Angela S. Stone

Living a Dream, One Word At a Time

Who had the meanest Mom growing up? I Did!

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I was reflecting with my Mom the other day, and I came to realise my Mom was really mean growing up. She used to say that she was the meanest mother in town… and I totally agreed with here for oh… all of my childhood!

My Mom never let me stay up late…
Or go out past 10 O’clock,
She had to know all of my friends,
AND meet their parents.
She would march me out of a store when I threw a temper tantrum
Or just tell me to stuff it and ignore me.
I had to be responsible
And I never got my way (No matter how hard I begged).
I had to call home when I was going out, or going somewhere else.
I had a curfew, that was followed or else.
Good grades were expected, but lesser ones were accepted.
She pushed me to do everything that I hate.
And she made me find what I love.

So yeah, I had the meanest Mom… and I hated her for my whole childhood…

…Maybe should tell her thanks…

Or maybe I just did

Xx

A

Goalie Interference! Release day! Buy links!

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Goalie Interference- A 1NS story

 

Hockey goalie Tarah ‘TJ’ Elliot is too busy stopping pucks to go looking for love. When her friend Natalie sets her up through Madame Eve’s 1 Night Stand service, she grudgingly agrees to go. Her ultimate fantasy comes true when Scott Alarid, one of the top scorers in the league, shows up at her hotel room. Hockey player TJ can’t possibly spend a night with him, but Tarah certainly can.

Scott’s tired of dealing with women who only like him for his all-star status. After his teammates arrange a date for him using the 1NS website, he’s delighted to find a woman who doesn’t know a thing about the sport. But, will the truth force them to put their relationship on ice?

Genre: Contemporary, chick-lit, erotic romance

Heat level: 4
Word count – 12k

Cover art by Valerie Tibbs

BUY LINKS:

Direct from Decadent Publishing: http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=523&osCsid=topsmbhajnfittabibh0s9fpb7

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Goalie-Interference-Night-Series-ebook/dp/B007UK9DWO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334617261&sr=8-1

All Romance E-books: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-goalieinterference-779964-149.html

Book Strand: http://www.bookstrand.com/goalie-interference

 

Blog hop winners!!

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for participating in the blog hop! It’s been a huge success! Sorry for the delay, but I’ve been away at the Romantic Times Convention.

I’ve sent out emails to the winners! Once they contact me I’ll announce them here :)!

Thanks again guys you’re great!

 

xx

A.

Hoppy Easter Blog Hop!

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Oh My! Welcome to my second blog hop in as many days! O.o!! I must be a little insane especially since I am on the road driving to RT2012!

It’s a very long drive from my northern Canadian Town (Okay so I live in Ottawa it’s not THAT far north!) to Chicago! I’m making some awesome pit stops along the way including visiting Carrie Ann Ryan and Lisa Fox! Also! I’m going to be staying with Emily Cale! 

Recently Emily and I collaborated on a three-book mini series called “Hat Trick”. It’s part of the 1NS series from Decadent publishing.

Here is the sexy cover for the first book. “Goalie Interference”

Goalie Interference- A 1NS story

 

Mrowl! In case you haven’t guess yet this story is all about sexy hockey players!  Check out the blurb here:

Hockey goalie Tarah ‘TJ’ Elliot is too busy stopping pucks to go looking for love. When her friend Natalie sets her up through Madame Eve’s 1 Night Stand service, she grudgingly agrees to go. Her ultimate fantasy comes true when Scott Alarid, one of the top scorers in the league, shows up at her hotel room. Hockey player TJ can’t possibly spend a night with him, but Tarah certainly can.

 

Scott’s tired of dealing with women who only like him for his all-star status. After his teammates arrange a date for him using the 1NS website, he’s delighted to find a woman who doesn’t know a thing about the sport. Will the truth force them to put their relationship on ice?

Goalie Interference release April 17th!! It can be found at Decadent Publishing and all other major e-book re-sellers!

Now for the fun part!! If you comment here you have a chance of winning:

1) a $10 amazon gift card AND!

2) 1 copy of “goalie Interference”

 

all you have to do is comment with your email address!

 

Thanks for hopping by! Don’t forget to visit the other blogs here!

 

Also check out my other blog hop going on here!

 

xx

A!

 

Birthday Blog Hop!!

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Hello Everyone! Thank you for stopping by the Birthday Blog Hop!!

 

The hop is very special this year as I’m actually hopping(okay I’m driving the 8 hours!!) over to Carrie-Ann Ryan’s house to celebrate her birthday!

Here’s a snap shot of when we got together last year :)!

Carrie Ann Ryan (left) and Angela S Stone (Right)

 

If you missed the story about the first time Carrie-Ann and I met you should check out her blog interview here!!

Don’t worry Carrie I promise no wheelchair throwing this weekend!

Onto the fun stuff!

I am giving away 1 EBOOK copy of my debut novel “Sometimes It’s Fate” which comes out to PRINT May 8th!

