Monday, January 30, 2012
Steampunk Portrait
I'm really not all that familiar with the Steampunk genre, but as soon as I find an interesting book in audio I'll check it out. In the meantime I was inspired to do a steampunk piece. What do you think?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Basking in the Light
What's playing on my ipod? Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park
I was in a bit of distress while working on this piece and I wanted so desperately to stay at peace. It actually worked. Focusing on this piece while chaos was running a much helped me stay serene. Here is the piece for your viewing pleasure.
I was in a bit of distress while working on this piece and I wanted so desperately to stay at peace. It actually worked. Focusing on this piece while chaos was running a much helped me stay serene. Here is the piece for your viewing pleasure.
Friday, January 27, 2012
I've Been Interviewed!!!
I was so excited when these two wonderful ladies asked me for an interview, and on the same day no less. Please take a few minutes to read the posts and show a little blog lovin in the process.
Jenn Nixon - http://jennafern.blogspot.com/2012/01/fun-friday-with-cover-designer-taria.html
Avery Olive - http://averyolive.blogspot.com/2012/01/artsy-fartsy-friday-taria-reed-cover.html
Jenn Nixon - http://jennafern.blogspot.com/2012/01/fun-friday-with-cover-designer-taria.html
Avery Olive - http://averyolive.blogspot.com/2012/01/artsy-fartsy-friday-taria-reed-cover.html
Virginal Sacrifice
What's playing on my ipod? Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day
So since I'm listening to the Warriors of Poseidon books I was inspired to do a sea monster (although there are no sea monster in the books...lol.)
So since I'm listening to the Warriors of Poseidon books I was inspired to do a sea monster (although there are no sea monster in the books...lol.)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
FEEL THE FIRE by DIANA DERICCI
Rob's been working like the proverbial dog for months when he takes a trip to Granier Falls with his sister. Grateful for the break, he can't believe his good fortune when he meets Maddie. She’s playful, fun, unpretentious with a beguiling innocence and unlike any woman he's met in recent memory.
A long distance friendship soon turns into a torture of its own for Rob who shows up on her doorstep with nothing more on his mind than the hope of a wild weekend with the woman he can't forget.
Cursed from birth, both he and his sister share a trait that they can't explain, and have feared since their very power forced them out on the run. When there is a faint flicker of hope for a normal life, it crashes around him when his sister is yanked out of her home. Trouble from his past collides with the force of Maddie's over-protective family and Rob is faced with the challenge of a lifetime--save his sister, love Maddie, or lose them both.
All he wants is a normal life with Maddie in Granier Falls. But the truth about his power could ruin it all before the end of the weekend.
A long distance friendship soon turns into a torture of its own for Rob who shows up on her doorstep with nothing more on his mind than the hope of a wild weekend with the woman he can't forget.
Cursed from birth, both he and his sister share a trait that they can't explain, and have feared since their very power forced them out on the run. When there is a faint flicker of hope for a normal life, it crashes around him when his sister is yanked out of her home. Trouble from his past collides with the force of Maddie's over-protective family and Rob is faced with the challenge of a lifetime--save his sister, love Maddie, or lose them both.
All he wants is a normal life with Maddie in Granier Falls. But the truth about his power could ruin it all before the end of the weekend.
AFTER THE FIRE by DIANA DERICCI
Shar Brenna is a hard-working woman, a respected member of her witch Kin clan. At least until she's held under suspicion of arson by the local police for the demise of Mystic, a Kin hotspot for the witch clans in Granier Falls.
As clues bring dangers bearing down on her and more of her friends begin to look as though they are in jeopardy too, she must find out who was behind the fire and then face the hunters who are determined to capture a witch.
Fleeing has never been her style when fighting back is so much more satisfying.
As clues bring dangers bearing down on her and more of her friends begin to look as though they are in jeopardy too, she must find out who was behind the fire and then face the hunters who are determined to capture a witch.
Fleeing has never been her style when fighting back is so much more satisfying.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Angel of Death
What's playing on my ipod? The Warriors of Poseidon: Atlantis Unleashed by Alyssa Day read by Joshua Swanson.
Friday, January 13, 2012
A Stiff Kiss by Avery Olive
Crescent Moon Press
Who knew kissing a corpse would change everything?
Death always hits Xylia Morana too close to home, but she likes it that way. She hangs out with the terminally ill, attends random funerals, and every so often, when the weather is right, she sleeps in open graves.
But after Landon Phoenix, the high school hottie, dies in Xylia's hands, she sneaks into the morgue to say goodbye. How could she know stealing a kiss from his corpse would wake him up?
With Landon returned to the living and suddenly interested in Xylia, life has new meaning. But what Xylia doesn't realize is that by kissing Landon back to life, she's thrown Life and Death off balance. The underworld demands a body, and it might just have to be Xylia's this time.
More from Avery Olive
Who knew kissing a corpse would change everything?
Death always hits Xylia Morana too close to home, but she likes it that way. She hangs out with the terminally ill, attends random funerals, and every so often, when the weather is right, she sleeps in open graves.
