The second book in the New Avalon series will be arriving soon! Here's a look at the beautiful cover, designed by Natasha Brown. Elena Baxter’s second year at New Avalon may be more challenging than her first. The demons she was warned about show up, a visitor who greatly affects her arrives, and her best friend, Izzy, has to deal with her painful past. Can Elena survive everything that’s coming at her at once? Or will the future Lady of the Lake take on more than she can possibly handle? Excerpt: Elena ran through the dark woods, tree branches leaving deep, angry, red scratches on her arms, legs, and face. Her legs were heavy and her feet were cold and damp. The moist dirt of the forest floor began to seep through her shoes. She desperately wanted to look behind her to see if the dark figures were still there, but she dared not, afraid it would slow her down and they would catch up to her. She kept running; she felt as though her lungs were about to explode and her heart would burst out of her chest at any moment. Cold sweat broke out all over her skin. Just when she thought she couldn’t run anymore, she reached the edge of a cliff that seemed to appear out of nowhere. Peering through the heavy mist, she realized she had run to one of the far edges of Avalon, and knew the only thing below her was the icy cold ocean. With nowhere else to go, Elena turned to await the dark figures chasing her. She prepared to use her magic on them, even with the knowledge that the few spells she had learned so far would barely touch her oncoming attackers. She would defend herself - she would not let them see how terrified she was. As she watched ahead of her, three dark figures appeared, and when they saw her, they came rushing at her. They reached out their hands, casting their own spells faster than she could react to them. As several fireballs headed toward her, Elena began to scream. Releasing September 30 Andrea Buginsky is a freelance writer with a BA in Mass Communication-Journalism from the University of South Florida. She has always wanted to be a published writer, and decided to try to write children's fantasy books a few years ago. The Chosen is her first book, and was released on December 14, 2010, to her delight. Andrea has written three more books since: * My Open Heart, an autobiography of growing up with heart disease. * Nature's Unbalance: The Chosen, Book 2 * Destiny: New Avalon, book 1, a YA fantasy She is currently editing the third book of The Chosen series, and writing the fourth. Andrea lives in Kansas with her family, which includes her two precious puppies. You can visit Andrea on her website or Google+
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It's always a pleasure to see a team working together. The writing team of Charles and Wendy Siefken are no exception. Do take a few minutes and see why their such a good team. So here goes.... For what are you grateful? We are both grateful for our health and our families. If you had two years left to live from this moment, what would you change about your life starting tomorrow? I think both of us would devote a lot more time to writing our stories. Right now, we are in the mode of, “there is always tomorrow”, two years we would push much harder. What is the number one lie you tell yourself? How is that working out? This question is pretty subjective. We think that if you tell yourself a lie long enough you will begin to believe it. Like if you tell yourself you will be alone for the rest of your life, you will begin to believe it. If you tell yourself every day that you will be happy and think positive thoughts, you can change how you see life. It can work out but it’s a retraining and reconditioning of the brain and how you think of yourself. When was the last time you felt alive? I mean really alive! For Charlie it was when he kept his car from going into a really steep ditch when he wrecked his car. For me it has to be when we went to Hawaii and I went swimming in the ocean and was comfortable. What is one of the most unusual things you have done in your life? For me, I was a mannequin in a store. It was a lot of fun. So far, the most unusual thing Charlie has done was go to a girl’s birthday party and play with the Barbie dolls. He was the only boy there. When was the last time you helped someone that was desperately in need? What did you do? Was this person grateful? When a young man in a pickup rolled right in front of us we assisted in calling 911 and helping the EMTs get him out of the truck. Keeping him calm and covering him to keep him from freezing and going into shock. Yes, his mother was very grateful. Bio Charles Siefken (1992-present) is a recent graduate of high school. This is his first book of many to be published. He currently resides in rural central Iowa where he enjoys reading sci/fi books and playing video games among other things. He currently works at a local auto mechanics shop and will be attending college this fall to get a degree as well. Christopher Paolini was his inspiration to become a writer. Wendy Siefken (1966-Present)Currently working full time from home on writing stories and now a virtual assistant to those in need of an extra pair of hands online. Wendy lives on a farm with her family and enjoys reading, gardening and other activities with her family and friends. This is our first publication with many more to follow. This all started as a school project for her youngest son and business partner, Charles Siefken, which has grown into a desire to be published. The book is a journey into the fantasy realm of what if's. Zombies took over the world? What if werewolves were real? What if dragons were really not from earth but from another planet? I hope you enjoy this YA book. This book is ideal for a young reader who you may not want reading a book with a lot of blood and gore. This book doesn't have that. It has a story without all the graphics of a battle. Please share your author bio, and links to your Our Blog sites are: http://siefken-publication.bravesites.com/ http://siefkenpublications.blogspot.com/ http://siefkenpublications.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/ https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Siefken-Publications/24158464923496 to purchase: http://siefken-publication.bravesites.com/purchase-our-book or http://www.amazon.com/Kais-Journey-Chronicles-Clover-ebook/dp/B00D3O48DK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1375285917&sr=1-1&keywords=kai%27s+journey Lisa Day asks you to please note Weebly has been having issues and I do apologize for the format imperfections. Not that I can ever make it prefect, but today is was worse then ever and not my fault.. :) Please check out the other pages on this site and do tell your friends. I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about the Seifken's and their book Kai's Journey... watch for their newest release coming soon!. |
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