I'm a writer, right?

I never really started out to become a writer. My goal in high school was actually to be a secretary. I could type. I could type really well. Fast. I topped out at 100 words per minute. So I paid my dues, if you can say starting out as a receptionist, leading up to a secretary was paying dues.

Silver Knight is Free on April 28!

What would you do if you discovered you were a reincarnated, demon-fighting warrior? Then what if you met the demon that through the centuries you have loved, betrayed and been killed by?

Let the fun begin!  Get a free download of Silver Knight from Amazon today!

http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Knight-The-Series-ebook/dp/B006PI0Q9Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1335614683&sr=8-3 

Chickens Abound!

The family increased by four today. Four chickens, that is. Angel, Roxy, Andy, and Rocky. My daughter assures me that they can readily be identified, but to me they are identical. And with a couple of names like Roxy and Rocky, I'll never keep 'em straight. This is in addition to the two dogs, two cats, turtle and three lizard like things. (I bought the turtle some fresh lettuce yesterday that he absolutely wallowed in. I've never seen a turtle wallow.)

We had guineas last summer but they got eaten by various creatures (owls, coyotes) during the winter because the "bird brained" critters wouldn't go in their little hen house (that I built, thank you very much). They were very skittish and though we did try, we couldn't catch them. However, they did have gang tendencies, often using terrorist torture tactics. My room has a cement patio off of it accessed through a sliding glass door. The guinea gang would come to the sliding glass door, beat on it with their beaks and scream at me. Loudly. Now, you wouldn't think that so terrible, but like that drip torture technique, it wears on you until you can't stand it anymore! Needless to say, I wasn't overwhelmed with grief with they got eaten. Although, I did feel sorry for the very last one left alive. I think it went a little mad being on its own at the very end, finally committing suicide by coyote.

So now we have chickens. My daughter is ecstatic because they seem to love her. They are very calm and friendly, even sitting in her lap. Someone told me that they would even follow you around and when I told my daughter her response was a giggle and, "I hope they don't try to get on the bus with me!"

Hopefully these birds have enough sense to return to the hen house. But perhaps I should mention that they're called "pan fryers."

I just want to thank everyone who participated in the Silver Knight Blog Tour that was presented by Stormi @ Lightning Book Promotions.

It was filled with fantastic reviews, wonderful excerpts, guest posts, interviews and giveaways! Everyone should check out their fabulous blogs because they are all interesting and colorful. And as diverse and wonderful as they all are, they have one thing in common: THEY LIKED SILVER KNIGHT! :)

15th – Jessica @ Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
15th – Aine @ House Millar  
16th – Em @ Ed and Em Reviews
17th – Alyssa @ The Book Blog Experience
18th – Shelia @ Sheila Deeth
18th – Jamie @ Jamie B Musings
19th – Kimberly @ Kimba theCaffeinated Book Reviewer
19th – Naida @ …the bookworm…
20th – Jennifer @ Reading and WritingUrban Fantasy
20th – Kristen @ Seeing Nights Book Reviews
21st – Tana @ Tana Rae Reads
22nd- Erika @ Moonlight BookReviews
22nd – Michelle @ Book Brief
23rd – Andi @ Radiant Light
23rd – Colette @ A Buckeye Girl Reads
 

THANK YOU one and all!

New Review for Silver Knight

Two fantastic blogs to check out (one with a great review of Silver Knight and one with a giveaway):

See what Erika has going on:

http://www.moonlightbookreviews.com/

See what's happening at Michelle's:

http://bookbriefs.blogspot.com/

Thank you Ladies for sharing Silver Knight with your followers!

Silver Knight Blog Tour Review

Tana Rae Reads gave Silver Knight a great review. She's got a cool blog. Be sure to check it out!

http://tana-someofmyfavoritebooks.blogspot.com/

Silver Knight Cover Contest

Silver Knight is participating in a Cover Contest over at You Gotta Read. Please go vote!

http://yougottaread.com/category/cover-contest/

Authors in Bloom Blog Hop Winner!

The WINNER of an autographed copy of Silver Knight is: Tobi Helton.

CONGRATULATIONS TOBI!

Silver Knight: The Tour's Still Going Strong!

Today:

Naida @ http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/ asked me a few questions. I hope you enjoy the answers! Check out her cool blog!

Kimba @ http://kimbathecaffeinatedbookreviewer.blogspot.com/ gave Silver Knight a charming review! Check it out!

Silver Knight Blog Tour Continues!

The tour is continuing with some great (if I do say so myself) guest posts and reviews! Be sure to stop by and check them out!

Jamie B. Musings' Culture Shock Blog: http://jbcultureshock.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/escape-to-your-life-guest-blogger-caron-rider/
   My guest post: "Escape Your Life"

Sheila Deeth gave Silver Knight a great review! See her blog here: http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/
  My guest post: "Religion, History, and Science: My Favorite Topics"

Silver Knight Blog Tour

The Blog Tour has kicked off for Silver Knight after a tornado delay!

