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WE music video

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Orlanda

Finally done up in proper video format I am pleased to announce it’s first run on YouTube.

I present to you ~ we..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v2fnFsL68c&feature=channel

Performed by Dale Swystun formerly of Onyx.

Lyrics by Orlanda Szabo

Produced by Johan and Jonas Johatanson

Artwork by Diane Johnston

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The final run up to the 11-11-11 elaunch of the first book in the Crystal Shade trilogy has happily begun. Every Wednesday I will be adding a post to get more in depth into the Crystal Shade world and characters.

I invite everyone to have a pre-launch sneak peek at the
universe of Crystal Shade.
As well as the extraordinary artwork of Crystal Shade’s
creator, Istvan Szabo, Ifj.

~A thousand stars could tell a thousand stories~

When seven-year-old Grace is reborn as an adult angel, she learns that a prophesied cataclysm known as the Crystal Shade will soon be upon the world. It is discovered that Angeni is special. She is told that her destiny is to champion the peaceful Aserian against the demon hordes. With all hope resting upon her untested wings, Angeni, struggles to understand the web being weaved around both angel and demon. If her suspicions are correct, a hidden power is working to pit angel and demon against each other and themselves. An entity waiting to destroy the survivors
and take the universe for itself.

Created by Istvan Szabo, Ifj
Co-written by Istvan Szabo, Ifj & Orlanda Szabo
Edited by Orlanda Szabo

Comments and suggestions are always welcome from our fans, those who are soon to be and all those curious souls who see life just a little different from most.

E launch: November 11, 2011

www.smashwords.com
www.amazon.com

More information

https://www.facebook.com/CrystalShadeAngeni?sk=wall
www.crystalshadeangeni.com
www.twitter.com/csangeni

Orlanda Szabo
www.orlandaszabo.com
www.twitter.com/OrlandaSzabo
www.facebook.com/orlanda.szabo
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/orlandaszabo

Filed under: Articles, Crystal Shade | Tagged: Angels, Angeni, Crystal Shade, Demons, Fantasy, Literary, Orlanda Szabo, Trilogy | 4 Comments »

3 DAYS ONLY!

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Orlanda

7 Post Meridiem XSS #1 ~ Anno Humanae Salutis
[Kindle Edition]

February 2837, Aalsa Meridon.

Every silent cry may turn to a beautiful song if someone listens, and answers in tones of hope,
but in the year of Man’s redemption, as the clock chimes seven,
a shrill voice answers the last hopeless cry of a civilization.

~ SPECIAL OFFER ~

On February 23, 24 and 25, Anno Humanea Salutis will be free at the links below.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007B3D2F4

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007B3D2F4

Istvan Szabo Ifj. ~ Author, Illustrator
Orlanda Szabo ~ Editor

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Orlanda

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

25 PAGE FAMILY SUSPENSE ANIMATED SHORT

LOGLINE: The pitfalls and pratfalls of a group of young blue jays on their honeymoon who are hard pressed to get back home
with their sanity and chicks intact.

SYNOPSIS: In late spring, a paired group of blue jays get hitched. With Fred and Mavis in the lead, they all excitedly take flight to migrate north. Their first evening is spent at an ice edged lake where one of the group skips over the water.
As he sinks, the wranglers fish him out of the lake while four moldy old crows hold up marks.

The first day at the bird house resort the restaurant is plagued by bungee jumping inchworms until a phalanx of tent caterpillars eat the place. Then the eggs hatch. The young jay couples are not prepared. Mishap after mishap leads to
a storm that blows two chicks into the horrifying Great Western Waste.
There they narrowly escape a snowy owl on a munchies run.

Over a late afternoon autumn tinged city the flight breaks up. Relieved, Mavis walks into her tree hollow home, serene until the chicks zip in yelling and chasing each other. Fred comes in last and lovingly puts a wing around Mavis.

Orlanda Szabo
(204) 482-8132
orlanda@orlandaszabo.com

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BEST LEFT ALONE

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Orlanda

BEST LEFT ALONE

20 PAGE THRILLER

LOGLINE: Returning home thirty years after the disappearance of her kid sister,
Tannis faces her worst nightmare when her sister’s spirit makes herself heard.

Of two sisters in a small town, being older by one year, Tannis takes the mom role to heart and takes her work at the post office very seriously. When she comes in to clean, light-hearted Dawn refuses to let Tannis kill her good mood. Tannis shoos out the Sheriff and storeowner who always hang around near closing. She does the paperwork and tidies behind the wicket while the postmaster possessively watches Dawn sweep and wash the floor.

Dawn goes to the store while Tannis goes home and makes supper. When Dawn doesn’t come home and her linebacker boyfriend Keith comes to pick her up, they go to the bar to report Dawn missing to the Sheriff. The postmaster throws blame on Tannis. The Sheriff sends her home to wait for Dawn. Come autumn with Dawn still missing, heartbroken,
Tannis packs up and leaves town.

Returning after thirty years, Tannis hires two teens, Keith’s able-bodied son Alan and Merry’s mouse-like son, Bail to help her convert the old post office into a café/gift shop. When a weird pinkish stain runs up the post office wall into the upstairs bedroom, Keith shores up the foundation without noticing the crack.

Things start moving from where Tannis put them. A dream of violence and blood wakes her in tears, the blood in her dream fades with the sunlight. A massive shift cracks the wall from the bedroom to the basement. Tannis, Alan and Bail freak. Keith investigates a bit of bone and cloth sticking out of the wider crack in the basement. As Tannis touches the cloth, the crack bursts open throwing Dawn’s remains on top of her.
Tannis and Keith know who did it as Dawn is finally laid to rest.

Orlanda Szabo
(204) 482-8132
orlanda@orlandaszabo.com

http://www.orlandaszabo.com/
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All Book Links in one Place

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Orlanda

All of the links for Crystal Shade: Angeni (blue book) can now be found in one handy place.

The Official Crystal Shade website.

http://www.crystalshadeangeni.com/purchase/index.html

~ ALSO ~

Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 2 (yellow book) release date: 07-07-12.
Official homepage; www.crystalshadeangeni.com
Volume 1; www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00660MU8I

7 Post Meridiem #2 and 7 Post Meridiem XSS coming soon. Get the first volumes here;
Pale Moonlight (7 Post Meridiem #1) – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GAE4B4

Crystal Shade’s Angeni has been entered into two, currently top-secret programs that will launch soon. If she is accepted into the second one, just as she has been already accepted into the first one, it will be big. Really really big.

Good reading

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Crystal Shade: Angeni Blog review

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Orlanda

Rebecca McKinnon from “tHe crooKed WorD” blog has kindly done a review for us. Thank you, Rebecca for your honest impressions of Crystal Shade: Angeni.

You can find the review at:

http://thecrookedword.blogspot.com/2012/02/crystal-shade.html

Be sure to check out earlier reviews to the right of the screen under Crystal Shade: Angeni.

It takes a million steps before a book becomes an overnight success