Alice Will is the first book in this series...and it. is. awesome. It's funny, it's smart, it contains all the elements of a good read. That's not surprising, because author, Ashley Chappel,l is funny, smart, and well whether or not she reads good remains a mystery*.
*I know it's well Ashley...don't have a cow! (Did I mention she's also a grammar cop?)
The second book in the Dreams of Chaos series is scheduled for release on October 11, 2013 and if this trailer is any indication, the second book will be as good as the first.
Watch the trailer...it's seriously impressive. Heck, I have a hard time changing my profile picture and Ashley put this little video together herself. (yeah she works for NASA, I tell myself that when she says smart things like yada yada yada binary code and some other crap.)
Anyhow...congratulations Ashley!! Ya done good girl.
(I just know she's cringing now! It's late, I've got football bleacher butt, and I'm feeling just a little rotten ;)
Watch. Enjoy. Envy.
Book Title: TILT: Dreams of Chaos #2
Release Date: October 11th, 2013
Blurb:
Two years ago, teen goddess Trotter saved the entire pantheon of Realm from a dark god bent on revenge. Her battles led her into fantastic and dangerous worlds where she discovered new
friends and family as well as new foes. She also discovered the extraordinary secret behind her birth that her parents had kept hidden for centuries: Trotter had been marked by Chaos himself.
Now, cast out from Realm by the very gods whose lives she saved, her refuge among the humans on Aevum has been destroyed as the world is tilted violently from its sun. Trotter will stop at nothing to save the world and the people she loves, but winning this fight will force her into a choice that may mean giving up the only home she’s ever known.
TILT is the second book in the Dreams of Chaos series which has been hailed by reviewers as "Darker and more enchanting than the Heroes of Olympus Series."
FREEBIE! As part of the upcoming book launch festivities, ALICE
WILL: Dreams of Chaos #1 will be FREE on Amazon for Kindle
from 10/11 – 10/14! Be wise, click here for your copy
I'm off this weekend...got a college student to drop off and a football scrimmage to watch. The whistles and the heavy Morgantown traffic remind that fall is right around the corner. And after fall, we barrel full speed ahead into the holiday season.
Now I know Jessie Andersen has a fabulous holiday tradition I wish I had thought of when my guys were little, so I asked her to guest post today. I will be back Monday and play super catch up. Till then...here's Jessie!!
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| Jessie and baby Gemma |
When Elizabeth asked me
to write about our family’s Thanksgiving tradition, I had to laugh. I’m pretty
sure NO ONE has a tradition like ours.
It starts off pretty
nice with warm fuzzies and all. Just as with any
Thanksgiving feast, we gorge ourselves on great food then sit back and attempt
to breathe with what little room we have left. My parents, brothers and their
families come to my house for the non-traditional chicken cordon bleu dinner,
made my amazing cook of a sister-in-law, Jeanine. She cooks; I clean up after
her. It's a great deal we have going.
Then Mom pulls out the
tablecloth. You might think I should do this before dinner, but this is a
special tablecloth. We’ve traced babies and kids’ hands and feet. We’ve drawn
pictures of turkeys and leg lamps (more on that later). But most of all, we
write what we’re thankful for. It ranges from my sister in law’s pecan pie and
my hubby’s coffee to new life in the babies that have come throughout the year.
There have been hard years
for the family, but even those bring us thankful hearts. Each year, before we
begin our thankfulness, we get to read through the old ones, laugh, and
remember how God has worked in our lives.
The tablecloth signing is
the sentimental portion of the night, but it’s followed quickly by the real ceremony.
Let me back up just a tad and give you the
history of what you're about to read: My husband is very difficult to buy for,
so my sisters-in-law are always looking for something he might like.
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| He has his own "Major Award!" |
For a while it was
fleece pull overs. I finally got them to stop the fleece when we ended up with
about 10 in our closet. Once that option was eliminated, they had to find
something else. So one Christmas they called me up and said, "Jess, we've
found the perfect gift for Todd." Oh great. This was sure to be
interesting. "The leg lamp." "What?" was my response.
"You know, from The Christmas Story. The leg lamp."
Now, I'm thinking a
little table sized lamp. Okay. Ha ha. no big deal. NO. That's not how it went
down. It's the full sized leg lamp, standing at least 3 1/2 feet tall. And get
this, they want me to display it proudly in my front window! My reaction was
pretty much the same as the mother in the movie, and every year I threaten to
rid the house of glue just in case the thing breaks.
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| Jessie's son Ian...adoring and adorable! |
So now our tradition
is to light the leg lamp, which does sit in my front window. I have to stay
inside the house while my hubby and the rest of my family congregate on the
front lawn and recite the lines from the movie. "Hey, what is that?"
"It's a major award!" "Move it a little to the left."
"You say you won that?" "Mind powers, Lee. Mind powers."
They stand in the cold and cheer when it's lit. All I can say is, it's a good
thing we live in a small town. :) Now, because there's no real way to describe
the lamp in all it's glory, I'll add a few pictures.
As you can see, my
family is insane. But we love each other. We can laugh and cry and thank God
for his work in our lives, year after year.
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The leg lamp crew admiring
“The soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.”
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Now before you leave...check out Jessie's amazing book trailer. It's very impressive...like most everything Jessie does!
At What Cost Book Trailer from
Travis Carlson on
Vimeo.
Then Check out the book! "At What Cost"
Two years ago, teen goddess Trotter saved the entire pantheon of Realm from a dark god bent on revenge. Her battles led her into fantastic and dangerous worlds where she discovered new 
