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Daymares and a Little Girl Pouting

Ooh, tagged again! Thanks, this time, to Traci Kenworth.

1. Daymare or Nightmare?
Daymare = a frightening hallucinatory condition experienced while awake (Oxford Dictionaries Online). That sounds super creepy, so I think I'll stick with nightmares!

2. How many books/short stories/poems/songs etc. have you written?
books: 1
unfinished books: several
short stories/novelettes: several
poems: a few
songs/compositions: less than 5

3. What genre is your current wip? 
Paranormal fantasy.

4. Do you have...

An Interview With Author Laura Josephsen

Yesterday was the launch of Laura Josephsen's book, RESISTANCE, and today I've got her over here to answer a few questions :-)


1. What is your favourite time of day to write?
At night; I'm such a night owl.

2. Do you have any weird little writing rituals? (eg. the curtains must be open in just the right place, and a container of green M&M's must be within reaching distance of your computer)
Nope! I write while doing all sorts of things—in between homeschooling, sitting at my daughter's dance clas...

Resistance (Rising, #1) by Laura Josephsen is Now Available!

Today is the launch day for fellow writer/blogger Laura Josephsen's new book, RESISTANCE, from the two-part series, RISING. Woohoo!


All Alphonse wants is a quiet summer at home before his final months at university. What he gets is a half-dead stranger on his doorstep and the task of delivering a package to the leader of his home country. Not long after he boards a train toward the capital, he's attacked by knights, elite soldiers of the neighboring king.

Alphonse is temporarily rescued by...

First Campaigner Challenge: Shadows Crept Across...

You know who's in the picture, right? ;-)
Beginning: "Shadows crept across the wall" ✔
Ending: "everything faded" ✔
Include the word "orange" ✔
Same genre I normally write: paranormal romance ✔
Exactly 200 words ✔





Shadows crept across the wall. Beastly little things, always thinking they could scare me. "Shoo!" I said. I received nothing but a minuscule snicker in response. Fine. I'd show them. Keeping my injured foot raised, I leaned over and pulled a torch from my handbag. With a snap, I flicked ...

Six Sentence Sunday (7)

Click here to see the other Sunday Sixes!

Like last week, my six are from the second installment in the Creepy Hollow series (which will be published in early April).


He looks at the wall of water, then back at me. "But you're a girl. Can't you multitask?"I lean my head back against the rough, stone wall. "I refuse to let you talk me into a make-out session in a dodgy, underground tunnel. I have standards, you know."





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Book Review: Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare

In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa...

Defying Gravity: Book Review & Author Interview

[image error] Book Summary:
Homesick upon the SS Perseid, Linia, a young linguist, thinks she signed up for a mission of peace, but her crew members have another plan: attack the planet Medusa.Bored with his dying planet, Alezandros, a space cruiser pilot, joins the Medusan Army in his quest for adventure.When the SS Perseid clashes with the Medusans' space cruisers, Alezandros and Linia's lives intertwine. Sucked through a wormhole, they crash upon a post-apocalyptic Earth and are captured by cannibals...

Is It Getting HOT In Here?!

This awesome blogfest is hosted by Hope Roberson of Writing With Hope and Cassie Mae of Reading, Writing and Lovin' it.

The gist of it:Those kissy scenes are challenging to write, but I love reading one when it's crafted so well it feels like I'm standing beside the characters, watching with inflamed cheeks as sparks fly between the two lovebirds.
Please share one of your favorite kissing scenes from a book you've read, from your own WiP, make one up, or write about one of your own memorable...

Six Sentence Sunday (6)

Hop on over to the Six Sentence Sunday website to check out the other participants' "sixes".

My six are from Creepy Hollow #2 (which has a name, but I have not yet shared it ;-) ).


Flint stands in the doorway. "Have you been roped in as part of the cheering up committee?" I ask him. Tora's blonde and green head appears over her brother's shoulder. "I thought I'd need extra help pulling you from the depths of despair." She looks me up and down. "But, surprisingly, you seem fine."

Outer Space Scares Me... and Other Random Facts

Thank you, Kathleen, for tagging me to answer 11 random questions about myself! It's good timing, too, what with all the new campaign members coming around and not having a clue who I am. I'm sure once they know about my weird habits (questions 2) and my hoarding tendencies (question 6) they'll definitely come by to visit again...

Um...

Wait! Stop! Where are you going?!

Okay, so here's the deal: I answer 11 questions from Kathleen, then I tag 11 people and ask them my own 11 questions. Here we g...