Four brothers bound by a higher power. One path they must follow.

As archangels, Michael and his brothers are charged with the divine task of sending escaped fallen angels back to Hell. When they uncover a plan to unleash the most dangerous fallen angel, Michael and his brothers discover there is more to their path than they once believed.

They must join forces with unlikely allies and throw off prejudices they once held if they are to save the world. Are they willing to do what it takes to stop the fallen angels? Or will they be the ones to fall?

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If you live in a northern part of the world like me, you're shivering your way through winter. January can be a dreary month with chilling temps. Here are thirteen facts to warm the cockles of your heart and help pass the time during those cold winter nights.

1. Harry Potter's mom, Lily, was born on January 30th 1960.
2. January 2nd is Introvert Day (aka my holiday).
3. People born in January have a strong motivation to succeed, gain power, and earn respect. They also tend to get jealous quickly.
4. In hoary Celtic tradition, January 5th was the end of the 12 days winter solstice celebration.
5. During Anglo-Saxon times, wolves were extremely active in January and led to it being called "wolf-month".
6. January 25th is Chinese New Year and is the year of the Rat.
7. The week of January 19th-25th is National Handwriting Analysis Week.
8. January's full moon is called the Full Wolf Moon. It will reach peak fullness at 2:21 PM EST on January 10th. Click here to ready why it's called the Full Wolf Moon.
9. On January 5th, the Earth will be at perihelion, the point in Earth's orbit where it is closest to the sun—only 91,398,199 miles away!.
10. On average, it is the coldest month in most of the northern hemisphere and the warmest in most of the southern hemisphere.
11. January is National Braille Literacy Month.
12. January 3rd is J.R.R. Tolkien Day.
13. And lastly, January was named for the Roman god, Janus. He is depicted with two faces, one looking into the past, and the other into the future. Very apt for the beginning of the year.

I hope you enjoyed these thirteen facts. Which one was your favorite? Anyone want to analysis their handwriting? Did the sun look closer January 5th?

Next month, on Valentine's Day, is Abducted Life's birthday. Savvy and Evan are three years old. To celebrate, I thought I'd ask  you to write a story about being abducted by aliens.

YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
Try to keep your story around 500 words or less. You can go nuts with how you approach it. Government report. First person encounter. Stowing away on an alien spaceship. (Okay, not really an abduction, but if that's where inspiration takes you, who am I to argue?) You want to write it from the alien's POV? Go for it. It's up to you. If you get graphic in anyway, make sure to put a note at the top that it's not PG. Posts will go up the week of Valentine's Day. I will email details for Abducted Life on February 1st.

The first Wednesday of every month is the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Posts go up the 1st Wednesday of every month. Although, this month, we pushed it back to the second Wednesday because let's face it, most people were probably too hung over from celebrating last week to worry about IWSG. Check it out here and join if you need support with your writing. Don't forget to stop by and say hi to the co-hosts: T. Powell Coltrin, Victoria Marie Lees, Stephen Tremp, Renee Scattergood, and J.H. Moncrieff!

It's a new year, so I'm sure a lot of my fellow writers are looking back to see how they fared in 2019. I am as well, and...

• I published my young adult post-apocalyptic fantasy, Leaves of Fall under my pen name Patricia Lynne
• I read 30 books
• I finished writing FOUR first drafts and wrote over 220K words!
• I rewrote one story, got probably 3/4 through another rewrite as well as a secret project
• I submitted a few short stories, flash fiction, and a drabble to 13 publications. (The drabble was the only acceptance and it wasn't paying, but I submitted and that's what matters.)

But there were a few goals I did not get. I didn't grow my Patreon, write four drabbles a week, or work on a ghost story I wanted to.

But given all I accomplished, I'm pretty happy with my year. It's made me excited for 2020 and what I want to accomplish. How did your 2019 treat you and your writing? Did you reach the goals you set? Have you made plans for 2020? Or do you panster it?

And don't forget the optional question: What started you on your writing journey? Was it a particular book, movie, story, or series? Was it a teacher/coach/spouse/friend/parent? Did you just "know" suddenly you wanted to write? While I still have you, head over to my young adult blog and read how I wrote over 200 THOUSAND words last year.

I'm having fun with these posts, so I thought I'd make them a monthly feature. Since it's December and I'm sharing some facts about the Winter Solstice.

1. The date of the winter solstice varies from year to year, and can fall anywhere between December 20 and December 23
2. The solstice occurs at a specific time: when the instant the North Pole is aimed furthest away from the sun on the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth's axis
3. Barrow, Alaska, will not have a sunrise at all (and hasn't since mid-November; its next sunrise will be on January 22)
4. The modern Druidic celebration Alban Arthan reveres the death of the Old Sun and birth of the New Sun
5. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium on the day of the Winter Solstic
6. Stonehencge is aligned to the sunset on Winter Solstice
7. December 21, 2012 corresponded to the date 13.0.0.0.0 in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar used by the ancient Mayans, marking the end of a 5126-year cycle. Some people believed that meant the end of the world.
8. The term solstice comes from the Latin word solstitium, meaning 'the Sun stands still
9. Holidays celebrated around the Winter Solstice throughout the years are: Christmas, Feast of Juul, Saturnalia, and Chaomos
10. In Druidic traditions, the Winter Solstice is thought of as a time of death and rebirth when Nature’s powers and our own souls are renewed
11. A Yule—or Juul—log was brought in and burned on the hearth in honor of the Scandinavian god, Thor
12. The time it takes for the Sun to “move” from the vernal equinox to the Winter Solstice is 89.9 days
13. The Southern Hemisphere also celebrates a winter solstice, but it is around June 21st

I hope these facts warmed you up to cold winter days (at least if you're in the Northern Hemisphere. Those in the Southern are enjoying summer right now.) Have you been enjoying my 13 facts posts? Any suggestions for topics to cover?

Since Christmas is coming up, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas. I'll be taking the rest of the year off from blogging. I hope you all had a great 2019 and 2020 is even better. Thanks so much for visiting my blog, reading my posts, and commenting. I really value you all. I'd be very lonely given I'm a homebody with chronic illnesses and a messed up back. You give me someone to talk to and that means the world to me. Thanks so much. 💜