A Word Please

The January 18th edition of Time magazine contains an article on human trafficking (slavery). In it, there is this statement: “…the U.S. currently spends more in a single day fighting drug trafficking than it does in an entire year fighting human trafficking.” (Emphasis is mine.)

Where would you prefer your tax dollars go?

I have chronic, late-stage lyme disease. This means that creepy little bacteria have taken up residence in my body. I think they’re building condos.

Ever have an uninvited guest stop by that you then cannot get rid of? That’s how I feel about my lyme tenants. I did not invite them and now they will not go away. I’ve tried serving them with an eviction notice (long-term antibiotic therapy), which they only laughed at. In fact, they are so at home in my body that they are sending out invitations to their cousins (co-infections).

You know those “bombs” that you can set off in your house to get rid of fleas? I’m wondering if something like that would work internally.

Alas, for now I am stuck sharing space with these disgusting creatures. Some days they gain the upper hand and reign supreme over their internal world. Other days my internal guards (immune system) do a good job of banishing them back to the war-torn neighborhood they originated in, which I have permanently lost control of.

Such is the way of war. Neither side truly ever wins.

My fifth novel – Miami Snow has been released! Copies are now available on my website and will soon be listed on Amazon. Be one of the first to receive a copy by entering my 48-Hour Book Giveaway! This contest is open to everyone 16 and older in the U.S. and Canada. It runs between 3 PM EST today, January 6 and 3 PM EST on Friday, January 8. Please enter only once per person. All you have to do is fill out the form on my contest page. Good luck!

www.QuietFuryBooks.com/contests.html

I have generated a coupon code for everyone to get the ebook version my novel Enemies and Playmates for 99 cents on www.Smashwords.com from now through the end of January!

The direct link is: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/3957
The code you’ll need is BZ47G. Don’t forget to add the code in when you checkout!

I am sick and tired of war. It’s glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

~ William Tecumseh Sherman

This is the chaise lounge my husband just finished making for me! He also gutted and remodeled the room it’s in, which is my very favorite room in the house! (That’s largely because it’s my office/library.)

Happy New Year!

Good luck!