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I hadn't realized I'd already changed this cover 3 times!!! But, when I first uploaded a cover, I used a picture of the stormy fields. I thought it was cool. Looked ominous.



But then I thought it ought to have a teen in the picture...to show it's a YA. So I had this one professionally made. It's blah though. I still like the teen, but the picture itself just doesn't say much of anything.



Later, I began to figure out how to work Photoshop more and so I found a cool red sky, like that which is in the demon world, and a girl that would be more suitable for the lead character. She has attitude. Crossed arms indicates a defensiveness, which suits her well.

My critique partners say the cover for the second book is too similar. Girl too old. Etc, etc. So I found another picture of a girl that is perfect. Can't wait to make the cover! Now...I need to write the story! THEN make the cover!




Amazon
B&N
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It's fun taking a break while creating a book cover. But the bottom line is that I need a story to go with it. LOL

All right, so I'm off to write for the day!

Do you ever get the cart before the horse???

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com

And the 3rd book in The World of Fae, THE WINGED FAE is available!

I'm working on another couple in the series, and also Tom's story of the wolf fame! :)

The Winged Fae

Okay, now you know I write urban fantasy, right? So some of it is pretend. Right? So we're going to pretend. While writing my wolf series, I shared pictures of real wolves on an Easter egg hunt. They had fun eating the colorful eggs.

But can you imagine finding pictures of a jaguar eating Easter eggs?

So here's as close to it as I could get. :) Just squeeze your eyes tighter, click your heels twice and repeat after me, the stripes on this tiger are spots on a jaguar, and the rock he is inspecting is one huge Easter egg.

There. And if we concentrated hard enough...we'd have it!




See?

Wolves can jump 35 feet, and here is a wolf dog who successfully leapt out of her pen--twice. Even though she's really loving toward humans, and she's very dog-like, she's very wolf like too when you look into her eyes, don't you think?



Why would she not be home with a family? I had a standard poodle once, given to me by a woman whose health was failing. I already had a standard poodle, so took in Angelina too. The name means Angel, although she was far from it. Totally loving, yes, but she had so many faults, one of the biggest--digging out and running.

After the two incidents with the wolf dog, it made me think of how impossible it would be for someone to keep the animal confined in a normal yard with normal fencing. Obviously, even the higher than normal double fencing didn't keep this wolf-dog inside her pen!

So even if the wolf dog is totally good natured, there can be other problems with keeping them.



Here I am petting the wolf dog who had happily just come back from a walk, and she was very thirsty! They kept feeding her ice chips when I thought she needed a nice bowl of water. For the hot climate here, they had misters in each of the pens.



Have a super Saturday! I'm off to work! :)

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com

Donna sent me a couple of pictures of wolves at a zoo. They're lovely, Donna, thank you!! The two white wolves were moving quickly, like the ones I was trying to capture in pictures. I ended up getting a LOT of backsides. LOL Donna did better! :) Must be her wolfish blood.

The black wolf has a stick in his mouth. :) Looks like a cigar!


And here is an elegant gray on slippery wet rocks!



And here is my work station. I may not be able to work at it much because of having to work out front, but I've claimed it as my wolf territory! :)



Thanks to my fans for the lovely cards and posters that make it my home away from home. :)

The tile men didn't come last night to move my furniture. They may not show up at all. argh. And so I continue to breathe in mildew. And my AC that I had fixed a few weeks ago isn't working again. Of course it's still running 95 degrees out with no sign of it cooling down anytime soon. And ...yes, there's more, my main computer still isn't working. So I'm going to try to make it all right with the world and spend sometime with my SEAL. :) If Meara would let go of him a little so I can have my turn! :)

Have a great day!

Terry
www.terryspear.com
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."

This was one of the wolves that was walked when we were at the St Francis Wolf Sanctuary. She's a beta, as you can see from the way she stands. She was thrilled to go for a walk, yet she kept her ears back, her tail tucked between her legs, her body slightly bowed.

She has always lived alone, so she stays alone in her pen, while all the other wolves or wolf dogs had companions. But those who managed the sanctuary felt she wouldn't allow anyone in her pen to share it. She's the only one of the full blooded wolves that they walk. She loves the man who walked her here, but some women, she doesn't like he told us!



When you see the wolf like this, it reminded me so much of one of my standard poodles, how she would do this on occasion.




