tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44297861372380516582024-03-13T22:41:45.324-05:00Nigel Presents Sandy LenderChoices Meant for Gods is the story of Amanda Chariss, who’s been on the run from a lunatic sorcerer all her life. When she finally chooses to stand and fight, she finds that she’s wrapped in centuries of prophecy that require her to protect the gods themselves. This site is managed by her benefactor’s son, Nigel Taiman, and is the journal of her progenitor, Sandy Lender.Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-51321222329400908152011-01-11T14:11:00.003-05:002011-01-11T14:18:56.085-05:00She's Had Another Dragon Story Published<span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm listening to <em>Spies Like Us</em> by Paul McCartney.)</span><br /><br />This is a quick note to announce that my fantasy author, <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Sandy Lender</a>, has a new short story out there in the world for you to read. It's available in a magazine called <a href="http://lulu.com/wintersnight">Winter's Night </a>with a variety of other authors and fantasy stories at <a href="http://lulu.com/wintersnight">http://lulu.com/wintersnight</a>. This is the second edition of the magazine, although she has a non-dragon story titled <em>A Legacy Protected</em> in the first edition...<br /><br />You can also find an edited version of the dragon story on Smashwords, for free. Look for Sandy Lender.<br /><br />The story is titled <em>Dragons in Crisis--Overcoming Neurosis, One Dragon at a Time</em>.<br />(I don't come up with these titles; the crazy fantasy author does.)<br /><br />All my best,<br />Nigel Taiman<br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy" rel="tag">fantasy</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/dragon" rel="tag">dragon</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-35730994963204835252010-12-18T16:37:00.005-05:002010-12-18T16:45:11.036-05:00She Sets Things on Fire<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPmUTOwRBLMVnqoIqRZ37x-ZWrD2MhnMNpf4PZ206J90tp6wqmPNvtu-ZOQIVGsBqClYjVNZNLg8KHvbeRrKRvyMk4x9GuOy9liQ8O6Mn_FhlyDa_hEY2YBNXqdO_DzvVHMK-Onp0_BcG/s1600/NigelBlogEggs.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 152px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552141082268061122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPmUTOwRBLMVnqoIqRZ37x-ZWrD2MhnMNpf4PZ206J90tp6wqmPNvtu-ZOQIVGsBqClYjVNZNLg8KHvbeRrKRvyMk4x9GuOy9liQ8O6Mn_FhlyDa_hEY2YBNXqdO_DzvVHMK-Onp0_BcG/s200/NigelBlogEggs.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm listening to <em>I'll Be Home For Christmas </em>sung by Bing Crosby.)</span><br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, tried cooking again. The result, she nearly set things on fire in the kitchen. Now, I'm not an expert, but I had to tell her, even Chariss can boil eggs. Apparently, something with which she had nearly destroyed the kitchen a few days before had dripped beneath the burner and caused the problem. You can see in this image the calm aftermath...She got a little "loud" when I tried taking pictures during the height of the emergency.<br /><br />I've suggested Sandy stick to writing and I'll see what I can do about keeping her fed.<br /><br />All my best,<br />Nigel<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/sandy%20lender" rel="tag">sandy lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy" rel="tag">fantasy</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-46612488949981592072010-10-14T14:26:00.003-05:002010-10-14T14:33:27.343-05:00She Moved Her Dragon Blog<span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm listening to <em>American Science</em> by Duran Duran.)</span><br /><br />My Fantasy Author <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Sandy Lender </a>is on my "naughty" list these days for the same reason she's getting "anger mail" from fans who demand Book III in the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon">Choices </a>series. She's stalled too long. Rest assured, I'm flogging her daily and will soon withhold chocolate until the book's rewrite is complete.<br /><br />In the meantime, you can see her new-and-improved <a href="http://todaythedragonwins.wordpress.com/">dragon blog </a>on the Wordpress server. I hate to encourage such time-wasters, but she asked me so nicely...<br /><br />Please visit <a href="http://todaythedragonwins.wordpress.com/">http://TodayTheDragonWins.wordpress.com</a> when you get a chance and click on the "Gimme Free Content!" button to get automatic updates when she's playing on the blog instead of finishing my bride's book.<br /><br />All my best,<br />Nigel Taimain<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/dragon" rel="tag">dragon</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices" rel="tag">Choices</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy" rel="tag">fantasy</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-68387825857969045642010-06-04T16:26:00.004-05:002010-06-04T16:31:32.696-05:00She's Stalling<span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm listening to <em>The Ghost in You</em> by the Psychadelic Furs.)</span><br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, got word today that her paranormal horror short story <em>Desecrated Ring</em> will be published by Keith Publications for their 13 Days of Halloween-fest this October. While I applaud her initiative and this ploy at marketing, I really want her to concentrate on my bride's story. She should be concentrating on <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Made for All</span></em>.<br /><br />I'm sure I'll be asked to give you more information about all her publishing projects as they develop.<br /><br />All my best,<br />Nigel Taiman<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Tags: </span><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag"><span style="font-size:85%;">fantasy author</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sandy Lender</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Desecrated%20Ring" rel="tag"><span style="font-size:85%;">Desecrated Ring</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, </span><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Keith%20Publications" rel="tag"><span style="font-size:85%;">Keith Publications</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-41768084218750694072010-06-03T21:18:00.004-05:002010-06-03T21:22:18.569-05:00She's Getting Mail From Stress<em><span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm not listening to music tonight; she has the television on.)</span></em><br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, calls it a fitting end to a full and angst-ridden day. She received an e-mail from "Stress" with the subject of "Stress Doesn't Have to Win." It was sorely tempting to open, but she refrained. Too obviously spam, she said.<br /><br />I'm turning the computer back over to her for writing purposes.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/stress" rel="tag">stress</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-16179382632027357242010-04-11T16:40:00.003-05:002010-04-11T17:37:30.593-05:00She's Reminded Me To Do My Job<span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm listening to <em>18 </em>by Moby.)<br /></span><br />And I've reminded her to do her job.<br /><br />My fantasy author, <a href="http://www.theauthorsandylender.com/">Sandy Lender</a>, had the gall to remind me after her online marketing presentation today that I haven't posted anything to this blog for a couple of months. In a move she referred to as "deflection," I informed her that I've nothing to promote because she hasn't refined the final novel in the <em><span style="color:#330033;">Choices</span> </em>trilogy. My lovely bride, Chariss, is stuck in a sort of literary limbo as far as I know.<br /><br />So while Sandy fixes a snack for me, I'm posting a little something here at the blog. When I'm finished, she promises to work on the <em><span style="color:#330033;">Choices Made for All</span></em> edits.