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Angels Club by Courtney Vail & Sandra J. Howell </h2>
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<b>Awards:</b> 2016 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Silver Medal for Best Series</div>
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2017 Equus Film Festival NYC Best YA Book</div>
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2017 IPNE Silver Medal: Best YA Book</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571208650477632495noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215292364114556372.post-21252854910060462592017-05-08T17:15:00.002-04:002017-05-08T17:15:52.678-04:00Cover Reveal - Lost and Found by Sharon Ledwith<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sharon Ledwith has a brand new series coming in June 2017 and today I am revealing the cover to you!</div>
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Kindle File Size: 667 KB<br />
Print Length: 203 pages<br />
Publisher: Mirror World Publishing; 1 edition<br />
Publication Date: June 17, 2017<br />
ASIN: B0713S1DCR<br />
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The Fairy Falls Animal Shelter is in trouble. <i>Money</i> trouble. It’s up to an old calico cat named Whiskey—a shelter cat who has mastered the skill of observation—to find a new human pack leader so that their home will be saved. With the help of Nobel, the leader of the shelter dogs, the animals set out to use the ancient skill of telepathy to contact any human who bothers to listen to them. Unfortunately for fifteen-year-old Meagan Walsh, she hears them, loud and clear. </div>
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Forced to live with her Aunt Izzy in the safe and quiet town of Fairy Falls, Meagan is caught stealing and is sentenced to do community hours at the animal shelter where her aunt works. Realizing Meagan can hear her, Whiskey realizes that Meagan just might have the pack leader qualities necessary to save the animals. Avoiding Whiskey and the rest of shelter animals becomes impossible for Meagan, so she finally gives in and promises to help them. Meagan, along with her newfound friends, Reid Robertson and Natalie Knight, discover that someone in Fairy Falls is not only out to destroy the shelter, but the animals as well. Can Meagan convince her aunt and co-workers that the animals are in danger? If she fails, then all the animals’ voices will be silenced forever.</div>
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Sharon Ledwith is the author of the middle-grade/young adult time travel adventure series, THE LAST TIMEKEEPERS, and the teen psychic mystery series, MYSTERIOUS TALES FROM FAIRY FALLS. When not writing, researching, or revising, she enjoys reading, exercising, anything arcane, and an occasional dram of scotch. Sharon lives a serene, yet busy life in a southern tourist region of Ontario, Canada, with her hubby, one spoiled yellow Labrador and a moody calico cat. <br />
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<i>Escape to the past and have a blast. </i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Raised In 1938, Lily Renée Wilheim is a 14-year-old Jewish girl living in Vienna. Her days are filled with art and ballet. Then the Nazis march into Austria, and Lily's life is shattered overnight. Suddenly, her own country is no longer safe for her or her family. To survive, Lily leaves her parents behind and travels alone to England. </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Escaping the Nazis is only the start of Lily's journey. She must escape many more times—from servitude, hardship, and danger. Will she find a way to have her own sort of revenge on the Nazis? Follow the story of a brave girl who becomes an artist of heroes and a true pioneer in comic books.</span></span></span></span></h3>
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off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of
San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter
play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"> Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. </span></span></span></span></h3>
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West Ridge Farm Publishing has released <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Angels Club 2: The Trouble with Boys, </i>the second novel in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Angels Club</i> series by Courtney Vail and
Sandra J. Howell. The diverse series is packed with emotional turns as it
tackles current issues like bullying and overcoming individual differences. The
books weave an equine storyline into the daily struggle of kids trying to fit
in with their peers. Through their work with rescue horses and a Therapeutic
Riding Program, the characters confront these issues and find a sense of
belonging by helping others less fortunate. Writing has also just begun on Book
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;"></span></b>Hola, Cuties! I’m Jacinda Gonzalez, almost twelve. Although I think I’m pretty nice, not to mention way cool and one of the most knowledgeable people in all things horse, I just can’t make any friends in my new school. The only things flying my way are totally rude insults. The horseback riding therapy farm where I volunteer becomes my perfect escape from mean bullies. And when Angel, a scrawny, muddy American Curly, shows up as rescue, no one but me can see her potential and lovableness, so I take her on as a project horse to get her ready for sale. But, the thing is, I don’t want them to sell her. She’d be so perfect for therapy. So perfect. Now, if only I could prove it.</div>
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Anyway, Angel’s sugar-candy personality inspires me to be sweet in spite of bad things happening to me. So, of course, I can’t resist the urge to make the world a whole lot brighter. Come on in and see how I do it!<br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">A conversation between Jacinda and her friends Emily and Kat</span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;"> </span></b>Emily
looked at Kat and then at me with a crinkled nose of confusion. “Last
week, Jacinda, you said you were almost twelve and live right down the
road. You don’t go to the same school?”<br />
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I shook my head with my
lips curled in. “Nope. Annoyingly, I was held back in third, so I’m only
in fifth now, which puts me embarrassingly in the same new school as my
six-year-old sister, Tia. Being in a sea of mostly ten-year-olds, and
younger, only makes me stand out like a freakish, lumbering giant.”<br />
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“You’re not that tall.”<br />
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“I’m 5'4", and most of the kids stand beneath my shoulders.”<br />
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“We’re all pretty much freaks then,” Emily said. “We’ve got a gimp, a tree, a shortcake and a smelly disaster of a horse.”<br />
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“Hey! Don’t call yourself a gimp!” I yelled.<br />
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“Oh joy,” Kat muttered. “We’re like the Island of Misfit Toys. We should form our own club.”<br />
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I could tell by her sarcastic tone she was joking, but I nodded, loving the idea. “Yeah. We should.”<br />
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“I was joking!” she screeched with laughter.<br />
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“I
know. But it’s a fab idea. I’m just not sure what our club should be
about, but we’re all unique and talented in some way. So, I’m sure,
combined, we can all put our hashtagable awesomeness to good use. Once
we get Angel looking parade-worthy, we should, at the very least, try to
find Angel’s previous owner. It’s not his fault he was hospitalized or
whatever. We can send him pictures and some ‘Hope You Are Feeling
Better’ cards. I really do hope he’s doing much better.”<br />
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“Me too.
You have a really big heart, Jacinda,” Emily said with a smile. “I like
that. It’s a great idea, one I should have thought of because I’ve
certainly seen my share of hospitals. I know, just know, that man will
love it. You were very patient with me, waiting for me to get up on the
horse. You pushed me in exactly the way I needed without making me feel
like a baby chicken. Hey! Maybe we should just do nice things for people
and try to help whoever we can, especially other freaks like us.”<br />
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“Exactly.”
I nodded with my smile sliding into an even bigger crescent moon. “The
world is full of meanies. Each one of us here has been beaten down or
ignored, so let’s be the opposite and try to make the world a little
brighter. Instead of being more monsters in the mix, we can be angels
instead.”<br />
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Emily’s bright smile said she adored the concept we
came up with, and I took Kat’s nod of approval and shoulder shrug as
good enough to be in too. <br />
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“Awesome!” I crossed my arms with a
bounce of pride and elation. It was as ragtag and pitiful as this horse,
and very tiny, but I had myself a club! An Angels Club.<br />
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Hey, Trackers. I’m River—“part hound dog and a whole lot Cherokee,” as my frenemy Kat says. I’ve been showing Kat how to track animals all summer long even though we argue about everything under the sun. When we find a buried map in a cave while waiting for a storm to pass, it thrusts us into the adventure of our lives. But hunting for possible treasure puts our already fragile friendship to the test. Can you imagine if we did find loot, like a chest of gold or something way cool like that? Kat could take in rescue horses at her parents’ farm, and I could buy this awesome colt Flash I love so much!<br />
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Courtney Vail, who also writes mystery thrillers, and Sandra J. Howell, who also writes equine novels for adults, set out to create a Middle Grade series that features underrepresented kids for kids. However, the heart, drive and passion within the books make them relatable and enjoyable to readers of all ages, especially horse lovers. As per emails the authors have received, the novels are touching lives and inspiring people of all ages. It’s the small things each of us can do that make a difference. A kind note left on a windshield, a cup of coffee, a smile, or giving your time can all make someone’s day and lift a spirit. As the Angels say in their calling card after they give a gift, “Angels smiled on you today. Go and be an angel too.” That message is resonating and it proves that no matter who you are, or how you may be limited, you can still be a positive influence in the world.<b><br /></b><br />
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<b>COURTNEY VAIL</b> In addition to writing quirky,
twisty books for teens and adults, Courtney works from home as a graphic
designer and book formatter. She’s married to a <i>should-be</i>-famous comedian
and has three kids who make her house LOUD and messy and do things like turn
her veggie garden into Jurassic Park, but she thoroughly loves her life. She’s
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sports junky and loves to run, visit amusement parks (and ride all the roller
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write two Equine novels, <i>Spirit of a Rare Breed</i> and <i>Saving GiGi</i>.
