January YA fiction giveaway!!!
Do you like Young Adult fiction? Are you looking for books to read for 2013? Awesome books? For free? Well, I have joined a group of awesome YA authors and the amazing Elle Casey for a huge giveaway this month!!!
Just click on the banner below to take you to Elle Casey’s blog where you can browse through the list of books on offer and enter the lottery to win one or more titles!!! đ
What are you waiting for? Go and enter the giveaway!!! It’s open until January 15th.
Happy Reading! đ
New release today – urban fantasy fans?
Heya all. đ First things first: Happy New Year! May it bring you health and joy and may you accomplish your goals and find what you need.
May 2013 contain many books, dragons and elves and steampunk machines, and all the things that make one happy. đ
Now, quick update on authorly issues:
I have taken a break from Elei’s Chronicles (not long!) to write a book about dragons – their origins, morphology, habitat and general awesomeness. It’s a non fiction book and requires lots of research. Deadline is 15 February, so I more or less dropped everything else to write it.
More or less. I kept at a smaller project as a breather during december, and what came out is The Encounter: Episode One of Boreal and John Grey, the serial I mentioned last month. The Encounter is urban fantasy and will be published in 3 or more parts (let’s see where the story takes me) over the next months.
Episode One is now live:
I plan for Episode 2 to go live in a couple of weeks. So, if you like fantasy with all those lovely creatures – elves, kobolds, trolls, dragons and more, then this might be a story for you. đ
Happy Reading!!!
Cover reveal for my new serial!
Cover reveal for my new serial, Boreal and John Grey!
Centuries ago they tried to invade us, but the gates closed, leaving them out. Now the elves are back.
Paranormal Bureau Agent Ella Jensen knows her job: fight the Shades slipping through the Veil between worlds and keep everyone safe. But then her partner goes missing, a hot guy saves her life, and there is talk of the gates opening once more. Whatâs a girl to do but grab her guns and knives and figure it all out, one way or another.
What’s a serial – and would you like ketchup with it?
Art imitates life, and life imitates art. Films imitate videogames, videogames imitate graphic novels, graphic novels imitate film strips… it’s all a circle.
Recently Amazon announced a new line: serials. Obviously, written serials imitate (or work along the same principle as) TV serials. Is it the same as a series? Not precisely. Serials consist of episodes – relatively short, self-contained stories belonging to an overarching plot. Do you watch Supernatural? Sherlock Holmes? True Blood? The Vampire diaries? You know how there are smaller stories beneath the great BIG QUESTION that drives the serial as a whole?
That’s how serials work.
So, always curious about new things, I decided to give this a go. In reality, I’m writing a non-fiction book about dragons, remember? I still am! I have 2 months left exactly to deliver the finished book to the publisher.
But as I mentioned before, writers need breaks, and a writer’s break consists in writing something else… So I have began a serial, and the first episode has been written!!! The serial is called “Boreal and John Gray” and should hit the virtual shelves in time for the Xmas holidays… Or at least I hope so. It’s been fun. Easier to write than a novel, and allowed me to not shift my focus away from my dragons. đ
Soon I will let you know more about it. Serials are fun! đ
Guest Author post: Kia Zi Shiru
Today I have a guest – Young Adult fiction author Kia Zi Shiru, whose first book “Black Sheep: Letting go of the Past” has just been published. I’ve known Kia from my critique group and she has been working on this story for a while – it promises to be great!
So, without further ado, I’m giving the floor to Kia to tell us about her book, her writing and herself…
Thank you Chrystalla for hosting the first day of my blog tour, I really appreciate it. My first novella Black Sheep: Letting go of the Past has been hitting the e-stores in the past few days just so I would be sure it would be available at midnight on the 12th (weâll see how that works by the time this post goes live).
The first novella in the Black Sheep trilogy starts in the first week after the Christmas break, a time of change and new beginnings. Vic is only hoping to keep the friendship of his best friend and make the best of the new year. His best friend, Jack, has other ideas.
Some of this change of Jack reflects how Iâve always changed my look when I was back in high school, whether it was short hair, army boots or leather jackets. For me the Christmas break always has seemed like a good moment to change your appearance. Youâre a couple months into the new year with your class and they have gotten used to you a certain way. Iâve always liked changing when people got too used to my looks.
