Song Reveal for School Nightz by Michelle Cornwell - Jordan

SCHOOL NIGHTZ ©MichelleCornwellJordan

(NIGHTSCHOOL VAMPIRE HUNTER TRILOGY COMPLIATION)

Written by Michelle Cornwell-Jordan

3CM Media

Set to release March 18th

&

GOTH-ROCK ARTIST

CECILE MONIQUE’S KINDRED ©CecileMonique

Upcoming single

Official song of School Nightz

(Inspired by the second novella in the series Kindred)

Set to release March 2014

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COVER

Much gratitude!

The cover was created by the amazing (Amy Rooney-CVWriterDesigns)

Website: http://www.courtneyvail.com/

Photography by the fantabulous (Tiffany McDonald- Anecdote Photography)

Website: http://www.anecdotephotography.com/home.html

Big Hug and Much Gratitude to the very awesome duo

Models

Brianna Jordan

& Adam Becerra

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SCHOOL NIGHTZ

A New Generation Slayer

School Nightz compilation blurb: Night School Vampire Hunter (Novella#1)

Fifteen year old Dasheen Bellamy’s world is turned upside down, when she is accused of killing her father and godmother. Dasheen cannot remember the events of the night her world is destroyed, but she feels inside that she is innocent; due to lack of evidence against her and with no other family; Dasheen and her younger brother Jordan, are sent to the elusive and mysterious Ame’ Academy ; a residential school where all is not what it appears. There all goes well, until Jordan, begins to become distant and behave strangely as if he is afraid of something or someone. Jordan is transferred to Ame’ Academy’s Night School track, which is usually only open to special cases. In order to discover what is happening with her brother, Dasheen is finally allowed to also transfer, attending classes in the evening while the rest of the world sleeps. Soon Dasheen’s world changes again as she discovers that things out of fairytales and horror stories exist, that she has ancient powers and is the major player in a mystical prophecy; and then she falls in love with a boy, whose mission is to see that she is destroyed before her destiny is fulfilled…

Kindred (Night School Vampire Hunter-Novella#2)

The Kindred is the second novella in The Night School Vampire Hunter trilogy.

Angel and her friends at Ame Academy, a boarding school for preternatural and humans are back, and they are preparing for battle against the dark forces that kidnapped Angel’s younger brother Jordan. Angel had recently discovered that she was a Hunter and that she alone has a special weapon against her enemies, her blood, which is discovered to be toxic to her enemies. Angel is prepared to use her training and all that is at her disposal in order to save Jordan, even if that means joining forces with the strange and mysterious Rafael, who at their first meeting, she recognized him as the boy she had dreamed about for weeks prior to his arrival at the school. Angel cannot shake the feeling that she knew Rafael before, and is hopelessly drawn to her extremely handsome fellow hunter. Rafael frightens her, he hints of a secret; another time and another life lived. Can love survive two lifetimes? Events unfold that provides the answers to who Rafael really is and what they mean to one another; and along with these strange and blossoming emotions for Rafael, along with guilt and fear for her brothers safety; Angel discovers that she is more than just a Vampire Hunter, and that she plays a major role in a ancient prophecy, which she must fulfill by facing a force so evil that survival is not promised. But she will face the Dark One, Angel will sacrifice all, if it means saving all whom she loves. Many questions are answered, but the drama is just beginning…

Redemption (Night School Vampire Hunter Trilogy) Novella#3

Coming Soon!

Set to release March 18th

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  About The Author Michelle Cornwell-Jordan is a Young Adult/ New Adult author. Her titles include the Teen Paranormal novella series Night School Vampire Hunter Trilogy, (Print compilation School Nightz set to release March 18^th). Full length novel, Teen Fantasy/Dystopian Chrysalis, (New Adult Novelette) Gothic Romance Tourmentin and a contribution to the HerStory Anthology (Pagans Writers Press) She is also the producer/host of the online radio segment, IndieReview Behind the Scenes, where she and her co-host Author Jamie White interview Indie authors and musicians. Michelle has been married for seventeen years and has a fifteen-year-old daughter. A book lover, her favorite genre has always been paranormal adventures. Author Links: Purchase titles by Michelle Cornwell-Jordan: http://www.amazon.com/Michelle-Cornwell-Jordan/e/B007MFT0MU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1392308825&sr=8-2 Find out more about her on her website http://michellecjordan.wix.com/author#! Follow her on twitter at @mcjordan37 Fan her on FaceBook at IndieWritersreview YA blog http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indiewritersreview-YA-blog/243295842393117

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Official Night Schoolz SONG

Much gratitude & Heartfelt thanks to artist

Cecile Monique!

