tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37968266887597818122024-03-13T12:03:24.045-07:00Otherworldly FictionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-8238561885707184842016-10-06T08:14:00.003-07:002016-10-06T08:14:49.668-07:00Top 10 coolest extinct animals --#10 -#6
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Part of writing The Sixth Event involved lots of research
into prehistory, and it was hard not to get distracted by reading about all the
cool animals that used to roam our world. Here’s a small list of them for
everyone to enjoy! The first five will be posted today, and the rest tomorrow! </div>
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Some of these animals even made it into the book! Once you
read it, see if you can figure out which ones they are—I didn’t always make it
obvious. ;)</div>
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10. Mammoth </div>
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We all know Mammoths—giant furry elephants. These guys
roamed the ice age tundra, and were one of the more recently extinct creatures
on this list. They were enormous, and it’s very clear that prehistoric humans
hunted them for food as well as for their tusks and hair. In fact, some
researchers theorize that ancient human hunters were what ultimately drove the
mammoth to extinction. Pour one out for the mammoths—they gave us a lot while
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9. Tiktaalik</div>
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Going way back to the Ordovician period, Tiktaalik was one
of the earliest animals to crawl out of the sea. In fact, its sometimes called
the “fishapod,” since it looked like a fish with legs. One of the transition
species between fish and amphibians, if you see a movie or TV show depicting
evolution where a fish with legs crawls out of the surf, you’re likely looking
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8. Terror Bird</div>
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Hailing from South America in the Cenozoic, Terror Birds
were the terror of their time. Enormous flightless birds, like an ostrich with
cruel claws and a hammer beak, Terror Birds were the undisputed top predators
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7. Eohippus</div>
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Now for something cuter. Eohippus were tiny little hooved
mammals that ate plants and frolicked around forests in North America 50
million years ago. Around the size of a fox and sporting a very small skull, it
probably wasn’t a brainiac, but it marked the very first stage in the evolution
of what would eventually be a very intelligent, helpful animal to humanity—the
horse. </div>
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When I was young, my favorite dinosaurs were “the plant
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discovered the Saurolophus, which roamed the late cretaceous and was apparently
very successful, since fossils of the species can be found all over the world.
The “long bone” on their heads was a bony crest that could have been used in anything
from combat to mating displays. Like all other dinosaurs, these guys died out
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Everyone loves good music, and authors are no exception.
While writing, I tend to put on music without words, mostly just enjoying the
mood of the music. Since I write sci fi, I listen to a lot of techno, and
sometimes anime, game and movie soundtracks.
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For now, I’ll share some of the techno songs I listened to
while writing The Sixth Event, or ones that just inspired me and gave me the energy to write.
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1. Cherry Earth, by The Cynic Project. This is a happy,
upbeat techno song that makes me think about the natural world. It’s a hopeful
sounding song, contrasting a bit with the thriller-ish aspects of the book, but
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2. Winterbliss, by cycerin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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a winter day. It reminds me of the tundra where Raquel and Chris saw the
mammoths. It’s also featured in a video game for Xbox called Castle Crashers. </div>
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3. Dance with my pants, by Crazy Rockerz. I cheated a bit
since this one has words, which are “I wanna dance with my pants.” It doesn’t
really make any sense, but it makes me laugh and its super energetic. It
reminds me of Chris, who tries to be humorous all the time. </div>
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4. Mission to Venus, by dreamnation. This one is super
energetic and makes me think about going on an adventure through spacetime—like
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5. Pompeii by Bastille: This one is super obvious. The
lyrics fit The Sixth Event to a T. Huge world ending disaster, but its like
nothing ever happened (because time reset.) The song itself is referring to the
eruption of the volcano that buried the city of Pompeii, with a strong thread
of environmental awareness. If The Sixth Event ever gets made into a movie,
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eighteen-year-old Raquel isn't
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During Raquel's
first semester of college, she witnesses the end of the world, only to wake up
in her old room at her parents' house two years in the past. Even worse, it
seems she's the only one who remembers—until Chris Lyley, a
boy Raquel always thought was a loser, tells her he remembers the
catastrophe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before long,
they both discover new abilities. They're able to understand any language and
teleport through time and space. If Raquel and Chris can figure out what
