The Things Kids Say….

Hello everyone!

So I’ve been thinking…a lot lately. Scary, I know!

And what have I been thinking about? Sheesh, the better answer would be what am I not thinking about? Seriously – major – brain – overload.  What brings this on, you ask? Simple….I’ve realized that my kids are driving me bat-shit crazy! Yes, I’m pretty sure I’ve been fitted for a little white jacket and the dimensions for my padded white room have been drawn up for their approval..yes, I said ‘their’.

Why is it, as a parent the littlest comebacks and flippant comments are the ones that ‘do your head in’? I have several examples of my daily life in which I’d looooove to share with you. Maybe they’ll give you a snort of laughter or a shake of the head. Either way the pity party train is about to chug off so….. ALL ABOARD!

~The things that make my twitch act up~

That’s no fair! :

Yes, I agree and you want to know something? Life’s not fair. Get used to it now and save your self the heartache of delusion later. Trust me, it only gets worse.

Well, it’s his/her fault:

Pointing your finger at someone else does two things.

1. It makes you look guilty for pushing the blame off of yourself and on to others.

2. When you point your finger at someone else remember that there are 3 fingers pointing back at you. (Go ahead try it….I’ll wait.)

I never get to do anything!:

Nope….never. Oh, but last weekend you did this. Next weekend you’re doing that and just yesterday you were ______ (Fill in the blank).

So and so’s parents let them!:

Good for them! Shall we go nominate them for parent of the year? While we’re at it can I pick up my Worst Mother of the Year award to place on the mantel?

He/She started it!:

And I’m finishing it.

How come I can’t watch that movie? Everyone else at school has seen it! (insert teenage eye roll):

Because contrary to popular belief it’s not ok for a 13-year-old to watch a movie with sexual innuendos, or sexual acts with or without clothes on. Blame the producers, screen writers, or the motion picture rating people. Don’t look at me when I tell you that it’s not appropriate – I didn’t make the damn movie…sigh. If at this point it’s still not sinking in that impossibly thick skull please see the part above about life not being fair.

But…….I loaded the dishwasher yesterday!

And…….? It’s character building, besides who do you think created half of those dirty dishes? Oh and when you’re done go clean the pigsty you call a room. *silent high-five*

I hate doing laundry.:

Really? Because I love doing it. See this shirt? Yep, that’s the one you had on earlier, 5 clothing changes ago. I just washed it yesterday too! Aren’t you so lucky to have a laundry service? Quit complaining! And if you change your clothes one more time today I won’t be washing them, you will. You can complain to the washer and dryer, instead of me,  just how unfair life is, they here it all the time

Why can’t I take a walk around the block with my friends, geez mom it’s 9 o’clock and we’re bored!:

Remember that story on the news? The one where those women were found YEARS later after they’d been swiped off the street walking home from school? That’s why. Sorry, but there are sick people out there and I don’t want to live the nightmare of never knowing where you went. End of story!

You always make us late for school.:

Define late…..Oh? a few minutes before the bell rings and you can’t talk to your friends….I see. Well maybe if you’d stop dawdling around the house with your head in the air and no sense of time, you’d have more time to chat with your friends. And to the youngest one…..maybe if you’d stop staring into space / banging your hands on everything like it’s a drum you might have the extra time to get your teeth brushed and your socks and shoes on before I’m starting the truck….sigh.

 

And the grand finish to my tirade……

But Gramma said…..:

I got nothing for this…nothing I tell you….! It’s a white flag moment – I surrender….eeesh, how can you go up against the woman who taught you all you know – your parenting skills, your life skills…the woman is an Idol in my eyes and am proud she’s one in theirs.

 

End of tirade!

Hope you got a little laugh out of the nuttiness that is my life these days I love my children dearly, there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for them, well except for what I’ve listed above…lol Gotta have some limits as a parent.

Got any good ones I didn’t think of? I’m all ears!

Thanks for stopping in! Hope you have a great day

 

 

 

Casted by Sonya Loveday ~ Cover Reveal

Hello Everyone!! The moment I’ve been dreaming of has arrived. Thanks for stopping in to check out my very first cover!

