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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Check out † WING Blade † my new blog!

Hey Bloggers! Check out my new blog † WING Blade † for my new book series:

Friday, May 13, 2011

† WING Blade † (Book Series)

Copyright © 2011 of James Pettis, III

† WING Blade † is a book series I have recently come up with. It is about six young children that have created an alternate world that has now come to life and they must use their alternate egos to stop evil from taking over.

Utopia, a once beautiful home for a group of children, has been shattered into pieces and is corrupted by the darkness that demolished it years ago. The chosen children of Utopia were sent to planet Earth to be protected from the darkness that would soon destroy their home. Though the darkness was sealed with the power of the WING Blade, the darkness returned. The darkness soon finds out their whereabouts, and sends a thunderous storm that sweeps them all back to the world they were born. Now the children have taken on the physical appearance of teenagers and become WING Blade Fighters of Utopia. But when the forces of darkness begin to rise, the group of young teens must use their new found abilities and defeat the forces of evil and restore Utopia.

This book series has been very fun to come up with and I hope others will like it. The Series altogether is composed of twelve books (one of which will be released in the UK only): † WING Blade †, † WING Blade † (UK Version), † WING Blade † : Elemental Remnants, † WING Blade † : The Dragon Sealer, †WING Blade † : The Resurrection of the Apollyons, † WING Blade † II: The Androids of Black Lake City, † WING Blade † III: The Rise of Clownee Town, † WING Blade †IV: The Legend of the Wolf, † WING Blade † V: Rise of the Dragon, † WING Blade † VI:The Phantom of Utopia, † WING Blade † VII: The Land of the Fairies, and † WING Blade †VIII: The War of Darkness. Stay posted for more info about the † WING Blade † series.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Rose (A Novel)

Copyright © 2011 of James Pettis, III

Rose (A Novel) is a romance-drama novel I came up with recently. Its young woman named Rose who leaves her old life as a prostitute and tries to start over again.

What would you do if you had basically ruined your life? You would at least try to start over right? Well that's what twenty nine year old Rose Stevenson is trying to do. Currently a recovering prostitute, Rose has left her old life as a struggling prostitute in Brooklyn, New York to start anew in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Once there, she meets twenty three year old Tristan Madison, a young man who works at a local bookstore. Rose and Tristan begin to form a strong bond and as they get closer, they start an intense sexual relationship. The two subsequently fall in love and want to be together forever. But when Rose's past comes back to haunt her, she finds her self face to face with her reason for escaping and puts Tristan right in the middle of it all.

I love this idea because it forces me to venture into a different genre I've never written before. I am very excited about Rose and I will enjoy writing it. Stay posted for more info about Rose (A Novel).

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Are You Ready For "12 (A Novel)"?

ATTENTION READERS: I just created a blog just for my novel "12". Check it out at the link below:

12 (A Novel)

Sunday, March 20, 2011

The New Fairy Tales (Revised) - Rose Red

Rose Red is the tenth and final fairy tale of the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. it is the same as Rose Red from my original series The New Fairy Tales. It is loosely based on Snow-White and Rose-Red by Brothers Grimm in 1832.

Rose Red is a young woman that lives in a cottage in the woods with her mother. Rose Red is a huge dreamer and has always dreamed of being a princess and marrying a handsome prince. Rose Red's mother has been her spiritual guide all her life and tells her to never give up on her dreams. But one day, Rose Red's mother gets very sick and dies, leaving Rose Red. She then feels helpless and alone, no longer knowing what to do. Until one day, a bear stumbles upon her cottage and reveals himself to be a prince named Joseph. Prince Joseph has been cursed by a group of seven evil dwarfs known as Envy, Lusty, Greedy, Vanity, Gluttony, Slothy, and Wrathy. Prince Joseph was cursed to be a bear by day and a handsome prince by night. The Prince begs Rose Red to help him break the curse and in return he will marry her. Join Rose Red as she goes on a new journey to help the prince and battle the magical evil dwarfs.

This idea was very fun to come up with and I hope that others will like it. Stay tuned for more about Rose Red.

The New Fairy Tales (Revised) - Sorcerer's Apprentice

Sorcerer's Apprentice is the ninth fairy tale in the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. It is replacing Peter Pan from my original series The New Fairy Tales. It is loosely based on the poem titled The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and Der Zauberlehrling, written in 1797 and Arthurian Legend. It will be about Merlin the Wizard traveling to the present time and recruiting a young man in high school to help him destroy his evil cousin Morgan Le Fay and stop darkness from taking over.

Merlin the Wizard receives a vision of the future and sees his evil cousin, Moran Le Fay, leading the world into darkness using the power of Excalibur. Confused and worried Merlin travels to present time and recruits a young college school student named Arthur King (Whom he mistakes as King Arthur). Arthur becomes Merlin's Apprentice and Merlin teaches him everything he knows. Soon, Merlin figures out the whereabouts of Excalibur and He and Arthur set out to retrieve it. But as darkness rises, will they get to it on time and stop Morgan Le Fay from taking over?