Contact Cecile Monique Website http://www.cecilemonique.com http://www.twitter.com/cecile_monique http://www.youtube.com/cecilemonique http://www.myspace.com/cecilemonique http://www.facebook.com/cecilemonique

BIO Cecile Monique is a Canadian vocalist/songwriter/composer of original Gothic Rock & Symphonic Metal music.

With her powerful, yet angelic voice and unmistakable charisma, Cecile Monique is a multi-talented musical artist ready to make her mark on the international music scene. Cecile Monique is not only an accomplished vocalist; she is also a skilled writer, composer, and arranger of her own original music. Her years of formal classical vocal training provided the foundation, but her singular creativity, diverse musical influences, and her fresh, youthful style have provided the fuel to create the distinctive fusion of rich, classically-influenced vocals with modern, innovative instrumentation that exist together in perfect harmony and have become Cecile Monique’s signature, genre-bending sound. In addition to her impressive musical talent, Cecile’s cosmopolitan personality and multicultural roots (half European and half Hispanic) also broaden her appeal to an international audience; Cecile is fluent in several languages and has recorded and performed songs in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Czech, and Latin. In 2010, Cecile Monique was awarded the prestigious FACTOR New Talent Award in support of her self-titled EP release featuring three of her original compositions, which was recorded at Metalworks Studios, Canada’s #1 recording studio. With the launch of her new EP now available on iTunes worldwide, and a myriad of new projects on the horizon, Cecile Monique is a rising star poised to become an international phenomenon.  
 

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SONG REVEAL

Teaser trailer of KINDRED ©2014 Cecile Monique

  (March 2014)

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Bewitching Book Tour & Interview: Visionary Unleashed by N. Dunham

Welcome to Immortality and Beyond. Today I am pleased to introduce you to author, N. Dunham, currently on tour with Visionary Unleashed with Bewitching Book Tours.

Now that we’re settled in, let’s chat. Shall we?

BK: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

I’ve always had the inspiration to write; I just never had the time to put them on paper.

BK: Please share with us how your current release came to life...

I basically had this idea of combining super natural powers with spirit animals and out popped the Visionary Trilogy!

I also have this fascination with red-tailed hawks and that was one of my inspirations for Visionary-Unleashed. Once I started writing, the characters kept dancing in my head.

BK: Do you let your characters tell the story, or do you often fight with them on the direction it will take?

The characters definitely had their own story to tell (they wouldn’t let me sleep.

BK: How do you keep your writing different from all the others that write in this particular genre?

Well, I’m not an expert in writing. There are many talented authors out there that I admire but, I just couldn’t put this story to rest. The characters are very much real to me and this idea that Visionaries exist just wanted to be told!

BK: Which character was your favorite to write for in this story? Why?

Aislinn, my main character, was the most exciting to write. She is fun loving and immature yet beholds this inner power that she didn’t know existed. I found her courageous.

BK: Tell us about the one scene you had the most fun writing…

The end was fun to write because the truth about Aislinn’s fate pops out and it was just wild to imagine and create!

BK: If you were stranded on an island, which character in your books would you most want to be stranded with and why, and what is one thing that would be a must-have?

Good question. Well, I would love to be stranded with Sebastian. He is strong, smart, compassionate and attractive- need I say more.

And the one must-have would probably be a weapon of some sort so that you could protect yourself against predators or hunt for food!

BK: Now for a little fun, tell us a bit about what your office looks like. Do you need silence to write?

My office is my children’s play room. That is where my desk and computer is set up. And silence, is something I only know of when it is late at night. That is when most of my writing is done.

BK: What do you like to do when you're not writing?

I like reading, cooking, hiking, good movies and spending time with my little ones.

BK: What is one thing your readers would be most surprised to learn about you?

That I can’t walk past an ice cream shop without having one.

BK: What is the craziest thing you’ve ever wanted to write, or have written, even if it never reached public eyes?

A young adult about aliens.

BK: What is one piece of advice you can give to aspiring writers/authors?

Tell your story!

BK: What can we expect from you in the future?

Book 2 and Book 3 of the Visionary Trilogy and hopefully more y/a novels!

