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Monday, January 28, 2013
Prism Book Tour Finale!
GRAND FINALE!!
On tour with Prism Book Tours
Our awesome Tour in images:
We announced the NEW COVER on the Tour Launch:
Original Cover Our Shiny New Cover
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Blastin’ off the TOUR!! Min Reads and Reviews; Books, Books, the Magical Fruit ; Oh the Books You’ll Read ; Passion and Life (English/Spanish); Christy’s Cozy Corners ; Monique Morgan ; Paulette’s Papers; A Backwards Story; icultgen - (English/Portuguese)
1 – Kelly Fox – Goodreads Review
"The action scene in the end had me on my toes wondering what would happen next."
7 - Bookworm Lisa – Review - Clean Romance III
10 - Geo Librarian – Review"This book caught my imagination from the beginning."
"Whoa, baby. What a ride!"10 - The Literary Forest - Exerpt
13 - Welcome to Couch Potato Reader – Review
14 - Letters to the Cosmos – Review
"...the story took on a deeper tone..."14 – One A Day YA – Drafts Guest Post
14 - Little Miss Bookworm – Review
15 - Magical Manuscripts – Review/Top Ten things you would do if you could not write!
1. Cry. 2. Muse story ideas in my head. 3. Cry some more. 4. Listen to characters converse inside my head. 5. Eat illegal amounts of chocolate. 6. Work through plots and scenes for the stories stuck within my head. 7. Throw up the chocolate. 8. Stubbornly search for a way to get the stories onto paper & out of my head. 9. More crying would take place here. 10. Slowly slip into a mind-numbing stupor.
16 - Musings of a Reader Happy - Excerpt17 – Proud Book Nerd – Ultimate Grilled Cheese
17 - Books, Books, the Magical Fruit – Interview
17 - Book Sake – Review
"...uber romantic."18 - Kari’s Crowded Bookshelf –
22 - Passion and Life – Review – English/Spanish
"This is a perfect clean romance story, with some creepy moments when you will feel chills down over your spine!"
23 - Colorimetry – Random ART thoughts
27 – The Reading Diaries – Review
"a perfect mix of romance and fantasy."
28 - Literally Jen – Review
"...modern day fairy tale where the damsel in distress is rescued by her one true love who just happens to have superhuman abilities."
29 – Grand Finale, WINNERS drawn
Two original works of art of the Raven-haired Ghost:
from Anna
Kimberly Krey, the awesome author:
Grand Finale Giveaway!!
From January 29 - 31 - Evie's Knight will be available for FREE to download from Amazon.
From January 29 - 31 - Evie's Knight will be available for FREE to download from Amazon.
Super
Swag-a-licious Giveaway Winners:
Grand
Prize: $50
Amazon gift card, a signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
2nd
Prize: $25 Amazon
gift card,
a
signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
3rd
Prize: $10 Amazon
gift card,
a
signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
Five
more winners will receive an ebook version of Evie’s Knight!
Paperback winners may choose between old cover (shown below) or the new cover, featuring Calvin Knight (shown above).
Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced on Colorimetry & Rafflecopter as well as emailed to winners who will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Laura, Burgandy Ice, @ www.burgandyice.blogspot.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
(Winners will be drawn & notified 1/29 Pacific Time - will also show on Rafflecopter!!)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
More with the Tour! Evie's Knight & Prizm Book Tours
We're half-way through the tour & I have to say: I am thrilled with the amazing posts and reviews by our wonderful book bloggers! (See upper half of the list link to see what you've missed.)
Still to come: Some super sweet, downloadable recipes (ones mentioned in the book) starting tomorrow. I love food. You love food. This could only be a good thing.
Next we are moving onto to something close to my heart: The ART POSTS! I'm so excited about this! We have awesome artists creating original work specifically for the tour! Could there be anything cooler than that?
All the tour deets are below; be sure to enter the giveaway for your chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card, a paperback of Evie's Knight, and more. Good luck, all!
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Premise:
When Evie falls in love with Calvin Knight, their young, virtuous romance conjures a truly wicked spell.
