WHERE DID ALL THESE SHOES COME FROM?????

 

            I do not care much about shoes.  I like good support and no pain.  A pair of sneakers and a pair of flip flops–that’s what I live in.  Actually, I prefer to go completely barefoot most of the time, so I guess I don’t even need those.  Or so I thought.

            I recently moved homes and what a nightmare that was!  (And still is since we haven’t sold the old home).  Twenty years of clutter exist in that house.  Two kids, two careers, and paraphernalia from every conference I have ever been to.  And that’s just in my office!  The rest of the house was equally disastrous.

            And do you know what I found?  SHOES!   A ZILLION SHOES!  And they were all MINE!  You know that bit at the top about how I don’t really care about shoes?  Apparently, that was a HUGE LIE!!!!  Let’s begin with my dress shoes–sandals and pumps, some more business oriented, some more sexy.  And of all different colors, of course, brown and black being the base minimum.  But I like blue too, and don’t forget summer and winter whites, plus the fun pastels.

            As my arches became…um…more strained (read: flatter than a pancake), I shifted over to shoes with little to no heel.  Plus, you know, I’m about to release a book about a pair of magic shoes: THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR STOMPING.  It’s an anthology, but in my novella, the heroine buys a pair of Chinese Mary-Janes: black velvet with a Chinese character embroidered in red on top.  I had to buy a pair of those shoes, didn’t I?  Just to promote the book at conferences.  And you know what, they are so comfortable, that I bought a pair with a Chinese dragon on top, and another in embroidered black satin.  But really, I needed Chinese red satin too, plus others that were just too cute to ignore.  I now have eight different types of Mary-Janes just to help promote this book.  (BTW, you can check out www.hiheelia.com to buy some of our fictionalized shoes!  Your magic power may vary.)

            Meanwhile–back to my shoes–have you seen the new Sketchers?  Half sneaker, half sandal?  And in fun fabrics!  Yeah, I have those too.  I haven’t even begun to list the type of athletic shoes I have: running shoes, racquetball shoes, cross trainers, and the ever important just-to-run-around-in sneakers.

            OH MY GOD!  Do I have a SECRET SHOE FETISH?  Is that why I loved writing about magic shoes?  I just thought it was the funniest piece I’d ever written.  (That’s true, btw.  A down-trodden high school English teacher ends up with a pair of magic kung-fu shoes.  My god, I loved writing that story!  Especially since she doesn’t believe in violence, but can’t physically stop herself from kicking gang butt.)

            Anyway, back to my crisis.  HELP ME!  Do I need to go into shoe rehab?  Am I on the verge of building a room just for my shoes?  Or is this the normal state of affairs for professional women?  Is this simply a REQUIREMENT for a modern woman?

Please, I need your council.  And to help spur things on…someone who comments today will win from me a copy of my other newest release: DRAGONBORN.  It’s a wonderful romantic fantasy about a dragonhunter who falls in love with the very woman he has to kill because of her connection with…you guessed it…a dragon!  Reviews and excerpts for both books are available on my website: www.jadeleeauthor.com

            But in the meantime…HELP ME!  Should I head to therapy?  Or the mall?

 

 

Jade Lee

www.jadeleeauthor.com

 

ONE PROTECTOR

When dragon power flows through your veins, when dragon thoughts burn in your mind, you can accomplish anything. Natiya knows, for she carries one of the last eggs in the land disguised as a jewel in her navel. Day by day the Unhatched grows, and when at last it births they will be joined in a sacred and eternal bond. Gone will be the barmaid forced to dance for pennies; born will be Dag Natiya, revered Queen. Take her body or her soul, nothing will stop them.

ONE SLAYER

When dragon power flows through your veins, when dragon emotions trample your soul, you become a monster. So knows Kiril, for one destroyed his cousin. No matter how kind or joyful, all beings must succumb to the power of the wyrm. That is why Kiril vowed to destroy dragonkind–and he has almost succeeded. Only one egg remains. But there is an obstacle he did not foresee: love.

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