First “Away” Post at Chris Andrews’ Blog
The title says it all! I’ve done my first post on someone else’s blog. The wonderful Chris Andrews graciously invited me to post on his blog. Be sure to leave me a note when you check it out! Thanks, Chris!
In the Spotlight – Raven Bower
Today’s guest is Raven Bower, one half of the writing team who recently debuted their new novel, Weeping Dark: Bleeding Edge, published by Crescent Moon Press.
Raven and Lain Bower are a wife and husband team obsessed with creating worlds, creatures, stories and chaos. They live in North West Michigan with their four rambunctious kids, three renegading Hell Hounds and alien doom cats. When not occupied with the aforementioned minions or writing, they enjoy gaming of all sorts from PC to console to tabletop, voracious reading, target shooting and gardening – gothic style.
Their books include the “Apparitions” supernatural suspense series, the “Vengeance” urban fantasy series and their new epic fantasy series – Weeping Dark: Bleeding Edge.
Raven is also the Lead Designer and Head of Hydra Games, a new game company specializing in Pathfinder Roleplaying Game compatible worlds, adventure modules and supplemental materials. They are also starting a video game arm.
For more fun with Raven and Weeping Dark: Bleeding Edge read on!
In the Spotlight – J.D. Hallowell
Today’s special guest is author J.D. Hallowell. Anyone who knows me will know that the titles alone of his books would spark my interest. I adore dragons. And magic. So it’s a particular pleasure to be able to spotlight J.D. and his series about dragons and magic. I’ve added both of his books to my To Be Read list and hope to get to those very soon!
J.D. Hallowell is a 50-ish father and husband who is fortunate enough to have lived an interesting and active life. He’s had one two-book fantasy series, War of the Blades, published, and several other fantasy and SF projects are in the works. J.D. likes to keep many irons in the fire at once, so his work experiences include such diverse occupations as automotive mechanic, cowboy, photographer, psychiatric tech, paralegal assistant, bouncer, and medical billing clerk. He studied martial arts for over thirty years. He’s been a soldier and an emergency medical technician, and served as the chief of a volunteer ambulance squad. He was a diamond courier for a while, and later owned a working kennel where he trained dogs for law enforcement as well as personal protection. Most recently, J.D. trained one service dog for himself.
Read on for more about J.D. and his Dragon series!
Pet Safety in the Car
One of my “pet” peeves is seeing someone in the car with their precious little dog in one arm or the pet standing on the driver’s lap looking out the window. My first thought, even before “What a cute dog”, is “If she gets in an accident that cute little dog could be killed!” I doubt very seriously the little ones ten pounds and under would survive if the air bag deploys. At best they would be hurt in some way by the airbag hitting them.
So I did some research trying to find out how many animals were injured in accidents because the pet wasn’t restrained. I found some astounding information. It turns out that there are thousands of accidents each year that are caused by unrestrained animals. The exact numbers are not known because these are put in with other internal distractions. In the case of pets, the driver gets distracted because the pet gets sick or the pet gets in the way or something else that takes their attention off the road.
Very Inspiring Blogger Award
The fabulous Jody A. Kessler and Shawna Romkey both nominated me for this award! How cool is that?
For those nominated below:
~Display the award logo on your blog.
~Link back to the person who nominated you.
~State 7 things about yourself.
~Nominate 15 bloggers for this award and link to them.
~Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements.
The Next Big Thing
The fabulous Wendy Russo tagged me in her blog post about her Young Adult novel, “January Black”. I’m continuing the game and you can get a peek at some things about my own new novel, “Relics”. At the bottom of this post, you can see the authors I’ve tagged. Be sure to check out their blogs/websites and read about their fabulous novels!