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American Bashkir Curly horse, for Equine journals and magazines. She has been
featured on television, radio talk shows and news media, and has received
numerous letters from Native Americans thanking her for promoting and
advocating for their favored steed. Howell is a founding member of Authors
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When Colin suddenly learns he has magic, he discovers that Atlantis is real, and that his new mermaid friend, Alleya, is in trouble.</div>
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Bed bugs, burglars, and a missing mother. For Doodle, it’s just part of a day’s work. A laugh-out-loud mystery for dog lovers of all ages.</div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1SlktuX" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/banshee-at-the-gate-wendy-knight/1120010765?ean=2940149831623" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/banshee-at-the-gate" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
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To save her brother, the banshee Seven must save Atlantis.</div>
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One girl with a nightmare to live through; one ghost with a dream to live. With so much to lose, can anything be gained?</div>
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Enter a world of myth and magic as young English boy Thomas Farrell seeks to discover the identity of his late father, and why he left him a strange glass orb containing a serpent...</div>
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When eating dog kibble on a dare gives 10-year-old Tawny special powers, her life nearly goes to the dogs!</div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1mP0zMW" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thunderbird-deb-logan/1106917781?ean=2940013207714" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/thunderbird-3" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
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Twins Justin and Janine discover a mysterious egg ... can they protect the hatchling while lost in Montana's Absaroka wilderness?</div>
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$3.99 to $0.99<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mP0vwu" target="_blank">Kindle</a><br />
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Daniel doesn't think there's anything worse than spending a week at Camp Bigfoot . . . until he loses his prized possession: a pencil that brings his drawings to life.<br />
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feebles-for-the-fable-minded-gerald-weinberg/1116879266?ean=2940148646068" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/feebles-for-the-fable-minded-1" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
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Laughing and Learning Little Life Lessons</div>
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From $3.99 to <b>FREE</b><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mP0dG3" target="_blank">Kindle</a><br />
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When a blast from the past shows up and makes her BFF go nutburgers, Ginnie is torn between helping her friend and getting some very important questions answered.</div>
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<br />
Harry Potter and The Hobbit rolled into one captivating and humorous epic fantasy series that will have kids begging for more.</div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1mgQTuu" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/helga-rick-johnson/1119589945?ean=2940045960540" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/helga-out-of-hedgelands-wood-cow-chronicles-1" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
<br />
Winner of the Mom's Choice Award honoring excellence in media for children. Classic fantasy adventure - quirky, funny, sinister, and action-packed</div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1mOZJzI" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nikolas-and-company-episode-1-kevin-mcgill/1122968769?ean=2940046394665" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/nikolas-and-company-book-1-the-merman-and-the-moon-forgotten-teen-childrens-middle-grade-fantasy-adventure" target="_blank">Kobo</a> * <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/nikolas-company-book-1-merman/id939100809?mt=11" target="_blank">iTunes</a><br />
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To save his friends from a dystopian future Earth, Nikolas leads them to a fantastic Moon in the past. But what happens when the fantastic becomes fatal?</div>
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<tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbIgqfNmUPI/VoLGHbHIyeI/AAAAAAAADFs/ibEAK0g3U6M/s1600/kendra_kandlestar_legends_%2526_lore.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbIgqfNmUPI/VoLGHbHIyeI/AAAAAAAADFs/ibEAK0g3U6M/s200/kendra_kandlestar_legends_%2526_lore.jpg" width="149" /></a></td><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H6ZDoFMCfkA/VoMVjRCH5RI/AAAAAAAADIA/UzwHjQ-xjuA/s1600/Dreams%2BCover.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H6ZDoFMCfkA/VoMVjRCH5RI/AAAAAAAADIA/UzwHjQ-xjuA/s200/Dreams%2BCover.jpg" width="125" /></a></td><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lm141DLhRwk/VoLHPLmveoI/AAAAAAAADGM/3l9-2uCUsCs/s1600/The%2BSuper%2BSpies%2Band%2Bthe%2BCat%2BLady%2BKiller%2B500x750.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lm141DLhRwk/VoLHPLmveoI/AAAAAAAADGM/3l9-2uCUsCs/s200/The%2BSuper%2BSpies%2Band%2Bthe%2BCat%2BLady%2BKiller%2B500x750.jpg" width="133" /></a></td></tr>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1mOXVqi" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kendra-kandlestar-lee-edward-f-di/1122871332?ean=9781772290134" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/kendra-kandlestar-legends-lore-from-the-land-of-een" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
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Explore the magical history of Kendra Kandlestar's world in this collection of bonus tales from the Land of Een.</div>
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From $4.99 to <b>FREE</b><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1Slr3Sh" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dream-keeper-mikey-brooks/1115262781?ean=9781939993038" target="_blank">Nook</a> * <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-dreamkeeper/id901982325?mt=11" target="_blank">iTunes</a><br />
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DREAMS: Dorothy called it Oz, Alice called it Wonderland, but Nightmares call it HOME.</div>
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From $2.99 to $0.99<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mgPO5S" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-super-spies-and-the-cat-lady-killer-lisa-orchard/1109518725?ean=2940014338202" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/the-super-spies-and-the-cat-lady-killer" target="_blank">Kobo </a>* <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/super-spies-cat-lady-killer/id517701858?mt=11" target="_blank">iTunes</a><br />
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What's worse than stumbling upon the dead body of the Cat Lady? Being accused of her murder. Sarah Cole and her friends take it upon themselves to catch the Cat Lady Killer.</div>
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From $2.99 to <b>FREE</b><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mOXKvh" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/turik-and-the-lost-woman-jonas-lau/1121223886?ean=9781505288414" target="_blank">Nook</a><br />
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When Turik finds a special egg his Grandfather is kidnapped and he must balance his power for good with the strength of the evil that wishes to consume him.</div>
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From $2.99 to $0.99<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mgPIv2" target="_blank">Kindle</a><br />
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Felicity, an ordinary sparrow learns that she can do extraordinary things!</div>
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From $3.99 to $0.99<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mOXyMB" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bees-in-my-butt-rebecca-shelley/1028582869?ean=2940011869228" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/bees-in-my-butt" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
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When a group of crazed ninjas take over their school, the Smartboys fight back. And it all happens on a day when Monkey has the worst case of flatulence imaginable.</div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1mgPpjX" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tillies-tale-mindy-mymudes/1121412568?ean=2940151719179" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/tillie-s-tale-1" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
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George, the magical basset hound, is on the trail of the mysterious ghosty haunting his Packmate, Tillie.</div>
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From $2.99 to $0.99<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mgPnso" target="_blank">Kindle</a><br />
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The legend of the little red hen, as told by the acorn that smacked her in the head. NO ONE IS TOO SMALL TO CHANGE THE WORLD!</div>
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From $2.99 to <b>FREE</b><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1mgPjsK" target="_blank">Kindle</a><br />
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Carter's life changes when an old man entrusts him with a book of magical spells, one of which grants the power to raise people from the dead.</div>
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<tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B9GCeYFqhvA/VoNAqfBisQI/AAAAAAAADIQ/jzzYXBf0jW0/s1600/SarahStory.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B9GCeYFqhvA/VoNAqfBisQI/AAAAAAAADIQ/jzzYXBf0jW0/s200/SarahStory.jpg" width="125" /></a></td><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PThhqqhjAlo/VoPzAhZqxEI/AAAAAAAADIo/CUxZyA1U3DU/s1600/book%2Bcover%2Bfor%2Bwatched.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PThhqqhjAlo/VoPzAhZqxEI/AAAAAAAADIo/CUxZyA1U3DU/s200/book%2Bcover%2Bfor%2Bwatched.jpg" width="130" /></a></td><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zc1QYmIpB4Y/VoP1KwSRSKI/AAAAAAAADI0/yun0nSHI8Ao/s1600/TheJewelCoveruploadebookhighres.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zc1QYmIpB4Y/VoP1KwSRSKI/AAAAAAAADI0/yun0nSHI8Ao/s200/TheJewelCoveruploadebookhighres.jpg" width="130" /></a></td></tr>
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Ever wonder what it would be like to be pulled into your computer? Sarah is about to find out.</div>
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From $2.99 to <b>FREE</b><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/1JfCQiR" target="_blank">Kindle </a>* <a href="http://smarturl.it/watchnooknook" target="_blank">Nook </a>* <a href="http://smarturl.it/watchkobo" target="_blank">Kobo </a>* <a href="http://smarturl.it/watchitunes" target="_blank">iTunes</a><br />
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It takes more than a school trip to change Christy's life. It takes murder.</div>
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From $2.99 to <b>FREE</b><br />
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searching for ancient gold and a mysterious grandma.<br /> <br /> <b>CODE:
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to understand dark family secrets and the coded message behind a radio
announcement that there are elephants on the moon.<br /> <br /> <b>ANGELS CLUB</b>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Initially
my flying horse books weren’t historical. Most writing advisors tell aspiring
authors to write what you know, so I set my novel in the Sierra Nevada
foothills. My online readers, however, didn’t like it. They told me it wasn’t
plausible. I protested that Percy Jackson worked with Mt. Olympus at the top of
the Empire State Building, but no, they were adamant. Then one of them said my
setting description reminded her of her grandmother’s farm in Wales. </span>From
stories I’ve read, I have an impression of those Welsh mountains as rugged,
cloaked in mist, the kind of place where all sorts of beasts could exist—even
flying horses. It seemed the perfect solution.</div>
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But I’ve never been to Wales. And the novel was already half
written in modern voice. First, I had to educate myself about the place and
time I would be writing about. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Grey
King</i> by Susan Cooper gave me a feel for Wales. Internet research and
interviews with people who had visited or grown up there helped, too. I had to
meticulously go through my novel and erase all modern references. I changed
‘turned on the lights’ to ‘lit the lantern’ and things like that. On my third
run through I was dismayed to still find a reference to ‘zipping up his
jacket.’ I changed it to ‘threw on a cloak’ and it was fine. </div>
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There’s more to a historical novel, though, than details
like that. The setting must be vivid to place the reader in the correct time. I
made the annual Aerial Games a festival where traveling merchants set up tents
and people came from a wide area. I researched areas of Wales and settled on
Gwynned mainly because I found a town in medieval Gwynned that matched the name
of a town in my story! With coincidence like that, I knew I was on the right
track. The setting became even more important in the second book, when one of
the main characters leaves the flying horse town and heads into a more
populated area. I had to fill that area with flora and fauna, towns,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and landmarks that would have existed in the
1300s. </div>
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One item that threw me was the role of women. In my book,
women become riders of the flying horses right alongside the men. Both men and
women become grooms, too. No gender inequality at all, but in medieval times
women weren’t so free. They also didn’t wear trousers. I decided to put them in
divided skirts—skirts cut and sewed up between the legs so a woman can ride
astride. That gives the book a modern taste that irritates a few readers, but
most accept it. The books are, after all, fantasy.</div>
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Language was another research issue. After I decided to use
bits of Welsh to flavor the story, I had to decide which words to use and how
often to use them. Medieval Welsh words were easy to find on the Internet since
so many gamers use them. It was harder to figure out whether the word I wanted
to use was Northern or Southern Welsh. Names also challenged me. Most truly
Welsh names are unreadable to English speakers. I decided to give my characters
somewhat familiar names like Davyd, Emma, and Evan. I gave the horses the more
Welsh-sounding names, choosing names that reflected the horse itself. For
example, one of the horses in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On a Wing and a Dare</i></b> is Wynne. That
name is derived from Gwyn, which means white or fair. Wynne is a white horse.
