tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36162596868519103652024-02-02T02:24:44.044-08:00Tess BooksTess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-4099718979040377282014-05-07T18:14:00.001-07:002014-05-07T18:14:53.069-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">This post is difficult to write. Dear fans of Tess Williams, on May 2nd Tess was traveling in India with her husband and was killed in a Taxi accident. This is not a joke or false. We are asking for your prayers for her husband and family d</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">uring this difficult time. There is a memorial fund that has been set up in her honor. The proceeds will go to the Embrace a Village children's home in Coimbatore, India. This is a place that Tess was involved with that very close to her heart. If you would like to honor her memory, please make a donation. The picture below was taken while Tess and Shankar were visiting the EAV children's home, I'm sure you can see the joy and peace on her face. I am asking also that you are respectful with your comments as they will be read by her grieving family.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Please be assured that her books will still be available online. Also, we will be doing our best to edit and publish any works she has already completed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">She loved you all, and prayed for you often. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Thank you -Beth Cox (Tess' sister)</span></span></div>
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Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-18149956392094774952014-03-25T16:15:00.001-07:002014-03-25T16:15:50.828-07:00Say Something<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Christ Himself, the propitiation for our sins, and all sins. The stone that lies
between reaching the one we love IN love, is all the hurt, and all the wrongness;
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that person’s heart -- no matter their wrong. They don’t need to say a word. </span></div>
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Hi all!<br />
I haven't written in a while. That's because I've been in India visiting my husband, but I am back home now. Soon, I get to visit him again for our one year anniversary and I am really excited.<br />
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This year has been really big for people reading my books -- especially Ember, Obsidian and Dust. But to be honest, the reviews have been really mixed.<br />
Pretty much everyone likes Ember (except for the typos, which are not my strong-suit, sorry :/). <br />
But lots of people seem to have a hard time liking Obsidian and an even harder time liking Dust.<br />
It's pretty obvious if you read the reviews on amazon that the dislike from Dust springs from "religious" issues.<br />
<br />For this reason (and to help explain Obsidian for those interested), I'd like to go into a little explanation for the path these three books take.<br />
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Listen to this song first if you can: (For those of you reading this off my blog, the song is "Feel Again" by One Republic)<br />
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Now I'm just going to tell you simply the pattern displayed in the three books Ember, Obsidian, and Dust.<br />
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Ember - This starts out with our main characters (and namely, of course Evelyn) in a child-like stage. They're just entering adulthood, and they're alive. They feel a lot, and they love a lot. They get scared, but they don't really think to protect themselves. They just <i>are </i>themselves. And so they all become friends with much love and joy shared!<br />
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Obsidian - Now our heroes, and heroine, are older, and they're starting to try and control things for themselves. They are (like a lot of adults begin to do) trying to control situations to stop the pains they've felt in the past. Instead of accepting loss and being abandoned in love, they're trying to create a safe place, and in their own hands, everything is falling apart. That is why Obsidian gets a little dark and very messy. We're witnessing humans trying to take things into their own hands -- even trying to do good on their own. I think this is a familiar part to growing up for any person. And, well... we know how it ends up in Obsidian. <br />
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Dust - This book starts out with every character feeling alone, totally defeated, clueless... They've pretty much tried their hardest, and their hardest didn't work. They can't feel anything; they've lost all hope and everything's messed up. Boom! That's when Jesus steps in. And I know that some people don't believe that Jesus exists, but He does. And the life-change, the bringing-back-to-life, and the grace that He brings to a life that has lost everything is what is represented in Dust.<br />
This was the naturally progression for Evelyn, Jaden and Ikovos. Not some strange religious preaching, but a real personal relationship, with a real powerful lover and King that gave His life for us. And it changes people! By the end of Dust, Ikovos, Evelyn and Jaden are in a state of grace, and confidence and peace, that won't be taken from them. That can only come through Jesus; there's no other way to get that.<br />
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I want to write books about people who's lives change -- not people who start out awesome, and keep being awesome. Pretty much, I've never seen that once in real life. What I see around me is hard times and mistakes, and then characters rising up like heroes to make a difference in the world. I know that this heroism comes from Jesus. I want everyone who reads my books to experience the same freedom that Evelyn, Jaden and Ikovos do! I know that so many book-readers long for these other worlds, and life-filled stories of magic. I always have as well -- that's why I started writing. I have to tell you this because it's true (I've witnessed it): Jesus is that life and magic, and if you'll ask Him to come and live with you, your life will fill up with light and magic too. REAL life. REAL feelings. REAL magic.<br />
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I hope this reaches someone. And please listen to that song Feel Again with this in mind: that Jesus is the magic that brings us back to life after we've lost it all. Let "this life" die to you, and live again in Jesus. That's what happened to Evelyn, Jaden and Ikovos in these books. It happened in my life. It happened to our perfect Jesus. We get so lonely, and cold, and empty. If we call on Jesus, we will end up singing along with the lively and joyous exclamations of this song:<br />
"I'm feeling better ever since you know me. I was a lonely soul but that's the old me. A little wiser now from what you showed me.... I feel again."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"The thief comes not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am
come that they might <u>have life</u>, and that they might have it <u>more
abundantly</u>." -John 10:10</b></span><span class="p"></span><br />
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<span class="p">-Tess Williams</span></div>
Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-58482907342484521582013-09-05T23:06:00.001-07:002013-09-05T23:06:12.303-07:00Remember Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"You're the best friend that I've found" </div>
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"I'll make a wish for you and hope it will come true" </div>
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"<span class="text John-17-20"><span class="woj">My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,</span></span> <span class="text John-17-21" id="en-NIV-26781"><span class="woj">that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj">"That life will just be kind, to such a gentle mind"</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">"</span></span></span></span><span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-13" id="en-NIV-26773"><span class="woj">I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.</span></span><span class="text John-17-14" id="en-NIV-26774"><span class="woj">.. </span></span>My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.</span></span></span></span><span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-16" id="en-NIV-26776"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.</span></span><span class="text John-17-17" id="en-NIV-26777"><span class="woj">Sanctify them by<sup> </sup>the truth; your word is truth.</span></span>"</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj"> </span></span></span></span><span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">"And I won't ever leave, as long as you believe. </span></span></span></span><span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">Just believe" </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">When is yesterday? What day? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">"</span></span></span></span><span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">This is My body, which is given <u>for you</u>. Do this to remember Me."</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">"This is My body, which is broken <u>for you</u>. Do this in remembrance of Me." </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">Whose body was broken for us? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">Who was given for us? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">What Yesterday should we remember? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">What "Way" should we remember? </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">"Remember Me this Way." </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">There is One picture. You know it. He loves you. You don't need eyes to see it. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">Remember Him that Way. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">He loves you.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">The cross is the day you must remember. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">Jesus is the one you must remember.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">Remember Him that way. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-17-24" id="en-NIV-26784"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-17-15" id="en-NIV-26775"><span class="woj">Then you'll never lose your way. </span></span></span></span></div>
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Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-24716902760946507152013-08-01T14:26:00.000-07:002013-09-05T17:58:03.683-07:00DUST AUG 13th<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
DUST is the third book in the EMBER series. And it is coming out really soon! I know. That was really fast after Obsidian. I had a lot of help with this book, in inspiration from God (actually, He wrote it; I just typed). For this reason, it has been my favorite book writing experience, and I hope everyone else enjoys it too.<br />
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Here are some of the main theme songs God showed me for the book. They fit very precisely!<br />
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Love is the Strongest Flame. Man, this song is awesome. You've got to listen to it. We know that God is love. This song depicts exactly the sort of representation that magic is supposed to give in the Ember Series; it's also jut a great song with lots of passion. Listen!<br />
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Another great song about love. This will be inspiration for a particular scene. You might guess it after reading. But don't wait to listen to it. Listen now! You will be blessed.<br />
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This song is SO ____'s theme song for this book. Haha, sorry. I can't tell you who, it will give too much away, but man... it's such a great, real song straight from God's heart. Listen to it, to prep you for DUST!<br />
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COVER TIME!!!<br />
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Niftilly (yes, that's a word. means nifty). Ah-hem. Niftilly: the epilogue of the second book, is the prologue of the third book, DUST. Sort of.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">He asked me again. I felt scraping dirt
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">He asked: “Who are you?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I don’t know!” I shouted out. I hadn’t
known or thought I possessed such a strong voice. But I shouted, as my body
came up tall. Strong. I was strong. I shouted strong. That was who I was. “I
don’t know. I don’t know,” I kept telling him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Till I saw a flash of fear in his eyes,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I thought: he fears me. This is what
