Signed Copies for Sale

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You can order your very own copy of the anthology, Second Avenue Second Hand, via me and receive a personally signed copy.

Complete the following form (I can’t set up my free WordPress page to accept payment, so you must supply a PayPal address for me to bill off below).

Don’t have a PayPal address? You can email me at kathie(dot)blot(at)gmail(dot)com to work out other options.

I will sign the first page and the page where my short story Put a Ring On It appears. If you would like, I can add a message and make it out to an individual too. Just put that information in below in the message section.

All books will be shipped to one address when ordering more than one. Alternatively, you can always complete more order forms if you wish to buy more than one yet have it shipped to another location. Read the rest of this entry »

This is THE Anthology of the Year!

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Get Your Copy Today!

It doesn’t matter what genre you prefer to read or even what your preferences are when coming to reading a short story, this anthology is amazing! Second Avenue Second Hand anthology by Lemon Twist Press features ten authors from all around the world that come together to tell a story that weaves around a quaint second hand shop in Bottle Bay. Each tale is unique, each author’s voice is very different, and the stories range from cheeky humor to dark horror. What makes this anthology shine is how the publisher/editor selected the individual stories to tell an overall story. You won’t want to put it down until you’ve reached the end and then, you’ll be wanting more!

Print and digital versions are available now. Here’s my link to Powell’s Books for Second Avenue Second Hand

My story, Put a Ring On It is one of the stories in this anthology, but don’t let that be the selling point in either direction. This truly is a unique anthology. I would love to hear your feedback when you do read my story and thank you in advance for taking the time and effort to leave feedback.

Justin Time

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Back %# years ago, I spent my summers counseling at a camp in the Redwoods along the northern coast of California. One of the weeks during the summer was dedicated to a young crowd and the theme, Sherwood Forrest, meant that as counselors we needed a plucky character name. Mine was Sunshine, and not for a cheerful disposition, rather for the fact that my favorite color, yellow, matched the sun. Another counselor and my co-leader of a merry band of bed-wetting, eager faced, scared of the dark charges made a play on his name, Justin; Justin Time (as in just in time). Cute.

I’m reminded of Justin today when I announce that in less than 24 hours before my story is released in the anthology published by Lemon Twist Press, “Second Avenue Second Hand” and the one with the unchangeable domain name I lost in the between time, I have successfully reclaimed my domain! So on with the show! Get your digital copy tomorrow, October 3rd at  Apple, Smashwords, Kobo and B&N. Print copies will be available, more on that soon!

Kathieleung.com

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So here’s a bit of advice for writers. Once you get a domain, hang onto it. You can map it to a new server but once it expires, reclaiming it is a nightmare. That said, I’m in purgatory waiting for eNom to release the site name. Worse, my old blogs have been hijacked so the unsuspecting visitor gets a finance scam blog. You have been warned; don’t let this be you!

Second Avenue Second Hand Release Date Announced

Posted: 5 in freebies, Giveaways, My books, promo, short stories, shorts
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I’m thrilled to announce that my story, Put A Ring on It, is being published in the anthology, Second Avenue Second Hand, on October 3, 2013.

Even more exciting: you have a chance to win a free copy between now and November 5, 2013. You can do that over at Goodreads. Don’t have an account there? No worries, it’s free! Now go on, get over there and enter to win. I’ll be here when you get back.

 

The Cowboy

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The Cowboy

Cowboy

Five hundred head lowing in the yard, seventeen days driving, bone weary, in need of a bath and a comfortable bed and where do I end up? A bar outside of Nashville, dust still in the seat of my pants and a Stetson hiding the smell of the range but not by much. Read the rest of this entry »

Billy Goats Gruff

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English: The White House 2003 Christmas decoration using the theme Three Billy Goats Gruff from a famous traditional fairy tale of Norwegian origin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I hide behind my computer screen
Trolling people’s blogs.
I often stop and click the comment button
Espousing my own thoughts
Usually when those conflict with the author’s
Or the stupid opinions by others. Read the rest of this entry »

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The upcoming post will be password protected (yep, locked up and only I have the key) because it includes material that might be unsuited for anyone under the age of eighteen. You may gain access on two conditions. First, that you are over the age of eighteen and secondly, that you will leave a comment after you’ve read the content.

 

 

 

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Their Survival

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Their Survival by Kathie LeungThe gravity of the situation hasn’t come to Norm Schaller as he sits in the hall, flipping through a backdated copy of Modern Science while his wife, Delores, is fitted to the machines.

When they call to him, he takes great pains to put everything back in order before he slowly walks down the corridor. It isn’t because he is a neat freak or rather as the term most popular today goes: obsessive-compulsive. It isn’t age, his doctor cleared him a month earlier on his fifty-seventh birthday with an “exceptionally clean bill of health.” He needs these extra moments to summon up his mental blinders shielding her pain from registering in his brain. To pull on an invisible mask, pushed over his face to prevent her from seeing his struggle.

It’s not worth the time or trouble. He knows as much. Thirty-four years with her, most of his entire adult life together through better or worse; things can’t be hidden. And this, of all they‘d endured together, had moved into the number one slot under the “worst” heading. Read the rest of this entry »

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