Tina's #randomwritingtweet #6 - Using "Suddenly"
After introducing the topic, I feel like saying any more is superfluous. I can sense you already smiling and nodding, but just in case...
I write the word "suddenly" and I'm suddenly thrown back to grade school. Why is that? It is a word, after all. It might be because many writers overuse it, and when they do, it's redundant. Let's have a look.
Suddenly, Jim jumped up and startled everyone.
Do you see it? Of course this happened suddenly. Someone jumping up--assuming all was calm before this--is inherently "a sudden act". Also, since everyone was startled, it also suggests that Jim's action was sudden.
I'd also like to point out that writers tend to use "suddenly", among other such words, as a way to ease into a sentence. Sometimes, a writer will use it, unwittingly, in an attempt to improve the rhythm or flow of the text. This is a valid concern, but if you are aware of an issue with the rhythm, flow, cadence, beats per sentence (writers describe it in various ways), then don't simply default to "suddenly"; try to make each words count, even if it means you have to rewrite the sentence or paragraph.
Happy Writing!
T.A.
Sunday, 11 December 2016
Tina's #randomwritingtweet #5 - Perfect Characters
Lead TV and movie actors are typically attractive. Even if the role calls for them to look like they were dragged through the mud, underneath it all, you will still detect their better attributes. Well, you are in charge of picking the cast for your book and, guess what...you will most likely have some good-looking characters.
Nothing wrong with that. The problem sets in when you paint them as so darn perfect that you've turned your character into a cliche. You don't want to sound cliche, and you don't want to lose credibility as a writer. Not only that, but the accidentally-perfect character is boring. One of the key ingredients to making a reader connect with your work is offering them characters that they can connect with. This is done in a variety of ways, and one is by revealing some vulnerability in your character. Perhaps your character doesn't even see himself/herself as good-looking. Perhaps the character has a scar that can't be missed. Perhaps the character is so insecure that they won't let anyone see them unless they have "fresh from the salon hair, name-brand clothes on, and every aspect of their face has been made-up, shaven, trimmed etc until they are virtually unreal. Or...is your book sci-fi? Is he or she actually a robot and nobody knows this yet?
We will never stop writing beautiful characters...not me...not you, but remember to make them three dimensional. Reveal their flaws, even if not physical, make them vulnerable to something--even the evil, hot-looking characters--and allow the reader to believe in your characters.
T.A.
Lead TV and movie actors are typically attractive. Even if the role calls for them to look like they were dragged through the mud, underneath it all, you will still detect their better attributes. Well, you are in charge of picking the cast for your book and, guess what...you will most likely have some good-looking characters.
Nothing wrong with that. The problem sets in when you paint them as so darn perfect that you've turned your character into a cliche. You don't want to sound cliche, and you don't want to lose credibility as a writer. Not only that, but the accidentally-perfect character is boring. One of the key ingredients to making a reader connect with your work is offering them characters that they can connect with. This is done in a variety of ways, and one is by revealing some vulnerability in your character. Perhaps your character doesn't even see himself/herself as good-looking. Perhaps the character has a scar that can't be missed. Perhaps the character is so insecure that they won't let anyone see them unless they have "fresh from the salon hair, name-brand clothes on, and every aspect of their face has been made-up, shaven, trimmed etc until they are virtually unreal. Or...is your book sci-fi? Is he or she actually a robot and nobody knows this yet?
We will never stop writing beautiful characters...not me...not you, but remember to make them three dimensional. Reveal their flaws, even if not physical, make them vulnerable to something--even the evil, hot-looking characters--and allow the reader to believe in your characters.
T.A.
Saturday, 10 December 2016
Tina's #randomwritingtweet #4 - Keep Characters In Check
The door opened. His ex stood in the doorway, arms crossed, and he jumped to his feet. "You make me want to barf."
So, there may not be anything wrong with the sentence above...if this sounds like something your guy would say.
Fiction writing can be easier than real life. You can make up worlds, people, events, dictate what people will do and how they will react, or can you? The answer is: to a point.
In writing fiction, you are at liberty to create a character, give them a dialect, a personality, a look, a history, and a purpose, but once you have done so, you cannot deviate from your creation all willy-nilly.