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The nice part about using a real place in history as your
setting is that it’s easy to recreate the world in subsequent books. In a
completely fictionalized world, events occur that cause the writer to rethink
government and education, for example. In my books, I look up what existed in
Medieval Wales and go from there, taking liberties if I need to since it’s
fantasy.</div>
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All in all, I’m happy with the world I’ve built in my flying
horse books. I will continue to bring readers into that world as I begin a
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times;">In Tremeirchson, a barn leader’s children are expected to follow their
parents into the sky, becoming riders of the magnificent winged horses that are
the medieval Welsh village’s legacy. Neither Emma nor Davyd, however, want to
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times;">Sixteen-year-old Emma risks losing her family by following her heart.
Eager to take her place in the air, she longs to ride a forbidden winged colt
born in barn of her father’s biggest rival. She also dreams of the rival’s
sons, not sure which she truly loves. Bold and exciting, Evan will someday lead
his father’s barn. Davyd is quieter, more dependable, with an ability to get
things done. Her father disapproves of both boys and pushes her toward an
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Refusing to become a rider means public humiliation, his parents’
disappointment, and lifelong ridicule from his brother, Evan. He reluctantly
prepares to join his family aloft in the Aerial Games that provide the entire
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suddenly start dying. Shocked, the adults hesitate, mired in tradition and
politics. Is it a disease or poison? Accidental or purposeful? Someone must
discover the answer and act before all the winged horses in the world are gone
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Nineteen year old Nia is shocked when she is secretly
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need someone confident, experienced, and innovative, so why are both warring
factions pursuing an untried girl? Suspicious that both sides want a puppet
instead of a leader, Nia races to discover their secrets before making the
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Owain’s dreams – and then a face from his nightmare arrives in High Meadow.
Owain looks for answers in his past and uncovers a dangerous plot that could
doom High Meadow's future. How can he foil the plot and save his people as well
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Ralf knows he must take over his father’s bakery, but is it
wrong to want some adventure before he does? New to High Meadow, he is
befriended by the beautiful and dangerous Branwen, who has her own goal—to
entice Ralf to help her steal a winged horse and return it to Tremeirchson.</div>
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Meanwhile, Ralf’s sister, Alyna, dives into barn life.
Becoming a groom to a winged foal is a lot of responsibility to the horse, to
the barn, and to her father, who idolizes the wrong barn leader. Politics,
greed, and revenge swirl around the teenaged siblings as they struggle to be
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winged horse in Tremeirchson's Aerial Games and she is betrothed to the barn
leader's son, Hoel. Life would be wonderful if Hoel wasn't so unpleasant to the
other riders. Adam, on the other hand, is handsome and nice but a terrible
rider. Together, Hoel and Adam are the perfect man. Obviously she can't have
both of them. When Neste's winged horse is involved in a terrible accident, her
life changes and she must make different choices about her future. Can she go
against her father's dying wish that she marry Hoel? Can she forgive Adam? Can
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Under the Almond Trees is the story of my family
– three ordinary women in California who lived extraordinary lives. It started
with a falling tree branch that killed Ellen VanValkenburgh’s husband in 1862,
forcing her to assume leadership of his paper mill, something women weren’t
allowed to do. Women weren’t allowed to vote yet, either. Ellen decided that
had to change, and became a suffragette. In 1901, Emily Williams , Ellen’s
daughter-in-law, became an architect – very much against her family’s wishes.
No one would hire a woman, but Emily would not be deterred. She and her life
partner Lillian set out to build homes themselves. By the 1930’s women enjoyed
more freedom, including the vote. Even so, Ellen’s granddaughter Eva
VanValkenburgh chose a traditional life of marriage and children, even closing
her photography business at her husband’s insistence. When he later refused to
pay for their daughter’s college education, Eva followed the example of her
Aunt Emily and reopened her photography business. I am proud to call these
women family and honored to share their story.</span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hm-O6RvFhvk/VA4r4fn9ZeI/AAAAAAAAAY0/UnFJibTVT54/s1600/linda.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hm-O6RvFhvk/VA4r4fn9ZeI/AAAAAAAAAY0/UnFJibTVT54/s1600/linda.PNG" height="200" width="150" /></a></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Author Bio</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: Linda Ulleseit was born and
raised in Saratoga, California, and has taught elementary school in San Jose
since 1996. She enjoys cooking, cross-stitching, reading, and spending time
with her family. Her favorite subject is writing, and her students get a lot of
practice scribbling stories and essays. Someday Linda hopes to see books
written by former students alongside hers in bookstores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Her first
novel, ON A WING AND A DARE, was published in 2012. It is a Young Adult fantasy
set in medieval Wales, complete with flying horses, a love triangle, and
treachery. It’s sequel, IN THE WINDS OF DANGER, was released March, 2013. The
focus of that book is the misty past of a groom and the murky future of a
rider. The last book in the trilogy is UNDER A WILD AND DARKENING SKY, May
2014. It follows a brother and sister, new to High Meadow, who become involved
in a plot to steal flying horses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As a child,
Linda always loved to write. She took her first creative writing course in
seventh grade, accumulating a closet full of stories that she never showed
anyone until 2007. At that time, she gave the first draft of a flying horse
book to a teacher colleague to read. ON A WING AND A DARE began as a NaNoWriMo
novel in 2009. It was revised with the help of reviewers on
thenextbigwriter.com over the next two years. For NaNo 2011, Linda drafted the
sequel, IN THE WINDS OF DANGER. NaNoWriMo 2012 brought the first draft of UNDER
A WILD AND DARKENING SKY, and NaNoWriMo 2013 saw the completion of UNDER THE
ALMOND TREES. This last is a historical fiction that follows three women who
struggle for women’s rights in early California.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5215292364114556372" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Linda has
also written a novella titled WINGS OVER TREMEIRCHSON, released as an ebook in
Fall 2013. It follows the story of Hoel and Neste, parents of a main character
in ON A WING AND A DARE. </span></div>
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Ulleseit </span></div>
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<a href="mailto:Ulleseit@wordpress.com"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ulleseit@wordpress.com</span></a><br />
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blog posts as well as have her books reviewed.</span></b></div>
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Hola, Cuties! I’m Jacinda Gonzalez, almost twelve. Although I think I’m pretty nice, not to mention way cool and one of the most knowledgeable people in all things horse, I just can’t make any friends in my new school. The only things flying my way are totally rude insults. The horseback riding therapy farm where I volunteer becomes my perfect escape from mean bullies. And when Angel, a scrawny, muddy American Curly, shows up as rescue, no one but me can see her potential and lovableness, so I take her on as a project horse to get her ready for sale. But, the thing is, I don’t want them to sell her. She’d be so perfect for therapy. So perfect. Now, if only I could prove it.
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In addition to writing quirky, twisty books for teens and adults, Courtney works from home as a graphic designer and book formatter. She's married to a should-be-famous comedian and has three kids who make her house LOUD and messy and do things like turn her veggie garden into Jurassic Park, but she thoroughly loves her life. She's a member of Authors Selling Books in Western Mass.
Courtney is a major sports junky and loves to run, visit amusement parks (and ride all the roller coasters first), skate, cook, and watch standup or anything that cracks her up or makes her heart race or neck tingle.
Angels Club is her first novel for kids. It was a blast to write, so maybe her crazy brain and fancy purple pen will find a grand adventure next time.<br />
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Sandy is an avid horse enthusiast and was the first breeder in Massachusetts of the rare American Bashkir Curly horse. Her lifelong passion for Curly horses led her to write two Equine novels, Spirit of a Rare Breed and Saving GiGi. Howell, a college professor, has been a contributing writer, featuring the American Bashkir Curly horse, for Equine journals and magazines. She has been featured on television, radio talk shows and news media, and has received numerous letters from Native Americans thanking her for promoting and advocating for their favored steed. Howell is a founding member of Authors Selling Books of Western Mass and is a member of the Independent Publishers of New England. Her novels are showcased at the New England Equine Affaire and promoted through many Equine organizations.<br />
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Thank you for having me today. The last few months have been crazy busy with the launch of my first book, Kissed, and I’m so pleased with the way things are going. There are a lot of different things that I could talk about today, but I thought I’d let you in a secret. One that even my mother doesn’t believe.</div>
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I live in Egypt (nope, not the secret, everyone already knows that.) I moved here last August. If you follow the news at all you know that in August of last year the military got sick of protesters camping out in the street, warned them a dozen times to get out, and they didn’t listen. They forcibly removed them. Over five hundred people died. A curfew was instated. No one was allowed of the house after 7 pm. This all happened two days before my flight was scheduled to leave for Egypt.</div>
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She did talk to the kids and I kept my conversation short with her. I didn’t want to hear “You’re crazy” again. Off I went on a two-year adventure with my husband and two middle schoolers. I’m a teacher and decided to try my hat at teaching in an American school in a different country. Was it hard when I arrived? Absolutely. But I’ve loved every single crazy minute of it. And in spite of what my family thought would befall me when I arrived, everyone is still alive.</div>
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You want to know the secret? In spite of everything you might’ve have heard on the media, Egypt is safe. Never once have I felt threatened. (Okay so every time I get into a cab I think the driver is going to kill me with his driving, but I’ve grown used to that.)</div>
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The curfew passed, the streets calmed, and life is normal. We’ve seen the pyramids, cave churches, and swam in the Red Sea. These are experiences of a lifetime for my family. If you’ve ever thought of visiting Egypt, now is the time. There are no tourists. You get whole pyramids and beaches to yourself.</div>
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Living in a foreign country has been an amazing experience. True, I have to go to four different grocery stores to find everything I need for dinner, but I can walk to all of them. My commute is 45 minutes in stop and go traffic everyday, but I use that time to write. One thing I didn’t expect in Egypt was all the green. I thought I was coming to a desert. But I look off my balcony window and all I see is green and a multitude of floral colors. Every month a different tree is blooming a different color. Right now it’s bright red. Last month it was purple.</div>
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When my two years are up here, I’m not going back to the states. I’m heading to another new and exciting country. We asked the kids last night during dinner if we could extend our contract if they wanted to stay. At first they said “yes,” but as dinner wore on I could tell they were both faltering. Finally, my daughter said, “But that means we won’t get to go someplace new.” Then they both shook their heads. We wont’ be staying more than two years. I highly recommend overseas living. The experience is worth it.</div>
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Trapped in a dark cult, sixteen-year-old Naomi Aren has lived a quiet, albeit unhappy, life nestled deep in the hills of the Ozarks. With uncut hair, denim skirts, and only roses for friends, Naomi seldom questions why her life is different from other kids at school. Until the day her abusive father, who is also the cult’s leader, announces her wedding. Naomi must marry Dwayne Yerdin, a bully who reeks of sweat and manure and is the only one person who scares her worse than her father.
