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Bacon-Wrapped Wienies
1 package bacon
2 packages wienies/ lil smokies
1½ sticks butter, melted
1½ cups brown sugar
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
CUT bacon into ¼ inch – ½ inch pieces. Wrap bacon around each wienie. Secure with a toothpick and place in a single layer in 9 X 13 inch pan.
COMBINE butter with brown sugar. Pour over wienies.
BAKE for 20 minutes. Turn up heat to 400 and cook for 5 minutes longer to make bacon crispy.
Here's a little teaser from my contemporary romance for your reading pleasure.
A nationally televised bombshell revealing a secret son turns marriage therapist Caleb Paden's life upside down. While others focus on the public relations disaster for his company, he can only think of rescuing his baby and providing the stable home dictated by his marriage theories—one devoid of love and emotions.
Olivia Wells might not be the baby's biological mother, but she loves him as much as any parent could. Letting him go will break her heart. Letting him go to a man who doesn't believe in love will tear her apart.
As she helps Caleb bond with his child, Olivia finds herself falling for the man behind the stuffy therapist persona. However, he wants nothing to do with her love and emotions, and those are the only things she has to give. If she can't convince him love is the answer, not the enemy, she will lose both the baby she loves and her heart.
"Scones?" He recoiled as if she'd announced the kitchen teemed with roaches.
"You don't like them?" She set the tin on the side table and arranged the dishes of butter and strawberry preserves.
She bit her tongue over the urge to tell him how much she detested his books. "I use a recipe my grandmother brought over from Scotland. I serve plain scones along with two other flavors of the day."
"Coffee will suffice." He picked up his cup. "Thank you, Olivia, for your hospitality. I'm in need of a room tonight for myself and my, uh, son. A suite would be best, if possible. I'll pay the going rate, naturally."
He had no idea what "going rate" she offered to misguided marriage therapists. Not that it mattered. Whether he paid for his stay or not, he had to sleep under her roof. The storm didn't leave either of them a choice. And she had plenty of rooms. Her other scheduled guests for the week had cancelled due to the weather. "Of course you need to stay. But Liam already has his own room and he's currently asleep there."
"From now on, he'll stay with me."
Her heart fell to the pit of her stomach. "Dr. Paden, you're chilled and must have had a terrible drive. Why don't you relax and worry about yourself this evening. Liam is on a schedule where he goes to sleep before dinner and sleeps through to the early morning. I'll introduce you to him then."
He set down his coffee cup with an ominous clank. "I didn't come here for coffee and scones. I came for my son. Take me to him now."
She clasped her shaking hands behind her back. She had no legal claim to Liam. But how could she give up the child she loved to such an overbearing, pompous ass?
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Monday, 22 May 2017
Celebrate Victoria Day with this Fun Appetizer for Family, and Sweet Romance for You by Sara Daniel...
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Monday, 15 May 2017
Guest Post: Let's Talk Formatting by Marci Clark...
Some houses provide a style guide. Double check for any submission rules before sending your book and risking a default rejection. If the house is relaxed on their formatting, that doesn't mean you shouldn't bother cleaning up the formatting any less than you'd bother cleaning up the content.
If they don't have a style for submissions, a pretty basic format is appreciated. Centered chapter headings, .3 to .5 indent on new paragraphs, 1.5 spaced lines, all black text in a basic font/typeface (making it "pretty" won't impress your editor), and no all capped or underlined words (use italics for emphasis).
Here are a few shortcuts when it comes to cleaning up your manuscript. Note: I have a PC, so I don't know if these translate to a Mac.
Extra Spaces: We are no longer a society of the double space after ending a sentence. One space. One. But if you have a habit of adding two, no problem. There's a quick fix. Open up your find/replace option. In the find box, hit the space bar twice. In the replace box, hit the space bar once. Then select replace all. Do that until the find/replace reaches zero.
Tabs: No. Just no. Do not use the tab button when indenting. Go to the top of the document, select the page layout tab an set your indent for the document there. Sometimes hitting the tab is natural. You can fix that as well. In the find/replace option, find ^t and replace with nothing. Leave the replace box blank. Replace all. Then select all on your document and set your tab as indicated above-through the page layout option.
Spaces Before or After Paragraphs: These hidden spaces may seem innocent enough, but if you are self publishing, these extra spaces can cause the designer a lot of stress depending on which program they use to convert your document. Remove extra spaces by again using the find/replace option. Find: space bar^p, and replace with ^p. Replace all. Do the same, but with the space on the other side of the paragraph break. ^pspacebar, replace with ^p. This will give you clean returns throughout.
Soft Returns: These also are pain when formatting. Find/replace ^l with ^p.
As for the document, please, please, PLEASE do not hit the enter button multiple times to start a new chapter. Nooo!!! Use a solid page break. Ctrl+Enter will break the page and give you (and your designer) a clean start on the next chapter. The problem with hitting enter over and over is that while it may push the chapter heading to a new page on your computer screen, it doesn't always work out that way on your editor's screen. If not, your chapter headings end up in all kinds of crazy places. Just do a page break, and nobody has to wonder WTH.
There are a dozens of little things that could also be done, but this really hits the big ones. Follow these tips, and your editor/designer will love you just a little more.
Reach out to her at firstname.lastname@example.com if you'd like to discuss your project with her.
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Monday, 8 May 2017
Cover Reveal: Lost and Found, Book One; Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls by Sharon Ledwith...
Sharon Ledwith has a brand new series coming in June 2017 and today I am revealing the cover to you!
Here is some information about the book:
Print Length: 203 pages
Publisher: Mirror World Publishing; 1 edition
Publication Date: June 17, 2017
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The Fairy Falls Animal Shelter is in trouble. Money trouble. It's up to an old calico cat named Whiskey—a shelter cat who has mastered the skill of observation—to find a new human pack leader so that their home will be saved. With the help of Nobel, the leader of the shelter dogs, the animals set out to use the ancient skill of telepathy to contact any human who bothers to listen to them. Unfortunately for fifteen-year-old Meagan Walsh, she hears them, loud and clear.
