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January 13, 2014
More Changes to the Blog Ahead
I’ve been blogging for a few years now and the old blog is doing well. As technology continues to improve so do many other things. Like WordPress Themes! Yes! It’s time for the blog to get a new makeover.
I’m doing this for two reasons.
I found a really cool new blog design that includes a page builder and other cool features.
I’ve been creating a new site behind the scenes that lends itself to the new blog style and I want to integrate the two sites seamlessly. I’m going to create a fabulous author site (stealing all I can from Sherrilyn Kenyon’s website).
The new layout will also allow me to make more uniformed blog posts that are eye catching and fun to read. Interviews will have the same format as well as character posts. It will make doing prompt challenges more fun and exciting… I hope!
I’m still learning the new theme but I think it’s going to be the last update for a very long time. Watch for the changes soon! Like real soon! I totally can’t wait to make the changes.
Here is a link to the Theme’s Live Demo
Tell me what you think in the comments below or on Google+
January 12, 2014
January 5, 2014
Mingling with the Muse – Flash Fiction Challenge
The best story will be posted as it’s own post the following week!
Who chooses the best? Me of course! But likes and comments below play a factor so check back and comment on your favorite story!
PICK FIVE WORDS
Use the Words Below to Create
A Flash Fiction
Short Story!
January 4, 2014
Google Trends – Trending Books, 2013
January 1, 2014
New on the Blog for 2014
Happy New Year!!!
One of the most influential things I use to shape my writing is writer’s prompts. I’ve written and entire story using them and used them to start my first novel. They make your brain work in wonderful and sometimes weird ways and that’s a good thing.
This year I am going to create fun and interactive writer’s prompts using pictures, words and hopefully participation from my readers. Even if you are not a writer, your comments will shape the stories resulting from these prompts with surprising and sometimes humorous results…. we hope!
BOOK RELEASES IN 2014
Book Two – Becoming Monsters
Where I am: The MS is with the editor for a final round and then it will be off to get formatted and uploaded. I use Amazon CreateSpace to format the inside for the paperback and the ebook.
Cover Art: Cover are will be outsourced to Damanzo.com. Check them out and here are some samples of their work.
Estimated Release Date: February 2014
Novella – Hidden Monsters
Where I am: MS waiting to be edited and formatted. Releasing in ebook only
Cover Art: Cover are will be outsourced to Damanzo.com. Check them out and here are some samples of their work.
Estimated Release Date: March 2014
New Novel – The Goblin Thieves
Where I am: MS waiting to be edited and formatted. Possibly release in both ebook and paperback.
Cover Art: Cover art design is complete but might send to Damanzo to make it better
Estimated Release Date: March 2014
Book Three – Forgotten Monsters
Where I am: I’m working through several drafts. It should be completed and ready for editing in a few months.
Cover Art: Cover are will be outsourced to Damanzo.com.
Estimated Release Date: End of 2014
December 31, 2013
Chapter 34 – Fun – Beyond Pacifica
The day warmed up to be quite pleasant. Delphina convinced Ian to join them on a little excursion away from the house. Kyran piled everyone into his rented SUV and they took off down highway one. He stopped at a donut shop and everyone got their favorite for breakfast. Pedro had two and the sugar high had him bouncing in his seat. They continued driving for an hour toward Santa Cruz and when they found the beach and the boardwalk came into view Pedro got excited…
December 30, 2013
Chapter 36 – Strangers – Beyond Pacifica
Delphina woke as sunlight filtered through silk curtains over the large picture windows in her bedroom. She thought of turning over for another few minutes before thoughts of her new assignment surfaced. She bounced out of bed and made her way to her private washroom. She emerged a half hour later, her hair still damp and pulled back in a messy ponytail. She dressed in khaki shorts and a cotton top for her assignment and strapped on her hiking boots. A knock sounded at her door. Del hoped it was not her father back for another round of arguments. She opened the door in a huff to a strange man. He smiled widely and in one swift moment had her in an embrace, his lips pressed hard against hers. Two seconds later, he found himself flat on his back, the air whooshing from his lungs…
September 12, 2013
Back Soon
Oh, blog! How I’ve forsaken you these past few weeks! But alas, family comes first and I’m happy to say things are going well.
vacation cometh in a few days: beach, hubby, friends, babies and food! Mine creative pitstop!
But in the meantime, I’ll put this out, what would you like to see more of on the blog?
Guest post
Short stories
Interviews
Book recommendations
Leave a comment below!
AND! I’m brainstorming a new series. Each chapter will be a letter of the alphabet, A-Z
I’m thinking zombies but am open to suggestions. It could be unrelated flash fiction or a serial or creative non fiction.
Leave a comment and give me some suggestions!
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September 1, 2013
Labor Day Freebie - Finding Monsters!
FINDING MONSTERS!
TODAY!
If you prefer the paperback, click here!
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August 31, 2013
FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: CHOOSE YOUR SETTING
I got this prompt challenge from
Terrible Minds…
FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE:
CHOOSE YOUR SETTING
You know the drill: Random number generator or d20. Roll it. Grab a setting from the list below and go forth and write yourself around 1000 words of fiction set in that location.
Due in one week, by September the 6th, noon EST.
Post at your online space.
Link back here.
The list, then, is:
A Starbucks during the Apocalypse
The gates of Heaven
A slaughterhouse
A library on an alien world
Satan’s palace, Pandaemonium
Inside a giant creature
On a pirate beach
In a penal colony built by elvish astronauts
Route 66 during a tornado
On a crashing plane
Inside the virtual reality landscape of a robot’s mind
The NYC subways
Ancient Sumer
A monster brothel
A shopping mall in Arizona
In a police department during an epic blizzard
In the base of the Moon Nazis
In a serial killer’s nightmare
A distant island far from home
Lost in New Jersey
And Here is my submission. Sorry, I got creepy…. I get creepy alot!!!
Nicole expected darkness and a chill of evil in the air. Her dive into the mind of a serial killer looked like any other mind she’d attempted to reach and alter. Sunny skies and flowered meadows filled her vision. Even the smell of honey suckles wafted through the summer air. She anticipated his dreams to be of death and gore; of faceless victims in pools of blood, not this. She saw her quarry sitting by a pond, feet dangling in the cooling waters and fish breaching the surface to snatch small crumbs of bread as he tossed them. He sat with his back to her, and he seemed to be at peace.
Nicole concentrated on her vision and rotated the scene. The pond slid right and turned. Her perspective altered, placing her over the water with a clear view of the killer’s face. It shocked her. The face of the man before her looked contorted in agony. He shook his head as if trying to wake from the dream; no, the nightmare. His eyes sweep the landscape until they fell on her. She gasped. He shouldn’t be able to see her. Their eyes locked and the killer smiled.
A chill swept over Nicole’s skin and the sky turned dark. She watched his eyes as they bore into her like a dull knife but she couldn’t turn away. The water beneath her began churning in an angry boil. Azure water turned crimson and the stench of death assailed her nostrils.
She felt his pull on her. He seemed closer yet he didn’t move. Her body floated across the death filled waters below until she stood trembling before him. Nicole reached for her failsafe device just as a blade pushed through her flesh. She clicked the failsafe button but nothing happened. A fatal shift had occurred. They were no longer in the serial killer’s nightmare. They were in hers.
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