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">But then he brought the flat-side of his
weapon to the back of my head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">And all I could remember before my world
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Actually, that's just a PART to the prologue, but I don't want to give away too much.<br />
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Here is the playlist on youtube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxjIWoa7Dgc&list=PLJoRrRhd0hJynzlPce3GIq2gE4bY_3ibY" target="_blank">DUST PLAYLIST</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxjIWoa7Dgc&list=WL8A13B8B8F5A1964C" target="_blank"><br /></a><br />
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It is REALLY long (125 songs), but these are literally all the songs I listened to to inspire me for DUST. God was really generous, I guess. Lol. :)<br />
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And that's about it. Dust is really good, so read it. You will love it. It will make you happy.<br />
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I hope that you have a blessed week/month/day, and if you haven't read it yet, please check out my last post on Grace and Worry.<br />
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Hurray for DUST!!! AUGUST 13TH!!!<br />
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Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-78229133623679161782013-07-19T21:35:00.001-07:002013-07-19T21:40:06.532-07:00Worry to GraceThis is probably the most important post I've ever written. <br />
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If you've got a problem with worry, as many people do, then this post is really important for you to read. <br />
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I recently had a tragedy strike my family. I won't go into it in detail, but the point of it is that God revealed to me some very important truths after the trial, and pretty much all throughout it. <br />
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I've struggled with worry, pretty much all of my life, though I am a christian, and that shouldn't be our part of our MO. <br />
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But it was. And especially during this trial, it hit me. <br />
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But God gave me an answer! <br />
This is the good part. <br />
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I wrote a book about it (really He wrote it, I just tried to type fast enough:)). <br />
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I want to share it with everyone for free, because if worry is part to your life, this is super-going to free you. <br />
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So without further ado, here is the link to the full Worry to Grace devotional... <br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByPnUboQrc_3RUd4WjJZeDhISGc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Worry to Grace </a><br />
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This is a PDF, so anyone should be able to read it simply from their computer or phone.<br />
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Guys, I can't stress enough how much this will really help you if you struggle with worry.<br />
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If you'd like to buy the paperback format (I can't make that one free, because they charge to make it! lol), then you can buy it here on lulu: <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/tess-williams/grace-to-worry/paperback/product-21121627.html" target="_blank">Worry to Grace Paperback on Lulu Publishing </a><br />
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And then, here's a few songs that really fit the heart behind the book:<br />
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**side node: DUST (the third book of the EMBER series) is coming out next month! Yay! More on this next time. </div>
<br />Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-44133568465023808162013-06-18T13:19:00.001-07:002013-07-04T08:55:06.701-07:00Fallen Warrior July 4th! (the red-coats are coming!)The red-coats are coming! <br />
The red coats are coming! <br />
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Okay, sorry, I just couldn't help it. <br />
I actually<i> did not </i>intentionally choose out July 4th as the release date for Fallen Warrior because it's independence day. <br />
I chose it very simply, because it is the first Tuesday of the month of July. July was when we could be sure that the formatting would be done for Fallen Warrior, and Tuesday is the routine day for novels to be released (something to do with when the Washington Post does reviews). <br />
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Anyways, it wound up very humorous, as anyone who might have read the FALLEN books should be able to guess. The bad guys (Akadians) are red, well there armor is, I mean. Those are their colors. Currently, they're a massive-super-tyrant country taking over all the others. I'd say we're hoping for a little independance, right?<br />
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We'll see what happens. I don't want to give anything away.<br />
Instead, I'll just share some pictures, (including the cover!), a few songs, and a little snippet of the third book. I think this time, I'll share something from the MIDDLE instead of the start, but I'll try to avoid direct spoilers.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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This painting is titled: <a href="http://alviaalcedo.deviantart.com/art/Close-to-heaven-267168496" target="_blank">"close to heaven" by alviaalcedo on deviantart.com </a><br />
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Lastly, I would like to share this picture I found recently, which would be of something of major importance to the third book. I'd say it best expresses it's feel:<br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: background1;">The morning
of my father’s execution, the sky had been blue and silver. I remembered well
because it was the same color as the clothes I’d worn. All the orphans cared
for by the scholars wore pale blue and silver tunics, and at that point I’d
been with the scholars for years. Executions, especially hangings, weren’t a
usual thing in Uldin Keep. It was held outside, on one of the stone walls that
connected the inner parts of the Keep. The level was somewhere near the middle,
accessible by both the lower residents, where his victims had resided, and the
higher courts, where anyone interested could watch. Plus the royals, who were
required to. Savras, of course, who had given the verdict was present. He
witnessed it from a high section at the back of the crowd. And his daughter
stood beside him. But the only thing I watched that day was my father. At that
point, I hadn’t seen him for months, and even then in passing. What
conversations had we ever had? None. So, I wanted to see if he even knew that I
existed. I ignored the looks aimed at me, the pointing, the crying victims, and
those from my mother’s family who I also hadn’t seen in months. Not
successfully did I ignore all of them, because I could have described the
entire scene. But I tried. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: background1;">When they
brought him out... he was already shouting. It was as I remembered him, those
times I’d sought after him on the streets: just to watch him. He was almost
always shouting, always fighting, always angry. He had dark hair, and long,
pulled back into a ponytail that knotted together. He had a well-defined face,
and a thick square jaw, a roguish handsomeness that had kept him accompanied
through the years, despite his temper and lack of worth. And he had coal grey
eyes, dark and silver when he was laughing, flat and empty on days like today. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: background1;">The
spectators, who had remained in hushed and resolved silence before his arrival,
reacted to his shouting with gasps, tears, or some prayers to the maker of the
granted. I wished, and even thought, that I was just watching it calmly, but my
chest kept rising and my nose burned. They gagged him so that he would stop
shouting. And then they pulled him up onto the gallows, and everyone was silent
as they read his crimes. Deaths. Many. Things he should have been caught for
years ago, but murders were so rare in Shaundakul, particularly repeated, that
he hadn’t been caught until the fifth. </span></div>
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And... that's all you get. Fallen Warrior is a very big book, and a lot happens. I hope that everyone enjoys it, and comments back to me on what they thought.<br />
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Hope you have a week blessed by God.<br />
Jesus is coming soon! (maybe even before my book releases.... o_O)<br />
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Then there's the funny part where July 4th is actually a Thursday.<br />
I could have sworn at the time that I checked it, it was a Tuesday! <br />
Curse it all, but it's alright: I think this is what happened:<br />
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<br />Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-41527162866311433742013-06-05T15:20:00.003-07:002013-06-05T15:22:57.568-07:00Heart-songsSo, I've done this things since I was younger, (or maybe I should say <i>God's </i>been doing this thing) where I'll be listening to a song, and here what He has to say on it, sort of elaborated. Like you can say, to re-hear it from <i>His </i>point of view.<br />
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Anyways, I recently thought it'd be cool to begin to share it with everyone. So without further ado, here are a few songs. Each video will be followed by my little God's heart excerpt on it, so click play and listen as you read. Hope it blesses you!<br />
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Finally Found You</div>
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(Enrique Iglesias ft. Sammy Adams) </div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/yQd6lt6SAHA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
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"The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My
voice; and I know them, and they follow Me." John 10:27
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God looked down on us, and said the main lines of this song.
In this crazy world of people, there are only two choices for Me and My sheep,
the people I have made. My first choice is that they come with Me, where I am
going, and be like me. I gave them rules to follow in the garden--of
peace!--they disobeyed. I gave them laws to follow in the desert--of
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The second choice for God and His sheep? Either you’re
coming with me, or I’m coming with You. He sent His son. He sent his Son, his Son
came down, to this mess we’re in with a perfect light. Do you think it some drudgerous march? That is not the hope and glory Jesus kept. John says He
walked with truth and grace (John 1:14) There was grace in His eyes, none had
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He’s come down for His sheep. Those that our His, will
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There Goes a Fighter</div>
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(Gym Class Heroes)</div>
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"When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over
that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed
through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!" Hebrews 12:3
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Marvel ye that the world persecutes you? Oh, how far our
thoughts are from His thoughts; how much lower the line of them. We think that
success is marked by prosperity. We choose originally to follow God’s plan, but
don’t seem to consider thoughtfully the evidence placed before us in the lives
of the faithful. A few lines before the verse above, Hebrews 12:1, says: “since
we have so great a cloud of witnesses… let us push on in the race.” The
witnesses are those that have lived out a life of faith. The previous chapter
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Marvel not that the world persecutes you. What’s the cure?
Stop looking at resistance, as opposition, as any sort of sign of inaccuracy.
In fact: it can generally mark the opposite. That’s what Jesus says. Stop
looking at the effect of your efforts on others, or even yourself. Instead,
focus your attention on fighting and racing for God. Start performing for His
approval. Wait and expect and hope for Him to look down from heaven and say:
there goes a fighter. This ones a fighter. And then the world, also, will
undoubtedly look on (if not in this lifetime, then in others to come, and
certainly in our eternal life): there goes a fighter. This one’s a fighter.
