1. Debi
2. Susan
3. Breshiki
4. David
5.  Vivien
6. Amanda
7. Dovile
8. Nikita
9. Aanchal
10. Kero

1. Aik
2. Becky
3. Suzanne

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• Usually described as naked, except for a coyote skin or wolf skin.
• Described as being fast, impossible to catch and agile.
• Sometimes transform into an animal to travel large distances or just to wreck havoc.
• Wild animal hides are taboo, and rarely seen in Navajo culture, because of thier assosiation with Skin-walkers.
• In some Navajo legends, they have the power to read human minds. Also have th ability to make any human or animal noise they want.
• Cannot completely transform into the animal, usually has a slight flaw in its gait or movements that lets humans tell that it is not a true animal.
• Gain power by killing a close relative, usually a sibling.
• According to legend the only way to shoot one is to dip bullets into white ash.

1. I am a cover judger. If it has something on the front I don't like, I will pass it by.
2. I take my Kindle or a book with me everywhere, even if I know I will not have an opportunity to read.
3. I am unreachable if I am reading, You can call my name and I won't hear you.
4. My favorite book combines my two favorite things: Animals and art. (A Whisper Of Wings) Its so special to me because it also makes me cry and laugh.
5. I rather dislike vampire and werewolf stories. Zombies, Fae, Witches, Etc.. are all OK to me.

 Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings
Author - Helene Boudreau
Genre - YA/Fantasy
Pages -  224
ISBN - B004BA57KS

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• In Greek mythology a Nymph was a minor nature deity, usually associated with a particular landform or location.
• Generally seen as divine spirits who animate nature
• They would never die of old age or illness
• Nymphs were the frequent targets of Satyrs
• There are 5 types of Nymphs
• Celestial
• Underworld
• Wood
• River
• Land

Art by: Chris Ortega Nymphs in books The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan - The satyr Grover gets a Wood Nymph girlfriend (Unlike the mermaids and other creatures, Nymphs are not really used in books, other then to describe a women as a 'nymph' someone who is sexual, or lustfull. My apologies for the sparse reading for this creature.)

Written by Gracey T., a sonogram tech, has written at length about the field of forensic science.

If you know anything about the basic craft of creative writing, you’ve most certainly heard the oft repeated “show, don’t tell.” What many teachers might not offer are the different techniques you can use to show, instead of telling. Here are some of the best tools to have in your writer’s arsenal, to keep your prose active and exciting.

1. Dialogue

Dialogue is one of the most powerful ways you can flesh out a character, without getting boring or obvious.

Take this dialogue from The Great Gatsby; Daisy and Gatsby, long lost lovers, have just been reunited and their meeting is full of awkward happiness. Daisy appears to be crying for no reason, while looking at a stack of Gatsby’s clothes:

“They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such — such beautiful shirts before.”

The narrator of the story could have said, “Daisy seemed simultaneously ecstatic and scared upon seeing Gatsby,” but these two sentences of dialogue, where Daisy makes excuses for her spontaneous crying, say it all in a much more nuanced way.

2. Specific Details

Generic details like the line, “he was angry” are a classic symptom of telling and not showing. Hone in on details that are specific to your characters and setting, not that anyone could experience at any place or time.

See how Huck Finn describes his Pap’s anger in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

“Then the old man got to cussing and cussed everything and everybody he could think of, and then cussed them all over again to make sure he hadn't skipped any, and after that he polished off with a kind of a general cuss all round…”

Huck's account of his Pap's anger lets the reader know that Pap is experiencing a very specific type of drunken anger. It's related to the situation and the person being described and is not a generic, interchangeable sentence that could be found in any book or essay.

3. Avoid Clichés

A paragraph can be proofread and well-written, but if it’s got a cliché in it, it becomes dull and laborious to read. Why? A cliché is a metaphor, gone stale; it no longer offers layers of meaning or description, because readers have heard it so much they don’t actually consider the comparison being made anymore.

Take this description of a black Mary statue from the popular bildungsroman The Secret Life of Bees:

“She was black as could be, twisted like driftwood from being out in the weather, her face a map of all the storms and journeys she’d been through.”

Do you think you would have the same exciting visual of this statue if the metaphor was “she was black as coal” or “ she was black as tar” ? Those tired clichés don’t even bring an image into your mind, but the excellent metaphor above certainly does.

Today we have J. L Bryan, author of The Haunted Ebook and Jenny Pox

About The Author

J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on the English Renaissance and the Romantic period. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He is the author of five novels and one short-story collection. He enjoys remixing elements of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror and science fiction into new kinds of stories. His goal is to provide highly original fiction like you won’t find anywhere else. His new novel is The Haunted E-book. The sequel to his novel Jenny Pox will be available by summer 2011. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, as well as some dogs, cats, and domestic plants.