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January 21, 2013
Cover Reveal GP Ching's Soul Catcher
It's here! I can finally share with you the cover of the fourth Soulkeepers novel, Soul Catcher.
Dane Michaels has been to Hell and back and isn't interested in repeating the experience. But as a human caught up in the Soulkeeper's world, his life isn't exactly his own. No one can explain why Dane was allowed through the gates of Eden, but it's changed everything. Now, the only one who can make him feel safe is Ethan, the telekinetic Soulkeeper with a dark past and a heart of gold.
When Malini asks Dane to be part of a mission to find the last Soulkeeper, Cheveyo, more than one team member thinks she's tempting Fate. But Malini suspects Fate has had a hand in Dane's life for some time and that he could be the key to unraveling Lucifer's latest plan of attack.
Add it on Goodreads!
About The Cover Adam Bedore of Anjin Design creates all of the covers for The Soulkeepers Series. Book four revolves around Dane, pictured here, and introduces Cheveyo, a Hopi indian boy and the last Soulkeeper on the list Dr. Silva conjured in book 3. Cheveyo is represented by the dream catcher and adobe wall behind Dane. Fate, also known as Fatima, plays a role in the story. You can see her shadow hanging from the red stone in the dream catcher. (Yes, she is represented as a spider. She is a master weaver after all!) And if you think there is something up with that shadow behind Dane, you are not mistaken. There's more to him than meets the eye.
About The Book Soul Catcher is slated for a March release and is the fourth book in the bestselling Soulkeepers series.
Dane Michaels has been to Hell and back and isn't interested in repeating the experience. But as a human caught up in the Soulkeeper's world, his life isn't exactly his own. No one can explain why Dane was allowed through the gates of Eden, but it's changed everything. Now, the only one who can make him feel safe is Ethan, the telekinetic Soulkeeper with a dark past and a heart of gold.
When Malini asks Dane to be part of a mission to find the last Soulkeeper, Cheveyo, more than one team member thinks she's tempting Fate. But Malini suspects Fate has had a hand in Dane's life for some time and that he could be the key to unraveling Lucifer's latest plan of attack.
Add it on Goodreads!
About The Cover Adam Bedore of Anjin Design creates all of the covers for The Soulkeepers Series. Book four revolves around Dane, pictured here, and introduces Cheveyo, a Hopi indian boy and the last Soulkeeper on the list Dr. Silva conjured in book 3. Cheveyo is represented by the dream catcher and adobe wall behind Dane. Fate, also known as Fatima, plays a role in the story. You can see her shadow hanging from the red stone in the dream catcher. (Yes, she is represented as a spider. She is a master weaver after all!) And if you think there is something up with that shadow behind Dane, you are not mistaken. There's more to him than meets the eye.
About The Book Soul Catcher is slated for a March release and is the fourth book in the bestselling Soulkeepers series.
January 18, 2013
Indelibles Samplers for your reading pleasure!
Love a good love story?Want to get lost in a great fantasy read or historical romp?Enjoy mindbending futuristic tales?
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Thanks! And enjoy!
We have a sampler for you...Four amazing samplers! FREE!Best-selling books. Best-selling authors.
Contemporary - Science-fiction - Historical - Fantasy
But this isn’t all about us. This is about you, the reader, finding books you love to read.
Just click on the pictures for your free download!
Contemporary Sampler
Fantasy Sampler
Historical Sampler
Science Fiction SamplerTo celebrate the release of the samplers,
we're giving away free books!
Four winners will win the ebook of their choice from any sampler.1. Download your FREE samplers today and enjoy the experience.2. Fill out the rafflecopter form for a chance to win!3. If the book is already free, you'll receive the second book in the series! Enter now!!!a Rafflecopter giveaway
Thanks! And enjoy!
January 15, 2013
Teaser Tuesday: The Only Exception
I promised once The Only Exception got 100 people adding it to their TBR on GoodReads I'd post a teaser. That happened in a day! It took me a little longer to post because I wanted to get the right teaser. It's a little longer and hasn't gone to the editor yet, but hopefully it will keep you wanting more.
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"Hanging out at the place I left you and waiting for my return?"
I opened one eye, looked to my left, and saw Trey standing in the doorway with one hand on his hip and the other leaning against the door frame. Ugh, just who I wanted to see.
"No." I opened both eyes and pushed off the door. "Just heading to get some dinner and groceries."
"That didn't look like what you were doing." He pulled away from the door frame and took slow, meticulous strides over to me. "But if you were waiting for me to ask you to dinner, I'd be happy to oblige."
