Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – May 25
Look at the markings on this cat in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! He looks like he’s been digitized! (grins)
I didn’t write much this week. I was spending time with the Dear Wonderful Hubby and in the garden. Everything is growing, growing. The birds sing every morning. The Mafia Squirrels throw peanuts at me and criticize my gardening. (laughs) It is a sliver of paradise in the city.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Find your sliver of paradise. That could be in your nice comfy bed, under the covers. Or in a quiet reading nook in the neighborhood library. Or on a park bench near your workplace. We can all benefit from having a serene, peaceful place we can escape to!
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Cyborg Sizzle Homeland Omnibus
Cyborgs will do anything to protect their Homeland.
* * *
The cyborgs have claimed their Homeland but that has come at a cost. As they reconcile with their pasts, they seek to manufacture happier futures with the females they’re destined to love and cherish forever.
This omnibus includes three stories in the Cyborg Sizzle series: Taking Vengeance, The Cyborg’s Secret Baby and Dark Arsenal.
All of these Cyborg Romances are set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet.
The Cyborg’s Secret Baby
A fierce cyborg warrior and his curvy human female share a no-longer-so-little secret.
Stealth, a K Model cyborg, knows his passion for Zebrina, the commander’s human daughter, is forbidden, yet he can’t resist the curvy female. He craves her touch, cherishes her sounds of pleasure, would do anything to keep her safe.
Dark Arsenal
A cyborg warrior and a Rebel female’s first mission together might be their last.
Arsenal considers himself to be a disposable cyborg. He drifts from assignment to assignment, forming no connections to anything or anyone. When the cyborg council requires a warrior for a high-risk mission, Arsenal volunteers. He believes no one will miss him if he dies. He doesn’t realize he’s one female’s fantasy.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon AU:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book-series/cyborg-romance-continuum/id1488934279
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cyborg-sizzle-homeland-omnibus
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1700426
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How Does A Flower Whistle And Other Bad Flower Jokes
The world is a tire fire but never fear, bad jokes are here!
(grins)
What are Spring’s favorite pickles?
Daffo-dills!
What is the fiercest flower in the garden?
A tiger lily!
How does a flower whistle?
It uses its tulips.
What kind of lion never roars?
A dandelion!
What is a frog’s favorite flower?
Croak-us!
Where do roses sleep at night?
In their flowerbeds!
What is a golfer’s favorite flower?
Fore-get-me-nots!
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Mafia Squirrel Dance Party Weekends
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I spend a lot of time in our back yard during the weekdays, from Monday to Friday. We live in the city and most of our neighbors are at work or completing other tasks. It is peaceful and relaxing.
During the weekends, we tend to give our now-at-home neighbors that same peacefulness. We avoid our fenced in back yard and allow them the illusion they’re alone with nature.
The Mafia Squirrels and other non-human creatures in the neighborhood have noticed that routine.
So they tend to spend the weekends in OUR back yard, avoiding the humans rummaging around in other areas.
Yes, it is a Mafia Squirrel Dance Party in our back yard every weekend.
(grins)
Although the Mafia Squirrels are usually quite territorial during the rest of the week, they tolerate…sort of…the proximity of their rivals for those couple days.
It is like a Disney movie. Except they, unfortunately, don’t clean our home.
(laughs)
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Throwback Thursday – Seeking Vector
We all have secrets.
Trusting someone else with one of our secrets is an act of trust AND an act of love. We want that someone to know more about us, more than the average person knows. And we believe they will NEVER hurt us with that knowledge.
Vector, the cyborg captain of The Freedom, has a HUGE secret. He has trusted no one with it.
But an unknown entity has uncovered it. And they might use that knowledge to hurt him and his crew.
Kasia is that unknown entity. She has no plans to use her knowledge of Vector’s secret…unless he forces her to take that drastic step.
Seeking Vector
A cyborg with a secret… A female seeking the truth…
Vector, the C Model captain of the Freedom, is a cyborg many warriors wish to emulate. He fights fiercely, leads with honor, has earned the respect and loyalty of his crew. But no being, not even a cyborg, is perfect. Since arriving at the Homeland, Vector has been hiding a dark truth about his past. If his secret is exposed, he could lose everything – his position, his ship, and his life.
Kasia excels at uncovering secrets. Half a lifespan ago, her curiosity placed her on the Humanoid Alliance’s kill list. Now she has accessed information the cyborg council would prefer remain hidden. Their warriors are hunting her and won’t rest until she’s dead.
When Vector arrives on her battle station, all grim determination, gray skin, and bulging muscles, Kasia knows he has been sent to kill her. That doesn’t stop her from wanting the dominant cyborg. She senses the savage nature under the male’s controlled exterior, sees the mysteries in his brilliant blue eyes, craves the roughness of his touch. She will risk all she has to experience his embrace.
Kasia braved the cyborg council’s ire for a reason. If she doesn’t convince Vector to act on the information she uncovered, the enemy could destroy his home planet and render every cyborg in the universe immobile.
Can a doubting C Model warrior learn to trust and to love before it is too late?
Buy Now:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Vector-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B075FHBW87/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeking-Vector-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B075FHBW87/
Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Seeking-Vector-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B075FHBW87/
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/seeking-vector/id1280185990
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/seeking-vector
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/746717
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Growing Carrots Vs Being A Lazy Gardener
I love fresh carrots. But I am also a VERY lazy gardener.
I prefer to let nature water the plants. And Spring tends to be very damp in my corner of the universe.
