At it again

Since the last post, I've been back in the hospital.
Did the bronc thing, but this time I got to go home
with a pic line and 12 days of at-home IV anitbiotics.
At first, I thought, I can't do this, but it was
not difficult at all. No goof-ups, no problems,
no drippers, no clogged tubes. Only one time did
I forget to flush the line and I remembered
before the meds started to flow.

Which just goes to show, if you make up your
mind, you really can do just about anything.

Better now and ready to get on with the taxes.
Stories germinating like crazy and I can hardly
wait to get back to the keyboard to tell more
tales. It should be soon. I have about all the
tax info together. A little bit yet to arrive.
With any luck the PO won't lose anything and
I will escape with no lengthy phone calls to
get the info I need.

Then back to the book. Oh and do I have a
goodie ready to go.

Allison
www.AllisonKnight.com
"A Matter of Passion" a short story,
available from Champagne Books

TAX TIME

That time of year again. All I want to do is write
but there are records and receipts to be organized,
spread sheets prepared, data amassed. Not much fun,
but I've been doing it for years.

You'd think by now, I would have found an easy way to
handle this stuff, but it seems to get more
complicated every year.

Lucky for me, my dad worked for the IRS years ago,
and spent much time in instructing his kids in
filing your information. Great instructor and
probably one of the most honest men I've ever
known. What a shame there are not more just
like him.

As he always said, you gotta pay your taxes.
So, I'll be busy for the next week or two.
Sigh!

Allison
www.AllisonKnight.com
"A Matter of Passion" a short story
from www.ChampagneBooks.com

Internet Frustration

I can not believe it, but my internet has been kicking up
big time. We switched to ATT and nothing but trouble this evening.

One of these days I'll become a geek - I hope.

In the meantime I'm working on two books, a contemporary and a
medieval romance.

I had trouble with both original plots; I'm a plotter and it just
didn't work. But, as usual, while I was trying to go to sleep
the trouble solved itself. My contemporary heroine was involved
in the wrong profession.

Same trouble with the medieval. My hero was in the wrong
situation. Now he is where he should be, (grinning!) and my
heroine now is what she should be.

I can hardly wait to get back to the books.

Allison
Three reads available!
Two from Champagne Books
"Windsong" a medieval romance and "A Matter of Passion" a short story
One from Red Rose Publishing "A Christmas Story" another short story
www.AllisonKnight.com for more information

Come meet a fabulous author

Today Linda LaRoque is visiting. Her books are getting rave reviews.
She's also awarding prizes and possibly a new Kindle to one lucky
commentor, so meet Linda.

Born in Ice

This futuristic romantic suspense story grew from a dream, one of a woman frozen in a block of ice and found by fishermen from an undersea world. She’s taken to their home and with the help of advanced medical technology, she recovers. In time she learns she must learn to fit into their social system, one different from what she’s known.

Blurb:
Pulled from an icy grave…into a world of doubt and danger.

Frozen in ice for seventy-five years, Zana Forrester suffers the agony of rebirth to learn her son is dead, and her daughter's whereabouts is unknown. The year is 2155. A man's soothing voice and gray eyes haunt her drug induced dreams. When she recovers, she meets their owner and finds her heart in danger. But, a relationship isn’t a consideration; she must find her daughter.

Brock Callahan is drawn to the beautiful woman taken aboard his salvage ship. He's determined she'll be his wife and a mother to his young daughter, but he vows not to love her. All the women he’s loved died. While Zana searches for her daughter, Brock must protect Zana from the evil that threatens.


My editor for Champagne Books has graciously given permission for me to post the Prologue and Chapter One of Born in Ice, so for 10 days I’ll be sharing another installment.

Chapter One – installment 6

“Shit,” growled Brock. Probably that damned rogue Rafael. Not that
the Cuban was the only pirate to roam these waters, but this particular one
took excessive joy in stealing from him. Brock didn’t doubt for a minute that Rafael would shoot him in the back without an ounce of remorse. Rafael’s hatred, a festering sore, grew worse each time they met on the water. The man blamed him for taking Marta from him and for her death.
One day Brock would have to kill his nemesis. Today might be the
day.

His well-seasoned crew scrambled to battle stations. Arms were
manned, ready for word from him. Pepe had one tow chain attached and
dragged the additional one Brock tossed over to add extra security.
Brock yelled into the intercom. “Prepare to cast off.”

Shots zinged overhead sending shards of ice into the air. Brock’s
men returned fire as Pepe dodged, stumbled, and went down to his knees.
Brock’s heart jumped into his throat. Damn, not the boy.

He jumped across the small expanse of water. The berg wobbled
threatening to toss him into the icy sea. He braced to maintain his footing,
and then grabbed Pepe by the seat of his suit and the scruff of his neck. Two crewmen stood at the rail ready to catch the nearly unconscious young man.

