Virtual Book Club for Fans of Forbidden Sea Continues

We are all reading Chapter Two of Forbidden Sea this week. The discussion for this chapter will begin on Monday, March 16th. It will be taking place on my Facebook fan page, so click the link below and make sure you don't miss out. Readers are welcome to join in reading along with us at any point in the novel. So if you missed the first discussion, it doesn't matter. Make sure to check out what other fans are saying in the post comments. (Giveaways and cover and title reveal of the sequel to Forbidden Sea will eventually be announced at the link below so check it out.)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Forbidden-Sea/300689349440?ref=hl

The Forbidden Sea Book Discussion Has Begun!

 

Have you read the first chapter of Forbidden Sea yet? Let the book discussion begin! Anyone who wants may participate. We will be reading all together, one chapter a week. Each Monday, a new discussion will take place on my Forbidden Sea fan page, so make sure to click the link below and check out what everyone has to say!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Forbidden-Sea/300689349440

Join Me for a Mass Forbidden Sea Book Reading

This is an open call for any and all fans of Forbidden Sea who would like to participate in a mass reading of the book. Starting now you have one week to get a hold of a copy of Forbidden Sea and read the prologue and first chapter. I will read the first chapter as well. Next Monday I will post my thoughts and all of you can chime in and share your feelings. This should be a lot of fun! If you are having trouble finding a copy, know that you can always go to your local library and request that they buy one. Most libraries will at least try to do so. An inter-library loan is always a possibility as well. Know also that you are welcome to join in the discussion at any time. If it takes a little longer to get a copy, just catch up and start in on the discussion when you are ready. The discussion will be taking place on my Facebook Forbidden Sea fan page rather than here on my blog. I'm including a link so make sure to bookmark it so you don't miss out.This fan page is where I will eventually announce the release date for the sequel so make sure you visit there soon.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Forbidden-Sea/300689349440

Hope to hear from you all real soon!

How Would You Like to go Back and Visit the Magical Mermaids of Forbidden Sea?

 

The final edits on the sequel to Forbidden Sea are nearly done! I can not tell you how excited I am to begin the final preparations for publication. Hopefully, I will soon have a release date for you all. In the mean time, I want to throw an idea out there to all of you fans. What do you guys think about my sponsoring a mass rereading of the original book, Forbidden Sea, in order to celebrate that we are now heading down the final stretch for the sequel's release? We could read a chapter together every week and then discuss our thoughts on my Forbidden Sea Facebook page. Imagine talking to fans from all around the world and finding out how they felt the very first time they read the book? As we do this, I will write about how I created each chapter as a writer--and even reveal a few secrets about Forbidden Sea that didn't make it into the final book. I might even sponsor a few giveaways as we go. But first, I need to find out how many people would be interested in joining in the fun. If this sounds like something you would be interested in participating in, cast your vote by leaving a comment below. I only want to do this if there are enough people who are truly interested. I'll wait a week to see how many votes I get. If there aren't enough people interested to get this going--then I will have to think of something else to celebrate and get you all excited. So pass the word and tell all your friends to vote as well. The more the merrier. This is your chance to be heard.

If you haven't read Forbidden Sea before--feel free to follow along and read it for the first time with the rest of us. Here is the address to my Facebook fan page where the discussion would take place. Check it out!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Forbidden-Sea/300689349440?ref=hl

My New Etsy Store is Open for Business!

As some of you may know, besides writing, I also like to sculpt miniatures out of polymer clay. Which I then ad to a piece of OOAK jewelry. One of the questions I get most on this blog is people emailing me, wanting to know how they can get a hold of one of my miniature sculpture jewelry necklaces. Well here is your chance! I've just opened an Etsy store where I currently have a few of my items up for sale. New items will become available as I finish them. Check it out by clicking the link below.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SmallSecretsJewelry

Here are pictures of some of the items currently up for sale. Click the link to find out more.

A Halloween Treat!

Okay, even though this has absolutely nothing to do with writing, I just had to share this.

Ready to die laughing? Seriously, you will have tears rolling down your cheeks after watching the video link below. As a joke, the people who created this video gave a group of kids "healthy" Halloween candy and cupcakes that taste horrible. The result could not be more hilarious. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnzbZ2RA4qQ&noredirect=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnzbZ2RA4qQ&noredirect=1

The Great Hermit Crab Catastrophe

I have only recently became the proud owner of a pair of hermit crabs. I thought it would be fun to occasionally bring them into work so the library kids could see and learn about them. I have owned many pets in the past, but this was my first time with hermit crabs. I had to do a lot of study on what they eat and how to take care of them and keep them healthy. I've been like a little mother hen, watching carefully over my little chicks, making sure they have enough moisture, warmth, food, and clean water (both salty and clear) to keep them happy.

So imagine my horror this morning, when, while transporting them to work, I accidentally took a turn too fast and their cage went flying across the back seat and crashed into the car  door on the far side. (I swear I wasn't going that fast at the time. It was a total freak accident) I'm imagining all sorts of horrid scenes of little mangled hermit crab bodies strewn across the bottom of the cage. After a few minutes of mentally freaking out, I glanced fearfully over my shoulder at the cage and discovered that one of the crabs (who had been sleeping peacefully inside his shell when I left the house) was now perched on top of one of his overturned climbing branches, completely unharmed and waving his little legs and feelers madly in the air like, "What the HECK was that?" This is my abnormally shy crab who almost never comes out of his shell. He was wide awake now--and trying to figure out why his world had suddenly been upended. When I got to work, I discovered that the other hermit crab had been burrowed deep down into his dirt and was completely fine. I'm not sure he even realized anything had happened. The shy crab eventually calmed down and went straight back to sleep.

It would seem that I was the one most traumatized by the whole incident.