Chelle Cordero Fall 2009 Sampler By: Chelle Cordero Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing Price: $0.00 Always FREE   http://bit.ly/3vcuq9 Welcome to Chelle Cordero's Fall 2009 Title Sampler! Bartlett's Rule, Forgotten, Within the Law, Courage of the Heart, Final Sin, Hostage Heart, and a preview of her yet-to-be-released A Chaunce of Riches. more...

Within the Law By: Chelle Cordero Published by: Vanilla Heart Publishing Price: $5.99  1/2 price with code   http://bit.ly/dD0EvN Tom gave up on ever falling in love again the day that he buried his high school sweetheart and fiancé. He started a career in law enforcement just so that he could find her murderer and rapist. Just when he is about to see justice done, he meets Alli Davis-the defense attorney for the murdering rap more...

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Rules for women from men - NOT!

We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side.

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1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us griping about you leaving it down.

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2. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present yet again!

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3. Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.

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4. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

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5. Don't cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you're stuck with her.

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6. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

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7. Crying is blackmail.

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8. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

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9. We don't remember dates. Mark birthdays and anniversaries on a calendar. Remind us frequently beforehand.

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10. Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?

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11. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

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12. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

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13. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

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14. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

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15. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us. We refuse to answer.

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16. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

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17. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

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18. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

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19. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.

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20. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends.

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21. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

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22. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

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23. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.

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24. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

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25. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

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26. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine.

Really.

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27. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.

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28. You have enough clothes.

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29. You have too many shoes.

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30. Foreign films are best left to foreigners. (Unless it's Bruce Lee or some war flick where it doesn't really matter what they're saying anyway.)

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31. It is neither in your best interest or ours to take the quiz together. No, it doesn't matter which quiz.

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32. I am in shape. ROUND is a shape.

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33. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know we really don't mind that, it's like camping.

2010  --  No, that's not the quantity - just the year.

Okay, everybody is making their resolution lists - I actually stopped doing this a few years back. I was too disorganized and always managed to lose the list and then I just got frustrated and spent my time looking for it instead of doing the things I knew I had written down.

But with the help of everyone on line, maybe I will actually stick to it this year.,,

1)  More organization, less clutter, less reasons to procrastinate

2)  Although I often say "I love you" to the people I care most about, this year I will try not to miss any opportunities

3)  I am going to learn to say "No" once in a while when it means my sanity and therefore effectiveness

4)  I am going to be much more goal oriented - which means I have to set realistic goals

5)  I am going to keep writing, writing, writing...

6)  I am going to make myself a priority - I know that may sound selfish, but I have to take care of myself in order to be able to do things for the ones I love

7)  When I am angry, I am going to remember to count to 10, silently, before I react

8)  I am seriously going to try to improve my time-management skills

9)  I am going to remember to say thank you and you're welcome a lot more often

10) Appreciating the good things around me and the people in my life is more of a continuation of what I try to do daily already - this year I will also learn to appreciate myself.


Thanks for taking the time to read this and please feel free to remind me of these throughout the year. I wish y'all a very happy and wonderful new year with lots and lots of goodies for all.

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The word Hero is tossed around lightly these days.

In literature it is used as the male lead of the story, the “good guy”, especially in romance. My novels have heroes like Lon Bartlett, Brandon Price, Tom Hughes, Adam Sherman, Jake Carlson, Ryan Hunter, and Ben Johnson. These characters aren’t heroes simply because they are good lovers (although I certainly hope my readers are impressed by that as well). And while Tom and Jake are law enforcement, and Brandon and Ryan work government (national security) jobs, that is not the only quality I chose them for. In my books Heroes are selfless, brave, think of the women they love before themselves, and are willing to risk all in order to do the “right thing”.

In our everyday world there are many types of heroism and many men and women who can, and should be, labeled Hero.

The world’s armed forces are full of Heroes although many of us tend to use the term only for our own “side” – these are people who are willing to defend their country even at the ultimate sacrifice. Putting on a uniform doesn’t change who you are, but it is the willingness to put that uniform on that makes you a Hero. While our own personal political beliefs may alter our view and validity of a war, there is no way to truly deny that these men and women put themselves literally in the line of fire in order to protect us.

I consider our police, fire fighters and EMS personnel to be our homeland defense. These are the folks who don uniforms, run into burning buildings, go out in all kinds of hazardous weather, risk exposure to diseases, give up sleep and family time and so much more to help their communities and neighbors. If, heaven forbid, a major disaster were to occur to a community, these are the people who will be on the front lines to help return some semblance of normalcy. Our homeland defense personnel think of those they can help first, it doesn’t matter if it’s a stranger or a friend – they are there whenever there is a call for help. The next time you see a vehicle with flashing lights and sirens, think of the heroes that are on their way to help in a time of need.

Being a hero doesn’t mean dying. It’s often been said that there is a fine line between foolishness and heroism; even a 1970’s song glorified the line “Don’t be a hero, don’t be a fool with your life”. The fact is that there are, fortunately for humanity, several different forms of heroism and many people who possess those qualities. Not everyone will have the opportunity to pull someone from a burning building, restart a heart with CPR, or save a person from a knife-wielding assailant – but that doesn’t mean these people aren’t heroic in their selflessness and their actions. Think how lucky we are to have heroes all around us, even the unsung and everyday heroes that make everything so much better.

What does “being a hero” mean to you?

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. (John 15:13)  

THIS IS GREAT!!!  Read all the way to the end.................  This took a lot of work to put together!!!

 
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You think English is easy??? Read to the end . . . a new twist 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce . 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present . 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row . 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line... 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ? You lovers of the English language might enjoy this . There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.' It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?  At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.   A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP... When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP!    Now it's UP to you what you do with this information.....

 

Operation E-Book Drop

I am pleased to say that I am a participating author in Operation E-Book Drop.

Servicemen and women of our Coalition Forces are away from home and putting themselves on the line for the rest of us. No matter what your political beliefs are, most of us agree that we need to support our men and women as we pray for their safe return.

What is Operation E-Book Drop?

Author Ed Patterson had an online conversation with a soldier stationed in Iraq who was having difficulty getting books to read on his Kindle - there isn't a whole lot to do for entertainment there. Ed sent the soldier a complete file of his books in Kindle format - and then the idea struck him that there might be other soldiers and other authors who would want to participate. Sure enough, lists started to form and books were being sent over the internet in various e-book formats.

Then the wonderful staff at Smashwords found out about this effort and decided to promote the program - Smashwords authors can use special coupon codes to send the members of the Coalition Forces so they can download books to their reading devices. Since Smashwords offers books in several ebook formats (including Kindle, Palm, .pdf and more), books are readable on all reading devices and even with a web browser.

Kimberlee at Vanilla Heart Publishing made sure that any VHP authors who wanted had the proper coupon codes to send...

I signed up - it is a small service I can do for the men and women who are doing for us. I hope my books will give the soldiers a bit of a reprieve from reality.

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