June 2016
On Sale: June 1, 2016
Featuring: Ian Walsh; Rory Sorenson
448 pages ISBN: 1492628204 EAN: 9781492628200 Kindle: B019HQ2LF4 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Research! For research purposes, I type “best fuel to use in an
improvised explosive” into the browser search bar. Two hours later, I’ve read
so, so many interesting things, but I still haven’t written the scene with the
homemade bomb in it.
Promo. Sigh. I start down the slippery social-media slope with the
best intentions of spending five minutes (max!) updating my author stuff. Next
thing I know, I’m blinking gritty eyes at the screen, trying to figure out what
happened to the past three days. Darn you, Facebook—you and your time-sucking
ways. How can I not watch the video of the cop rescuing the ducks trying to
cross the Interstate? How??
Conference Call. I adore my editor. When we need to have an
occasional chat over the phone, I don’t mind at all. We start with the issue at
hand and usually find a solution in short order. Feeling smug, I say something
like, “Now that we’ve solved that, I’d better get back to writing. Oh, wait!
Before you go, what did you think about that revision on [whatever book I’m
editing at the time]?” With that, our neat, tidy and short call goes off the
rails. Pretty soon, we’re in the middle of brainstorming an alternate ending,
and I’m suggesting something insane. For example, at one point during one of
these calls, I actually said the words, “How about we just burn the whole place
down?” Luckily, one of the many things my editor is good at is reining in my
crazier ideas.
Life and Stuff. The chickens need to be fed. The dogs need to be fed.
The cats need to be fed. The lawn needs to be mowed (and mowed and mowed). I
need to go to the bakery (my day (night) job) and feed the masses. The house has
reached the point where it either must be cleaned or burned to the ground. The
garden needs to be planted/watered/weeded/harvested/processed. Sleep. I need
sleep. There’s so much to do that’s not writing.
Reading (Other People’s Books). I must resist the lure of this new
book. Maybe I’ll just read a few pages. Or, you know, the entire thing.
Giveaway
What are the five things YOU do to procrastinate? Three readers will get a
copy of HOLD YOUR
BREATH, the first book in the Search and Rescue
series!
In the remote Rocky Mountains, lives depend on the Search &
Rescue brotherhood. But in a place this far off the map, trust is hard to come
by and secrets can be murder...
As a Motorcycle Club member and firefighter, Ian Walsh is used to riding the
line between the good guys and the bad. He may owe the Club his life, but his
heart rests with his fire station brothers...and with the girl he's loved since
they were kids, Rory Sorenson. Ian would do anything for Rory. He'd die for her.
Kill for her. Defend her to his last breath-and he may just have to.
Every con in the Rockies knows Rory is the go-to girl for less-than-legal
firearms, and for the past few years, she's managed to keep the peace between
dangerous factions by remaining strictly neutral. But when she defends herself
against a brutal attack, Rory finds herself catapulted into the center of a
Motorcycle Club war-with only Ian standing between her and a threat greater than
either of them could have imagined.
When she’s not writing, Katie Ruggle rides horses, shoots guns, and travels
to warm places where she can SCUBA dive. Graduating from the Police Academy,
Katie received her ice-rescue certification and can attest that the reservoirs
in the Colorado mountains really are that cold. While she still misses her
off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains, she now lives in
Rochester, Minnesota near her family.
I say"later", say one more day won't hurt, think of something else to do first, run an errand instead, think I'll read 'just o be more chapter ;)' (Kathleen Bylsma 6:19pm June 15, 2016)
I read, walk, visit little ones, help out and clean. (Sharon Berger 6:25pm June 15, 2016)
The only thing I procrastinate about is cleaning my oven! I HATE it with a passion!! I'm good with the rest! I love this cover and can't wait to read this book!!! (Bonnie Capuano 6:43pm June 15, 2016)
I will tell myself I will do it another time, go and do something else like read... I really hate cleaning the bathtub... (Colleen Conklin 7:51pm June 15, 2016)
Read, surf the net, go out and hang out with friends, sleep and READ again. lol (Roanne Gappi 1:27pm June 16, 2016)
internet surf to research things that "Of course, I need to know now" Cook something, since I should have something in the fridge people can just pull out and heat if I am not home/busy. Catch up on sleep with a short nap. Go grocery shopping for some absolutely needed ingredient for a recipe that I am going to try someday. And like you, read "just a few pages" to relax, with intent to get right onto the task that actually needs to be complete. (G. Bisbjerg 1:27pm June 16, 2016)
surf the internet read a bit look at cookbooks-& plan menus I may or may-not ever make tell myself that a super clean home only shows that you are a compulsive obsessive person (no danger of that here) watch tv (Christine Schultz 2:50pm June 16, 2016)
Read, sleep, play games on my phone, surf the internet, and watch television. (Carrie Tillman 8:25pm June 16, 2016)
Sit and rest for just a minute Play a game on the internet to relax Look at my e-mail for a second Go see the grandkids ( a must ) I'll do it later I really don't worry about the house any more since I'm here all day . The dust is not going anywhere , it will stay until I get ready to get rid of it !! (Joan Thrasher 11:38am June 17, 2016)
I hate to procrastinate but I must admit I do it once in a while! (Bonnie Capuano 9:28am June 18, 2016)
Vry good at postponing the must does...shame on me! Always "one more chapter", oops...have to answer text, oh oh...phone rang, darn, the dog want's out, oh no, I forgot! (Kathleen Bylsma 3:59pm June 19, 2016)
Read just another chapter--that is my favorite procrastination! (Cathy Burkhead 3:42pm June 20, 2016)
I'm not sure I want to admit to procrastinating! But... - train the dog...we're supposed to be practicing for class so it's really a useful,thing! - read....just a "few" pages - organize a room/drawer/shelf...you know the one that's way less important than the thing I'm actually supposed to be doing - nap :/ - get lost on the Internet....a five minutes Twitter or FB check turns into thirty. I've been known to set timers so if I do get distracted I can get myself back on track. (Laura Scott 12:00pm June 21, 2016)
Sleep Read books-what's willpower? Sleep more-I have no pets, someone must imitate a cat Look for the current lost item in the house Debate which craft project I should start/finish next Internet use can substitute for any of the above. (Laura Gullickson 12:06pm June 22, 2016)
read another book. take a long shower. do some laundry. check my email. enter another contest. (Cynthia Powers 5:31am June 22, 2016)
I prefer to read a good book or newspaper, work a crossword puzzle, go on the internet, check and answer e-mail or watch television instead of doing boring housework. (Anna Speed 1:13pm June 22, 2016)
Oh I love your covers so much!!!! Reading...reading and more reading (Bonnie Capuano 2:08pm June 22, 2016)
Loved Hold Your Breath which is one of the many ways I procrastinate! ;) (Kathleen Bylsma 5:37pm June 22, 2016)
Sounds like a very exciting read! (Melody Kaufman 7:50pm June 22, 2016)
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