Morgan Straughan Comnick's Blog
March 21, 2014
Spring Break- Lots of Book Updates!
Is from my website, posted on March 16th (see the pictures on my website along with blogs and more: http://morganscomnick.com)
Weather: It’s BEEN LOVELY for a week now! ^_^ Although, they keep hinting at snow tomorrow…GRRR!
Working on: Updating my website, trying not to fall asleep
Currently Listening to: Anime openings
Currently Watching: Lovely Complex (the anime) I just saw the CUTEST scene in an anime I have seen in a long while! ^_^ They are officially one of my favorite couples now!
Currently Playing: I FINALLY BEAT the main story of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. It was so action packed and sad at the end. I played it for over 26 hours. I can go back and finish the side story, which I will do when I have time.
Currently Reading: I just finished True, book 3 in Hilary Duff’s Elixir series. Will start The Selection next.
Thoughts and feelings: Super sleepy, but I got a lot done, so I feel good about it. PLUS, IT’S SPRING BREAK! Time to dig out the chilled Yoo-hoo! =^.^=
Holiday(s): Everything You Think is Wrong day…0.o Not sure how I feel about this one!
Wallpaper: Hetalia Axis Team (Italy, Germany, and Japan) looking forward while Italy plays his guitar and Chibi Italy is conducting. I <3 this show so much! I am cosplaying as Hungary in LESS THAN A MONTH!!! =)
Favorite Quote of the moment: “A man in his time plays many parts…”- William Shakespeare
Icon: Megaman and Roll from NT Warrior! I just saw this and thought it was so cute! I loved this show! :D
The sun is shining. Children are playing outside. Birds are returning to do ‘business’ on our vehicles…Ah…That must mean spring is near! ^_^ I am not sure about you guys, but I am SO ready for it! The mid-west, where I am at, was hit HARD this year! We had 19 snow days and I made all, but 1.5 of my teacher hours up. It was hard though…-_-;;
Let me tell you guys what is going on in my life real fast, what I have been doing, and then time for A TON of book related updates! :)
Been working a lot since the ice and snow had messed us up, but it was not as bad as I thought. School has been chaotic with everyone trying to play catch up. This grading quarter FLEW by! I moved classrooms and I have an office inside a classroom, but it is spacious and my students had fun cleaning out all the stuff out of the first cabinet. :) They found about 40 new floppy disks (which my girl had no idea what it was…*sighs*…-_-;;), 2 year old crackers, and a NEVER BEEN OPENED set-up kit with manual for the ORIGINAL Microsoft Windows! 0.o I recall Windows 95 when I was like 6, but nothing before that, so…man! What a time capsule! ^^ And we have barely made a dent in the cabinets! Who knows what we will find? I also got to have a really beneficial teaching experience, but I cannot reveal anything yet. Once I know the results, I will let you guys know! Been busy with my church’s Rag Time night. We are singing several songs, but it is fun.
Let’s see…OH! My best male friend from high school, the one who introduced me to my husband Derrick, has moved back to our town after years! :D We missed him so much and we picked up right where we left off, joking, laughing, and playing Smash Brothers! He is even in the building across from ours in our apartment complex! It is so nice to have him back! Derrick got himself a Playstation 4 and it is pretty rad, although he will be glued to it! >.< I cannot WAIT for Kingdom Hearts 3!!! I ALSO got asked to be a BRIDESMAID in my friend Tabby’s wedding! I have never been in a wedding before other than being a bride in my own and I CANNOT WAIT to support her! :D The theme is Steampunk and the colors red and purple with silver outlining. She did decide on our hair pieces and bracelets and they are gorgeous! They have about a year to plan. I wonder if we will wear fox tails like she does…
For my spring break, I will be writing A LOT on Spirit Vision 2 since I have had no time for hardly anything. I also will crack open the fifty thousand and eighty nine page monster that is my study booklet for my Elementary Praxis (teaching) test for my state. If I pass this, I can get 4th-6th grade added to my teaching certification (I have birth to 3rd grade currently). This will make me more marketable without making me more costly like it would have if I went back to college right now. I really want my own classroom, teaching the little ones! But, I only have ONE SHOT to pass it this time for they are getting rid of it in July. My test is May 19th! Wish me luck guys!
Now, on to what WILL be happening on the book front and then some book related things I did. Ready?! ;)
Starting this Monday, March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day…WOOT!), I will start my FIRST EVER blog book tour for Spirit Vision! :D I am SO excited and honored to be able to experience this, especially with all you guys. Please follow me each day on the different blog and review sites for guest posts, interviews, excerpts, and reviews you can ONLY get on the tour and a chance to win The Ultimate Spirit Warrior Giveaway! I had a lot of fun preparing for this and my publisher, Sheenah, once again, outdid herself getting it set-up! HUGGLES TO HER! <3 Go to Paper Crane Books’ Events Page to look and follow the schedule:http://papercranebooks.com/news/
Also, I am throwing my first contest! For Spirit Vision, I added a Question and Answer section as an extra, but the fun part was all the questions were from the middle school students at the school I work at. For Spirit Vision 2, I wanted to do something just as awesome and I recalled The Fan Basket section in the back of all the Fruits Basket mangas. So, I am having a Spirit Vision fan art contest! ^_^ You have until April 25th to enter. Click on the link below for Paper Crane’s official rules and how to enter! Six lucky winners will get their artwork PUBLISHED in the back of the book. ALL ENTRIES will be added to my Fan Base page forever to thank them! I also will except all media styles, genres, use of materials, and so forth as long as the drawing is acceptable for ages 12 and up; please keep it clean!
