.............................Free Reads
To the Waters and the Wild by Kit Campbell
Sometimes it's better not to look.
Time Management by Kit Campbell
Customer service is important.
.............For You...............
A Bargain Beyond by Kit Campbell
Probable death is always more attractive than certain death
Crazy Boy by KD Sarge
Selene is lacking in people skills. Luckily so is Donte.
From Us............................
Flame Isfree and the Feather of Fate Part 1 by KD Sarge
Flame just wants to be rich, but the past holds both danger and treausure in the Spell-Wracked Lands.
The Contract</> by Erin Zarro
On the edge of death, no one reads the fine print.
Small World, Redux
Last week, KD wrote about being stuck in a small world and taking steps to get out of it – to "expand" as she put it. She's working on not hiding, on being social, on trying new things. She's exploring.
I've been feeling much the same – stuck in a rut, coasting along on habits, doing the same things because they're easy – and I'd like to make a shift
On the other hand, maybe November, with winter lurking (hello, 5 PM sunsets), isn't the best time for a Canadian to try to "expand". I have another friend who declared she was taking this month to unplug from Facebook and look inward, to honour the night. But maybe there's a way to do both.
Burning Bright
Seize the Fire Book 1
The demons come, devouring life and light. Armed with sword and spell, Keepers meet the scourge. Above nations, beyond the law, to be a Keeper is to hold power--but power always comes with a price.
To Keeper Apprentice Hiro Takai, Keepers are heroes, risking their lives to battle with sword and spell the demons that would devour all life. His master Eshan is one of the best—skilled beyond his years, and possessing exquisite control over his magic and emotions. Hiro is lucky to be harnessing his fire-magic under Eshan's tutelage—and even luckier to be his lover.
But when Hiro wakes as a full Keeper after his Kindling ritual, everything is wrong. Something is in his mind, bringing him new and amazing power, but it’s not sane. Eshan is gone, slipped away on a dangerous mission leaving only a cryptic warning for Hiro to flee the Keepers—who are now debating if they should kill Hiro or just let him die.
No mage is more powerful, more knowledgeable, or more true than Eshan. Hiro knows his teacher can help—if Hiro can just find him. Find him, and save him. Before the Other in Hiro's mind drives him mad, or tears his soul to shreds.
Stuck Forever in a Too Small World
When we were lucky enough to go to DisneyWorld, my family and I had an agreement. We weren’t going on the It’s a Small World ride. We didn’t care that it was quintessential Disney. We’d heard stories of it getting stuck, and if there’s one ride where you wouldn’t want to chance that… So we didn’t do it.
A few years ago, budget cuts threatened to take my job from forty hours a week to thirty. It was decided in April—when I came back to work in July, I’d be at 30 hours a week. I was terrified. I loved my job, needed the schedule that gave me the same days off as the kid—I didn’t know how we’d survive.
Life, though, went on. I had to do stuff, not hide under my bed. Music helped with that, but at my most terrified, all my songs but one stressed me out more. So I listened to that one song over and over. For weeks, I listened to Adam Lambert sing “Time for Miracles.” People would stand at my desk for one reason or another, realize they’d heard that song three times, give me a funny look and move away…
Eventually I was able to expand a little bit. I made a “HALP!” playlist ten songs long—seven other songs and “Time for Miracles” three times over.