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More sales at Smashwords summer sale #smashwords

Published on by Juli D. Revezzo

Dropping in once again to add, I’ve added a few books to the Smashwords Summer Sale. You can find Murder Upon a Midnight Clear there for a discount:

 

Murder Upon a Midnight Clear by Juli D. Revezzo
Available at Amazon and elsewhere

Murder reminds Detective Helene Collias that crime doesn’t take holidays. And the last victim she expected to find in her case files this Christmas is the sister of her old flame, Sean Grant. Ordinarily, Helene’s psychic gifts give her an edge but this time, that gift has short-circuited. Could her lingering attraction to Sean be blurring her abilities, or is something more sinister at work?

Use the code SSW50 at checkout for 50% off here.

Also, my historical romance novel House of Dark Envy is also available at Smashwords now:
Synopsis:

When Sarahjane attended a costume party, she didn’t expect to see her old beau whose lies labeled her a flirt in the eyes of London Society and who is now on the cusp of a world-changing discovery.

Has fate returned to grant Sarahjane and Felix their wishes, or terrorize them?

And also, my historical fantasy novel, Frigga’s Lost Army is free there, too,

Synopsis:

In 1943, Benjamin is just a grunt and Army cook—until he finds himself taken prisoner after the Battle of Tunisia. Transported to a POW camp in Italy, Benjamin encounters a woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to the goddess Frigga, and he wonders if he hasn’t become entangled in a battle between the natural and the supernatural—a battle for the present and the future.

Use the code SS100 at checkout to get this book for free.

 

I hope you will enjoy them!

What a pain

Published on by Juli D. Revezzo

I hope everyone is having a great week, and a wonderful Easter. Me, I’ve been working my fingers off, and managed to trip up the stairs (yes, it’s possible, apparently!) and scraped my hand. But it’s superficial and not causing as much pain as I thought it might.

What is the pain…I can’t get into my usual blog. Why? Huh, who knows? I’ve had the stupid thing for 11 years and Blogger.com keeps throwing “confirm your profile” pages in my face.

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Why the heck is this happening? I’ve dumped my cache…several times, and yet, sign in is still directing me to that page. There’s a community post about it with 800 comments. And it seems like Blogger doesn’t care. Until they do, I guess I’m back to WordPress (and I also have a Tumblr blog, if you like that site). At least there’s that, but no way to let my other blog followers know what’s going on. Feh!!

Quick Note and update

Published on by Juli D. Revezzo

 

I have moved my blogging home. I’m now (back) over at Blogspot: http://julismapsroom.blogspot.com where I find I’m babbling more often…:) About just about anything that comes to mind. So, if you’d like to keep up on all my er, notes and latest releases, I have subscription links at the bottom of the blog. They look like this:

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If you are following me on bloglovin’ you’re probably good. If you aren’t then do go look for those (*at the bottom of the blog!). *sigh* Meanwhile, I hope y’all have a good weekend and good luck in the giveaway, (if you try for it)!

Queen Maeve Tea from TheForest Witch

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Unboxed my tea sample from TheForestWitch http://www.etsy.com/shop/theforestwitch

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Of course, I couldn’t pass up something named for Maeve. It looks so pretty, lots of colors to the tea. 🙂

Mia blogged about the tea on her blog here and you can see better pictures of it there. Another great thing about TheForestWitch is that Mia was great about answering all my curious questions about her blends.

Granted, I drink more coffee, than tea, but one of my grandmothers was a big tea drinker. I think, today, in her honor, she would’ve approved of this cup of tea. 🙂

If you’d like to try it out, Queen Maeve’s tea is available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/271275443/queen-maeve-tea-loose-leaf-black-tea?ref=featured_listings_row

Black Friday

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Happy Thanksgiving, my friends. I hope you all have (or had) a lovely one. While we’re all eating and out shopping for Black Friday,I tried to find some Thanksgiving creature to tempt you with, but…well, this month doesn’t really lend itself to mythology very much. (There’s no Great Turkey, Charlie Brown, or anything like that…) However, the late, great Jim Henson gave his own spin to the holiday in a show about a bizarre little town called Turkey Hollow that is (or was) on November 22. No, I didn’t get to see it. But it looks like it was really interesting. Or at least, different. (What else do you expect from Henson?) You can read about that in this article.

Well, I think it looks neat. What would you think if you ran across something strange like those Turkey Hollow Creatures? Me I’d probably write a story about them. hehe. I’m grateful for people like Henson for having an imagination like that; without them, I probably wouldn’t be a fantasy writer. 🙂 As Marc and Angel say, I’m thankful for whatever or whoever is sending me –all of us–our unending creative imaginations. 🙂 I’m also grateful to all of you, my readers and friends, who read, encourage, and love what comes out of my imagination. 🙂

Anyway, before I let you all go off to your Christmas shopping, I wanted to let you know that the ebook of KEEPER OF THE GROVE is on sale for $.99, today and tomorrow–for Black Friday. You can find it at Available at Amazon,

Keeper of the Grove (Stewards War, Book 1)

(formerly titled Passion’s Sacred Dance )

Stacy Macken has one goal in mind: saving her renowned history center from greedy creditors. Losing it would be a catastrophe—one she doesn’t know how she’ll avoid.

Until Aaron Fielding arrives. To all human eyes, he is just like any man, but he reminds Stacy of one of the fae. He certainly enchants her like a fae lover would.

But Stacy suspects there is more to this sexy fellow, with his tales of the Tuatha dé Danann, and magical warriors from Celtic legend who protect humanity from a wicked enemy seeking their destruction. Does his appearance mean the end of the world imminent?

Can she, a studious woman more intent on history books with no training in or love of war, possibly have anything to offer when a long-prophesied druidic battle explodes around her?
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Bonus: Includes brand new flash fiction piece, “About A Warrior”

 

The Celts had their own harvest festivals, but mainly in early August (Lughnasadh) and (depending on what source you read) again at Mabon at the fall equinox. And let’s not forget the big “New year” celebrations at Samhain. Thanks giving was a part of all those festivities, and friends, family, and …well, celebrating. I think they would welcome this November holiday, as well.

So! To all my friends, enjoy this holiday (and the book!) and have a happy, thankful, safe weekend!

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Sources: Five Ways to Have a Pagan Thanksgiving

30 Things we Forget to Say Thank you For.