SEBASTIAN FALLS

A shout out for fellow writer, Celeste Holloway.

 

A year after her parents’ death, seventeen-year-old Meadow Parker is close to having a grave of her own.

Beyond her shrink’s false diagnosis of PTSD, there’s no medical reason for her failing health. Only she knows the cause. But if Meadow told the truth—told them what comes for her at night—they’d lock her in a padded cell.

Grasping to help her find closure, Meadow’s best friend, Casey Somner, drags her to the place her parents were obsessed with—the historical landmark that fuels Meadow’s fears and nightmares.

Once Meadow steps foot on the hallowed ground, she has a supernatural encounter that leaves her stricken with terror, but charged with power, fulfilling the legendary prophesy about the coming of The Keeper.  

Both the holy and the unholy have waited over a hundred years for a new Keeper to resurface. Like it or not, Meadow’s destiny as Keeper is sealed, and the battle for her soul begins. A sharp double-edged sword, she will either save the world from Armageddon or fast track its annihilation.

Celeste Holloway

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Sunday Safari - South El Paso part 2

Greetings from the Hermit-writer.

This is a continuation of last week's safari. More urban personality glimpses of the far west tip of Texas. I hope you enjoy.

I love this building. I want to buy it and build a loft apartment.

Two blocks south from here, you would walk over the Rio Grande and into Juarez, MX

Those mountains are in Mexico

For those of you not from the arid Southwest (where there are no trees), you might not be familiar with adobe, unbaked blocks of clay-mud dried and used for construction for hundreds of years down this way. Here is a wall that won't see another hundred years:

As in other posts, you've seen examples of the marvelous colors that wash over from across the river. Absolutely beautiful, even if it isn't a color I would paint my house:

A beautiful planned community smack dab in the middle of a three-hundred year old neighborhood. Urban renewal takes odd steps. Personally, I'd love to see those hundred-year-old adobe shacks modernized and renewed.

The modest skyline of downtown El Paso

Looking north, northeast from the same overpass

Have a great week. 

-R. Mac Wheeler

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I have a new title in Amazon. Hope you'll take a look. 

Saving Maggie

Just released (on Amazon)

Carter's a bastard but that has little to do with being a wolf. So taking in a dying nineteen-year-old street walker provokes polar emotions in him. His unusual gesture triggers events that create a very powerful enemy in the vampire hierarchy, who uses Maggie to punish him. Turned without Red Court sanction, she faces an automatic death warrant. Carter refuses to accept Maggie must be put down, whether it's the law or not. As tensions between wolves and vampires escalate, Carter's life becomes more complicated when he falls for the beautiful vampire lord sent to negotiate an end to the month-long war his interference started.

Have a great day.

-R. Mac Wheeler

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Artist Daniel Karlsson Showcased

I made the acquaintance of an artist that must get picked up by writers. Daniel is patient, and incredibly talented. Take a look at some of his art. 

I love the whimsy of his style. While we haven't found the right image for my current novel, I have a feeling he'll be hearing from me a lot. 

Keep him in mind. He clearly has the talent to create the right image for you.

Find him on deviantart.com at: 
ttp://danielkarlsson.deviantart.com/gallery/

You can reach Daniel at:
karlssonart at gmail.com>

Have a great day.

Sunday Safari - South El Paso

Greetings from the Hermit-writer.

This encompasses another urban safari, which gives a broader snippit of the local culture. I hope you enjoy

Why aren't there a line of Harleys lined up?

The Angelus Apartments were once the place to stay, I'll bet. But from the outside, they look as though they have seen better days. Can you imagine all this filigree restored? How beautiful would it be!

As I was hiking, and snapping shots of this new federal building, I was thinking how perfectly this monstrosity, this faceless monolith, reflects the overstepping beast that has become our federal government. Buildings for the people should not look as though they are beasts ready to devour them.

Now this is architecture. If my tax dollars have to be sucked into the bottomless pit of the federal government, at least those bureaucrats could give us something like this to be proud of.

Here' is a federal building that better represents what I want the face of my government to look like.

Give me style for my tax dollars

Another look at the face of our government today:

Have a great week. 

-R. Mac Wheeler

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