The Storm Teaser

I wanted to put a little bit of The Storm: Book 3 in the Changeling Series, out there. This is very early on but it is the tentative opening scene.

  Lexi tried to slow her rapid breathing as she looked around. All she could see were bodies laying on the ground. She felt her stomach turn as she surveyed the carnage. The sound of high pitched laughter stopped her heart.
  She looked around the wall that she had hidden behind and saw her worst fear come to life. Mia was holding Amber by the throat as Deke drained the life out of Charlie. Lexi could see Daniel's lifeless body laying beside Deke, his blood covering Deke's chest now mixing with Charlie's blood.
  Lexi couldn't stop staring at the bodies of people she knew that were now piling up in front of Mia and Deke. Then she noticed one of the bodies crawling away from the others. Lexi gasped. It was Jess.
She had to help her but she couldn't move. She was paralyzed by fear.
  As Jess struggled towards her, a hand grabbed her by the hair and lifted her into the air. Jess screamed and seemed to see Lexi for the first time.
  "Lexi, please help me," she begged.

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Web Page

I am so thrilled to be done with my web site. It was easier to create than I expected it to be. Weebly really does make it easy. I also had some great advice. Thanks Marty! I am now more involved with social media then I ever thought I would be. I hope that its a good thing. I downloaded the book How to Make Your Own Free Website: and Your Free Blog Too by Jason Matthews. Although it didn't talk about how to use Weebly, it talked about three other programs you could use. Where I found it really helpful was talking about what social media sites you should be a part of and how to make badges for those sites to connect your followers to all of your different links. I am so grateful to those who went before me and then were thoughtful enough to share what they have learned so that I wouldn't have to figure it out on my own. If I had had to go it on my own, it would never have gotten done. Check out my new web site at amandavegaauthor@mail.com. Now if I could just figure Twitter out, I'd be doing okay!

Newly refocused

I haven't blogged in a while but I am newly refocused and invigorated. I attended the SC Literary Conference this weekend and was inspired to start blogging again. I met some great authors and publishers. I also attended a writing workshop lead by Susan Kammeraad-Campbell from Joggling Press. She had us do an activity that she calls "Bouncing with Tigger". Its like word association but using the last word of a sentence to trigger your next sentence. It was very creative. I am including what I wrote in the 5 minute time limit. It is definitely a good exercise to do if you are having writer's block.

The girl walked into the forest.
The forest was dark.
Darkness is the absence of light.
Light brings us happiness.
Happiness blooms inside of us.
Inside is where we are ourselves.
One's self can be lonely.
Lonely is the person who can't share their thoughts and feelings with others.
Feelings are our emotions way of talking.
Talking is sometimes overrate, showing is better.
Showing someone you love them is a great gift.
Gifts come in all shapes and sizes.
Size doesn't matter, it only matters if you care about it.
Caring is one of the things that makes us humans.
Humans are not alone in this universe.
The universe is vast an mostly unknown.
The unknown can be scary.