Opposition=Awesome Stories, or Babies Crushing Babies

Got you to look? GOOD. So this is the end of my new cover reveal. Sweet, right? (You're sitting there wondering what I'm talking about, or glad my posts will suddenly disappear from your feed.) I've got a mind blowing thought for you today, but first...

A HUGE shout and thank you to all the wonderful people helping to share my new cover today: Juenta Key, Marcy Hatch, Christine Rains, Bish Denham, and Lynda Young. 

And now it's funny time:

 

So I found this while looking up "funny time memes." It probably doesn't appeal to you as a time meme, and you may not even think it's funny--in which case you need to spend more time with babies.

But this totally says "TIME" to me.

Let me explain.

In the Maiden of Time series, there can only be one to govern the flow of time--meaning if twins with the gift to manipulate time were born...well, you get the idea. What if this was the case in reality? There could only be one person of any particular skill or expertise? How sad a world would that be? How much amazing diversity would we lack? How many twists and alternatives would we lose?

Celebrate your uniqueness and know that no matter what you feel on the bad days, you are a valuable addition to the human race.

Oh, and let's count our blessings that ONLY in fiction can people alter the timeline.

*sneaks down to the basement for a quick ride in the time machine*

It's BLOG TOUR TIME!!!

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Release Date: November 1, 2016

Get an email notification of the book's release on November 1 by shooting me your email address HERE.

TIME IS THE ENEMY

In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.

In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.

Can Alexia escape her own clock?

(THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE!!)

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Timeless

by Crystal Collier

Giveaway ends October 11, 2016.
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What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "There can be only one"?

How to Stop Time (Or Alter it)

You know you've wanted to stop time at some point. I have. How awesome would that be? So, for your wish fulfillment...

But first

A HUGE shout and thank you to all the wonderful people helping to share my new cover today: Sharon K. Mayhew, Ian Bott, Theresa Milstein, Diane Burton, Sheri Larsen, and Michelle Wallace, 

And now it's funny time:

 

Don't forget to enter to win a copy of

Release Date: November 1, 2016

TIME IS THE ENEMY

In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.

In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.

Can Alexia escape her own clock?

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Get an email notification of the book's release on November 1 by shooting me your email address HERE.

It's BLOG TOUR TIME!!!

Help spread the word at release time via social media or with a fun guest post from moi, a character quiz, medieval funnies and more. Sign up today! There will be cheese in abundance, and prizes. You know it!

AND ONE MORE THING!

Want to win a PRINT copy of the book?

ENTER NOW ON

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Timeless

by Crystal Collier

Giveaway ends October 11, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

What time period have you fantasized about living in?

Victorian Time is Funny

Have you ever wanted to go back in time and experience another era? Let me see if I can convince you otherwise... 

But first

A HUGE shout and thank you to all the wonderful people helping to share my new cover today: Erica Beebe, Cherie Colyer, Julie Flanders, Elizabeth Seckman, Kelly Hashway, Vanessa Eccles, Mark Noce, and Lori MacLaughlin. 

And now it's funny time:

Don't forget to enter to win a copy of

Release Date: November 1, 2016

TIME IS THE ENEMY

In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.

In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.

Can Alexia escape her own clock?

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Get an email notification of the book's release on November 1 by shooting me your email address HERE.

It's BLOG TOUR TIME!!!

Help spread the word at release time via social media or with a fun guest post from moi, a character quiz, medieval funnies and more. Sign up today! There will be cheese in abundance, and prizes. You know it!

What time period have you fantasized about living in?

Money is TIME...er...

Is money freedom or is freedom money? Now that you've got your not-so-deep thought for the day, the laughs and awesomeness continue!

A HUGE shout and thank you to all the wonderful people helping to share my new cover today: Misha Gerrick, Jacqui Murray, Krystal Jane, Beverly McClure, Denise Covey, J Lenni Dorner, Medeia Sharif, Deniz Bevan, M. Pax, Quanie Miller, and M.J. Fifield.

