Wendy Knight

Allow me to introduce you to Wendy Knight. She has a book called Feudlings coming out with Astraea Press, Click HERE to buy. Here's the low down on this awesome author and the first in her new series.

Nothing makes a new school suck worse than discovering the guy you’re in love with is your prophesied nemesis.

Ari is the most powerful flame-throwing sorceress ever, and her people’s last hope in an ancient war. But she’s also a seventeen-year-old girl, and in her free, not-hunting-nemesis times, she jumps from school to school, trying to figure out regular people her own age and pretending she’ll get the chance to graduate.

Shane lives a double life. He goes to school and masters the art of popularity, hiding the fact that he has a fate with a slim chance of his survival. He’s destined to end a 300 year-old war by killing or being killed. He knows he’s hunted by a powerful enemy who’s not afraid to die. Only problem? He has no idea who that enemy is.

When Ari shows up at Shane’s school, angry and sullen and determined to keep him at arm’s reach, neither of them realize they are supposed to be killing each other, not fall-ing in love. Until Ari does realize it, and she almost dies – by Shane’s hand

Wendy Knight was born and raised in Utah by a wonderful family who spoiled her rotten because she was the baby. Now she spends her time driving her husband crazy with her many eccentricities (no water after five, terror when faced with a live phone call, etcetera, etcetera). She also enjoys chasing her three adorable kids, playing tennis, watching football, reading, and hiking. Camping is also big: her family is slowly working toward a goal of seeing all the National Parks in the U.S.

You can usually find her with at least one Pepsi nearby, wearing ridiculously high heel for whatever the occasion may be. And if everything works out just right, she will also be writing

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Abandoned

There is something really beautiful about abandoned and dilapidated, made-by man things isn't there?
This slide show on the weather.com site got me thinking.
I remembered these images too. sorta zombie apocalypse--y aren't they? :)

I remember looking through an abandoned building up the canyon from my house as a child. I thought it was more magical than scary. What about you? Have you wondered though long forgotten places? What did you think of them?                                                         

Save The Date

Do you like going to writing conferences? Do you like to keep some cash in your wallet? Do you like to learn hands on and practice as you are being taught? Great! Me too.

Music, Thoughts, and Color

I know it's not Friday but I couldn't wait and it seems that I've been absent long enough that perhaps the rules are more like guidelines? Yes? I think so too.

These are favorites for me lately. Yeah, I'm one of those people who can listen to the same song on repeat over and over, all day. Are you?

Here's three of my long list of current favorites.

So while I'm working on revising Damnation and finishing Finished--needs a better name. I've been reading a lot. I think I've already logged about 20 books for this month.. But a couple of my favorites are these:

 And this idea has me thinking of a way to implement something similar in my own house.

I saw this on pinterest and its from getyourgreenon.wordpress.com I love the idea, though perhaps in another color with another word. . . I'll keep you updated.

Winner

Gayle you won!

Send me your address and I'll ship it out. :)
Deanna-henderson@hotmail.com

Such a long time!

Sorry to y'all out there in blogger world, I've been MIA for a while---two months now. So here's a recap/my excuse for blog silence.

A) The CRAZIEST move I've ever had, and I've moved quite a bunch. In short, we were bunking in with relatives for two and a half weeks over thanksgiving and while I was out of town(more on that part later).

B) Thanksgiving/Christmas and a Wedding. My only other sibling got married on New Years Eve to a great guy she's dated for 7 years. It was happy, crazy, wonderful---more later too.

C) My Grand Dad on my fathers side passed. He had suffered with Cerebellar Ataxia, and more recently was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

But now, I recommit to a semi-regular blog presence. To review, I blog on books, writing, authors I admire, music I like, occasionally home decor, cooking, family stuff, and gardening/outdoors and travel. Pretty much, if it interests me I'll throw in on.

Since I've been absent I thought I'd start with a book giveaway. 

TO WIN:
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The book is a signed copy of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld.

You have until Sunday, January 13th to enter
Winner will be announced on Monday the 14th