Take a banner and advertise it on your social media! Tell all your artist pals! I CANNOT wait to see the entries! Judges will be revealed at a later date.
http://papercranebooks.com/news/
Lastly, for major items, if you live in my area, follow my facebook page for information about my second local book signing and our Pokémon The Trading Card Game Classes at our AMAZING local card shop, Gamers Bazaar (follow them on facebook too).
I had my VERY first book signing here and it was SO much fun! I did not sell a ton of book products, but me, my friends, and my hubby were able to get kids of all ages excited on how to learn to play, how to make a deck (several got cards from the shop or are now telling me about the decks they made themselves), and organize their cards. I had kids from ages 4-16, which was AWESOME! They had such a blast and several pre-teens and adults even kept looking at my training sessions. I would smile and ask them if they wanted to watch or learn to play next. They would always say no, walk by again, stop to look, and so forth. By the third or fourth walk-by, they would either finally crack and challenge me/ask to be taught, or, the rusty players, would ask why I did that move or what a certain card did. When I was packing up, I had a good handful of players (for Yu-gi-oh or Magic) talk to me privately about Pokémon cards or my book/publishing process. The owner’s wife told me that it seemed to go well and asked if I could come back. I said I would like that. I e-mailed the owner that night and he said after I left and the rest of the evening, he had people ask me when the next Pokémon class was or what it was all about! :D That made me feel good to bring Pokémon back out into the lime light of card gaming like it deserves! This was March 1st and I cannot wait to go Saturday to do it again. I hope I will have my crew with me…I know I will be challenged to a few handheld battles this time and I have Pokémon board games for the younger guys. :)
This week, I did a two day book signing at my middle school. Character Council (our stu-co and ambassadors combined), have helped me out A LOT from making posters, promoting charity, being my helpers the day of, announcing it, and helping me immensely with my advisory challenge where I make a verse for a teacher I had at the school that is still there and as a homeroom, each class has to guess. The winner gets a donut party!
I came in early to decorate the library with stars and purple and blue décor. It looked pretty good. ^^ I had some brave kids hang up things on the ceiling since I am scared of heights. Sad… So! For the book signing, the students came in and I got rid of all the tables and found these awesome carpet squares like kindergarten classrooms use and we had story time. First, the students had to, raising their hands, tell me their eight pillars of character words (empathy, honestly, accountability, respect, humility, service, courage leadership, and perseverance). They got candy if they got it right. I chose a student from each class who had a million dollar smile, could model, and listen to directions. They were my Vana White (the Wheel of Fortune lady) and got to move their class star up or down based on what I told them. I graded the class’ star movement on character, behavior/manners, and how well their question asking skills were. I had many good hours and I was going to only give out one prize to the best class, related to my book, but I decided to do it twice and another prize for the class who asked the best questions (although they were super good too, but I had two that were just ALL STARS)! This helped me monitor things since I had different class sizes (one was 4 and another had over 70!). 0.o I then read the blurb on the back of the book and they had to tell me which of the eight Stary and a Spirit Warrior would have to have and why (for Starburst again).
Next, depending on the class’ behavior, I either read my book or an activity. For the good classes, recall how I said I made the high schoolers a few months ago act out a scene from my book with lots of dialogue? Well, I did the same scene again with my middle schoolers, but they were not as shy. I gave them a little back story on the previous chapter and a description and voice impression by me (hey! I HAVE to do fun voices! ^.-). The characters were Stary (I was the narrator version of Stary) and her four best friends: Chloe, Rin, Lauren, and Mark. I told the kids about the people who inspired them as well. After I explained Chloe was boy crazy and I made her sound like a valley girl (SORRY MISSA-BOO if you read this! -_-;;), ALL the boys wanted to play her! HA! So, I had only ONE female Chloe in like 9 classes! 0.o I had two that blew my socks off. Once I got my five volunteers on ‘stage,’ I pulled out my secret weapon that I randomly thought of late that night, wide-awake in bed: PROPS!
Stary had a star and moon wand. Rin had a football to pound. Lauren had a New Moon hoodie since she always wears hoodies. Mark had on Los Vegas sunglasses and last, but not least, Chloe had a wavy yellow blonde and pink wig! All the boys got so excited to wear it although MAN! They had trouble putting it on. The kids were fantastic and I have no idea how many teachers I made tear up from laughing. We ALL lost it once when once of our Chloe boys, on accident, tooted when he bent over for a part. Poor kid, but he laughed with us and for two minutes, his teacher was red as a tomato and gasping from laughter! What a day! I hope they at least remember that scene when they read my book! ;)
After this, they got to ask me questions and they were so impressive here. I had a few questions that made me think and some I chuckled, which is fantastic. After this, they could buy things, pick up their books, and buy an autograph or candy to raise money for either St. Jude’s or our local animal shelter. We raised almost $85 total! I’m proud of you guys! ^_^ I got to sign a wallet and cell phone too! I also brought 12 extra books and I only have 3 left now! Woot! The library bought three for themselves.
