The Vegas Voice 9-20

Helping the NSG
By: Liz Palmer / NSG
The cancellation of this year’s Nevada Senior
Games left us in a dilemma. As any nonprofit
can attest, fund-raising
efforts this year have been
hamstrung by COVID-19.
What’s an Executive Director (me) to
do? Time to think outside the box.
Whatever we could offer had to be
at little or no cost for me to produce
and be easily transferred upon
purchase with a timeline of 4 to 5
months from start to completion.
What are my talents? I’m a former
professional pianist, I was a collegiate
athlete, and a writer.
Bingo. I’ll write a novel.
I selected the gothic romance genre because it’s popular, formulaic
and honestly, lends itself to breathless hyperbole! I set the stage for a
plucky Irish lass to encounter a brooding dark Lord and solve a mystery
that haunts his family.
I whipped up an opening paragraph, posted it on social media,
and asked for feedback. And permit me to brag a tiny bit, it was
overwhelmingly positive. And so began the tale of Fiona O’Keefe and
Lord Gideon Helmsley, tentatively titled “The Lord Of Her Heart.”
The novel needed well-established characters, a mystery, and of
course, sexual tension. I framed the plot, the chapters, and linked
together the characters and their motives and secrets.
I’m now feverishly typing away. I should finish by
the first week of December.
How can you help? This novel will sell
for the bargain price of $10, with 100%
of the proceeds going to benefit the
Nevada Senior Games. Not one dime
will go to me. Payment will be online,
and the novel will be emailed to you.
Maybe gothic romance isn’t your
thing. Hopefully, you know someone
who loves it – and it would make
an EXCELLENT stocking stuffer for
Christmas! “The Lord Of Her Heart”
will be advertised on the NSG website.
Please consider a purchase. The Nevada Senior Games is a registered
501 (c)(3) organization and would be greatly appreciate your support!
I thank you, NSG thanks you, and Fiona and Gideon thank you too!
Liz Palmer is the Executive Director of the Nevada Senior Games.
For more information on how you can participate, contact Liz at:
702/242-1590 or by email: Nevadaseniorgames@outlook.com.
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