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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY- INDEPENDENCE DAY

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I would like to give a Happy 4th of July shout out to everyone. Especially to all the men and women who serve to protect our freedom. Stay safe America!

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ATTENTION ALL UNPUBLISHED, ASPIRING WRITERS, BLOGGERS, JOTTER, DOTTER, AND PUBLISHED AUTHORS!!!

Passionate Pen Conference

 

This comprehensive weekend event is open

to any unpublished, aspiring writer, blogger, jotter, dotter

and published authors in any genre.

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Blushing Books and Lazy Day Publishing are hosting a writer’s conference in the nation’s capital this summer. Come mingle at the Marriott Gateway for four(ish) days of social events and workshop sessions that will surely add something to your arsenal.

 

Workshop sessions are being developed with your response in mind and will guarantee to be led by one third Blushing Books staff, one third experienced authors, and one third outside professionals.

 

Registering is easy! Individual registration forms are required from every writer, author, staff, fans, friends, family or otherwise implied interested party for any and all parts of the conference.

 

Head over to the Passionate Pen website for the itinerary, lodging or other information.

Contact Bella for questions you still have after perusing the site.

Conference@blushingbooks.com

https://www.blushingconference.com/

The conference is not only for the authors.

COME ONE, COME ALL

You’ve been reading them for months, maybe even years.

The Passionate Pen is offering readers and fans the opportunity to meet Blushing Books and Lazy Day authors!

You may also book your room at the Marriott Gateway (if you aren’t their slumber party buddy) and stay the whole weekend at the same rate as the authors, with access to the events below.

Here is the link for the Marriott Gateway: https://www.marriottgatewayonthefalls.com/

 

THURSDAY, WELCOME RECEPTION @ 7:00 PM

Be part of the conference opening and welcome reception.

Tickets are $40 and include nibbles and a drink. Registration is required.

SUNDAY, BREAKFAST WITH THE AUTHORS @ 9:00 AM

Sit at a table and eat breakfast with your favourite author, or visit a few tables. Either way, you can be up close and personal. They’ll have some pretty lovely bits of swag, too.

Ticket are $40 and includes buffet breakfast. Registration required.

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BEAUTIFUL BLOGGER AWARD

A GREAT HONOR.

I would like to thank  Ana@Ana’s Lair – https://anaslair.wordpress.com/  for nominating me for this award.  It is an honor to receive something like this from a fellow book junkie and blogger. She has a great site and if you have not checked it out, you should.

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The Rules
Link to the blogger who took the time to nominate you.
List seven random things about yourself.
Nominate seven creative, beautiful bloggers.
Notify the amazing people who you nominated for the award.

  1. I am actually a very shy person until I get to know you. Being a blogger helps me to be more open and talkative with people. It has helped to bring me out of my shell.
  2. I love my dog Charlie. I didn’t want a pet, but when my Mom found her on my birthday 2 years ago, It was fate.charlie chillin
  3. I am currently writing a children’s book with my sister. We hope to have it finished by the end of the year and start the next in the series. All the characters are nicknames of family members. Mostly my nieces and nephews.
  4. I love to go fishing. In the past I have not gone much because of work. I plan to go a lot more in the future. I love the peacefulness of sitting on the bank of the lake.
  5. I have always wanted to be a writer since I was a young girl. I was always writing and reading.
  6. I love to read comic books. I still collect them. I probably have 500-600 comic books. Some titles are not around anymore. My Mom would read them when I was young, and it just stuck with me till this day.
  1. I love watching cartoons with my Mom. We both would rather watch a good animation(cartoons) than anything else. Some of today’s animation to me is not what to me is good animation. It looks as if no thought or effort was put into them. Give me the older cartoons(animation) any day.

 

My Nominees

Leiah Cooper@So I read this book today

April Wood@A well read woman

Cori & Donna&Dawn@Reading in pajamas

Andrea@Penny dreadful book reviews

Cleo@Cleopatra loves books

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BOOK REVIEW- WATERSMEET BY RACHEL COTTERILL

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Book Description
Publication Date: December 25, 2014
When a stranger tells her she’s a mage, Ailith is intrigued but she’s also afraid. Magic is heresy, and heresy means death under the Temple Law. Even literacy is suspect in a girl of her background, and her sister’s impending wedding only serves as a reminder that she should be focusing on her future. Then a local priest asks her to rescue his son, and she starts to wonder if her talents could be a blessing, after all.

The Lord Baron of Watersmeet, Leofwin isn’t accustomed to welcoming uninvited visitors. A commoner turning up at his gates should be no more than a minor footnote to his day, but something about Ailith catches his attention. Alchemy can be lonely work and an apprentice might be just what he needs.

As their lessons grow into shared experiments, Leofwin wonders if he might even trust her with his greatest challenge. But Ailith can’t forget why she came to the castle.

BOOK DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF AMAZON

I was given a copy of this book by the Author for an honest review, all opinions are my own.

WATERSMEET has great world building, a great storyline, and well-developed characters. Ailith is a potter’s daughter, and when she accidentally makes a green glaze that when applied  to the pots and when they fired, the pot will not break where the glaze is applied.  Ailith goes to Watersmeet to apprentice under Leofwin, The Lord Baron of Watersmeet. Here she learns to control her magic and finds out secrets about Watersmeet that could cost him his life. I loved this book with its many intriguing aspect of magic and Alchemy. I recommend this book to everyone who loves a good tale. I give WATERSMEET 5/ 5 STARS. 

 

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