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Kindle Fire & YA Dystopian Giveaway

This month I teamed up with HJLawson and a group of other awesome young adult authors to bring you a fabulous giveaway.

Up for grabs is a hot new KINDLE FIRE.

But that’s not all :)

These same awesome authors have made a select group of books available to read for free or on Kindle Unlimited.

The books are all YA Thrillers with a Dystopian twist, available for free or at a steep discount (for a limited time).

If you like my Feast of Weeds series, I suspect you’ll want to snap up some of the other awesome books currently offered with this giveaway.

Summer might almost be over, but there’s still time to get in a few last great reads!

Click through to get your entry in and browse the list…GOOD LUCK!

Happy Reading,

Jamie

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Cover Reveal: Eradication (Feast of Weeds Book 4)

Preorder details coming soon. In the meantime, check out the gorgeous cover art for Eradication (Feast of Weeds Book 4):

Contamination (Book 2) is released!

Contamination (Book 2) is Released!

I’m so excited to share the new book. Some of you got an early look already through my email list. Now Contamination is live on Amazon in both paperback and ebook.

This is the full-length novel after Germination (Book 1). Inside Book 2, you’ll discover so much more about the virus and ‘cure,’ what’s happened with the group of runaways, and hints of bigger things to come.

Contamination Cover Reveal coming soon

I just emailed out an exclusive look at the cover art for Contamination (Feast of Weeds Book 2). I’ll be posting that cover art on my website in the next couple of weeks, but if you’d like an early look make sure to Join the Adventure.

A book giveaway on GoodReads

Thank you to all the readers currently making Germination a success on Amazon!

In anticipation of Contamination (Feast of Weeds Book 2) being released in June 2015, I’ve created a GoodReads book giveaway for Germination.

Go here to enter to win an autographed paperback version of Germination. Giveaway ends May 3, 2015.

Germination is Published!

Germination went live today in both print and ebook. Currently, it’s only available on Amazon.com, but they’re offering an awesome promotion at the moment.

★Buy the Amazon paperback and get the Amazon ebook for free★

Go here for the Germination paperback on Amazon 

Go here for the Germination ebook on Amazon

If you want both versions, buy the print edition FIRST and then visit the Kindle Matchbook program while logged into your account. You should find the Germination ebook at the top of your list.

What is Germination?

It’s the opening novel (about 90 pgs) of my new post-apocalyptic Young Adult series. The other three books in the series are full-length novels that will be released over the next nine months. Here’s the blurb:

A group of runaways. A horrifying virus.

Mary knows how to thrive on the street. She makes it her mission to keep other kids away from everyday monsters. But when she’s attacked by a crazed man clutching a bloody heart she realizes—there’s a new kind of monster in town.

A single drop of blood, and now Mary’s one of the infected. Unless she can stop the virus and save her friends, the new monster in town might just be her.

This is the opening novella to a post-apocalyptic Young Adult series where the runaways are the heroes, the zombies aren’t really zombies, and you can’t trust your memories—even if they’re all you have left.

Sign up for new post-apocalyptic stories and prizes

A Feast of Weeds is a post-apocalyptic series set in Northern California due for release in Summer 2015:

It’s about zombies, but there isn’t a single zombie in the books.
When one of the heroines tries to rescue her husband she becomes infected with a virus that messes with her memories—sort of like PTSD and seeing ghosts, all-in-one.
At times, this makes it very difficult to know what’s real and what’s the virus—troubles ensue.
Cal Expo (California’s State Fair Grounds) makes a great dystopian refugee center, though not a very safe one in the long run.
One book has turned into a novella and three novels…each book is from the POV of a different character further down the dystopian timeline—let’s just say my characters sure do know how to get themselves in trouble!

In the next few months, I’m offering free access to the first books–along with a chance to win some prizes. The catch: I’ll only be offering this to my email list.

If you sign up, you’ll also be the first to know about other related discounts, cover art, and sneak peeks for this post-apocalyptic adventure. I won’t spam you, and you can unsubscribe at anytime.

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Delta Bike Tour 1 – Day 2

This is the fourth post in a new series that explores some of my research and adventures while writing A Feast of Weeds, a post-apocalyptic adventure trilogy.

On the second day of the trip we had breakfast at this small diner with great local food–Raul’s Striper Cafe. We got an early start on the road, crossing the beautiful Rio Vista bridge back into Sacramento County. I took less pictures this day since I was tired and sore and wanted to keep moving. Still, the countryside was gorgeous and we discovered a number of delta town gems, including a Japanese Bath House and the town of Locke. We didn’t have time to explore like we wanted, so while biking home on this trip we began planning a second one. The stories and pictures from that second trip will post over the next few months.

