I’m so excited to have my first takeover today from the Ladies at Red Door Reads. When I was chatting with Caren Crane about the concept for this fabulous collection she said there was a story and sent it my way. Below is the story directly from the Ladies at Red Door Reads. I hope you’ll love the concept and the e-book 50 Ways to Kill Your Larry as much as I did.
Thanks again ladies for hanging out today and I look forward to your next collection soon! Be sure to come back tomorrow when I end my Three Day Larry Extravaganza and review the Historical and Paranormal stories in this fabulous e-book!
Now about that Larry … 🙂
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50 Ways to Kill Your Larry. The authors at Red Door Reads know it’s a strange title for an anthology. The story as to how we, the Red Door Reads authors, came up with it is a story in and of itself. So settle in, kids, and learn why Larry needed to die.
A little over a year ago, we planned a trip to the North Carolina coast to enjoy some writing, bonding and plotting world domination. Off season, the rates are cheaper, and yet the weather is usually still pretty nice in North Carolina; win/win. We knew how many beds we’d need. We knew we’d need a house with an elevator because Dee Davis was on crutches. We found a house that met all of our specifications. Claudia Dain did the research and booked it.
Sounds simple, right? Pleasurable, even? Planning a trip to the beach could only and ever be a joy. What could go wrong? Well, the owner of the property, Larry, has two properties on that particular beach available for rent. And he booked the wrong house for us. No elevator. Not enough beds. Total disaster. Honestly, how can one plot world dominations under those conditions? When Claudia called him as soon as we got there, telling him we had the wrong house (the right house was one door down), he told her that he’d reserved for us the house she had requested. Um…no, he hadn’t. When pressed to make the change to the larger house with the elevator, he said that house was already booked.
The house that was one door down. With no cars parked outside. And no lights on. Liar.
Larry then proceeded to email Claudia every couple of hours detailing all the ways she had screwed up the reservation. Liar!
Is it any wonder that we started, that weekend, to toss out the various ways we’d like to kill Larry? When you piss off a bunch of writers, you should sort of expect vengeance to be brainstormed. And that those brainstormed ideas may develop into an anthology of stories where a character named Larry gets his (or her) comeuppance. It only seemed logical to us, in any case.
Today is April 15—Tax Day in the USA—when emotions are already at fever pitch. Fittingly, 50 Ways to Kill Your Larry is available at all e-book retailers today! You need the release of the tension that April 15 always arouses, don’t you? You know you do. Do yourself a favor and order it now. Then you’ll have something fun to do when you finally get your taxes filed!
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Here’s a look at the line-up and 50 Ways to Kill Your Larry
CONTEMPORARY
Casting Doubt by Jane Charles
Cross Springs Scandal by Caren Crane
Lethal Intent by Dee Davis
Weeping Willow by Jerrica Knight-Catania
Sinnocence, or How I Learned To Kill My Boss and Get Away With It by Michelle Marcos
One More On The Rocks by Ava Stone
HISTORICAL
One The Edge of a Blade by Claudia Dain
The Delicate Plot To Bury Lord Larry by Susan Gee Heino
Behind a Reasonable Doubt by Deb Marlowe
PARANORMAL
Blame It On The Moon by Lori Handeland
Thanks again for having us, Rae. I hope lots of people learn just why Larry needed to die. 😀
I did spend an awful lot of our beach trip upstairs! LOL. But with such great company it was easy to overlook the lack of an elevator (even when on crutches!)
Dee, the circumstances certainly made it…memorable. But of all the horrible things, the lack of elevator was the worst! We all felt so bad making you hobble up and down steps. So glad there were bedrooms upstairs, so at least you could stay more or less on one floor…once you got there. Poor Dee! :/
I got a bunkbed too. It was lovely – NOT! Larry’s demise began as soon as my head hit the pillow and I was looking at those stringy things. I’m surprised I didn’t have nightmares. I decided to stay at the house instead of getting a room with Ava because I came from Illinois and wanted to on the beach. We don’t have those in Central Illinois. After that, I just put off going to bed – lol. It was easy when your sitting out on the deck, listening to the waves, drinking wine and talking to Dee Davis until about 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. I can’t wait to go on a writing retreat with these ladies again and hope we can go to the beach again, but we won’t be booking with Larry – ever again!
Amen, Jane. Amen! No booking with Larry, but YES to hitting the beach. And also to drinking with Dee Davis in the wee hours. 😀
I must concur with Ava. The bunkbeds were nasty. Everyone was lovely enough to give me a real bed since I flew the farthest. I don’t think poor Dee got to leave the house the entire time once we got her up the three flights of stairs. What a trooper.
We found a way to have fun though. Wine, women and plotting. Bwa, ha, ha, haaaa!!!
All true. Nasty bunkbeds, for sure. So glad you traveled so far to be with us, Lori, and I’m so happy you got a real bed! I did, too, since I was bunking with Claudia. 🙂
Wine, women and plotting. Sounds like something we should do on a weekly basis. Time for another road trip!
Thank you so much for hanging out today Ladies! What a treat! Happy Book Birthday to all 🙂
Thanks for letting us tell that story, Rae! *I* was the last one to arrive on that ill-fated beach trip and ended up with a bunk bed – which doesn’t sound all that awful… if you’re 10 years old and if you don’t mind white, stringy fibers from the bunk above that almost reach your face. *I* am not 10 however, and the stringy white fibers gave me the absolute creeps.
Needless to say, I booked a hotel room a few miles away AND Larry’s been on my list ever since. 😉
Poor Ava! The bunk beds were pretty horrific, y’all. Never think that Ava has a penchant for drama. LOL
LOL, Caren. I may have a penchant for drama… but that doesn’t mean those bunk beds weren’t nasty. 😉
Hi, everyone! We are super-excited about our new release and hope you are, too. So…anyone YOU might need to off this Tax Day? The barista who doesn’t understand that you are serious about the “sugar-free” part of your order? The gal in front of you in traffic who kept applying brakes for NO REASON? Your self-supporting college graduate for not giving you the Education Tax Credit, maybe? Just questions, not suggestions. 😀
Thank you so much for today 🙂