Then she meets Kai, the mysterious boy who brings her exotic new roses and stolen midnight kisses. Kisses that bring her a supernatural strength she never knew she had. As the big day approaches, Naomi unearths more secrets of about her father’s cult. She learns she has power of her own and while Kai may have awakened that power, Naomi must find a way to use it to escape Dwayne and her father—without destroying herself.<br />
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Kimberly Loth can’t decide where she wants to settle down. She’s lived in Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Utah, California, Oregon, and South Carolina. She finally decided to make the leap and leave the U.S. behind for a few years. Currently, she lives in Cairo, Egypt with her husband and two kids.
She is a high school math teacher by day (please don’t hold that against her) and YA author by night. She loves romantic movies, chocolate, roses, and crazy adventures. Kissed is her first novel.<br />
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My heart ached for her. I really think she knows exactly what we’re saying. Or most of it. “She may be a walking disaster right now, but she has the most beautiful eyes ever. Did ya see ’em? They’re so gorgeous, they pull me right in. Not only do they hold so much emotion, look at those curly lashes. They’re like dainty butterflies.” <br />
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I looked at Kat for her opinion and she shrugged that she didn’t care. “Yeah, sure,” I said, “if your mom doesn’t mind you being here all day. Giving her a bath’ll be a lofty job. We’ll want to see if she’s been handled too. We can definitely use more helping hands.”<br />
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“You don’t want to be friends?” she creaked. “I thought ... I thought...” Two giant tears rapidly formed and rolled down her cheeks in uneven streams. I didn’t think tears could form and melt that fast. “You two are the only kids who’ve looked me in the eye all week. Whether I’m on my crutches or in a wheelchair, people ignore me and act like they don’t see me at all.” Her voice started breaking like glass. “So, I was hoping, I mean, I just assumed ...”<br />
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“No! We’re friends, we’re friends!” I cried, cutting her off and waving my hands. “Oh my gosh. Please don’t cry. Of course we can be friends. I don’t have a single friend in school, not one. So when I did that whole face scrunch thing, I was thinking about how my mom’s always badgering me too, not that I didn’t want to be your friend. Sorry.” I looked at Kat with insistent eyes and a finger wave to back me up. <br />
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Kat nodded and rubbed Emily’s shoulder. “Yeah, of course we can be friends. We’re always looking for more friends, Em. So don’t flip.”<br />
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“Never. Trust me. You wouldn’t wanna see my cartwheels,” Emily said, smiling big at her own joke and wiping her eyelids. <br />
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We all fell into a fit of laughter at that. I was glad she had a sense of humor about her condition.<br />
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“Why would people not wanna look at you though?” Kat asked. “I don’t get it. You’re so crazy-adorable. Wish my curls were glossy like yours. All I have is a pompom.”<br />
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Emily bit her lip and her eyes got shinier. “Well, my mom says people feel sad or awkward when they see me in a wheelchair, or my funny walk, and they don’t want to offend me by staring or saying the wrong thing. But I’d much rather get a stare or a blunt question than the pretending-I-don’t-see-you thing I usually get.”<br />
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“That’s so awful,” I said, rubbing her upper arm. “Not to mention rude.”<br />
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“It so is!” Kat cried. “See? That’s why I like to be loud and sarcastic. Being short puts me below the eye level of most, but my big mouth makes me impossible to miss or ignore. You should try talking to people first, to break the ice and show off your inner sparkle. Jacinda and I can help you with that.”<br />
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“I’d love that. Thanks. Uh, I’m so relieved.” Emily patted her chest with both hands. “I thought I was getting ditched again.”<br />
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“Nah. We squabble sometimes, but we never ditch. Right, Kat?”<br />
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“Yep.”<br />
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Emily wiped the lingering wet ribbons off her face, and the white mare, with her head turned, saw that and circled around and moseyed up to her. She rubbed against Emily’s face and licked her.<br />
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“Oh my goodness! What a lovey-dovey girl we have here,” I cried, patting our new equine friend. “She’s so sweet like Ginger and Sassy. Even after all the neglect and whatever else she’s been through, she’s trying to cheer you up and comfort you, Em. See? I told you there are some special horses who are just naturally angels.”<br />
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Emily curled her fingers under her nose. “Uck, although she stinks like she’s lived with a gang of wild hogs, that’s what you should call her.” She giggled at the horse’s eyelash tickle. She stroked the horse’s head. But, not ready for a slimy face-to-face smooch, she tried to shoo it back with her fingers.<br />
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Kat nudged the horse away from Em’s face. <br />
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“Call her what?” I said.<br />
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“Angel.”<br />
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“Nah, I was thinking, Dirt Digger myself,” Kat said with a sneer, brushing the mare’s filth off her fingers. “It’s so much more fitting.”<br />
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“We are not calling her Dirt Digger,” I spat.<br />
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Kat cracked up. “How about Toad then?”<br />
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“No,” I growled. “I really like Angel. It’s a good name for her. Thanks for suggesting it, Em. I bet if we can get her looking up to her natural glory, she really will look like an angel, or the swift-footed carrier of one. Maybe she’ll even look like a unicorn.” I scratched the mare under the chin and neck, and she lifted her head, telling me, more, more, more.<br />
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“Doubt that, but you can call her whatever you want,” Kat said. “She’s your horse.”<br />
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“She’s not mine … just my sweet-as-candy project horse.” <br />
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“I really like ‘Angel’ as her name. It’s perfect.” Emily beamed. <br />
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“Perfect? Ha,” Kat shrilled. “She’s so far from heavenly, even demons are pinching their noses and are racing away to find some sulfur to sniff. I’m not even lying when I say that’s the ugliest, most wretched horse I’ve ever seen in my twelve years of existence.”<br />
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“She’s not ugly,” I said, rubbing her back. “She just … needs some sprucing and primping.”<br />
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“Or a lit match.”<br />
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“Hey, cut it out!” I whacked Kat’s arm. “That’s not even funny.”<br />
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“You know I’m kidding! I hate to see any creatures in distress.”<br />
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“You’re twelve?” Emily cried. “Never would’a guessed that. You look younger than me.”<br />
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“Apparently, Jesus doesn’t really sparkle.”<br />
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“Shut up,” I bellowed. “She’s exaggerating. She does that. Like, constantly.”<br />
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Emily looked at Kat and then at me with a crinkled nose of confusion. “Last week, Jacinda, you said you were almost twelve and live right down the road. You don’t go to the same school?”<br />
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I shook my head with my lips curled in. “Nope. Annoyingly, I was held back in third, so I’m only in fifth now, which puts me embarrassingly in the same new school as my six-year-old sister, Tia. Being in a sea of mostly ten-year-olds, and younger, only makes me stand out like a freakish, lumbering giant.”<br />
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“You’re not that tall.”<br />
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“I’m 5'4", and most of the kids stand beneath my shoulders.”<br />
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“We’re all pretty much freaks then,” Emily said. “We’ve got a gimp, a tree, a shortcake and a smelly disaster of a horse.”<br />
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“Hey! Don’t call yourself a gimp!” I yelled.<br />
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“Oh joy,” Kat muttered. “We’re like the Island of Misfit Toys. We should form our own club.”<br />
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I could tell by her sarcastic tone she was joking, but I nodded, loving the idea. “Yeah. We should.”<br />
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“I was joking!” she screeched with laughter.<br />
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“I know. But it’s a fab idea. I’m just not sure what our club should be about, but we’re all unique and talented in some way. So, I’m sure, combined, we can all put our hashtagable awesomeness to good use. Once we get Angel looking parade-worthy, we should, at the very least, try to find Angel’s previous owner. It’s not his fault he was hospitalized or whatever. We can send him pictures and some ‘Hope You Are Feeling Better’ cards. I really do hope he’s doing much better.”<br />
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“Me too. You have a really big heart, Jacinda,” Emily said with a smile. “I like that. It’s a great idea, one I should have thought of because I’ve certainly seen my share of hospitals. I know, just know, that man will love it. You were very patient with me, waiting for me to get up on the horse. You pushed me in exactly the way I needed without making me feel like a baby chicken. Hey! Maybe we should just do nice things for people and try to help whoever we can, especially other freaks like us.”<br />
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“Exactly.” I nodded with my smile sliding into an even bigger crescent moon. “The world is full of meanies. Each one of us here has been beaten down or ignored, so let’s be the opposite and try to make the world a little brighter. Instead of being more monsters in the mix, we can be angels instead.”<br />
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Emily’s bright smile said she adored the concept we came up with, and I took Kat’s nod of approval and shoulder shrug as good enough to be in too. <br />
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“Awesome!” I crossed my arms with a bounce of pride and elation. It was as ragtag and pitiful as this horse, and very tiny, but I had myself a club! An Angels Club.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Circle of Five</i> by Jan Raymond </span></b></span><br />
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<span id="freeText18021563092593527993">Circle of Five is the first book in the Pha Yul trilogy. <br /> <br />After
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control their powers. <br /> <br />But is there more to Mr. Harris than
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Can they trust Mr. Harris? Is he telling them the truth, or does he have
his own reasons for helping them? What is the truth behind the secret
society that he belongs to? The children try to figure out the answers
as they work towards gaining control over their powers. <br /> <br />Unknown
to them, danger lingers near. They have to face the threat and put
their lives at risk. They must learn to trust one another and combine
their powers to survive…will they make it? Are their powers strong
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Circle of Five begins a little choppy as it's bouncing you from
character to character while only giving you a sliver of who they are,
but don't worry. The perspectives of Sam, Sabastian, Ryan, Cassy and
Maya, are expertly woven together as the story unfolds to give you an
adventure that all starts with a Breakfast Club-like detention. Only,
the new perceptions the students in Circle of Five gain also come along
with special powers that first start appearing after a strange
electrical storm. Their teacher Mr. Harris, also one with special
powers, mentors them and helps them learn to control and harness their
powers. Supernatural elements and mixed perfectly with the ordinary,
everyday, teen experience to ground readers with the truth that these
are just kids, who now bear a huge responsibility and must be forced to
see the world differently. This was a fantastic and fun read.<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b>A note from Angela:</b></span> So with Danica McKellar starring on<b><i> Dancing With The Stars</i></b>, I began feeling a bit nostalgic. I loved watching The Wonder Years when I was growing up and the romance between Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper had me wishing for my own childhood romance :) That Danica went on to become an author and math guru made her a even cooler in my dorky opinion.