Evie always thought her eighteenth year would be magical, but so far it's not what she hoped for. Her best friend has gone wild, her love life is void, and she misses her mom more than ever. But life for Evie is about to change. Calvin Knight, the object of her fascination, is about to fall madly in love with her. Just one problem: Their love conjures a murderous woman from beyond the grave who wants Evie dead. The same demon who has haunted the Knight men for over four generations. Soon Calvin is forced to make a choice: Set Evie free and hope to evade the wrath of The Raven- haired Ghost, or use his newly gifted strengths to fight against her. If he chooses to fight and wins, Calvin will free the Knight men of this demonic witch. If he loses, Evie will become her next victim.
Catch the Tour:
10 - The Literary Forest - Review, Exerpt
13 - Welcome to Couch Potato Reader – Review
14 - Letters to the Cosmos – Review
14 – One A Day YA – Drafts Guest Post
14 - Little Miss Bookworm – Review
15 - Magical Manuscripts – Review/Top Ten things you would do if you could not write!
16 - Musings of a Reader Happy - Excerpt
Still to Come:
I’m
a reader of good, clean romance, a lover of family time and Diet Coke, and the
ultimate hater of laundry.
Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced on Colorimetry & Rafflecopter as well as emailed to winners who will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Laura, Burgandy Ice, @ www.burgandyice.blogspot.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Still to come: Some super sweet, downloadable recipes (ones mentioned in the book) starting tomorrow. I love food. You love food. This could only be a good thing.
Next we are moving onto to something close to my heart: The ART POSTS! I'm so excited about this! We have awesome artists creating original work specifically for the tour! Could there be anything cooler than that?
All the tour deets are below; be sure to enter the giveaway for your chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card, a paperback of Evie's Knight, and more. Good luck, all!
On tour with Prism Book Tours
Up For Grabs? $50
Amazon Gift card, book swag, and much more!
Evie’s Knight
by Kimberly Krey
Paperback, 391 pages
Published September 11th 2012 by Kimberly Krey
by Kimberly Krey
Paperback, 391 pages
Published September 11th 2012 by Kimberly Krey
Premise:
When Evie falls in love with Calvin Knight, their young, virtuous romance conjures a truly wicked spell.
Evie always thought her eighteenth year would be magical, but so far it's not what she hoped for. Her best friend has gone wild, her love life is void, and she misses her mom more than ever. But life for Evie is about to change. Calvin Knight, the object of her fascination, is about to fall madly in love with her. Just one problem: Their love conjures a murderous woman from beyond the grave who wants Evie dead. The same demon who has haunted the Knight men for over four generations. Soon Calvin is forced to make a choice: Set Evie free and hope to evade the wrath of The Raven- haired Ghost, or use his newly gifted strengths to fight against her. If he chooses to fight and wins, Calvin will free the Knight men of this demonic witch. If he loses, Evie will become her next victim.
Blastin’ off the TOUR!! Min Reads and Reviews; Books, Books, the Magical Fruit ; Oh the Books You’ll Read ; Passion and Life (English/Spanish); Christy’s Cozy Corners ; Monique Morgan ; Paulette’s Papers; A Backwards Story; icultgen - (English/Portuguese)
10 - Geo Librarian – Review10 - The Literary Forest - Review, Exerpt
13 - Welcome to Couch Potato Reader – Review
14 - Letters to the Cosmos – Review
14 – One A Day YA – Drafts Guest Post
14 - Little Miss Bookworm – Review
15 - Magical Manuscripts – Review/Top Ten things you would do if you could not write!
16 - Musings of a Reader Happy - Excerpt
Still to Come:
23 - Colorimetry – ART Guest Post
29 – Colorimetry – Grand Finale, WINNERS drawn
Get Your Copy:
Author,
Kimberly Krey:
Writing
Romance That’s Clean Without Losing the Steam!
I’m
a reader of good, clean romance, a lover of family time and Diet Coke, and the
ultimate hater of laundry.
I’m
not patient enough to enjoy a yoga class, or tall enough to be great at
basketball, but I do love to run – anywhere but on a treadmill. I love the
sound of a rainstorm when I have no place to go, the feel of Soft Lips chap
Stick on my lips, and the first peek of blue water as we round the mountains
toward our favorite getaway in Bear Lake.
