New Release by a Talented Author

Woo-hoo!! So happy for a dear friend of mine who recently published her first full-length novel! YAY!! Check out this spotlight on Broken Earth!

The world has changed for Jess, her parents brother and sister are gone taken by an unknown wasting disease brought on by the spread of industry. She and other survivors forge their way in this new world avoiding the violence and gangs in the streets.

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Pages: 243

Get your copy below:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Earth-Lee-Ryder-ebook/dp/B00GDPOY5I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1383712916&sr=8-2&keywords=Lee+Ryder

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/brokenearth-sprinkles-on-top-studios/1117273803?ean=2940148840015

CreateSpace: https://www.createspace.com/4470170

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=Broken+Earth

**Right now, eBook copies are $2.99 US and paperback copies are $8.99 US. Get it signed and shipped to you straight from the author for only $3.00 more (to cover shipping) by emailing Lee at mom@solarwaves.net and asking for a signed copy of Broken Earth!! How awesome is that?!**

And now a bit about this phenomenal author!





Lee Ryder is a mother of 3 children and one angel. She currently lives in New England. She started writing small works at an early age and was featured in local publications. She studied theater and vocal performance and was featured in several plays. She believes in love at first sight and married her soul mate at age 19. She also has read reviewed and edited other published works.

Feel free to stalk Lee at her links below:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MsLeesFanfiction 

Blog: http://leeryderabfa.blogspot.com/ 
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7339245.Lee_Ryder

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lian14043

G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/105978066760019755934/posts

Lee has also co-authored another great book, Zombie Addiction - A Multi-Author Short Story Collection. Make sure you grab a copy of that too! 

http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Addiction-Multi-Author-Short-Collection-ebook/dp/B00GCWLVXK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385231464&sr=8-1&keywords=zombie+addiction

Make sure you check back as we'll soon be doing an interview with this lovely and talented author! Big congrats to Lee on getting that first book live, and thanks for letting us be a part of it! :)

Stay tuned for the anticipated interview with Lee, as well as a spotlight on a different type of book for DSP, all coming up soon, so check back often!! 

Just a Little Update

First off, thank you SO SO much to all the loyal followers, fans, and even the folks who click on DSP on accident! After being away for so long and seeing you wonderful folks keep checking in with me makes my heart melt like butter on a hot biscuit. (Great, now I want biscuits...) But in all seriousness, you guys and gals are amazing, and I really appreciate the clicks and pageviews. Hopefully you haven't been too utterly bored with my lack of content, because there WILL be some interviews, some spotlights, and some paranormal posts coming up soon.

Okay, so for the NaNoWriMo challenge...well, it's kinda kicked me in the face. I've had a lot of other stuff come up and I'm nowhere NEAR where I need to be. But that's not stopping me from writing, and it won't stop me from getting Collide published. I kinda fell in love with not only the story and the characters, but the theme, too. It's pretty badass, and will involve at least one superawesomeamazinglikewhoa fight scene. But November 30th is no longer a realistic finish date, so I'm gonna take my time and make it really pop! :)

Anyway, the first paranormal post will be coming up tomorrow, so make sure you check back and see what we've got in store for you!

And...thanks again for being the best readers/followers/fans/friends in the world!! YOU ROCK!!

A Message From The Penguin

Hey-oh! It's The Penguin here, transmitting to you live from my ship orbiting the seventh moon of the planet Neriadne, in the Butterfinger Galaxy. Today I wanted to share with you the news of the universe, but since that could take a while, I'll just stick to this new planet Neriadne.

A newly developed planet made of a strange combination of milk chocolate and crispy rice, Neriadne is home to a strange alien species known as Tootsie Rolls. Each tootsie roll claims to be made from chocolate as well, but it's clear that this chewy brown substance is a far cry from chocolate. I'll be bringing back samples collected from this species when I return to Earth. They are a peaceful race, untainted by wars, racism, terrorism, sexual orientation conflicts, politics, or any other dispute as far as I can tell. The little bastards are a little cannibalistic, surviving off chocolate, rice, and the remains of the dearly departed primarily, however sometimes eating one another just for the hell of it. They feel no pain and have no souls, so this really affects no one except those hungry.

The vegetation on this planet is cocoa plants and rice fields-there is no other vegetation on this planet. There is no sun close enough to warm the planet so it never melts, yet it's not so frigid as to freeze the planet. It's cold, but not icy. It is indeed a very strange combination, and I've yet to deduce how the meager vegetation grows and thrives in such questionable conditions.

This just in: the mayor of Neriadne has just announced that the name of the planet will hereby and forevermore be known as Nestle Crunch. 

Well, that's all I have for you today. I'm cracking open a bottle and setting course for another new planet that was just formed this morning-Jack Daniels, in the Smirnoff Galaxy. I think I could really like it there.

As for Ashley...well, she's been a bit unreliable lately. She keeps whining about this silly little challenge, a NaNoWriMo something or other. But don't you worry, I gave her a tongue lashing just before this transmission, so I think she'll be paying more attention to you folks. You'll keep her in line for me, won't ya???

-The Penguin

To NaNo, or Not To NaNo...That is the Question!

Damn, another year has just FLOWN by, and the NaNoWriMo Challenge for 2013 is upon us. And I've toyed with the idea of not participating this year. Why? Well, to put it simply, I'm too flippin busy to take on another project. Between real life (which is increasingly more demanding every day), injuries (which happen a LOT with my clumsy ass), writing a YA book for Blue Ribbon Books (if they'll still take it), writing an Inspirational Romance for BRB, writing DON: Tribulation, editing DON: Sanctuary, picking up on my Tuesday's Teasers for Fractured (in theory), and the dozens of other WIPs I have stored on my hard drive, not to mention job searching (still) and house hunting (I hate this house!), I sometimes forget how to breathe. And it gave me a crazystupid case of writers' block for the last few weeks. Sometimes, I could barely write my name, let alone a status update or (god forbid) make any progress on any of my projects.

So Ashley, why the @%!* are you taking on ANOTHER project, knowing how thinly you're spread?

Great question. And the answer is...I'm setting a couple of things aside. I'll still be working on my BRB manuscripts-well, at least the YA one-and editing Sanctuary, but Tribulation and Fractured, as well as my other WIPs, will be on hold until after November. I'm sorry to have to do it, but in order to get everything in order, I'm having to prioritize. And this challenge can allow me to churn out a book in 30 days. Well, in theory, anyway.

I am, however, going to try and recruit more authors for interviews, guest posts, and features for your viewing pleasure. Hopefully we'll have interesting content to fill up the blog soon, so many thanks to those who've loyally been keeping up with all things DSP!! We got stuff brewing, so your efforts will not go unrewarded!! :)

Throwback Thursday

It's Throwback Thursday!! Let's see what the Penguin dug up this week...

The hubby and I were cleaning out our office closet the other day, and we came upon a rare treasure-old photos! Mostly of me and my family, but cool nonetheless!

Okay, ready for this one?? Get ready to laugh...

Yep, I was a total weirdo nerd, and that's one of my little brothers. We were so cute, weren't we?? Hehe, yeah, we were awesome. And yes, that is my hand holding up the photo because I had to take a picture of a picture and no matter how hard I tried, every other angle made one or both of us look like we had alien heads. :)

Hope you enjoyed a good giggle at our cuteness, and we'll see you again soon!! :)