MUSE MONDAY
Please welcome Susan Antony to Discover...
First, I want to thank you, Brenda, for giving me a voice on your
blog. It’s an honor to be here. My name is Susan Antony and I write young adult
fiction. Becoming a writer was a childhood dream I’d buried years ago. One day in
the recent past while spring-cleaning, I came across a fifty-page novel I’d
written as a ten-year-old and my long forgotten passion awoke again.
While
I enjoy reading books of many genres, YA Contemporary and YA Romance novels are
my favorites. I adore the genres. Young adults love, hate, and play hard in an arena where
the world shines new and the future burns wide open. When I’m writing or
reading YA, if I dig deep inside, I can recapture those intense, wonderful,
sometimes painful feelings and immerse myself in that world once again through
my characters lives.
Often times, I think as adults we don’t give our youth enough
credit. Though still physically and mentally developing, teens have valid beliefs
and concerns and deserve to be heard. I believe if everyone strives to be as
pliable in his or her thinking as young people are naturally, together we could
create a kinder and more brilliant world.
CHEROKEE SUMMER
When Ace leaves home to spend the summer in Cherokee, North
Carolina the last thing she expects to find is a boyfriend—until she meets
Cherokee Tribe member John Spears. As Ace and John's friendship blossoms, they
find their life experiences mirror each other and they fall in love. Despite
hurdles thrown by well-meaning family members and jealous frenemies, the
star-crossed lovers remain committed to their mutual belief that the universe
has drawn them together. However, when Ace sends John a strange text and then
suddenly disappears, the two must rely on their trust in each other to save
both their lives and their love.
Excerpt
I invite
her into the circle of my arms. She leans against me and rests her head on my
shoulder. Above us, the moon is nearly full, casting bluish light across the
river. The sky is a starry mess. “Look.” I point to the sky. “There’s Ursa
Major.”
“What?”
she asks.
“The
bear constellation.”
“Where
is it? Show me.”
I raise
her hand and trace the starry image like I’m doing a dot-to-dot picture.
“There’s the head.” I swoop her hand left. “And there’s the tail.” I finish by
pointing out the bear’s front and rear legs.
“The way
you do it makes it look like a skinny, headless dog,” she says.
I laugh.
“Where’s your imagination?”
“Let me
try.” She lifts my hand and traces a detailed shape of a bear, describing the
air-drawing from ear to toe. “Is that better?”
“Perfect,”
I say. “Like you.”
She
laces her fingers through mine. I rub tiny circles on her palm with my thumb as
I speak. “When I was a kid, I used to fear the bear would swoop down from the
sky and eat me alive.”
“That’s
horrible.” She presses her lips together, and her ribs shake in suppressed
mirth.
“I
wouldn’t laugh if I were you,” I say. “Elisi says that bear is pretty bad.”
“Don’t
worry. I’ll protect you from Star Bear.” She makes a muscle, flexing and
releasing her cute bicep.
“You
will, huh?” I tickle her side.
She
squeals, wiggles around, and digs her fingers into my ribs. We engage in a full
out tickle-war. In the middle of our battle, the wind shifts and the earth rotates,
and soon we’re on the ground with her straddling me, both of us panting.
Our eyes
lock, and I brush a strand of hair behind her ear. She leans over inch at a
time until her nose touches mine. She kisses me, only a peck, then runs the tip
of her tongue around lightly around my lips. Unable to resist any longer, I
pull her to me and crush my
mouth
into hers…
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Bio:
I work
in an IT department for a hospital by day. I’m a hipshaker and writer by night,
an artist whenever possible, and an Internet addict. I live in the sunny south
with my teenage son and two Cairn Terriers.
You can find Susan here:
Twitter @SusanAntonyCS https://twitter.com/SusanAntonyCS
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Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Susan-Antony/e/B07N31L812
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