Harley Q. Turner (Author)

When I first ventured into the world of fantasy with the Saving Avalon series, I admit I was skeptical at first. Although fantasy is usually my chosen genre when I am reading, I had never written something like it before. Everything was new to me. Finding Her Wings didn't sell as well as I had hoped. Yes, part of it is my fault because I am so horrible at marketing. Then as I sat down to start on book two, I decided that the antagonist in Finding Her Wings is not such a bad guy after all. Most of book two was spent redeeming the past actions of this character. Of course, a demons actions cannot be redeemed in only one book. He will constantly be trying to prove that he has changed. Now I am struggling with book three. I thought I had a title and general plot figured out, but now I am not so sure. I'm missing writing about my social issues. I miss the characters in my Self Inflicted Saga. I think I need to revisit them for awhile. I need a break from Saving Avalon.

For the past week, children in my hometown and surrounding areas have been forced to spend their school days in a soft lockdown. While the younger children don't really realize they are even in lockdown other than missing out on recess, the older children know exactly what is going on. For a week, since the gun store in Janesville, Wisconsin was robbed, these children have been robbed of their freedom. Taking recess away from these children when it is finally warm enough to go outside and play is a nightmare for them! I, like many other parents in my area, kept my children home from school a couple of those locked down days. The first day that I kept them home, I actually had a child throw a complete fit because she couldn't get a stress ball if she missed school that day. Well, is that stress ball more important than your life? I think not dear child. The suspect has finally been found. Parents can breathe a little easier knowing there is one less madman on the streets mak

While at work the last few weeks, I have been spending time working on book stuff. No, not writing (or editing) like I should be, but I am putting together info sheets on all my work so I can find everything easily! While I was working on that, I decided that my descriptions needed some work. All the information on Summer Love you ever wanted, all in one place. Summer Love Info Sheet   Published by Harley Turner Books March 12, 2015   Price: Kindle 3.99  Paperback 9.99   Amazon: http://amzn.to/2onatqu     ASIN: B00VO0SDVE   Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25142064-summer-love     She found love when she was least suspecting it.   Marissa spends every summer of her childhood camping almost 200 miles away from home with her grandparents and aunt. One summer, while staying with her aunt, she meets Chad.   Chad is the definition of a bad boy. He is Marissa’s cousin’s best friend, too old for her, and definitely not someone lev

I was in the emergency room on Saturday for what I thought was as simple as a sore throat. Not only was it strep (which I had actually assumed), but the doctors were amazed at my blood pressure. How can it be so high and yet have no signs of having a stroke? How can it be so high when medically there is nothing wrong with me? Stress. It's going to kill me. My ex-husband was released from prison last Tuesday and since his release, he has been messaging me DAILY about wanting to see the kids. Um. No? You were out of their lives for 3 years. Very minimal contact during those three years. You expect me to rearrange my schedule to accommodate you? Unlikely. And then of course there is the reason as to why he was in prison in the first place! I will never forget being woken up at 6 am on a Sunday morning to cops at my door wanting to make sure I was still alive! Not only had he beaten the hell of his girlfriend (he ended up being charged with felony strangulation and felony false

A visit to Avalon is only the beginning... Of course, the visit is cut short for Sera and her friends when they discover that Zac has been kidnapped by Drew's brothers in an attempt to draw Sera to them. Sick of living as an incubus, Drew attempts to redeem his past transgressions by helping the Avalonians fight against the incubi to save Zac and later Lexi, although the battle is not without casualties. Mariana is one of the two last surviving mermaids of Avalon after her parents were brutally killed in a past battle against the incubi. Orphaned at a young age and forced into raising her sister, Mariana has the ability to see and bring out the best in people. Can Mariana bring out the best in Drew? Is he capable of redemption or is his past just too dark?

I am so sick of my in-laws! First of all, most of them have done absolutely nothing to accept my children. My family treats my step-daughter like she is just one of my kids, as I expect them to, but my in-laws? So not the case! My sister in law was married over the weekend, and all I see on social media, DAYS later, is everything wedding related. Um. Where was this during my wedding? Oh yea, no where to be found. The world seems to completely revolve around my sister in law, and I can't stand her. A few years ago, my mother in law came over for Christmas with several presents for my step daughter that she wanted her to open in front of the other children. So, you want to spoil this child while my children watch and make me explain to them why you refuse to even acknowledge them? I don't think so. If you only want to include the one child, you can do it at your own house. I'm not going to explain to my kids that my husband's family likes to act that they don't