Choice-Darth Style

CHOICE

I have been discussing this concept with my 8 year old. What brought on this question?

Star Wars—

Specifically because of this dude. Darth Vader!

Cute little Annie. My son questioned if he was the chosen one. So we talked about how he COULD have been the chosen one.

BUT he had a choice to make. Stay with the Jedi Order and continue on the path to being the chosen one, or choose to embrace the dark side and become this a SITH LORD.

But then he (my son) got all bent out of shape because if this is the case, why did Qui-Gon Jinn train him to be a Jedi. Didn’t he know he would turn to the dark side? So we asked him what would have happened if they hadn’t trained him? Would Darth Sidious have found him and trained him to be a Sith instead? What would that have meant to the Jedi's and their future? Would Luke have been able to find ANY good in Darth at the end if he was just a Sith and never a Jedi.

Speaking of Luke. If Anakin went all Sith and never learned about being a Jedi would the twins have been born? Were they the chosen one’s by default because of the their father? My son was totally cool with the fact that they chose to save the world and so that’s what happened.

Why am I talking about any of this? Oh yes, CHOICE. The characters we create are faced with choices in every chapter of our book. Or at least most of those chapters. For the book to feel real they need to make the choices based on the beliefs, experiences, and morals we’ve created in them. Those choices can take our book in a completely different direction than we originally planned. And sometimes when the characters do something SO opposite than we expected it’s awesome! Which can still be true to their character.

Giving our characters choices is essential. Also allowing them to breathe and make those choices can be just as hard as it is for me to allow my 8 year old to make choices. But the only way anyone learns it to make a choice.

What hard choices have you thrown at your characters? Have they ever made a choice you were totally not prepared for?


I am at FFF today. It's the end of A to Z. We're talking Dr. Suess people. ;0) 

Songspiration Friday-People are enough

This last week has been. Gosh, I don’t know how to describe it. By the time you’re reading this I will have been on a work trip for a few days. (BORING) But last week and the beginning of this are what I’m talking about.

Have you ever found something you didn’t know you lost? Or discovered a person in your life that you didn’t realize you needed? Well that’s not really what happened to me. LOL. But it kinda did.

See when I started writing I felt like there would always be some weird creature that climbed its way onto the page of my manuscript and would take up residence. No matter what.

I’ve discovered that people can be enough. No powers. No authoritative government to overthrow. No dragons to kill. (Never fear, I haven’t abandoned Sir Callan.) No ghosts lingering in the record player.

Just people.

Their hopes, dreams and gut wrenching needs. Yes, as a teenager, needs are gut wrenching. And I’ve discovered that I'm putting myself into the totally normal human more than my other character.

Someday, I really hope you get to meet this person. For now there are many things undecided about this project. I will tell you, I’m not doing it alone. And that in itself is part of the holy crap this is fun, of it. Brilliant partner equals awesomeness.

I will leave you with this song. It plays a pretty big role in the book. Close your eyes and picture ME in my car. Singing my freakin’ heart out and pumping my fist in the air at key points in the song.

When you stop laughing I hope you have a nice weekend. I will probably respond to your comments sporadically. I’m training people how to use very interesting accounting software at the moment, so it might be a bit. But I do have tons of time at the airport. LOL.

ExtraNormal-Review and Giveaway

First I want to say. Blogger failed me. It ate my post and didn't publish it at 3AM. So I'm here in my PJ's typing this. Almost awake. Please forgive typos.

This is the second stop on Suze's blog tour for ExtraNormal. She is having and amazing contest and if you leave a comment on the blog you have a chance to win a cool prize that includes a Kindle. And a load of other stuff that includes a shiny copy of this book. Please head over to Suze's blog to enter to win and check out all the other tour dates and locations.

I was SOOO excited when she emailed me an ARC of this. My first official ARC. WOOHOO. And I was not disappointed. It was so perfect and what I needed at the time.

Mira Johns is pretty much like any other teenage girl. Except that she knows how to harness electro-magnetic energy to communicate without words. And she’s really, really far from home. Her assignment as an emissary to Earth sounds fairly simple: blend in, observe, and stay away from the planet’s primitive males. But after she finds one mysterious boy too irresistible for stupid rules, she realizes the real reason she’s supposed to keep her distance: mates from her world can die if separated. But a series of serious accidents make it clear that someone wants to force her return. Mira decides her only hope is to uncover the truth to why she, the most mediocre of candidates, was actually chosen for this assignment—before the agency discovers her secret and sends her back home.

