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Snippet Sunday

4/28/2013

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Here is one last snippet from DEATH BENEFITS. DEATH BENEFITS will be released and available this Wednesday, May 1st! *bounce* *bounce* *bounce*.
I'll be posting the buy links when they become available...I hope you'll check it out :)


The Snippet:

The ibuprofen and heating pad weren’t working and I had a passing thought that maybe I should bring out the big guns: Beer and Bengay. Then I decided the hangover wouldn’t be worth it and the Bengay would leave me smelling like a one hundred and thirty pound breath mint. What I really needed was sleep, lots and lots of sleep. I needed to curl up in my 1500 count Egyptian
cotton sheets cocooned in my taupe velour blanket and sleep like a well-fed baby. Scratch that. Why do people always say they want to sleep like a baby? Everyone knows babies never sleep. No, I didn’t want to sleep like a baby; I wanted to sleep like a ninety-year-old man in a hot church on Sunday.
 


DEATH BENEFITS
Max Logan’s insecurities have consumed her to the point that she has allowed them to skew her perceptions of people and circumstances. She has grown progressively more bitter, sarcastic, and solitary since her divorce and feels as though she has spent a lifetime getting the short end of the stick through no fault of her own; still she trudges on. Things can always get better, right? Of course, it’s hard to cultivate optimism when she finds herself dead; the victim of a D.I.E (Death in Error) caused by an overeager Grim Reaper in Training. She brokers a deal to be sent back to Earth as a temporary substitute for the Superintendent of Spiritual Impediment. Can a girl who can’t recognize her own problems rectify the issues of the living impaired? Or will she discover that concentrating on their issues gives her a new perspective on her own?

Available May 1, 2013 from www.WhiskeyCreekPress.com
21 Comments
Sharon Buchbinder link
4/27/2013 11:04:16 pm

I love this line! "I wanted to sleep like a ninety-year-old man in a hot church on Sunday." Perfect. And he's snoring and leaning on me and drooling....

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Sharon
4/27/2013 11:29:36 pm

LOL it's the drooling that worries me! Have fun with the birds! ;)

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Sarah W link
4/27/2013 11:33:14 pm

I like this premise very much---and completely agree about the insomnia of babies . . .

I know I've heard about this book somewhere. Was it reviewed or advertised recently? Or maybe QueryShark?

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Sharon
4/27/2013 11:46:40 pm

Thank you :) It hasn't been reviewed yet that I'm aware of as it doesn't come out until this week and I'm not familiar with QueryShark. I'd love to know if you find a review or reference to it somewhere :)

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AJ Nuest link
4/27/2013 11:42:27 pm

Every time I read more of this one, I want to KNOW more. What a great premise for a story and I love, love, love this character's voice. So sarcastic and I LOVE that. LOL Great snippet!

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Sharon
4/27/2013 11:47:08 pm

Thank you :)

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:10:14 am

Thank you!

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Chip Etier link
4/28/2013 12:21:19 am

Loved the old man line.
I'm no where near 90 and I sleep like that!

Nice 8!

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:10:46 am

Thanks! :)

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Willa Blair link
4/28/2013 12:47:14 am

Her frustration comes through loud and clear. Great job!

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:11:29 am

Thank you! :)

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Siobhan Muir link
4/28/2013 04:57:29 am

LOL I loved the last line, Sharon. :D

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:12:02 am

Thanks so much, Siobhan!

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Veronica Scott link
4/28/2013 05:07:11 am

Can't wait to read this, another excellent excerpt as always...glad the book is out so soon!

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:13:54 am

Thanks so much :)

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Virginia Kelly link
4/28/2013 05:48:28 am

Love this! You have it 100% right about the babies, and the last line is fantabulous!

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:14:43 am

Thank you, Virginia :)

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Vivien Dean link
4/28/2013 09:20:05 am

Fantastic, unique details in this snippet that lends your voice a great sense of freshness. Well done!

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:18:00 am

Thank you, Vivien :)

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Karysa Faire link
4/28/2013 11:55:23 am

That last line is hilarious!

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Sharon
4/29/2013 12:15:18 am

Thanks, Karysa :)

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