Find & Follow Kimberly
Krey:
Super
Swag-a-licious Giveaway.
Grand
Prize: $50
Amazon gift card, a signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
2nd
Prize: $25 Amazon
gift card,
a
signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
3rd
Prize: $10 Amazon
gift card,
a
signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
Five
more winners will receive an ebook version of Evie’s Knight!
Paperback
winners may choose between old cover (shown below) or the new cover, featuring
Calvin Knight (shown above).
Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced on Colorimetry & Rafflecopter as well as emailed to winners who will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Laura, Burgandy Ice, @ www.burgandyice.blogspot.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Monday, December 31, 2012
I'm On Tour!
I am thrilled to announce Evie's Knight Book Tour with Prism Book Tours!
We've got book reviews, art posts, recipe posts, steamy excerpts, talks about clean romance, and giveaways including a $50 Amazon gift card, Evie's Knight paperbacks, and tons of cool book swag! The tour goes all month long, so be sure to check out the other rockin' blogs and enter as many times as you can!
Below, I talk about the new cover for Evie's Knight. Scroll down to see links to all the other kids on tour, and to enter for the swag-a-licious giveaway!
When Evie falls in love with Calvin Knight, their young, virtuous romance conjures a truly wicked spell.
Evie always thought her eighteenth year would be magical, but so far it's not what she hoped for. Her best friend has gone wild, her love life is void, and she misses her mom more than ever. But life for Evie is about to change. Calvin Knight, the object of her fascination, is about to fall madly in love with her. Just one problem: Their love conjures a murderous woman from beyond the grave who wants Evie dead. The same demon who has haunted the Knight men for over four generations. Soon Calvin is forced to make a choice: Set Evie free and hope to evade the wrath of The Raven- haired Ghost, or use his newly gifted strengths to fight against her. If he chooses to fight and wins, Calvin will free the Knight men of this demonic witch. If he loses, Evie will become her next victim.
I’m
a reader of good, clean romance, a lover of family time and Diet Coke, and the
ultimate hater of laundry.
Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced on Colorimetry & Rafflecopter as well as emailed to winners who will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Laura, Burgandy Ice, @ www.burgandyice.blogspot.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Catch the Tour:
On tour with Prism Book Tours
Up For Grabs? $50
Amazon Gift card, book swag, and much more!
Launching the Tour with Kimberly Krey -
So I have to say that I absolutely love my original cover. I
do. It’s my dream cover for Evie’s Knight. But there came a time when I had to
take a second look at it and make a few changes.
Why?
The colorless, thumbnail-sized image didn’t stand out as
much as I’d hoped when compared to the others on Amazon. And there’s another
reason too. We were missing something. Someone, actually.
We were missing... *drum roll, please* … OUR MAN!!!
I really felt like Calvin needed to be on the front of the
novel, more than our Raven-haired Ghost. Calvin Knight, our strong, masculine,
and ever so hunky hero deserves to be front and center. And personally, I’m
thrilled with the change.
So there we have it kids – a splash of color, our handsome
Knight, and a new cover I think represents Evie’s Knight beautifully!
Original Cover Our
Shiny New Cover
(Also new in this
edition, is an epilogue which wasn’t included in the original.)
About
Evie’s Knight:
When Evie falls in love with Calvin Knight, their young, virtuous romance conjures a truly wicked spell.
Evie always thought her eighteenth year would be magical, but so far it's not what she hoped for. Her best friend has gone wild, her love life is void, and she misses her mom more than ever. But life for Evie is about to change. Calvin Knight, the object of her fascination, is about to fall madly in love with her. Just one problem: Their love conjures a murderous woman from beyond the grave who wants Evie dead. The same demon who has haunted the Knight men for over four generations. Soon Calvin is forced to make a choice: Set Evie free and hope to evade the wrath of The Raven- haired Ghost, or use his newly gifted strengths to fight against her. If he chooses to fight and wins, Calvin will free the Knight men of this demonic witch. If he loses, Evie will become her next victim.