<br /><br />As it turns out, it's important that I continue to spread the good word about the current novels in which you can read Chariss's story. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle">Choices Meant for Gods </a>and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle">Choices Meant for Kings </a>are now available in Kindle format, as well as <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon">hardcover</a> and <a href="http://www.archebooks.com/BookIDX/Indexes/Fantasy/CMG/CMGDesc.htm">pdf </a>for Sony eReaders and smart phones and iPads and such. Both are rather important to ingest prior to diving into the third novel in the trilogy. Of course, I can't confirm that statement because Sandy won't let me read the third--<br /><br />I'm being censored.<br /><br />She informs me that it would be wise for readers to be familiar with the first two novels, thus I need to stay on topic. Personally, I think readers should get the novels just to read about Chariss, but Sandy has this hangup about the story being all-important. (These crazy writers.)<br /><br />I welcome everyone to support my concept of placing great importance upon the lovely maiden. Hopefully it will influence Sandy. For now, I must turn the computer over to her and watch her like a hawk to make sure she stays on task. I've held up my end of the bargain.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Gods" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Gods</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Kings" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Kings</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Chariss" rel="tag">Chariss</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-45834585006647603312010-01-11T17:15:00.003-05:002010-01-11T17:26:28.768-05:00She's Got a Dragon in the House<span style="color:#663366;">I'm listening to <em>Stay by Me</em> by Annie Lennox.</span><br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, says dragons are merely large lizards, thus no one should fear them until he or she gets to know them. This means the lizard seeking shelter in the other room is, by her definition, a small dragon.<br /><br /><strong>The Story:</strong> Upon opening the front door earlier today, I let a small, dark-colored lizard scurry into the apartment. Sandy could easily have caught the reptile and tossed it back outside because it moved rather slowly due to the cold Florida day, but she took pity on it. And she said, with more enthusiasm than I think healthy, "Oh! He'll eat the bugs!" Is this a definition for a symbiotic relationship?<br /><br />The lizard is lounging contentedly in a sunny window ledge, eyeing the butter-bowl-lid of water she set out for him suspiciously, and she's happily planning what she'll do with her free time that's currently consumed by killing bugs the apartment management seems unable to exterminate with chemicals. Personally, I'd rather see a troupe of small dragons eat the bugs than have the Truly Nolen personnel constantly gassing my author...<br /><br />I'll report back when the lizard starts getting fat.<br />All my best,<br />Nigel Taiman<br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/bugs" rel="tag">bugs</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/lizards" rel="tag">lizards</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/dragons" rel="tag">dragons</a>, <a href="http://technorti.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-77099991339533157932010-01-06T17:22:00.005-05:002010-01-06T17:38:33.846-05:00She's Updating Kindle News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUknC9aghxjePxSIUnj2BEAEX9mUDEHF-NXMZ2PfnvQkZDk-k6YlSOvTwSd0DziLtwZNfBCUkA4wJlwmr-BQyWDqAnLV4P-c2HaAoqdEp_ORbmRKBxAvtoji3zKNWbeX-uwoqZ8TCBJXc4/s1600-h/CMGCover.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 136px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423758760955068354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUknC9aghxjePxSIUnj2BEAEX9mUDEHF-NXMZ2PfnvQkZDk-k6YlSOvTwSd0DziLtwZNfBCUkA4wJlwmr-BQyWDqAnLV4P-c2HaAoqdEp_ORbmRKBxAvtoji3zKNWbeX-uwoqZ8TCBJXc4/s200/CMGCover.jpg" /></a>My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, plans to be on the East Coast this weekend, and wishes to impart other news. At the moment, the lady who updates her Web site is working on putting all sorts of upcoming news and events in its appropriate places, but Sandy has a few things that are immediate...<br /><br /><div><div>For instance, the first novel in the <em><span style="color:#663366;"><strong>Choices</strong></span></em> fantasy series, <strong><em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Gods</span></em></strong>, is now available in <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle">Kindle </a>format. If you're looking for a fantasy novel to read on your Kindle device, you can search through Kindle books at Amazon, or you can click on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle">this easy link </a>for the Kindle version of <strong><em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Gods</span></em></strong>. At the time Sandy gave me this information to post, all the reviews from the hardcover edition hadn't copied over yet, but <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8GZCbhKF8PvwtxjYiqGIY9kr300YklCjhcUvOmAk9A-JhLbY7MR3trB0l2l4gDHEA9lXYZUD7m8UsqoMwhKnbK7AS-8hhko7LAEZzx7Qh6nrxaDgJWLn1-eYybtFeFeH7_wN75zS22N8/s1600-h/CMFKCover.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423758662285426930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8GZCbhKF8PvwtxjYiqGIY9kr300YklCjhcUvOmAk9A-JhLbY7MR3trB0l2l4gDHEA9lXYZUD7m8UsqoMwhKnbK7AS-8hhko7LAEZzx7Qh6nrxaDgJWLn1-eYybtFeFeH7_wN75zS22N8/s200/CMFKCover.bmp" /></a>you can see some excellent five-star reviews at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon">Choices Meant for Gods </a>or at <a href="http://www.authorsandylender/books.html">Sandy's Web site</a>.<br /><br />Since late August, the second novel in the <em><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Choices</span></strong></em> fantasy trilogy, <strong><em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Kings</span></em></strong>, has also been available in <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle">Kindle </a>format.<br /><br />Fantasy Author Sandy Lender will be speaking and signing books at the Delray Beach Library event this Saturday, Jan. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. If you're in that neck of the woods, stop by this free book festival and meet her, check out the cool display, get a free pen or dragon magnet, and pick up your hardcover editions of <strong><em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Gods</span></em></strong> and <strong><em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Kings</span></em></strong> before she sells out of them.<br /><br />Later in the week, check out the <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Web site </a>for additional updates.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/kindle" rel="tag">kindle</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/kindle%20books" rel="tag">kindle books</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy" rel="tag">fantasy</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/kindle%20format" rel="tag">kindle format</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20novel" rel="tag">fantasy novel</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20series" rel="tag">fantasy series</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/five-star%20reviews" rel="tag">five-star reviews</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Delray%20Beach" rel="tag">Delray Beach</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-77467889890850152382010-01-04T15:28:00.004-05:002010-01-04T15:42:08.365-05:00She's Injured AgainMy fantasy author, Sandy Lender, was excited to get to announce that her first fantasy novel has been released in <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle">Kindle format</a>. To celebrate, she decided to make a pot roast. I thought I should prepare some ideas for marketing...like a fool, I left her to cook alone.