Adele Dubois Blog

I’m a guest at The Romance Studio, introducing the characters from my upcoming fantasy novella DO ME GOOD to readers. Stop by and comment!

http://theromancestudio.blogspot.com/2010/03/do-me-right-do-me-good.html

Search for the Long and Short Reviews Easter Egg on Adele Dubois’ website March 29-April 3 to play for big prizes! Adele is offering a signed copy of her award-winning trade paperback DESERT NECTAR to one lucky reader. Dozens of other great prizes from a long list of participating authors!

After finding the Easter Egg, click on the badge below.

See Adele’s Contest page for more contests and fun! Best of luck!

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Note– 4/5/10. The winner of a signed copy of DESERT NECTAR by Adele Dubois has been chosen at random by Long and Short Reviews and has been notified. Thanks to all who played!

Can’t wait for the release of DO ME GOOD by Adele Dubois!

Coming April 14, 2010!

On March 21, 1970, a classmate handed me a booster button and asked me to wear it to celebrate the first Earth Day. Though I didn’t have a clue what Earth Day meant, the boy who gave me the button was cute, and the button was free and pretty, so I pinned it on my shirt. I’ve collected booster buttons ever since, and have grown to appreciate the meaning behind Earth Day.

My booster button is dated 1970 and was worn by students in the Philadelphia area. Many Earth Day buttons have been made since that time, but I still think mine is the prettiest and most special.

Happy Earth Day! –Adele Dubois

Coming Soon from Ellora’s Cave!

 DO ME GOOD by Adele Dubois

Summary:

Penny throws her hot, but worthless mooch of a boyfriend out on her front lawn with his clothes, and vows never again to be a bum magnet. Exhausted by overwork and mountainous debt, Penny pleads for divine intervention.

Gunnar, a rebellious Nordic warrior cast into servitude by an angry god to learn humility, answers. While Penny sleeps, the celestial arrives to complete her chores, but she awakens and finds him. The handsome immortal kisses her, sparking a passionate, forbidden sexual encounter.

Dark forces seeking vengeance for Gunnar’s past misdeeds mark Penny as a target. To protect his lover, Gunnar tests immortality in a death battle using a god’s magical sword. But the strength of Penny’s love might be what saves them both.

To read an excerpt of DO ME GOOD go to the Adele Dubois Book Page.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I thought it would be fun to feature an Irish film celebrity as this month’s CLASSIC HUNK. (Plus, I’ve had a teensy crush on Aiden Quinn for a long time. Sorry, Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson.)  He was born in Illinois in 1959, but raised on both sides of the Atlantic in both Chicago and Dublin. His parents were devout Irish Catholics.

Aiden Quinn has had an impressive career in films, television, and theatre with a long list of acting credits and award nominations. He appeared in Desperately Seeking Susan, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Practical Magic, This is My Father and acclaimed television specials An Early Frost, Empire Falls and many others.

Legends of the Fall is one of my favorite movies of all time. Aiden Quinn played the part Alfred, the brother who defends and marries Susannah (Julia Ormond) when she’s abandoned by her impulsive lover Tristan, played by Brad Pitt.

I think Aiden Quinn is the perfect choice for us lassies as the March CLASSIC HUNK. Agreed?

Thought I’d repost an article I wrote about the Vernal Equinox and Earth Day, published in Ellora’s Cave Lady Jaided Magazine and the Cerridwen Press Newsletter, March, 2008.  Enjoy!

MOTHER EARTH’S BIG DAY

by Adele Dubois  

     March is the month of rebirth, resurrection and fertility, when Mother Earth begins to awaken from her long winter slumber, when the sap begins to flow again, when seeds are planted, and daylight begins to outlast the darkness.  

    It all starts on the Vernal Equinox, which occurs on March 20 or 21 and is marked by celebrations of all sorts that reach back far in time. Many cultures celebrate the New Year on the Equinox, also known as Eostar. To others, it’s Mother’s Day.

    For ancient Greeks, the Equinox was when Persephone returned from Hades and Dionysius came out of his winter long depression. Ancient Germans celebrated Ostara, and Saxons the goddess Oestra, whose feast day was the first full moon after the Spring Equinox.

   According to legend, Oestra mated with the sun god on the Equinox and produced a child nine months later on December 21, the Winter Solstice, also known as Yule. Long before the birth of Christ, Mediterranean Pagans worshipped a goddess whose consort was born to a virgin and who died a martyr’s death and was reborn on the Equinox. 

    As modern Christians prepare for Easter, nearly 40,000 people of all faiths and nationalities will flock to Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. There, the Mayan pyramid Chichen-Itza offers the most spectacular view of the Vernal Equinox in the world. The equinox, known as El Castillo, occurs when the center of the sun points directly over the earth’s equator, shining above and below the horizon at every location on earth at exactly the same instant. Day and night become nearly equal in length, and the astrological calendar moves into Aries, the last sign in the zodiacal year.   

   The Mayans believed the shadow of the serpent god Kukulcan was slowly snaking his way down the enormous steps of Chichen-Itza when the Vernal Equinox crossed their magnificent temple. The ancient Egyptians pointed the great Sphinx directly toward sunrise for the day of the Vernal Equinox. 

    Due to the importance of the Vernal Equinox to so many cultures, March 21 was chosen by John McConnell, San Francisco’s president of WE, Inc. (now called the Earth Society), as the date for Earth Day. This “special time to draw people together in appreciation of their mutual home” was first celebrated March 21, 1970. 

    Names assigned to the March full moon are less auspicious than its religious function would seem to call for, though American settlers called it Lenten Moon. Some names, such as Seed Moon and Sap Moon, indicate its agricultural significance. Others, such as Storm Moon and Moon of Winds, refer to the brutal March weather in much of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Coming Soon! DO ME GOOD by Adele Dubois from Ellora’s Cave Publishing.

I nominate my husband as the world’s best. He surprised me with a bouquet of flowers this morning and it’s not my birthday, our anniversary, or any other occasion. The card attached said simply, “Thanks for all you do.”

Flowers. Card. A thank you. It’s great to be appreciated. I’m a happy woman and a lucky wife.

Author EMILY BRYAN March Contest

A Note From Emily:

I’m running a quarterly contest in conjunction with my free online
novella A DUKE FOR ALL SEASONS. Each month my readers vote for the
direction the story should take and I write the next chapter. March is
the last month a vote will enter readers in my March 31st drawing for a
$100 gift card. The link to the contest is:
http://www.emilybryan.com/contest.htm

Coming soon from Ellora’s Cave!

DO ME GOOD by Adele Dubois

A rebellious Nordic warrior, cast into eternal servitude by an angry god to teach him humility, tests immortality to fight dark forces out to destroy the mortal woman he loves.

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Introducing Gunnar, the inspiration for the sexy celestial hero of my upcoming fantasy novella DO ME GOOD. Isn’t he gorgeous?

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(Photograph of model Arnaud Lemaire used with permission of photographer Felix Lemmer.)