caused the end of their world, maybe they can stop it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="http://www.evernightteen.com/the-sixth-event-by-kristen-morie-osisek/">Buy at Evernight </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Event-Kristen-Morie-Osisek-ebook/dp/B01FEEITZ4?ie=UTF8&keywords=the%20sixth%20event&qid=1463431155&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1">Buy at Amazon </a></span><br />
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All week long, I will be visiting other blogs and writing about the
book. There will be excerpts, discussion of writing, and a chance to win
a $20 Amazon gift card!<br />
<br />
The schedule, so you can check out previous days as well, is <a href="http://bridgingthegappromotions.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-tour-for-sixth-event-by-kristen.html">here at bridging the gap promotions!</a><br />
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There's a lot today! We have:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://fanaticalparanormalromantical.com/2016/05/20/spotlight-the-sixth-event-by-kristen-morie-osisek/">Fanatical Paranormal Romantical</a> - Spotlight</span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://readinginsarahscorner.blogspot.com/2016/05/blog-tour-sixth-event-kristen-morie.html">Reading in Sarah's Corner</a> - Spotlight</span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PNRBookLoverReviews/">PNR Book Lover Reviews FB page</a> - Spotlight</span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/naturalbripage/posts/1079729658732831">Natural Bri FB Page</a> - Top 10/Fav 5--Don't miss my article on the top 10 coolest extinct animals! </span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://eskiemamareads.blogspot.com/2016/05/blog-tour-wgiveaway-sixth-event-by.html">Eskie Mama Reads </a>- Spotlight</span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.arecafe.com/cafe-news/kristen-morie-osisek-sixth-event/">ARe Cafe </a>- Spotlight</span></i></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></span></span></b></div>
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Be sure to check it out!<br />
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Stop by tomorrow for one final release announcement! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-72531771954630065812016-05-19T16:01:00.004-07:002016-05-19T16:03:32.194-07:00Sixth Event Weeklong release party: Day 4! <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During Raquel's
first semester of college, she witnesses the end of the world, only to wake up
in her old room at her parents' house two years in the past. Even worse, it
seems she's the only one who remembers—until Chris Lyley, a
boy Raquel always thought was a loser, tells her he remembers the
catastrophe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before long,
they both discover new abilities. They're able to understand any language and
teleport through time and space. If Raquel and Chris can figure out what
caused the end of their world, maybe they can stop it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="http://www.evernightteen.com/the-sixth-event-by-kristen-morie-osisek/">Buy at Evernight </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Event-Kristen-Morie-Osisek-ebook/dp/B01FEEITZ4?ie=UTF8&keywords=the%20sixth%20event&qid=1463431155&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1">Buy at Amazon </a></span><br />
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All week long, I will be visiting other blogs and writing about the
book. There will be excerpts, discussion of writing, and a chance to win
a $20 Amazon gift card!<br />
<br />
The schedule is <a href="http://bridgingthegappromotions.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-tour-for-sixth-event-by-kristen.html">here at bridging the gap promotions!</a><br />
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For today, we have: <br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">May 19</span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://6feetunderbooks.blogspot.com/">6 Feet Under Books</a> - Author Interview! </span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://bookloverslife.blogspot.ie/">Book Lovers Life</a> - Book Spotlight! </span></i></span></span></b></div>
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Be sure to check it out!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-9226966026958172362016-05-18T19:10:00.002-07:002016-05-18T19:10:54.056-07:00Sixth Event weeklong release party: Day 3! <div class="MsoNormal">
<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eighteen-year-old Raquel isn't
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During Raquel's
first semester of college, she witnesses the end of the world, only to wake up
in her old room at her parents' house two years in the past. Even worse, it
seems she's the only one who remembers—until Chris Lyley, a
boy Raquel always thought was a loser, tells her he remembers the
catastrophe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before long,
they both discover new abilities. They're able to understand any language and
teleport through time and space. If Raquel and Chris can figure out what
caused the end of their world, maybe they can stop it.</span><br />
</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="http://www.evernightteen.com/the-sixth-event-by-kristen-morie-osisek/">Buy at Evernight </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Event-Kristen-Morie-Osisek-ebook/dp/B01FEEITZ4?ie=UTF8&keywords=the%20sixth%20event&qid=1463431155&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1">Buy at Amazon </a></span><br />
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All week long, I will be visiting other blogs and writing about the
book. There will be excerpts, discussion of writing, and a chance to win
a $20 Amazon gift card!<br />
<br />
The schedule is <a href="http://bridgingthegappromotions.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-tour-for-sixth-event-by-kristen.html">here at bridging the gap promotions!</a><br />
