Sunday, 9 December 2012

SPOTLIGHT CENTRAL!!!

Check out all these wonderful and extremely kind people that are leading out a helping hand to a new author like myself.
 
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I have the beautiful inside and out Jessica Johnson from Bookend 2 Bookend. She has adopted me as her author for the week, which has pushed my facebook page up to 150 likes, expanded my fan page, exposed me to many of her wonderful friends and has sold some of my books. I am so glad that I got this opportunity to work with someone like Jessica, I have learnt so much:
 
 
 
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Goodreads Activist and Paranormal lover Ellen:
 
 
Sample: If your book was made into a TV series or Movie, what actors would you like to see playing your characters? I never really imagined them as movie characters, so it’s hard for me to pick a face in Hollywood and say - yes that’s him/her. These characters were built from the ground up. I would much rather do what Harry Potter did and find people that best suit these characters so they can become faces of their own, not so much ‘hey- it’s so-so playing as the Character Lock’. I want them to be real and fresh.



Do you have any advice for other writers?


What do writers do? We write. There’s your answer right there, the key is to keep writing and to make sure you’re writing for the right reasons. If you write solely to please other people you are going to have a very difficult time, because truth is you can’t please everyone. I write the stories I want to read but couldn’t find. These are for me and that should be good enough.
 
 
 
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The amazing and talented writer/ blogger Penelope Anne Bartotto from The Library at the END of the Universe. She selfishly offered to give me a spotlight on her amazing blog even though we had never met before. I am overwhelmed by the kindness of people.
 


 
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Mechanical Breath- The Twins

Twin brothers Eli and Aiden(in the red hoodie).

Eli the Cyborg.

Eli has his right eye upgraded for an artifical eye, his right arm and right leg are all replaced with metal. Eli is serious, quiet and fascinated with all things strange and foreign. So when a girl from planet earth lands on their planet, Eli grows an unhealthy obsession with the 'alien'.

Aiden the Cyborg.

Aiden is less pleased with the idea of an alien as a new addition to their family. Unlike his identical brother, Aiden is more of a social butterfly and enjoys rebelling against authority with his long term girlfriend Eelena. Aiden is slightly older than Eli and enjoys physical activities where he can test out his new body upgrades. His torso, ears, both arms and legs are replaced with metal.




Thank you so much to the wonderful and talented Creepy9 for this mindblowing artwork on the Twins Aiden and Eli. Please check out Creepy9's gallery if you have a moment to spare, it truly is amazing!!!

CLICK HERE
 

White Feathers Creator

As innocent as children, as gentle as birds, as wild as animals and as power as primal instinct... that is what the Creators are made of.

Creators are pure, raw spiritual energy able to destroy Reapers, Banished, Hunters and Royals with a simple wave of their hand. Only thing is, Creators lack ambition so they do not fight for power, wealth, luxury or status, they are peace keepers as long as nothing threatens them. When threaten, Creators do not understand right from wrong so they will attack men, women and children with out hesitation. They are driven through emotions only and lack empathy.

I would love to thank the ever so talented Las-T for this amazing piece of the Creator spirit. I really like the soft colours weaved into the design, it's has a mystical and wild sense with a touch of elegance and innocence.
As many of you know I am experimenting on the final appearance of Creators, so there are different versions of them scattered about. If you have a moment, I strongly recommend you check out Las-t's Gallery!!!
 
 
 

WINNER!! 150 LIKES +

It has been an exhausting and very, very exciting day! There was a competition running on Facebook for the My Demonic Ghost page. When it hit 150 likes there was going to be a winner drawn using random.org.
The winner would win a charm Bracelet of the Seven Deadly Sins.
 
We have Gluttony as the Pig, Envy as the Snake, Vanity as the shoe, Greed the Spider, Lust the heart, Wrath the Skull and Sloth the dream catcher.
 
 
 
 
Congratulations to Natalie Alice Berry!!!
 
 

Thursday, 6 December 2012

Paranormal Addicts: Interview and Give Away

Paranormal Addicts
 
I would just like to say a HUGE thank you to the wonderful Toni from Paranormal Addicts,
today is my special day where I have an interview and give away up on Paranormal Addicts blogsite-
 
Here is just some of the questions I had to answer, to see full post please click the link.
 