Forced to live with her Aunt Izzy in the safe and quiet town of Fairy Falls, Meagan is caught stealing and is sentenced to do community hours at the animal shelter where her aunt works. Realizing Meagan can hear her, Whiskey realizes that Meagan just might have the pack leader qualities necessary to save the animals. Avoiding Whiskey and the rest of shelter animals becomes impossible for Meagan, so she finally gives in and promises to help them. Meagan, along with her newfound friends, Reid Robertson and Natalie Knight, discover that someone in Fairy Falls is not only out to destroy the shelter, but the animals as well. Can Meagan convince her aunt and co-workers that the animals are in danger? If she fails, then all the animals' voices will be silenced forever.
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Thursday, 4 May 2017
Book Tour: The Sun God's Heir, Rebirth: Book Two by Elliott Baker...
Welcome to the Book Tour for The Sun God's Heir: Rebirth, Book 2 in Elliott Baker's new series!
Book Information:
Title: The Sun God's Heir: Rebirth, Book 2
Author Name: Elliott Baker
Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Release Date: April 18, 2017
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About The Sun God's Heir: Rebirth, Book 2:
The Count of Monte Cristo meets ancient Egypt in this riveting sequel to The Sun God's Heir: Return.
Set during the wave tossed years of white slavery and Barbary pirates, this is the epic story of René Gilbert, a journey that defies time as he must draw on a larger awareness earned in previous lifetimes.
The plague's dark fingers curl around Bordeaux. René must return home to save those he loves. But first he has to escape a Moroccan sultan's clutches. In Bordeaux, an enemy waits, filled with a hatred three thousand years old. Only René can defeat this dark power, and only if he reclaims his own ancient past. In this arena, death is but the least of failure's penalties.
The medina of Casablanca was a warren of narrow winding streets filled with stalls of all shapes and sizes. René followed Akeefa and Abdul-Karim as they entered through a constricted archway and left behind the blinding sunlight. René stopped to take it all in. A thousand sights and sounds assaulted him at once. An intense level of energy and human striving filled the air. The sounds and smells were strident, immediate. A cacophony reverberated from the walls as metalworkers hammered on copper and brass and iron. Jewelers, leather workers, and weaponsmiths all contributed to the din of men and animals pursuing their desires. The enticing smells of food and coffee pervaded the space. Booth after booth of delicacies was on display along with the occasional goat carcass that hung from the canopy poles waiting for the butcher's cleaver.
"This is overwhelming." René sucked in a deep breath. "Something smells good. Perhaps we might sit and have a coffee while I try to make sense of this incredible place."
"That is an excellent idea." Abdul-Karim grinned. "I know just the place and 'tis not far from here."
"More food," Akeefa said with some exasperation. "You promised I would be able to shop and you know I cannot go off on my own. Some stupid man would say or do something and after I had killed him, we would spend the morning yelling or fighting or both. With you two, I will at least have some measure of freedom."
René gazed sideways at Akeefa. He knew her well enough not to doubt the possibility of her statement, but he hoped she spoke in jest.
Abdul-Karim grimaced like he had bitten into a lemon. He turned to René. "You must trust my experience in this. Given the amount of walking and waiting we face, you will definitely need nourishment."
René laughed. "Perhaps we might feed Abdul-Karim so we may better attack this shopping from a position of strength."
"Oh, all right." Akeefa rolled her eyes. "My master taught me when to make a strategic retreat and this is clearly one of those times. I will want, however, to see that stamina later. Understood?" She glared at Abdul-Karim.
Her effort was wasted on her older brother. Abdul-Karim's demeanor changed to one of joyful expectation. "I know just the place. Best pastries in Morocco. This way."
René glanced around. Even over the din and chaotic movement of the medina, he had the sensation they were being watched. The fact that he was a Frenchman was immaterial. There were many different nationalities present within the medina. Non, he, René Gilbert, was being observed.
"Do you believe they will attack again so soon?" asked René.
"The Hashashin that attacked us on the quay in Larache were paid by the sultan's younger brother Ismail. I do not sense that level of organization. There are many bands of robbers and slavers within Morocco. It can be a difficult place to live," said Abdul-Karim. "And there are those in Rabat who will not allow our victory over their brethren go unrevenged, regardless of the sultan's orders."
Both men loosened their blades while Akeefa huffed at the conventions that prevented her from carrying a sword. Still, an attacker would find her armed.
"Let us sit at that tavern." Abdul-Karim pointed across the lane. "It has good sight lines and there are avenues of escape if necessary."
Once seated, Abdul-Karim ordered coffee and an assortment of cakes.
Akeefa pursed her lips.
"What? We might as well eat something while we wait."
The square had grown quieter as people found their business called them elsewhere. Men collected in small groups. So far, the numbers of their enemies were not overwhelming and René was content to wait. He glanced at Abdul-Karim. The smile on his face evidenced a gleeful anticipation at the prospect of combat. His friend genuinely liked to fight.
"It appears someone is willing to invest a great deal of money in our removal. As much as I would like to engage in this contest—" Abdul-Karim glanced over at his sister. "And we have them outmanned, father would advise us to retreat and gather reinforcements."
Abdul-Karim inclined his head. They stood as groups of men moved to block the exits.
"We may not be offered that opportunity." Akeefa slipped her hand beneath her burka.
"Let us make our way toward the medina's entrance. If we reach the confines of the arch, we gain a slight advantage in the number of our enemy able to come against us." René's rapier was in his hand.
The scimitar Abdul-Karim pulled from his sash reflected sunlight along its razor sharp edge. A wicked looking dagger appeared in Akeefa's hand. René eased left of Akeefa leaving a sword length between them as Abdul-Karim stepped to her right.
The square was now empty except for the growing number of armed men drawing their swords. René studied the upper stories of the souk. No musket barrels protruded from those windows.
René counted thirty men circling them and moving closer. "Akeefa, move to the front and make first contact. A moment's confusion having you walk before us will be useful. It is not that unusual for a woman to carry a dagger. Perhaps you might hold it a little less respectfully."
"I will do my clumsy best." Akeefa managed to move to the front, intentionally tripping on her burka.
The number of men waiting before the medina's arch had increased to ten. Smug smiles played on their faces. Apparently they found humor in two men so cowardly as to hope a woman would protect them. One eager young mercenary swaggered out to meet Akeefa.
