Amy Sumida's Blog - Posts Tagged "werewolves"
Hello Goodreads!
It's been a long road for me and my books. I started writing back in high school and have submitted work to agents for over ten years with a lot of "almost" achievements. I held on and held out for that publishing contract for so long that the idea of self-publishing just never even occurred to me until this last submission I made to Llewelyn for my book called The Magic of Fabric. I made it through all their little hoops and jumps until my book got to the highest level and didn't pass the execs. They sighted things like I didn't use my "it's and its" correctly- ridiculous, I know the difference between a possessive and the shortening of it is. It was silly and I was so frustrated that they'd strung me along for over a year before blowing me off in such a way. But I'm thankful to Llewelyn because without that, I wouldn't have published my books.
Now, I've got two magic influenced books and six books of my paranormal romance series called The Godhunter for sale on Amazon. I also have three more of Godhunter done(hopefully the series will continue forever) and I'm dusting off and shining up some romance novels I wrote back in high school. I'm so grateful and humbled by the readers who have given my books a chance and made it possible for me to consider writing as a career.
Goodreads was recommended to me by a friend and I'm delighted to be a part of it. I've never wrote a blog, never thought anyone would really want to read about what I'm doing day to day but I decided to give this a shot. I'm big into the paranormal and most of my stories are based around this. I mean why have normal when you could have something beyond that. If I wanted reality, I would just live my life, not read a book. So I like characters that are unusual, my Godhunter series revolves around gods but these gods are the source of all the paranormal critters, so it really fulfills that for me. If these are things you like as well, you may enjoy reading what I write.
I hope I can entertain you all with my blog but this first post is just kind of a hello and how ya doing before I get started. So hello, Goodreads!
Now, I've got two magic influenced books and six books of my paranormal romance series called The Godhunter for sale on Amazon. I also have three more of Godhunter done(hopefully the series will continue forever) and I'm dusting off and shining up some romance novels I wrote back in high school. I'm so grateful and humbled by the readers who have given my books a chance and made it possible for me to consider writing as a career.
Goodreads was recommended to me by a friend and I'm delighted to be a part of it. I've never wrote a blog, never thought anyone would really want to read about what I'm doing day to day but I decided to give this a shot. I'm big into the paranormal and most of my stories are based around this. I mean why have normal when you could have something beyond that. If I wanted reality, I would just live my life, not read a book. So I like characters that are unusual, my Godhunter series revolves around gods but these gods are the source of all the paranormal critters, so it really fulfills that for me. If these are things you like as well, you may enjoy reading what I write.
I hope I can entertain you all with my blog but this first post is just kind of a hello and how ya doing before I get started. So hello, Goodreads!
Halloween at Moonshine
I just spent a great evening with my friend Krystal up in Wahiawa. It helps to have someone to bounce ideas off of and Krystal has been indispensable in that capacity. She gives me honest feedback and her questions often lead to character development that wouldn't have been otherwise included.
Tonight we discussed several projects I have going on. First is a children's book I'm writing and illustrating, second a dating guide, third a romance novel I wrote years ago, fourth possible topics and characters for my next book in the Godhunter series, and lastly, the current book I'm working on in the Gidhunter series.
I'd informed her that it was about time Vervain experienced another holiday with us and what better than Halloween? I'd decided she'd throw a Halloween bash at Moonshine and had a list of gods who needed costumes. Not only did she help me choose a costume for practically all of them, she helped make the experience into a great memory.
What fun to contemplate the minds of gods and what each character would want to pretend to be for a night. We considered and rejected several ideas for each one, pontificating over why Kirill would want to do that and whether Thor would really be open to wearing such and such, while coming up with whole back stories for their costumes.
Then we walked into Wahiawa for dinner and found the only real restaurant in the town, purely be accident. For those of you who don't live in Hawaii, let me explain Wahiawa to you. It's country but country in the way that a town bordering a military base can be. It's charmingly ghetto country. Safe enough to walk through but stay on the main roads unless you're a local. The main road in fact looks more like the side street of a major city, it's biggest attraction is the Walgreens and the food selection is relegated to Mom and Pop marts and hole in the wall eateries. You're lucky if you find a place that has more than ten tables.
So when we walked into Cafe Olive and the waiter asked if we had reservations, please understand the depths of our confusion. Reservations for a restaurant in Wahiawa? Are you out of your damn mind? Did they know they had only 14 tables in the tiny place and 6 of those were pushed together?