I'm wondering, though, if she found the right male, would she be happy to share her pen with him?

Of course, she would. :)


Have a super Wednesday! And remember, whether a beta wolf or alpha, everyone deserves a delectable mate!

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com

I made a 5 hour round trip to Montgomery, Texas to see wolves and wolf dogs that have been taken into protective custody at St Francis Wolf Sanctuary.

It was hard to get a picture of the carved wolf head beyond the gate, but here is the gate to the estate of the St Francis Wolf Sanctuary.



I wanted to share a few blogs about the various animals/sightings, and am working diligently on Heart of the Highland Wolf edits since it's due on Monday. So I've really got to get back to it. But here is the first of the stories.


Part of the reason I write that my werewolves have long lives is I don't want them to lose their mates at an early age. This is a part wolf, part dog, but looks very much like a wolf and acted like one, who lost his mate, Spirit, three weeks earlier. This was the first time he came out of his home to sit on top of it after losing her.

He actually came to the fence and howled a couple of times, but it was hard to get a picture of them howling. They'd howl, then pace and with their long legs, moved very quickly.


One thing that can distinguish a wolf from a wolf dog is the narrow chest, longer legs, and many constantly paced around their pens. Arctic wolves do have shorter legs and ears though. Arctic wolves are gray wolves also.

But he really did come out of his grief somewhat to finally come to the fence and participate a little in the excitement caused by visitors and volunteers who were there to see them and that was good to see. He was very alpha--his ears always perked up. I'll show a very beta wolf also--and how different the posture.

Hope you all have a great Sunday!
Back to work!

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com

time for Autumn and the renewal of wolves' winter coats. It's time for cooler weather, and warmer colors. For fires, and oranges and orange-flavored green tea.





It's time for Halloween and redheads and things that go bump in the night.



It's October and November and sugar-drained leaves.



It's time for wolves like this in hunting mode in fall.



I love the oranges of fall, although it's not really my color. What do you think of when you think orange?

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com

parrots...



fancy drinks...





and magnificent, unreal skies.




Crepe myrtles in bloom.



The Pink Panther and...


the Pink Panther Mobile.



Barbie in a pink 50's poodle skirt.



My version with a teddy bear in a 50's poodle skirt.



A VERY pink poodle!

This month's theme is about motherhood and new beginnings. But today also is May Day. :)

In August, my new release is Seduced by the Wolf, where Leidolf Wildhaven has his heart set on a loner red wolf, and Cassie Roux has other notions in mind. It's spring and the time for wolf pups and the rebirth of the trees and flowers--
but as a wolf biologist, who had been raised by wolves after her family perishes, she is dedicated to the wolf's cause. And that means, she has no intention of mixing it up with an alpha male leader, who's looking for a mate.



Leidolf believes the werewolf's cause is just as important, if not more so, and therein lies the difficulty.

I was just watching a film about a man who's lost his wife of many years, and how desolate he becomes. Until he saves a wolf's puppies after the she-wolf is killed. The wife had been feeding the she-wolf before she died, and he had shown no interest in the wolf. It showed how even a guy can be a great mother to a pack of wolves when they need him--ahem, of course he had to have an angel intervene to point out the way to him, but after that...well, it was fun watching him playing with the wolves. :) And how that nurturing side of him made him live again.

But Seduced by the Wolf was based in part on a true story, where a wolf biologist rescued a she-wolf and her pups after her mate is killed. And it had a happily ever after for her...just like with mine!!! Wolves and werewolves alike.

Although, not for the bad guys. :)


I was reading an account of two Blackfeet who found a single wolf pup alive in a den, the others having drowned because of flooding, the alpha male and female frantic, but unable to reach them. The one Blackfoot took the pup and raised him, and twice, once from a raiding Crow war party and another time from a Sioux, the wolf saved them, even though it would have nothing to do with the dogs in the Blackfeet camp, and the other braves were reluctant to take the wolf on raids. But then, the wolf left the camp more often, and finally quit returning to the brave who had raised him. And then, he returned with another wolf, but this one wouldn't approach the camp. Then restless, he left and a year later, returned with another wolf. He took off with her and they were never seen again. His friends told him to find another wolf pup to raise, but he simply said, "No."

Was the wolf his mate? I'd like to think so, and he ended up with a litter