYQq-5fKXA36IZtbIHIE3mDyg_boot2jVI5lPZECESLKT042oaRMzYSfuTUxCs/s1080/happy-new-year-images-2021-black-white-1080x1080.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6HqM3XpBVxbQgB0ECw-DxmS9h-3ww15XH7zLXMBTKl90CeXz__ti4qMAOyAl55AGmHEZCA26QLX9PQEYQq-5fKXA36IZtbIHIE3mDyg_boot2jVI5lPZECESLKT042oaRMzYSfuTUxCs/s320/happy-new-year-images-2021-black-white-1080x1080.png" /></a></div><p><br /></p>I send you many hopes and dreams and I really hope they all come true<p></p><p>Kiss xxx</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-29873565459864409812020-10-29T13:12:00.005+10:002020-10-29T13:12:37.711+10:00Free short story!<p> Here's a free short story to make up for not posting anything at the beginning of the month. </p><p>The story is called In Cold Isolation, and is a new adult gothic story about living in the age of Coronavirus.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YLVY6F9AVvVVXn-IIxfC6zWBimPrmBH8GznfU-WmYBlfQkcYulKbd9c6sZP2veEOML-RbDpcrZ-HhJlYTvE4ZoZx19huXurykQlrPfYBh2Y6tL-yADh4cudeyfdlmwnzA3orf9xt5RVe/s1976/In+cold+isolation+single+cover+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="1482" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6YLVY6F9AVvVVXn-IIxfC6zWBimPrmBH8GznfU-WmYBlfQkcYulKbd9c6sZP2veEOML-RbDpcrZ-HhJlYTvE4ZoZx19huXurykQlrPfYBh2Y6tL-yADh4cudeyfdlmwnzA3orf9xt5RVe/s320/In+cold+isolation+single+cover+blog.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Janie propped her elbow on the dinner table and rested
her chin in her hand. She hadn’t said a word for an hour. Nor had anyone spoken
to her. <i>They</i> ordered her to come
home. The least <i>they</i> could do was
talk to her. <i>Acknowledge me</i>, she
wanted to scream. <i>See me</i>. The words
she wanted to bawl at her family slid back down her throat to rumble inside her
chest. She sighed deeply to ease her indigestion.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her mother, Diana, sat at one
end of the table, blunt-cut hair falling to her chin in golden strands. The
woman's perfect smile shone with the gloss of passion city pink, and she gazed
at her husband with unashamed adoration.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie’s eyes moved to her
father, Jonathan Taylor, the undisputed head of the family and seated thus at
the other end of the table. Dressed in the latest pin-striped suit trend, he
sat rod straight, the fingers of his right hand resting on the base of a red
wine glass, his left hand resting on the most recent mobile phone money could
buy. With dark eyes that seemed to burn right through you, and dark hair
slicked back from his face, his façade was as</span><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">menacing as his temperament.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie thought herself unlucky
to inherit her father’s dark eyes and hair, while her sixteen-year-old brother,
Stevie, inherited their mother’s fair colouring – and disposition. Stevie sat
opposite and nodded furiously at something Uncle Nigel said. Uncle Nigel wasn't
their uncle, but their father's best friend and business partner. Janie had
known the non-descript man all her life. He was part of the furniture.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie sighed heavily and sat
back, her gaze moving to the older man who sat beside Stevie. Her father
introduced him as Uncle Tony. She wasn't convinced he was even a member of the
family. Who's brother was he? Mother was an only child, and Father's only
sibling lived on the other side of the world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So, Uncle Tony,
who are you</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘How’s your business degree
treating you, Janie?’ Uncle Nigel asked.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie shifted in her seat,
uncomfortable with the question. Ever since her father’s company went bankrupt
a few years ago, Uncle Nigel funded her business degree, as well as keeping the
family business afloat. The business line of study wasn't what she’d thought,
so Janie changed majors at the beginning of the year. She now studied
criminology and liked the content much more. The problem was she hadn’t told
anyone of this </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">minor</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> change.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I…ah…’ she began.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘We told her to come home,’
her father, Jonathan, interrupted. 'Janie doesn't need to be at college during the
pandemic. She can do her studies online.'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘She’s in her second year,’
Uncle Nigel replied. ‘Janie started before the pandemic and should be able
to tell me something.’ He looked at her, expectantly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I…ah…’ she tried again. It
was getting all too much for her. She didn't want to lie, but she didn’t want
to endure long lectures about their disappointment, either. Her father and
Uncle Nigel expected her to take over the family business. Although, she wasn’t
a hundred percent sure what the family business was.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Suddenly, Uncle Tony coughed.
It wasn’t an </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">oops, the water went down the wrong way</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> cough, but a deep,
chesty cough that forced the occupants at the table into silence. Uncle Tony
raised a wrinkled hand, indicating they shouldn’t worry even though he
projected mucus throughout the room. Everyone leaned away from him, including
Janie.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Diana paled, and covered her heart with a hand. 'Tony, are you alright, dear?’ she asked.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Tony managed to nod even
though his face had turned a bright shade of scarlet. The older man stopped coughing.
A husky chuckle left him.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I’m tougher than I look,’ he
rasped.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Maybe you should lie down,’
Jonathan offered. ‘Stevie, show Uncle Tony to the guest room.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Stevie looked to protest but
thought better of it and stood. 'Come on, Uncle Tony,' he muttered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie watched Tony leave the
room. </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Who was he</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">? She caught Jonathan and Uncle Nigel exchange a glance
before they both lowered their eyes to the table.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Who is Uncle Tony?’ she
asked.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘A friend.’ Her father sipped
his wine.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Why do I have to call him
Uncle?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her father’s dark eyes rested
on her face. Janie looked away. The topic of Uncle Tony had ended. The sound of
coughing came from the direction of the guest room. </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">If he has Coronavirus,
we all have it</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">. Janie pulled the small bottle of sanitizer from her pocket
and rubbed some onto her hands. Not that it would help now that droplets of
Uncle Tony’s saliva had coated them all.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I think I’ll have a shower
and then head to bed,’ she said.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">'Oh, Janie, you just got home.
