Enter a world of enchantment and passion. I am a Historical fantasy/Paranormal romance author, editor, musician, and artist living in Arizona. My latest series is based on my time as a rock and roll bassist. All five books in my Shadow-walkers series are available now on Amazon: Awakening, Awakening the Wolf, Awakening the Vampire, Awakening the Fae, and Awakening the Dragon. This blog is all about writing and other aspects of my life.
About Me
- Kelley Heckart
- Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Fifty Authors from Fifty States: Kelley Heckart’s Arizona Desert Home
Friday, January 16, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite dog breed
Favorite dog breed: Chihuahua
I don’t know why but I love the smaller dogs. I think because they are easier for me to take care of and they can sit on my lap when I work. Chihuahuas are really cool dogs. Ours is a trickster. That’s how he earned his name: Loki.
He waits patiently for me to finish taking my sunset and/or moon pics
He loves to lay in my husband’s lap. It’s so cute. LOL
Our family Christmas pic for 2014.
Christmas morning 2014. He likes his new toy—a frog.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
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New Release!
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
BABASSU
ba·bas·su
noun \ˌbä-bə-ˈsü\
Definition of
: a tall pinnate-leaved palm (Orbignya phalerata syn. O. barbosiana) of Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil
Origin of BABASSU
Portuguese babaçú, from Tupi * i̵βáwasú, from i̵βá fruit + -wasú large
First Known Use: 1917
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Monday Musings: AZ Monsoon pics #3
Monsoon storms turn the sky an eerie pink hue.
A rainbow let in the wake of the monsoon storm.
A sunset against monsoon storm clouds.
The remnants of the monsoon paint the sky.
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Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Friday, January 09, 2015
Favorite Friday: A favorite vacation place
Favorite vacation place: Sedona, AZ
Beautiful and magical.
Oak Creek Canyon
View from on top of Devil’s Bridge
View from Airport Rd.
Hiking with hubby and playing music.
Horseback riding. My horse’s name was Ripper. LOL
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
AZOOSPERMIA
azo·o·sper·mia
noun \(ˌ)ā-ˌzō-ə-ˈspər-mē-ə\
Definition of AZOOSPERMIA
: absence of spermatozoa from the seminal fluid
Origin of AZOOSPERMIA
New Latin, from Greek azoos lifeless (from a- 2a- + zōē life) + sperma semen, seed — more at sperm
First Known Use: circa 1881
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Monday, January 05, 2015
Monday Musings: Excerpt #3 from The Bear Goddess PG-13
In Print and Kindle on amazon.com
Release date: 11/9/14
Page Count: 284 in print
ISBN-10: 1502982684
ISBN-13: 978-1502982681
ASIN: B00P74X0WY
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
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He nudged the animal with his bare foot. The boar didn’t move. Convinced it was dead, Kasin faced Callisto. A small amount of blood pooled from a wound in her right side. He knelt next to her and shook her. “Callisto, wake up.”
She let out a soft moan.
He brushed her hair to one side of her face. Dark lashes fluttered against smooth olive skin. Her pink lips fascinated him, looking soft and dew-kissed.
Glancing at the boar whose tusks came within a finger length of goring her in the chest, he realized he had found her just in time. The injury she had received didn’t look like a deep cut. She had lost only a small amount of blood, yet she was unconscious. He searched for other wounds, but found nothing, no bumps or gashes on her head. Why wasn’t she awake?
It was then that he remembered the silver-tipped tusks. He didn’t know if silver in a minor cut could kill a nymph or if the wound had to be a mortal one, but it appeared the silver had poisoned her body.
What was he going to do with her? When he looked down at her, he didn’t see an enemy, only a wounded, vulnerable female. He had been taught to hate Artemis’s nymphs, but the betrayal happened long before his birth. What if everything he had been told was a lie? Doubts plagued him. He couldn’t just leave her to die. Maybe if he had not caused her to lose her spear, she would have been able to defend herself. He wasn’t sure he could help her, but he would do what he could for her.
He scooped her up into his arms and headed back to his camp at the hidden waterfall where he left his clothes, weapons and supplies, and where he had bedding and blankets to make her comfortable.
Moaning, she wrapped her arms around his neck, resting her head against his shoulder.
His body stirred with desire. A dangerous and possibly stupid idea began to form in his mind. If she survived her wound, he would claim her as his war prize.
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Friday, January 02, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite beauty product
Favorite beauty product
Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm
This is the only lip balm that makes my lips soft without leaving behind an unpleasant waxy coating. It also comes in other flavors without the tint. I also use the peppermint one. Highly recommended.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Weird Word Wednesday
AZOTOBACTER
azo·to·bac·ter
noun \ā-ˈzō-tə-ˌbak-tər\
Definition of AZOTOBACTER
: any of a genus (Azotobacter) of large rod-shaped or spherical bacteria occurring in soil and sewage and fixing atmospheric nitrogen
Origin of AZOTOBACTER
New Latin, genus name, from International Scientific Vocabulary azote + New Latin bacterium
First Known Use: 1910
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Monday, December 29, 2014
Monday Musings: Kelley’s misc. pics
Another Godzilla pic. He let me get really close this time, but right after I took this picture, he darted into his den.