<br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnJwrglYbsXx_Ek_5OasMCYKmyjIvOj-3PYn5f6RgE1jGTJAJfsCEFqM0hP067M_S1D0OuTmcHMB7c5EgJDjHqZIgQUxxbX9oVVmtKIL7c3DQU6XM4Q7QJtlKC7bc9wpyTka23HQjRi73/s1600-h/HPIM0687.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422986516487964674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnJwrglYbsXx_Ek_5OasMCYKmyjIvOj-3PYn5f6RgE1jGTJAJfsCEFqM0hP067M_S1D0OuTmcHMB7c5EgJDjHqZIgQUxxbX9oVVmtKIL7c3DQU6XM4Q7QJtlKC7bc9wpyTka23HQjRi73/s320/HPIM0687.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Surprisingly, she didn't swear when she sliced into her finger. In fact, her "ouch! Oh, man," sounded more like a moment of resignation or disappointed expectation. I hurried into the kitchen to check on her anyway and found her washing off this large knife photographed here.</div><br /><div></div><div>Please help my fantasy author afford pre-cooked meals. Purchase and download her first two novels, which feature my lovely bride Amanda Chariss, in Kindle book format at <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle">http://tinyurl.com/CMFGkindle</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle">http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle</a> . The epic fantasy novels <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon">Choices Meant for Gods </a>and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Choices Meant for Kings </a>are also available in hardcover formats.</div><br /><div></div><div>Thank you for your help.</div><div>All my best,</div><div>Nigel Taiman</div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/kindle" rel="tag">kindle</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Gods" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Gods</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/pre-cooked%20meals" rel="tag">pre-cooked meals</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/kindle%20book" rel="tag">kindle book</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-3809799156113361952009-12-21T18:01:00.003-05:002009-12-21T18:12:38.120-05:00She's Reading on the Radio for a Good CauseMy fantasy author, Sandy Lender, encourages you to help the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit by listening in to the PIVTR broadcast of authors reading short stories. Here are the details:<br /><br />Date: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009<br />Times: 2 to 4 p.m., 5:30 to 7.30 p.m., <strong>9 to 11 p.m.</strong> (all ET)<br /><br />The authors involved include (alphabetically by first name):<br />Brenna Lyons, Cindy Spencer Pape, Cornelia Amiri, Jade Lee, Lillian Cauldwell, Linda LaRoque, Linda Nightingale, Loretta Wheeler, Mickey Flagg, <strong>Fantasy Author Sandy Lender,</strong> Victoria Houseman<br /><br />To Listen Live<br /><a href="http://internetvoicesradio.com/">http://internetvoicesradio.com/</a> <br />Enter<br />In the Black Box, click on "Listen Live"<br />Sign in (there's a box for that)<br />Listen and Enjoy<br /><br />To enter chat room<br /><a href="http://internetvoicesradio.com/">http://internetvoicesradio.com/</a> <br />Look on the lower right under "In The Spot Light"<br />Live Chat Room... click on that.<br /><br />To set up an RSS feed (to listen on mobile)<br />RSS feeds. Click on middle box RSS/PODCAST. Put "Soup" into description. Pay $3.50. Your donation will be acknowledged.<br />To donate to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen with or without listening either:<br />PAYPAL<br /><a href="mailto:lsaracauldwell@gmail.com">lsaracauldwell@gmail.com</a> <br />Memo "Soup"<br /><br />or:<br />visit <a href="http://www.cskdetroit.org/">http://www.cskdetroit.org</a><br />Click on Click_And_Pledge or Donate Online<br />to donate using a credit card (https ... secure site)<br /><br />More details:<br />Cindy Spencer Pape will be reading <em>Christmas at Mort's</em><br />available for free on Cindy's website, as a holiday gift to her readers.<br /><a href="http://www.cindyspencerpape.com/">http://www.cindyspencerpape.com/</a><br />Cindy is currently promoting her novel <em>Mistletoe Magic,</em> available in print from Ellora's Cave<br /><br />Victoria Houseman will be reading <em>Rachel’s Light</em> from <em>Holiday in the Heart</em> published by The Highland Press.<br /><a href="http://www.victoriahouseman.com/">http://www.victoriahouseman.com</a><br /><br />Loretta Wheeler<br />http://www.lorettawheeler.com/<br />http://www.lreveaux.com/<br />http://www.myspace.com/southernnuances<br /><br />Brenna Lyons<br />http://www.brennalyons.com http://www.myspace.com/brennalyons<br />"I found the world Ms. Lyons created to be realistic. Both main characters had humanistic characteristics but also the genetic makeup of their Xxanian ancestors as well. I blushed more than once, that’s for sure. CLOSE ENOUGH TO HUMAN was an exceptional read." Reviewed by Natasha Smith for Romance Junkies 4.5 Ribbons<br /><br />Linda Nightingale<br />http://www.lindanightingale.comhttp//www.pinkfuzzyslipperwriters.blogspot.coma Black Rosette, Black Swan Available from The Wild Rose Press Best of Week at The Long & Short of It Reviews<br /><br />Linda LaRoque will be reading <em>Goat Heads and Yellow Roses - Childhood Memories of Visiting Grandma in the 1950s. </em>Unpublished.<br />Website: http://www.lindalaroque.com<br />She is currently promoting her novel <em>Time Travel Romances - My Heart Will Find Yours </em>and <em>Flames On The Sky</em> available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble. com and The Wild Rose Press.<br /><br />Mickey Flagg<br />http://www.mflagg-author.com/<br />Retribution! The Champion Chronicles: Book One<br />Available at www.thewildrosepress.com<br /><br />Fantasy Author Sandy Lender<br />From 9:30 p.m. (Eastern time) to about 10:15 or so, Sandy will be reading her paranormal short story "A Legacy Protected," which was recently published in the <a href="http://lulu.com/wintersnight">Winter's Night </a>Magazine, edited and published by Richard Bray.<br />You visitors all know that Sandy is the author of the 2007 fantasy novel <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon">Choices Meant for Gods</a>.<br />ArcheBooks Publishing has released the intense sequel <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Choices Meant for Kings </a>at http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon Also in Kindle format at http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle<br />Visit Sandy's <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Web site </a>to read excerpts and testimonials about her work.<br /><em><span style="color:#663366;">"Some days, you just want the dragon to win."</span></em><br /><br />Cornelia Amiri<br />Long Swords, Hot Heroes & Warrior Women<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/CelticRomanceQueen.com">http://www.myspace.com/CelticRomanceQueen.com</a> <br /><br />Lillian Cauldwell.<br />The Anna Mae Mysteries -- The Golden Treasure<br /><br />JADE LEE<br />Jade Lee<br />http://www.jadeleeauthor.com/<br />USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR<br /><em>Dragonbound</em> April 09<br /><br />Your host:<br />Rowena Cherry<br /><a href="http://www.rowenacherry.com/">http://www.rowenacherry.com/</a> <br />Heroines get more hero than they bargain for....<br /><br />We thank you for listening and for your generosity. Have a Merry Christmas!