He was so close that I could inhale his exquisite scent. He smelled like the cologne they have samples of in men's fashion magazines, but keep locked up in department stores. Part of me wanted to pull him against me and take in all of his glorious aroma. But the bigger part of me knew better than to try anything with the senator's son.
"No thanks. I think I can handle this one solo. I know you conservatives aren't big on women going out on their own, but I swear I can handle myself." I turned away from him, sliding my purse higher on my shoulder.
Before I could make it even two steps, he was right next to me. "I'm just trying to help out the new girl around here. I don't mind making you feel more welcome, no matter who you are voting for in the next election."
I turned to face him. I wanted to say something snarky in return, but when I saw the pleading behind his bright green eyes I instantly felt like my knees were about to give out. I had to stand my ground. I didn't transfer to meet a new boyfriend. I transferred to get away and that was exactly what I needed to do. "I'm going to have to decline."
"Can I get a rain check, then?" he asked, running a hand through his hair. I could just see his muscles flinch through his white dress shirt. For a brief moment my thoughts wondered to how much he worked out and what he would possibly look like without the white, starched shirt.
"Maybe," I muttered before I turned around and ran through the exit to the stairwell. The only sound left was the thumping of my own heart in my chest. There was no way I was going to go on a date with any guy, especially not the senator’s son. No matter how cute he was.
January 10, 2013
The Live-Action Mindjack Book Trailer Reveal
The Live-Action Mindjack Book Trailer Reveal(from the bestselling Mindjack series by Susan Kaye Quinn)With the help of over 20 cast and crew members, award-winning director Beth Spitalny has brought the concept of the bestselling Mindjack Trilogy to life on the screen. When everyone reads minds,a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.Please share!Ways you can share the trailer:1) Watch the trailer on YouTube (or here)!(more views=higher visibility)2) Post it to Facebook (copy & paste below) Check out the live-action Mindjack Book Trailer (from the bestselling Mindjack Trilogy by Susan Kaye Quinn): When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep. http://bit.ly/MindjackBookTrailer 3) Post it to Twitter (copy & paste below) When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep. Watch the live-action Mindjack Book Trailer http://bit.ly/MindjackBookTrailer 4) Share to Google+, Tumbler, Pinterest, and moreGo to the trailer on YouTube and click the "share" button. Click the arrow to expand and see all the options. Easy peasy. (While you're there, click "like" on YouTube, or leave a comment!) 5) Post the trailer on your blogGrab the embed code from YouTube or email me for a copy of the HTML for a complete post announcing the trailer and ways to share!
Thanks so much for sharing!To celebrate the release of the trailer,I'm putting Open Minds on sale!
$2.99 now $0.99for one week only
$9.99 now $7.99for one week onlyTHANK YOU to everyone who is sharing the trailer today!An EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to everyone involved in making the trailer a reality, including Director Beth Spitalny, Producer Angel Acevedo, Director of Photography Lance Kaplan, lead actor Nikki Flemming (Kira) and the many fine actors, crew members, and post-production staff who donated their time and talent to the project. For the making-of the trailer, see the Mindjack Trilogy website.
Susan Kaye Quinn is the author of the bestselling Mindjack Series, which includes three novels, three novellas, and a trailer. She's currently writing a steampunk fantasy romance, just for kicks. When that's out of her system, she has ambitious plans to embark on a series about the Singularity (the time when computers become more intelligent than humans) that should appeal to fans of the Mindjack novels. Or possibly play on Facebook all day. Could go either way.
Thanks so much for sharing!To celebrate the release of the trailer,I'm putting Open Minds on sale!
$2.99 now $0.99for one week only
$9.99 now $7.99for one week onlyTHANK YOU to everyone who is sharing the trailer today!An EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to everyone involved in making the trailer a reality, including Director Beth Spitalny, Producer Angel Acevedo, Director of Photography Lance Kaplan, lead actor Nikki Flemming (Kira) and the many fine actors, crew members, and post-production staff who donated their time and talent to the project. For the making-of the trailer, see the Mindjack Trilogy website.
Susan Kaye Quinn is the author of the bestselling Mindjack Series, which includes three novels, three novellas, and a trailer. She's currently writing a steampunk fantasy romance, just for kicks. When that's out of her system, she has ambitious plans to embark on a series about the Singularity (the time when computers become more intelligent than humans) that should appeal to fans of the Mindjack novels. Or possibly play on Facebook all day. Could go either way. January 9, 2013
Reviews
For awhile I was doing reviews on this blog. I received Egalleys and some ARCs from bigger publishers. Once How to Date an Alien was published I announced that I would be done posting reviews.
And then I started reading amazing Indie books and posted more reviews to GoodReads and Amazon. WTF?
