“There’s Got to be a Morning After” or Does There? Rock Crazy The Morning After With a Bi-Polar Wife

The next morning, they reported for their flight to Rockton. They approached security for MSC, the Moon Shuttle Corporation, and Scott set Katie’s bag on the scale first. They had argued when she wanted to pack their wedding holo-cube. It would have put her over the weight limit, and she doubted that would make any difference. Well, okay, half a kilo. She thought fifty kilos was probably a ball-park figure. Scott didn’t know that she was over the weight limit. She’d snuck the holo-cube in after they weighed their luggage. She also snuck a holo-cube of each of their families into his bag.

“Welcome to MSC Flight 270.”

The attendant was a real person, not just a computer terminal. Katie supposed people traveling to Rockton got first-class treatment. The attendant looked at their Katie’s ticket and then at the weight read-out.

“You’re half a kilo over your weight limit,” she said.

Scott glared at Katie.

“Yes, well I’m sure the fine can’t be that large for half a kilo,” Katie replied. “We can afford it.”

“Katie…” Scott said.

“Anything over fifty kilos must be shipped as cargo, not luggage. We’ve already calculated the mass/weight for this flight. If you want to ship this as cargo, it’ll cost fifteen hundred credits, and we’ll hold it for…” She checked a schedule. “Friday, the fifteenth’s flight. All of our flights this week are at capacity.”

“Fifteen hundred credits for half a kilo!” Katie’s voice rose. “That’s a rip-off! It’s because you have a monopoly on the Moon run. I demand to see your supervisor.”

“Katie!” Scott’s voice echoed across the terminal. He lowered his voice to a deadly whisper. “I warned you not to over-pack.”

“If you want to lighten your luggage and ship something home, we have a kiosk right over there.”

The attendant indicated a repacking station. Scott grabbed their suitcases, and they left the line. When they got to the repacking station, he opened her suitcase and pulled out the offending holo-cube, his cheeks flushing.

“I am not giving up our wedding holo,” Katie said.

“No, but you’re giving up something.” He pulled out one of her vacuum bags—the one with the sweaters—and hesitated. For a minute, she thought he was going to toss the entire bag. She was fuming as Scott opened her carefully packed vac-bag and extracted a sweater. He left the holo-cube out, as well. She opened her mouth to say something, but his eyes were hard. The protest died before she even formed it.

He put the bag on the scale, and it was light enough. He sealed the vac-bag, then closed her suitcase and weighed his own. It was over by a kilo. He opened it and pulled out the holo-cubes of their parents. He didn’t say a word as he packed the offending items into a shipping box. She stood there mute as he addressed a label to his parents, paid the postage, and re-closed his bag. They went back to the counter and stood at the back of the line. It was quite long, and no-one joined the line behind them. They would be the last to board the shuttle.

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Reviews! No Brag; Just Fact

I received an e-mail from a fellow author last week saying she was having difficulty posting a review of my second book, Rock Crazy on Amazon.  A few hours later she let me know she’d solved the problem and her review had gone live.  When I went over to read it, I found another review there by someone else whose writing I greatly admire and burst into tears.  Both were glowing five-star reviews!  I’ve since updated my Google Alerts so I don’t miss any more new ones.

Do reviews help to sell books?  I write reviews, and according to Amazon, over one hundred people have said my reviews helped influenced their buying decisions, so yeah, I guess so.  I think it also depends on how you use reviews.

When you get a new review it helps to Facebook and Tweet it, blog about it, and go ahead—brag about it!  I carry business cards with my cover art on one side, and my tag-line and buy-link on the back.  This week, I printed out quotes from my reviews and showed them to people.  When they asked where they could buy the book, I was ready with my card.  A friend used to say, “No brag; just fact.”  I hesitate to tell people I’m a good writer.  I’m willing to say I don’t suck.  I can say, “I get good reviews.”

Here are some quotes.  I’ve added the URLs so you can read the full reviews at their websites.

Rock Bound:  Book One of the Moon Rock Series

Jake Johnsrud saved Annie Peterson’s life.  Now slaves on that God-forsaken rock, the Moon, how will they survive?

4 Stars  Beverly Stowe McClure, Amazon  Life on the Moon  December 28, 2011

http://www.amazon.com/review/R22B4BQQVGLHXH/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004Y5UEDU&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=133140011&store=digital-text

I've never thought much about what life on the moon would be like. The author, however, paints a vivid picture of the hardships and trials the prisoners face in their new world. … The author goes into great detail about what the characters must do to survive on the moon. It's fascinating. How much of the facts are accurate I do not know, but Ms. Weber has written a story that held my attention. I think you will enjoy it, as well.

4 Stars  Kurt Adams, Amazon  An Interesting Read  May 11, 2010

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3T9PGYE9MU0G1/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004Y5UEDU&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=133140011&store=digital-text

This was a good story and ended up being one of those books I just could not put down. Although I did find parts of it disturbing to me I find myself hoping that there will be additional efforts by Rochelle Weber. There is certainly the potential for this to be an ongoing story even though it stands well by itself.

4 Hearts, Love Romances & More, June 18, 2009

Rock Bound is a different story for me to read and I highly enjoyed every minute of it. Ms. Weber is a wonderful storyteller and definitely delivers a story that you get engrossed in to the degree that I forgot the time or that dinner needed to be done. … Ms. Weber definitely captures the readers’ attention with her multifaceted characters and strong plot that weaves itself around the reader with each page.

