The Alterran's established their new colony at Baalbek in Resurrection, Book 3 of The Alterran Legacy Series. Baalbek is an ancient site in Lebanon, the home of many mysteries. Read about the new discoveries at :
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/largest-known-megalithic-block-antiquity-revealed-baalbek-002385?utm_source=Ancient-Origins+Newsletter&utm_campaign=009c8d8128-Ancient_Origins_August_Newsletter_8_301_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2dcd13de15-009c8d8128-68771389
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
The Mysteries of the Coddu Vecchiu Tombs of Giants
During the Bronze Age (3300 – 700 BC), the Nuragic civilization built what are known as the Tombs of Giants (Tomba dei Gigantic). These megalithic gallery graves were used by the Nuragic people as public tombs, for the burials of many individuals from these early societies. Massive in size and astonishing to view, the giants’ grave at Coddu Vecchiu in Sardinia is one example that represents a somewhat mysterious and intriguing part of human history – providing some general answers as to the burial rituals of ancient human civilizations, but also leaving many questions unanswered. - See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-ancient-places-europe/mysteries-coddu-vecchiu-tombs-giants-002487#sthash.6quzd9SU.dpuf
Monday, December 15, 2014
The Alterran Legacy Series
About THE
ALTERRAN LEGACY SERIES:
I'm fascinated by how
civilization began. Archaeologists trace human roots back hundreds of thousands
of years, yet we only know much about the last ten thousand years or so.
What did those people do and how did they live? Were there flourishing
civilization that perished?
And what made civilization blossom with agriculture across the ancient world at about 12,000 b.c.e.?
Little is known about our ancestors outside of tales labeled as mere mythology. Those tales from around the globe have amazing similarities. And then of course there are those pesky pyramids that defy explanation.
One of the oldest documented civilizations is that of Sumeria, located near present day Iraq. Recently translated Sumerian tablets report that each city was nurtured by the "ones who came from the stars." Yes, ancient aliens. With them, civilization flourished in the sophisticated cities. Although the starmen's technology was highly advanced, politically they seem backward--they were ruled by a father and his two sons. En.Lil, the primary son governing Earth, was in appearance an adolescent. If this story has any truth, how could that be? My answer is through rejuvenation.
Many of our current social, political, and technological trends might conceivably lead to a global rule by a single family. And humans are always yearning to explore the universe. If we find a planet with primitive hominid life, what will we do?
Like a forensic investigator, I interpreted their world from the morality they taught to shape the mesopotamian civilizations. And so, I constructed the world of The Alterran Legacy Series. My first installment, Colony Earth, was released in October 2012, and it won the first place 2012 global eLit Award in science fiction/fantasy. This volume imagines why they were here and decided to stay. The second installment, Khamlok, was released in March 2013, and it describes their first attempt at nurturing civilization, as well as why they changed course in Sumeria. After all, an advanced civilization doesn't go to primitives on another planet and just decide to erect high mud brick walls with a central ziggurat unless they were learning lessons from past experience. The third in the series, Resurrection, is nearing publication, and it deals with the consequences to En.Lil of his decisions on Earth. It also follows one of the most well known Sumerian "myths", or is it historical fact? I am writing the concluding volume, Redemption.
And what made civilization blossom with agriculture across the ancient world at about 12,000 b.c.e.?
Little is known about our ancestors outside of tales labeled as mere mythology. Those tales from around the globe have amazing similarities. And then of course there are those pesky pyramids that defy explanation.
One of the oldest documented civilizations is that of Sumeria, located near present day Iraq. Recently translated Sumerian tablets report that each city was nurtured by the "ones who came from the stars." Yes, ancient aliens. With them, civilization flourished in the sophisticated cities. Although the starmen's technology was highly advanced, politically they seem backward--they were ruled by a father and his two sons. En.Lil, the primary son governing Earth, was in appearance an adolescent. If this story has any truth, how could that be? My answer is through rejuvenation.
Many of our current social, political, and technological trends might conceivably lead to a global rule by a single family. And humans are always yearning to explore the universe. If we find a planet with primitive hominid life, what will we do?
Like a forensic investigator, I interpreted their world from the morality they taught to shape the mesopotamian civilizations. And so, I constructed the world of The Alterran Legacy Series. My first installment, Colony Earth, was released in October 2012, and it won the first place 2012 global eLit Award in science fiction/fantasy. This volume imagines why they were here and decided to stay. The second installment, Khamlok, was released in March 2013, and it describes their first attempt at nurturing civilization, as well as why they changed course in Sumeria. After all, an advanced civilization doesn't go to primitives on another planet and just decide to erect high mud brick walls with a central ziggurat unless they were learning lessons from past experience. The third in the series, Resurrection, is nearing publication, and it deals with the consequences to En.Lil of his decisions on Earth. It also follows one of the most well known Sumerian "myths", or is it historical fact? I am writing the concluding volume, Redemption.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Hi there! Thanks for joining me on my
awesome fourteen-day blog tour with 4Wills Publishing and my fantastic host for
today! You can find details of my other stops here: 4Wills
Author Page.