I will never forget this experience. I am already having many students ask me why I wrote things a certain ways, asking me about characters, and they tell me how awesome it is to talk to an author of a book they are reading. I never thought about it, but if I was in their shoes, I would follow the author around too! HEHEHE! I got two other schools see me do the event (they were visiting our school) and asked for my contact information to perhaps come to their school. :) I have at least 15 students tell me they have been writing or had a book idea and I told them go for it and I would LOVE to look at it! I had three tell me they are now inspired to write and thanked me. I may still be new at all of this, but I feel like connecting to my students, my precious young teen fans, is something a lot of authors do not get to do. I am so blessed. I raffled a free book and the boy that got it was so grateful. His eyes lit up and his smile was so sweet! I am glad he won because he worked so hard being my helper, always a smile on his face. I had the book, signed, in a shiny star bag, and I saw him carrying that bag half the day around. In study hall, he brought the book to class (still protected in the rainbow star bag), got it out carefully, and jumped right into reading it! I really felt good seeing that.
OH! I did have two Spirit Vision related requests: one is to write a book or short story on Umbra and Maren’s life and their back story before they were killed. The students are obsessed with this back story! And a girl in elementary school saw my bookmark for Stary and thought she was so adorable. She wants to read my book, but is too young, so she asked if I would write young readers chapter books with some pictures about Stary’s adventures before she became a Spirit Warrior, maybe some encounters with ghosts or spirits before her powers were fully activated. I adored this idea! <3 And, of coarse, they LOVED Suzy’s artwork to piece and want Spirit Vision to be a manga with Suzy being the artist! I DREAM of this, but we would have to find a lot of time… At least an audio book is in the working as I type, huh? :)
To celebrate the FIRST time I ever finished a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game and such an amazing one at that, I have another Pokémon related top ten! This time my Favorite Male Gym leaders (I did female last month). I will mix it up next time, promise! Make sure to check out my fanfiction in the Fun Works section as well!
Here is my updated book category list BTW:
Vampire: 4 for sure (and 3 more maybes): 4-7 total
Fantasy: 8
Fairy Tale: 2
Realistic Fiction: 3
History: 12 (with 3 maybe): 12-15
Resource: 1
Children: 7
Manga: 10
Kiss a rainbow, hug a Yak, and string your dreams into a necklace to keep them close to your heart! <3 Please follow my blog tour, enter the art contest, and return soon for more updates along with our March Aspiring Author! :D PASTA!
Morgan S. Comnick*
Weather: It’s BEEN LOVELY for a week now! ^_^ Although, they keep hinting at snow tomorrow…GRRR!
Working on: Updating my website, trying not to fall asleep
Currently Listening to: Anime openings
Currently Watching: Lovely Complex (the anime) I just saw the CUTEST scene in an anime I have seen in a long while! ^_^ They are officially one of my favorite couples now!
Currently Playing: I FINALLY BEAT the main story of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. It was so action packed and sad at the end. I played it for over 26 hours. I can go back and finish the side story, which I will do when I have time.
Currently Reading: I just finished True, book 3 in Hilary Duff’s Elixir series. Will start The Selection next.
Thoughts and feelings: Super sleepy, but I got a lot done, so I feel good about it. PLUS, IT’S SPRING BREAK! Time to dig out the chilled Yoo-hoo! =^.^=
Holiday(s): Everything You Think is Wrong day…0.o Not sure how I feel about this one!
Wallpaper: Hetalia Axis Team (Italy, Germany, and Japan) looking forward while Italy plays his guitar and Chibi Italy is conducting. I <3 this show so much! I am cosplaying as Hungary in LESS THAN A MONTH!!! =)
Favorite Quote of the moment: “A man in his time plays many parts…”- William Shakespeare
Icon: Megaman and Roll from NT Warrior! I just saw this and thought it was so cute! I loved this show! :D
The sun is shining. Children are playing outside. Birds are returning to do ‘business’ on our vehicles…Ah…That must mean spring is near! ^_^ I am not sure about you guys, but I am SO ready for it! The mid-west, where I am at, was hit HARD this year! We had 19 snow days and I made all, but 1.5 of my teacher hours up. It was hard though…-_-;;
Let me tell you guys what is going on in my life real fast, what I have been doing, and then time for A TON of book related updates! :)
Been working a lot since the ice and snow had messed us up, but it was not as bad as I thought. School has been chaotic with everyone trying to play catch up. This grading quarter FLEW by! I moved classrooms and I have an office inside a classroom, but it is spacious and my students had fun cleaning out all the stuff out of the first cabinet. :) They found about 40 new floppy disks (which my girl had no idea what it was…*sighs*…-_-;;), 2 year old crackers, and a NEVER BEEN OPENED set-up kit with manual for the ORIGINAL Microsoft Windows! 0.o I recall Windows 95 when I was like 6, but nothing before that, so…man! What a time capsule! ^^ And we have barely made a dent in the cabinets! Who knows what we will find? I also got to have a really beneficial teaching experience, but I cannot reveal anything yet. Once I know the results, I will let you guys know! Been busy with my church’s Rag Time night. We are singing several songs, but it is fun.