Stay and talk awhile,' her mother said.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Okay. What will we talk
about?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Diana twisted her hands.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Jonathan and Uncle Nigel
concentrated on their drinks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Great chat,’ Janie mumbled.
‘If you need me, you know where to find me.' She flashed them all a tight smile
as she pushed the chair under the table.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She wasn’t sure how long she’d
been asleep when hands roughly shook her awake. Opening her eyes, she found it
was dark, and her mother leaned over her, the glow of the battery-operated
lantern she held illuminating her face.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘What’s wrong?’ Janie asked.
‘What’s with the lantern?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘The electricity is out due to
the storm,’ her mother whispered. ‘Darling, Uncle Tony died. The doctor is on
his way to test us all for Coronavirus.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie rubbed her eyes. ‘What?
Why? Did he die from Coronavirus?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘We don’t know,’ Diane
replied. ‘Get dressed and come to the loungeroom. The police and the doctor
will be here within the half hour.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her mother left, taking the
light with her. Janie sat in darkness for a few minutes. Lightning flashed. She
blinked against the brightness and cringed when thunder rattled the window.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Janie.’ Stevie entered her
room, blanketed in darkness. ‘Janie. There’s a dead man in the house.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I know. What happened?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Lightning lit her brother's
face. 'I don't know. I heard a noise.'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘What kind of noise?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Someone in the hallway.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Who was it?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I don’t know,’ Stevie said
from the shadows. ‘There were running footsteps in the hallway. A few minutes
later the lights went out.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie slid from the bed. She
searched for her slippers with her feet. ‘Mum said the storm blew the lights.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Uncle Tony was murdered.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘What?’ Janie studied the lines
of her brother’s face she could make out in the dim light coming through the
window. ‘Why do you say that?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Running footsteps.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘That could have been anything,’
Janie replied. ‘You can’t go around saying someone was murdered. You’ll create
panic.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I’m scared. Can I stay with
you?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Okay. Do you have a
flashlight?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Stevie shook his blond head.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie tried</span><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">her phone. It</span><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">didn’t turn on. She’d
meant to get a new charger and now wished she hadn’t put it off.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Where’s your phone?’ she
asked Stevie.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘It didn’t charge, either,’ he
replied.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Come on,’ she said and led
the way into the hallway.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Lightning flashed through the
arched window at the end of the hallway, bringing life to the space for no more
than a few seconds. Someone stood in the entrance to the guest room. The figure
was stooped, arms dangling, silhouetted by the lightning before the hallway
plunged into shadow again. Janie stopped so abruptly Stevie collided with her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Who’s there?’ she called.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Where?’ Stevie whispered from
behind her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Someone is down there.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">After a moment, Stevie spoke.
‘I can’t see anyone.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Lightning strobed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The hallway was empty. Janie
relaxed her clenched hands and took a deep breath. Her eyes were playing tricks
on her. All it took was a death in the house and she was seeing things.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Diana stepped from the guest
room, holding the lantern ahead of her. ‘There you are, darling,’ she said.
‘Oh, good, Stevie’s with you. Come along. We should all be together when the
police and doctor arrive.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘What were you doing in there,
Mum?’ Janie asked.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Tidying.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Tidying up after a dead man?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Oh, Janie,’ Diana admonished.
‘You say the strangest things.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">'Did Uncle Tony die from
COVID? Stevie said he heard footsteps running away from the room.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘What are you insinuating?’
Diana whispered harshly. ‘Don’t let your father hear you say such nonsense.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Stevie, tell her,’ Janie
ordered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Stevie shrank behind her,
shaking his head. What made her think she could rely on her brother to back her
up? Janie folded her arms and pressed her mouth closed as she followed her
mother into the lounge room where the rest of the family waited.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her father and Uncle Nigel
stood by the window in hushed conversation. When they saw her, they turned
their backs, heads still bowed. Diana sat on the sofa, hands folded in her lap,
the silk sheen of her bed robe exaggerated in the lantern light. Stevie sat
beside her and she pulled him closer until his blond head rested on her
shoulder.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie lowered into the winged
chair by the hearth and tucked her feet under her. The figure in the hallway
unnerved her, and she didn't want to sit with her back to the door – in case
the long-armed apparition returned.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The metal knocker pounded on
the front doors, the sound resonating with a ringing echo. One…Two…Three. Janie
started, digging her fingers into the velvet fabric on the chair’s arms. Diana
shoved Stevie away and stood, diamond-clad fingers pressed to her breasts. The
knocker struck again. One…Two…Three. Lightning flared. Diana sucked in a sharp
breath. Her anxiety was as palpable as the elongated wraiths that filled every
corner of the room.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Calm down.' Jonathan cast his
wife a hooded glare as he passed her to the door.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The visitors exchanged
courteous greetings. Two male voices. One female. Her father's deep baritone. </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Thank you for coming out in the storm</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">. The
voices lowered in volume. Janie strained her ears to listen. It was no good. She
only heard every other word. </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Died…Tony…Wuhan</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her eyes opened and she met
her mother’s direct blue gaze. Had she really heard the word Wuhan, or was her
imagination running wild again? A more pressing question would be, </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">why was her mother suddenly so cool, calm
and collected</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Jonathan entered the room with
two men and a woman trailing. Blue surgical masks covered their noses and
mouths, and clear shields protected their faces. Blue surgical gowns and grey
disposable gloves rendered them almost genderless. They looked a little scary
in the dim light, like fat blue aliens who had come to earth to probe the human
race. Her father introduced the two men as Detectives Roman and Saunders, and the
woman as Doctor Grace Wood.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘What happened to the lights?’
Detective Roman asked.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘The storm,’ Jonathan Taylor
replied. “They went out about half an hour ago.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The detective produced a
flashlight from his pocket, flicking it on, briefly illuminating every face.
