I’m not sure if it’s the phone app or my complete lack of being in the real world as of late, but apparently I’ve been scheduling posts and they’ve never actually posted. Most of them are irrelevant at this point but do I get points for trying?
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Apparently I’ve been posting only to never have them go through
Posted by JS Riddle on June 28, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/06/28/apparently-ive-been-posting-only-to-never-have-them-go-through/
Title reveal
I did made a promise that I was going to do a title reveal and I will stick with it. The development of this book has been a slow and bumpy progress due to life kind of getting in the way tremendously but I can assure you I’ve been back to work and have a lovely assistant, we’ll call her Moon Baby because it’s an awesome name and I won’t embarrass her this way, who has been prodding me back into the driving lane toward my own goal. It’s quite hard to wrangle me sometimes so I completely appreciate everything she has done for me and for sticking by my side.
As time goes on, more information about book two will be coming at you in many different forms so be on the look out for it. For now…..title reveal.
I will do my best to not spoil it for anyone who has not read the first book, but I can’t promise I won’t reference something as I give teasers for the future. For now, I just want to say that I came up with this title because it is going to focus on many characters, both of darkness and light, good and evil. You’re going to learn more about the path’s set for not just Tessa but her family and foes. This book will focus on their journey’s as well and how each action intertwines with another because as you haven’t already figured out by reading Rise of a Queen everything happens for a reason no matter how dark it is.
So think about the title, go back and look at the synopsis of the story here and get the gears turning on what will be coming at you in the near future in The Vampire Realm.
Posted by JS Riddle on May 1, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/05/01/title-reveal/
Welcome to ‘The Pen Is . . .’
Charles knows what is entertaining yet somehow we all want that case of pens
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Welcome, good customer, to The Pen Is! Why do people keep laughing at our name? It’s part of a great saying and fits what we do here very well. Do we sell pens? Of course, but that’s only part of our merchandise. Yes, they come in different colors and we have various sizes of notebooks. You think it’s all paper, ink, and words? There’s a lot more to writing than the physical pieces and that’s what we have to offer. Yes, we had books on how to write and I’m getting the feeling that you’ll need at least three of those. Come with me and we’ll give you the starter pack.
First, you’ll need to purchase a reason to be an author. Trust me when I say ‘because I wanna’ won’t cut it if you get any attention. What? Don’t go too far with a parent’s dying…
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Posted by JS Riddle on April 30, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/04/30/welcome-to-the-pen-is/
Vacation 2.0
The time is here! I get another vacation….sort of. Although my main goal is to be there for my brother from another mother (we’ll say uber close friend but honestly intended family is probably more accurate) and support him at his wedding. I’m delighted that I get to meet his intended, she seems awesome. So technically it’s a family function, but you know it’s going to be a 4 day weekend for me, right outside of DC, and take place at a WINERY. So much win in all of that. The bonus? The weather is going to be NOTHING like my trip to NYC. I’m completely looking forward to this! It’s been many years since I’ve been up in the DC area and the last time I went I had an awesome time.
Next week I’ll be announcing the name of the sequel to Rise of a Queen if anybody is interested.
Posted by JS Riddle on April 23, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/04/23/vacation-2-0/
The announcement I hope you’ve been waiting for…….
I’ve been asked numerous times what the second book to The Vampire Realm will be about. It’s been a long time coming but here it is:
The rise of her empire came at a cost.
Tessa’s vision of a future where vampires and humans lived united had all but disappeared. Her family torn by the wars that ravaged her land were taking it’s toll, each side fighting for the opposition, her sister and Emma with the rebels, and Jason growing into his future by Tessa’s side. Emma’s struggles with her own choices, as Jason moves forward towards a life of service to his aunt, neither one sure of the outcome. This journey that the family takes will force the evolution of life as a vampire to the forefront, forever changing her perspective on the world Tessa thought she knew.
Can Tessa survive another daunting war while ensuring the future of the vampires? Will Jason and Emma make the right choices and not be swayed by the childhood they once knew? Can either side of the war overcome what stands in there way, even when what they love is what they will lose? Or will there be a new beacon of hope, shining brightly in the world that has fallen so dark?
You can view the Instagram of it here.….and I think it’s a great start for what will be the back cover of the book.
Next reveal……….Can you guess what the title will be?
Posted by JS Riddle on April 8, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/04/08/the-announcement-i-hope-youve-been-waiting-for/
Hear ye! Hear ye! An Announcement of upcoming Announcements
How else am I supposed to grab your attention? Yes, I’m being vague because I’m pretty good at it. I’ve got a lot coming up and I just wanted to give you a little heads up.
How many of you have been chomping at the bits to know about the follow-up to Rise of a Queen? Curious to know what Tessa has been up to? Dying to see how she fares as a strong leader to her Leveˊ Empire?
Coming up very soon I’m going to do a name reveal and kick out the synopsis of the next adventure that await in The Vampire Realm, so stay tuned. Keep a close watch on my Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and of course this blog for announcements, clues, and even a few Easter eggs here and there.
All I can say is that I am completely excited to move forward with this project and am glad that you’re along for the ride.