And now it's funny time:

And don't forget to enter to win a copy of

Release Date: November 1, 2016

TIME IS THE ENEMY

In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.

In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.

Can Alexia escape her own clock?

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Get an email notification of the book's release on November 1 by shooting me your email address HERE.

Lastly, it's BLOG TOUR TIME!!!

Help spread the word at release time via social media or with a fun guest post from moi, a character quiz, medieval funnies and more. Sign up today! There will be cheese in abundance, and prizes. You know it!

What's your favorite time machine in literature or the movies?

Time is Hilarious

Have you ever laughed about time? Well this WHOLE week I'm attempting to make you do just that.

But first, a HUGE shout and thank you to all the wonderful people helping me share my cover today: Michelle Athy, Christy Hintz, Tania Walsh, Kathy McKendry, Heather Holden, Sheena-kay Graham, and LD Masterson.

And now it's funny time:

And don't forget to enter to win a copy of

Release Date: November 1, 2016

TIME IS THE ENEMY

In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.

In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.

Can Alexia escape her own clock?

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Get an email notification of the book's release on November 1 by shooting me your email address HERE.

Lastly, it's BLOG TOUR TIME!!!

Help spread the word at release time via social media or with a fun guest post from moi, a character quiz, medieval funnies and more. Sign up today! There will be cheese in abundance, and prizes. You know it!

Would you rather have a delorian or a tardis?

TIMELESS Cover Reveal (With a Giveaway)

Are you ready for this gorgeousness? It's been so SO hard not spilling the beans early, but the day is FINALLY here, and I couldn't be more stoked.

First of all, a HUGE shout and thank you to all the wonderful people helping me share my cover today: L.G. Keltner, Sandra Cox, Jennifer Lane, DL Hammons, Patricia Lynne, Lidy Wilks, Shannon Lawrence, Kai Strand, Cathrnia Constantine, Annalisa Crawford, Nicki Elson, Jessica Haight, A. A. Chamberlynn, Sherry Ellis, Nick Wilford, Kristin Smith, Kristine Hall, Murees Dupé, Meradeth Houston, and Lynne Fickling.

And here it comes!

Are you ready?

Are you sure?

HERE

IT

IS!!!

Book Title: TIMELESS (Maiden of Time #3)

Author: Crystal Collier

Genre: YA Paranormal Historical

Release Date: November 1, 2016

TIME IS THE ENEMY

In 1771, Alexia had everything: the man of her dreams, reconciliation with her father, even a child on the way. But she was never meant to stay. It broke her heart, but Alexia heeded destiny and traveled five hundred years back to stop the Soulless from becoming.

In the thirteenth century, the Holy Roman Church has ordered the Knights Templar to exterminate the Passionate, her bloodline. As Alexia fights this new threat—along with an unfathomable evil and her own heart—the Soulless genesis nears. But none of her hard-won battles may matter if she dies in childbirth before completing her mission.

Can Alexia escape her own clock?

AWESOME, right?!?

So two quick things. You know how I love giving away things? You can enter to win a eARC of TIMELESS RIGHT NOW. Yay!

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OR

You can get a notification of the book's actual release on November 1 via email (and get the first chapter FREE shortly), by shooting me your email address HERE.

Lastly, it's BLOG TOUR TIME!!!

If you're willing to help spread the word at release time, sign up today! There will be cheese in abundance, and prizes. You know it!

What do you think of the cover? What makes an awesome cover to you?

The Secret to Success (IWSG edition)

Priorities. How do you make sure you get the most important things done in a day?

The IWSG question this month got me thinking--and not just about writing. The question is:

How do you find the time to write in your busy day?

