August

I can't believe it is the middle of August. I went camping in the U.P. near Porcupine Mountains and time just isn't the same up there. I highly recommend going to the Porcupine Mountains if you love nature, hiking, camping...   Now I know I've said for a long time that hiking above Pictured Rocks is my favorite place. However, I think I might have changed my mind. The trails in the Porcupines are steeper and more forested, and just as, if not more, beautiful. 

I apologize for halting my posts on here. Along with hiking and camping I've also been working on Story 20 (adding more details and flow to the story). And I'm finally working on Story 16 again. I am fixing the edits I received from 2 of my 3 editors. (I'm hoping to have this one ready for publishing November-ish.) Unfortunately I still have to create a title and cover art  .  And as soon as I get that project set, I'm going return to fixing the edits/revisions I've made to the printed manuscript for story 10 (When I finish that, I am hoping it will be ready for editors).

And finally, for the rest of August I am going to remain on the story "Taken" and slide into Book 2: "Taken: Blades of the Ytinu Srebas". (It is also the the second book I wrote and published.) 

Here are all the basic things about book 2:

Genre: Adventure/Contemporary Fanatsy/Young Adult

Age: 10 and up.
(I let my kids read them when they were 10. There is suggestive language and mild violence so it's a parental choice. My kids really enjoyed the adventure and characters as do all my fans which spread across the spectrum from preteen to seniors)

Published: 2012

What it's about:
The official blurb: Ava was taken from the world she knew, tortured, trained, and almost killed by Will - a power-hungry Lanigiro. Wasn’t she? Ava awakens in the world that should feel like home with her best friend Ashley by her bedside, but it’s not right, something is missing. Ava is not at all certain about what has happened, but one thing is for sure her life has forever changed.

Who (origin/gender):
Ava (Earth woman)
Gabriel (Trinnatium man)
Jake (Lanigiro man)
Lisa (Trinnatiu woman)
Will (Lanigiro man)
Naliak (Lanigiro man)
Ashely (Earth woman)
Ben (Earth man)

Where:
Earth