Let’s see…OH! My best male friend from high school, the one who introduced me to my husband Derrick, has moved back to our town after years! :D We missed him so much and we picked up right where we left off, joking, laughing, and playing Smash Brothers! He is even in the building across from ours in our apartment complex! It is so nice to have him back! Derrick got himself a Playstation 4 and it is pretty rad, although he will be glued to it! >.< I cannot WAIT for Kingdom Hearts 3!!! I ALSO got asked to be a BRIDESMAID in my friend Tabby’s wedding! I have never been in a wedding before other than being a bride in my own and I CANNOT WAIT to support her! :D The theme is Steampunk and the colors red and purple with silver outlining. She did decide on our hair pieces and bracelets and they are gorgeous! They have about a year to plan. I wonder if we will wear fox tails like she does…
For my spring break, I will be writing A LOT on Spirit Vision 2 since I have had no time for hardly anything. I also will crack open the fifty thousand and eighty nine page monster that is my study booklet for my Elementary Praxis (teaching) test for my state. If I pass this, I can get 4th-6th grade added to my teaching certification (I have birth to 3rd grade currently). This will make me more marketable without making me more costly like it would have if I went back to college right now. I really want my own classroom, teaching the little ones! But, I only have ONE SHOT to pass it this time for they are getting rid of it in July. My test is May 19th! Wish me luck guys!
Now, on to what WILL be happening on the book front and then some book related things I did. Ready?! ;)
Starting this Monday, March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day…WOOT!), I will start my FIRST EVER blog book tour for Spirit Vision! :D I am SO excited and honored to be able to experience this, especially with all you guys. Please follow me each day on the different blog and review sites for guest posts, interviews, excerpts, and reviews you can ONLY get on the tour and a chance to win The Ultimate Spirit Warrior Giveaway! I had a lot of fun preparing for this and my publisher, Sheenah, once again, outdid herself getting it set-up! HUGGLES TO HER! <3 Go to Paper Crane Books’ Events Page to look and follow the schedule:http://papercranebooks.com/news/
Also, I am throwing my first contest! For Spirit Vision, I added a Question and Answer section as an extra, but the fun part was all the questions were from the middle school students at the school I work at. For Spirit Vision 2, I wanted to do something just as awesome and I recalled The Fan Basket section in the back of all the Fruits Basket mangas. So, I am having a Spirit Vision fan art contest! ^_^ You have until April 25th to enter. Click on the link below for Paper Crane’s official rules and how to enter! Six lucky winners will get their artwork PUBLISHED in the back of the book. ALL ENTRIES will be added to my Fan Base page forever to thank them! I also will except all media styles, genres, use of materials, and so forth as long as the drawing is acceptable for ages 12 and up; please keep it clean!
Take a banner and advertise it on your social media! Tell all your artist pals! I CANNOT wait to see the entries! Judges will be revealed at a later date.
http://papercranebooks.com/news/
Lastly, for major items, if you live in my area, follow my facebook page for information about my second local book signing and our Pokémon The Trading Card Game Classes at our AMAZING local card shop, Gamers Bazaar (follow them on facebook too).
I had my VERY first book signing here and it was SO much fun! I did not sell a ton of book products, but me, my friends, and my hubby were able to get kids of all ages excited on how to learn to play, how to make a deck (several got cards from the shop or are now telling me about the decks they made themselves), and organize their cards. I had kids from ages 4-16, which was AWESOME! They had such a blast and several pre-teens and adults even kept looking at my training sessions. I would smile and ask them if they wanted to watch or learn to play next. They would always say no, walk by again, stop to look, and so forth. By the third or fourth walk-by, they would either finally crack and challenge me/ask to be taught, or, the rusty players, would ask why I did that move or what a certain card did. When I was packing up, I had a good handful of players (for Yu-gi-oh or Magic) talk to me privately about Pokémon cards or my book/publishing process. The owner’s wife told me that it seemed to go well and asked if I could come back. I said I would like that. I e-mailed the owner that night and he said after I left and the rest of the evening, he had people ask me when the next Pokémon class was or what it was all about! :D That made me feel good to bring Pokémon back out into the lime light of card gaming like it deserves! This was March 1st and I cannot wait to go Saturday to do it again. I hope I will have my crew with me…I know I will be challenged to a few handheld battles this time and I have Pokémon board games for the younger guys. :)
This week, I did a two day book signing at my middle school. Character Council (our stu-co and ambassadors combined), have helped me out A LOT from making posters, promoting charity, being my helpers the day of, announcing it, and helping me immensely with my advisory challenge where I make a verse for a teacher I had at the school that is still there and as a homeroom, each class has to guess. The winner gets a donut party!
I came in early to decorate the library with stars and purple and blue décor. It looked pretty good. ^^ I had some brave kids hang up things on the ceiling since I am scared of heights. Sad… So! For the book signing, the students came in and I got rid of all the tables and found these awesome carpet squares like kindergarten classrooms use and we had story time. First, the students had to, raising their hands, tell me their eight pillars of character words (empathy, honestly, accountability, respect, humility, service, courage leadership, and perseverance). They got candy if they got it right. I chose a student from each class who had a million dollar smile, could model, and listen to directions. They were my Vana White (the Wheel of Fortune lady) and got to move their class star up or down based on what I told them. I graded the class’ star movement on character, behavior/manners, and how well their question asking skills were. I had many good hours and I was going to only give out one prize to the best class, related to my book, but I decided to do it twice and another prize for the class who asked the best questions (although they were super good too, but I had two that were just ALL STARS)! This helped me monitor things since I had different class sizes (one was 4 and another had over 70!). 0.o I then read the blurb on the back of the book and they had to tell me which of the eight Stary and a Spirit Warrior would have to have and why (for Starburst again).