Which is what Jack did. Having met Vic only at the start of the school year he has always loved the guyâs look and over Christmas changed his own style. Which changes the dynamic between the two guys dramatically. No longer Vic is the only goth guy in the class and Jack is no longer the soft looking guy Vic met at the start. Jack is starting to dress in styles that Vic has trouble resisting which of course leads to interesting situations.
Over all, I donât often describe in detail what someone looks like because I like to keep that up to the reader. Though I always try to give clues. I donât think I need to describe in detail how someone looks. I, myself, donât usually care that someone is five feet or 1.70 meters or something like that because it sometimes makes it hard to remember how tall they are and by using one or the other way (feet or meters) Iâm going to alienate readers. What I do like to know if someone is taller or shorter than the narrator at that moment. Which makes it easier to imagine how they would look making out (or you know, if theyâre just standing next to each other talking).
Vic and Jack are around the same height, during the story you run into some characters that are taller (like Tom and Jo) and some are shorter (like Adam). But while Vic and Jack sport a goth look Adam has changed his look over time (from long hair to short colourful hair) and Tom has nothing goth-like.
I liked putting in different styles of people, even though the main characters (Vic and Jack) are both goths. I think that by not making all of them comply to the angsty goth stereotype that you sometimes run into in books and having multiple styles in looks makes it easier to connect with the characters, even if they arenât the main characters.
If I did well, or if it works? You can check it out for yourself by reading Black Sheep: Letting go of the Past.
WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK!!!
WHO IS KIA ZI SHIRU:
Kia Zi Shiru is a Dutch girl studying English and Creative Writing in the UK. Amongst her interests she finds writing, reading, doing research and learning different languages (including but not limited to: English, Dutch, French, German, HTML, Java, PHP and Assembly). Her writing and reading habits include books with Young Adults, gay themes, strong female or minority characters and fantasy elements (more often then not all at the same time).
The Next Big thing â The next novel
Hi everyone! I am participating in a blog fest called “The next big thing” where authors post about their next book! Many thanks to author Suzanne Tyrpak for tagging me on this. đ
So here are my answers to the questions – here’s what I have to say about my next book!
1) What is the working title of your next book?
The next book is called âRex Aftermathâ and it is book 4 in the series âEleiâs Chroniclesâ (following âRex Risingâ, âRex Crestingâ, and âRex Equilibriumâ.)
2) Where did the idea come from for the book?
I had this vision of a boy running for his life, not knowing why everyone was after him. Something like the Bourne Identity, I guess (although I didnât know Ludlumâs work back then.) Add to that the parasites fighting each other, the post-apocalyptic world of the islands, and a situation where the protagonist doesnât know if to trust his gut feeling or facts about the people surrounding him, and youâve got the series Eleiâs Chronicles, culminating in Rex Aftermath.
3) What genre does your book fall under?
It is dystopian science fiction for a mature (older) young adult public.
4) What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?
I think Zach Roerig (but with darker hair) would make a good Elei, and Ben Barnes (but with spiky hair) would make a good Kalaes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Barnes_%28actor%29). Kaya Scodelario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaya_Scodelario) could be Hera, and Emma Watson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_watson) could be Maera…
5) What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
There is war on the Seven Islands and Elei together with his friends will do all the can to bring peace.
6) Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
It will be self-published like the rest of the books in the series.
7) How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?
About six months.
8) What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
The Hunger Games.
9) Who or what inspired you to write this book?
The idea for the series started when I read Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer (http://www.amazon.com/Parasite-Rex-New-Epilogue-Dangerous/dp/074320011X). This is a non-fiction book about parasites and their strange behavior and abilities. It reads like a mixture of horror and science fiction but itâs all true! Terrifying and amazing. When I read it back in 2004 (I think!), I immediately thought, âwhat if I could apply such facts to humans?â (most of the parasites in the book have insects and marine creatures as their hosts). In fact, there was one parasite I found so fascinating, it gave birth to my all-women race (the Gultur race). Itâs called Wollbachia. This tiny parasite changes its hosts (flies) so much that they cannot survive without it, nor can they reproduce. It is a very interesting creature and worth reading about. (http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/wolbachia/index.html)
10) What else about the book might pique the reader’s interest?
