It’s Saturday, but there was a little issue with the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. It seems Bigfoot tripped over the extension cord that powers Linda G. Hill’s neighborhood. She asked me to fill in – please don’t question her judgement – so I have a prompt from me to wrestle with at the bar,
“Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘cent/scent/sent.’ Use them in any form you like. Use one, use two or use them all. Bonus points if you use all three, and Cheryl will put your next drink on David’s tab. I know, you used to get bonus points for two, but inflation… Enjoy!”
If we were having a beer, you’d be wondering why I am here.
“Hi Dan. I’m surprised to see you here today.”
“It’s Saturday, David, why wouldn’t I be here?”
“Well, I know you have this book launch thing coming up. I figured you’d be preparing for that.”
“He’s all prepared, David. Here’s your Corona, Dan.”
“How do you know, Cheryl?”
“Because, silly, I’m a stop on the tour. Dan will be visiting my blog on Monday. He already sent me everything I need.”
“And you’re ready, Dan? Done? All set to go?”
“Well, I’m ready for this week.”
“This week? Please don’t tell me it’s going on longer than that, Dan. I mean. I get it, you wrote a book, but I already bought it, so…”
“The launch only runs one week, David, but there are a couple people who offered to help but had a conflict this week. They are letting me visit later.”
“OK. And what about your blog? Are you joining the launch with your own posts?”
“No. Things will be business as usual at my place. I will reblog the launch posts, but if you’re looking for Cee’s Fun Foto on Monday, or Linda G. Hill’s One-liner on Wednesday, have no fear.”
“No fear? That’s a good one, Dan. I’m not surprised you wrote a novel, given you write several hundred words to get a one-liner out the door.”
“Well, I can’t make any promises, but I’m going to try to go easy on the word count next week.”
“Welcome relief, Dan.”
“Thanks, David.”
“You boys want another round?”
“That sounds good, Cheryl. This beer went down easy.”
“As did this first glass of John Howell’s Bourbon. It must be the cherries.”
“You want me to skip them this time?”
“Don’t even joke about that, Cheryl. I need to fortify myself.”
“They do say you should have a couple servings of fruit each day.”
“I’m not sure three cherries in a glass of bourbon constitutes a serving of fruit, Cheryl.”
“Don’t make waves, Dan. Fruit is fruit. These cherries, the lime in your Corona, they all count.”
“OK, as long as you’re sharing the credit.”
“Speaking of sharing the credit, who are the people who are hosting you on this tour?”
“The tour starts tomorrow at the Priorhouse Blog.”
“Then my place on Monday. Here’s your bourbon and your cherries, David. I’ll freshen the seltzer in a minute. Dan, here’s your beer.”
“Thanks Cheryl. And remember, this is all on my tab.”
“Two cents worth of seltzer will be added in a minute.”
“I suspect the bourbon is a bit more. Anyway, Dan. Please go on.”
“Teagan will be hosting me on Tuesday. I’ll be visiting Marian Allen on Wednesday; Jan Sikes on Thursday and it wraps up at Miriam Hurdle’s blog on Friday.”
“Will anything be revealed that I don’t know from having read the book?”
“I think there are a few things, I had some hard questions.”
“I’m surprised Teagan has time for you to visit. Didn’t she just release her latest Journey?”
“She did, David, and it’s everything I hoped it would be.”
“Will you let me read that when you’re done?”
“No. I finally have the complete set of fourteen Journeys. I’m not going to lend you one of the paperbacks and have it disappear. But, since you paid for these drinks, I’ll gift you a Kindle copy.”
“That’s decent of you, Dan.”
“Oops, Dan, I forgot your lime. Here, let me shove this in there for you.”
“Yikes. Cheryl the lime juice squirted in my face.”
“I’m sorry Dan. Here’s a napkin. It’s a nice scent. Tell people you’re wearing ‘hint of lime’ cologne.”
“I thought they put the limes in to keep the bugs away, Cheryl. Although that does sound like the kind of cologne…”
“David, be nice.”
“I paid for the beer, Cheryl.”
“Fine, be nicer!”
“Cheers Dan, and good luck with the launch. It sounds like you have some wonderful people helping you.”
All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.
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