In celebrating the re-emergence of Danica McKellar, I've joined together with a few other YA authors to host a giveaway! <b>Two lucky winners will receive a paperback copy of Kiss My Math by Danica McKellar!</b> The giveaway begins today and continues until Danica wins or is eliminated from Dancing With the Stars.<br />
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Last year, actress and math genius Danica McKellar made waves nationwide, challenging the "math nerd" stereotype and giving girls the tools to ace tests and homework in her unique just-us-girls style. Now, in <i>Kiss My Math</i>, McKellar empowers a new crop of girls, 7th to 9th graders, taking on the next level of mathematics: pre-Algebra.
Stepping up not only the math, but also the sass and style, <i>Kiss My Math</i> will help math-phobic teenagers everywhere <i>chill out</i> about math, and finally "get" negative numbers, variables, absolute values, exponents, and more. Each chapter features:
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Waken (The Woods of Everod, #1)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">by Angela Fristoe</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Moving to her parents’ hometown of Everod is the last thing Janie Lyndon wants. After years of abuse and eventual abandonment, she’d rather forget they ever existed. Haunted by nightmares of her mother killing her, Janie just wants to be normal.
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The gorgeous Davin Andersen is out of her league, but for some reason he seems to actually like her. The emotions he draws from her are almost enough to make her ignore all of the weird things he says. Almost enough to ignore the way the entire town seems ready to pounce on her as if she were fresh meat.
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Almost, though, isn’t enough when Janie finally discovers what the town is hiding. The town of Everod has been waiting for Janie and if she hopes to survive, she’ll need to confront the truth of who and what she really is.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Born in Northern Canada, Angela grew up on the Canadian prairies amid dreams of becoming the next Dian Fossey or a world famous flight attendant. Those, however, were never meant to be. Instead she moved to the United States where she divides her time between her family, writing, and her day job as an instruction coach.</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angela was the winner and double finalist in the Romance category of The Strongest Start Contest 2010 hosted by TheNextBigWriter.com. She currently has three young adult novels published through Little Prince Publishing and her fourth novel, <i>Waken</i>, has an anticipated release of January 2014.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Ghost Files, Volume I</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>by Apryl Baker</b></span><br />
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<b>Published: </b>August 13, 2013</div>
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<b>Publisher: </b>Limitless Publishing</div>
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<b>Cherry blossom lipstick: check</b></div>
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<b>Smokey eyes: check</b></div>
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<b>Skinny jeans: check</b></div>
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<b>Dead kid in the mirror: check</b></div>
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For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks. Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too.</div>
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Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. That is until she see’s the ghost of her foster sister… Sally.</div>
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Everyone thinks Sally’s just another runaway, but Mattie knows the truth—she’s dead. Murdered. Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can’t do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young policeman, Officer Dan, and together they set out to discover the real truth behind Sally’s disappearance.</div>
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Only to find out she’s dealing with a much bigger problem, a serial killer, and she may be the next victim…</div>
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Will Mattie be able to find out the truth before the killer finds her?<br />
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The party is in full swing by the time we get there. Everyone is milling around, laughing, talking and drinking. Jake lays an arm around my shoulders and I snuggle close. It’s freezing! Why Meg decided to have a party outside in the dead of winter is beyond me. We make a beeline for the bonfire raging out back. Jake grabs a beer, but I decline. <br />
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I never, ever drink at parties. The only thing I’ll drink is water I run from the tap myself. I’m not stupid enough to set myself up to get drugged and raped. Jake is a pretty decent guy, but I’ve only known him a couple of weeks, and have no idea what he’s like when drunk. I’m a smart cookie. I never take chances like that. <br />
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“Mattie!” Meg waves her beer bottle at me. She’s already buzzed; her eyes are a bit glassy. See? Not a smart cookie. She’d be an SVU nightmare. Don’t get me wrong. I really, really like Meg. She’s one of the first people who accepted me when I got here last month. That girl’s got a closet full of clothes I’d sell an organ for, but her personal choices are not always the best ones. She’s the town’s sweetheart, the golden girl expected to do great things. I guess she doesn’t think anything bad could ever happen to her. <br />
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“Hey.” I smile and shake my head when Tommy offers me a beer. <br />
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“Aw, come on Mattie, have a drink, loosen up a bit,” Tommy wheedles. His eyes are on my chest. Such a jerk. Meg hasn’t noticed and I’m grateful. I’d hate for her to get mad at me because of her idiot boyfriend. <br />
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“Leave off, Tommy,” Jake glares. He has noticed where Tommy’s eyes are. “You know Mattie doesn’t drink.” <br />
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“Chill, man. I’m only trying…”<br />
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I roll my eyes at the rising testosterone. Change the subject. “Meg, didn’t I see Ava over there wearing knock-offs?” <br />
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“I know! Can’t believe she thought she could pass those boots off as designer. I mean, really.” Meg nods. “And that handbag… O-M-G!” Nothing upsets her more than a knock-off. She is a fashionista in the worst sense of the word. She plans on going to a New York design school after graduation. <br />
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“The stitching is all wrong on the bag, too.” I am not a fashionista, but I’ve heard that stitching can prove if something is original or not. <br />
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“It’s atrocious!” Meg laughs. “I can’t believe she thinks anybody will buy that nonsense.” <br />
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“Maybe her folks aren’t rich and it’s all she can afford?” Jake asks, voice dripping with sarcasm. Jake’s parents are pretty close to poor. His dad is often out of work and his mom’s a housekeeper for the local hotel. Jake will work part time this summer to pay the bills. It’s one of the reasons I liked him to begin with. He’s not like the usual high school boy. He understands that life is hard, and you do what you have to do. <br />
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Meg’s catty remark did sound a little snarky, I must admit. Not everyone’s father is the mayor and can afford to dress in high fashion. Look at me. I wear Wal-Mart clothes. I don’t pretend to be anything I’m not. That’s probably why Meg and I get along so well. <br />
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Meg sighs. “That sounded really bitchy, huh?” She’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever known, but when she’s drunk, the girl can get a little mean. <br />
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“Just a little,” I tell her, “but I started it.” I’d tried to stop a potential fight between Tommy and Jake, but ended up dissing someone else. I felt bad. It’s a new feeling for me. I typically don’t let myself get attached enough to people to feel anything for them, but being around Jake and his family made me start rethinking my whole me-myself-and-I mentality. Not that I don’t have reason to keep people at arm’s length, but Jake is thawing me just a bit. I don’t know if I like it or not. <br />
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“Know what you’re gonna do for your public speech on Friday, Mattie?” someone asks behind me. I turn around. Oh, joy. Sam Jenson. She and I are competing for the only junior spot on the debate team. I need it for scholarship purposes; she wants it only because I do. <br />
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Since day one, Sam and I disliked each other. She’s a snob and I’m a smartass. Put us in a ring and I’d knock her on her snotty arse in 2.5 seconds. Does she honestly think I’m gonna tell her what I’m doing? But… considering that I’m standing with people who are nearly drunk or well past that state, she probably assumes I am, too. <br />
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“Sure I do,” I tell her, “but you’ll have to wait until Friday to hear it.” I smile sweetly at her and snuggle under Jake’s arm. Sam has a huge crush on Jake. This I discovered from her friend Mimi. The snuggling only makes her mad and she stomps off. Good riddance. I so don’t want to get into a cat fight tonight. <br />
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“You know that spot is yours,” Jake whispers in my ear. “I’ve heard you practicing. Don’t worry about it.” <br />
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“Do I look worried?” I breathe in Jake’s rich scent. He smells clean and woodsy. I’m not sure what kind of cologne he uses, but it’s addictive. I could stand here forever basking in the warmth of the fire, enjoying Jake’s arms around me. This is as close as I’ve ever come to being well, maybe not so much happy, but I guess maybe content is the right word. It’s another new feeling for me, but it’s one I sorta like. <br />
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“No,” Jake grins down at me, “but you do look very, very kissable.” <br />
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I smile as he lowers his head and kisses me until my toes curl. Jake kisses better than any boy I’ve ever met. Not that I’m a slut, mind you; I don’t sleep around. I’m still a virgin, but do enjoy the whole kissing aspect of dating. Jake’s kisses make me want to rethink the whole not-sleeping-around thing, which worries me. Not that he’s even said anything, but if he did, I’d have to think really, really hard and I don’t know what my answer would be. It’s always been ‘no’ before, but I’ve never met a guy I liked this much, either. <br />
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“Get a room,” Tommy grouches, breaking up our little interlude. <br />
