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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The Great Wolf Release Day

 The Great Wolf on Amazon

Abel’s been training for this day since the first day he found out he is a werewolf.  The Werewolf Olympics, in Kilkenny, Ireland, is where the big announcement will take place.  He will be stepping up as alpha, and what will mean for every pack throughout the world.  His faith is tested when his right hand man and bodyguard is up on murder charges.  Someone in the pack is a mole, will you guess who it is?  This action packed story will keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end.

Book one of The Legacy of Kilkenny Saga is available for Free on Amazon & I-books


 For sixteen years, my life has been normal. Piedsville, Oklahoma isn't the tourist mecca of the world, but it's where I live. It's my junior year and I've known everyone since Kindergarten, everyone except her, Pru Phelan. She walked into my English class, my heart stopped. I'd never heard the name Phelan before, so I Googled it and found Phelan means wolf. What I didn't know, she was a werewolf and soon my destiny would change.

This is the story about the prophecy of the Great Wolf and how it relates to me. I'm Abel Casey, and I am the Great Wolf.

The Legacy of Kilkenny is a young adult story about werewolves, friendship, family, and fear.


  I've thought of myself as a writer for as long as I can remember. Being a grown up with a grown up job and a family to raise, left me with little time to write. Everyone is grown up now, and I get to do something I want to do. My love of young adult books helped mold me into the paranormal writer I am today.

    The Legacy of Kilkenny Saga is near and dear to my heart.  When I started the series, my own son was a junior in high school and Abel has many of his characteristics.  Each character has a little of my daughter and son in them.  I wanted the series to be about friendship and family, two things that are important to me.  The first book really takes the reader on a journey with Abel as he matures.  By the time you get to The Great Wolf, you will see a transformed young man and the decisions how he handles the pressure of being a werewolf.  I hope you enjoy the Legacy books, 

  Thank you to all of the readers who have fallen for my wolf pack! 


Wednesday, July 18, 2012

What to expect from me


Howdy my lovely lovies.  This is a post without a giveaway or promoting any books.  I want you to know what you can expect from me the writer.  My target audience for my Light Tamer series is 12 - 15.  As a mother, I would read my kids books first, before I allowed them to read it.  Moms are busy and don't always have the chance to monitor everything.  Now that we have a world of smart phones, e-readers and internet, it is hard for parents to make sure that things are as they appear.  I want to assure the moms and dads out there, I will always keep my content proper for that age group.

To the authors and bloggers that have adult content, I can't retweet your work or promote on my Facebook page.  It has nothing to do with you, because I respect your craft, it has to do with my fans and family.    I've turned away a couple of people recently because of the adult nature.  It's my responsibility to be responsible. Thank you for considering me though.

Thank you to everyone that has fallen in love with Caleb and Jessie!  I'm so glad so many people have become Team Caleb!

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Enlightened Cover Reveal!


Enlightened Cover Reveal
by Devyn Dawson

Recently our founder Emma Michaels announced that she is doing book covers.  I've been struggling over what my second book in The Light Tamer Series would be...until I saw Emma's work.  (I'm going Southern speak....so tune your ears to Southern).  Girl, let me tell you, that Emma girl...she got mad skills!  Have you seen her work?  Child, you must check her covers out.  They are so good you can butter my butt and call me a biscuit!   (taking a sip of some sweet tea)  Holy cow! Squeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Do you get the picture?  Her work is very professional, and her prices are very affordable.  We collaborated together and decided that The Light Tamer needed a face-lift.  It makes it easier for readers to recognize they are from the same series.  I agreed.  I loved the old book cover and I love the new one.  What do I like about Emma's covers?  First, her eye for colors and subject matter are great.  Since she is a writer, she understands the need to draw the reader from the cover alone.  Not only are her covers beautiful but her banners are very attractive.  When you're considering your own cover, you need to ask yourself a couple of questions.

          1.  Will it appeal to readers?
          2.  Will it look good in print?
          3.  Does it tell a story?
          4.  Does it 'speak' to you?

Now for my cover reveal for Enlightened.  Let me know what you think!  If you want to see more of Emma's covers.... http://emmamichaels.blogspot.com/



Monday, March 19, 2012

Lucky 7 MeMe

I saw this on Natalie Kroll's  Blog today. Here are the rules:
  • Go to p. 77 of current WIP (or p. 7 if it's a short)
  • go to line 7
  • copy down next 7 lines, sentences or paragraphs & post them as they’re written
  • Tag 7 other authors
  • Let them know 
I will tag my people on facebook and let them know :) 
Enjoy! :)



WIP - The Light Tamer

“Hi I’m Jessie and I’m new to all of this too.  I ask that you forgive my ignorance if I don’t have an answer to your questions.  Believe me; I’ve been on a quest for the last few weeks, trying to figure out what all of this means.  Recently I had a lunch meeting with Mrs. Ward, the principal of Parca.  She educated me to several things, but the most complicated is the story on how we all began.”  I clear my throat and take a sip of bottled water before going on.   “As philosophers have said many times, you can’t go forward without going back to the beginning.”  

