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February 11, 2018
Monday Mishmash 2/12/18
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Here's what's on my mind today:Editing I'm editing for a client this week. This is a book I previously edited for content. Now I'm doing line edits, and I love seeing how the book really came together.Formatting I've been doing a lot of formatting recently. I have another book to format for a new client this week. If you'd like to see my formatting services, you can find them here.Drafting I'm at the 20K mark in my WIP. I set out for it to be a novella, but it looks like it's going to turn out to be a full-length novel. These characters have more story to tell. :)Tormented Souls Hit #1 in a category My book in the Runes Kindle World hit #1 in the Kindle Worlds: Teen & Young Adult category. Thanks to everyone who helped make that happen. You can find Tormented Souls here.
New logo in the works I hired a designer to create a new logo for me. I'm really excited with how it's coming along. I can't wait to be able to show you.That's it for me. What's on your mind today?
February 4, 2018
Monday Mishmash 2/5/18
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Here's what's on my mind today:Tormented Souls The Runes Universe Kindle World releases tomorrow. I'm very excited for everyone to read Tormented Souls.
Since I Found You The final book in the Love Chronicles companion series also releases tomorrow. So whether you're a Kelly or Ashelyn fan, I have a new book for you. :) Editing I'm editing for a client this week.Inkslinger Reader Group Takeover I'll be partying in the Inkslinger Reader FB Group Tuesday night at 6:40 p.m. Come chat with me and enter to win some free books. If you aren't part of the group, you can request to join here.Drafting I'm drafting a Thanksgiving romance at the moment. Well, actually, I'm plotting/drafting. I know how the book will begin, and my plotting turned into drafting scenes. If only I could figure out the plot for the rest of the book. ;)That's it for me. What's on your mind today?January 28, 2018
Monday Mishmash 1/29/18
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Here's what's on my mind today:Editing I'm editing for a client this week.Formatting I'm currently formatting two books for a new client.Plotting My daughter has basketball twice this week, so I'll be using that time to plot a new book. I recently learned a new plotting technique, and I'm excited to try it out.More snow? I'm so done with snow. I see plenty more of it in the forecast, though. :(Upcoming releases I'm getting ready for two upcoming releases, both on February 6th. The Love Chronicles trilogy will conclude with Since I Found You, and my book Tormented Souls will release as part of the Runes Kindle World. I'm excited about both.
That's it for me. What's on your mind today?January 21, 2018
Monday Mishmash 1/22/18
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Here's what's on my mind today:Tormented Souls If you weren't able to check out the cover of my Runes Universe book, Tormented Souls, here it is!
Releases February 6, 2018Writing Conference I attended the Pocono Writer's Conference on Saturday. I always enjoy this conference.Revising I'm revising my psychic mystery before I send it off to my editor. I'm excited for this book because it combines supernatural and mystery, two of my favorite things.Editing I'm editing for a client this week.Drafting As soon as I finish revising my psychic mystery, I'll be diving into the draft of book two.That's it for me. What's on your mind today?January 14, 2018
Monday Mishmash 1/15/18
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Here's what's on my mind today:I'm a USA Today Bestseller! Back in October, I became a USA Today bestselling author as Ashelyn, and that was awesome. But...I wanted that title as Kelly as well. Last Wednesday, I got it. :) Since the rank was under 50, this was posted in the print edition as well as the online version.
Proofreading I'm currently proofreading the paperback proof of Unseen Evil and Evil Unleashed. I don't think I could love these books more. I'm so excited for everyone to read them this April and May.Editing I recently got a new editing client, so I've been working with him to polish his picture book and query letter.Drafting I'm drafting an Ashelyn novella scheduled to release this summer.Runes Kindle World I'm part of the Runes Kindle World releasing February 6th, and we're having a cover reveal tomorrow. Join me here at 2:00 p.m. EST to see the cover of my book Tormented Souls.
