Featured Author - J.K. Accinni

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About the Author

J. K. Accinni was born and raised in Sussex County before moving to Randolph, New Jersey, where she lived with her husband, five dogs and eight rabbits, all rescued and currently resides in Sarasota, Florida. Mrs. Accinni’s passion for wildlife conservation has led her all over the world, including three trips to Africa, where ten years ago she and her husband fell in love with a baby elephant named Wendi, that had been rescued by a wildlife group. That baby is the inspiration for the character Tobi, the elephant featured in her fourth book titled Hive.

The character of Caesar is inspired by a real life iconic tiger from Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary in Sarasota. A portion of the proceeds from her third book, Armageddon Cometh, will be donated to the sanctuary in support of the enormous expense required to house and feed the displaced wildlife in their care. Mrs. Accinni invites her readers to visit bigcathabitat.org to view the astounding facility and plan a visit with your family.

Baby by J.K. Accinni

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Have you ever wondered why God does not punish the evil and depraved of our planet? Why does He tolerate the destructive bloodthirsty nature of Homo sapiens allowing them to rule over all creatures, abusing and exploiting according to their whims? Why has science been unable to solve the vexing mystery of our ancestor, the Missing Link? How could one planet evolve such complex and divergent examples of biodiversity? Can you imagine God ever saying, “To Hell with this mess that is Earth?”

The series “Species Intervention #6609” spans two hundred years, encompassing tender love between divergent species, political downfalls and violence of unspeakable order. It is an unfortunate tale of Armageddon and the remote possibility of redemption.

In Baby, Netty is a naive teenage farm girl given in marriage to an older brutal opportunist disguised as a successful citizen during the years of Prohibition in Sussex County, New Jersey.  After years of enslavement, Netty flees into the night from her rapist husband, traveling back to the farm worked by her parents, where she rescues an unfamiliar damaged creature she finds in a cave in the woods of her childhood, falling in love with the enigmatic creature she names Baby. Together they find happiness and fulfillment despite the changes to Netty’s body wrought by the proximity of the unusual creature.

When a handsome Italian stranger comes into Netty’s life, complications ensue as she falls in love while trying to hide the bizarre and wondrous changes to her farm and her body.  Netty, Baby and Wil strive to conquer obstacles thrown in their path by life, succeeding wildly until the heart-rending and astonishingly brutal climax to their story.

Echo by J.K. Accinni

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Netty’s influence transcends a full century as the United States evolves to a point of politically driven economic collapse. The year is 2033 as a young mother, abused by her shiftless husband, heroically decides to remove her two sickly children, Scotty and Abby, from the mean streets of their government subsidized tenement town of Short Hills, New Jersey to the hills and old farmland of Sussex County. There they unite with a Latino family that adopted Jose, a young boy from Costa Rica, traumatized at the age of seven by the brutal murder of his parents and the kidnapping of his infant sister.

The two families unite to pool finances, creating the love and bonds that will enable them to survive the psychotic attention of Armoni, a soul damaged beyond redemption, discovery of Baby’s miraculous offspring, Echo; and their subsequent body changes. Through the efforts of Echo who develops an unexplained passion for the curly haired dog, Barney, they flee the clutches of Armoni after the murder of Armoni’s sidekicks by Echo, to Sarasota, Florida, one of the last remaining enclaves of wealth in the U.S.

Scotty learns to utilize Echo as a co-conspirator in his intrigue to thwart the efforts of heinous people that prey on the lives of creatures in their environmentally rich new home, where the insidious miscreant, Armoni, tracks them; dragging along Ginger Mae, a New York City prostitute looking for opportunity with her mute child, Daisy; bringing brutality and violence to all.

Having fallen in love, the young  Abby and Jose draw close, only to be separated by the transcendental Netty, who tries to use Abby as a conduit in her plan to rescue as much wildlife as they can before despicable political events bring on the specter of Armageddon.

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Guest Post from the stunning Gillian!!

