A Mini Update and a Sneak Peek

So it's been a while, but I wanted to stop in to say I've been terribly busy finishing off edits for Bittersweet, (book 2 of the Fire & Ice trilogy) Yes, I know I've been editing forever, yes I know I promised it would be done before now, no I'm not going to commit to a firm deadline, but I do promise it will be this summer. :) So in the meantime heres a peek at the back cover blurb from Bittersweet. Hopefully that will keep me from being stoned. ;) Truly though, I am so grateful for your patience. And if its any consolation, these books are so long it's really like getting two at once.


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BITTERSWEET 

Faerie Song Trilogy book 2

To save the Faery world and her mother’s life, Lorelei sacrificed everything, and the dangerous bargain she made in Nevermore had lasting repercussions. Now safely back in her own world, Lorelei seems the same to her highschool friends and her supernatural boyfriend. Yet love across dimensions is complicated, especially when an invisible Veil between the two worlds—the only bridge that links the pair, is sealing, threatening to separate Lorelei and Adrius forever.

Determined to find a solution, Lorelei resorts to using her new found powers. But when her friends succumb to the same mysterious illness that nearly took her mother’s life, Lorelei can’t help but wonder if her own dark magic is responsible.

Still, the nightmares from Nevermore continue their icy hold. Someone from Adrius’s past arrives, determined to destroy Lorelei’s world starting with those closest to her, and Lorelei is forced to choose between her family and friends and a love that was ill-fated from the start.

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Stay tuned!! 

Shaking the January Blues

Christmas is wonderful.

January... not so much.

For me it's typically a time to get cozy and hibernate, doing lots of writing and sculpting and whatever other creative pursuits catch my attention. While finished off the edits for Bittersweet (I know, I've been promising its release for ages it seems, and it it is coming soon, honest) and revising an New Adult series called Daring Magic, I've been looking and watching for little things that come along to brighten the winter blahs. Tons of snow and super cold, that's been our winter so far. Short of a trip south, I've had to get creative with the things that bring me joy and add a little sunshine. Here are a few things I've stumbled upon along the way:

Receiving a shipment of my book in paperback: Very exciting!

The first person I've seen holding a paperback version of my book Fire & Ice. Sooo exciting to get that photo!

An awesome fan video for Fire & Ice made by the incredible Natasha Vahora who also helps manage my Facebook fan page! :)

Okay, what else... well there's the collaboration with a company exploring the possibility of producing a toy line with my doll sculptures.... very exciting!

And some other potentially SUPER-exciting news, that I can't share with the world just yet. ;)

Winning a contest to submit my latest manuscript to Entangled Publishing! Whoot whoot!

Rocking a new hair style that everyone compliments me on. :) Love that!

Hiring a personal assistant to help take care of some of the social media tasks for me. Someone to manage my Facebook street team... Golden! Thanks so much Sheri Vidal from Author Accomplice!

Somedays its as simple as having my hubby or son surprise me with a latte in the mornings.

Or receiving a lovely note or positive review from a satisfied reader.

I guess the point is that there are little gifts to make us smile all around if we're willing to look for them. So now it's your turn... tell me, what are you looking for to brighten your day or that makes you smile? No winter blues to deal with, all the better... you get to find things just for the sheer delight of it! 

I guarantee that by the mere act of looking, you're sure to find!

Here's to shaking the January blues.

Happy hunting everyone!
xo

MUSIC MASH-UP Mike Starr (aka Ty Real Da RokStar) - HU$TLE ft Jessi Jordan

Check out the awesome and amazing Jessi Jordan with Mike Starr, in this super-cool music video. Jessi is not only a diva goddess singer extraordinaire, but a fantastic magical-life coach as well!!


