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June 2, 2014
New Adult Track at 2015 RT Convention
RT Convention may have ended just a handful of weeks ago, but it’s already that time of year. The wonderful team at RT is moving in full force toward next year’s event in Dallas, TX.
Sophie Jordan and I co-captain the New Adult track at RT, which includes New Adult themed panels and parties, and we want to make sure we know who’s planning to attend the event next year.
By the time registration opens in September/October for the 2015 event, almost all panels are full, as well as some parties. So if you’re interested in being on a NA panel or party next year, now is the time to let us know.
Below is a quick form for you to fill out. Please only fill it out if you’re 99.9999% sure you’re attending next year. Signing up does not guarantee a spot on a panel, but the likelihood of getting on one increases if you sign up before anyone else.
You can fill out the form by clicking HERE
May 26, 2014
Lux Giveaway!
We are getting close to the release of Lux Volume 1: Beginnings and Lux Volume 2: Consequences! They release on June 4th, 2014, roughly two months before the release of the final Lux book Opposition.
For those who haven’t read the series, the two above volumes (Beginnings and Consequences) are the first four books in the series, Obsidian and Onyx in Beginnings and Opal and Origin in Consequences.
And if you’ve read the first four books, the new printed bound versions include old and never before scene bonus content. Consequences also includes the first chapter of Opposition.
And I got a contest for you!
A whole slew of signed books, including Lux Volume 1 in hardcover. To see which signed book is up for grabs, click on the picture to enlarge it.
Contest is International. Ends Sunday, June 1st. Author is not responsible for lost packages. Winner must claim the prize within 72 hours.
May 23, 2014
A Day in a Life of Pretending to Write
What a normal day looks like for an author. Well, for me at least.
1. Wake up
Wake up wishing you could recall every vivid detail of the dream you just had because it would make an awesome book. But then realized that you dreamed of Sarah Maas nudging you with her head and you telling another author in your dream its how penguins greet each other.
W.T.F.
Which just confirms I will never be the author who writes a blockbuster based on my dreams.
2. Get out of bed.
This is hard, because you’re lying there thinking about all the cool stuff you’re going to add to your work in progress, which inevitably you will forget all about by the time you actually crack open your book.
3. Caffeine IV drip
Time to get energized. Coffee. Tea. Coke. Meth. 5 Hour Energy Drink. Whatever your drug of choice is, you consume a lot of it before you even get on the computer, because if you don’t, you end up sending something like this out on social media
4. Where in the hell is the little thing I’m responsible for?
For me, it’s my dog. Sometimes she stays under the covers. For you, it might be a human being you’ve lost. Anyway, at this point in the day I have to walk my dog around the yard a million times to get her to do her business. This image is the only thing that keeps me going when it’s raining, snowing, freezing or sweltering out.
Ok. That image pretty much just keeps me going.
5. Open up your work in progress.
Cry a little inside, because you re-read what you wrote yesterday and you have no fucking clue what you were trying to say.
6. Answer emails, comments, tweets.
You decide writing is too hard at that moment, so you do the other half of your business. Answering emails, tweets, what not. At some point someone will ask you when a book is coming out and you’re going to want to respond this way.
But you will end up sending this to the one person who has never heard of Supernatural and thus results in a lot of awkwardness.
6. More procrastination.
Procrastination is the name of the game. After chilling online for three hours, you’re still not in the right zone. And hey, remember it’s quality versus quantity or whatever we tell ourselves to justify the fact you just created a book cover out of a brown paper bag. So, it’s time to call friends. FRIENDS.
7. Type a sentence
By noon, you’ve written an entire sentence. You be all like this:
8. Curse at the people you follow on Facebook or Twitter
Because after you write the first sentence, one of the people you follow is going to post a link to Buzzfeed, and you get sucked in looking at 99 pictures of cats or watching the video the kid dancing like Michael Jackson or or the video of Morgan Freeman sucking on helium. It’s HERE. You’re welcome. I blame this person for the vast majority of random websites I end up on throughout any given day.
And this person.
Also this person, because she truly finds some of the most bizarre things on the Internet.
And finally, this person.
Me. Because I have no self-control.
9. Finally write.
At some point during the day, you are actually writing.
10. Repeat certain above steps.
At some point, the above steps: caffeine drip, social media, playing Mario Brothers online, calling friends–all of that will be repeated throughout the day.
And that’s pretty much what an average day looks like for me.
May 19, 2014
Stay With Me
The cover of Stay With Me was revealed at RT 2014 last week and today I get to share the description of Stay With Me!
Releases: September 23rd 2014
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At 21, Calla hasn’t done a lot of things. She’s never been kissed, never seen the ocean, never gone to an amusement park. But growing up, she witnessed some things no child ever should. She still carries the physical and emotional scars of living with a strung-out mother, Mona—secrets she keeps from everyone, including her close circle of college friends.