Have you ever wondered why it is that so many middle aged women are such huge fans of the ya genre? Being a middle aged woman who is a huge fan of the ya genre I believe I am more than qualified to tell you why.
The answer is really quite simple. It's fun easy reading. Adult novels are quite often bogged down with descriptive narrative and complicated plot lines. It's not fun to try to read a story when due to constant interruptions you have to keep going back and re-reading the same paragraph just to make sense of it. As a busy mother, time is something to be cherished and having to waste it re-reading the same thing time and again can be frustrating. Don't get me wrong, I look forward to the day I will have enough peace in my life to be able to find the time to sit down and read war and peace from cover to cover. But at this point in my life I know that as soon as I try to sit down to read I'll be lucky to get five minutes before I have to get up again to run a bath or get a drink or make a sandwich or break up a fight or find the husbands lost keys.
So if I can find a story that takes me away from the humdrum of that existence, and one that I can continue straight on from where I was interrupted at and easily recall what was going on, then I'm going to be much happier. So I am going to keep picking up the soppy teen fantasy stories that take me away the minute I start reading and keep me trapped in that world till I'm finished.
I live to write
Gillian

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Headstrong and determined, Hannah always knew that she would become the Guardian. She was the keeper and the protector of all supernatural. What she didn't expect was that it would mean she would have to endure the agonising death of her mother first hand as their supernatural connection brings her to her knees, or that it would mean that she could never be with the man she loved.
Blond haired, blue eyed Gabriel was her handsome childhood friend, but would circumstances prevent her from ever being able to explore her true feelings for him?
Jesse, the dark alluring but incorrigible vampire would give anything to be with her, but as the guardian Hannah is forbidden to fall in love with the supernatural.
With her life in turmoil over her conflicting emotions about Gabriel and Jesse and her frustration at being unable to exact revenge for her mother’s horrific death, Hannah flees her life in an attempt to start over. But can we ever really escape from ourselves?
There is no escaping destiny no matter how hard she might try and Hannah must learn to reconcile her commitment to her family with her responsibility as the Guardian and her duty to her heart.

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Hannah’s life has never been easy, despite her strong willed determination and her extra“gifts”, it's still always been hard work keeping an entire world full of the supernatural under control, but having achieved a small semblance of control over most of the custas, Hannah was hoping to be able to slip back into her life of normalcy. Wishful thinking when you're the guardian of all supernatural.
With all the issues she’d had to endure in her past, she'd never had to worry about the mermaids before, so why would they choose now to suddenly start haunting her dreams and her life. Then there are the fairies to contend with as well, just when she manages to get one aspect of the crudelitas under control, the others decide it’s time to start causing problems.
All Hannah wants is some quiet family time and a chance to reflect on her feelings for Gabriel but instead she's thrown back into the thick of the supernatural world, and this time it threatens to invade the quiet family life she has worked so hard to establish. There's no running away this time, she has to front the challenges head on, but forever can be a long time if you can't be with the one you love.



And coming soon Revenge 


Hannah finally has everything she wants out of life, devoted friends, a loving family, and the man of her dreams. Or does she? Life is never easy when you are the “Guardian”of all the supernatural beings, but surely this much heartache is more than one person was ever meant to have to contend with?
The Nephilim are on the hunt again but this time it’s not only the vampires they are hunting; and knowing that Hannah is still on the lookout for a new Custas, why would the witches be willing to work in conjunction with them? Then there’s Gabriel; after waiting for centuries to be with Hannah, what could possibly ever entice him to want to kill her. With all the supernatural issues she has to contend with how is it even possible a human could be any sort of a threat to the family life Hannah has built.
For over three centuries, one thing has been Hannah’s main driving force, but is it even possible for her to ever track Phelip down and get the final Revenge, and the final peace she has been hunting for.





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What a start to the new year!

2013 is off and running and so am I!  New digs, new job, new goals!  I am so very excited for this year as it simply HAS to be better than last year.  I am so excited to go to my new job at the fabulous Visitors and Convention Bureau with one of my best friends in the world.  It is the first time in ages that I actually enjoy going to work, the first time I do not wake up dreading my job.  The kids have already noticed the difference and that pleases me greatly.  My new home is coming together nicely and I feel extreme satisfaction at having my own space where my kids can be themselves and we can move about as we please.   It's simply delightful.  Beyond that I have set new goals for myself - perhaps a bit lofty but not unattainable.  Yes, 2013 looks to be the best year I have had in a long, long while. 

