So throughout the day I held down a chat with the ladies of Love, Lust, and Other Oddities. I had a contest where I asked people to help me name my next heroine! And the one I chose would get a copy of my book Tourist Attraction. That was a great contest! I got tons of responses, and finally picked the name Abby. Abby will be my heroine in my EC caveman entry, which I’m going to work on after I finish the Halloween book.
But my point is, I had so much fun that now I’m running a ‘name my hero’ contest on my website. Check it out for the info. Same prize though, a copy of my book. Or if you’ve already bought this one, you’ll get a copy of my next book when it comes out!http://www.shellistevens.com/funstuff.htm
So about my Halloween book. WOW! I got eleven pages done yesterday. I was in a groove. As soon as I’m done blogging I’m going to write some more.
Okay, a lot of people were wondering how I found a picture of a goat when I was searching for confetti. Well I went to google images and typed in confetti and it gave me tons to choose from. But it also came up with the goat pic. It was on some German site I think, and advertised all kinds of party stuff; balloons, confetti, grown adults in goat costumes. LOL.
But I think I want to start this as a trend. I’ll try and put up weird or fun pics every now and then. So here’s my current one. It’s a picture of a real mummy that’s in Ye Old Curiosity Shop in Seattle. I put this on Divas too, but this is just too fun to not share the love.
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So here’s today’s photo–it’s kind of a fascinating/gross one–and his story….
About 1895, two wandering cowboys riding through the Gila Bend Desert of central Arizona came upon the nude body of a man half-buried in the treacherous shifting sands. T
he body was exhumed and carried to a near-by-town for possible identification. It has since remained unidentified. The body is of a man about 45 years of age, 5ft. 11 inches tall. He weighed about 225 pounds originally, and presently weighs 137 pounds. His organs are all intact, although they are now about two-thirds their original size. Death came through a gunshot wound in the stomach, and accompanying stains are visible to this day. The bullet that caused his demise was revealed by X-rays and a MRI.Scientists originally thought that this was an example of natural dehydration, claiming that the action of the hot sands and possible chemicals contained therein together with the dry air produced this condition within 24 hours after death. More recent study has indicated that he was purposely coated with arsenic that gave him a high state of preservation. Hair, mustache, eyelashes, teeth and nails-in fact every detail of the entire body is perfect. “Sylvester, One Tough Cowboy”, was featured by National Geographic TV’s “The Mummy Road Show”. He currently resides in Ye Old Curiosity Shop on the Seattle waterfront.
Egads, that is freaky! Like really freaky! But also fascinating…
How fun – a contest to name your characters! What a great idea.
And glad to hear the Halloween story is running along. I’m going to attempt one myself. :)
Hi Shelli,
Just thought I’d stop by to say hello. You have a wonderful site. I like all the picd and your latest Cobblestone cover is great.
Thanks for blogging with me.
Talk to you soon.
Charlene Sands
that is one cool pic, and thanks for the info next to it. don’t you know I got like a million ideas just looking at the old guy. ;)
glad your writing is going so well. wish I could say the same for myself. I haven’t written anything yesterday and today, well you see where I’m at. Not where I should be…sigh sigh sigh…promise I’m going to write once I’m done here. :D
Shelli,
Eeeeewwwwww on the pic. So NOT the first thing I wanted to see in the morning, you know?
So. BB suggests I come over to your blog, since she’s been here before…and THIS fucker’s staring out at me. wtf? I thought you were a romance writer. Don’t TELL me this dude is your idea of a good date?
Damn. Seriously creepy shit, lady.
Which earns you a 6-shot rating for today’s blog-photo…but in this case, that still means An A…A damn freaky blog, and worth a visit.
I popped up the comments to hide his freaky ass face, and now I’m going to drink those shots to calm my nerves.
Ok, so he’s a little nasty. Poor guy can’t get a date no matter how hard he tries. I shrunk his head so he’s not so big and scary for y’all.
Thanks for visiting book whore! And Charlene. Poor Charlene is probably a bit freaked.
Congrats on being in the groove. I hope it continues for you. The contest sounds fun, I’ll have to check it out.
Dude, I’m with Book Whore. That picture is some fucked up shit. Luckily, for you, I’m twisted that way. I’ll give ya one shot…an A for finding a weird ass photo that’s gonna stick with me all damn day.
OK, that is just weird. But don’t worry about Book Whore. She would drink anyway. I’m thinking of doing an intervention. Can we do that online? Would you like to help?
Back to the photo…….nevermind, I haven’t had enough coffee to deal with it.
Great idea though. I’ll be more prepared next time I stop by.