Shannon Taylor Hodnett's Blog, page 4
August 31, 2012
New Word 〜 Not-So-New Winner!
...is now a two-time Lyrical Genius! Will she go for a three-peat? ;o) ★ Congrats, Jana...your LGotW button remains firmly in place! ★
Here is the new word in play:
So leave your comments with as many lyrics as you can think of...remember googling is allowed...come and play all week long...invite your friends...family...your friend's family! ;o)
paxamo xox,
August 16, 2012
Winner!
We have a winner for the first round of Lyricality!
The Lyrical Genius of the Week is...
Congrats, Jana! ツ❤
Thanks for playing...and thanks for making me count so many comments! lol ;o)
Look for your LGotW button on the sidebar! ;o) xoxox
Now on to this week's word...
Think of a song and send in your comments...and thank you for playing Lyricality! ツ
<3 paxamo,
August 7, 2012
Lyricality
I heard it somewhere in a song...Word games are just about my favorite thing ever...and I love music with an intensity that might not be considered healthy. There's a soundtrack to my life running in my head at all times...and I remember lyrics to songs I learned before I could even talk.
Music is the color to my world...and words are something I enjoy playing with, even when I'm not stringing them into sentences.
A few years ago, I found a blog called "Lyric Game" ...a new word was announced in each post and people commented with the lyrics to a song in which that word was used. It was based on a board game I had never played before...but I fell in love with it right away and played faithfully until one day it disappeared...it was just gone.
Years later, I've gotten over the hole it left in my life...but I haven't forgotten how much fun it was to play the game...so I decided to revive it here on my very own website ~ with a few important changes:
the words chosen will follow a theme...related in some way to my books or short stories participation will be rewarded...the person with the most entries in one week will be named "Lyrical Genius of the Week"...their names will be put onto a spiffy little button and prominently displayed here on the site all week long =)
there aren't any official rules...just play fair & be nice well-known quotes and poetry are fair game...just try not to go too obscure the name of the game is "Lyricality"!
Now, to kick things off...this week's word is:
Are the wheels in your brain churning already? Leave a comment, all you lyrical geniuses...as many as you want! I hope you have lots of fun and love the game just as much as I do! =)
<3 paxamo,
July 16, 2012
June 27, 2012
The Kreativ Blogger Award
Lovely Sarah at The Writer's Experiment has graciously bestowed upon me this Kreativ Blogger Award! =D Thank you so much, Sarah...you are awesome! <3 Please click here to check out Sarah's blog...it will not disappoint! =)
The rules are:thank and link back to the person who presented you with the awardanswer the ten questions belowshare ten random facts/thoughts about yourselfnominate seven worthy blogs for the Kreativ Blogger Award
Ten Random Questions:
What is your favorite song
I have more than one and they change frequently...but my current favorite is The Devil Within by Digital Daggers.
Space & Andrea <3What is your favorite dessert?
chocolate anything
What ticks you off?
meanness...arrogance...rudeness...superiority...traffic
When you're upset, what do you do?
Depends on how upset...I might write bad words in my journal...or punch my pillow...I've been known to cry. ;o)
Which is/was your favorite pet?
It would be easier for me to answer who is my favorite kid...I only have one of those. =) But if we're talking about my current menagerie, I'd say my favorite is my Chihuahua, Suki...she's sweet, smart, a great cuddler, and mostly well-behaved. ;o)
clockwise from top left: Zoe, Suki, Pepper, Malfoy
Which do you prefer to wear, black or white?
black...although I do like wearing black & white...but never just white.
What is your biggest fear?
I have a fear of being trapped in a small space...like a coffin...or a car underwater. I'm having trouble breathing just thinking about it. =P I'm not entirely claustrophobic, but tight crowds disturb me...also clowns.
What is your attitude mostly?
Laid-back...trying to be optimistic. =)
What is perfection?
An unattainable goal...but that doesn't seem to stop people from trying.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Real Housewives of Whatever...I admit the guilt but not the pleasure...mostly they make me crazy when I watch.
Ten Random Things About Me:
1. I collect stained glass lamps...and teapots. And I actually have a stained glass lamp in the shape of a teapot.
2. Sometimes I eat ice cream with a fork.
3. I am a natural blonde.
4. I am obsessive about hair & body soap...I have bottles lined up around my tub and most of them are green--avocado, olive oil, etc.
