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Good Morning!
Today on Noseinabook, I'm celebrating the release of Smart Ass 2: Pressure Point with fellow contributor, Amber Green. Just ten quick questions off the top of my head. I haven't done this before, but I thought it would be fun for everyone to get to know Amber.
Amber Green has been around the virtual eBook block. Her books include the Huntsmen series from Loose-id (Bareback, Backtrack, and Lights Out), the prohibition era menage story Steal Away, and a vampire m/m short story More Than Memories--AND her first Turner and Turner story, One Good Turn, was paired with my very first novella, Gobsmacked in Smart Ass 1: Close Quarters.
Phewie. That's a lot of promo.
A quick FYI--If you're looking for an eBook version of Amber's Smart Ass 2 story, Golden Boys, it's available for purchase at Aspen Mountain Press.
*Ten Questions with Amber Green*
Street football: five shirtless young construction workers, one eager puppy, one "observer" with a super-soaker. It was great. If I'd been thinking, I would have grabbed a camera.
2) Money or love?
How expensive is the love?
3) Favorite day of the week and why.
Monday. Things fall into place on Monday. I get so much done. And the whole family can often assemble that one night of the week.
Someplace cool and green and quiet.
5) Do you miss anyone right now?
Yes. My older son has been off being a Marine for the past three and a half years. I've seen him twice in that time.
6) How many pets do you have? What are they?
Seven cats, two dogs, one lizard, a dozen hens (layers plus retirees).
My four-month-old Big Brown Puppy o' Happiness looks ever more like a mastiff as he grows. And he is growing! But he doesn't drool. How can you beat a mastiff who doesn't drool?
Our other dog was irresponsible and disobedient--but amusing and extremely playful--before her constant playmate (my big sweet doggie) died a year ago May. Nowadays the puppy's attempts to engage her wear on her nerves something awful.
The puppy now has his own kitten. Two weeks ago some friends took a pewter-gray feral kitten from a rottweiler. We are not sure of the gender yet. Well, I'm pretty sure she's female and my husband is pretty sure she's male. Developmentally speaking, she had some characteristics of a three-week-old and some of a four-week-old. Could run, but not in a straight line or without falling over soon. Couldn't grab or pounce competently. One eye not fully open. Dehydrated, of course. We now have her tame enough to feed without bloodshed. One day while I was cleaning her, she was squalling away. The puppy crawled up onto the bed beside me, pushed in under my elbow, and took over the cleaning. The squalling stopped instantly. I held her up for him and he cleaned away. Struggles stopped. Then the purring commenced. He does all the cleaning now, though we still flea-comb her daily.
The two 16-year-old cats are unhappy that Niddles (the little needle-wielder) has taken over my bedroom.
The once-feral black cat has to be watched closely because she's violently jealous. The puppy actually summoned the nerve to growl at her yesterday; we think he was protecting the kitten.
The calico twins are shunning us. They magnanimously forgave us after three weeks for bringing in the puppy, but the kitten is a fresh abomination.
One of the two outside cats was killed in the road the day after the puppy arrived. The other outside cat is still sad and stunned.
The hens don't have names. Technically, critters without names aren't pets, but some of them act like pets
My younger son has a fat-tailed, pink, naked-looking lizard named Chibzilla, AKA Chibbles. She does a sphinx-pose on his head when he's at the computer. I was about to say he makes a weird picture, but then I'm typing this with a gray kitten perched atop my head and with my elbow trying to stay in the chest of the puppy who's trying to reach her. At least my son isn't risking broken glasses (or worse).
7) Last movie you paid to see?
Star Trek reboot. Okay, I must be part mastiff.
8) Is there a chore you avoid?
Is there a chore I don't?
9) Would you sky dive?
You know, my mother had this odd habit of jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. She was a pilot too. Made me wonder what she learned while flying them that made her want to be an expert at escaping one.
I hate small planes, particularly the noise and the air pressure fluctuations. But I think I would like to free-fall.
10) What toppings do you choose for your pizza?
Black olives, mushrooms, tomatoes, feta, onions.
1) What's the last sporting event you watched?
Street football: five shirtless young construction workers, one eager puppy, one "observer" with a super-soaker. It was great. If I'd been thinking, I would have grabbed a camera.
2) Money or love?
How expensive is the love?
3) Favorite day of the week and why.
Monday. Things fall into place on Monday. I get so much done. And the whole family can often assemble that one night of the week.
**Ed Note: I'm partial to Monday, too.
4) Where is your dream vacation?
4) Where is your dream vacation?
Someplace cool and green and quiet.
5) Do you miss anyone right now?
Yes. My older son has been off being a Marine for the past three and a half years. I've seen him twice in that time.
6) How many pets do you have? What are they?
Seven cats, two dogs, one lizard, a dozen hens (layers plus retirees).
My four-month-old Big Brown Puppy o' Happiness looks ever more like a mastiff as he grows. And he is growing! But he doesn't drool. How can you beat a mastiff who doesn't drool?
Our other dog was irresponsible and disobedient--but amusing and extremely playful--before her constant playmate (my big sweet doggie) died a year ago May. Nowadays the puppy's attempts to engage her wear on her nerves something awful.
The puppy now has his own kitten. Two weeks ago some friends took a pewter-gray feral kitten from a rottweiler. We are not sure of the gender yet. Well, I'm pretty sure she's female and my husband is pretty sure she's male. Developmentally speaking, she had some characteristics of a three-week-old and some of a four-week-old. Could run, but not in a straight line or without falling over soon. Couldn't grab or pounce competently. One eye not fully open. Dehydrated, of course. We now have her tame enough to feed without bloodshed. One day while I was cleaning her, she was squalling away. The puppy crawled up onto the bed beside me, pushed in under my elbow, and took over the cleaning. The squalling stopped instantly. I held her up for him and he cleaned away. Struggles stopped. Then the purring commenced. He does all the cleaning now, though we still flea-comb her daily.
