Cutepolish Adventures



 

Cutepolish is a channel on YouTube and I absolutely love it! It's about a female that does simple nail designs. So instead of wasting money at a salon, you can take the time and do them yourselves!

 

I've done quite a few and it's so much fun! Yesterday I did one for the up coming season and I think it's my best one so far! It's simple, cute, gorgeous, and absolutely perfect for Christmas.

 

I know, I know it's not Christmas yet.....but a girl can't help herself sometimes. Not when the design looks like this!

 

 

All you'll need is:

 

Clear base and top coat

Red and Green for the bases

White for Santa's suit

Black and gold for the belts

&

A dotting tool or toothpick

 

I didn't have a solid gold, so I used the one from my crackle collection and I think for my personal style, it suits me better!

 

 

 

In just a few simple steps, you too can have this fun design for the holidays! To learn how, just follow this video. I promise, you'll have a blast!

 

 

 

 

Until next time....<3

 

 

Sweet designing everybody!

 

 

 

Book Spotlight: Beneath Manhattan Skies by Emma Meade

Beneath Manhattan Skies by Emma Meade

Publication Date: November 2013

Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance

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~Summary~

 

November in New York is cold but full of possibility for college freshman Erin Harris. When her twin brother, Nick, shows up on her doorstep for a surprise visit, Erin is delighted. Unfortunately, Nick’s arrival coincides with the discovery of a body outside her apartment building, a body drained of blood. Right away, Nick assumes vampires are involved. He’s not exactly their biggest fan since Erin dated one in high school.

Juggling nosy roommates, a first date with a gorgeous guy from college and a brother on a Van Helsing kick is enough to keep any nineteen year old girl busy - And then Erin’s old flame walks back into her life.

Is Erin destined to be caught up in supernatural shenanigans, or will she choose a different path?

(A 45,000 word Novella).

 

 

~Teaser~

 

Calm down, a soothing inner voice advised. Could be wishful thinking and nothing more. She wanted so desperately to see James, she was inventing vampire activity where there likely was none. Maybe the girl had simply suffered the hickey from hell. No. Erin’s gut told her she’d got it right the first time.

            Max led the girl away. Lucky for him, in his cozy world, his friend was simply drunk, and vampires didn't exist. Erin trailed them until they left the roof. At least the girl was alright. Nothing an iron tablet wouldn't fix.

 

“Erin, you okay?” Sadie peered closer. “You look like you've seen a ghost.”

~About The Author~



 

 

Emma Meade lives in rainy Ireland. She loves vampires, slayers, witches, ghosts, aliens & shadow men (or at least the youngest of the Shadow Men), and regular people who live extraordinary lives (think Slayerettes and you’re on the right track). Books, DVDS & TV show boxsets take up lots of space in her home, and she collects all the Point Horror books she can get her hands on. Writing supernatural stories and watching marathon re-runs of Buffy are some of her favourite ways of escaping reality.

 

 

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Review: Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike

Whispers of Death by Christopher Pike

Publication Date: December 1st 1991

Genre: Young Adult Horror
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Source: Bought

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~Summary~

 

Roxanne and Pepper are a teenage couple with problems. They leave their small town for a weekend to try and solve them. They don't really succeed, and when they return home they find their town empty.

They call other towns.

They find the whole world empty.

But eventually they discover three other Kids their Age who are still alive in the town. They cannot imagine why the five of them seem to be the only ones left of the entire human race. They have only one thing in common. They were each directly or indirectly involved in the death of Betty Sue - the plain, shy girl who committed suicide only a short time ago. Betty Sue - the quiet, brilliant girl who wrote short stories about each of them. Stories of hate, of revenge, of death in a dead world.

It makes them wonder who Betty Sue really was.

Or what Betty Sue was.

 

 

~My Thoughts~

 

I heard R.L Stine had the same style as Christopher Pike but after reading Whisper of Death I find Christopher Pike’s work so much stronger! His story telling is hypnotizing and absolutely spine chilling, much more in depth with his stories than R.L Stine.

I love R.L Stine books, don’t get me wrong. I mean, that’s where I get my fix when I want a little horror in my life but that’s all they are, a bunch a slasher books more than anything else. And that’s what I thought I was going to get with Whisper of Death. No, I was so wrong! Instead I got a skin crawling, huddled up in a corner kind of story! Reading this when its dark out is completely breathtaking! I was always afraid to look over my shoulder because it felt like someone was constantly watching me as I turned page after page.  I even felt like someone was about to grab me from behind! *shudders*

Yeah, so I can’t wait to read another book by him. I’ve got a couple more! Anyways, in the beginning this story took me by surprise but as things got moving, I was hooked! I just couldn’t put it down! My heart was racing and I was constantly sitting on the edge of my seat, sometimes the upcoming death scenes felt like the ones in the Final Destination series but these were so much more powerful than those. Ugh, my heart ache and I couldn’t wait to read what was going to happen next! And the mystery behind all that was happening, completely took me on a roller coaster!

