Watch it. You’ll be amazed. For those who are not familiar with the word mycology, it’s the study of fungi which includes, yeast, mold, truffles, and mushrooms. There are many more ways to use mushrooms besides sauteed on a steak.
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I’ve read that three hundred and fifty ships rest on the bottom of the Great Lakes, fifty in Minnesota. Unlike in southern climates where the bodies bloat and float, the waters of the Great Lakes remain cold enough year-round to keep its bodies in place, perhaps waiting for the ship to reach port. The myth says that the Witch of November creates such storms, waving her wand to spike fifteen-foot waves, twirling her body to rev up gale-force winds, and blinding the faces of sailors with lashing rain. As true of the other Great Lakes, Lake Superior is large enough to create its own weather system. Or is it created by the Witch of November? You might want to listen to the song about the Edmund Fitzgerald for answers.
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I’ve just finished writing two new books, which is my explanation for not writing any recent blogs. I will not be immediately publishing them on Amazon, Smashwords, or Barnes and Noble, as I’m sending queries to agents first.
The first book is in the Lucy Ruediger Series, which you can find on my website, https://www.egnerink.com/lucy-ruediger-mystery-series/ It’s entitled “Outrageous Claims.” Police Detective Ruediger learns of a sudden wave of middle-management and mid-level executives losing their jobs. When it’s learned that an instigator is behind the dismissals, drastic means are taken to hush up the story. Drastic means? Are we talking murder? Oh, and money, lots of money.
My next is the second book in the Corky Allen newspaper reporter series. If you read “Scotoma,” https://www.amazon.com/Scotoma-Susan-Egner-ebook/dp/B00AF002YY/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=Susan+Egner&qid=1592508743&sr=8-12 you already know that Allen is always hot-on-the-trail to right wrongs when covering a news story. In this story, entitled “North Star Tribe,” she stumbles upon the disappearance of a child in Superior National Forest while covering another assignment, a story about the photography team called North Star Tribe. Ancient legends from Minnesota’s indigenous people come to life in the fears of the residents of Two Harbors, Minnesota–myths that involve Big Foot, the Witch of November, and the blood-thirsty Wendigo. And did I mention death masks and burial mounds?
I hope you’ll keep a lookout for these two books and also read my newest book published in February. “Capitol Gold,” is my latest book in the Souls on Board series. I hope you’ll take a look, as well as watch for the two others. And, as always, I’m grateful for your reviews.
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Casey Click meets award-winning actress, Kathryn Swift, on a flight and is offered a television documentary based on the life of a very senior flight attendant. At the same time, homemaker Bertie, accepts a position as campaign manager, in a fight against corruption. The two paths collide in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains when a corrupt Senator tries to outsmart the brilliance of Casey and her three, sleuthing friends.
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I explained the meaning of Kintsugi in my last post. As you can tell by my cover art, it may apply to the government. No spoiler alert, but gold can go two ways. Gold can represent the highest standards of performance; a golden standard, OR, Gold can represent Greed with a capital G.
Please cast your vote for your favorite book cover and, if you wish, give your thoughts on the two choices. All votes and comments should be posted in the comment section on my blog at egnerink.com. Deadline to vote is Friday, January 21st.
In an earlier post, I mentioned that Book 8 of the Souls On Board series will be coming out in February. Originally, the working title was Mask of Lies, but that’s been changed. It will now be titled “Capitol Gold.” Soon I will post two options for cover art for that book and would be interested in your vote. In preparation for that, let me explain the Japanese art of Kintsugi.
Kintsugi is both a philosophy and tradecraft. The latter involves repairing dishes using glue mixed with gold. Therefore, the fact that the dish was broken is very obvious in the finished work and cherished all the more.
Likewise, in real life, the Japanese believe the many harsh events in life that can break a person, can also refine a person. Those hardships are cherished as the hurdles that strengthened character and determination.
So, do I leave the Kintsugi streaks of gold in the cover art? You decide. Watch for my next post.
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Published as Book 6, Destination Unknown should have been published as Book 5, since it initiates Casey Click’s promotion to special assignments:
Assigned to celebrity charter flights, Casey Click receives specific training that includes her closest friends, Bonnie, Bertie and Kit. Because of the matter of confidentiality, they are sworn to secrecy. Her friends are delighted when Casey’s first celebrity charter is scheduled to carry Academy Award winning actress, Eve Jobert, to Jamaica to work on a film based on the White Witch of Rose Hall. Inviting her friends along, they discover that the infamous house is more than a museum about 100-year-old murders; it now spells horror.
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Newspaper reporter: I understand you are strongly opposed to hypnosis.
Kit: Not for everyone. Just for myself and anyone else who is highly suggestible.
Newspaper reporter: What do you mean?
Kit: It’s my belief that you should always have yourself under control. The same would apply to the use of alcohol, or, heaven forbid, drugs.
Newspaper reporter: You sound as if you’re speaking from personal experience.
Kit: I once was in a large audience of people attending a performance of a magician/hynotist. You know the kind, where they ask for volunteers from the audience and under a trance, have them barking like dogs or quacking like ducks.
Newspaper reporter: And did you volunteer?
Kit: Absolutely not.
Newspaper reporter: I don’t understand. What happened, if you didn’t volunteer?
Kit: That’s just it, the same commands he gave to the participants on stage, affected me in the same way, and who knows how many others in the audience.
Newspaper reporter: So were you quacking like a duck?
Kit: Something like that. It lasted for days.
Newspaper reporter: Excuse me for laughing, but was that so bad?
Kit: It might not have been, but the hypnotist actually planted two levels of commands. One was a simple one that had me scratching my head whenever I heard certain words. That sounds laughable, I agree.
Newspaper reporter: But it wasn’t funny?
Kit: Far from it. The hypnotist also planted a second, deeper command that made me want to go somewhere, but I didn’t know where. It turns out, the answer would have come from a phone call, his phone call, telling me to go somewhere. I would have been completely out of my own control.
Newspaper reporter: Did you ever receive that phone call?
Kit: No, but others did, and if you’ve read the paper recently, it led to fatal results.
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The word hypnosis comes from the Greek word “hupnos” meaning sleep and “osis” meaning state. Though hypnosis for most is a safe and relaxing form of therapy, to some it can have a dangerous impact of creating false memories. Memory itself is naturally plastic and can be molded, sometimes into false memories. In a deep state, a person can be totally unaware of his surroundings. Here’s an interesting article on GetDoc about hypnosis.
By the way, reading can take you into a similar state without the possibility of danger. Must be the reason I like to read so much.
Casey, like many of us, is fearful of hypnosis, but her friend Kit is a vulnerable subject. She completely loses all sense of her surroundings, her activities or her responses. Read IROP for more.
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In aviation, an IROP is similar to being groundstopped, meaning flights are cancelled or delayed due to weather, mechanical failure or crew logistics. Casey Click learns an IROP can be caused by local anomalies like moose obstructing runways or a cat escaping from its carrier on board the aircraft and dashing beneath the pilot’s pedals in the flight deck, causing a two-hour delay.
Or it can also be caused by something dark.
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