Posted in six sentence sunday on August 14, 2011 | 5 Comments »
His fingers trailed along her now almost healed bite wound and his lips moved up to her ear. He gently kissed her left lobe softly. The gesture was so tender and sweet, she wouldn’t have thought him capable of such a thing.
“We could be good,” he whispered .
“We.” She started, but never was able to finish the thought because he leaned in to kiss her on the lips.
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Posted in Dragons, six sentence sunday, tagged dragons, six sentence sunday on July 17, 2011 | 15 Comments »
This Week’s Six!
With one small hand gesture, a bright, white, flame
appeared in Etz’s hand. He held the flame in front of his brother’s
face, his face dark and determined as he showed the man the true
power of his magic.
“This is me threatening you,” Etz stated. “We will be wed. If
not by you, then another. But not until after I make you regret it.”
This is from “Legend of the Aero Dragon” which can be found in Matrimonial Mayhem, and is a continuation of the Dragon’s Saga.
Other Dragon’s Saga books:
The Dragon’s Saga: Legend of the Oceina Dragon.
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Posted in Dragons, six sentence sunday, tagged dragons, six sentence sunday on July 10, 2011 | 11 Comments »
The Dragon’s Saga: Legend of the Oceina Dragon:Darien Oceina is the youngest son of the Great Dragon Lord of the Water. For years he¹s loved and cherished Tai Dawson from afar. Tai is a simple, ordinary girl who doesn¹t even know Darien exists. On his eighteenth birthday, he chooses her as his wife. But there’s one problem: She thinks his choice means she¹s going to be offered as a sacrifice to the Dragon Lord, but instead, she’s forced to move to his home, far away, to give up her life and be his bride.
When she first sees Darien after the ceremony, she doesn’t expect to feel anything but hatred toward him. The two are struggling with the complications of a new marriage when their nation is attacked by a rival dragon species. Together they learn to love one another while they struggle to stay one step ahead in a game where the prize is their survival.
My Six!:
“Because whether I chose this or not, we’re
going to always be a part of each others lives now. I don’t think
pretending it didn’t happen is the solution. I can still hear
everything inside of you, and I can’t tune it out.” She moved closer
to him nervously. “I’m willing to at least see what we are by the
end of the summer. I can’t promise anything, but at the most I can
say I’ve gotten to know you.”
Posted in Dragons, six sentence sunday on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time again! Here are my six:
“I picked now because the city is quiet. Everyone is sleeping, but should we happen to be spied on, this will look a lot like a date. Especially in about five minutes when the sun rises.”
“A date? I didn’t think you were interested in those.”
“I’m not,” he said perhaps a little too quickly.
This is a rough unedited snippet from the sequel to my book “Legend of the Oceina Dragon”.
June 23, 2011 by J. F. Jenkins | Edit
This week, the topic for Why I Love was “movies based on a book”. This is tough for me because I’m one of those weird people who usually sees the movie before reading the book. I don’t know why I do this, but I do for whatever reason. There are a lot of movies I enjoy based on books. I love the Harry Potter series for example. For the most part, I think the movies are well done. I also have my film school stuff working with me though, so I understand things about cutting information, etc. etc. so I tend to not get super freaked out by things being left out. No, they aren’t perfect by any means, but I enjoy them.
However, one of my favorite movies based on a book is….
The Witches, by Roald Dahl.
I don’t think I can remember a movie that still impacts me so much. It’s dark, it’s deep, and it’s actually still kind of scary. It more or less petrified me as a child, but in a good way. Plus I think it got me out of bath time. 
What I loved though, was the way the movie was so well cast, the visuals were perfect with the children turning into the mice and the anamatronics. It’s just a great movie to go with a great story. There were only a few small changes to the story, but they were so minor it didn’t make much of an impact.
If you haven’t seen this movie, I highly recommend it. Though I wouldn’t watch it with really young ones because like most of Dahl’s work, it is twisted.
