Weston Sullivan's Blog
September 5, 2017
Release day!
Today is the day!
JUST OFF THE PATH is now live. Briefly: I have to thank Erika Bester, Carlyle Labuschagne, and Sandra Valente!
Be on the lookout this week for some more major news in regard to my works in progress, and *fingers crossed* some publishing updates on finished work.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this endeavor, and if you'd like to purchase your copy of JUST OFF THE PATH, it's available in all platforms today.
JUST OFF THE PATH is now live. Briefly: I have to thank Erika Bester, Carlyle Labuschagne, and Sandra Valente!
Be on the lookout this week for some more major news in regard to my works in progress, and *fingers crossed* some publishing updates on finished work.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this endeavor, and if you'd like to purchase your copy of JUST OFF THE PATH, it's available in all platforms today.
August 29, 2017
JUST OFF THE PATH Releases in one week!
Yep, you heard it right. Just Off the Pathwill go live on September 5th, exactly one week from now.
So, if you haven't already, this is the last week to take advantage of Fire Quill Publishing's generous pre sale price and giveaway. The ebook version will be $2.99 until the 5th, when it jumps up to $4.99.
Also, if you haven't already, hop on over to Facebook and make a request to join the release event. There will be prizes, games, guest authors, and much more. Trust me, the ladies at Fire Quill know how to throw a party.
Briefly: thank you to everyone who read and reviewed the novel already. I greatly appreciate the honesty and occasional kind words.
I'm dropping the pre-order Amazon link below. Thanks everyone!
https://www.amazon.com/Just-off-Path-...
So, if you haven't already, this is the last week to take advantage of Fire Quill Publishing's generous pre sale price and giveaway. The ebook version will be $2.99 until the 5th, when it jumps up to $4.99.
Also, if you haven't already, hop on over to Facebook and make a request to join the release event. There will be prizes, games, guest authors, and much more. Trust me, the ladies at Fire Quill know how to throw a party.
Briefly: thank you to everyone who read and reviewed the novel already. I greatly appreciate the honesty and occasional kind words.
I'm dropping the pre-order Amazon link below. Thanks everyone!
https://www.amazon.com/Just-off-Path-...
August 5, 2017
Goodreads Giveaway!
Hi everyone,
Just a quick note. I love my Goodreads blog and my followers, but for the most up to date information, including giveaways, excerpts, and the HUGE announcements about to come from Fire Quill Publishing about JUST OFF THE PATH, find my social media links below.
Of course, I won't abandon my Goodreads blog, but this makes it easier for us to connect!
Twitter: @sullivan_weston
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westonjsulli...
Website: www.westonsullivan.com
**Facebook is very important, as it is FireQuill's preferred method of contact with readers. They are currently running MAJOR giveaways to promote JUST OFF THE PATH, including an iPad giveaway.**
Second order of business, the fourth JUST OFF THE PATH giveaway has gone live! We're giving away three more signed, paperback ARC's right here on my page. So don't forget to enter. I can't stress how beautifully these books turned out. It's certainly one you'll want on your shelf!
Thank you everyone,
WS
Just a quick note. I love my Goodreads blog and my followers, but for the most up to date information, including giveaways, excerpts, and the HUGE announcements about to come from Fire Quill Publishing about JUST OFF THE PATH, find my social media links below.
Of course, I won't abandon my Goodreads blog, but this makes it easier for us to connect!
Twitter: @sullivan_weston
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westonjsulli...
Website: www.westonsullivan.com
**Facebook is very important, as it is FireQuill's preferred method of contact with readers. They are currently running MAJOR giveaways to promote JUST OFF THE PATH, including an iPad giveaway.**
Second order of business, the fourth JUST OFF THE PATH giveaway has gone live! We're giving away three more signed, paperback ARC's right here on my page. So don't forget to enter. I can't stress how beautifully these books turned out. It's certainly one you'll want on your shelf!
