Jessica Therrien's Blog, page 25

Writing World: In Deep

Wow. So it's 8:00 at night and I JUST realized that I completely spaced my Wednesday blog post. I'm normally on top of these things, but I've been editing like crazy. It's amazing how much I can get done when I actually have the TIME to do it! Looking back, it seems a bit insane that I was juggling a full work week, keeping house, cooking meals, and devoting every spare minute to my career as an author. What is that, like 4 jobs? Sheesh.

Now that I have so much time to write and edit (and read...yippeee!) I'm finding myself completely absorbed by it. Get this...I even forgot about the internet today. AND I only turned on the T.V. once during lunch...ONCE! Me...who has a T.V. problem. So, let me just say that I may be a little more spacey these days, but that's because I'm practicing dialogue in my head and making crazy faces as I act out scenes silently to see if they sound good (yeah...I do that). Picture me sitting alone at my kitchen table making a mad face, then surprised eyes. Funny. If my neighbors are spying on me, they must think I've lost it.

In any case, I'm in deep. I'm really excited about Uprising (how cool is that? I actually get to use the book 2 title!).

Are you in deep with anything these days? 

The Buzz: City of Bones THE MOVIE

Hey Blogger World! I just saw this online. I'm not a huge fan of the series, but for those of you who are...TAH DAH! (IMDB Link)


So I stopped reading after book 1...thoughts on whether or not I should continue? Anyone LOVE these books?

Writing World: Children of the Gods #2 NEWS!

HOORAY!! *jumps-flails-happy dance-wiggles* I finally have a release date for Children of the Gods #2! AND...dun dun duhhn...can finally announce THE TITLE.

I've been using this title as the "working title" for the manuscript since I started writing book 2. Thankfully, George Clooney hasn't (as of yet...) come out with another movie with the exact same name. So...are you ready? Are you ready?

.......

.......

.......

Come on...I have to build some suspense here.

.......

.......

.......

THE TITLE OF CHILDREN OF THE GODS #2 IS....


February 19, 2013
Here's a little video of the song Uprising by Muse. Quite appropriate I'd say, given the title and storyline of the book ;) Enjoy!

Don't forget to add it on GoodReads! :) Thanks for being excited with me!!

The Buzz: Bethany Lopez & Sheri Fink

Chances are you've already heard of these two amazing authors, but I had the pleasure of going to lunch with these lovely ladies over the weekend. Lucky me!

Bethany is known all over the blogging world for her Stories About Melissa series and Sheri's The Little Rose is the #1 best-selling children's book on amazon. Let's just say I was very excited to sit down with them and pick their brains.


Here's a little more about their books:


Stories About Melissa Series by Bethany Lopez(Find Bethany here)

Ta Ta For Now!  
Melissa begins her freshman year with one goal in mind, getting Brian Jackson to be her boyfriend. She will soon learn that things don't necessarily turn out the way you plan them, the value of true friendship, and the importance of family.

XOXOXO
Melissa has learned a lot since her freshman year began, but it isn’t over yet! Her world is about to change again with the birth of her new sibling, and she has to figure out how she will adjust to being the eldest of five kids. She, Jess, and Jimmy are inseparable, and she is having a fantastic time although she can’t help but miss Brian as she tries to learn how to deal with his relationship with Layla. Everything seems to be happening at once and that is when she is introduced to Ben Campbell, a senior at Dearborn High, who becomes an interesting distraction as he helps her deal with the new developments in her life.

Ciao
Melissa has had a fantastic summer hanging out with her friends and making new ones. Life as she knows it will change when they all come together to begin their sophomore year at Dearborn High. Connections will be made and friendships will be tested. Will Melissa’s family and friends be able to help her through the challenges she will face in the upcoming months? 


The Whimsical World of Sheri Fink(Find Sheri here)

The Little Rose
The Little Rose is a timeless, heartwarming story about embracing who you really are. Finely detailed, irresistible illustrations bring to life this endearing story of the Little Rose growing amongst a bed of weeds.

Teased by the ugly weeds around her, the Little Rose nearly gives up but then learns to accept and love herself for what she really is, a beautiful rose.

The Little Gnome
Set in a Victorian garden, The Little Gnome is a heartwarming tale about an adorable garden gnome experiencing the wonder of the four seasons for the first time.

When Summer changes to Fall and then to Winter, the Little Gnome learns to look for the good in change. The enchanting story helps kids of all ages embrace change while learning about the seasons.


Have any authors inspired you with their success lately? Who and how?