5. I sound like I'm speaking a foreign language when I sneeze...usually Japanese or French.
6. When I took the job test (ASVAB) for the military, my top 3 jobs were Data Processing Tech, Cryptologist, and Mechanic...I chose DP Tech.
7. I have both mooned and been mooned a number of times...but not in the last 2 decades.
8. For my first book, I spent a few months writing in my studio...a.k.a. our bedroom closet. It was quiet and secluded from all the busy-ness around the house...don't judge. ;o)
9. Since my regular medicine container is pretty big, sometimes I carry my meds in a plastic condom box.
10. My dad is the 7th Beatle.
And now for the nominations:
Sharon from The Musings of a New EnglanderTamara from Tamara Writes...Keisha from Keisha MartinE.D. from (Not) Just Another Writer Alison from Fresh Pot of TeaKarla from Here's the Story...Cynthia from Random Thoughts
Congrats to you all! Each of you do such a wonderful job with your blogs...hope you enjoy your award! =)
paxamo,
The rules are:thank and link back to the person who presented you with the awardanswer the ten questions belowshare ten random facts/thoughts about yourselfnominate seven worthy blogs for the Kreativ Blogger Award
Ten Random Questions:
What is your favorite song
I have more than one and they change frequently...but my current favorite is The Devil Within by Digital Daggers.
Space & Andrea <3What is your favorite dessert?chocolate anything
What ticks you off?
meanness...arrogance...rudeness...superiority...traffic
When you're upset, what do you do?
Depends on how upset...I might write bad words in my journal...or punch my pillow...I've been known to cry. ;o)
Which is/was your favorite pet?
It would be easier for me to answer who is my favorite kid...I only have one of those. =) But if we're talking about my current menagerie, I'd say my favorite is my Chihuahua, Suki...she's sweet, smart, a great cuddler, and mostly well-behaved. ;o)
clockwise from top left: Zoe, Suki, Pepper, MalfoyWhich do you prefer to wear, black or white?
black...although I do like wearing black & white...but never just white.
What is your biggest fear?
I have a fear of being trapped in a small space...like a coffin...or a car underwater. I'm having trouble breathing just thinking about it. =P I'm not entirely claustrophobic, but tight crowds disturb me...also clowns.
What is your attitude mostly?
Laid-back...trying to be optimistic. =)
What is perfection?
An unattainable goal...but that doesn't seem to stop people from trying.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Real Housewives of Whatever...I admit the guilt but not the pleasure...mostly they make me crazy when I watch.
Ten Random Things About Me:
1. I collect stained glass lamps...and teapots. And I actually have a stained glass lamp in the shape of a teapot.
2. Sometimes I eat ice cream with a fork.
3. I am a natural blonde.
4. I am obsessive about hair & body soap...I have bottles lined up around my tub and most of them are green--avocado, olive oil, etc.
5. I sound like I'm speaking a foreign language when I sneeze...usually Japanese or French.
6. When I took the job test (ASVAB) for the military, my top 3 jobs were Data Processing Tech, Cryptologist, and Mechanic...I chose DP Tech.
7. I have both mooned and been mooned a number of times...but not in the last 2 decades.
8. For my first book, I spent a few months writing in my studio...a.k.a. our bedroom closet. It was quiet and secluded from all the busy-ness around the house...don't judge. ;o)
9. Since my regular medicine container is pretty big, sometimes I carry my meds in a plastic condom box.
10. My dad is the 7th Beatle.
And now for the nominations:
Sharon from The Musings of a New EnglanderTamara from Tamara Writes...Keisha from Keisha MartinE.D. from (Not) Just Another Writer Alison from Fresh Pot of TeaKarla from Here's the Story...Cynthia from Random Thoughts
Congrats to you all! Each of you do such a wonderful job with your blogs...hope you enjoy your award! =)
paxamo,
April 22, 2012
It's Oh So Quiet
It came to my attention today that comments on this blog are somehow blocked. =P
Ahhhh...
