Evil Speaks Softly Archives - Author Maureen L. Bonatch https://www.maureenbonatch.com/category/evil-speaks-softly/ Stories with Hocus Pocus & All That Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:25:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Your Odd Collection Is My Organization https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2018/09/your-odd-collection-is-my-organization/ https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2018/09/your-odd-collection-is-my-organization/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:06:15 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=4087 Welcome to this week’s 52-week Blog Challenge for Marketing for Romance Writers with the topic of An Odd Thing I Collect. I’ve seen a few of those television shows about odd or unusual things that people collect, and I’m nowhere near that kind of oddness. I also hate clutter, so I’m always getting rid of […]

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Welcome to this week’s 52-week Blog Challenge for Marketing for Romance Writers with the topic of An Odd Thing I Collect. I’ve seen a few of those television shows about odd or unusual things that people collect, and I’m nowhere near that kind of oddness. I also hate clutter, so I’m always getting rid of thing such as many Knick Knacks and trinkets I may have collected when I was younger and now realize that there is no place for them.

Although there is something I have that some might consider as a bit of a collection (or hoarder tendencies when it comes to this). But not me, I think it’s more like my method of organization.

What Did You Expect? I’m a Writer

I’ve already discussed my collection of quotes. Cut out quotes, quote books and the way I randomly insert them into everything (note the lovely quote you get with each blog post—I can’t resist.)

Plus, I’m sure that me, and almost every other writer, may confess to an unhealthy obsession to sticky notes and other office products, but there is one other item that seems to leak into my day job as well…binders.

 

Can’t Beat a Binder

 

As the world pushes for less and less paper, I can’t stop myself from killing the trees by succumbing to the need to print things out so I can reference them and read them better–or is it just how nice they look and feel in a binder?

It seems that the whole out of sight is out of mind when I store stuff on my computer, who knows what I have? I like to be able to look around and find my binder and leaf through the information.

This would be a great idea if I didn’t have so many binders. Thus, it kind of continues with the problem with finding anything because I must search through all the binders lining my office, closet and desks. It seems I never have enough. But I don’t call it a collection, I call it being organized. Well, at least in my mind.

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            A small portion of my collection.

 


No wonder I #write about trees taking on human-like characteristics in DESTINY CALLING. They’re probably seeking revenge for all the paper filling my binders. #MFRW
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Creepy Collections

 

Now in my books I sometimes give my characters odd, or creepy collections. In DESTINY CALLING Aunt Ruthie collects dolls. You know, the creepy ones that belong in that Creepy Ass Dolls Book I got my sister (who returned it to me since it was so darn creepy). My heroine, Hope, is also uneasy around Aunt Ruthie’s plastic children.

Doll collection
              No creepy dolls for me!

 

More Odd Collections

MFRW collectionSo, my collection isn’t all that odd. Probably just more annoying to the other office staff I work with who see me coming with that look in my eye and they know that I am going to need another binder.

Scruff, Dog
Scruff likes to collect zzzz’s, treats and toys.

 

But perhaps if you hop around to check out the other author’s blogs you might discover some other odd collections. It’s entirely possible. You know how weird writers can be.

 

 

 

But before you go, make sure you check out the awesome limited time .99 cent sale my publisher is having for EVIL SPEAKS SOFTLY. It’s your chance to get in the spirit of the season.

Evil Speaks Softly, Sale

If you’ve already read EVIL SPEAKS SOFTLY—thank you!—consider leaving a review and I won’t haunt you one day will love you forever! 😉

 

What Do You Collect?

 

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Check It Out~Cover Reveal~ Evil Speaks Softly https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/08/2930/ https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/08/2930/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2017 23:35:10 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=2930 Everyone has a story to tell. Even the dead. If you’re subscribed to my newsletter, you’ve already feasted your eyes on my upcoming release (October 11th!). If not, you might want to sign up now to make sure you don’t miss any of the excitement of my latest release. Or perhaps you want another look. […]

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Everyone has a story to tell. Even the dead.

If you’re subscribed to my newsletter, you’ve already feasted your eyes on my upcoming release (October 11th!). If not, you might want to sign up now to make sure you don’t miss any of the excitement of my latest release. Or perhaps you want another look. I know I love to gaze at it’s sinister beauty. Plus Evil Speaks Softly is already available for pre-order. 

Evil Speaks Softly
Cover by Debbie Taylor of DCA Graphics

Evil Speaks Softly

They were never supposed to meet.

Fame came easy for Liv by following in the footsteps of the female writers in her family. The cycle repeated for decades…until Liv changed the story. Her villain doesn’t like the revision—and he isn’t a fictional character. In his story, the bad guy always wins.

They were never supposed to find love.

Liv never questioned her demanding nocturnal muse, or the strange incidents in her old, family home until she met Gage. His job was to watch her from afar, not reveal the truth about the curse and the stories of the dead.

They’ve broken all the rules.

Together they unravel secrets as they strive to stop the cycle. Liv’s ability to find love, and protect her loved ones, hangs on the fickle whims of the dead—and they’ve got nothing to lose.

Now Available For Pre-Order


Evil Speaks Softy is available for #Pre-Order to magically appear in your #kindle on October 11th
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What Do You think about Evil Speaks Softly? 

 

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the cover and the blurb!

Stay tuned for all the fun as I prepare to release my latest book baby out into the world. 

 

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