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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Blog entry 65

Another “Hints for the Holidays” follows. These will sequence through the entire novel, not telling the entire story, but providing glimpses that will tantalize.

The officers gathered, sat in front of Marcus and glanced from side to side, studying what would be their battlefield in the coming days. Ever cocky, they now wondered if they would see another dawn.  Before them stretched the endless red sands, intolerable heat, and the tan colors of a horizon marking a slowly approaching battle. Death and dying could stretch out on every hand; would they be called to the gods? These veterans, tired from the previous day’s efforts gathered to consider the battle that lay ahead. They loosened their leggings, resting weary calves and feet … and sat as though transfixed. What tales would these sands tell, if they could but speak?

Below posted on Facebook
TAGLINES

Per Wikipedia - A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. The idea behind the concept is to create a memorable phrase that will sum up the tone and premise of a brand or product (like a film), or to reinforce the audience's memory of a product. Some taglines are successful enough to warrant inclusion in popular culture.

A friend selected one from a list of possible taglines for Golden Gate – what do you think? Here it is! It will be used on Amazon.com and other e-book marketers.

He woke frantically - Why were Arabia’s worst terrorists working at a gold mine, and were America’s nuclear wastes really buried beneath its sands?

28 frickin degress out this morning, 4 Dec 2011. Shiver … shiver

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