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Controversial: What's in a Name?

I've decided to venture on a topic that has absolutely nothing to do with publishing or writing in general. 



I originated from a village where the local high school football team has been called The Lancaster Redskins since their inception. However, now the high school is being pressured to change their name. Truly, I don't understand the reasoning. Am I lacking sophisticated knowledge of the fact concerning this title?



I was always proud to be called a Lancaster Redskin. For me, and for my nephew, who now is playing on the Lancaster Redskins Football Team, and the teenagers at the school are up in arms and disappointed with the looming pressure of a change. 



I've never thought of Redskins as derogatory. To me the name induces power, strength, valiance, strategy, determination and more.



What is your opinion of this controversial topic? 

Today is Celebrate the Small Things and thanks to Vikki a...

Today is Celebrate the Small Things and thanks to Vikki at Scribblings of an Aspiring Author who began this wonderful hop.





I'm not going to complain about feeling yucky all week. Instead, I will Celebrate my tenacity!



With my goal still intact, I should have my wip completed by Halloween. And Halloween is timely since my novel leads up to Halloween and is kind of spooky!



Also, the Fall into Fantasy Blog Hop is a remarkable Giveaway! Sign up and Win!



What are you Celebrating this week?!

********Fall into Fantasy Giveaway********

Thank you to Ash Krafton who's hosting this 



remarkable event! And to all who've 



contributed to make this a phenomenal 



giveaway!





This year, more than FIFTY AUTHORS of 



fantasy and paranormal books are giving 



away books and swag. Hope you’re ready to 



start clicking and start winning because the 



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a Rafflecopter giveaway

PK HREZO COVER REVEAL

Author PK Hrezo has a phenomenal cover!




Make an appointment to book your travel plans with Butterman Travel, the arrival date is set for November 12, 2013!




Enjoy the ride!



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PK Hrezo is a native Floridian whose life could
easily be a Jimmy Buffet song. She shares her home with her firefighter husband
and their two children. When not creating characters and their worlds, PK can
be found at her other job of rearranging passenger’s itineraries for a major
international airline. The only hobbies she loves more than traveling, are
reading, writing, and music, and when the four are combined she exists in total
bliss.  

She blogs regularly at PK HREZO: Fearless Fiction http://pk-hrezo.blogspot.com/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PKHrezo  @pkhrezo

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorpkhrezo


Website http://down-the-rabbithole.com/

Celebrate the Small Things and Moonless Cover Reveal

This weekly blog hop is the brainchild of Vikki at Scribblings of an Inspiring Author. Press on Vikki's name and join this wonderful group to Celebrate the Small Things!




Last weekend was glorious because all my children gathered together with their significant others to Celebrate Octoberfest!



Scrumptious German Food, Tasty German Beer, Great Family, Laughter, Love!




What are you Celebrating this week?







**Drum Roll Please**




***Congratulations to Crystal Collier***




If you haven't had the pleasure of ogling the Beautiful Cover for Crystal's Novel, Moonless--here it is:








Jane Eyre meets Supernatural

  Alexia must choose safety and an arranged marriage, or true love and being hunted by the Soulless every moonless night.



Title: Moonless
Author: Crystal Collier
Series: Maiden of Time #1
Publication: November 13th, 2013
Category: Young Adult (YA)
Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance


Blurb:  In the English society of 1768 where women are bred to marry, unattractive Alexia, just sixteen, believes she will end up alone. But on the county doorstep of a neighbor’s estate, she meets a man straight out of her nightmares, one whose blue eyes threaten to consume her whole world—especially later when she discovers him standing over her murdered host in the middle of the night. 

Among the many things to change for her that evening are: her physical appearance—from ghastly to breathtaking, an epidemic of night terrors predicting the future, and the blue-eyed man’s unexpected infusion into her life. Not only do his appearances precede tragedies, but they’re echoed by the arrival of ravenous, black-robed wraiths on moonless nights.

