This song comes to mind today: Petra – It is Finished Yes, I am a Petra fan. Have been since I toddled around my mothers home. And it may seem a bit blasphemous for me to be singing this song when I’ve finished a manuscript… But seriously, this is the first thing that came to [...]

I’ve reached the half-way point on Pieces of Me, my young adult urban fantasy. It’s going awesome and the alpha readers have called me a rainbow of names… I love that. They want more, more, MORE! Which means I’m on the right track and I love it! I should have a blurb for you sometime [...]

BLINK OF A DRAGON, Book Two of the Dragons Forever series has had a successful launch! *confetti* and the announcement of the contest for BORN TO BE A DRAGON is gaining momentum! *more confetti* If you’ve missed the news about the Fan Fiction/Poetry Contest, be sure to check it out. It should be amazing and [...]

I mean Forever Time of Me! I mean… well okay, you know what I mean. Or maybe you don’t… Hmm. It’s update time! Dragons Forever 2, Title to be Announced, is in the editors hands right now. And I lay at the mercy of their talents. I’m hoping to have the edits back by middle [...]

I have the exciting opportunity to sit down with Heather McCorkle and have a virtual cup of coffee today! I’m sitting here, ten minutes early, typing out this post so I am ready for her minute by minute responses. Good thing I type fast because Heather is full of energy! She is such a pleasure [...]

Since I have done Friday Flash, on Thursday… I thought I would legitimately do a Teaser Tuesday today. Since after all, today is Tuesday in the states. At least when I am writing this it is… LOL

So my teaser today is from my current WIP… It’s called PIECES OF ME. I haven’t written on it this month due to moving and whatever… but I do honestly love this story and will see it to completion as soon as my household is back in order. You can count your eggs on that one.

And when I say teaser, I do mean teaser… Enjoy!

PIECES OF ME:

A knock at the opposite door brings life back to the room.

“That’s Sam,” Sheila says, trying to hide the crack her voice makes. “She’s a little early. Bray, why don’t you take a granola bar instead.” She hands me green metallic package and I stand.

“Have a good day, Kiddo,” Dad stands and holds me in an awkward embrace. “Try to take everything in stride today.”

I nod, biting back the knot that grows in my stomach. As soon as I open the door to Sam, the safe haven of this home will be no more. I’ll have to deal with life as it comes. Would I be able to handle this? The look on my parent’s faces say I can. They believe in me. Tanner believes in me. I should believe in me too.

The world moves in slow motion as I head for the door, the breath in my lungs burning for release.

The smiling face behind the door melts every bit of anxiety built up in my body. Sam stands there, her blonde hair up in a ponytail, sunglasses on her head, blue eyes sparkling and happy to see me.

“You ready Bray?” She says, as if she doesn’t realize I just laid eyes on her for the first time.

“As ready as I’ll ever be,” I reply, then close the door to the safety behind me.

Hey, it’s my blog… I can totally cheat if I want to. SO, here is my Friday Flash on Thursday. One in which I just MIGHT turn into a full novel. What do you think?

I clutch my brother’s small body to mine, as the roof of the storm shelter rattles with torrential winds. Mamma and Daddy said they would make sure the animals were safe then meet us here. That was thirty minutes ago. Terror settles deep in my gut as I watch the soft metal above us dent under the weight of whatever slams against it.
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On a house that is… not this blog. Though, I’ve seriously thought about making the blog a thing of the past… but not quite that crazy yet. Getting there… So yes! We are closing on our new house on the 29th of April and I’m so excited. This is our first house and it’s in [...]

The time has come to award the prizes for the CAROLPACOLYPSE!

The winners are:

• Alicia Caldwell – Hunger Games
• Donna Leonard – The Name of this Book is Secret
• Jaidis – Divergent

Ladies, email me at Eisley(dot)Jacobs(at)gmail(dot)com and tell me how you’d like the book. E-Reader versions are a choice as well!

Congratulations to everyone and especially to Carol! You rock my friend!

Over at YAtopia they are having a YA and MG two sentence pitch contest!

I know some of you write YA and MG so I thought I would let you know the contest is going on right now! Closes on March 24th (so you only have two days from the moment I post this) and all you have to do is: [ ...Click here to read more... ]