09.05.08
Posted in My Writing at 1:21 am by Ivey
I’ve decided to blog Promises Divined.
Book I of The Promises Series, Promises Divined is the story of a tortured soul, the imprisoned spirit he loves, the fallen angel he detests, and the mortals unfortunate enough to be a part of it all.
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Promises Divined tells the story of the eternal soul Adanata. He is the Keeper of the Spirit Walkers, a line of Cherokee men with supernatural powers dating back more than 5,000 years. The Spirit Walkers have a single mission–to journey to The Cavern of the Spirits and unlock The Spirit of Knowledge from the prison to which she’s been confined since the time of The Great Flood. More than a thousand men have died in the quest.
As the Nineteenth Century begins, the Spirit Walkers face new challenges as encroachment by Whites increasingly threatens their people and their homeland. Adanata recognizes an even bigger threat hurtling toward Earth from a place beyond the stars. Only The Spirit of Knowledge can save the planet–and time is running out.
Adanata has little faith in David McAllister of Early Sun Village, the current Spirit Walker and the most frustrating human to ever draw breath. But there is no time to make another. David must succeed or Earth will perish.
If you’d like to take a look, please visit:
http://adanatapress.com/Promises_Divined_Blog/
Of all the stories I’ve written, this is one of my favorites.
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01.31.08
Posted in My Writing at 9:52 pm by Ivey
The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) Contest has moved into the customer review phase.
While my Publishers Weekly review was less than encouraging–which means I won’t score well enough to move on to the next round–the response from readers has been overwhelmingly positive, and that feedback has made the whole experience more than worthwhile for me.
I’ve also had the opportunity to read some of the other entries. There are some wonderful excerpts there, stories I can’t wait to read in full and put on my bookshelf once they’re published.
As an added bonus, the contest forums have introduced me to some great people. We’ve shared an unforgettable time, getting each other through the highs and lows of the contest.
I’m really grateful that Amazon and Penguin teamed up to provide this opportunity to writers. There’ve been a few kinks along the way, but that was to be expected since this is the first-ever ABNA. I do believe that the final novel chosen will be well worthy of publication. There are a lot that won’t win that also are worthy, but maybe this contest will help bring some of them the attention they deserve.
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01.16.08
Posted in My Writing at 9:41 pm by Ivey
I’m so excited! 
I just got word that my manuscript The Keeper of the Sparrows–the first story in the Broken Sparrows series–has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.
Of more than 5,000 novels submitted, 836 were chosen to move on to the semi-finals round. More about the contest appears at: http://newsticker.welt.de/index.php?channel=fin&module=smarthouse&id=660078.
For the next few weeks, Amazon customers will be able to download excerpts from the semi-finalist novels and provide reviews. To find out more, visit: http://www.amazon.com/abna.
There are lots of great stories there.
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11.06.07
Posted in My Writing at 9:33 pm by Ivey
I really like all the recent enhancements at Booksie.
I’ve decided to begin posting Out of the Dark.
http://www.booksie.com/other/novel/iveybanks/armageddon-lost-i:-out-of-the-dark/chapter/1
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