Even the Apostle Paul, who was so opposed, did they not look on him, and say:
This one’s a fighter. There goes a fighter. </div>
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Stick out like that, fighting for God after the pattern of
Jesus; instead of trying to measure your every step by the world’s every
reaction. </div>
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"Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My
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We see a good man, a heroic man, and maybe we would
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even a single one is a wonder--no matter what type or class they might be. So
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name. Pick a person. Be honest (people, if not God, are watching; miraculous,
people). Think of the person. Now you take your person, or your self, and I will
stand beside Jesus Christ; I will show myself losing my life for Him, I will
bank on His words, and design my life after them. When I fail, I will call for
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Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-75901787761960802412013-05-26T08:57:00.000-07:002013-06-04T07:46:50.607-07:00Weight, Playlist, and ReleaseIt's been a while since any updates. I thought I'd start off this post with something that's been on my heart.<br />
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People are hearing (and seeing) things everywhere about weight/health. The weight of women, and men, and where it should be, etc. In fact, I probably shouldn't even combine the two issues, weight and health, since the second part doesn't seem to be the main focus anyways.<br />
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I'm sure everyone has read a lot concerning these issues. I'd just like to share a couple verses, and pictures, to offer a different perspective than what you might be used to.<br />
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"But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his
height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things
people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD
looks at the heart."" -1 Samuel 16:7<br />
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This is a verse pertaining to God's choice for King. (it ended up being David, the boy who fought Goliath, though this was before that. I guess God was good at seeing into the heart in that case!) Point: outward appearance... not so important. Not even for a King. If it's not important to God for the king who is LEADING His people, then who does need it.<br />
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On the other hand, we all long to be beautiful. Men also long to have a heroic appearance. God isn't against that! Consider these words by Jesus:<br />
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<span class="text Matt-6-28" id="en-NASB-23311"><span class="woj">"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,</span></span> <span class="text Matt-6-29" id="en-NASB-23312"><span class="woj">yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-6-30" id="en-NASB-23313"><span class="woj">But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is <i>alive</i> today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, <i>will He</i> not much more <i>clothe</i> you? You of little faith!</span></span> <span class="text Matt-6-31" id="en-NASB-23314"><span class="woj">Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’</span></span> <span class="text Matt-6-32" id="en-NASB-23315"><span class="woj">For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.</span></span> <span class="text Matt-6-33" id="en-NASB-23316"><span class="woj">But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.</span></span><span class="text Matt-6-34" id="en-NASB-23317"><span class="woj"> </span></span><span class="text Matt-6-34" id="en-NASB-23317"><span class="woj">So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Matthew 6:28-34</span></span><br />
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<span class="brk">This paints a better picture, doesn't it? It is not that we shouldn't long to be attractive. God Himself is gloriously beautiful, and we are made in His image. There is an entire book in the Bible, Song of Solomon, devoted to beauty, love, and desirability--even down to exact descriptions of the human form. </span><br />
<span class="brk">But God longs that we seek His righteousness (aka: Jesus) then He'll take care of making us beautiful. He did that at the start, didn't He! He made us after all. </span><br />
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<span class="brk">Lastly I would like to show a few pictures of the ideals of beauty that have been set in the past (perhaps when people were less self-controlling, and more humble in the sight of greater powers*).</span><br />
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<span class="brk"> Note: these images are pulled from the wikipedia page on Ancient Greek Sculptures, to give a fair and varied selection. </span><br />
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<span class="brk"> Please click on the last image for a larger size. It is especially pointed since these women are the "muses" of the culture. Believed to be daughters of Zeus and inspiration for all the arts, they would also be considered highly desirable. Perhaps you've heard of Nymphs? That is their other name. </span><br />
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<span class="brk">Now, I am not saying that people long ago had it any more right than we do now. And I'm certainly not saying that gods exist! I'm trying to point out that humans are wavering, and as strong the push is for you to look a certain way now, let's just rest and be ourselves, and chase God's righteousness instead. In this way, we can be sure that God will make us as lovely as He makes the flowers; as glorious as He is Himself. </span><br />
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<span class="brk">We all come in different shapes and sizes. For anyone who has read my books, you'll know about Ellia, Adelle, and Evelyn. They are all beautiful and seen that way by their respective loves, but they are <i>certainly </i>not the same size, height, or shape. I have noted in my book, that Evelyn is softer, shorter, and "not able to be held up by vines for climbing". :) Cyric's pretty good at picking Ellia up (er... because he's like a lieutenant wearing metal armor all day...) but she's no light-weight! She is tall, and strong enough to fight with two swords. Luffie, her hyppo-sized chimera couldn't carry two of her, so that should be a clue. Adelle's, never really even spoken of (aka, doesn't matter, Dmitri thinks she's pretty cause he loves her).</span><br />
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<span class="brk">For anyone who is wondering about the nature of these sculptures, take a look at some of the dudes. It's clear we're in the "idealistic" realm. </span><br />
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<span class="brk"> I hope this has been uplifting. I really don't think that weight is something we should concern ourselves with (in fact, I know it isn't, since Jesus said it). But there is a lot of stuff out there saying: you're bad if you're fat. I'm saying: they don't even know what fat is. God made us; seek Him and let Him make you perfect. </span><br />
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<span class="brk"><i>There is a beauty in a woman, the devil envies</i></span><br />
<span class="brk"><i>A smile to her lips, he can't divine</i></span><br />
<span class="brk"><i>A sway within her walk, he can't distract from </i></span><br />
<span class="brk"><i>a softness to her touch, he can't prescribe</i></span><br />
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<span class="brk"><i>Of all things made, girl is the loveliest to stare at </i></span><br />
<span class="brk"><i>As God made mountains, oceans, he has pieced her fair as well </i></span><br />
<span class="brk"><i>So walk knowing your body is of God's perfection</i></span><br />
<span class="brk"><i>Revealed for man to see their want for Christ</i></span><br />
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<span class="brk">Second Topic!</span><br />
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<span class="brk">Or maybe, I will start with the third... just to be difficult. :P</span><br />
<span class="brk"><br />The release of Fallen Warrior is SET. It will come out July 4th. As many of you know, it has been finished for a while. I am actually recording it for AUDIO BOOK just now, that is how I am editing through it for a final. I'm hoping this will help me spot all the tiniest of spelling errors, and I have also heard it helps with phrasing. Either way, the written form of FALLEN WARRIOR will definitely be out the 4th. And with it at least a sampling of the audio, until we figure out how to sell it. I hope that everyone is excited about this. Fallen Warrior is my favorite book that I have written, and that is not easy for me to say. It is MASSIVE. 250,000 words. Think Harry Potter seven, lol. </span><br />
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<span class="brk">Now lastly. </span><br />
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<span class="brk">Here is the promised playlist. Did I already post this here? I am not sure, but please listen to prepare for the July 4th release. It will help you to guess what will happen! </span><br />
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<span class="brk"><code></code></span><span class="brk"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DPdAcbWzOY&list=PL7D751887C71026B9" target="_blank">FALLEN WARRIOR PLAYLIST</a></span><br />
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<span class="brk"> That's all for now. Everyone have a God-blessed week/month/year. Jesus is coming soon!!!</span><br />
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<span class="brk">*This is not to say that greek gods exist; and certainly not to say that God isn't the One and Only True God. It's just the point of logic, that in the past, societies were based more on higher governing powers, outside of their control. </span><br />
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Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-47970514233687728772013-04-15T11:53:00.002-07:002013-04-15T11:59:39.654-07:00Fallen Warrior So I thought I'd announce to everyone that I'm beginning edits of Fallen Warrior. FALLEN WARRIOR is the third and last book in the FALLEN trilogy.<br />
Compared to Ember and Obsidian, the Fallen Trilogy hasn't had as much attention, but I hope that with the third book coming out, people will really give it a chance. To encourage that, here's some artwork that has inspired the books. Be prepared for pictures galore.<br />
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*Click one of the pictures, if you want to see them all big. <br />
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This is similar to how I imagine Uldin Keep.<br />
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This is part of the metal-works processing that Akadia does. You could think of this as Akadian-red, when I'm always describing the soldier's or city colors. <br />
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I found this after I wrote in Tosch. The black one REALLY looks like him! For those of you that have read the first two books, you'll know Tosch. But he plays an even bigger role in the third book!<br />
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This is not really how I imagine chimera for my book to look (not at all, hehe) but I still like the picture. Evil chimera, ftw!<br />
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This is Luffie nearly exactly. So lovely.<br />
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Tosch again. <br />
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And again. <br />
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Well, I wonder who this is. <br />
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And perhaps you don't know who this is going to be...<br />
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This is an actually photo from the Island of Yanartas in Turkey. It has FIRE inside of it, just like in the book. <br />
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Lapis Lazuli, the stone Cyric sees in book two.<br />
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White Tigers! Byakoans! Haven't met them yet...<br />
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Inspiring a place called Genbu. Won't go there until book three...<br />
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Uldin Keep again. <br />
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This is literally nearly every picture that inspired the books. Much of the artwork is from deviantart. Just message me if you would like the name of the artists. The four silver medallions are an important element to the Fallen books that I might write about in a future. But I don't want to give too much away, until everyone's read the third book!<br />
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Hope you like the pictures. We'll be announcing the release date soon! Get reading the first two.<br />
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They are the two blondes. I assume you can deduce sex... :)<br />
