Valentine's Day Tag!!

Hello Lovely People,

I hope you are enjoying a lovely Friday afternoon!!😊 I have a lot going on. I do plan to deliver updates as they arrive. I know I haven't done the quarterly goals post for this quarter. I will not be doing quarterly blogs  anymore atleast not for awhile. In other news...in the spirit of light hearted fun and Valentine's Day I decided to  do the V-Day Tag. I think Valentine's Day is a bit cheesy and love should be expressed everyday of the year, but I love the chocolates, teddy bears, and other cutesy themed stuff of that day though😊. I know V-Day was over two days ago, but I still think it's fun and I like tags. Jenna Moreci (author of Eve: The Awakening and The Savior's Champion) one of the authors I admire and respect participated in this on her vlog it how I found about it. The V-Day Tag  was created by Bree Barton (author of Heart of Thorns).

Although I am not currently writing ROTL (Rise of the Legacy), I am working on the final edits from my editor for ROTL so it is a WIP until it is published but the current WIP I am actually in the process of writing is the sequel TOTL (Trials of the Legacy). So in this tag I used  Cymone and Helia which are characters being introduced in VL2: TOTL.

1. Which character does something epic for another character on Valentine's Day, only to have it go epically wrong?

• Helia would and most likely give it to Sasha sense he ends up having a secret crush on her (spoiler alert)**.

2. Nine million people buy their pets a gift for Valentine's Day. Which of your characters does this, and what's the gift?

• Sasha - Horse treats for Belle
• Yasmine - Tortoise treats for Merlin
• Jayne - Bluejay treats and a new cage for Windy
• Alyssa - Chameleon treats for Ember

3. Which character is celebrating Singles Awareness Day (S.A.D.) and how do they celebrate?

• Cymone by hitting up clubs in the Twilight Realm and snagging a hawt single guy.

4. In 1537, King Henry the Eighth declared February 14th the official holiday of St. Valentine . . . the same King Henry who beheaded two of his six wives. Which character decides to murder someone on February 14th? 

• Eleanor Vanhorn Crowling

5. Which character writes and performs a sappy love song for their crush?

• Devlin for Jayne

6. Fill in the blanks: I saw _Toby/(Tobias)__  give a box of __Wild  truffles __ spiked with aphrodisiacs to ___Cymone___ , which made them wildly _Seductive_.

7. Every February, the Italian city of Verona receives approximately 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet. Which character writes a love letter to someone who does not exist, and what does it say?

• Avery (Chronus McAvoy) to his dead wife (killed in last war). Dearest Madeline, I know that you are gone, but it was not in vain Erisian will rise again and will succeed. Sorry you had to die at the hands of a friend turned enemy she paid dearly my beloved - Chronus.

8. Which character breaks up with their significant other on Valentine's Day by text message (or an equally awful way if there are no texts in your world)?

• Yvonne aka the 'Love Vixen' would probably do it if he pissed her off enough and she was fed up.

9. In Finland, Valentine's Day isn't romantic-it's called Ystävänpäivä, or "Friend's Day." Which character celebrates Friend's Day by playing a massive prank?

• Cymone

10. One of your characters consumes too much chocolate and champagne and gets sick all over the love of their life. Which character is it?

• Jayne

I hope you enjoy!!!

I am tagging ALL Writers!!! 

XoXo

TTYF

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Who Made The Naughty List 2017?

Hello Lovely People,

I am sorry I have not been posting regularly I have been dealing with a lot of personal stuff. I will be posting reguarly again shortly with some surprising announcements!! Until then I hope you enjoy this amazing writing tag created by Jenna Moreci, that I decided to participate in again this year.😃

🎄WHO  MADE THE NAUGHTY LIST 2017?!!🎄

THE RULES:

1) Provide a brief description of your novel before beginning. NO MORE THAN 5 SENTENCES.

2) If your cast is fewer than 15 characters, you can’t use the same name more than twice. If your cast is larger than 15 characters, you can’t use the same name more than once.



🎄WHO  MADE THE NAUGHTY LIST 2017?!!🎄

Rise Of The Legacy:
The Five Chosen Born. 
They inherited a destiny they did not want. A legacy of power that was sealed away from them.
Now they embark on a journey of self-discovery.
A war is coming and the fate of the world is resting on their shoulders. 
The enemies of their ancestor’s past is back and stronger than ever. 
A life of normalcy hangs in the balance.
In a world fated for destruction will they choose the world or themselves?

THE QUESTIONS:

#1 Which character is SO into the holidays, they nearly cause a street-wide power outage from all their Christmas lights?

• LaVera (Sasha's mom)

#2 Which character attends the office new years party with ONE date…and goes home with someone else?

• Cimone (sorry not book 1, but is in the series. She's in Book 2, I enjoyed creating her.) 

