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February 20, 2018
No Time for God, Silence
I have two poems to share with you today. (that’s all) I have to memorize these poems. (!)
No Time For God
By Norman L. Trott
No time for God?
What fools we are, to clutter up
Our lives with common things
And leave without heart’s gate
The Lord of Life and Life itself
Our God.
No time for God?
As soon to say, no time
To eat or sleep or love or die.
Take time for God
Or you shall dwarf your soul,
And when the angel death
Comes knocking at your door,
A poor misshapen thing you’ll be
To step into eternity.
Taken from my school book,
Level Seven Course Companion, The Good & the Beautiful, by Jenny Phillips page 9
And this one I’ve already memorized:
Silence
By Edgar Guest
I did not argue with the man
It seemed a waste of words.
He gave to chance the wondrous plan
That gave sweet songs to birds.
He gave to force the wisdom wise
That shaped the honeybee,
And made the useful butterflies
So beautiful to see.
And as we walked beneath splendid trees
Wich cast a friendly shade,
He said: “Such miracles as these
By accident were made.”
Too well I know what accident
And chance and force disclose
To think blind furry could invent
The beauty of a rose.
I let him talk and answered not.
I merely thought it odd
That he could view a garden plot
And not believe in God.
Taken from my school book,
Level Seven Course Companion, The Good & the Beautiful, by Jenny Phillips page 7
February 16, 2018
Change of title!
Just a quick note: Ambassador and Princess is now The Princess Ambassador! If you see the old title, please tell me and I’ll set about changing it.
Also, the release date was moved up to June 10th, a month after The Lost Princess is released. (May 10th)
But if you’re in a hurry to read it- don’t fret! You can sign up to pre read- HERE
February 14, 2018
The Lost Princess, Trailer
I have a trailer for The Lost Princess!!
February 13, 2018
Kaylin and Jade
Read Kaylin and Jade HERE
Jade is a short, ten-year-old girl with long brown hair and equally brown eyes. She is an orphan, adopted by ‘Mother’ or Ms. Trum, an old lady with an old lifestyle. She’s never seen a cell phone, doesn’t know how to read properly, and has no idea how the world works.
Kaylin is a short-haired eleven-year-old girl, daughter of Miss Lansworth, formerly Mrs. Ponder. She lived with her Aunt Miranda until she got into trouble, and the California city girl was sent to New York, then Buckland Ohio, to live with her grandma, Mrs. Lansworth.
No one really knows why Mrs. Ponder, a California official divorced her husband.
No one really knows where Kait, Kaylin’s missing twin sister went.
No one except Mrs. Lansworth, or Grandma.
Well, Miss Lansworth knows too. But she just happens to be in Washington D.C. And she really just wants to find her daughter, Kait.
Kaylin and Jade is a mystery type story.
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That’s from the first chapter, Jade.
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This is my favorite one ⇑ ⇑ ⇑
It’s just so funny. “Grandma rolled her eyes.”
Anyway, it’s on wattpad (link at beginning of post and here)
Some spoiler-free facts
Jade doesn’t know her last name.
Kaylin’s Mum isn’t always there for her.
Aunt Miranda doesn’t like children and detests being in charge of Kaylin
The kind old man who helps Jade up the stairs (this is not a spoiler) is actually the mayor, but Jade doesn’t know him, and her Mother doesn’t recognize him.
Kaylin’s Mum actually works directly with the president, but that’s a secret.
Iris is locked in the basement.
Kait doesn’t remember her real name or anything about her. She doesn’t have any belongings either, except a bracelet that her father left with her.
Enjoy Kaylin and Jade!
February 12, 2018
Sneak peak at Cilla + Jay (A Princess at Heart)
After a long bit of research and reading, I have figured out my characters for A Princess at Heart.
First off: Cilla. I did a personality test and answered the questions how she would and I ended up with ESTP. I think it’s realistic… but maybe a bit downplayed in Cilla.