 
 
Envision trading places with one of your characters in your books, who would it be and why?
If I had to trade places with one of my characters, I would pick a Reaper. Hosts have a terrifying job just trying to manage the demonic ghosts attached to them, i.e. the banished. Banished Spirits are continuously in danger, I don’t think I could handle the stress and the Hunters are deluded and hated by all demon spirits. Plus Reapers are accompanied by Goons, which are giant demonic pets who are both loyal and extremely powerful. They get to remain on the human surface but are not affected by aging, sickness or death. Downside is of course you lose your identity and you are not allowed to come into contact with the living. Did I forget to mention the giant demon pet? J
 
What influenced you to get published?
To get published has been a long life dream of mine, it was the wish I always wished for when blowing out my birthday candles every year. The only reason why I wanted to get published was to prove I was worthy of something. I’m not the best at sports or singing or art, so I thought I might be special at writing at least. I had set it to be my life’s goal to get published so I was so amazed how quickly to happened once I actually set my mind to it.
 
 
PRIZES TO WIN!
 
Three book marks, one sign hard copy of My Demonic Ghost, one pen with My Demonic Ghost printed on the barrel, one poster of front cover signed!
 
 

Sunday, 2 December 2012

Hard Copy Book Cover Reveal


Tell me what you think of the brand new cover of My Demonic Ghost -  Banished Spirits.
This version is for Hard Copies only, I'm keeping the original for Ebooks to lessen any confusion.
 
The wonderful and talented Tishia from Para Graphic had completed this for me - she worked amazingly fast and her prices are really, really fantastic.
 
Here's her website if you wish to get an awesome covering of your own: ParaGraphic Designs
 
She also does bookmarks, necklaces (see below) banners and so much more.
 
Her Facebook is Here: Facebook

This is just an example of the necklace that she has to offer:

IRL SHOOTER: Patient 0

IRL SHOOTER: Patient 0 
 
 
 
 
Last Saturday night the 1st of December myself and five other friends travelled out to Broadmeadows to try out the IRL Shooter.
What is IRL Shooter? Well, in my experience it is a live action zombie shooter game where you and your team must run through a maze shooting zombies, completing objectives and collecting vials.
It. Was. Insane.
I had so much fun, I was nominated to be the Communicator which means I have to communicate through a walkie talkie to my squad what the organisers were instructing. You have no idea how difficult it is to listen to a static voice from a walkie talkie when you have screaming zombies running at you from every angle.
The zombies are hired actors and they WILL run at you and scream. If they get within 3 meters your health meter starts going down. It's like laser tag, where you wear vests that have senses on them and the actors must have senses on them too so they know when they have been shot.
Again, being Communicator meant I got yelled out a lot when I didn't understand the message and it also meant I had to keep putting the 3 kg gun down to talk into the walkie talkie. My arms were killing me by the end of the hour long session.
The women there were the scariest. They would yell, swear and insult you verbally. All in good fun of course, but I was too scared to ask questions in case I got a tongue lashing.
But it was so much fun, it was something I have never done before in my life and it was scary. I'll admit, I screamed A LOT. There were parts of the mission where you have to run down a corridor and you have a swarm of zombies running after you, did I mention it was really dark too so all you can hear are the zombie's screaming. We had a video camera strapped to our helmets that filmed the entire experience but my helmet was too big so it kept going lopsided causing all my footage to be on an angle. The whole experience was meant to make you feel like an zombie apocalypse has occurred and it was up to you to take down the evil doctor that caused the mutation.
The actual building was a warehouse where they had set up key activated doors to get through each room. The decoration was disturbing. There were dead bodies everywhere, and I'm talking about bodies where they had been half eaten, tortured, limbs pulled off and stabbed with needles and other weapons and blood smear scattered all over the walls, doors and windows. I had to describe the scene to 'headquarters' and a lot of the times I was just squealing because zombies kept jumping out at me. By the end of the whole thing I was sweating through my clothes. 
 
Would I do it again? Within a heartbeat.