http://www.jessijordancoaching.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Happy 2013! It's been a while since my last post, but what better time for a new one than with the coming of a new year! There is a quiet excitement for me over this new year, a soft gentle anticipation of wonderful things unfolding. But aside from all of the fantastic "BIG" things happening, there are glimpses and glimmers of even "BETTER" things. Things I find myself grateful for all over again. Snowfalls. Lattes. Cozy pj's. And best of all, the experience of watching a 12 year old girl fall in love with my novel. There is nothing quite like that feeling. She discovered a copy of it on a table at my parent's house during a family dinner. From the moment she picked it up, the book did not leave her hands all evening. From 3pm until 10pm she read, in between chatting, eating, hanging with the other kids, playing three rounds of bingo... through and between it all, she read, literally unable (or at least unwilling) to put the book down. Wow. Now that was exciting for me to see! She read 15 chapters and when it was time to leave you could see the agony in her eyes. Since the book has not yet been published, this was her only chance to finished. I think had my mother not agreed to lend her the copy, she might have camped out over night in order to finished the remaining 23 chapters!
It was a lovely sight to behold, watching before my eyes, the delight and fascination of someone so fully enthralled with something I had a part in creating. Watching her get excited at the parts I got excited over, and frustrated, upset and worried in all the right places, turning page after page, with a need to know what woudl happen next. How does it get any better than that?
She came over to me after a few hours and said with a note of seriousness and sincerity, "So far, I would rate this book as an 11 out of 10." Pretty impressive score if I do say so myself. She's anxious to finish and to read the second book and the third, which has yet to be created. But if ever I was in need of external motivation, I found it last night in the eyes of that young reader, who in the midst of a crowd of noise, laughter and merriment, hungrily flipped page after page to find out what would happened next!

 

Happy New Year!
May yours be shiny and bright, and filled with dreams fulfilled!

Dream big.... bigger....and even BIGGER still...

 J.K. Rowling

What If You Dreamed BIGGER?

I had a reading the other day from a psychic who was most definitely picking up on energies that did not belong to me. It became clear this he could not see the massive potential I had and the directions I was heading in. I've mentioned my publishing targets to people and have been greeted with why don't you self publish. And while I know incredible things can and do happen with self-published works and traditionally published works can go nowhere I had an awareness early on that this novel was going to be traditionally published. Had it occurred to this individual to ask if this was my first book they would have learned I'd written 5 other non-fiction books which I'd already successfully self-published. I have very big plans for my fiction books, and it's a delicate balance of knowing and believing in what I desire and being open to the myriad of ways it can come to fruition.

On another occasion, a multi-talented musician/singer/songwriter who has intentions of performing with an internationally know famous band shared her plans with someone and was given the suggestion that she should be satisfied with performing in a local small town bar. Wow.

When I described my sculpting business to another individual, they suggested I sell my wares at a local craft fair. I almost choked on my drink. Really? That was as big a picture as they could conjure? Hmmmm. How interesting. I then follow it up by thinking the for the suggestion and tell them I did the craft show thing previously and was now working with an agent in California who is pitching my designs to companies like Mattel and negotiating hundred and fifty thousand dollar deals....per doll line. --They are stupefied. I say this not just to brag, (though I'm all in favor of tooting your own horn...come on let's own those accomplishments already!) but to hopefully blow open their worlds and their minds to what is possible. If it's possible for me then it's possible for them as well. And hopefully they walk away from the conversation with an expanded awareness of what they too can achieve if they dare to think and then act BIGGER.

It prompted me to wonder and ask why would I (or anyone) want to take advice from someone who's vision is no where near as expanded as my own? Yes, starting anything new for the first time can sometimes mean starting at the bottom or the beginning or even starting small if that's what you choose. But it doesn't mean staying there or making that the thing to aspire to. Go bigger....beyond what you truly think is actually possible for you to accomplish. And then prepare to be amazed.

I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful new Creative Energy Consultant coach, Jessi Jordan. She is someone who is successful in multiple industries and she has vision and passion and knows the magic each and everyone one of us can create. She is an accomplished producer in the music industry and also coaches creative people like actors, writers, artists into massive success. Here is a quote from her which totally sums up why I'm choosing to work with her, (aside from the fact that she is is amazing!!!)

 "I never take advice from someone who plays it safe or sits on the sidelines in their own life."
- Jessi Jordan

 Need I say more............

Whose Emails Delight You Everytime They Arrive?

Do you ever have special emails from someone that just brighten your day whenever they come? Messages from my Mom are like that, and so are emails from my husband or my sister-in-law or my closest friends. They arrive and before even opening them I get a little tickle and it brightens my day just knowing they've written to me. Doesn't really matter the content, the reaction to that comes afterward, but for a brief moment, just seeing their name in the "from" address is such a delight.

