About me:
BUG BOY by Eric Luper:
He can win, place, or show but what is the true cost of success?
It is the summer of 1934 and, even at the height of the Great Depression, money is no object for the elite at Saratoga Race Course, the premier track for the most popular sport in America. The trouble is that it’s not that way for most, especially the penniless track workers. However, fifteen year-old Jack Walsh’s stint as an exercise boy is over. From the first time he breaks from the gate as an apprentice jockey, or bug boy, he is a sensation. His newfound success brings him all sorts of attention, including that of a brainy, blond beauty who is more involved with the gritty underbelly of the track than she lets on. But Jack is also pursued by someone whose attention he doesn’t want, someone who viciously presses him to break his code as a jockey for a payoff that is hard to resist.
Set amid the rough backstretch of Thoroughbred racing, this edge-of-your-saddle read follows the course of a young athlete whose rise to glory is accompanied by ever-increasing pressure to do something that could leave him in the dirt.
ERIC LUPER lives in Albany, New York, and is an avid horse-racing fan, although he readily admits to leaving the track most days with less money than he came with. Of his first novel, Big Slick, Kirkus Reviews said, “Luper's authentic first-person narrative captures teen frustrations, feelings of confinement, and the mottled world of poker . . . Powerful.”
Visit him at
ericluper.com.
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Dec 3 2009 7:54 PM
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Dec 2 2009 2:57 PM
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
May the Peace and Joy of the holiday fill your home. May you be surrounded by
family, friends, love and laughter.
Lynda
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Nov 20 2009 6:34 PM
Nov 20 2009 3:21 PM
A Persons Beliefs +A Persons Actions=A Persons Reality
Societys Rules+Your Submission 2 Societys Rules=Sanity
Internal thougts/Beliefs=External Manifestations
Passions=Drive=Life
Human Instinct>Human Reason
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Da Kingz N Da Building
Yez!!!
Nov 18 2009 8:23 PM
HERE IS A PREVIEW FOR THE UPCOMING STORY 'OUIJA' WHICH IS ONE OF MANY TWISTED RHYMES INSIDE THE NEW LUNACY MACHINE.
OUIJA
Is there someone there? Is there someone there?
Come talk to us tonight.
We’re asking for the dead to speak,
It’s only us . . .my wife and me.
Come tell us how you died.
The oracle moved about the board
A figure-eight reply.
The oracle started slowing down, then stopped . . . above the Y.
Tell us more, tell us more, what brought you here to me?
Tell us how you died tonight.
Tell us when you died tonight.
Tell us what brings you here tonight.
Keep spelling it for me.
The figure eight continues and around the board it moves.
It’s slowing down, it’s slowing down.
Come, spirit, talk to me right now,
Tell us tonight, because we want to know . .
Then the oracle stopped on the letter O.
You’re coming in so very clear,
Now tell us why you’re roaming here, on this dark and stormy night.
Speak to me, speak to me,
Travel through this board to me.
Tell us why you sleep tonight beneath your resting tomb.
Speak to me, speak to me, speak to me now.
Then the oracle stopped on the U.
Y-O-U, Y-O-U, this isn’t making sense.
You spelled out, YOU is this what you meant to do?
Then the oracle stopped on YES.
*COME BY AND VISIT ME AND PREVIEW SOME OTHER STORIES FROM THE LUNACY MACHINE, TWISTED TALES OF UNFORTUNATE TIMES 'R' in my blog section
SEE YA!!
-CRISS KARVER
Nov 10 2009 3:18 PM
Nov 2 2009 6:14 PM
and 6 hours picking the person they will live with in that House!
You and Your mate share constant thoughts and feelings everyday,
so like it or not, YOU BECOME 2 BEINGS SHARING 1 MIND!
Prinze Royal Elite
Da Kingz N Da Building
Yez!
Oct 30 2009 2:32 AM
Then, i close my eyes, take a couple deep breaths, RELAX...And ask myself, "WHAT IF all I saw was what I WANTED TO SEE?" Then, I open my eyes. I see the sun, I see the blue sky, I see my girls smiling back at me, I see life...
And then, lo and behold, I see nothing but OPPORTUNITY...
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Thanks for reading. And if you enjoy these little sayings I send out, take a look at my site, http://TankJones.com and take a look at my blogs. You can also see a lot of pics of events I've done, music I've made and learn about my foundation.
Enjoy the rest of your day :)
Oct 26 2009 2:19 PM
So Be it;
Death I Laugh at You!
You can only take me once
and not b4 my time.
This I know is true
so until that time/its time to meet you
I will Live Hard, Love Hard
And Make All My Dreams Cum True!
So YOU Death to whom 'Most Men Fear',
You Powers, Your Wrath
I Do not Care!
And Yes I have the balls
so Yez I do dare
to taunt you, for you scare me not;
Because I embrace Life until the Day That I drop!
So Fear You NEVER and No Being on Earth
This is How I'll Always Feel while I on God's Green Earth!
Prinze Royal Elite
Da Kingz N Da Building
Yez!
Oct 23 2009 8:05 PM
Oct 22 2009 12:30 AM
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The Shaver Mystery, insanity locked in a diary
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Sep 29 2009 3:03 AM
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Thanks for your friendship and welcome to my world!
Hugs,
Marilyn
Sep 22 2009 11:09 PM
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How are you?
Robert
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Aug 26 2009 3:44 AM
When you wake up in the morning be sure to ask yourself, "Am I looking for LIFE to bless me today or to give me a struggle?"
MINDSET: it's the steering wheel to the vehicle that drives our lives. Which way you going today? :) Take care
Aug 26 2009 12:55 AM
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