But after Landon Phoenix, the high school hottie, dies in Xylia's hands, she sneaks into the morgue to say goodbye. How could she know stealing a kiss from his corpse would wake him up?
With Landon returned to the living and suddenly interested in Xylia, life has new meaning. But what Xylia doesn't realize is that by kissing Landon back to life, she's thrown Life and Death off balance. The underworld demands a body, and it might just have to be Xylia's this time.
More from Avery Olive
ZION’S CROSSING by HT Barkman
HT Barkman's latest novel ZION'S CROSSING will be available for immediate download at www.wildchildpublishing.co
Described as Amish Macabre, ZION'S CROSSING is the thrilling tale of amish twin savants, Jed and Anna. On their first Rumspringa outin...g, a tragic car accident leaves the twins in equal parts peril and self discovery at the local hospital. A coma stricken Jed battles for his very soul against a Deathrunner whose intent is to send it to Hell, while his guilt ridden sister suffers her own demons in the shape of narcotics. Will they survive?
For future updates and info on HT Barkman like her facebook page or visit her at www.htbarkman.com
Spread the word to make ZION'S CROSSING a success
Described as Amish Macabre, ZION'S CROSSING is the thrilling tale of amish twin savants, Jed and Anna. On their first Rumspringa outin...g, a tragic car accident leaves the twins in equal parts peril and self discovery at the local hospital. A coma stricken Jed battles for his very soul against a Deathrunner whose intent is to send it to Hell, while his guilt ridden sister suffers her own demons in the shape of narcotics. Will they survive?
For future updates and info on HT Barkman like her facebook page or visit her at www.htbarkman.com
Spread the word to make ZION'S CROSSING a success
Monday, January 9, 2012
LUCIFER HOUSE!!
I love getting packages in the mail. I love it even more when it's a book who's cover I designed!!!
The Dark Seed: Gabriel by Risa Makey
The arch angel Gabriel has come down to Earth looking for his older brother, Michael, who disappeared more than a century ago in human time.
A group of teenagers have been out drinking and generally having a good time. The next morning, they wake up with no memories of what happened to them last night. Investigation reveals several videos made of them torturing and murdering people.
Rairy is an apparently normal high school girl who worries about such things as her grades, finding a boyfriend and what's going on in the world. What she doesn't expect is to develop the ability to see ghosts and angels and to find a diary that enables her to hold conversations with a boy from the past.
A group of teenagers have been out drinking and generally having a good time. The next morning, they wake up with no memories of what happened to them last night. Investigation reveals several videos made of them torturing and murdering people.
Rairy is an apparently normal high school girl who worries about such things as her grades, finding a boyfriend and what's going on in the world. What she doesn't expect is to develop the ability to see ghosts and angels and to find a diary that enables her to hold conversations with a boy from the past.
F.A.C.T.O.I.D. by Audrey Solano
Everyone can have an obsession, and over just about anything. Having one is all a matter of balancing - a concept not well understood by the prodigy of Umeniko.
Danny Oshiro was a brilliant, but odd freshman at college with the reputation of being the most wide-eyed, simplistic student on campus. His obsession was harmless Internet factoids, the kind one only reads out of boredom. It brought about a certain satisfaction in collecting them. Though, unlike normal hobbies, there were radical problems with his collection that would bother a scientist. One being, how could he possibly tell which ones were true? The answer came as right as rain to test them himself and find out firsthand.
However, as Umeniko would soon discover, some factoids aren't harmless after all.
100 Ways to Die by Eva Winters
In the year 2043, the United States has merged with Canada and Centeral America to form the United Americas. Europe and Asia have merged to become one large country, prepared to bring ultimate devastiation upon their enemies. And their enemy just happens to be the UA. After the war takes a turn for the worse, the government is forced to take average children between the ages of 10 and 18, bring them to the newly formed training camps around the country for one month, before releasing them into the cold, hard frontlines.
Andie Stone and her sister Jane are only two of the fourteen thousand kids at the Los Angeles training camp. Andie is determined to keep her and her sister alive, even if it means risking the lives of other kids. She’s prepared to accept her future as a UA fighter, until an unlikely event changes things at the training camp. When she discovers a twisted plot involving newborn babies and mysterious WonderDrugs, she makes up her mind to discover what’s going on as well as escape, bringing her sister and three friends along with her. But as she collects more and more information, she uncovers something far more sinister, including a corrupt government with warrants out for her arrest.
Andie Stone and her sister Jane are only two of the fourteen thousand kids at the Los Angeles training camp. Andie is determined to keep her and her sister alive, even if it means risking the lives of other kids. She’s prepared to accept her future as a UA fighter, until an unlikely event changes things at the training camp. When she discovers a twisted plot involving newborn babies and mysterious WonderDrugs, she makes up her mind to discover what’s going on as well as escape, bringing her sister and three friends along with her. But as she collects more and more information, she uncovers something far more sinister, including a corrupt government with warrants out for her arrest.
Missing by Meggie Rose
When teenager Akiza mysteriously vanishes, her best friends try to find her in what becomes a frantic race against time. When they finally find her she leads them into the past and only three ghosts can help them get back home, or can they... and with evil lurking near who can they trust?
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