"Throw down your weapons and your deaths will be easier," said the man as he waved his scimitar toward Akeefa. He ignored the dagger that shook in her trembling hand.
"D…do you intend to kill us all?" Akeefa stuttered in a high-pitched voice.
The fool preened, sticking his chest out. "Drop your weapons."
In the briefest space of time, Akeefa moved to within striking distance and slit his throat, relieving him of his weapon before his body crumpled into the dust. The others froze at the speed and skill with which she had dispatched one of their own. In that timeless moment of inaction, René and Abdul-Karim each killed two men of the nine left standing before the arch.
René looked up. More armed men ran toward the arch. He paused and settled within, allowing his training to govern his actions. He sensed more than saw Akeefa adjust her clothing.
She ripped the scarf from her face and stood in as wide a stance as the burka allowed. She reversed the scimitar and jammed it between her legs, slicing the thin material to the ground. Thus unencumbered, she returned to the fight.
René nodded and on cue they formed a circle, defending each other as well as dispatching those who came against them. They narrowed the access lanes which caused their attackers to fight each other to get at them.
"Move toward the arch," said René.
There were too many swords slashing at them. Their progress was slow. These men were not the highly trained Hashashin, but they were experienced enough that their numbers would eventually prevail.
Although René had no desire to kill, this fight did not grant him that moral luxury. He picked up a second sword and wielded both with withering accuracy. The attackers who faced Akeefa died with an expression of bewilderment.
Still, too many swords. Every moment reduced their chances.
Meet the Author:
Award winning novelist and international playwright Elliott Baker grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. With four musicals and one play published and produced in the United States, New Zealand, Portugal, England, and Canada, Elliott is pleased to release his first novels. The Sun God's Heir: Return, book one of the trilogy, was released this past January, and book two, Rebirth will come out on April 18th, followed in July by the third and final book of the series, Redemption. A member of the Authors Guild and the Dramatists Guild, Elliott lives in New Hampshire with his wife Sally Ann.
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Monday, 1 May 2017
Celebrate the month of May with my Annual Goodreads Giveaway…
Last week's post marked a day of remembering the Holocaust victims during World War Two. You can read it HERE if you missed it. In that post, my friend and fellow author, Carol Browne and I wrote a poignant piece about two people we chose who had survived the terrible Holocaust, and went on to make a difference to the world in their own way.
I picked the latest book in The Last Timekeepers young adult time travel series, The Last Timekeepers and the Dark Secret for my annual May Goodreads Giveaway because the story touches on the lives of people who not only endured World War Two, but fought the Nazis on their own ground. I touch briefly on the Jewish round-ups, the injustices, and what my characters experienced on their time travel mission in Amsterdam during 1942. If you think you'd be interested in going back in time and fighting the Nazis with my time traveling crew, then I urge you to enter my giveaway for a chance to win a signed copy.
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. Cheers, and good luck!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
The Last Timekeepers and the Dark Secret
by Sharon Ledwith
Giveaway ends May 22, 2017.
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Monday, 24 April 2017
Heroes of the Holocaust…
|Entrance to a death camp. Translation: Work Brings Freedom
April 24th marks Holocaust Remembrance Day. To honour this day, I approached my author friend, Carol Browne, who wrote a book about a Holocaust survivor, to ask if she'd like to get together to do an article about two people who had survived the Holocaust and made a substantial difference in this world. Carol was totally on board, so we put our heads together, and these are the two heroic people we chose…
Carol's hero:
|Elie Wiesel
Born in Sighet, Romania on 30th September, 1928, Elie Wiesel was a student of religion. In 1940 his family was forced to live in a Jewish ghetto, along with many others, but worse was to come in May, 1944, when Jews living in Sighet were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie was then aged fifteen. He and his father were used as slave labourers there before being sent on a forced march to Buchenwald, where his father was so badly beaten by a German soldier he died. The camp was liberated three months later and Elie was free, but he had lost his parents and youngest sister to the Holocaust. His two older sisters miraculously survived.
Elie was a student at the Sorbonne, 1948-51, and began a career in journalism. In 1960 his book La Nuit (Night) was published. It told of his experiences during the Holocaust and became an international bestseller. Two novels followed: Dawn (1961) and Day (1962). Altogether these books comprised a trilogy that looked closely at man's inhumanity to man.
Wiesel became an American citizen in 1963. He went on to write many books and became a revered activist and public orator, speaking out against injustices all over the world. In 1978, Jimmy Carter appointed him as chair of the President's Commission on the Holocaust. Among his many awards were the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honour's Grand Croix. He held teaching posts at a number of universities and, together with his wife Marion, founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, to combat the intolerance and injustice that so concerned him.
In 1986, Wiesel's activism finally won him the Nobel Peace Prize.
On July 2, 2016, Wiesel died at his home in Manhattan, aged 87. In spite of horrendous experiences in the death camps, he had not lost his faith in humanity and never failed in his duty to his fellow man. To quote the citation of his Nobel Peace Prize, "Wiesel is a messenger to mankind. His message is one of peace, atonement and human dignity. His belief that the forces fighting evil in the world can be victorious is a hard-won belief."
Sharon's hero:
|Otto and Anne Frank
You may have heard of Otto Heinrich Frank through his famous daughter, Anne. After his liberation from Auschwitz, Otto made his way back to Amsterdam, June 3rd, 1945, to find out that his wife and later his two daughters had perished in the death camps. Otto slowly learned to live with his grief. "There is no point in brooding", he wrote to a friend on March 16, 1946. "We have to go to living, go on building. We don't want to forget, but we mustn't let our memories lead us to negativism."
On the same day Otto Frank learned of his daughters' deaths, Miep Gies, a trusted employee and dear friend, gave him Anne's red-and-light-green checkered diary, her notebooks, and 327 loose sheets of onionskin paper Miep had rescued and kept safe in her desk drawer. Otto went to work on putting the papers in some kind of order, and typed out a manuscript which he had professionally edited. After Otto gave a copy of the corrected manuscript to several friends and relatives to read, he was urged to publish the diary by a professor friend, who said, "It was the most moving document about that time I know, and a literary masterpiece."