This idea has me very excited, I've always loved The Sorcerer's Apprentice and I will enjoy writing this. Stay posted for more info about Sorcerer's Apprentice.

The New Fairy Tales (Revised) - Aladdin and the Lamp

Aladdin and the Lamp is the eighth story in the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. This is the same as Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp from the original series The New Fairy Tales, except the title isn't the same. It is based on the fairy tale Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp from 1001 Arabian Nights (author unknown).

Aladdin is a young Arab man who lives in a Chinese city. Aladdin has always gotten into trouble and is known best for his devious acts. But Aladdin is tired of his ways and wants to make a change. That change comes when he meets a "wise man" (Kadar, an evil Sorcerer) who leads him to the Mystical Cave of Magic. Once there, Aladdin retrieves a magic ring and the magical lamp. The "wise man" (Kadar) tries to kill Aladdin but instead ends up trapping him under ground. But with the power of the ring and the magical lamp, Aladdin releases two powerful Djinni that help him escape and begin with the wish making. Kadar becomes furious and will stop at nothing to kill Aladdin and retrieve the Djinni. It is up to Aladdin to stop Kadar before it's too late.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp has always been a childhood favorite of mine and I am excited to work on this fairy tale. Stay posted for info and short stories about Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

The New Fairy Tales (Revised) - Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel is the seventh fairy tale in the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. It is replacing Rumpelstiltskin from the original series The New Fairy Tales. It is based on Hansel and Gretel by Brothers Grimm in 1812. It is about two siblings how live in a village were the villagers are being drawn away into the lair of a Witch who is a cannibal.

Hansel is nineteen and his little sister Gretel is seventeen. They both live in a village where the villagers have been going missing, but their bones turn up days later with their flesh eaten off. News gets around that there is an evil Witch named Talinka who is a cannibal and has been drawing the youth out of the village and into her lair. With this information, Hansel and Gretel are determined to put a stop to the evil Talinka's killing spree. Will Hansel and Gretel be able to defeat Talinka, or will they find themselves deep inside her evil grasp?

This was very fun coming up with this idea and I can't wait to write it. Stay tuned for more info about Hansel and Gretel.

The New Fairy Tales (Revised) - The Land of Oz

The Land of Oz is the sixth story in the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. It is the same as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the original series The New Fairy Tales except the name is different and it is more original. It is based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in 1900.

Dorothy Gale is a Nineteen year old Kansas City girl who lives with her Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry on their farm. Dorothy has an American Eskimo dog named Toto that quite often accidentally ruins a local gardener's garden, Ms. Gulch. She then takes it to the county and they give her the authority to take Toto to City Hall to be put to sleep. Toto escapes Ms. Gulch's Car and Dorothy runs away with him. Dorothy soon finds out about a storm coming, she thinks her Aunt Emma will worry about her and get herself hurt looking for her in the storm. Dorothy returns to the farm only to be whisked away by a cyclone the rips the farm right out of the ground. Dorothy then finds herself in the Land of Oz and surrounded by little people. She then meets Glinda the Good Witch and Lamallia the Wicked Witch (whose sister Dorothy unintentionally kills). Lamallia's sister's sapphire slippers are then given to Dorothy to help her along her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz; whom will grant her wish and send her back home to Kansas. On her journey, she meets a brainless scarecrow named Exavior, Cleo (a humanoid robot), a cowardly lion named Theodore, and a handsome young man named Larkin (Lamallia's son, who has a hidden agenda). They're all off to see the Wizard in this modern retelling of the 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum.

The Wizard of Oz has always been one of my favorite fairy tales. I have enjoyed coming up with ideas for it and love to work on it. Stay tuned for more info about The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The New Fairy Tales (Revised) - Sleeping Beauty

Copyright © 2011 of James Pettis, III

Sleeping Beauty is the fifth fairy tale in the revised series, The New Fairy Tales. It is the same as Sleeping Beauty from the original series The New Fairy Tales, except Rose's name is now Lily. It is taken from and based on the original fairy tale Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault in 1697.

In a kingdom far away, a Queen wants nothing more than to have a child to call her own. She prays everyday to have a child to call her own. Then she gives birth to a beautiful baby girl who she calls Lily. The kingdom has a celebration in honor of the child and have fairies come and bless the child. But one fairy wasn't invited and she crashes the celebration and curses the princess. The curse is that when the princess turns sixteen she will prick her finger on a spindle of a spinning and die. The King then creates a new law where all spindles are banished from the kingdom and if anyone is caught using one, the will be sentenced to death. Once Lily is sixteen, her mother and father depart from the kingdom to find new materials and find ways to make clothes, leaving the young princess alone in the kingdom. This gives the evil fairy a chance to make her move, but a Prince visiting the kingdom will stop at nothing to protect the princess from evil. But will he save her before it's too late?

This has been fun coming up with the plot and storyline. I love it and I will really enjoy writing it. Stay posted for more info about Sleeping Beauty.