Thank you everyone,
WS
July 21, 2017
Excerpt #2: JUST OFF THE PATH
Hi everyone!
The last excerpt I posted was from chapter one, so I figured in light of the fact we're only six weeks out to the release of Just Off the Path that now might be a good time to post a few paragraphs from the next chapter!
So, from "A Gathering of Horses":
**
Hansel could have thought about Rapunzel the rest of the way into the city, but his reverie was abruptly interrupted when Gretel recoiled and grabbed onto his arm in fright. Ahead were three horses, tied to a thick tree trunk, picking at what was left of the grass beneath them while their riders kneeled on the ground beside them, examining something. Bystanders from the village just outside Hildebrand crowded around the horsemen, who were dressed similarly to Klaus, horrified by the sight on the ground.
The horses were oblivious to their surroundings. All they knew was that there, the spot to which they were bound, lacked the hay they needed to survive. Hansel didn’t want to look down as they passed the scene. For the first few seconds, he looked at the horses, and then he looked at the people. People knew murder when they saw it, horses didn’t. He thought that must have been the reason why they all looked terrified, while the horses simply looked hungry. It wasn’t that the horses were stupid, but murder didn’t exist in the horse world. Horses knew what hay was and what wasn’t, who could get close to them and who couldn’t, and when they were or weren’t tied up. He envied that about them—they didn’t have to worry about murder or winter. They simply existed in a world where awful things happened.
The only reason Hansel looked at the body was to ensure that it wasn’t Ceara. It wasn’t. A middle-aged man with a white shirt turned red was lying on his back. According to the man, death wasn’t as peaceful as Hansel thought. His face was twisted into a horrid U-shape, his mouth wide open as if he’d died while screaming. His skin was splotched in black-blue bruises near the stab wounds, and his intestines poked out from a thought back to his cottage. Their food supply consisted mostly of cucumbers that were waiting to be pickled so that they would last the winter. His stomach growled. He could practically smell the roasted venison being cooked below. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d had seasoned meat.
The last excerpt I posted was from chapter one, so I figured in light of the fact we're only six weeks out to the release of Just Off the Path that now might be a good time to post a few paragraphs from the next chapter!
So, from "A Gathering of Horses":
**
Hansel could have thought about Rapunzel the rest of the way into the city, but his reverie was abruptly interrupted when Gretel recoiled and grabbed onto his arm in fright. Ahead were three horses, tied to a thick tree trunk, picking at what was left of the grass beneath them while their riders kneeled on the ground beside them, examining something. Bystanders from the village just outside Hildebrand crowded around the horsemen, who were dressed similarly to Klaus, horrified by the sight on the ground.
The horses were oblivious to their surroundings. All they knew was that there, the spot to which they were bound, lacked the hay they needed to survive. Hansel didn’t want to look down as they passed the scene. For the first few seconds, he looked at the horses, and then he looked at the people. People knew murder when they saw it, horses didn’t. He thought that must have been the reason why they all looked terrified, while the horses simply looked hungry. It wasn’t that the horses were stupid, but murder didn’t exist in the horse world. Horses knew what hay was and what wasn’t, who could get close to them and who couldn’t, and when they were or weren’t tied up. He envied that about them—they didn’t have to worry about murder or winter. They simply existed in a world where awful things happened.
The only reason Hansel looked at the body was to ensure that it wasn’t Ceara. It wasn’t. A middle-aged man with a white shirt turned red was lying on his back. According to the man, death wasn’t as peaceful as Hansel thought. His face was twisted into a horrid U-shape, his mouth wide open as if he’d died while screaming. His skin was splotched in black-blue bruises near the stab wounds, and his intestines poked out from a thought back to his cottage. Their food supply consisted mostly of cucumbers that were waiting to be pickled so that they would last the winter. His stomach growled. He could practically smell the roasted venison being cooked below. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d had seasoned meat.
June 18, 2017
JUST OFF THE PATH Giveaway Winners!