I read this excellent article that wasn't even about the same subject. The primary idea behind the article was how we become products of our environment. The way it struck me, I started thinking about my surroundings. What things am I exposed to just because they're happening, and which elements do I try to control? Am I giving things passive permission to my brain--like a TV show, a radio song, or a debate because someone else is engaging in them around me? (Or because I didn't bother to silence those distractions?)

We all take the path of least resistance, but that doesn't mean we have to take whatever is put in front of us. We can create our own "path of least resistance" to our ultimate goals. It will take some work to shape the path, but once it's there, it's there.

So for me, writing in the day isn't a question of FINDING TIME, it's a question of MAKING TIME. And with 4 kids (1 a toddler and two full time home schooling students), I MAKE TIME. (Is it any wonder I write about time manipulation? LOL.)

What is hindering your productive time?

BTW, next week is my COVER REVEAL for TIMELESS (3rd book in my Maiden of Time series). Are you as excited as I am? (You know it's going to be epic.)

Two weeks ago, Mark Noce shared two truths and one lie with us. Anyone who guessed the lie correctly was entered to win a PRINT copy of BETWEEN TWO FIRES.

The game:

1. I once ate a package of plastic C4, thinking it was chocolate (it was nighttime people).
2. I take a car, two trains, and walk a mile-and-a-half in order to get to work each day.
3. I may actually be related to the second-most-prolific man in history (King Niall of Ireland).

The lie: #1. As fun a story as that would be, it's a total fib.

Way to guess everyone! And the winner is:

...DRUM ROLL...

Quanie Miller!

Congrats, Quanie!

And now, how about ANOTHER truly great book up for grabs? (And yes, I read and reviewed this one. It is excellent.)

He came looking for a ghost. Instead, he found a girl. 

Tucker Boone is a war-hardened Marine on a ghost hunt. Fresh out of the corps, Tucker learns he has a missing half-sister, Maddy. The only clue to her whereabouts is a cryptic note…I’ve gone Mad, Mags. Tucker agrees to search for her and heads to Ocracoke, North Carolina where a ghost named Mad Mags is said to haunt the ancient graveyards dotting the island.

The note doesn’t bring him any closer to finding Maddy, but it does offer him a diversion to the doldrums of civilian life—his new island neighbor, Josie McCoy. Tucker is drawn to her quiet spirit. There’s something special about Josie…a connection he can’t quite explain.

By summer’s end, he’s mixed up in deception, murder, and the love of a lifetime. Logic tells him to head home and forget the truths he found on the island. But can he walk away? Josie offers him more than love; she offers him hope. When the clues pile up and it looks like she can never be the girl for him, he has to make a choice—play it safe and break her heart, or risk everything for a chance at being swept away.

Get Your Copy HERE.

Ready to meet the author?

Elizabeth Seckman is a wife, a football mom, and a believer in dreams. She is a multi-published author and the best-seller on her street. There may not be any other writers on her street, but that doesn’t matter. She still outsells them all. 

She doesn't have a favorite cheese, but loves them all equally, even with jam. And she would eat cheese anywhere, be it land, sea, or cheesy air. Hold the questions, but never the cheese. That you pile on as high as you please!

Elizabeth gave me two lies and one truth to test your "lie detector" skills. Those who figure out either lie will go into my magic hat for the chance to win an eBook of SWEPT AWAY. (Open internationally.)

You have until Tuesday, September 13 at 2 p.m. EDT to guess. Be sure to come back for the answers on September 14, 8 a.m. EDT.

TRUTH OR LIE

1. My first week of college, I got the flu and threw up in the elevator. Fortunately, everyone on the elevator just thought I'd been drinking and didn't make a big deal of it.
2. When I was a little girl, my sisters tried to turn me into a beauty pageant queen, but I'd never walk on a stage.
3. The first time I took my driver's test, I backed into a police officer (barely bumped her...no harm done!) and failed the test.

Oh, and it's not too late to sign up for the cover reveal of TIMELESS. (But almost.)

So sleuths, which is the lie? Do you love romance stories? What is your great distraction?