I planted carrots seeds in a container, watered it and placed it outdoors.
Then I forgot about it.
And it didn’t rain for almost a week.
The soil dried out. Which is a disaster for carrot germination. Carrot seeds, to germinate, should be kept moist at all times.
(forehead slap)
Thankfully, one of my Awesome Sisters gave me an extra pack of carrot seeds. So I’m resowing the carrots and putting a note in my calendar every day to water them.
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Sneak Eating On A Cruise
At lunch on a recent cruise, a couple was seated at a table next to ours.
We had seen the husband at various eating venues around the ship. He was usually tucked into a quiet corner of the dining areas, demolishing a huge plate of fries and hamburgers and other goodies.
The waiter handed the couple two menus.
The wife opened her menu, scanned it quickly, and informed the waiter that they were both on extremely healthy diets and would have to customize their orders.
The waiter’s eyes widened ever-so-slightly. He glanced at the husband.
The husband stared back at him. He didn’t say any words but it was clear he warning the waiter not to say a dang thing about him eating all the not-so-healthy food all over the ship.
And the waiter, being a professional, didn’t say anything. He took the wife’s customized orders for two.
The husband ate his very plain salad.
And we saw him at the buffet a couple hours later.
During the rest of the cruise, we’d often see him at the buffet or the grill or other food venues and we’re often see the wife in different areas of the ship clearly looking for him.
He was a master sneak eater.
(grins)
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Muse Food – Sung Sot Cave And Other Portals To Adventure
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I spotted this ‘secret opening’ near Sung Sot Cave in Vietnam.
And we imagined all the possible places (and times!) this entrance was a portal to. I imagined dinosaurs, a land full of giant ferns and equally as large dragonflies. The Dear Wonderful Hubby imagined a private beach edging a pristine sea that was the home to colorful fish no other human had ever seen.
Where do YOU think it leads?
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – May 18th
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I spotted this beautiful cat in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
I love gardening. And I love writing.
One of the wonderful things about loving both of these things and living in the Northern Hemisphere is…
Publishers, agents and other people/entities often slow down during the summer. They don’t look at proposals as quickly. They often don’t sign contracts. At all.
And the summer is when gardening is, for me, the busiest time. I can distract myself from the lack of responses.
(smiles)
Have a wonderful week, my friends! (big hugs) Indulge in a happy distraction. That could be listening to a stranger’s not-so-private phone call while you ride the bus or stopping to watch a butterfly flutter by or reading a sexy short story. The best paths aren’t often the shortest ones. They are the paths that wander!
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Cyborg Sizzle Homeland Omnibus
Cyborgs will do anything to protect their Homeland.
* * *
The cyborgs have claimed their Homeland but that has come at a cost. As they reconcile with their pasts, they seek to manufacture happier futures with the females they’re destined to love and cherish forever.
This omnibus includes three stories in the Cyborg Sizzle series: Taking Vengeance, The Cyborg’s Secret Baby and Dark Arsenal.
All of these Cyborg Romances are set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet.
The Cyborg’s Secret Baby
A fierce cyborg warrior and his curvy human female share a no-longer-so-little secret.
Stealth, a K Model cyborg, knows his passion for Zebrina, the commander’s human daughter, is forbidden, yet he can’t resist the curvy female. He craves her touch, cherishes her sounds of pleasure, would do anything to keep her safe.
Dark Arsenal
A cyborg warrior and a Rebel female’s first mission together might be their last.
Arsenal considers himself to be a disposable cyborg. He drifts from assignment to assignment, forming no connections to anything or anyone. When the cyborg council requires a warrior for a high-risk mission, Arsenal volunteers. He believes no one will miss him if he dies. He doesn’t realize he’s one female’s fantasy.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon AU:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book-series/cyborg-romance-continuum/id1488934279
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cyborg-sizzle-homeland-omnibus
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1700426
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There Are No Tariffs On Resold Goods
One of the projects the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I have been undertaking is packing up the gently used or still-in-the-package items we will never use to take to a charity shop.
We hope that someone else can find delight in them.
Normally, we do this in the Fall/Autumn, before the busy holiday season. That way the charity shops won’t have to store them for very long.
But this year, due to the bizarre tariff war the US has instigated, we suspect there will be more people shopping at charity shops during the Spring and Summer.
Because there are NO tariffs on second hand or resold goods.
It is also great for the environment. And the goods should be less expensive.
It is a win-win-win for everyone.
(smiles)
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If You Want The Butterflies…
This massive caterpillar munched his way through half of a taller-than-me mini tomato plant. I hope to see more Laurel Sphinx moths this year due to our hosting of him.
(smiles)
One of the things I often say to fellow gardeners is “If you want the butterflies, you have to feed the caterpillars.”
Caterpillars nibble on the leaves of our plants. They make the roses in our front yard, for example, look a bit ragged. They don’t kill the rose plants (the birds and yellowjackets ensure their population doesn’t become large enough to do that) but the plants aren’t the prettiest.
And the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are okay with that.
Because we love butterflies. And hosting caterpillars is the best way to ensure we have butterflies.
This is true of many things in life. To achieve a wonderful result, we have to deal with the ugly, the hard, the strenuous.
To have a published book, we need to write every single word. To have friends, we have to interact with people. Often. To be have a trash-free neighborhood, we have to pick up the trash.
Dream of the world you want.
Then do that hard work, the ugly work to make that dream a reality.
You can do this!
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