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June 23, 2011 by J. F. Jenkins | Edit
Okay, so I have about four weeks of “Wreck This!” to share with you on my phone. Unfortunately I’m not on my computer so I’m having so issues with getting things loaded up and all of this other technological mumbo jumbo. I’m going to post it tomorrow, along with my “Why I Love” response. Keep your eyes peeled!
What else? I’m writing up a storm still, and I still haven’t forgotten about my “if it fits in a box I’m going to ship it” contest. I told myself I would do it as a reward for finishing Dragons 2. Well, now I’m going to run the contest July 1st regardless of if I’m finished or not. Why? Because I think you all have been waiting for long enough. It’ll probably be one of those cliche’ “Follower” things, but we’ll see. I’ll try to keep it as basic as possible for everyone. Then I’ll let you all in on the multitude of goodies going into said box o’ goodies. Here’s a hint: dragons and chocolate. It’s going to be good.
This is a very on the fly progress report. I have a lot of writing to do today and a some what limited window of opportunity to do it in. I need lots of luck and kudos today, or I doubt I’ll survive it. I can do this! I’ll be checking in with you again soon.
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June 20, 2011 by J. F. Jenkins | Edit
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Past chapters can be found here!
FIVE – THE PROPOSAL
Gavin “Tinsel” Thompson
I unlock the door, and usher Petey into the condo. I’m so happy to be home again. After Marit got into her fight with Dad, I decided it best to slip out unnoticed. Mom helped me pack up the diaper bag and came up with a good excuse for me to leave without Dad taking it out on me. He has a tendency to do that after he fights with Marit. Dad fights with her so much, it makes his drama with the rest of us kids fall under the radar. For the most part, but he still always has time for a jab at me of course.
“So how was dinner?” Andy asks. He’s laying on the couch playing X-Box. He pauses the game because it’s Call of Duty, which is a violent game, and we don’t play violent games in front of Petey.
I laugh sourly and make the classic shooting my brains out hand gesture, ending with a loud POW. Naturally, Petey thinks this is hilarious and giggles before going to run after one of the cats and mimicing the sound repeatedly.
“POW! And POW! And POW!”
I sigh, smiling as I watch him. Time to let him burn off some energy. It’s still a little bit early before bed and the excitement of being at Grandma and Grandpa’s takes a little while to fade. He loves his grandparents and they love him. As much crap as my dad gives me about how I’m raising him, he also adores him. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Dad’s eyes light up the same way as when he’s playing with Peter from anything else. He tries to be discrete of course. Heaven forbid his reputation of being a hard ass get smashed.
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June 19, 2011 by J. F. Jenkins | Edit
This week’s six is from my book “Legend of the Oceina Dragon” (sold wherever online books are available).
“Why do you want to save me so badly?” She sniffled softly. “You’ve admitted it yourself. I’m not nice to you. This would be an easy way out for both of us.”
“Don’t talk like that. I meant it when I said I loved you,” he whispered, tenderly brushing her hair from her neck.
The Dragon’s Saga: Legend of the Oceina Dragon:Darien Oceina is the youngest son of the Great Dragon Lord of the Water. For years he¹s loved and cherished Tai Dawson from afar. Tai is a simple, ordinary girl who doesn¹t even know Darien exists. On his eighteenth birthday, he chooses her as his wife. But there’s one problem: She thinks his choice means she¹s going to be offered as a sacrifice to the Dragon Lord, but instead, she’s forced to move to his home, far away, to give up her life and be his bride.
When she first sees Darien after the ceremony, she doesn’t expect to feel anything but hatred toward him. The two are struggling with the complications of a new marriage when their nation is attacked by a rival dragon species. Together they learn to love one another while they struggle to stay one step ahead in a game where the prize is their survival.
Posted in Dragons, six sentence sunday on June 19, 2011 | 13 Comments »
This week’s six is from my book “Legend of the Oceina Dragon” (sold wherever online books are available).
“Why do you want to save me so badly?” She sniffled softly. “You’ve admitted it yourself. I’m not nice to you. This would be an easy way out for both of us.”
“Don’t talk like that. I meant it when I said I loved you,” he whispered, tenderly brushing her hair from her neck.