The first giveaway has closed, and we have five people who can expect signed copies at their front door within the next few weeks!
Congratulations to:
Desnica K.
Amy W.
Tara B.
Seirra G.
Mel D.
Thank you to everyone who participated. We had an astounding 3,000+ entries. From the astounding response we received, Fire Quill Publishing has decided to extend another giveaway, so keep an eye out on this page, and I'll let everyone know as soon as the next giveaway is up!
Again, congrats to all our winners!
Congratulations to:
Desnica K.
Amy W.
Tara B.
Seirra G.
Mel D.
Thank you to everyone who participated. We had an astounding 3,000+ entries. From the astounding response we received, Fire Quill Publishing has decided to extend another giveaway, so keep an eye out on this page, and I'll let everyone know as soon as the next giveaway is up!
Again, congrats to all our winners!
June 3, 2017
Excerpt: JUST OFF THE PATH!
As promised, an excerpt from chapter one of JUST OFF THE PATH, coming September 5th, 2017 from FireQuill Publishing!
**
The winter storm began with a scream that split the trees. It echoed throughout the woods and birds fled into the sky, disappearing like smoke behind gray clouds. Hansel looked off in the direction of the disturbance—but it was silent again. There was something menacing about the renewed absence of life that hung over him. He strung his bow, keeping it close to his side, and surveyed the area around him.
He was met only with the familiar stillness of the trees and dead foliage beneath.
“We should go,” he said, trying to disguise the urgency in his voice.
His sister, Gretel, hesitated. “Someone screamed.”
“I know,” he said. “That’s why we need to go.”
Gretel scanned the tree line and ran her fingers through her hair. Grabbing her hand, Hansel pulled her in the direction they’d come from. The woods were dangerous, especially on the cusp of winter.
They were close to the Southern Thickets—the part of the forest overrun with briar and weed, where all of Grimm’s most dangerous creatures lived—and Hansel knew that if someone was screaming, they had a good reason.
They made their way back to The Path in silence. Hansel was wary of crunching leaves under his boot, afraid to wake the forest. Seconds after they turned around, he felt something whiz past him on both sides of his head. He hoped they were fireflies, bustling about the tops of trees, cutting through the coldness that crept over them. He followed the sparkling speckles with his eyes. They moved with purpose, cracking branches and creasing clouds, spinning wildly. Hansel was probably the only person in Grimm who was ever disappointed to see a flock of fairies, but fireflies meant it was summer, and he longed to see summer again.
Before they blinked out of sight, they spoke to him. Tens of wistful, unison whispers in his ears said: Help…the girl needs help.
Hansel looked at Gretel, wondering if she heard them, too. He didn’t have to ask. She bounded back in the opposite direction and drew the skinning knife she kept sheathed at her waist. Hansel cursed, taking off after her. No sooner than he’d kicked off the ground, another mortifying scream shook the woods. He followed close behind Gretel, dodging trees and leaping over the underbrush. There was a third scream, and then a fourth; louder and closer than any before.
He didn’t know what to do. As they ran, the
woods shrank around them until the sun no longer broke through the gaps between the trees. Hansel knew they were going to die.
**
The winter storm began with a scream that split the trees. It echoed throughout the woods and birds fled into the sky, disappearing like smoke behind gray clouds. Hansel looked off in the direction of the disturbance—but it was silent again. There was something menacing about the renewed absence of life that hung over him. He strung his bow, keeping it close to his side, and surveyed the area around him.
He was met only with the familiar stillness of the trees and dead foliage beneath.
“We should go,” he said, trying to disguise the urgency in his voice.
His sister, Gretel, hesitated. “Someone screamed.”
“I know,” he said. “That’s why we need to go.”
Gretel scanned the tree line and ran her fingers through her hair. Grabbing her hand, Hansel pulled her in the direction they’d come from. The woods were dangerous, especially on the cusp of winter.
