I forgot to post

Can you imagine I forgot to post yesterday?!
I'm the one who always reminds bloggers they shouldn't forget to post on their day, yet I forgot. No excuses. Unless stress is an acceptable excuse. Two days at the hospital for chest pain, immediately followed by relatives visiting for ten days. A new book uploaded at amazon.com. Promoting my books while cooking and entertaining my guests. I also forgot to call my doctor and schedule the next appointment. I'm just stressing right now because I didn't prepare a post.

Forgive me for unloading my stress on you. I will now share some good news.

My ebooks are doing great at amazon. com. Crossing my fingers in order not to jinx myself.


NO MORE LIES (formerly Rx For Trust) EPICON finalist, has been on the bestseller list for four weeks. Tag line: a lie that brings a smile or a truth drawing tears? It's a romance novel about white lies, second chances, abuse, mother/daughter's problems, all mixed with a good dose of humor, for 99 cents, bestseller at amazon http://tinyurl.com/79r88wp







RIGHT NAME, WRONG MAN- What’s a girl to do when she whispers another man’s name in her fiancé’s arms?  The name of the French doctor she loved three years ago. Hot, romantic and humorous,  an international romance, set in France, 99 cents bestseller at amazon.com  http://tinyurl.com/85o4wg7

BABIES in the BARGAIN, 2009 Best Romance Novel at Preditors & Editors; 2010 Best Contemporary  Romance at Readers Favorite; bestseller at amazon.com for 99cents  http://tinyurl.com/6mcd6e3

When an accident transforms the carefree playboy into a dedicated father to his nephew, Holly turns her life upside down for the baby. But can she learn to trust Marc again?

THE HOLY PLACE by Rolynn Anderson

What is the ‘holy place’ on a boat, you ask?

My husband and I are on our first cruise to Alaska in our 42 foot trawler, INTEPID. As we explore the fabulous Inside Passage, we pay special attention to our boat’s ‘holy place.’


The helm, you think? That is certainly the place of power on a boat, where the turn of the wheel helps us take the next enormous wave at a 45 degree angle instead of straight on or sideways. Lots of praying goes on at the helm, for sure, when the seas climb higher than our boat and push us in directions we don’t want to go

Second guess for the holy place? Maybe the galley (kitchen), where the cook must magically make meals out of limited ingredients, none of which are fresh (stores in the Alaskan hinterlands are woefully understocked…if we don’t grow our own lettuce on board, we’re eating frozen vegetables every meal). Food is important on a boat, but the fare is pretty basic. No, the galley, a cramped space, is far from holy.

The head (toilet). Excellent choice. Seriously, if a boat’s head gets plugged the trip sours immediately. We have two heads (better than one…sorry, couldn’t resist) on INTREPID. One is a fancy flusher, but the other is an old-fashioned hand-pumper. Guess which one fails most often. Yup, the complicated one. No question, functioning heads are sacred, but it’s hard to call them holy.

The REAL holy place is the engine room. Our trawler comes with only one engine. Do the math. If our big red Ford Lehman 235 quits on us, we have no spare to call upon. We’re dead in the water, afloat, adrift…in deep trouble. If the seas are troubled and we’ve got wind to contend with, no engine means a May Day call.

Recently, when my husband and I cleaned the holy place, shining the engine, sopping up oil, scrubbing the bilge and neatening up the stored items, we did so with care. Our engine gets a full tank of gas with additives, oil, water and spanking new belts whenever it wants them.

Yes, all that is holy on a boat centers on the engine. No need to pray for us on this long, amazing cruise, but please, do bless our sainted Ford Lehman.

Order LAST RESORT, a suspense/romance:

The Wild Rose Press http://tinyurl.com/682vwgv

and Amazon http://tinyurl.com/3cq6d7b

http://www.rolynnanderson.com/