Xander Stryker wants to die. Ever since witnessing his mother’s murder at the hands of his abusive stepfather when he was a boy, he has spent every day trying to reach that goal. But every night he’s denied the death he craves. When his eighteenth birthday approaches,an unforeseen chance for change is offered when his life is plunged into chaos and he’s dragged into a supernatural world of vampires and other creatures of darkness. Caught in the depths of this new reality, mysteries of hissupernatural lineage begin to unravel and Xander is given the ultimate choice: Continue on with his wretched life or begin a new one as the vampire he was always meant to be. Unfortunately, the supernatural world can be just as unforgiving and brutal as any other and Xander’s choice is met with disastrous consequences. Now, with the chaos of the new world pressing down on him, his past reemerges and once again threatens to crush him. Will Xander be able to use his new strength to conquer his fears, or will he succumb to his own bloody darkness…

…and allow it to finally destroy him.

I want to start out saying I rated this 3 stars because it really wasn’t my thing. But it had the makings of a good book and people will enjoy this, I just don’t. So this may very be a five star read for most people out there. Now that being said, I am going to say different is good, and this is a good book. It just didn’t grab me. However the graphic imagery was a nice change, so many people are tending to shy away from graphic scenes in most main stream fiction. Xander’s story is filled with pain and emotion and end the end growth all the great things for a book. Nice fight scenes. Why wasn’t this book for me? Can’t really say, but it didn’t grab me at this point in time. I was waiting for something to grab my love, but it just did not happen. It could be because I am vampire burned out (which I don’t think is possible I have studied vampire lore for years on my own time) But it just wasn’t my read. The issues that Xander faces affect people every day in the real world. And I would suggest giving it a try, but it is dark and not for the faint of heart. This is one of those that you hit or miss… and it could be one that in 2 years I will go back and read again and love (which has happened with more than one book) but for the time being, though it is perfectly written it was just not my cuppa tea.

“Even the divine have a dark side…”
Take a journey into a world where the forgotten reign as King and Queen. Explore a “reality” where the divine give meaning and substance to the concept of IMMORTALITY. These menacing tales feature beings of divinity from angels, demons, gods, goddesses, to personifications of divine principals. No other worldly being is safe. The sparkly undead and wild shaggy dogs have no place in this anthology of dark proportions. ..
Can you handle it?

Morbid Seraphic, was an amazing read! I really enjoyed it. I am a big fan of good v. evil, I tend to write darker, so thus I tend to read good v. evil when I read the supernatural genre. Haven’t been reading for a while because I have been working on my own books, but I am glad I read this. Each story is written by a different author and each story unique and dark, and perfect for someone who enjoys short stories. Read one and then come back for more later. I am looking forward to seeing more books like this one; I love darker elements in writing. “The Demon’s Playground” by Amanda R. Browning was one of my faves. I would urge you if you are not of the faint of heart and like tales with a darker twist to check this out!!!

So I posted some drawings on facebook today (not the best I know but hey I am learning)  Here they are and later tonight I will explain them all (the bottom one the one holding the mallet that is how I picture Kari from A Guardian’s Life back in 1491 so… the other two will be explained with excepts from my book!!!!  I am in the process of cleaning up the 1st draft so yay!!!! 

Okay so I am having a contest for an ebook copy of Truth and Lies Past and Present (If you have that you can get a copy of A Nightmare Within A Dream!)  You can have a pdf. file a kindle file or a epub file.  Check out the Contest page for details!  Okay Present contest explained! 

Future contests:  If each of the these facebook pages gets 50 likes (The reason I focus on these is because they are my series (I have a few one offs, but mostly I like series, in fact I have a couple short story series (The Chronicles of Battle and I Am Death Series are 2 of them!  I also have some fairy tales Mirror Mirror: Fairy Tales of Horror! and many others but these 2 (Katy Lily and Guardian’s) are my babies, my novels ( I have one more but I am not even close to having the first book for it finished so, it is started and outlined but that is it….  But it is called the Jennifer Anderson Profiles (FBI Serial Killer Profiler series)
E.A.R. Publishing Company
The Katy Lily Series
A Guardian’s Life

Anyways if they hit 50 I will have a give away for a copy of my book Truth and Lies Past and Present (If you have the paperback as I will get you a paperback of A Nightmare Within A Dream as soon as I have the finished product…. I am on my 2nd proof and will probably go through a 3rd before I give my final okay)  and I will give you one of my favorite writing tools…. a journal!!!!  Pic below!  I will also include a bookmark of some sort, either mine (if my new printer can get them to me in time) or one of my faves from my local bookstore!

Okay if they hit 100 likes I will give copy away of book 1 and 2 (when it comes in) of the Katy Lily Series, (there will be 5 2nd place winners for an ebook copy of each)  Possible a copy of a book by another local Indie Author, a couple of books see pics below, The journal above, tshirt and hat from E.A.R. Publishing and some bookmarks and koozies , a 25 dollar gift card to either Amazon or Barnes and Noble winner’s choice and some other goodies I will add to the pile.  If they get above 150 I might be tempted to throw in a special something something (hint is think digital).