If you character is calm, uses words sparingly, and only uses pretentious language when he does use words, then follow through--whatever he is faced with. You may have witnessed a scene in your real life, and you might be compelled to immortalize the scene in your book, but this isn't your diary, this isn't your moment; it is your character's moment and you have to stay true to the personality you created.
With that said, there are times when you can legitimately let your character act "out of character". This, can be a smart, skillful, tool used by the author. There might be a time where your character might say or do something completely out of character--for impact. The character might have "had it", he might be at a turning point, or he might be out to rattle another character--making his reaction a tool of the character AND a tool of the author.
When writing, always ask yourself: is this something I would say, or does it just seem like a cool reaction, or would this character actually do/say this? Make sure you're staying true to your character, unless it is, as mentioned above, a deliberate decision on both your character's and your part for some purposeful effect.
T.A.
The door opened. His ex stood in the doorway, arms crossed, and he jumped to his feet. "You make me want to barf."
So, there may not be anything wrong with the sentence above...if this sounds like something your guy would say.
Fiction writing can be easier than real life. You can make up worlds, people, events, dictate what people will do and how they will react, or can you? The answer is: to a point.
In writing fiction, you are at liberty to create a character, give them a dialect, a personality, a look, a history, and a purpose, but once you have done so, you cannot deviate from your creation all willy-nilly.
If you character is calm, uses words sparingly, and only uses pretentious language when he does use words, then follow through--whatever he is faced with. You may have witnessed a scene in your real life, and you might be compelled to immortalize the scene in your book, but this isn't your diary, this isn't your moment; it is your character's moment and you have to stay true to the personality you created.
With that said, there are times when you can legitimately let your character act "out of character". This, can be a smart, skillful, tool used by the author. There might be a time where your character might say or do something completely out of character--for impact. The character might have "had it", he might be at a turning point, or he might be out to rattle another character--making his reaction a tool of the character AND a tool of the author.
When writing, always ask yourself: is this something I would say, or does it just seem like a cool reaction, or would this character actually do/say this? Make sure you're staying true to your character, unless it is, as mentioned above, a deliberate decision on both your character's and your part for some purposeful effect.
T.A.
Tina's #RandomWritingTweet #3 - Your Author's Voice...Keep Out
You want to do it. I know you wanna--but don't!
I will start by saying that there are articles and novels, written and yet to be written, in which the author has a strong voice, or the author is a legitimate character who makes what you're reading that much better, but...
There are many more examples of writing where the author set out to tell the story ONLY through the perspective of their main character, or through a few characters, but not through himself/herself. When it happens, it jars the reader and jeopardizes the relationship you've created with your reader...now good luck.
I've seen it a number of times, in editing for others, which inspired me to write this in my blog. You're reading along, no sign of the author, until *wham!* Suddenly, the author is lecturing you about something they know or feel--one of the worst cases of inappropriate author voice!
A more subtle infraction is where the author sliiiiides in a little remark that just doesn't fit. You've done such a good job with your characterization that your reader knows that the character isn't feeling this, or thinking it--or there is no way the character can even know the truth about what the author is reacting to.
In summary, it is a legitimate technique to have the author's voice in the forefront, but if this is the chosen style, then it must be consistent throughout the book; it must be done purposefully and skillfully. However, some authors slip up and insert their own voice without thinking--often due to their particular passionate stance on something being perceived by the character, or the need to be heard in a self-gratifying act of carelessness.
As the author, choose a style and stick with it because you don't want to lose credibility with your readers.
T.A.
You want to do it. I know you wanna--but don't!
I will start by saying that there are articles and novels, written and yet to be written, in which the author has a strong voice, or the author is a legitimate character who makes what you're reading that much better, but...
There are many more examples of writing where the author set out to tell the story ONLY through the perspective of their main character, or through a few characters, but not through himself/herself. When it happens, it jars the reader and jeopardizes the relationship you've created with your reader...now good luck.
I've seen it a number of times, in editing for others, which inspired me to write this in my blog. You're reading along, no sign of the author, until *wham!* Suddenly, the author is lecturing you about something they know or feel--one of the worst cases of inappropriate author voice!
