ANNOUNCEMENT:
I’ve finished selecting the stories that will appear in SILVER SOLDIERS: A BOYS BEHAVING BADLY ANTHOLOGY!
Congratulations go out to the following authors!

“Fight like Cats and Wolves” by A.J. Harris
“Handfasted to the Highlander Warrior” by Aurora Russell
“SNAFU—Situation Normal, All F***ed Up” by Ava Cuvay
“Operation Purple Sparkle Diamond” by Brenda Margriet
“SEAL in Distress” by Denise De Marco
“Star Diplomacy” by Kimberly Dean
“Take Me to the Water” by Michal Scott
“This Time Forever” by N.J. Walters
“Weathering the Storm” by Natasha Moore
“Sarge in Charge” by Reina Torres
“Broken Trust” by Rhonda Lee Carver
“Clear to Engage” by Sukie Chapin

Of course, there will also be stories by Elle James and myself, too.  I’m super-excited about this book! ~ Delilah

UPDATE: The winners are…Katherine Smits, Eileen McCall, and Jennifer Beyer!
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And yes, I know some of you mostly read eBooks, but you likely have a printed book somewhere in your house…

Anyways, I have tons of hand-painted bookmarks, and I haven’t set up my Etsy shop yet, so I thought I should do a giveaway! It will be easy for me—an envelope and a stamp and gone!

Here are the three I’m offering today.

Three bookmarks, three winners!
All you have to do is tell me what book you’re going to tuck one away inside! I’ll use a random number generator to choose the winners!

I’m up to my eyeballs in work today. Did you think writers have days off? Pffft!

I have to make my final selection of stories that will be featured in my next anthology, Silver Soldiers (again, thank you Reina Torres for the title!). That task is sooooo hard. I have to trim six stories from my YES pile, which means I have to let go of some wonderful stories and authors.

I have to complete another chapter of my upcoming Brotherhood story. A book I HAVE to finish this week, come hell or high water.

And I need to clean my space. I let too much slide while I was under the weather. Here’s hoping my stamina is up for today’s tasks.

In the meantime, please take a look at the open contests. Some are closing soon, like maybe tomorrow! Enter while you still can!

Contests

1. Michal Scott: Where There’s a Will There’s a Way — Josephine Napoleon Leary (Contest) — This one ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
2. Saturday Puzzle Contest! Theme: My favorite hot beverage! — This one ends soon! Win an Amazon gift card!
3. Flashback: Breaking Leather (Contest + Open Contests) — Win a FREE book!
4. Favorite Romance Settings Word Search! (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
5. September into October (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
6. Saturday Puzzle Contest! — Win a FREE book!

UPDATE: The winner is…ButtonsMom2003!
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Ugh! So, today is the first time in a week that I’ve felt kind of normal. No huge headache, no low-grade fever, no desire to simply stay in bed. Yay!

I’m thinking that between the horrible heat I dealt with last weekend, my newly diagnosed high blood pressure, and the COVID bivalent booster and flu shots I got during my doctor’s visit, my body simply said, Enough!

So, while I’m tackling my infinite To-Do list, how about you all have fun with this puzzle!

For a chance to win your choice of download from among my backlist of books, solve the puzzle then tell me what you think this picture is all about.  Have fun!