Writing World: Upcoming News & GIVEAWAY

First thing's first. Next Tuesday (July 3rd) I'll be announcing the title and release date of Children of the Gods Book 2! Hoooray! I've been WAITING to tell you...so excited :)

In celebration of the news, I'm going to copy genius author/marketer/awesome-lady Susan Kaye Quinn and host a SHARE A BOOK Giveaway! Thanks Susan for this awesome idea, I hope you don't mind me using it :)

Here's how it works:

1. MY PART: I'll be giving away 3 copies of Oppression (Children of the Gods #1)
2. YOUR PART: Each winner agrees to GIVE AWAY their copy of Oppression (after they've read, signed, & dated it) to a friend, a friend of a friend, a stranger, anyone you think will enjoy the book.

My hope is that it will be kind of like a signed yearbook after a while, with the names of everyone who has read it. If it sounds confusing, don't worry, I'll include instructions. Just read, sign, pass on...

3.  GOODIES: Each initial winner will also get an Oppression notebook (and that's yours to keep, since you are kicking off the sharing). I'll include signed bookmarks to be passed along to the others as they share the book.


If you've already read Oppression, you can still enter to win a copy to give to a friend (as you'll have to pass it along anyway). 

There are others like her. Many of them.And they have been waiting for her for a long time.
Giveaway ends Wednesday 7/18!
(open to US/Canada only)
(Click the title of this post if you can't see the Rafflecopter form)



a Rafflecopter giveaway

The Buzz: Breaking Dawn Part 2 New Trailer

I think this was released a while ago, but I just saw it...so, it's new to me. It got me pumped :) Looking forward to it. Release Date: 11.16.12

Live.Laugh.Love...Work Friends

As you may already know, next week will be my last week working my day job. I'm excited and sad all at the same time. I can't wait to devote myself completely to writing, but you have to understand, I had a GREAT job...I looked forward to going to work in the morning for one reason--work friends. What makes a great job isn't what you do, but the people you work with. I just so happened to be working with some of the best people on the planet. I'm going to miss them!! I can't imagine not seeing their faces every day.

On Wednesday they threw me a goodbye party (a tad early because some were going out of town). They really blew me away. I truly felt the love. They decorated the place with a Chinese theme and hanging on the cherry blossom tree are red envelopes, each one with a personal message to me from the people I worked with. Can you believe that?? How sweet are they?! Like I said...BLOWN AWAY. Also, sitting on the edge of the table is my new NOOK glow which they all chipped in to get me. My jaw dropped when I saw it. Not to mention my boss wrote me a funny poem about my leaving that he read in front of everyone. It was just a fantastic day...


THANK YOU my Water District friends! You are the best. I'll never forget the love, support, and friendship. I'll always be ever grateful.

Writing World: Events

I'm a busy lady this week. Book club on Monday, YA event on Saturday, and editing all days in between...
Thanks to my fellow author/friend Holly Kammier ( Could Have Been Holly Wood ) I got the chance to meet the wonderful ladies of her book club. We had fun, snacked on yummy food, and talked books/T.V. crushes/life. I love me a little girl time :)

On Saturday (June 23rd) I'll be at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego with a bunch of other awesome YA authors. I'm so excited and hope to see you there!! Here are the details:


