List of Descendant Bloodlines & Abilities

Hey all! I've noticed a lot of people searching for the list of Descendant bloodlines and/or Descendant abilities from my books. This list can be found in the back of Uprising (Children of the Gods #2), but if you were just searching for reference, here you go. I believe it is alphabetized in the actual book. I took this from my manuscript so it's a little jumbled.

Also, don't forget...only 4 days left to enter the giveaway for a loaded Kindle Fire! See the post prior to this one to enter. Good luck!!

Descendant Bloodlines

Name	Bloodline	Ability
Council
Christoph	Zeus	Ability control for male Descendants
Adrianna	Hera	Ability control for female Descendants
Dimitri	Demeter	The ability to age or grow living things
Antec	Hades	The ability to confine Descendants to the “Underworld” *The Underworld is a void of nothingness where Descendants are trapped in a semi-conscious limbo.
Lilia	Hestia	Ability control for Council Members *Must be in the presence of two Council members for Council abilities to work
Dr. Nickel	Ares	The ability to mimic Descendant powers
Descendants
Elyse	Asclepius	The ability to heal or poison with her blood
Richard Adler (Elyse’s Father)	Hephaestus	The ability to manipulate metals, woods, and stone
Sarah Adler (Elyse’s Mother)	Asclepius	The ability to heal or poison with her blood
William	Aphrodite	The ability to persuade by infatuation
Edith	Ares	Council Heir – Can mimic Descendant powers once her ability is manifested
Sofia (Mrs. Nickel)	Aphrodite	The ability to persuade by infatuation
Mac	Soteria	The ability to create safe havens
Kara	Prometheus	The ability to access to the mind
Alex	Aether	Messenger— The ability to move from place to place using teleportation Call name: Alaximandrios
Florence	Delphic Oracle – Pythia	The ability to see the future
Iosif	Metis	The ability of intuition
Nics	Nix	The ability to manipulate light and create darkness or invisibility
Sam	Dionysus	The ability to change liquid to wine
Paul	Hermes	Messenger—Flight
Rachel	Iris	Messenger—Flight (changes form)
Officer Gomez	Pasithea	The ability to make others feel relaxed
Cearno	Comus	The ability to make food and drink with extraordinary flavor
Christine	Hegemone	The ability to conjure plants and trees from the earth
Mr. Williamson	Helios	The ability to mimic daylight/sunlight
Unnamed	Tethys	The ability to draw water from the ground
Unnamed	Astraeus	The ability to create the illusion of stars
Mr. Gransky	Hecate	The ability to move objects using telekinesis
Helen (Ms. Stanzic)	Chronos	The ability to stop time
Aaron	Clotho	The ability to revive the dead before the spirit transcends
Ian	Homados	The ability to amplify or impair hearing
Hannah	Mnemosyne	The ability to erase memories with her blood
Unnamed	Penthus	The ability to induce extreme sadness
Amber	Aletheia	The ability to decipher the truth of someone’s words
Riley	Kratos	The ability of great bodily strength
Victor	Lelantos	The ability to control the air
Unnamed	Anchiale	The ability to conjure fire
Unnamed	Limos	The ability to cause extreme hunger or starvation
Claudia	Selene	The ability to control the moonlight and hypnotize those who stare into it
Unnamed	Loxo	The ability to manipulate an objects trajectory
Unnamed	Hecaterus	The ability to control objects using the hands
Luther	Hercules	Lead Hunter
Stephan	Sophrosyne	The ability to restrain the body and Descendant abilities
Philip	Aether	Messenger – The ability to move from place to place using teleportation Call name: Philotheos

A Few Updates and... a HUGE GIVEAWAY!

Hello friends! For those interested in the awesome giveaway, scroll down. For those looking for a bit of an update on the happenings in my life, here you go :)

Writing: Book 3 is still coming along slowly (I'm doing a lot more brainstorming than actual writing). I'm loving the ideas I'm brewing though! I have about 60,000 words out of the approximately 80,000 words I'm aiming for. 

Foreign Book Releases: I'm still waiting on the Chinese translation of Oppression & Uprising to come out, but the French version of Oppression was released by AdA in Canada recently (Woohooo!). It feels really great to know my books are being sold in different languages. The exciting thing about the Canada release was that I got an email from the publisher directly asking about the 3rd book! They said they are really excited about my series. Needless to say I did some good writing that day :)

Baby World: My awesome little guy is almost 14 months already! He's so much fun and makes me laugh every day. Still no hair...but I was bald until I was two, so there's that.

What have all you blogger friends been up to?

