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he war of 1812 highlighting francis scott key s experiences that compelled him to write the poem defense of fort mchenry which later was put to music and became the star spangled banner oh say can you see is a beautifully written tale of the heroic defense of a brand new nation and the struggle to survive as free men this was the first book i ve read by l c lewis but it won t be the last she s a talented writer and masterful storyteller and i can t wait until the fifth book comes out in march she also writes under the name laurie c lewis and has two books out under that name awakening avery and unspoken it s blog tour time for oh say can you see l c lewis set against the war of 1812 and the penning of the star spangled banner oh say can you see the latest novel in the free men and dreamers series by l c lewis brings this often overlooked period to life three people will win a copy of oh say can you see one grand prize winner will win this beautiful patriotic necklace blog tour runs from december 13th december 22nd it s easy to enter 1 visit the fabulous reviews and leave a comment letting us know why the star spangled banner means so much to you remember to include your email address 2 if you tweet about the blog tour or post about it on your blog or facebook leave the link in the comments section and you ll receive an additional entry good luck entries close at midnight mst on december 31 december 13 braden bell december 14 marsha ward december 15 rachelle christensen december 16 anna del c dye december 17 stephanie abney december 18 lynn parsons december 20 susan dayley marilyn bunderson december 21 liz adair valerie ipson december 22 kathi oram peterson posted by m r bunderson at 1 32 am 1 comment friday december 3 2010 review taken by storm and unbroken connection by angela morrison taken by storm by angela morrison from the back of the book leesie hunt s unbreakable rules no kissing at least not of the french variety no sec hah not even close to happening anyway no dating outside the mormon faith what would be the point absolutely no falling in love with the wrong boy would ruin everything leesie thinks she has her whole life planned out get into the school of her dreams write her poems meet the perfect guy and settle down then she meets michael a boy whose parents were killed in a diving accident during a terrible storm michael is drowning in tragedy and all leesie wants is to save him with each day her heart hurts more could it be perfect leesie is falling from grace or is she just falling in love but if leesie gives in to temptation who is going to save her my review i have never read a book like this leesie and michael take turns telling their story through michael s dive logs and leesie s poems and chatspot conversations the dual perspective propels the story forward while allowing the reader to understand both sides of the relationship michael is struggling to come to terms with the storm and the loss of his parents leesie s trying hard to reconcile her beliefs and upbringing with the passionate feelings she has for michael his emotions are raw and poignant when she reaches out to him she becomes the air for his drowning soul on top of their personal struggles they constantly disagree on how their relationship should play out leesie believes that love means more than the physical part and has made a commitment to save herself for marriage michael doesn t understand her need to wait and thinks that her rules will kill the growing love between them that the only way to truly love is to share everything with each other sprinkled throughout the book are leesie affirmations of her strong religious beliefs as she reinforces her will and occasionally preaches to michael in an honest attempt to help him heal at this point i have to say that the content is definitely pg 13 it s listed as a book for age 12 and up but i think it depends on the 12 year old for someone confronted with similar issues at school and in their own personal relationships this is a great book on finding your limits and exploring the pros and cons of premarital sex for other teens who are perhaps more sheltered this book delves pretty far into passions with frank sexual talk and discussions on a personal level since my three teenage daughters are more on the sheltered side i will not be recommending this book for them to read however if i felt one of them were dancing a little close to the lines i might pull it out and have them read it the writing is perfection the story is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time angela does a masterful job of developing her characters i enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it for the right audience check out angela s website http www angela morrison com you can read the first chapter and see a trailer for this book you ll also hear the beautiful song she wrote for her book sing me to sleep unbroken connection by angela morrison from the back of the book against all odds the couple that swept you away in taken by storm is back michael is in thailand diving his dream leesie is at byu living hers and they just can t leave each other alone their romance rekindles deeper than before they grow desperate to see one another again to hold one another again michael decides there is only one directin their relationship can go and asks leesie the ultimate question her answer challenges everything michakel is and wants to be can she change for him can he change for her enough my review written in the same format as taken by storm unbroken connection picks up the story of michael and leesie s romance even though they are on opposite sides of the world symbolic of how incongruent their beliefs and behaviors are they can t suppress the passion that pulls them together the questions that keep coming up challenge their relationship can they find a way to make it work or will they have to give up too much or who they are how important are core beliefs in the face of all consuming love once again i enjoyed the book and the growing relationship between leesie and michael i can t wait until i can read the third book cayman summer if anything this book was more passionate than the first so i must add the same strong cautions this is a great book for the right audience check out angela s website http www angela morrison com you can read the first chapter and see a trailer for this book you ll also hear the beautiful song she wrote for her book sing me to sleep posted by m r bunderson at 12 33 am no comments author interview with angela morrison i recently had the opportunity to do reviews on two of angela morrison s amazing books taken by storm and unbroken connection she was also nice enough to let me interview her if you want to learn more about her after reading her interview visit her website http web me com angelamorrison angela_morrison welcome html 1 your characters are very well developed and a joy to discover how do you create such strong