BK: Where can readers connect with you?

www.ndunham.com

https://twitter.com/ndunham151

http://www.facebook.com/pages/N-Dunham/565938163423483

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6742787.N_Dunham

About The Author:

N. Dunham is an author, wife, mother of two children and two precocious dogs. She earned her MSW from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work in West Hartford, CT.

N. Dunham's interest in reading and writing didn't come until early adulthood. She enjoys works of many genres and has a passion for the arts. ​

About The Book:

Genre: YA Fantasy Fiction

ISBN: 9781624884542

ASIN: B00AMO7O26

Number of pages: 232

Word Count: 71,000

Purchase Links: 

Amazon

Sixteen-year-old Aislinn Lee Murphy accidentally unleashes her hidden ability to see things before they happen, making her a Visionary. But little does she know that this amazing gift comes with a severe price. She must never tell a soul or she risks putting herself and her family in great peril.

​A Visionary is someone who has been chosen to see the future and has the benefit of having spirit animals to guide and protect them, but there is a secret agency whose sole purpose is to terminate all Visionaries and Aislinn has become their next target.

Excerpt:

I sit on the floor and create a make-shift fort with all of the books and materials. I want to go through each and every single one. Sebastian grabs our drinks and a bag of chips and sits beside me. I am amazed and intrigued. I learn about the hawk and find out that the bird of prey I have been seeing is most likely a falcon. I was so sure that it was a hawk but I suppose the possibility of a falcon might be more probable. I learn about its messages and its meanings. He pulls up information on the internet and shows me the difference. What I am reading in the books and reading on the computer are two completely different things. The computer only gives you so much information. The material that I have in front of me is a lifetime of personal experiences that are real.

Follow The Tour:

Book Review & Interview with Laura Bickle - The Hallowed Ones

Welcome to Immortality and Beyond. May I offer you a drink?

LB: Thanks so much for hosting me! I’d love some Witches’ Brew!

BK: Awesome choice! When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

LB: I’ve always been scribbling, since I was old enough to hold a crayon. I didn’t believe, until recently, that other people would want to read what I wrote. Fortunately, I’m no longer using crayons…at least, not to write with!

BK: Please tell us a little bit about your current release...

LB: My newest release is THE HALLOWED ONES, a YA thriller. Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can get a taste of the outside world. But the outside world comes to her when a helicopter falls out of the sky near her house. Katie must confront not only a massive disaster unfolding in the world outside her community, but also the threat of darkness in her own increasingly fragile society.

BK: What inspired this particular novel/book?

LB: I live not too far from a large Amish settlement. When I was a child, my parents would take me to visit, and I was fascinated by a world very different than the one I lived in. I’d see Amish girls my age over the fence and wonder what their lives were like.

Some of that curiosity lingered, and I always wanted to revisit it in a story. It popped back into my head when I was writing about a catastrophic contagion. Considering all the incredible self-sufficiency they apply in their everyday lives, it seemed to me that the Amish would be uniquely well-equipped to survive a large-scale disaster.

BK: How do you keep your writing different from all the others that write in this particular genre?

LB: I try to ask “what if” questions that I haven’t seen addressed before. It’s like daydreaming on paper.

BK: What was the hardest thing about writing this story?

LB: The hardest part for me in starting any story is the beginning. The blank page intimidates me like nothing else! For this book, I think I wrote the first line and stared at it for three days.

BK: Which character was your favorite to write for in this story? Why?

LB: Katie is my favorite. Katie was an interesting character to write because she's very strong in a quiet, enduring kind of way. She struggles to develop her own moral compass, independent of her parents and community. That requires a great deal of fortitude, just as much fortitude as dealing with the evil creatures in her world.

BK: Tell us about the one scene you had the most fun writing…

LB: The easiest and most fun comes for me at the end. There’s more at stake at the end of the story, more action, more emotion. All the plot threads are beginning to weave together, and I feel like I’m running downhill. I forget that I’m writing and get the pleasure of watching the story unfold on its own.

So the resolution of THE HALLOWED ONES was my favorite thing to write. I wanted to both tie up the story and leave the possibility open for a sequel.

BK: Will this become a series? If so, what inspired it to be a series? OR If it is a series, what inspired it to become a series?

LB: I was totally open to having a sequel. When I finished with THE HALLOWED ONES, I didn’t feel as if I’d completely told Katie’s story…she’s going to evolve a lot more, and that needs another book!

