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Special Edition – Tattoo Thursday and Release Day for The Faerie Prince

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It’s release day for The Faerie Prince, the second novel in the Creepy Hollow series! Woohoo! If you’re keen to read it, you can find it at the following places online:

 
 As a special treat, I want to welcome the author of The Faerie Prince, Rachel Morgan to a special edition of Tattoo Tuesday Thursday.  Congrats on your new release.  Here are your five questions:
 
1.     How old were you when you got your first tattoo?
20
2.     What made you want to get your first tattoo?
I wanted something on my body that symbolized my faith.
3.     How many tattoos do you have? If only one, do you want more?
Only one. I’ve thought about getting others since then, but I don’t want them badly enough to actually go out and get them done!
4.     What is your tattoo story?  Tell me the most recent or your favorite.
The tattoo on my ankle is the outline of a fish, or ichthys in Greek. The actual Greek word has five letters. These five letters are the same as the first letters of the words Jesus Christ God’s Son Saviour. I think it’s pretty cool that one little symbol can have so much meaning 🙂
Tattoo Ichthys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.     Tattoos on a significant other, like or dislike?  Why?
I’ve never considered that before… My significant other doesn’t have any, and I’m happy with him that way 🙂
 
 

Guardian trainee Violet
Fairdale is just weeks away from one of the most important occasions of
her life: graduation. After messing up big time by bringing a human
into the fae realm, Vi needs to step up her game and forget about Nate
if she hopes to graduate as the top guardian of her year. Everything
would be fine if she wasn’t forced to partner with Ryn, her ex-friend,
ex-enemy, current ‘sort of friend’. They might be trying to patch up
their relationship, but does she really want to spend a week undercover
with him for their final assignment? On top of that, the possibly insane
Unseelie Prince is still on the loose, free to ‘collect’ as many
specially talented faeries as he can find—and Vi is still at the top of
his list. Add in faerie queens, enchanted storms, complicated
not-just-friends feelings, and a murder within the Guild itself, and
graduation is about to become the least of Vi’s problems.

In celebration, The Faerie Guardian is on sale for a limited time!
**GIVEAWAY**

There will be a giveaway running from now until the end of the blog tour (Sun 9 June). A giveaway where FOUR people could win something! The prizes are a signed copy of The Faerie Prince (or The Faerie Guardian, should the winner prefer that), an Amazon gift card, a mini book pendant and necklace, and a Creepy Hollow pin badge. Check out the pic below!

Giveaway is open internationally

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Tattoo Tuesday – AM Schultz

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Yes! Finally the man, the myth (what?), the legend has graced the pages of Sydney Aaliyah with his witty and evasive words of wisdom.

*Did I over sell it? No, I think I’m still good.

Ok, so without further ado, please welcome A.M. Schultz to Tattoo Tuesday:

1. How old where you when you got your first tattoo?

Age is a number. Sometimes I feel 20, sometimes I feel 40. 
That said, I got my first tattoo in October of 2008. I was old enough to
drink, but not old enough to rent a car. 
 

2. What made you want to get your first tattoo?

I was young and wanted some ink. I was going through a bit of a
“jaded-youth” stage, and was brimming with testosterone, libido, and
post-teenage angst. I lived on a diet of creatine and protein shakes, and
figured a tattoo was the next logical progression in my
“douchebadassness.” Really, it was for all the wrong reasons.
 
MMA was starting to become popular and I was seeing a lot of guys get
nautical stars on their chest. I liked the whole “human as lost ship
finding its way in the night” philosophy behind them, so I got them.
 
Unfortunately, because I might as well have been auditioning for a role on
The Jersey Shore at the time and had been GTL’ing pretty hard, I strolled
into the shop with this huge barrel chest and the stars tends to float in
their own wave of muscular inflation and deflation, depending on my
commitment to superficiality at any given time.

3. How many tattoos do you have?

As of right now, only these two. I intend on getting more, but have
intended on getting more for the past four years.
I had “settled down” for a few years, though, and “settled” men don’t
really need to go sit in the chair or live at the gym, so my journey has
been a bit protracted…
Now that I am “unsettled” — which would sound awful if I wasn’t trying to
pass myself off as a writer — I am free to go get all inky.

4. What is your tattoo story? If you have more then one tattoo, tell me your most recent or your favorite tattoo.

It’s not as deep or introspective as I’d like. I had wanted a sleeve done
that would interweave the major world religions, but never had the right
combination of time/money. I will have to revisit Tattoo Tuesday after my
next session. 🙂
 

5. Tattoos on a significant other, like or dislike? Why?

Absolutely. I appreciate art and expression and creativity, and a tattoo
can be a great indicator of some combination of the three.
 

And there you have it, from the creator of Headspit himself.

Make sure you are following A.M.:
Twitter:  @am-sch
Blog:  Headspit

And, check out his debut novel, Ring Girl available in January 2013.

Tattoo Tuesday – Tyler Wiechman

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Please join me in welcoming Tyler Wiechman.  

No, your eyes are do not deceive you.  It is the web slinger himself tattooed on Tyler’s arm.

Sing it with me:  Spider man, Spider man, Does whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like flies.  Look Out! Here come the Spiderman.

Ok, now that I got that out of my system, read on to learn what inspires Tyler’s ink.   Tyler makes his favorite action heroes look so cool.  

5 Questions

1.  How old were you when you got your first tattoo?

16

2.  What made you want to get your first tattoo?

Religion–I’m no longer religious and actually the current sleeve is covering up my first tattoo

3.  How many tattoos do you have?

8

4.  What is your tattoo story?  If you have more then one tattoo, tell me about your first or your favorite?

I don’t have a specific tattoo story, but the story behind the current sleeve is my love of marvel comics and how I’ve been inspired as a fiction writer, by many of the characters throughout that universe.  Some of my other tattoos symbolize my love of music, the loss of friends, my love of writing, and other fun geeky things (like star wars!)

5.  Tattoos on a significant other, like or dislike? Why?

It depends on the girl (and the ink for that matter).  A good girl with some good ink is pretty awesome.  Poor artwork and sloppy coloring is just disappointing.

Twitter:  @twiechman

Blog:  twiechman.wordpress.com

Related Blog:  Tyler has some background work done on the two tattoos shown above.    Check it out.

If you would like to be featured on Tattoo Tuesday, let me know in the comments below.