The Realms of a Fantastical Mind

Section #3: The Creative Process I'm really excited about this interview.  The Blog Ring of Power had invited Alma, via Terri Bruce, and when Alma excepted, Terri gave a great big fan squeal, and for good reason.   If you haven't read the interview from the beginning check out Terri's page.  Then check in with T.W. Fendley for her part,  I'm section 3 this week.  Sandra will have section 4 for your reading pleasure,  and D.C. Rich will top it off on Tuesday.   Please read each part of the interview.  Alma's answers are great. And now, I want to welcome our newest guest to the Realm! Alma Alexander was born in Yugoslavia, grew up in Africa, and went to school in Wales. She has lived in several countries on four continents, and is quite comfortable in the new continent of cyberspace. She was living in New Zealand when she met a man on an Internet bulletin board for writers, married him and moved to America. She now...

Contest! Today, in honor of my friendship with T.W. Fendly I'm doing a contest. The prize... Zero Time e-book by, yup you guessed it, T.W. Fendly.  Awesomeness! Ok let's get down to the nitty-gritty. Because this is a celebration of the friendships gained online the contest will be all about making connections. The more points you earn, the more likely you'll be able to win, and gain more friends yourself. Here's how you earn points. +1 leave a comment with comment let me know that you have... +1 followed this blog , if you have your own, leave the link so I can do the same for you. +1 followed me on Twitter , leave your twitter name so I can follow you back +2 put my link on your page so that we can share friends. Don't forget to leave a link from your page so I can do the same. +2 Tweet this contest and include #ZeroTime2012 #makingFriends Let's share the love. + 3 Followed T.W. Fendly on her blog. Make sure to check out her bl...

 Welcome T.W. Fendley! T.W. has been hosting the Blog Ring of Power with me for several months. In that time we've become good friends over the web.  I was excited when she told me about what she was planning. So, with the joined effort of many others we have come together to bring all of you her Book Party!  T.W. Fendley writes historical fantasy and science fiction with a Mesoamerican twist for adults and young adults. Her debut historical fantasy novel, ZERO TIME, was voted Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Novel in the 2011 P&E Readers Poll. Her short stories took second place in the 2011 Writers' Digest Horror Competition and won the 9th NASFiC 2007 contest. Teresa belongs to the St. Louis Writer's Guild, the Missouri Writers' Guild, SCBWI and Broad Universe. BOOK BLURB: As Zero Time nears, only Keihla Benton can save two worlds from the powers of Darkness. But first she must unlock the secrets of Machu Picchu and her own past. When Philadelphia science writ...

I recieved a tweet over a week ago, I've been nominated for The Versatile Blogger Award.  Well... Whoot! The great and wonderful Kela McClelland had placed me as one of 15 that she named.  I've been busy, but I wanted to thank her for this awesome award. YAY  I hope everyone jumps over to Kela's blog after you read mine. Leave some comments, show some love. These are the rules of the nomination 1. Create a post for the Versatile Blogger Award. Ok, check.  2. In the same post, thank the blogger who gave you the award and put a link back to their blog. Check again! Oh and did I mention THANK YOU KELA! 3. Nominate 15 other people for this award and let them know. This may be the hard part. 4. Post seven random things about yourself. Will post below 5. Include these rules in your post. Check again.  Seven random things about myself.  Hmmmm 1) Ok, I guess I'll start with being a twin. Yup, I'm a twin.  Fraternal, which means not the same egg. W...

The waves crashed against her feet, as Melandra coughed wet sand out of her mouth.  Dazed, she lifted her head to look around.  She was alive, but alone.  Debris from the ship lay all around her, along with the crates from the cargo hold.  However, there were no signs of any other survivors. She was shocked to find that all of her items, though waterlogged, stayed with her, reminding her of her determination to hold on to her only protection.  She was dizzy and weak from floating on bits of wood all night.  Hurt but still alive the wind reminded her that she may not remain so if she doesn't get warm, and soon.  The temperature was only slightly warming with dawns light breaking over the pine trees, past the beach. She searched around but all there was to offer was wet wood. Causing it to be much more difficult to light a fire than it usually was.  She owed it to being so dizzy and disoriented.  Looking around she spotted black smo...

So when the Blog Ring of Power was starting off, not too long ago, I had an idea of who I would ask to come visit and tell us all about themselves.  I had to ask Darke as I've read her work, and yup, LOVE IT. I'm so happy she said yes! She's down to earth and a buddy of mine on AQC (there's that writers place again, hmmm I meet lots of people there... hint hint)  So with a fan squeal and no more delay I give you the first section of Darke Conteur's interview with The Blog Ring of Power. About You BRoP: How long have you been writing? Darke:  Since I was seventeen, so close to twenty-seven years. Wow, that's a long time. BRoP:  Tell us about your early works—what was the first thing you ever wrote? Darke:  The first thing I ever wrote was a novel about a teenage girl who runs away and becomes popular. I know, horrible, but teenage angst was all I knew, 'cause I was a teenager.  BRoP:  When did you first consider yourself a profession...

So I was tagged in another Meme, by Dean C Rich and Cherie, which is great cause they're fun. :) And this one is called Lucky 7s. My lucky number. Sounds good so here it goes. Lucky 7!   This one is quite easy, so without any delay, here are the rules: 1. Go to page 77 of your current ms. 2. Go to line 7. 3. Copy down the next 7 lines/sentences, and post them as they're written. No cheating. 4. Tag 7 other victims, er, authors. I'm going to ask your forgiveness in advance for my pg 77. Though I haven't looked at it, in a while, I'm doing a complete rewrite on my Work In Progress so this may be a bit rough.   From Second Nature Her curvy body was dressed in greens and browns of vines to cover her.  The lady’s feet looked like the roots of trees imbedded in the ground.  Nemune gasped in awe. From one side of Nature came Una and Endoria, from the other came Agasga and Rytharvin. Nemune watched as Dawveed got up from where he lay....