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We're A&E (Alyssa & Eileen) Kirk and we're thrilled you're here. Just click on the above tabs to have fun wandering the site and learning more about us and our YA series, The Divinicus Nex Chronicles. The first book DEMONS AT DEADNIGHT is available now!

Friday, March 23, 2012

Tour Winners!

The blog tour winners are in!


First place is Christy D. She's now the proud owner of a Kindle Fire with Demons at Deadnight skin. 


The second place winner of the swag box is Kristen


And lucky Lisa Ahlstedt won third place - a signed copy of Demons at Deadnight. 
Congratulations  to all the winners! Email us back and we'll hop on getting those prizes to you.


Thanks everyone for following! We hope you had as much fun as we did. We're in the midst of sending off all the prizes won from the tour stops along the way


 Forgive us our delay, we've been dealing with snow up here in our mountains. Beautiful, but dangerous to drive to the post office in. Unless you're Mr. Kirk/Dad and enjoy purposely sliding and spinning out on narrow roads. He claims it's "fun." We think that's the fastest way to die of a heart attack.
The post office is right over that hill. Just stick to the yellow line.
What do you mean you can't see it?
And for those of you who didn't win a copy, we've put DEMONS AT DEADNIGHT on sale for .99 cents as a thank you for all the wonderful support that everyone gave us!



Friday, March 9, 2012

Blog Tour Ends - Secret Phrase Revealed - Kindle Fire Up For Grabs!

Demons at Deadnight Blog Tour Banner with Hex Boys

Phew! It's been a fantastically fun and wild ride on the DEMONS AT DEADNIGHT Blog Tour. We've enjoyed every minute! Today is the final day, with Jenny @ Supernatural Snark - a hilarious interview with Ayden and the rest of the Hex Boys!

If you've followed the tour with all these incredible bloggers, you should now have the entire secret phrase, which is actually a question. To enter the phrase and get up to 35 points in the Kindle Fire giveaway, go to the BLOG TOUR PAGE  for complete instructions. You have until March 15 to enter!

We want to shower HUGS, KISSES, and a mountain-full of THANKS to all the stupendous bloggers who participated. You can check them out below where you'll find a complete listing and links to the tour stops.

And we greatly appreciate all the wonderful people who have followed and participated in the tour!

Thanks to all! We couldn't have done it without you! 
We treasure your love and support - it's priceless! 

Tour Dates
January 30th - March 9th
Week 1

Jan 30Mindful Musings - Review

Jan 31Teens Read and Write - Guest Post

Feb 1The Unread Reader - My Book Boyfriend

Feb 2YA Book Queen - Author Interview

Feb 3Must Love Books- Review


Week 2

Feb 6: Seeing Creative - Guest Post

Feb 7Books and Things - Hex Boy (character) Interview - Matthias


Feb 9The Book Vixen - Top 10

Feb 10Mindful Musings - Guest Post


Week 3

Feb 13In the Closet with a Bibliophile - Hex Boy Interview - Blake

Feb 14Teens Read and Write - Valentine's Day with the Hex Boys

Feb 15Must Love Books - Author Interview

Feb 16Geeky Blogger - Review

Feb 17In the Closet with a Bibliophile - Of Which I am Well Informed (Jen cooks!)


Week 4


Feb 21The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia - Cooking Video

Feb 22In The Hammock - Review


Feb 23Geeky Blogger - Guest Post



Week 5

Feb 27Musings of a YA Reader - Review

Feb 28Bookish Brunette - Review

Feb 29Tales of Whimsy - Cooking Video

Mar 1Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm - Tristan Character Interview

Mar 2Tina's Book Reviews - Review


Week 6

Mar 5Teens Read and Write - Guest Post

Mar 6Musings of a YA Reader - Interview


Mar 7Tina's Book Reviews- Interview

Mar 8Electrifying Reviews - Video Author Interview

Mar 9Supernatural Snark - Character Interview


Friday, February 3, 2012

Am I The Only One Having Fun With My Kids?

Seriously, it can't just be me. And if it is, parents are missing out on so much.

What brought this up? Glad you asked.

1) Jake (newly minted 19 years old) picked up a cough a couple of weeks ago. Usually they go away. This time it didn't. Admittedly I don't take my teens to the doctor over every ache, pain, and in this case, cough. But it persisted and Gregory kicked him out of their room because he couldn't get any sleep. On the couch in the living room, Jake was now keeping the rest of us up. Fun.

2) Gregory (17 soon to be 18) has had a winning soccer season but has taken a beating. At nearly 6'1", only 143 lbs and 4% body fat, he's not a big kid with a load of bulk for protection. When a 220 lb defender trucked him from behind last week (because Gregory beat the jerk - do I sound bitter?), Gregory flew a good 15 feet. The knee to his back, and the flying bit - or rather the landing - was a bit painful.

So with both their persistent coughs and pains, I took them to the doctor yesterday. As I signed the boys in they filled out the form the receptionist gave them and the conversation went like this:

Jake: It's asking why I'm here? What should I say?


Me: Why are you here?


Jake: The cough?


Me: No hon. We're here because you broke your nose 5 years ago and I'm still so mad that you put a bump on a perfectly straight piece of perfection that I busted my butt to create, suffering incredible discomfort for 9 months culminating in the worst pain known to man - sorry, woman because man will never know the reality of the excruciating pain that comes from the equivalent of pushing a watermelon out of their hoo-haa. And we're here to have the doctor break it and re-set it back to it's original state because how dare you mess the faultless achievement that God and I worked so hard to put together.  


Jake: *giving me "the look"* So...cough?


Me: How about mental defect?


Gregory: I'll back you up on that one.


Jake: Funny. Cough it is. Hmmm. Now let's see. *reads the next question on form* Allergies? *After a pause and sideways glance at me, he starts writing and says loudly* Myyyy mother.

At which point I crack up. The receptionist gives up trying to stifle her laughter and asks, "Do you guys always have this much fun? My teenager will hardly even talk to me."

I know I'm not the only one. Who else is having fun with their kids?

And by the way, Gregory wants the world to know that his resting heart rate is 44. I thought he was going to kiss the nurse. She did get a hug. At his peak Lance Armstrong's resting heart rate was 34 so now that's Gregory's new goal. Yeah, he's so fit, he's almost dead.