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day Gift & Tuesday Teaser

Free today only 2/14/12
The Seduction on Amazon.com 
E-Book for your Kindle




June 26

Dear Journal,

Mylandra spent the night in my hotel room with me.  I have a headache from that sage thingy she keeps burning “to chase away da evil in da room”.  I think there must be at least a hundred candles burning right now.  If the sprinklers go off in the hotel it will be her fault, just sayin’.  Even though she is freaky and scares me a little, she is growing on me.  I don’t know what hold Pascale has on her, but it has something to do with a binding curse she flubbed.
Oh goody, it’s song time.  She is walking around the room with that damn sage wad that smells like pot and singing a Jamaican song.  Probably some hoo doo mixed in.  Gotta go, the songstress says I must sit still and meditate.  Whatevs! TTYS J

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Malevolence - Legacy Series Book Two OUT TODAY!!

Hi to all of my Kindle owners! The second book in The Legacy of Kilkenny series Malevolence, released today. It had to go a week early due to a serious illness in the family. I'll be traveling to Texas for the next 4-6 weeks. I intend to have it available on Nook for all of my Nook friends in the next couple of days. I hope you love it





Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Character Interview with Abel & Pru


Abel Casey

Here is a candid interview with Abel & Pru - the two lead characters in The Legacy of Kilkenny - I hope you enjoy!

Abel:
1. Have you ever fantasized about attacking Julie while in wolf form?  *Laughing*  No, I can honestly say I haven’t.  Maybe now I will. 

2. The first time you "flew" into a tree and then jumped back down, it didn't end well for you or your ankles. Have you since been able to successfully jump without breaking any bones?  Oh man, yeah, that was totally embarrassing.  We called in a stuntman to train me on how to land without hurting myself.  Don’t tell anyone, but I actually went to Missouri for a week to attend a circus class.  They put belts around my waist and lifted me high in the air, swinging me around like a balloon until it was time to come down.  Dolly told me it made me ‘graceful’ when I jumped.  If the pack finds out about that, they will never let me forget that I’m graceful. *grins as he rolls his eyes*

3. Do you miss your friendship with Shane, or do you think things are better since you and he drifted apart? Do you ever wonder if you'd have ended up being like him if you hadn't met Pru?
I miss Shane all of the time and maybe when he gets out of rehab I will invite him out to the farm.  Chrissy helped me organize an intervention for him and I paid for this really amazing rehab place in Florida, their success rate is very high.  No pun intended.  He should be out soon.  I can say without a doubt that I would never do drugs.  I can’t believe he did, but I’m confident he will be fully recovered and will stay away from the drugs.  At least I hope so.
 
4. When you're a wolf, what's your favorite animal to hunt? Do you like to hunt alone or do you have more fun when other werewolves are with you?  I was a little self conscience about having people around in the beginning but it’s getting easier.  We have this rabbit that Pru insists we can’t harm it, but we can play with him.  He is a fast little sucker, man he can weave in and out of the trees like nobody’s business.

5. Does the idea of bumping into the Kilkenny Pack again, and Patrick in particular, make you feel nervous or excited? Are you ready to flaunt your new status as the Great Wolf, or do you still need more time to get used to it?  There is a pack convention next year in Ireland, all alphas will be there.  I think I’ll be ready, I’ll cross my fingers.  I believe that convention takes place in the third book.  You’ll have to wait and see how it goes.  

Pru Phelan

1. Did you ever decide on a good way to kill Abel? What was the most bizarre death-plan you ever came up with for him?  There is a rare spider that the bite will make a person look as if they are dead and it can be as long as a week before the person comes out of it.  The problem was, it would be very painful for him in the hours it takes before the venom immobilizes him.  We scratched that idea but came up with one we were going to use on him after the holiday weekend.  I’d talked to Alecia, the head of a local coven and she made a concoction that would do the same thing.  It was a potion he would drink and the spell would make him look dead to anyone that sees him.  I still have the potion in my room. *smiling* It might come in handy.