Okay, so I have a new policy on reviews. I'm still not going to post them here, but I will only post positive reviews of books that I've actually enjoyed to Amazon and GoodReads.
Why?
Because as an author, I'm not going to go out and attack another author's work. No matter how much I didn't enjoy a book, it feels wrong to slam another author. I feel like I need to still report them. There was one ARC I received a few years ago, from a bix six publisher, and I loved the author but thought the book was terrible. I respectfully declined to review it because I loved the author and felt there was no need to just bring them and their work down.
So in a nutshell, you see me reading book, if I loved it, I'm not afraid to post and gush about it. If I didn't love it, I'm not going to go and attack someone else's work. I do understand that bad reviews aren't the end all be all, but I love my fellow authors too much to go out and attack them.
How to you feel about reviews? Do you post the bad ones?
And then I started reading amazing Indie books and posted more reviews to GoodReads and Amazon. WTF?
Okay, so I have a new policy on reviews. I'm still not going to post them here, but I will only post positive reviews of books that I've actually enjoyed to Amazon and GoodReads.
Why?
Because as an author, I'm not going to go out and attack another author's work. No matter how much I didn't enjoy a book, it feels wrong to slam another author. I feel like I need to still report them. There was one ARC I received a few years ago, from a bix six publisher, and I loved the author but thought the book was terrible. I respectfully declined to review it because I loved the author and felt there was no need to just bring them and their work down.
So in a nutshell, you see me reading book, if I loved it, I'm not afraid to post and gush about it. If I didn't love it, I'm not going to go and attack someone else's work. I do understand that bad reviews aren't the end all be all, but I love my fellow authors too much to go out and attack them.
How to you feel about reviews? Do you post the bad ones?
January 7, 2013
The Success Indicator
I was on Facebook the other day and came across this great photo that Lauren Wave's special events posted. This was sort of a wake up call. I'm not saying that my first year as an Indie wasn't pretty successful, but looking at this was sort of a wake up call as to what I really need to stop doing and can prove for an even more successful 2013. Secretly hope others fail- Yes, I know, bad Magan. But don't you hate it when someone screws you over and you just think "Man I hope you fall off a bridge." If you've never felt something like that, you are a much better person than I. In this new year I vow to stop thinking like that, even secretly. What does it do for me to think that about others? Am I any better than that person that screwed me over? Have a sense of entitlement- This is horrible and I've done it. I felt that since I put the work into indie publishing that I deserved as much success as everyone else. No. I don't. If your first book doesn't sell, you aren't entitled to have great sales, you have to work for it. Instead of complaining on facebook that I should have great sales, I need to go out there and earn those sales, keep writing, and keep putting out an awesome product. Horde information and data- I've gotten better about this, especially since joining groups like The Indelibles. I used to not share information because I always thought "I can't share my secrets, I need the success!" That's not true. I do believe in some aspects that self-publishing is more of an individual thing than a team sport, but without others sharing their information, I would still be sitting with a bunch of unfinished manuscripts on my computer, so I have to pay it forward. There are way too many others that I can relate to on the "unsuccessful" side and now I feel like a huge Dbag, but you know what? Success doesn't always happen overnight and for 2013 I vow to change all my bad habits, stop holding grudges, and move forward. And with a little help from my friends, I know that I'll get to relating more to the "successful" side. Do you find yourself relating to the unsuccessful side? What are you doing to change that?January 3, 2013
The Only Exception
In my Next Big Thing post I talked a little bit about my upcoming New Adult title THE ONLY EXCEPTION and now it's on GoodReads!
You can add it here
There will be a cover reveal coming February through Supagurl books and I will post when those sign ups take place.
If you don't feel like wandering over to GoodReads here is the synopsis for THE ONLY EXCEPTION
Fiercely liberal Monica Remy prefers to blend in. Despite her tattoos, piercings, and outspoken personality, she transferred to Central to escape—before she finds out that her next door neighbor is the uber conservative senator’s son, Trey Chapman.
No matter how hard she tries to avoid Trey, he still finds a way to get under her skin. Monica can’t stand his crisp white shirts or his staunch views on women. But she can’t help counting every freckle on his face and wondering what it would feel like to have him stop talking politics and kiss her.
A class debate project forces the unlikely pair to work together, and the political lines are blurred in late-night make out sessions. But despite their fiery chemistry, Trey’s politics threatens to smother their relationship for good.
I'm very excited about this title because it does delve into some taboo topics and some that are very near and dear to my heart. And there is a hot guy and dress shirts, which COME ON NOW.
The release date is April but I promise to get some teasers posted along the way. Hmmm...maybe once this book gets 100 TBR on GoodReads I'll post the first teaser? Sound good?
