Excerpt from A tale of two witches

I am feeling quite generous today so I thought I would share one of my favorite parts from A tale of two witches.

Searing anger engulfed me and it felt like hot lava was coursing through my veins.  I could sense my temperature was rising, just like on those scorching summer days.  My heart began to pound faster and faster and a painful tingling sensation flew slowly through my body.  Unable to control what was happening, my body started to twist and bend in ways I never thought was humanely possible, and I swore my bones were breaking.  The pain was so intense that I couldn’t help myself—I howled in agony.

“LEXI!” Tessa cried out and I could tell by the high pithiness in her voice something was wrong.

“That’s amazing.”  Sebastian’s eyes grew big and everyone stopped eyeballing me and gazed at Sebastian like a deer caught in the headlights.

The temperature of the heat streaming through me escalated and I raised my hand to my forehead and jumped back.

“How are you feeling Lexi?”  Delena wondered.

“I feel weird, hot and scared.”  I screeched.

“You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen and I’ve been around for eighty years.  I have only seen these wonderful beings in books!”  Sebastian couldn’t contain his excitement.

“Creature?  Oh my god what am I?  Am I hideous?  I wish I had a mirror!”  I clamored.

Out of the thin blue sky a full length mirror appeared right in front of me.  I gasped in horror at the image reflecting back at me.  I lifted one arm and then the other, watching the fire bounce upon my body with shades of gold.  An eye catching array of reds, blues, greens, yellows, oranges and purples were covering me like I was being hugged by a rainbow.

“What am I?”

“Um…was I the only one that noticed the mirror falling from the sky?”  Michaela giggled trying her hand at comedy.  We just looked at her and shook our heads.

“You are absolutely exquisite.  You’re a Phoenix.”  Sebastian’s face lit up like a Christmas tree.

About me

Although I am pretty sure you are more interested in the entertainment I will bring to you rather than who I am, I figured I would tell  you anyway.  For my privacy and the privacy of my family, you will never see a picture of me.  I would like to be able to be with my family, especially my daughter, and not have someone trot up to me and say something about my writing or my book--especially if they didn't like it.  So for now, you'll just need to live with my witch pic :-)

I grew up in a small town and since there wasn't much to do except to cause havoc, I turned to reading at an early age.  One of my favorite authors was (still is) Stephen King.  And as the cliche goes, that's when the love of writing began as well.  I wanted to write horror stories,  I wanted to be the next Stephen King.  Well...that never happened.  I would write on and off and found that expression through words was incredibly helpful for me to get through my teen years.  Eventually, life took over and the need to work was more important than the need to write.

When my daughter asked me a few years ago why I didn't write anymore, I couldn't give her an answer.  There was absolutely no reason what so ever why I should have stopped writing, stopped learning the craft.  I might be successful today if I just kept at it.  But I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and the only conclusion I can come up with, I wasn't ready back then but I am ready now.

I wrote A tale of two witches for my daughter.  Yes it's a YA book but I wrote it so even kids at the age of 9 can read it.  I have to market it as YA since the characters in the story are 16 and older, but anyone can read it.  I want her to be proud of me and also I do this to inspire her.  She herself is very talented and loves to write.  She enters writing contests as well as participates in the writing UIL's at her school.  I know one day she will be a great author.  She is very involved with my writing always wanting to know what chapter I am on, what my word count is, and how many pages it will be.  She told me not to make my books too long lol

I have find joy in writing again and I am excited about it.  I look forward to the little writing time I get and enjoy getting lost in my other world.  While I am waiting for A tale of two witches to be edited and polished, I have started working on book 2--By the light of the moon.  I hope that I can have A take of two witches uploaded on Amazon and ready to go by the beginning of August, so make sure you watch for the announcement :-)

I also now have a website too http://lcdawn.wix.com/lcdawn

Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings.  Go enjoy your weekend and read a book or two.