Get Your Copy:
Author,
Kimberly Krey:
Writing
Romance That’s Clean Without Losing the Steam!
I’m
a reader of good, clean romance, a lover of family time and Diet Coke, and the
ultimate hater of laundry.
I’m
not patient enough to enjoy a yoga class, or tall enough to be great at
basketball, but I do love to run – anywhere but on a treadmill. I love the
sound of a rainstorm when I have no place to go, the feel of Soft Lips chap
Stick on my lips, and the first peek of blue water as we round the mountains
toward our favorite getaway in Bear Lake.
Find & Follow Kimberly
Krey:
Super
Swag-a-licious Giveaway.
Grand
Prize: $50
Amazon gift card, a signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
2nd
Prize: $25 Amazon
gift card,
a
signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
3rd
Prize: $10 Amazon
gift card,
a
signed paperback of Evie's Knight, SoftLips chapstick, recipe
cards, E.K. calendar card, postcard of The Storm, and bookmark.
Five
more winners will receive an ebook version of Evie’s Knight!
Paperback
winners may choose between old cover (shown below) or the new cover, featuring
Calvin Knight (shown above).
Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and announced on Colorimetry & Rafflecopter as well as emailed to winners who will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Laura, Burgandy Ice, @ www.burgandyice.blogspot.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
23 - Colorimetry – ART Guest Post
29 – Colorimetry – Grand Finale,
WINNERS drawn
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Starflower, by Anne Elisabeth Stengl Guest Post & Giveaway
Hello all of you wonderful bookish peeps.
So glad to
have you good boys and girls joining us!
Today, in
the happy land of laundry-less wonder, we’re privileged to be part of the one
and only Prism Book Tours' Starflower tour.
I don’t know
about you, but the name made me think of flower-power – you know, the incredibly cool power
you get in the game Mario Brothers. With that alone, we’re off to a good start already. Just sayin'.
Now here’s a bit about our wonderful author, Anne Elisabeth Stengl:
Anne Elisabeth Stengl makes
her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Rohan, a
passel of cats, and one long-suffering dog. When she's not writing, she enjoys
Shakespeare, opera, and tea, and studies piano, painting, and pastry baking.
She studied illustration at Grace College and English literature at Campbell
University. She is the author of HEARTLESS, VEILED ROSE, MOONBLOOD, and
STARFLOWER, with DRAGONWITCH due to release in 2013. HEARTLESS and VEILED ROSE
have each been honored with a Christy Award.
Here's where Ms. Stengl can be found:
Facebook * Twitter * Website/Blog * Goodreads
Now for Starflower's lovely book blurb:
When a cursed dragon-witch
kidnaps the lovely Lady Gleamdren, Eanrin sets boldly forth on a rescue
mission...and a race against his rival for Gleamdren's favor. Intent upon his
quest, the last thing the immortal Faerie needs is to become mixed up with the
troubles of an insignificant mortal.
But when he stumbles upon a maiden trapped in an enchanted sleep, he cannot leave her alone in the dangerous Wood Between. One waking kiss later, Eanrin suddenly finds his story entangled with that of young Starflower. A strange link exists between this mortal girl and the dragon-witch. Will Starflower prove the key to Lady Gleamdren's rescue? Or will the dark power from which she flees destroy both her and her rescuer?
But when he stumbles upon a maiden trapped in an enchanted sleep, he cannot leave her alone in the dangerous Wood Between. One waking kiss later, Eanrin suddenly finds his story entangled with that of young Starflower. A strange link exists between this mortal girl and the dragon-witch. Will Starflower prove the key to Lady Gleamdren's rescue? Or will the dark power from which she flees destroy both her and her rescuer?
So for
those of you who’ve written a novel, or those who’ve ever attempted to write a
novel, you know how hard it can be to decide how, when, and where to start the
story. There’s so much to tell, and we have to open it up in a way
that keeps the reader wanting to discover everything else the book has to offer.
