Just got the call I’ve been dreading/expecting for a few weeks now. My second mother, Joyce, passed on a little bit ago. Family was with her and she was very tired of fighting the cancers. She was also REALLY sick of the hospice food and just wanted someone to turn the damn AC down sometimes. ‘Cause a person can get sick with the AC running all the time.

She was my Chinese aunt from Jamaica married to a British constable named Charles and I love them both. Dirty Laundry was dedicated to them.

On the plus side, I now have no one to fight over about who is getting the crispy deep fried fish fins when we have dinner but then on the sad side, I have no one to fight with over the crispy fish fins.

I am glad I had her with me. And I know she loved me as much as I loved her. She counted me as her daughter. And I sure as hell counted her right back.

Love you, Joyce.

Please don’t harass God about why ackee is so expensive. He doesn’t set the prices.

If anyone knows the three missing winners, ping them and send them along to me. I’ve got to get the cities locked and loaded by next weekend which means… All cities need to be in by Thursday!

I’m going to have to redraw three names in Wednesday if I don’t hear from:

diannakay, lucy, shelley

And that is going to make me a sad panda indeed.  ‘Cause I would feel sucky. And they would feel sucky and I don’t want anyone to feel sucky. So… someone send out a hunt for the missing winners!

Smooches all.

It helps to have visuals when writing steampunk.

diannakay, lucy, shelley

Where are you? *grins* Or better yet, where do you want Sinner’s Gin to play?

I’m missing some peep’s cities…and be sure to email me if you’ve not done so yet! rhysford (at) vitaenoir (dot) com.

I am missing: DiannaKay, Lucy, Shelley

The Winning cities so far:

Danielle North Augusta SC

nordicgirl_2013 Stavanger, Norway

jackiemckenzie: Jacksonville, FL

Deb Pridgeon  Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

beverley jansen  London, England (?)

diannakay

emd: Baltimore, MD

lucy

Treasure Red Rocks, Colorado

Renee Sydney Australia

Dianne Detroit, Michigan

Ka St. Andrews, Scotland

Amanda Seal Guthrie, Oklahoma

Ely Ve New York City, New York

Jacquie Markham, Ontario, Canada

Dominique Trenton, NJ

Jules Lovestoread (Bowersox) Seattle, WA

Shelley

And don’t forget to check out the winners of the Sinner’s Gin World Tour. Check to see if your name is on the list! You get a city AND an ebook ARC of Whiskey and Wry!