The Dragon’s Saga: Legend of the Oceina Dragon:Darien Oceina is the youngest son of the Great Dragon Lord of the Water. For years he¹s loved and cherished Tai Dawson from afar. Tai is a simple, ordinary girl who doesn¹t even know Darien exists. On his eighteenth birthday, he chooses her as his wife. But there’s one problem: She thinks his choice means she¹s going to be offered as a sacrifice to the Dragon Lord, but instead, she’s forced to move to his home, far away, to give up her life and be his bride.
When she first sees Darien after the ceremony, she doesn’t expect to feel anything but hatred toward him. The two are struggling with the complications of a new marriage when their nation is attacked by a rival dragon species. Together they learn to love one another while they struggle to stay one step ahead in a game where the prize is their survival.
Posted in Dragons, six sentence sunday on June 12, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Alright, here’s another small sneak peak from the Dragon’s Saga book 2! Are you ready? Here we go:
“I’m smart enough to know I can’t run away right now.” She said with a shrug.
“Hopefully you’ll never have to,” he said. “I mean, our whole relationship at this point is mostly for show. If we can keep it believable, no one should give us any problems.”
“Pretend I love you basically?”
Want to know more? Stay tuned, because it’s almost done! Until then, if you haven’t read the first book, you can pick it up at the Astraea Press website, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.
The Dragon’s Saga: Legend of the Oceina Dragon:Darien Oceina is the youngest son of the Great Dragon Lord of the Water. For years he¹s loved and cherished Tai Dawson from afar. Tai is a simple, ordinary girl who doesn¹t even know Darien exists. On his eighteenth birthday, he chooses her as his wife. But there’s one problem: She thinks his choice means she¹s going to be offered as a sacrifice to the Dragon Lord, but instead, she’s forced to move to his home, far away, to give up her life and be his bride.
When she first sees Darien after the ceremony, she doesn’t expect to feel anything but hatred toward him. The two are struggling with the complications of a new marriage when their nation is attacked by a rival dragon species. Together they learn to love one another while they struggle to stay one step ahead in a game where the prize is their survival.
Posted in Dragons, six sentence sunday on May 29, 2011 | 18 Comments »
“So then, who are you?” she asked weakly.
How was he supposed to explain this to her when she looked so disoriented? Everything he wanted to say to her kept catching in his throat and refused to come out. He could only manage a condensed version of the truth. “I’m your husband.”
The Dragon’s Saga: Legend of the Oceina Dragon:Darien Oceina is the youngest son of the Great Dragon Lord of the Water. For years he¹s loved and cherished Tai Dawson from afar. Tai is a simple, ordinary girl who doesn¹t even know Darien exists. On his eighteenth birthday, he chooses her as his wife. But there’s one problem: She thinks his choice means she¹s going to be offered as a sacrifice to the Dragon Lord, but instead, she’s forced to move to his home, far away, to give up her life and be his bride.
When she first sees Darien after the ceremony, she doesn’t expect to feel anything but hatred toward him. The two are struggling with the complications of a new marriage when their nation is attacked by a rival dragon species. Together they learn to love one another while they struggle to stay one step ahead in a game where the prize is their survival.
Posted in books, Dragons, six sentence sunday, writing on May 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Dragon’s Saga: Legend of the Oceina Dragon:Darien Oceina is the youngest son of the Great Dragon Lord of the Water. For years he¹s loved and cherished Tai Dawson from afar. Tai is a simple, ordinary girl who doesn¹t even know Darien exists. On his eighteenth birthday, he chooses her as his wife. But there’s one problem: She thinks his choice means she¹s going to be offered as a sacrifice to the Dragon Lord, but instead, she’s forced to move to his home, far away, to give up her life and be his bride.
When she first sees Darien after the ceremony, she doesn’t expect to feel anything but hatred toward him. The two are struggling with the complications of a new marriage when their nation is attacked by a rival dragon species. Together they learn to love one another while they struggle to stay one step ahead in a game where the prize is their survival.
That reassured him, and so did her words.
“If you’re my husband, that means I love you more than life. I need you to love me. I want you. I feel safe now. Love me and protect me from the dragons.”