Even Stevie looked guilty in the glare. After a moment, the detective turned to
the doctor. ‘Shouldn’t everyone be wearing masks?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Doctor Wood nodded and lowered
to one knee, searching the contents of her small suitcase. Janie craned her
neck to see inside the bag, but the doctor closed the lid and stood before she
could make anything out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘If you don’t mind,’ the
doctor’s words were slightly muffled by the mask. ‘Due to COVID restrictions,
you are all required to wear a mask and remain at least one point five metres
apart. Once I examine the body and test him for COVID-19, I will return to test
you all.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Did he die of Coronavirus?’
Janie asked.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I won’t know until I examine
him.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘He could have died of
anything,’ Janie insisted. ‘Why are you testing him, and us?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The doctor’s answer came
slowly. ‘It is simply procedure,’ she said. ‘All you need to worry about is
what you will do during the next twelve hours of quarantine until your test
results come back.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I don’t want to be tested,’
Stevie protested. ‘I can’t be quarantined. I have a date tonight.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Cancel.’ The doctor nodded to
Detective Roman who, in return, nodded to Janie’s father.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Jonathan put his mask on and
indicated to the doorway. ‘This way.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The doctor and Detective Roman
followed Jonathan. Detective Saunders chose the winged chair opposite Janie,
pulling it until it was appropriately socially distanced, and sitting with one
ankle crossed over the other knee. His eyes smiled and the mask shifted
slightly to indicate that his lips had also smiled. He looked very handsome.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Diana Taylor lowered to the
sofa again, and Stevie moved close. Uncle Nigel still stood by the window, his
stature stiff, his expression one of forced indifference.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Detective Saunders started to
ask questions. He asked about Tony and how the family knew him. Janie and
Stevie both shrugged. Diana looked at her hands. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Uncle Nigel cleared his
throat. ‘Tony Decia helped finance our business,’ he replied.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘In what way?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yes</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">. Janie's full attention
turned to Uncle Nigel. <i>How?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘He…He funded and managed the
overseas division of the company.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Detective Saunders sat forward,
pen poised above his pocket-sized notepad. ‘Where overseas?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Wuhan,’ Nigel muttered. ‘A
block from the wet markets,’ he whispered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie leaned forward so she
could hear the last words. ‘What?’ she demanded. ‘You’re not serious! Wuhan wet
markets?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Diana Taylor sank further into
her sofa.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Did you know about this,
Mum?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Diana didn’t answer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Detective Saunders lifted a
hand to quieten Janie. ‘We believe Tony Decia is what we call a super spreader of the Coronavirus. We
have traced his movements and found cluster infections wherever he visited.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie suddenly felt sick. She
felt worse than sick. Her temperature spiked. Wasn’t that a symptom of
Coronavirus? </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">No! No! The virus didn’t
strike so fast</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">. Only a few hours had passed since she’d met the man. It
took at least a week for symptoms to appear. She swallowed to clear the sting in
her throat. Wasn’t that another symptom? She rubbed sanitizer into her hands
and then adjusted her mask. </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Damn you, Uncle Tony</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">By the time the sun rose, the
doctor had tested Janie for Coronavirus. Her nose still tingled from swabs
shoved up both nostrils. </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Both</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">. She’d
asked the doctor if the swabs had touched her brain because that was how it
felt. The doctor had replied with a firm </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">no</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">, although Janie wasn’t
convinced.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The doctor and Detective Roman
left just after breakfast, but Detective Saunders stayed to wait for the
coroner. Janie liked the handsome detective and chatted with him until the
coroner arrived and took Uncle Tony away. As he left, the detective promised to
return that night to check on her and give the family their swab results.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Pulling her curtains closed,
Janie blocked out the persistent rain and climbed into bed, fully clothed. She
was exhausted. Wasn’t exhaustion another symptom of Coronavirus? She sat up to
stare at her reflection in the mirror on the back of her door. Her face bore
the scars of late-night study sessions, too many energy drinks, and not enough
healthy food. When had she last eaten? Maybe a few bites of chicken the night
before.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Ignoring the protests that
came from every muscle in her body, she left her bed and exited her room. Through
the arched hallway window, black storm clouds hung low in the sky. Lightning flared,
and in its wake a shadow appeared; hunched, arms dangling, elongated fingers
almost touching the floor. Without a sound, the unwanted visitor lurched
forward. Jane stumbled, ready to escape into her room if it came any closer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">A crack of thunder made her scream.
Lightning immediately followed, the sharp, white flash clearing any horrors
from the hallway. Rubbing her eyes, she took a shaky breath, convinced fatigue
made her hallucinate. Deciding she needed sleep more than food, she returned to
her room and slept for the rest of the day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her stomach rumbled hungrily,
waking her from a light sleep. Night had fallen, and the block-out curtains
cast her room into almost complete darkness. Rain still struck her window with
the same constant rhythm as it had a few hours ago. Now, she needed to eat. She
was starving.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">After making herself a ham and
cheese sandwich and grabbing a lemonade from the overstocked fridge, she headed
to the lounge room to see if her mother was there. She paused by the partially
open door and listened to the quiet conversation going on inside.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘We were all aware when we
decided to bring him here to quarantine.’ It was her father’s deep voice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘This is more serious than we
thought, Jonathan.’ This time it was Uncle Nigel who spoke. ‘Tony lied on his
passenger card. He stated he’d never been to Wuhan.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie gasped. The conversation
stopped. Footsteps headed her way and she slipped around the corner, out of
sight. Was her father responsible for bringing the pandemic into Australia?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her first cough came from the
chest, sharp and sudden. Then, she coughed again before racing to her room and
closing the door, sealing herself in. She tossed her sandwich and drink onto
her bed and paced. Temperature. Sore throat. Now a cough. What if </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">she</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">
had brought the virus home to her family?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">There was a light rap on her door,
and she called for whoever knocked to come in. Her father entered. He glanced
around her room with his usual disapproval before looking at her. ‘Are you alright,
Janie? Last night must have frightened you.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">'I did get a fright,' she
replied. 'But I'm okay now. Have you heard anything about Uncle Tony? About
what killed him?'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Jonathan shook his head. ‘We
are all hedging our bets on this damned virus,’ he replied.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Oh.’ Her shoulders dropped. ‘Does
that mean we have it?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘We’ll soon know. The police
will be here shortly with an update.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Oh?’ Janie perked up again.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Yes. Make yourself
respectable and come downstairs. They will be here around seven.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">When her father closed her
door, Janie allowed herself to smile. Detective Saunders was coming to see her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">At 7 pm precisely, the metal
knocker struck the door with a resounding blow. Even though Janie expected the
sound, she still jumped and let out a breath behind her mask. Diana sat rod
straight on the sofa. She fiddled with her hair before folding her hands in her
lap. Beside her, Stevie stared at the doorway, blue eyes wide. Even Uncle Nigel’s
expression had changed. He looked scared. Each one of them should be terrified.