This book was such a breath of fresh air. I grew up watching Star Trek and I have always been a sucker for aliens and space travel. It's not straight out sci-fi, but there are many cool concepts. I thought the love story was super sweet and the ideas that are introduced with the aliens and how they have linkmates was really cool! 

Another thing that was quite interesting about this book is that the alien planet thinks of itself as a Utopian society, but from an earthlings perspective they look more like a Dystopian society. This is explored a little in this first installment and I'll be interested to see how that plays out through the rest of the books. Some of the cutest scenes come from when Mira experiences new things: cheeseburgers, the ocean, riding on a Ferris wheel. All of these things have been denied to people from her world. 

The ending is rapped up nicely, but gives way to one of the reasons I gave this book 5 stars. There is SO much potential for this to be an awesome series full of all the things I love about space, spies and anything that is geeky.


OK. So go buy her book now. It really is amazing, and I CAN'T wait for the next book.

Challenge Pooped?

Many of you are doing the A to Z Challenge this month. I'm doing it on my group blog. And I'm pooped.

So I'm not going to make you read a long blog where I ramble on. I want to know what is going on in your part of the blogosphere? Are you pooped? Super busy editing a new manuscript? Editing the same one for the 100th time? Just got a new idea? Took your youngest child to Kindergarten round-up and your shell shocked that your baby is going to school in the fall? (This would be me.)

Don't miss tomorrow. I am reviewing a book and if you comment you will be entered to win a SUPER crazy prize.

And for your viewing pleasure-----LOVE, LOVE, LOVE black and white photos. That last one. To die for.

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Dear Hook-Up Doctor-Day 3-Just Reply

HOOK-UP DOCTOR 

Take Over Week.

Dear Doctor Hook-up,

Okay, here's the deal. I'm not the best looking person you'll ever meet. But I'm not exactly ugly. Just plain. There's nothing wrong with that right? Well I need a man. And my problem is, I don't have a particular one in mind. I just need a date for Prom. I CANNOT go by myself and I am NOT going with my brother's Trek-dork friend. This stays between us, or I break your face. I will have you know I can do that too. You don't want to test me on that one. Get back to me ASAP if you can help, cuz prom is in a week.

I'm not making up a name for myself btw, just reply.

Dude, I seriously don’t even know where to start here. Okay, that’s a lie because I know my shit, but bear with me, because it’s a list. First, what is it with girls and the word ugly today? You know what? Even if I thought that about myself, I wouldn’t let onto it. It’s all about the impression you give.

Second, chill with the attitude, kay? You want a guy to run for the hills? That’s the first way to make it happen. Be strong… that’s all good, but when you find a guy, don’t threaten to break his face like you did with me. It’s kind of a buzzkill.

And third and this is the most important, no need here. I’ve seen this a million times. You don’t NEED a guy. You might WANT one, which is all good, but you don’t need one. That’s setting yourself up for heartbreak. It might sound like I’m being all sappy here, but I’m not. I’ve seen it and it sucks—that’s enough about that. It’s private biz.

My advice for you is be picky. Have someone in mind. Don’t settle for anyone. It screams needy and that’s not a good thing. This may make me sound like an ass, but it’s almost an art form… finding someone you’re into. You need to know what you want. You can’t get it till you know what it is. Like I’ve told my boy a million times, you’re not picking between McDonalds and Taco Bell here. This is serious shit.
Later,
Hook-up Doctor**


*Any help The Hook-Up Doctor claims to give should not be traced back to me, Jenny S. Morris.

**If you leave a comment and need advice I cannot promise that the he will answer your questions, but you can always try.
 

I want to thank Sebastian and Nyrae for this fun filled week. Not only did the Hook-up Doctor give the best advice, he made me almost pee my pants. The McDonald and Taco Bell line, dude, love it. If you want anymore advice from the Hook-Up Doctor, click on the What Would Sebastian Say button on my sidebar and you will find Nyrae's home.

Also today I am over at Falling for Fiction talking about Rejection Parties. Are there any other kind?

Dear Hook-up Doctor-Day 2-Invisible But Not Ugly

HOOK-UP DOCTOR 

Take Over Week. 

 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.*

Dear Hook-up Doctor,

Hi, um, my friend. (She told me not to say her name.) Although I don't think you know her real name. Anyway, she told me you helped her out. She landed this really cute guy and I was hoping you'd be able to do the same for me. See the problem is that he doesn't know I exist. I'm sure all the girls that contact you say that, but I'm for real. I work with him, and he's never once said hi to me, or even looked at me. I'm not ugly, if that's what you're thinking. He's just a very focused guy. He works really hard, and he's really...well you get the picture. Do you think you can help?

