Teaser Tuesday - Post #12

Here's something new! Every Tuesday I'm going to share with you a picture that showcases a moment from my book, Jazmine. Below it, I'll have a quote that is related to the picture. Hopefully this way ya'll will be able to get inside my head a little and see what Latanica is really like! None of these images (unless otherwise noted) are mine.

                                                            From THE LATANICA SAGA: JAZMINE --

I looked down at my hands and visibly grimaced.  I still held the ivory handled dagger, and the goblin’s blood stained my hands and wrists, dried in clumps to my bare skin.  I looked up and noticed a clear blue spring bubbling merrily over a dam of boulders, so I walked over to it and sunk my hands into the cool silky wetness.  I watched as the blood fell from my hands and drifted in red-black swirls down the spring, carried by the gentle current.

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TAC Summer Great Books Program

Hey Everyone!

I know, I know, I haven't posted anything in FOREVER! But I have an excuse. Three actually. One is that this summer has been crazy with finishing up school, work, and everything else. And two is that I just got back a little while ago from a two-week-long College Summer Program! And three is that my family is currently hosting a foreign exchange student from France!

Below I have a bunch of pictures illustrating my experience at the summer program and also of Loic. I hope you enjoy them!

One of the groups I was hanging out with! They were awesome and we had some good times together! First is Melissa, Caleb, Antonia, and Robert.

Too cool for school, ha! Caleb and Robert at the Getty Museum in LA.

Hollywood!

The second group I hung out with. We had some crazy laughs!

This is what I did when I was bored in class. Haha! What do you guys think? Would I make a good Henna artist? ;-)

My awesome roommate Rachel!

The third group I would hang out with! We had a blast playing cards! Extreme spoons is the best!

This was a hilarious parody our Prefects put on about the murder of Julius Ceaser.

Back at home. This is Loic Chantrel, the foreign exchange student who is currently living with us to learn more English. This was at the fair last week!

My brother Zach and Loic in a gift shop in Santa Cruz!

This was one of our favorite rides!

At the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz!

All right everyone. I hope you enjoyed those! I'm going to pick up my teaser tuesdays again next week and hopefully share a lot more stuff with you guys! 

Enjoy your weekend :-)

Cheers!

~Ty

My FanFiction Stories - Post #3

I wrote this short story after finishing the third book in Chris Bradford's Young Samurai series and before I realized that there was a fourth one after that… and a fifth one… and a sixth… Anyway, I LOVED the first three books but absolutely HATED the ending to the third one. Not going to say anything because of spoilers but… Because of the ending to the third one I wrote this short story, where Jack is finally reunited with his little sister...

Homecoming

Description: After seven years in Japan and battling the seas Jack Fletcher has returned home to England seeking his young sister Jess. But his welcome home isn't as sweet as he thought it would be.

Book: The Young Samurai Series

Characters: Jack Fletcher, Jess Fletcher, Mrs. Winter

Genre: Family

                                                                        Rating: K+

Shatter Me

This is currently my favorite song EVER so I just had to share it with you!!!

Teaser Tuesday - Post #11

Here's something new! Every Tuesday I'm going to share with you a picture that showcases a moment from my book, Jazmine. Below it, I'll have a quote that is related to the picture. Hopefully this way ya'll will be able to get inside my head a little and see what Latanica is really like! None of these images (unless otherwise noted) are mine.

                                                     From THE LATANICA SAGA: JAZMINE --

“I have picked a rout traveling in the southern rapids. It is the fastest and surest way to get to Aceanus,” said Rex in an odd, throaty voice.

“Are you sure it’s safe?” I asked uncertainly.

“I have sailed it at least five times, Princess, and came out unharmed. I doubt this trip will be any different,” he replied sourly.

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The Hittite Warrior - by Joanne Williamson

Judea has always been the crossroads and battlefield of contending nations. It is no less so in this biblical time of the Judges. Uriah Tarhund's Hittite home is destroyed by invading Greeks. His dying father tells him to go south to seek a Canaanite named Sisera. "He will help you. For my sake. . . ." Uriah is plunged into the tumult of an uneasy Judea. When he saves a young boy from being sacrificed to Moloch, he is given succor for a time by the Hebrews. Later, he finds Sisera and joins him in war against these same people. When the Canaanites are defeated, the young Hittite has the opportunity to come to peace with himself, the Hebrew people and their God.

5 stars

I first read this book back in middle school. I was young, and annoyed that I had to read a historical fiction book instead of a fantasy, and on top of that I had to write a report on it! Nah, just kidding, I liked writing reports. But that's not the point. This book is well written and really reaches out to that 9 - 13 years-old audience. It's history about a culture we don't know much about with a bible story thrown into the background. The story of Deborah. I had heard about this bible story but never knew much about it. The Hittite Warrior cleared that up for me. But the real story is about a young Hittite who has been hiding and on the run ever since his father was murdered before his eyes. It's an entertaining book filled with the drama of the time period, giving you glimpses into the world of the Hittites, Egyptians, and Israelites. You will learn many things from this book, especially about what it was like to be an Israelite hiding in the hills and of course the epic journey of Uriah. So I hope you join Uriah on his journey, your time will be well spent. 

Teaser Tuesday - Post #10

Here's something new! Every Tuesday I'm going to share with you a picture that showcases a moment from my book, Jazmine. Below it, I'll have a quote that is related to the picture. Hopefully this way ya'll will be able to get inside my head a little and see what Latanica is really like! None of these images (unless otherwise noted) are mine.

                                                   From THE LATANICA SAGA: JAZMINE --

“If you don’t hurry up, slave, I’ll have Ax whip you so hard your grandchildren’s backs will bleed… if you live long enough to have some anyway,” she added, chuckling lightly as her unnerving eyes stared at me with a new bloodthirsty glint.  

Dravia may be human, but sometimes she acted no less savage than the other monsters that roamed her father’s castle.

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