I published my first book, THE BATTLE FOR
BRISINGAMEN, in May 2013. I soon followed this up with the award winning
mystery/thriller THE GLADE in November 2013, and my first Young Adult fiction
book, ELEMENTAL EARTH, in July 2014.
Today, am promoting my latest work, POLISH
YOUR PROSE. This is my first non-fiction book, and is a powerful new guide that
gives essential editing tips for authors.
Lots of books have been written on the art
of writing, and here—at last—is a guide that will teach you the essential
techniques of editing your own book. This will help you turn a promising
manuscript into a published novel. And, it does this without the jargon. You
don’t need to know all the grammatical terms in order to make use of this book.
You don’t need to know the definition of a split infinitive, a comma splice, or
a ‘to be’ verb, as this manual explains these in detail in easy to understand
terms, and a lively and engaging style.
Chapters on Passive Writing, Tense, Point
of View, Dialogue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an
editor would go through to polish and perfect your manuscript. Good writing is
nothing without good editing. Learn the secrets of good editing and writing
with this essential author reference, which offers so much more for so much
less.
As well as being an award-winning author, I
am an accomplished editor and proofreader. My passion is helping Indie Authors
to successfully achieve their goals and dreams.
Excerpt from the preface.
“An independent author finds him or herself
with many pressures on time and financial resources. Often, any available funds
are funnelled toward advertising, rather than hiring a professional editor.
Usually, authors who do hire an editor will get a copy edit and overlook the
need for a comprehensive line edit. Some won’t even know there is a difference.
And finding a good proofreader can seem impossible at times. …
… It
is my aim, in this manual, to highlight and explain the essentials without
getting lost in the skies of academia, or drowning in a sea of words that need
translating into the common tongue. Whenever I edit for an author, I always
attempt to explain the changes I have made, so they can learn for themselves
and avoid the same errors the next time around. It is far better to write my
comments in plain English, than to confound with obfuscation.
I am all about supporting Indies, and one
of the most helpful tools I have found is that of education. If we can do it
for ourselves, it is much cheaper and less time consuming than getting someone
else to do it for us. And, we do our own work for free!”
Link to Youtube book trailer movie.
You can pick up your copy of POLISH YOUR
PROSE here:
Links for my other books:
You will also find me in the
soon-to-be-released Rave Reviews Book Club Anthology: RAVE SOUP FOR THE
WRITER’S SOUL, and the All Authors Magazine Anthology: CONCORDANT VIBRANCY.
My website is http://harmonykent.co.uk
I’m also on twitter: @harmony_kent
Thursday, December 11, 2014
The Religion, Rage & w(R)iting Blog Tour for Authors
Hi, and
welcome to The Religion, Rage &
w(R)iting Blog Tour for Authors,
Shirley-Harris Slaughter, Rhani D’Chae and Harmony Kent. (Click on each author’s name to be taken directly to
their Author Page at 4WillsPublishing,
where you can learn more about them).
These three
authors are wonderful clients of 4WillsPublishing,
a publishing House dedicated to helping authors put out the best written, and
marketing products for their literary work, possible.
This tour is
a surprise tour, which means the authors knew nothing about it until it started! This is our gift to them to show our
appreciation of their work, their dedication to putting out the great written
word, and also a big THANK YOU for
allowing us to showcase and promote them.
This is a 3 Author/7 Day/40 Blog Tour! Yes, for 7 days, The Religion, Rage & w(R)iting Blog Tour will sit on 40
blogs! And for 7 days, on 40 blogs, you
will get a tiny tid-bit of something related to Religion, so that you never
forget OUR LADY OF VICTORY, the rage
of people, such as that displayed in SHADOW
OF THE DRILL, and w(R)iting tips to help you POLISH YOUR PROSE! (Click on each book title to find out more about
it)
This will be
a fun tour, an inspirational tour, a delightful tour which has been designed to
enlighten you, entertain you and help you overcome those feelings which bind us
daily and keeps us from growing from point A to point B. Each day as you stop by each blog to find out
what bit of inspiration is being shared, we ask that you take the time to leave
a comment for the authors, visit their blogs, Follow them on Twitter and FB,
and last but not least, please PICK UP A COPY OF THEIR BOOKS! They are all 5 star reads! And this tour wouldn’t be complete, if you
didn’t check out The Religion, Rage
& w(R)iting Book Trailer!
(Please note: these bits and
quotes were not taken from the author’s books).
4WillsPub Author Blitz Trailer1
Before we
forget, we’ve included another of our authors, Nonnie Jules. Although she’s
a partner in our firm, she is STILL one of our clients! Her books, THE GOOD MOMMIES’ GUIDE TO
RAISING (ALMOST) PERFECT DAUGHTERS, Daydream’s Daughter, Nightmare’s
Friend and Sugarcoatin’ Is For Candy & Pacifyin’ Is For Kids! are also
very interesting and entertaining reads!
