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May 18, 2014
3 years in remission!
3 years ago today I was told that I was cancer free. It was (and still is) one of the greatest feelings in the world. I set out to fulfill my dreams after that, and I don’t take any opportunity for granted. Thank you to all of those who were there for me.
I urge you to get your cancer screenings done, even if it doesn’t run in your family. There are too many people who have been lost.
May 17, 2014
Becoming Lily: A Night Touched Prequel (Becoming Night Touched #3)
Becoming Lily: A Night Touched Prequel (Becoming Night Touched #3)
Becoming Lily: A Night Touched Prequel (Becoming Night Touched #3)
Lily Buchannan is the fashion forward, motherly secondary hero in The Night Touched Chronicles. But who was she before? Becoming Lily: A Night Touched Prequel brings us right up to Lily’s final day as a human and what happened shortly after. A short look into one of our favorite sidekick’s beginning.
May 16, 2014
Echosmith- Cool Kids [Official Music Video]
I’ve been really into this kind of music lately
May 15, 2014
Pretty When She Dies (Pretty When She Dies, #1) by Rhiannon Frater
Click here for the buy link
Amaliya is your typical college student with family issues. After a coffee date with a professor turns into her digging herself out of her own grave, Amaliya’s life is drastically changed. It turns out that her professor is a sadistic vampire with a tendency to turn people and leave them to figure everything else out on their own. With no family to count on, Amaliya must embark on a journey to find someone like her who can help her understand her new life.
Honestly, I’ve heard nothing but good things about Rhiannon Frater. My friends have all highly recommended her. When I saw Pretty When She Dies free on the Kindle Market, I jumped on it. I’m always looking for an interesting new take on vampires. Maybe I set the bar too high, but this book was a total let down.
Amaliya is one of those now all too familiar heroines who is drop dead gorgeous, and every man wants her, but she doesn’t see it herself. She is a self proclaimed rocker chick with a goth tendency who likes to wear slutty clothes, then get offended when nasty old men hit on her. She was a cliche all over. She, along with the other female characters in this book were all bitchy, dimwitted bimbos. The male characters were all either disgusting pigs or douche bags that were also incredibly attractive. The fact that vampires can cry blood in this universe was just beyond dumb to me. I mean, I appreciated that she had to hunt for blood, sleep during the day, and didn’t have a reflection, but cry blood? No, thank you.
I was really surprised at the poor quality of the editing in this book, as well. There were a ton of errors that any read through by an editor would have caught. I tried to keep reading, but it honestly felt like a chore. I don’t like leaving novels incomplete, but this is one I will not be finishing. I may read other work by Rhiannon Frater, but I will not pick this book up again, nor will I read the rest of the series.
May 13, 2014
Writing Practice – why it’s time to stop thinking of writing as a profession
(Writing Tips Tuesday) This fantastic article is by Damien Walter talks about looking at writing as more of a practice than a profession. We put so much pressure on ourselves to be counted as “professionals” that we often lose sight of our passion. Just take a look at this and I think it will give you a different out look!
Originally posted on Damien G. Walter:
If you go to a good art school (and yes you STEM readers out there, such places do exist) they teach you to think of your art as a practice. And yourself as a practitioner. There’s a purpose to this tradition, although admittedly it takes most art students – myself included – until well after they graduate and are in to their practice to understand why.
Before I say more about practice, I should say why I think this idea is useful at this time for writers. Today the writing world is in a certain amount of turmoil. Digital technology means that the limitations imposed by print have evaporated overnight. And although the change could be seen coming long ago, many writers and publishers are struggling psychologically to adapt. Questions like whether it is still possible to earn a living as a writer, whether self-publishing is a viable route for…
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May 12, 2014
800 Likes Giveaway
The rules are pretty simple! Just refer your family and friends to like Author Maegan Provan on Facebook. When your referrals like the page, have them tag your name in a comment on the wall. The person with the most referrals will receive codes to get TNTC Book One: Celine and ALL 6 of the Becoming Night Touched mini-series shorts.
Vlog 24
Happy Vlog Monday! Sorry about the poor quality
May 10, 2014
Mother’s Day Flash sale!
Hey… Hey you! You look like you would enjoy some FREE books for Mother’s Day! All day long The Night Touched Chronicles Book One: Celine, Becoming Harper AND Becoming Jason are FREE on Smashwords. All you have to do is enter the coupon codes below and you will have access to any version of the books you want. Don’t forget to share this post so that your friends and their awesome moms can get the books too! Coupon Codes expire on May 12, 2014
Becoming Harper: HE28E
Becoming Jason: MD76A
The Night Touched Chronicles Book One: Celine : AV47R
