Michelle K. Pickett's Blog, page 57

Come by and say hi...

Today I'm visiting with JL Spelbring (ebyss writer).  She's the author of the incredible young adult novel Perfection.  I can't wait for it's release.  I'm crossing my fingers that I'm getting an ARC.  :)  Visit with us HERE!



I might have some exciting news later today, too, so keep a look out...



What are your plans for today?  How are you going to start the week?



Happy Monday,


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Book Spotlight: Gladiator by Kate Lynd

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Ten years ago Tristan Shane had failed to pick sides and he paid with the ultimate price—his family.  Enslaved as a post-apocalyptic gladiator, he is now faced with a similar dilemma, serve the despot  Queen and murder her innocent sister, or face certain death himself. What will he choose?

Tristan Shane was a moderate before the nuclear and economic crisis which plunged the world into darkness. While his sister Aidia ran off to fight the rebel’s war he desperately tried to hang...

What?!? I won’t be a millionaire?

I came across an article by Terry Cordingley [ Read it HERE ] about what it’s “REALLY” like being a New York Times bestselling author and I thought I’d share it with all my author friends.  Some of the information might surprise you—it did me. 



Like this quote from the article:

The author's royalties for that period were about $40,500. However, her net earnings, after returns, royalty holdbacks, etc., were just under $28,000. Her ACTUAL earnings for the period (because she had re...

End of Virtual Book Tour…

I'm on the last leg of my first ever virtual book tour. I have to say it has been a lot of fun! I've met some really great people and bumped into friends I hadn't seen in a while. I'm kind of sad to see it end, but I'm ready to get back to a  normal blog schedule (not that I ever had one).  So, here are the last dates on the tour and the last chances for you to enter to win a free copy of Concilium and the gift card to Amazon to buy—what else?—books!  You can enter everyday...

Romancing the Heart Interviews…

There are only a few more stops on my virtual book tour and a just a few more opportunities to enter the giveaway.



Today I'm at Romancing the Heart Interviews stop by and share a comment or two.



Tomorrow (Monday) I'll be talking with Lexie at Poisoned Rationality .  You'll definitely want to read what she has to say about Concilium.  Her rating? Four out of five stars!



See ya there,


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Six Sentence Sunday

It's Sunday and that means another six sentences. I've been sharing out of my debut novel Concilium.  Well it's finally released, you can find information about it HERE .  So now I'm going to share a little from it's sequel, Concilium: The Departure which is scheduled to release in November.



These are the first sentences:

I screamed and lurched up in bed.  Sweat covered my body even though the room
was cold.  I swipe the tears from my
cheeks with the backs of my hands...

Visit with Sue Perkins

Today I'm visiting with Sue Perkins author of the newly released novels, The Sixth Key [INFO] and  Dragon Clans [INFO] .  Her novels released within two weeks of each other and Sue has been busy, busy, busy with her own book tours but has graciously offered to host me today.  So stop by [HERE] and join the conversation, look around Sue's blog at her impressive body of work, and enter the giveaway!




Happy blogging,

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Ah, the weekend...

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The weekend is finally here and I'm finishing up the first leg of my virtual book tour.  I have to thank Good Choice Reading for doing an excellent job organizing the tour.  Damaris, you rock!



Today I'm stopping by Books with Bite [ HERE ] to talk about the history of the Concilium and some of the key characters.



Then I'm popping over to Misha Gericke's Blog [ HERE ] to talk about challenges authors face.  Stop by and share some of the challenges you face in your writing...

Thursday...

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Rolling toward the weekend and two more stops on the virtual book tour.



First I'm stopping at An Avid Reader's Musings [ HERE ] for a short interview about Concilium.



Then I'm going to visit with my good friend Mary...yes, Mary Waibel who just sign her first book deal!!!  Everyone go to Goodreads and check it out [ HERE ] it's titled Quest of the Hart and it sounds amazing.  I'm really looking forward to it's release!



I'll be talking with Mary [ HERE ].  I hope you'll stop by...

Wednesday...

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Happy Hump Day...



The week is almost over.  Time is flying by.  I knew this would be the fastest week of the year.  My birthday looms at the end of it.  I keep trying to convince everyone I'm turning 25, but they're catching on -- I guess having a teenaged daughter kind of ruins that little white lie. :)  But age is just a number and I definitely feel 25...most days.



I'm still making the rounds on my virtual book tour.  Today I'm visiting Beyond Romance wi...