Next, depending on the class’ behavior, I either read my book or an activity. For the good classes, recall how I said I made the high schoolers a few months ago act out a scene from my book with lots of dialogue? Well, I did the same scene again with my middle schoolers, but they were not as shy. I gave them a little back story on the previous chapter and a description and voice impression by me (hey! I HAVE to do fun voices! ^.-). The characters were Stary (I was the narrator version of Stary) and her four best friends: Chloe, Rin, Lauren, and Mark. I told the kids about the people who inspired them as well. After I explained Chloe was boy crazy and I made her sound like a valley girl (SORRY MISSA-BOO if you read this! -_-;;), ALL the boys wanted to play her! HA! So, I had only ONE female Chloe in like 9 classes! 0.o I had two that blew my socks off. Once I got my five volunteers on ‘stage,’ I pulled out my secret weapon that I randomly thought of late that night, wide-awake in bed: PROPS!
Stary had a star and moon wand. Rin had a football to pound. Lauren had a New Moon hoodie since she always wears hoodies. Mark had on Los Vegas sunglasses and last, but not least, Chloe had a wavy yellow blonde and pink wig! All the boys got so excited to wear it although MAN! They had trouble putting it on. The kids were fantastic and I have no idea how many teachers I made tear up from laughing. We ALL lost it once when once of our Chloe boys, on accident, tooted when he bent over for a part. Poor kid, but he laughed with us and for two minutes, his teacher was red as a tomato and gasping from laughter! What a day! I hope they at least remember that scene when they read my book! ;)
After this, they got to ask me questions and they were so impressive here. I had a few questions that made me think and some I chuckled, which is fantastic. After this, they could buy things, pick up their books, and buy an autograph or candy to raise money for either St. Jude’s or our local animal shelter. We raised almost $85 total! I’m proud of you guys! ^_^ I got to sign a wallet and cell phone too! I also brought 12 extra books and I only have 3 left now! Woot! The library bought three for themselves.
I will never forget this experience. I am already having many students ask me why I wrote things a certain ways, asking me about characters, and they tell me how awesome it is to talk to an author of a book they are reading. I never thought about it, but if I was in their shoes, I would follow the author around too! HEHEHE! I got two other schools see me do the event (they were visiting our school) and asked for my contact information to perhaps come to their school. :) I have at least 15 students tell me they have been writing or had a book idea and I told them go for it and I would LOVE to look at it! I had three tell me they are now inspired to write and thanked me. I may still be new at all of this, but I feel like connecting to my students, my precious young teen fans, is something a lot of authors do not get to do. I am so blessed. I raffled a free book and the boy that got it was so grateful. His eyes lit up and his smile was so sweet! I am glad he won because he worked so hard being my helper, always a smile on his face. I had the book, signed, in a shiny star bag, and I saw him carrying that bag half the day around. In study hall, he brought the book to class (still protected in the rainbow star bag), got it out carefully, and jumped right into reading it! I really felt good seeing that.
OH! I did have two Spirit Vision related requests: one is to write a book or short story on Umbra and Maren’s life and their back story before they were killed. The students are obsessed with this back story! And a girl in elementary school saw my bookmark for Stary and thought she was so adorable. She wants to read my book, but is too young, so she asked if I would write young readers chapter books with some pictures about Stary’s adventures before she became a Spirit Warrior, maybe some encounters with ghosts or spirits before her powers were fully activated. I adored this idea! <3 And, of coarse, they LOVED Suzy’s artwork to piece and want Spirit Vision to be a manga with Suzy being the artist! I DREAM of this, but we would have to find a lot of time… At least an audio book is in the working as I type, huh? :)
To celebrate the FIRST time I ever finished a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game and such an amazing one at that, I have another Pokémon related top ten! This time my Favorite Male Gym leaders (I did female last month). I will mix it up next time, promise! Make sure to check out my fanfiction in the Fun Works section as well!
Here is my updated book category list BTW:
Vampire: 4 for sure (and 3 more maybes): 4-7 total
Fantasy: 8
Fairy Tale: 2
Realistic Fiction: 3
History: 12 (with 3 maybe): 12-15
Resource: 1
Children: 7
Manga: 10
Kiss a rainbow, hug a Yak, and string your dreams into a necklace to keep them close to your heart! <3 Please follow my blog tour, enter the art contest, and return soon for more updates along with our March Aspiring Author! :D PASTA!
Morgan S. Comnick*
January 21, 2014
Website Frenzy!
Date wrote: January 15th, 2014
Weather: A bit nippy
Working on: Updating my website and talking to friends
Currently Listening to: For once…nothing! 0.o
Currently Watching: An episode of the first season of Pokémon last night
Currently Playing: Finished with Pokémon X (will do a blog shortly) and now 7ish hours in to Pokémon Rescue Ranger: Gates to Infinity.
Currently Reading: Spookygirl
Thoughts and feelings: Pumped! My stomach hurts a tad, but pumped! :D
Holiday(s)- Hot Pastrami Sandwich day and Dress up your pet day!
Favorite quote today: “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”- George R.R. Martin, author of the Game of Throne, shown to me by my friend since kindergarten, Brady.
Hello my loyal subjects…Que pasa? What’s up?! ;) It’s been a blizzard and a half since I’ve last been here. Oh wait…if you live in the US of A, you know what I mean! We got 10-11 inches of snow and I missed 4 more days! We are up to 10 snow days now! >.< Our calendar looks a little wack-a-doodlish, but ‘we will work it out’ to quote the Fab Four! Only been in school two days and I’m exhausted! x(- I didn’t do much during break. Watched a lot of Pokémon anime, discovered some awesome Pokémon youtubers, played Pokémon games…I think I have a problem! A GREAT problem!