Hope to hear from you soon--Invisible But Not Ugly.

Sigh. First of all, cut the word ugly out of your dictionary. Confidence is the key to everything. Seriously, girls don’t realize how hot a confident woman is. Even if it’s an act, play it well. Might help you start to gain more for real, too. That being said, there’s a fine line between confident and pushy. You want to straddle it well. Walk with your head high, but don’t let him think, you think you’re too good. THAT is not hot. This one time I met this chick at a party… you know what? Never mind. Not going there. Anyway, on the confidence thing again… TALK TO HIM. You say he doesn’t see you? Make him see you. Talk to him, give him some attention, but not too much too fast. You don’t want to look too eager. Talk to him one day, get his attention and then the next, show him that confidence, but make sure it’s not directed toward him. Seriously, once you giveth and then taketh away, we totally want it again. I’m pretty sure it’s the laws of nature or something.

Cat’cha later,

Hook-up Doctor**

*Any help The Hook-Up Doctor claims to give should not be traced back to me, Jenny S. Morris.

**If you leave a comment and need advice I cannot promise that the he will answer your questions, but you can always try.

Dear Hook-Up Doctor-DAY 1-Drool by the Pool

HOOK-UP DOCTOR 

Take Over Week. 

 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.*

Dear Hook-up Doctor,

I am so glad I stumbled across your blog. You have no idea how much I need you. I hope you’re as good as your blog says you are. OK so here's the deal. My best friend has this SUPER hot older brother. He just came home for summer break and lounges by the pool every day. Hot guy, hot abs and every time I'm around him I dribble spit on myself like an idiot. Please, please help me. I want to hook-up with him. Bad.

Thanks,

Drool by the Pool.

Hot abs? Are you spying on me? Just kidding. The first thing you need to do is cut the drool. Spit? Doesn’t do it for us. Sorry. The good thing is, you have something going for you. Pool. Can you say bikinis? LOL. Seriously though, this one is a little tough. Being the little sister’s friend puts you in a strange situation. You have to find a way to make sure he doesn’t see YOU as a little sister too. You need to find a way to separate yourself from the sister. I’m not saying ditch her because friends before hook-ups and all that, but make sure he sees you as YOU. Sees you as more than just an extension of his sister. Find a way to click with him on a level that’s yours and not anything else to do with the sib.

Good luck,

Hook-up Doctor**

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*Any help The Hook-Up Doctor claims to give should not be traced back to me, Jenny S. Morris.

**If you leave a comment and need advice I cannot promise that the he will answer your questions, but you can always try.

Songspiration Friday-Cooper Ellwood

Holy Friday Batman! Is it the end of the week already? I have been either taking care of a sick child this week, or being sick myself. So, if I haven't been around to your blogs I'm sorry. 

While I was sick I read a few books, watched some TV and created a person. Get your mind out of gutter. I meant as a writer. I have finished The Guardian Tribe book 1 as you know and I am querying it. I have plans for a book 2 and I've created SEVERAL scenarios as to how that book plays out. In every version there are always a significant amount of characters added. In fact the story isn't really Kella and Asher's anymore. Well, it is, but also someone else's. That's what has changed in all my version. Who that other MC will be. But I think I finally settled on someone. 

Cooper Ellwood

He has a lot of baggage. And he might come off as bit of a wanker. He rides the fence on which side he wants to be on. He thinks girls adore him (which they usually do) and he needs to be knocked on his arse. Who better to do that then Kella. And if your one of my CP's or Beta's you are nodding your head right now. 

I have no snippets yet (It is still REALLY raw). But here is a song that I'm using to inspired me. Oh, if you haven't guessed yet Cooper is an English bloke.

In other news there is a short story that Kelley and I wrote at Falling for Fiction. It was for a laugh, and to show how much fun it is to play together.

I received an interesting email this week. The Hook-up Doctor is in desperate need of blog space. (His mom shut his blog down, poor guy.) I thought I'd help him out.

So, I have given him permission to take over next week. He has a few girls that are in desperate need of his advice so he will post their problems and advice on my blog all week. So if you have your eyes set on some hottie that just doesn't seem to notice you, then you should stop by. You'd might learn something. Or if your in the mood for a laugh. ;0)

Have a great weekend! 