Father had invited the pandemic into their safe space. Tony Decia had entered
their home as a trusted friend, and he could have poisoned them all.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Detective Saunder’s voice
gained Janie's attention. Wearing full protective gear, he entered the lounge
room. His eyes smiled. She was so glad to see him and hoped her eyes smiled
back. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Jonathan Taylor stood beside
the sofa. “Well?’ he asked Detective Roman.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Detective Roman held several
A4 sized papers in his hands, which he read from. 'Jonathan Taylor has
tested…positive.'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The family released a unified
gasp. Janie stared at her father, her fingers clutching the chair's arms. The
long-armed shadow appeared beside him, stooped and faceless as it seemed to hug
him.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Diana Taylor has tested positive.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The shadow now lingered by her
mother, stroking Diana’s beautiful face, bending to place a kiss on her cheek.
At least that was what it looked like to Janie – creepy affection.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Stevie Taylor has tested positive.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">A long, wraithy arm folded
around Janie’s brother. Stevie shivered and hugged himself against what he
couldn’t see. He was lucky he couldn’t see the monster that now smothered him.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Nigel Monroe has tested
positive.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Janie Taylor has tested…’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie held her breath. The
ghoul shifted its black head to stare at her with eyes that weren’t there.
Thin, vaporous fingers reached for her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Well,’ Detective Roman said,
‘Janie, you tested negative.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">The phantom's fingers
retreated.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘What?’ she asked.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘You are the only person in
the house to test negative. You can go but you need to self-isolate for
fourteen days.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She didn’t have Coronavirus.
‘How is that possible?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Detective Roman shrugged and
folded the papers he held. ‘All I know is you can leave the house and isolate
somewhere else.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">'I…I don't have anywhere else
to go.' She still couldn't quite believe the detective's words.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie stared at the smoky mass
that now surrounded her family, enveloping them within its COVID-19 embrace. The
lights snapped on, dispersing the apparition with their bright glow.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I have a spare bedroom,’
Detective Saunders told her. ‘You can stay with me.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I don’t even know you,’ she
replied.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Her father cleared his throat.
‘He's a policeman, Janie. I'm sure you'll be safe. Go. Get away from this house
and the sickness.'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Are you sure?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Jonathan Taylor nodded. ‘Keep
in touch. Don’t forget us.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘I won’t. We can facetime if
you like.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Diana Taylor nodded. ‘That
would be nice, dear. Now, you go with Detective Saunders and stay safe.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie exited the house into
the damp evening, pulling off her mask as she went. Light rain cooled her
cheeks, and she breathed deeply, drawing in the fresh air. Her family stood at
the loungeroom window and waved. She waved in return, pausing when another figure
caught her attention. A shadow, stooped and stretched, lurched from the back of
the room and her family disappeared into the darkened embrace of the monster.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">She paused, ready to run back
into the house to save them all but Detective Saunders’ voice stopped her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">‘Come with me, Janie,’ he said. ‘We’ll go into
isolation together. You’ll have company then.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">His gloved hand grasped hers
and she turned away from the house to smile into his blue eyes, the only part
of his face she’d truly seen. Her future suddenly looked brighter than it had
for a long time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">Janie settled into the front
seat of the police sedan and smiled. She was finally free of her family, of the
guilt of changing university courses, of the Coronavirus. It was like a huge
weight had been lifted from her chest and she took a deep breath to prove her
freedom.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">From the corner of her eye she
caught movement in the back seat. A black, airy hand reached from the darkness,
heavy, arduous in the way the fingers clutched her shoulder.</span></p><p>
<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Perhaps you are not
rid of me yet, Janie Taylor</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></p>Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-79016203818333387452020-09-14T10:25:00.000+10:002020-09-14T10:25:12.047+10:00Something Old, Something New, Something Aussie, and Something to Chew!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Where does one begin with a heading like that? Ok...<b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Something old</b>...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the free read you can download when you sign up to my newsletter (which is also getting done today!). It's called Silent Memory and I wrote the first draft about 1995. Of course, it started off as a time travel and throughout the years it morphed into what it is now. The story line has always included a love triangle, and at one stage it contained very steamy love scenes which were conducive to the 90s romance theme of "I'll sex her into loving me". (tehe tehe)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, I cut out about 35000 words and produced the content that you can read if you <a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/fy4upv0ejp" target="_blank">sign up</a> to my email.</span></span></p><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-4 col-md-7 col-md-offset-5"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><div class="body-text"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzhGgvdwYhgSCGWry9LvC47ftKWVmkEjoDuha8NxbIAh3VSQvnjvqoYkOdbPQhPbkUcce2QBRHKWf8YHIqLBIFl_XBiD5e-vdLbejIf3bQuHorHLqu4QPciVQFZlDIGYAD1cAeGCqMKu9/s768/Silent+Memory+coverlarge.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="464" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzhGgvdwYhgSCGWry9LvC47ftKWVmkEjoDuha8NxbIAh3VSQvnjvqoYkOdbPQhPbkUcce2QBRHKWf8YHIqLBIFl_XBiD5e-vdLbejIf3bQuHorHLqu4QPciVQFZlDIGYAD1cAeGCqMKu9/w98-h164/Silent+Memory+coverlarge.jpg" width="98" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fortune Storm is a murderer, but
she can’t remember whom she murdered. In fact, she can’t remember much