2. You drive a pretty sweet car, a 2011 SS Camaro. Did you pick this particular car out for yourself, or was it a gift? Have you always had amazingly fabulous cars to drive, or was this your first car?  Oh, my Camero?  It was a gift from my parents when I graduated.  It is the first car that is all mine.  I had free use of the farm truck and it wasn’t a fancy one like my dad’s.  No, it was always caked in red mud and reeked like horse dung.  I would have been happy with anything that didn’t smell like a farm. *laughing*  Seriously, I would have been.  I hear that Oakley and Bryon picked out the Camero and convinced my dad it would be perfect for me. 

3. Sparks fly when Shaynie moves into your house. Do you think things would have been so heated between the two of you if you'd grown up with a sister or two? And for that matter, how different do you think you'd be if you'd had a younger sister growing up?  Shaynie?  Yeah, well she is special. (clears throat) Shaynie is perfectly aggravating and at the same time she is sweet as syrup.  I’m still on the fence about her, but I will say she is a master at her craft.  I’ve always liked the fact that we are an all male pack.  I guess it would have been nice to have someone to do girl things with, I just made the boys play dolls.  I did!  Ask them!

4. If Oakley weren't in the picture, would you allow yourself to enjoy, or give into, the dreams you've been having lately about Arien? Or do you think they'd still be horribly disconcerting? Because I've gotta say, for a mean, evil vampire, he's pretty hot. Don't you think so too?  He may be pleasing to the eye, but he is not a good vampire, not that I think any of them are good, but he is far from it.  We found Allie’s journal after she left and I see her in a totally different way.  The pack decided to let Devyn release the journal, she named it The Seduction and it came out on Oct 31.  I can’t imagine that I would ever get involved with a vampire after what I read.  They are sneaky, narcissistic, indulgent pains in the ass.  I’m sorry, can I say ass?  Pain in the butt.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

BEWITCHING BOOK TOUR

My Lovies - You will be hearing a lot from me this month and I hope you find the prizes to be delightful!  I'll be doing a blog hop hosted by http://bewitchingbooktours.blogspot.com/ - I'm so excited to have my very own book blog tour.  Here are the blogs and dates I'll be featured on.  The bottom of this post has all the different giveaways! 




Oct 17 - Guest post - Mad Moose Mama http://www.madmoosemama.blogspot.com  
Oct 17 - Guest blog - Reading Lark  readinglark.blogspot.com  
Oct 18 - Guest post - Book review in Nov - Sapphyria's Book Reviews http://saphsbookblog.blogspot.com/  
Oct 19 - Interview - Lisa's World of Books - no website given
Oct 20 - Guest Blog - http://www.sithereandread.com/
Oct 21 - Guest Blog & Review - Readergirls - www.readergirls.blogspot.com
Oct 22 - Promo & Review - http://thatbookishgirl.blogspot.com/
Oct 25 - Guest Blog -  http://yzhabellasbookshelf.blogspot.com
Oct 26 - Interview & Review Manga Maniac Cafe - www.mangamaniaccafe.com
Oct 27 - Guest Blog - http://tributebooksreviews.blogspot.com
Oct 28  - Character interview & review - Grave Tells - Paranormal News & Reviews http://gravetells.com
Oct 28 -Review - http://braintasiabooks.com
Oct 30 -  Interview & review Jeanzbookreadnreview - http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/
Oct 30 - Guest Blog -http://www.simplistik.org/lissetteemanning
Oct 31 - review & interview Ashley's bookshelf - http://www.ashleysuzanne.com/


Bram Stoker
October 17 Book Review & Guest Blog www.readinglark.blogspot.com

Ghost Hunter Guest Blog on 10/20/11 - www.sithereandread.com

OCT 30 INTERVIEW & REVIEW HTTP://JEANZBOOKREADNREVIEW.BLOGSPOT.COM  
Oct 28 CHARACTER INTERVIEW http://gravetells.com/
Oct 27 Guest Blog www.tribute-books.com

OCT 18 GUEST POST SAPPHYRIA'S BOOK REVIEWS



10 21 11 Reader Girls www.readergirls.blogspot.com Vampire box

Witch Handbook Oct 17 Guest Blog on www.madmoosemama.blogspot.com

                                                                 giveaway over - for 109


For Suzanne giveaway - date & site TBA













Friday, October 7, 2011

The Hop for Red October

Must be 18 to win.  Open to US fans only.

One winner will win an  autographed Heather Brewer book "The Slayer Chronicles First Kill" and an e-copy of The Legacy of Kilkenny.   Second place is a $5.00 gift card to Books A Million and a e-copy of The Legacy of Kilkenny.  Please leave your email address in your comment - See below for ways to enter the contest.  I will email to notify the winner - if  response is not received with mailing address within 24 hours, I will have to randomly pick another winner.  Thank you for following me and Happy Halloween and reading!