Well, lately, messages from Denise, my literary agent have fallen into that category quite by surprise. She writes me almost weekly sometimes twice weekly, and although I know I'm far from her only client, it brightens my day getting a message from her and I feel like me and my book are important to her. I see her name and it reminds me of my dream, my target. I feel the elation and joy and excitement over being on this all important next leg of my journey to publishing. I'm reminded that hey, you're doing it... you not only love to write, you're writing and you're heading in the direction you'd like to go. And you're going there. No matter what. And how cool is it that someone else on the planet besides myself (and from my fabulous sister-in-law who hounds me every time I see her to hurry up with the sequel) thinks my books is sales-worthy. Like a special little present I get to open and savour for a window of time. Sure after the message is open, it may be a rejection from a publisher, or just an update on submissions. All of it is welcome becasue it's a powerful reminder that I am a writer and I have an agent.

What's inside each email doesn't almost doesn't matter, because it's the thrill of knowing there's something waiting for me... a piece of news from someone I'm excited to hear from and that in and of itself is worth smiling about. Best of all I know that one of her messages is going to be a fantastic offer from a publishing house or movie studio, equally as excited to purchase my manuscripts and get them out into the world.

How does it get better than that?

The BEING Telesummit

Well, it's been quite an amazing couple of weeks. Glorious spring weather which followed an almost non-existent winter. Emotional highs and lows and everything in-between. Loads of writing, and releasing judgements about my writing. What I've learned and discovered and awoken to could fill a lifetime of blog posts. Don't worry I'll spare you the details. Suffice to say that since discovering the Access Consciousness techniques of being in question about all areas of my life...well, all areas of my life and have expanded and grown in a very dynamic way.

We have a new site at www.BeingSeries.com where the recordings of the interviews we conducted can be purchased and downloaded. Aside fro that I'm not sure what more to share. Except perhaps that you really have to experience it for yourself. It has brought an incredible new dimension to my writing, to my sculpting, to my business to my money flows and to my life! How does it get better than that? Every day I wake up and ask "What else is possible?" excited to see what comes along next!

So what's next for you???

SUSAN LAZAR HART – The Right Relationship for you – Relationships in Consciousness

Monday, March 12th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

• Is now the time to create the right relationship for you?
• Are you tired of GIVING UP YOU in order to create someone else’s dreams?
• Would you like to discover more of you and the vibrant person you were created to be?
• Is there a particular area in your relationship you would like to change, shift or revitalize?

Susan’s specialty is deep listening, along with an uncanny ability to pose questions that create consciousness and different possibilities.Join Catherine & Michele as they speak with Susan about how she works with the latest Access Consciousness tools and clearings to help people make breakthroughs on issues that have them stuck in relationships.Susan’s clients rave about her ability to help them cut through emotional clutter in record time. If you’ve heard that therapy involves hard work, you’ll be intrigued to hear Susan inviting clients to “come and play with me.” Susan is a master at turning her artist’s eye to put a new perspective on the relationships in your life.  Successfully married for 34 years and with 4 adult children , her relationship with her grown daughter, Kelsey, is featured in her weekly radio show, Heart2hart, available at blogtalkradio.com.  As an artist, yoga teacher, life coach, relationship counselor and licensed facilitator of Access Consciousness, she has at hand a wealth of tools to transform all your relationships.

Click Here to visit Susan’s Website

SOLANGE ROCINE - Energetic Facelift with Access Consciousness

Tuesday, March 13th – 11amEDT (8pmPDT)

• Would you like to reduce wrinkles?
• Would you like to rejuvenate your skin and appear more youthful?
• Would you like to change the color, firmness, and texture of your skin on your face and neck?

Solange Rocine’s Energetic Facelift is safe for men and women of all ages and works in harmony with other procedures. And this technique can be learned by anyone!  It involves using multiple frequencies which restore the natural flow of energy in and around the body. Using  hands as neurotransmitters, gentle touch is applied to the face, neck and feet. This facilitates clearing blocks in the energy fields, those points of stagnation usually caused by our emotions and long term stress. With the energy flowing in the body, the muscles begin to relax and the skin begins to rejuvenate. Those who have experienced an Energetic Face Lift not only look younger, they feel great …it is one of the most relaxing experiences you can imagine for your entire body.