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Jake and I both laugh at Tommy’s obvious disgust. He’d hit on me not more than an hour after I’d arrived at school my first day. Tommy has never understood why I didn’t jump at the chance to let him in my pants. Why does Meg put up with his crap? Again, not my business. <br />
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The joke rattling on my tongue dies as a girl steps into the firelight. She’s turned away from me, dressed in a bummy-looking gray nightshirt, hands bound behind her back. Long, stringy brown hair is matted with a dark sticky substance. <br />
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Not here. Oh, please, oh please, oh please, not here. <br />
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I want to avert my eyes, but can’t. She’s turned to face me; her eyes are so lost and scared. There’s a small bullet hole in her head, almost exactly where it was on the other dead kid I saw earlier. Her mouth is covered in duct tape, so she can’t speak, but I don’t need her to. I know her. <br />
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<b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b>
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Growing up in a small town, I learned a lot of values and morals, I also learned parents have spies everywhere and there's always someone to tell your mama on you. So when you get grounded, what is there left to do? Read! My Aunt Jo gave me my first real romance novel. It was a romance titled "Lord Margrave's Deception." I remember it fondly. But I also learned I had a deep and abiding love of mysteries and anything paranormal. As I grew up, I started to write just that and would entertain my friends with stories featuring them as main characters. <br /><br />
Now, I live Huntersville, NC where I entertain my family and watch the cats get teased by the birds and laugh myself silly when they swoop down and then dive back up just out of reach. The cats start yelling something fierce...lol. <br /><br />
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In this second book in the flying horses series, Ms. Ulleseit does an excellent job of
pulling readers into the Welsh countryside and soaring skies. While
readers still touch base with familiar characters, the focus is on
new faces and minds, like Nia, who comes to us in an exhilarating
joist. She is strong-willed, skilled, determined and playful.<br />
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First and Second Barns are separate and operational factions, and,
despite her limited experience, Nia is invited to be leader of Third
Barn, that, up until this point, has just been a rumor. Nia has full
confidence she could do the job for real, though everyone wants to
use her as a pawn for another’s demise.<br />
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from home eight years prior to the story’s opening, is on a mission
to find out what happened to his parents. Although it leads to
initial bad news, it opens up to an unexpected surprise for the
young man, but also a potential murder and a pending marriage he
becomes aware of and despises. The threads for Nia and Owain took a
little while to get going, but the interesting characters and
descriptive details pull you along. Once tensions and mysteries kick
in, the reader is left flying through pages. Definitely a unique and
lushly written book. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BAYT09C/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00BAYT09C&linkCode=as2&tag=gohaya-20"><b style="color: #990000;">BUY IT NOW.</b></a></div>
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Hi. I'm so glad to have Linda stop by at my blog for her tour with Turning the Pages for her sequel to <i>On a Wing and a Dare</i>, <i>In the Winds of Danger,</i> a lovely flying horses YA series set in medieval Wales. She took time out for a little chat, and today, I will share all the goodies. <br />
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Nineteen year old Nia is shocked when she is secretly offered the leadership of Third Barn. This new barn full of flying horses will need someone confident, experienced, and innovative, so why are both warring factions pursuing an untried girl? Suspicious that both sides want a puppet instead of a leader, Nia races to discover their secrets before making the biggest decision of her life.<br />
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Some of those secrets are unknowingly buried in the disconnected memories of a young groom named Owain. Terror and guilt haunt Owain’s dreams – and then a face from his nightmare arrives in High Meadow. Owain looks for answers in his past and uncovers a dangerous plot that could doom High Meadow's future. How can he foil the plot and save his people as well as the winged horses?<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What inspired you to write your
series, where did the idea come from?</b> <br />
I
wanted to write about that time in a young person's life when they realize they
need to grow up and take charge of their future. I've always loved the idea of
flying horses, so I combined them.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What was your favorite thing about
writing In the Winds of Danger, the sequel to On a Wing and a Dare?</b><br />
I
enjoyed exploring the world through different characters' eyes. We still see
Emma, Davyd and Evan, from the first book, but the focus is on different
characters.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Tell me about your main
character(s)? What is/are he/she/they like at the core?</b>Owain
is a good young man. He loves his work, and he works hard. He is troubled,
though, by a lack of self-confidence. Nia, on the other hand, is super
confident, almost condescending. She makes judgments about people's motivations
and becomes flustered when she doesn't understand them.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What is/are the best and worst
thing(s) about him/her/them?</b><br />
Owain
is loyal and sweet. He is a terrific friend. On the down side, he doesn't
believe he is as important to his friends as they are to him. Nia is a very
skilled rider of the winged horses. She is exactly what any barn leader needs
to make his barn successful at the Aerial Games. Unfortunately, she knows it.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What’s your creative process like?
Outliner or pantser? How and why does it work for you?</b><br />
I've
done both. I find that when I just sit down and write without a plan I often go
pretty far off track. Sometimes, though, there are wonderful bits I can use.
When I outline, I tend to move too quickly through the plot and end up having
to go back and slow it down with description, backstory, and explanation. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Do you have any go-to releases
when you’re suffering from writer’s block or a sticky plot?</b><br />
I play
a lot of Candy Crush Saga. Oh, you mean to help me write? If I go back a few
chapters and read what I've written, it usually gets me back into the story and
I can pick it up and continue. Sometimes I force myself to continue the story
even when I know I'm writing junk because eventually the muse wakes up and I'm
in the flow again.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Where do you prefer to write?</b><br />
At home
I have a wonderful space. It's a desk that faces a window. I can see my
beautiful yard and pool, and my dogs curl up on my feet. I can type away on my
laptop for hours there.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What has worked in your marketing
plan and what has flopped?</b><br />
Using
my free days to push the ebooks worked well. Being consistent about marketing
is my epic fail. I have not had time to make a sustained effort to keep sales
momentum going. I am a teacher, so days are hectic. I get caught up in
marketing, and I have no time to write. If I am in the midst of a great writing
streak, I have no time for marketing. I don't think I'm unusual in this.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What genres do you enjoy reading?</b><br />
I love
historical fiction, fantasy, and young adult, but I will read almost anything.
I categorize my own novels as historical fantasy.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What totally kills a story in your
mind while you’re reading?</b><br />
With
the abundance of self-published books available now, there is a lot of poorly
edited books. I cannot get through a book that has grammar, spelling,
punctuation, and formatting mistakes.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What do you like to do for fun or
during your spare time?</b><br />
I
write! Oh, you mean besides that? I love to read, walk my dogs, swim, and spend
time with my family.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Do you have any idiosyncrasies,
super powers or other talents?</b><br />
I am
sure I have magnificent super powers lying dormant within me. I am so busy,
though, I have not had the opportunity to discover them.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What is your biggest pet peeve?</b><br />
As a
teacher and as a writer I am very particular about grammar. I get very upset
when I see poor grammar or spelling in public places. On my classroom website,
I collect pictures of public signs that are incorrectly punctuated or spelled.
Probably the most famous is an old tire billboard that said, "Something
special is riding on your Michelin's." It should be plural, of course, not
possessive.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />What is your best quality?</b><br />
I'm a
good friend, willing to help however I can. I've been known to supply meals
during a crisis, lend an ear when needed, and share moments of joy. I also have
a good sense of humor.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Got any other books in the
pipeline? If so, what?</b><br />
I have
just finished a historical fiction book for adults called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Under the Almond Trees</i>. It is set in California, beginning during
the Gold Rush, and follows three of my female ancestors who were very
independent women. I am also working on a novella, tentatively titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tremeirchson</i>, that will be a prequel to
my flying horse trilogy. It will be a free ebook. And, of course, I am
outlining my third flying horse book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Under
a Wild and Darkening Sky</i>. I have plenty to keep my busy for awhile!</div>
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<b style="color: #0b5394;">AUTHOR BIO</b> <br />
Linda Ulleseit was born and raised in Saratoga, California, and has taught elementary school in San Jose since 1996. She enjoys cooking, cross-stitching, reading, and spending time with her family. Her favorite subject is writing, and her students get a lot of practice scribbling stories and essays. Someday Linda hopes to see books written by former students alongside hers in bookstores. Her first novel, ON A WING AND A DARE, was published in spring, 2012. It is a Young Adult fantasy set in medieval Wales, complete with flying horses, a love triangle, and treachery. The followup novel, IN THE WINDS OF DANGER, was published in February, 2013.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571208650477632495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215292364114556372.post-5692720723152289522013-04-22T14:21:00.001-04:002013-04-22T14:21:19.011-04:00Authors in Bloom Blog Hop Winners<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hi. It's that time of year again for the Authors in Bloom Blog Hop.