A more subtle infraction is where the author sliiiiides in a little remark that just doesn't fit. You've done such a good job with your characterization that your reader knows that the character isn't feeling this, or thinking it--or there is no way the character can even know the truth about what the author is reacting to.
In summary, it is a legitimate technique to have the author's voice in the forefront, but if this is the chosen style, then it must be consistent throughout the book; it must be done purposefully and skillfully. However, some authors slip up and insert their own voice without thinking--often due to their particular passionate stance on something being perceived by the character, or the need to be heard in a self-gratifying act of carelessness.
As the author, choose a style and stick with it because you don't want to lose credibility with your readers.
T.A.
Tina's #RandomWritingTweet #2 - Annoying Waste Words
We all do it when we talk. We throw in words like "really", "just", "very" and my favourite..."actually".
But what do these words [really] add to what you're saying? In most cases, nothing. It's [actually] not that big of a deal in speech, but when you do it in writing--especially in fiction writing--for those words to be seared onto the page and copied hundreds, maybe thousands of times, it is a big deal. I know that no author sets out to weaken their writing but waste words will do it.
Have a look at the examples in my text, above. I could have used the "really" and the "actually" in those square brackets, but if I had left those words out, does the sentence suffer? No.
Tight, effective writing, does not allow for waste words. Granted, there are times when really/just/actually/very do change the meaning of what you are trying to say, or affect the cadence, or the word is being used in dialogue, which is fine as this is how people talk, but keeping these words to a minimum--and I mean to a minimum--is necessary if you are planning to submit your work to a traditional publisher, or a legitimate agency, or you simply want to your writing to be strong.
I actually, just really care very much myself. :D
We all do it when we talk. We throw in words like "really", "just", "very" and my favourite..."actually".
But what do these words [really] add to what you're saying? In most cases, nothing. It's [actually] not that big of a deal in speech, but when you do it in writing--especially in fiction writing--for those words to be seared onto the page and copied hundreds, maybe thousands of times, it is a big deal. I know that no author sets out to weaken their writing but waste words will do it.
Have a look at the examples in my text, above. I could have used the "really" and the "actually" in those square brackets, but if I had left those words out, does the sentence suffer? No.
Tight, effective writing, does not allow for waste words. Granted, there are times when really/just/actually/very do change the meaning of what you are trying to say, or affect the cadence, or the word is being used in dialogue, which is fine as this is how people talk, but keeping these words to a minimum--and I mean to a minimum--is necessary if you are planning to submit your work to a traditional publisher, or a legitimate agency, or you simply want to your writing to be strong.
I actually, just really care very much myself. :D
Random Writing Tweet #1. Regard vs Regards
It might be one of my lesser mission in life, but it's a mission, nonetheless, to spread the word that the phrase "in regards to" is NOT correct. Almost everybody out there has, at some time, laughed derisively about people who say "irregardless"--yet these same people, whether they are coworkers, managers, or the president of a company, will blurt out "in regards to". I have even seen a publisher use this incorrect phrase on their website. I believe it said something like: "In regards to submissions..." Argh!
So, let's start another movement - like the one for irregardless - and inform the world that the correct phrase is "in regard to". Sounds weird at first, right? I promise it gets easier.
Here is an easy way to remember what is correct: unless you are giving your regards, the correct word, in almost all cases, is regard.
Kind Regards,
Tina Amiri :)
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Caliburn Blog Hop
H
i all!!
Welcome to the Caliburn Press Blog Hop!!! Below you will find some of our books by some great authors. Please check them out. Don’t forget to follow the blog links below for more blogs and giveaways.
JJ Fowler
The Longest Midnight
The Earth is dead, long ago ruined in the fires of the war - a war without end. Humanity now fights extinction from the legions of the ravenous dead. These dead warriors change, they adapt, they fight back with our weapons, mimic our tactics, and even speak in our tongue. In a sign of desperation, a small group of human soldiers sets off into the unknown for answers to the dead's uncanny ability to learn and organize and kill. They hope to return with something that will turn the tide in humanity's favor. But is there even a tide to turn? Most humans can only wait and look up into the blackened sky, a sky without sun, a sky they call The Longest Midnight.
