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February 28, 2016
Leap Year Day My Way
2/28/2028
Dear tDiary,
I wonder what I’ll do tomorrow with my extra Leap Year Day. It will be a Tuesday, so I’ll have to go to school unless I catch the flu tonight and I really don’t feel like throwing up for hours. So I guess school would be more funtastic than the flu. Dad’s on a SEAL mission, so he won’t be here to bug me about doing my math homework. I wish more than anything that he’d be home instead of on a dangerous mission, but I suppose some terrorist or spy would get away if Dad’s not there. Mom wants me to practice an extra hour for the spring ballet recital since I have a lead role this year.
The Day My Way
What adventures would I want on Leap Year Day if no one were telling me what to do?
1. Go to the highest peak in Colorado and ski down it. Playing SkiMagna on tVid with Tommy always gave me an astro thrill. I’ve always wondered what it feels like in real life to go swish-swish-swish down a snow-covered mountain. Suppose I should take skiing lessons first.
2. Play underwater with the dolphins. Real dolphins out in the ocean, not the ones you pet in a big tank. I’d love to look a dolphin in the eyes. Maybe a dolphin would let me ride it. I wonder if I can reach China riding a dolphin. Wouldn’t that be astro!
3. Dance barefoot in a sunny meadow full of flowers. The meadow needs to have soft grass without any sticky thingies to hurt my feet. I feel on top of the world when I dance around with sunlight on my face. There’s not enough sunlight in our ballet studio. I’d dance all afternoon and then pick flowers to bring home for Mom and me. Jackie really isn’t into flowers or dancing. Sometimes I feel like I have an older brother, but she does like to wear Mom’s perfume.
4. Sit on the beach and watch the sunset. Then wait a little longer until the stars appear. That’s the most astro way to end any day.
That’s my blog, and I’m sticking with it.
Aria Vanir, Earth Ambassador to the Gallions
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, “Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen,” which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller in February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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February 21, 2016
Valentine’s Day Afterward
Aria Writing in her Transmission Diary (tDiary)
Valentine’s Day Afterward
2/20/2029
Dear tDiary,
What happens to the love after Valentine’s Day?
On Valentine’s Day, Mom and Dad go out to dinner unless Dad’s on a SEAL mission. Mom gets roses and chocolate unless she’s on a diet. Jackie, my big sister, sometimes gets Valentine’s Day cards but she hides them in her dresser and I find them—accidentally, of course—when I sneak into her room to wear her clothes while she’s at sports camp or away for the weekend.
Then, it stops. The next day, no more lovey-dovey. Mom and Dad sometimes fight over things I don’t understand. Jackie talks about how she’s so glad Valentine’s Day is over and wishes someone would extend football season so she’d have more interesting things to talk to boys about than who’s dating who or who’s breaking up before the school’s Valentine’s Day dance.
Another thingy, I really wish people would quit asking me if Tommy’s my boyfriend because he made me a dinosaur card with a heart on it. That’s his way of saying I’m his BFF. Just a BFF. Not a girlfriend!
Why is love so focused on just one day? Shouldn’t every day be about love, even if a saint isn’t involved?
Higher Truths of Love
I learned higher truths about love from Mitushi, Commander Supreme of the Gallion Fleet, when I had my challenge to meet the Gallion Queen Supreme, Nashata. I asked my Sword of Purity to show me my greatest enemy. Spoiler alert—I can’t tell more because it would give away too much about one of my favorite chapters in “Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen.” I can tell you that I remembered the moment of greatest love in my life, when my mom held me as a newborn and kissed me on the cheek for the first time. Even writing about it now makes my worries go away, and my heart feels bigger and warmer. It’s like a forgotten part of me remembers the best reason for being born.
I wish everyone could learn about love from the Gallions—the good aliens. Then maybe every day would feel like Valentine’s Day.
That’s my blog, and I’m sticking with it.
Aria Vanir, Earth Ambassador to the Gallions
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, “Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen,” which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller in February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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Valentine’s Day Afterward
Aria Writing in her Transmission Diary (tDiary)
Valentine’s Day Afterward
2/20/2029
Dear tDiary,
What happens to the love after Valentine’s Day?
On Valentine’s Day, Mom and Dad go out to dinner unless Dad’s on a SEAL mission. Mom gets roses and chocolate unless she’s on a diet. Jackie, my big sister, sometimes gets Valentine’s Day cards but she hides them in her dresser and I find them—accidentally, of course—when I sneak into her room to wear her clothes while she’s at sports camp or away for the weekend.