#3 Which character is more than happy to steal Hanukkah gelt from poor, unsuspecting children? [Note: Hanukkah gelt = chocolate coins]

• Sebastian Finnley Crow (Erisian and Eleanor's son) 

#4 Fill in the blanks: I saw ____Henrietta Ballentine___ doing a whole lot more than ____flirting____-ing with Santa Claus. They were full on ____lip locking__.

#5 One of your characters decides to pregame before church and passes out in the middle of the Christmas service. Which character is it?

•  Sue Ellis (barista  at cafe at VPS)

#6 Which character hasn’t been seen since winter began because they refuse to deal with the snow?

• Eleanor Vanhorn Crow ( Erisian's wife and Sebastian's mom)

#7 Which character completely forgot about the holidays and ends up regifting to everyone?

• Forestor Keegan (archery coach at VPS)

#8 Which character has such crappy luck, they only discover their potato allergy after pigging out on latkes?

•  Flora Marigold liaison at Whisperpoint Meadows for VPS.

#9 The Krampus has arrived to punish your very bad characters. Which character is kinda into it?

• Anna Sofia (counselor/advisor at VPS)

#10 One of your characters should be on the naughty list, but has convinced Santa to clear their name. Which character is it, and what was their means of persuasion?

• Sasha, made sure Santa's reindeer was well fed and gave his elves Christmas coats. 

Xoxo 

Happy Holidays!🤗😄

See you 2018!

28 Birthday Candles!💖🎈🎊🎂🎈🎊🎂

Hello Lovely People,

I hope all is well this lovely Fridayit my 28th Birthday! So I wanted you to get know me a bit more in 28 candles(facts)! I hope you are kicking your weekends off to a great start! Stay bless and keep going after your dreams. I hope you enjoy getting to know me better through these 28 candles!

🎈🎊🎂 28 Candles!🎈🎊🎂

🎂  My favorite food is Mexican food and Italian food.

🎂  My favorite animals are dolphins and horses.
🎂 My favorite city in the world is Paris, France.
🎂 My favorite candy is chocolate.
🎂 My favorite desserts are cupcakes, red velvet cake, Italian cream cheese cake,  chocolate covered       strawberries, caramel apples w/ nuts, and ice cream.

🎂 Eventhough I love caramel apples with nuts I don't like apples well technically the skin part.

🎂 I love the Olympics: skating, gymnastics, swimming/diving, and track.

🎂 I recently come to like the sport hockey.

🎂 I don't like watch football or basketball unless it's in a movie.

🎂 I have only 1 sibling that is 6 years younger than me and he's my brother.

🎂 My favorite color is purple.

🎂 I love dc and marvel comics and the tv shows that's on the CW.

🎂 I love reading manga and watching anime.

🎂 My favorite manga is Skip Beat, Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars), Fly High, Gakuen Alice,             Heart, Black Clover, The Prince's Cactus, Midnight Secretary, Provence, and The One.

🎂 My favorite anime is Sailor Moon, Card Captors, Yumeiro Pastissiere, Black Clover, Pretty Cure         series, Glass Mask, Angelic Layer, Saint Seiya Omega, and Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream series.

🎂 My favorite color is spiceberry purple.

🎂 When I was younger my favorite colors was red, black, and white.

🎂 I hate soft pink color, but not hot pink.

🎂 I hate green beans.

🎂 I don't like corn on the cob.

🎂 I don't like sweet potato pie or pumpkin pie. 

🎂 I taught myself how to ride a bike when I was a kid.

🎂 I am shy person until I get to know people.

🎂 My favorite flowers are purple and white lilies and cherry blossoms.

🎂 I love dancing, but not in front of people. I enjoy it as an exercise.

🎂 Some of my favorite food: I love fajitas, tacos, tostadas, pizza, pancakes, lasagna, ravioli, fried chicken tenders/chicken, poppers, fries, enchiladas, fried fish, bacon cheese burgers, wraps/sandwiches, banana nut cereal/captain crunch krave, BBQ, and nachos.

🎂 I only like waffles with fried chicken.

🎂 I love drawing and painting and its what I mostly did in high school outside of writing and acting. 

TTYF

XoXo

💜R

Announcement ~ Indie Way

Hello Lovely People,

I hope you all are enjoying your day. I have a brief quick announcement. Starting now the Indie Way posts have moved permanently to my website.

Click The Indie Way to get all my advice that I have learned and pass to you on the Indie Way blog. It will be updated upon request when asked regarding a certain topic I didn't post yet.


TTYF,
XoXo

💜R

Legacy Origin

Hello beautiful people,

I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Friday. I thought I should give a teaser of Rise Of The Legacy. Below is the origin story.

Excerpt from Rise Of The Legacy: The Origin Story.