<br />From Nigel Taiman<br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Capuchin%20soup%20kitchen" rel="tag">Capuchin soup kitchen</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/authors" rel="tag">authors</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/short%20stories" rel="tag">short stories</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Rowena%20Cherry" rel="tag">Rowena Cherry</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/PIVTR" rel="tag">PIVTR</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-34289361315440791112009-12-15T08:05:00.003-05:002009-12-15T08:22:03.800-05:00She Welcomes Jamieson Wolf to The BlogToday, I have the honor of hosting Author Jamieson Wolf at the site to discuss his newest book, <em>Hard</em>, and some writing process items. My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, was supposed to assist me in preparing this interview for Sunday, but she's so scattered these days that she failed to do so. That means you all must please join me in offering Mr. Wolf a warm welcome today.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> Good morning and welcome to the blog, Mr. Wolf. You'll have to forgive me for using caution with your name. I have personal reasons for it. Now, I know I've interviewed some lovely characters of yours before, but I don't think you've been a guest at this site before. Could you tell me a bit about where you're from?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> Hello, Nigel! Don’t worry about the name thing, I know Lord Drake well, having read and loved Sandy’s two previous books. I’d be afraid of using my first name if I had known someone like the sorcerer!<br /><br />I was born in Ottawa Ontario Canada and I live there today. Even though I frequently go away, I always come home.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> Sandy tells me it's cold there.<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> That would be an understatement. Just last week we had our first winter storm. We got roughly thirty centimetres of snow in one day and temperatures of minus fifteen degrees Celsius; and that’s nothing!<br /><br />The worst we had last year was seventeen inches in one day and the coldest I can remember was minus sixty something degrees Celsius with the wind chill. Obviously on that day, I stayed home with a good book.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> Interesting. Maybe that's why she's avoided going there so far. Now, as I said, I've only interviewed your characters at this site before, but I get the impression, from what I've read of your new book, that there's quite a bit of yourself poured into one of the main characters. What can you tell me about this gentleman and how much he mirrors you?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> Well, much like any writer, there’s a lot of me in what I write. The character of Owen Wolfe, for example, first started to appear in my short stories. Then he appeared in a novella I wrote for Cobblestone Press. Then he appeared in <em>The Written Word</em> series. Now he’s appeared in the <em>Hard</em> series.<br /><br />But what most people don’t know is that Owen is me.<br /><br />Whenever I was writing a short story that was based off of a true event, or writing a short story based around something that happened to me, I used Owen as my mouth piece. Later, as I got to know Owen, I realized that he was me and wasn’t me. As I continued to write, he continued to grow as a character.<br /><br />Now he is more what I want to be, rather than what I was or what I could be. Usually, if you’re reading one of my novels or short stories and Owen appears, it means that the story is either based off of a true event, a dream I had or I’m saying something I’d like to say, but feel more comfortable saying it behind the guise of fiction.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> No kidding. So this story is based on true fact?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> <em>Hard</em> is indeed based off of true events.<br /><br />When I was a randy young lad, I did indeed look at pornography magazines with my male chums. Name one guy that doesn’t when he’s younger (never mind when he’s older). But I always found myself looking at the guys in porno magazines.<br /><br />I knew at a fairly young age that I was gay. I was brought around to this realization with a little help from my best friend at the time, a young man I will call Jason (that’s not his real name, in case you were wondering).<br /><br />As young men are wont to do, we did explore each others bodies. We even pressed our crotches together, much like Owen and Daniel in <em>Hard</em>. But the true-life story ended much more horribly than the novel I wrote.<br /><br />One afternoon, while Jason and I engaged in what could loosely be called an extra curricular activity, I got hard. Even worse, I got hard while we were rubbing crotches together.<br /><br />I remember the look on Jason’s face when he realized I was hard. And the way the look deepened when he realized it was not the pornography magazines that were making me hard; it was him.<br /><br />“You're hard,” he said. There was a note of accusation in his voice.<br /><br />”No I’m not.” But he knew that wasn’t true. So did I.<br /><br />The damage was done. Jason and I kind of drifted apart. We no longer hung out after school, we no longer talked. But I would see him from time to time in the hallways of our high school. Each time I saw him, I got a feeling that made me warm inside and slightly sad at the same time.<br /><br />Years later, I realized that I was more than likely in love with Jason at the time. But I didn’t really know what love was. Heck, I didn’t even know what being gay was, not really. I just knew I was different; I just didn’t know how different.<br /><br />When I sat down to write <em>Hard</em>, I had only one thought in my mind: what would have happened if my own story had gotten a happy ending? What would have happened if things had gone differently?<br /><br />And the story of <em>Hard</em> was born.<br /><br />While I was writing it, it was impossible not to think of Jason. I think of him every now and again and wonder what ever happened to him. He was the first boy I ever loved but, thankfully, not the last.<br /><br />I can only hope that he’s found happiness as I have; and that he thinks of me every once in a while not with shame, but with pleasure.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> What a tragic story! But you've found real happiness in your life now, haven't you? Are you willing to share a bit of what real life is like, a bit of your bio, for visitors?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> I’ve been very fortunate. I’ll give you a bit of an informal bio. I live in Ottawa Ontario Canada with my cat Mave (who thinks she’s people) and my husband Robert.<br /><br />Robert and I met when I had completely given up on men. I had decided to check out some personal ad’s on line and was in the mood to fool around. I don’t mean bodily, I just mean hurting someone as I had been hurt.<br /><br />But there was something about Robert’s eyes in his picture. I answered his personal ad and we chatted online for about two weeks before talking on the phone. It turned out he had lived literally right down the street from me for years. We had been shopping at the same grocery store, going to the same 7 Eleven; but we had never met.<br /><br />Well, when Robert opened his apartment door for our first date, all I remember is his eyes. I fell in love with him then, I think.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> I think that’s the story we were waiting to hear today. I’m pleased for you. Now I must ask you a few writing questions. For instance, how much of your time do you spend writing?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> Not as much as I would like. I work full time Monday to Friday doing work I love, but it’s not writing. I usually write for about three hours every evening and more on the weekends.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> And how much of your time do you spend marketing what you've already written?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> I would say double the time I spend on writing. In fact, during this book tour for <em>Hard</em>, I haven’t written at all. I’ve written blog posts, but they don’t count. I’m craving, needing to write. I haven’t written in a week! This is causing me to be crazier than normal.