Originally published with the title Het Achterhuis (The House Behind) in March 1947, the first American edition appeared in 1952 under the title Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Believe it or not, the diary didn't become a bestseller until it was adapted for the stage and performed throughout the world. On May 3, 1957, the Anne Frank Foundation was established to preserve the building (263 Prinsengracht) where the Franks hid during the war. Otto Frank insisted that the foundation also establish a centre that would promote contact among young people of different countries and religious backgrounds to prevent intolerance and discrimination. On May 3, 1960, the Anne Frank House opened as a museum and to this date receives over a million visitors each year. In the end, the Nazi terror could not silence Anne's voice, thanks to her father's deep devotion to bring Anne's words out into the world.
About the Authors:
Born in Stafford in the UK, Carol Browne was raised in Crewe, Cheshire, which she thinks of as her home town. Interested in reading and writing at an early age, Carol pursued her passions at Nottingham University and was awarded an honours degree in English Language and Literature. Now living and working in the Cambridgeshire countryside, Carol usually writes fiction and is a contracted author at Burning Willow Press. Being Krystyna, published by Dilliebooks on 11th November, 2016, is her first non-fiction book.
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Being Krystyna; A story of survival in WWII
It's 2012, the year of the London Olympics, and for young Polish immigrant Agnieszka, visiting fellow countrywoman Krystyna in a Peterborough care home is a simple act of kindness. However, the meeting proves to be the beginning of a life-changing experience.
Krystyna's stories about the past are not memories of the good old days but recollections of war-ravaged Europe: The Warsaw Ghetto, Pawiak Prison, Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, and the death march to freedom.
The losses and ordeals Krystyna suffered and what she had to do to survive, these are horrors Agnieszka must confront when she volunteers to be Krystyna's biographer.
Will Agnieszka find a way to accomplish her task, and, in this harrowing story of survival, what is the message for us today?
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Sharon Ledwith is the author of the middle-grade/young adult time travel adventure series, THE LAST TIMEKEEPERS, and the teen psychic mystery series, MYSTERIOUS TALES FROM FAIRY FALLS. When not writing, researching, or revising, she enjoys reading, exercising, anything arcane, and an occasional dram of scotch. Sharon lives a serene, yet busy life in a southern tourist region of Ontario, Canada, with her hubby, one spoiled yellow Labrador and a moody calico cat.
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The Last Timekeepers and the Dark Secret, Book #2:
Fourteen year-old Jordan Jensen always considered himself a team player on and off the field, until the second Timekeeper mission lands him in Amsterdam during World War Two. Pulled into the world of espionage, torture, and intolerance, Jordan and the rest of the Timekeepers have no choice but to do whatever they can to stay one step ahead of the Nazis in order to find and protect a mysterious book.
With the help of the Dutch Resistance, an eccentric baron, Nordic runes, and an ancient volume originating from Atlantis, Jordan must learn that it takes true teamwork, trust, and sacrifice to keep time safe from the evils of fascism. Can Jordan find the hero within to conquer the darkness surrounding the Timekeepers? If he doesn't, then the terrible truth of what the Nazis did will never see the light of day.
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Monday, 17 April 2017
Book Blog Tour: Uncharted by Justine Alley Dowsett and Murandy Damodred...
Welcome to the book tour for Uncharted by Justine Alley Dowsett and Murandy Damodred.
Title: Uncharted
Author Name: Justine Alley Dowsett & Murandy Damodred
Page Count: 344 pgs.
Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, Historical, Comedy, Adventure, Swashbuckling, Polyamoury
Release Date: April 17, 2017
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Fated to be a Priestess of Saegard, Meredith dreams of leading a normal life with a family and a home of her own, something she'll never have if she swears her life to the Order. A chance encounter with a stranger in the sacred Celestial Chamber sends her previously well-ordered life into a tailspin of adventure and mayhem as she is blamed for the theft of a legendary artifact.
Now a fugitive, Meredith must join forces with Captain Reginald Lawrence, the son of the man who initially brought her to the Temple, and his enigmatic business partner, the charming yet at times infuriating, Grey Rhodes, to find the Celestial Bowl and clear her name. From the cosmopolitan capital of Saegard to the coast of Ismera and back again, Meredith's journey will reveal the true nature of her past, present, and ultimately, her future.
Guest Post: Writing Uncharted Together by Justine Alley Dowsett
Murandy Damodred and I wrote our fantasy / romantic comedy novel, Uncharted, together. This is not our first co-written novel. In fact, it's our fifth, so we've got a system worked out for how we do it.
First we split up the characters:
Since we write primarily romance, our stories have at least a male protagonist and a female protagonist, so for Murandy and I what works best is to divide the characters by gender. Murandy tends to write the female main character or characters and I write the male ones. This way, we split up the work and while writing, it's easier and more interesting to have conversations with each other.
For Uncharted, that's Meredith as the protagonist and Reginald and Grey as the lead male characters.
We discuss the story and the world and decide where we want to start:
Generally speaking, any planning we do as far as coming up with the concept of the story and who the characters are has been done before this point, but now that we know who's who, we can flesh things out. We bounce ideas off of one another to decide where the story begins and where the inciting incident is.
In Uncharted, we started with the prologue. We wanted to show the moment that sets Meredith on her journey, as that journey was going to be central to the plot.
I set the scene:
As the narrator, it's my job to describe the setting and to set the scene for the character(s).
From the prologue of Uncharted:
Noiseless on slippered feet, Meredith darted swiftly to the oversized double doors of the Celestial Chamber. She glanced once quickly over each shoulder to make sure she was still alone in the Great Hall before she gave the wide gilded handle a tug and felt the latch give way. With a grimace of effort, she pulled the heavy door open just enough to allow herself to squeeze into the chamber beyond.
Expecting darkness, moonlight dazzled her senses. The silvery light pooled in the middle of a wide and perfectly round central platform, serving to bring focus to the reason for this room's existence: an ethereal-looking blue bowl lined with silver and filled with glittering water.
The Celestial Bowl beckoned to Meredith from its place on the solitary stone pedestal in the centre of the chamber. The sound of rushing water from the underground river that surfaced briefly in this room filled her ears as she let the heavy door fall quietly shut behind her.
Murandy decides what her character is thinking, doing, or saying:
In response to the information I've given her in my description of the scene, Murandy decides what happens next based on her character's motivations.