It's been sunning and gorgeous in my area. I love spring. It's time for yummy treats. One of my favorite is super simple. Choose your favorite fruits, I like to do strawberry, blueberries and raspberries, prepare strawberry jello according to package directions. Place a layer of fruit at the bottom of a pyrex dish, pour jello on top and when it's done, cover the whole thing with Cool Whip.<br />
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Once you leave a comment, you’ll be eligible to win our grand prize!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571208650477632495noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215292364114556372.post-36022476086284032612012-08-18T09:36:00.005-04:002012-08-18T14:40:17.520-04:00Authors Around the World Winners<a href="http://miriadna.com/desctopwalls/images/max/Sky-balloons-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 314px;" src="http://miriadna.com/desctopwalls/images/max/Sky-balloons-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hi. Thanks to everyone who stopped by at our blogs during our hop around the world. I hope you enjoyed reading about some new books and the locations of various authors. As you know, we gave away a Kindle Fire and a couple of book packs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kerry Ann</span> won the Kindle Fire and the first book pack.<br /><br />And <span style="font-weight: bold;">Holly</span> won the additional book pack.<br /></div><br /><br /><br />For my personal giveaway,<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sue B </span>won the $10 giftcard and a copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">Kings & Queens</span> with my brand new cover.<br /><br />And <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jenn H</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Geidre</span> also won copies of my book.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks, everyone, for making this giveaway so much fun!<br /><br />~ Signing off and sending out cyber hugs.<br 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I am happy to be hosting the Authors Around the World Kindle Fire Blog Hop with J.L. Campbell. There are so many great authors, books and locations to discover, as well as prizes to be won, so hop around. If you collect all the various locations featured, you can enter them into the rafflecopter for an extra 25 entry points to win your very own Kindle Fire. And there are only 16 blogs, so it shouldn't be too overwhelming. I am also giving away 3 <span style="font-style: italic;">Kings & Queens</span> eBooks and one $10 giftcard to the store of your choice. Enter to win!</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">For this Hop, I am happy to be highlighting, young adult author, Linda Ullesit</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">. I've</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> been eying her book for a while now because I love horses, and what's not to love about </span><i style="font-family: times new roman;">flying</i><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> horses? That's even better! And I'm not sure what happened to Suzanne. She hasn't been on her blog, FB page or Twitter since the 25th or responded to my emails, so I'm going to post J.L. Campbell's interview too. I hope she's okay and just on vacation or something.<br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Anyway, without further ado, </span></span></span><a href="http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr215/faerie_duster_me/onawingandadare.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr215/faerie_duster_me/onawingandadare.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">here's Linda.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >What title are you highlighting in this blog hop?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >On a Wing and a Dare</span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Synopsis:</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >When tradition and parental disapproval threaten the very existence of the flying horses of medieval Wales, three teenage friends must fight to discover a way to save the mystical creatures and break free of their parents’ reins. Sixteen-year-old Emma longs to become the rider of a winged colt born in the barn of her father’s biggest rival. She also dreams of the rival’s sons, not sure which she loves: Evan, the exciting but insensitive one, or Davyd, the dependable one. Risking public humiliation and his family’s disappointment, Davyd must accept his fear of heights and plan an alternate future that does not include becoming a rider. When the horses begin to die, Evan discovers a way to save them, but his position as a junior rider hinders acceptance of his idea. The teenagers must put aside their self-doubts and work together to execute Evan’s plan before all the winged horses in the world are gone forever.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Who are your main characters?</span></b></span><span style="Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br />Emma, 16, and brothers Davyd, 16, and Evan, 18</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Who is your favorite character and why? </span></b></span><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br />I actually like all three characters for different reasons. My favorite, though, is Davyd. He goes through the most inner turmoil before learning who he is and finding the courage to act on it.<br /><b><br />Share one quirky trait in one of your characters. </b><br />Davyd has a habit of running his hand through his curly hair when he's worried or stressed out.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >What was your biggest challenge writing this book? </span></b></span><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br />The hardest part was keeping track of all the themes and threads I was weaving and making sure that everything came together at the end.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Spill a secret, mystery or hidden thing in your book: </span></b></span><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br />One theme of the book is that you need to balance your dreams, your responsibilities, your outside influences. Flowers symbolize the earth, or the practical. In the beginning of the book, Emma doesn't even notice as she walks over the flowers. Emma is all about the air, her dreams. In the middle, Davyd the practical one teaches Emma the names of some of the flowers. At the end, during a special event, Emma wears a wreath of flowers and can name all of them and appreciate their beauty. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Where do you live?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >I live in San Jose, California</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >What's a cool, unknown spot?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Near my house is a neighborhood shopping center with an independent coffe shop called Evergreen Coffee Company. I can sit on its patio year round and see the center's fountain and palm trees. Behind that are the rolling hills that border San Jose to the east. They are grassy, green in the spring and brown in the summer, and dotted with oak trees. A beautiful spot to visit with friends, read, or write.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Tell us a little about an interesting landmark in your country.</span></b></span><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br />You'll probably have a lot of people from the United States, so I'll focus on the west coast. I live about an hour south of San Francisco, and the Golden Gate Bridge is one of its most amazing landmarks. It's a beautiful suspension bridge, quite an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. Workers are continually painting the bridge bright orange, officially called International Orange.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >What's a little known fact about where you live?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >The original location of Evergreen Elementary School, where both my sons went to school and where I taught for ten years, opened in 1860. Walt Whitman taught there for a year while he attended San Jose State University.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Name two famous people who’ve been sighted in your corner of the world.</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >My son was a lifeguard at Raging Waters a few years ago when actor David Spade visited the park. His bodyguard climbed the steps with him, but only David went down the water slides. We have a country club nearby where some of the players for the Forty Niners live. Ex-Niner Bubba Paris has been active coming to schools for assemblies to raise money for programs.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >What is the one thing tourists must do?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Tourists to San Jose should see the Winchester Mystery House, built by Sara Winchester, heir to the rifle fortune. They should also visit Raging Waters.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >What's your favorite restaurant and what type of food do they serve?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >There's a Pasta Pomodoro located near my house where my husband and I eat almost every Friday night. They serve tasty Italian food.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >What are you giving away on your blog?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >I'm giving away a button with my flying horse logo.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Who is the author you are highlighting on your blog? </span></b></span><span style="Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br />Patricia Lynne</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Where can readers connect with you?</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >I'm on Facebook as Flying Horse Books.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >I'm on Twitter and Goodreads and Shelfari.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >My book review blog is: <a href="http://ulleseit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">http://ulleseit.wordpress.com</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family:times new roman;"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >My novel site is: <a href="http://flyinghorsebooks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">http://flyinghorsebooks.wordpress.com</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:times new roman;"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Thanks, Linda.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><br /></p>And here are some words from J.L. Campbell, author of <span style="font-style: italic;">Distraction</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr215/faerie_duster_me/distractionPNG.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 263px;" src="http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr215/faerie_duster_me/distractionPNG.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Author:</b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" >J.L. Campbell<br /><br /></span></div> <div id="yui_3_2_0_1_13436574089212264" class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""> </b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">What title are you highlighting in this blog hop? </b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" >Distraction<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Synopsis:</b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Three Jamaican women walk a tightrope of decisions when their lives are derailed by blackmail, deceit and infidelity. JUSTINE CHARLES, sensible and self-contained, battles an addiction which could destroy her marriage, reputation, and relationship with her daughter. DIONNE JONES, an aggressive go-getter, takes risks that cut a trail of devastation through her family and business. KYRA MILLS, struggling single mother, is crippled by debt, bad judgment and destructive choices. Can two of the long-time friends survive startling revelations involving their partners? And will the other push her obsession to the point of danger?<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Who is your favorite character and why? </b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""> </b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" >That would be Justine, because she is the most conflicted. She keeps doing the wrong thing, but like many of us, can’t help the road she’s travelling.<br /><br /><b style="">What was your biggest challenge writing this book?</b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""> </b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" >At the outset, I didn’t realize how tricky it would be to write a book from the perspective of three women. Personalities, hobbies, likes and dislikes had to be distinct, however, the most demanding part was getting the timelines absolutely correct. I also had to ensure that the story flowed properly since Justine’s plotline goes back and forth in time.<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Where do you live?</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Jamaica<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=" ;">Tell us a little about an interesting landmark in your country. </span></b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Redemption Song is located in the Emancipation Park in Kingston. It’s an 11 foot high bronze statue that attracts a lot of attention. It comprises two nude statues (male and female) gazing skyward and is supposed to represent freedom from slavery. There’s a fountain at the base of the statues.<br /></span></div><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">What’s amazing is the magnitude of work that went into creating the statues. A model was created in a month and then five months were spent carving the models from styofoam—69 pieces in all. The pieces were then cast in bronze and rejoined. Though hollow, male and female weigh 2,000 and 1,300 pounds respectively.<span style=""> </span>The artist, Laura Facey, has said she was inspired by words from both Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley.<br /></span></div><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=" ;">What’s the most well known city in your country and why? </span></b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Montego Bay, because it’s the tourism capital of the island. <span style=""><br /></span></span></div><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="line-height:200%;">What's a little known fact about where you live? </span></b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Jamaica has been through many name changes since the time Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the Tainos (Indians). The island was referred to as Jamaica as early as 1511, as well as being called Jamica, Jamaiqua, Jamaiaua, Jamaqua, Jamaicha, Xamaica. The name has also been written as Gemecoe and Gemego, Jamico, Jammaca, Jamajaco and Jamecah.<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">What are you giving away on your blog?</b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" > </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" >A ten dollar Amazon gift card for anyone who stops by and comments while the hop is on. </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Who is the author you are highlighting on your blog?</b></span></div><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style=" ;font-size:100%;" >Jordyn Meryl</span></div><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><br /></b></span></div><div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=" ;">Where can readers connect with you?</span></b></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.joylcampbell.com/"><span style=" ;">Website</span></a></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/JL-Campbell/240869409272557?ref=hl"><span style="">J.L. Campbell on Facebook</span></a></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JL_Campbell">J.L. Campbell on Twitter</a></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/author/jlcampbell"><span style="">J.L. Campbell on Amazon</span></a></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;"> </div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Photo source is here <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.emancipationpark.org.jm/">http://www.emancipationpark.org.jm</a></span></div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"> </div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"> </div> <div class="yiv1241500375MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">J.L. Campbell is a proud Jamaican and the author of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Contraband-J-L-Campbell/dp/0978789962/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1271714526&sr=1-1-fkmr0"><b>Contraband</b></a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Distraction-ebook/dp/B00892AWEK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1340051521&sr=1-1&keywords=Distraction+by+J.L.+Campbell"><b>Distraction</b></a><b>,</b> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dissolution-J-L-Campbell/dp/0978789970/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315110430&sr=1-1"><b>Dissolution</b></a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Get-Mad-Get-Even-ebook/dp/B005OMBH7Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324248310&sr=1-1"><b>Don’t Get Mad…Get Even</b></a>, and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Hardware-ebook/dp/B0063N9M3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324248211&sr=1-1"><b>Hardware</b></a> (pen name Jayda McTyson). Campbell is always on the lookout for story making material, loves company and can usually be found lollygagging on her blog at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://thecharacterdepot.blogspot.com/"><b>http://thecharacterdepot. blogspot.com</b></a></span></div><br /><br /><a id="rc-35845012" class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/35845012/" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=155132" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><a id="rc-35845013" class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/35845013/" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><br /><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571208650477632495noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215292364114556372.post-62053261326090521892012-07-20T10:57:00.003-04:002012-07-20T11:20:15.197-04:00Authors Around the World Blog Hop SignupJ.L. Campbell and I are organizing a Kindle Fire Giveaway blog hop for authors only to run during the Olympics. Each stop will highlight a book and the locale where each author lives. Author interviews will be swapped with another blogging author who shares the same audience: MG, YA, women, men, adult, Christian, etc. We will be collecting money from each participant for a Grand Prize Kindle Fire Giveaway, and hopefully some other smaller giftcards and eBooks. If you want to donate your eBook, let me know.