Loki patiently waits for me to finish taking pictures outside.
My husband playing a gig at the Twisted Metal Cycle Shop in LHC.
Me and my sister at the Twisted Metal Cycle Shop party.
Me and my husband at the Twisted Metal Cycle Shop party.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Friday, December 26, 2014
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite Christmas movie (Drama)
Favorite Christmas movie (Drama)
Three Days
This is one of my favorite Christmas movies. Starring Kristen Davis of Sex in the City fame, this movie is an emotional lesson about taking your significant other for granted when a man loses his wife in a tragic accident. You never know what you have until it’s gone. With the help of an angel, he has three days to prove he’s worthy of a second chance.
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Weird Word Wednesday
AZIDO
az·i·do
adjective \ˈa-zə-(ˌ)dō\
Definition of AZIDO
: relating to or containing the monovalent group N3 —often used in combination
Origin of AZIDO
International Scientific Vocabulary azide + -o-
First Known Use: circa 1926
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Monday, December 22, 2014
Monday Musings: AZ Cloud Formations and Jet Streams #5
Sun-kissed clouds.
The upper clouds remind me of wings.
Dramatic clouds fill the sky.
Jet streams form patterns in the sky.
Above the thick clouds covering the setting sun is a jet stream glowing in the twilit sky.
Numerous jet streams pierce the sky below pink wispy clouds.
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Friday, December 19, 2014
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite funny Christmas movie
Favorite Funny Christmas movie
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
This is my favorite funny Christmas movie. It combines all the aspects of Christmas and the worst that can go wrong while shopping for a Christmas tree, putting up the Christmas lights, preparing the turkey dinner and hosting wacky family members for the holidays. Highly recommended to take the stress out of Christmas.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Weird Word Wednesday
AZEOTROPE
azeo·trope
noun \ˈā-zē-ə-ˌtrōp\
Definition of AZEOTROPE
: a liquid mixture that is characterized by a constant minimum or maximum boiling point which is lower or higher than that of any of the components
Origin of AZEOTROPE
2a- + zeo- (from Greek zein to boil) + -trope something changed, from Greek tropos turn — more at yeast, trope
First Known Use: 1938
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Monday, December 15, 2014
Monday Musings: Moon pics #5
Crescent moon floating in a sea of blue and white.
A moon sliver reflected in my swimming pool.
I like the little patches of clouds in the bottom corner.
An early morning full moon is visible in the sky.
Not a cloud in the sky, just the moon.
Half moon glowing in a black sky.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Friday, December 12, 2014
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite gemstone
The Moonstone represents the female essence and is one of my favorite stones. Moonstones come in a variety of colors: milky white, blue, brown, grey, pink, peach and green. Coveted for their luminescent appearance, Moonstones have been used in jewelry since ancient times. The ancient Greeks named the Moonstone for its likeness to the moon’s ethereal silver light and valued it as a talisman for lovers. Romans, Greeks and Egyptians associated moonstones with their lunar deities: Diana, Selene and Isis.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Weird Word Wednesday
AYURVEDA
ay·ur·ve·da
noun, often capitalized \ˌī-ər-ˈvā-də, -ˈve-\
Definition of AYURVEDA
: a form of holistic alternative medicine that is the traditional system of medicine of India
— ay·ur·ve·dic adjective often capitalized
Origin of AYURVEDA
Sanskrit āyurvedaḥ, from āyuḥ life, vital power + vedaḥknowledge
First Known Use: 1788
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Monday, December 08, 2014
Monday Musings: AZ Sunsets #5
The sunset seen through our front door window.
I like the blues mixing with the golden layers of the sunset.
Gold blends with pink and blue in the stunning sunset.
Awesome.
I like the way the plant frames the sunset and mountains.
Another awesome sunset.
Each sunset creates a different pattern with layers of color.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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Forbidden love… Broken vows… Betrayal…
A nymph. A centaur. Enemies in love.
Will love be enough to save them?
Friday, December 05, 2014
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite cable series
Favorite Cable series: The Game of Thrones
Oh my god, I love this series. I don’t have HBO so I had to wait for it to be available on Netflix. I can’t believe I haven’t read George R.R. Martin’s book series that is the basis for this Game of Thrones. He writes the type of fantasy I like to read and write. I love everything about this series, the characters, the political intrigues, even the music. It’s hard to pick a favorite character, but so far I like Daenerys and how far she’s come from a timid girl abused by her brother to becoming a strong queen. But I also love Peter Dinklage’s character and have a soft spot in my heart for the young Stark girl who doesn’t want to be a lady but wants to wield a sword—she’s exactly how I was at that age.
Highly recommended for fantasy fans.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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