Archive for December, 2009

Happy Holidays!

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

      It’s only three days  until Christmas!  Be safe and enjoy your friends and family over the holidays. Remember to be patient and considerate of others during this busy time of year.  I will be traveling tomorrow and will be off-line for a few days.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Weslynn

 

 

 

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Blog Interview with Book Talk

Friday, December 18th, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8:00am
End Time:
Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 5:00pm
Location:
online at http://booksbypickles.blogspot.com

Description.

Author Jamie Cortland will be visiting Book Talk to talk about her book, Skin Deep. She’s given us a guest blog on the history of the book and is running a contest. The winner will be awarded an autographed copy of Skin Deep.

Holiday Book Festival!

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Where: The Cultural Center of Charlotte County

              2280 Aaron Street

              Port Charlotte, Fl. 33952

When: December 17, 2009   10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Featuring: Local Authors, a visit from Santa at 1:15 p.m., Children’s Story Hour at 2:00 p.m.,Vote for your Favorite Author! “So You think You Can Write” Award Ceremony, Live Jazz by Ingroove, Autographed Books! Free Seminars!

If you are an author and would like to participate in the book fair, please call 941-625-4175 ext. 253 as soon as possible.

I will autographing my books at the event.

See you there!

Weslynn

Shopping for the Holidays!

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

     Christmas and Hanukkah are nearly upon us. Purchasing gifts for your loved ones is often difficult. Following are some ideas based upon zodiac signs and their preferences:

Aries   March 21-April 19    Diamonds, sports equipment and barbeque utensils.

Taurus April 20-May 20   Emeralds, romance novels, perfume, flowers, and chocolates.

Gemini  May 21… June 20    Black onyx, travel books, games, air, bus, or rail tickets.

Cancer  June 21-July 22   Pearls, potted plants, gardening tools, cookware.

Leo  July 23-August 22   Rubies, gold jewelry, romantic movie videos, sports equipment

Virgo  August 23-September 22   Books related to health, diet, and travel, calendars, nostalgia

Libra  September 23-October 22  Opals, books of art and music

Scorpio  October 23-November 21   Topaz, metaphysical, mystery, and steamy romance books, crystals.

Sagittarius  November 22-December 21  Precious gems, travel and sports videos, sports equipment.

Capricorn  December 22-January 19   Garnets, leather goods, organizers, clocks, quilts.

Aquarius  January 20-February 18   Black pearls, music, electronics, music, sweaters.

Pisces  February 19-March 20   Moonstones, music, mystery, romance, and fantasy novels.

Have fun and enjoy the holidays!

Note: If you know the ascending or rising sign of the person to whom you are giving a gift to, you may find that they will also enjoy receiving gifts under their rising sign.

Holiday Recipes by Weslynn & Friends

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Holiday Recipes

Please leave a holiday recipe!  Sign your name and add your URL and the title of your latest published work  (article, poem, song or novel)  if you wish.

Since I’m a semi-vegetarian, I don’t consume much meat, but following is one of my favorite recipes for Bar-B-Que beef briscuit. This can easily take the place of turkey or ham at the holidays and may be prepared even if it is snowing or raining outside.

For maximum enjoyment, before you begin preparing dinner, turn on the music and pour a glass of  your favorite beverage.

Guava Mojito

Muddle 6-10 mint leaves with the juice of 1 medium/large lime

2 Oz. Cruzan Guava Rum

2-3 oz. Simple Syrup (vary the amount to your taste)

Club Soda, Ice Lime slice for garnish.

If you want homemade sumple syrup, bring to a boil 1 cup sugar with 1 cup water, imediately remove from heat and steep 4=5 mint leaves, just as you would tea. (Don’t use mint flavoring spice.)

Barbecue Beef Brisket

Ingredients

1 Beef Brisket

Garlic salt, celery salt, onion salt, worcestershire sauce, smoke sauce, and your favorite barbeque sauce.

Sprinkle the brisket with garlic salt, celery salt, and onion salt. Marinate covered with foil in liquid smoke overnight. In the morning, after you remove it from the fridge, sprinkle worcestershire sauce over the brisket, cover with foil, and place it in the oven at 275 degrees Cook five hours. Uncover. Pour barbeque sauce over the brisket and cook at 275 degrees for one hour. Remove from oven and cool one hour. It’s so much easier and much more tender if you slice along with the grain. 

Weslynn McCallister, Author of SKIN DEEP

http://www.weslynn.com

Excerpt from “Timing is Everything; Astrology is the Key” by Wes Alistair

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

 ”Mars in its Retrograde Position”

 by Wes Alistair

Mars, ruler of Aries and God of War, is considered the planet of action, aggression, and energy. Wherever Mars is positioned in your chart natally, you will expend your energies.

For instance, if Mars is positioned in the tenth house of your birth chart, you will focus most of your energy on career matters. If it is in your sixth house, you will focus on  health matters and the service fields.

In its retrograde position, Mars never actually moves backward, but  appears to do so because of its position in orbit and its relationship to Earth. A benefic planet’s influence such as Venus is weakened when it is retrograde; however, the influence of a planet such as Mars is intensified for the eighty days it is retrograde. During the two or three days before and after it is turning, it is said to be in its stationary position. In this position, it is at its strongest.

Autographed copies of “Timing is Everything; Astrology is the Key,” by Wes Alistair are available through the author’s web site at http://www.weslynn.com, The book is also available to order at: Trafford.com and Amazon.com.

Excerpt from SKIN DEEP by Jamie Cortland

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

 
     James tossed and turned. In his dream, he lived a nightmare of the past. He tried to block out the scene that played on the canvas of his mind, but neither the images nor the voices would disappear. 

     “Go then, and good riddance.” Brakes screeched as a fire-engine red Pontiac raced over the bridge and struck Elaine. Her shrill scream cut through the early evening hours. She flew up onto the hood of the car, bounced twice, and landed hard on the pavement. Traffic on Palmento Park Road backed up for miles as she lay dying just across the street from her favorite restaurant. Blood oozed from her head and puddle on the hot asphalt.
    

      James sat straight up in bed. Perspiration beaded on his forehead. Screams echoed in his mind, along with a vision of his wife dying just a few feet away from him. He’d had this dream on every anniversary of Elaine’s death for the past twelve years. Had he pushed her? He might have wanted to, but in his right mind, he would never have killed anyone. Even though he’d never been baptized, he’d been brought up Christian. By the time he was six years old, he knew the Ten Commandments.
     

     Though the fatal accident had happened years ago, the day remained crystal clear in his mind. When he’d awakened that morning, he’d gone for his usual walk on the beach. It was hot and humid, unbearable so for 6:30 a.m., although this weather was not unusual for Florida. The heavy, rain-laden clouds and warm waters of the Atlantic promised that a tropical storm was brewing.
    

     Lately, his mind had been as stormy as the weather forecast. He’d been hearing voices again, voices that drove him past the edge of sanity. When Elaine had been killed, Bobby had only been three years old. After that day, he’d raised his son alone. Perhaps Bobby had been better off without a mother, like the voices had said.
    

     Elaine had been unfaithful to him for as long as he could remember. Steve had told he’d seen her in restaurants with men when he’d been out of town. Since Steve had been a friend of his mother’s for most of her life, he had no reason to doubt him. When he’d accused Elaine, she’d denied it. She’d wanted a divorce, full custody of their son, alimony child support and their home. He’d desperately wanted her out of the way. Maybe he had pushed her. Was this Elaine’s way of punishing him if he had? By haunting him?