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Author Karri Thompson has stopped by with
an excerpt for the Amateur Angel blog tour!
The
traffic light ahead of us turned yellow. The Porsche jerked forward as Cannon
down shifted and stepped on the gas, but the light turned red before we reached
the intersection. Come on,
Cannon, slow down. We’re not going to make it. Cannon
slammed on the breaks. Oh, no, not again. I
flew forward, closing my eyes just as my head struck the car.
With
a gush of air pulsing over my body, I plunged through the back window and
effortlessly slipped over the back seat (if you can even call that thing a back
seat) and into the seat next to Cannon as if the whole car was made from water
instead of metal and glass.
Just
when my head was about to permeate the glove box and make its way into the
engine compartment, I instinctively threw my hands forward, somehow stopping my
body as I braced myself against the top of the dash. How I was able to breach
the integrity of the window and leather seats, but not the vinyl dash, was
something I didn’t understand, but whatever I did, it worked. Thank God. I only
wish I could have survived my own car accident.
I
pulled myself into a sitting position on the front seat and tucked away my
wings. I shuddered as a strange, tingling sensation rose through my body and
disappeared.
This
is much better; I call shot gun every time.
Amateur Angel by
Karri Thompson
Only 18-years-old,
Ashley is no ordinary teenager. Not only is she dead, but upon her
death, she mistakenly enters the wrong line in the afterlife, a line
meant for trained, guardian angels. With a pair of wings on her back,
Ashley is sent to Los Angeles to replace another angel whose
"assignment" was none-other-than Cannon Michaels, a current member of
the band Sendher, the sexiest man alive, and Ashley's celebrity crush in
life.
While exposed to Cannon's selfish, judgmental behavior and his reckless, rock-and-roll lifestyle, Ashley is far from meeting the requirements of a true guardian angel. She misses her family and friends. Will she ever be able to accept her own death? What will she do when she jeopardizes her position as an angel and Cannon's physical safety by falling in love with him?
About this Author:
As a
first-time author, I cannot express- not even in words- how excited I am about
the release of my debut novel, Amateur
Angel. It took a lot of hard work and
sleepless nights. There were many disappointments and rejections along
the way, but in the end, my persistence and determination eventually paid
off. In many ways, I think writing a novel is easier than finding an
agent to represent it and then a publisher to buy it. Two years ago, I
almost gave up on my dream to become an author, but then my son, Kyle, wrote a
special poem for me, and it inspired me to write a new book and try
again. The new book was Amateur
Angel.
Here is
his poem:
You fail and you fail,
You fix and you fix,
You wait and you wait,
Until you succeed.
I hung this poem in my closet and read
it every day when I was getting ready to go to work and each night before I
went to bed. It is still there and
always will be. I know what I’m about to
say will sound like a cliché, but based on my own personal experience, the best
advice I can give anyone is to always believe in your abilities, hold your head
high, swallow your pride, accept criticism and then learn from it, and most
importantly, never give up.
I grew up in San Diego County and
attended San Diego State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in English, a
master’s degree in education, and my teaching credential. I am a high-school English teacher in the
East County of San Diego where I also live with my husband, our son, and two
dogs.
Being a lover of Victorian literature,
my favorite author is Charles Dickens although I haven’t quite finished reading
all of his books. Someday I’ll finally
finish David Copperfield- I
promise. If you are one of my students,
you are either laughing or shaking your head at this.
I lead a very busy life, but when I’m not teaching, grading
papers, or attending my son’s soccer games, I find time to write novels, my
greatest passion.
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