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For today, we have: <br /><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.chocomeiske.com/2016/05/18/blog-tour-sixth-event/">Cover to Cover</a> - Book Spotlight! </span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/naturalbripage">Natural Bri FB Page</a> - Top 10/Fav 5 post by me! </span></i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://reviewsbycacb.blogspot.com/2016/05/giveaway-sixth-event-by-kristen-morie.html">Reviews by Crystal</a> - Book Spotlight! </span></i></span></span></b><br />
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Be sure to check it out!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-68435338693993438652016-05-17T14:50:00.001-07:002016-05-17T14:50:25.358-07:00Sixth Event weeklong release party: Day 2! <br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gw-hEKyjvIE/VzIjRlKtFqI/AAAAAAAANXQ/R45z9nDSnDoXxu0NQjSUwfp-_5T-hjGgQCLcB/s1600/The-Sixth-Event-evernightpublishing-JayAheer2016-finalimage.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gw-hEKyjvIE/VzIjRlKtFqI/AAAAAAAANXQ/R45z9nDSnDoXxu0NQjSUwfp-_5T-hjGgQCLcB/s320/The-Sixth-Event-evernightpublishing-JayAheer2016-finalimage.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During Raquel's
first semester of college, she witnesses the end of the world, only to wake up
in her old room at her parents' house two years in the past. Even worse, it
seems she's the only one who remembers—until Chris Lyley, a
boy Raquel always thought was a loser, tells her he remembers the
catastrophe. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before long,
they both discover new abilities. They're able to understand any language and
teleport through time and space. If Raquel and Chris can figure out what
caused the end of their world, maybe they can stop it.</span><br />
</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="http://www.evernightteen.com/the-sixth-event-by-kristen-morie-osisek/">Buy at Evernight </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Event-Kristen-Morie-Osisek-ebook/dp/B01FEEITZ4?ie=UTF8&keywords=the%20sixth%20event&qid=1463431155&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1">Buy at Amazon </a></span><br />
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All week long, I will be visiting other blogs and writing about the
book. There will be excerpts, discussion of writing, and a chance to win
a $20 Amazon gift card!<br />
<br />
The schedule is <a href="http://bridgingthegappromotions.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-tour-for-sixth-event-by-kristen.html">here at bridging the gap promotions!</a><br />
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For today, we have: <br /><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></span></span><a href="http://apassionforromance.blogspot.com/2016/05/its-all-about-book-with-kristen-morie.html">An author interview at Passion for Romance! </a></b><br />
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Be sure to check it out! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-4693805587809956412016-05-16T13:42:00.003-07:002016-05-16T13:45:18.667-07:00The Sixth Event--weeklong release party! Hello everyone!<br />
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The Sixth Event is out!<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During Raquel's
first semester of college, she witnesses the end of the world, only to wake up
in her old room at her parents' house two years in the past. Even worse, it
seems she's the only one who remembers—until Chris Lyley, a
boy Raquel always thought was a loser, tells her he remembers the
catastrophe. </span><br />
</div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before long,
they both discover new abilities. They're able to understand any language and
teleport through time and space. If Raquel and Chris can figure out what
caused the end of their world, maybe they can stop it.</span><br />
</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <a href="http://www.evernightteen.com/the-sixth-event-by-kristen-morie-osisek/">Buy at Evernight </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Event-Kristen-Morie-Osisek-ebook/dp/B01FEEITZ4?ie=UTF8&keywords=the%20sixth%20event&qid=1463431155&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1">Buy at Amazon </a></span><br />
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All week long, I will be visiting other blogs and writing about the book. There will be excerpts, discussion of writing, and a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card!<br />
<br />
The schedule is <a href="http://bridgingthegappromotions.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-tour-for-sixth-event-by-kristen.html">here at bridging the gap promotions!</a><br />
<br />
For today, we have: <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></span></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://queenofallshereads.blogspot.com/2016/05/virtual-tour-for-sixth-event-by-kristen.html">Queen of All She Reads </a></span></i></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A guest post by me!</span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.bookbanshee.com/">Book Banshee</a> </span></i></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A quick playlist of songs I listened to while writing!</span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.mybookandmycoffee.com/2016/05/book-spotlight-sixth-event.html">My Book and My Coffee</a> </span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A book spotlight! </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></span></span></b><br />
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Be sure to check it out! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-56079206787526865062016-05-04T03:34:00.000-07:002016-05-04T03:34:27.119-07:00The Sixth Event: Cover reveal! <div>
I've got the cover for my upcoming book, The Sixth Event! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Eighteen year old Raquel isn't eighteen anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">During
her first semester of college, Raquel witnesses the end of the world.
Ash falls from a green sky, birds die at her feet, and falling rocks
crush her. Then she wakes up back at home in her sixteen year old body.
