Silly Saturday: Wrapped up for the weekend?

Have you ever considered home schooling--for yourself, a friend, your kids?

I do home school my kids. Unfortunately my mom didn't hop on that band wagon until I was graduated, but I got to see the benefits first hand with my younger siblings. So when I say "Wrap up," this is where my brain goes:

But it could also mean this:

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Or this:

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This:

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Or possibly even these:

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But what it really means is this:

Jane Eyre meets Supernatural.

Alexia’s nightmares become reality: a dead baron, red-eyed wraiths, and forbidden love with a man hunted by these creatures. After an attack close to home, Alexia realizes she cannot keep one foot in her old life and one in this new world. To protect her family she must either be sold into a loveless marriage, or escape with her beloved and risk becoming one of the Soulless. 

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Mystery Sentence Game: Unravel the mystery of the Moonless night! Gather all 8 hidden words from the excerpts and figure out the sentence to win a free copy of Moonless. Send your mystery sentence to crystal (AT) crystal-collier.com with the subject MYSTERY SENTENCE before December 10, 2013, and you will be entered to win one of 10 copies of MOONLESS—just in time for Christmas. Happy hunting!

Truth or Lie Game: It's Writerly Wednesday on STERIODS! (Minus the Wednesdays...and the steroids.) You have 6 chances to guess the lie and win a copy of MOONLESS. Each post has different truths and lies, so here's a chance to really test your human lie detector skills. Winners will be announced here December 11th. Are you a human lie detector?

SATURDAY:

The Mystery Sentence Game continues with Jessie Harrell and Excerpt #6. Are you playing the game?

Hart Johnson takes us to the heart of the matter with The Naked Cheese. 

SUNDAY:

Not convinced you should read Moonless yet? T.C. Mckee shares her review titled, "A Darker Mister Darcy."

E.J Wesley with Five Things to be Grateful For--Debut Author Edition.

Or check out all the fun you've missed HERE.

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the words, "wrap up?" And honestly, what are you feelings on home schooling?

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Award, Awards, Awards!

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But first, a quick share: "Forever" from Immortal the Musical. Like what you hear? Then go "like" it on facebook, please.

I'm REALLY behind on this. Some awesome friends have been kind enough to give me blogging awards...and I negligently let them sit too long. So, I'm fixing that now.

Back in August--when I was MIA Jessie Harrell gave me this award. If you haven't checked out her blog, this is a must. She's so optimistic, fun and supportive. In my writing community she's not just a support beam, but more like a pillar. Thank you Jessie!

Along with that I'm supposed to do 3 things:  

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link. (DONE!)

2. Pay it forward to fifteen other blogs you have newly discovered. (...HOW TO CHOOSE?)

3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they've been chosen. 

1. Leisha Maw: Fun blogger.

2. Just the Cheese: He makes me LAUGH!

3. Goddess of Corn: What a writer! If you haven't checked out her flash fiction, you need to!

4. Involuntary Smiles: Because life is sometimes like that.

5. Pen, Paper, Lots of Coffee: One of my new favorite bloggers.

6. Sharp Pen/Dull Sword: because it's true. 

7. Mary Brebner: Besides having a great couple stories in the cupboard, she's an amazing reviewer

8. The Far Edge of Normal: Jaleta is a total science nerd, which rocks the world of writing. Love it!

9. Elizabeth Mueller: Similar roots. I've "known" Elizabeth for a while, but only recently started following. 

10. .W.I.P. It: Definitely new to this one, but loving what I've read!

11. Buffy's Write Zone: Journalist and great writer.

12. Capricious Existence: For wittiness. 

13. Snippets From My Mind: Lady Jai and I share 2 traits, a love of writing and fairytale romances. 

14. Cheekyness: What can I say more? Title says it all.

15. Kay M Evans: Never met a more encouraging author/friend. 

More awards to come tomorrow!