J Post not here. ;0)

If you are looking for a J post in the A to Z Challenge you will not find it here on my personal blog. 

It is over here. 

Super Tired Monday (Sunday while I write this.)

I  am cursing myself for not planning ahead and writing a post before the weekend began. So you are getting a recap of my weekend. I know you're dying to hear about it.

I had a great holiday weekend. The sun blessed us while I cleaned AND while we hunted the ever elusive Easter egg. I think this was the first one we haven't been out in our raincoats in years. We had family over, ate a big lunch, then ate the most scrumptious cupcakes. (I may be plotting to eat another one when I'm done posting.) 

The Easter Bunny fell asleep on Saturday night without putting stuff together and had to race around at 6AM to throw it all together after the 4 year old woke us up. The Easter bunny did score though by putting these in their baskets.

They also had these in their baskets. My family was relieved when they realized the jelly beans did not in fact shoot out of the gun. They are water guns that you fill once the beans are eaten.

So yeah, the Easter Bunny rocks!

I did sneak off while the food was cooking to finish reading What a Boy Wants. You know that book that I told you about last week. GO BUY IT NOW. It's on Amazon here and Barnes and Noble here. It's .99 and worth much more than that. LOVED the MC Sebastian. He thinks he's got it all figured. Especially girls. But well, he's a teenage boy. ;0) 

So what was your Easter weekend like? Did you get any writing or reading done? 

When two worlds collide

I do not have a snippet for you today. That doesn't mean that I'm not continuing to chug along on my WIP. I'm at a little over 16K. WOOHOO. This is good for me. With all my life's distractions I don't have huge chunks of time to devote to writing. Le Sigh. Maybe one day when all the bills are paid, I won't have to work a day job. 

But I do have a song and something that I want to talk about. Culture. When you are writing contemporary you pick a culture that exists, breath it into your character and voila you have a real person. Or you don't even think about the culture and just start writing the person and your own culture leaks into the person you have created. 

Now in fantasy you have leeway. You can create a culture. Especially in high fantasy. Lord of Rings anyone? Hobbits and second breakfasts. I know someone around here speaks Elvish. Cassie, are you out there?? 

With my book I have 2 very distinct cultures colliding into each other. Ones that had no idea the other existed. Let's discuss.

Callan

Now lets looks at where he lives..


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And this is what dominates his world... 

Piper

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And now we have Piper's world. What dominates her world?

Knowledge...Technology...The Future...Brilliance...Paganism...Deceit...Anything is Possible...Entrenched Beliefs...Amazing Creations

You get the point. A small town boy meets a big city girl and they fall in love. 

Have you ever created a culture? A belief system? Traditions? I am finding it exhilarating and fascinating. And a bit of research too. What is your favorite part if you have? Or if you haven't, what is your favorite part about creating a person?

To help me with the feel for 2 worlds colliding, I've been listening to a ton of Male/Female duos. I love the push and pull of their voices intertwining. This is Snow Patrol.

Have a great Easter weekend. Over at Falling for Fiction you will find the letter F, brought you by Cassie Mae and Hope.

Totally Random Tuesday-All Winners

First, I forgot to announce my DOUBLE TROUBLE giveaway winner. OOPS. I got all caught up in Falling For Fiction and stuff. Drum roll please. Rafflecopter says the winner is...

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Sheena-Kay please email me your choice of books. Congrats!!!

Second-I am going to be part of ExtraNormal by Suze Reese's book tour. WOOHOO and I wanted everyone to know that there is an early eBook release!! Go to Amazon on Thursday and pick up a copy. I'll have my review later this month. You will not be disappointed. Her cover is the pretty one on my sidebar.

Third-There is a new blog that you HAVE to check out. The blogger has a book coming out and the cover is amazing. She just started her blog and needs some love. OH, the background for her blog is one of my favorites. LOVE! Nyrae Dawn (don't you love her name) and the book is What a Boy Wants. Sounds awesome!!

Fourth and Final-Falling For Fiction is going to do Thursday critiques starting in May. We by no means think we know it all, but if you have something you want another opinion on, we would love to take a look. By emailing us your work you are doing so with the understanding it will be posted on our blog for us and our followers to critique. Also remember that it needs to be short enough to go up on a blog, sorry no full MS critiques or anything really long. We have a special email for this fallingforfiction@yahoo.com and we need to get some lined up for May.