Link: Coming Soon.
Barbara Custer
When Blood Reigns.
Marked for death, Alexis holes up in a safehouse with her lover Yeron and four survivors of a zombie invasion. She’s searching for the compound where Kryszka renegades are making a chemical to induce a zombie-like state. Despite frequent assaults by ravenous walkers, subtle dangers such as hidden cameras elude Alexis. She never realizes until too late that the renegade soldiers have been tracking her.
Link: Coming soon.
Marti Boshers
Sophie's seemingly ordinary life is about to be replaced with one full of chaos when she travels to an immortal realm for protection. She discovers she is part faery and part witch, but she is more powerful than either. She soon realizes she will have to protect her family, friends, and this new world she has come to love. She will sacrifice everything and never give up hope. She finds family, love, and power, but she also finds betrayal and murder. Will she rise to the challenge set before her or fall beneath the ashes of what she is destined to save.
Link: Coming Soon
S.A. Hunter
Elanraigh: The Vow
Thera doesn’t know why the Elanraigh Forest-Mind chose her, of all the Allenholme folk, to hear its voice and to awaken her gifts of mind and spirit. The Elanraigh sends a warning dream—black sails swooping toward Allenholme from across the western sea—the Memteth, an ancient enemy, armed with blue fire that hungers to consume life.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Elanraigh-Vow-S-Hunter-ebook/dp/B0075XGQSU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198458&sr=8-1&keywords=Elanraigh%3A+The+Vow
Chuck Daukas: A Little Night Fishing
"Hidden by the sea and the fog, he watches. His lust for human flesh has sprouted and grown over a preternaturally long life. Now his hunger is insatiable and he will hide no longer.
On shore, a young, bumbling security guard barely escapes a mind-wrenching encounter, only to find himself all that stands between the thing and humanity - and a multiplying horror that is closer to us than we are to ourselves."
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Night-Fishing-Chuck-Daukas-ebook/dp/B00L5UDUOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198395&sr=8-1&keywords=chuck+daukas
Barbara Winkes
Amber Alert
When her two-year-old niece is kidnapped, Major Crimes Detective Ann McCoy uses every bit of leverage she has with Agent Cal Davis to stay on the case. The girl's parents, Ann’s sister and her wife, are desperate for answers.
While the investigators look at the disturbing possibilities, a pattern emerges. They find an organization hidden in plain sight that has no boundaries when it comes to pushing their agenda-
even at the cost of harming families and children.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Amber-Alert-Barbara-Winkes-ebook/dp/B01BE15V3Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198333&sr=8-4&keywords=barbara+winkes
Julia French
Hill Magick
Seeking escape from her abusive husband, aspiring columnist Rachel Jeffries travels into the hill country of Massachusetts, where she is saved from certain death by self-taught folk healer True Gannett. Armed only with his great grandfather's knowledge, can True protect himself and Rachel and stop the swath of destruction started by the powerful magician Joshua Lambrecht and his obnoxious familiar?
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Hill-Magick-Julia-French-ebook/dp/B00D5X37SQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198244&sr=8-1&keywords=hill+magick
Frank Julius Palumbo:
The Enochian Wars: Armageddon Unleashed
Planet Nibiru has returned from its twelve thousand year orbit, and its inhabitants, a race of advanced winged gargoyles, will again rule Earth as Gods. Humanity's harvest has begun.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Enochian-Wars-Armageddon-Unleashed/dp/1944579060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198186&sr=8-1&keywords=frank+julius+palumbo
Sandie Will
The Caging at Deadwater Manor
On a cold, January evening, fourteen-year-old Jeannie Kynde is told that her beloved mother drowned in the murky waters along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her distraught father turns on Jeannie, no longer the caring father she once knew. Four years later, Jeannie is finally old enough to escape her father’s clutches, but he has different plans. He imprisons her at Deadwater Manor, a psychiatric hospital with an unscrupulous past. Will she be locked away forever?