She is haunted by the destruction she saw and is disturbed even more
when she realizes no one else has any memory of what happened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">But
then Chris Lyley, a boy Raquel always ignored in high school, tells her
he remembers the catastrophe too. Mysteriously able to understand any
language and teleport through time and space, Raquel and Chris set out
to find others like them who remember the end of the world. After
finding people from nearly every continent, they decide to try and
figure out what happened. By traveling back in time to view the five
major extinction events throughout Earth’s history, from the death of
the dinosaurs to the time all the life in ancient seas perished, they
hope to get an answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">They
know that their world will end in two years. If they can find a
disaster from the past that matches what they saw in the future, maybe
they can use the second chance they've been given to try and stop the
sixth major extinction event. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Sixth Event will be released on May 13th! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span>Before
any release, its fun to talk about the road to getting published. With
all the ways to get your writing out there today, each story is a little
different. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span>No
publication happens without rejection first. The first version of The
Sixth Event was shorter--much shorter, at 55k words, and paced like a
break-neck thriller. I got a whole lot of agent interest, but
ultimately, everyone passed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span>In
the meantime, I send out the story to beta readers, and fleshed out the
book itself. It went from 55k to 73k as I added in more
characterization and expanded on the story, and slowed down the pacing a
bit. From there, I tried querying agents again, but the interest from
before seemed to have dried up. The market had shifted, as far as I
could tell, and a few agents even told me the concept sounded cool but
that SF was played out. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Soon
enough I stopped getting requests, as well, and I figured it was time
to move on from agents. My beta readers had been positive enough that I
knew the book would find a home. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span>I
never believe that an entire market could be played out, and even if
agents weren't biting, small presses might. I tried one or two small
ones, and while I did I submitted a pitch to a twitter pitch party,
called Pit2Pub. The tweet was </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span>"</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pit2pub?src=hash" target="_blank"><s>#</s><b>Pit2pub</b></a><span> After time traveling to the five major extinction events, Raquel must use the information she finds to stop the sixth </span><a dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YA?src=hash" target="_blank"><s>#</s><b>YA</b></a><span> </span><a dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SF?src=hash" target="_blank"><s>#</s><b>SF"</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It
was a quick, concise pitch, and got me 14 favorites from various small
presses. After researching them all, I opted to submit to Evernight Teen
first. They responded with an acceptance in less than two weeks, on
February 13th. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Three months later, on May
13th, the book will be released. It's a fast turnaround time, certainly!
But I can't complain. And the cover is perfect! Don't worry--it will be revealed tomorrow! </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-53094457951521940492016-05-02T14:20:00.003-07:002016-05-02T14:20:35.469-07:00Extinct animal of the day: Dimetrodon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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enormous lizard-looking creature with a sail on its back. It roamed the ancient
United States during the Permian period, over 250 millions years ago. It was
the top predator of its time, feeding on fish and small reptiles. Their size
ranged anywhere from 5 feet to nearly 18 feet in the largest species, and they
could weigh between 60 and 550 pounds. Their teeth were uniquely shaped like
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their enormous sail. Researchers disagree on what function this sail served—some
say it was for display purposes for finding mates, while others argue that it
was meant to help the animal regulate its body heat. Since Dimetrodon was a
proto-mammal, not a mammal like we know today, the sail could be thought of as
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If the largest extinction event of all time had not
happened, life on Earth would have been very different—these synapsids would
have continued evolving, and the age of dinosaurs may never have happened. It’s
fascinating to consider that our mammalian ancestors had such a good start
before a disaster wiped them out for a while, leaving another genus to evolve
in their place. In The Sixth Event, I portrayed these ancient ancestors of ours
as pretty intelligent—but of course, there’s no way to tell what sort of
behaviors they really had. Unfortunately, mysteries of a creature that lived
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the largest pterasaur of all: Quetzalcoatlus. The name sounds like Quetzalcoatl,
the feathered god from Mesoamerica, and there's a reason for that. </span></div>
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largest wingspan of any pterasaur in history, and that naturally puts it far
above any bird alive today. Wingspans from observed fossils range between 40 and 50 feet. For reference,
bald eagles have a wingspan of about 8 feet, and the largest bird living today,
the wandering albatross, has a wingspan of about 11 feet. Quetzalcoatlus was
around the size of an F-16 jet. </span></div>
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known about how it lived, or even if it could fly. Something that large would
have a hard time getting off the ground, and since it roamed the planet around
the time of the cretaceous, there’s little evidence to be gleaned about its
actual behaviors. It may have had to run to achieve liftoff, much like a jet taxiing down a runway. </span></div>
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terrestrial scavenger, feeding off dead animals. Others think it had fast,
agile flight, and would skim fish from the seas with its enormous beak. Others
think it was a slow flyer, relying on air currents to get airborne, and would glide as high as 15000 feet over vast
distances, much like an extreme version of albatrosses today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the Sixth Event, the characters have
a run-in with a group of Quetzalcoatlus, and they observed these animals using
a very unique hunting pattern! It’s quite fun to look at research and imagine
how such a creature may have hunted and fed. </span></div>
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made them go extinct? The same thing that made all of the dinosaurs go extinct—the
meteor impact event at the end of the cretaceous. But bones from these pterosaurs
can still be found, and as we discover more, we can infer more about how they
lived and what the time of the dinosaurs may have been like.</span></div>
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No book featuring time-travel into prehistory is complete
without a basic understanding of how the Earth has changed over its 4.5 billion
year lifespan. Today, we’re going to talk about the earliest epoch in Earth’s
history—the Hadean!
