If you've read one or both, or just want to vote, I want to hear from you! Whichever book has the most votes by this Sunday, 5/17, is the winner! My wife's vote counts for 3! :)
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Drop down drag out FIGHT for the existence for a sequel! Come one! Come all! VOTE on which book you'd like to see expanded into a second book! Romantic Suspense/Christian V.S. Fantasy/Christian! If you've read one or both, or just want to vote, I want to hear from you! Whichever book has the most votes by this Sunday, 5/17, is the winner! My wife's vote counts for 3! :) Let the bout begin!!! Vote in the comments section below!
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Sometime last month I posted on the blog that my work and I were trying to raise $750 for March of Dimes, and that if we did then I would shave my head. I also asked for help from you, my readers, saying that every dollar I made off of sales for a two week time period I would donate to that cause. Well, as you can see, we reached that $750. We actually reached over $1,000 and so I had my goatee shaved too. Thank you so much for adding to that donation by purchasing my books. Without you, I'd still have hair ;) NBC 29 in Charlottesville VA will be airing news coverage of my hair cut at 5:30 today. The video will be available on their site after that, until around 2 weeks from today. Of course if you're interested in reading one of my novels and you haven't yet, I would be honored and would love to hear what you think of them! I'll list what's available on Amazon.com below. Lazarus, Man Paperback Kindle - Free Audiobook Eden Legacy Paperback Kindle - Free Audiobook Hearts of Avon Paperback Kindle - Free The Ark of Humanity Paperback Kindle - Free Eden and Ark Fantasy Twin Pack Kindle Dusk Crescence Paperback Kindle Have a blessed day. Thank you so much! The link to Amazon.com is below. Scott J. Toney, Amazon.com Something wonderful is happening at work, we're raising money for the March of Dimes. If we reach our goal of $750 then I'm going to shave my head ;). Something I've been doing to ensure my haircut, and to assure assistance for babies in need, is to ask for a donation at work of $15 and then give the person donating one of my books. I'm excited to say that it's going extremely well and that so far I've raised around $225. As a father of an amazing daughter and a wonderful baby on the way I am excited to give my support. Would you like to help? For every book purchased from now until April 23rd I'll donate the proceeds to March of Dimes. I'd be honored to team with you in helping babies in need. Would you like to know what I have available for you to purchase and for me to donate from? I'll list what's available below, and also a link to Amazon.com so that you can check everything out there. There is no better time to check out my books than now. Lazarus, Man Paperback Kindle Audiobook Eden Legacy Paperback Kindle Audiobook Hearts of Avon Paperback Kindle - Free The Ark of Humanity Paperback Kindle - Free Eden and Ark Fantasy Twin Pack Kindle Dusk Crescence Paperback Kindle Have a blessed day and please consider this. I would love to reach our goal and far beyond! The link to Amazon.com is below. http://www.amazon.com/Scott-J-Toney/e/B0098JRXWC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Have you ever had the urge to own both Eden Legacy and The Ark of Humanity in one crisp, fine-tuned eBook? ;) Well then I've got great news, a Fantasy Twin Pack of both books has just released. If you'd like to take a gander, then follow the link below to Amazon.com and check it out! Praise for Eden Legacy "...utterly believable and yet simultaneously fantastical! This is not unlike the styling of C.S. Lewis. It is an epic, fantasy tale that will hit home with all readers, and when the last page is reached, leave them with a thirst looking for more of Scott J. Toney's writing!" - Laura A. Diaz, author of They Call Me Blanca Praise for The Ark of Humanity "I can see comparisons to Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy in some of the themes raised [in The Ark of Humanity]. As with Pullman's 'daemons', the relationship between the beings and their companions who transport them is particularly enjoyable, a relationship which also reminded me of the dragons in the film 'Avatar'. I can see this as a fantastic storyboard for a Pixar film." - HarperCollins Review "Now this is what fantasy is supposed to be. The fact that so many are so much the same proves that people can copy but this takes a step forward." - Andrew Skaife The link to Amazon.com is below. http://www.amazon.com/Eden-Fantasy-Twin-Pack-ebook/dp/B00CA51ESK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1365608852&sr=1-1&keywords=eden+and+ark+twin+pack