Cover Design: by Ravven, the awesome. You can check out Ravven‘s site to see the other EPIC covers she has brought to life.

Thank you Ravven!

Release date: June 7th, 2013. This date is pending edits and formatting. Casted will be available for both e-book and print.

Book Description:

“My mind absorbed everything in the spell book I clutched tightly to me. Pages ruffled inside of my head, urging me to remember things and then to forget them. Voices chanted with tempo rising at the breaking points of pain until the book vanished and words to an ancient spell scribed across my arms. Each stroke brought blood to the surface, imprinting words I could not read; words that would forever change who I was.”

Jade had spent the majority of her life running from the Triad. The Triad are a powerful group, who would stop at nothing to obtain Jade and the missing spell book for leader, Lorenzo’s, nefarious plans. And now that she has absorbed the highly coveted magic contained inside the missing book, there is nowhere left for her to hide.

With the help of her friends, Jade steps out from the shadows and learns how to fight back. But no one is prepared for Elinor-the woman bound inside of the book that’s trapped in Jade’s mind. Now she not only needs to protect herself from the Triad, but from what’s hiding inside her mind as well.

Jade never expected the answer to it all would revolve around love.

Edge is dark, mysterious, and a sworn member of the Triad. He also hides a secret past that threatens the thin line he walks between good and evil. Lives are at stake when Jade and Edge’s two worlds collide. Can Jade learn to trust him when he says he is her pre-ordained and vows to do everything he can to protect her?  But more importantly, can she trust herself and the woman in her mind?

Author Biography:

Sonya Loveday, first and foremost is a reader, an avid one. It is of that love that brought her to the realization that this was the answer to the nagging persistent feeling that ‘there’s got to be something more’.

The dream came alive in 2009 when she purchased her laptop and began the tedious step of becoming a published author.

When she’s not reading, she’s writing. When she’s not writing, she’s reading. And when she’s not doing either of those things she’s sleeping, shuttling her children back and forth to school, letting the dogs and cats in and out of the house for the umpteenth time in the last hour and dreaming of a clean house.

You can find Sonya Loveday on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads and WordPress.

Just One Cup ~ by Cassandra Giovanni ~ Cover Reveal & Excerpt

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 20, 2013

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Book Description:

Emma Walker was a writer who’d lost herself to someone else’s anger–who had given up on ever feeling like herself again.
Evan Levesque was a rock-god–the one all the woman wanted, but he’d never gotten used to the loneliness between the stage and real life.
With just one cup of coffee they’ll begin a journey of self-discovery at each others sides, but can Emma handle Evan’s fame while dealing with her own demons? Emma’s checkered personal past, a bad relationship that haunts the edges of her memories, threatens to make everything implode on them when Evan takes matters into his own hands.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words…they’ll destroy my soul–Can Emma handle being put back together and facing who she’s become because of it?

GENRE: New Adult>Contemporary Romance

Author Biography:

Cassandra doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing. In fact, the first time she was published was when she was seven years old and won a contest to be published in an American Girl Doll novel. Since then Cassandra has written more novels than she can count and put just as many in the circular bin. Her personal goal with her writing is to show the reader the character’s stories through their dialogue and actions instead of just telling the reader what is happening. In 2012 she became a published Young Adult author, releasing In Between Seasons (The Fall, #1) and Walking in the Shadows. In 2013 she branched out by using her artistic illustrating talents to publish her first Children’s novel, The Adventures of Skippy Von Flippy: Tales of Friendship (Skippy Tales, #1). Cassandra will also release her first New Adult novel, Just One Cup, in the Spring of 2013.

Cassandra is a freelance professional photographer known for her automotive, nature and architectural shots. She is the owner of Gio Design Studios, a photography and publication marketing company that designs covers and marketing materials for authors utilizing the company’s photography. She is currently studying to receive her associates degree in Marketing. Cassandra is happily married to the man of her dreams and they live in the rolling hills of New England with the other loves of her life their dogs, Bubski and Kanga.