Alyssa @ The Book Blog Experience said: "Once I started it I couldn’t stop!"  See her review: http://thebookblogexperience.blogspot.com/2012/04/silver-knight-review.html

Thank you Alyssa!

CHECK OUT: Jessica @ Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile http://www.hopelessbibliophile.com/2012/04/book-review-silver-knight.html

What Jessica has to say: Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart
Recommended to: Readers looking for a well-written and well paced read, with twists and turns galore.

THEN be sure to stop by House Millar at http://apmassie.com/ebook-tour-review-silver-knight-by-caron-rider to check out Aine's blog and read her 4.5 review that starts out with "Silver Knight is an interesting, creative, and OMG read!"

Thanks to Aine and Jessica!

LOL by Charlie Nitric

Let's welcome Charlie Nitric's LOL to the blog today!

Product Description from Amazon about Charlie and LOL:

Charlie Nitric is an eclectic writer, whose stories will keep you entertained for hours. In his debut collection of shorts, he takes the reader on a roller coaster of hilarious life experiences.

Spring Planting Time

Well, actually I started some time ago to plant my flowers and veggies. Several posts ago I mentioned that I had built a greenhouse, so I thought I should plant during winter. I started some potatoes, onions, garlic, and lots of seeds for tomatos, pumpkins, marigolds, lavender and some sunflowers. I must say that the success rate was kind of hit and miss. The onions and potatoes are going gang busters. The tomatoes have finally sprouted up but half my strawberries didn't make it (but half did) and no pumpkins, lavender, or sunflowers ever came up.

Authors in Bloom

Welcome to the Authors In Bloom

Giveaway Hop

Enter to Win A Nook/Enter to Win a Kindle!

For me spring is the perfect time to sit outside amongst the flowers, read and enjoy a few cookies! Below is a receipe that I got from Lucy Chiesa (baker extraordinaire). They absolutely melt in your mouth.

CAKE COOKIES
1 box of Lemon Supreme Cake Mix
1 8oz tub of Cool Whip
1 egg
Powdered sugar

Beat egg, Add cake mix, and then Add cool whip

Batter will be stiff. Take a teaspoonful and roll in a ball. Then roll the ball in the powdered sugar. Place on  parchment paper on a cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes. Don't over bake otherwise they become tough. Very light and scrumptious.

Other options: Change out cake mixes. I've made chocolate and strawberry (equally scrumpdelicious).

For a chance to win an autographed copy of SILVER KNIGHT to enjoy with your cookies, it's super easy:

1. Like The Silver Series Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/caronrider
2. Send me an email with Silver Knight as the subject: caron@caronrider.com (open Internationally). Winner will be drawn randomly. I will send out an email and the winner has 48 hours to respond. If there is no response, then another will be chosen.

Story Phrases for Nook and Kindle CONTEST!

Line 43: Yes and no.
Line 44: If your petals were chosen to express love, then yes.


Feel free to:


Visit my Website to read the 1st chapter of Silver Knight: www.caronrider.com
Follow me on Twitter: Caron_Rider

Tell your friends about Silver Knight on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Knight-The-Series-ebook/dp/B006PI0Q9Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1332978328&sr=8-2

To enter for the GRAND PRIZE you need to collect all the phrases of the traveling story by visiting each author on the linky list below. Each page has a phrase. I recommend copying and pasting all the phrases into a seperate document and then copy and paste the full list into the form at http://www.acozyreaderscorner.com/2012/04/authors-in-bloom-all-author-blog-hop.html#more. They do not have to be in order, but if you do put them in order you will get to read a wonderful short, written by Dianne Venetta. Happy Collecting! Don't forget to enter all the giveaways on each authors site while collecting the phrases! Each author is posting a tip or recipe for your enjoyment as well! Click the link below to enter for GRAND PRIZE:

http://www.acozyreaderscorner.com/2012/04/authors-in-bloom-all-author-blog-hop.html#more