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> And do you find yourself irritated by the amount of time marketing and promotion takes away from your writing time?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> Oh, I get irritated about it, sure, but I know that as an author promoting myself is as essential to my writing career as the act of writing is. Most people don’t realize that writing, and all the elements of it, is a job. You have to be dedicated and want to get your name out there.<br /><br />So sure, I’d love to be writing all the time and leave the hard stuff to a PR company. But then I wouldn’t be challenged and I certainly wouldn’t be having any fun.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> Can you offer any advice to visitors concerning the balance between the creative writing time and the marketing/promotion time?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> I would say try to find a balance.<br /><br />Normally I promote for an hour a night and then spend the rest of it writing. Obviously during a virtual book tour, things are a bit different and the balance is thrown off, but on a normal day, just promote when you can and write for the rest of it.<br /><br />Promoting can be simple too. If you don’t have time for a lot of promoting, make sure to use Twitter and Facebook; easy and simple to do.<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> You realize I'll be sharing that insight with Sandy because I think she spends entirely too much time away from the creative writing. I have many tasks for her in that arena and I thank you for your advice there. Now, I must let you get back to your writing. Mr. Wolf, it's been a pleasure to share some time with you. Could you let our visitors know how to track down your newest book before you go?<br /><br /><strong>Jamieson Wolf:</strong> It’s been an incredible pleasure talking to you Nigel! I can’t wait to read your third adventure, <em>Choices Meant for All</em>. When you’re talking to Sandy Lender, tell her that I was very upset at the cliff hanger ending of <em>Choices Meant for Kings</em>. I know you’re supposed to leave the book open ended but still!<br /><br />Readers can buy a copy of <em>Hard</em> (and read reviews and excerpts) by clicking here:<br /><br />http://www.breathlesspress.com/erotic/hard.html<br /><br /><strong>Nigel:</strong> Wonderful. I encourage everyone to look up Breathless Press. Thank you for sharing your insight with us today.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Jamieson%20Wolf" rel="tag">Jamieson Wolf</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Breathless%20Press" rel="tag">Breathless Press</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Hard" rel="tag">Hard</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/self%20awareness" rel="tag">self awareness</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-65353023393493743082009-11-05T08:04:00.003-05:002009-11-05T08:19:53.994-05:00She's Solving Your Holiday Bonus Issues<div><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm listening to <em>Total Eclipse of the Heart</em> by Bonnie Tyler.</span><br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, is doing something quite clever in her efforts to spread my lovely bride's story all over the world. She's offering human resources departments a way to solve their holiday bonus woes this 2009 season. After a difficult year for many companies around the globe, presidents, CEOs, chief financial officers, etc., might be telling human resource directors that holiday bonuses will have to be scrapped. Rather than giving up on gifts entirely, Fantasy Author Sandy Lender suggests you send all your employees on an all-expenses-paid Christmas vacation, courtesy of her publisher and her. Here's how:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIDlTGqMpqKh6q_vLIJlb4ADvL_FLxGQc2pNyBreF_9COubySx1BauPbiPKbuFyawTuP0Lx4JjwWoCYuxgjR1izbUiviv_2rWJu7wQQNiUxjcUkNZBjE1qboraRdHyOwcVW8Pen9roKfO/s1600-h/CMFKCover.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400608489259455474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIDlTGqMpqKh6q_vLIJlb4ADvL_FLxGQc2pNyBreF_9COubySx1BauPbiPKbuFyawTuP0Lx4JjwWoCYuxgjR1izbUiviv_2rWJu7wQQNiUxjcUkNZBjE1qboraRdHyOwcVW8Pen9roKfO/s320/CMFKCover.bmp" /></a><br />NAPLES, FL--ArcheBooks Publishing Author Sandy Lender suggests giving your employees a paid vacation for Christmas. For less than $30 each, you can send them on a fantasy journey courtesy of ArcheBooks Publishing and Author Sandy Lender because high-quality, hard-cover, first-edition, copies of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Choices Meant for Kings </a>are currently available for delivery.<br /><br />This family-friendly tale of heroism, good-versus-evil, sweet romance and hope offers an ideal action adventure now that the Harry Potter series is complete. Lender's stories offer enjoyment for older teens as well as adults so the children your employees are encouraging to read will also benefit from your well-thought-out gift. Order before Thanksgiving and the author can provide autographed book plates to personalize each gift for free.<br /><br />Visit the author's <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/books.html">Web site </a>for more information about <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Kings</span></em> or visit <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Amazon </a>to order. Contact the author directly at sandy_lender at yahoo.com to request autographed book plates.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/holiday%20bonus" rel="tag">holiday bonus</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Christmas%20vacation" rel="tag">Christmas vacation</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a></span> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-16235930827415351712009-10-25T20:33:00.004-05:002009-10-25T20:48:54.166-05:00She's Very Busy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyaGawBql4kqQ1FT-hSF3ryVb4jVMYE50upakCotSIEAhnSFjKt8gpwGK_E6vkSMiw3PE4Z5BTB4tYhG87WbYGWSzgZe9roBK8kavTQ8Lqm_8kl_LTJrPCSMF9pXAoTWl2um4Q6cmgo35/s1600-h/BloggingImages+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396717062796540738" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 243px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyaGawBql4kqQ1FT-hSF3ryVb4jVMYE50upakCotSIEAhnSFjKt8gpwGK_E6vkSMiw3PE4Z5BTB4tYhG87WbYGWSzgZe9roBK8kavTQ8Lqm_8kl_LTJrPCSMF9pXAoTWl2um4Q6cmgo35/s320/BloggingImages+011.jpg" border="0" /></a>I'm listening to <em>Slave to Love</em> by Bryan Ferry.<br /><br />I'm surprised by all that my fantasy author, Sandy Lender, has going on right now. First, this strange picture of her is courtesy of her author friend Bob Bair. She was leading some workshop about blogging over the weekend (instead of writing) and he snapped this picture.<br /><br />She's also been promoting the release of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKkindle">Choices Meant for Kings</a> in Kindle format as well as hardcover. She's checking with her publisher to see how difficult it would be to go ahead and get it in nook format.<br /><br />What else is she doing instead of writing? Well, let's see. She dropped off these postcard-like flyers at Barnes & Noble this afternoon to promote the book signing for next weekend. (If you're in Southwest Florida, be sure to stop in to see her sometime between 10 a.m. and noon Halloween morning at the B&N in Naples.) Then she's editing a novel for ArcheBooks Publishing that deals with reincarnation. I really need to get her to focus...<br /><br />All my best to you,<br />Nigel<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Kings" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Kings</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Kindle" rel="tag">Kindle</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/nook" rel="tag">nook</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Barnes%20&%20Noble" rel="tag">Barnes & Noble</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/halloween" rel="tag">halloween</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/signing" rel="tag">signing</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/blogging" rel="tag">blogging</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-21508164897176903052009-10-09T13:52:00.003-05:002009-10-09T13:58:58.092-05:00She's in Some MagazineI'm listening to <em>Whenever I Say Your Name </em>by Sting.