Secondly: Jay. I did the same thing with him but I don’t know if I was completely accurate, because I don’t know him as well. I ended up with ESFJ. I don’t know if it’s completely accurate. I actually think he’s a little more ISFJ then he lets on, only being Crown Prince has made him ESFJ.
Anyway, I looked up if they go together or if they clash and (after all the research) I figured out that they do go together, but mostly because Jay is actually more ISFJ then he lets on. (He pretends to be ESFJ if that makes any sense. I think he’s like 55% ISFJ and 45% ESFJ)
So Cilla would be really good for Jay because she could help with the extroverted-but-not-really thing.
I’m still developing their characters, but this is what I have so far.
(Also, this book will be based off of Cinderella)
Ivy Introspective
First off, thank you for getting my blog to 81 followers!! My next goal is 100, which I never even DREAMED would be possible!
Secondly, you should read Kellyn’s books. Kellyn Roth and her books (I posted about it here)
I just read Ivy Introspective today (I left a review on Goodreads, read it here. )
Ivy Introspective is the second book in The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy. It is about Ivy, who is not exactly normal. She is, some say, simple.
(Description)
Trapped in a world where she doesn’t belong, twelve-year-old Ivy struggles to keep her head above water as her simplicity is brought to light by her new position as a young lady growing up at Pearlbelle Park.
After much thought, Ivy’s parents decide to send her to McCale House, a boarding school in Scotland for girls and boys like her. However, scared and worried away from her beloved mother, sister, and nurse, Ivy can’t seem to focus.
Will Ivy ever learn what Dr. McCale is trying to teach her? Or will she remain lost in her own mind forever?”
February 8, 2018
Kellyn Roth and her books
(this is from Kellyn’s website, links below)
Kellyn Roth lives in the country outside a small town in North-Eastern Oregon with her parents, two little brothers, conceited beta fish, crazy cat, precious border collies, and various cows and chickens. Since she could talk, she’s has a fascination with words, making up little poems, songs, and stories. Now a homeschooled highschooler, she spends her spare time writing novels.
HER PUBLISHED WORKS ARE …The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy
The Dressmaker’s Secret
Ivy IntrospectiveThe Lady of the Vineyard
The Lady of the Vineyard
FlowersEsther Ashton’s New Dress (short story)
Coming Soon
At Her Fingertips (The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book 3)
Kellyn is an author who writes Christain and Historical fiction. Her blog is Reveries, a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream. kellynroth.wordpress.com
If you want to know more about her books you can go here kellynrothauthor.com
And her Goodreads is here her Goodreads
Okay, now the important stuff is out of the way.
Can I just say that I love it when I find another teen author? It’s so inspiring to hear about someone like Kellyn, a homeschooled teen author, who had actual books published! Plus she’s a Christain and as an added bonus she writes Historical Fiction!
I was pleasantly surprised after reading her first book in The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, A Dressmaker’s Secret.
Now, don’t take that the wrong way. I don’t mean to say that I didn’t expect it to be good, it’s just that you never really know how something will go. But it was amazingly awesome. I love the Christain parts (she opens each chapter with a bible verse! *squeal*) I love how the whole thing is clean, yet deals with real issues.
I soooo want to read her other books!!!
Anyway, that’s really all I had to say. I just wanted to share this amazing author with you and now good-bye because I’m working on a book cover for a good friend of mine. (:
P.S. I make book covers if you want one made. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned that before. I’m not amazing at it, but you know, I’m still learning and figuring it out.
February 7, 2018
Alpha readers needed!
I need alpha readers for my book Ambassador and Princess!
Sign up HERE for Ambassador and Princess
(If you have not read The Lost Princess you should… which brings me to my next announcement)
If you want to be an alpha reader for The Lost Princess, it’s still open! I will be closing the form at the end of this month! (February)
Sign up HERE for The Lost Princess
LASTLY: the third book, A Princess at Heart, is coming along nicely! I’m writing the first draft now, but you will have to wait for the description and cover. (Actually, if you want to see the cover I put it on Wattpad in my Covers book under the chapter ‘Fairy Tale Chronicles’)
February 5, 2018
Changes
So this fall I will be going to public school as a freshman. (yes, I will not be homeschooled anymore…)
Because of that, I will be too busy to post much. In fact, I will put a pause on my writing during that time so I can focus on getting good grades and figuring out how school works.
