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Fairy Tale Fun Blog Hop Stop

Welcome to the Fairy Tale Fun Blog Hop. In these posts we will demonstrate how the Main Characters of our books share similarities with Princesses (the good, the bad, and the funny).
By reading these posts and answering a question in the comments section, you will have a chance to win a delicious Valentine's Prize: Congratulations Sprite 36 Gift Box from Fairytale Brownies!
 
Want to win? Read this post and answer my question at the bottom of the post in the comments section. Note: You MUST comment (and leave an email address) in order to enter. There are other blog stops (listed below) that you can also enter to improve your odds of winning (and find fun new books).

In my post, I will demonstrate 6 ways that Maggie Maddock in The Witches of Dark Root shares similarities with Brave's Merida.


1. Both Maggie from and Merida have wild, untamed red hair! (and untamed hearts as well)


 
2. Both young women are at home in the woods. In fact, Maggie's home town of Dark Root is a 'magical' forest.



3. Both women want to forsake tradition and choose their own path. Merida wants to choose whom she will marry while Maggie wants to find her way in the world and not take over her mother's coven business.

4. Both Maggie and Merida discover that their mother is under a witch's spell! 5. Both women also have limited time to save their mother!


And finally...





6. In the end, both women discover that anything can be accomplished through the right combinations of family, love, and magic.


That's all for this stop. If you would like to read more about Maggie Maddock, you can download The Witches of Dark Root and The Magick of Dark Root on Amazon.

Now, here's your chance to win those 36 brownies! All you have to do is answer the following question in the comments section and leave your email address. Good luck!

Question: If you had one Valentine's Day wish this year, what would it be?

Visit the sites below for more chances to win us!

Blog Stops:Sheryl http://sebabin.blogspot.com/Biel, Kathryn http://kathrynbiel.blogspot.com/Brown, Brea http://www.breabrown.com/thereluctantblogger/2015/2/10/nurse-nates-princess-persona.htmlCorcillo, Geralyn http://thingsthatmakemegommmrrh.blogspot.comEddy, Patricia http://www.pdeddy.com/blogEmerson, Erin (Hosted by Hello Precious Bliss.) http://hellopreciousbliss.com/?p=2743Farrell, Jamie http://wp.me/p3Beox-WbGrossman, Hilary http://www.feelingbeachie.com/?p=5434Hamm, Rachel Lynn http://www.rachelhamm.wordpress.comHenning, Gina http://www.ginahenning.com/blog/Kennedy, Celia http://www.womanreinventsself.blogspot.comKrimmer, Tracy http://www.tracykrimmer.com/fairytalebloghopMonson, Becky http://www.beckymonson.com/#!blog/c1vi7Munroe, Theresa http://tamunroe.com/2015/02/02/fairy-tale-fun-blog-hop/Rinella, Diane http://dianerinellaauthor.com/fairy-tale-fun-blog-hop/Williams, Samantha K. http://skwills.com/blog/

Psychic Storm Available Now

Psychic Storm is now available to read. Just 99 cents on Amazon.
You can also find this at B&N and Kobo (and many other places).
Paranormal Suspense, Sexiness, and Fun.

My Crazy (and Good) Life

   What a crazy weekend.
   The Witches of Dark Root hit #1 in a lot of categories on Amazon, and at one point had a rank of #86 in all of Amazon.
   I just cant believe that and I'm still in shock. Sometimes life surprises you and I feel like I was hit over the head with a happy hammer.
   The Magick of Dark Root is also doing well, currently #1 in Women's Fiction: Fantasy.
   This has really given me the inspiration needed to plow through this first draft of The Curse of Dark Root and get it out there. I'm writing my little fingers to the bone but its a happy sort of work, the kind of work that makes me feel alive (even when I'm hermiting up)

   I feel blessed and numb and full of gratitude at the moment.
   I know that nothing is permanent and tomorrow I may fall off all the charts, but today was a really good day.

The Lines of Time

   Not sure whether to be excited or depressed.
   Maybe both.
   I woke up today with a new line on my face.
   Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
   Now, I'm not saying I didn't already have a few lines, but I saw them brewing, chipping away at my once smooth skin day after day, year after year, until they were finally like "bitch, Im here for good, what are you going to do about it?"
   But this new line...it just snuck in, completely unannounced, and planted itself right there on a conspicuous part of my face, and it was like, "Boo-yah! See if that Strivictens gonna fix this, bitch!"
   Now those of you who read me know I'm normally not a curser and rarely use the B word, but when I'm speaking from the wrinkles point of view, I have to use a stronger word. Wrinkles aren't sweet. They aren't demure. They, along with double-chins, are the thugs of the Selfie world.
   So anyway, I have a new line, and yes I slathered on some cream, and no it didn't help.
   I'm starting to get sick of this 'aging' thing. Can I stop now? Waking up everyday to see what new fun new joke Mother Nature and Father Time are going to play on me is getting old, so to speak.
   First the boobs, then the face, what are you coming for next Time?
   I swallow, realizing the temperature in the room has dropped ten degrees.
   A cold hand rests on my shoulder and I hear the wind in my ear, or maybe its a whisper...
"You. I'm coming for you."
   Umm, was hoping for something more comforting. Maybe I'll go have a drink, and take my wrinkle and like it.

Newsletter Signups

Starting a newsletter. Will feature new releases, FAQs on characters and stories, and fun facts.
If you'd like to sign up (and I promise not to spam you!) please visit my website at www.aprilaasheimwriter.com, scroll to the bottom, and fill in your name and email address.
I won't give it out to anyone :)

Family Matters

Conversation with my husband after watching Season seven (episode six) of Mad Men last night.

Husband: So, um...what did you think of that scene?
Me: What scene?
Husband: You know, that scene. Did you think it was sexy?
Me: I am not having a threesome with you and another woman.
Husband: Oh. Good night.

Clean Out My Email Box or Move

Just deleted 2000 emails from my Yahoo account. And those were only emails that have accumulated since Nov 1, 2014. Most of them are from stores.
I really need to start saying "No, Thank you," when the sales people at stores ask for an email address. Of course, many of them don't even ask. As you are handing them money they simply say "email address," and I blindly give it to them.
Why? I have no idea. Maybe I'm a rules follower and I think giving people information on me just because they ask is a 'rule'. Or maybe its because I don't want to hurt their feelings. Or maybe I just don't have a very good reason for saying no without looking like a jerk.
At any rate, I've learned that just because someone wants something from me, doesn't mean I have to provide it.
The next time a sales girl asks for my email address I'm simply going to tell them I'm a Doomsday Prepper who isn't on the grid and I'm simply buying that really cute skirt just in case I need to barter with something after the apocalypse.
That should stop them.
I hope.

Get Your Mind-Meld On!

Psychic Storm goes live Feb 3rd!

Ten books by ten bestselling authors. Psychics, Seers, Witches, Warlocks and Empaths find love, craft magic,
and fight to save the world.

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99 Cents for a Limited Time

A reluctant witch, a mysteriously ill mother, and a magical town.
The Witches of Dark Root. Just 99 cents this weekend!

Pre-Order The Council of Dark Root: Armand

The Council of Dark Root: Armand.
A bad moon rises.
This 30k word novella is a great companion piece to The Daughters of Dark Root.
Out Friday, February 13th.
Available for pre-order now!