With a heave, he tossed him to the waiting crew members.
An explosion burst on the port side sending water thirty feet into the
air, rocking the craft and the ice floe. He almost pitched head first into the water. Damn, that was too close. Pushing off from the ice, he made the jump across to the craft. “Cast off. Put a hole in the motherfucker, Digger.”

Thirty seconds later, the shell hit the pirate vessel. It burst into a ball
of fire. Brock didn’t find pleasure in killing, but if Retriever was overtaken, he doubted Rafael or any other buccaneer would spare their lives. Hell, pirating was a dangerous profession.

Brock picked up the intercom mike. “All speed ahead, Luke. Get us
out of here.”

“Aye-aye, sir,” boomed from the exterior speakers.

The engines roared to life as Luke accelerated. Brock gripped the rail
to brace himself as they shot forward. Three crafts were in pursuit.
Within seconds, Retriever had pulled ahead and was out of the line
of fire of the pirates. His superior craft had no difficulty out distancing their attackers. The buccaneer’s outdated weapons couldn’t compare to what his craft carried, but he wasn’t taking any chances. Retriever was his pride and joy. He thanked his lucky stars his father had the foresight to purchase the salvage ship with his grandfather’s ill-gotten gains. The Callahans had once been pirates, but no more.

Buy the book from Champagne Books here
or from Amazon here


Tomorrow I’ll be on Holly Hunt’s blog at http://rhythempoets.wordpress.com with installment 7.


Please leave a comment today to be entered into a drawing for an ecopy of A Way Back, my time travel set in the 1930s oil fields of Texas. Your name will also be entered in the GRAND PRIZE drawing for my blog tour—a KINDLE. A name will be draw at the end of my tour on December 16th.

I also have a release contest going. Sign up for my newsletter by emailing me at linda@lindalaroque.com with Born in Ice in the subject line. Your name will be added to the drawing for this rhinestone frog pin.For each of my releases I try to find a piece of jewelry significant to the story. After reading Born in Ice you’ll understand why I chose this frog.

Thank you, Allison, for having me here today, and thank you readers for stopping by. Good luck in all the give-a-ways!

Happy Reading and Writing!

Linda LaRoque is a Texas girl, but the first time she got on a horse, it tossed her in the road dislocating her right shoulder. Forty years passed before she got on another, but it was older, slower, and she was wiser. Plus, her students looked on and it was important to save face.

A retired teacher who loves West Texas, its flora and fauna, and its people, Linda’s stories paint pictures of life, love, and learning set against the raw landscape of ranches and rural communities in Texas and the Midwest. She is a member of RWA, her local chapter of HOTRWA, NTRWA and Texas Mountain Trail Writers.

Linda
www.lindalaroque.com
http://www.lindalaroqueauthor.blogspot.com
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http://twitter.com/#!/LindaLaRoque

A Christmas party and blogging for Christmas

First, I must invite you to our Christmas party We're
meeting at Coffee Time Romance and More chat room on
Dec 13 at 9 pm EST. There will be prizes. If you've
never attended one of our parties, you don't know what
you are missing. A lot of hooping and hollering!

There'll be gifts (prizes) if the CEO can keep everyone
in line.

On December 23rd at 2 pm EST, I'll be blogging about
Christmas memories at the Long and Short Reviews "Stuff You
Stocking With Books Blog". Again, lots of giveaways, so
stop by.

Be sure and visit my web site for other chat events, times and blog days.

Allison
www.AllisonKnight.com
Heart-warming Romance with a Sensual Touch
"A Matter of Passion" available from Champagne Books.

Not too sure I like this new Blogger. Something else to get use to.

I now have a "Fire" from Amazon. I really like this Christmas present.
I gave one to my husband and he gave one to me. So we both now are
reading together in the evening. He loves it because it is backlight. I
love it 'cause I have the availability to change the background to a
softer white. Looks just like pages of a book, but I can increase the font
if I need to, but another thing to get use to.

And they wanted to get me a new cell phone.  Mine alone makes calls.
Pictures are terrible, but I never could take a decent picture and I refuse
to text. So my phone make calls, that it! I don't need somthing else to
get use to.

Allison
http://www.allisonknight.com/
Heart-warming Romance with a Sensual Touch
'A Matter of Passion' Coming in December from Champagne Books

Free books

Books, books,and more books! December first, all day, the authors of Champagne Imprints- That's romance, erotica, scfi, fantasy, (you name it we have it,) are chatting at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bethwylde/ Many of the authors attending will be giving away thier books, either trade paperbacks or digital books. My contribution is a pdf of BATTLESONG.

So mark your calendars and come visit. However, you must join the group to participate.