That's it for me. What's on your mind today?January 7, 2018
Monday Mishmash 1/8/18
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Here's what's on my mind today:Revising I'm revising a book this week after getting it back from my editor. So far it's going well, which is good because I'm having the cover designed this month.Snow We are getting more snow today. Have I mentioned I hate winter?Amazon Giveaway In case you don't subscribe to my newsletter, I have some giveaways going on right now. You can win a copy of White Raven by JL Weil here.Replica Signed Paperback ARC Giveaway Want to win a signed copy of Replica, my sci-fi novel in the Wrath and Ruin boxed set? You can enter here.
Games We Play Signed Paperback ARC Giveaway If you like suspense books, enter to win a signed copy of Games We Play here.
That's it for me. What's on your mind today?December 31, 2017
Monday Mishmash 1/1/18
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Here's what's on my mind today:Happy New Year! Here's to hoping 2018 is a great year!Wrath and Ruin I can't believe Wrath and Ruin releases tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who has already preordered this collection of 24 sci-fi/fantasy books. If you haven't grabbed it yet, don't wait. The price will go up very soon.
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2yOhGaCiBooks: http://apple.co/2gXyTotNook: http://bit.ly/2xcM1MHKobo: http://bit.ly/2hWc7wVEditing I'm editing for a client right now, and her book is SO good. If you haven't read anything by Karen Lynch yet, you need to go do that right now. Trust me. She's amazing.Games We Play is out tomorrow, too! When my very first book released in 2013, I had two releases on the same day. Now, five years later, it's the same thing. You can grab the last book in the Lies We Tell trilogy here:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2BBStipiBooks: http://apple.co/2DdHoojB&N: http://bit.ly/2BG2sUdKobo: http://bit.ly/2pG5HthReading Over the holiday, I read two craft books. It's been a while since I read a craft book, but I asked for two for my birthday and made time this past week to read them both cover to cover.That it's for me. What's on your mind today?December 28, 2017
When Fate Aligns
Check out this excerpt from When Fate Aligns, a sci-fi novel by AK Koonce, exclusive to the Wrath and Ruin boxed set.
I don’t have the slightest idea where Asher is from, what he was doing before he was locked away at Compound 186, but the gravity of the look he’s giving these berries right now fires my restless nerves through my body. I shift on my feet and fold my arms over my chest to stop myself from touching the dried scratch at my neck. “Do you think they’re poisonous?” I ask in a nervous voice.He gives a long sigh, his lips thin and turn down slightly.“Most definitely,” he says, nodding his head slowly. He takes another worried look at my neck. I try to take deep breaths as his intense stare seeps into me. His concern transfers right through me, wedging into every crevice of my mind, but I continue to focus on my breathing. He pushes loose strands of hair off my neck, and the small cut stings when his fingers brush against it.“Do you think the cut is anything to worry about?” I ask, starting to panic internally while the forest around me remains silent.His steel eyes glance from the scratch to my face. He tilts his head to better inspect the affected area of my neck. My mind is racing a mile a minute at all the thoughts of infection and bites I’ve seen over the years within our camp.“It’s hard to say really.”My mouth is dry and I’m still sweating, but I can’t tell whether it’s from the intense heat or whether it’s a symptom of the deadly poison racing through my bloodstream.“We could always give you an antidote just to be safe,” he says, looking at the ground in thought.“There’s an antidote?” I ask loudly, hope fluttering into my panicked heart. Is my heart rate accelerated from the berries?He gives a small, masked smile. “My DNA is a cure all. Do they not teach you anything at that camp?” His DNA. I instantly wonder what else Shaw used him for. Was there more to the compound than work and the secret testing?.“Your DNA. Like your blood?” I ask, trying not to curl my lip in disgust. The thought of seeing his blood again, let alone wiping it on myself makes me want to run far, far away, poisoned or not.“Our blood is an instantaneous solution, but there are other ways to transfer DNA,” he says in a low voice with an animalistic smile.Confusion crosses my face as I think through his words. I’m almost about to ask him to explain when he licks his lips. My eyes follow the movement with slow understanding washing through me. My uneven breaths halt altogether. I suddenly notice how close he is to me. I give an awkward half smile and struggle to find a sentence to clear the air.“Relax, I’m not going to bite you,” he says with a soft laugh that hums through my own body.“It’s not that.” I pause trying to dissolve my awkwardness. “So, you’ll just lick me and—and I’ll absorb your magical healing powers?” I try to force the sarcasm from my voice because that’s all I have. It’s either sarcasm or shuddering nonsense.
