Bittersweet News

Sit back, grab some tissues (or a teddy bear) and get ready for some shocking news.

Novel d'Tales will be shutting down officially on August 2, 2013.

Hilary!? WHAT!!!!!? WHY!?

For the last six months (the whole of 2013 so far) I feel as if I have severely neglected my lovely little site.  The main reason?  I have written (almost) everything I can about books, ebooks and ereaders in the last 1.5 years.  The content has become a little redundant and just boring.  Not sure if you have noticed or not, but the posts have become few and far between.  If it wasn't a book review or a blog tour, it was hard for me to create posts.  I had soooo many things I wanted to talk to my readers about (and did on social media) that wasn't just book related.  So....

I would like to introduce my next adventure.

Here is a sneak peek of the site. :)

Hily's Beehive.  See the "HilyBee" there?  On this new blog, I plan to talk about a little bit of everything - books, movies, television shows, shoes, animals (mostly mine...heh), food, fun adventures, art, and other geeky/girly stuff.  This will be my blog for a little bit of anything you could say.  I hope to have weekly and monthly theme days still like the *Hive Five*, Wordless Wednesdays, Black and White Sundays, ANSA, monthly art and jewelry find round ups, etc.  My hope is be to even a 1/100th as good as Epbot.com by Jen Yates.  I love her site!!

The official launch day of the Hily's Beehive will be on August 2, 2013.  We'll have a launch party to help kick it off and there will be a "GoodBye" party as well.  Lets continue this year with a huge success and something new!

So... will everyone partake on this adventure with me?  Happy Surprise Day!

**Keep this in mind...**

If we have any scheduled commitments - they will still continue to be on Novel d'Tales on their scheduled dates (all are before August 2nd).  If you would prefer for them to be moved onto the Beehive once the switch occurs, I will be more than happy to do so.  Novel d'Tales is not getting deleted or 100% shut down.  I just will not continue writing content for it or change the content on it.  The site will continue to be accessible by both readers and myself.

Sneaky Mom!

So my amazing and sneaky Mom decided to enter my (very old) poem into a contest - Poetry Nation's contest.  This contest is for anyone whether you're an amateur like me or a real poet, you can submit an entry.  Well guys, my lovely little poem/story is now a SEMI-FINALIST in the contest!  I never thought it would even get that far.  When my Mom called and shyly told me she entered me into a national contest for poems, just for fun, I laughed and said I doubt anything will happen.  About 60-70% of poems make it into the semi-finals, so I can't get too excited yet.  I'm part of a huge percentage right now.  I should find out in a few weeks if anything else comes of it.  BUT I do get a pretty certificate for even making it this far. :)

I've never really said more than one sentence about my poetry.  Confession time:  The poem that has been submitted is already published.  In high school (when I wrote the poem), it was an assignment that I was determined to finish and not hate.  After I wrote the poem, my teacher submitted it for a contest - and I won.  It was published in a book full of poems written by high school and middle school students.  Crazy right?  I felt a little special.

So now that it is in this contest, I guess I'll have to get a copy again to share with everyone.  Once I get it, I'll share it. :)  The only copy I've kept over the years is at my parent's house in a pretty frame.  We'll see if they let me have a copy.  heh.  Happy Writing!

Blog Day!!

Hey Guys!  I haven't had a ton of time to read books lately, so I've been stalking reading blogs lately.  Not all are book related, just amazing blogs I have been reading.  Most are dog related... heh.

Yosuke (yo-skay) my longhaired dachshund

Dachshund Nola - an adorable, hilarious and witty blog about a dachshund and the person she owns.  Nola and DM (Dachshund Mom) are a great pair.  They feature all kinds of reviews on dog collars, leashes, accessories, toys, treats, food, etc.  Nola and DM test them out and tell you whether they are worth your time or not.  Nola is a gorgeous little dachshund and has a personality very similar to my dachshund (did you know I have a mini dachshund puppy? He's 7 mo. old!).  I love to read more ways to help him grow, train, and live a healthy/happy life.

Kol's Notes - another fun dog themed website/blog.  I found this one when searching for homemade treat recipes for my little guy.  He loves treats but gets bored with flavors easily.  I love baking, so why not make my own?  (Plus it's cheaper, has no preservatives and all natural ingredients.)  Kol and his owners have oodles of great recipes.  We have tried out a handful of the frozen treat recipes.

Words with Wieners - another fun one for pets (last one, I promise!).  This one is written by the amazing owners of two dachshund rescues and their fun life.  We have really been enjoying this one because the pictures are hilarious (a freakin' toad?!) and all the stories are too cute.  It always makes me smile.  I also learn stuff from them in the process.  Win-win right?

Epbot - a fun geeky blog written by the creator/author/owner of CakeWrecks, Jen Yates.  I love this one!  As if you guys didn't already know, I'm a geek.  I like cute geeky things, and books... and shoes.. and animals.  Anyways, check it out.  I know you'll love it.

Thoughts from a Yodeling Goatherder - 'nuff said.  The title says it all.  The adorable and funny tales of life on a farm written by Vicki, one of my author friends.  Also, I think she might read my blog too.

Those are the blogs I have been obsessively following reading as often as I had time to.  What have you been reading?  Anything good I need to check out?  Happy Blog Day!

I'm bbbaaccckkk!!!

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kermit Flail with me!!

I'm back, so lets kick things off and get it going again.  Thank you everyone so so so so much for being patient, not leaving AND for enjoying my posts by Mini-Bee Jason!  If you would like to continue to see posts by Mini-Bee(s) OR if you too would like to be a Mini-Bee leave a comment!  Happy Flailing!