A couple of weeks ago I went to New York City for a conference. I went by train and arrived back in Atlanta around 9 AM. By the time my daughter brought me home I was ready to crash. After a few minutes I did exactly that. I crawled upstairs to my bedroom and cut the room AC on. I closed the door and cut the fan on to cool the room that had been with NO AC in July in Georgia. Once my hearing aids were out I slept like a dead person.
After 4 hours I awoke hungry and started downstairs. A creature of habit, I glanced to my right and the deck out my French doors. Shock hit! I saw only trees! With each step I expected to learn I wasn’t seeing right. Maybe I was still asleep. Nope. I hurried to look out the French doors and saw the deck on the ground. I won’t repeat the words that escaped my mouth and blistered the air. 
Could the deck have fallen while I slept or did I not miss it when I got home?
On a more pleasant note, I signed Georgiana Fields to Gilded Dragonfly Books months ago. She’s my author and I am sooo proud of her. Her first book with us is ready for pre-order on Amazon.com! I promise to add more info in the morning
www.amazon.com/Crimson-Dreams-1-Georgiana-Fields/dp/1943095108/
Time travel, vampires, steamy sex, and serial killers! Who could ask for more?
Pink Fuzzy Slippers Authors 
What happened to your deck, MM? That must have been quite a surprise. On a happier note, congrats to Georgiana!
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Thanks, Joanne! My author is over the moon! I guess a strong wind finished it off. The entire thing fell in one piece.
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Sorry about your deck. That’s an expensive surprise. Congrats to you and Georgia. Linda
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Linda, the deck will have to wait as long as I get by with leaving it where it is. I don’t use it, anyway. Georgie is working on book 4 of her series and getting a good start on promoting!
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You’ve left me with my mouth hanging open! What happened to your deck? “The Case of the Purloined Deck” by Mary Marvella?
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I might borrow that, Lizzie! It was old and someone said there was a lot of heavy wind here while I was gone.
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Yikes! It’s a good thing you didn’t walk out those doors!
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I don’t use those doors since weather changes make them stick and allergies make me want to stay out of the forest that is my backyard!
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Hi Mary,
Sorry to hear about your deck disaster. It probably fell while you were at the conference. Otherwise, you would have definitely heard the crash. And congratulations on signing Georgina Fields!!
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Thanks, Pamela! You are on my list for some day!
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When I was a kid a shelf with several glass figures and a fish bowl fell on the floor while the whole house slept through what must have been a horribly loud crash. Odd things happen. I hope your insurance covers the deck though!!!
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There was rot, so it probably doesn’t. I need to know I can move on repairs before I let the Insurance company know I have NO deck.
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OHMYGOODNESS…how scary…with my luck I’d have walked outside and dropped to the ground.
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Good heavens, MM. What the heck? And yes, congrats about signing a new book with this talented author.
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I love my cover!!!!! ‘Got Books?’ This was the message Mary sent me two years ago. Boy has time flown by!
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