Author Archives: Shara Lane

About Shara Lane

I'm Shara, a wife, mother, bargain shopper, and I love to critique everything from food to mascara. I'm a sister of Colleen who lives in the desert of Arizona. My favorite time of day is when I pretend my kids are asleep upstairs, and I can catch up on my favorite shows with my handsome husband. Once Upon a Time, Dr. Who, Mythbusters (husband's choice), Big Bang Theory, Sherlock, and Castle. I turned 40 but feel around 30ish, and wonder where the time has gone. I love new clothes, new make-up, new food, and anything new to try out and critique. It's not mean, I promise, I just really like to figure out how to make things better :-)

Snakes in mythology

Posted on March 14 2017 by Shara Lane

Snakes have been in religion, mythology, and history since time began. Adam and Eve is the first story we know of where a snake is present in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 3 we read about how Eve was tempted by the serpent who felt that the forbidden tree wouldn’t kill Eve but would open her eyes and be as a god knowing good and evil. After partaking of the succulent fruit her eyes did indeed open and she then encouraged Adam to also partake of the fruit. Soon thereafter they discovered they were naked and got …

Winner Announced! – Dress up the cover REUNITED Contest of the month + a BONUS contest

Posted on March 1 2017 by Shara Lane

I think this might be one of my favorite contests. I love all the beautiful things you all found that match so well with the book cover. Look how beautiful these are! #1st Place Agathe 2nd Place Foxy Lula 3rd Place Natalie Arroyo Dress up the REUNITED Book Cover Contest! This contest will be so fun because the cover is just beautiful! This contest will be just like the ones in the past where you pick a few fun items and put them all together in a graphic collage. I like to pretend I’m going to the movie …

The love story of the Lion and the Unicorn

Posted on February 13 2017 by Shara Lane

Love story? Aren’t the Lion and the Unicorn only unified on the English coat of arms in 1603? Well Colleen’s imagination created a devoted couple out of the below unification. In 1603 when Scotland’s King James VI became James I of England unifying the Scottish and English kingdom. The unified countries required a new royal coat of arms combining England’s lion and Scotland’s unicorns. Note the poem of this union. The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown The lion beat the unicorn All around the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown; Some …

Dress up your favorite Romantic Scene Contest with a BONUS CONTEST-Winner Announced

Posted on February 1 2017 by Shara Lane

The winner for this contest is Cali Willette This is another creative contest. What we want if for you to take a romantic scene from any of Colleen’s books in either series and create a graphic or picture of it. To get your juices flowing here are a few romantic settings. Remember this scene in The Princess Bride movie? This reminds me of Kelsey Dancing with Kishan or Ren I’ll create one for you so you can see how to do it. You can use any program you want and then pin the picture …

Year End Ultimate Prize Contest -All 2016 Winners Need Apply-Winner Announced

Posted on December 31 2016 by Shara Lane

Allana Lopez is 2016 Grand Prize Winner of the Year Look how brave and cute you are! (you are so brave with that snake and your make-up is awesome) WINNERS OF 2016 At the end of every year we want to celebrate YOU the fans! Many of you have received a prize from Colleen this year either at a signing or a contest on her blog. All “winners” need to do to enter this final contest and win the HUGE year end prize is tweet a picture of yourself with your prize to Colleen. Rules: 1. You had …

December Contest of the Month “Favorite Quotes”-Winner Announced

Posted on December 31 2016 by Shara Lane

The WINNER is… Anne Consolacion Our 2 favorite quotes and pictures are by Anne. We love the pictures, the font and sizing of the quotes, and including which book it was from. Great job! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. This month’s contest is simple and evokes memories of times past when you went on a special journey with Colleen and her characters. When I read a book sometimes there is such a memorable line that it stays etched in my mind for years to come. Here are a few favorites of mine. …

Charon the grumpy Ferryman

Posted on December 14 2016 by Shara Lane

Charon or Kharon is the ferryman of Hades who ferries the newly deceased souls across the rivers Styx and Acheron which divide the world of the living from the world of the dead. To pay for the passage you need a coin to pay Charon. Normally an obolus or danake was placed in or on the mouth of the dead person to pay for this passage. If the dead could not pay the fee, or if the body is left unburied those souls were left to wonder the shores for hundred of years. Watch how Perseus gains passage from …

Minotaurs: Punishment from Poseidon

Posted on November 14 2016 by Shara Lane

The origin story of the Minotaur is one of punishment given by the god Poseidon to the disobedient King Minos of Crete. King Minos sacrificed his most prized bull each year to Poseidon, but one year a calf was born that was so exquisite he chose to sacrifice a lesser bull in order to save the prized one for himself. Poseidon was not fooled by the immolated calf, and punished King Minos by his wife, the queen gave birth to a half human half bull child. Since King Minos we have seen Minotaur in movies and books. In …

The Crocodile Temple of Kom Ombo

Posted on October 14 2016 by Shara Lane

-before reconstruction The temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145BC) and it was added to by each new Ptolmy. During the Roman period even more additions. The building is special because it built for two triads of deities. There were two halls, courts, even sanctuaries and rooms for each god. The southern part was for Sobek, the god of fertility and the creator of the world with his wife Hathor and Khonsu their son. The northern part was for the …

October 2016 Art Contest

Posted on October 1 2016 by Shara Lane

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” so Pablo Picasso once famously proclaimed. Art also feeds the soul and opens our eyes to details not previously seen. This year for the the 2016 Art Contest we want to see what you see when you dive into RECREATED. That’s right, it’s time to stretch your creative skills, develop your talents and explore your artistic side! For this month, we’d like to put YOU to the challenge and invite you to participate in the 2016 ART CONTEST. You can really get creative with this one. …

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