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About the Book: Twelve years on the prison planet Erebus makes a man long for death. The worst part for Tannin Everette is that he was framed for murder. He’s innocent. When the ship Imojenna lands for emergency repairs, Tannin risks everything to escape…only to find himself face to face with the captain’s undeniably gorgeous sister. Zahli Sherron isn’t planning on turning Tannin in. In fact, she actually believes him. Sure, he’s sexy as every kind of sin, but he’s no criminal—so she hides him. But no one escapes from Erebus and lives to tell about it. With every day that passes, Zahli further risks the lives of the entire crew…even as she falls in love with a man she can never have for herself. Find it online: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | Goodreads Author Info: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Newsletter Angeli by Jody Wallace, on sale for just 99¢! About the Book: He’s no angel… Gregori’s last mission is to protect Earth from the demons threatening to take control. He doesn’t care if he survives as long as he averts the impending apocalypse—until he meets Adelita, a human refugee, whose spirit and determination give him a renewed reason to fight. And live. He’s falling for her, despite the fact he’s told her nothing but lies and there can’t possibly be a future for them. Adelita can hardly believe the archangel Gregori, sent to defend mankind, has lost his faith and his edge. After he rescues her from a demon attack, she vows to help him recover both by any means necessary. But can she keep her own faith when she learns the truth about who and what Gregori really is? Find it online: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | Goodreads Author Info: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Newsletter The Descartes Legacy by Nina Croft About the Book: Her truth is more deadly than his revenge… Lucas Grafton has spent the last ten years hunting the Conclave, a secret organization that took everything from him: his wife, his child, his very identity. Now he has a lead—an imminent terrorist attack on London, code-named Descartes. Born with a genetic illness, Jenna Young has always known she was different. But the unexpected death of her father catapults her into a world she never expected. In order to stay alive, she must solve a twenty-five year old mystery. Her only ally is a hard, bitter man in search of retribution, her only clue the Descartes Highlands, an area on the near side of the moon. Luke’s need for revenge collides with Jenna’s hunt for the past, and together they must stand against the Conclave. They must do this while uncovering the truth behind Jenna’s illness, a truth that will make Jenna question her humanity. Find it online: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | Goodreads Author Info: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Newsletter Moonlight by Lisa Kessler About the Book: Embrace your destiny… Rancher Adam Sloan is more than meets the eye. As the heir to his Pack, the sexy werewolf’s biggest challenge is keeping his kin’s true nature under wraps. But a group of jaguar shifters threatens to reveal the pack, blasting into town killing humans in plain sight. And when he smells one at the local diner, his standing orders are to take her out. Lana Turpin doesn’t realize she’s a moving target. Raised in the foster system, she only knows that she blacks out during the new moon and wakes up without remembering a thing. But now she’s being tracked by some strange organization that wants her back–even though she’s never stepped foot inside their compound. And the stranger across the diner is watching her like an enemy. It should be a simple mission for Adam, but when he touches the frustratingly beautiful Lana, his inner wolf howls…mate. Now, the two must find and stop the people who hunt her…and Adam must keep his own family from killing the only woman he will ever love. Find it online: Amazon | B&N | iTunes | Goodreads Author Info: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Newsletter Giveaway: Link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1cb55495885/?
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We are one week in, and I am already blown away. I'm a teacher. This year, for the first time, I am teaching a creative writing class. There is no text book, no sylabus, no guidelines. I'm starting from scratch. I figured my first challenge would be to find a way for my students to simply get something on paper. Anything on paper. I was wrong. The dove right in. On the very first day, I assured the students that everyone has a story. I wasn't sure if I believed it myself, but I wanted them to believe it. They did. In fact, they convinced me. Already. And we are only one week in. Each teenager captured a story and poured it out on the paper along with little pieces of their souls. Beautiful. This class landed in my lap because I was the only one on staff who wanted to teach it. (Well, that and the fact that I begged for it.) Other teachers commented on how they can't stand teaching creative writing because they have to wade through so many bad stories. We are one week in. So far, no one has written a bad story. I've seen plenty of grammar errors and comma splices and uncapitalized names, but not one bad story. What I've seen instead is natural comedic timing, raw emotion, real tears, and full characters. It scares me and here's why. We have yet to actually talk about how to write a story. They don't really know what they are doing. They are just writing. Believe me, I'm not claiming to have a classroom full of natural-born Hemmingways. There is a lot of work to be done. What I am saying is that these kids, when left to imagine and create, come up with real, raw stuff. I'm afraid of what will happen when we start applying the confines of proper exposition and character arc and dialogue tags and all that. I'm terrified that I'll douse their passions and silence their voices. We are one week in and I've already learned that real and raw is better than formulaic and contrived. That, when it comes to writing, following your heart beats following the rules. That when you try to hard to sound like a writer, you aren't really writing at all. You are just trying to sound like one. It seems the first lesson was for me. It also seems that I've got a lot to learn. |
AuthorDee Linn loves words. When she was in the third grade, her exasperated teacher told her she'd probably talk to a pole, if she happen to be sitting beside it. Not much has changed except that now she says it in writing. She is a single mom of four, a teacher of teens, a cheater at board games, and a lover of life. She's a Kansas girl, but travels to all kinds of places in her head with characters living there, some of which she's sure she's created. Some, she's not sure how they got there. But they are way more interesting to talk to than a pole. Archives
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