Overall just the idea of being the only few people left in this world makes me want to shudder, to curl up in a ball somewhere. Christopher Pike writes the atmosphere perfectly, I felt like I was there with them, making this read so much more enjoyable! So if you like R.L Stine and spin chilling reads that’ll have you fearful then this is a must read for you!

It will take possession over you


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{Cover Reveal} Pretty When She Dies (Pretty When She Dies #1) by Rhiannon Frater

Pretty When She Dies (Pretty When She Dies #1) by Rhiannon Frater

Publication Date: Late November, 2013 (reissue)

Genre: Adult Horror Paranormal

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~Summary~

 

 Amaliya wakes under the forest floor, disoriented, famished and confused. She digs out of the shallow grave and realizes she is hungry…

… in a new, horrific, unimaginable way…

Sating her great hunger, she discovers that she is now a vampire, the bloodthirsty creature of legend. She has no choice but to flee from her old life and travels across Texas. Her new hunger spurs her to leave a wake of death and blood behind her as she struggles with her new nature.

All the while, her creator is watching. He is ancient, he is powerful, and what’s worse is that he’s a necromancer. He has the power to force the dead to do his bidding. Amaliya realizes she is but a pawn in a twisted game, and her only hope for survival is to seek out one of her own kind.
But if Amaliya finds another vampire, will it mean her salvation… or her death?

 

 

Purchase Link: http://rhiannonfrater.com/portfolio/pretty-when-she-dies/

 

 

~Pretty When She Dies Series~

 

 

Pretty When They Collide (Pretty When She Dies 0.5)

Pretty When She Kills (Pretty When She Dies #2)

 Pretty When She Destroys (Pretty When She Dies #3)

 

 

~About The Author~

 

 

Rhiannon Frater is the award-winning author of the As the World Dies trilogy (The First Days, Fighting to Survive, Siege,) and the author of three other books: the vampire novels Pretty When She Dies and The Tale of the Vampire Bride and the young-adult zombie novel The Living Dead Boy and the Zombie Hunters. Inspired to independently produce her work from the urging of her fans, she published The First Days in late 2008 and quickly gathered a cult following. She won the Dead Letter Award back-to-back for both The First Days and Fighting to Survive, the former of which the Harrisburg Book Examiner called ‘one of the best zombie books of the decade.’ Rhiannon is currently represented by Hannah Gordon of the Foundry + Literary Media agency. You may contact her by sending an email to rhiannonfrater@gmail.com.

 

 

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{Cover Reveal} Shattered Veil (The Diatous Wars #1) by Tracy E. Banghart

Shattered Veil (The Diatous Wars #1) by Tracy E. Banghart

Publication Date: February 28th, 2014

Genre: New Adult Science Fiction

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~Summary~

 

When everything that defines you is stripped away, who do you become?Selection

War has come to Atalanta, infecting its quiet villages and lush woodlands, igniting whispered worries in its glittering capitol.

All across the dominion, young men are being Selected for Military and sent to the front lines…and eighteen-year-old Aris Haan’s childhood sweetheart is one of them.

Secrets

Pyralis Nekkos, Atalanta’s leader, has kept the truth from his people, that their dominion will fall…and much sooner than anyone could guess.

Galena Vadim, his reluctant ally, wishes she could forget their shared past...until her future seems to depend on it.

Sacrifice

And for the boy she loves, Aris, a talented wingjet pilot, will give up everything - her home, her name, even her face...

...only to become the key to her dominion's survival.

 

 

 

~About The Author~

 

Tracy E. Banghart is a cheesy movie–loving, fantasy football–playing (go Ravens!), globe-trotting Army wife who began “practicing” her craft at the age of five, when she wrote her first story. She loves visiting the international friends she met while pursuing her MA in Publishing and spends a portion of every summer at her family’s cabin in Canada, where she finds inspiration and lots of time to relax on the dock. She lives with her husband, son, two lazy dogs and one ornery cat. When not writing or spending time with her family, she is on a mission to bake the perfect cupcake.


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Scribophile is a great motivational tool!

 

 

Sophia Jones, author of The Phantom and the Psychic & The Pharaoh and the Curator, told me about this critiquing website called Scribophile.com. I checked it out and guess what guys? I freaking love it!

The basis of the site:

We're a writing group that works on a karma point system. Members spend karma points to post their writing for feedback from the community. To earn karma points, members submit thoughtful critiques for the work of others. Everyone has to earn karma points before they can post!

This system ensures that every work you post gets awesome critiques from other talented writers. Forget about sites that are popularity contests, get spammed with work that sits unviewed, and "reviews" that say nothing but "good job." At our writing group every piece gets the full critiquing attention it deserves.