Despite the lack of our reservations(and the mounting internal reservations we were beginning to have for the place) they found us the tiniest table in existence exactly five feet away from a speaker blasting music from the live entertainment which consisted of one local man and a guitar.
We grimaced at each other and contemplated making a run for it but our only other option for cuisine had been the Mexican restaurant down the street which was even smaller and happened to close at 3pm on Sundays. So we patiently waited for someone to bring us menus and hoped for the best.
It was wonderful and I happily declared to Krystal, halfway through my Crab Alfredo that I believe we'd found the only real restaurant in Wahiawa. She agreed, and we both delighted in the meal that cost us individually under $30 each, with tip. The freaky Asian manager who kept hovering near us like a nun with a ruler, was disregarded over the flavor of my spumoni pie.
During dinner we discussed my books some more but we also spoke about other books being turned into movies and ended up having a heated gripe fest over how Hollywood often "F"ed things up. I've recently seen The Mortal Instruments and so felt the need of spewing my great disappointment all over her supper, which she took surprisingly well and reciprocated with her dislike of actors who were being considered to play parts in the upcoming movie version of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels. Now before you criticize me for reading a teenager book, I'd like to defend myself by blaming it entirely on my sister who happens to be twenty years my junior. She insisted I read the Mortal Instruments series even though I wanted to chuck them out the window after the first installment.
Having said that, I did enjoy them as a bit of fluffy, teenager paranormal romance. So I was excited to see what they'd do with it on the silver screen. Sigh. Several characters were misrepresented in my eyes and the story was changed a bit but I won't bore you anymore with that. My evening was all the better for getting my dissatisfaction off my chest and Krystal bore it well. So I'm now prepared to write my Halloween scene and will do it unhampered by movie disappointment or a lack of costume ideas. Thank you Krystal and thank you all for reading my ramblings. Good night.
Tonight we discussed several projects I have going on. First is a children's book I'm writing and illustrating, second a dating guide, third a romance novel I wrote years ago, fourth possible topics and characters for my next book in the Godhunter series, and lastly, the current book I'm working on in the Gidhunter series.
I'd informed her that it was about time Vervain experienced another holiday with us and what better than Halloween? I'd decided she'd throw a Halloween bash at Moonshine and had a list of gods who needed costumes. Not only did she help me choose a costume for practically all of them, she helped make the experience into a great memory.
What fun to contemplate the minds of gods and what each character would want to pretend to be for a night. We considered and rejected several ideas for each one, pontificating over why Kirill would want to do that and whether Thor would really be open to wearing such and such, while coming up with whole back stories for their costumes.
Then we walked into Wahiawa for dinner and found the only real restaurant in the town, purely be accident. For those of you who don't live in Hawaii, let me explain Wahiawa to you. It's country but country in the way that a town bordering a military base can be. It's charmingly ghetto country. Safe enough to walk through but stay on the main roads unless you're a local. The main road in fact looks more like the side street of a major city, it's biggest attraction is the Walgreens and the food selection is relegated to Mom and Pop marts and hole in the wall eateries. You're lucky if you find a place that has more than ten tables.
So when we walked into Cafe Olive and the waiter asked if we had reservations, please understand the depths of our confusion. Reservations for a restaurant in Wahiawa? Are you out of your damn mind? Did they know they had only 14 tables in the tiny place and 6 of those were pushed together?
Despite the lack of our reservations(and the mounting internal reservations we were beginning to have for the place) they found us the tiniest table in existence exactly five feet away from a speaker blasting music from the live entertainment which consisted of one local man and a guitar.
We grimaced at each other and contemplated making a run for it but our only other option for cuisine had been the Mexican restaurant down the street which was even smaller and happened to close at 3pm on Sundays. So we patiently waited for someone to bring us menus and hoped for the best.
It was wonderful and I happily declared to Krystal, halfway through my Crab Alfredo that I believe we'd found the only real restaurant in Wahiawa. She agreed, and we both delighted in the meal that cost us individually under $30 each, with tip. The freaky Asian manager who kept hovering near us like a nun with a ruler, was disregarded over the flavor of my spumoni pie.
During dinner we discussed my books some more but we also spoke about other books being turned into movies and ended up having a heated gripe fest over how Hollywood often "F"ed things up. I've recently seen The Mortal Instruments and so felt the need of spewing my great disappointment all over her supper, which she took surprisingly well and reciprocated with her dislike of actors who were being considered to play parts in the upcoming movie version of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels. Now before you criticize me for reading a teenager book, I'd like to defend myself by blaming it entirely on my sister who happens to be twenty years my junior. She insisted I read the Mortal Instruments series even though I wanted to chuck them out the window after the first installment.