I did do as much writing as I could for the press. I can officially reveal that in Fall of 2014…there will be a Spirit Vision 2! :D It’s on the schedule! Let’s get out the chips and dip and spin in circles until we fall and laugh ourselves to slumber land! :D The title of this one is called: The Power of Mortals. You can see the pre-release skin on our home page: http://papercranebooks.com
I also did work on another project for the press, but can’t reveal anything as of now. Very hush-hush. Stay tuned!
A few interviews to reveal! I was on FireStarBooks last week with their amazing hostess Ashley! She is so kind and adorable. I wrote a guest post about my favorite winter reads. Please take a look. http://firestarbooks.blogspot.ca/2014...
I also interviewed on the famed author, Mr. Dan O’Bryan’s, website, along with my fellow Paper Crane author, Holly. Check mine out and Holly’s should be right by mine. http://thedanobrienproject.blogspot.c...
Tomorrow, I also have a guest post appearance on Emily Wenstrom’s Creative Juicier. She does some amazing, in-depth on literature blogs. Mine will be about book heroes and how they affect children, pre-teens, and young teens. She will also be MY guest this Friday. Come back to my blog to look at her guest post. http://creativejuicer.wordpress.com/2...
All these interviews and guest posts will be under the drop down links in my Blog section. Hover over “Blog” at the top to view the different pages on my website.
I also need your help. If you have read my anime conventions reviews, you have seen these names. This amazing couple who we otakus (Japanese culture nerds) LOVE, Samurai Dan and Jillian, need our help. Dan has wanted to be a writer for so long and his dream was about to come true…but it was a sham and their whole lives will be turned upside down. They need some help. :( Please read their story, clicking on the hyperlink above. They are offering gifts for your help. As an author, I know what it is like to put so much work and love into something, a dream. To have it so close and then taken away when you thought you were safe just burns me up! -_-;; Dan is a wonderful guy. I also added his blog to my “Links” page (a drop link if you hover over the “Contacts” section. He’s under “Other Authors”). Spread the word, show some love, read his story, and remember how brave he is because despite all of this, he still wants to write! :) http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sup...
Also! New blog segment announcement! On the last Friday of each month, I will feature an interview/guest post called “Aspiring Author Spotlight!” If you want to be an author of any kind or of any genre and have at least a synopsis, please e-mail me at mescomnick@Hotmail.com with the subject being “Aspiring Author Spotlight.” I would love to interview you and give you a guest spot on my blog. Again, I will do this on the final Friday of each month. ^_^ The next time I update, you’ll see my first aspiring author. I want everyone who dreams of writing to know it all starts with the first word.
I have a question for you guys too: If you could have ANY sort of spirit power, what would it be? Comment on here, my facebook, twitter, or e-mail me some ideas! I can’t tell you what they are for yet, but your power or idea may get put into one of my newest books! ^^ Need some opinions too: How many people would watch me do a weekly video over anime, manga, video games, or Japanese culture? Have some ideas for you all, but I want to know if you guys would even be interested.
On some awesome, personal news: Two of my dearest friends are now engaged and I am so happy for them! Congrats to Tabby and Nathan! Hope to embarrass you in front of the world on my site…I mean, best of luck and I love you both! ;) <3
New top ten on my blog to celebrate the completion of Pokémon X. Looking forward to Pokémon Z…? 0.o Again, I will do a Pokémon X Review blog and my first ever Aspiring Author Spotlight interview on the last Friday of the month. On the 17th, come back here to read Emily Wenstorm’s guest post on my website!
Smile because you got French’s, get stuck on Band-Aid brand, and laugh like the Jolly Green Giant! :D Toodles of noodles!
Morgan
Weather: A bit nippy
Working on: Updating my website and talking to friends
Currently Listening to: For once…nothing! 0.o
Currently Watching: An episode of the first season of Pokémon last night
Currently Playing: Finished with Pokémon X (will do a blog shortly) and now 7ish hours in to Pokémon Rescue Ranger: Gates to Infinity.
Currently Reading: Spookygirl
Thoughts and feelings: Pumped! My stomach hurts a tad, but pumped! :D
Holiday(s)- Hot Pastrami Sandwich day and Dress up your pet day!
Favorite quote today: “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”- George R.R. Martin, author of the Game of Throne, shown to me by my friend since kindergarten, Brady.
Hello my loyal subjects…Que pasa? What’s up?! ;) It’s been a blizzard and a half since I’ve last been here. Oh wait…if you live in the US of A, you know what I mean! We got 10-11 inches of snow and I missed 4 more days! We are up to 10 snow days now! >.< Our calendar looks a little wack-a-doodlish, but ‘we will work it out’ to quote the Fab Four! Only been in school two days and I’m exhausted! x(- I didn’t do much during break. Watched a lot of Pokémon anime, discovered some awesome Pokémon youtubers, played Pokémon games…I think I have a problem! A GREAT problem!
I did do as much writing as I could for the press. I can officially reveal that in Fall of 2014…there will be a Spirit Vision 2! :D It’s on the schedule! Let’s get out the chips and dip and spin in circles until we fall and laugh ourselves to slumber land! :D The title of this one is called: The Power of Mortals. You can see the pre-release skin on our home page: http://papercranebooks.com
I also did work on another project for the press, but can’t reveal anything as of now. Very hush-hush. Stay tuned!