They were close to the Southern Thickets—the part of the forest overrun with briar and weed, where all of Grimm’s most dangerous creatures lived—and Hansel knew that if someone was screaming, they had a good reason.
They made their way back to The Path in silence. Hansel was wary of crunching leaves under his boot, afraid to wake the forest. Seconds after they turned around, he felt something whiz past him on both sides of his head. He hoped they were fireflies, bustling about the tops of trees, cutting through the coldness that crept over them. He followed the sparkling speckles with his eyes. They moved with purpose, cracking branches and creasing clouds, spinning wildly. Hansel was probably the only person in Grimm who was ever disappointed to see a flock of fairies, but fireflies meant it was summer, and he longed to see summer again.
Before they blinked out of sight, they spoke to him. Tens of wistful, unison whispers in his ears said: Help…the girl needs help.
Hansel looked at Gretel, wondering if she heard them, too. He didn’t have to ask. She bounded back in the opposite direction and drew the skinning knife she kept sheathed at her waist. Hansel cursed, taking off after her. No sooner than he’d kicked off the ground, another mortifying scream shook the woods. He followed close behind Gretel, dodging trees and leaping over the underbrush. There was a third scream, and then a fourth; louder and closer than any before.
He didn’t know what to do. As they ran, the
woods shrank around them until the sun no longer broke through the gaps between the trees. Hansel knew they were going to die.
June 2, 2017
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards!
Hi everyone!
Just a brief shout-out to the kind soul that nominated me this year by adding me to the list! It means a great deal to be on a list with such talented and amazing writers, and I'm astounded at the response it's received.
Currently, JUST OFF THE PATH is 6th on the list, which is something I never thought could happen, and I'm excited at the prospect. Thank you to everyone who has seen fit to vote for my little story, and I hope the upcoming release on September 5th doesn't disappoint!
In other news, the folks at FireQuill Publishing have given me the go-ahead to release a few excerpts from JUST OFF THE PATH over the next couple of weeks, and now I have the terrifying task of choosing one! So, I want to state right now that I will release the excerpt on my Goodreads blog tomorrow!
So thank you again to everyone who voted, and I hope you enjoy the little sneak peak of JUST OFF THE PATH fresh tomorrow morning!
Just a brief shout-out to the kind soul that nominated me this year by adding me to the list! It means a great deal to be on a list with such talented and amazing writers, and I'm astounded at the response it's received.
Currently, JUST OFF THE PATH is 6th on the list, which is something I never thought could happen, and I'm excited at the prospect. Thank you to everyone who has seen fit to vote for my little story, and I hope the upcoming release on September 5th doesn't disappoint!
In other news, the folks at FireQuill Publishing have given me the go-ahead to release a few excerpts from JUST OFF THE PATH over the next couple of weeks, and now I have the terrifying task of choosing one! So, I want to state right now that I will release the excerpt on my Goodreads blog tomorrow!
So thank you again to everyone who voted, and I hope you enjoy the little sneak peak of JUST OFF THE PATH fresh tomorrow morning!
May 20, 2017
'Just Off the Path' Giveaway!
It's been five days since Fire Quill Publishing has opened a giveaway for JUST OFF THE PATH, which releases in early September. I'm happy to report that in those five days, we have grown to nearly 800 requests for one of the five free copies!
I'm beyond thrilled at this development, and I would love to be able to bring MORE giveaways should this one be a success. That all depends on the amount of requests we receive, so please, if you love fantasy, fairy tales, YA, and a character-driven plot, follow the link below and sign up for a chance to win a FREE copy of JUST OFF THE PATH.
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
I'm beyond thrilled at this development, and I would love to be able to bring MORE giveaways should this one be a success. That all depends on the amount of requests we receive, so please, if you love fantasy, fairy tales, YA, and a character-driven plot, follow the link below and sign up for a chance to win a FREE copy of JUST OFF THE PATH.
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
