Category: The Spirit of Ink

Q&A with JYO: What Inspired You?

QUESTION: This novel, CHOSEN, seems to be both a creative story or even a biography of a young woman who by fate steps into the world of magic, extrasensory perception, and mind power. What or who inspired you to create the story and how long did you think about it before starting to work out? For example some of my poems will just pop up and I am done in half an hour on any

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JY Olmos' Spirit of Ink October blog

The Spirit of Ink for October

This month’s selection is Obsidian Magic by McKenzie Hunter. This is a fantasy novel written in 2017 and is the second book in this series. I enjoyed reading the first book of the Legacy series so much, that the moment I finished book one, I started in on book two immediately. The main characters Levy and Gareth create a powerful force of push and pull, intrigue and sexual tension. This story revolves around Levy Michaels, the last

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The Spirit of Ink Sept pairing by JY Olmos: Lux University and a lemon drop martini with Tito's vodka

The Spirit of Ink for September

Someone asked me recently if I felt like Evonne after her daughter left to train on Ghent. It took me a moment to realize the similarity. Now that the seed has been planted, it’s become a weed that no RoundUp can exterminate. Therefore, this month’s selection for the Spirit of Ink is my own novella, Lux University. This science fiction young adult romance was written in 2017 and is a follow up to The HIVE,

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