J.F. Kristin's Blog - Posts Tagged "chick-lit"
Thank you to Amie Louellen and Samantha Robey for kicking off my Chick Lit Plus blog tour with two great reviews of Rock Star's Girl! You can read Amie's review here, and Samantha's review here. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this blog tour, which goes until October 3.
Another huge thank you goes out to book reviewer Tara, who posted a wonderful review of Rock Star's Girl on her review site today! Read the review.
Thank you also to everyone who took the time to read my guest article for Write It Sideways, "2 Words That Can Change Your Writing Career," and a special thank you to everyone who left a comment or shared the article with others. You are very appreciated!
I can't believe it's Thursday already. The week has flown by so far, after a fun and busy weekend. I was in Las Vegas for my friend's pre-wedding weekend, and along with her, got to see a few people I haven't seen for quite some time. Tomorrow morning, a friend from Montreal whom I also haven't seen in a while is coming to visit for her birthday weekend. Her visit should be a lot of fun!
Hope everyone has had a great week so far, and is looking forward to a fun and relaxing weekend!
Another huge thank you goes out to book reviewer Tara, who posted a wonderful review of Rock Star's Girl on her review site today! Read the review.
Thank you also to everyone who took the time to read my guest article for Write It Sideways, "2 Words That Can Change Your Writing Career," and a special thank you to everyone who left a comment or shared the article with others. You are very appreciated!
I can't believe it's Thursday already. The week has flown by so far, after a fun and busy weekend. I was in Las Vegas for my friend's pre-wedding weekend, and along with her, got to see a few people I haven't seen for quite some time. Tomorrow morning, a friend from Montreal whom I also haven't seen in a while is coming to visit for her birthday weekend. Her visit should be a lot of fun!
Hope everyone has had a great week so far, and is looking forward to a fun and relaxing weekend!
Just a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the U.S. who celebrates, and a very happy Thursday, Friday, and weekend for those outside of the U.S. who either had Thanksgiving in October, or who don't celebrate it. This year and always, I am truly thankful to all of you out there who made writing and publishing
Rock Star's Girl
possible, and to everyone who has taken a chance on reading my book. Love and light to all of you.
It's a beautiful Thursday morning here. My dog, Pico, is laying beside me on the comfy red couch as I type and sip from a steaming mug of coffee. I just put a spaghetti squash in the oven, a side dish for Thanksgiving dinner later on today. I definitely miss the summer weather, but you have to admit, there's something very special about this time of year.
Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday (or weekend)!
It's a beautiful Thursday morning here. My dog, Pico, is laying beside me on the comfy red couch as I type and sip from a steaming mug of coffee. I just put a spaghetti squash in the oven, a side dish for Thanksgiving dinner later on today. I definitely miss the summer weather, but you have to admit, there's something very special about this time of year.
Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday (or weekend)!
I'm excited to announce that Rock Star's Girl is free for Kindle until December 30! If you'd like to download it for free, you can get it at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon Italy, and Amazon Spain.
If you don't have a Kindle but want to download Rock Star's Girl for free, Amazon has free downloads of Kindle reading applications for Windows PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Phone 7. Download a free Kindle reading app from Amazon.
A special thank you goes out to everyone who has tweeted, posted, or shared news of the free promotion. I appreciate you all helping me get the word out, and feel very lucky that so many of you shared the pre-announcement before the free promotion began. Thank you so much!
Another special thank you goes out to Kaley Stewart who listed Rock Star's Girl in her Top Ten Reads of 2011 on her blog, Books Etc. I feel incredibly honored to be listed there, and encourage you all to check out the other books on Kaley's list.
Wishing everyone the very best during these last few days of 2011, and a very happy new year.
If you don't have a Kindle but want to download Rock Star's Girl for free, Amazon has free downloads of Kindle reading applications for Windows PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Phone 7. Download a free Kindle reading app from Amazon.