He gives another drool-worthy half smile at my attempt to think through all this. “It’s not magic, but, yeah, sure, let’s call me magical.”
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December 26, 2017
The Withered Rose
Check out this excerpt from The Withered Rose, a sci-fi novel by Penny BroJacquie, exclusive to the Wrath and Ruin boxed set.
“To the basement,” Althea commanded the group of brown-clad people who were hauling her children down the stairs. Floriana felt like she was suffocating under the pressure of the bodies pressing into her as they led her into a bright, almost daylight-like room. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Vittor trying to keep his balance as he was dragged in by a couple of strong young men.“Look who’s here.” An old man’s nasally voice echoed from the back of the large room as a short man in a white laboratory coat emerged from behind a row of iron cupboards. He was followed by a small group of similarly dressed people. “You must be Floriana. I have heard so much about you.” The old man approached her and brought his face close to hers. Floriana felt irritated when his nose almost touched hers as he observed her features through his glasses. “Have I got something in my teeth?”she asked scathingly. The old man took a step back and he turned his back on her as he addressed her mother in a shrill accent. “Sarcastic and scoffing. Just like her grandfather. Althea, I expect you to get rid of this unpleasant girl right now. I do not want her to mess things up now that we have finally put our plan to exterminate lesser human races into action.” He sniffed noisily as he turned back to one of the many laboratory tables and chairs in the room. His team of white clad scientists looked absorbed in their notes, indifferent to the new faces that had just come in. Floriana straightened her clothes as she was freed from her mother’s grip. Vittor stood beside her, cleaning his glasses with the edge of his plaid shirt.“This is Dr. Foulkaneli. Show some respect,”Althea said to Floriana furiously. “Why do you have to be so annoying?” Althea hissed, pointing at her daughter.Her mother’s continuous verbal assaults hurt Floriana’s soul deeply. Offended and enraged, she could not control her anger anymore.“Why do you have to be alive?” Floriana’s body quivered as tears flooded her eyes.“You are so arrogant and ungrateful. I brought you here, where magnificent things are happening. You are both in the center of the action, where the brightest minds of the world have gathered to write history, to give humanity the purity it always needed. We are giving humans the final push, making the decisive step toward divine perfection. Only those who are genetically perfect will survive. All disabled people, homosexuals, and those of a lesser race will be exterminated from the face of the earth. We are about to touch God’s hand, and you have the privilege of watching it happen.”Althea seemed lost in her daydream of a dystopian future where human rights were disregarded and an elite set of identical ice-blond people ruled a society devoid of justice. Floriana felt sick to her stomach as she watched her mother give her senseless and merciless speech with a mad look in her eyes. It proved definitively that she was mentally deranged. “How did this happen to you?” Floriana uttered without hiding her disgust; tears rolled down her face.
“The tone in your voice reveals your disapproval. I cannot blame you. You have been brainwashed by your grandfather into believing that Black Rose ideology crap,” Althea responded as she turned her back to them and approached an iron cupboard. She pulled a set of keys from a pocket in her black suit and opened the cupboard. “You are unable to distinguish what is wrong and what is right. Dr. Foulkaneli is right; you will never adopt our ideology. Deception has such strong roots in your conscience that you will never choose the right path. Bringing you here was a huge mistake. You have to go,” she said icily as she took something out of the iron cupboard. Then she closed the door of the cupboard and turned the key in the lock. As Althea turned around, Floriana felt her heart stop beating when she noticed her mother holding a gun.