Casted’s Cover is Covered!

Hello!

So ya might have guessed it already……..but, GUESS WHAT?!?!

My cover is done *insert dancing* I’m so flippin excited!

I’ve got some really awesome people helping me with the reveal and would love to have more.

If you’re interested please let me know and I will email you the info. Just shoot me an email at sonya(dot)loveday@gmail(dot)com

Never thought I’d see this day. From where I’m standing the view is ahhhmazing

I can’t wait to share it with you on May 9th! Until then I’ll leave you with a picture of myself – I just posed for it to show you the excitement I’m feeling.

 

You’re singing the song now, aren’t you?….muwahahaha

Ok, kidding…lol. However this is the general feeling of giddiness that is about to burst from me, not kidding

 

Now here’s a question for you. What’s the one thing that made you so giddy that you just couldn’t sit still?

 

 

Almost there!!!

Hello everyone!

So I’m finally able to get on to most of my stuff here on WordPress. Still can’t see my stats, but then again I’ve been horribly absent on here as of late so there isn’t any stats to see *shrug*.

I’ve been very busy these last few months and can excitedly say……my book is going into edits! YAY!!!!!!!

I’ve got a cover artist lined up. The awesome Ravven will be doin’ her thang and I can’t wait to see it! For now I’ve created an image with the synopsis.

Wanna see? Ok!

Coming soon! Summer 2013

I’ve kicked my author page on Facebook into high gear, trying to create a following before the book is released. It still feels a little surreal right now saying I’m an author. Technically that coveted title is a little over a month away…but still.

And sadly, am still struggling with Twitter. I’m working on understanding it though. Gonna have to buy the Twitter for Dummies book before it’s all said and done…lol

Anyways. I hope everyone is doing good. I can’t wait to sit down and catch up on all I’ve missed!

Got anything new going on your way?

 

Blog Hop! The Next Big Thing: Casted

Hello All!

So I finally got the reader back on my home screen *dance of joy* it only took me 2 hours of banging on keys to get there…Seriously I looked like a monkey trying to fly a shoe. My tongue was stuck out and everything…….Yes, it was that ugly :/ Ok, stupid analogy but my brain is fried after numerous bouts of:

un-click this – delete that- oh wait maybe if I….nope, ok well let’s try this……crap, ok lets see……OH look the little circle is still spinning UGH! – Maybe this will work…nope. *insert bad language* – let me just un-click this and see….

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!  it worked, it really…really, I’m a frickin’ genious….bahahahaha it worked! Let me go back and check it…..just in case…noooooooooooo! Yup you guessed it – right back to the spinning circle of nothingness *sigh*

You would think that after all those dramatics I’d have a great explanation as to what I did to make it work. The big revelation is that I changed it to https….REALLY? Yes, it was that simple.

Anyways……..now that you’ve seen just how computer savvy (har har) I am…..now on to the real reason for this blog:

Candace Knoebel has nominated me for The Next Big Thing! Candace has a lot of cool stuff happening right now. First and foremost, she will be revealing the cover for Embracing the Flames – the second book in her Born in Flames trilogy!  Secondly, she is holding a giveaway on her Facebook page when she reaches 1,000 likes. Check out her page if you haven’t done so – tell her I sent you And thirdly, Candace is getting close to wrapping up her third and final book of the installment and will be sending it on to her publisher very soon. Way to go Candace!

And without further ado……..

What is the working title of your next book?

I’m currently working on a new project, I’ve been rolling a lot of titles around in my head and have come up with Casted – will it stay that? I don’t know, right now it just feels right. Who knows it could change the closer I get to finishing the book.

Where did the idea for your book come from?

From my head of course Honestly, this book started taking shape about 4 years ago when I had numerous story lines running around in my head. I started spilling all the extra stuff out in word documents so that I wouldn’t lose a story while another one was taking precedence. Sometimes you have to do that in order to stay focused. I’m glad I did because it’s really shaping up nicely now that the beginning was already there

What genre does your book fall under?

