Realms Faire: House of the Hero's Dilemma, Challenge 1

Hero’s beware! 

Here at the House of Hero’s Dilemma, a new cliff-hanging adventure will dangle new heroes above the depths of destiny or despair. In 100 words or less, a hero will face a danger in story form.

Each day, the people of Realsmdom will decide the fate of these heroes in three sentences or less. If fateful endings are giving answer in poetic form, an extra entry for prizes will be awarded.

Daily e-book prizes will be awarded via random name-pulling from the entries after 8p.m. Pacific Time. Everyone is invited to participate.

People of Realmsom, you have the power of storytelling might to decide the fate of the would-be heroes. Will they die in glory or shame, live in victory or defeat?

 It is up to you.

Hero's Dilemma, Day 1: Sherlock in Space

Captain Sherlock of 221B Baker Streak and his first mate, Dr. Watson, were in trouble again. It had all started out as an innocent investigation of a not-so-innocent string of murders on Friza 3, third moon of Regus.

The murderer had the latest Class A Streak ship with weapons.

“Sherlock, I told you we needed missiles more than that science lab taking up space in cargo bay,” Dr. Watson stated his obvious and redundant opinion, again.

Sherlock shrugged. “You’ll just have to fly us out of here, Watson. Use your space navy skills.”

Plasma fire struck their weakened shields, and . . . 

What happens next?

Finish the story in less than three sentences in the comment section by 8p.m. Pacific Time to enter the day’s prize giveaway of either: Girl of Great Price, a future noir detective story; or Captain Quasar: Starfaring Adventures, a space comedy adventure –both written by the talented Milo James Fowler.
Please include your e-mail address and which book you would prefer with your entry.

In a city run by a powerful mobster, nobody wants to play the hero. Private investigator Charlie Madison just wants to pay the rent. 

Join Captain Bartholomew Quasar & the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude in this hilarious collection of starfaring adventures as they confront bands of space pirates, cantankerous bandits, exotic aliens, and a villain with the fastest thumbs in the quadrant.

And, after you have decided the fate of the Hero’s Dilemma, try your hand at the other Realms Faire Events for more fun and prizes!

 Realms Faire

Realms Faire Events:

Hosted by Cassandra Webb. Daily prizes.

Your character squares off with another writer’s darling. Can you win? The audience decides.

Hosted by Cherie Reich

I am a book so popular they made a movie of me. Within the what if realms I lie. Horror? Fantasy? Or am I Sci-Fi? A riddle every day during the Realms Faire for you to take your best guess and have a chance to win a prize most splendid.

Hosted by Christine Rains

Come by and soak a blogging friend with wet sponges… or witticisms. Prizes drawn daily.

Hosted by MPax. Prizes for the winning knight. Prizes drawn daily for the crowd.

Up to 10 knights can joust. Each will battle daily. Magic words will be granted to each knight to pass out to their adoring fans. Knights score points by commenters using their magic words. Knight with the most points at the end of the week wins. What does the knight win? A year of promo on my blog in the slider and a tumbler printed with your championship boasts and badge (SEE HERE).

Winners are drawn daily from the adoring crowds.

Hosted by M. Gerrick

Every book offered as a  prizes will be hidden behind a doorway. Under each door will be the blurb for the hidden book. Each correct answer will be put in the drawing for the book given as a prize. random.org will be used to pick the winners.

Hosted by Untethered Realms. A simple word game. Prizes drawn daily.

Hosted by Julie Flanders

Each day I will give clues to a famous ghost from literature or movies. I’ll give new clues throughout the day until someone guesses the right ghost. The first one to guess correctly will get a $5 Amazon gift card and a bundle of ebooks.The only rule is that the same person can’t win the daily game more than once.

At the end of the week everyone who left a comment will be entered into a drawing for the grand prize which is a $30 Amazon gift card and a bundle of ebooks.

House Waibel is hosting the Stockade Brigade. Warrants of arrest have been issued for select authors accusing them of witchery and wizardry. The pillory has been erected and the trial dates set.

Good people of Realmsdom, I call upon you to bear witness to these trials and offer your testimony for or against the author’s crimes.

Points will be awarded for wordsmithing a comment in your best Olde English afore 8 of the clock in the Eastern time on the following scale:

5-Ye speak as one from the days of Queen Bess.

4-Ye could pass muster as a Ren Faire cast member

3-Ye could pass as a Ren Faire attendee

2-Ye wouldn’t be foolin’ yer mother

1-Ye stand out like the sun in a cloudless sky

An e-book will be given every day to the witness who scores the most points. Fear not, your daily score will be accumulated and the person with the highest score shall receive a special prize at the end of the week. So, brush off your Olde English and prepare to testify.

Hosted by L. Diane Wolfe.

You are charged with tracking down the unicorns!

Every day, a new blogger will host a photo. You will have to find the unicorns in the image, much like the famous “Where’s Waldo?” Leave a comment stating how many unicorns you find in that image. The most correct guesses out of five, wins.

Prizes will include books and gift cards.

Five images – many unicorns – only one winner!

