Mysteries of Power of the Vampire and More to Come

Long-Knife with Sheath

Mysteries are the stuff of a good story, but there are some mysteries that are not explained, pulling the reader forward, hoping for a tidbit to help uncover that elusive mystery. In chapter three, Laurel, not only flies on the back of a griffin; she also kills the guards who shoot the griffin down. When she is faced with saving her two loves and other captives she gains a long-knife from Learden's pack.

Long-Knife without Sheath

As the story evolves she learns more about this long-knife, that is very instrumental in keeping her alive and saving those who need her. She finds this knife and another lethal weapon, designed to do one thing, kill the commander. This weapon is also used in a fight over her, against another    whom Laurel loves. This knife is kept in her boot, which comes up above her knee, but she doesn't get the sheath that goes with it until Learden gives it to her in book three of  "The Saga of a World Called Htrae."

Learden slowly gives her information about the two weapons but you don't learn everything until the third book, "Rise of the Hybrids." That is unless you read this blog. So to those of you who take the time to read my blog, not only am I giving inside information but also pictures of the weapons.

Showing the actual size

The long-knife is made of a metal that is found only on an island owned by the Witch. It is also imbibed with magick, making it sharp enough to cut through the vampire shackles. It also has symbols carved on it that only the user can see. You will learn more about this in the next book. The pictures below are of an actual long-knife, made of stainless steel and other metals. However, I have been researching the Wicca religion for the past two years. Learning about spells the Witch alphabet, making your own magick wand, and, creating your own Grimorie and Book of Shadows.

Weapon to Kill the Commamder

 In "Power of the Vampire," Laurel, learns she is a dominate Vampire but also part Witch. In "Rise of the Hybrids," she will start her training as Witch, where she must learn more about who she is and how to bring out her powerful Witch abilities. As I learn about Wicca, Laurel will learn. The next tool Laurel must make is the Casting Wand, filled with symbols and gem stones and imbibed with spells that will aid her in defeating the King and restoring Htrae and it's daoine.

If you haven't read "Dreams and Vampires," you can get it for $.99 on www.Smashwords.com/deekrull/profile

More Questions and Answers That Will Change Everything

What happens next in this saga of a parallel world called Htrae? You already know that Laurel is kidnapped (again) in the first chapter of "Power of the Vampire," by a (Vampire or Hybrid?) named Learden. You know his face from this page, but you have no idea who he is.

Why does Laurel fall in love with this renegade and how does Kianas find her? What is the 'power' and what does it have to do with Laurel? And what in the world does she do that she will regret, and what is the decision she makes that changes her life forever?

Next question; what does the king know that everyone else doesn't? Why does he want to keep Laurel alive when he wanted to kill her in the last book? And what is his secret weapon that almost destroyed Htrae in the past?

What does the prophesy actually say? Do you remember? You will be very surprised when you read the book. Everything is not what it seems.

Okay, now that I have piqued your interest, go to my new website  by clicking on the book, and learn a few new things and/or buy a signed copy of "Power of the Vampire." You will love the new website, it is easier to navigate and has more information as well as links to many of my other sites. I know I have been very lax about keeping up with my websites but I am moved in and burrowed deep into my wonderful new home, and ready to write, and write some more. Check out the website and enjoy the second book in the series of  "The Saga of a World Called Htrae."

If you feel adventuresome, go to my facebook page under Dee Krull and give me a 'like' and I will return the favor.

It's Time to Get Your Copy of "Power of the Vampire"

Just a short post to let everyone know that "Power of the Vampire" is now available at Barns and Noble and Amazon. 

I am hoping to get my shipment of books before the end of December so I will keep you posted as to when you will be able to purchase a signed copy and bookmark. My new website is under construction at the moment but as soon as it is up and running my books will be linked to it. Book number three of this series is underway and flowing nicely.

As I promised in my last post I plan to keep up with my blog, providing a new and interesting post once a week.  My next post will be about the importance of words when you are talking to yourself. Your "inner dialog" can create negativity in your life, or it can lift you up to be the productive positive person you were meant to be. 