Unable to decide whether he is one of these monsters or protecting her from them, she uncovers what her father has been concealing: truths about her own identity, about the blue-eyed man, and about love. After an attack close to home, Alexia realizes she cannot keep one foot in her old life and one in this new world. To protect her family she must either be sold into a loveless marriage, or escape with the man of her dreams and risk becoming one of the Soulless.






                              Sounds amazing, right!










Author Bio: Crystal, author of MOONLESS, is a former composer/writer for Black Diamond Productions. She can be found practicing her brother-induced ninja skills while teaching children or madly typing about fantastic and impossible creatures. She has lived from coast to coast and now calls Florida home with her creative husband, three littles, and “friend” (a.k.a. the zombie locked in her closet). Secretly, she dreams of world domination and a bottomless supply of cheese. You can find her on her blog and Facebook, or follow her on Twitter.

❀Unleashing the dream world, one book at a time ❀ 













I can't wait to read Moonless! 

Sunshine Award

I received this Sunshine Award a while back from Tara Tyler! Thank You Tara!  I've been rather busy lately and finally found the time to show it off. 




Here are the rules:
1.Include the award’s logo in a post or on your blog. (CHECK)
2.Link to the person who nominated you. (CHECK)
3.Answer 10 questions about yourself. (CHECK)
4.Nominate 10 bloggers. (CHECK)
5.Link your nominees to the post and comment on their blogs, letting them know they have been nominated. (CHECK)

Thank you for thinking of me, Tara! 

Here are the 10 questions:
Fave color: Red
Fave animal: I love them all. I'd have to name two. Dogs and Cats.
Fave number: 3
Fave non-alcoholic drink: Chocolate Milk
Fave alcoholic drink: Southern Comfort Manhattan on the rocks--sweet! Yum!
Facebook or Twitter: I presently have both
Passions: First-God! Family and Friends!
Prefer giving or getting presents? I love to give, give, give. 
Fave city? NYC
Fave TV Shows: Supernatural, Bones, just getting into the Blacklist and Sleepy Hollow.
 Movies are my fave.



And here are ten nominees... but if you'd like to do this meme for fun, by all means, have a go!



Marissa Boglin

Nana Prah

Jodi Linton

Ashley Nixon

Marissa Bauder

Aneta Cruz

Melissa Groeling

Jami Gray

Kathy Bosman

Mere Joyce



To all my author friends, have a wonderful week!

Prah & Constantine Review: Seduced By Innocence

Nana Prah & Cathrina Constantine have reviewed this month Seduced By Innocence by Kimberly Kinrade.



This was my month to pick a novel, and it was a quick read. Kimberly Kinrade is a wonderful writer. 



The story held my interest since I'm a sucker for the strange and unknown. A coven that battles against rich and powerful shapeshifters can be thrilling. 

 The rich, bad boy shapeshifter, Derek, is extremely hot, especially when he transforms into an ominous wolf. Derek is immediately seduced by Rose's innocence leading him into uncanny trouble. The scintillating love sequences curled my hair, yet different, since the too innocent Rose, (a witch) harbors a power that could kill while mating. Derek has yet to discover this tidbit from Rose, though, he agrees with her decision to take it slow. She might be innocent, but you wouldn't know it by some of these passages. There happens to be bad blood between the coven and the shapeshifters, and neither Rose or Derek realize...oops...I don't like to post spoilers. But there is underlying intrigue. I am curious about what is going to happen between Rose and Derek, although, doubt I will read the sequel. Perhaps you'll feel differently after you read Seduced by Innocence. 



Now let's head over to Nana Prah's blog for her review.


Seduced by Innocence Blurb: 

All my life I've been told that I will kill my first love. That the dark power I harbor within myself will destroy him.


Just like it's destroyed others.

Witches take an oath to do no harm, but I broke that oath even as a child, and so I hide within the invisible walls of my strange coven, keeping everyone at a distance.

