Where Fiction and Reality Meet
TNA: Hi, Amy, and welcome back! It’s always so great to have you here with us. I’ll also give a shout out and total props to Cody Kennedy for arranging this for us. ::waves at Cody:: :-D AL: Hi, Lisa—so lovely to be here! And Cody was a DOLL because I hadn’t even had a... Continue Reading →
“I'd never lived on a planet where such atrocities could happen, even before the souls came. This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds- the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions...the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Cody, thanks so much for being here with us today. We are so excited to be part of your very first blog tour! Why don’t we start out with you telling us a little bit about yourself? CK: Hey, thanks for having me! It’s great to be here! I was born in Los... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Cody, thanks so much for being here with us today. We are so excited to be part of your very first blog tour! Why don’t we start out with you telling us a little bit about yourself? CK: Hey, thanks for having me! It’s great to be here! I was born in Los... Continue Reading →
Don't you just want to grab this kid, pull him into a hug first, and then shove him behind your back, staving off all his demons with a razor edged machete? You do? Well, then you have been enticed by just a cover. A dark, brooding, emoting-so-loudly-you-can-practically-hear-the-kid's-thoughts-as-he-thinks-them, fantabulous cover. A Broken Kind of Life, written... Continue Reading →
Don't you just want to grab this kid, pull him into a hug first, and then shove him behind your back, staving off all his demons with a razor edged machete? You do? Well, then you have been enticed by just a cover. A dark, brooding, emoting-so-loudly-you-can-practically-hear-the-kid's-thoughts-as-he-thinks-them, fantabulous cover. A Broken Kind of Life, written... Continue Reading →
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ― Leopold Stokowski Ryunoski Nakimura, or Ru to his friends has had a rough time of it recently. At the ripe old age of seventeen Ru has already been at the top of the music industry. He has also been knocked down... Continue Reading →
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ― Leopold Stokowski Ryunoski Nakimura, or Ru to his friends has had a rough time of it recently. At the ripe old age of seventeen Ru has already been at the top of the music industry. He has also been knocked down... Continue Reading →
“We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.” ― Emilio Estevez For the past two years Aaron has been merely existing, floating through his life in a drugged haze. He can't tolerate anyone's touch. Not his mother, father or his brothers, the people who love him most,... Continue Reading →
“We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.” ― Emilio Estevez For the past two years Aaron has been merely existing, floating through his life in a drugged haze. He can't tolerate anyone's touch. Not his mother, father or his brothers, the people who love him most,... Continue Reading →
With a foreword by Cody Kennedy. Aaron Downing is broken, barely clinging to the hope that one day, he will be normal again. His life remains a constant string of nightmares, flashbacks, and fear, but he perseveres and starts college, determined to move on. Then Aaron gets assigned to work with Spencer Thomas for his... Continue Reading →
With a foreword by Cody Kennedy. Aaron Downing is broken, barely clinging to the hope that one day, he will be normal again. His life remains a constant string of nightmares, flashbacks, and fear, but he perseveres and starts college, determined to move on. Then Aaron gets assigned to work with Spencer Thomas for his... Continue Reading →
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates In this third and final story in the Waiting for Forever series by Jamie Mayfield, we rejoin the story directly after Brian, Mike, Alex and Leo rescued Jamie from Steven O'Dell. Jamie has been beaten severely and has... Continue Reading →
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates In this third and final story in the Waiting for Forever series by Jamie Mayfield, we rejoin the story directly after Brian, Mike, Alex and Leo rescued Jamie from Steven O'Dell. Jamie has been beaten severely and has... Continue Reading →
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” ― William Shakespeare What is a boy to do when he realizes that he is gay while growing up in Jefferson, Wisconsin? Jefferson is a city where it... Continue Reading →
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” ― William Shakespeare What is a boy to do when he realizes that he is gay while growing up in Jefferson, Wisconsin? Jefferson is a city where it... Continue Reading →
“Where there is love there is life.” ― Mahatma Gandhi From the very first sentence of this book we see the struggle Brian has with leaving everything he knows behind. He loves his mom and dad, he cares for Adam, but he is IN LOVE with Jamie. So for Brian, he can't see any other... Continue Reading →
“Where there is love there is life.” ― Mahatma Gandhi From the very first sentence of this book we see the struggle Brian has with leaving everything he knows behind. He loves his mom and dad, he cares for Adam, but he is IN LOVE with Jamie. So for Brian, he can't see any other... Continue Reading →
"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." -- John Burroughs I was very pleasantly surprised by this little gem of a book. Well, it’s not little at... Continue Reading →
"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." -- John Burroughs I was very pleasantly surprised by this little gem of a book. Well, it’s not little at... Continue Reading →
We here at The Novel Approach are welcoming a very special guest reviewer to the blog today, and we couldn't be more excited to have her here with us! Please allow me to introduce you to Savannah. Savannah just so happens to be the daughter of our very own Jackie, so you can see where... Continue Reading →
We here at The Novel Approach are welcoming a very special guest reviewer to the blog today, and we couldn't be more excited to have her here with us! Please allow me to introduce you to Savannah. Savannah just so happens to be the daughter of our very own Jackie, so you can see where... Continue Reading →
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. But it takes a great deal more to stand up to your friends. - JK Rowling. Sometimes the most heroic thing a man can do is to follow his conscience, especially in the face of opposition from those he’s come to call... Continue Reading →
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. But it takes a great deal more to stand up to your friends. - JK Rowling. Sometimes the most heroic thing a man can do is to follow his conscience, especially in the face of opposition from those he’s come to call... Continue Reading →
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