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AN L.J. HOLMES MUSE MYSTERY IN FEBRUARY

2012-01-22T14:20:00.000-08:00

You feel her,

though can't find her, even though you immediately know she's

there, sort of, but not there.

The silence is deafening, confusing, troubling. She's gone, but she's not the only one,

Mr. Highbrows, their irrverent, condescending cat is missing too.

Kidnapping? What kind of kidnappers take a woman and a cat who'd just as soon bite the hand that feeds him than purr and stretch in contentment?

Kidnapping is the only answer to the deadly silent house he returns to after an uneventful day at work...right?

What other reason could there be? Hadn't they made impossibly passionate love just that morning? Hadn't they professed their

undying love for each other before he grabbed his briefcase for the banality of his business life?

She's gone...Mr. Highbrows is gone...

It's a mystery...but will he figure it out before it's too late?

She's Gone, by L.J. Holmes is releasing from Muse It Up Publishing Inc in February 2012.

The incredible cover for She's Gone is by Muse It Up Publishing's newest Cover Art Goddess, Nika Dixon and like the cover, promises a short, powerful tale that will leave you reeling long after the last word fades from your e-reader.

Check back in the days and weeks to come for more info about this intriguing mystery story's upcoming

Muse It Up Publishing's buy page debut.

Until then, read some of L.J. Holmes's other short stories on her author's blog at

http://linsownauthorsplatform.blogspot.com/

LET THE CORONATION OF THE MUSE KING OF HUMOR COMMENCE

2012-01-16T19:30:00.000-08:00

His words are liberally laced with giggles. His concepts have you bowing one moment, then grabbing your side to rub the stitch your guffaws at his proclamations have caused.

Sir Graeme is the essence of elegant speak and joins these luminaries as knights of the magical round table of humor...assuming King Arthur's round table included Sir George of Burns, that cigar smoking singer who chooses to warble in a key we struggle not to wince over.

Sir Bob of Hope, (also known as Packy East...bet you didn't know that!), and ski-nose.

Sir Stan of Laurel and Sir Ollie of Hardy; what a pair of royal knights of the Laugh Table they made!

Sir Jack of Benny, who will forever be just thirty-nine.

Sir Desi of Arnaz who's in need of much 'splainin'.

Sir Bill of Cosby, creator of Fat Albert, and ponderer of "what's a cubit?'

Sir Dean of Martin, and Sir Jerry of Lewis. Be still my giggling heart,

and of course Sir Moe,

Sir Larry and

Sir Curly of Stooges.

And who do these mirthing knights court? Well quite naturally they court the knightettes!

Lady Carol of Burnett, champion of the Tarzan yell!

Lady Phyllis of Diller...she married Fang, Sir Curly's valet. (Bet you didn't know that either! Okay maybe THAT'S a bit of poetic exaggeration.)

Lady Gracie of Allen, who kept Sir George of Burns bedecked in some really intriguing hand-stitched attire.

Lady Lucy of Ball...with all that 'splainin' how did she find time to stomp those grapes, or demonstrate

?
Lady Betty of White,

a golden girl, with many a password forming on her lips while getting hot in Cleveland.

Lady Bernadette of Peters. Singing to the Muppets, and letting Steve Martin play the jerk let her shine.

Lady Madeline of Kahn, no one could have ever portrayed Clue's Mrs. White better.

and Lady Gilda of Radner a queen among her peers, she brought Saturday Night ALIVE!.

Muse It Up Publishing opened its doors, not knowing

HE would cross the threshold...he who belongs with all his luminaries past and present at that

Round Table of Humor...except, we have to do better.

I have no Round Table, and Camelot

has gone to the same dimension as Valhalla, so it is my duty to crown the incontrovertible KING of all things humorous here, in our dimension...our world.

He came to us, simply as Sir Graeme Smith, hiding his light beneath the patina of authorial eloquence, but he could not hide his true brilliance for long.

Just as our Queen of all things Humorous, Ginger Simpson deserved her coronation, so too does Sir Graeme, hereafter known as

MUSE KING OF HUMOR...Please bow before His Majesty, and grab your side...(might as well be prepared.)

I am lowering the crown upon him and you know what THAT means!

All Hail

King Graeme of the Muse...long may he infuse his humor upon us.

MY FEBRAUARY RELEASE...SHE'S GONE...HAS A COVER

2012-01-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

My very 1st NIKA DIXON cover is here....

Isn't it GREAT? The story is due out in February and I promise to tell you more about it in a little bit. For now, I am just going to sit here a spell and gawk at my beautful new cover.