BLynn Goodwin
Talent
Fifteen-and-a-half-year-old Sandee Mason wants to find her talent, get her driver’s license, and stop living in the shadow of her big brother, who disappeared while serving in Afghanistan. She tries out for the school musical, but is assigned to a job that might be better than any role. Everything changes after her dad picks her up following a Saturday work day, and I can’t tell you the rest without spoilers. If you check the reviews on Amazon, you’ll see that it’s well worth your time.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Talent-B-Goodwin-ebook/dp/B0182N1PZA/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461198018&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=BLynn+Goodwin
Tina Amiri
Whatever the Impulse
When There’s Nowhere To Go But Too Far..
With his sole guardian turned stalker and the police on the wrong side, 19-year-old Night has little choice but to enter into an elaborate ruse in exchange for refuge. Despite his oppressive, isolated past, fulfilling his dying mentor’s grand expectations is achievable for prodigious Night, but threats and temptations abound. As Night’s power increases, will he be able to control his feral impulses, and more importantly, will he care?
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Impulse-Tina-Amiri-ebook/dp/B01BLX43GQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461197958&sr=1-1&keywords=tina+amiri
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/whatever-the-impulse/9781944579623-item.html?ikwid=Whatever+The+Impulse&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0
Michael Penny
The nations of Daern are being torn apart. Old enemies are watching their borders, leering through a thin veneer of peace. The nobles search for weaknesses among their rivals, even as their castles crumble around them. And hungry spirits creep into the souls of mortals, whispering of more horrors still to come. At the edge of civilization, four lives collide in this world where mercy has become a luxury few can afford and life is often cheap. Can they survive under the pressure of forces they barely understand?
http://storyinprogress-daern.tumblr.com/
Jodie Pierce
The Vampire Queen (book 1 of 3-trilogy)
A young woman awakes to find out not only is she an important Countess but she is also the very first or 'Ancient One' as she is called by her subjects. Her memories of being a vampire or anyone are gone so she must relearn everything (from spells to flying) from the people around her, but can they be trusted? She also learns her main objective as the old Countess was purifying the vampire race and wishes to continue with that work. The 'Others', powerful and evil vampires, attempt to use her memory loss to their advantage. They had been trying to entice her to their side for centuries. Struggling to remember her past, battling the 'Others' and coping with her new life keep the Countess busy throughout this spellbinding and thrilling novel. Will she succeed in her goals or will the 'Others' win her over to their side this time around?
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Queen-Jodie-Pierce-ebook/dp/B004V9Z768/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461197638&sr=1-1&keywords=jodie+pierce
Angela Page
Matched in Heaven
Heaven may not be what you imagine.
Jake and Mimi are dead and riddled with guilt. They play matchmaker for their spouses on Earth with the help Marcel, a disgraced priest. A May/December romance blossoms for Samantha and Syd on Earth until fate steps in.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Matched-Heaven-Angela-Page-ebook/dp/B0161XSE9I/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461197573&sr=1-1&keywords=matched+in+heaven
Thank you for visiting my blog and don’t forget to check out the other ones on this blog tour. You can find the links below:
5/1 www.jjfowlerpad.com
5/1 www.itsanovelthing.blogspot.com
5/1 www.barkleysbaddogadventures.wordpress.com
5/1 www.sandiewill.com
5/1 www.matchedinheaven.net
5/1 www.jodiepierceauthor.blogspot.com
5/2 www.bloodredshadow.com
5/2 www.barbarawinkes.blogspot.ca
5/3 www.blynngoodwin.com
5/4 www.whatevertheimpulse.blogspot.ca
5/4 www.kissedbyliterature.blogspot.com
5/7 www.frankjuliuspalumbo.wordpress.com
5/7 www.storyinprogress.daem.tumblr.com
5/7 www.sandrahunter.blogspot.ca
5/7 www.juliafrenchbooks.wordpress.com
**GIVEAWAY** (See Whatever The Impulse Challenge...)
Hi Caliburn Visitors,
Here is a challenge that can earn you a $10 gift card from Amazon. What my book trailer video and pretend you are a script supervisor (that is someone's job on a TV/film set to ensure that there are no inconsistencies on the set) and see if you can find the obvious clanger that arose out of some technical problems we were having on the set during the filming of this video. First person to find it gets a $10 GIFT CARD from Amazon. Hint...it's in the beginning-middle!