I shouldn't be in here, a small voice in the back of her mind reminded her, even as she took a step toward the glittering artifact. It's only that I just can't help but question if this life is for me. I want a family, a home…and a husband. I owe the Order for what they've done for me, but if I stay here and become a Priestess, I can't have any of those things.
If I can just have a look at my destiny tonight, then maybe the path I should take will become clear. Besides, she countered the nagging sound of her conscience, if I wait until tomorrow's ceremony to see my future, it will be too late to change it.
I let her know how the world or the characters around her react:
Her decision made, Meredith closed the distance between herself and the bowl with purpose, crossing the small, railless stone bridge spanning a gap over the rushing water beneath. As she neared the bowl, she kept her eyes fixated on the calm, reflective surface of the water within, not wanting to chance missing even the slightest bit of whatever vision it might grant her. Moonlight glinted off the silver interior of the bowl, making the room seem brighter than it actually was. As if in a trance, she lost herself in the beauty of the dancing light and that was when she saw it.
A man, no…only his torso, wearing a dark grey suit coat buttoned over his left breast. He stood with pride in his bearing, but beyond the grey coat and a single purple flower in his lapel the image cut off at the neck and didn't show his face. Meredith leaned forward, trying to get a better angle.
The vision, if that's what it was, continued and she saw herself from behind, unmistakeable with her lengthy waves of chocolate brown hair cascading over the hood of her light grey Priestess cloak. The vision of herself flung herself at this man and his arms reached up to hold her. Engrossed now, Meredith leaned directly over the bowl, determined to get a glimpse at the face of her mystery man when the image in the silver-lined water abruptly disappeared.
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Back and forth, the action and dialogue unfold as control of the scene is passed between us. And when one scene ends, we repeat the process, deciding where to start, setting the scene, adding thoughts, actions and dialogue, and responding. This is what works for Murandy and I, but there are lots of ways to co-write and divide the work. The trick is to work with someone you can rely on, trust, and generally get along with because co-writing takes a lot of compromise and being on the same page.
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The door to her 'room' on The Clover was just as she remembered it, although it seemed much smaller now that she was older. No larger than a water closet, the addition on the backside of the Captain's Quarters that had been built for her was still there as though, after all this time, it was waiting for her return.
Reaching for the small brass ring that served as a handle, Meredith pulled the half-sized door open and was dismayed to find that there was no way she'd fit inside the small space. It was filled to the brim with all manner of junk. Tackle boxes, rope, a crate filled with empty bottles, and a pile of soiled linen; her 'bedroom' had been repurposed into the ship's dumping ground.
This is my room. For no reason that she could fully articulate, Meredith felt indignant. Even if it's been more than ten years, it was built for me and I'm taking it back! The irrational desire to re-stake her claim on something that hadn't been hers for a decade took over and she grabbed the nearest thing to her and turned with purpose, ready to hoist a crate filled with empty liquor bottles over the railing and into the water below.
"Whoa, hold on just a minute!" Captain Laurent's son grabbed hold of her arm before she could gain the height she needed to throw the crate overboard.
His noble friend, minus his navy suit jacket now, stood just behind him, almost as if staying out of her range. His white shirt was nearly clean, though she could see where brownish grey stew coloured the frills of his collar. Meredith felt only slightly guilty about her little 'outburst'. He deserved it…he's a jerk.
"No," she stated, imploring him to listen, "you destroyed my room and I'm taking it back. It's the only home I ever really had."
"Your…room?" A light went on behind the young Captain's eyes. "That's why it had a bed in there…I always thought it was a dog house. Didn't know why my dad would've wanted a dog aboard a ship, but he was always doing all sorts of foolish things."
"Like taking in strays?" Meredith demanded, arching a brow disdainfully in his direction. "Is that what you're implying?"
"Ah, no!" Reginald's eyes went wide, his hands going up in a defensive fashion. "No, of course not! My dad was always winning strange sorts of stuff in poker tournaments. He was gambler."
"Are you now implying that I was bought or won in a card game, like some sort of…child slave?"
His eyes bugged even further out of his head, if that was possible, and his cheeks flushed. "Ah…no…I mean…you weren't, were you?"
"Of course not!"
"So now that we've established that you aren't a stray dog or a child slave," the noble interjected in a no-nonsense tone of voice, his grey eyes dark, "do you mind telling us who you are and what you're doing here?"
Meredith fought the urge to laugh because the bit of mushy carrot in his hair was so at odds with his expression.
"I am here because I need passage out of Saegard. I fell in the water, got drenched, then walked here during the night. I was cold, wet, and badly bruised…from my fall. No one was around on deck, so I thought I would warm up inside. I took my clothes off to dry so I wouldn't catch a cold and I used the silks because they were all I could find. That's when I fell asleep. And I would have told you all of that, if you weren't being such a jerk!"
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Writers are mostly on their butts doing what they love to do, but our bodies were made to move. I used to write first thing in the morning to get my word count, but as the day blossomed, exercise went on the back burner. So I kick-start my day by either doing free weights, abdominal exercises, and push-ups, or riding on my stationary bike for 25-30 minutes. There's an added bonus for exercising on the bike—I can read from my TBR pile!
Once the exercise routine is done in the morning, I feel recharged and ready to start the rest of the day writing, planning, marketing, or promoting my books. I still try to get up and stretch every 30-45 minutes, and then there's my faithful companion—a spoiled yellow Labrador—that insists he be walked every day at 2 pm sharp. That's non-negotiable.
Another healthy lifestyle tip for writers is to take breaks throughout the day. The truth is—we all need to periodically step away. We skip breaks in the name of "getting one more page written," but when we don't break from our work, our productivity suffers. We lose focus. We start making small mistakes and even forget things altogether. Our bodies have a natural ebb-and-flow response to stress that allows us to work hard and then relax and recover. The problem comes when we chronically trigger those responses. We become all flow and no ebb, and you can only cheat the system so long before it becomes counterproductive. Set a timer if you must, or download an app that will remind you to pull away from your task, but for the sake of your health, give yourself a break!