This definitely won’t fall under YA since there is one Character that likes to use a handful of non-YA words I guess you could either say Paranormal Fantasy or maybe Urban Fantasy since it deals with magic and spells and witches ….oh my!

Who would play your characters in a film?

Woooah there….getting a little ahead yourself much? I mean who wouldn’t want their book to become a movie? Sadly, only a handful make it and kudos to them who do! I on the other hand will live in the reality that will never come to pass – but if Ian Sommerhalder wanted to step in and take on Edge’s role…..just sayin’

What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?

“I’ve been running all my life from the unknown, I will run no more and face those who seek to destroy me.” ~Jade

Will your next book be self published or represented by an agent?

I will be walking the path of the Indie

How long did it take to write the first draft of your manuscript?

I’m still writing it. I’m pushing to have the first draft complete within the next month and then begin the grueling editing process

What other books would you compare this story to in the genre?

I wish I could give you a really good answer for this but the truth is….I don’t have an answer. I love to read. I find myself reading way more than writing – which is a big downfall for me. There are some really great authors out there that may have similar styles or settings. But, I believe, every book written shouldn’t be compared to others because the two are never the same

What inspired you to write this book?

I’d finished Fates Awakening and sent it off for review to a publisher who requested it. Once it was reviewed and I had a chance to fix the issues the publisher found with it – I realized that it just wasn’t enough. There are a lot of things I need to do to fix it and make it readable. It’s ok now but I want it to be better than ok. So I began tweaking and fixing and cutting and rewriting. All that led to the fact that I needed more – things have to change and I was forcing it to fit – you can’t do that and make it a good read. So, I stepped away and went back to Casted. I want fresh eyes and a clear head when I tackle Fates Awakening again, cause I know it has lots of potential. Casted is inspiring me to continue doing what I love…to write!

What else about the book might pique the readers interest?

Dagger and Edge….Can’t wait to see what the readers think of them!

That’s it for me. I’ll be keeping everyone posted as the story continues to flow out of my head and down to the keys. Until then I’d like to nominate not one, but two fellow Authors who in my opinion have very promising writing careers ahead of them. Hope on over and check out Cassandra Giovanni and Andrew Toynbee. While your at it, check out their Facebook pages too!

And as my good friend Andrew says:

Write on!

A sneak peek at Casted

As promised here is a snippet from my work in progress. I’m pretty excited with how this story is shaping up in my mind – Maybe it’s because I’ve had a little more writing time under my belt and I’m not trying to force it – the words flow from my mind to the screen and I leave them there – I’ll go back when it’s all said and done to cut what isn’t needed and leave what is.  I still have to come up with a name…lol

This particular scene is where our main characters Jade and Dagger are on the run from the Triad. The Triad has been hunting Jade since they murdered her parents and learned of her existence. Dagger’s coven has put him in charge of keeping her safe and hidden while they create a diversion to lead the Triad on a wild goose chase – but the odds are stacked against them as the Triad seems to be one step behind them at every turn.  So without further ado……..(please excuse any missing punctuation and such…I am by no means and editor…lol)

 

“We have two minutes tops before they blow this whole place up around us. If the safe houses are as you say then we have no choice….we need to take her to Edge.” Julie turned to the wall and pulled a small piece of paneling away to show an intricate design. It began to glow a faint purple light when she placed her fingers against it.

“No,” Dagger pulled her hand away. “He’s the last person I would have Jade near.”

“We don’t have any other option! You can’t take her to another safe house and you can’t put her out with the Mick’s. Think about it…they would never guess you took her there.” Julie said.

“I don’t like it.  He’s……” Dagger didn’t finish his sentence.

“It’s protected!!!….” Julie yelled above the groaning coming from the house. It was a matter of second’s before we’re crushed under all the rubble.

“It’s protected by dark magic! How do you figure that benefits us?” Dagger yelled.

“We can fight about it after we get there,” Julie snapped back at him.

 

Hope you enjoyed – can’t wait to jump back on it today and get a few more chapters in. Have a great day y’all!!  Now I’ll leave you with a bit humor….