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Maer’s Holiday Playlist – Part Two

With Black Friday madness upon us, and thoughts of Christmas on many minds, I’ll start off Part 2 of my Holiday Songs with one of my all-time favorites by Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo.” Creating an upbeat version of “Carol of the Bells” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” was a stroke of genius that has made this a holiday classic for me.

I love TSO’s music and many of my fave Christmas songs are on their albums. But there are so many holiday songs I love that narrowing down to twenty-seven is going to be tough. I hope you enjoy my list!

11/28/14 – Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHioIlbnS_A

11/29/14 – Jim Carrey – “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8m6M4RV8p0

11/30/14 – Pentatonix – “Carol of the Bells” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUFzC6_fp8

12/1/14 – John Denver and the Muppets – “The 12 Days of Christmas” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpuNU3y1KAk

12/2/14 – Michael Bublé – “Silver Bells” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0pgC68X6W8

12/3/14 – Eartha Kitt – “Santa Baby” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMyF9fDKzE

12/4/14 – Christina Aguilera – “This Christmas” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKVw-hRw5fQ#t=13

12/5/14 – Linda Eder – “Do You Hear What I Hear?” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aoFp0hfqko

12/6/14 – Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Christmas Canon” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cP26ndrmtg

12/7/14 – Michael Bublé – “Let It Snow” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10fWHdpmks

12/8/14 – LInda Eder – “Little Drummer Boy” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M_6RVLj-xM

12/9/14 – Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Wizards of Winter” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFLOh44P5z0

12/10/14 – Lindsey Stirling – “What Child is This?” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A3i0GATnRI

12/11/14 – Josh Groban – “Believe” from Polar Express – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDoRPbsfJE0

12/12/14 – Pentatonix – “Mary Did You Know” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCWN5pJGIE

12/13/14 – Cast of Glee – “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBH_IuSHgtc

12/14/14 – Idina Menzel – “Let it Go” from Frozen –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk

12/15/14 – Mariah Carey – “All I want for Christmas is You” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY

12/16/14 – The Piano Guys – “Angels We Have Heard on High” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n543eKIdbUI

12/17/14 – Elvis Presley – “Blue Christmas” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d2RfblImA4

12/18/14 – Lindsey Stirling – “Celtic Carol” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4sZZaf3Gg

12/19/14 – Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “A Mad Russian’s Christmas” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ntWELAZQ8

12/20/14 – South Kitsap High School Chorus – “Hallelujah” from Handel’s Messiah – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhjWdr-LAA

12/21/14 – Linda Eder – “Bells of St. Paul” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ73_HcR1VA

12/22/14 – Bolshoi Ballet- “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_f9B4pPtg. (Bonus – “Dance of the Prince Orgeat and the Sugar Plum Fairy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iehqI2u0vog)

12/23/14 – Celtic Women – We Wish You a Merry Christmas” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSJ4EWeHyE4

 

 

 

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Maer’s Holiday Playlist – Part One

A week out from Thanksgiving and the holiday season. Where did the year go? I’m not quite sure, but it’s been one wild ride.

In honor of the holidays, once a day I’ll post a song link either here or on my Facebook Author Page. For the next week it will be Thanksgiving songs – a “Thank You” song on each day.

First up is a band my brother, Shawn, has loved for decades. He played their music so much as a child that I couldn’t listen to them for something like 20 years…seriously! The musical Mama Mia broke the Abba blockade, and their “Thank You for the Music” is an appropriate beginning to my holiday playlist.

11/20/14 –  Abba – “Thank You for the Music – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfM9gQkfwyg
11/21/14 – Bon Jovi – “Thank You for Loving Me” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ZFkmTHTQ0
11/22/14 – Ella Fitzgerald – “Thanks for the Memory” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkspDkGPSPg
11/23/14 – Alanis Morisette – “Thank U” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU
11/24/14 – Dido – “Thank You” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w#t=23
11/25/14 – Earth, Wind & Fire – Gratitude – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ1e6lmVluw
11/26/14 – American Greetings – Funny Thanksgiving Song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkmpd3Xp2GM
11/27/14 – Sister Sledge – We Are Family – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBpYgpF1bqQ

 

 

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Cover Reveal – January Black

One of my favorite books from 2013 is getting a makeover! January Black by Wendy S. Russo is being re-released. You can pre-order 11/28/14. Deets below!

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January Black

JanuaryBlack-FrontCover-400x600Sixteen-year-old genius Matty Ducayn is the son of the Hill’s commandant. As such, he’s expected to conform to a strict, unspoken code of conduct. Small acts of defiance over years—such as walking on the grass—have earned him a reputation for being unruly. When sarcastic test answers finally get Matty expelled from school, King Hadrian offers him a diploma if he can answer a deceptively simple question, and then dismisses the only answer.

To prove his worth to society, Matty wrestles with the king’s word games, the kingdom’s historical record, and laws that don’t make sense. He meets Iris Locke, a street smart gardener, along the way. After enchanting him at a glance, Iris helps his research, keeps him out of trouble, and finally breaks his heart.

Alone again, Matty finds himself on collision course with a deadly law, one he will have to break to answer the king’s question. Was Hadrian challenging him, or teaching him a lesson? Without Iris, it won’t matter, because Matty won’t stand down for anyone else.

January Black is the 2013 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal winner for YA-Coming of Age.

January Black will be available for pre-order on Amazon 11/28/2014.

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Wendy S. Russo

 

 

Wendy S. Russo got her start writing in the sixth grade. That story involved a talisman with crystals that had to be found and assembled before bad things happened, and dialog that read like classroom roll call. Since then, she’s majored in journalism (for one semester), published poetry, taken a course on short novels, and watched most everything ever filmed by Quentin Tarantino. A Wyoming native transplanted in Baton Rouge, Wendy works for Louisiana State University as an IT analyst. She’s a wife, a mom, a Tiger, a Who Dat, and she falls asleep on her couch at 8:30 on weeknights.