Posted by JS Riddle on April 4, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/04/04/hear-ye-hear-ye-an-announcement-of-upcoming-announcements/
What I learned from my trip
I have returned from my bipolar vacation. It was such an experience I will tell you that. I got great inspiration everywhere I looked and could feel the artistic energy flow through me. The weather, on the other hand refused to cooperate. One thing that I can tell you is that I learned how to get around the city quite fast, and efficiently. It seems no more complicated than my years spent abroad. I didn’t run into “rude” New Yorkers, at least not that I could tell. The people I spoke with were quite lovely and everything went wonderful.
It was fun to jump from plane to train in such a whirlwind only to be followed by carting around wheeled (thankfully) luggage many blocks and through a few subway transfers. I navigated that like a pro and am quite proud of myself for that. For someone who had been dealing with social anxiety I’m surprised I survived. I think I rolled through New York like a tank. Honestly it could be how my father raised me, to be efficient in my surroundings; no matter what it made it a positive experience for me. It made it where I could truly enjoy the city.
The weather made it quite a hassle and mother nature is on my crap list, though. Promising me sunny and 50’s and give me rainy/icy/windy in the 30’s and 40’s. If I wanted to be there in winter I would have chosen to do so. One thing that it did do was humble me to my surroundings and see the city more in the raw and now as much through a tourists eyes. The gray cold days, the determination I had to attempt the things I wanted to do brought me back to a place of reality. It put me in a darker mindset which set me up for a wonderful realistic interaction in my written work. I came up with some good stuff. Even if none of it is specifically geared towards a trip into The Big Apple, the inspiration that I grabbed from that was priceless. If I can say one thing I took home from my trip it would be that the experience got my gears well oiled and running again.
So now that I am home, I can look back on the doom and gloom and delve into that to hopefully produce something quite riveting.
If for some reason you missed the few pictures I posted on Instagram (since I am a baby on it) go check it out and follow me. We’ll work this from the ground up and I’m sure that I’m going to have a lot of fun using it.
Posted by JS Riddle on April 2, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/04/02/3636/
Inaugural Instagram
I’m riding the train from Connecticut into New York City. I think that it is so wonderful that I’m reconnecting with Tessa from my Vampire Realm series and beginning to crank out some awesome stuff. I’m not sure why but being on a train threw me into a frenzy of literary proportions but it did. My aunt caught me at a true thinking moment.
The first picture was not cheesy at all and is a great start to my journey over the next few days
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So follow me and my adventures
Posted by JS Riddle on March 28, 2014
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Inspiration Vacation
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So as we go along with this reemergence thing I’ll announce a new little trip I have coming up. Those who’ve been following me on Twitter and Facebook will probably feel like this is old news, but it wouldn’t be me if I didn’t tell it straight from the blogs page. I’m taking a vacation and it is going to be bloody awesome! I’m heading up north to visit with an aunt I haven’t seen since college and she’s going to take me to New York City. The most I’ve done regarding The Big Apple is visit the Statue of Liberty when I was lovely little band geek for one of our trips and drive through on my way to Connecticut the last time I made a visit to my aunt. Needless to say I am completely looking forward to this. So much so I’ve decided to open up an Instagram account to share in the new adventures of a more exposed me. Go me right? I’ll make sure to blog when I’ve shot the inaugural picture, which I hope will be more profound and less cheesy (I don’t choose the goofy life, it tends to choose me). I’ve had my wheels spinning lately and with some help I’m feeling much more confident and can feel the inspiration hitting me just thinking about it.
I can’t wait to share with you all the wonderful and exciting adventures that I happen upon (or at least some cool pictures because I can’t promise I’m 24/7 kind of entertaining).
Posted by JS Riddle on March 27, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/03/27/inspiration-vacation/
Things are changing…..and that’s a good thing!
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So here I am starting fresh and new. Spring has opened up the petals of my hibernating soul and soon I will blossom once again for the world to see. What does that mean exactly? It’s an answer that is beneficial to you, my readers and fans, and to me regarding inspiration and communication.
For you all I have decided that I am going to attempt to communicate more. This means those things I fear most, Twitter, Facebook, anything social media I will be more vocal on. So pull your boot straps up because this chick is going to start to talk. I’m really excited about my upcoming work and I am making a push for completion. I want to interact with all of you more on any level that I can. We thrive on the interaction of each other and nothing would make me happier than to be talking to you! I might be an introvert at heart but I love to socialize. I do see the irony in that. I like to socialize but I don’t know how to deal with social media much.
What’s going to happen with me is that I am going to show more of my process. The steps that I’m taking, I’m not going to hide away as a deep dark secret. Maybe that’s what has been holding me back. What I do know is that I am working hard to connect with the inspiration from the world and with the reality that it takes work to get things done and not just hope that it will settle itself. I want to blog more, I want to express my process, I want to share the human part of me while trying to push the too-humble persona out of the way and be a bit more hands on with everything involving my work. Everyone knows that I write because I love it and without it I don’t feel complete. The thing everyone DOESN’T know is that I also write for people, the fans, and without fans(you) I’m only doing a portion of what I love and cannot feel complete.
Finding the right balance between everything will be tricky, but I’m sure that it can be done with help all around. So I will be seeing you soon and you will no doubt be hearing more from and about me. Let’s embrace this spring change together and go for a very wonderful ride.
Posted by JS Riddle on March 26, 2014
https://jsriddle.com/2014/03/26/things-are-changing-and-thats-a-good-thing/
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