On this stop, we want
you to dwell on this:
"To defend what you've written is a sign that you are alive." ~ William Zinnser
Thank you
for joining us on this stop of our tour.
We are grateful to our host for allowing us to share with this audience
and we hope that we have left you wanting more!
To follow this tour, please visit the 4WillsPublishing EVENTS page for the complete tour line-up and to
also register to win a SURPRISE pack of books as well as a stint on WHO’S ON
THE SHELF WITH NONNIE JULES! Now, on to
the next stop!!!!
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Aoife Sheridan Blog Tour
Hunters – Taken From Chapter Four –
Memories (Abigail)
***
That night, I dreamt of
before.
My mother had been always sad. That’s how I remembered her.
I didn't have one memory or a photo of my mum happy. My memories start from the
age of four, people say it’s not possible, but I have them and my mum has been
always sick. I remember sitting on the stairs and the doctors talking to my
father. I wasn't sure at the time what they were discussing, but later I
learned it was because my mother wasn't getting better.
Dad had to work, there was no two ways about it so mom took
care of us. The first day, my dad was worried when he left me and my brother,
who was only three at the time, in my mother’s hands. That first day, I was
five. I stayed in my room and kept my brother with me, playing a tea party with
Mr. Bear and Diana, my rag doll. Hunger was one reason for leaving the room. I
would pass the sitting room door where my mother sat, staring out the window.
Her brown eyes darted to me, freezing me to the spot. I was afraid to move, but
I didn’t know why. I just felt afraid of
her. I would make a peanut butter sandwich for myself
and some Ready brek for Sam; I had seen dad make it before so I was careful. It
took me a while as I pulled the chair around the kitchen, reaching the presses
and the microwave. I turned to go back upstairs, but my mother blocked the
door. I stood still, hoping she wouldn't see me.
She was always so quiet, but on this day, she spoke, “If
your dad thinks that I don’t mind you and Sam, he will send you away and you’ll
never see us again.”
She knelt down, taking the food from my hands and placing it on the floor. Her face softened and she hugged me. I didn't hug her
back. She cried, saying she was sorry for everything. She pulled back and
handed me my food and returned to her seat in the sitting room. I raced up to
Sam. His food was cold, but he ate it. He was quiet for a child, well, I
realized later on that three year olds are not always as good. We would play up
there for the rest of the day until Dad got home from work. I would race into
his arms and hug him tightly, knowing everything would be okay.
“Did you have fun with your mum, today?” Dad asked.
I thought of what
mommy had said to me; I didn't want to go away from Daddy or Sam. So I nodded,
smiled and went back to playing with Mr. Bear. This became our routine for the
next month.
Memories flashed through my mind, snippets of talking to
Sam, playing games, saying goodbye as Dad left for work and greeting him when
he got home. My mother’s empty eyes, and then the memories stopped, slowing
down to another one.
“Sam, I’m going to the toilet, you stay here with Mr.
Bear.”
Sam nodded and
continued to pour tea for us all. I closed the bedroom door behind me so he
would stay in. He was too small to reach the handle. I raced down to the
bathroom. The door was open. My mother was lying on the white tile floor. The
tiles were red. She looked so white and the knife Daddy always told us not to
touch lay in her hand. I noticed that her arm was cut real badly. I didn't run
to her or cry as I was too afraid of what stood in the corner of the bathroom.
A dark figure, like a big man, with a cloak over him stared
down at my mum. He scared me. My breath came out in small puffs of cold air. I
could see the water that dripped from the tap was frozen solid, held in midair.
I looked back at the man, frost was starting to grow on his cloak. He wasn't the bad man that was always around Mommy. He was different, but still he felt
wrong.
I ran back to Sam
and closed the door, pulling him into the
corner of the room. It was getting so cold that our breaths were visible in
front of us. Sam started to cry, but I pulled him beside me while crossing my
legs so I wouldn't pee, but it was so cold and it took Daddy a long time to get
home and I didn't want to go into the bathroom where mommy and the man were.
I could hear my daddy’s scream before he burst into the
room, gathering me and Sam in his arms. He was crying. I had never seen daddy
cry before.
“I’m sorry, Daddy. I wet myself,” I said.
My dress was ruined.
I loved this dress. It made me feel like a princess.
“Did you go into the bathroom?” Dad asked, his voice
sounded scared, maybe he’d seen the bad man, but then I remembered all the
times he said that it wasn't real, and that I shouldn’t make up stories, so I didn't say anything about the man. I didn't want daddy to lock me in my room
again.
“Mommy’s hurt and she was near the toilet I couldn't go”
He held me tightly and, at the moment, I thought everything
would be okay, but I was so wrong.
***
Purchase
Links:
Amazon.co.uk
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunters-Demon-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00NLRMJ5S/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1411466580&sr=1-1
To contact Aoife you can
email her at aoifesheridan101@gmail.com
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