Deal Sharing Aunt: NEANDERTHAL SEEKS HUMAN

Saturday, August 17, 2013

NEANDERTHAL SEEKS HUMAN

BOOK SPOTLIGHT:

NEANDERTHAL SEEKS HUMAN

Knitting in the City, Book 1

Publication Date: March 14, 2013

Genre: Contemporary Romance

There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris:

1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and

3) She doesn't know how to knit.

After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store. To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan- aka Sir McHotpants- witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can't afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn- the focus of her slightly, albeit harmless, stalkerish tendencies- to make her an offer she can't refuse.

Amazon (print and Kindle): http://www.amazon.com/Neanderthal-seeks-Human-Knitting-ebook/dp/B00BUWA58E/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1_8AHE

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

SEX! It all started with sex, between my parents. Personally I don’t like thinking about it, but whatever works for you is a-ok with me. No judgment. The sex happened in California and much of my life also occurred in that state until I moved from the land of nuts (almonds), wine, silicon… boobs, and heavy traffic to the southeast US. Like most writers I like to write, but let’s get back to sex. Eventually I married and gave birth to 2 small people-children (boy-5, girl-3 as of this writing).

By day I’m a biomedical researcher with focus on rare diseases. By night I’m a knitter, sewer, lino block carver, fabric printer, soap maker, and general crafter. By the wee hours of the morning or when I’m intoxicated I love to listen to the voices in my head and let them tell me stories. I hope you enjoy their stories.

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GUEST POST

Thanks to my readers for sending in so many great questions for Janie. As a reminder, Janie is answering the questions based on how things stand (between her and Quinn) during the middle of the sequel to Neanderthal Seeks Human.

Between you and me, I had to cut the questions down to just a few since she has a habit of volunteering quite a lot of extra information. Ok, let’s get started.

Hi Janie. Thanks for agreeing to do this!

No problem! Thanks for asking. Let me know if I go too far off topic.

Ok, I will. I’m sure it’ll be fine.

*Janie smiles, it looks anxious*

1. First question is from Catalina; she asks: Janie, you've been known for blurting out random, yet educational tid bits. What's the most outrageous thing you said at the dinner table?

Hmm. This is hard to answer, and not for the reason you might think. There are actually many to choose from, maybe too many. Is it ok if I relate the most recent?

Sure. That’s fine.

Ok. I was recently having dinner where the main course was moose sausages. It’s a little known fact that moose can and do suffer from a condition similar to mad cow disease; but the symptoms don’t manifest—in humans who consume moose meat—until approximately ten years after consumption. I tried to distract myself from my worry about contracting the disease by stating other moose facts first—antler usage, did you know they are the largest extant species in the deer family?—but I couldn’t stop thinking about being diagnosed with mad moose disease ten years from now. I kept thinking: where I would be, what I would be doing?

Therefore, when things became tense between Quinn and his father—did I mention we were at his parent’s house?—mad moose disease slipped out. I immediately felt really awful about it. I worried that Quinn’s mom might feel like I was insulting her cooking, so I added that a moose’s actual sausage—you know, the penis—typically averages sixteen inches, which was far smaller than the sausages she was serving. Everything kind of went downhill from there.

I can imagine…

2. Catalina also wants you to describe a secret (or habit) that your significant other wouldn't want people to know.

Ha! This is easy. Quinn loves it when I quote peer-reviewed published articles that discuss correlations between body parts, sexual ability, and/or behavior. It really turns him on.

3. JoAn wonders: are you are still working for Quinn?

Well… as of right now I still work for Quinn’s company. But things have been tense recently. I’m afraid I can’t really get into the details.

She also asks if you’ve moved in with him yet.

I have not moved in with him. *Janie’s eyes are strangely shifty*

Do you want to elaborate?

No.

Ok. Moving on…

4. Laura has a question about the end of the book (Neanderthal Seeks Human); she asks: The epilogue mentions there is tension between Elizabeth and Quinn, is Janie aware of this?

I am aware of this tension between Elizabeth and Quinn. It has been… difficult over the past few months. Things got better for a while but, more recently, they’ve spiraled a bit out of control.

Elizabeth is a good friend, she is my best friend. I know she just wants me to be safe and, if she feels like Quinn can’t keep me safe or may cause me harm, then she has a tendency to react badly. For that matter, the entire knitting group shares Elizabeth’s proclivity for reacting badly.

5. Kimberly has a question about your Bane of Hair: I want know what hair product Janie uses as I have my own Mane of Terror and need ideas for the curls of doom....

I’ve tried a lot of different products but have found that it doesn’t matter what shampoo and conditioner I use as long as I moisturize my hair weekly with Jamaican black castor oil and apply Devaconcepts DevaCurl Styling Cream when it’s still wet after a shower. The main problem is that the Styling Cream is shockingly expensive; when I saw the price tag I thought it must have francium in it, francium of course being the most expensive element on the periodic table due to its rate of decay.

Well… good to know. I think that’s all the questions. Thanks, Janie! See, that wasn’t so bad.

No. It wasn’t. It was actually a lot of fun. *Janie looks surprised*

Special thank you to all the readers who sent in questions!