But the safe cocoon Calla has carefully built is shattered when she discovers her mom has stolen her college money and run up a huge credit card debt in her name. Now, Calla has to go back to the small town she thought shed left behind and clean up her mom’s mess again. Of course, when she arrives at her mother’s bar, Mona is nowhere to be found. Instead, six feet of hotness named Jackson James is pouring drinks and keeping the place humming.
Sexy and intense, Jax is in Calla’s business from they moment they meet, giving her a job and helping her search for Mona. And the way he looks at her makes it clear he wants to get horizontal . . . and maybe something more. Before Calla can let him get close, though, she’s got to deal with the pain of the past—and some very bad guys out to mess her up if she doesn’t give them her mom.
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Stay With Me is the 3rd book in the With You series. Stay with Me, like the others, are standalone, but should be read in the below order as the couples from previous books reappear.
Reading Order
Wait for You
Trust In Me (Cam’s POV of Wait for You)
Be With Me
Stay With Me
May 11, 2014
Tempting the Bodyguard & Dare to Resist Giveaway
Not only is Monday May the 12th the release of Tempting the Bodyguard, Laura Kaye’s Dare to Resist (which I’ve read and loved all the smexy) also releases on Monday, so we’ve joined together for an awesome giveaway.
Releases May 12th!
Releases Monday, May 12th!
On my blog, I will be giving away these items Laura donated plus a $10 Amazon or B&N gift card!
Make sure you also go to Laura Kaye’s website to see what I’m giving away on her website by going HERE
Contest Rules:
International. Author is not responsible for lost packages. Winner must claim the prize within 72 hours of notification.
April 29, 2014
Random Giveaway Time
After a stressful weekend and probably even more stressy day, I’ve decided to host a random giveaway for ya’ll.
Here is what you can win
What’s up for grabs?
Audio versions of Daimon, Half-Blood, Pure, Deity, and Elixir
Signed copies of:Lux Beginnings
Wait for You, Trust In Me, Be With Me, Fifty Firsts Anthology which features Believe in Me, and Between the Covers
Frigid
White Hot Kiss
Don’t Look Back
$15 iTunes GC
Contest is International. Winner has 48 hours to claim prize. Author is not responsible for any lost prizes.
Opposition
Yesterday (while I sat at an airport) the cover for Opposition was revealed, and I’m super excited to share the cover of official jacket copy for you.
Releases August 5th, 2014
Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came.
She can’t believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.
Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal.
They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind.
War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will never be the same for those left standing.
Now you can see them all together.
April 22, 2014
Tempting the Bodyguard
It’s finally here, the Tempting the Bodyguard cover. Chandler’s story!
Releases May 12, 2014
You can pre order now!
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Description
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He can protect her from everyone except himself.
Alana Gore is in danger. A take-no-prisoners publicist, her way with people has made her more than a few enemies over the years, but a creepy stalker is an entirely different matter. She needs a bodyguard, and the only man she can ask is not only ridiculously hot, but reputed to have taste for women that goes beyond adventurous.
Chandler Gamble has one rule: don’t protect anyone you want to screw. But with Alana, he’s caught between his job and his increasingly hard libido. On one hand, Alana needs his help. On the other, Chandler wants nothing more than to take the hot volcano of a woman in hand. To make her writhe in pleasure, until she’s at his complete mercy.
She needs protection. He needs satisfaction. And the moment the line is crossed, all hell will break loose…
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Tempting the Bodyguard can be read as a standalone, but if you want to get the full story, read Tempting the Best Man and Tempting the Player first.
All three smexy covers together
To celebrate the cover reveal for the Gamble Brother book, I am giving away some stuff.
Contest is international. Winner must claim prize within 72 hours of notification. Author not responsible for lost prizes. Posters are off my office wall, so they have wee little holes in them =)
April 21, 2014
Best Kind of Broken!
I got something special for you guys today. Yes, I do. I was lucky enough to read an advanced copy of Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine. And guys, the book is amazing sauce. Like double dipped in the amazing sauce. If you haven’t already picked up your copy, here’s your chance to read it.
The wonderful publishers behind the book are willing to give away FIVE e copies of Best kind of Broken. All you have to do is follow the instructions below.
April 20, 2014
Original 1st Chapter
So I just stumbled across the original file of Obsidian. Oh, it’s pretty lol-worthy. So I figured I’d share the first chapter that never made it into the book. I’m pretty sure almost the whole thing was cut out. There’s actually quite a bit in this original file that never made it into the final book. But anyway, here is the first chapter of Obsidian that never became the first chapter. Keep in mind, this chapter is not edited. At all. So there are probably typos and grammar stuff.
Don’t forget that Lux Beginnings (Obsidian/Onyx plus bonus scenes) and Lux Consequences (Opal/Origin plus bonus scene and 1st chapter of Opposition) release on June 3rd. Pre order links are below:
Also, Opposition, the final Lux book, comes out August 5th, 2014. You can pre order here
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Perhaps I’ll share more… of Obsidian and Theo. Seems like a good combination.
