Tuesday, December 30, 2014

I-TUNES STORE FEATURING FIRSTINASERIES PROMOTION FOR CHOSEN BOOK SERIES



READERS WHO BUY FROM I-TUNES STORE: 

I am proud to announce Gastien: The Cost of the Dream was chosen by Apple to be promoted in the FirstInASeriesFree promotion for the next couple of weeks! They put it in Historical Romance, and it isn't a romance...but at least it got in. I guess they figure Historical was close enough.  

CHECK OUT MANY OTHER FREE BOOKS THAT ARE FIRST IN A SERIES! 

Here is the link:https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?cc=us&fcId=826975374

Thank you. I hope you find some great new series to enjoy in 2015.

Caddy Rowland is a novelist and painter. Her social media links follow.
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Monday, December 22, 2014

101 FREE Flash Fiction Stories by Hugh Howie and others!


Hi,

I have a FREE ebook for you.

Stories on the Go
101 very short stories by 101 authors

The idea for this anthology was first launched by Hugh Howey of WOOL-fame, on Kboards, a forum for Kindle owners and the home of a bunch of unruly indie writers.
My friend and author, Andrew Ashling ended up coordinating the whole project, and we all owe our thanks to him.

This is so-called flash-fiction. All stories are a thousand words or less and can be read in about five minutes. Perfect to while away the time when you're waiting for something to happen or someone to arrive.
Did I mention it's completely free?

My own story is set in the time period and area the first 2 Gastien books were in: late nineteenth-century Paris in the Montmartre area. It is about one of the few female artists of the time.

You can download Stories on the Go on




I hope you'll enjoy your free ebook.

Caddy Rowland is a novelist and painter. Her social media links follow.
To find out about her novels visit http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005FW8BZE
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Author Email: caddyauthor@gmail.com
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Friday, December 12, 2014

Remember Hobby Lobby Ruling? As Predicted, This Nonsense is Spreading


Remember when Hobby Lobby won the court case that they CAN discriminate and not offer certain health insurance benefits because of "religious" beliefs? I had blogged here it was only the beginning, and we would see our freedoms further eroded under the guise of "freedom of religion". What it really amounts to are bigots and sexists finding ways to control women, gays, and other people they just don't happen to like much.

Think I'm joking? Well, yesterday a federal judge granted the Hastings Chrysler Center (a car dealership) in Hastings, MN (the state I live in) the right to decide not to cover "certain" forms of contraception because they are against his religious beliefs.

I'm sad, angry, and scared. Next it will be pharmacies not filling prescriptions. Or a nurse in a hospital withholding treatment. Or anything. Because, truly, now that a couple of businesses have paved the way, anyone can put their personal beliefs in motion and ask to be granted immunity from providing the things Americans are supposed to have the rights to.

It isn't far reaching to assume a Jehovah Witness business owner could be granted the right to exclude blood transfusions from employee insurance. Or a bigot business owner to quote some Bible verse about gays  to the court and be granted the right to not cover drugs for HIV.

Don't people see what's happening right under our noses? While people bitch and moan about how prayer in school should be a big issue, or who should have the right to marry, rights are being stolen from us and we aren't doing a damn thing about it.

The far right has been very savvy about getting people who have no business voting for the party who is only interested in the very wealthy to actually vote for them. How? By getting them frothing at the mouth about small things like the prayer in school, all the while making sure freedoms we already have are steadily being taken away. Just like with health care. They are dying to take away what little progress has been made, and will do everything possible to block single payer or even government health care. Why? Because they don't give a shit about people. They only care about making money, and they hide behind religion to make gullible people their puppets. They do it by acting like they care about being "Godly."

In reality, they could care less about prayer in school. But it gets religious nuts voting for them. They only care about abortion because they want to control women. If they did really care about human life, they'd want to support programs that actually help feed those children they're so gung-ho about seeing born.

It's all about power. And we're allowing them to gradually eat away at our freedom. One business, one blocked policy at a time.

If ever there were a day where flags should be flying at half mast, I'd say today would be the day.

America isn't losing its greatness because of a lack of belief in God. America is losing its greatness because we're allowing zealots to control us in the name of religion. Talk about taking the name of the Lord in vain. What a perfect example.

Caddy Rowland is a novelist and painter. Her social media links follow.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Ho Ho Ho Pulling out the Tree For the Grandson



It's been about seven years since we've bothered to decorate for Christmas. Since we are childless by choice and both of us had been working good paying jobs until I got the crazy idea to write, we always just bought what we wanted and didn't even bother with gifts for each other, except for maybe three times in several decades. Most of those gifts ended up being returned or put on the rummage sale pile.

But now things are different. As I've mentioned in past blogs. we have a grandson by love. He is now three, and for the first time will be in town for Christmas. Oh, believe me, Christmas is a BIG DEAL to this guy. And it should be. I have happy memories of many a grand Christmas growing up. Perhaps that's why I don't feel the need to do it up as an adult. There is no way I could mimic the perfection of the Christmas's my parents gave me. Think epic Christmas movie in all it's splendor and you wouldn't even come close.

But now that Gideon knows what Christmas is, and will be in town, we dug out the tree, fibromyalgia be damned. I got it decorated, and it looks lovely even if I say it myself. What few other decorations we didn't ditch at a garage sale several years ago are also displayed. It makes an acceptable Christmas scene. Thank God. As a child I remember going to "old people's" homes where they didn't decorate. It made me sure they were mean and crabby.

Well, color me Santa, I don't want to be seen as a Grinch. So, the lights on the tree are lit, decor is out and even played with at times under close supervision. Gifts will be under the tree. He always did get plenty of gifts from us, but this time they will be sitting under evergreen branches like they should be.

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas, or happy whatever holiday you prefer to celebrate, to you. We are really looking forward to seeing Christmas magic again through the eyes of a three-year-old boy.

Now where did I put the Bailey's Irish Creme? A few slugs of that will make the holidays even merrier, I'm sure.

Caddy Rowland is a novelist and painter. Her social media links follow.
To find out about her novels visit http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005FW8BZE
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