<br /><br />True to form, my fantasy author, Sandy Lender, has been penning things that have nothing to do with my lovely bride. You can catch her latest work in the innaugural issue of <em>Winter's Night</em> magazine, available now at <a href="http://www.lulu.com/wintersnight">Lulu</a>.<br /><br />Her short story <em>A Legacy Protected</em> was selected to be published alongside other fantasy authors such as Richard Bray, Todd Diel, Judith W. Huey, and many others. You can order a print version of this 84-page, family-friendly magazine, or download an electronic version of it at that <a href="http://www.lulu.com/wintersnight">Lulu site</a>. Personally, I don't think we should encourage her in this maddening habit of writing things unrelated to the finale of the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Choices </a>series, but, apparently, there's nothing to be done for it. I shall continue to badger her. I promise.<br /><br />All my best to you,<br />Nigel<br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Winter's%20Night" rel="tag">Winter's Night</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20magazine" rel="tag">fantasy magazine</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-84141997814397991682009-10-01T11:59:00.005-05:002009-10-01T12:09:55.927-05:00She's "Nudged" Me to MarketI'm listening to <em>Beautiful Thieves</em> by AFI.<br /><br />So my fantasy author, Sandy Lender, suggested I post something here to let everyone know I'm not ignoring her. Apparently, she's been talking about me (and this blog). She had a radio interview Tuesday, which aired again very early this morning. Then there's a guest blog post at LASR all day today that mentions me and this site. Last weekend she had an interview at Helen's Heroes that mentioned me<em> ad nauseum</em>. I keep telling her that her focus should be on Chariss...and, of course, finishing Chariss's story.<br /><br />We're a bit sidetracked this week because Sandy's sitting around feeling sorry for herself. She had a couple of basal skin cell carcinomas removed from her shoulder and arm yesterday, and the pain set in during the night. (She can really be pathetic when she starts that moaning...oh...wait...sure enough...she's censoring this.)<br /><br />As it turns out, she's not feeling sorry for herself; she's merely being cautious so as not to pull her stitches out. (Personally, I think she's sitting around feeling sorry for herself. I should probably fix her a piece of cake or something to be nice.)<br /><br />Everyone have a lovely day and check out <a href="http://www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com/">TodayTheDragonWins</a> for some not-Chariss's-story contest she's holding. (Oh, more censorship: she says she can hold contests that aren't focused on the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Choices </a>trilogy and still work on the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFGamazon">Choices </a>trilogy.)<br /><br />All my best,<br />Nigel Taiman<br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices" rel="tag">Choices</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/basal%20skin%20cell" rel="tag">basal skin cell</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/contest" rel="tag">contest</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-49591286207917733382009-09-04T17:05:00.004-05:002009-09-04T17:23:17.020-05:00She's Writing Like a Fiend on the Wrong Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWWmf-dYWd6AOogwD2s6FxT5UYG3SYLQHkYpeZ1lM1kr1ho-oVbzh8HmrZ8F8jHwkNrqLX_M-SSEnk7QOL4ypEfo-8pfpgcQu4PxTVytC14PJnKXnOdlxpjKpa8v10Vim30QLACaKT2Qn/s1600-h/3-Day-Button_120px_160px-Do-Not-Disturb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377740897940610338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWWmf-dYWd6AOogwD2s6FxT5UYG3SYLQHkYpeZ1lM1kr1ho-oVbzh8HmrZ8F8jHwkNrqLX_M-SSEnk7QOL4ypEfo-8pfpgcQu4PxTVytC14PJnKXnOdlxpjKpa8v10Vim30QLACaKT2Qn/s320/3-Day-Button_120px_160px-Do-Not-Disturb.jpg" border="0" /></a>I'm listening to nothing because she's watching <em>Eureka</em> on the SyFy channel.<br /><div></div><br /><div>My fantasy author, <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Sandy Lender</a>, is doing something quite upsetting to me this weekend. It's a holiday weekend in your society and she's planning to spend it writing. While this should make me happy, it doesn't. She's participating in the 3-Day Novel Contest, which forces her to write a whole book this weekend. Unfortunately, the book she's decided to write has NOTHING to do with my lovely bride Chariss from the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Choices </a>trilogy.</div><br /><div>She has just informed me that I should relax. It turns out that the novels created during this contest have to be submitted and then "ignored" while the contest judges read them. In the event Sandy's work gets selected for something, it can't be previously marketed somewhere. So she really can't prepare something from the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CMFKamazon">Choices </a>series or the world of <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Onweald</a>.</div><br /><div>All right then. I'll "relax," as she puts it, and plan what I'll be feeding her this weekend...</div><br /><div>Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/3-Day%20Novel%20Contest" rel="tag">3-Day Novel Contest</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Fantasy%20Author" rel="tag">Fantasy Author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20trilogy" rel="tag">Choices trilogy</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-86814745236629557302009-08-23T16:18:00.003-05:002009-08-23T16:39:42.769-05:00She Announces the Release of Choices Meant for KingsI'm listening to Michael Buble...his entire catalogue, it would appear...<br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, announces the exciting release of her latest fantasy novel, <em><span style="color:#330033;">Choices Meant for Kings.</span></em> The latest installment in my lovely bride's story of adventure and intrigue is now available at the front page of the <a href="http://www.archebooks.com/">ArcheBooks Publishing </a>site at a 25% publisher's discount. (This is if you're interested in having a first edition hardcover pressing.) If you're interested in saving trees, as my dear mother Kora Taiman is, you can get the electronic version for only $3.99 from that <a href="http://www.archebooks.com/">same link</a>.<br /><br />I'm pleased to provide you with this information about <em><span style="color:#330033;">Choices Meant for Kings</span></em>.<br />There’s no doubt: Chariss is in danger. Her geasa is hampered by the effects of a friend’s marriage. The dashing Nigel Taiman hides something from her, yet demands she stay at his family’s estate where he and her wizard guardian intend to keep her safe. But the sorcerer Lord Drake and Julette The Betrayer know she’s there, and their monstrous army marches that way.<br /><br />When prophecies stack up to threaten an arrogant deity, Chariss must choose between the dragon that courts her and the ostracized kings of the Southlands for help. Evil stalks her at every turn and madness creeps over the goddess who guides her. Can an orphan-turned-Protector resist the dark side of her heritage? Or will she sacrifice all to keep her god-charge safe?