You can read the entire review at:  Love Romances & More Reviews.

http://loveromancesandmore.blogspot.com/2009/06/rockbound-by-rochelle-weber.html.

4 Books, The Long and Short Reviews, February 22, 2009

"Ms. Weber introduces us to her hero and heroine amid total chaos, which she handles well. ... I recommend this fascinating story to any and all of you out there who enjoy a good old fashioned sci-fi/fantasy. It was an enjoyable read with great characters and a solid plot.  The Long and Short Reviews

http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com/2009/02/rock-bound-by-rochelle-weber.html

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Rock Crazy:  Book Two of the Moon Rock Series

Abandoned, pregnant, and bi-polar, Katie McGowan’s going crazy on that God-forsaken rock, the Moon!

Rock Crazy Review Quotes  (All on Amazon)

5 Stars, “What a Story!” Penny Estelle, Author of At What Price?  February 19, 2013

http://www.amazon.com/review/RQU6R943EID50/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005W5QS0E&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=133140011&store=digital-text

Ms. Weber shows emotions and conflicts of one dealing with bi-polar disease. She does it in such a way, I felt sympathy and outrage for Katie and those she deals with. This author also does an unbelievable job spinning a tale of life on the moon and how folks live and survive. What an imagination!

5 Stars, “An Enlightening and Entertaining Read”  Rosalie Skinner, Author of The Chronicles of Caleath,  February 5, 2013

http://www.amazon.com/review/RUXV9NWRTXSK/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005W5QS0E&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=133140011&store=digital-text

Rochelle Weber succeeds in spinning an entertaining yarn, in an alien environment, while really giving an insight into a debilitating condition. … The moon setting feels believable, although completely alien. To weave such a compelling tale in such an interesting environment is achieved with great writing and a well-paced and gripping story.

5 Stars, “Not Just Sci-Fi”  Gale Brennan, Author of the War ‘n Wit series and the Dark Series, November 25, 2012

http://www.amazon.com/review/R12OCCHA3HPGHW/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005W5QS0E&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=133140011&store=digital-text

[Katie McGowan’s] a woman battling the personal demon of Bi-polar Disorder while pregnant and unable to rely on the meds that to some extent, allow her to function at least semi-normally. And it's that battle that sets this book apart, the description of the personal battle to birth a healthy baby, to do whatever it takes to see that baby born that will tear at your heart. Because you don't just read it. You feel it.

5 Stars, “Enjoyable and Enlightening”  Michelle Pickett, Author of Concilium,

October 22, 2012

http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Crazy-ebook/product-reviews/B005W5QS0E/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

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By the way—to read my reviews of the above ladies’ books and more, go next door to Rochelle’s Reviews.  http://rochellesreviews.blogspot.com

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Six Sentence Sunday, Rock Crazy

“To the Moon!” Katie

Scott came home early one night a couple of months later.

“Hey, Babe, how’d you like to go to the Moon?”

Katie was suspicious. “Why?”

“I’m working an outage up there, and I thought you’d like to come along.”

“Is this some ploy to get me to have that surgery?” she asked.

 “I’ll be gone a full six months, and I don’t wanna leave you here alone. Not as volatile as you’ve been, lately.”

“So you want me to go up there so you can baby-sit me? I’m surprised you’re not telling me I have to move in with one of my brothers if I don’t go.”

Scott was silent.

Okay, that was more than six sentences.  I trimmed it as much as I could to get the point across.

Blurb: 

Katie McGowan is bi-polar, and she’s run the gamut of medications.  Everyone is telling her she should go to the Moon and have microchip surgery, but she’s afraid she’ll become an automaton.  In a last-ditch, tough love effort to force her to get the chip, her husband, Scott takes her to the Moon and divorces her when she decks him. Then she discovers she’s pregnant.  She can’t have the surgery or take her meds until after the baby’s born.

Scott is elated when he hears he’s going to be a father and naturally assumes Katie will take him back.  He always intended to take her back as soon she had the surgery.  He has no clue how badly he hurt her, how thoroughly he’s broken her trust—or that he may not get her back at all.

Length:  129 Pages

Price:  $5.50

Buy Link:  http://tinyurl.com/museituprockcrazy

Admission--Six Sentences from Rock Crazy

Abandoned, pregnant, and bi-polar, Katie McGowan’s going crazy on that God-forsaken rock, the Moon!

Mommy, don’t kill me!  Don’t kill me!

“I won’t kill you.  I just want the pain to end.  I just wanna kill me!”

Don’t kill me, Mommy!

“Daddy’ll take care of you.  He’ll save you.”

Mommy, don’t kill me.  I’m here, Mommy!  Don’t hurt me!

“Be good for Daddy.  Tell him—Tell him I love him.”

Severely bi-polar, Katie is hallucinating and arguing with her unborn child about committing suicide.

Blurb:

Katie McGowan is bi-polar, and she’s run the gamut of medications.  Everyone is telling her she should go to the Moon and have microchip surgery, but she’s afraid she’ll become an automaton.  In a last-ditch, tough love effort to force her to get the chip, her husband, Scott takes her to the Moon and divorces her when she decks him. Then she discovers she’s pregnant.  She can’t have the surgery or take her meds until after the baby’s born.

Scott is elated when he hears he’s going to be a father and naturally assumes Katie will take him back.  He always intended to take her back as soon she had the surgery.  He has no clue how badly he hurt her, how thoroughly he’s broken her trust—or that he may not get her back at all.

Length:  129 Pages

Price:  $5.50

Buy Link: http://tinyurl.com/museituprockcrazy