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Relics – Book Tour & Giveaway

I’ve re-released my series, Modern Magics, and to celebrate I’m doing a virtual Book Tour & Giveaway! Be sure to visit the hosts each day for additional chances to win!

 

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Relics

Most of Thulu and La Fi’s clients are dead. Which is perfect since their detective agency caters to the supernatural. But a simple job finding a lost locket leads to a big case tracking relics for an ancient daemon.

The daemon needs the relics to keep a dangerous portal closed. His enemy, Gabriel, wants the relics to open the portal and give his people access to a new feeding ground – Earth.

Caught on live TV, other portals begin to open and the creatures of magic return to Earth. The people of Earth are not alone, but will soon wish they were.

When Gabriel threatens their family, Thulu and La Fi’s search becomes personal. The couple will need powerful help in the race to find the relics before Gabriel does. But maybe that’s what ghostly friends, magical allies and daemonic clients are for.

When the creatures of myth and magic return to Earth, they’re nothing like your mother’s fairy tales.

 

Relics can be found at these retailers:

Amazon – Kindle     |    Amazon – Paperback

Barnes & Noble – Nook     |     iTunes

 

You can follow my exploits at these social media links:

Maer’s Website     |     Amazon     |     Facebook

Twitter     |     Goodreads     |     Pinterest

 

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This Giveaway is open internationally

Must be 13+ to enter

PRIZES

2 Winners – ecopy of RELICS

1 Winner – $5 Amazon Gift Card

1 Winner – $10 Amazon Gift Card

2 Winners – ecopies of the Modern Magics Novelettes – “Ghost Memory,” “Unwanted Ghost,” and “Ghost Dancer”

 

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Please check out the hosts on the tour for more chances to enter the Giveaway!

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Cover Reveal – The Light and the Flame: Gemini Rising II

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The Light and the Flame: Gemini Rising II

Ripped from her deathbed, Noah transports Kate to the Olam Yetzirah, the dimension where universes form. They seek the advice of the archangel, Michael, in how best to get back to Earth and their children. Kate’s son and their newborn daughter, Lucia, the one spoken of in the prophecy Gemini Rising, await their return.

Trouble arises and concern ripples through the Olam. Kate is unable to make the transition from human to bond mate and her dreams of returning to Earth with Noah are crushed. Uriel will become Kate’s mentor while Noah is dispatched to Naresh, his home planet and to his people to whom the Light no longer speaks.

Will Kate become the bond mate she is meant to be? Will Noah find welcome with his people or will they despise him for taking the Light from their souls. Most important of all, will the prophecy of Lucia be fulfilled, or will Belial, demon of Hades, murder her in a fit of jealous rage.

 

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Louann Carroll

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Louann Carroll is a Native Californian living in the Sierra Nevada foothills with her husband, Dennis.

Mother to three children, she is an avid rock, fossil, and gem hunter who enjoys sharing her finds with family and friends. She is a student of alternative religion, archaeology, anthropology, and paleontology.

After leaving her position as C.E.O. in the Bay Area, she has pursued her writing career with much success. Winner of the 2010 Crescent Moon Press award for best novel, she has added numerous titles to her resume. She is the author of the Gemini series, A Shadow of Time, a paranormal romance, Journeys, The Adventure of Leaf, and other children’s stories.

 

You can reach Louann at these links:

Facebook     |     Twitter

Goodreads     |     Amazon Author Page

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Story Blast – Charlie & the Bully

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Charlie & the Bully

Genre: Children’s Books, Growing Up
Age Range: 10- 15

Being the new kid at school isn’t easy for 10 year old Charlie, especially when the bully at the school decides to target him. Raymond is the typical school yard bully, but with a secret no one knows about. When Charlie suspects things aren’t as they appear, will he be able to deal with it or will it be too late for Raymond?

In a world where bullying is a sad reality, this short story will touch on various emotions of what is at stake for all those involved when things are pushed too far!

You can find Charlie & the Bully at these retailers:

Amazon     |     Barnes & Noble     |    Smashwords

Kobo     |     Scribd

 

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Ravannah Rayne

545b69cfOddityReviewsRavannah Rayne is a fun spirited multi-tasker who enjoys a wide variety of things including spending time with her family, holidays, shopping and playing poker in her spare time. She enjoys learning new things which is why she does her own designs and promoting in addition to writing. The one thing she has always enjoyed is writing in almost any form including poetry, short stories and a wide variety of other writing projects. She is currently working on a set of 7 learning series for toddlers and a YA Paranormal Romance book which will be released in early 2015.

You can find Ravannah on Facebook.

 

 

 

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Monthly Giveaways

Beginning November 1st, 2014, I will hold a monthly Rafflecopter Giveaway with some cool prizes! Be sure to enter often!

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The main Giveaway page is here!

November Giveaway

This contest will last throughout the entire month of November!

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To kick off the Monthly Giveaways, I’m combining the November Giveaway with my Book Tour for Relics which will take place November 10 – 14, 2014. There are a few more prizes in this contest, so be sure to enter daily!

 

Want to be a host for this tour and become eligible for even more prizes? Just go here and sign up for the tour!

 

This contest is open internationally. Must be 13+ to enter.

2 Winners – ecopy of RELICS

1 Winner – $5 Amazon Gift Card

1 Winner – $10 Amazon Gift Card

2 Winners – ecopies of the Modern Magics Novelettes – “Ghost Memory,” “Unwanted Ghost,” and “Ghost Dancer”

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