This is a book about parasites that give the heroes power but also pain and problems, about people who will do everything to find love and a home, about an old war that still tears peopleâs lives apart.
Passing the torch to some fellow authors:
What does an author do when taking a break?
What does an author do when taking a break?
You know this is a trick question, right? A break from writing? Are you mad? đ
Still, you know – when you’ve written yourself dry and can’t bear to look at the words anymore and wish the world were mute, including films, and that you’d draw instead of write.
Well, then, you write something different.
Yep, that’s right. You take a break by writing something different. Because, being a writer, that’s a condition (almost fatal), a possession, a psychosis.
So I’ve been writing a book about dragons of the world, and I am very excited about it because I’ve wanted to write it for many many years… But I need a small break right now…
And I’ve decided to write a short fantasy piece. đ
I can hear you snickering again…
The plan is to finish this short piece within the next week and return to my faithfully waiting dragons. Hurra!
CYBER MONDAY!! FREE BOOKS AND GIFTS!!!
It’s Cyber Monday – a celebration of technology and science (and science fiction!!!)
To celebrate it, then, I am participating in Cyber Monday Deals!
Also don’t forget that there are 15 books set free for you these days, and 15 books at the low price of 99c:
15 FREE books amzn.to/V0nkYR
15 books for $15 amzn.to/UffY2O
“Rex Rising” is one of the free books – and for you I have also set my clockpunk fairytale “The Unfinished Boy” free as well, only for today! đ
Click on the images for the link to amazon:
Have a great Cyber Monday – and happy reading! đ
Novelscribe cover contest: Rex Rising wins first place in sci-fi
In the Novelscribe cover art contest, Rex Rising won the first place in the science-fiction category! That made me very happy, and many thanks to everyone who voted for me. đ
Here are the results of the contest.
And don’t forget: tomorrow is Cybermonday and we’ve got a contest with great prizes and freebies for all science-fiction lovers!
HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY! $175 in Amazon gift cards and lots of great sci-fi books & swag! Click to enter –> http://t.co/zbgF7sVy !!!
More information will come tomorrow, so don’t forget to check out the blog tomorrow!!!
New release – THE MINOTAUR (urban fantasy novella)
So, my urban fantasy novella “The Minotaur” – based on the myth and set in the same universe as “Dioscuri” (also published by MuseItUp) is now out! đ Many thanks to my lovely editors and to Marion Sipe who made the great cover:
You canât outrun your divine lineage. When Asterion, Poseidonâs son, travels to Athens to join the battle against the newly awakened ancient gods, he doesn’t expect Poseidon to ask for the sacrifice of fourteen youths, or to demand that Asterion don the mask of the bull, become his vessel, and kill them. Outraged, Asterion refuses, but when his half-sister Ariadne is selected for the sacrifice, he takes the mask and becomes the Minotaur in a bid to fight Poseidon and save her.
Theseus, another son of Poseidon, is also in Athens. In love with Ariadne, he cannot let her be sacrificed to Poseidon. Unaware of Asterionâs dilemma, he changes anotherâs lot with his own name to enter the labyrinth, fight the Minotaur, and return everyone home.
With brother pitted against brother and the labyrinth closing around them, the outcome can only be deathâunless Ariadne finds a way to return them to the world of the living.
THE MINOTAUR: It’s currently available at the MuseItUp store, but will soon be available on all sites.
Excerpt:
Asterion paced the length of the sanctum, back and forth, fists clenched at his sides. The bull mask grinned at him from its perch on the altar, the golden horns sparkling in the candlelight, the gem eyes glittering.
âYou must do it,â said a gravelly male voice.
âOr what? The world ends? Chaos will fall on us?â
âAnd if I said yes?â
Asterion halted. Bitterness welled in his mouth. âI canât do it. I canât be the vessel for his gruesome sacrifice. I wonât kill them. I donât owe Poseidon anything.â
What was he doing here? He had to return to the tunnels in the Acropolis Rock, the lair of the resistance. Since the Greek metropolis had turned into a battlefield between the mortals and the immortals, heâd taken the ship from Crete and joined in the war. He just never thought Poseidon would raise the stakes and demand more from him here.
Yet Athens belonged to Poseidon, too. Asterion shouldâve known. Shouldâve feared.