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Want another reason to rest and recharge your writing muscles? I find if I overuse my computer mouse—whether writing a novel, editing, blogging, or engaging in social media—my wrist starts to throb. Then I know it's time to put on a wrist brace, and rest my hand as much as possible. Or switch up and use my other hand! Eye strain happens more when I'm revising and proofing. Sometimes I use an eye patch to give my sore eye a rest. The one thing writers don't want to screw around with is the health of their eyes. So take frequent breaks when proofing or editing. Your eyes will thank you. The key for me is that as a writer, I've learned to listen to my body. I stop if it hurts. I rest. Stretch if I need to release the kinks. It's pretty much all common sense.
One more thing. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Your body needs lubrication. Water massages your major organs, flushes toxins from your body, increases energy and relieves fatigue. And if that wasn't enough to get you periodically up out of your seat to go grab a glass or bottle of water, drinking enough water can also help with weight loss. A bonus for any writer who doesn't want to drag around that secretarial spread behind them. So, drink to your health, and bottoms up!
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Black crustose lichen on sandstone cliffs and rocks forming coastal band near high water mark. Areolate thallus with lots of small bulging perithecia. Possibly Verrucaria maura [Hydropunctaria maura].
Other observations of Verrucaria maura
Species with which Verrucaria maura interacts
Name and spelling
Thanks Nigel for spotting incorrect spelling in earlier posting for this lichen and for information about more recent Hydropunctaria name. Logging system didn't seem to register Hydropunctaria maura so stayed with Verrucaria maura which it still registered.
While the DNA evidence for splitting up Verrucaria is undeniable, we don't seem to have an easily accessible summary of the new names, nor have some of the splits in recent years proved nomenclaturally stable.
The genus Hydropunctaria is well founded and recently described species in the H. maura complex have valid names only in Hydropunctaria, but on my own website I currently think it better to keep them all under Verrucaria for now - this being the treatment in Dobson and in 'The lichens of Great Britain and Ireland', and in other currently available identification guides.
Thanks Alan for information about Hydropunctaria/Verrucaria names and especially about current usage in many publications. All new for me so interesting and helpful.


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Location: Children's Nutrition Research Center2011 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416)
1) determine role of circadian clock in regulation of food intake and interaction between diet composition and circadian rhythms of food intake on body weight control during post-weaning and adult life; determine specific role of central and peripheral clocks, as well as circadian output pathways in maintaining homeostasis of food intake; (2-3 removed; SYs left); 4) investigate impact of prematurity on GI and metabolic response to perinatal nutrition; 5) compare impact of continuous vs. intermittent bolus delivery of nutrients provided enterally or parenterally on protein synthesis and accretion in neonatal models and identify intracellular signaling mechanism involved; 8) investigate changes of SIRT3 gene expression in the liver, and study effects of SIRT3 expression on hepatic metabolism, oxidative stress, and fat deposition; 9) determine role of protein kinase C interacting cousin of thioredoxin in insulin-mediated growth, macronutrient metabolism, and insulin resistance in the liver; 10) define action of glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) receptor on food intake and inter-organ macronutrient flux; 11) study ghrelin peptide expression profile under different diet regimes; 12) conduct mechanistic analyses of differences in metabolic profile between WT and null mice; 13) confirm predicted lipotropic effects of lecithin, choline and betaine in high-fat-fed mouse models of the metabolic syndrome; 14) test impact of liver specific LRH-1 knockout on the lipotropic effects of lecithin, choline and betaine in high-fat-fed mouse models of the metabolic syndrome; 15)identify genes that show epigenetic dysregulation in obesity; 16) determine if methylation and expression of specific genes in hypothalamus and/or adipose tissue differ between lean and obese animals and determine if maternal obesity and/or nutrition before and during pregnancy persistently alters epigenetic regulation in offspring; 17) determine if maternal obesity and/or nutrition before and during pregnancy persistently alters epigenetic regulation in offspring hypothalamus or adipose tissue; 18) identify placental epigenetic mechanisms that affect fetal nutrition, growth and development; 19) determine how programming of glucose intolerance, obesity, and the epigenetic dysregulation of skeletal muscle-growth in mice is affected by maternal diet during development; 20) determine if epigenetic programming and reprogramming contribute to lineage-specific patterns of gene expression; 21) develop targested knock-in mouse model to determine if nutrients can modulate hypermethylation, epigenetic silencing and increase susceptibility to disease; 22) evaluate leukocyte patterns, gene expression profiles, and inflammatory mediators in adipose tissue under influence of diatary manipulation that leads to obesity.
1b. Approach (from AD-416)
The research will be accomplished using a variety of animal models and scientific tools to simulate the human newborn and/or child. Animal models will be used to understand the central and peripheral circadian clock mechanisms that influence eating behavior, metabolism, and energy balance. Newborm animal models will be used to examine the effect of chronic parenteral nutrition during the neonatal period on glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and body composition during late infancy and adolescence. Researchers will investigate the effects of intermittent bolus feeding versus continuous feeding, delivered either enterally or parenterally, on protein synthesis in neonatal animal models. This will allow our team to determine the long-term impact of these feeding modalities on growth and body composition. Various models will be placed on obesigenic diets at 5-6 weeks of age and evaluated at 7 days, 5 weeks, and 6 months to define a blood leukocyte expression profile at these time points. Children's Nutrition Research Center scientists will also characterize the functions of intracellular systems in the liver and their influences on the onset of fatty liver disease and glucose homeostasis. Additional investigation will occur on the intracellular signaling pathways of GLP-2 and their metabolic effects on food intake, energy expenditure, and glucose homeostasis. Various mouse models, and a human model of epigenetic dysregulation compromising placental development, will be used to test if maternal obesity and fetal nutrition during development affects the establishment of gene-specific DNA methylation patterns in the developing fetus, which would cause permanent changes in gene expression, metabolism, food intake regulation, and body weight. Additionally we will investigate the mechanisms regulating DNA methylation during development, and characterize their involvement in nutritional programming during critical ontogenic periods. We will characterize the role of ghrelin and its receptor in nutritional regulation of energy and glucose homeostasis.
