Happy Monday! Here's my mishmash of thoughts:
1. Perfect For You Cover Reveal Sign-ups I have a YA contemporary romance titled Perfect For You, written under my pen name Ashelyn Drake, coming out in September through Swoon Romance. The cover reveal is March 14th. Want to be part of it? Sign up through YA Bound Book Tours here.
2. Free Monthly Newsletter So last week I was supposed to send out my newsletter, but I sort of forgot to schedule it. I mean, there was so much awesome I had to wait another week. Yeah. Okay, I forgot. If you aren't signed up to receive one but would like to, you can sign up here.
3. Revisions I'm revising the sequel to Into the Fire to send to my editor. I can't express how much I LOVE this book. I've never had so much fun revising before.
4. The Monster Within is about 3 months away! How did that happen? I created this awesome button. Feel free to snag it and post it on your blog if you want to help me spread the word. There's a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde theme in this book. :)
5. Luna Love Cover Reveal Brenda Moguez is having a cover reveal for her first book, Luna Love. I LOVE Brenda's voice. It's so unique, and I can't get enough of her writing. Check out Luna Love coming soon from Wild Rose Press.
Celia Mendoza is not living La Vida Loca. She put
her college dreams on hold after her father died. Now she dishes out advice in
her e-zine column, Luna Love, Loving is Good. The problem is, she hasn’t had a
second date or a kiss in over a year. Then Gabe Mercer, a modern-day Adonis,
shows up, daring her to take a chance. The string of broken hearts in his wake
turns Celia off, but his relentless encouragement to pursue her dream of
becoming a serious journalist contradicts his reputation, making it hard to
fight the pull of his topaz, come-hither eyes. He’s everything Luna Love tells
her readers to take a chance on, but Celia can’t decide if a chance encounter
is worth the gamble. But life has a will of its own, and hers is pushing Celia
to accept the uncertainty and run towards her destiny.
6. Surrender the Sky by Meradeth Houston Cover Reveal & Giveaway
Gabby lives by two unbreakable rules: don’t expose her kind, the Sary,
and don’t fall in love—too bad some rules are made to be broken.
When Gabby’s most difficult charge accidentally shoots her in front of a class full of students, the event exposes her carefully hidden identity. She shifts from looking like a normal teen to her secret Sary form, revealing her wings and the existence of her kind—immortals who try to keep people from committing suicide. Her incident attracts the attention of the next leader of the Sary, Jassen, who offers her an impossible bargain: she can keep her wings if she makes amends with those who know the truth. Things get more complicated when a rebel Sary, intent on exposing them to the world, starts interfering with Gabby’s work. And there’s no denying her attraction to Jassen, who is torn between his duties and his heart. With threats at every turn and her immortality on the line, Gabby has to find a way to save the Sary or surrender the sky forever.
When Gabby’s most difficult charge accidentally shoots her in front of a class full of students, the event exposes her carefully hidden identity. She shifts from looking like a normal teen to her secret Sary form, revealing her wings and the existence of her kind—immortals who try to keep people from committing suicide. Her incident attracts the attention of the next leader of the Sary, Jassen, who offers her an impossible bargain: she can keep her wings if she makes amends with those who know the truth. Things get more complicated when a rebel Sary, intent on exposing them to the world, starts interfering with Gabby’s work. And there’s no denying her attraction to Jassen, who is torn between his duties and his heart. With threats at every turn and her immortality on the line, Gabby has to find a way to save the Sary or surrender the sky forever.
That's it for me. What's on your mind today?
As of last week, my dog Pepper's free of taking medicine (after a health scare late in February 2014) and is back to normal!
ReplyDeleteMy first e-publication, "Crocodile Flint" is available on Snippet for $1.99-
http://thesnippetapp.com/web/writers/TaureanJ.Watkins
You can watch a short trailer for it here: http://youtu.be/O_Qghl6ooo0
Hope you'll check it out when you've got a spare moment.
I also did a Twitter chat in honor of World Book Day last week (Read the visually enhanced transcript here)-
http://talkinganimaladdicts.com/worldbookday2014twitterchat
This week I hope to work on more chapters of GABRIEL with my editor soon.
You've been busy, Taurean! That's great!
DeleteThanks so much for sharing my cover, Kelly! I'm signing up for your reveal as well :)
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome. Your cover is gorgeous! I'm getting started on your series soon. :)
DeleteOh, and thank you so much for signing up for the cover reveal. I really appreciate it.
DeleteI cannot wait for The Monster Within! This week I'm working on a romantic comedy. Hoping to finish it within the next week :).
ReplyDeleteYay! Good luck with your romantic comedy, Katie!
DeleteThat all sounds very exciting. I'm starting on a new murder mystery play and this weekend just gone, I finally cracked the chapter I was working on. Unfortunately the next chapter looks to be tricky too but I'm feeling much more optimistic about it. Must be the sunshine and blossom.
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm glad you cracked that chapter. I'm sure you'll figure out the next one too.
Delete'Her inner Hyde.' Gosh, I love that!
ReplyDeleteSheri at Writer's Alley
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I love the button! You're so creative! :)
ReplyDeleteThe Monster Within button's looking good... and so are Meradeth and Brenda's covers!
ReplyDeleteThe covers look great, and I can't wait for the release of Monster Within. This week it's get press releases out for my NF book release, and finish 2 chapters in my YA historical wip.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sherry. Good luck with your press release and those chapters.
DeleteI'm loving all of the cover reveal goodness! Just signed up for Ashelyn's YA release (how exciting!) and I'm still oohing and aahing over Meradeth's :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Faith! You're the best.
DeleteYes, great cover reveals going on today. :)
You have a lot going on. Sounds like a busy spring but fun. I signed up for your cover reveal.
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you so much! :)
DeleteLove the cover reveals and both sound great! You do a great job on your button designs also! (Did the street team get notified of buttons for their blogs?)
ReplyDeleteI sent the Kelly's Coven button but not this one yet. I'm working on a little something first and will send the button with that. I didn't want to overwhelm my beloved Coven with two newsletters in one day since many of them subscribe to my regular newsletter. :)
DeleteLooking forward to both The Monster Within & Brenda's Luna Love!! Thanks for sharing, Kelly and happy Monday! P.S.I had a school visit today and saw my niece but forgot to give her your books I ordered. Will have to wait until I see her again but she is excited to read them:)
ReplyDeleteAw, so sweet of you to give her my books. :) I hope she enjoys them next time you see her.
DeleteExcited for TMW! Though I have to say my excitement for Into the Fire is a wee bit more- I love coming across mythology I've not seen addressed in YA before, and I've read nothing to do w/the phoenix, so super excited! As for me personally, I can't wait to eat breakfast at McD's tomorrow. It's my one cheat day on this diet and I am CRAVING a cinnamelt.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Leandra! I'm working on the sequel to Into the Fire right now. :)
DeleteEnjoy your breakfast.
Loving Meradeth's new cover! I can't wait to read this one. :) So glad you are enjoying your latest edits. Yeah!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stephanie. Yes, Meradeth's cover is so pretty!
DeleteOooh, in love with the cover of Surrender the Sky! Nice.
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteLove the covers! Yay! For your cover reveal. Waiting for it!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteSo many awesome things for you and other authors here. :)
ReplyDelete:) Lots of good stuff going on this week.
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