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In case the name didn’t give it away, the Hadean was not a
particularly fun place to be. Long before life, and after the Earth formed out
of a swirling mass of rock and stardust in the milky way, the surface was
formed of a mix of molten rock and magma as volcanism was constant. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The earth was forming, so heavier elements,
like iron, sank down and became the Earth’s core, while lighter ones like
silica began to form the crust. Gases, like hydrogen and methane, escaped into
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And of course, the Earth was being constantly bombarded by
meteorites and debris. Getting hit by huge comets is thankfully rare nowadays,
but back then it was common enough to contribute to the Earth’s very structure.
Water ferried along by comets boiled as it hit the ultra-hot Earth, and
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This was all around 4.5 billon years ago, when another very
important comet hit Earth. Only this wasn’t a comet—it was a planetoid the size
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Indeed, the moon is thought to be formed out of a
combination of bits of Earth ripped off the early forming Earth and the
remnants of the planetoid that struck it. The moon is closer to home than we
think. </div>
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The Hadean closed out when the constant impacts began to slow
and the volcanism cooled down. With the cooling came the falling of the steam
atmosphere as rain, forming the oceans. Plate tectonics, or the movement of the
continents, began, and the Earth’s crust finished forming, with the earliest
rocks like granite and quartz. And according to a few researchers, a few
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No one from the Sixth Event visits the Hadean--that would be a very short trip. But knowing a little about the earliest Earth is still fascinating. </div>
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Characters in The Sixth Event travel through time--and the first thing they see that convinces them of that fact is the Woolly Mammoth.<br />
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Mammoths roamed during the ice age, and evolved about six million years ago when they diverged from their closest (still living) cousin, the Asian elephant. Mammoths only went extinct about ten thousand years ago, during the end of the last ice age, when most of the megafauna (aka large animals) in North America and Europe went extinct. The last continent where megafauna can be found is Africa--think giraffes, rhinos and hippos.<br />
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We definitely hunted mammoth as we spread across Europe and North America, and some researchers think human overhunting was the reason mammoths went extinct. Others say that it was the warming accompanying the end of the ice age that sounded the mammoth's death knell. Either way, mammoths were a magnificent animal, one of the largest land mammals in history, and are emblematic of the period of prehistory just before humans rose to power.<br />
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There is, strangely, hope for mammoths, in a way. We've sequenced the entire mammoth genome. If our technology advances enough, cloning a mammoth is not outside the realm of possibility. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12487124079995020153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796826688759781812.post-54060043037551317322016-03-07T16:50:00.000-08:002016-03-07T16:50:21.480-08:00Sources of ideas--origin story for The Sixth EventWriters don't write in a vacuum. Ideas have to come out of something--exposure to other people's works, tv shows, life experiences, or information about the world. Although, I suppose one could claim an idea came out of nothing if you were inspired by the idea of black holes, but the point still stands.<br />
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My upcoming book, The Sixth Event, was inspired by a story I wrote in college, which was itself inspired by a book I read as a child. I don't remember the name of the book, or even if it was a book or a short story. The passage I remember is a boy traveled back in time to kindergarten, and his mother was amazed that he could tie his shoes. That idea--of someone traveling back in time to a point in their childhood, but with all their memories intact--stayed with me for years.<br />
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The other inspiration for The Sixth Event came from my fascination with geology and the natural world. Human history is fascinating, but we are a small blip on geologic timescales. From the formation of the Earth when it was a swirling mass of magma, up to the last major ice age where we evolved, life has come and gone on a planet that only sometimes resembles the planet as it is now. I wanted a story to acknowledge that, and to acknowledge how much there is to learn about 4.5 billion years of Earth's history--and the history of life on the planet. Knowing what came before can help us figure out what may happen next, especially as we change our own world and head into a new future shaped by climate change. That is what makes humans truly unique out of all of the species that have come and gone before us--we shaped our own world. Hopefully it will turn out for the best.<br />
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