A special thank you goes out to everyone who has tweeted, posted, or shared news of the free promotion. I appreciate you all helping me get the word out, and feel very lucky that so many of you shared the pre-announcement before the free promotion began. Thank you so much!
Another special thank you goes out to Kaley Stewart who listed Rock Star's Girl in her Top Ten Reads of 2011 on her blog, Books Etc. I feel incredibly honored to be listed there, and encourage you all to check out the other books on Kaley's list.
Wishing everyone the very best during these last few days of 2011, and a very happy new year.
Is it really February already? It looks like 2012 is going to fly by the same way 2011 did. Remember to savor moments as the pace of life picks up, so everything isn't just one big race or blur. :) I'm lucky that I've already had some great moments this year, one of which I haven't yet mentioned on my blog.
On New Year's Eve, I was out at the Laugh Factory, ready to ring in 2012 with lots of laughs. At around 10 o'clock, I happened to look at the sales rank for Rock Star's Girl on Amazon, just to see where it would end the year. Imagine my surprise and absolute delight to see that it was on three Amazon US category bestseller lists, including the Women's Fiction bestseller list! It was also on a category bestseller list over at Amazon UK. It stayed on those lists for a few days into the new year, which had me absolutely ecstatic. Thank you to everyone out there who has made this lifelong dream come true. You're all amazing.
This was my company on the Amazon US Women's Fiction Bestseller list on New Year's Day:
I'd be lying if I said that seeing this didn't make me grin from ear to ear. What a way to begin 2012!
And now, a book update for you all: I've been working a lot on my second novel, and the draft of it should be done by mid-March. It's exciting to be at this point in the writing of it. This is the part of the process where I'm not updating Twitter or Facebook as much. I'm checking in once in a while, though, and I'll be back to checking in more often in a few weeks.
I hope everyone has had a wonderful first month of 2012, and that February is also full of love and light.
On New Year's Eve, I was out at the Laugh Factory, ready to ring in 2012 with lots of laughs. At around 10 o'clock, I happened to look at the sales rank for Rock Star's Girl on Amazon, just to see where it would end the year. Imagine my surprise and absolute delight to see that it was on three Amazon US category bestseller lists, including the Women's Fiction bestseller list! It was also on a category bestseller list over at Amazon UK. It stayed on those lists for a few days into the new year, which had me absolutely ecstatic. Thank you to everyone out there who has made this lifelong dream come true. You're all amazing.
This was my company on the Amazon US Women's Fiction Bestseller list on New Year's Day:
I'd be lying if I said that seeing this didn't make me grin from ear to ear. What a way to begin 2012!
And now, a book update for you all: I've been working a lot on my second novel, and the draft of it should be done by mid-March. It's exciting to be at this point in the writing of it. This is the part of the process where I'm not updating Twitter or Facebook as much. I'm checking in once in a while, though, and I'll be back to checking in more often in a few weeks.
I hope everyone has had a wonderful first month of 2012, and that February is also full of love and light.
New beginnings happen in spring, and I'd have to say this is definitely the case for me. First, a piece of news that I'm so very thankful and grateful many of you have asked for: I'm now writing the sequel to Rock Star's Girl. I hadn't realized just how much I'd missed these characters until I started writing the sequel. I started it earlier this week and I've been writing for most of today. I have to say, it's been a fantastic Sunday!
Second, I moved about a month ago (still in L.A.!), and am loving my new home. That did have me pretty busy for a while, which meant few updates. I'm back now, though, and am looking forward to chatting with everyone here, and on Facebook and Twitter.
And now for more fabulous news... can you hear the virtual drum roll? I'll be taking part in a blog hop next month, in celebration of International Chick Lit Month. I'll post more about this in the weeks ahead. If you're a chick lit author and would like more info, please get in touch with me and I can put you in touch with the wonderful author organizing it.