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Have a blessed week!Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-3477203318572059492013-04-02T09:59:00.000-07:002013-04-02T10:01:45.783-07:00Dust and Ember $2.99So, wow. In the last post I told everyone how I hadn't started a word of the third book in the EMBER series, (tentatively named "Dust"). But now a week or two later, I'm pleased to let you all know I'm 30,000 words in! It's very exciting; the story is just taking off! Thank you all for support and prayers. I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter. <br />
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For anyone interested to know a little about Dust, here is the setting... <br />
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Lol. Not really, I'm just kidding! April Fools! <br />
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This is really the place (as any of you who have read Obsidian might have guessed): <br />
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I should probably warn anyone uber-interested in ancient history, that this book won't focus on names and dates, so much as feel and environment. I did get a chance to go to "this place" when I was younger, so I hope that the story is true to the country. <br />
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And lets see. On top of that, has anyone ever read The Mark of the Lion Trilogy? <br />
It is written by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Voice-Wind-Mark-Lion/dp/1414375492/ref=la_B000AQ2VFQ_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1364920415&sr=1-9" target="_blank">Francine Rivers</a>, she was a well-known romance author at the time she began the story. She wrote it because she had recently become a Christian, and she wanted to share her faith with others. So she told a story about it. Anyways, it's VERY good, and REALLY romantic. I read it when I was 15 and it had a big impact on my life. If you like ancient history, or pretty much if you like just plain reading. Check it out. The set has just gotten new covers: <br />
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Finally, I thought for music-lovers, everyone might enjoy the playlist I'm listening to while writing Dust. It's not THE playlist, final, or anything; it's just the songs inspiring me right now while I write. <br />
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I hope that you all have a blessed day, whenever it is that you read this. <br />
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One final, I guess sort of important, but less exciting note is that EMBER is going to be going up in price. From its current 99 cents to $2.99 like OBSIDIAN. The main reason for this is written about in a prior post. With e-books, 99 cents equals 33 cents. and 2.99 equals 2 bucks, so it's a really big percentage change. I hope you can all still enjoy Ember. It's like 600 pages, so you're still getting a lot of bang for your dollar. If there is a big drop in buyers, I will probably set it back to 99 cents, though. Because I would rather more people got a chance to read it. And please, always let me know if you can't afford the price, and I'll look into getting you a free copy. <br />
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EMBER will be available at 99 cents, for the NEXT THREE DAYS, so get it while cheap-er if you're reading this! <br />
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Peace be with everyone as we enter into spring, and just remember this is how HE feels about you: <br />
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<br />Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-3091882040499299482013-03-21T22:00:00.000-07:002013-03-21T22:01:03.117-07:00My Little Obsidian So lately, my niece is very fond of My Little Pony. Anyone else a fan? I guess adults are called bronies or something. I don't understand why. But the release of Obsidian since February has been a Great Success! We have sold over 1,ooo copies already. Ember is selling over 2,000 each month. I am so happy and grateful for the all the feedback! I wish I could ask everyone personally who their favorite character is. That is my favorite question to ask.<br />
I wish I could post each review, and thank every person that has commented, because I am so grateful to them. (even the bad ones!)<br />
But that would fill this blog post very long, and everyone can go to amazon and goodreads to read those.<br />
I thought, to celebrate Obsidian's success, in honor of my niece, I will show you all my sister's (aka, my agent, website runner, and editor specialist) my sister's self-made EMBER Series My Little Ponies.<br />
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My little Obsidian:<br />
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You can probably guess, this is Evelyn. Isn't she pretty? I love the forest in the back. I want to live there.<br />
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Dum-dum-da-dah! Ikovos! He is so cute as a pony. Don't worry if you think he looks too clean-cut. All he needs to do is shake off those glasses and get his hair a little wet and he'll be a model of pearl and silver excitement!<br />
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<br />Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-58830445563446231262013-02-05T07:48:00.001-08:002013-02-05T07:50:46.355-08:00OBSIDIAN Release: Cover, Playlist, & DateOkay, so if you read my last post, you know that Obsidian is releasing it about 10 days, Valentine's Day to be exact. I just wanted to give everyone an update that things are looking good, and all the final preparations are underway. I, for one, am all done, fully and completely. <br />
Of course, there are always improvements that can be made to a book, but there is also a point where you just have to say you did your best, and trust the audience to fill in all the all the mess-ups with grace and understanding. I hope all of you can see the heart of Obsidian, and be touched by it, inspired, and motivated to live and love well, by it. <br />
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Now, with that said, here are some cool little tid-bits. <br />
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What do you think? As always, I would love to hear your oppinions. Please leave a comment whether you like it, or not, or suggestions, whatever. I for one, am excited about this one, since purple & blue (very much so, like Evelyn) are my favorite colors. <br />
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Yes, you have to click the link. No, I can't put all the videos inside of this post; there are over 50. It would get crazy. Just click the link; youtube is your friend (so long as you never scroll down to read comments o_O ). But here is one song that is especially Obsidian-iffic! Enjoy it playing in the background whilst you read the finishing of this post. <br />
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As you already read, the date is VALENTINE'S. That's the 14th of this month, 2o13. OBSIDIAN will be released in all the regular youngadult-books channels. This includes: Barnes&Noble, Amazon, and Smashwords. The links to all of these are in the top-right corner; they'll take you straight to my books. Or you could just search Tess Williams in any of these sites, and come up with my stuff (plus a few books about a little girl named Tess, who likes snowmen, which I, for the record, did not write, but plan to one day read). <br />
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As for pricing, Obsidian will be the same as all my books have been: 99 cents. BUT (and this is an important "but") only for the FIRST MONTH. As in, only for February. That means that you have two weeks or so (or exactly), to get Obsidian in Nook, Kindle, or web format for 99 cents. After that, it will be $2.99. I know, I know, you might be thinking: that's really lame. But here's a big reason, if you can bear with me. Ember is selling really well right now (about 200 books a month), but even so, I only make about $50 from that, because books priced at 99 cents at Amazon, etc., only give the author 30% (pretty lame, I know). But, if the price is raised to $2.99 at least, I will get 60%. That's a big difference. I'm not really greedy for money (I'd much rather people read!) But it would be nice to save up some future book publishing funds. (Hard or paperback of Ember/Obsidian anyone?) Please bear with me with the price increase. And like I said, don't forget, the FIRST MONTH OF FEBRUARY is 99 CENTS ONLY. <br />
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Well, that's about all. If you have been listening to the SW* song since it appeared, then you are well-past the bit that will make me cry. Has anyone played The Old Republic by the way? I am so behind in games, tell me if it is good. <br />
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I hope to hear from you all about the cover. And apart from that, happy Valentine's Day. I hope you have a great week leading up to it, and beyond!!!<br />
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<br />Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-20402896345505973072013-01-28T11:16:00.002-08:002013-01-29T08:49:47.627-08:00New Release Date for OBSIDIANHello all! <br />
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Wow, everyone has been so kind about Obsidian's postponed release date. You guys have also made me feel very motivated to get it done. Your comments and encouragements have really kept me going on the final edits. Now, they are done, and Obsidian is in the progress of being prepared for online reading. <br />
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So, without further ado, the offical release is... VALENTINE'S DAY. That's February the 14th, which is like... two weeks from now. For those of you that have waited, thank you so much for being patient with me. I hope that you love OBSIDIAN. It is very long. I feel I should warn everyone about the word count, which happens to be near 240,000. To give you an idea of what that means, EMBER was 130,000, which isn't small to beginwith. But it's fun! I am confident that if you loved Ember, you are going to love every bit of OBSIDIAN. <br />
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Now... for something exciting. Here are some teaser FAQS about Obsidian that you might find interesting:<br />
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-The prologue and epilogue of Obsidian are very similar, but with a few twists. Since a prologue comes at the beginning of a book, and an epilogue comes at the end, I guess you'll just have to wait a while to find out what's the same and what's different.<br />
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-Two of the main characters of Obsidian, will have aged nearly a year before the book begins--while one will have aged only 5 months. <br />
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Thanks all for reading, and again for waiting. Jaden, Ikovos, and Evelyn Avest, all look forward to your reading the next chapter of their story. <br />
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But, now before you get upset, I have a really good excuse. <br />
I am getting married! <br />
It's in less than three weeks, and my sister/webmaster set the release date for Obsidian, before I'd even met my future husband. So... that can take up a lot of unexpected time. Please have patience with me. I will do my best, to get it out by Christmas, if not then, the next week and so on. Thank you all for your support, and to everyone looking forward for the Obsidian release, I am sorry. I hope it will be worth the wait. <br />
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As for a gift both christmas and apologetic, please listen to and enjoy these songs that it is highly likely you've heard 1 thousand + times on the radio, each day. And yet, they fit OBSIDIAN (and EMBER'S third installment) very nicely. <br />
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Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-67151147006547410172012-11-29T17:01:00.000-08:002012-11-29T17:01:27.545-08:00OBSIDIAN... Sneak PeakHello all. Were you starting to wonder whether Obsidian, AKA: EMBER book 2, is still coming out in December? Well, wonder no longer. It is (even if the last chapter or two ends up being a couple dots, like this: "And then Jaden and Evelyn were runnning from the... and... then... End of Book 2"). <br />
How does that sound? No matter what it couldn't be a worse cliffhanger than book 1, right?... <br />
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Anyhow, Obsidian isn't quite finished yet in actuality, but I'm reading back through to do the final edits of the rest, and to pledge I'll have it out by the 18th, I'm posting CHAPTER 1. Which is aptly named "Fera" since "Fera" is the setting for the whole (or almost whole... o_O) of Obsidian. <br />
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So... obviously, none of these are the exact match. They were just inspiration for me. The final setting picture (just before the motorcycle) is from a SW* game, Knights of the Old Republic. That planet is called Taris. It was a really big inspiration for Fera, and the whole of Ember book 2. <br />