Here is an excerpt:
*~*

“McCarthy,” Jason answered his cell phone sleepily. David mumbled in his sleep next to him and rolled over.
“Where are you?” Craig‘s distressed voice floated over the line.
“In bed.”
“Where?”
“In my apartment.”
“Since I‘m at your apartment I highly doubt that.”
“What?” Jason sat up in alarm and slid out of bed. He padded out of David‘s bedroom and into the hall. The clock read four a.m. “What the hell are you doing at my apartment at four a.m.?”
“I think the question is why aren’t you at your apartment at four a.m. You‘re not working.”
“I—don‘t turn this around. What‘s wrong Craig?”
“Can you come back here, or can I go there or something? Please…”
“Craig you‘re scaring me.”
“I‘m scaring myself Jase.”
“I‘m at David‘s. I‘ll give you directions.”
“Alright.”
Jason gave Craig directions to David‘s house and hung up. He went back into the bedroom and pulled on a pair of pj pants.
David shifted in his sleep. “Jason,” he mumbled reaching out. “Who was that?”
“Craig,” Jason told him sitting on the edge of the bed.
“What time is it?”
“Just after four.”
“What did he want?”
Jason sighed. “I don‘t have a clue. He was at my apartment. I told him to come here.”
“Jason.”
“Sorry just—trust me, something is wrong, very wrong. Why else would Craig drive up from Moncton and be at my apartment at four a.m.?” Jason leaned over and kissed his partner. “Go back to sleep.”

David nodded and rolled over. He fell asleep wondering just what was going on.
“I don‘t know what to do.” Craig‘s voice jolted David from his sleep. He glanced at the clock. It was just after five.
“I can‘t believe you were so stupid,” Jason hissed back.
“You‘re one to talk.”
“That is fucking different and you know it.”
“Different how?”
“I wasn‘t stupid enough to have unprotected sex with someone who I knew was positive.”
“I didn‘t know.”
“Then you shouldn‘t have been stupid enough to have unprotected sex.”
“You think I don‘t know this Jason? Fuck.”
David rubbed his face and sat up as their conversation continued.
“How many other guys have you lied to?”
“I never lied to you.”
“That‘s bullshit and you fucking know it.”
“No it‘s not, okay? Everyone else was fine, you were fine.”
“I thought you were too. When‘s the last time you were tested?”
“A week ago.”
“Before that Craig.”
“I dunno a year, year and a half.”
“How the fuck could you be so stupid? You not only put yourself at risk, you put me at risk.”
“I‘m sorry.”
“You‘re sorry! You‘re SORRY!”
“I didn‘t wake up and decide to get HIV, Jason.”

*~*

Sometimes It’s Fate is a story about real life, real consequences and finding meaning in unspeakable tragedy.  

It’s available right now via

Phaze books: http://phaze.com/book.php?title=Sometimes+It%27s+Fate

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sometimes-Its-Fate-ebook/dp/B005IQDRZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333569581&sr=8-1

and all other major ebook resellers!

Coming in Print May 8th!!

Also! by commenting here you have a chance to win the BIG BLOG HOP PRIZE!

Which are:

1) A Kindle Touch
2) A $60 Amazon or B&N Gift Card!

Don’t forget to comment with your email!

Thanks and happy hopping!

Angela!

 

Sometimes It’s Fate-the real story.

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On January 12th 2008 I woke up to a phone call that changed my life forever.

“There had been an accident, a bad one, we don’t know how many are dead, but it’s the Bathurst Highschool basketball team.”

My thoughts jumped from one to the other that morning, and I waited and prayed it wouldn’t be him. Please let him not be dead. I got the phone call around four am. By eight I knew the horrible truth.

Eight people, seven players and one teacher. Dead.

Included was someone I considered to be a little brother.

The next few days are a bit of a blur, I remember working, going to class, and feeling nothing but pain. The media filled up our small town. A place that’s been battered and torn over the years. Half boarded up, half out of luck but still home to these eight angels.

The funeral was the hardest day for me. I remember my friend coming over to my tiny apartment, she forced me to get dress and put on makeup, and go. We arrived over two hours before the funeral. Held in our 4000 seat area.  A group funeral for all Seven boys that had been killed.

There was so many people there that they had to sit in the secondary rink and watch the funeral on jumbotrons. They also broadcasted it outside of the arena to those who were gathered there.

I sat in the main arena and watched as mothers and fathers said goodbye to their sons. I watched as sisters and brothers crumpled under the weight of their grife. I watch as every single police officer and firefighter in the city bowed their heads and cried.

Outside of the area police officers from as far away as Halifax stood guard, and firefighters from as far away as Montreal watch our tiny community to make sure no more grief could come to the residents.

As the funeral finished and the last of the procession left I felt a soft brush on the back of my neck and a whisper of “I’m okay.” I knew my Boy in Red was at peace.  I later recounted that feeling to others who had been there and several people reported the same feeling. The same realization that as hard as it was for us left here on earth, our boys were in a better place.

The next few days, weeks, months, and even years have been filled with healing but never forgetting. A corner’s inquest into the crash followed finding that the 15 passenger vans the team was riding in was unsafe, and they have since been banned from use by schools across the country.

My way of healing was writing. My first story was in those dark hours I wrote aboutwhat it was to lose someone. Then I wrote about it from the POV of a family member. Then I wrote it from the perspective of a media member.

Finally my third story was “Sometimes It’s Fate” it’s about finding the meaning in the tragedy when there is nothing else. Through this novel I found my meaning in the tragedy and I just hope others have as well.

What prompted this blog post was a story in the news today. About a basketball player who “Wears number 8 for the Boys in Red”. The link to the article can be found here and it’s a lovely article about moving on after the accident.

I hope everyone can take a few moments to read the article and remember eight amazing people that let us too soon

 

xx

Angela

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