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Bringing Your Characters to Life…Literally
I thought it would be fun for readers to get a visual of the characters in my book series, (after)life lessons.
Jake T. Austin responded! Loved him with Jenna on Dancing with the Stars.
His character, Chase Hastings, is the classic good looking, sarcastic, high school boy in the popular crowd.
Check out the book series here: (after)life lessons book series on Amazon
To My Mom on Her Birthday
Over the years, friends have asked about the secret ingredient in my mom’s famous chocolate chip cookies. Many have tried to recreate her delicious treats, but few have mastered the art.
This past weekend, my mother and I baked her cookies together, and I discovered her secret ingredient….love. My mother pours her selfless heart into each cookie, just like she does with everything and everyone in her life.
My mother is caring, thoughtful, giving, wonderful, fun, joyous, loving, and entertaining. I love her so much. Happy birthday!!
Check out our video from our baking adventure:
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Happy Halloween!
More Than
Our love is more dangerous than Bonnie and Clyde’s.
Our love is more more romantic than Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s.
Our love will last longer than Bella and Edward’s.
Our love is more magical than Remus and Tonks’s.
Our love is more powerful than Lois and Clark’s.
Our love is more passionate than Rhett and Scarlett’s.
Our love.
Monsters or Heroes?
As Halloween approaches, I’ve been thinking a lot about monsters. Ghosts, mummies, and zombies will haunt the streets in a few weeks, scaring children and tricking homeowners for treats, but just like a 9-year old boy in a werewolf costume, is there a little sugar sweet kindness beneath all that blood and gore?
Today’s popular fantasy fiction tells us that sometimes the monsters are the heroes. Perhaps they are actually selfless, innocent victims, fighting their instincts to protect the ones they love. Here’s a few examples.
Lena Duchannes, from the book and movie, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, is a Caster (in layman’s terms, a witch). Due to a family curse, she will find out if she is a light or dark Caster on her sixteenth birthday, and there is nothing she can do about it. Of course, before all this happens, she falls in love with a non-Caster. Serious trouble.
Witches are bad, but how about aliens? Daemon Black from the book Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout, is the hot, arrogant alien who lives next door. An entire galaxy of enemies want to kill him, and Katy can’t keep her hands off him.
Lastly, I can’t write a blog post about monsters fighting their instincts without including my main squeeze, Edward Cullen from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. Vampires were made to love and kill. Very dramatic.
As I write my next book series about a girl who goes to school in a haunted mansion, I struggle with the definition of monster. Who is the bad guy? Who saves the day? It might be the same person! (Or ghost!) Stayed tuned for more on my Bone-Chilling series.
Optimist Superheroes 