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As for the bike, that may or may not be why Obsidian is set in a different period. ;) I won't say anything about it, except that it will NOT belong to Evelyn. <br />
Here's another one... <br />
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...belonging to (cough, cough) someone else. <br />
If you haven't guessed who gets the two motorcycles by now, you're bound to be really surprised by all that happens in Obsidian. <br />
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Also, Evelyn will wear this: <br />
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And I will try to get her to wear this, in yellow... <br />
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But she hasn't done it yet (final chapter stuffs!) so I'm not so sure.... <br />
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And let's see, a couple extras...<br />
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Boys will have something like this... <br />
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Girls will have something like this.... <br />
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And in this book, none of our main three amigos will look anything like this... <br />
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Which is to say, they won't look much like themselves. (That's Jaden, Evelyn, and Ikovos, from left to right)<br />
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But let me vouch for Jaden, that he is really plus-plus in a hoody. <br />
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Two more things before the Chapter 1 sneak peak... <br />
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Here's one of the main theme songs for Obsidian (because every blog should have something to listen to).<br />
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Have you ever wondered what Jaden and Ikovos' last names are? Come on, it's Evelyn AVEST, and then Jaden... um... and Ikovos... umm. The coolest thing about Obsidian is that you get to find out! If you'd like to guess, leave a comment. If you get it right, I'll send you an ARC**. You only have three weeks though, then you'll really find out. So guess now. <br />
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AND... last but not least, here's the first Chapter of Ember book 2, Obsidian. Let me know what you think in a comment, please. And enjoy! -Tess<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Chapter 1: Fera<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Oh!” I gasped, hands jolting to my
heart. “My goodness gracious, Jack. I can’t believe you just did that again.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The boy--Jack Gallin--smiled back
pleasantly. We were in a large room, quite lively with people, each working at
their respective desks. Like I was. Like Jack was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">supposed</i> to be. The walls were gray; windows were scarce. This was
new base of operations for us and I wasn’t adjusting well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I can’t help myself,” said Jack,
hopping over to his chair at the opposite end of my desk. “It’s too funny to
hear what you’ll say next.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I eyed him, picking up the papers he’d
dropped off for me. They were reports; ones that I was responsible for filing.
I had a feeling that I already knew what they would contain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">At the moment... for five months now... I
worked at a place called D-Roe. As far as I knew we handled little more than
local crime busts, inside work, and personal protection... but the sheer number
of employees told a different story. There were sixty-eight in our office
alone; most worked out in the field. I didn’t know much about the whole thing
to be honest. I’d joined for one reason and one reason only. Since entering
this world I’d been contacted by the Gaeln only once... and that one time
they’d instructed me to come here. I’d agreed because... well, because there hadn’t
really been another option for me. Here at D-Roe my job was simple: read and
log crime reports. No thinking, no adding, just cataloging. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I mean ‘goodness gracious’?” mimicked
Jack. “Who says that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Jack was and had been my desk partner
since joining D-Roe. He was eighteen, same as me. He had light, ambiguously
shaded, hair, and an odd arrangement of facial features; he was very thin, and
he always wore the same clothes. He was funny, never too deep, and the cause of
ninety-nine percent of all my procrastinating. I was convinced that if not for
him, I would be out of the gutter position by now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He laughed, throwing his hand out
loosely. “No, no. Wait...‘blast it’.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>That’s
my favorite. I love it when you say that. Or curses. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Curses!</i>” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Jack, really--is there a point to
this?” I half whispered, leaning in towards him. My eyes scanned the room of
active workers. “We’re in enough trouble this week as it is...” I caught sight
of the window; it was still light outside, probably close to three. That meant
three more hours for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Alright. I’ll be good,” he replied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I smiled, then took a knife and sliced
open the envelope. No surprise at the contents. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Insufficient photographs of two nameless
boys. Insufficient because they were orphans, streets urchins, whatever you’d
like to call them. The whole idea I could still barely grasp. But here, on this
massive metropolis, with hundreds of thousands of people all living in a
ninety-mile radius, there were a lot of kids that got lost in the mix. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The problem lately--the problem with
these two--was unexplainable disappearances. If not for the fact that some of
the boys had already been being tagged for surveillance, we probably never
would have noticed. The first kids that had vanished were known to do illegal
transport work for some not-too-pleasant characters. We’d started checking with
them to no avail. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And now these two made
what?...Sixteen?...Sixteen now.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I sighed, then spread out the papers for
filing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Same deal?” Jack asked across from me.
I nodded and he sighed too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Having had some...experience with the
issue, Jack wasn’t a fan. But like me, he was scarcely permitted to work on the
case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“How old this time?” he asked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“No way to know for sure,” I noted--unnecessarily--we
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i> knew for sure, “but I’d guess
around nine or ten by the faces.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“And that makes--”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Sixteen.” I finished.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“You’d think they’d want all the help
they could get,” drawled Jack sharply. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I continued to work. “Well, it’s
becoming a higher priority case. Maybe they’ll sign you on.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Right,” scoffed Jack. “And lose all my
valuable assistance with paper-pushing?... No one can staple like I can baby!”
He snapped a stapler at me, already back to grinning. I knew inside he was more
upset than that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Well <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i> think that if Tyson, or any of those fuddy-duddy higher-ups had
half a brain, they’d have you heading up the project.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He spread his arms. “Well, thank you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I barely got out a “you’re welcome” when
another file dropped onto the desk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Make sure these get in today, Gallin.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I stiffened at the voice. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oh dear. </i>Sure enough, I looked up just
in time to catch Tyson walking away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Tyson. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Six-foot-two, chestnut hair, silver-blue
eyes, age twenty-nine, head of our department, and one fatal characteristic. The
characteristic that set my heart off double-speed. The characteristic that
cracked my voice and blurred my focus. The characteristic that blew my
composed, contented, feigned, little world to pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">One characteristic, that’s all it took.
Tyson reminded me of Jaden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Do you think he heard you?” asked Jack,
with a humored smirk back in Tyson’s direction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">My eyes blinked and I tried to still the
papers shaking in my hands. “Ah...” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">breathe,
Evelyn, breathe </i>“...I don’t know.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Days were always harder when I heard
Tyson’s voice. Tonight would be a difficult one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I winced up at Jack so I didn’t seem
unduly affected, then we both went back to working. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The next three hours passed too slowly.
I was close to the last one out, as usual, despite Jack’s extra work. I guess I
was a little bit of a perfectionist when it came to cataloging. I hit the
switch on my desk lamp with a sigh and headed out the door. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Our office was hidden on a nondescript
level of a large, business skyscraper. Like everything on Fera, the structure
was connected with a dozen others by lifted metal causeways encased on the
sides with glass and the tops with full ceilings. Out on the wider
intersections everything was open--just the sky to envelop them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I peered down through the glass window as
I walked the hall--my usual habit. You wouldn’t hit the literal bottom of Fera
for at least half-a-mile if you jumped, but the surplus of tiered decks made
seeing the full descent a rarity. The sound of the automatic door brought my
head up; I walked through without hesitance to the main intersection deck
outside. The bustle of people never failed to amaze me. That and the cold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Dear,
goodness.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> I hugged my slight green sweater around my body and
just kept moving. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Out here the sky was a dim blue, only
parted by the taller tips of the silver skyscrapers and passing ships. It was
almost always like this on my way home from work, though if I was lucky the
clouds would also glow a brilliant pink. Still, the fluorescent white and blue
lights that lined almost every building, platform, and causeway, were brilliant
enough. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">A gust flew by me and I tightened my
sweater again. I wished I could close my eyes as I walked sometimes, but there were
too many people here. That was alright though... by the time I got home it would
be less busy. My apartment--a thirty minute trek from D-Roe--was in the not so
brilliant part of town. Not terrible, just... a single girl with an
indeterminate job couldn’t afford to live in the ritz--or the upper city as it
would be called in Fera. My place was down a few decks, not quite to the
mid-low level. Here the sky was less visible, and the metal coverings were less
sparkly. A few cheap shops flickered colorful lights across the walkways;
including BQ’s which Jack and I sometimes went to. He’d offered to go tonight,
but...no--not tonight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I entered the cove that preceded my
apartment elevator, waving to Old Bill, the landlord, as I passed. He usually
stopped me to complain about the less consistent tenants, but today he seemed
to be too occupied with a new cleaning contraption. The last one he’d shown me
was astounding: a metal disk you set in the middle of the room that--once
triggered--would sanitize the whole area with a single bright flash. Needless
to say after seeing that, I’d really never pitied his complaints about cleaning
any longer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I took the stairs in two’s tonight. I
was on the second floor of the tenement, five doors down the hall that wrapped
around in a circle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Absently, I typed in the code that would
release my door lock, waited for the lag, then stepped in. The metal wall closed
behind me and I sank to the floor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Oh...</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">
My eyes closed and my head fell back, papers dropping forgotten to the floor.