Thank you, Nika

LJ Holmes PRESENTS GAIL ROUGHTON BRANAN...DOCUMENTOR

2012-01-06T12:31:00.000-08:00

Stories of the beginning...

mythologies woven within the

fabric of all peoples have played out in our consciousness since man

first rose from the land to walk on two legs.

But are those tales as true as the one of Lincoln's ghost haunting the White House grounds?

Gail Roughton Branan says "Wait a minute. You have not heard the WHOLE story."

The whole story? The Greeks have THEIR whole story.

The Egyptians story differs dramatically from the Greeks.

Sumatrins have their's, and have you not heard the legends of the

Atlanteans, the Vikings, the Gods of India, and of course China?

"They come AFTER," Gail proclaims...and thus begins the background for her soon to be released, as in April 2012

debut presentation of the TRUTH, before history's truth.

Miami Days and Truscan (K)nights, shares the genesis of the TRUTH...and yes, I AM borrowing a more modern term for the dawn of all that is...unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your point of view, I grew up AFTER the Greeks, Romans, and so many other cultures created the tapestry of ancient legends...before Gail was charged with the monumental job of sharing the TRUTH...so different from all we have all been taught.

Trusco...God of Thunder and Lightning...hmmm, is he the model the Greeks used to create

Zeus that the Romans renamed Jupiter?

Trusco's wife, Tam, Mother of Nature...is she the forerunner of

Hera and Juno, the Greek and Roman Goddesses of Birth?

Andovo, God of Light? Does he have counterparts in the Greek and Roman Pantheons

Apollo?

Or is Hyperion a Greek Titan BEFORE Zeus and his offspring the descendant of Andovo?

Motravia, Andovo's wife...The Goddess of the Stars? One of two Greek Titans...

Asteria or

Astreaus depending on the purpose of the Goddesses interest in the stars could be the descending Goddesses of Motravia?

Finally Fresco...the playful son of Andovo and Motravia. Hmmmm...The Egyptians had

Bast, also known as the Cat Goddess...

India had

goddess Lalita and her many playful faces.

What is truth?

Ms. Branan has given us the Originals with the TRUTH.

But as with the Chinese understanding of the Yin and Yang dragons...with good must come balance in the form of bad...or to be more accurate...light cannot live without darkness.

Enter Prias...

The Greeks have

Erebus consort of Nyx, Goddess of Night.

April 2012...the TRUTH can finally be revealed; shared. It's stories will shake the very foundation we have all grown up with as it pulls aside the curtains of the

Ancients and reveals THEIR genesis.

Thank you Gail Roughton Branan.

Until then, to learn more about this bringer of TRUTH and updates, check out her blog,

Flowers on the Fence.

LJ HOLMES PRESENTS: THE CHRISTMAS WAR Part Two Beck Speaks Out

2011-12-15T12:55:00.000-08:00

Last week,

Irene Cavington stopped by and spoke out about her needs and the immediacy to get them met.
http://linsownblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/lj-holmes-presents-christmas-war.html
Today, the day before their story releases from

Muse It Up Publishing, Inc., in time for Christmas,

Beck Cavington has her say.

Welcome Beck. Last week your mother stopped by and may I say, she sounded a bit put out by you. How are things between you and your mom now?

About the same as always. Mom, can be a bit hard to take.

How so?

Well, Mom places social status and money above everything. In her mind, everyone, even those that would technically be in our same social strata are beneath her.

That must have made for a difficult childhood.

Luckily I had my best friend Angie Brightwell then, Angie Drayton now, and her parents to fill the void.

What about your Dad?

Dad left us when I was little. We have no relationship. As far as I know he could be dead.

I'm really sorry to hear that. It's hard enough to be a kid in today's world, but a kid without a father...that's really tough.

I had Angie's dad and he was really good to me. So was her mom. They sort of adopted me as a second daughter.

Last week your mom bemoaned about your lack of compliance with her suggestions for you life.

{giggling} Mom doesn't suggest; she browbeats. If Mom wants you to do something she nags and nags and nags some more until you get so tired of hearing her whine you just give in to her.

So you're going to go along with her current plan?

To marry Teddy, her current prize lapdog? No! I am not marrying him or any of the other sad excuses she parades before me.

But you are about to turn 35. Aren't you afraid of being a...pardon me for using an ancient term, spinster?

Why does everyone assume women aren't complete unless they're married? I am very happy owning my store...it's a confection store and I make everything that stocks our shelves. I have a rich personal life. My best friend Angie is about to give birth any day now making me an aunt and godmother. Where am I lacking? My store is reasonably successful, so I'm not reliant on handouts from Mom, and believe me THAT is a big part of my joy.

