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By Celia Yeary

SEASON GREETINGS TO ONE AND ALL--

This year has been a good one in many ways, but not so good in others. Health issues in our household have kept us on edge at times, but through the miracle of modern medicine, and the miracle of Christ Jesus, we kept the faith and kept our appointments.
2014 has been bittersweet, but I look back now and consider all the good times with which we've been blessed and choose to remember those.

I could not find an appropriate  topic for my day on the blog, so I decided to post links to a couple of very short stories about couples in the Nineteenth Century. These are 1500 words long, which I wrote under the tutelage of an excellent editor I worked with early on in my adventure of creating stories.

In writing these, I learned how many useless words we authors add to our writing. Each story began with approximately 3000 words, and the editor said, "Nope, only 1500."

I argued with her, but she stood her ground. I would return to the manuscript and try to eliminate words and still have my precious story.
To her, I would say, "Okay. I've cut out 1000 words. That's it. I cannot delete anymore."

This time, I asked her..no, I begged her.. to cut the extra 500 words for me, but she was a hard one.

So, I worked on it again.
When I succeeded in telling each of my stories in 1500 words, I felt as though I'd won a contest!

The first one is titled WISHES DO COME TRUE:

~Western Romance ~

 

Ross doesn't want to make a fool of himself,

but decides to take the risk one more time for the woman he wants.

Anna is practical and independent, and believes she can never marry a man like Ross.

Will Anna send him away once again?

Will Ross take no for an answer?

Click here on the pdf on my publisher's Freebie page:

http://rebeccajvickery.com/gifts-freebies.php  

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The second one is titled: MERRY CHRISTMAS, VICTORIA:

~ Christmas Western Romance ~

Victoria yearns for the love of one special man.

However, Cade Hollister treats her as a friend.

As she works in her cold dress shop on Christmas Eve,

he stops by and walks her home.

At the door, he gives her an unexpected kiss.

Cade has loved Victoria for a long time, but he's never found a way to tell her.

This Christmas, though, he takes a chance.

Will his surprise gift make her understand how much he loves her?

A note about "Merry Christmas, Victoria"--
While playing around, trying to write this story, I had the stereo playing a Ray Charles album. The next track in the CD was the old Eddy Arnold song made famous by Ray Charles, "You Don't Know Me."
I happened to be toward the end of the story. I listened the deep emotional words, sang in a way only he can do, and without consciously doing so, I used some of the phrases.

You give your hand to me
And then you say, "Hello"
And I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well...

But, you don't know me..

No you don't know the one
Who dreams of you each night
And longs to kiss your lips
And longs to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend
That's all I've ever been
No you don't know me.

 Click on the pdf link on the publishers Freebie page:

 

http://rebeccajvickery.com/gifts-freebies.php 

Thanks to you who have bought and read my books, and written reviews,

and sent lovely notes to me about them.

I appreciate every kind word.

I hope you enjoy these stories.

Celia Yeary