You see, outside I could pretend that all of this was normal. That flying
ships, and mile-high buildings, and fluorescent lights, and transports,
electricity and planets -- that all of these things weren’t in any way unusual.
I’d grown up here after all. Evelyn Avest, daughter of Cal and Ryanna Avest,
who’d died when I was twelve. Lived with my--now off-world--aunt up until six
months ago. Received a full education on the middle levels, but had otherwise
no distinguishing accomplishments to boast of. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">That was me. That’s the I.D. the Gaeln had
given when I’d gotten here... at least in a roundabout way. In actuality the
Gaeln, who I consistently had trouble not despising, hadn’t appeared to me once.
When I’d first woken up on Fera, six months ago, all I’d had to go off of were
two slips of paper in my pocket. The first had been a note telling me to go to
D-Roe’s address, inform them that I was referred here by a company called Lange
Inc., and acquire a job. The second paper had been a coded I.D. slip, which had
informed me of my “past” here on Fera. I still didn’t know now why D-Roe had
accepted me and I still didn’t know what Lange Inc. was. But my new employers had
set me up with a place to stay; I had started work, and shortly thereafter I’d met
Jack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">All I’d been able to do at that point had
been to trust that what I was doing at D-Roe mattered... just like the Gaeln had
promised. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">But now... normally at this point at
night, I wouldn’t have let myself fall to the floor. I wouldn’t have let myself
think about the past. I would have taken a shower, done some work, eaten
dinner, and gone to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Like
I’d said: not tonight. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I drug myself off the ground, leaving
the papers where they were. I slipped my feet from my boots, and manually
flicked off all the annoyingly automatic lights. I closed the shades and brought
my blanket over to the couch; sunk down in, all bundled; then held out my hand
in the almost pitch darkness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Every sign of Fera was gone except for
the low hum that couldn’t be escaped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I did this on my bad days--maybe once a
week, twice lately. It was stupid because it always felt worse the next day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Don’t
do it, Evelyn, </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I thought, just once, before giving in
to the rushing memories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I thought about my life long before, in
Tiver; when I was never contented. I thought about that morning by the lake
with Sylvanus, and my journey to the Meoden dimension. Of Thoran jumping in
with his flaming green sword. And of sweet Cornelius, fainting in the woods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I thought of Ikovos... how brazen he’d
been from the start--how thoroughly awkward <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I</i>
had been. I thought of the cold walk through the night, and the towering lodge;
the impossibly long, once mysterious, hall that had led to the small study of
glowing books. Then the fire, too bright to be normal, burning on its own,
mesmerizing me with its elegant movements. Then the boy... leaning against the
wall with a smirk on his face...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I wouldn’t get farther than this. I
never did. All I could see was his face, mind darting though all the moments I’d
had with him... up until that night in the library... when he’d wrapped his
hand under mine and...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">There.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The violet flame lit above my palm.
Deep, more blue than before, more dim, but otherwise the same. I lifted it to
my eyes with an unstable smile. I concentrated solely on it, on the way it
removed the built-up chill from Fera that I could never get rid of. It would
flicker wildly, threatening to go out until I thought of Jaden again. His
incredulous brow lifts, his unhinderable confidence, the clear tone of his
voice, the way he had looked when he kissed me... because I had to remind
myself that this perfect, magical, boy, that would have made every second of
the rest of my life something rather like paradise, had actually wanted me too.
Loved me too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Yes--then the flame steadied. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I smiled, but the empty holes were
already beginning to stab at my stomach, in my chest. I laid on my side, set my
hand out, carefully, and pretended for as long as I could that I was back in
the study. Just overly tired, having a strange sort of nightmare. And in the
morning I’d see Jaden and everything would be fine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Yeah...
just a dream that he would assure me was very silly... just a silly dream.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hey, I just wanted to show everyone some of the reviews we've gotten on Love Sworn. We've sold 50+ copies in the first month! Two of these reviews are from amazon. One is from my website. If you like what you hear, please read the book!<br /> <br /> Review #1: <br /> 5.0 out of 5 stars "Best book in years" August 23, 2012 <br /> By Avid Reader <br /> (Amazon Verified Purchase) I have to admit I am a sucker for a beauty and the beast story any day of the week. But this one really out shines any of the others I have read. I LOVE the charaters. They are so real I was constantly waiting to see what was going to come out of their mouths next. It was tightly written, which is a rare thing these days. And I loved that the author stuck to the story structure of the well know story but at the same time made it her own. She knows her stuff!I laughed the through the whole book, but found it touching too. I would recomend this as a delicious read for all ages. <br /> <br /> Review #2: <br /> 5.0 out of 5 stars "Best Epilogue Ever" September 14, 2012 <br /> By Scott R. <br /> (Amazon Verified Purchase) Disclaimer: This review is very similar to another one I just wrote because, hey, it's Beauty and the Beast. We know how it starts, we know how it ends. It's the getting there that's the fun part.<br /> <br /> So, in my search for new werewolf novels (my favorite genre) to read, I discovered that Beauty and the Beast came up with werewolves in it.<br /> <br /> Well, this is a fun book. A riveting book. The characters, including and especially the supporting cast, were amazing. Tight plot, great dialogue. I will admit I really hated Dmitri at the beginning, but I guess you're supposed to. And I even got to experience the story without that awful "Be My Guest" song in my head.<br /> <br /> And like I said, it has the best epilogue ever.<br /> <br /> Review #3: <br /> Love sworn is just another of an exceptional book written by Tess Williams! I have been following her since Ember and i get so excited every time i see that a new book is coming out! I cant wait for this december for Obsidian!!! Thank you Tess Williams and keep up the great work!</div>
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Alright. So Love Sworn is OUT as of today, August 23rd, 2012.<br />
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<strong><em>Synopsis:</em></strong> <em>An enchanted castle, a self-absorbed rich boy, a painful curse, and the quiet heart of a beautiful girl... Can a monster fall in love? Love Sworn is a modern day retelling of the classic story, Beauty and the Beast, with a werewolf twist.