So you have no intentions of letting Irene push you into a marriage of convenience?

There is nothing convenient about anything connected to my mom, so no, I am NOT going to let her push me into a marriage of ANY sort. Have you SEEN the kind of losers she's urged me to marry? {shuddering} I'd have to be really desperate, and since I'm happy with my life as it is, I'll never get that desperate.

Well, I guess that pretty much says it all. Is there anything else you want my readers to know?

Yes. The Christmas War is releasing from Muse It Up Publishing, Inc. tomorrow on 12/19/11. L.J. Holmes has documented my life and my war with mom very well, but she has done so with heart.

Every copy of our story purchased between now and the end of this quarter, her royalties will be going to THE PROVIDENCE HOUSE a woman's shelter in Burlington County, NJ.

Ms. Holmes is a survivor that was helped by THE PROVIDENCE HOUSE when she needed that extra support to leave her monster. THE PROVIDENCE HOUSE made it possible for Ms. Holmes

and her children to escape their monster and move on to have the life they created afterwards.

When she asked me if she could write my story and told me what she wanted to do with her royalties during this time of giving and yes, Christmas Miracles, I was happy to give her exclusive access to my world. I am profoundly honored to be a part of something like this, and hope everyone will pitch in and help.

THE PROVIDENCE HOUSE relies on donations solely.

Thank you Beck Cavington for dropping by to share your side of The Christmas War.

L.J. Holmes has a total of FIVE (5) books she is donating her royalties from to THE PROVIDENCE HOUSE. Please check out her Author's Page and the Buy page for each of her books.

They are:

1. Twilight Comes

2. Beyond Yesterday

3. Suc-U

4. Champagne Afternoon

5. The Christmas War

And now I want to take this opportunity to

thank everyone for the support you have given to my blogs during this past year. You have made me,

Lin and my inner voice

Nudge happy beyond our wildest imaginations.

On behalf of Nudge, Me, and all my Brothers and Sisters at Muse It Up Publishing, Inc,

Have a GLORIOUS holiday Season.

LJ HOLMES PRESENTS; THE CHRISTMAS WAR

2011-12-08T11:26:00.000-08:00

I am Irene Cavington, Beck Cavington's long suffering mother. Next week on December 16th our story, Book two in The Christmas Miracles series...

THE CHRISTMAS WAR by L.J. Holmes is going to be released from Muse It Up Publishing.

Our story is the sequel to that annoying troublemaker Angie Brightwell's story from last year, ridiculously entitled

SANTA IS A LADY.

I want to alert one and all I have been unjustly represented in this sequel and may come across as someone you might not like. I need to protest this portrayal.

I am your average single mom. It isn't easy being both mother and father...so yeah, there are times when I have no choice but to give an unequivocal

no to outrageous things my daughter wanted over the years...but that is only because...well, a mother must always look out for the best interetst of her offspring.

Beck is rapidly approaching the spinsterly age of 35...so of course I am trying to introduce her to someone I hope will click and turn out to be her Mr. Right. No mother wants to see her baby alone in their golden years. Why is that so horrid?

I am careful and vet the men I introduce Beck to, but is she appreciative? No! All she wants to do is run her

Confection Store.

That's fine for now...but making candy, cookies and other tasty things, won't keep her warm at night.

I blame Angie Brightwell...now Drayton...for ratcheting down Beck's expectations. Ever since Angie's car accident all those years ago, Beck's changed and in that change she is no longer looking out for her own future best interests...so naturally it is up to me to step in and

fill that void...before my daughter disappears into

spinsterhood.

Is that so wrong?

The Christmas War, will be released from Muse It Up Publishing in only one week, on December 16th...and I need your help. I need you to

help me convince Beck the time to step up and find her perfect man is not a year from now, or, Heaven help us, ten years from now.

Oh and before I forget it, L.J. Holmes is donating all her royalties for this book and her other fall into winter releases

Beyond Yesterday, a rather intriguing story complete with a possessed northwind,

SUC-U about a corporation owned and operated by Succubi

Champagne Afternoon...ever wondered what it would be like to be dared to spend a day in a nudist camp?

and her May 2011 release, Twilight Comes, a dark story that'll leave your hair standing on end even moreso than how I've been betrayed...let me tell, that's so bad it is really good...to the Burlington County, NJ woman's shelter, The Providence House...I know, I know, generous measure...

On behalf of Beck, myself, and L.J. Holmes, thanks for stopping by. Follow the link down below to the Muse BUY page for our story and more info...(you will always find all L.J.'s other books and her author's page there too,) but remember I AM being unfairly maligned...so ignore all derogative references to me and my agenda...I am JUST a mom; no more nor less.