Don't feel like critiquing? That's OK! Hang out in our busy writing forums to chat with other passionate writers, read our writing blog for tips and tricks, and meet and connect with writers from all over the world.

And there's even more for writers...

Keep your rights protected. You have full control over your writing. Only other members can read it.

Get quality feedback, guaranteed. Every work posted is guaranteed at least 3 insightful critiques.

Win cash in free writing contests. We give out hundreds in cash and prizes each month!

Be part of a busy, vibrant community. We're one of the largest and most active writing groups online.

Everyone welcomed, from beginner to pro. Everyone's here to learn, and we want to help!

 

Doesn’t that all sound so good?

Well, it works!

It truly works and if it wasn’t for this site Chapters 2 and 3 in Wants of an Incubus wouldn’t have been written so soon! In my head I was originally just going to publish chapter 1 but after getting amazing critiques on it and people saying they couldn’t wait for the next chapter, that’s when a light bulb clicked!

I combined book one and two ideas together and got a whole new storyline for the second part of the series! I can’t wait to get started on it but before I do, I must finish the prequel to The Harvesters. Which I can’t wait to get to and post it on Scribophile.com!

This website is free to a point. For the free one you can only post up to two works but with Scribophile Premium you can post as many works as you want! So just at $65/year (you save $43 if you choose this over the monthly one) I am so going to do that next year as this site is so helpful! It’s not only helpful with the many different pairs of eyes looking at your work but it’s so motivational!

So motivational that I got out of my writing slump! I’m excited to write again and for Wants of an Incubus, I finished it in just a few months. So much quicker than all my other works and it’s all thanks to this site!

This site is so much fun, I got the want to write back into my system! I just want to write and write, then posting my stories on here to get that motivation the other people give out. Plus to learn more and become a better editor myself, it just feels absolutely amazing and I’m so proud of myself! If I hadn’t learned of this site, Wants of an Incubus would still just be an unfinished story in my files. So thank you so much to whomever created this brilliant website! It's an absolute life saver!

This site helped ready me for my second publication!

 

It's live on Amazon and I'm so excited for you guys to read it! In editing wise, it's truly better than The Harvesters! I'm proud of my horror short but for this one I'm feeling absolutely wonderful about it! Feeling completely accomplished!

 

So if you want some editing help or some motivation then you most definitely should check out this site, Scribophile.com!

 

 

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{Cover Reveal} The Fire Walker (Devil’s Tattoo #2) by Nicole R. Taylor

The Fire Walker (Devil’s Tattoo #2) by Nicole R. Taylor

Publication Date: December 16th 2013

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

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~Summary~

 

Dylan “Dee” Cosgrove is one fourth of Australian band, The Devil’s Tattoo. Loveable, cocky as hell, but one thing is missing. He’s never  been in love. He doesn’t want meaningless, he wants meaningful and all he keeps hearing is I’m sorry… Forever the good guy finishing last.

A year after their first tour, The Devil’s Tattoo are making it big in LA recording their next album. For Dee, all he wants is to stand on stage and play. After all, music is his first love. He could care less about the money and the fakery that comes with the LA scene and the big executive types with dollar signs in their eyes. But in walks the woman who is about to obliterate him and she’s one of them. So, what’s a guy to do when one look is all it takes?

Jessie Ware is an intern at Galaxy Records, New York. When she’s asked to go to LA to help her boss schmooze with the latest big thing to come out of Australia, The Devil’s Tattoo, it’s her chance to get her foot firmly wedged into the door. If she can pull this off, then there could be a permanent job in it. But she didn’t count on one thing. Dee Cosgrove and his cocky Australian attitude. He makes her question everything without even trying and it might just push her over the edge… if she doesn’t give her heart to him first.

The more Dee gets to know Jessie, the harder he falls and he’d walk over fire and back to win her over. That’s if she doesn’t deliver him  straight into the ranks of the scarred and broken first.

 

The Fire Walker is a companion novel to The Devil’s Tattoo. It has a dose of drama, some colourful language, a HEA and some sex scenes.

It’s recommended for readers 18 and up.

 

 

 



 

 

~Sequel To~

 

 

The Devil's Tattoo (Devil's Tattoo #1)

 

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~About The Author~

 

 

Nicole R. Taylor is an Australian born paranormal, fantasy and contemporary fiction author. She is a graduate of the University of Ballarat Professional Writing and Editing programme and is a former music memorabilia sales person and grocery merchandiser.
She currently lives in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia with a two year old rescue cat named, Burger. She enjoys reading, writing (of course!), traveling and a little too much chocolate. One day she hopes to sky dive, but has to work up the courage first.

The first in her new paranormal fantasy series, The Witch Hunter Saga is available in e-edition and print from March 20th 2013

 

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