More on Estelan to come.  Cheers!!

Landslide

Stevie Nicks may be one of my favorite performers of all time and my favorite song of her is Landslide.  I think that over my life the song has meant different things to me and again I find my interpretation is changing as I listen to it this morning while packing away Christmas decorations (*sigh*).  Tearing down the tree, carefully tucking away ornaments, and listening to Pandora (Beatles radio as you would have it) when Landslide comes on.  I pause and cock my head to the side.  Eyes closed and my body involuntarily swaying just slightly, I remember.  In the course of that short song I see two decades of life pass in a flurry of memories tied to that one song and when it ends a tear rolls down my cheek.  Again, the song has new meaning and I was struck with the need to share not just this moment for me but the brilliantly sweet lyrics. 

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Mmm, mmm, mmm

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older and I'm getting older too
Oh, I'm getting older too

Awh, take my love, take it down
Awh, climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well, the landslide bring it down

And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well, the landslide bring it down
Oh, the landslide bring it down

~ Stevie Nicks

Now what does this have to do with Estelan?  A great many things actually.  My writing is so tied to my emotions, especially with Estelan and I have been rather emotionally numb over the past month or so and my writing has been sub par at best.  (OUCH! That bit of honesty hurts)  The fact that I could get lost in a song this morning tells me that I am turning the corner and heading into a season of productivity.  I am going to finish up my Emerald Seer Series as the ending is finally coming full circle and then it is back to Estelan.  I have tabled her for too long and she is gnawing at the back of my mind constantly, building story lines and adding characters and oh my does she have a lot in store for you all - if I can just get it out fast enough!

In the end, as this wretched year comes to a close, I am excited to head into 2013 with a head full of Estelan to balance my heavy heart.  I will have a regular schedule for the first time since May and the tools at my disposal to re-launch my writing career - a wee bit wiser and more prepared!

Happy New Year!!

Oh Estelan, where can you be?

I have neglected my blog and the world of Estelan - one of the worst things a writer can do.  While Estelan is always rolling around in the back of my mind, the plights of her people a soft cry in my ear, I have been so occupied with another story and my own personal life that she toils away waiting for me to find time to continue her story.  Fortunately, Estelan like all fantasy worlds is always there for me to pick up and set down as needed.  It is a story of paths that wind and cross, climb and descend, much like life and sometimes that means dealing with personal roadblocks to make better storylines.  This is one of those times.  2012 has not been kind to me in many ways and that means I can do nothing but look forward and keep trudging through.  That means I can look to Estelan as a therapeutic escape over the next year while my characters work out their own issues on paper in a land far from here where I have toiled long enough.

So it comes to this, in order to find my way to Estelan again, to find that place in my mind where she and her people can thrive and their stories unfold, I need to purge myself of the negativity from this year.  It has taken me some time to adopt a way to make this happen but I believe I've got it down.  Each day I will blog about two things, one negative that happened this year so that I may send it onward and upward and one positive thing in my life that keeps me moving forward and focused on the wonders of each day.  By the end of the  year I should be able to expel that negatives as I purge many things from my life in hopes of starting 2013 a lot lighter spiritually and emotionally so that I may do justice to the peoples of Estelan and release Echo Rising this coming year.

Where oh where has Estelan gone?

Though I have been terribly focused on my Emerald Seer Series, Estelan is never far from my thoughts and I have many, MANY notes for where it is going.  Every once in a while I add some passages and scenes to Echo Rising and I am ready to devote some significant attention to it.  While I had hoped to devote the second half of this year to Estelan, I just couldn't finish the project I was working on and it kep clouding my head.  So, until I can get Storm Sullivan and her posse out of my head, Estelan is a work in progress floating along the periphery, waiting and growing into something bigger with each passing day.  I still believe in Estelan, more than I have believed in anything I've written.  That is the reason it is taking so long.  I want to do my world and my characters justice.  As soon as I have snippets I will be posting them, in the meantime, know that Echo is real and on her way.

YA Promo Central Feature

Hey all!  The kind people at YA Promo Central are featuring me today!!  Check out the interview and a little bit about Estelan.  While you are there, read up on some of the other amazing YA authors out there and the fabulous works they have put out!

Interview on YA Promo Central