So the Twelve Days project kicked off at the begoning of this year in an effort to showcase local artists and some really awesome music. Yours truly, and I hate to say this, barely made the deadline and was featured in this months part of the project. The song I'd called "Titanic" and the story was called "Titanic Symphony". You all may recall two characters I am fond of, Brisban and Tallia. This of course was before the events that took place in the short "Weapon's Voice". Yes, they are his parents. The short is told from Tallia's point of view and reveals what happened to Brisban's first love.
The link is as follows:
Twelve Days Project
Hope you all like it.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
More changes...
So I finally changed the background of the blog. I like the parchment feel rather than that garish green that I was using. I also finally got the bookcase up and going. It will have the books hta tI talk about in the blog on it as well as links through Amazon to make them work. I also added in some links some of the blogs that I occasionally like to visit. All of them are listed down the left side, the Purchase list having the same books that are on the Bookcase.
Hopefully, the new changes are going to be remaining for a while. Tell me if you all like them.
Hopefully, the new changes are going to be remaining for a while. Tell me if you all like them.
Changes to the blog...
So there are a going to be a few changes to the Authorblog. I have a few additions. I am trying to get the Shelfari Widget to work, but it seems to hate me. I have a few links on the side, which are some of the blogs and places that I visit for occasional laughs and other such rot.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Book Review: Black Magic Santion
Once again, our beloved Rachel has gotten herself into even more trouble in this latest installment of the Hollows series. I'm loving it. This time around, it's the coven of Moral and Ethical standards that she has to deal with. Not to mention that she still has to deal with Pierce, the black-magic toting ghost in a dead man's body. The familiars are also there as well, Ivy, Jenks, Nick. Yes, I said Nick, the slimy git-thief who sold Rachel's secrets to demons.
The whole story revolves around the fact that Rachel has been shunned by her own kind, the witches, for being able to kindle demon magic. Since this in itself is demonic it is considered bad. Oh and there is also the added because any children she has will be demons. this of course leads to everybody wanting to control her. This all-star line up includes Trent, the coven, Big Al, and even Pierce. Trent is angry because he's her nominal familiar and says that if she owns him in the ever after, he wants to own her in reality. The coven wants to either lobotomize and sterilize or lock Rachel away in Alcatraz Prison because she's a black magic practitioner.
All right, now for he fun stuff. I have to say, there is only a little but about this book that makes me a little testy. While reading this book, yes, i did think that it was wonderful, but there was something that I could not put my finger on. It might be that I have a bad feeling about Al in the future. He's hysterical and so good at being evil, so good that you love him for it. He wants Rachel in the Ever After, and he definitely wants her all to himself. The only other thing that I can say is that I feel a little off put in this book for Ivy and Jenks. Two characters who were Rachel's best friends, seemed to be used as stock characters in this novel. I just don't hear enough of them until almost halfway through the novel, and even then, Jenks appears to be more of a prop than the character he was fleshed out to be in "A Fistful of Charms".
If you need a reason to enjoy this book, you don't really need one. If you have read the others, this is an enjoyable addition to the series. If you have not then I suggest you start.
Check it out: Black Magic Sanction
The whole story revolves around the fact that Rachel has been shunned by her own kind, the witches, for being able to kindle demon magic. Since this in itself is demonic it is considered bad. Oh and there is also the added because any children she has will be demons. this of course leads to everybody wanting to control her. This all-star line up includes Trent, the coven, Big Al, and even Pierce. Trent is angry because he's her nominal familiar and says that if she owns him in the ever after, he wants to own her in reality. The coven wants to either lobotomize and sterilize or lock Rachel away in Alcatraz Prison because she's a black magic practitioner.
All right, now for he fun stuff. I have to say, there is only a little but about this book that makes me a little testy. While reading this book, yes, i did think that it was wonderful, but there was something that I could not put my finger on. It might be that I have a bad feeling about Al in the future. He's hysterical and so good at being evil, so good that you love him for it. He wants Rachel in the Ever After, and he definitely wants her all to himself. The only other thing that I can say is that I feel a little off put in this book for Ivy and Jenks. Two characters who were Rachel's best friends, seemed to be used as stock characters in this novel. I just don't hear enough of them until almost halfway through the novel, and even then, Jenks appears to be more of a prop than the character he was fleshed out to be in "A Fistful of Charms".
If you need a reason to enjoy this book, you don't really need one. If you have read the others, this is an enjoyable addition to the series. If you have not then I suggest you start.
Check it out: Black Magic Sanction
Shelfari
So I have discovered something new online that I will be posting into my blog to help keep up with everything. It is called "Shelfari". Some of you may already know about this aplication and if so, then you know why I laud it. This program allows for you to not only keep track of your books, it also allows for a small list of books that I am reading and a wish list of books to read. I also found a small widget that alows me to place the miniature bookshelf on my blog. I am going to play around with it later tonight.
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