SO GO OUT AND LIKE AND IF YOU ARE A BLOG REVIEWER SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I WILL EMAIL YOU A PDF, KINDLE, OR EPUB COPY OF BOOK 1 OF KATY LILY TO REVIEW.
 

Check Out This Give Away Click Here!!!

Don’t get me wrong, I love to stay up and read and right and will stay up until at least 5am writing normally on my ‘weekends’ it is later like 8am, (I work 2nd shift at my ‘day job’ and have Tuesdays and Wednesdays off instead) and lately I have been having weird dreams…. really weird…. some of them I wrote down for an idea for a short story or part of one of my many novel ideas.  But last night took the cake, I was, oh I don’t know why, in Dallas (I love Dallas) but I saw this image and trust me I am going to try to repeat this image (it would be a great cover)  and I was trying to buy this image from this guy, then we went into a planning mode… ummm…. let’s just say computer and illegal and gov’t…. then I was in an airport going home with my whole family and they went through my purse then threw it to the crowd of course I panicked my back up drive was in there… well the next thing I know we are driving to the plane (instead of walking I don’t ask questions) with my mom and sister and I asked them if they grabbed my computer and they said no and said it was my life on that computer, I was talking about my writings …. then I woke up…. interesting….  So either I need to stop staying up until after 7 or I need to figure out what these dreams mean and live with it…

First off there are 2 types of wolves those made and those born in A Guardian’s Life Those made are considered mongrels and below those born or married into The Three Great Packs.  Those made* never achieve full transformation *Note made as in they are not blood or married into one of the packs they were bitten by a wolf that had no control under the second night of the full moon.  There are very few female born wolves (1 in about 750,000) that being said if a female is born they will not transform until around the age of 20.  Male wolves have their first transformation between the ages 15 and 16. At first they have no control.  By the time they are 21 they usually are able to control their transformations, going in and out of wolf form.  Except during a full moon all must turn during the 2nd night of the full moon (The Alpha, The Beta, and their council (usually they are a lot older wolves), can prevent turning the 1st and 3rd nights).  There are 3 main forms 1 is human, they have heightened senses, great reflexes and strength.  Form 2 is a mix of wolf and man, normally if they feel a strong surge of anger, or in a fight with a Hunter or another wolf they will use this form.  Third form is the wolf, completely and fully a wolf, they are a bit bigger than a normal wolf and their eyes look human except for their yellow tint. (a 4th achieved by only a few Alphas of the past is possible but rare, it comes in the form of a giant wolf about 5 times larger than any wolf on record, in this form they can).  Once a wolf is 25 they stop aging.  Born Wolves are immortal, but can be killed.  Beheading or Silver to the heart.  Those bitten are not immortal.

THE THREE GREAT PACKS

All packs branch from these packs.

BLACK WOLVES

  

 

 

I think I found a major distraction… maybe this is why I have been distracted… A friend set this as my wallpaper on my computer about a week ago… just about the time my ability to focus left the room…. what do you think?  Could this be the source of my distraction….

Book Whore is happy to have a lot, and I mean a lot of followers (I am sure, you can’t quote me… well you could try but I deny everything 😉 so don’t quote me, but her blog says she is happy) She would like to thank everyone who follows her blog Here is how it is going to work, with every 50 followers a new winner will be added until Book Whore Blog reaches 1000 GFC Followers! This giveaway is both International, and open to all age groups because the winning prize is a book of choice up to $10 for EACH winner. If Book Whore hits 1000 that is $50 in books to 5 lucky winners.  SO PLEASE GO CHECK IT OUT AND FOLLOW… WE ALL KNOW WE LOVE BOOKS… MAYBE TO MUCH! 

When I get a chance I will review As you saw some old reviews posted recently because I was going to repost them on another blog, but decided just to do everything here, mostly I will ramble about things to vent, talk about my writing, give previews, give you information about my characters’ world, and when I can I will pop out a review!  Since taking the leap into writing down the stories I created since I was 9 (They were all verbal then except a few made into short stories for school) I have been stuck in my own little world and have been a little behind with books… ummm… I have no excuse except I am obsessed with my writing, but I have decided to catch up so to say and take a break (writing 4 books since April 2011 and started a 5th and have outlines for 3 more) has fried Kati’s poor little mind!  So Tuesday and Thursday (06/19 and 06/20)  I am doing a mini read-a-thon 5 books 2 days and I have 3 down and 2 to go and almost done with one of those 2!!!  And when I finish the first readable copy of my 4th book (I mean readable for somebody other than me, I usually go through 2 or 3 revisions before giving it to my editor) which should be at the end of this month, Next month for 2 weeks I am going to go through my TBR list and get as many done as I can in 2 weeks and I am open for suggestions, I have a few on the list and it is a mile long, but I have to be a bit picky so Suggest away Please 🙂