I know you will enjoy my new book, it is a fast paced thriller-love story, filled with humor, sex, action and terror. It will keep you up  into the late night hours, reading until the very end. It was a labor of love and I enjoyed every minute of it. 

I wish you Happy Holidays, filled with spending time with family and friends and sharing warm feelings and laughter. Isn't that what life is all about? It is for me. Namaste

Words Preview

Hello fans, friends and family,

Monday I will give the "I accept" for the author's books and "Power of the Vampire" will go to print. As soon as I have a date I will post it. I am still working on the Smashwords edition of the book but it should be out before the end of the month.

Meanwihile I just can't stay away from my computer, I have already written the first three chapters in the Saga of a World Called Htrae. It is called "Rise of the Hybrids " and I have most of it written in my head. I am focusing on having it done by the end of summer 2013.

I know I have been a bit remiss in posting entries on my blog and fb this year, moving can be a bit demanding on your time. No excuses now, cause I am moved in and busy in my new home in Arcata. So, until next time, I will give you a teaser of my future blogs.  Pay attention to the words you use when talking about yourself.( :

Well, it is finally finished and I am now waiting for the authors books of "Power of the Vampire." I spent longer editing (about two months) this one because of the mistakes in the first one. I have been an avid reader all my life. Both of my parents were avid readers and so were both of my husbands. The quality of the books coming out in print the past five, or so years, has been appalling, mine included. And I am not just talking about self published novels, even traditionally edited novels are riddled with mistakes, some more than others.

Who were these dedicated people, from the past, who spent hours and days to make sure the English language was used properly and that the punctuation was correct and words were spell correctly? They were able to put out great books with no typos, no miss-spellings and no miss-used words? Editing is hard, especially in the English language. We have many words that are spelled the same but mean different things and words that are spelled differently but mean the same. Even spell check can't keep up with that. Simply put; what has happened to the English language? We can't call our language English any more because we don't speak English anymore.

I love some of the old TV shows and one of my favorites is "I Love Lucy." That show can pull me out of the worst of a depression. They say laughter is the best medicine, and I truly believe it. Anyway the other day I was taking a break from writing and decided to watch "I Love Lucy." She was pregnant and decided she wanted to take English lessons so the baby would grow up around proper diction. She read something to Ricky and asked him to read it back to her. Well, of course he couldn't say the words right because of his Spanish accent. He became frustrated and made a remark that reminded me of something I had said a few weeks ago. He said "ah, come on Lucy, I had enough trouble trying to learn American and now you want me to learn English?"

I couldn't have said it better and he said it with an accent. We no longer speak true English, we speak American English. In defense of the English language I have to say there are many countries who speak English as their primary  language and each one speaks a different version of it. Americans have become lazy when it comes to proper diction, we mix so many slang words into our daily language that half of them aren't even in the dictionary. And every year our children put new meanings to words so that adults can't understand them.

Okay, so I am rambling but I do have a purpose to this mad blog about the English language. In the Saga of a World Called Htrae I have separated the English language of my main character, Laurel, and the English language spoken by the beings of Htrae. Some of you will pick it up right-a-way but there are some of you who have read the first book that didn't. I would like you to put on your thinking caps now and after reading the first book, I would like you to write a fifty word synopsis of the book as if you were a being from Htrae.

The first and the tenth person to send in a synopsis will receive a signed copy of "Dreams and Vampires." The winner of the synopsis submission will receive a sighed copy of "Dreams and Vampires" and "Power of the Vampire. None of the synopsis will be kept or used for publishing in any way unless the winner would like me to published it on my blog as the winning entry. I will post the winners on my blog the day "Power of the Vampire" is published and available for purchase, which will be sometime before Christmas.

Meanwhile, I have posted the new cover and synopsis on my blog and I am looking forward to reading your submissions.

The Griffin

I wanted to share this beautiful art work by Adriana Ruiz that will be a part of my cover art for "Power of the Vampire." You will also see it in the graphic art leading into chapter three of the book.

Even though the griffin has a short life in book two of The Saga of a World Called Htrae, it is by no means the end of it as a character in the upcoming books three and four. As you will find below the griffin is a wonderful character and needs to be seen again.

