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admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:49:44 +0000

Amphibia Guardian of Frogs by Amber Crystal Elf

Cupid’s Choice Blog Hop

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:33:03 +0000

Are you ready for the romance?

Graylin

Six Sentence Sunday 1/29/12

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:06:23 +0000

We come to the start of another week and another Six Sentence Sunday. We continue with sentences from BLOODLINES the second story in the Summer Fae series. When we last left Matthew at the end of CONTAGION he was taken away in handcuffs. Let’s see what’s on his mind as we catch up to him six months later… (edited)

The guard walked away and Matthew was left to his own thoughts. Six months locked in a dungeon with a clear memory of her face. As angry as Tessa was, she was even more beautiful. Her fury when she met him in the clearing to have him arrested made her even more beautiful. Her pale elf skin almost glowed and he wanted to explain what had happened and tell her he loved her. He never fell out of love with her.

Remember to check out all of the wonderful posts this week at http://www.SixSunday.com.

Graylin

Romantic Times 2012

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:28:36 +0000

I got SWAG! Well, I went all nerdy and created a postcard for my titles and they are being printed now. I have to remember not to camp out by the mailbox. *twitch*

Hope to see you at the conference!

Graylin

Holy Sexy Blonde Elf

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55:07 +0000

Someone get me a fainting couch!

Graylin

Six Sentence Sunday – Bloodlines

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:20:19 +0000

Bloodlines is the second Summer Fae story. In this book we learn about Rusty’s background, get a close up look at Matthew and Greer’s relationship, and we get some moments of ass kicking. Like this:

Greer stepped through her barrier and hit her. “My father developed a spell to walk through elf magic before I was born.”

“Then we go country,” she said as she kicked him right in the crotch. He bent over gagging and gasping for air.

Matthew’s laughter reached her and she laughed as well. “Then I’ll save my energy to kick your ass human style.”

I love this story. I sent it off to my critical writing partners on Tuesday.

Graylin

New Words from the Washington Post Mensa Invitational

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:20:59 +0000

I got this in an email from my father. We are a word nerdy family.

The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. {I couldn’t find this on the Washingtonpost.com website. If you find the page where they posted this please leave it in the comments. GF}

Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus : A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.

9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon : It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido : All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect : The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

And the winners are:

1. Coffee , n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted , adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

3. Abdicate , v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. esplanade , v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly , adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent , adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.

7. Lymph , v. To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle , n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence , n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash , n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle , n. A humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude , n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon , n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster , n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism , n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent , n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men

Graylin

_ If you have ones of your own, please feel free to start a list in the comments!

Elf in Darkness

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:53:11 +0000

Mesmerizing.

Graylin

Coming Home, Your Biggest Fan, and Contagion: Summer Fae on SALE at Amazon for 99 Cents!

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:56:58 +0000

99 Cents for a short story or novella. Check out the blurbs and the excerpts and then fill up your Kindle or Kindle Fire.

Blurb:

After losing her husband and son in a car wreck, Lyn is left alone. Even though overwhelmed with grief, financial responsibilities bring her back to reality. With the decision to sell her ancestral home, Lyn is greeted by memories of childhood as she meets up with the water dryad and brownie couple, who had helped her grandmother raise her. The old plantation on the coastal marsh along the bayou of Louisiana reunites her with the joys she’d long forgotten—until she finds herself in the middle of a mysterious war.

Doors open and secrets are revealed, but will she be able to survive the nightmares she’d left behind as a child or walk away with more than she’d expected?

Excerpt and Chapter One available HERE.

Or just go to the Amazon Store right now.

Blurb:

Mary’s obsession with the boy band Caelan began in high school. She and her friends went to the shows, picked their favorite band member, and plastered their walls with posters. Mary’s obsession leaked into college but soon was placed in a box of memories as she matured, fell in love, and built a life with her husband.

But Happily Ever After is elusive. When she suffers a horrific loss, can she depend on her old dreams to salvage her mind? Can she wander through those memories and still keep reality within her grasp?

Excerpt and First Chapter Free here.

Or Just head over to Amazon Now!

Blurb:

In 2012, a flu epidemic killed millions. Among the survivors struggling to adapt, Tessa flees to her family’s cabin, only to find it already occupied…by fairies! After a companionable year with her new housemates, Tessa again has to adapt to a parade of creatures of myth and legend on her property—including a baby dragon and a tiny goblin. All the creatures aren’t so friendly, and Tessa soon learns she’s in the battle for her very life and the life of those she’s come to love. Driven by a maniacal monster with a personal grudge against Tessa, ogres hunt humans to make way for a new evil regime on Earth. Only Tessa and her small friends stand between hope and annihilation.

Excerpt and First Chapter here.

Head over to Amazon to get your own copy.

** Contagion is the first part of a series. The second book will be full novel length and I’m completing the last half of the book now.

Elf Take Me Away

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:50:38 +0000

There is something about the tattoos, dangerous look, and white hair that makes my knees weak.

Graylin