[Mostly] Wordless Wednesday - A Little Patriotism & Links

Well, hello there!  I thought with today's proximity to 9/11, a little patriotism might be called for today.  These photos are from my trip to Washington, D.C. over Veteran's Day weekend in 2010.  There was some sort of rally going on, a motorcycle rally (some awesome machines there!), and it was a holiday weekend, so the place was insane.  It was still fun, though.  One of these days maybe I'll post some pictures from the White House tour.  (I've posted two of these before...in my "post only one photo at a time" days.

The White House from a distance. 

Part of the National WWII Monument. 

The other side. 

Respect for our soldiers. 

Washington Monument. 

Lincoln Memorial from the WWII Monument.

Close-up of the pillars at the Lincoln Memorial (with all the five gazillion people there). 

The Great Emancipator, himself. 

You all know this one, right? 

View of the Washington Monument from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (as well as the rally).

 

 

 

Linky Time.

 

 

Taking submissions:

 

Want to spread a little holiday horror?  Cruentus Libri Press is accepting festive tales of horror, whether Christmas-based, Hannukah-based, or any other festive holiday time.  Pays royalties.  Reading period through October 31.

 

Seventh Star Press has two open anthologies, one "sword and sorcery" and one dystopian.  Pays royalties.  Dystopian closes January 8; Fantasy closes January 31.

 

Iron Cauldron Books has several anthologies currently open, including carnival horror, steampunk horror and near death experiences.  They are also taking submissions for novels, short story collections and non-fiction.

 

Elektric Milk Bath Press has an urban fantasy anthology open right now.  Note: scan down until you find it; first anthology on page is closed.  $30 per story.  Closes October 31.

 

 

Blogfest:

 

Tim Brannan is hosting Monstrous Monday October 29. Sign up and post about a monster of your choice.  Always a fun kind of blog fest.

 

 

Other:

 

Book Blogs seems like a good place to advertize your book blog or find others.  I haven't had a chance to really look it over, though.

 

Anything to share?  Ever been to Washington, D.C.?  Did you get to tour the Mall and see the monuments/memorials?  Which is your favorite one?

 

May you find your Muse.

[Mostly] Wordless Wednesday 9/7/11

Since we just had a federal holiday, how about a federal picture?

This is the White House, photographed from the National Mall. There were five billion people there, due to it being Memorial Day weekend (boy, did we regret that one!). There were political rallies and bikers galore, as well as a parade. Best of all, we got to tour the White House, thanks to hubby's connections, which included visits to the Rose Garden, the Oval Office, the Press Room and the Situation Room(s). They had a groovy high tech phone booth for very private calls. Soundproof. We kept the kids in there for a little while and couldn't hear a thing. ;-p (I jest...mostly.)

Sadly, only photographs from the press room and outside the White House are shareable. There were parts of the tour where we had to lock up phones in little secure cases and swear on our future graves that we wouldn't take any photographs.

Also sadly, I did not get to have any discussions about how Capraesque the situation was. Guess the guards just weren't feeling chatty that day.

Five bonus points to anyone who can tell me what I'm referring to right there!

May you find your Muse.