 The day I asked Adriana if she would like to do the graphics for my book I asked her if she would draw a griffin for me. Later this is what she drew as we started to work on the illustration for chapter three. You can see why I was excited when she said she would work on the book with me.

When I started researching the griffin I had no idea how much information there was and how far back in history the griffin began. The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Since the lion is considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be a powerful and majestic creature. It was also thought to be the king of the creatures.

Griffins are known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions.A classical folklorist, Adrienne Mayor believed it was possible that the griffin was an ancient misconception derived from the fossilized remains of the Protoceratops found in gold mines in the Altai mountains of Scythia. Known in present day as southeastern Kazakhstan, or in Mongolia. In antiquity the griffin was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.

While Ancient Greece is the most common art and lore, representations of griffins in Ancient Egyptian art go as far back as 3,300 BC. The form of the griffin is most commonly depicted with forelimbs of the eagle but in some art forms they have the forearms of the lion and generally have the hind quarters of the lion.

In Medieval lore Griffins not only mated for life, but also, if either partner died, the other would continue throughout the rest of its life alone, never to search for a new mate. This is why the griffin was made an emblem of the Church's views on remarriage. The legendary creature of the Hippogriff, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and mare; being a union of a terrestrial beast and an aerial bird, is seen in Christendom to be a symbol of Jesus, who was both human and divine.

In my story griffins are a creature of Htrae, shown with the rear body of a lion, an eagle's head, with erect ears, and feathered breast, with forelegs of an eagle, including claws. The combination indicates a combination of intelligence and strength. Learden and Laurel are confronted by a female griffin who is guarding her pup in the cave they need to use as shelter. This spells bad news for the mother but the juvenile pup aids Laurel in saving Learden's life, while risking it's own in the process. This is also when Laurel learns she has the ability to communicate in a new way and what "The Power of the Vampire" really means for her and those she loves.

Meet Laurel Lee

Laurel is the main character in my Htrae Saga series. When her story first began she was a fifty-two year old human from Earth and a widow with a son who was going to Humboldt State College in Northern California. She is five foot one with green eyes, long natural curly black hair and is very fair with freckles everywhere.

When her best friend Raithe turns forty she decides to get a tattoo of a spiral on the right side of her neck and since she and Laurel have the same birthday ten years apart she convinces Laurel to get one too. Little did she know that it would change her life forever and become a very important part of her story.

She has been a clinical hypnotherapist for a very long time so she has an uncanny ability to read people and communicate intuitively with her clients. As you come to know her through the series you will soon realize that she is not ordinary and as she changes she develops her human abilities into some very extraordinary abilities.

In "Dreams and Vampires" you found out who she was and how her life changed when she met her first vampire, Naken. When she  falls in love with a noble vampire named Kianas, her life spirals out of control as she is introduced to a very hostile parallel world called Htrae. Once there, she begins to change but it is not until the end that she realizes how much. The grey in her hair is almost completely gone and she is getting younger.

In the second book "Power of the Vampire" Laurel begins to change even more and for the first time she meets the King and Queen of this world. In the first chapter, which you can read in a previous blog she meets Learden and a whole new side of Htrae is revealed. She also learns that it is very dangerous to love two vampires, not only for them but for her as well. When the queen reveals a secret about the prophesy and the real reason the King is afraid of her, Laurel finally learns what her role will be in Htrae's salvation and the real reason she is changing. The only problem it seems, she is not sure what she is changing into.

After working with an artist who has a wonderful talent in this genera this is our introduction of the face that goes with the story. Adriana Ruiz is an artist who is attending the College of Northern Arizona to continue expanding on her love of art. I was lucky enough to know her aunt and uncle which is how we met and discovered our similar love of art. When I asked her if she would consider doing the graphics for my current novel she agreed. It is so exciting to be able to give my readers a face to go with the characters I have created. Right now she is in the process of creating the graphic that will go on the cover. I know you will enjoy her graphics as much as I do and there is lots more to come. If you are enjoying her graphics please let her know by clicking on the link to my face book page and click "like" on the graphics. There will be a new one each week as I kick off the marketing of "Power of the Vampire."
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