You can add it here
There will be a cover reveal coming February through Supagurl books and I will post when those sign ups take place.
If you don't feel like wandering over to GoodReads here is the synopsis for THE ONLY EXCEPTION
Fiercely liberal Monica Remy prefers to blend in. Despite her tattoos, piercings, and outspoken personality, she transferred to Central to escape—before she finds out that her next door neighbor is the uber conservative senator’s son, Trey Chapman.
No matter how hard she tries to avoid Trey, he still finds a way to get under her skin. Monica can’t stand his crisp white shirts or his staunch views on women. But she can’t help counting every freckle on his face and wondering what it would feel like to have him stop talking politics and kiss her.
A class debate project forces the unlikely pair to work together, and the political lines are blurred in late-night make out sessions. But despite their fiery chemistry, Trey’s politics threatens to smother their relationship for good.
I'm very excited about this title because it does delve into some taboo topics and some that are very near and dear to my heart. And there is a hot guy and dress shirts, which COME ON NOW.
The release date is April but I promise to get some teasers posted along the way. Hmmm...maybe once this book gets 100 TBR on GoodReads I'll post the first teaser? Sound good?
January 2, 2013
2012 and looking to 2013
2012 was one heckuva a year for me publishing wise and personal wise.
* I published four books
*Made some new friends in The Indelibles and the girls of NA Alley *Redesigned my book covers with help from Steven Novak *Made enough from writing that it paid for my daughter's daycare and all writing expenses *Finally saw the New Adult genre take flight (after sitting on an NA manuscript for almost 3 years). And then there was the personal stuff... *Started a new job that was a pay raise, but changed my work hours completely *Found out I was expecting my second child But there is even more excitement coming as I look forward to 2013! *Publishing a New Adult Stand Alone, THE ONLY EXCEPTION (April) *A second novel in The My Paper Heart saga *A science fiction young adult novel (hopefully before years end) *The birth of my second daughter *Hopefully keeping up more with this blog *Praying the market isn't saturated with New Adult and science fiction and you all still want my stuff! What are you looking forward to in 2013? Are you glad 2012 is over?
* I published four books
*Made some new friends in The Indelibles and the girls of NA Alley *Redesigned my book covers with help from Steven Novak *Made enough from writing that it paid for my daughter's daycare and all writing expenses *Finally saw the New Adult genre take flight (after sitting on an NA manuscript for almost 3 years). And then there was the personal stuff... *Started a new job that was a pay raise, but changed my work hours completely *Found out I was expecting my second child But there is even more excitement coming as I look forward to 2013! *Publishing a New Adult Stand Alone, THE ONLY EXCEPTION (April) *A second novel in The My Paper Heart saga *A science fiction young adult novel (hopefully before years end) *The birth of my second daughter *Hopefully keeping up more with this blog *Praying the market isn't saturated with New Adult and science fiction and you all still want my stuff! What are you looking forward to in 2013? Are you glad 2012 is over?
December 31, 2012
My twelve dollar book haul
I haven't shut up on Twitter and Facebook that I received a $12 giftcard for Amazon from my Secret Santa and bought 11 books (I did buy a 12th, but that was 99 cents and I only had 11 cents left, so it doesn't count). Since I haven't stopped talking about it, I figured I should share my book haul so you all can check out some new reads for the new year! (Note: Some are still on sale, but some have gone up in price)
December 23, 2012
SUPA CHRISTMAS SALE
Supa Christmas Sale!!With the stress of the holidays nearly over, now is a great time to sit back, curl up in your favorite reading chair, and get lost in fabulous new worlds. To help you do just that, some authors have banded together and put all their titles on sale, right NOW!! Some of this season’s most popular e-books have been discounted to just $0.99!!! Don’t miss out!For all of you who got new Kindles for Christmas, this is the perfect opportunity to start your new library!! Please spread the word and share this post with all your friends – they’ll thank you for it!Heather Hildenbrand ::Across The Galaxy::
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Amazon LinkB&N LinkDavid James::Light Of The Moon (Legend of the Dreamer, Book 1)::
Amazon LinkB&N LinkLeigh Talbert Moore::Rouge::
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Amazon LinkB&N LinkSarah M Ross::Echo Of An Earth Angel::
Amazon LinkB&N LinkSarah M Ross::Awaken::
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Amazon LinkB&N LinkThomas Amo::Forever ME::
Amazon LinkAmy Harmon::Slow Dance In Purgatory::
Amazon LinkCheri Lasota::Artemis Rising::
Amazon LinkB&N LinkG.P. Ching::The Soulkeepers::
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Amazon LinkB&N LinkMina J. Moore::A Vampire’s Touch (Prequel to The Red Velvet Trilogy)::
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