Enjoy the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5g9nAFSdhM
Tina Amiri
Author of Whatever The Impulse
i all!!
Welcome to the Caliburn Press Blog Hop!!! Below you will find some of our books by some great authors. Please check them out. Don’t forget to follow the blog links below for more blogs and giveaways.
JJ Fowler
The Longest Midnight
The Earth is dead, long ago ruined in the fires of the war - a war without end. Humanity now fights extinction from the legions of the ravenous dead. These dead warriors change, they adapt, they fight back with our weapons, mimic our tactics, and even speak in our tongue. In a sign of desperation, a small group of human soldiers sets off into the unknown for answers to the dead's uncanny ability to learn and organize and kill. They hope to return with something that will turn the tide in humanity's favor. But is there even a tide to turn? Most humans can only wait and look up into the blackened sky, a sky without sun, a sky they call The Longest Midnight.
Link: Coming Soon.
Barbara Custer
When Blood Reigns.
Marked for death, Alexis holes up in a safehouse with her lover Yeron and four survivors of a zombie invasion. She’s searching for the compound where Kryszka renegades are making a chemical to induce a zombie-like state. Despite frequent assaults by ravenous walkers, subtle dangers such as hidden cameras elude Alexis. She never realizes until too late that the renegade soldiers have been tracking her.
Link: Coming soon.
Marti Boshers
Sophie's seemingly ordinary life is about to be replaced with one full of chaos when she travels to an immortal realm for protection. She discovers she is part faery and part witch, but she is more powerful than either. She soon realizes she will have to protect her family, friends, and this new world she has come to love. She will sacrifice everything and never give up hope. She finds family, love, and power, but she also finds betrayal and murder. Will she rise to the challenge set before her or fall beneath the ashes of what she is destined to save.
Link: Coming Soon
S.A. Hunter
Elanraigh: The Vow
Thera doesn’t know why the Elanraigh Forest-Mind chose her, of all the Allenholme folk, to hear its voice and to awaken her gifts of mind and spirit. The Elanraigh sends a warning dream—black sails swooping toward Allenholme from across the western sea—the Memteth, an ancient enemy, armed with blue fire that hungers to consume life.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Elanraigh-Vow-S-Hunter-ebook/dp/B0075XGQSU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198458&sr=8-1&keywords=Elanraigh%3A+The+Vow
Chuck Daukas: A Little Night Fishing
"Hidden by the sea and the fog, he watches. His lust for human flesh has sprouted and grown over a preternaturally long life. Now his hunger is insatiable and he will hide no longer.
On shore, a young, bumbling security guard barely escapes a mind-wrenching encounter, only to find himself all that stands between the thing and humanity - and a multiplying horror that is closer to us than we are to ourselves."
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Night-Fishing-Chuck-Daukas-ebook/dp/B00L5UDUOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198395&sr=8-1&keywords=chuck+daukas
Barbara Winkes
Amber Alert
When her two-year-old niece is kidnapped, Major Crimes Detective Ann McCoy uses every bit of leverage she has with Agent Cal Davis to stay on the case. The girl's parents, Ann’s sister and her wife, are desperate for answers.
While the investigators look at the disturbing possibilities, a pattern emerges. They find an organization hidden in plain sight that has no boundaries when it comes to pushing their agenda-
even at the cost of harming families and children.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Amber-Alert-Barbara-Winkes-ebook/dp/B01BE15V3Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198333&sr=8-4&keywords=barbara+winkes
Julia French
Hill Magick
Seeking escape from her abusive husband, aspiring columnist Rachel Jeffries travels into the hill country of Massachusetts, where she is saved from certain death by self-taught folk healer True Gannett. Armed only with his great grandfather's knowledge, can True protect himself and Rachel and stop the swath of destruction started by the powerful magician Joshua Lambrecht and his obnoxious familiar?