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Look at that face? That's Max. He wants you to start reading about him. So go, go read the book. Then let me know what you think. Here on blogger, or in an <a href="mailto:Tess@youngadult-books.com" target="_blank">e-mail</a>. Oh, and don't forget to check out the new Love Sworn page, on my <a href="http://www.youngadult-books.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. <br />
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Bye Bye. Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-90277338090810437852012-08-01T12:14:00.000-07:002012-08-01T19:52:03.114-07:00Love Sworn, OSC, and Sly 4Love Sworn. That's the topic up first. It is OFFICIALLY coming out. The OFFICIAL date is August 23rd, 2012. Yup that like a few weeks away. Yup, that's part of why I've been so busy. <br />
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Pretty soon, we'll have a page up on the website just for Love Sworn. Then you can read more about it. Until then, I hope you'll be looking forward to it! It's going to be available as an e-book, for the usually $.99. And also on lulu.com, in paperback (price yet to be determined, but between $10-15).<br />
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Er... not actually. This is just a page from the newishly made comic book for Ender's Game, depicting two stars of the story (Ender Wiggin and "Bean"). Don't be dissuaded by Bean's size. He's a tough one. Awesome artwork, right? Now, if only someone would do a massively large drawing of the "giant" that Ender, er, um... well, I better not say. It'll ruin the story. But Mr. Card, if you're reading this, you know what I'm talking about (hopefully?) Please convince the creators of the Ender's Game film to star the giant in the main poster. And have <a href="http://www.drewstruzan.com/" target="_blank">Drew Struzan</a> do it. The guy that painted this: </div>
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Aw. There he is. Mr. Card. That's my favorite pick of him, and he is just so great. He's got to be one of my biggest inspirations. It's not just his stories and the passion and full-heartedness with which he writes his words (his characters are SO cool), it's also the sort of blogging his does, the way he goes about doing his book signings and the way he teaches other writers. <br />
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On that note, I've brought up Mr. Card, more overly to complain. You see, Mr. Card lives in Greensboro, NC. Where do I live? Greensboro, NC. <br />
Where do I go see my movies? Regal Grande Theatre at Friendly Avenue. <br />
Where does Mr. Card oft see his movies (at least according to his blog, <a href="http://www.hatrack.com/" target="_blank">hatrack</a>)? Regal Grande Cinemas at Friendly Avenue. <br />
And where do I go all the time to read and write? The Barnes & Noble at Friendly Avenue. <br />
And yet, yet, when Mr. OSC came for a showing there not two weeks ago, I couldn't make it. NO! I didn't make it. <br />
He was coming for a signing of his new book, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/earth-unaware-orson-scott-card/1107085830?ean=9780765329042&afsrc=1&r=1&" target="_blank">Earth Unaware</a>. Which I haven't read yet (so, I know, you're thinking, why am I complaining, it's not as if I should have shown up not having read the book). Still, I'm positive it's going to be great. <br />
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Right now, I'm reading (cough cough, listening to*) <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/speaker-for-the-dead-orson-scott-card/1100353964?ean=9780812550757" target="_blank">Speaker for the Dead</a>. The sequel to Ender's Game. *Though I found out recently that he actually wrote Ender's Game, as more of a PREQUEL to Speaker for the Dead. In other words, Speaker for the Dead, was perhaps the original story in his head. <br />
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Reminds me of a little, awesome movie my family and I just recently watched called: <span dir="auto"><em>Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below </em>or<em> Hoshi o ou kodomo </em>in it's original title. It's a Japanese film by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1396121/" target="_blank">Makoto Shinkai</a>. And perhaps these still-frames will give you an idea of just how beautiful the film is...</span><br />
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If you like Hayao Miyazaki movies, then you're sure to like this. But fair warning, it's pretty scary, and (as previously alluded to), very sad. It deals a lot with death (actually, that's kind of the theme of the whole movie. But it's good! Check it out! <br />
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Enchantment. I liked it (loved it!) every bit as much as Ender's Game. It's just a touch darker though. But I'll never forget the main character. He's referred to as "Ivan" through most the book, but I continue to think of him as "Vanya". The name he's introduced with. <br />
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Alright, and that's about it. I meant to blog about Sly Cooper 4 as well, but I'll save that for another time. (I'll do a expose' on him!) The man (er... raccoon) behind the mask. <br />
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August 23rd! Mark the date. <br />
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Next time: Obsidian news, reviews, (sly 4 :D) and... ORIGAMI YODA! (because <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13591296-the-secret-of-the-fortune-wookiee" target="_blank">THIS</a> just came out today... <br />
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EDIT* In other news... The Secret of the Forune Wookie isn't really out until the 7th. WHY CRUEL WORLD!?! And yes, before you ask, I DID drive all the way to the bookstore and plan a whole hour's worth of busy schedule time to peruse it. Thus I was stuck.... staring blankely off into space... or rather at the Barnes and Noble sign which read: <em>"The Secret of the Fortune Wookie" out August 7th, pre-order your copy today.</em> <br />
Well, I don't want to pre-order it, Barnes & Noble. I want to order it. And I want to get it like a taco at Taco Bell: right away. And now I've REALLY deviated into rambling. This is why I should be reading. About origami star wars characters... (*heavy sigh, as I slowly saunter off)Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-87666485086168037382012-07-01T22:32:00.001-07:002012-07-01T22:32:58.512-07:00Coming SoonAlright, so even with all the announcements there have been about Obsidian (the second to Ember), coming in December this year, I'm actually going to be releasing a book before then. For SUMMER! <br />
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<em>Love Sworn</em> is a re-telling of the classic story of Beauty & the Beast. I wrote it a few years ago, but I never released it (or tried to get it picked up by an agent) since there had been so many "Beauty and the Beast" remakes coming out then.<br />
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I'm not sure how much I should say about the story. <br />
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Yes, that's because, well... hmm... check the tag at the end of this post if you're really curious for a spoiler. Otherwise I'm not going to say. Then again, once my sister writes the synopsis for me (and you, and everyone) to read, she'll probably mention it. <br />
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So... werewolf-ism is involved. <br />
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The two MAIN main character's names are: Adelle & Dmitri. <br />
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They share the cover, and SPEAKING of that! That cover was painted with water colors by my awesome sister. I drew it. It's not finished up completely yet, but while you're here, if you don't mind helping me out, I'm trying to decide on the final cover between: <br />
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...this. Oh, the conundrums presented by a single button on Photoshop. I should never have clicked that "auto-tone". Pfft. Anyhow, which do you like better? You could leave a comment to let me know. The first is the original medium colors. The second is adjusted, but the cooler tones might match the theme of the book better, I don't know... give your oppinion!<br />
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Everything - Buck Cherry </div>
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Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon </div>
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Is This Love - Bob Marley </div>
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You Got It - Roy Orbison </div>
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Please Don’t Leave Me - Pink </div>
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Hurt - Nine Inch Nails </div>
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One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey [Feat. Boyz II Men] </div>
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Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough - Patti Smith & Don Henley </div>
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The PLAYLIST... <br />
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<strong>Who Knew</strong> - Pink<br />
<strong>Bright Lights</strong> - Matchbox Twenty<br />
<strong>Come In Closer</strong> - Blue October<br />
<strong>Look After You</strong> - The Fray<br />
<strong>Miserable At Best</strong> - Mayday Parade<br />
<strong>Heartless</strong> - The Fray <br />
<strong>Please Don't Leave Me</strong> - Pink<br />
<strong>Evelyn</strong> - Hurts <br />
<strong>Already In</strong> - Jon McLaughlin<br />
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Most of the first book's playlist songs belong to Evelyn (i.e., they're from her point of view), so I decided this "sneak-peak " playlist for Obsidian, would be a few of Jaden's songs. "Who Knew" starts from the end of Ember (book 1) to the start of Obsidian. It's sort of a "between the books" song. "Come in Closer" by Blue October, encompasses a lot of the feel of Obsidian. "Please Don't Leave Me" by Pink & "Heartless" by The Fray (yes, it's a Kanye West cover, if you were wondering) are both the main songs for Jaden in Obsidian. Where I'd say he's most "at" if that makes sense. Yeah, doesn't sound good, does it? He'll be okay. <br />
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As far as the "Evelyn" song by Hurts. I'm not <em>usually </em>into the name, <em>actual</em>-name, song thing. But this one just fits so perfect. Here, listen: <br />
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This is what my sister believes he looks like: <br />
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Yes, the main boy of course. No doubt you've seen this video? I told her that maybe if I were drawing Jaden or something I could <em>possibly </em>use him as a model (not really), but to me, he doesn't have enough... er... depth or something. I don't know. Jaden-ness. <br />
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...that. She's even less crazy about the second, than the first. And no, Jaden would probably never be caught dead in that hat that Enrique is wearing, and yet: it's something about his movements -- and Jon McLaughlin's (who's an awesome artist by the way--listen to all his songs!). They're deliberate movements; passionate, but controlled. That's all Jaden to me. It's more about what's going on inside them then their looks. Though the looks fit too! Especially if you could mix them together. <br />
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I picture Jaden darker skinned, and somewhat foreign. My sister suggested "gypsy" and I'd say that's the right term. Gypsy is actual just another name for Romani people who live in parts of Europe, and they're actually traceable back to India, or close to it, in southern Asia. Insteresting hunh? yeah, I just found that out. Of course most people know about Gypsies for themselves. Think of Jaden like that!<br />
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And if you've read Ember, please leave a comment mentioning which one you'd say fits best! Or do you have your own suggestions? Sadly, I still haven't found an Evelyn. <br />
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Haha. Yeah, sure, it's Evelyn from "The Mummy". Now you're really not going to believe me that I don't have a name thing. Still... <br />
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And that's about it. I'ma get back to work editing, so you can look forward to reading. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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One of my favorites things to do is walk from the condo to one of the nearby cafes. The walk goes through town which is really cool, (there are a lot of fun, little shops). This time I was there, they had this famer's market going, as shown in the picture. It kinda of wraps around the lake, as you can see. They had live music, and food (really cool looking pastires, yummy! plus taste-testers), and jewelry. Oh, and it was really cool they had a local author doing a book-signing. They do this every Saturday morning. But when I walk throuh town, I just put my headphones on and totally imagine/plan out what I'm going to write once I get to the coffee place. It totally works! Try it if you're a writer!<br />