 

Solange is devoted to facilitating others to change what is not working in their life … including the willingness to choose your own version of a phenomenal life, and the willingness to receive and HAVE money. She now lives in total allowance and freedom, spending her time between San Francisco and Toronto and travelling wherever in the world the invitation arises to facilitate joyful, juicy, abundant living. 

 What REMARKABLE GIFT will Solange be offering our listeners during the TeleSummit?

It’s a surprise you won’t want to miss out on a chance of winning!

Click Here to visit Solange’s Website

DR. SHELLY CHILDERS - I’m Sexy & I Know It… Because I’m Conscious

 

Tuesday, March 13th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

•   Where did you decide you can’t be sexy and spiritual?
• What if by unlocking your sexual energy, your creativity and money flows increased?
• Where have you made talking about sex, dressing sexy, and enjoying anything sexual a sin?
• What is difference in confidence and acknowledging your beauty versus arrogance and being a snobby bitch?
• Explore how sex and energy pulls can change your reality.

Dr. Shelly Childers is a chiropractor, former personal trainer, ex-fitness competitor and certified facilitator of Access Consciousness™. She has been featured on a number of tele-summits discussing topics regarding the body, sexualness, relationships, autism and money. She is an upcoming host of her own radio show on VoiceAmerica, “The Bliss Edition”, where she invites people to a different possibility with questions, laughter, humorous metaphors, analogies, true caring and overflowing joy. She has no answers… just questions that will unlock you from the limitations that are keeping you from creating a magical life beyond your wildest imagination.

 

Through Dr. Shelly’s amazing relationship with her body, she’s tapped into her talents and capacities to be “sex”. Her clients and class participants rave about the sexual energy from her body and her ability to dress in a way that compliments and accesses her body. Who said you can’t be sexy and spiritual at the same time? Recently, dr. Shelly has been facilitating women in unleashing their sexual energy through teleclasses, pole dancing classes, sex and relationship talks, and exercises that catapult them into loving their body beyond what they knew possible.

 

Join Catherine and Michele in a “no boundaries” conversation with Shelly as they unleash your sexualness.

Click Here to visit Dr. Shelly’s Website

See what Dr. Shelly is offering BEING TeleSummit Listeners

 

BRENDA ST. LOUIS - Access Consciousness Facilitator

 

Wednesday, March 14th – 4pmEDT (1pmPDT)

•  Have you ever wondered what an easy life would look like?
• Do you work more than you play?
• What if nothing about you was ordinary?
• Are you ready to step into more?

Brenda  is an international speaker, actor, writer, therapist and facilitator. She has invited people from all over the globe into the elegance of their own unique life. Through workshops, one on one body-work to interactive transformational seminars, Brenda will take you on an adventure beyond ordinary. Be you and change the world!Access has been an extraordinary part of Brenda’s journey on this planet. She has seen so many crazy wild and awesome things in her profession but Access is the one that has made her laugh the most. Brenda has been able to transform her whole life by living as the question. Pretty Simple!! A question has so many more possibilities than an answer does. Join Catherine & Michele as they explore how Brenda shares the tools of Access Consciousness with others and how she has transformed her life.

Click Here to visit Brenda’s Website

Click Here for Brenda’s Gob’s of Gratitude program

LIAM PHILLIPS - founder of Curing the Incurable

Wednesday, March 14th 7pmEDT (4pmPDT), (9amEDT, Thursday March 15th)

• Are you suffering mental, emotional or physical pain?
• Are you seeking something else to add to your life?
• What if you didn’t have to go to the brink to find the change you are seeking?
• Would you like to make changes with your body and life with ease?
• Is now the time for you to BE YOU and change the world?

Liam Phillips created “CURING THE INCURABLE” after battling a terminal disease where he suffered terrible emotional, physical and mental pain. Knowing in his heart there must be another way, he set out to search the world for tools to ease this, or die trying!During his search he tried many conventional medical practices and sold one answer, surgery was required in order to overcome this disease, but it would only alleviate the disease for short periods. Unhappy with this answer, Liam experimented with alternative diets, medicine, meditation, and other self help methods. Although these offered some relief and slowed the process of disease down occasionally, he did not find the long term relief he sought.But Liam did not give up hope. Weighing less than 40kg he found something different that changed his body and life. Access  Consciousness. What he learned from this new modality, simple tools and body processes, he added to his life and his disease ravaged body began to make changes easily and quickly. In one month things had changed dynamically, and after three months his first book “Curing the Incurable” was written.In the past four years Liam has worked effortlessly talking to thousands of people who are also seeking something different, passing on these tools to empower people to choose the changes they seek.