BK: Now for a little fun, and into your everyday life, What is a day in your life like?

LB: I have a day job at a library, so I get the pleasure of being surrounded by all kinds of research materials and inspiration. When I get home, I do my best to keep a writing calendar and to commit to writing a certain number of words a day.

BK: What do you like to do when you're not writing?

LB: I collect Tarot cards and I’m owned by a herd of cats…those usually keep me pretty busy. My husband and I are also amateur astronomers.

BK: What is one thing your readers would be most surprised to learn about you?

LB: I took bellydancing classes a couple of years ago. It was a lot of fun, and I still have some jingly coin belts hanging about the house that have survived being dragged around by the cats.

BK: What do you like to read? Who is your favorite author?

LB: I love all flavors of fantasy. Robin McKinley’s HERO AND THE CROWN started my love of fantasy. I read it when I was a pre-teen, and fell in love with fantasy ever after. It was the first book I’d read that had a female protagonist who slew her own dragons. I was hooked.

BK: What is one piece of advice you can give to aspiring writers/authors?

LB: The best piece of advice I’ve ever received is to set up a word count calendar and use it. It’s too easy to let the days and weeks slip by without anything productive happening. To that end, I really suggest that writers try National Novel Writing Month at least once. It got my excuses and blocks out of the way, and helped me learn that what I thought were my limits were not really limits. They were just walls I’d set up in my head.

BK: What are you currently working on?

LB: I’m working on the sequel to THE HALLOWED ONES, which will be called THE OUTSIDE. It’ll be released in September 2013.

BK: I'm so excited to know there will be more to come! Where can readers connect with you?

LB: My website is http://www.laurabickle.com. I’m also on Facebook and Twitter, usually exclaiming over cute cat pictures.

BIO: Laura Bickle has worked in criminal justice and library science. When she's not patrolling the stacks, she's dreaming up stories about monsters under the stairs. She’s authored four fantasy novels for adults, and THE HALLOWED ONES is her first teen novel.

Synopsis:

If your home was the last safe place on earth, would you let a stranger in?

Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers are free to experience non-Amish culture before officially joining the church. But before Rumspringa arrives, Katie’s safe world starts to crumble. It begins with a fiery helicopter crash in the cornfields, followed by rumors of massive unrest and the disappearance of huge numbers of people all over the world. Something is out there…and it is making a killing.

Unsure why they haven’t yet been attacked, the Amish Elders make a decree: no one goes outside their community, and no one is allowed in. But when Katie finds a gravely injured young man lying just outside the boundary of their land, she can’t leave him to die. She refuses to submit to the Elders’ rule and secretly brings the stranger into her community—but what else is she bringing in with him?

Excerpt: A free excerpt of THE HALLOWED ONES is available here: http://www.laurabickle.com/the-hallowed-ones/?action=excerpt

My Review:

Living in Pennsylvania, I am surrounded by Amish all the time. My husband also lived with them for a few years, but lucky for me he was never baptized into the Church. Needless to say, their community has always fancied me, and I love reading stories about their religious beliefs and how they live. I'm always asking "what-if" questions to my husband, but really never imagined an Amish story in the paranormal genre.

When The Hallowed Ones came across my desk, I didn't hesitate to jump on reviewing it. What can I say? I will give you four words...

I WAS BLOWN AWAY!

Not only has Ms. Bickle done her research, she has crafted a story that will leave you wanting more and more. I was so glad to know that this wouldn't be the last. The Hallowed Ones will grab you from the first page, and keep you guessing the entire length of the story. I was constantly thinking outcomes, and let me be the first to admit that I was continually wrong! It was amazing, and a wonderful, original read!

Yes, we often think of these things happening in our world, but have you ever thought, "What if that were to happen in an Amish community?" I know I never thought about that and I write PNR! What made it all the better, is that my husband knows the Amish community, and probably got sick and tired of me asking questions, but Ms. Bickle made it so true to life, you will almost take it for real while you're reading it!

Kudos Laura Bickle! A job well done and one to be very proud of! I can't wait for the next book. I'm definitely a new fan :)

You guys are lucky! Laura is giving you a chance to win a copy of The Hallowed Ones! I know! AWESOME! She will send a copy to one winner as long as it can be shipped by The Book Depository.

You know the routine, leave a comment with your email address and answer this question...

Have you ever thought of Paranormal things happening in an Amish Community?