Here, Ann
Elisabeth shares how she came to the beginning of her novel, Starflower. She’s
even going to share five – YES, FIVE – openings she tried out. To
avoid any confusion, we’ll put Ms. Stengl’s words in a beautiful blue to match
her cover:
"Although Starflower was story that had been in my head for
many years, I found it very difficult to write the beginning. I simply could
not figure out the best place to start! Here are some of the openings I tried:"
Draft One
Starflower was her father’s oldest child. Her mother died when she was very young, and she was not surprised when her father, who was the village Eldest, took another wife. Starflower was nine years old at the time, and she did not care for the new wife especially. She seemed to the girl a pretty, spoiled sort of woman with a rather too-large mouth.
But the baby sister she gave Starflower was the delight of her eyes.
Draft Two
“But where are you going?”
The question was asked with halting fingers forming shapes in the humid pre-dawn air. A silent question, but asked with no less anxiety than had the child spoken out loud.
The child’s older sister turned away, pretending not to have seen, and attended to her task. With a steady beat she drove a stake into the hard dirt at the bottom of the hill. The southern side of the hill, where one could not see the road winding north. Where one could not see if a company left the village, leaving one behind.
Draft Three
Her earliest memory was of a silver voice calling to her in a dark place. She realized later on that it was nothing but a dream. But it was a dream that visited her again and again, especially on nights when the moon was full.
Beyond the final water falling, it sang, The Song’s of Sphere’s recalling. Won’t you return to me?
At first, the dream frightened her. Once she woke up whimpering, and when her mother came to her and held her close, she tried to explain, her little hands moving falteringly. Her mother nodded just as though she understood. And when she put the child back to bed, her own gentle hands formed these words.
“You are hearing the Sphere Songs, Starflower. They are very old and very good. You need not be afraid.”
Draft Four
The king of Rudiobus held chief among his treasures a gold more precious by far than all others of the Faerie World. It was called the Flowing Gold, and spoken of in reverent tones as far back in history as anyone can recall. Some said that goblins and dwarves could mine for centuries and never discover a treasure like it, or that the Dragon King himself would give up all his hoard to own but a share of it.
So great is the power of rumor and legend. But in truth, there were only three people in any world, both Near or Far, who had ever set eyes upon the Flowing Gold of King Iubdan Tynan. These were the king, his queen, Bebo, and Bebo’s cousin and personal attendant, Lady Gleamdren. Otherwise, this gold was hidden from all eyes, and no one knew where even to look for it.
Draft Five
It began, he supposed, with his birth. That was so far gone in history, however, that he could never bother to remember it. Once he must have had a mother and father, but he did not remember them either. As far as his recollection took him, he had always been handsome. He had always worn scarlet. He had always danced, always sung every full-moon night in Ruaine Hall beneath Rudiobus Mountain. He had always bowed to Iubdan and Bebo, though in his heart, he served no one.
Life was long. Life was endless. Life circled round through seasons and centuries with scarcely a glance at little things like years. And with life stretching so endlessly before and behind, why should a man settle for anything less than the very best?
Anne Elisabeth goes on to say,
"I ended up opening the story in a completely different place from all of these previous attempts! But ultimately, we all know the only way to begin a fairy tale is with Once Upon a Time . . ."
Draft One
Starflower was her father’s oldest child. Her mother died when she was very young, and she was not surprised when her father, who was the village Eldest, took another wife. Starflower was nine years old at the time, and she did not care for the new wife especially. She seemed to the girl a pretty, spoiled sort of woman with a rather too-large mouth.
But the baby sister she gave Starflower was the delight of her eyes.
Draft Two
“But where are you going?”
The question was asked with halting fingers forming shapes in the humid pre-dawn air. A silent question, but asked with no less anxiety than had the child spoken out loud.
The child’s older sister turned away, pretending not to have seen, and attended to her task. With a steady beat she drove a stake into the hard dirt at the bottom of the hill. The southern side of the hill, where one could not see the road winding north. Where one could not see if a company left the village, leaving one behind.
Draft Three
Her earliest memory was of a silver voice calling to her in a dark place. She realized later on that it was nothing but a dream. But it was a dream that visited her again and again, especially on nights when the moon was full.
Beyond the final water falling, it sang, The Song’s of Sphere’s recalling. Won’t you return to me?