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Hill-Magick-Julia-French-ebook/dp/B00D5X37SQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198244&sr=8-1&keywords=hill+magick
Frank Julius Palumbo:
The Enochian Wars: Armageddon Unleashed
Planet Nibiru has returned from its twelve thousand year orbit, and its inhabitants, a race of advanced winged gargoyles, will again rule Earth as Gods. Humanity's harvest has begun.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Enochian-Wars-Armageddon-Unleashed/dp/1944579060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461198186&sr=8-1&keywords=frank+julius+palumbo
Sandie Will
The Caging at Deadwater Manor
On a cold, January evening, fourteen-year-old Jeannie Kynde is told that her beloved mother drowned in the murky waters along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her distraught father turns on Jeannie, no longer the caring father she once knew. Four years later, Jeannie is finally old enough to escape her father’s clutches, but he has different plans. He imprisons her at Deadwater Manor, a psychiatric hospital with an unscrupulous past. Will she be locked away forever?
BLynn Goodwin
Talent
Fifteen-and-a-half-year-old Sandee Mason wants to find her talent, get her driver’s license, and stop living in the shadow of her big brother, who disappeared while serving in Afghanistan. She tries out for the school musical, but is assigned to a job that might be better than any role. Everything changes after her dad picks her up following a Saturday work day, and I can’t tell you the rest without spoilers. If you check the reviews on Amazon, you’ll see that it’s well worth your time.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Talent-B-Goodwin-ebook/dp/B0182N1PZA/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461198018&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=BLynn+Goodwin
Tina Amiri
Whatever the Impulse
When There’s Nowhere To Go But Too Far..
With his sole guardian turned stalker and the police on the wrong side, 19-year-old Night has little choice but to enter into an elaborate ruse in exchange for refuge. Despite his oppressive, isolated past, fulfilling his dying mentor’s grand expectations is achievable for prodigious Night, but threats and temptations abound. As Night’s power increases, will he be able to control his feral impulses, and more importantly, will he care?
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Impulse-Tina-Amiri-ebook/dp/B01BLX43GQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461197958&sr=1-1&keywords=tina+amiri
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Michael Penny
The nations of Daern are being torn apart. Old enemies are watching their borders, leering through a thin veneer of peace. The nobles search for weaknesses among their rivals, even as their castles crumble around them. And hungry spirits creep into the souls of mortals, whispering of more horrors still to come. At the edge of civilization, four lives collide in this world where mercy has become a luxury few can afford and life is often cheap. Can they survive under the pressure of forces they barely understand?
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Jodie Pierce
The Vampire Queen (book 1 of 3-trilogy)
A young woman awakes to find out not only is she an important Countess but she is also the very first or 'Ancient One' as she is called by her subjects. Her memories of being a vampire or anyone are gone so she must relearn everything (from spells to flying) from the people around her, but can they be trusted? She also learns her main objective as the old Countess was purifying the vampire race and wishes to continue with that work. The 'Others', powerful and evil vampires, attempt to use her memory loss to their advantage. They had been trying to entice her to their side for centuries. Struggling to remember her past, battling the 'Others' and coping with her new life keep the Countess busy throughout this spellbinding and thrilling novel. Will she succeed in her goals or will the 'Others' win her over to their side this time around?
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Queen-Jodie-Pierce-ebook/dp/B004V9Z768/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461197638&sr=1-1&keywords=jodie+pierce
Angela Page
Matched in Heaven
Heaven may not be what you imagine.
Jake and Mimi are dead and riddled with guilt. They play matchmaker for their spouses on Earth with the help Marcel, a disgraced priest. A May/December romance blossoms for Samantha and Syd on Earth until fate steps in.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Matched-Heaven-Angela-Page-ebook/dp/B0161XSE9I/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461197573&sr=1-1&keywords=matched+in+heaven
Thank you for visiting my blog and don’t forget to check out the other ones on this blog tour. You can find the links below:
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5/2 www.barbarawinkes.blogspot.ca
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**GIVEAWAY** (See Whatever The Impulse Challenge...)
Hi Caliburn Visitors,
Here is a challenge that can earn you a $10 gift card from Amazon. What my book trailer video and pretend you are a script supervisor (that is someone's job on a TV/film set to ensure that there are no inconsistencies on the set) and see if you can find the obvious clanger that arose out of some technical problems we were having on the set during the filming of this video. First person to find it gets a $10 GIFT CARD from Amazon. Hint...it's in the beginning-middle!
Enjoy the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5g9nAFSdhM
Tina Amiri
Author of Whatever The Impulse
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