If you enjoyed the excerpt and want to keep reading, preorder Wrath and Ruin for only $.99 and get The Withered Rose along with 23 other sci-fi/fantasy books!
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2yOhGaCiBooks: http://apple.co/2gXyTotNook: http://bit.ly/2xcM1MHKobo: http://bit.ly/2hWc7wV
“To the basement,” Althea commanded the group of brown-clad people who were hauling her children down the stairs. Floriana felt like she was suffocating under the pressure of the bodies pressing into her as they led her into a bright, almost daylight-like room. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Vittor trying to keep his balance as he was dragged in by a couple of strong young men.“Look who’s here.” An old man’s nasally voice echoed from the back of the large room as a short man in a white laboratory coat emerged from behind a row of iron cupboards. He was followed by a small group of similarly dressed people. “You must be Floriana. I have heard so much about you.” The old man approached her and brought his face close to hers. Floriana felt irritated when his nose almost touched hers as he observed her features through his glasses. “Have I got something in my teeth?”she asked scathingly. The old man took a step back and he turned his back on her as he addressed her mother in a shrill accent. “Sarcastic and scoffing. Just like her grandfather. Althea, I expect you to get rid of this unpleasant girl right now. I do not want her to mess things up now that we have finally put our plan to exterminate lesser human races into action.” He sniffed noisily as he turned back to one of the many laboratory tables and chairs in the room. His team of white clad scientists looked absorbed in their notes, indifferent to the new faces that had just come in. Floriana straightened her clothes as she was freed from her mother’s grip. Vittor stood beside her, cleaning his glasses with the edge of his plaid shirt.“This is Dr. Foulkaneli. Show some respect,”Althea said to Floriana furiously. “Why do you have to be so annoying?” Althea hissed, pointing at her daughter.Her mother’s continuous verbal assaults hurt Floriana’s soul deeply. Offended and enraged, she could not control her anger anymore.“Why do you have to be alive?” Floriana’s body quivered as tears flooded her eyes.“You are so arrogant and ungrateful. I brought you here, where magnificent things are happening. You are both in the center of the action, where the brightest minds of the world have gathered to write history, to give humanity the purity it always needed. We are giving humans the final push, making the decisive step toward divine perfection. Only those who are genetically perfect will survive. All disabled people, homosexuals, and those of a lesser race will be exterminated from the face of the earth. We are about to touch God’s hand, and you have the privilege of watching it happen.”Althea seemed lost in her daydream of a dystopian future where human rights were disregarded and an elite set of identical ice-blond people ruled a society devoid of justice. Floriana felt sick to her stomach as she watched her mother give her senseless and merciless speech with a mad look in her eyes. It proved definitively that she was mentally deranged. “How did this happen to you?” Floriana uttered without hiding her disgust; tears rolled down her face.
“The tone in your voice reveals your disapproval. I cannot blame you. You have been brainwashed by your grandfather into believing that Black Rose ideology crap,” Althea responded as she turned her back to them and approached an iron cupboard. She pulled a set of keys from a pocket in her black suit and opened the cupboard. “You are unable to distinguish what is wrong and what is right. Dr. Foulkaneli is right; you will never adopt our ideology. Deception has such strong roots in your conscience that you will never choose the right path. Bringing you here was a huge mistake. You have to go,” she said icily as she took something out of the iron cupboard. Then she closed the door of the cupboard and turned the key in the lock. As Althea turned around, Floriana felt her heart stop beating when she noticed her mother holding a gun.
If you enjoyed the excerpt and want to keep reading, preorder Wrath and Ruin for only $.99 and get The Withered Rose along with 23 other sci-fi/fantasy books!
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2yOhGaCiBooks: http://apple.co/2gXyTotNook: http://bit.ly/2xcM1MHKobo: http://bit.ly/2hWc7wV
December 24, 2017
Happy Holidays!
I hope everyone celebrating Christmas today has a great time with family and friends. Happy holidays!