3. Progress Report
Proj. 1 We investigated the molecular mechanism of circadian control of leptin expression in the fat tissue and bile acid synthesis, metabolism, and signaling in the liver and found that the circadian clock is involved in regulating leptin expression and bile acid synthesis at the transcriptional level, and disruption of circadian rhythm disrupts the balance of leptin interaction with brain centers controlling energy balance. Proj. 2 We showed in models that parenteral vs. enteral nutrition results in poor metabolic condition marked by increased fat, glucose intolerance, and inflammatory stress. We showed that intermittent bolus feeding stimulates protein synthesis by activating the signaling proteins that regulate protein synthesis, but the time course varies among tissues. Proj. 3 We conducted gene expression analysis on blood, liver, and fat tissues from mice fed a high or a low fat diet. We studied mice with a CD11c deficiency to see if CD11c was important to the inflammation that occurs in the fat tissues of the obese mice. Proj. 4 We examined the effects of nutritional or hormone changes on SIRT3 expression in cultured hepatocytes, the primary cells of the liver. We generated transgenic mice targeting the specific gene Grx3, that will be used as a genetic tool to delete the Grx3 gene in specific tissues. We conducted studies to determine the physiological role of GLP-2, a gut hormone, in the central nervous system in the control of blood glucose; we deleted GLP-2R in hypothalamic neurons and demonstrated that GLP-2R deletion in these neurons increases glucose production in the liver by decreasing insulin responsiveness, suggesting that brain GLP-2R activation is important for maintaining blood glucose levels. We have generated a new 5-HT2CR floxed mouse model. In parallel, we used mouse models with estrogen receptor-alpha (a receptor that is activated by the sex hormone estrogen) deleted in the central nervous system. Proj. 5 We studied if early postnatal over nutrition by suckling in small litters induces permanent increases in weight and fatness, relative to mice suckled in normal size control litters. We used a genome-wide method (MSAM) to screen for persistent changes in hypothalamic DNA methylation in these models, but no major differences were detected. We profiled DNA methylation across the genome to compare androgenetic hydatidiform, ovarian teratomas, and normal placentas. We studied the function of NLRP7 to confirm in various cell lines that this protein interacts with CTCF and YY1, two proteins important in the regulation of imprinting, as well as with NPM1, a protein that we found to bind to NRLP7. We performed gene expression profiling using RNA from liver and muscle of mice born to mothers fed a low-protein diet. We found many expression changes in liver at age 1 yr. We completed MSAM to compare methylation in human embryonic stem cells before and after induced differentiation and identified 3% of genomic regions that are targets for programmed methylation. We are developing a model to understand the signals that determine locus-specific DNA methylation in vivo.
4. Accomplishments
1. The brain may be a target for energy balance and reproduction concerns. Estrogens act upon estrogen receptor-alpha (ERa) to regulate body weight and reproduction, but ERa expressing cells that are critical for these effects have not been identified. Researchers at the Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX, demonstrated that ERa in the brain is required to mediate estrogenic effects on the regulation of body weight and reproduction. These findings may provide rational targets for the development of new therapeutic interventions that may be used to treat and prevent obesity and infertility in women.
2. A nuclear-receptor-dependent phosphatidylcholine pathway with antidiabetic effects. Nuclear hormone receptors are important regulators of metabolism, and their activity is controlled by binding of hormones or other specific ligands. Loss of appropriate metabolic control occurs in obesity and diabetes. Researchers at the Children's Nutrition Research Center, in Houston, TX, have discovered a new ligand for the nuclear receptor LRH-1 (also known as NR5A2), that is an unusual but natural lipid species called dilauroyl phosphatidylcholine (DLPC). DLPC treatment of mice lowers liver fat and improves control of sugar metabolism in mouse diabetes models. These findings identify LRH-1 as a new metabolic regulator and suggest that DLPC may be useful in treating metabolic disorders. The antidiabetic effects of DLPC are currently being examined in a small clinical trial in obese humans.
3. GLP-2 receptor deficiency impairs glucose balance. Hyperglycemia is a common problem with diabetes, and is primarily attributed to glucose production. The brain can sense hormones and nutrients to control energy and glucose homeostasis but, the physiological significance of a particular brain GLP-2 receptor (GLP-2R) has not been defined. Researchers at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, TX, demonstrated that GLP-2R deficiency in brain neurons impairs glucose homeostasis by decreasing insulin sensitivity, which suggests that the brain GLP-2R plays an important role in the control of glucose homeostasis. GLP-2R signaling in the brain may be a potential target for future interventions for the treatment of diabetes and obesity.
4. A possible role for cohesins in the developmental origins of health and disease. Developmental exposure to adverse environments, such as poor maternal nutrition, has long-term effects on gene expression that influence overall adult health and susceptibility to disease. In Houston, TX, Children's Nutrition Research Center researchers have demonstrated that livers of adult mice that had been born to mothers fed a low protein diet show significant changes in expression of genes encoding a class of proteins called cohesins. Cohesins play a role in how DNA is organized in the nucleus and how certain controlling regions of DNA interact with the genes they control. This exciting new finding suggests a previously undiscovered mechanism by which early nutritional exposures can induce persistent changes in gene expression. These findings help scientists unravel the biological impact that poor nutrition early in life can have in adulthood.
5. Deletion of the ghrelin receptor "turns up the heat" to increase energy expenditure. Energy balance is determined by energy intake and energy expenditures. Non-shivering thermogenesis in brown fat plays a pivotal role in energy balance in rodents, and its significance has recently been recognized in adult humans. Thermogenic function is severely impaired in obese individuals. Children's Nutrition Research Center researchers found that ghrelin receptor ablation elevates thermogenesis in brown fat, and produces higher core body temperatures. This is the first evidence that grhelin signaling has a role in thermogenesis, suggesting that suppression of the ghrelin receptor may represent an attractive novel option for combating obesity and insulin resistance by "turning up the heat".