That does NOT mean I am deleting all my stuff or that I’m going to stop writing. I WILL still write, probably on weekends and homework-free nights. I’m hoping to finish A Princess at Heart (The Fairy Tale Chronicles, #3) before then and I’m also hoping to publish all three books plus maybe a prequel book that I’m thinking about writing. (it doesn’t have a name yet)
If you have any questions you can just comment or email me, I’ll try to answer. (you can also contact me on Wattpad or Goodreads)
I’ll be sticking to my normal schedule (haha, what schedule?) until late August.
Note: I will be running track at the high school this spring, but that shouldn’t affect me too much.
January 27, 2018
Slave Hunter
Jaylin looked over at Peter. “Are you sure about this?” she asked.
“Yes,” he said “It’s not like we have an option,” he said, “We can’t go back.”
Jaylin looked over her shoulder at the door they had come through. It was locked, they had tried the knob. “Okay, I guess,” she said.
Peter attempted to smile and jumped down the hole in front of him
Jaylin shrugged and followed “Oof,”
The drop was nearly five feet, but Jaylin landed safely. “Let’s head on down,” she said, pointing down the hallway.
The hall itself was interesting, with gilded gold sidles and dark wood accents.
Peter took the lead, holding his pocket knife out in front of him. They reached the end of the hall and looked at each other. A sort of floating ball spun around and around. A dark blue button was next to it.
Jaylin shrugged and pushed the button. “What can it hurt?” she asked.
A glowing bar appeared above Peter’s head.
“Woa, what?” Peter reached out and poked something above Jaylin’s head “You’ve got a glowing bar!”
“So do you,” Jaylin said.
“Welcome to the game,” a voice boomed “If you have arrived at this point you are ready to begin the true game. You will notice a glowing bar above your head. It is your status. You also have one hundred coins each in your pockets.”
“So we’re in a video game?” Peter asked.
“Please continue on through the door,” the voice said.
Jaylin glanced to the right, where the edges of a door glowed in the wall. She took a deep breath and cautiously pushed it open, revealing a small room.
Peter stepped in first, protectively keeping Jaylin behind him. He walked up to the counter on the other side.
“Hello!” An old man popped up from behind the counter and smiled “I expect you need to buy some food.”
Peter exchanged a look with Jaylin. “I suppose so.”
“You look like first-timers. If you are then you want bananas and bread.”
“Bananas?”
“Sure, one coin for each bunch. A loaf of bread is two coins. Do you have friends following?”
“Yes. Well, cousins.”
“Then you’ll be on the same team. You’ll want to buy a bunch of bananas for each of them too. They can pay you back. What’s your name?”
Jaylin whispered to Peter “Let’s go along with this. I don’t know what’s happening.”
“Okay,” Peter whispered back. “My name is Peter, and this is Jaylin. We’ll have six of each, please.”
“How do we carry all this?” Jaylin asked as the old man stacked up bananas and bread.
“Your backpacks, of course. You are new. Your backpack can carry anything.”
Peter nodded. “Just like a video game,” he slapped down eighteen coins.
“You could say that,” the old man smiled and pushed the stack of food at the pair.
“Thanks,” Jaylin said and started stuffing the bananas and bread in her backpack.
“Oh no, don’t say that. If you say that then people will feel as if you owe them something.”
“Oh. Okay.” Jaylin shrugged at Peter and they walked through the next door into a large room with four openings.
“Let’s wait for everyone else,” Peter said.
Jaylin nodded.
They only had to wait a few minutes before Ember, their sister, Logan and Martin, their cousins, all came into the room and looked around.