A few interviews to reveal! I was on FireStarBooks last week with their amazing hostess Ashley! She is so kind and adorable. I wrote a guest post about my favorite winter reads. Please take a look. http://firestarbooks.blogspot.ca/2014...
I also interviewed on the famed author, Mr. Dan O’Bryan’s, website, along with my fellow Paper Crane author, Holly. Check mine out and Holly’s should be right by mine. http://thedanobrienproject.blogspot.c...
Tomorrow, I also have a guest post appearance on Emily Wenstrom’s Creative Juicier. She does some amazing, in-depth on literature blogs. Mine will be about book heroes and how they affect children, pre-teens, and young teens. She will also be MY guest this Friday. Come back to my blog to look at her guest post. http://creativejuicer.wordpress.com/2...
All these interviews and guest posts will be under the drop down links in my Blog section. Hover over “Blog” at the top to view the different pages on my website.
I also need your help. If you have read my anime conventions reviews, you have seen these names. This amazing couple who we otakus (Japanese culture nerds) LOVE, Samurai Dan and Jillian, need our help. Dan has wanted to be a writer for so long and his dream was about to come true…but it was a sham and their whole lives will be turned upside down. They need some help. :( Please read their story, clicking on the hyperlink above. They are offering gifts for your help. As an author, I know what it is like to put so much work and love into something, a dream. To have it so close and then taken away when you thought you were safe just burns me up! -_-;; Dan is a wonderful guy. I also added his blog to my “Links” page (a drop link if you hover over the “Contacts” section. He’s under “Other Authors”). Spread the word, show some love, read his story, and remember how brave he is because despite all of this, he still wants to write! :) http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sup...
Also! New blog segment announcement! On the last Friday of each month, I will feature an interview/guest post called “Aspiring Author Spotlight!” If you want to be an author of any kind or of any genre and have at least a synopsis, please e-mail me at mescomnick@Hotmail.com with the subject being “Aspiring Author Spotlight.” I would love to interview you and give you a guest spot on my blog. Again, I will do this on the final Friday of each month. ^_^ The next time I update, you’ll see my first aspiring author. I want everyone who dreams of writing to know it all starts with the first word.
I have a question for you guys too: If you could have ANY sort of spirit power, what would it be? Comment on here, my facebook, twitter, or e-mail me some ideas! I can’t tell you what they are for yet, but your power or idea may get put into one of my newest books! ^^ Need some opinions too: How many people would watch me do a weekly video over anime, manga, video games, or Japanese culture? Have some ideas for you all, but I want to know if you guys would even be interested.
On some awesome, personal news: Two of my dearest friends are now engaged and I am so happy for them! Congrats to Tabby and Nathan! Hope to embarrass you in front of the world on my site…I mean, best of luck and I love you both! ;) <3
New top ten on my blog to celebrate the completion of Pokémon X. Looking forward to Pokémon Z…? 0.o Again, I will do a Pokémon X Review blog and my first ever Aspiring Author Spotlight interview on the last Friday of the month. On the 17th, come back here to read Emily Wenstorm’s guest post on my website!
Smile because you got French’s, get stuck on Band-Aid brand, and laugh like the Jolly Green Giant! :D Toodles of noodles!
Morgan
December 18, 2013
December 17th: Spirit Vision is Released!
It’s FINALLY HERE!!! Get the confetti cannons ready. Someone plays some tunes and call Robin Williams to party with us until it’s 1999! Spirit Vision is OFFICALLY RELEASED!!! I have been so nervous-excited all day! :) I want to thank my amazing publisher Sheenah for all her hard work, confidence, and lessons. I am forever in your debt sensei! I also want to thank my darling artist Suzy for all the beauty and love she put into my cover. I think it makes the whole world come to life before the pages are turned. My family, my friends, my Derrick, my c0-workers, my community, my students, my fans…THANK YOU, THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart and to the depths of my soul, THANK YOU! :D I have received so much support and love through all of this. I even got a grand announcement at school by our angelic Library Goddess! ^o^ She was a gem and got the whole school pumped and I was bashful, but honored!
Paper Crane Books have all the links of where to get the book, but I will add them here as well. If you have any questions or issues, please do not hesitate to contact Paper Crane. The book book is $11.99 and the e-book is $2.99 to $3.99 depending on the your device:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Vision-M...
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spiri...
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1bMWYRR
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1kdm83X
Purchase the paperback at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Vision-V...
Purchase from our
store:http://papercranebooks.com/books/spir...
PLEASE check out http://papercranebooks.com as well for two things:
Reason Uno! Sheenah made a STUNNING header for the website with Spirit Vision with Maren! I ADORE IT TO PIECES! I added another banner she made for the “Jingle Bells, Mistletoe, and Magic facebook book fair” for me (which was an amazing time! I met so many great people). Please check that out along with other updates about my work and the other authors. Michelle Franklin is on a blog tour right now; lots of exciting stuff to check out for her!
And ni! Starting on the 21st is the Mid-Winter’s Eve Giveaway for our company. The authors will be making a prize pack for one lucky winner. Please check their website around the 21st for details! I’ll be a fun time! :)
I was interviewed by one of my local radio and television stations, Froggy 95.9. Here’s the link to the article and short video here (the radio interview was the same). He will be doing reports every once in a while about my works and the progress Spirit Vision is making! Look at the site often:
http://www.kdkz18.com/common/page.php...