Then, it stops. The next day, no more lovey-dovey. Mom and Dad sometimes fight over things I don’t understand. Jackie talks about how she’s so glad Valentine’s Day is over and wishes someone would extend football season so she’d have more interesting things to talk to boys about than who’s dating who or who’s breaking up before the school’s Valentine’s Day dance.
Another thingy, I really wish people would quit asking me if Tommy’s my boyfriend because he made me a dinosaur card with a heart on it. That’s his way of saying I’m his BFF. Just a BFF. Not a girlfriend!
Why is love so focused on just one day? Shouldn’t every day be about love, even if a saint isn’t involved?
Higher Truths of Love
I learned higher truths about love from Mitushi, Commander Supreme of the Gallion Fleet, when I had my challenge to meet the Gallion Queen Supreme, Nashata. I asked my Sword of Purity to show me my greatest enemy. Spoiler alert—I can’t tell more because it would give away too much about one of my favorite chapters in “Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen.” I can tell you that I remembered the moment of greatest love in my life, when my mom held me as a newborn and kissed me on the cheek for the first time. Even writing about it now makes my worries go away, and my heart feels bigger and warmer. It’s like a forgotten part of me remembers the best reason for being born.
I wish everyone could learn about love from the Gallions—the good aliens. Then maybe every day would feel like Valentine’s Day.
That’s my blog, and I’m sticking with it.
Aria Vanir, Earth Ambassador to the Gallions
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, “Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen,” which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller in February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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February 14, 2016
Tommy, This Girl’s Best Friend
While Aria loves ballet, she’d rather hang out with her best friend, Tommy Manger, at a sci-fi movie than with the girls from dance class. He’s low on drama and high on fun. Discover the bonds they share, whether Aria wants Tommy as her boyfriend, and how Tommy influences Aria’s life.
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller in February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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Tommy, This Girl’s Best Friend
While Aria loves ballet, she’d rather hang out with her best friend, Tommy Manger, at a sci-fi movie than with the girls from dance class. He’s low on drama and high on fun. Discover the bonds they share, whether Aria wants Tommy as her boyfriend, and how Tommy influences Aria’s life.
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller in February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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January 21, 2016
Why Good Aliens?
Why would Jean Neff Guthrie, author of Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, write about good aliens? Why not create emotion and tension with an alien force as the bad guys and a handsome hunk to save a lovely maiden from them? That’s too typical for this science fiction author. Jean needs someone to teach three young adults about love, infinity, and prosperity in an entertaining way. Thus she creates spiritually and technologically advanced aliens, the Gallions.
What do Good Aliens Know?
Jean doesn’t use a guru from India or Nobel Peace Prize winner to deliver messages about love, infinity, and prosperity. Humans, as a whole, struggle with living together in peace and connecting with each other in a loving way. Certain governments restrict freedoms and establish social structures that discourage people from reaching pinnacles of self-esteem. While parents typically want better lives for their children, no human generation collectively has mastered these skills to teach them to their children. Therefore, Jean looks to the stars for alien mentors who have learned about love, prosperity, and infinity from their ancestors. These good aliens become believable in this mystic story and, with a healthy dose of imagination, open the youngsters’ hearts to concepts that encourage them make positive choices for a more peaceful world.
Long ago the Gallion ancestors instilled a sense of loyalty and duty by strengthening the soul and its destiny. They wondered why they were born. Why they chose certain paths. Why they met other species. They considered themselves lost without understanding their purpose.
Gallions observe other life-forms and explore planets with the intent to connect, not dominate. They believe that the One Provider creates all life in divine harmony, and so all life-forms should live that way. Certainly, other worlds have attempted to capture the Gallions, destroy their land, or even blow up their planet. With their superior technology and mindful shielding, the Gallions have thwarted all enemies during the past three thousand years.
Lessons from Good Aliens
Guthrie dreams of an Earth generation that knows no war. She aspires to write mystic stories with messages that trigger a shift in young adults to choose love over fear. In Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, lessons of love, prosperity, and infinity come from Gallions. The good aliens.
Jean Neff Guthrie is the author of Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller February, 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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Why Good Aliens?
Why would Jean Neff Guthrie, author of Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, write about good aliens? Why not create emotion and tension with an alien force as the bad guys and a handsome hunk to save a lovely maiden from them? That’s too typical for this science fiction author. Jean needs someone to teach three young adults about love, infinity, and prosperity in an entertaining way. Thus she creates spiritually and technologically advanced aliens, the Gallions.
What do Good Aliens Know?