Hosted by Realms Faire HERE. Prize packages up for raffle.

Hosted by River Fairchild Prizes drawn daily.

A vortex opens. Five people are trapped in the Underworld with only one way out – challenge an immortal to a contest of skill. The odds are against those brave enough to accept but enthusiastic fans can help them win their freedom with magic words given to each contestant. Daily prizes awarded to each challenger and a commenter chosen at random.

What happens to Captain Sherlock and Dr. Watson? 

Decide their fate in three sentences or less. 

(Bonus points for poetic verse)

And, remember to include your e-mail address and book preference with your entry.

November IWSG: Co-Hosting

IWSG ROCKS - the sign up list.

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Awesome Host Alex J. Cavanaugh

Co-Hosts:

Karen Walker  http://karenfollowingthewhispers.blogspot.com/

Denise Covey  http://dencovey.blogspot.com/  

Stephen Tremp   http://authorstephentremp.blogspot.com/

My insecurity today is:

Co-hosting

Am I good enough to co-host? 

I mean, will I visit enough? Write the right kind of post? Slink through the web with ninja skills and a clone army? 

I kind of doubt it. 

I'm not the Ninja Captain, but I love IWSG so much that I wanted to help out, so here I am. 

I think my ninja suit had some bleach spilled on it followed by mustard, and my clone machine broke and keeps spewing out to-do lists, but I'll be visiting. :)

Thanksgiving side-note: I'm thankful for Alex J. Cavanaugh and every single blogger who has helped make IWSG an encouraging blog hop for writers, storytellers, and artists. Thank you, Alex.

Next WEEK:

Come take a stroll through Realms Faire! Games, riddles, and jousting will all be at various places for your amusement! Prizes will be awarded. Here, at my blog, I'll be hosting The Hero's Dilemma! Prizes will be awarded daily!!!

Also, I'm taking part in #99centnovember hosted by Milo James Fowler

Get e-books by your favorite authors for only 99cents!

My book Champion in Flight is part of the deal.

(And my first book Champion in the Darkness has gone permafree)

Have you ever co-hosted IWSG? And, can you match the stealth, speed, and awesomeness of Ninja Captain Alex? Will you join the fun of Realms Faire? Check out #99centnovember? 

Jessica Therrien and the Redemption Blog Tour!

Hello! I’m Jessica Therrien, author of the YA Paranormal Romance series, CHILDREN OF THE GODS. Thanks so much for having me on your blog, Tyrean! (Thank you for visiting, Jessica!)

If you’ve stopped by for the blog tour then thank you too!

I’m going to be a bit honest here about what I went through when beginning to write my series, maybe more than I should be, but I wanted to let you all in a little. Writing my first novel wasn’t all cupcakes and lollipops. It was hard.

When I started writing Oppression (Children of the Gods #1), I really didn’t know anything about writing a book. I knew a lot about writing in general. I’d written poems, short stories, and with an English teacher for a mother, I’d been raised to love the written word, but writing a whole book was something new.

Starting was easy. I was so inspired by the idea for my book that the words poured out of me, page after page. I’d never written anything so long. I’ll never forget the feeling, calling up my mom and sister to freak out over those first fifty pages. If you’re a writer you know what that’s like. Getting THE IDEA. Writing so fast you worry you’ll forget what comes next if you don’t get it out quick enough. It’s a great feeling.

And it really sucks when you lose that feeling…

Every writer has a different process, and after those first fifty pages I had to figure out what mine was, because I got lost. I tried plotting, outlining, brainstorming. Nothing. I was stuck. So I did what most people do when they start writing a book. I gave up.

Months went by with OPPRESSION left untouched, but after a while I started to hear my character’s voices again, nagging me as I was trying to sleep. Thank God they did, because it snapped me out of my writer funk. I suddenly realized something about the way I’d been writing. All along I had been trying to write in order, from beginning to end, when really, my mind was reeling over something that needed to happen later in the book.

I started to learn about my writing process, and that it didn’t need to be all neat and pretty. I could jump around, move away from my outline, add characters, change the plot. I stopped being so ridged with myself and it worked. The story went where it wanted, and I loved it. I was a true Pantser (without even knowing the term yet).

You’d think by the third book in my series I’d have mastered my process. But each book had its challenges (becoming a wife, then a mother added a new level of crazy that I had to learn to work around). But whenever I felt discouraged I’d remember my favorite story from a favorite book of mine (those who know me are going to roll their eyes because I ALWAYS talk about it)…BIRD BY BIRD.

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” 
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

If you’re a writer, don’t be discouraged about feeling uninspired, or what may seem like writers block…try something new instead, figure out your process, or just take it bird by bird. Writing is hard, for most of us at least. For those who aren’t writers reading this post, at least you know that my series didn’t come about easily. It was challenging, but I’m pleased to say that the end result was very much worth it. I hope you enjoy the books.

Thanks for reading!

Lead Council member, Christoph, is dead by Elyse’s hand, and Descendants have begun to emerge, exposing their secret to the world. Some see this as the prophecy come to fruition, but the prophecy caries a heavy consequence. It was never meant to be as peaceful as most had hoped.