I hope everyone is enjoying April so far. The old saying April showers is ringing true in Portland. Oh, and I"m not doing AtoZ challenge on my blog but Falling For Fiction is. So if you are, I'll probably be checking you out on the days I'm posting for that blog. Have a wonderful day, I'm off to visit Callan and Piper.

I have Stephanie Campbell in my Interview Corner!

We are going to talk about Grounding Quin, Stephanie Campbell's Debut novel. I can't say how much I LOVE Ben. He is SO my Boy Book Crush right now. This book was powerful and heart wrenching and I cried at the ending. Everything is NOT all hunkey-dorey at the last page but you see growth and beauty and a REAL relationship. 

AMAZON LINK

Eighteen-year-old Quinn MacPherson's biggest fear has always been turning out like her mentally unstable mother. (Solving algebraic equations comes in as a close second). 
That is, until she meets Benjamin Shaw. Quinn thinks hooking up with Ben over summer vacation will be nothing more than a quick fling. She can't even commit to a nail polish choice, much less some guy.Unfortunately for her, Ben is not just some guy. Ben gets her- the real her, flaws and all- and that scares the hell out of her. 
When Ben does the unthinkable- tells Quinn he's in love with her- she does what comes naturally. She pushes him away. Ben can only watch from a distance as Quinn lashes out, and punishes him for daring to care about her. 
But how far can you push someone, even someone who loves you, before they are gone for good? 

Today I have Stephanie in the interview chair. I'm kinda hopein' she'll stick around after the interview so we can go see a movie or something. Maybe go grab dinner? Ah, if only I lived in Louisiana. (LoosiANNA to those from around those parts.) OH WAIT. I would kill myself, so maybe she could come hang out in Portland.
 
Thanks so much for having me! I'm so happy to be here and so glad you enjoyed Grounding Quinn!


1. I always like to know what the inspiration for a book is, so if you wouldn't mind can you please let us know what yours was for GQ? At the risk of sounding schizophrenic, the inspiration for this novel was just Quinn's voice in my head. The first scene that I wrote was near the middle of the book where Quinn is out with her two friends, Tess and Sydney. She was so snarky and angry, and I knew there had to be a reason for it. She didn't just choose to be a jerk, she had to have some major issues, so it went from there!
 
I hear voices too, shh, they're telling me to shut up and let you talk.


2. Grounding Quinn is not published in a traditional way. Can you take us through the decision making process for this. I know me and others that are seeking an agent are desperate for some kind of hope that the big 6 may not be our only option. I'd be lying if I said that self publishing was always my number one choice. I originally started by trying the traditional route with a manuscript prior to Quinn. As anyone who has queried knows, it can be a long and stressful process. When that first manuscript didn't get picked up by an agent, I finished Quinn and queried it as well.  Admittedly I only sent out about 50 queries for Quinn and had a decent request rate. I could have kept trying, but in the end, I just really wanted the story out there and decided that the best thing for this particular manuscript was to take a chance on myself and self publish it. While it wasn't my original intent, so far, it has been an amazing experience and I have been able to reach a lot of readers and meet some incredible, supportive authors along the way!


I'm glad you took a chance on yourself!!


3. Quinn is not your average heroine. If fact she a little bit of an anti-heroine. She is the one that needs to be saved. When you sent you rough draft off to your trusted writer friends did they send it back saying you should think about rewriting her? Tone down her bitchfactor? I have a CP that is running into this. What would your advice be? Yes, yes and more YES. 

Lets face it, some people just aren't very nice, and I don't subscribe to the idea that every main character has to be, either. That's just not realistic. And I know for sure that when I was a teenager, I had a bad attitude and a sharp tongue. I had several people read for me and just about every one of them told me that Quinn was too mean and that  I needed to tone her down. To me though, whenever I thought of doing that, her voice didn't sound authentic. If I would have made her less snarky, people would have wondered why she was so well adjusted with everything that was going on at home; or her self destructive behavior wouldn't have made sense. She had every reason to be angry, and lost and it showed.

I think it's different for each individual story, but for me, this was one of the reasons that I ultimately decided to self publish. I knew Quinn, and I wanted her to stay the way that I had written her, not a watered down version of herself. So in my case, I just stuck to the story and the characters that I envisioned rather than changing it to make others more comfortable. Stay true to yourself and your story is always my advice. Make your characters realistic, though, they should have SOME sort of redeeming quality. There are always going to be people that like or dislike your characters- whether they are sugar sweet or rough around the edges, you can't please every reader!

I think Quinn's realness it the reason I grew to love her. 