Too late.
The short, goat-legged silene shook his shaggy head, long animal ears drooping. âPoseidon is your father.â
âRight.â Asterion shrugged. âAnd he was never there. He left my mother all alone to raise me. She worked three jobs! If that accident hadnât taken her, sheâd still be working her butt off to feed me.â
âDonât look at me, boy. Iâm not wise, only an old drunk.â The silene tugged at his dirty long beard. âBesides, this wasnât even my idea.â
Asterion snarled and started again to pace. âThen whose was it?â
âJust donât kill the messenger.â The silene produced a small flask from behind his backâAsterion really didnât want to know where the creature kept itâand took a swig. He smacked his lips. âCare for some tsipouro?â
Asterion ignored him. Being the son of mighty Poseidon sucked big time. Water came to him, spurted from the ground as he walked in the street. Worse still, cracks widened as he approached them, and small quakes shook the ground.
Poseidon, the bull-headedâearth-shaker, water king, horse-father. Asterion leaned against the door frame and sighed. He pushed back his hair and touched the star etched on his forehead, the symbol which had given him his name. A godly mark, hated in a world ravaged by the war with the ancient gods, reawakened and angry to find their world taken over by mortal kind. Thatâs what you get when you sleep till late. You wake up, and some vermin has taken control of your realm.
Being the son of a god had never been such a curse.
âI donât understand this. You say Poseidon wants a tribute of mortals if he isnât to flatten Athens and kill everyone. Why the heck would he do that?â
âNot me saying.â The silene took another swig. âIris said so. Special delivery from up above. Poseidon is angry because the mortals ambushed and killed a nephew of his, Androgeus.â
âWhy would they?â Not that mortals needed many excuses to kill each other.
âHe caused a minor earthquake, killed some mortals. By mistake, says Poseidon. Because he was cruel, say the mortals. But now he is dead, and Poseidon wants revenge. Listen, boy. If you accepted the job, if you put on the mask and took the axe, you could protect the mortals perhaps. Do something to help them.â
âNo.â Asterion rubbed a hand over his face. âNot my problem, silene. I donât owe Poseidon anything. Nor the mortals. Theyâve taunted me and picked on me since I was little. Why should I care? As for Poseidon, Iâm not doing his work. Let him find another vessel.â
The silene giggled. âTrue, true. Go your way. Leave the mask and the Labrys, the double axe; leave the mortals to their fate. Youâre not one of us, not one of them. Yet another man caught in the middle of the godsâ love and war making.â
Absolved by the silene, Asterion looked away. Yet somehow, the weight on his chest grew heavier, his conscience an angry muttering in his head. âHow am I supposed to make this work? Protect the mortals, how? How can I find a way to save them from Poseidonâs wrath?â
Wanna see the print copy of Rex Cresting?
Do you wanna see the print copy of Rex Cresting? Because I received it! And it looks great! I’m as proud as a mom of her baby! (yes, you’re allowed to snicker now…)
Isn’t it pretty??? (especially against the backdrop of my quilt… haha)
So… yeah. That’s today’s announcement.
Stay tuned, as tomorrow I will be announcing the release of my urban fantasy novella The Minotaur, but, well you know, I couldn’t wait until tomorrow.
Yeah. đ
Mantis is now free!!
This is a quick post for all of you following the series “Elei’s Chronicles”. The short story “Mantis”, set in the world of Rex Rising and recounting the first meeting between Mantis and Kalaes, and Mantis’ contact to Pelia, is now free on amazon as well! đ
This story sets some of the background for events in Book 3 of Elei’s Chronicles – Rex Equilibrium.
So happy reading!
A great new Young Adult novel: INCOMING ALERT by Arlene Webb
As you may have noticed in your perusal of my humble blog, I have now added a new page called “Favorite Books”. There I will be listing… my favorite books, yes, exactly. đ And Incoming Alert is one of them.
I honestly loved this book so much. The characters are quirky and funny, but also deep and well crafted, and so very real. The originality of the world Arlene Webb has created is amazing, and the interactions of the characters well realized. I highly recommend this book, and not just to lovers of Young Adult fiction. In fact, the book has some mature themes as well and would appeal to all audiences over 16.
Tell overprotective parents you’ll be fine.