Humans and Descendants struggle to live together in a world that isn’t ready for such a change. America is divided. Those who glorify the supernatural race believe Descendants truly are the gods they claim relation to. Others see them as a threat.

When Elyse gives birth to the next generation oracle, she sees one final vision—war. The destruction of the country’s major cities, and the end of America as we know it.

After her daughter is born, Elyse finds herself without the ability she needs to predict the future. Desperate to save the world from such conflict, she puts her faith in the hope that Descendants are the key to survival. After all, they have the power to supply a broken society with the means to survive.

Only from the ashes can a new world be born.

GOODREADS | AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE (Links available soon)

Elyse’s Story…

OPPRESSION (Book #1)

UPRISING (Book #2)

REDEMPTION (Book #3)

The Children of the Gods Series

The Descendants have waited long enough for freedom…

About The Author

JESSICA THERRIEN spent most of her life in the small town of Chilcoot, California, high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In this town of nearly 100 residents, with no streetlights or grocery stores, there was little to do but find ways to be creative. Her mother, the local English teacher, inspired her to do all things artistic, and ultimately instilled in her a love for language. Jessica currently lives in Southern California with her husband and their two children.

You can visit her online at

www.jessicatherrien.com

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Thanksgiving side note from Tyrean: I'm thankful for writers who share their journey of writing on the good days and the bad days!

Daylight Savings!!!

Normally, I don't post on Sundays, but here's a "scary" but humorous video about daylight savings that I happen to enjoy greatly.






Information about #99centsnovember is coming tomorrow!!! Don't miss it!

Interview with Cathrina Constantine, Snow on Cinders, and Short, Do You Have Goals? Update

Please Welcome Cathrina Constantine, extraordinary author of Snow on Cinders!

1. Where did you get the idea for Snow on Cinders?

It never occurred to me to write a sequel to Tallas. It was almost a year after the Tallas release that my fellow author Nana Prah insisted I write a sequel to tie up the loose ends. I got to thinking about her idea, and went for it. Hence, Snow on Cinders is born.

2. What's one of your favorite parts of Snow on Cinders? (If you can tell without spoilers.)

I truly love the Big Blue Bear, his name is Tibbles, and his bravery to shield the children and help the community. He's like a their furry savior. There's a scene where Tibbles must say good-bye to someone he loves very much, and it broke my heart to write it.

3. The cover looks amazing and magical. Do you use photos or images to help you with story ideas or for writing inspiration?

I wish I could say exactly where my inspiration comes from. Perhaps one day I'll figure it out. I'm a true pantser and I just hope ideas pop into my head. I love movies, and that's how I write, like I'm watching a movie. But sometimes it's hard to put into words what I'm imagining. 

Hooray for pansters! (Tyrean's insert)

4. If you could sum up your main character's attributes in three words, what would those three words be?

Love ~ Family ~ Tenacity

5. If you could take your main character out for coffee, what do you think she would order? (and what would you order?)

Since they live in a post-apopalytic world, pastries and coffee are a prized gifts. So I'd imagine Keeyla would order everything and anything off the menu. And I have a terrible liking for Starbucks, white chocolate mocha.

SNOW ON CINDERS

How far would you go to protect your family?

A peculiar metamorphosis has taken shape since the final days. And the planet is in the throes of healing.

Fulvio McTullan leads his family and a band of misfits to form a new settlement, far from Tallas and it’s nefarious Elites. Their journey takes them into uncharted territories where strange creatures are lurking. It’s a battle of survival, not only from the creatures, but the mutated earth as well.

Meanwhile, Pomfrey Addler, an oppressive Elite squashes the insurrection in Tallas. Suddenly, citizens begin to vanish in the middle of the night and his daughter, Paniess is hell bent on revenge.

Fraught with mishaps, Fulvio finally locates the perfect place to settle. They begin to rebuild until they receive a call. A call which will lure them back into the clutches of Tallas.

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Do You Have Goals? is an excellent blog hop hosted by Misha and Beth.

I'm a little behind this month. And, since it's late Thursday night as I write this and I know I will be pressed for time on Friday, I'm going to make this short for now.

I have three short stories that I'm trying to wrap up in the next two days - I'm not sure I'll make the deadlines.

Champion's Destiny is still lurching to a finish point and release date, but I wish I had more time or less need for sleep.

I'm concerned about a particular novella I wrote for a small press series . . . and it's been delayed.

I went to a book far and made it mostly work for me, although I still had bouts of shyness that had me hiding behind my table.

I don't remember if I invited anyone anywhere, except to Realms Faire - coming next week!

I didn't bike at all this month, but I did walk about 30 miles, and I kayaked about 10K.

And, I went on an Alpha weekend and have continued to volunteer on Tuesday nights with Alpha - it's a Christian program for people with heavy questions about faith.

So, this isn't a complete rundown, but I'm continuing to make progress. I'm neck deep in teaching, tutoring, home-schooling, and just life, but I keep squeezing in some writing, too.

Have you read Snow on Cinders? Do you know Cathrina? And, do you have goals?