One more thing...Muse has created its first anthology dedicated to cancer research and treatment called

Lavender Dreams. L.J. Holmes herself introduces one of the many Muse authors that contributed to this worthwile project. To hear L.J, learn about it and be one of the very first to own this grounbreaking book, follow the link below Karen Coté's avatar.

You won't want to miss L.J. live and Karen's incredible ingenuity on Karen's website
And on behalf of all of the Muse Publishing Family

The Christmas War Buy Page

Happy Holidays.

THREE STORIES...ONE READER'S REVIEW

2011-11-28T08:45:00.000-08:00

She won

CHAMPAGNE AFTERNOON...one of my shortest but hottest stories. I added two more of my short stories for fairness of length...which of my nine others to date did I send her?

BEYOND YESTERDAY and

FOREVER WITH YOU.

Her name is Carole Sutton and she is a mystery, suspense writer from across the pond, now living Down Under.

Yesterday she sent me her reaction to my work APOLOGIZING for taking so long...a

heartbeat of time is a LONG time? You ARE a treasure Carole.

Life has this way of getting in the middle of all our intentions and our

To Do Lists. Such happened with Carole.

She read my three little tales though and graciously reviewed each one...

Let me preface this by saying the reviews of READERS fill me with pride...so let me proudly share Carole's words.

Of the three stories I really enjoyed Beyond Yesterday most. I found the back story of the grandmother really interesting and absorbing. I write crime fiction, murder mysteries and found the plotting of this one touched the spot.

I enjoyed Champagne Afternoon -- I have no idea how to write erotica, so it was interesting to see how you do it. I remember many many years ago stripping off for the nudist beach and could relate to your characters early misgivings. Though it didn't take long to become used to the idea -- but in those days it was all rather sexless!

Forever With You -- I loved the ending. All warm and fuzzy. The story reminded me of the Lady Chatterly's Lover -- which was banned in the UK at the time.

Well, best of luck with your future stories,
all the best,

Carole

Oh My Goodness! Being compared to D.H. Lawrence and

LADY CHATTERLY'S LOVER? A CLASSIC...WOW!

Thank you Carole...and for those interested in learning more about Carole and her works of creative ingenuity, please follow this LINK to her website.

Again, THANK YOU CAROLE. I am so glad you won my books.

WHEN...TWILIGHT COMES by L.J. Holmes

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Dysfunction in family...what does it lead to?

A family of six children,

a social climbing mother and a father whose lines are embedded in

Plymouth Rock.

Moldering lines? Infiltrated with increasingly slimy algae?

TWILIGHT COMES...how can one day so totally splinter an up and coming Wall Street genuis's world?

Can dysfunction lead to Happily Ever After?

TWILIGHT COMES available NOW from Muse It Up Publishing, Inc.

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It's a typical day in Mick's life. A successful stockbroker, he battles the morning traffic, the zip of numbers across the exchange banner while making fortunes grow for his clients, and the number pounding after-images continue to haunt his brain as he drives home. This is his well ordered life.

Home. His work life is numbers, routine, and rational. His home life? Secrets percolate behind closed doors...dangerous secrets...secrets that are about to tip over.

Will Mick survive the explosion about to blow the lid off his private, seemingly perfect world? Will any of them outlast the approaching turmoil and the world finally looking in and seeing the truth behind their closed doors? Or will death and destruction be the ultimate penalty for their secrets revealed?

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And lastly is the oops member of the family. Diana is only six. She was not supposed to be. Mother had religiously taken her birth control, but Diana happened—Mother only marginally adheres to the preaching of the Church—A first grader, she is truly the apple in all of our eyes. In some ways, Diana represented my Mother’s greatest accomplishment. None of her friends had managed to conceive a child that close to menopause, and while taking The Pill. Diana raised Mother to the status of one upon whom a miracle was created. That’s heady stuff, dontcha know?

This book is one that haunted

me to write, haunted me to submit, has haunted me every day since, and from those who have read it, I have been told, they are haunted too.

In the REAL world, not everything is sunny, glowing, and beaming with joy. I wasn't certain when I wrote this, if I would have the

courage to submit it for publication...and the truth is I didn't.

I sent it to my publisher to read because I was CERTAIN I had it right...this book did NOT belong in the published world...

Imagine my shock then when via return e-mail a full contract arrived?

Is it worthy of being out here?

I don't know.

It demanded I write it, and obviously my publisher felt it belonged.

What do you think?

Here's the link to TWILIGHT COMES bookstore page. I need you to tell me...Is this haunting story worthy of being here? I hope so...I truly do.