Often times I find that poetry inspires my works. Years ago I wrote a poetry book called Dusk Crescence. It was a poetry diary from the minds of different fantasy characters, and as I have decided on topics to write about with my novels I’ve looked back to the poems in that book for inspiration. Evanshade, from The Ark of Humanity, was the first character in my novels that came about in this way. The poem below is what inspired his character. I hope you enjoy! The poem that inspired Evanshade from The Ark of Humanity... Cnmohehko Beneath distanced mists strewn Kisper Pond cool ocean’s water’s blends valiant currents drift across sloped coral floors light waverings illuminated within amongst columned light staunch merman floats silhouetted, dampened, cleansed light waverings across his body’s form two lips light blue with frost kelp waters lost single swaying form liquid touches and is tossed thrashed out upon the coral reef seaweed dressing shores brought back again in waves of liquid velvet calming warmth silver fish swimming around whispered merman's form light reflectant fin glittering off light greens and blues upon aqua water’s winds the melody of a flute plateau on the ocean floor maiden in the sky lost in between there lies the depths two sauntering onward eyes shoulders lined with seaweed straps an engraving on the arm chains bared upon the ocean floor destiny disarmed liquid eyes staring through the depths a warrior for time. And here is the first chapter of The Ark of Humanity, as a little teaser to the book. 1 The Escaped Scroll Between Sangfoul and Baneal In the depths beneath the sea Darkness and oceanic starlight shimmered around him as Evanshade pursued the youth he had been sent after through the ocean depths. His heart pulsed strongly in his chest and his thick tailfin beat heavily behind him. Where are you, boy? Then, with a glance, he saw movement on the dark horizon. “Halt! Surrender and you will not be harmed!” he called out. It was a lie, but would the lie produce his prey? No, the boy continued away from him in the distance. With a pump of his tailfin Evanshade burst forward, hugging close to the ocean floor as fish swam up, curling around his body in startled fear. Now that the youth was in his sight he would close on him quickly. He didn’t want to kill, but this boy carried secrets, secrets he had stolen from Sangfoul. They told of things that were soon to come and Evanshade could not let those secrets get out, not if he treasured his own life and wanted to keep it. He was a leader in Sanfoul’s forces and the dark lord would never let him survive if this information escaped. Water curled around him. With another pulse from his fin he neared the boy, lifting his trident upward and driving it down into the legged boy’s back, crushing his body to the sand below and pinning him there. Crack! The sound of the boy’s spine breaking beneath his trident’s force echoed through the depths. “Ach…c…c…” The youth’s body convulsed as globules of blood spewed forth from where the trident pierced him. Evanshade felt bile rising in his throat but swallowed it down. “It is how things must be,” he told the dying boy as the youth’s fingers scratched at the ocean floor below him. “And there is much more to come, not for you, but for the others. I cannot stop it. I am trapped in this as much as your people and the people of Meridia are destined for their fates.” He drew a dagger from a whale-leather sheath on his side and drove it through the youth’s back and into his heart, taking what remained of life from him. Then he withdrew the dagger and brought it to the dead boy’s finger, pressing down against it and severing it from his hand. This will prove your death, he thought. How many lives are traded for me to live? How many lives am I worth? Evanshade tucked the bloody finger in a pouch at his side, sheathed the dagger and, while holding the dead body firm under his fin’s weight, hefted his trident out of its back. With a turn and a pulse of his fin Evanshade disappeared in the starlit darkness of the ocean once more. * From beneath the boy’s body a small kelp scroll was carried out by the currents, moving onward in a journey its messenger would never make. Later the boy’s father, a leader of Baneal, would discover it and then his son. He would cry tears into the water as blood permeated around him. And a link to a free copy in case you'd like to read on ;) http://www.amazon.com/The-Ark-of-Humanity-ebook/dp/B008O7O8UE/ref=sr_1_2_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1364914039&sr=8-2&keywords=scott+toney |
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