1.	Dianne Venetta	2.	YA Author PJ Sharon
3.	Vickie Taylor	4.	Alexa Grace
5.	Marilyn Brant	6.	Celebrating Spring
7.	Diana Layne Blog	8.	*lizzie starr
9.	Darcy Flynn	10.	Off Kilter
11.	Marci Baun	12.	Amber Kallyn
13.	Sarah Gilman	14.	Renee Pace
15.	A Cozy Reader's Corner	16.	Children's Author Maria Dismondy
17.	Indie Author How-To	18.	Deb Sanders
19.	Fresh Start Stories with Beverly Nault	20.	Aris Whittier
21.	Darcyholic Diversions	22.	Once Upon a Time: world of symbols
23.	YA author Katharina Gerlach	24.	Chick Lit (Bridget Jones's Diary meets The Office)
25.	Beate Boeker	26.	Jessica Chambers: Straight From The Heart
27.	Gotta Have YA	28.	Karl Fields
29.	Sally Clements	30.	Dina Silver
31.	Sybil Nelson	32.	Priscilla the Great
33.	Nina Benneton	34.	Caron Rider, YA Author of Silver Knight
35.	Tara Woolpy	36.	J.M. Kelley
37.	Susan Mallery Cooks	38.	J.L. Campbell
39.	Amy Saunders	40.	Kaira Rouda
41.	Michael Scott Miller	42.	Samantha March
43.	Marika Christian	44.	Elena Aitken
45.	No Hope for Gomez!	46.	Nearly Brilliant
47.	WHO GOT LIZ GARDNER	48.	Amy Lignor - Until Next Time: The Angel Chronicles
49.	Jolene Perry - Night Sky	50.	ShaynaGier.com
51.	DeeSWhite-Author, Inspirational Speaker, Vocalist	52.	Tracy Marchini - Hot Ticket
53.	STAY TUNED - Lauren Clark	54.	TwoCanDo Books Mary Laudien's Website- Follow the Blog!
55.	Maria Geraci	56.	Pandora Poikilos - Peace from Pieces
57.	Christina Wible	58.	ALMOST HUMAN - venomous vampire series
59.	Walking with Justice	60.	Author Darien Gee and the Friendship Bread Kitchen
61.	K.E. Saxon	62.	Cynthia Vespia Author of Thrills and Chills
63.	Louisa Mack - Cooking Up Trouble	64.	Cheryl - Books, Products and More!
65.	Sloane Wolf - Margay Leah Justice	66.	Daddy, Come & Get Me
67.	Author Mia King (Good Things, Sweet Life, Table Manners)	68.	Welcome to the Woods
69.	More Than Words-S.Carol Crovo	70.	But What Are They Eating?
71.	Sheila Seabrook - Tripping My Way Through Life	72.	Alicia and Roy Street
73.	Indie Pub Promos	74.	RS Author Stacey Joy Netzel
75.	Doing Italians, Oops!, Italy

Migraines

I suffer from migraines. I never did when I was younger, so when they began I was caught off guard. And by caught off guard, I mean that I had never experienced any kind of pain like it, not child birth nor even when I woke up on the operating table (which was incredibly painful btw). When I finally sought help for them, I thought my head was actually going to explode. After doctors and medication (thank you for medication!), I wondered what could really be causing my migraines because quite frequently they begin during the night. The pain actually wakes me up. Not surprisingly, there really is no explanation other than I will most likely suffer from them for the rest of my life. Yeah! But what I did find out was that one of the things that happens during a migraine is that fluid seeps out of the blood vessels into the brain. Great. No surprise, I suppose, I have a leaky brain!

Eighty Six the Poet

I have a guest post today by Eighty Six the Poet. I hope you enjoy!

How to Write Ten-by-Ten Poems

The ten-by-ten is my favorite poetic form, consisting of ten lines with ten syllables each. One-hundred syllables in all. When built right, a ten-by-ten is an elegant, compact and powerful machine. I see one as a square window through which to look or a square canvas to fill.

Cape Ingénue by E. Bard

WELCOME to E. Bard author of Cape Ingénue an intriguing YA mystery!

Description:

Set in the small town of Schill Harbour, the story follows the misadventures of sixteen year old, Sandrin Hawkes. With the discovery of a classmate’s body at a local swimming hole, the girl is thrown into an unsettling mystery, a nest of long buried secrets and maybe even a treasure hunt. Could her classmate’s death have been more than just a terrible accident?

When Sandrin teams up with an unlikely partner, local juvenile delinquent Colt, the two soon uncover more than they ever imagined.

Young Adult, Adventure, Mystery, Treasure Hunt, Teen

Photo Shoot

Michelle Cornwell-Jordan, author of the newly released Night School: Vampire Hunter (Angel) book, sent me some pictures from a recent photo shoot for her books.

This is a sample. I just thought this was a really cool picture and if you go to her website (http://indiewritersreview.wordpress.com/), I believe that she has more posted there.

My interest in this is that I have a horrible time taking pictures! I bought the photos I used for the book trailer for Silver Knight, as well as the photo for the cover. It was well worth it I thought, since I just feel that's not part of my creativity. Now what I can do is modify the pictures once I get them. It's the getting that's the problem. I'm currently looking for photos for my second book and trying to determine the direction the cover should take. I've spent countless hours hunting and then modifying and combining pictures. But lightning hasn't struck yet and I'm envious of Michelle for taking her own. But as said, I'm horrible. *sigh*

What about you?

Excerpt: Night School: Vampire Hunter by Michelle Cornwell-Jordan

Prologue
He smelled her before he saw her, that sweet, spicy aroma that appealed to those of his kind. His tongue tingled at the thought of the warm blood flowing down his throat. He moved as the anticipation of his next meal caused him to draw near. The uncontrollable thirst beat at him as he watched the girl, alone, walk towards her car in the empty parking lot. He chuckled to himself. He had heard many of the Day Walkers’ stories speaking of how unsettling and creepy, he believed their exact words were, Ame Academy’s parking lot was after dark. This was especially true of the Day Walkers’ lot, which was the furthest one from the school, made so to prohibit after hour attendance, unless of course you attended night school. But they came, those foolish Day Walkers who wanted the thrill, the rush, to say that they had dared to break the rule.