<br /><br />In addition to the main giveaway, each blogging author should also give away something small on their blog: bookmarks, eBooks, Books, swag, giftcard or whatever you wish.<br /><br />If you have a <span style="font-style: italic;">Wordpress.com blog</span>, it doesn't read javascript, so the Linky List and Rafflecopter will not work directly on your blog, and that's okay. Instead, you can simply add the link to the blog after yours at the end of the guest interview post and use your comment section for your own giveaway. Please use your name rather than you blog name in the Linky List so everything will be uniform. If you are interested, in addition to adding on to the Linky List, please email me at luvfisk at yahoo dot com, to let me know your author name, title, audience, blog and email address and send back your interview. I must have your interview by Thursday, July 26th, 10 AM and the guest post you receive must be live by Saturday, July 28th, 10 AM.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Here are the questions:</span> You do not have to answer all of these if you don't want to. Basically give some fun facts about your book and where you live.<br /><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>What title are you highlighting in this blog hop?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>Synopsis:</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>What gave you the idea for the book?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>Who are your main characters?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>Who is your favorite character and why?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; ">Share one quirky trait in one of your characters.</span><span></span><div class="yiv831681082MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; "> </span></div> </div><div><span>What was your biggest challenge writing this book?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>Spill a secret, mystery or hidden thing in your book:</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>Where do you live?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>What's a cool, unknown spot?<br /></span><span><br /></span> <div class="yiv831681082MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; ">Tell us a little about an interesting landmark in your country.<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv831681082MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; ">What’s the most well known city in your country and why?<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv831681082MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; ">What's a little known fact about where you live?<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="yiv831681082MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; ">Name two famous people who’ve been sighted in your corner of the world.<br /></span></div> </div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>What is the one thing tourists must do?<br /></span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>What's your favorite thing to do?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>What's your favorite restaurant and what type of food do they serve?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>What are you giving away on your blog?</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><div><span>Who is the author you are highlighting on your blog? (I will b swapping the posts and will fill this in, once I get everyone's info)</span></div><div><br /><span></span></div><span>Where can readers connect with you?</span><br /><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=155132" type="text/javascript"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571208650477632495noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215292364114556372.post-80715223683664082042012-07-20T07:06:00.005-04:002012-07-20T07:35:48.991-04:00Author Interview: Apryl Baker of The Promise (The Coven)<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Promise-Coven-ebook/dp/B005KSRZ46/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1342782531&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=The+Promise+apryl+ker"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="http://click.infospace.com/ClickHandler.ashx?du=http%3a%2f%2fphoto.goodreads.com%2fbooks%2f1327998299l%2f12686372.jpg&ru=http%3a%2f%2fphoto.goodreads.com%2fbooks%2f1327998299l%2f12686372.jpg&ld=20120720&ap=3&app=1&c=prodegemeta3.org&s=prodegemeta3&coi=372380&cop=main-title&euip=71.127.9.87&npp=3&p=0&pp=0&pvaid=9218e93e125f42f49ffd81da8479eaba&ep=3&mid=9&hash=E968EF82B8CA6504AAE9A36586E5B6CB" alt="" border="0" /></a>Hi. I'm happy to have Apryl Baker on my blog today for an interview. She is the author of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Promise</span> ( The Coven) and a new book, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Awakening</span>. Today we're going to be talking her debut novel, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Promise</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">SYNOPSIS</span><br /><br />Cassie Jayne Bishop grew up in the sleepy town of New Salem, NC, the only non-believer in the tradition and power of the town Coven. When a stranger comes to New Salem, everything she thought was normal about her life unravels around her. Ethan makes her question everything, even her sister’s death in a car crash years ago. As Cassie discovers the full truth about her heritage, and the clues start to pile up, she becomes determined to find out if the Coven was actually involved in her sister's death. What she uncovers terrifies her.<br /><br />Her fate lies at the very heart of the secret the Coven protects. It’s the reason she was born. Now, betrayed on every side, can she find a way to survive or will she be the catalyst that triggers a centuries old act of vengeance.<br /><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color:black;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What inspired you to write <i>The Promise</i>, where did the idea come from?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I was driving home from work late one fall afternoon and listening to Theory of A Dead Man’s Not Meant To Be. I passed a little community called New Salem and as the name registered with me, I got this flash of a girl sitting beside a grave. She was all alone and very sad. I kept thinking to myself, why is she there? What is she doing? I couldn’t shake the image so when I got home, I wrote it down on a Post-It Note and stuck it to the wall beside my computer. Over the next few days, I kept getting ideas and before I knew it, I had the rough outline of a story on a wall of pink, orange and yellow stickies. I call it my Post-It Note idea.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Tell me about your main character? What is she like at the core?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Cassie Jayne Bishop is my main character. She grew up in town full of witches as the only non-believer. She is spunky, full of life, and not one of those heroines who sit around and wait to be saved. She saves herself. She is shoe-a-holic and loyal to her very core to the people she loves.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What is the best and worst thing about her?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">The best thing about Cassie is her loyalty, her willingness to help her friends and family. The worst thing about her is that she is loyal. So much so that she was blinded by the people who are supposed to love her.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What’s your creative process like? Outliner or pantser? How and why does it work for you?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I get crazy insane ideas and just go from there. I typically don’t outline anything. I have an idea and I go with it for the most part. The Promise was an exception to my non-outlining theory. It was just a bunch of ideas that seemed to form an outline. I firmly believe in just sitting down and start writing. You’d be amazed at what you can do. I have chronic insomnia and I do most of my writing between 3 and 5 am. I do my best writing at that time of night. I’m not really sure why it works for me honestly. I just wake up with some sort of idea and just start writing.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Do you have any go-to releases when you’re suffering from writer’s block or a sticky/muddy plot?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">I read. I pick something that is so far off kilter from what I’m writing it’s a complete 360. I get lost in someone else’s hard work for a little while and doing that seems to help more than anything else. I listen to a lot of music too. It always gets me thinking of plot lines.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Where do you prefer to write?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">In my bed propped up on my pillows with the laptop in my lap.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Do you like to share your work as your writing it or do you hold it to your chest until it's finished and edited at least once over?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> I share. I use an online writing group, The Next Big Writer. I would be nowhere today if not for the people on that site. They took a mediocre idea and whipped into something that I am proud of. Those folks on that site are my best advocates and my worst nightmares sometimes. </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What has worked in your marketing plan and what has flopped?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> Twitter and Goodreads are HUGE assets to me. Don’t underestimate the power of a blog tour either. They are instrumental in getting word out about your books. Advertising in newspapers flopped. Unless you know someone and they can get you a spotlight, it’s a waste of time and money.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What genres do you enjoy reading? </span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> I read just about anything I can get my hands on, but my favorite genre are the old noir mysteries and paranormal romances. I am a HUGE fan of anything paranormal and straight up horror novels. I couldn’t get by without Stephen King, Jim Butcher, Lynsay Sands, Kim Harrison, and Johanna Lyndsay. </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What totally kills a story in your mind as a reader?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> Wordiness. I tend to skim if the author lapses into long drawn out nonsense. Stephen King does this sometimes, but I grew up with his books, so I tend to look over it in his case.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What do you like to do for fun or during your spare time?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> What spare time? LOL! I typically cook. I love, love, love to cook. The kitchen was the room in our house growing up where everyone congregated and everything that happened, happened while learning to cook with my Mom and my Granny. When I cook, I think of them.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Do you have any idiosyncrasies, super powers or other talents?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> I can sniff out a sale if that counts….lol.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What is your biggest pet peeve?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> Not calling me back if I leave you a message and ask you to call me back. I don’t do it unless it's important as I am NOT a phone person.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Do you geek out or go wild for anything? And if so, what?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> Um…I am Treky. I love <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Trek</span>! Yes, I’ve even been to the conventions and worn a costume.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Do you have any guilty pleasures, especially juicy ones that make you bow your head in shame?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Please see above….</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">Got any other books in the pipeline?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> I am working on two more series. The first is <span style="font-style: italic;">Bloodlines</span> and the second is called <span style="font-style: italic;">The Ghost Files</span>. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Awakening-Bloodlines-Series-ebook/dp/B007ZY4ILG/ref=sr_1_1?m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&ie=UTF8&qid=1342783937&sr=1-1&keywords=the+awakening+apryl+baker"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Awakening</span></a>, book one of <span style="font-style: italic;">Bloodlines</span>, I just self-published and it is available now, and I think that the first book in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Ghost Files </span>series is one I am going to seek an agent for.</span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="color:black;">What's your plan for your upcoming titles?</span></b></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal">I am currently working on Book 2 of The Coven Series, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Oath</span>. I should have it done and hopefully will start to market it about 3 months before it releases.</p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal">Thanks for stopping by, Apryl.</p><p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="yiv787654662MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Promise-Coven-ebook/dp/B005KSRZ46/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1342782531&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=The+Promise+apryl+ker">BUY THE PROMISE NOW!</a></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal">You can connect with her at:<br /></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal"><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Apryl-Baker/259303074080181">Facebook</a><br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://www.twitter.com/AprylBaker">Twitter</a><br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5173683.Apryl_Baker">Goodreads</a><br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://www.blogger.com/apryl-baker.blogspot.com">Blog - My Crazy Corner</a></p><p class="yiv787654662MsoNormal">~ Signing off and sending out cyber hugs.<br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571208650477632495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215292364114556372.post-11052739270478778072012-07-07T17:37:00.006-04:002012-07-07T17:47:25.494-04:00Kindle INDIEpendence Highlight: Rita Morse and the Sinister Shadow by Holly Hook<a href="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4832676346135353&id=d8a1f4318d23a346a57fd7be8d4a7721"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 211px;" src="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4832676346135353&id=d8a1f4318d23a346a57fd7be8d4a7721" alt="" border="0" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> 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Sinister Shadow</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:";" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><br />Author:</span> Holly Hook</span><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Short Blurb:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Fourteen year-old Rita Morse is the kind of girl that the teen-hating Shadow Regime hates. She won't put up with crap that isn’t fair. Like the ban on teens her own cousin, Jerry, put up at his video game store. After she toilet-papers the place to get back at him, the Regime, an army of immortals working to oppress teens all over the world, adds her to their list of threats. </span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"">That’s not good. Turns out that banning kids from stores is the least of their evil.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"">Because the Regime’s enemies always disappear.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"">Now Rita’s in the biggest trouble of her life. She’s being stalked by shadow people. Threatened. Even nearly kidnapped. The Regime's not the only danger: they control countless humans around the world--including her cousin. There’s nowhere to turn.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif"">Rita must learn the Shadow Regime’s reason for their war on teens—and her—or she won't make it through her first week of high school.</span><span style="Times New Roman","serif""> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LLII9Y"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Buy it now! </span></a></span> </p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" > </span><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">When did you know you wanted to be an author?</span></span></p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"></span><br />Since I was about four years old.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">Why do you Indie publish?</span></span></p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"></span><br />Because I want to have control of my books, and I don't want to spend decades waiting for someone else to decide to publish it.</span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" > </span><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">What inspired you to write your book?</span></span></p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"></span><br />This book is inspired by some stories I wrote in high school to entertain my friends. </span></p> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" > </span><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">What advice do you have for parents to encourage their kids to read more?</span></span></p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"></span><br />Take them to the library to start.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>That's how I got into reading.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Summer reading programs are good, too.</span></p><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Thanks, Holly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=";">~ Signing off and sending out cyber hugs.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571208650477632495noreply@blogger.com0