Make sure to add me through my social medias. My http://goodreads.com account has been updated to Author status, which is exciting, and I am working on my Amazon.com Author Account right now, hoping to have that done by the end of the week. My medias is the quickest way for me to get updates out to you guys, so please check my Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube often!
Lastly, here is the full ‘song’ for the ’12 days of Spirit Vision’ event I did on my facebook and Twitter the 12 days prior to the release (for the Christmas season). I had fun with this! =D
The 12 Days of Spirit Vision
On the first day of Christmas, Stary gave to me, a shiny star necklace.
On the second day of Christmas, Maren gave to me, two warm embraces
On the third day of Christmas, Umbra gave to me, three angry scowls…*hides*
On the fourth day of Christmas, Chloe gave to me, four notes about boys she likes
On the fifth day of Christmas, Rin gave to me, five smacks on the arm…OUCH!
On the sixth day of Christmas, Lauren gave to me, six sighs at my stupidity
On the seventh day of Christmas, Mark gave to me, seven ever changing expressions
On the eighth day of Christmas, Mr. Moon gave to me, eight cleanings for our glasses
On the ninth day of Christmas, Mr. Tin gave to me, nine huge cups of iced tea
On the tenth day of Christmas, Link gave to me, ten more reasons to ship him to Mars
On the eleventh day of Christmas, Credence gave to me, eleven cherries for my sundae
On the twelve day of Christmas, Paper Crane books gave to me, twelve dozen amazing opportunities
Well, I have 3 more days until Christmas break although we had a FULL week off last week due to getting 12-15 inches of snow and ice! GOOD NIGHT! >.< By day 4, I was going mad to get out, but I did get all my Christmas stuff basically done. ^^ Time to go into overdrive to finish assignments.
You can view more of this update on my website: http://morganscomnick.com
Now, time to boogie with Robin Williams until sunrise. Maybe we’ll get some sushi at the NEW LOCAL JAPANESE RESTRAUNT THAT OPENED! Hopping potatoes! I can’t wait to go there this weekend with my hubby and friends!
Toodles!
Morgan Straughan ComnickSpiritVision
Paper Crane Books have all the links of where to get the book, but I will add them here as well. If you have any questions or issues, please do not hesitate to contact Paper Crane. The book book is $11.99 and the e-book is $2.99 to $3.99 depending on the your device:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Vision-M...
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spiri...
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1bMWYRR
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1kdm83X
Purchase the paperback at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Vision-V...
Purchase from our
store:http://papercranebooks.com/books/spir...
PLEASE check out http://papercranebooks.com as well for two things:
Reason Uno! Sheenah made a STUNNING header for the website with Spirit Vision with Maren! I ADORE IT TO PIECES! I added another banner she made for the “Jingle Bells, Mistletoe, and Magic facebook book fair” for me (which was an amazing time! I met so many great people). Please check that out along with other updates about my work and the other authors. Michelle Franklin is on a blog tour right now; lots of exciting stuff to check out for her!
And ni! Starting on the 21st is the Mid-Winter’s Eve Giveaway for our company. The authors will be making a prize pack for one lucky winner. Please check their website around the 21st for details! I’ll be a fun time! :)
I was interviewed by one of my local radio and television stations, Froggy 95.9. Here’s the link to the article and short video here (the radio interview was the same). He will be doing reports every once in a while about my works and the progress Spirit Vision is making! Look at the site often:
http://www.kdkz18.com/common/page.php...
Make sure to add me through my social medias. My http://goodreads.com account has been updated to Author status, which is exciting, and I am working on my Amazon.com Author Account right now, hoping to have that done by the end of the week. My medias is the quickest way for me to get updates out to you guys, so please check my Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube often!
Lastly, here is the full ‘song’ for the ’12 days of Spirit Vision’ event I did on my facebook and Twitter the 12 days prior to the release (for the Christmas season). I had fun with this! =D
The 12 Days of Spirit Vision
On the first day of Christmas, Stary gave to me, a shiny star necklace.
On the second day of Christmas, Maren gave to me, two warm embraces
On the third day of Christmas, Umbra gave to me, three angry scowls…*hides*
On the fourth day of Christmas, Chloe gave to me, four notes about boys she likes
On the fifth day of Christmas, Rin gave to me, five smacks on the arm…OUCH!
On the sixth day of Christmas, Lauren gave to me, six sighs at my stupidity
On the seventh day of Christmas, Mark gave to me, seven ever changing expressions
On the eighth day of Christmas, Mr. Moon gave to me, eight cleanings for our glasses
On the ninth day of Christmas, Mr. Tin gave to me, nine huge cups of iced tea
On the tenth day of Christmas, Link gave to me, ten more reasons to ship him to Mars
On the eleventh day of Christmas, Credence gave to me, eleven cherries for my sundae
On the twelve day of Christmas, Paper Crane books gave to me, twelve dozen amazing opportunities
Well, I have 3 more days until Christmas break although we had a FULL week off last week due to getting 12-15 inches of snow and ice! GOOD NIGHT! >.< By day 4, I was going mad to get out, but I did get all my Christmas stuff basically done. ^^ Time to go into overdrive to finish assignments.
You can view more of this update on my website: http://morganscomnick.com
Now, time to boogie with Robin Williams until sunrise. Maybe we’ll get some sushi at the NEW LOCAL JAPANESE RESTRAUNT THAT OPENED! Hopping potatoes! I can’t wait to go there this weekend with my hubby and friends!
Toodles!
Morgan Straughan ComnickSpiritVision