4. It took me a while to connect with Quinn. Ben on the other hand I knew right off he was going to be a great guy. What made you decide to do alternating POV's. Is your next book (which is a companion novel) going to be done the same way? Quinn is definitely complex and yes, it can take a bit to understand her. I think that's part of the reason I wrote the novel in alternating POV. I originally wrote it strictly from Quinn's point-of-view, but I felt like it was missing something. I added in Ben's pov, and I really felt like it gave it some more heart. Interestingly, I had a few readers tell me to take his point-of-view out. (Another thing I didn't agree with and didn't change.) ;)

Delicate, the companion book is in a single pov. There is a third companion book, still untitled and only outlined in the works- I know what's going to happen, but haven't entirely decided whether it will be just a single pov or not.

SOOO glad you didn't listen to the readers that said take Ben POV out. But I do love male POV's when they are done right.

5. There is a scene which we tweeted back and forth about that has to do with Quinn and her family. I'm not really going to get into the personal nature of why Quinn leaving her little brother to go off to school almost made me ball my head off, but did you always know that Quinn's family was going to be messed up? Yes. From the first scene, I knew she was going to have a difficult home life. I didn't envision the extent of it right off the bat, but I knew there would be conflict at home. As for the situation with her younger brother, I think we all have a soft spot for someone in our family. For Quinn, it was Mason. Quinn wanted to protect him from the craziness that she felt.

Quinn left when she thought it would be better for people, and stayed when she thought she needed to as well (if that makes any sense). She was mixed up, but she definitely meant well.

6. Both Quinn and Ben have their little things. Quinn cooks and Ben takes pictures. Do you personally do either? Well I know you probably cook, but Quinn loves to cook and is really good at it. This is totally a case of write what you know. 

I actually did take photography throughout high school and a bit in college! (A long, long time ago, back before camera's were digital and we still got to work in darkrooms!)

 I used to cook and bake a lot, but now that we have 4 children, (2 of them being a toddler and an infant) I don't get a whole lot of time to do much more than simple, quick meals- nothing fancy.  All of the things Quinn cooks in the book, however, are things that I do make.

Hmm, bacon custard anyone? Or I think that's what one of the dishes was.

7. Last question. Give us a little tidbit from your next book Delicate. 

I sit down and quietly begin organizing my books. Hoping I'm invisible, though the chances of that are slim.

“Sydney,” he says tightly.

“Grant,” I joke back, trying to mimic his serious tone. 

Still, I refuse to look up. I don't want to look into those eyes. I can't.

“Syd, look at me,” he says. The way my name sounds coming from his lips is more than I can handle right now. 

I give nothing in response. I am frozen.

He lets out an audible sigh and reaches out with a single finger and tilts my chin up so that he could see my face. I don't flinch away, but I still avoid his eyes.

“What happened to you?” Grant demands. 

Sydney Pierce has just met the guy of her dreams…just don’t tell her psycho boyfriend, Trevor. 
With a gorgeous boyfriend, a thriving gymnastics career and a stellar academic record, anyone would assume that Sydney has it all. That's precisely what the seventeen-year-old perfectionist wants you to believe, and she works hard to keep up the pretense. 
When Grant, the charming new student, disrupts her carefully crafted routine, the cracks beneath her perfect façade begin to rise to the surface and despite Trevor's objections to their friendship, she can't stay away from him. 
As her connection to Grant pulls her closer to him, the once lighthearted relationship with Trevor takes an intense and dark turn, forcing her into a position in which not only her happiness, but her safety is at stake. Can Sydney learn to let go of everything she is clinging to in order to gain everything she has ever wanted, or will she realize her breaking point too late? 




OK, LOVE-The way his name sounds coming from his lips is more than I can handle right now. AND reaches out a single finger and tilts my chin up. 


It the little things people!! Sigh, Grant may be a new book crush. Anyone else agree? 


Click on the Amazon link and GO buy Grounding Quinn, then keep a look out for delicate!  Oh and go follow her on Under the Olive Tree. (Love that blog name!)

And over at Falling For Fiction we have the letter B today. 

Happy April Fools Day!

Gotcha! I'm not here. I'm actually running around trying to gather party supplies, Mountain Dew fountains and T-shirts for the girls. 


Because the party has started.

FALLING FOR FICTION!!!!!! Has launched!

Have a wonderful April Fools Day. And go check out the awesomely talented Kelley where she talks about A is for Author! (We're doing the A to Z challenge for our first month.)