Muse Food – Gates To Nowhere
You’re tramping around the forest and suddenly, you spot it – a gate in the middle of nowhere.
Do you open the gate? Do you walk through it?
My muse LOVES it when I find a mystery gate.
My mind whirrs.
Where does it lead? Why was it erected? Is it there to keep people out to keep something in?
This gate isn’t a mystery…now. This is La Cueva Del Diablo or The Devil’s Cave. We spotted it in Mazatlán, Mexico. It is located at the bottom of a steep 100 meter ravine and is currently a bit of a tourist attraction It was supposedly used to hide soldiers and ammunition during times of war and there are a gazillion spooky stories associated with it.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – August 7th
Grin And Bare Him, the second story in the Cyborg Unity series (releasing in November), has been sent to my Awesome Editor!
We’ll have at least three rounds of edits…assuming she loves the story. I might have to burn it to the ground and re-write it completely. (shrugs and grins) That happens. Just because I love a story doesn’t mean it works for…well…anyone else.
I spent this week doing nothing and it was GLORIOUS! I puttered around the garden. I looked up at the stars. I thought about which story to write next.
I’m leaning toward the third core story in the series. It has taken a grip on my brain and I’m super excited about it.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Spend some time outside, if you can. Listen to the birds sing in the morning (or evening if you’re not a morning person). Touch a plant (that is touch-friendly – don’t hug a cactus – grins). This planet is awesome and we’re fortunate to experience it!
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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Bucket Lists
Do you have a bucket list, a list of things you want to do and see and experience while on this wonderful planet (or off it if going to space is on your bucket list)?
When I was 16, I developed a funky kind of arthritis. My rheumatologist at the time told me I’d likely be in a wheelchair by the age of 30. I refused to believe that but I also planned for that possibility.
That meant I worked on my bucket list early. I had breakfast in Paris. I snorkeled in the Great Barrier Reef. I ran a 5k. I told as many people as possible I loved them as often as possible. I saw Les Misérables on stage.
It was AWESOME and I highly recommend doing this, my friends. Start checking experiences off your bucket list now.
Don’t worry. You’ll find new things to add to it!
(Oh and my rheumatologist was wrong about me being in a wheelchair by the age of 30 but I don’t regret hearing that prediction. It pushed me to do more and to not take anything for granted.)
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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The Next Story
I’ve submitted Grin And Bare Him, the second story in the Cyborg Unity series (releasing in November), to my Awesome Editor.
I’ve taken the week off fresh writing.
And I still haven’t figured out what to write next. I should likely write the December free short story but I have NO inspiration for that story right now.
I have plenty of inspiration for Raw Desires, the third story in the Cyborg Unity series (likely releasing in March). Raw is eager to have his story told. (grins)
I’ll think about it for a couple more days.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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It’s The Little Things
In cyborg romances, we read about the BIG moments. They’re saving the universe or fighting evil or boinking against the side of their ship. (grins)
But in life, I believe the little things can also make a big difference in our lives.
I recently broke out a new Sharpie (marker), for example. The ink is bright and the point is crisp. I get a jolt of joy when I use it.
As I got a jolt of joy when I saw a ladybug (ladybird) this morning. He was resting on a rose leaf.
My farming Granddad also claimed ladybug were lucky (they ate many of the bad bugs). And hey, we could all use a little more good luck!
Anyhoo… embrace the little things. They are a great source of happiness.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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Price Increases
As you’ve likely noticed, many writers and publishers have increased their book prices over the last couple months.
Very few writers want to do this. We care about our readers, about making you happy, about not causing you more hardship in an already challenging world.
But promotion sites (like BookBub) and booksellers are increasingly expecting a $3.99 base price for 200 page plus novels. They don’t like it when books are permanently priced lower than that and they punish us by not showing our books to reading buddies.
So I will have to increase the prices of my core books at some time in the future.
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There are two safe ways to read my books more economically.
You can
1* Sign up for email alerts at Smashwords (you can do that here – https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CynthiaSax ).
I SEVERELY discount ALL of my stories about 2 or 3 times a year at Smashwords.
I do this to ensure all my reading buddies can own my stories.
All booksellers now use the same format (ePub) and Smashwords will walk you through loading the eBook on your eReader.
Plus it will also reside in your Smashwords library.
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or you can…
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2* Borrow my eBooks from your local library.
If an eBook I want isn’t listed at my local library, I email them and they usually buy the eBook and list it within a few days.
Sometimes they’ll buy the next story in the series when it releases without any prompting from me.
This helps everyone as other people using that library can borrow the eBook after you’ve read it.
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Anyhoo… if you have any questions or concerns, let me know!
I’m always here for you. (big hugs)
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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Muse Food – The Innocent-Looking Ones
Many writers, myself included, tend to describe dangerous characters as looking…well…dangerous. (grins) They’re big or muscular or heft around huge guns or sport scars.
It is much more interesting, I think, to have the danger come from a harmless-looking being.
Like this red-winged blackbird.
Look at how small, how fragile, how ‘safe’ this red-winged blackbird appears. What is this tiny creature going to do – beat us with feathers?
Yet there are signs plastered all around the site warning people about them.
This little bird will dive bomb much large humans and try to peck their brains out.
And isn’t that an interesting type of character?
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 31st
Grin And Bare Him, the second story in the Cyborg Unity series (releasing in November), is due to my Awesome Editor by end of day (my time) today. I WILL make that deadline but it will be a squeaker. (grins)
I love Grin And Bare Him. I think you’ll love this story also.
My plan for tomorrow is to sleep. All day. And I might sleep all the next day. (laughs) I’m putting everything I have into Grin And Bare Him and I haven’t much left in the energy tank.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Take a nap if you can. Naps are glorious. I love them. Make a list of things you have always wanted to do. Then do something on that list. You deserve to have those experiences.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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Tomato Update
We have a gazillion green tomatoes on the vine and the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are so fraggin’ excited about that. None of them have turned red yet. Not even the mini/cherry tomatoes.
Some will definitely be gifts to the slugs, squirrels, birds, raccoons, etc. When the tomatoes mature, we plan to eat some fresh, freeze enough for the Autumn/Winter/Spring and then give the rest away to family, friends and neighbors.
IF we are fortunate to have that many tomatoes.
Peas are being eaten as they mature. We planted them at different times so we should have fresh peas for snacks until frost.
Beans are forming. I planted those really late in the season.
The wild strawberries the squirrels gifted to us are done producing fruit. They are now pretty ground cover, as is the THREE different types of clover in our back yard (yellow, white and purple).
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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The Slowing Down Of New Releases
As many reading buddies (big hugs) have noticed, my release schedule this year has been…relaxed. I guess that’s the word. (grins) Some reading buddies have expressed concern about this.
Seizing Power was the final book in one of the cyborg world’s big storylines. Many people, including myself, were waiting for Power’s book.
That story was so special and it took everything I had to craft it. This is true of many final books in storylines. They are emotionally challenging.
Many writers take a break before starting the next series.
I didn’t want to do that. Instead, I’m merely taking more time writing the new stories.
I’m traveling. I’m visiting with loved ones and family members. I’m puttering around the garden with the Dear Wonderful Hubby.
And I’m refilling my creative wells.
My slower release schedule will likely extend into 2023.
After that point, I hope to speed up again. Writing is a marathon, not a sprint. Writers have to pace themselves or they will become burned out. And being burned out is no fun for anyone.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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