Greta Boris

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MYSTERY, THRILLER, and SUSPENSE GIVEAWAY

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If you’re among the four ebook prize pack winners, you could decide which books we’ll buy for you from the millions on Amazon. Even better, you could take home one of two Kindle Fire 7 tablets we’re giving out as grand prizes!

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Book Club Questions for A Margin of Lust

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Questions: 

  1. Lust isn’t always sexual. In comes in many forms and flavors.  In A Margin of Lust, what does Gwen lust for? Art? The real estate killer?
  2. Have you made the connection between the names of the primary characters in the book and a certain legend?
  3. Any idea why Greta Boris chose those names? (Hint: the answer is in the first circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno. The answer to this and the above question are also on the bottom of the page in case you don’t have your copy of The Divine Comedy handy.)
  4. Gwen and Art’s marriage problems are pretty typical in today’s busy world. Have you or anyone you known dealt with the same issues? How did you, or they, handle it?
  5. Gwen has a deep-seated phobia about close, dark places that stems from her childhood. Do you or someone you know have phobias that haunt you? What are the roots of those fears?
  6. Lance makes an argument for adultery on page 212. (It’s a few pages into Chapter 33 for e-book readers.) What do you think of his logic?
  7. Is adultery ever a good idea?
  8. Two of the characters in the book were affected by their parents’ behavior. Which two? What was the impact on their later life?

Answers to 2 and 3: Gwen, Art and Lance represent the characters in the legend of King Arthur. Dante meets Guinevere and Lancelot in the first circle of hell where they are being punished for their sin. They are thrown about by an eternal storm that represents the passion that controlled them in life. The storm that begins in chapter thirty-seven of A Margin of Lust is inspired by this passage in the Inferno.

Walking into the Men’s Room

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I just got back from the Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference. It was a lovely event, organized and educational, but my first night there I was a little on edge.

Everything was new.

I’d never been to Texas before. I’d never met my publisher before. I was teaching two workshops I’d never taught before. You get the idea.

The first thing I did upon arriving was what most of us do after a long flight and ride from the airport. I asked where the restrooms were. Someone pointed the way. [Read more…] about Walking into the Men’s Room

Wine, Women, and Words Festival!

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Discover your new favorite author while sipping wine in an idyllic setting!

Love to read? Seventeen local female authors representing a wide variety of genres will answer questions about their books, what inspires them, and their writing processes.

Love to shop? Browse booths featuring books, products, and services from Silverado Canyon’s women’s business network, CONNECTION and other local female creatives.

Love to relax? Come enjoy panel discussions, live music, wine tasting, food and more.

Admission is FREE and open to the public. Parking is $5.00. Wine, Women, and Words attendees will receive a coupon for $2.00 off their first glass of wine! 

Saturday, May 12th 2018

Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Location: Giracci Vineyard and Farms:

16162 Jackson Ranch Rd Silverado, CA 92676 * 714.602.1109

 

The first 30 people to register will receive a free gift! You can register at

http://giracci.orderport.net/merchandise/Giracci-Vineyards-Event-Tickets (Scroll down the page).

Excerpt from The Sanctity of Sloth

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CHAPTER ONE

The Medieval anchoress would often be laid on a funeral bier and given last rites before being carried to her anchorhold, the small cell in which she’d be entombed for the rest of her days. The ceremony represented her commitment to die to the world and live for Christ. Some anchorholds contained the anchoress’s open grave as a memento mori, or reminder of death. No longer a participant in the affairs of men, she became an observer, viewing the world through a small window in her cell wall. The symbolic death of self–one’s desires, biases and agendas–is the only path to true objectivity.

From draft one of She Watches – An Anchoress Perspective

by Abby Travers

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Tuesday, March 13th: 11:45 PM

The snap of branches, a wet thud, and a strangled wheeze woke Abby. The sounds weren’t loud, but she’d only been in a half-sleep. She slipped out of her bedroll, crossed the dirt floor to the squint her father had made for her and peered out. [Read more…] about Excerpt from The Sanctity of Sloth

Book Club Questions for The Scent of Wrath

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Questions:

  1. Olivia struggles with bitterness, a form of wrath. She’s bitter toward Davy and her mother. Have you struggled with bitterness in your life? How did it affect you?
  2. Olivia wears anger like a shield. Does anger really protect anyone from anything? If yes, when and from what?
  3. Davy has gone through Celebrate Recovery for his alcoholism. He claims to be reformed. Could you ever trust someone like Davy again?
  4. Two characters, Brian and Doug, have brain damage but it effects each differently. Have you ever known someone with brain damage from an accident? Were they more like Brian or Doug or neither?
  5. Olivia comes up with several recipes for essential oils. Do you use essential oils? Do you think they’re effective? Do you have any favorite recipes? (You can download Olivia’s recipe cards here.)
  6. Olivia also pursues alternative medicines for Brian. How do you feel about the use of herbs rather than traditional medicine? Have you ever used herbal remedies?
  7. Olivia must face an uncomfortable memory from her past, and it makes her stronger. Do you feel, in general, that facing up to our demons is beneficial? Or do you think it’s better to put the past behind us and try to forget?
  8. Child Protection Services has mandated that Olivia maintain a certain protocol if she wants to win back full custody without state intrusion. Do you know people who’ve had to deal with CPS? Do you feel, generally CPS is fair and helpful, or detrimental to the families?