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Behind Locked Doors: First Kiss/Last Kiss ~ by Nina Soden

Posted: August 25, 2014 in Announcements, Blog Tour Hosting, cover reveal, Recommended Reading
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She is not ‘just a girl’ by any stretch of the imagination. When she walks on stage everyone screams with anticipation. Stepping up to the mic she feels the power radiating from the crowd—she sees the fire and longing burning in their eyes—She hears their hearts skip a beat and their breathing quicken with excitement. They have come for her, and she is ready to give herself over to them completely.

She sang—waiting for him to come—hoping he would. Then she saw him. Black hair and bright blue eyes. She would know him anywhere! She could smell him moments before he appeared and now to have him in the room—she almost couldn’t control herself. Their eyes connected and she watched, as he move through the crowd. When the song was over and the crowds’ shouts were muffled she excused herself from the stage.

They met in the center of the dance floor with hundreds of people around them, and yet they felt like they were the only two people alive. On one knee he looked up at her deep, chocolate brown eyes and confessed his hearts desires. “My heart in your hands I place. Please treat it with care and no disgrace. My love for you will forever be. Until the end of time and throughout eternity.” Her heart sank and she melted into his arms. She wanted nothing more than an eternity with him.

They shared their first and last kiss. When he finally let go and pulled away her eyes burned red. A smile of sadness revealed her fangs, and then in a second they bore into his skin. Tears fell from her eyes and a cry from his heart… “I know you can’t help it my love. Please don’t cry for me now.”

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The Mountain

Posted: August 15, 2014 in Announcements, Blog Tour Hosting, cover reveal, Recommended Reading
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The Mountain2The exciting sequel to Incursion…

1942 – When allied intelligence discovers that the Germans are planning to secretly send a team to Tibet to look for an ancient and mysterious power source, they rush to stop them. Special Operations Executive agents, Captain James Shaw and Sergeant Duncan Bruce pick up the trail of the German team who are being aided by an exiled Afghan prince. However, they soon run up against a Tibetan secret society that has vowed to stop any foreigners from finding out the truth about what was hidden long ago in a sacred cave atop a tall, frozen, wind-swept mountain. Locked in a deadly race, Shaw and Bruce come to realize that something else is out there hidden in the blinding snow, something that is hunting them.

When night falls…the terror returns.

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Thinking Prompt!

Posted: August 1, 2014 in Announcements
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Something new today.

Writing and polishing and publishing and marketing is a LOT of work. Some of it is painful, some of it is inspired, some of it is an adventure…all of it is necessary and there are never enough hours in the day. Ever feel that way?

Piece of cake, piece of pie

Slap a tiger, poke him in the eye

Draw a circle and get ready to run

Chasing your own tale can be lots of fun!

What it means to me, from my perspective as a publishing consultant, trainer, and editor in my work and as an author that understands both sides of the table, is this:

Editing is structured, I know what my job is and how to do it…it’s easy because I have the tools and the experience. Teaching authors how to publish and market their work and set up their author platforms is easy, because I know what needs to be done and how to help them along the way. My job is easy, yet challenging, and I’m incredibly lucky to do what I love and work with amazing people every day.

But, it’s not easy for the one in the hot seat, so to speak. They go over the editing work–highlighted mistakes they never expected to see; or learn about the work ahead of them–like writing a 400 character or less description of their 4 year long writing project; and all the marketing work to be done–to hopefully sell some books, potentially never enough to quit our day jobs.

During the process, we can all have moments where we take information really hard, become discouraged. When I see my clients feeling discouraged or overwhelmed, I just want to hug them and tell them it will be okay, wish away their insecurities and remind them that they are amazing for their imagination, creative skills, and talent and I admire their desire and willingness to do something beautiful with it. They are brave and bold…and chasing your own tale is worth it!

My hope is to inspire and encourage you to just think about the dream and let the work of it all fade into the background long enough so you can only remember and appreciate why you are working as hard as you are. Then share how that feels to help inspire others too…pay it forward.

Take a moment and think about where you are in the process with your book and in working to realize your dreams of being a successfully published author, then share what this poem said to you. You are invited to share that or add on to the poem or both!

I have a $3 Amazon gift card for the person who adds 4 more lines to this poem and gets the most LIKEs on this page by the end of August 2014.

(US Amazon site only, sorry. Blame that on the internet.)

 

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