6. Circadian homeostasis is an independent factor for obesity prevention. Obesity and its related diseases are among the most profound public health problems today. Simplistic explanations such as over-consumption of food, poor diet choice, or lack of physical activities are likely inadequate to completely account for the prevalence of obesity in our world. Recent studies have revealed that circadian homeostasis of energy balance may be an important factor for body weight control, but an experimental demonstration of such hypothesis is lacking. Scientists at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, TX, have found that physical activities, feeding, and energy expenditure in mammals follow a circadian rhythm and that disruption of this rhythm alone could increase the risk of metabolic syndromes and cancers. Further study of the mechanisms of circadian homeostasis on body weight control will have the potential for a very high impact on the prevention and treatment of obesity and obesity-related diseases. This research is important, especially in the US, where nearly 20% of the workforce is on rotating shift schedules, and it is these individuals that are nearly 2X greater risk of developing metabolic syndromes and cancers.
7. Feeding premature infants intravenously affects the infants' health and ability to regulate blood sugar levels. More than half a million infants are born prematurely in the United States every year, and for very-low-birth-weight infants that are unable to handle normal feeding by mouth, intravenous feeding, also known as total parenteral nutrition (TPN), becomes vital for life. However, no study with human infants has yet delineated a possible role of TPN in insulin resistance. Scientists at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, TX, conducted studies that revealed piglets given continuous TPN for their first two weeks of life were less able to control their blood glucose levels (by 40% less) than their orally fed counterparts, who were fed individual meals of milk-based formula four times a day. These findings are important for the pediatric community as it documents poor blood glucose control in newborns fed intravenously and suggests possible lifetime consequences.
8. An antioxidant protein feels "heat". Global environmental temperature changes (global warming) threaten agriculture practice and food production, as well as human health. How cells feel "heat" and further adapt their metabolism and behaviors to the environmental changes is poorly understood. Scientists at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, TX, showed that a type of antioxidant protein, called AtGRXS17, helps protect plants from high temperature. These findings provide unique insights into the biological function of these proteins.
9. Characterization of three mouse SIRT3 enzyme isoforms. SIRT3 is an important protein modification enzyme (deacetylase) that regulates the function of many metabolic enzymes. It was recently found that three variants can be expressed from the mouse SIRT3 gene. Scientists at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, TX, characterized the tissue distribution of these three SIRT3 variants and examined the cellular localization and maturation of the three protein isoforms of mouse SIRT3. Since the human SIRT3 gene also has these same transcript variants, our finding sheds light on the possible functional difference of human SIRT3 isoforms. This is important since our finding helps scientists to understand if any SIRT3 isoform plays a role in the regulation of aging or age-related diseases.
Review Publications
Davis, T.A., Suryawan, A., Orellana, R.A., Fiorotto, M.L., Burrin, D.G. 2010. Amino acids and insulin are regulators of muscle protein synthesis in neonatal pigs. Animal. 4(11):1790-1796.


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Slowly I awoke. The first thing that noticed was, my head hurt. The second thing was that I was somehow slumped in a chair. I heard voices but couldn't make out what they were saying. My head realy hurt.
As I starting being able to see again, my eyes picking up a bit of detail, I sat up, holding my head. The world swam in front of me! Wow to fast! There was this noise, someone trying to speak to me perhaps?
As the room became more pronounced I relized there were three other people with me in this house, I knew I had to come here, that I had reached the right place. I just didn't know who was here with me. My head stopped spining after a few seconds and I was able to make out the people it the room. Two of them were human, the other... I just couldn't... I had no idea what it was, it was most certianly not human! It had a horn in the middle of it's head, and wings three times bigger than my own. Although they probaly didn't know I had wings since they fit under my tshirt.
My first thing to say in this house was probally not the beast thing to say... "Who the hell are you?!" I asked the thing with horns, "And why the hell do you have a horn on your head?" It probaly wasn't the best thing to say, one of the other "normal" people in the house came to his defence.
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Discussion in 'Introductions & Greets' started by Antanas, Jul 12, 2011.
I am PH in my country 25 years. AH is new school in Africa with real professionals.
Welcome to AH! It will be great to hear your experiences in the hunting world.
Welcome to AH...we will be looking forward to your future post...
Welcome to the AH forum, looking forward to your inputs
Welcome 'Antanas'
Will be interesting to hear what kind of animals you hunt in Luthuania and what rifles and calibers you prefer and why.
Enjoy the site
European Bison,(spec. permission only),moose,red deer, roe deer, fallow deer. wild boar, wolf, fox,raccon dog, beaver and small game.
For single hunting-Blaser93--9,3x62.For driven (with bitters and dogs) 9,3x74R-12cal, Kettner.
Welcome to the forum, Antanas.
Welcome to AH Antanas!
Welcome Antanas
Looking forward to hearing about your hunting experiences in Lithunia.
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Hallo Antanas. Good to have another "neighbor" in the AH forum. Please feel free to contact me if you have any fun hunt on the other side of the water.
Welcome to AH Antanas!!!
Hi Antanas,
Welcome to the podium of AH.com , do share some hunting experiences from your part of the world.....
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Lecture 19 Lattice Statistics. The model Partition function Free energy and equilibrium vacancy concentration Langnuir adsorption. Lattice model of a solid. The partition function In each cube we place an atom Empty cube means vacancy
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Lecture 19
Lattice Statistics
Lattice model of a solid
The partition function
In each cube we place an atom
Empty cube means vacancy
For N atoms the partition function in the Einstein model
Lattice model of a solid - II
Since atoms next to vacancies have lower binding energy the partition function due to binding and vibrations has to be modified to
In the above expression we made an assumptions that i) there is no relaxation near the vacancy lowering the energy cost of introducing a vacancy and ii) vibrations of atoms next to vacancies are the same as in the perfect crystal
In addition we need to recognize that there are many ways of placing vacancies thus
Helmholz free energy
The logarithm of the partition function
The thermodynamic function F
Which differs from that developed for the Einstein model by the additive factor
Energy and entropy
And entropy
Which can be seen as a sum of two terms, configurational and vibrational entropy
Equilibrium vacancy concentration
In equilibrium (M equivalent of V)
Which gives (prove!)
Accounting for vibrational entropy change leads to a modification
Where is the change of vibrational entropy per one vacancy
Langmuir model of adsorption
N atoms adsorbed on a surface of M sites
Single adsorbed site partition function
Total partition function
Helmholz free energy
Chemical potential and entropy
Chemical potential
Where is the coverage
Langmuir adsorption
Adsorbed gas in equilibrium with gas in vapor
Which gives
Or defining
We get the Langmuir adsorption isotherm