Having said that, I did enjoy them as a bit of fluffy, teenager paranormal romance. So I was excited to see what they'd do with it on the silver screen. Sigh. Several characters were misrepresented in my eyes and the story was changed a bit but I won't bore you anymore with that. My evening was all the better for getting my dissatisfaction off my chest and Krystal bore it well. So I'm now prepared to write my Halloween scene and will do it unhampered by movie disappointment or a lack of costume ideas. Thank you Krystal and thank you all for reading my ramblings. Good night.
My Soul to Take, Godhunter Book 18
My Soul to Take is out on Amazon. Get your copy here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G63GIL4
With the birth of her twins, the Godhunter has begun a new phase of her life. Unfortunately, this phase may be her last if she doesn't figure out how to fix her shattered star. And then Yemanja, a goddess Vervain owes her life to, comes to her for help. Vodou practitioners are being murdered, their souls summoned back to earth and forced into slavery. Now the Godhunter must save those taken souls while she searches for a way to save herself.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G63GIL4
With the birth of her twins, the Godhunter has begun a new phase of her life. Unfortunately, this phase may be her last if she doesn't figure out how to fix her shattered star. And then Yemanja, a goddess Vervain owes her life to, comes to her for help. Vodou practitioners are being murdered, their souls summoned back to earth and forced into slavery. Now the Godhunter must save those taken souls while she searches for a way to save herself.
Witchbane, Book 5, Twilight Court Series
Witchbane
Book 5 in the Twilight Court Series by Amy Sumida is now available on Amazon in paperback and ebook formats. Grab your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MSS1FF3
Check out the trailer in my videos.
Witchbane
Knowing is the heart of love.
The battle for Unseelie has been won, and Lord Raza Tnyn is now King Raza the Second. But Uisdean, the last king of Unseelie, is on the loose in the Human Realm with his resurrected wife, Rue, and an ancient fairy weapon. The Councils and the Coven are on the case, and Princess Seren is happy to leave the problem in their capable hands. Until someone important to Seren goes missing and witches start turning up dead. To save an entire race from the schemes of her evil relatives, the Twilight Princess will forsake her crown and return to her extinguisher roots. But defiance comes at a price, and in saving the witches, Seren may end up destroying herself.
Book 5 in the Twilight Court Series by Amy Sumida is now available on Amazon in paperback and ebook formats. Grab your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MSS1FF3
Check out the trailer in my videos.
Witchbane
Knowing is the heart of love.
The battle for Unseelie has been won, and Lord Raza Tnyn is now King Raza the Second. But Uisdean, the last king of Unseelie, is on the loose in the Human Realm with his resurrected wife, Rue, and an ancient fairy weapon. The Councils and the Coven are on the case, and Princess Seren is happy to leave the problem in their capable hands. Until someone important to Seren goes missing and witches start turning up dead. To save an entire race from the schemes of her evil relatives, the Twilight Princess will forsake her crown and return to her extinguisher roots. But defiance comes at a price, and in saving the witches, Seren may end up destroying herself.
Pride Before A Fall is now available!
Pride Before A FallAmy SumidaPride Before A Fall, Book 21 in the Godhunter Series, is now available for pre-order on Amazon with a release date of 8/27/17.
Reserve your copy here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07467K4VB
The Pride is on the hunt!
Vervain is preparing for the arrival of her third child, but not in the usual manner. Her daughter, Lesya, has been growing in a god-powered incubator, and the time has finally come to remove Lesya and take her home. But life is never smooth for the Godhunter, and as she dreams of holding her child at last, her enemies dream of destroying her. Vengeance draws near, and war threatens the realms. Will her Pride blind her to the truth, or will they save her from a fall?
Reserve your copy here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07467K4VB
The Pride is on the hunt!
Vervain is preparing for the arrival of her third child, but not in the usual manner. Her daughter, Lesya, has been growing in a god-powered incubator, and the time has finally come to remove Lesya and take her home. But life is never smooth for the Godhunter, and as she dreams of holding her child at last, her enemies dream of destroying her. Vengeance draws near, and war threatens the realms. Will her Pride blind her to the truth, or will they save her from a fall?