While I didn’t write while on the bike, I worked hard on A Feast of Weeds in other ways. I also learned how deeply connected Sacramento is to delta culture. Of course, I had known this before the trip, but actually exploring the roads and levees and sloughs and ferries that connect Sacramento to the ocean deepened my sense of place in a way I still can’t quite describe. But I know the experience will inform my stories for years to come.

Igneous Books is publishing A Feast of Weeds in late Spring 2015. I’ll be sending updates, sneak peeks, and advance reader copies through my email list.  I hope you decide to Join the Adventure.

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Crossing the Rio Vista bridge
Isleton, CA
The beautiful, luxurious, Wakeena Slough Rd
Maximize this image to see the Downtown Sacramento skyline in the distance.

 

Delta Bike Tour 1 – Rio Vista

This is the third post in a new series that explores some of my research and adventures while writing A Feast of Weeds, a post-apocalyptic adventure trilogy.

I stopped us a lot on that first day to take pictures. Even though it was only 50 or so miles to Rio Vista, we didn’t arrive there until the late afternoon. Rio Vista is a beautiful delta town with a long history and a growing arts community.

We ate dinner at Foster’s Bighorn, which is right on the main strip of town. Animal trophies from the former owner’s hunting safaris mount the walls. Most of these animals were hunted during the 1920s and 1930s. Rare elephant ivory, rhinoceros horn, and other unique species are on display. These animals were killed before laws had banned hunting them. In many cases, Bill Foster taxidermied the trophies himself. It’s a strange place. The food was good, but I felt odd eating while under the gaze of dozens of taxidermied eyes and fur more than fifty years old–especially when I noticed a a mounted trophy of the rare rhinoceros that takes center stage in my Young Adult coming-of-age adventure, Rhinoceros Summer.

After dinner, we wandered the local high school, watched the sunset, and explored fantastical 90s relics like: a video rental store, a working pay phone, and a decrepit radio station on a hill. Don’t be surprised if some version of a few of these relics show up in A Feast of Weeds or a future story. Pictures below.

Igneous Books is publishing A Feast of Weeds in late Spring 2015. I’ll be sending updates, sneak peeks, and advance reader copies through my email list.   I hope you decide to Join the Adventure and further explore how this delta bike tour informed the trilogy.

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Finally arriving at our Rio Vista, CA destination.
Giving thanks in Foster’s Bighorn restaurant.
It really is open! It also sells coffee and tea.
A real, working pay phone
The Rio Vista hills
A view of the edge of Rio Vista from the high school
Windmills at sunset
The Rio Vista high school runs a radio station
Husband at sunset.

 

Delta Bike Tour #1 – Rio Vista

This is the third post in a new series that explores some of my research and adventures while writing A Feast of Weeds, a post-apocalyptic adventure trilogy.

I stopped us a lot on that first day to take pictures. Even though it was only 50 or so miles to Rio Vista, we didn’t arrive there until the late afternoon. Rio Vista is a beautiful delta town with a long history and a growing arts community.

We ate dinner at Foster’s Bighorn, which is right on the main strip of town. Animal trophies from the former owner’s hunting safaris mount the walls. Most of these animals were hunted during the 1920s and 1930s. Rare elephant ivory, rhinoceros horn, and other unique species are on display. These animals were killed before laws had banned hunting them. In many cases, Bill Foster taxidermied the trophies himself. It’s a strange place. The food was good, but I felt odd eating while under the gaze of dozens of taxidermied eyes and fur more than fifty years old–especially when I noticed a a mounted trophy of the rare rhinoceros that takes center stage in my Young Adult coming-of-age adventure, Rhinoceros Summer.

After dinner, we wandered the local high school, watched the sunset, and explored fantastical 90s relics like: a video rental store, a working pay phone, and a decrepit radio station on a hill. Don’t be surprised if some version of a few of these relics show up in A Feast of Weeds or a future story. Pictures below.

Igneous Books is publishing A Feast of Weeds in late Spring 2015. I’ll be sending updates, sneak peeks, and advance reader copies through my email list.   I hope you decide to Join the Adventure and further explore how this delta bike tour informed the trilogy.

Click to enlarge or pin.

Finally arriving at our Rio Vista, CA destination.
Giving thanks in Foster’s Bighorn restaurant.
It really is open! It also sells coffee and tea.
A real, working pay phone
The Rio Vista hills
A view of the edge of Rio Vista from the high school
Windmills at sunset
The Rio Vista high school runs a radio station
Husband at sunset.