This is the first ebook in my Living a Psychic Life series.  In each ebook I'll offer easy and practical exercises to help you connect with your higher self, your spirit guides, discover and strengthen your psychic gifts, and more.  I also include many of my own personal stories and experiences.  Each book in this series is meant to help you achieve the life of your dreams.  I hope you find my guidance uplifting, beneficial, and eye-opening.  

Living a Psychic Life is available in PDF only as this is the easiest and safest way to send and receive ebooks.  If you don't have Adobe Reader you can download it for free from their site.  Free Adobe Reader Program

In this edition:

Cleansing, Meditation, and Affirmations

Setting Up an Altar

Automatic Writing

Contacting Your Spirit Guides

Journaling

Past Life Exploration

Helpful Crystals

Astral Travel

and More! 

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Theron Ambrose is a vampire. He hunts and drinks blood in order to live and walks through life without becoming involved or falling in love. He has been avoiding relationships and doesn't want to chance giving his heart to anyone because it could mean his own end. Then one night quite by accident he literally runs into love and can't avoid it any longer. Can Theron resist the tempting package of Leah presents or will he wind up unveiling his true nature and showing her his dark world.

Leah Nolan is hit by love in a big way, actually she's hit by Theron's car, but it does give her an intro into his strange and unusual world. There is something very different about Theron that Noah just can't place. He is obviously hiding something and Leah is intent on finding out just what his secret is. How will she react when she finds out that Theron is an immortal vampire and wants to spend the rest of eternity with her? Even more important is can she give up her mortal life for an immortal one?

If you are a fan of vampire tales then you certainly have to pick this book up. It gives a different aspect on the whole vampire scene and will intrigue and dazzle you. Theron is an awesome character and has a darkness about him that will pull you in. Leah is a mystery and has her own story that is slowly unveiled as the story unfolds. There is a gothic feel to this tale and Kelly Wallace combines it perfectly with the suspense and desire that develops between Theron and Leah.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Very sensual

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An edgy mystery from the beginning, Invisible Evidence by Kelly Wallace combines suspense and erotic romance into a spell-binding story that kept this reader turning pages to find out "who done it". For a compelling love story with a strong dose of suspense, you can't go wrong with Invisible Evidence. If you love great erotic love stories, you will want to pick up this one; it is a fine way to spend the day.

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This is my first installment of the most helpful writing tips I've gathered throughout the years. You've probably read many of these before, but they're well worth repeating. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but these are handy to keep in mind while working on your current project.

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*Writers, if you have some favorite writing tips, feel free to send them in.  I'll post them, along with your name and website link!*

1. Write your story straight through without editing as you go along. Leave your story alone for a couple of weeks, then go back and edit. This does wonders in helping to spot errors, breaks in rhythm, and other problems. This cooling off period is essential.

2. Use specific images so readers can actually see, hear, feel, taste and smell what's going on. Okay: "It smelled bad." Better: "It smelled like sour milk." Okay: "He was old." Better: "His face was lean and shriveled, like an apple too long in the barrel."

3. Avoid using many clichés. (Hard as a rock, thin as a rail, sick at heart, etc.) Make your writing your own.

4. Avoid heavy sprinkling of these overused words: Just, even, like, also, although, besides, almost, maybe, and, if, but, too, unless, sort of, that.

5. Try not to use: Appears, seems, as though, seemed like, seemed as though. These make your story weak and unreal.

6. Stay away from "suddenly" and similar words. "Suddenly there was a gunshot!" This only expresses a thought. Try to impress, not express.

7. Try eliminating these "to be" verbs: is, am, was, were, are, will, be. Add commas as needed and/or turn sentence around to make it stronger.

8. Be simple and clear. Avoid long sentences, long words, long speeches. Readers tend to skip over these.

9. Grab your reader with the very first paragraph of your story. Better yet, capture their attention in the first sentence. It's said that you have just three seconds to hook the reader, so make every word count.

10. Don't let your characters sit and think too much. Show thoughts through action, such as a smile, a frown, a sigh, throwing a glass at a mirror, etc. The more you have your characters interact, the more you keep your reader interested.

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I posted this on the Love Bites Romance Reviews website and Myspace, but thought to post it here as well on my author Myspace since it's worth repeating!

What are some of the top reasons manuscripts get rejected?  How can you avoid these mistakes and have a better chance of hearing "yes" instead of "Thanks, but not for us"? 

