Guest Blogging

Today I'm blogging about my trouble with "firsts" over at YA Outside The Lines, but I'm hosting Laurie Faria Stolarz here. Her latest installment in the TOUCH series is on bookstore shelves now. Leave a comment to win a copy!

How to bring your psychometric senses tofruition By Camelia Hammond, main character, TOUCH series by Laurie FariaStolarz

1. Make yourself comfortable in a place that feels "sacred"to you. For some it's outside, surrounded by nature; for others it's a favoritechair or surrounded by candles; for me, it's wherever I'm doing pottery.
2. Close your eyes and concentrate on your breath, letting go of any stray ornervous thoughts.
3. Now, take an object in your hand. A good idea is to have someone give yousomething they've owned for a long time, i.e. a favorite bracelet or a set ofkeys.
4. Close your eyes again and concentrate on this object. Be aware of anythoughts or feelings that come about as a result of holding this object. Talkthose ideas through, even if they seem silly or insignificant, but never makeinformation up. Remember, this takes practice and a bit of experimenting.The goal is to begin tuning in to your own inner awareness and your ability ofperception. What often works for me is asking a question aloud, and thensculpting out the answer, using my power of touch in a creative and organicway. Good Luck!For more information, go here: www.lauriestolarz.com
 About Deadly Little Voices:


Camelia Hammondthought her powers of psychometry gave her only the ability to sense the futurethrough touch. But now she's started to hear voices. Cruel voices. Beratingher, telling her how ugly she is, that she has no talent, and that she'd bebetter off dead. Camelia is terrified for her mental stability, especiallysince her deranged aunt with a suicidal history, has just moved into the house.As if all of that weren't torturing enough, Camelia's ex-boyfriend, Ben, forwhom she still harbors feelings and who has similar psychometric abilities, hasstarted seeing someone else. Even her closest friends, Kimmie and Wes, are unsurehow to handle her erratic behavior.With the line betweenreality and dream consistently blurred, Camelia turns to pottery to get a gripon her emotions. She begins sculpting a figure skater, only to receivefrightening premonitions that someone's in danger. But who is the intendedvictim? And how can Camelia help that person when she's on the brink of losingher own sanity?
More About Laurie:
LaurieFaria Stolarz is the author of DeadlyLittle Secret, Deadly Little Lies,Deadly Little Games, Deadly Little Voices, Project 17, and Bleed, as well as the bestselling Blue is for Nightmares series.  Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Stolarz attendedMerrimack College and received an MFA in creative writing from Emerson Collegein Boston. For more information, please visit her Web site at www.lauriestolarz.com.
Leave a comment to win a copy of Deadly Little Voices! Or if you're new to the series, I'll send you a copy of the first title. Contest ends at midnight on January 15th.