at all. When she wakes one morning in the care of the handsome Phoenix
Storm, her heart believes she knows him but the only emotion she feels
is fear.</span></span>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As time moves on Fortune’s memories reveal a passionate liaison, and a
marriage she would rather forget. But her mind is weak, her memories
confused. Which man loves her, and which man is the monster? Only when
she dispels the ghosts in her heart will the truth be revealed and her
life changed forever.<b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Something new...</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revealed-Romance-Anthology-Sara-Hartland-ebook/dp/B08H2L1CCF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=revealed&qid=1600038070&s=books&sr=1-4" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdi7_5n57PvqWPrPBnbEzrYJN6-lgqD5SSXoo9brFPO-QhL9pEq9T5dDoJmxzGeD-u5MzZVcnChNI2x96caowFLrp-4cF-xM7NCqAGTafIJh22OR7W7LY8AUI-WBCOgm3Ea8ahGli-vyS/w205-h205/Instagram-Blood+Secret.png" width="205" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would like to introduce you to a very good friend of mine, and fellow Aussie author - <a href=" https://geni.us/LJLangdon" target="_blank">LJ Langdon</a> - Ms Langdon has released her very first book and let me tell you, it's excellent!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her novella -<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revealed-Romance-Anthology-Sara-Hartland-ebook/dp/B08H2L1CCF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=REVEAled&qid=1600040143&s=books&sr=1-4" target="_blank">Blood Secret</a></span> - is part of a six book anthology, <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revealed-Romance-Anthology-Sara-Hartland-ebook/dp/B08H2L1CCF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=revealed&qid=1600038070&s=books&sr=1-4" target="_blank">Revealed</a></span>, and is available for $0.99c on Kindle for a short time only.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">BLOOD SECRET: <span>A wolf on the hunt. A woman on the run. And a secret heritage that threatens them both.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span><span></span><span>BLOOD SECRET BLURB: </span><br /><span> As a Soul Guardian, Kristof is sworn to protect
mankind from evil Blood Demons and their tainted medallions. When his
best friend Ferdie is killed by a Blood Demon intent on stealing back a
medallion, Kristof vows to get it back—even if it means hunting down
every Blood Demon is Salzburg. But when he runs into Emma, a beautiful
woman who his senses tell him is a Blood Demon, the wolf in him refuses
to kill her.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Emma
sees things that don’t exist. Plagued by voices in her head, and a
controlling father who tells her she’s crazy, Emma must fight to claim
her sanity and independence. But what do you do when you’re attracted to
the enemy, a man who reveals a truth much worse than insanity? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Together,
and on the run, Emma and Kristof must learn the truth behind her dark
heritage and recover the missing medallion as they fight to understand
the forbidden bond they share.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But time is running out for the hunter and the hunted …</span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Also something new..</b>. </span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like audio books? I loooove audio books and I listen to them all the time - on the train, in the car, while I'm gardening...</span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's some new romance audio books you might like to check out. Some are free if you sign up to Audible and use your credit.</span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/romanceaudio3/dc1urfzl0t?fbclid=IwAR3MQFO9UNWdKz7hMNpn5q-tMJ6BekK3yxATUSmH4zpw9gPgiXWnFKtb4cE" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="k4urcfbm bixrwtb6 datstx6m q9uorilb" src="https://scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-0/p280x280/118909619_235873567845350_7562238655085472055_n.png?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=b96e70&_nc_ohc=IPblS4bF7zsAX9uxlWQ&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne6-1.fna&oh=4f4a75da05e7bac4d82f41ec04631983&oe=5F83815F" style="border-radius: 18px; max-height: 200px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 24px; width: 525px;" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Something Aussie and something you can chew!</b></span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the recipe for an Aussie favourite - Lamington. </span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Lamington consists of a spongecake coated in chocolate icing and coconut. Believe me, it's delicious!</span></span></div><div class="body-text"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a simple recipe:</span></span></div><div class="body-text"><p class="MsoNormal" style="clear: right; float: right; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></span><img alt="Simple Lamington Recipe with Chocolate Sauce | Wandercooks" class="rg_i Q4LuWd" data-atf="true" data-deferred="1" data-iml="855" height="180" 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</b></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>LAMINGTONS</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>Ingredients</span></b></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>125g butter, softened </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1 cup caster sugar </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>3 eggs </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1 3/4 cups self-raising flour, sifted </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1/2 cup milk </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>2 cups desiccated coconut </span></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>Icing</span></b></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>3 1/2 cups icing sugar mixture </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1/4 cup cocoa powder </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1 tablespoon butter, softened </span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>1/2 cup boiling water </span></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Select all ingredients </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>Method</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 3cm-deep,
20cm x 30cm (base) lamington pan. Line with baking paper, leaving a 2cm
overhang on all sides. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla
until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition
(mixture may curdle). </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Sift half the flour over butter mixture. Stir to combine.
Add half the milk. Stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk. Spoon
into prepared pan. Smooth top. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre
comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack. Cover
with a clean tea towel. Set aside overnight. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Make icing: Sift icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl. Add
butter and boiling water. Stir until smooth. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Cut cake into 15 pieces. Place coconut in a dish. Using a
fork, dip 1 piece of cake in icing. Shake off excess. Toss in coconut. Place on
a wire rack over a baking tray. Repeat with remaining cake, icing and coconut.