Click Here to visit Liam’s Website

Check out Liam’s RED PILL CURE Package available only during the BEING TeleSummit

SIMONE MILASAS - Joy of Business 

 

Thursday, March 15th – 12pmEDT (9amPDT)

• What does your business require to grow and prosper beyond your wildest imaginings?
• What can you be that would allow your business to generate itself?
• What contribution can you be to your business and you business be to you?

Simone is an active director in over 10 companies, CEO of Good Vibes For You, and is intimately connected with them all. She functions from a joy of business that is shockingly fresh and sets her on the generative-edge of business development and leadership.In one of her roles, Simone is “World-Wide Coordinator” of Access Consciousness. Working closely with founder Gary Douglas has allowed her access to a range of simple yet dynamic tools and techniques, which she applies to business. These tools, literally, begin to generate greater possibility for business.Taken directly from her live seminars, Simone has recently released an audio CD, The Joy of Business, making the tools and techniques she uses available to everyone. Her target is to introduce a potent, yet up-till-now, missing energy to business … JOY!What else is possible?

Click Here to visit Simone’s Website

 PAM HOUGHTELING - Facilitating the Earth with Access Consciousness

Thursday, March 15th – 3pmEDT (12pmPDT   1pmMST)

• Are you interested in changing what’s happening to the earth?
• What if BEING YOU can create a different possibility for the earth?
• What contribution can you be to the planet today?
• Would you like to experience the difference you can be?

Pam Houghteling’s target is to create more consciousness on the planet, empowering people to be aware of and contribute their unique energy to the earth. Using the tools of Access Consciousness™, Pam facilitates greater communion with the earth and provides processes that can be used to create change on the planet. What if BEING YOU can create a different possibility for the earth?A Certified Access Consciousness™ Facilitator, Pam facilitates the core Access Consciousness™ classes, and offers workshops, tele-classes, and private sessions with Facilitating the Earth and with Conscious Business for Conscious Living.

Click Here to visit Pam’s Website

PURCHASE Pam’s BEING TeleSummit Facilitating the Earth Intensive

SUZY GODSEY - The High Heeled Dog Walker

 

 Thursday, March 15th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

• What would you like to know about your animal?
• Would you like to learn some of the tools Suzy uses with animals around the world?
• What else is possible for the relationship between you and your pet?

 

Suzy is an Access Conscious Facilitor for Animals and their owners. She travels the world facilitating people and their animals to have more connection and understanding. She is sought out for her remarkable talent to assist animals of all kinds including: dogs, cats, horses and non-domestic wildlife.

 

Suzy and DOGS: Suzy grew up in Germany in an apartment that did not allow dogs. So she had imaginary dogs she “walked” in the neighborhood. They all had names, which she called out loud, often raising eyebrows of passerby’s. When she was about 12 her first real dog came into her life, which turned out to be a large, aggressive dog, which made Suzy aware that most “problems” around dogs are created by the people they live with.

Later in life, she became a dog walker and had occasions of walking over 20 dogs at a time … off-leash! This exponentially contributed to her knowledge of dog behavior, and most of what she learned, she learned from the dogs! Since then Suzy has been using her abilities to help dogs everywhere. She’s made an appearance on Cesar Milan’s “Dog Whisperer” television show and has her own radio show, “Conversations with Dog” on BlogTalkRadio.

Suzy and HORSES: Suzy co-developed ESSE, the Energetic Synthesis of Structural Embodiment, as a tool for people to bring more joy and comfort to their horses. This technique combines the body energy processes of Access Consciousness™ with equine rolfing techniques. Suzy has facilitated stunning changes in horses she’s worked with and enjoys teaching this technique for others to use with their own horses.

