"Guardian of the Melody Maker" Character Study.....

One of the great joys in my life is creating character studies for the fairy tale I'm writing called "Gerushia's New World. 

I love my work and I love the research that goes into writing a book and creating art.

This brand new piece is called ~

"Guardian of the Melody Maker"

(Available through my Etsy shop)

You see, in Gerushia's World there is a lot of music and...a lot of music inspired characters. 

This gal is a Melody Maker. She is part of a large group of musical personalities that live within Gerushia's World.  

Melody Makers often roam freely and share their music, hoping to bring calm and wonder to their world.

In this piece, you see her practicing under the yellowy skies of an oncoming storm. 

I used a scan of my Grandma Watson to create the Melody Maker ~ 

In Gerushia's World, under the yellowy skies and bruised storm clouds....

you will find kindness, hope, good and evil, comfort and fear.

But most of all, you will find peace.....eventually.

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

"The Crumbling Spine" ~ My Daughter's Book Blog.

 Have I told about my daughter?

No?

(This is my daughter with Laini Taylor, author of "Daughter of Smoke and Bone.")

Well, I try not to talk too much about my kids online, because honestly, they prefer that I don't.  

This...this is something that I want to share.  

This is my daughter's new book blog ~

The Crumbling Spine

It is newborn and she is still working on the layout and design, but she's already started posting reviews and amazing interviews.

Do any of you enjoy reading "YA" fiction?  There are many adults that enjoy reading Young Adult books.  I like them myself.  They are often grittier than adult fiction and they can speak to me as the 18 year old girl I used to be ~

I am amazed by her writing style.  Her reviews are clean and to the point without being too long.

Because of our location, she is able to make contact with a lot of authors.  She has met many of the top YA authors and sees them often.  Even to the point that they recognize her  and know her.  Because of this...they grant her interviews!!

I can't believe it.  My daughter is interviewing authors!

Veronica Rossi

Brodi Ashton

Jodi Meadows

Marissa Meyer

And for those of you who may have read "Shatter Me" and the newly released "Unravel Me" by Tahereh Mafi ~

you might be interested in this interview ~

Kenji Kishimoto

Yep,  she even scored an interview with Kenji Kishimoto (Tahereh)!

She has an inbox full of more interviews and many more books to review.  

In all of her busy-ness and blogging and interviewing and attending author events, she's also writing several books herself.  

Let me say this...and I say it not as her mom but as a rabid reader myself ~ I will buy her books when they are published.  
I know the plots and I know the characters and I know her writing style.

No doubt in my mind...her books will be published.  :-)

So....if you like YA Fiction, please check out her blog.

xoxo

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

I Would Be So Grateful ~

Good Morning:

Just a quick pop-in on this sunny but chilly California morning.  I need to ask you a favor.   I would be over the moon happy if you would click This Link and vote for Los Angeles. 

Select a City For the Opal Release Party.

This is for my daughter, Ava. She is a phenomenal girl, a reader and a writer. She and a group of reader/writer friends are hoping to win the contest to get author Jennifer L. Armentrout to hold her book release party at Mysterious Galaxy in Redondo Beach. Your vote would mean the world to her (and me too). It's super easy to vote and you can vote once per IP address. 

Voting ends November 13th at midnight, PST.

Los Angeles was in front for a good part of the contest, but Houston is ahead by over 20 votes right now, so L.A. really needs the votes!

Thank you so much!

Until Next Time:

Kim
Gerushia's New World