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    Luna

    Salsa for Summer Camp

    By SC Dane
    Aah, summer. It has finally arrived, and with it comes the feast
    of the senses.
    The touch of grass, a cool and lush carpet beneath bare feet,
    the sprigs tickling between the toes.
    The sounds of dogs barking as they chase screeching kids high
    on the abandon of summer vacation. Screen doors slap, lawn mowers drone like flies.
    The sight of tanned, bare chested men. Hands down the best part
    of summer.
    The smell of warmth and lazy flowers, cut lawns and salty oceans,
    caressed aloft upon breezes that kiss the skin.
    Finally, the taste. The tantalizing paramour to smell, who delivered
    to our taste buds the appetizing aroma of the backyard grill, watering our mouths
    for the dishes only summer can provide. Corn on the cob, watermelon, potato salad.
    And fresh salsa, with bits of sun-kissed tomato, sharp onion,
    and cilantro stretching from the baked earth of the garden to the vast blue of a
    cloudless sky. An explosion of flavors worthy of being served on the Fourth of July.

    Fresh Salsa

    8-10 tomatoes
    1 medium onion
    1 jalapeno pepper, seeded
    1/2 bunch of cilantro
    2 garlic cloves
    1/4 cup white vinegar
    Juice squeezed from one lime
    2 tablespoons of lemon juice
    Salt and pepper to taste.
    Dice, dice, dice your butt off. Don’t cheat and grind the veggies
    up in a food processor. You want this salsa chunky. Let it sit overnight in the
    fridge, and stir it on occasion to get those veggies besotted with the vinegar and
    citrus.
    Speaking of besotted, ahem. Summer is also the season of Romance.
    Strolls on the beach with your summer fling, and warm nights perfect for skinny
    dipping.
    Which makes it the ideal time to give thanks to the gals at MFRW
    (Marketing For Romance Writers). Like a mini Amazonian army, they have recruited
    and led many a writing soldier onto the battlefield of marketing and swept them
    on to victory. They’ve done so with grace, humor that still leaves me smiling, and
    a loyalty to their fellow authors that makes me proud to be a comrade in arms.
    Thank you. Not only have you provided the leadership, but also
    the forum with which we romance writers can compare and console and commiserate
    with our peers. You’ve given us shoulders to cry on and ears to gripe to, and oh
    yes! the steps from which to launch our passions.
    They’ve also given me a place to roast my virtual marshmallows
    during this Summer Camp fun. Visit tinyurl.com/mfrwgroup
    to follow The Taste of Summer July 12-14th, and, because I know you want to, croon
    out your tuneless rendition of Kumbaya. We’ll all join in (okay, we’ll laugh and
    point), but it’s still good times!
    See you ’round the campfire.

    Books by S C Dane

    The powers that be at Amazon
    got my author name screwed up for my “Luna” book, but my publisher is
    working on getting that fixed.

    Blurb for Luna:

    Beth is a misfit struggling to be a responsible woman in human
    society. Then she meets Alec, a mysterious stranger, who knows by her scent that
    she is a rare Luna, the only being who can ensure the future of his wolf-pack. When
    human beings injure Alec, Beth retreats from the stagnant safety of her human world
    and surrenders her fate to the wolf-man.
    Beth’s and Alec’s love for one another ignites the power of the
    Luna that courses through her veins, and she must learn the laws of being wild wolf
    if she is to live with Alec and his pack. But they are not the only wolf-people
    who covet the blood of Luna, and Beth must learn to harness the consuming power
    of her Luna and use it to safeguard her new family, even if it means giving up the
    very thing she was born to protect.
    Set in the countryside of Maine, this novel unfolds as Beth surrenders
    her body to its absolute essence while she is protected by the loyal wolves she
    is destined to love. But their world is not only precious, it is also perilous,
    and Beth’s freshened passion for life just may be the catalyst for her death.
    Luna: Book One of The Luna Chronicle
    Amazon http://amzn.com/1612356079

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