Until I meet Derek.

His magnetism draws me in even as I know I should run. But I can't run, because I need him to teach me how to defend myself and others, so I don't fall victim to the shifters out to terrorize my coven.

He can't know my secret, and I can't give in to the other need that's growing between us, the one that heats me from within whenever we're together.

But flesh is weaker than intention, and neither of us can fight the fates. If only we'd known the truth before taking that first bite of forbidden fruit.

Now it's too late.

Celebrate the Small Things

Thank you to Vikki at Scribblings of an Inspiring Author for creating this wonderful blog hop. Please press on her name to join us each week to write about any small celebrations.



I'm celebrating a week of glorious weather! It's been nicer than summertime. Warm days for hiking and cool nights for sleeping.



I'm also celebrating our Buffalo Bills for coming against last years Superbowl Champions, The Baltimore Ravens and eking by with a win!  



What are you celebrating this week? I love to read your comments.

Insecure Writer's Support Group

Thank you to the awesome Alex J. Cavanaugh and his brainchild of the IWSG! Press on Alex's name to join this wonderful group of author's that post their insecurities each month. This month Alex's co-hosts are Julie Luek, Rachna Chabria, Beverly Fox, and Ilima Todd. Alex has a big announcement for all this month!



Strictly in the writing category, this has been a month of critical and excellent reviews on my debut novel. I was thrilled to read Lynda Youngs recent blog post on how to approach our book reviews. She helped me with an attitude adjustment and to put them in prospective.



Also, I don't hear trumpets or horns blowing on becoming an author. I feel exactly the same. Inept and still floundering through my writing.



Needless to say I am very happy to have experienced my very first book signing and a a full page article in our local Bee Newspaper, picture and all. I was actually quite relaxed for the signing. Except, if it wasn't for my remarkable large family and friends, I believe only two unknown people showed for the signing.



I am excited about my new wip. By setting goals for myself I've reached the halfway point in one month's time and hoped to finish the first draft by November 1st. This is my problem, I'm one of those weird people who needs complete quiet to concentrate. And I can't just sit down and start typing away, I need to reread some of the manuscript and adjust my brain for the chapters ahead.



I need to lock myself away into a log cabin somewhere in the wilderness to be alone for a week to get something done. How do author's who have full time jobs and young families find the time to pump out books. These author's truly amaze me.



What's your writer's insecurities?

Julie Flanders Cover Reveal

I am so excited for my friend and talented author, Julie Flanders. Her second novel, The Ghosts of Aquinnah will be released from Ink Smith Publishing on December 5th!









Blurb:




A brilliant flash of light transcends through time.




Another freezes a cloaked figure within a frame of salty mist as
waves crash against a rocky shore. Her harrowing expression shadows the beacon
to a pinprick.




By the next blaze, she is gone. Only the lighthouse remains.




Hannah’s eyes blink in step with each heartbeat. Images of her
deceased parents and Martha’s Vineyard explode like firecrackers inside her
mind.




She shakes her head.




For weeks this eerie woman
dressed in nineteenth century garb has been haunting my webcam, but tonight she
stared into my soul.




Why? ...




Who is she? ...




Casting aside months of research on historic lighthouses, Hannah
drives to the coast and boards a ferry.




What is the strange connection she has to this mysterious woman
suspended in time?




Hannah finds out.




But, it’s not at all what she expects ...




Hannah unravels a century old murder.




Author Bio:




Julie Flanders is a novelist and freelance writer in Cincinnati,
Ohio. She has a life-long love affair with the ocean and has spent more summer
vacations than she can count on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. When not
writing, Julie can be found reading, cheering on her favorite sports teams, and
watching too much television. She is an animal lover and shares her home with
her dog and cat.




Find Julie at:




Website ~ Blog ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Pinterest ~ Goodreads






The Ghosts of Aquinnah will be released by Ink Smith Publishing on December 5, 2013