<br /><br />All my best,<br />Nigel Taiman<br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Kings" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Kings</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Fantasy%20Author" rel="tag">Fantasy Author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20novel" rel="tag">fantasy novel</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-45177437203095675242009-07-30T19:31:00.005-05:002009-07-30T19:42:40.281-05:00She's Unveiling the Cover for Choices Meant for Kings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiPuT2R5iFzt-qnlXDY7uZosz-AbWeQOSDDpKmPM4qGrddPIHddDx_zpI-3YJmv9TIlFquoFVT5JXS2tPdTCdukh9tpaoqBCnhi4xWXUwSMm1t5H-4lRQh3-KBeXDLoFd6bx2xqPme3g_/s1600-h/CMFKCover.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364417602854961474" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiPuT2R5iFzt-qnlXDY7uZosz-AbWeQOSDDpKmPM4qGrddPIHddDx_zpI-3YJmv9TIlFquoFVT5JXS2tPdTCdukh9tpaoqBCnhi4xWXUwSMm1t5H-4lRQh3-KBeXDLoFd6bx2xqPme3g_/s320/CMFKCover.bmp" border="0" /></a>I'm listening to <em>Don't Get Around Much Anymore</em> by Harry Connick, Jr.<br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm very pleased to announce that my fantasy author, Sandy Lender, is unveiling the cover for her new fantasy novel <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Kings</span></em> this evening. I was going to make you go over to <a href="http://www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com/">Today The Dragon Wins </a>to check it out, but why?</div><br /><div>Notice the lovely and sun-tanned Amanda Chariss, my beautiful bride-to-be, is featured up front there. I think that's as it should be. Of course, no artist can capture Chariss's charm and beauty, so this rendition is as close as one could come. Pity. But it pleases me that Sandy let someone try. I'm hoping she'll let someone like Megan Kissinger (the talented, award-winning artist from Southwest Florida who produced the map of Onweald for the <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices</span></em> series) prepare a proper portrait some day. And perhaps a miniature portrait that I can carry in my pocket when Chariss is off running around taking care of unworthy gods...</div><br /><div>If you'd like more information about the upcoming <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Kings</span></em> fantasy novel, which is off to the printer now, please visit the Books page of Sandy's <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Web site</a>. If you still need to get your copy of the first novel, <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Gods</span></em>, visit <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Choices-Meant-Gods-Sandy-Lender/dp/1595071652/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248999747&sr=1-1">Amazon </a>or <a href="http://www.archebooks.com/BookIDX/Indexes/Fantasy/CMG/CMGDesc.htm">ArcheBooks </a>right away. You're going to love Chariss as much as I do as soon as you start reading about her. Just a beautiful young woman. Just beautiful.</div><br /><div>All my best to you,</div><div>Nigel Taiman</div><div>Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Kings" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Kings</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20novel" rel="tag">fantasy novel</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-38803261423293510752009-07-15T20:58:00.004-05:002009-07-15T21:10:40.508-05:00She's Home AgainI'm not listening to music at the moment, so I can't report on the moment's iTunes selection. I'm watching <em>The Transporter</em> with my fantasy author. Quite the violent movie, I must say. She's transfixed by it, even though she's seen it before.<br /><br />On to the blog post.<br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, is home from her crazed <a href="http://www.duranduranmusic.com/">Duran Duran </a>vacation in Orange County, California, where she and two of her girlfriends, Christine and Jennine, enjoyed all the chaos and mayhem that a Duran Duran vacation entails. Now that she's home, I've got her on a strict writing schedule in the evenings so we can complete Book III of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Choices-Meant-Gods-Sandy-Lender/dp/1595071652/ref=cm_cd_pdp?_encoding=UTF8&cdPage=1&newContentID=Tx1BLTOVBHG2V2D">Choices Meant for Gods </a>trilogy. Luckily, she can write while watching this Jason Statham person in <em>The Transporter.</em><br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Gods" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Gods</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Duran%20Duran" rel="tag">Duran Duran</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-40331050625769771432009-07-07T19:50:00.004-05:002009-07-07T20:03:23.981-05:00She's Being UnreasonableI'm listening to <em>No More Words</em> by Berlin.<br /><br />My fantasy author, <a href="http://www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com/">Sandy Lender</a>, will soon find herself chained to the writing desk in the den. I don't think I can stress just how irritated I am. She finished her online book tour July 3 and was to then focus her evening and weekend time on completing the editing of Book III of the <em>Choices</em> trilogy. Has she done this?<br /><br />No.<br /><br />Instead, she's made corrections to the galleys of <em>Choices Meant for Kings</em>. She's approved ads for magazines and Web sites. She's sent poems and first-chapter files to test readers for critique. She's fiddled around with <a href="http://twitter.com/sandylender">Twitter </a>and <a href="http://facebook.com/sandy.lender">facebook </a>so she'll have people to announce book release and signing dates to. She's even put together additional content for her <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">Web site</a>. But the thing that's really angered me is this sudden interest in some story about a young lady named Lace. By the gods! I've spent the past three years helping her promote and market my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Choices-Meant-Gods-Sandy-Lender/dp/1595071652/ref=cm_cd_pdp?_encoding=UTF8&cdPage=1&newContentID=Tx1BLTOVBHG2V2D">Amanda's story</a> and here she is working on a story about some strumpet from some other world? I'll have no part of such nonsense while...wait.<br /><br />I'm being censored now. Isn't that just dandy. Apparently, my fantasy author thinks she can work on multiple stories simultaneously.<br /><br />We'll see about that. These chains that I have for the writing desk will keep her out of reach of the reference books she's using for the "Lace" story, I can tell you that much.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/facebook" rel="tag">facebook</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Kings" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Kings</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-82384862355920362002009-07-01T12:50:00.003-05:002009-07-01T13:10:00.226-05:00She's Being DemandingI'm listening to <em>Cuts You Up</em> by Peter Murphy.<br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, called out to me this afternoon. Something in her voice made me think I was in trouble. You know how your mother would use your full name at a high level to indicate she knew you'd done something very wrong and intended to punish you for it? Sandy didn't use my full name, but she had that "tone." So I peeked into her den a little hesitantly. It seems I've been neglecting my "duties" in the marketing department.<br /><br />For pity's sake. Do you visitors have any clue how much work I put into finding avenues for her to advertise in? Do you know how much information I had to gather and type for her new <a href="http://www.authorsandylender.com/">website</a>? Do you know how much energy I expend "surfing" the blasted Internet to find social networks for her to join? Do you know how many of these blasted profiles I've put together for her? Or how many times I've typed her bio? I'm sick and tired of writing about her first story about mice picking berries, I can tell you that much...I've got her on <a href="http://www.filedby.com/author/sandy_lender/2028254/">FiledBy</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">GoodReads</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sandy.lender">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Choices-Meant-Gods-Sandy-Lender/dp/1595071652/ref=cm_cd_pdp?