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These were really cool, I found at one of the shops. I took pictures because my sister loves sea-turtles. We're going to try to make the blue one, maybe, because I didn't by them (I only had my bike, so no way of getting them home). But I DID buy two excellent hoodies for really cheap. They say Carolina Beach on them. Yup, they're cool. <br />
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Okay, and cool thing number 3, and probably the COOLEST out of all of them. This little guy right here: <br />
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His name is "Jashan" and he's a White Bengal Tiger (once called "Royal Bengal Tigers"). He's at the local zoo, <a href="http://www.tregemboanimalpark.com/animals-details.asp?AnimalID=25" target="_blank">Tregembo Animal Park.</a> It's a really cool zoo, because the animals are so close, also you can feed them peanuts or corn. There's this crazy animal there, called a Zedonk. Yeah, you read that right. Ze-Donk. Half zebra, half donkey. He looks like this: <br />
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And he's uber-cute. He munches corn out of your hand, and it's totally precious. You can pet him (if you distract him with food) and he also has a goat buddy. But anyways, back to Jashan. He's a great White Tiger, and very active. Between my two last trips, I saw him eat chicken, lay up on a table (rolling back and forth on his back mind you, sort of like this: <img alt="Terra the tabby cat likes to relax on her back in the sun" class="picture-item" id="bigImage141638341" src="http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens16643461module141638341photo_1292709243terra-cat-rollover.jpg" title="Terra the tabby cat likes to relax on her back in the sun" /><br />
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...only with his eyes closed). And he took a bath in his little pool, and he played in a hose fountain, and he even got up on his back legs and roared at one of the zoo-keepers. (like playfully). But it was cool. <br />
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I love (me and my mom) white tigers because of Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck. Hopefully you've read it. If you haven't, DO SO! Ren's the best. Anyways, I like to pretend Jashan is Ren. Now lastly... <br />
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That's my mode of transportation. I know, I know. I should have taken an actual picture of me on my bike, but I was alone! So... sort of impossible. This was my first time taking my bike to the beach, and I've gotta say, for anyone who rides, it's the best place. Fast roads and not a lot of lights. Plus the ocean air, and perfect weather. On the way there I had a collosal full back-pack on my shoulders (which sounds harder to manage then it is), on the way back, I had that plus a bag, so there was sort of a leaning tower of luggage behind me. Also I lost a glove somewhere along the highway. Such is life. <br />
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So, that's about all for my trip. If you thought the place looks cool, and you live near North Carlina, please check out: <a href="http://www.blueseasproperties.com/index.html" target="_blank">BlueSeasProperties</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mmanibogarcia#!/BlueSeasProperties" target="_blank">facebook</a>. For my friends awesome condo. It's right on the beach!<br />
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Now, for a good ocean song... <br />
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Alright, without further ado, here's the review... (haha, that rhymes) (I'm so witty) (not really) (oh, just ignore me, it's not like I'm a writer or anything... o_O...)<br />
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<strong><em>I felt the knife shake in my grip and I steadied it. <br />I gathered together all the deaths and pain that I knew to call on. <br />I drew upon Kraehe, and I drew upon Luffie, and I drew upon Tobias. <br /><br />This is a murderer, I chanted to myself. <br /><br />This is a murderer and I do not know him.</em></strong><br />
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Oh, my traitorous heart. <br />
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Damn you, Tess Williams. Why couldn't you have just killed off Cyric before Ellia had the chance to infect me with all the <em>feelings</em>?!<br />
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What a roller coaster of emotions…I actually cried. <u>Tears</u>. For <em>Cyric</em>!! Not something I could have ever imagined myself doing after finishing <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/290300344">book one</a>.<br />
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Fallen Kingdom opens on a battle field, jumping right back into the thick of things. Ellia and Cyric each remain on opposing sides of the war, both doing their damnedest not to let their thoughts stray to the other.<br />
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Of course, this separation couldn't go on forever, because then where would our story be? <br />
So when Ellia sacrifices herself by sending a wounded fellow warrior off on her chimera (spoiler)[and let me just say, I love that more time is being given to the granted animals throughout this book (un-spoiler)] she is taken captive (yes, again. that's gotta smart) and transported back to Akadia, and back to Cyric.<br />
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I <em>loved</em> Ellia's bravado, her fighting spirit. She's really come into her own this installment.<br />
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I did not love listening to <u>stupid</u> Cyric's <u>stupid</u> rationalizations for all the <u>stupid stupid stupid</u> things he does. Idiot. (No, that's a lie, I really love to hate that boy.)<br />
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It's all right though, because Ellia has a plan to regain her freedom. After all, she is a Ciralli warrior. Able to easily out-skill any of their best fighters, even kill them, to free herself. <br />
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<strong><em>I felt my fists coiling with rage. I would have killed them--I would have killed anyone that Lox had left me with, I’d already determined to. I’d been in battles. I knew how to kill evil men. But why had it been Cyric? </em></strong><br />
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With book one fresh in my mind, I had no such compunction. What matter that it's Cyric, Elia? Kill him, kill <s>or at the very least maim</s> him!! <br />
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She doesn't, of course. And as time went on I would, more often than not, find myself smiling stupidly at their exchanges. Though in my defense, much of this was for all the moxy our heroine was displaying. <br />
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<strong><em>Weren’t battles still waging? Weren’t people still dying? And wasn’t I on the opposite side of Cyric? Yet at the same time, I had never felt more sure of who I was and what I was doing.<br /><br />...I’d seen who he was; now everything he did, every way he responded made me more sure that he was not evil. That he had only convinced himself to be, that he was confused, and scared. This was Cyric Dracla. He was my best friend. I knew him. He’d been mine from the moment I’d seen him, I’d decided this.<br />I’d let him go because deaths and wars and betrayal made all of that not matter. And here I was with the same dilemma, yet I felt certain that it was not right to abandon him anymore.</em></strong><br />
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Somehow, someway, (I still don't know when or how she did it) Ellia won me over to her way of thinking. That is one loyal and determined friend.<br />
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At the end of the first book I scoffed, <em>'There is no way that boy could <u>ever</u> redeem himself in my eyes'</em>, but now I say <em>'Redeem yourself, Cyric! Redeem yourself!! You can do it!!!</em>'<br />
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Tess Williams has managed that rare feat of creating a sequel even better than the first, so if you haven't read Fallen Prince yet- I am officially giving you the all clear.<br />
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Bring on book three!<br />
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AND... that's all folks. Have a great week!<br />
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If you're into book playlists, here are most of the theme songs for Fallen Kingdom.<br />
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Hopefully I'll do a post in the future explaining which songs are whose and what they mean, etc. Please note that there are sadly two major theme songs missing from this playlist. They are:<br />
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Unfortunately, they don't have these two available on playlist.com, but I'm attempting to learn how to put songs up there, so it's likely that they soon will. :) If you happen to know how to do it, please let me know in a comment or something. <br />
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Lastly, a lot readers seem to want a better picture of what the chimera from the Fallen Trilogy look like. I thought I'd put up a few of the pics I used as inspiration to give you an idea. <br />
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First there's this peice by <a href="http://sandara.deviantart.com/">*sandara</a> on deviantart. This is definately the closest to how I picture the chimera, especially Luffie (Ellia's chimera). <br />
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These next two aren't technically very acurate to the Fallen Trilogy chimera, but there are some similarites, particularly in the coloring of the three-headed chimera as well as it's tail. And then in the wing-to-body ratio of the second one. <br />
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This second drawing is done by <a href="http://njoo.deviantart.com/">njoo</a> on deviantart by the way. It's titled, <em>Dark and Day: Chimera.</em><br />
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So, that's about all for now. Please enjoy Fallen Kingdom and thank you for stopping by!Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919748025134609438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616259686851910365.post-69219433758918266922012-04-05T13:06:00.001-07:002012-04-05T13:06:51.028-07:00Fallen Kingdom ReleaseHey, so it's almost time for Fallen Kingdom (sequel to Fallen Prince and second in the Fallen Trilogy) to be released! April 11th is the scheduled date, and I can happily say that we are <em>on schedule</em>. Yay! Here's a pic of the cover to let you know what you're in for...<br />
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Pretty nifty, huh? It's sort of a secret what the colored circle and "animal" inside of it represent, but... read the first and second book and you might be able to guess. If not, by the time you read book three, you'll definately have it. <br />
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While you're here, please check out the trailer for Fallen Kingdom, if only to hear the cool song... <br />
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Another big theme song for the second book would be... Skip the Charades by Cold War Kids, but I'll make you go look that up yourself. I'll have the whole playlist for Fallen Kingdom up on my site in time for the release. To tide you over, here's somewhat how I invision Cyric (one of the main characters of the Fallen Trilogy) to appear...<br />
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I know, I know, you're wondering: why is he playing a guitar? Why is he singing? Does he play a guitar in the book? Does he sing? I thought it was a high fantasy (aka, no electric guitars/microphones). Why couldn't you just find a normal picture of this dude? <br />
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The answers to these questions are simple. First off, no, Cyric, ahem, does not and never would sing. He just... doesn't do that. He's Cyric Dracla; he doesn't sing. Second, yes it is a high fantasy*, so no, there are no electric guitars in the book. <br />
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And even if there were, Cyric would not know how to play them. <br />
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The reason these pictures are of a singing Gavin Rossdale (that's the lead singer for Bush, for anyone who doesn't know) is because Cyric only looks like Gavin Rossdale, when Gavin Rossdale is singing... this one specific time he sang... in 1999... at woodstock... Otherwise, he doesn't really resemble him. Hence: a singing Cyric. But the hair's perfect, so yay!<br />
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