<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500</id><updated>2012-02-25T20:22:11.609-07:00</updated><category term='Flash Fiction'/><title type='text'>M. K. Yarbrough</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-8268064266414775615</id><published>2011-12-17T18:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T18:36:18.789-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Now Available!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GTwt4Ua32E/TuJ8RinwBZI/AAAAAAAAAN8/WhkfHC7Gxk8/s1600/Yarbrough-ShadowCurse-FrontCover-FINAL-WEB-111110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GTwt4Ua32E/TuJ8RinwBZI/AAAAAAAAAN8/WhkfHC7Gxk8/s320/Yarbrough-ShadowCurse-FrontCover-FINAL-WEB-111110.jpg" width="207" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On December 15, my&amp;nbsp;new novel &lt;em&gt;Shadow Curse&lt;/em&gt; was published.&amp;nbsp;This is the second novel in the Shadow Series. Below is a description of Shadow Curse. &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Brendon Alexander went away to college and expected to leave the past behind, including nightmares of the evil demon he sent back to Hell. But a knock on his dorm room door brings back his worst fear—the demon may have gotten loose. And the bearer of the bad news is the woman who once broke his heart.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Lisa Stratton never stopped loving Brendon, even though he moved on to a new life. She wants him back, but the anger flashing in his hazel green eyes threatens her dream of rekindling their love.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Brendon would do anything to have Lisa back, but he swore off demon fighting. He lost her once; if he loses her again, he may curse the day she ever walked back into his life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-8268064266414775615?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Curse-Series-ebook/dp/B006MLVY6A/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1324172011&amp;sr=1-5' title='Now Available!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/8268064266414775615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=8268064266414775615&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/8268064266414775615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/8268064266414775615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/12/now-available.html' title='Now Available!'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GTwt4Ua32E/TuJ8RinwBZI/AAAAAAAAAN8/WhkfHC7Gxk8/s72-c/Yarbrough-ShadowCurse-FrontCover-FINAL-WEB-111110.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-3601695478946929834</id><published>2011-12-01T12:20:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T08:07:23.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X7c7xqhPfq0/TtfM5gnDoAI/AAAAAAAAANs/0romw79ByY0/s320/book_lovers.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop will run from Dec. 2nd to 6th.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Alyson from Kid Lit Frenzy for co-hosting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winter holidays are just around the corner. Celebrate by participating in this holiday giveaway hop with prizes just for book lovers. Visit all the participants listed below for a chance to win really great prizes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fJRWBofrW4M/TtfQu_xVJJI/AAAAAAAAAN0/f4zlXsm4A3Q/s1600/Shadow+Keeper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dda="true" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fJRWBofrW4M/TtfQu_xVJJI/AAAAAAAAAN0/f4zlXsm4A3Q/s200/Shadow+Keeper.jpg" width="132" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Brendon Alexander was a normal high school kid until his dead grandfather appeared in the flames of a fire and bestowed upon him the gift of Demon Fighter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Lisa Stratton, the new girl at school, has a few secrets of her own—her father is possessed by a demon. She recognizes the scar on Brendon’s chest that brands him as a protected one, but she must discover if he has the ability to cleanse the evil from her father’s body. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The closer Brendon gets to Lisa, the more he uncovers buried secrets from the past. Not hers, but his—his father’s death and the creature that killed him, and the legacy handed down to him from beyond the grave. Burning curiosity and frightening nightmares thrust Brendon deeper into his past while Lisa urges him forward into danger—and into his destiny.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-3601695478946929834?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/3601695478946929834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=3601695478946929834&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/3601695478946929834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/3601695478946929834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-lovers-holiday-giveaway-hop.html' title='Book Lover&apos;s Holiday Giveaway Hop'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X7c7xqhPfq0/TtfM5gnDoAI/AAAAAAAAANs/0romw79ByY0/s72-c/book_lovers.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-1996179322434054621</id><published>2011-11-22T00:00:00.010-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T11:43:05.471-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet New Authors</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Calling New Authors and Book Lovers! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Meet New Authors! Blog Hop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Click on the Picture to Join the Fun!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://worddiaries.blogspot.com/2011/10/calling-new-authors-and-book-lovers.html"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bD60bvJ9RFM/TsvfCZtGtrI/AAAAAAAAANg/Gtw62ZfZI18/s200/new_hop.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently published a book? Know a first time author who recently published? Whether Indie or Tradional published, let's support one another!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this blog hop giveaway to&amp;nbsp;be held&amp;nbsp;November 23 through November 30, there will be plenty of giveaways and freebies. I will be&amp;nbsp;giving away&amp;nbsp;free gift certificates&amp;nbsp;from Amazon to ten people for my new e-book &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shadow Keeper&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;To be eligible for a free Gift Certificate, just 'Follow' my blog and leave a comment with your email address where you want&amp;nbsp;your Gift Certificate to be sent. