Yolanda Sfetsos's Blog, page 223

Will this rain ever end??

Here I am again! This time, I'm having a hot cup of tea just after getting back from a nice--but cold--walk by the river. ;)
Very cute.

So, I had a strange day yesterday.

For some reason, the very cool Blogger template I'm using (which I love very much!) decided to go wonky on me. I thought maybe there was something up with it, but it turns out there wasn't. I actually contacted the person who 'Bloggerized' it, and he told me it was fine. Plus gave me a link to re-download it. Which I did...

It's a WeeWorld out there...

This is a WeeMee that my daughter made of me. lol.

Apparently, I've just come up with a brilliant new idea, while holding a hot cup of coffee and a laptop. Not sure how I'm supposed to get any writing done, with my hands full and no couch, desk, counter, or chair anywhere.

I think I can manage, though. ;)

Isn't it cute? My daughter went a bit nuts and made a whole bunch of them. I might share some other ones later on this week.

Well, I'm still super excited about the news I shared yesterday...

ONE HUNDRED CANDLES by Mara Purnhagen

It's taken a long time for me to feel like a normal teenager. But now that I'm settled in a new school, where people know me as more than Charlotte Silver of the infamous Silver family paranormal investigators, it feels like everything is falling into place. And what better way to be normal than to go on a date with a popular football star like Harris Abbott? After all, it's not as if Noah is anything more than a friend….
But my new life takes a disturbing turn when Harris brings me to a...

I've got some awesome news!

That's right!
I'm very excited to announce that I've just signed two new contracts with Samhain Publishing. Yay! Awesome!
OMGosh, I'm still giddy about this. LOL.
These are the books:
CLASH is category length, and happens to be the second book in my Sci-Fi Recast series. It takes place right after the events of WITHER, but it's Ace's story.
A PATCH OF DARKNESS is the first book (novel length) in a new urban fantasy series about ghosts, and other paranormal stuff.
*dancing around the room*
Have a...

RED GLOVE by Holly Black

A changed world, an America where Magic is prohibited - Holly Black's sensational new fantasy series continues.
The Sopranos meets Six Feet Under - a wonderfully dark, supernatural vision of modern day America.
Cassel has discovered the dark secret of his past, the secret that set him apart from his family. Now he must take his new knowledge and his new powers out into the world.
A dark and twisting contemporary fantasy set in a beautifully rendered, subtly different world this is a wonderfully...

UNCOMMON CRIMINALS by Ally Carter

Kat Bishop: friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. Or simply, the girl who robbed the greatest museum in the world …
Now she's been asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald so it can be returned to its rightful owners.
Trouble is, not only is the gem elusive – it's cursed.
Kat might be in way over her head but help is to hand. She enlists the gorgeous Hale and the rest of the crew from Heist Society on a heart-stopping round-the-world search. But this time, Kat – who knows every trick and con in...

Another Excerpt: When things go wrong for Alex...

The emergency lights suddenly flashed on the dashboard in front of her. Out of nowhere, everything seemed to be flashing red and green—mingling together. To have so many lights from several components blink rapidly was bad news. Alex had overhauled her ship only weeks ago, even splurged on paying a professional cleaner to make the exterior gleam. Now, everything seemed to be failing.
That wasn't technically possible.
The ship was old, but mostly reliable.
Alex secured the seatbelt over her...

Check out my interview at The Galaxy Express:

It's right HERE!

Thanks so much for having me over, Heather. It was a lot of fun!

Heather also had this to say about PROMISE: "I must say, this (shortish) novel took me for a ride on the unpredictable express."

Very cool!

Well, hope you're all having an awesome day. See ya!

Excerpt: When Alex & Damon Meet

Alex stepped outside but couldn't find firm ground. She tumbled forward, flying through the air as her hands clawed to grab at the branches striking her face and body on the way down.
When she finally landed, it was on top of something firm that made a sound and collapsed beneath her.
Alex felt the undeniable beating of another's heart against her chest.
As she scrambled to press her hands against the leafy ground to lift her body, she met the blazing green eyes of a dark-haired man lying...

Alex Wales #1 is now available!

Well, today my Sci-Fi novel is released by Eternal Press:

Things aren't always as they seem.
After Alex Wales crash lands on a planet that doesn't even show up on her navigational map and her ship is damaged, all she wants to do is get help and leave the planet as soon as she can. She's got something to deliver and time is running out. Instead, she stumbles onto a very alluring man who takes her to his village—a seemingly utopian society led by a Priestess.

Stuck on this planet with no way of...