“Ember! Logan! Martin! Over here!” Jaylin called.
“Apparently we are part of your team, whatever that means,” Martin said.
Peter frowned.
A red and blue spot appeared next to each of their glowing status bars.
“Those probably mean that we are a team,” Logan said confidently.
“What’s happening?” Ember asked, “I want to go home.”
“You can’t,” Jaylin said “There’s no going back. What’s our game plan?”
“We have to figure out this game. We’eve all played video games, but this one is a little different. I don’t want to know what happens if we die.” Jaylin said.
Martin nodded “I’m guessing, from the style of the walls and everything, that this is a war type game. We have to watch out for the top players. They won’t think twice about taking our belongings.”
Logan nodded “Let’s stick together,” he said.
“Agreed,” Peter turned in a circle “First we should probably get out of this room. Standing here labels us as beginners.”
“This way,” Martin said, pointing at an open door.
They followed him through the door. On the other side was a similar room that had openings to different rooms.
“We have to get somewhere without multiple doors, so we can figure out what to do. We’ve been stuck in an endless circle of games like this for two days.” Peter glanced at Jaylin “And the last game didn’t go so well.”
Jaylin shuddered, remembering the way the other game players had treated her. Her character had been a slave in the last game, and she had not had a good time.
“This one’s good!” Logan said.
Ember raced into the room and sat down on the small couch.
“Hey!” Peter frowned at her “I wanted to sit down too.”
“Guys,” Jaylin said, rolling her eyes “Now is not the time.”
“Shh!” Martin froze in his tracks, staring out the door.
A man wearing a skin-tight black suit with tubes wrapping around his back and waist stood just outside the door, talking to someone. He had two holsters with pistols and a hat with a wide brim.
“Who’s that?” Ember hissed.
“Be quiet!” Martin whispered.
Everyone backed up to the other side of the room.
“I assume you captured lots of slaves with your last job?” A second man, this one with a suit, said.
“Sure I did, Boss,” the first man said.
Jaylin muffled a gasp and squished in between the couch and wall, trying to hide. Her heart was in her throat, and she felt the fear overwhelming her.
“I want you to find every single player who used to be a slave and bring them to me,” the boss said, “I expect you to catch them all, Briggs.”
Briggs pulled out a pistol and spun it “Sure thing, Boss.”
“Don’t show off,” the boss said and stepped back into the shadows.
Briggs rolled his eyes.
Jaylin crawled across the room and climbed up the shelves onto a small ledge that lined the left side of the room. She squished into the corner, pulling her feet away from the small window.
Briggs stuck his pistol back in the holder and walked down the hall.
No one dared to move, all of them holding their breath and pressing their backs against the wall.
Jaylin was shaking. The small window next to her showed some grass, and she practiced breathing in and out as she stared at it.
Brigg’s face popped in front of the window.
Jaylin stifled a scream.
Briggs winked and smiled kindly. He disappeared.
“M- M- Martin!” Jaylin squeaked “Peter!”
Briggs poked his head through the doorway “You look like a nice group,” he said.
Jaylin pushed herself farther into the wall, pleading for Briggs to stay away.
“What do you want?” Martin asked.
“I have a cat,” Briggs said “A black cat. She’s two years old and loves to play.” he pulled out a cat carrier from behind his back “Would you take care of her for me while I do some work for the boss?”
Peter and Martin shared a glance. Did they even have a choice?”
“Of course we will,” Peter said, reaching out to take the carrier. He loved cats and was soon petting her.
“Her name is Phoebe. Watching this cat will keep your whole group safe, and anyone who joins your team.” Briggs looked directly up at Jaylin “Even the ones who previously used to be slaves.”
Okay, so I wrote this off of a dream I had. In the dream, Peter and Ember are actually my siblings, Catherine and Hunter. Martin and Logan are actually my cousins, with their names changed. I had to make up names for Briggs and his cat, Phoebe. I woke up right after where I stopped, so you may never know what happens to the group, but at least Jaylin is safe!