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to meeting all the New Authors!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-1996179322434054621?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='text/html' href='http://worddiaries.blogspot.com/2011/10/calling-new-authors-and-book-lovers.html' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/1996179322434054621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=1996179322434054621&amp;isPopup=true' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/1996179322434054621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/1996179322434054621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/10/meet-new-authors.html' title='Meet New Authors'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bD60bvJ9RFM/TsvfCZtGtrI/AAAAAAAAANg/Gtw62ZfZI18/s72-c/new_hop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-1125176156421985056</id><published>2011-11-14T10:35:00.014-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T11:40:29.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Turkey Blog Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;SAVE A TURKEY: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;GOBBLE A BOOK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;BLOG HOP TOUR (NOV 14-21)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sovYKq4lwmI/TrGbbZXKEWI/AAAAAAAAAWE/EGTW0XJwXzw/s1600/Thanksgiving+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" closure_uid_hm6gxj="3" height="149" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sovYKq4lwmI/TrGbbZXKEWI/AAAAAAAAAWE/EGTW0XJwXzw/s200/Thanksgiving+1.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr noshade="noshade" size="1" /&gt;At the end of this Blog Hop, I will randomly select&amp;nbsp;ten&amp;nbsp;people to receive a free Gift Certificate for an ebook of my novel &lt;em&gt;Shadow Keeper&lt;/em&gt; from Amazon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-1125176156421985056?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/1125176156421985056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=1125176156421985056&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/1125176156421985056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/1125176156421985056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/11/save-turkey-gobble-book-blog-hop-tour.html' title='Turkey Blog Hop'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sovYKq4lwmI/TrGbbZXKEWI/AAAAAAAAAWE/EGTW0XJwXzw/s72-c/Thanksgiving+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-6692661394643923939</id><published>2011-09-22T04:00:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T12:22:41.151-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://tristipinkston.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fLADuw3oLNM/TnLfH-2-y-I/AAAAAAAAABY/Qsw8l_gheck/s1600/September+Blog+Hop+175.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Welcome to the September Blog Hop!  Celebrate the beginning of fall with me and my blogger friends by hopping around and visiting our sites. There are lots of prize to be given away. The contest ends Saturday night at midnight, September 24, 2011.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-6692661394643923939?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/6692661394643923939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=6692661394643923939&amp;isPopup=true' title='65 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/6692661394643923939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/6692661394643923939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/09/welcome-to-september-blog-hop-celebrate.html' title=''/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fLADuw3oLNM/TnLfH-2-y-I/AAAAAAAAABY/Qsw8l_gheck/s72-c/September+Blog+Hop+175.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>65</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-7635109785936255357</id><published>2011-09-06T19:39:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T19:40:40.162-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction'/><title type='text'>First Challenge of the Third Writing Campaign</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;The first challenge of the Third Writing Platform-Building Campaign is to&amp;nbsp;write a flash fiction story in 200 words or less, with the opening words: The door swung open.&amp;nbsp; Here's mine in exactly 200 words.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Shadow Curse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;The door swung open. An evil, dark form filled the doorway. “May I come in?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;Lisa motioned for him to enter.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;The putrid stench of the filthy demon filled my lungs when I sucked in a deep breath. I tried to shout a warning, but the words caught in my throat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;Patches of scraggly black hair stuck out of the rotting flesh that covered his body. Scabs flaked off and fell to the floor as he walked to the center of the room. His blood filled eyes held me with a piercing glare.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;“Lisa.” I reached for her. “Go in the bathroom and lock the door.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;“What’s wrong?” She grabbed my hand.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;“Don’t you know who that is?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;“Yes.” Her tone contained only a hint of concern. “I know who he is.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;“Get out of here, Lisa.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;“No. You get out.” The demon’s voice boomed in my ears. His gnarled, bony hand wrapped around Lisa’s arm. His other back–handed me across the face.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;The force of the blow lifted me from the floor and flung me against the wall. My body crumpled onto the rug. Blackness crept into the edges of my vision.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;“Brendon!” Lisa’s screams filled the air.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-7635109785936255357?