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Another impromptu road trip has put me behind in blogging, so here are some photographs of the super blood wolf moon eclipse of 2019. We have a super long lens, but it is so hard to focus that some of the photos didn’t come out so well. Still, it was so cool, I had to share it.
Mr Wonderful took the photos Sunday night. It was so cold, I wasn’t going out there. lol But, if he hadn’t done it, I would have. Now you know why he is Mr Wonderful!
I loved this book and wanted to share with you this Fantastic Article by Indie House Books and Patrick Jones.
It has been one year ago today that my novel, “The Wolf’s Moon”, was launched. After a year, one might expect the memory of that day to have faded – at least a little. It has not. Everything from my first cup of coffee that morning to the cup of black tea before retiring, are still vivid in my mind.
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Rich and Dana Burnett, who were the managers of Blazer’s Pub and Grill, encouraged me to have the book signing at that establishment. I was a mainstay at Blazers’s, taking many lunches and suppers there, so it seemed more than right. Tom Burnett, the owner, and his lovely wife, Jenit, gave their blessings as well.
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The story takes place in the small town of Maple Hills that is situated in Crawford County, Missouri. I fashioned the mythical town after the true city of Bourbon, Missouri and yes, there is a Crawford County.
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By that Saturday morning, I found several articles in local newspapers about myself and the event. I was starting to get excited.
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The car was packed and ready for the three mile trek from my home to Blazer’s, by eleven. The signing was to start at noon.
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My wife, Sandy, is my Business Manager. She was ready for whatever the day brought and far more openly excited than me.
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Rich and Dana had the tables ready inside while I put up the banners outside. Sandy and I carried in the cases of books. I knew most book signings usually yield sales of eight to ten books. I was ready for that to be the case.
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Before we even had the books unpacked there was a line forming. It went from there.
The event was to be from twelve noon until two, and then from four in the afternoon until six. That never worked. Once it started with the first sale before noon, Sandy and I were selling books until well after eight that evening.
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It was a cold rainy day and I expected that fact to influence book sales. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
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My son and his wife, Gail, along with their three small sons surprised me by showing up. They drove seventy-five miles to be there. My daughter and her husband with my oldest grandson and only granddaughter arrived minutes after my son. A woman I grew up with and had not seen since graduating High School walked in to see me. She lived further away than my daughter.
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Blazer’s had two sides: The bar side and the restaurant side. It was standing room only and barely that.
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The population of Bourbon is around two thousand and I felt almost all turned out. Even people that did not buy a book came in to wish me well. I was signing books while I ate.
I never had writer’s cramp in my hand but I came dangerously close that day.
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Rex, an old Gunny Marine, sat at the bar nursing a Rum and Coke, while he read my book. Sitting next to him, reading, was the Director of the Ozark Regional Library system, Mr. John Mertens. I donated one book but before leaving, for a very long drive home, he bought two more books.
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It would be so easy to go on, giving a blow by blow of each hour, but I won’t bore you. Sandy and I went home that night with quite a few dollars, very few books left over and memories of how satisfying a lot of hard work can be.
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Most of all, I found out how many friends we made in a little town in The Ozarks.
Copyright © 2013 Patrick Jones, All Rights Reserved
The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones Book Signing (preview)
It is most definitely worth your time checking out this book and author at the links below:
http://thelindenchronicles.com
The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones is free for two days only – Friday, 2/1 and Saturday 2/2.
The Dire Wolves really existed and became extinct 4,000 years ago. This was an amazing story and Patrick is already working on the next book of The Linden Chronicles. To see my full Review, scroll down and click on the link.
To get your copy, go to the end of the post and click on the cover.
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In “The Wolf’s Moon” (ISBN 146636016X), author Patrick Jones creates a spellbinding tale of an ancient animal that haunts the foothill towns of Missouri’s Ozark Mountains. An unknown group of scientists has genetically engineered a Dire Wolf into the present day. Allegedly extinct, the ferocious beast preys upon the innocent people of Maple Hills.
To hunt and kill the beast, the town folk will have to rely on the tracking feats of Mark Lansdowne. He is a reluctant hero, still mourning the loss of his wife to illness. Relying on his rescue dogs and indefatigable hunting skills, Mark will set out on foot in search of the mysterious beast. Yet the hunter’s personal history and romantic entanglements will come back to haunt him during his search for the vicious animal.
Accompanying him on the hunt is his pal Warren Skruggs, who knew Mark when he was known as Michael Linden, a chapter of his history that he prefer be kept to the past. Adding to the intrigue are two beautiful, intelligent women who aid the hunter in his quest. Their looks and smarts would make the Bond Girls envious but Mark is still a grieving widower, unsure of how to move forward.
With its mixture of high-stakes hunting and personal and romantic intrigue, “The Wolf’s Moon” is a page-turner that will keep the reader captivated with its unexpected story twists. The thriller suspense novel is a real story grounded in the life and folkways of the Ozark Mountains not just another unbelievable werewolf story grafted onto the romance of the South.
Pat Jones was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. His special interests include the science of paleoanthropology and archaeology.
Woodworking is one of his favorite hobbies, with special emphasis on the unique grains and textures of various species of trees. He and his wife, Sandy, thrive on designing and creating a flower garden of perennials, second to none! Constantly evolving, the garden began as a way that he could surprise his wife on her birthday. The rest is history! The garden now spans one fourth of an acre!
When their children graduated from school, the couple relocated to rural Missouri where they now reside with their four dogs. The love of the area, in combination with the uniqueness of the people, provided the impedance for “The Wolf’s Moon”.
The sequel to “The Wolf’s Moon” is already in the works and proves to be yet another suspenseful page-turner! Pat believes that there is a story in everything. Everybody that he meets has their own special story; one simply has to take the time to listen. The story then writes itself.
To see my Review, go HERE.
To get your copy, simply click on the cover below.
FULL MOON OVER FLORIDA
Please do not copy or use these photos without consulting Sherry Fundin.
These photos were taken by Eric Fundin, my husband, in
Florida. The moon wasn’t really blue, was digitally manipulated. It does look really cool though, doesn’t it? You have heard of “once in a blue moon”, right? It just means it was the second full moon in the same month. This will be the last blue moon until 2015.
