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10.29.2009 Fun, Giveaway, Interactive, Leap of Faith, Liquid Silver Books, My Books, Promotions, Questions, Trivia

Leap of Faith Celebration – Day 4

The Incan civilization was grand. Although, I learned a lot researching for this story, I took some creative liberties, especially concerning the punishment for defiling a Sun Virgin. But hopefully the result justifies the tweaking of historical fact.

I was going to make up a trivia quiz for today’s blog entry, but saw that there are many perfectly good quizzes already out there. Why reinvent the wheel (which the Incans didn’t have, by the way)?

Take this quiz if you want. If you’d like the chance to win a free e-book from my backlist, to to the comment section and let me know something you learned about the Incas that you didn’t know before.

My score: 40% (How embarrassing!) The quiz was hard!

If you’d like to purchase the book in which those creative liberties were taken, go here. 🙂

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02.12.2009 Love, Thursday 3, Trivia

Thursday 3: Valentine’s Trivia

Only two more days until I Love You Day. I still haven’t bought a Valentine card for The King. I think I’d better get one today before all the good ones are gone.

In the meantime, here are three little known facts about Valentine’s Day that I thought were interesting.

1. In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

2. Only the U.S., Canada, Mexico, France, Australia and the U.K. celebrate Valentine’s Day.

3. In the 17th century, a hopeful maiden ate a hard-boiled egg and pinned five bay leaves to her pillow before going to sleep on Valentine’s eve. It was believed this would make her dream of her future husband.

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USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Willoughby happily writes her contemporary hockey romances in Southern California. She is married and has two sons and a Chihuahua. When she’s not writing, she’s watching hockey. When it’s not hockey season, she whines a lot.

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