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Challenging Destiny Cover Reveal

Congrats to author friend Cherie Colyer on the cover reveal for her new upcoming novel!! :)

CHALLENGING DESTINY

Coming spring 2014 from the Wild Rose Press, Black Rose Imprint

Being Chosen is a terrible thing when there's no one you can trust

Synposis:
Logan Ragsdale and his younger sister, Ariana, have been marked, chosen to be unwilling participants in a war between angels and demons. Logan can sense something's not quite right. Like an unexpected chill on a summer's day, he can feel the unseen closing in. He's had these feelings before and, each time, someone close to him died. He's afraid this time it might just be Ariana. Logan's fears are soon confirmed when he discovers their new friends aren't human, but rather representatives from Heaven and Hell sent to Earth to ensure he and Ariana accept their roles in an ancient prophecy. Demons want Logan to open the gates of Hell. Ariana has the power to stop them, but if she chooses to side with Heaven to spare the lives of thousands of innocent people, she'll damn her brother for eternity. Together, they must derail the biblical event if they hope to save themselves and the future of mankind...but what price are they willing to pay to keep the other safe?

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Divergent Movie Countdown!

Wooo! The Divergent movie is out next month. Crazy, right?! That went by so super fast. I have mixed feelings about it. I really enjoyed the book (as most did) and I'm excited they are making a movie. BUT...I can't help but feel a little nervous it won't live up to my expectations. Almost all YA book-movies have left me feeling unsatisfied. Obviously the book is always better, so why do I keep hoping I'll get something new and awesome from these movies? I don't know. The Harry Potter people nailed it. Catching Fire was surprisingly edge-of-my-seat good. I hope this is one of the good ones and not a Twilight flop. 

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My New Passion

When writing is your only passion, it's easy to stay focused. It's easy to get excited and lose yourself in the process of creating a story. Life used to be like that for me. Hours of brainstorming, days in pajamas typing page after page, stringing chapters together with no distraction. As much as I hate to admit it, writing is no longer my biggest priority. I still write, but only if I have time, and as sad as that is for me, it's also the way it should be.

I have a new passion now--my son. He is my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way. He comes first, and although I miss the days of burying myself in my books, the moments with him are worth the sacrifice.

Still...I feel guilty. For not writing faster. For not blogger more. For not marketing my books enough to boost sales. For not Tweeting or Facebooking enough. For not reading as much as I used to. For all of it.

I know you probably haven't noticed or cared, but I have...and for that I'm sorry. In writing this, I've realized I need forgiveness from myself more than anything. I need to remind myself that it's okay if things move slowly. It's okay if life takes me by surprise. It's okay to not write every day if that means being with my son. I'm not perfect, and that's okay too :)

Whhheeew. Good to get that out.

Now off to play chase and scatter the living room with toys.

An Embarrassing Holiday Moment...

Today I'm posting on Darkly Delicious YA. If you're curious just how embarrassing...just click here

Holiday Craziness...

Thanksgiving was awesomesauce. Lots of food. Family. Charades that had me laughing in tears. I can't believe it's almost Christmas already. I've been SO busy. I have zero time these days. I did manage to sneak in to see TWO movies I was anxiously awaiting: City of Bones & Catching Fire.

I was looking forward to City of Bones, hoping the movie would sway my opinion about the book because I REALLY want to like the series. I have no idea why it doesn't float my boat. To each his own I guess. In any case, it still isn't for me, but I'm glad so many others love it :)

Catching Fire kind of blew my socks off. I was not expecting that movie to be as good as the first (as I didn't like the second book as much as the first) BUT it had me so sucked in that I was literally leaning forward in my seat the entire time.

In other news, I've joined a collaborative blog called Darkly Delicious YA. I'm hoping it will force me to be more active in the blogging world. As you can see...I've been sucking it up when it comes to posting :\  Here is a little about the blog:

At Darkly Delicious YA...
We are a collective of traditionally published young adult authors who are passionate about writing suspenseful, intriguing novels for teens and adults. Our works range from contemporary, romance, paranormal, magical realism, or supernatural, but each of our novels feature a darkly delicious storyline that will leave you craving more.

There are 21 authors involved, so I won't feel so pressed to post all the time, but I'll still get to pop in here and there :) It should be fun. I'm looking forward to it. We're all posting a little about the holidays, and on Monday (Dec. 16th) I'll be sharing one of my most embarrassing holiday moments....aaaah!

Here is the link if you want to follow: Darkly Delicious YA

In the meantime, I'll be writing writing writing...for those wondering about my third book, I have about 200 pages written. Getting close!!

What did you think about Catching Fire or City of Bones? Have you had time to go see any movies during this busy holiday season?