Contest ends at 11:59 pm EST Oct 11, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Oakley Interview

Oakley
Werewolf & Bodyguard to Prudence Phelan
Character Interview
The Legacy of Kilkenny

I was fortunate enough to have an interview with Oakley from The Legacy of Kilkenny  the other day.  It was informative and fun.  Of course he isn't bad to look at either.  Enjoy.
Oakley Interview -

You’re in really good shape.  In The Legacy of Kilkenny we read about different workouts that you, Pru and Abel do, what is your favorite sport?  Oakley - I’m a college football fan all the way.  Boomer Sooner!

If you had to describe yourself to someone what would be your definition? Oakley -*laughing* My definition?  I don’t know, part cowboy, part ninja, part Italian chef.  I can make a mean lasagna and heat up a can of biscuits like a rock star.  No seriously, I do like to cook but with my assignment as Pru’s bodyguard I don’t get to do it as often as I would like to.  On Sunday’s Dolly does let me help her out with the pack dinner.

When you’re not out chasing down the antidote to the Human Vampiric Virus (HVV) and fighting rogue werewolves what do you do in your down time?  Oakley - I like to sketch the pack.  Pru is gorgeous to draw.  Her body is like a piece of art from the curves of her hips as they are perfectly lined with her shoulders and that beautiful slender neck of hers could make a grown man tremble.  That sounds dorky doesn’t it?  No, I do love to draw and I love to notice the similarities of the pack as they are in wolf form and their human form. 

Speaking of vampires, how many have you staked? Oakley  -  Not enough.  *laughing* No seriously, there is one in particular that is on the short list.

How would you describe Pru?  Oakley - As for her looks?  She is beautiful with shoulder length red hair and bright gray eyes.  She looks like a princess and kicks ass like a ninja.  She was accepted to Harvard but turned it down to take her assignment to train Abel Casey. 

There is a rumor that you started your relationship with Pru without alpha consent.  Is that true?  Oakley - You and I agreed not to discuss that.  If you’re going back on your word…..I’m leaving.

No, no, no.  I’m sorry, please don’t leave.  The Legacy of Kilkenny is a young adult book, and you are a young adult but you’re not a teenager.  How old are you?  Oakley - I’m 22.

When is your birthday?  Oakley  - December 25th

A Christmas birthday, so you eat birthday cake on Christmas?  Oakley - Of course!  We’re all about the cake.

That makes you what, four years older than Pru?  Oakley - More like 3 1/2

In the next book Malevolence will you kill the vampire Arien?  Oakley - You’ll have to read the book to find out. *winks* If you want to know more about that vampire make sure to read the novella The Seduction it will be coming out by Nov 1, 2011.  It is Allie’s personal journal (Abel’s sister that dates vampires).
I’ve heard that Parker has a pretty big fan base, does that make you jealous?  Oakley -  If you like the loner bad boy rogue type of wolf than I guess you’d like Parker.  I would never in a million years be jealous of that knucklehead. 

If Abel the Great Wolf were to tell you he’d like to date Pru, would you let him?  Oakley -  First off, Abel would never do that.  Second, Pru makes her own decisions.  If she wants to be with Abel, I will respect that choice.  If this silly scenario ever happened; in all honesty I’d leave the pack.

Do you really think Abel Casey has what it takes to be The Great Wolf?  Oakley -  Without a doubt I KNOW he is the Great Wolf.  He has really grown up over the series and he has more power in his little finger than the entire pack all together.

Where can we buy The Legacy of Kilkenny?  Oakley -  Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Smashwords or go to www.devyndawson.com for more information.

Thank you for this candid interview.  I hope everyone will want to read more about you and download the book.  Readers - If you’re not familiar with Smashwords, you can download any format you need for your e-reader.  So if you have a I-pad you can put the book on it and if you have a Nook too you can get the book for your Nook.  That is a bonus!  Some people have all of the e-readers and they can have the book in every format without buying it multiple times. 

HINT - The book is FREE for a limited time on www.smashwords.com  - Woo Hoo for YOU!





Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Teaser Tuesday -



Teaser Tuesday
The Seduction (A Legacy of Kilkenny Series Novella)
Allie's Personal Journal 
A passage taken from her Feb 16 entry

I’ve never, ever felt this way before.  When his hand touches mine, the coolness of his touch, melts away my fears.  I do fear that I have no choice but to fall…madly….deeply… oh I can’t even finish.