The two 16-year-old cats are unhappy that Niddles (the little needle-wielder) has taken over my bedroom.
The once-feral black cat has to be watched closely because she's violently jealous. The puppy actually summoned the nerve to growl at her yesterday; we think he was protecting the kitten.
The calico twins are shunning us. They magnanimously forgave us after three weeks for bringing in the puppy, but the kitten is a fresh abomination.
One of the two outside cats was killed in the road the day after the puppy arrived. The other outside cat is still sad and stunned.
The hens don't have names. Technically, critters without names aren't pets, but some of them act like pets
My younger son has a fat-tailed, pink, naked-looking lizard named Chibzilla, AKA Chibbles. She does a sphinx-pose on his head when he's at the computer. I was about to say he makes a weird picture, but then I'm typing this with a gray kitten perched atop my head and with my elbow trying to stay in the chest of the puppy who's trying to reach her. At least my son isn't risking broken glasses (or worse).
7) Last movie you paid to see?
Star Trek reboot. Okay, I must be part mastiff.
8) Is there a chore you avoid?
Is there a chore I don't?
9) Would you sky dive?
You know, my mother had this odd habit of jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. She was a pilot too. Made me wonder what she learned while flying them that made her want to be an expert at escaping one.
I hate small planes, particularly the noise and the air pressure fluctuations. But I think I would like to free-fall.
10) What toppings do you choose for your pizza?
Black olives, mushrooms, tomatoes, feta, onions.
LB-This was terrific. I have to admit the skydiving thing was a surprise, but hearing about her care and commitment to animals was not. I love that about Amber.
Thanks so much to Amber Green. I'd share a pizza with you any day.
~Contest Alert~
A random commenter on this post will receive and autographed copy of Smart Ass: Pressure Point (Happy Ending by LB Gregg and Golden Boys by Amber Green in PRINT).
Rules: Offer ends Wednesday, June 23rd 11PM EST. One entry per person. Winner will be announced Thursday, June 24th.
Happy Monday!
~LB
25 comments:
I would seriously share pizza with you. :)
~smooches~
Jase
vslavetopassionv(at)aol(dot)com
Great interview. Save a slice of pizza for me.
By the way, I feel the same way about Mondays.
Great interview with lots of fun answers! And since I'm a neat freak, I'm willing to do any household chores in exchange for that yummy pizza you're ordering.
joderjo402 AT gmail DOT com
Great interview, Amber.
Amber's old stuff - The Huntsmen series, especially Bareback -- is terrific. But Steal Away and Golden Boys are even terrificker :)
Amber sure has a way with men.
Hold the olives on my slice?
I have to respectfully disagree about Mondays. Today beat me up and dumped me in alley.
Monday's--not so good for me, but you have great taste in pizza toppings.
Jase--there's a place down the road that has a GOAT pizza--No Goat--Goat Cheese!! And olives, caramelized garlic--oh..must...have...bigger...pants.
Josh--How's the pizza in California? I'm an east coast pizza snob.
Joder-- **shovels papers under desk** Deal.
Ali Katz--She does, doesn't she? And a way with animals. And with men who are animals.
Chris--Sending you good Tuesday vibes. ((hug))
Jerri--It's nearly unanimous. Thanks for popping by.
Thanks, LB. *crawls back under the table to curl up and rock some more*
Whoa...that's a lot of pets...You're soo lucky! The dog/kitten story is so adorable. Verra cute!
*hugs*
Anna
s7anna@yahoo.ca
Jase, Josh, and Joder, you're on!
Thanks, Ali--I'll take yours.
Sympathies, Chris. But today I have a totally new reason to love Monday. My central AC broke down at the house, but the office's AC works just fine!
Hey, Jerri!
Carmelized garlic? Oh, yum.
They are adorable together, Anna. The dog is shy for his size, but the kitten has a feisty personality.
Thank you all, by the way. Reading these comments really gave me a lift. :)
Onions on pizza?
You're diseased, Mom. That's almost as bad as pineapple.
I burst out laughing reading about the animals. Especially the lizard and the cat on top of the head. The people in my office are starting look at me funny. *sigh* oh, well.
If I liked pizzas I'd totally share one with you and LB. Although, there is this pizza place down the street that serves dessert pizzas. I'll share those with ya! :D
mercedes791@live.com
Nikyta--dessert? What kind of dessert? I make something called Rhubarb pizza, but it's just a name--not an actual pizza.
Anonymous- WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT ONIONS?
Yes, onions! It helps to pre-cook them so they're sweet and melted before the pizza itself goes through the fire.
Dessert, Nikyta? Like a fruit tart?
Lol... There's different kinds of dessert pizzas. They've got an oreo pizza, which is like chunks of crushed oreos with icing on it and then there's the cinnamon bun pizza. That's my favorite. It's like a flat cinnamon bun but it's HUGE with a ton of icing... I'm trying to think of what else they have but I can't remember. lol
I don't think they have fruit tarts, though. I think it's mostly stuff that is put in the oven but they're the size and shape of a medium sized pizza. They're delicious.
I'd love to see their recipes.
I have more of a Boomtown Rats kind of relationship with Mondays. I like Thursdays (my day off) and Saturdays best. No work + family time = WIN!
Works for me, Kaetrin. :)
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