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/7635109785936255357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=7635109785936255357&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/7635109785936255357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/7635109785936255357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-challenge-of-third-writing.html' title='First Challenge of the Third Writing Campaign'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-716043032059506771</id><published>2011-08-29T23:22:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T14:21:19.714-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Third Writers Platform Building Campaign!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6TN8Im-Eg-0/TlxzI8kiDUI/AAAAAAAAAKA/FGsysjUHeKY/s1600/Platform.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6TN8Im-Eg-0/TlxzI8kiDUI/AAAAAAAAAKA/FGsysjUHeKY/s200/Platform.png" width="167" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Third Writers's Platform Building Campaign is about to begin.&amp;nbsp; Meet fellow writers and bloggers. Join the fun! Contests and Prizes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rachaelharrie.blogspot.com/2011/08/third-writers-platform-building.html"&gt;http://rachaelharrie.blogspot.com/2011/08/third-writers-platform-buildi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://rachaelharrie.blogspot.com/2011/08/third-writers-platform-building.html"&gt;ng.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-716043032059506771?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://rachaelharrie.blogspot.com/2011/08/third-writers-platform-building.html' title='Third Writers Platform Building Campaign!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/716043032059506771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=716043032059506771&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/716043032059506771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/716043032059506771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/08/third-writers-platform-building.html' title='Third Writers Platform Building Campaign!'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6TN8Im-Eg-0/TlxzI8kiDUI/AAAAAAAAAKA/FGsysjUHeKY/s72-c/Platform.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-2327323019676574255</id><published>2011-05-15T18:44:00.013-06:00</published><updated>2011-09-16T22:50:21.607-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Shadow Keeper Now Available!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jgEb30SJVxg/TnQm_iUsmWI/AAAAAAAAALc/X09FG8dlXiU/s1600/Shadow+Keeper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" rba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jgEb30SJVxg/TnQm_iUsmWI/AAAAAAAAALc/X09FG8dlXiU/s200/Shadow+Keeper.jpg" width="143" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Shadow Keeper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is available&amp;nbsp;as a paperback and an ebook&amp;nbsp;at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Keeper-M-K-Yarbrough/dp/1461142075/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt; paper back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Keeper-Series-ebook/dp/B0050K7PD0/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;ebook&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Shadow-Keeper/MK-Yarbrough/e/2940012497864/?itm=2&amp;amp;USRI=m+k+yarbrough"&gt;Barnes&amp;amp;Noble.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Brendon Alexander was a normal high school kid until his dead grandfather appeared in the flames of a fire and bestowed upon him the gift of Demon Fighter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Lisa Stratton, the new girl at school, has a few secrets of her own—her father is possessed by a demon. She recognizes the scar on Brendon’s chest that brands him as a protected one, but she must discover if he has the ability to cleanse the evil from her father’s body. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The closer Brendon gets to Lisa, the more he uncovers buried secrets from the past. Not hers, but his—his father’s death and the creature that killed him, and the legacy handed down to him from beyond the grave. Burning curiosity and frightening nightmares thrust Brendon deeper into his past while Lisa urges him forward into danger—and into his destiny.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-2327323019676574255?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/2327323019676574255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=2327323019676574255&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/2327323019676574255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/2327323019676574255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/05/shadow-keeper.html' title='Shadow Keeper Now Available!'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jgEb30SJVxg/TnQm_iUsmWI/AAAAAAAAALc/X09FG8dlXiU/s72-c/Shadow+Keeper.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750155170259398500.post-6348168050497079868</id><published>2011-05-07T13:46:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-05-14T01:11:41.710-06:00</updated><title type='text'>LDStorymakers 2011 Convention</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ascii-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Just got back from the LDStorymakers 2011 Writer’s Conference where I pitched my full length novel &lt;em&gt;Shadow Keeper&lt;/em&gt; to a NY publisher.&amp;nbsp; She told me my novel was too &lt;i&gt;edgy&lt;/i&gt; for the Young Adult market. I think I like that--Edgy. Yeah.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7750155170259398500-6348168050497079868?l=mkyarbrough.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/feeds/6348168050497079868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7750155170259398500&amp;postID=6348168050497079868&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/6348168050497079868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7750155170259398500/posts/default/6348168050497079868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mkyarbrough.blogspot.com/2011/05/ldstorymakers-2011-convention.html' title='LDStorymakers 2011 Convention'/><author><name>Marilyn Yarbrough</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09067037435205726619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BTZWQ_GTM4/ThJC2ZG5X-I/AAAAAAAAAIY/qLIcRF0aYFE/s220/dscf5409_0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