Phase to a parallel dimension to amuse yourself with humans and choose a name.
Arrive flat on your face.
Learn you’re unique among immortals, and not in a good way.Hello, Earth. Boy’s victory dance on top of a cafeteria table
doesn’t last long.
She’s looking at me? Seriously? Jubilation vanishes when he realizes the young woman gawking at his trembling two-inch form–which should be invisible–is as frightened as him.
Major screw up that he is, he ignores everything he’s been told about survival and shifts
larger without first refilling his phase-depleted veins.
Then comes the icing on what’s sure to be his last birthday cake. After denying
he’s crawled out of the meatloaf, he bonds with the mortal. Not only is he
drawn to a first century name that guarantees anger and ridicule, it’s doubtful
he’ll survive this birthday, let alone celebrate another.Incoming Alert is a science-fiction adventure novel for general audience, but
contains violence and adult themes.
No vampires, weres, zombies, fey, or previously known supernaturals were used
or otherwise harmed in the making of this novel.
Ask him. Spit it out. Very important detail. âUm, all parts of me will grow, right? Not that I plan toâŠerâŠdo anything, but itâd really suck to be unronned, so to speak.â
Airon slapped his knee. He glanced at Lissa. âHis naivetĂ© would make a newborn shudder. You see why I fear for him?â
The heat crept from his face into his neck. Caron examined his toes.
Airon barked, âLook at me.â
Caron snapped his chin up. That dark scowl froze him in place.
âNo predator can survive in this dimension if youâre visible for prey to crush under their foot. This isnât IF where everyron loves you. The monsters here are real.â
He shrugged. Time to either hunt elephant or go to that whatever in the oblivion. He smiled, eyebrows cocked. âAfter I find a pleasant fiend to slurp, will you do something to get the wings rolling? Donât tell me De can fly big as a man, too. Hey, Venge was shorter than you. Youâre over six foot? I bet I can top that loser.â
Airon jumped to his feet. âThis isnât a game, you insolent fool.â
Furious father alert. Get a phase on!
Airon stomped through glass and started to reach down for Caron.
âDonât. I can do this. Better stand back so I donât topple over you, right, Dad?â
Dread, worry and so much love filled those dark eyes above him, he closed his own. He knew he could growâUpâat least six inchesâŠOh wait, sweet. He already was six inches.
Stretch. Expand. Enlarge. He watched the pretend ruler behind his eyelids. Molecules wanted to lock at seven inches, but he pushed to eightâten, a foot.
Like climbing a forbidden blood-drain at home, he forced aching muscles onward. It hurt. Should it hurt? Who cared? I care, keep growing.
Interesting, four feet. Maybe he should stop. His skin had to be ripping, peeling from his flesh, instead of expanding. His bones, all two hundred and six, or eight, or whatever, vibrated. Damn, his balls had to weigh a ton apiece. Didnât someron boring from Beginner Psych say short males were scorned on Earth? If he found a female here his age, sheâd never want to dally with a Napoleon-complexed dude.
Five foot! Enough? But Dad said heâd know. Itâd feel like reaching a cliff or something? If he stopped, asked, drained a whale whose balls really did weigh a half ton a pieceâsnicker, a ton a whale, heâd learned that tidbit in Fun Biologyâthen tried to phase taller, would Dad strangle him? Yep, no doubt.
Five feet, ten inches andâohhh, his heart, lungs, internal organs no longer throbbed, they howled. He locked and fastened at five feet, eleven and a half inches.
He snapped his eyes open.
Crap. What good were long legs if they didnât work?
New Release: Rex Equilibrium (Book 3 of Elei’s Chronicles)
Morning readers! đ I hope all is well in your corner of the world. Cyprus reports sunny and unusually warm for this time of year, so I’m sitting on my balcony typing this words with cats staring at me from below and sparrows hopping around…
And it is a good day, because Book 3 in Elei’s Chronicles – REX EQUILIBRIUM (The Bonding) is finally out! Like a baby taking many months to grow, this story grew and grew over the past year, and now it’s finally here. So for those of you who would like to read it: Tada! It’s now available. đ
A lot has happened since Elei fled his home island with a bullet in his side and the Fleet on his heels. With the help of his friends, heâs managed to disorganize the regime, run by the all-women race of the Gultur, and heâs on a mission to bring peace to the Seven Islands.