Summer Reading Recommendations for Teens and Tweens in San DiegoStart: 06/23/2012 2:00 pmLocation:  7051 Clairemont Mesa BlvdSte 302San Diego, California92111-1040United StatesFor many of us, summertime is a celebration of reading opportunities beyond assigned curriculum.MGSD’s Elizabeth hosts our 2012 Summer Reading Recommendations for Teens, with guest authors: Laurie Stolarz, Christine Fonseca, Tera Lynn Childs, Tracy Deebs, and Jessica Therrien.Deadly Little Voices, Laurie’s latest Touch novel, chronicles Camelia’s efforts to devote herself to art school and use her gift of psychometry to help locate a missing girl.Lacrimosa, the first novel in Southern CA author Christine’s YA Gothic series, The Requiem Series, examines the role of redemption and sacrifice. Tara takes on several creatures of mythology, exploring Medusa’s descendants in Sweet Venom, and merfolk in Forgive My Fins.And mermaids are also the focus of Tracy’s second installment in her tales of Tempest Maguire, as Tempest is torn between forces of land and sea in Tempest Unleashed.
SDSU graduate and author Jessica’s debut, Oppression, is book one of her YA paranormal romance/adventure series, Children of the Gods.   Deadly Little Voices (A Touch Novel)By Laurie Faria Stolarz$16.99ISBN-13: 9781423131618
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Hyperion, 12/2011
High school junior Camelia's psychometric powers of touch seem to be changing when she starts to hear voices saying malicious things to her, and even focusing on her beloved pottery does not help, especially after her psychic, suicidal aunt comes to stay after being released from the hospital. LacrimosaBy Christine Fonseca
ISBN-13: 9780984786367
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Compass Press, 3/2012
Other Editions of this TitleIt's been three thousand years since the fall of Azzaziel and the rebirth of evil; three thousand years since the Sentinal Order, an elite group of warrior angels, returned to Celestium. Their job-rid Earth of the dark creatures, the UnHoly. And with luck, end Azza's rule. As if casting out demons isn't hard enough, five-hundred-year-old Nesy has to masquerade as a teenage girl to do it. Nesy is the best of the Sentinals. She never makes mistakes, never hesitates, never gets emotionally involved. Until she meets Aydan. He is evil incarnate; a fallen angel that feeds off the souls of others. Everything Nesy is supposed to hate. But she can't, because he's also the love of her former life as a human girl-a life that ended too soon, tying her to emotions she was never supposed to feel. Now Nesy must choose between doing her duty-damning Aydan to the fiery depths of hell-or saving him, and condemning herself. And her choice may cost her, and Celestium, far more than anyone realizes. How much will she sacrifice for love? OppressionBy Jessica Therrien$12.99ISBN-13: 9780984035045
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Zova Books, 2/2012
Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than average people, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability. Or so she thinks. Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time. Some are waiting for her to put an end to centuries of traditions that have oppressed their people under the guise of safeguarding them. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that. But for Elyse, the game is just beginning - and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules. Sweet VenomBy Tera Lynn Childs$17.99ISBN-13: 9780062001818
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Katherine Tegen Books, 9/2011
Other Editions of this TitleGrace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster. Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though. Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they’re triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters. These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful Gorgon maligned in myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight. Tempest UnleashedBy Tracy Deebs$16.99ISBN-13: 9780802728302
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Walker Childrens, 6/2012
Tempest Maguire is happy with her decision to embrace her mermaid nature and live among her mother’s clan within the ocean’s depths. Even though training to one day ascend the throne for the aging mermaid queen is rigorous, she finds refuge in the arms of Kona, the selkie who first opened her up to her mermaid side. But when word comes that one of her brothers has been gravely injured on land, Tempest immediately rushes to his side—which also brings her back to her old flame, Mark. And in her absence, a deadly battle begins raging at the hands of Tempest’s old nemesis, the sea witch Tiamat. As the dangerous war erupts, Tempest’s two loves—Kona and Mark, sea and land—will collide for the first time, both to protect her and to force her to choose.

The Buzz: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Pics

I honestly thought about not posting these because there are a lot of Twilight haters out there these days, and I didn't want to catch flack for it. Then I thought...hey, this is my dang blog, and I'm looking forward to the movie (despite the fact that the last one left me a little disappointed). I'm still a Twilight supporter. I'll probably always be. Those books were so much fun to read, and I'm sorry, but I'm not going to follow the trend and hate Twilight because now it is cool to hate it instead of cool to love it. I loved it because I loved it. Not because it was cool. Granted I probably won't be re-watching the movies in marathon style like I did/do with Harry Potter, but I'll always stack the books proudly on my bookshelf. Say what you will. For all those Twihards standing strong...here you go :)

Writing World: Ciao Cover Reveal

YAY! Today my friend and fellow author, Bethany Lopez, is revealing her cover for CIAO! It's the third book in her YA series. Congrats Bethany :) 

Melissa has had a fantastic summer, hanging out with her friends and making new ones. Life as she knows it will change when they all come together to begin their sophomore year at Dearborn High. Connections will be made and friendships will be tested. Will Melissa’s family and friends be able to help her through the challenges she will face in the upcoming months.

Bethany Lopez was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Michigan and San Antonio, Texas. She went to High School at Dearborn High, in Dearborn, Michigan, which is where she has set her Young Adult novels. She is married and has a blended family with five children. She is currently serving in the United States Air Force as a Recruiter in Los Angeles, California. She has always loved to read and write and has seen her dream realized by independently publishing her contemporary Young Adult series, Stories about Melissa. Ta Ta for Now! and  xoxoxo are available now. Book three, Ciao, will be released in Aug 2012.
If you want to help spread the word here are some links to post on Twitter & Facebook:Twitter: Check out the Cover Reveal of Ciao by @BethanyLopez2 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14121047-ciaoFacebook: 
Check out the Cover Reveal of Ciao, book 3 in the Stories about Melissa series, by fellow indie author BethanyLopez http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14121047-ciao