Hope you've all had a great weekend. Love and light. :)
Second, I moved about a month ago (still in L.A.!), and am loving my new home. That did have me pretty busy for a while, which meant few updates. I'm back now, though, and am looking forward to chatting with everyone here, and on Facebook and Twitter.
And now for more fabulous news... can you hear the virtual drum roll? I'll be taking part in a blog hop next month, in celebration of International Chick Lit Month. I'll post more about this in the weeks ahead. If you're a chick lit author and would like more info, please get in touch with me and I can put you in touch with the wonderful author organizing it.
Hope you've all had a great weekend. Love and light. :)
In celebration of International Chick Lit Month, get ready for an exciting chick lit event... the Chick Lit Author Blog Hop! From May 14-20, you can enter to win ebooks by chick lit authors and a Sephora gift card! I'm happy to be a participating author in the blog hop, so watch my blog for more details soon!
Also for International Chick Lit Month, Rock Star's Girl for Kindle is 99 cents on Amazon (regularly $2.99). AND... tomorrow is my birthday. If you've read Rock Star's Girl, enjoyed it, and would like to help me celebrate both International Chick Lit Month and my birthday, I'd love it and be more grateful and appreciative than I can say if you would recommend it to a friend. Also be sure to let them know about the Chick Lit Author Blog Hop!
Wishing you all a very happy Friday, and an amazing weekend ahead! Love and light. :)
Also for International Chick Lit Month, Rock Star's Girl for Kindle is 99 cents on Amazon (regularly $2.99). AND... tomorrow is my birthday. If you've read Rock Star's Girl, enjoyed it, and would like to help me celebrate both International Chick Lit Month and my birthday, I'd love it and be more grateful and appreciative than I can say if you would recommend it to a friend. Also be sure to let them know about the Chick Lit Author Blog Hop!
Wishing you all a very happy Friday, and an amazing weekend ahead! Love and light. :)
This weekend is all about writing. I've been writing the sequel to Rock Star's Girl, along with writing a novel in a different genre, and outlining a non-fiction book. I can't wait to share each of these with all of you. I'm also about to finish up my post for the Chick Lit Author Blog Hop, which begins this Monday, May 14. Lots going on! If you haven't heard about the CLA Blog Hop yet, you can read about it over at fellow author Tracie Banister's blog. The blog hop celebrates International Chick Lit Month, and as of right now, 34 of chick lit authors (including me) are taking part. You can enter to win chick lit ebooks and a Sephora gift card! I'm very excited about next week. :) (Special note for my Goodreads blog post: my post for the blog hop will be posted on my web site blog only, so please look for it there!)
I'm also very excited to share the title of the sequel to Rock Star's Girl. One reason I'm excited is because it means I'll no longer need to call it "the sequel to Rock Star's Girl," which is kind of a mouthful, don't you think? So here it is, the title of Emily's next adventures... Hiding Out in Hollywood is the title of the sequel to Rock Star's Girl, and will pick up in the time between the last chapter and prologue of Rock Star's Girl, so you'll find out what happened in the three months between the last chapter and prologue, and what happens next!
So, what's the release date? Right now it's set for late 2012. There's lots to do over the coming months, and I can't wait for every moment of it.
Wishing you all a fantastic weekend, and a very happy Mother's Day tomorrow to all the moms out there! Love and light.
I'm also very excited to share the title of the sequel to Rock Star's Girl. One reason I'm excited is because it means I'll no longer need to call it "the sequel to Rock Star's Girl," which is kind of a mouthful, don't you think? So here it is, the title of Emily's next adventures... Hiding Out in Hollywood is the title of the sequel to Rock Star's Girl, and will pick up in the time between the last chapter and prologue of Rock Star's Girl, so you'll find out what happened in the three months between the last chapter and prologue, and what happens next!
So, what's the release date? Right now it's set for late 2012. There's lots to do over the coming months, and I can't wait for every moment of it.
Wishing you all a fantastic weekend, and a very happy Mother's Day tomorrow to all the moms out there! Love and light.
