Sam Carrington's Blog, page 7

Day 5 of Saving Sophie's paperback blog tour!

The SAVING SOPHIE tour is in full-swing!




I've been overwhelmed by the support the tour has received so far - thank you so much to everyone who has contributed, and for all the lovely people who have shared the posts - I'm hugely grateful!

Today's stops are:

Mairead's blog Swirl and Thread - she has a great review of Saving Sophie which can be found HERE! Thanks for taking part, Mairead :)

And, Emma's blog - Emma The Little Book Worm has a guest post from me about my top 5 non-crime reads and she had a fab review too! You can find them HERE Thank you, Emma!

You can purchase the ebook, paperback or audiobook HERE

Don't forget there's the chance to win a signed copy of Saving Sophie - pop along to my author facebook page to see how to enter!

Day 4 of the SAVING SOPHIE blog tour and a signed paperback!

Day 4 is brought to you by Susan Hampson at Books From Dusk Till Dawn My grateful thanks go to her for hosting and for her fabulous review of SAVING SOPHIE! Please go check it out!
And a little later than I planned, but...

I'm giving away a SIGNED PAPERBACK and a goody bag to one UK winner.

Here's what's on offer:





I'm going to put this giveaway on my author Facebook page, which is HERE with details of how you can enter - so please pop along for a chance to WIN this fab bundle!
Good luck!

Paperback PUBLICATION DAY and Day 3 of the Blog Tour!

Wow - what an amazing feeling it is to see SAVING SOPHIE in its physical form on the actual shelves!























A massive thank you to my agent, Anne Williams and Kate Hordern at KHLA, and all the fabulous people at Avon, HarperCollins for making this possible - and all my family, friends and supporters for being along on this journey with me.

Please feel free to tag me in any shelfies if you spot Saving Sophie out in the wild!

As a thank you, tomorrow I will be doing a giveaway, so watch this space... 

But for today - we're on Day 3 of the Blog Tour!
Huge thanks to today's fabulous bloggers for hosting.

I'm talking to Linda about the allure of psychology in my life and the part it plays in my writing on her blog HERE
And she has also written a review!

And over on Emma's blog - HERE - there's an extract from SAVING SOPHIE and Emma's review!

Thanks for being amazing hosts :)

If you'd like to get a copy you can order the ebook, paperback or audiobook from Amazon - HERE

Or you might see it out and about in the wild!

SAVING SOPHIE blog tour DAY TWO!

                                 To DAY 2!

For day two's delights we have the Nerdish Mum (love that name!) and on her blog is a guest post from moi about what comes first for me - characters or plot. Please head over and check it out HERE
Plus - there's a fabulous review of Saving Sophie!

Oh, and in case you missed it - SAVING SOPHIE is out in paperback TOMORROW!!! 

There will be a giveaway for a signed paperback copy tomorrow :)

Or, you can grab a copy HERE!

I do hope you'll join me tomorrow for another Blog Tour Stop - and publication day celebrations!

The Saving Sophie paperback blog tour DAY ONE!

Let the tour commence!

First off today is the lovely Jo Robertson! 

Over on Jo's blog - HERE - she has an extract from SAVING SOPHIE and her review! And rather fabulous it is too :)

Thanks so much Jo for being the first on the tour.

You can follow every day for more extracts, guest posts and reviews!





Thanks for dropping by.

You can grab an ebook of SAVING SOPHIE right now, or paperback and audio from the 15th - just click HERE for options!

One week until publication - WIN a bookmark!

Well, the final 7 day countdown until paperback publication of SAVING SOPHIE has begun!




2016 has been a very busy year - and it's going to end on a brilliant high note. The dream of having a physical book in actual shops is one that I didn't really think possible. But - in a week, that dream will be reality. 

Thank you to all of the people who have supported me along the way - a writer's journey is a unique one - and can be a challenging one! Having people alongside me during each stage of the process is what's kept me sane. Although how sane is open to interpretation. 

My youngest son designed some SAVING SOPHIE bookmarks - I am so proud of his patience (he most certainly didn't inherit that from me) I think he did a stellar job and I've had some lovely comments about them. 



I've also been asked by some people how they can get one.
So, for UK only for the moment (sorry!) - to get your hands on one of these beauties, all you have to do is Tweet/Facebook the Amazon link to the paperback and comment on THIS POST to say you've done it - simples!

Ten winners will be chosen at random and I will announce them here on Tuesday!

Here is the link you need: http://amzn.to/2gniTfE

ONE WEEK until the SAVING SOPHIE blog tour!

So, in one week the SAVING SOPHIE  blog tour begins - and today I'm delighted to reveal the wonderful line-up!

It's going to be a killer tour! 

Kicking off the tour on Tuesday 13th December is: 

       - Jo Robertson (My Chestnut Reading Tree) Review & extract.

14th - Helen Giles (Life of a Nerdish Mum) Review & Guest post
           Lauren Anderson (Lauren's Book Addiction) - Review

15th - Linda Hill (Linda's Book Bag) - Guest Post
          Emma Welton (Damppebbles) - Review & extract

16th - Susan Hampson (Books From Dusk Till Dawn) - Review

17th - Emma Mitchell (Emma the Little Book Worm) - Review &             guest post
          Mairead (Swirl and Thread) - Review

18th - Rachel Broughton (Rae Reads) - Guest post
           Victoria Goldman (Off-the-Shelf Books) - Review

19th - Rounding off the tour is blog tour host, Kaisha Holloway                              (The Writing Garnet)!

A MASSIVE thank you to all the lovely reviewers/bloggers involved - and of course, to Kaisha for being marvellous and organising it all! 

More exciting news for SAVING SOPHIE!

I'm dead excited to share that SAVING SOPHIE will also be available as an audio book! 




















I have listened to the audio clip on Soundcloud and it was a proud, yet strange moment hearing someone read the words I produced in my head! The narrator, Antonia Beamish, has a wonderful quality to her voice - I couldn't be happier with how she has transferred the written word to the spoken word! I'm really grateful to all those involved in making the audio version. 

It's TWO WEEKS today until the audio and the paperback are released - I'm now in the excited-but-scared phase (again!) 

Is there any other stage?!











SAVING SOPHIE is available now in ebook and you can pre-order the audio book and paperback HERE

Announcing my upcoming Blog Tour!

It's with huge excitement that I can tell you that the wonderful reviewer and blogger, Kaisha Holloway. has organised the most amazing tour for the paperback publication of SAVING SOPHIE! And it's coming in just under two weeks!


My grateful thanks to all of the wonderful bloggers who are involved! I will be sharing just who they are a bit nearer the time...Nothing like a bit of suspense :) 
Roll on the 13th December!
You can pre-order a paperback copy from Amazon or grab the ebook right now - just click HERE
I do hope you will join me on the tour!

Countdown to SAVING SOPHIE in paperback!

It's been a very busy year that in 16 DAYS will culminate in the publication of my novel in paperback! To say this is a dream come true is a cliché - but a fact! The journey from the first moment I began writing a novel to seeing it in its physical form hasn't been that long in reality, but the path was still a windy one, with a few detours along the way.

The cover for the paperback version is slightly different to that of the ebook - a hot coral pantone, rather than the shocking pink - and I love it! (The picture doesn't do it justice)



On publication day I will have a giveaway - so please do drop by on the 15th December to check it out!

In the meantime, SAVING SOPHIE is available as an ebook and you can pre-order the paperback on Amazon - HERE

Further exciting news to follow...