Jean doesn’t use a guru from India or Nobel Peace Prize winner to deliver messages about love, infinity, and prosperity. Humans, as a whole, struggle with living together in peace and connecting with each other in a loving way. Certain governments restrict freedoms and establish social structures that discourage people from reaching pinnacles of self-esteem. While parents typically want better lives for their children, no human generation collectively has mastered these skills to teach them to their children. Therefore, Jean looks to the stars for alien mentors who have learned about love, prosperity, and infinity from their ancestors. These good aliens become believable in this mystic story and, with a healthy dose of imagination, open the youngsters’ hearts to concepts that encourage them make positive choices for a more peaceful world.
Long ago the Gallion ancestors instilled a sense of loyalty and duty by strengthening the soul and its destiny. They wondered why they were born. Why they chose certain paths. Why they met other species. They considered themselves lost without understanding their purpose.
Gallions observe other life-forms and explore planets with the intent to connect, not dominate. They believe that the One Provider creates all life in divine harmony, and so all life-forms should live that way. Certainly, other worlds have attempted to capture the Gallions, destroy their land, or even blow up their planet. With their superior technology and mindful shielding, the Gallions have thwarted all enemies during the past three thousand years.
Lessons from Good Aliens
Guthrie dreams of an Earth generation that knows no war. She aspires to write mystic stories with messages that trigger a shift in young adults to choose love over fear. In Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, lessons of love, prosperity, and infinity come from Gallions. The good aliens.
Jean Neff Guthrie is the author of Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller February, 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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Who a Psychic Girl Trusts
Although I’m a psychic girl, I don’t always know who I can trust with the secrets I carry. Makes life so nuke complicated.
Do I trust Mom with knowledge of the good aliens who contacted me? The alien queen warned me to keep her Gallion people a secret. She thinks humans will go nuclear. Probably right.
Do I trust BFF Tommy with details of my psychic impressions? Mom told me not to. She thinks the military will use me in experiments. Probably right.
How do I know who to tell what? Who can I trust?
Who can this Psychic Girl Trust?
I certainly can’t trust teachers. They don’t make a lot of money, so they can be bribed easily.
If I trust Jackie, then she’ll pull the big sister routine and boss me around about what I should do. She’s so demanding!
If I trust Dad about being psychic, then he might get in a fight with Mom and they’d be mad at each other and at me.
Secrets in my Transmission Diary
Keeping secretes is such difficult business. I’m glad I’m not a spy. I wouldn’t make it pass second day of basic training. I’m not sure how Dad holds up when he’s interrogated during SEAL missions. He never speaks about that. He can’t.
Maybe I’ll keep everything in my tDiary for now, protected by my secret password and bioscan. Who would know what I write?
That’s my blog, and I’m sticking with it.
Aria Vanir, Earth Ambassador to the Gallions
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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Who a Psychic Girl Trusts
Although I’m a psychic girl, I don’t always know who I can trust with the secrets I carry. Makes life so nuke complicated.
Do I trust Mom with knowledge of the good aliens who contacted me? The alien queen warned me to keep her Gallion people a secret. She thinks humans will go nuclear. Probably right.
Do I trust BFF Tommy with details of my psychic impressions? Mom told me not to. She thinks the military will use me in experiments. Probably right.
How do I know who to tell what? Who can I trust?
Who can this Psychic Girl Trust?
I certainly can’t trust teachers. They don’t make a lot of money, so they can be bribed easily.
If I trust Jackie, then she’ll pull the big sister routine and boss me around about what I should do. She’s so demanding!
If I trust Dad about being psychic, then he might get in a fight with Mom and they’d be mad at each other and at me.
Secrets in my Transmission Diary
Keeping secretes is such difficult business. I’m glad I’m not a spy. I wouldn’t make it pass second day of basic training. I’m not sure how Dad holds up when he’s interrogated during SEAL missions. He never speaks about that. He can’t.
Maybe I’ll keep everything in my tDiary for now, protected by my secret password and bioscan. Who would know what I write?
That’s my blog, and I’m sticking with it.
Aria Vanir, Earth Ambassador to the Gallions
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, which hit Amazon #1 Best Seller February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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January 15, 2016
Believing in Aliens
Aria Vanir, psychic tween girl from Virginia Beach, explains in this vlog her passion for believing in aliens. Not just any aliens. These good aliens, the Gallions, speak to Aria through her transmission diary. Learn the secrets they tell Aria about their lives, favorite Earth musicians, and who’s who of the royal family. Can Aria keep their secrets from prying friends and family?
Aria Vanir is the psychic tween protagonist in Jean Neff Guthrie’s young adult novel, Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen, which releases February 2016. Visit www.JeanNeffGuthrie.com for novel highlights and purchase. Click here for VIP Access to Aria, which includes two free chapters, character map, promotions, news, fun facts, and more.
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