Azalea Larkspur fell in love with the purest human soul on planet Earth Oriyon Vanhorn. After giving birth to Odin she felt he would need a wife when he got older. So she took an essence from Odin's soul spirit and heart, two ribs, and soil from the heavenly realm of A share and created his wife Freya. When Freya and Odin got older they gave birth to a baby girl Heva Esimina Vanhorn. Before giving birth to Heva, Azalea told Odin and Freya they are not to step outside of Asgard during the duration of Freya's pregnancy or drink nectar of wisdom from Nectar Falls in Asgard. Odin and Freya left the Garden of Paradise in Asgard and went into the human world to the beautiful island known as Valhalla. When they returned to Asgard they were tired and thirsty they drank from the nectar. Azalea was angry and banished them to Valhalla for 343 years. Heva inherited all of Azalea powers that was passed down through Odin and Freya, but the next 5 children would only inherit one powerful element they will be known as the Valkyries. After Odin and Freya's earthly sentence they returned to Asgard. Heva was to rule over the Valkyrie descendants.

I hope you enjoyed this origin story.

TTYF
XoXo

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POAH - Simplicity Outline

Hello Beautiful People,

Good morning, I hope you have a blessed day today an abundance of happiness follows you through your day. I hope you are kicking your weekend off to a great start. I have updates...for you! 😄 ROTL is nearing closer to final editing stage. I am currently writing the first draft of VL2: Trials of the Lost. In the meantime I have finished the simplicity outline for POAH and I would like to share this Sneak Peek or should I say Teaser with you.

Phase 1 Of Outlining
Simplicity Outline
Pages Of An Hourglass

ACT I - Book OF Destiny

Prologue: The Prophecy
Chapters (1-10)

1 - Lit Society
2 - Whispering Dreams
3 - Magicks and Mayhem
4 - 16th Birthday
5 - Revealing Eyes
6 - Unraveling Truth
7 - The Watchlings
8 - Fortune Tellers Never Lie
9 - The Ancient Song
10 - Book of Destiny

ACT II - Girl Of The Prophecy

Chapters (11-20)

11 - Unwelcoming Woods
12 - Cabin Of Secrets
13 - A Historical Tale
14 - Fragrance Of Lies
15 - Darkbloom
16 - Prince & Deception
17 - Prophecy
18 - Lands Of Trials
19 - Destiny
20 - Lingering Questions

ACT III - Choices Of Fate

Chapters (21-30)

21 - My Mother's Palace
22 - The Royal Families
23 - Deception
24 - Betrayal
25 - Eyes Of My Sister
26 - Season's Maze
27 - A War To Unite
28 - Song Of Cries
29 - Death By Destiny
30 - Rewriting Choices
Epilogue: Fated Ever After

I hope you enjoyed the sneak peek of Pages of an Hourglass. It will be released before VL2: Trials of the Lost.

TTYF

XoXo,

💜R

The Writing Rituals Tag

Hello Lovely People,

Good morning, I hope you all are having a lovely morning day and kicking the weekend off to a great start. You guys know how I love writing tags and book tags, and I created one myself not too long ago Liscense To Spill Author Confession writing tag, so it's not surprising that I decided to do the tag that Kim Chance and Mandi Lynn came up with.

Writing Rituals Tag

1. When do you write?

• I usually write at night.

2. How do you seclude yourself from the outside world?

• I usually put on headphones and listen to film score playlist, but I am thinking of creating a film score playlist that suits the tone of each current WIP.

3. How do you review what you wrote the previous day?

• I edit as I go most of the time, but every couple of chapters Reread what I've written. I decided not too long ago that I would use track changes make notes and go back and edit later and color the flaw in that area, but continue writing that way it will be easier to edit later.

4. What is your go to song when you are feeling uninspired?

• 'Up'- Star Darlings, Rise Up - Andra Day, 'Reach For Your Drams' - Photoronique, 'Blessed and Unstoppable' - Billy Alsbrooks

5.What do you do when  you find yourself struggling with writer's block?

• Step back and do some reading, research, take a small break, meditate, and go back to it with fresh eyes, and pray that what I need to make the story will come to me as I write.

6. What tools do you use when when writing? 

• Word and sometimes my notebook journal where I took notes and/or print outs of my outline, character profiles, research/story info.

7. What's the one thing you can't live without during writing sessions?

• When I can do it I will have a small snack bowl full of snacks I like for when I take breaks, but now its whatever I choose to eat during breaks.

8. How do you know when you're done writing?

• Tough to answer, but I guess when I express and execute the significance well and I feel like I done all I wanted and planned for that story. I feel the significance you want come across to the reader is one of the most important aspects when writing a story.

I hope you enjoyed my answers on this tag.

I am tagging all writers. Enjoy!😉

TTYF

XoXo,

💜 R