Stand for 2 hours or until set. Serve.</span></span></span></p>
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</div>Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-91710714628430032752020-08-04T15:51:00.000+10:002020-08-04T15:51:27.643+10:00Writing and the real world<div>Writing isn't easy. Neither is the, apparently, simple task of living. Really, it's a never ending circle that leads you nowhere. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Write a book.</div><div><br /></div><div>Agree to extra shifts at work to earn extra money to publish and promote the book.</div><div><br /></div><div>Earn a few hundred dollars from the sale of your book.</div><div><br /></div><div>Work extra shifts to promote again. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Bookbub approves your free promotion.</div><div><br /></div><div>OMG! 14000 downloads. (Rubs hands together in glee). However they are 14000 FREE downloads.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwy158LwsdmY-iRjSr8MxmAcpBHm2st5cvhtDY1K_2VqmTkc_-5h3i7KQR0-04996oSaQUJo2UYPUcuhA6NEXqWg6qQ5oLEkGokIjwjlEQ6obZmfzrl-Q7CTYVpmqu_BWWTTS19QYwHXF/s225/eeyore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwy158LwsdmY-iRjSr8MxmAcpBHm2st5cvhtDY1K_2VqmTkc_-5h3i7KQR0-04996oSaQUJo2UYPUcuhA6NEXqWg6qQ5oLEkGokIjwjlEQ6obZmfzrl-Q7CTYVpmqu_BWWTTS19QYwHXF/s0/eeyore.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Work extra shifts for more promotion.</div><div><br /></div><div>Write another book - however, you are working so much that you don't have time to write.</div><div><br /></div><div>And around and around it goes.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm off to write a book...or am I off to do extra shifts? Oh...who knows. By the end of either I'll have no money 😂😂😂</div><div><br /></div><div>Take care</div><div><br /></div><div>Kiss</div><div>xxxx<br /></div>Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-40499380481543012052020-07-22T09:46:00.001+10:002020-07-22T09:46:38.758+10:00Better late than neverSo...I had promised myself I would blog on the first week of every month. Better late than never.<br />
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I was camping during the first week of July in a beautiful area of Queensland - the Scenic Rim. It was cold, one of the nights reaching about 0. Luckily we have a 12V heater - and a camp fire.<br />
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Sometimes, even writers need to get away. Unlike most jobs, we carry our work around in our head. Have you seen that meme about a writer's mind? It's not far from the truth.<br />
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Writers are always thinking, changing scenes and talking to their characters in their heads. Am I right? (Yeah? Yeah?) So to get away and not think about writing for a few hours can sometimes be a blessing. While camping, I was thinking more about how to keep our camp fire alive than what Oscar was about to do in the next scene. At one stage during our trip, I worried more about rolling down the cliff close to our campsite - or actually falling into the fire (after a wine or two). I was also worried about my husband who (after a few Canadian Clubs) told me that his glove was on fire - while he was wearing it. Needless to say there was a blister on his thumb the next day.<br />
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Well, enjoy the rest of July and I hope you are all well in these COVID times.<br />
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Kiss<br />
xxxKiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-65565285827025730882020-06-08T09:14:00.000+10:002020-06-08T09:14:44.770+10:00Back to WorkBack to work in a big way this month. Traveling on public transport in COVID times certainly makes life a lot easier. Less people. Cleaner transport. It's nice knowing that our buses and trains are wiped down regularly. I just wish it smelled like it. Trains smell. I don't think there's any getting around that!<br />
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Of course, there's always the members of the public who take our 1.5m social distancing to the extreme and stand waaaay down the other end of the station or bus stop.<br />
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In Brisbane city we can only board the buses via the back doors. Electronic payment only. The bus drivers don't accept cash.<br />
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At work, staff enter through one door. Patients enter through another. Staff exit through another door. Patients exit through another. This is a recipe for mass confusion.<br />
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Then, there are the members of the public who wear masks. The government has just decided that this is a good idea. But...people...if you are wearing a mask, don't remove it to talk to me and then put it back on again. Really...it defeats the purpose of wearing it.<br />
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Let's move onto disposable gloves. Yes...let's...Fast food workers handle the till, handle money, wipe down the benches and assemble your order while wearing the same pair of gloves. Hmmmm Cross contamination much???<br />
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Now for GP surgeries. Oh...Please...There's a massive perspex barrier between you and the receptionist. There's no holes to talk through. In fact, learn sign language because you'll need it when standing behind the line that's 1.5m from the counter. <i>What's your address</i>? Hold on...what happened to patient confidentiality? <i>What's your phone number</i>? Hello identity theft! Would you like my bank account number and password? I don't mind if the whole waiting room hears. **insert eye roll here**<br />
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When it comes to the COVID19 era, I guess all we can do is go with the flow and try to keep our sanity. And our identity.<br />
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Kiss (I don't have the plague) Carson<br />
xxxxx<br />
<br />Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-65893172738404039482020-05-08T12:46:00.001+10:002020-05-08T12:52:48.244+10:00Finally Typed THE END! Oh, friggin' yay!<br />
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Earlier this week, I finally reached a milestone with Nicholas: In the Shadows of Angels Book 4. I typed those two wonderful little words - THE END.<br />
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Firstly, I would like to thank all those readers who have contacted me personally to let me know of their excitement about reading Nicholas.<br />
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Secondly, I would like to thank all my readers for their patience.<br />
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My first release date for Nicholas was meant to be April 2019. Wow...this is definitely a case of better late than never. It's only a year...😳😳😳<br />
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Ok everyone...THANK YOU<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmAuW2F4l72gXPQfgsZG3vR2tuMUkoN8TGQrUzA4yOrP3y2Gx1TR8hgk94L-FmGRvQ8V1YPdKKFi6sYeYbdTkjVb4b6WXpxIx2AP3CPzIdRCXGp9ctuk8B56_oBO2MW1yL-qELw_nB99q/s1600/Dominic.web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmAuW2F4l72gXPQfgsZG3vR2tuMUkoN8TGQrUzA4yOrP3y2Gx1TR8hgk94L-FmGRvQ8V1YPdKKFi6sYeYbdTkjVb4b6WXpxIx2AP3CPzIdRCXGp9ctuk8B56_oBO2MW1yL-qELw_nB99q/s200/Dominic.web.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nicholas
is in the final processes of publication and should be available on Kindle on
Monday June 15th 2020.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is also news about Dominic: In the Shadows of Angels Book 2 being released as an audio book on Audible. Not much news but it is news. Due to COVID-19 Audible is running late with their audio reviews. So, fingers crossed I'll know more soon. I can't wait for you all to listen to Gareth Williams tell the story of Dominic and Keziah. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My newsletter should come out next week with a bunch of books for Kindle Unlimited readers. Keep a look out for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Take care</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kiss </span><br />
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<![endif]-->Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-60224566151133498302020-04-01T10:36:00.000+10:002020-04-02T08:55:54.494+10:00Six weeksI have six weeks off work due to surgery. My plan was to sit and write for the whole six weeks.<br />
<br />
Finish Nicholas.<br />
<br />
Start Oscar.<br />
<br />
Let all be good in the universe again.<br />
<br />
Who friggin' knew that abdo surgery would hurt so much!! Anyway...I can finally sit upright for longer than five minutes. I think I've got long enough to write this blog and post a new chapter.<br />
<br />
To all the readers waiting for Nicholas...Thank you so much for your patience.<br />
<br />
The book is coming - so is Christmas, I know!<br />
<br />
I definitely plan to complete Nicholas and publish by May 10.<br />
<br />
Here's a reminder of what you have to look forward to!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">On extended sick leave from the Police Force due to
post traumatic stress disorder, Everlee Warren accepts her father’s invitation to visit
his archeological site near the small town of Grayson in the Scottish
Highlands. There, he gives her an old red-leather bound book, and in the middle of a stormy
Highland night she is drawn into its pages and transported back to the foggy
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Detective Inspector
Nicholas Benedict searches for a killer, not any killer, a vicious murderer
Edinburgh Police have named <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Murtair</i>.
