Kimber An's Blog, page 30

Nayu Revews HARBOR MOON

Harbor Moon at Enduring Romance
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Want to know something funny?  The girl model on the cover was almost used for Ophelia on my Sugar Rush cover.  The guy is hot, isn't he?  Those eyes!

30 Days of Decadence

Continues with finding the perfect cup of tea for Christmas!   30 Days of Decadence  The prize today is a free book and tea.

SUGAR RUSH is Reviewed

Sugar Rush at LoveRomancePassion  I only got 1.5 stars, but that's okay.  It's better to get a whole whopping 1 and a half of anything than get nothing at all.  At least, my story is out there!

Leslie Soule's Top Ten Books for 2010

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'The Christmas My Sister Blew The Head Off Malibu Barbie' by Bianca Dawson, as dictated to Kimber An

My short, short story is up at 30 Days of Decadence

Meet 'Gothic Kimber An'

You may not be scared, but I am.  She's the personification of my subconscious mind.  I used to have a muse, like other authors.  But...well...one of my heroines, Angelica of MANIC KNIGHT, offed the Old Hag, tossed her into a flaming tarpit.  That's okay.  I haven't missed her.  Muses are notorious slowpokes, especially if you don't also have a cat, which I don't.  Gothic Kimber An is much more dangerous, but she did get me published. The above Meez is of Gothic Kimber An's reaction to me wanting to take December off story-writing.  I've learned it doesn't pay to defy Gothic Kimber An.  Just this morning, I was minding my own business, doing the laundry, and she starts figuring out the final scene between Ophelia and Adrian in Sugar Baby, the next full-length novel in the Ophelia Dawson Chronicles.  I tried to imagine out other stuff, like guest blog posts I'm committed to writing, but she would have none of that.  So, I caved.  It's all good though.  It was hhhhot.
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You can pop over to Meez if you want to discover the personification of your subconscious mind too.
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Please don't forget my post for Decadent Publishing's holiday bash is up tomorrow, Saturday, November 27th, at 30 Days of Decadence  Its title is
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THE CHRISTMAS MY SISTER BLEW THE HEAD OFF MALIBU BARBIE
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I didn't come up with the title, I swear.  It was Gothic Kimber An.  Seriously.

Decadent Publishing Kicks Off the Holiday Season

My publisher has set up a special blog 30 Days of Decadence   Each day an author will post and give away a prize.  At the end of the thirty days, a grand prize drawing will be held for this necklace from Tretra Designs.
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Today's author is Amanda McIntyre who wrote A Christmas Promise

My post is tomorrow.  It's sentimental and dignified title is.THE CHRISTMAS MY SISTER BLEW THE HEAD OFF MALIBU BARBIE.See you there in the morning!  I'll be giving away a copy of Sugar Rush and an Alaska holiday ornament.

I'm Most Thankful For

Like many of you, I had a less-than-ideal childhood.  I'll tell you something I learned.  You don't have to accept it.  You can't change your childhood, but....You can create your own future..The trick is to find your healing.  Once you do that, your heart will be ready to discover what you love the best.  After that, do those things with all your might and you, too, can live happily ever after. .This Thanksgiving and every Thanksgiving since I met my husband, I am most thankful for my own little family.  I found my healing in the way my husband loves our children and in the way I can love them too.  When my daughter complains she doesn't have her own Wii, it does not annoy me.  It reminds me that she has absolutely no idea how it feels to be cold and hungry.  Then, of course, I tell her to do extra chores to earn the money to buy a Wii herself!
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A couple of Thanksgivings ago, my heart held a precious secret my mind was not yet aware of.  I was pregnant.  I had suffered a terrible miscarriage.  I had lost a baby growing in my womb.  I desperately wanted another baby, but I was terrified to even think about it.  I was terrified she would die too.
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I found out shortly after Thanksgiving that I was, indeed, pregnant and then I had this song by Mariah Carey to carry me all the way through Christmas!   All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Here's some more holiday cheer-
ER's Thanksgiving Post

Jewelry

I included several very important peices of jewelry in Sugar Rush and I didn't even realize it until the story was almost done.  Ophelia and Bianca wear identical antique gold heart-shape lockets, which their father gave them for their sixteenth birthday.  Originally, I put those in simply because I like gold heart-shaped lockets.  My husband gave me one after I suffered a devestating miscarriage.  When I remembered this, I attached a stronger meaning to the twins' lockets.
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Adrian has a gold signet ring engraved with a griffin, which he inherited from his father.  Here is a link to a real .
These are the most signicant, although there are others.  They were all given in great love and they are all gold.

Linda Gerber is My Guest at ER Today!

Linda Gerber, multi-published author of Young Adult fiction, talks about Contemporaries and Paranormals and switching back and forth.  Enduring Romance