_encoding=UTF8&cdPage=1&newContentID=Tx1BLTOVBHG2V2D">Amazon</a>, Barnes&Noble, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandylender">LinkedIn</a>, SuspenseMagazine, BookHitch, <a href="http://twitter.com/sandylender">Twitter</a>, AuthorIsland, MySpace, BookTour, Gather, Technorati, RedRoom...<br /><br />Oh, look, she's brought me cake.<br /><br />She's quite charming when she wants to be...<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/twitter" rel="tag">twitter</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/social%20networks" rel="tag">social networks</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-51981834002115399242009-06-22T15:42:00.003-05:002009-06-22T15:46:41.685-05:00She's Got Some Duran Thing Going OnI'm listening to <em>New Moon on Monday</em> by Duran Duran.<br /><br />Today is Monday. There's a new moon today. My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, tells me this is a fabulous thing and cause for celebration. It wasn't until she popped one of the versions of <em>Seven and the Ragged Tiger</em> by Duran Duran that she owns into the CD player that I realized just what she meant.<br /><br />Happy "New Moon on Monday" to other Duranies. My sympathies to other Duranie family members.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Duran%20Duran" rel="tag">Duran Duran</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy" rel="tag">fantasy</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/new%20moon" rel="tag">new moon</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-53803970145910236572009-06-04T11:48:00.004-05:002009-06-04T11:52:49.848-05:00She Has Another Great ReviewMy fantasy author, Sandy Lender, asked me to direct you to this link to read a new review of <a href="http://www.archebooks.com/BookIDX/Indexes/Fantasy/CMG/CMGDesc.htm">Choices Meant for Gods</a>:<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/LASReview">http://tinyurl.com/LASReview</a><br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/review" rel="tag">review</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Choices%20Meant%20for%20Gods" rel="tag">Choices Meant for Gods</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-35110932623945576192009-06-03T19:38:00.003-05:002009-06-03T19:49:12.945-05:00First Live Twitter Interview Features AuthorsNAPLES, Fla. – In the first live online interview via Twitter in Internet history, Fiction Author Jamieson Wolf, Ottawa, Ont., will interview Fantasy Author Sandy Lender, Naples, Fla., Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. EST. They’re calling it the first Tweeterview. The Twitter accounts to follow are <a href="http://twitter.com/sandylender">http://twitter.com/sandylender</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/jamiesonwolf">http://twitter.com/jamiesonwolf</a>.<br /><br />Join these two established authors for this groundbreaking Tweeterview event as Lender and Wolf share writing and writer’s life information in pithy 140-character Q&A segments. The purpose of the interview is to bring attention to Lender’s current fantasy novel, <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Gods,</span></em> from <a href="http://www.archebooks.com/BookIDX/Indexes/Fantasy/CMG/CMGDesc.htm">ArcheBooks Publishing</a>, Cape Coral, Fla., and her current online book tour.<br /><br />“Sandy’s been an author friend of mine for three years now so I won’t have any trouble coming up with questions for her,” Wolf said. “I’ve read her work, including her upcoming release, and am qualified to ask dozens of questions about the world she’s built as well as the publishing process, which will interest a wide audience.”<br /><br />“And Jamieson’s been an author friend of mine for just as long, so I don’t think I’ll have any trouble following his Twitter-style questions,” Lender said. “This is a new use for Twitter and can bring new life to the staid interview process that readers can become hypnotized by on the Blogosphere nowadays.”<br /><br />Combined, Lender and Wolf have multiple books available in both print and electronic formats and offer a wealth of information about writing and publishing to Twitter followers who check in June 20. To keep up with the Tweeterview, follow <a href="http://twitter.com/sandylender">http://twitter.com/sandylender</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/jamiesonwolf">http://twitter.com/jamiesonwolf</a>. Additional information can be found at <a href="http://www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com/">Today the Dragon Wins.<br /></a><br />Fantasy enthusiasts will recognize Sandy Lender as the author of <a href="http://www.archebooks.com/BookIDX/Indexes/Fantasy/CMG/CMGDesc.htm">Choices Meant for Gods </a>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439209561/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p14_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0TDYEZ6PS2E2XQ32AGBQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846">What Choices We Made,</a> as well as the upcoming <em><span style="color:#663366;">Choices Meant for Kings</span></em>. She is the editor of a national trade publication headquartered in Missouri, but resides in Southwest Florida where she spends all the time she can helping with sea turtle conservation. Read more about her at her blog <a href="http://www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com/">Today the Dragon Wins</a>.<br /><br />Jamieson Wolf is a speculative fiction writer with close to 20 titles to his credit in multiple genres. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with his adoring husband and a personable cat. Learn more about his work at <a href="http://www.jamiesonwolf.com/">www.jamiesonwolf.com</a>.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tweeterview" rel="tag">tweeterview</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/twitter" rel="tag">twitter</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/online%20book%20tour" rel="tag">online book tour</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Jamieson%20Wolf" rel="tag">Jamieson Wolf</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/sea%20turtle" rel="tag">sea turtle</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429786137238051658.post-277607924030211152009-05-21T15:45:00.004-05:002009-05-21T15:58:21.723-05:00She Has This MoleI'm listening to <em>Desire</em> by Gene Loves Jezebel.<br /><br />My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, has a small, light-colored mole on her neck that looks like a tiny little pebble or raised freckle. It's quite the charming little thing, although she's muttering at me to get to the point and stop adding editorial comments. It turns out this mole looks a lot like a seed to her companion parrots who sit on her and get hit with hunger pangs.<br /><br />Her newest bird needs a name! You can see the precious thing at Sandy's <a href="http://www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com/">main blog</a>, Today the Dragon Wins. Leave your name suggestion in the comments link there.<br /><br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/companion%20parrot" rel="tag">companion parrot</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/fantasy%20author" rel="tag">fantasy author</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Sandy%20Lender" rel="tag">Sandy Lender</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Nigel Taiman is the owner and master of Hleo-Arcana,
a school for Geasa'n and the estate where Amanda
Chariss has sought shelter while she prepares to save
the world. You can read their story by purchasing the
new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods by
Sandy Lender. This epic fantasy tale is now available
at www.amazon.com or www.archebooks.com, or anywhere
fine books are sold.</div>Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16034801700165308979noreply@blogger.com0