So that's why I've been getting big, fat zeroes in my comments sections. Maybe It's not such a lonely little blog after all! ;o)
Who knows how long this has been going on? Since the last comment 5 months ago?
Since yesterday???
It doesn't matter. The comments are fixed now---big thanks to Dianna. <3
Let the commenting frenzy begin. ;o)
paxamo,
Ahhhh...
So that's why I've been getting big, fat zeroes in my comments sections. Maybe It's not such a lonely little blog after all! ;o)
Who knows how long this has been going on? Since the last comment 5 months ago?
Since yesterday???
It doesn't matter. The comments are fixed now---big thanks to Dianna. <3
Let the commenting frenzy begin. ;o)
paxamo,
March 13, 2012
Trailer
The very first trailer for Solitary Sky is finished!
I had so much fun (ok, and a lot of frustration) making this video that I decided I would at least make one more before Book 2 comes out. Until then, please enjoy:
Solitary Sky ~ trailer 1.2 from Shannon Taylor Hodnett on Vimeo.
Leaving home wasn't a hard decision for Lilah to make. It was either spend her senior year in Gentian with her grandmother who talked to dogs...or stay home with her hopeless mom who preferred dating them.
300 miles later, Lilah barely had time to unpack before meeting Hunter--the literal guy of her dreams. Falling in love with him wasn't an option...but would she be able to deny what seemed destined? Or how much she wanted him...even after realizing he and his brothers were something more than human?
For Lilah it was too late to turn back, caught up in a strange new world that was now her own...and unaware of a darker secret that remained hidden, waiting to destroy her newfound happiness...and her life.
Book 1 in the Solitary Sky Series...now available at amazon.com.
paxamo,
I had so much fun (ok, and a lot of frustration) making this video that I decided I would at least make one more before Book 2 comes out. Until then, please enjoy:
Solitary Sky ~ trailer 1.2 from Shannon Taylor Hodnett on Vimeo.
Leaving home wasn't a hard decision for Lilah to make. It was either spend her senior year in Gentian with her grandmother who talked to dogs...or stay home with her hopeless mom who preferred dating them.
300 miles later, Lilah barely had time to unpack before meeting Hunter--the literal guy of her dreams. Falling in love with him wasn't an option...but would she be able to deny what seemed destined? Or how much she wanted him...even after realizing he and his brothers were something more than human?
For Lilah it was too late to turn back, caught up in a strange new world that was now her own...and unaware of a darker secret that remained hidden, waiting to destroy her newfound happiness...and her life.
Book 1 in the Solitary Sky Series...now available at amazon.com.
paxamo,
February 20, 2012
Back to the Start
I'm finally back on line with a new (and better) computer...hopefully my bad luck with computers is behind me. =)
So that means I'm getting back to work on the book trailer for Solitary Sky. Since I completely lost the one I'd worked on so painstakingly before, I decided to keep the same basic idea, but add stuff and make changes...basically an entire rework of the whole thing. I'll keep the progress updated here and post when it's finished.
Until then, please enjoy my very, very belated Valentine's Day wishes...because everyday should be V-day, right? ;o)
paxamo,
So that means I'm getting back to work on the book trailer for Solitary Sky. Since I completely lost the one I'd worked on so painstakingly before, I decided to keep the same basic idea, but add stuff and make changes...basically an entire rework of the whole thing. I'll keep the progress updated here and post when it's finished.
Until then, please enjoy my very, very belated Valentine's Day wishes...because everyday should be V-day, right? ;o)
paxamo,
January 30, 2012
On Hold
Not much is happening here lately and I wish I could blame it all on the fact that my computer died, but that was only last week. Before then it was the holidays...always a good excuse. =) Then I was working on a book trailer for Solitary Sky...and it was almost finished when my computer crashed. =P So now I'm stuck with no computer for maybe another week...but when I get it back, I'll redo the trailer and post it here when it's finished. ;o)paxamo,STH 
December 10, 2011
Solitary Sky on Kindle
Solitary Sky is now available for Kindle! Click ~ here ~ ...and if you're an Amazon Prime member, you can get it for *FREE*! =D The print version is still available here...and at amazon.com, where you can also go to preview the first few chapters. =)
Wishing everyone a holiday season filled with warmth and love...and happy reading! <3
paxamo,