characters are they based on people you know revision revision revision it took me so long to finally sell taken by storm so i had years of listening to michael and leesie talk in my head i got to know them better with each rejection and consequent revision i think that s the key to creating strong characters listening to them are they based on people i know i have to laugh when people ask me that i put leesie in my high school and she lives in the farm house where i lived from junior high through high school i even made her the only mormon girl in the school then i started giving her all of my worst high school experiences it was great catharsis but lousy fiction i had to cut a lot of the me so she could be leesie i gave her my sister s long beautiful hair another sister s mad driving skills and a retro suede leather jacket one of my son s friends wore i still had difficulty conveying her motivation until my daughter gave me a recording of kelly clarkson s beautiful disaster that song is exactly leesie i d listen to it whenever i drove kids to school and then be in the perfect mood to come home and revise some more leesie truly came into her own when i let her speak through poetry 2 what led you to make the decision to use dive logs chat records and poetry to tell the story desperation an editor at candlewick said she d look at my manuscript a second time if i revised it all from michael s point of view i d do anything for candlewick so i tried it she missed the suspense created from leesie discovering michael s situation she asked me to revise again bringing back the dive logs that i used to tell michael s part of the story and replacing leesie s first person narration with third person i tried it bleck she said it was stiff yup at that point i looked at my manuscript and it was broken i asked myself how do i want to tell this story i d just returned from a workshop with markus zusak and read the book theif he is so inventive with all the pieces he brings together to narrate the story i d also recently read tobin m t anderson s octavian nothing traitor to a nation kelly bringham s shark girl and ellen yoeman s rubber houses tobin s book uses octavian s journal entries interspersed with letters and other items from other narrators he lists himself as the compiler kelly and ellen s books are both exquisitely crafted poetry novels kelly introduces letters to round out the narrative i studied my past three or four revisions with markus zusak s advice to keep the gems ringing in my ears michael s dive logs were the best thing i had i could use those to tell michael s side of the story i d already incorporated chats into the novel but i used them like dialogue i decided to take them out and insert them as transcripts but what about leesie she d been a poet from the start her poem about her grandmother was one of the first things i wrote and her and kim s relationship was all about writing poetry i tried a few of leesie s scenes as free verse poems and was excited about the result poetry is my dessert so i was excited about getting to write lots of poetry this form is called a collage novel i love it but it s challenging it fits michael and leesie i m not sure if i ll use it again 3 do you use an outline when you write and if so how detailed is it outlines make me grimace shudder run away crying i do use a calendar you can see it on my blog to keep track of what s going on when ideas for the story come thick and fast i scribble them down into a rough plot summary i wrote sing me to sleep under contract and i had to come up with a fairly detailed story pitch i m getting better at that but it s a learned skill plans always get changed when characters get involved i m a hero s journey writer and highly recommend voegel s the writer s journey 4 what character do you connect with the most probably leesie i divested her of a lot of me but there s still some in there haunting the poor girl 5 how long did it take you to write your first novel has the time frame changed any now that you are an experienced writer i wrote the first draft of taken by storm over the course of my first two semesters studying for my mfa at vermont college of fine arts incredible program writers check it out i remember how amazed i felt when i wrote the last scene and knew i d actually written a novel i revised it off and on for two more semesters but also started writing my only love an historical novel that required zillions of hours of research after i graduated i marketed storm for three and a half years before i sold it and then we did major revisions to get it in shape for razorbill s audience that s almost six years of effort rejection faith in this story and never giving up i didn t work on it full time but consistently through those years i wrote sing me to sleep in three months and only had a few weeks for my editors changes good thing she didn t ask for a lot i was in a panic to meet my deadline and wrote so much i hurt my hands now i average about six months for a novel but i know i can do it in less if i have to 6 is there any message you have for your fans i d like to invite you all to read taken by storm and unbroken connection and then join us over at http caymansummer blogspot com where i m blogging michael and leesie s last book as i write it i love getting readers input along the way and there s a big contest running too i hope to see you there posted by m r bunderson at 12 33 am 1 comment thursday december 2 2010 ski utah i took my four youngest skiing snowboarding on saturday i figured if we live in utah they had better learn to ski i signed them up for lessons at park city and the older three were excited to go the two who took snowboarding lessons had been skiing before and loved it and were excited to try something new park city has this deal for locals who are first time skiers very inexpensive my youngest was not excited to put it mildly he spent his first 8 years in taiwan and though he loves snow he gets cold very quickly i told him he had to try it one time so i layered him up with snow pants a warm coat gloves hat and hand warmers i think he ended up putting the handwarmers in his pockets because he didn t need them i even bought him goggles to keep the wind from his eyes he looked a little nervous when i dropped him off but he was a good sport the three girls were a bit more enthusiastic when i picked him up three hours later he was all smiles he loved it and couldn t wait to go again so glad can t wait to go again maybe i ll take some snowboarding lessons myself posted by m r bunderson at 1 26 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom my other blogs called to the work wordpress called to the work blogspot in tune and off key wordpress in tune and off key blogspot contributors m r bunderson marilyn bunderson buy it you might like it deseret book cedar fort borders barnes and noble amazon procrastination report heirs of sfera ultimate deception submitting 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