At first, the dream frightened her. Once she woke up whimpering, and when her mother came to her and held her close, she tried to explain, her little hands moving falteringly. Her mother nodded just as though she understood. And when she put the child back to bed, her own gentle hands formed these words.
“You are hearing the Sphere Songs, Starflower. They are very old and very good. You need not be afraid.”
Draft Four
The king of Rudiobus held chief among his treasures a gold more precious by far than all others of the Faerie World. It was called the Flowing Gold, and spoken of in reverent tones as far back in history as anyone can recall. Some said that goblins and dwarves could mine for centuries and never discover a treasure like it, or that the Dragon King himself would give up all his hoard to own but a share of it.
So great is the power of rumor and legend. But in truth, there were only three people in any world, both Near or Far, who had ever set eyes upon the Flowing Gold of King Iubdan Tynan. These were the king, his queen, Bebo, and Bebo’s cousin and personal attendant, Lady Gleamdren. Otherwise, this gold was hidden from all eyes, and no one knew where even to look for it.
Draft Five
It began, he supposed, with his birth. That was so far gone in history, however, that he could never bother to remember it. Once he must have had a mother and father, but he did not remember them either. As far as his recollection took him, he had always been handsome. He had always worn scarlet. He had always danced, always sung every full-moon night in Ruaine Hall beneath Rudiobus Mountain. He had always bowed to Iubdan and Bebo, though in his heart, he served no one.
Life was long. Life was endless. Life circled round through seasons and centuries with scarcely a glance at little things like years. And with life stretching so endlessly before and behind, why should a man settle for anything less than the very best?
Anne Elisabeth goes on to say,
"I ended up opening the story in a completely different place from all of these previous attempts! But ultimately, we all know the only way to begin a fairy tale is with Once Upon a Time . . ."
There you have it, kiddos. Any of those drafts grab your attention more than the others? We
would all like to hear your thoughts on the matter, so clear your throat and
speak up. Best part – you don’t even have to raise your hand. In my classroom,
you get to blurt it right out loud!
Oh
yeah – don’t forget to enter giveaway below. Books, swag, and all sorts of
awesomeness up for grabs. Link to enter is just beneath the pics. Good luck, all! :)
3 - Anne
Elisabeth Stengl - Launch!
3 - Christy's Cozy Corners - Launch!
3 - Letters to the Cosmos - Review
4 - I Am a Reader, Not a Writer - The Kiss by the River
4 - Confessions of a Female Bookaholic - Launch!
4 - Kari's Crowded Bookshelf – Review - The River Calls to Starflower
5 - Aleksandra's Corner - Inspired by Cats I
3 - Christy's Cozy Corners - Launch!
3 - Letters to the Cosmos - Review
4 - I Am a Reader, Not a Writer - The Kiss by the River
4 - Confessions of a Female Bookaholic - Launch!
4 - Kari's Crowded Bookshelf – Review - The River Calls to Starflower
5 - Aleksandra's Corner - Inspired by Cats I
10 – A
Backwards Story – Imraldera Meets the
Dragonwitch
Rest of the tour...
Rest of the tour...
12 - Aimee @ Getting Your Read On - Guest Post - The Faces of Love I
12 - Kimberly Krey @ Kimberly Krey - Guest Post - Drafts
13 - Abbi @ Christian Novels - Tales of Goldstone Wood Reviews
13 - Mandy @ The Reading Diaries - Interview
14 - Ivy @ Open the Page - Guest Post - The Faces of Love II
16 - Alicia @ Mortality Bites - Review
17 - Len @ Musings of a Reader Happy - Hightlight -Dragonwitch
17 - Jen @ Literally Jen -Review
18 - Beth @ Living a Goddess Life - Review
19 - Rach @ Stressed Rach -Guest Post - Illustrated Sneak Peak
19 - Christy @ Christy's Cozy Corners - Review
20 - Heather @ Proud Book Nerd -Review
20 - Heidi @ Geo Librarian -Guest Post - The Faces of Love III
21 - Jaime @ Goodreads - Review
21 - Finale @ Colorimetry -Giveaway winner announced.
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