1.  Read the guidelines!  Be certain of what the publisher is looking for and how to submit it.  If a publisher specializes in historical romances, don't send in your paranormal novel, no matter how good it is.  If your book has over 100,000 words, but they take only shorter works, send your story elsewhere.  If they require submissions through agents only and you don't have one, move on.  There are plenty of publishers out there and you're sure to find a fit for your story.

2.  Hook the reader with a great beginning.  Often we start our "real" story several pages or even a full chapter after we've droned on and on to "set things up."  Start off with that bang!  Take a look at the first part of your story.  Where does it start getting good?  Start there!  Put your character right in the middle of conflict and you've hooked the reader.  Weave in bits of background later.  Be sure to pace your story as well.  You don't have to keep your characters in that constant state of stress.  Give them, and the reader, time to catch their breath, but don't let things drag too long.  Think of a story as a roller coaster ride with hills, valleys, twists and turns. 

3. Heavily sprinkling a story with numerous adjectives and adverbs show that we writer's are there in the background making the story happen instead of allowing the reader to get lost in our characters and their unfolding drama.  Look for strong nouns that say what you want them to say instead of using adverbs and adjectives as crutches to hold them up and make your point.  That's not to say that they should all be omitted, but go through your story and see just how many are being used when a more simple sentence with strong nouns would get your point across.

Also, don't be afraid to say "said".  Saying, "she articulated, he ranted, she whined, he uttered" just shows that we're trying to find another way to say "said" or to get the emotion of the character across.  Using "said" is simple and gets your point across, but many times you don't have to add any tag at all if you SHOW what your character is experiencing or doing.  Such as, "I've had it!"  Mary threw the crystal vase across the room where it hit the wall and burst into a million tiny pieces.  There's no reason to write, "I've had it!" Mary retorted angrily.  We can see she's spitting mad by her actions! 

4.  Too much detail and narrative is another big problem--and one I was guilty of in my earlier days, and still can be to a point.  Be sure to break up narrative passages with action and dialogue.  Don't let the characters be inside their heads for too long or everything just stops.  It's true that your characters have an internal life and a life before the story began, but it's best to weave in details here and there instead of boring the reader with long passages. 

When giving background details, only include what's important at that moment.  When a character enters a room, what does he/she first see?  What's important or what sticks out?  Describing a room or scene down to the last speck of dust has the reader turning pages to get to the action again.  When we view rooms, scenery and people in reality, we don't make a mental note of every detail.  We choose a few things that stand out to us. 

5. Flat characters are another sure way to get that rejection. Be certain that your characters are people your readers will care about.  The reader has to care about your character and what will happen to him/her or there's no reason for them to keep reading.  Give your characters values, dreams, faults, quirks...make them real!

Be sure that your character's motivations are clear.  The character must want something, but something or someone is preventing him/her from getting it.  Your characters should literally take over the story as you write.  Sit down and just watch what your characters do and relay that onto the computer.  If we start manipulating them, forcing them to do something, the story loses its pacing and it ends up flopping on its face.  Characters MUST have a compelling goal and conflict to keep the reader interested.

6. No plot to the plot, or using worn-out plots is another problem area.  True there are only 20 basic plots, but use your voice and your ideas to breathe new life into them.  Give your characters something they want desperately but can't have at the moment.  How will they get what they want?  Who or what stands in the way?  How will your character get around it or through it?  Editors and readers want characters with strong personalities, not wishy-washy wimps.  And they want stories that have something new to say.  Just because there are thousands, if not millions, of vampire novels out there, with your ideas and your voice you can add a uniqueness to it that makes it brand new. 

My greatest method of moving the story along and creating a good plot?  Ask yourself lots of questions and answer them.  "What if a woman was lost in the middle of the jungle?  How did she get there?  Who is she?  What is she after?  Who's there with her?  How will she get out?"  By starting out with a simple two word question, you can generate a plethora of ideas for a novel!

7.  Always read!  Read what's being written out there in the world.  Read for pleasure, but also read to learn.  Whatever genre you're interested in writing, read as many books as you can that are in this line, especially if you enjoy the author's writing style.  These people are in print and there's no reason you can't be too.  As you read, make mental or physical notes of the characters, the pacing, the background details.  What do you like?  What could be better?  I have a highlighter with me every time I read a book--provided it's my book!  If there's a good line of dialogue, something that piques my interest, a good lesson in writing in detail, flashbacks, conflict, love scenes, you name it, I highlight it!  This has offered me more inspiration and more guidance than any nonfiction book on "How to Write."             

Although these tips won't keep you out of the rejection pile every time, by following them you have a much better chance at signing a contract than you do at adding yet another rejection to the pile. 

Happy writing!

Kelly

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