When he finds a young woman crouched beside a dismembered body at one o’clock
in the morning, he believes her to be an escapee from the nearby Edinburgh
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A murder investigation is the last place Everlee
expects to find love but Nicholas brings alive emotions she thought long dead.
For a moment, she forgets her ordeal at the hands of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Doll Maker</i> and dares to open her heart. But murder takes
precedence and she once again finds herself at the mercy of a cruel killer
determined to finish what he started over a hundred and thirty years in the
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Two weeks in India.</div>
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Hubby and I didn't quite know what to expect but India lived up to and exceeded all of our expectations. The highlight - of course - was the magnificent Taj Mahal. However, the people and culture far outweighed the sights.<br />
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The parts of India we visited weren't beautiful. In fact we saw some things that made us appreciate that we live in a country like Australia.<br />
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But India is fascinating. We watched the farmers tend to their crops the 'old way', with oxen and cart and by hand. There were very few tractors or large machinery and if there was, it was used to transport the farm workers, sometimes transporting 20 or 30 people in one truck.<br />
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We visited many magnificent forts and temples, and experienced ways of life much different to our own.<br />
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Characters are the crux of a story.<br />
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Sure, the world in which our characters live is, sometimes, a character within itself but the people, werefolk, fae...whatever your poison...are the central focus.<br />
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Take my series, In the Shadows of Angels, for example. The grand ancient castle that has adorned the Aingealag Estate since the 10th century is a living, breathing pile of stone and mortar who hides away the many secrets of the Benedict Family. Aingealag Castle whispers to the heroines to help them along their way, at times to lead the hapless heroines into unforeseen danger.<br />
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In my latest release, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rory-Shadows-Angels-Kiss-Carson-ebook/dp/B07N2FWMRW/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=kiss+carson&qid=1581224987&sr=8-3" target="_blank">Rory Benedict, Laird of Benedict</a> often muttered that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Aingealag Castle will devour the girl whole. </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">According to several Lairds, Aingealag Castle did not bide high spirits or joy. </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></i><br />
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But, we need characters to keep the story moving.<br />
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The ghosts that inhabit the castle.<br />
The animals that roam the courtyards.<br />
The house staff.<br />
Family members. <br />
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The Laird.<br />
The potential Lady.<br />
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And the villains.<br />
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These characters all have specific traits - not only personality traits but the traits readers expect of particular characters. There are times these expected traits can be subverted, but be careful because readers may boycott a book simply because a character doesn't live up to expectation.<br />
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My current work in progress, Nicholas: In the Shadows of Angels Book 4, I have attempted<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> to subvert the usual Gothic characterisation by giving the contemporary
female the strong lead to accompany a less worldly historical hero. I'm not sure if I succeeded - I guess the reviews will let me know. When I consulted my favourite 'go to' characterization book, I found the perfect characters to describe my newest couple.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nicholas - Warrior</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everlee - Crusader</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And it's been a lot of fun writing the two of them. </span><br />
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favourite 'go to' characterization book is Heroes & Heroines:
Sixteen Master Archetypes and from this book I print the descriptions
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I am a lover of audio books. I have an
Audible subscription, and one of my books is available as an audio book.
There is another about to be released on Audible - and I can't wait! I
listened to the draft narration and my narrator - Gareth Richards - did
an amazing job. It's so empowering to hear your characters come to life.
