Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Paranormal Romance HOWLOWEEN Blog Hop!

It's time for The Paranormal HOWLOWEEN Blog Hop
I'm joining more than 60 authors in this event and most of us have prizes on our blogs.  We also have a grand prize!  ~ enter here.

My prize is a pair of my handcrafted Native American-inspired beaded earrings. See picture below. 
The winner will be chosen randomly from comments. Be sure to leave your email address so I can contact you after the event ends. For this spooky time of year, I'm offering a bit from my legend-inspired paranormal romance ~
The Witchy Wolf and the Wendigo  


Discover the truth behind the fiction
http://thewitchywolfandthewendigo.blogspot.com/


What does an immortal Native American shaman do when the grave he’s sworn to watch over for all eternity disappears under urban development?  

The True Beginning

Ten years ago, a reporter for a small-town newspaper heard word of strange dawn and dusk sightings of a wolf-like creature roaming the Wisconsin countryside. Her investigation revealed the local police officials had initially taken these calls lightly, but this had changed when calls began coming from upstanding citizens.

Authorities had determined what these eyewitnesses had actually seen was a lone wolf broken off from a pack running in the wilds of northern Wisconsin. Young male wolves seeking to start a new pack are known to strike off on their own. Leaving the vast stretches of wooded landscape, they might travel one hundred miles in a day. It seemed likely. However, the witnesses were adamant that what they’d seen had been no ordinary wolf. This wolf walked like a man.

Intrigued, the reporter collected the stories. To her surprise, other witnesses came forward telling of sightings that they’d never reported. In fact, some eyewitness accounts had occurred more than seventy years prior, the details only whispered to relatives who were sworn to secrecy lest friends and neighbors think heavy drinking was involved. These stories she also collected, for she knew hushed secrecy was not a direction fame-seekers usually take.

More curious now, the reporter deepened her investigation and uncovered another bizarre detail: the sightings were mentioned in ancient oral traditions of the Native Americans in the region. In those tales, dog men or witchy wolves looked after burial mounds in much the same way jackal-headed Anubis guarded the tombs of ancient Egypt. And even more bizarre, early French explorers knew of them too. They called these wolf-men the loup-garou. 



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My Prize 

HOWLOWEEN Blog Hop Participants

1. Jane Wakely  24. Allison Merritt  47. Natalie-Nicole Bates  
2. Dawn Marie Hamilton  25. Margo Bond Collins  48. M.L. Guida  
3. J.D. Faver  26. Andrea R. Cooper  49. Ellie Potts  
4. Tara Manderino  27. J.J. DiBenedetto  50. Rosanna Leo  
5. Rose Anderson  28. Karen McCullough  51. Tabitha Conall  
6. J.R. White  29. Lindsey R. Loucks  52. Serena Zane - Passion to Die for...  
7. Tricia Schneider  30. Lisette Rue  53. Sotia Lazu  
8. Diane Saxon  31. Robyn Leigh Cress  54. Lyndi Lamont  
9. Tara Quan  32. Kathy  55. Helen Rena  
10. Danita Minnis  33. Lisa Medley  56. Aubrie Dionne  
11. Angelica Dawson  34. Lashell Collins  57. Shauna Aura Knight  
12. JoAnne Myers  35. Lisa Voisin  58. Celia Breslin  
13. Zoe Dawson  36. Stephanie Keyes  59. Ju Ephraime  
14. Jackson D'Lynne  37. Eargasms Audiobook Reviews  60. Iyana Jenna  
15. Daryl Devore  38. KaSonndra Leigh  61. ExciteSteam  
16. Cynthia Kimball  39. Joanne Jaytanie  62. Dianne Duvall, Paranormal Romance Author  
17. Peyton Brittany Clarke  40. Alexis Duran  63. Lorraine Pearl  
18. Catherine Chant  41. Draven St. James  64. Ariel Storm  
19. Victoria Pinder  42. Guy D. Ogan  65. Georgeann Swiger  
20. Eva Lefoy  43. Linda Mooney's Other Worlds of Romance  66. Ambrielle Kirk  
21. Cassandra Giovanni  44. Molle McGregor  67. Kathy Bryson  
22. Jessica Aspen  45. Ashley Ladd  

23. Jessica Jordan  46. Sam Cheever  
 

11 comments:

  1. this is my first visit to your site and i loved looking around...your books look great

    parisfan_ca@yahoo.com

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  2. Legend inspired stories are always interesting to read.
    skpetal at hotmail dot com

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  3. Haven't read many stories with a wendigo, they've been very scary.

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  4. You have me intrigued; I want to know more. Thanks for sharing with us as well as for the beautiful giveaway. michelle_willms at yahoo dot com

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  5. I like using legend or bits of truth in stories. I thought a loup-garou was a curse of evil. At least it has been in a couple of stories I've read. But I'll never know, I'm city girl.
    roya-clan@sbcglobal.net

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  6. Wow! I love reading about urban legends like this. I'll be spending some time on Google tonight! :) Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway! prettylittlepages[at]gmail[dot]com

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  7. I read a lot of paranormal romance and love anything based on Urban Legends. I always wonder if they are true. To be honest I think there has to be at least a little truth in them for them to exist in the first place.

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  8. I like the earrings and the books sounds interesting.
    leighannecrisp at yahoo dot com

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  9. I look forward to reading your books.
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  10. Love this, =) can´t wait for my chance to read more!
    Thanks for the giveaway & Happy Halloween!
    //Linda

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  11. I love the Native American theme. These earrings are gorgeous! When I was in New Mexico, I loved being around the reservations.
    janicecrespo at gmail dot com

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