Permanent Spring Showers
by Scott
D. Southard
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BLURB:
Professor
Rebecca Stanley-Wilson is having a very bad season. The ramifications of one torrid evening with
one of the great upcoming painters of his generation, will not only be felt
across her life but over the entire art world. Sexy, funny, and very
surprising, Permanent Spring Showers is the tale of one very memorable
springtime and how it impacts a group of unique artists and dreamers. From the
the hopeful Olympian with the failing marriage to the writer who is creating a
new literary movement (through outright manipulation) to the romantic wondering
what he did wrong to drive away the love of his life, each tale walks the line
between reality and fantasy. And waiting at the end of the line is a very
important painting... and possibly the revolver used in the Lincoln
Assassination.
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Excerpt One:
“What are you thinking? She’s an escort!”
“I’m in love, Steve. After sitting through the first twenty
minutes of this lunch, it’s obvious you certainly still remember what that
feeling is like.” He pushed his plate forward.
"But Clark…” I began.
He interrupted, “And it’s not like she wants to do that her
entire life, Steve, if that is what is troubling you. She is doing it to pay
for college.”
I stopped, the car of my mind shifting gears again. “Wait,
did you say ‘is’? Do you mean she is still doing it?”
“Well, times are tough all over,” Clark replied far too calmly
for my taste. “Have you seen college tuition rates this year?”
“And she’s really in college?” I asked, shocked. I began to
wonder if I was on one of those TV shows and a camera was hidden in a bush
nearby me.
My shock was perfectly mirrored by the opposite reflection
of the casualness of my brother.
“You didn’t think I would marry an idiot did you, Steve? I
need to be mentally challenged, you know that. She is studying education; her
dream’s to teach third graders.”
“You’re engaged to a hooker…”
“Escort,” he corrected quickly for a third time.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” I said sarcastically. “You are engaged to
an active escort who wants to be an elementary school teacher?”
“Yes,” Clark said with a dramatic point across the table at
me. “And Steve, this is where you come in. You need to help me introduce her to
mom and dad.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Scott D.
Southard is the author of A Jane Austen Daydream, Maximilian Standforth and the
Case of the Dangerous Dare, My Problem With Doors, Megan, 3 Days in Rome and Me
Stuff in addition to his latest release, Permanent Spring Showers. His eclectic
writing has also found its way into radio, as Scott was the creator of the
radio comedy series The Dante Experience. The production was honored with the
Golden Headset Award for Best MultiCast Audio and the Silver Ogle Award for
Best Fantasy Audio Production. Scott received his Master's in writing from the
University of Southern California. Scott can be found on the internet via his
writing blog “The Musings & Artful Blunders of Scott D. Southard"
where he writes on topics ranging from writing, art, books, TV, writing,
parenting, life, movies, and writing. He even shares original fiction on the
site. His blog can be found at http://sdsouthard.com. Scott is also the fiction
book reviewer for WKAR's daily radio show Current State.
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GIVEAWAY
Scott D.
Southard will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via
rafflecopter during the tour, and a signed copy of his previous title: A Jane
Austen Daydream (US ONLY) to a randomly drawn host.
It's great to see my work up on your site. I hoe you and your readers will consider checking it out. It is definitely different from my last novel A Jane Austen Daydream, but it does have surprises like that work did.
ReplyDeleteCheers!