As old secrets come to the surface, friendships are forged and betrayals discovered, and a girl, Alendra, has managed to take hold of Eleiâs feelings.
With a map that leads underground and the hope of toppling the Gultur regime, Elei and his companions seek a weapon to tip the balance of power. But unrest within the resistance means that this time they are on their own and, as if crossing a world torn by war while keeping Rex under control wasnât enough, Elei fears that before the end Alendra might break his heart.
So… I wish you happy reading, as always, and look forward to your comments! đ
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Pre-order The Minotaur at a discount
A quick notes for those who like mythology-based urban fantasy:
My novella THE MINOTAUR is due to come out with MuseItUp publishing this month!
Summary:
You canât outrun your divine lineage. When Asterion, Poseidonâs son, travels to Athens to join the battle against the newly awakened ancient gods, he doesn’t expect Poseidon to ask for the sacrifice of fourteen youths, or to demand that Asterion don the mask of the bull, become his vessel, and kill them. Outraged, Asterion refuses, but when his half-sister Ariadne is selected for the sacrifice, he takes the mask and becomes the Minotaur in a bid to fight Poseidon and save her.
Theseus, another son of Poseidon, is also in Athens. In love with Ariadne, he cannot let her be sacrificed to Poseidon. Unaware of Asterionâs dilemma, he changes anotherâs lot with his own name to enter the labyrinth, fight the Minotaur, and return everyone home.
With brother pitted against brother and the labyrinth closing around them, the outcome can only be deathâunless Ariadne finds a way to return them to the world of the living.
Now you can now PRE-ORDER it and save 20%. Available only in North America currently until the system is updated to accept pre-orders from around the world, but if you’re interested to purchase from outside North America, please email publisher.
Here is the link to pre-order THE MINOTAUR at a 20% discount
What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank (Krista D. Ball) is now OUT!!!
I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this! (LOTR, folks). Precious! I’ve been hearing about this book for some months now – a writers’ guide to food and drink in fantasy and steampunk, something I sorely need for my writing, and also tickling the fancy of the history buff in me – and I thought the day would never arrive! But it has, published with Tyche Press, and now it is here:
“What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank” by Krista D. Ball is now, FINALLY, available on amazon, and will also be available on the other online stores and in print soon. đ
I have read it, and let me tell you, it’s so much fun! It’s for everyone interested in fantasy and history, not only writers. Krista pulls of a historical book in a personal, tongue-in-cheek voice that will have you laughing out loud. *DO NOT READ IN PUBLIC PLACES!!!*
Seriously. This is the most fun I’ve ever had with a historical book – and it’s also full of advice for writers and amazing recipes. Fried cod tongues and seal flipper anyone? :p
Look at this gorgeous cover:
Link to author’s website where the links to other retailers will be posted soon
What is the book exactly about? Here:
Equal parts writerâs guide, comedy, and historical cookbook, fantasy author Krista D. Ball takes readers on a journey into the depths of epic fantasyâs obsession with rabbit stew and teaches them how to catch the blasted creatures, how to move armies across enemy territories without anyone starving to death, and what a medieval pantry should look like when your heroine is seducing the hero.
Learn how long to cook a salted cow tongue, how best to serve salt fish, what a âbrewisâ is (hint: it isnât beer), how an airship captain would make breakfast, how to preserve just about anything, and why those dairy maids all have ample hips.
What Kings Ate will give writers of historical and fantastical genres the tools to create new conflicts in their stories, as well as add authenticity to their worlds, all the while giving food history lovers a taste of the past with original recipes and historical notes.
About the author, Krista D. Ball:
Krista was born and raised in Deer Lake, Newfoundland, where she learned how to use a chainsaw, chop wood,and make raspberry jam. After obtaining a B.A. in British History from Mount Allison University, Krista moved to Edmonton, AB where she currently lives. Somehow, sheâs picked up an engineer, two kids, six cats, and a very understanding corgi off ebay. Her credit card has been since taken away. Like any good writer, Krista has had an eclectic array of jobs throughout her life, including strawberry picker, pub bathroom cleaner, oil spill cleaner upper and soup-kitchen coordinator. You can find her causing trouble at http://kristadball.com
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