It's almost as good as seeing a movie made from your book - a pleasure I
have yet to enjoy.<br />
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now work a bus, train, and bus ride away. It takes me an hour and twenty
minutes to commute which gives me plenty of time to listen to audio
books. I find it hard to read when there is lots of external noise, and
the bus and train patrons are sometimes noisier than I like. I'm very
easily distracted.<br />
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Very easily.<br />
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Audio book to the rescue. Stick in my ear phones and I'm whisked away to another place.<br />
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books also give me the chance to try new authors. I find that some
authors are very wordy and take two pages to get a point across. While
this is a good thing, I'm not a great fan of reading epics. However, I
am more than glad to listen to them.<br />
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Is it cheating? I'm not sure.<br />
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If you enjoy podcasts, you would probably enjoy audio books.<br />
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If you are an author and thinking about creating an audio book but don't know enough, visit <a href="http://www.acx.com/" target="_blank">ACX</a> and have a browse. It's really very easy, and the website explains the procedure well.<br />
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Good luck, and let me know if you decide to create an audio book so I can buy it.<br />
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Kiss xxx<br />
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<br />Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-19855755719477811622020-01-05T14:32:00.003+10:002020-01-05T14:32:43.826+10:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So...Another year.<br />
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I could make all kinds of promises to myself this year but - really - I'm not going to bother. Past experience has taught me that no matter how heart felt my promise to myself, something always gets in the way.<br />
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I can't even keep to a book release deadline. That sucks.<br />
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Nicholas: In the Shadows of Angels Book 4 is still a work in progress, although I have to admit the story is nearly over. I think I've hit "act 3" so the end is nigh!<br />
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Nicholas has been challenging to write, mainly because the heroine is a little different to my 'happy go lucky, this is great' type of female and I'm worried she's not as likable as she could be. So far, there are no love scenes, only behind closed door scenes that imply intimacy.<br />
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Still, I should wrap it all up in a ribbon by the end of the month. I have partial edits back and I'll be pouring over those to fix any plot bunnies or glaring errors.<br />
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Once Nicholas is finished, I will be moving on to Oscar: In the Shadows of Angels Book 5 and I'll be reverting to my favorite gothic style storyline.<br />
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My challenge to myself is to finish the series by the end of 2020. I need to write two books in 10 months.<br />
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The series was meant to be finished by the end of 2019 - better late than never????<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EBQWUCO?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">Lucius: In the Shadows of Angels Book 1</a> is available on Audible<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N1GI4IC?pf_rd_p=2d1ab404-3b11-4c97-b3db-48081e145e35&pf_rd_r=3PDCA3VJT0609B0K7WC3" target="_blank">Dominic: In the Shadows of Angels Book 2</a> is currently in the Audible process and should be available some time in March 2020. <br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N2FWMRW?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_2&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank">Rory: In the Shadows of Angels Book 3</a> is available on Kindle<br />
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Nicholas: In the Shadows of Angels Book 4 will be available Feb/March 2020<br />
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<br />Kiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-29020590482451692102019-12-17T15:47:00.004+10:002019-12-17T15:47:55.958+10:00A Week to Go!<br />
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A week to go before the biggest retail shopping time of the year is over.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I love this time of the year - I can eat what I want and blame it on Christmas. I love the pretty Christmas lights and decorations. I also know there is a "reason for the season" but as my family have never been religious, I don't attend mass or church functions.<br />
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I also don't get a white Christmas - nor have I ever! I live in Queensland, Australia, and yesterday it reached 41.2 degrees Celsius. I have to admit that it was above average for my area. It usually only gets to about 32 degrees Celsius - but BOY is it humid! One day last week it was 96% humidity - and it was awful. We're all hoping for a wet January to counteract the hot, dry December. At one point there were 115 bush fires burning in South East Queensland alone.<br />
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My husband and I like to work in the garden - well...my husband likes to work in the garden, just sit and watch and blog. The garden is a restful place. The garden also gives you a sense of achievement. This year, our veggie gardens have fed us: beans, zucchini, silver beet, chillies, sweet potato, celery, lettuce and corn. We have a pineapple and some watermelon ripening for the end of December, and a garden bed or two of sunflowers. Bees were our aim this year and I think we've succeeded in bringing them back to the garden. Our next aim is for dragonflies to eat the mozzies. We need a water feature though to attract the mosquitoes which in turn will attract the dragonflies. At the moment, the government is starting to bring in water restrictions so that may put an end to that.<br />
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Well, it's time to finish this post and help with the garden while it's cool enough to do so.<br />
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It's That Time of Year<br />
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Christmas time is a busy time for us all - Christmas shopping, extra shifts at work, entertaining friends and family, eating...Writing?<br />
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Most of the time writing takes a back seat to all things <i>life</i>. Husband. Kids. Work. Study. Not particularly in that order, and the Holiday Season is no exception.<br />
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However, I have to keep plowing through and pat myself on the back when I reach a writing milestone. At the moment my manuscript is at 45000 words and it seems to be perpetually stuck there, no matter how much more I write. So, my goal this week is to make it to 55000 words. At that word count the book should be finished and ready for advance reader review. Well, maybe not completely finished - there's always the rewrite!<br />
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I haven't started my Christmas shopping. I need to buy small items to send to Sydney for 'the mothers'. I have three grandchildren to buy for, not to mention my own three children and husband...Gift cards always come in handy but they're not very personal. I have the favourite go to of chocolates and wine but my 'New Age' friends are always on diets or they've given up drinking until further notice.<br />
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I might have to hit the online shops this week because it's getting a bit late in the season to got to the shopping centres and battle the crowds.<br />
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17 days until Christmas - plenty of time for me to get my act together.<br />
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If you're at your local shopping centre and you see a woman laden with bags, a look of glazed horror in her eyes, it's probably me because I've waited too long.<br />
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Take Care<br />
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KxxxKiss Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00299217075937704348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429551970129873815.post-54325040219862830582019-12-02T10:38:00.000+10:002019-12-08T13:26:38.691+10:00Kiss Carson Blog - 2.0<br />
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Well...Here I am, ready to start again. I have deleted all my previous posts - well, it had been two years since I last blogged.<br />
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The struggle to stay centered, and focused, on my writing is ever present. My mind wanders. My finances demand the influx of a paid job (the same job I've had for 15 years). My state of being fluctuates constantly.<br />
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I close my office door and walk by day after day pretending it doesn't exist. There is no computer in there. There are no manuscripts that need completing. I don't look at my Facebook. I don't check my emails. I am not really a writer.<br />
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BUT! I am a writer. And I have fans out there in cyberspace. SUPER FANS - according to my writer friends, and these super fans are waiting for a new book from me. I receive emails from these lovely people asking when, and I give them a date. I give myself a well needed ego boost and i sit down, writing, writing, writing. <br />
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Then life kicks in again.<br />
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I close my office door.<br />
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My state of being fluctuates.<br />
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This is the way. This time around I have begged myself to get my act together and really concentrate on the work I want to do, my "dream job", which is to write. I have reduced the hours of my paid job to do this and I have until August 2020, which is when my hours return to normal. I have eight months to give this another go.<br />
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Let's see what I can do.<br />
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