 

Click Here to visit Suzy’s Website

Special BEING TeleSummit Offer from Suzy

BLOSSOM BENEDICT - Having a Voice in the World with Access Consciousness

Friday, March 16th – 11amEDT (8amPDT)

• Are you ready to be seen, heard and enjoy it?
• Are you willing to consider a different possibility?

Blossom Benedict f  is a singer, actress, vocal coach and Access Consciousness™ Facilitator who has brought the revolutionary tools of Gary Douglas’ Right Voice For You to 14 countries in the past 2 years!  

 

For so many people, speaking, singing or even being themselves in public is difficult. The magic of Right Voice For You is it’s ability to assist people in letting go of judgments and conclusions using the tools and processes of Access Consciousness.  While many speaking and singing trainings focus on technique and what layers you can add on, the aim in Right Voice For You is to strip away all the extra layers and the facades that keep you from being totally present, spontaneous and able to be in front of people in the most easy and compelling way possible.

After 10 years of teaching, Blossom now combines her technical background of music and theatre with the tools of Access Consciousness to turn coaching as we know it on its head, gifting people more access to themself.Blossom is a member of Actors Equity, holds a BA in Drama and has appeared in dozens of productions across the United States.  She was the lead teacher of The Children’s Healing Project at the Stanford Children’s Hospital, The Director of TheatreWorks’ nationally acclaimed Playing with Poetry summer camp and has taught theatre, music and Access Workshops throughout the US and Australia.

Click Here to visit Blossom’s Website

SPECIAL GIFT FROM BLOSSOM

Unleashing Your Creativity- value $75

 

This 90 minute class from Portland Oregon is filled with processing ranging from painting to writing to singing and beyond.  What decisions, conclusions, judgments and computations about you do you have that keep you playing small?  Do you truly know you are here to change the world?  Is it time to begin?

 

Clearing the Blocks to Creativity- value $25

 

So what is it going to take to truly be willing to be seen and heard in the world?  This clearing loop contains an hour of looped clearings and questions for changing your points of view about your voice and how you show up in the world.  You can listen while you sleep, while you drive or just before that big performance or speech. What if you did not have to be bound by judgments anymore and could show up with potency and grace?

Regularly $100      

 Special $39

 

SABINE HILDEBRANT 

What if Everything You Ever Thought was Wrong with You . . . Actually Wasn’t?

Friday, March 16th – 7pmEDT (4pmPDT)

• What if there is more “right” with you than you ever dared to imagine?
• From Judgement to Allowance
• The Power of Choice

 Sabine is a Certified Access Consciousness Facilitator, Life Coach – Facilitating people in Europe and Canada for over 20 years in the field of consciousness and personal growth. Sabine has an extensive awareness of where people are cutting themselves off from their own awareness, power and potency. With the trainings she has taken (including NLP, Kinesiology, Facilitator of The Transformation Game, Transformation Therapy, Teachings of the Essenes and training, while living and studying for 4 years in the Findhorn Foundation, an international, spiritual, an educational community in Scotland, and Access Consciousness™) she has gathered an eclectic tool kit to support people to get back into the “driver’s seat” of their lives. Her main focus is to inspire a world of wonder and consciousness where people discover what else is possible.

 

Click Here to visit the Synergy in Motion Website

Everyone should get a psychic reading....seriously!!!

Today I had a reading with my favourite psychic....Hans Christian King. From the first moment I listened to his radio program years ago, I was hooked. And I knew he had a direct link to the things about myself that I know but had either forgotten or didn't know I knew. Confused yet? Sorry....but it's not something I can explain without going into yards of explanation on quantum physics and the nature of reality. For lack of a better quote at my fingertips, I'll simply say you are what you think you are, and leave it at that.

But suffice to say, my first ever personal reading with Hans exceeded even my wildest expectations. I've had the opportunity to converse with him on his weekly show where members can send in one question and receive the answer on air. That in itself is wroth it's weight in gold, with every single answer begin spot on or delivering the information, perspective or reassurance i needed to move confidently through whatever issue or project was before me.

So I had great expectations for my 30 minute call with Hans. I felt like a kid at Christmas when the telephone rang right on time. And we delved into the issues I wondered about, worried about or felt were blocking me on my path. At the end of it all I left with a renewed enlightenment and awakened enthusiasm for what is to come. I cannot recommend him highly enough!!!