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Weekly Update

Holla party people! Ok, maybe not so much of a party at the moment. We've had sickness and allergies beating down the Self household this week so it has not been fun times. Add to that meet the teacher night and I was ready for the weekend YESTERDAY. So there's RL updates now on to the stuff I know you really want to hear about...

...BOOK 2, Kieran's Novella and other stuff!

Did you notice there's a new page on the blog? This has all the extras (except for teases since they're in or will be in a book) that I've written since the One released. The extras are either linked to the original post or imbeded with scribd or both. Check them out if you haven't. There are alt povs, interviews, and even a book review.

...Book News

Ok so if you don't already know the title for book two, it's called the Key--no surprise there for those of you who've read the One. I DO have a title for Kieran's story but no matter how much you beg I shan't tell you! It will be revealed, along with the cover and blurb, in early October. Keep an eye on the Facebook page for details and of course, the weekly teaser.

Speaking of Facebook I so, so appreciate all of you who have requested to be my friend and ask that you not be offended if I don't accept. I use that profile mainly for personal updates for family and friends and want to continue to make sure their privacy and that of my children is protected. If/As I get to know some of y'all on a more personal level I will totally revisit my friend requests.  All book updates will always be posted on my author page as well as tweeted.

Next--CONTEST!!! Tomorrow as I'm mailing out goodies to giveaway winners I will be picking up the last couple things I need for the art contest prizes--yes PRIZES because I'm asking you to do something HUGE and I want to show my super duper appreciation (as much as my budget allows anyway). I will post the contest with all the information on Friday so look for it if you are artistic or know someone who is!

FINALLY, in case I haven't said it before Thank you thank you thank you to all of you who have bought the book, who have read the book, who have reviewed the book, who have forced friends to buy the book... ;) Your support of me as an author means I get to avoid a "real" job and have tons of hours to pump out words instead of stealing time where available, which means you get books faster. ;) Y'all are awesome!! TY.

Peace.

PS. Do y'all like the weekly update? Should I keep doing it? Comment yes or no either here or on FB :) THX!!

Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

Y'all. I am SOOOO excited to help reveal this cover! I met Kathleen this weekend and she is a total rockstar!! This is a New Adult, stand alone that Kathleen sneak peeked for us at Decatur and now I get to show it to EVERYONE!! Check it out then fill out the rafflecopter for a giveaway!


Expected Release Early 2013Ten Tiny Breaths

Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D.
Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgivable past of his own, one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness.


Author Bio:Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.



Isn't it gorgeous?! Her covers are always fantastic and you can win a print copy of it when it releases! See the deets below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Cover Reveal & Guveaway: Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

Y'all. I am SOOOO excited to help reveal this cover! I met Kathleen this weekend and she is a total rockstar!! This is a New Adult, stand alone that Kathleen sneak peeked for us at Decatur and now I get to show it to EVERYONE!! Check it out then fill out the rafflecopter for a giveaway!


Expected Release Early 2013Ten Tiny Breaths

Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D.
Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgivable past of his own, one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness.


Author Bio:Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.



Isn't it gorgeous?! Her covers are always fantastic and you can win a print copy of it when it releases! See the deets below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Weekly Update!

So this should come as no surprise but this weeks update is mostly about the Decatur Bookfest! I got there Friday EARLY,  like 9:30am in ATL and around 11am to Stone Mountain not expecting to be able to get into my room since official check in wasn't until 3pm. Thankfully the Hampton Inn out there rocked and my room was ready. They'd also be serving popcorn and fresh baked cookies at 5pm. What? Totally awesome.

That evening I drove to Marietta for a small event with about 10 other authors. My table was next to J.L. Bryan's (author of the Jenny Pox Series). He's good at writing creepy so grab the FREE first book if you like a bit of terror with your read.
He looks so innocent, but don't let that fool you.

Saturday morning we hit the fest nice and early (please note sarcasm) to get set up. I had the BEST
The mess before...

...the pretty after (before the heat kicked in). Georgia came prepared y'all!! Gloria! boothmates and suitemates! Amy Bartol, Georgia Cates, and I were right next to K.A. Tucker, Shelly Crane and Ella James so we pulled down the tarp separating our booths and turned it into one big one. It was super awesome!! Kathleen came all the way from Canadia to meet everyone and hang at the festival and it was SO great to meet her in person, as well as Shelly. The fabulous Gloria from Globug and Hootie Need a Book came with Shelly and took AMAZING care of us. Watch out, Shelly! I think we might steal her. We also had the
2/3 of the Heather Trifecta Perfecta! No Heather Hildenbrand
 :(



  fantastic Heather from SupaGurl Books and Book Tours booth hopping between all the Indies and taking care of us too.  
Suitemates! I love these ladies!
AUTUMN!!So not only were these lovely ladies there one of my all time favorite bloggers and people came all the up to Atlanta just to see me. Okay, maybe not JUST to see me but I'm entitled to my delusions ;) Autumn from the Autumn Review is one of THE BEST! We first met online--like pretty much EVERYONE in these photos, lol--and I got to spend some time with her this summer for the Daemon Invasion. She was also my first reviewer for the One and was so so sweet! Go check her out if you don't already follow her. Tess from My Pathway to Books was also there the second day of the festival. She ditched us day 1 to go watch the Georgia Bulldogs play. Now, I love football as much as the next person--we kind of live for it in Texas--but I totally would have come to the festival instead. ;)
I got to meet for the first time  Brittni from Britt's Kick-Butt Blog and Michelle (whom I'd been chatting with on twitter) from Literati Literature Lovers. She had us pose for her:

We really do love the Bloggers! They kinda rock.  

I also got to meet/see again some pretty incredible authors. I count myself fortunate to be able to call them friends.



Starting the Zombie Apocolypse by biting Nichole Chase. Apparently Colleen Hoover thought it was funny . ;) Just kidding. No Zombies here.
The Fabulous Colleen Hoover. Go read her book Slammed!! Front L-R: Me, KA Tucker, Laura Elliott
Back L-R: Georgia Cates, Courtney Cole, Amy Bartol, M. Leighton, Fisher Amelie But the best part of the festival I didn't even THINK to take pictures of until the Younger asked about it Sunday morning. So here are a couple of the lovely peeps who got my book. A big huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to see us. It was SO MUCH FUN getting to meet readers and chat books.
Thanks, Kathy!
Thanks, Kirks!!







We wrapped up DBF at the Brickstore Pub where we got the AMAZING news that M. Leighton had hot the NYT list at #34 with her new adult book The Wild Ones! It was spectacular to be able to toast this amazing lady and in the celebration with her. LOVE YOU MICHELLE!!!

Finally! Congrats to Makayla who won the signed copy of the One for posting reviews and a huge, ginormous thanks to all who posted reviews!! There's a reason for all the review requests you see from authors and one day I'll do a post to explain it all...well explain it the best I can. I'm soooooo a Lib. Arts Major ;)
Peace!

Giveaway and Decatur Bookfest!!

In honor of DBF weekend I've decided to have a little contest. The prizes...

 AND  signed and personalized for your reading pleasure. How do you get entered to win these pretties? SUPER easy y'all! Write a review and post it! Reviews already written and posted count too! Leave a comment below with the the links to your reviews. Reviews on Amazon and Barnes&Noble, get you 2 entries EACH. That means if you post your review on both the PB and ebook you'd get FOUR entries per website. Bonus entries can be earned for reviews on GR, and blogs. This contest will run from NOW until Midnight (central time) Monday, Sept 3.

If you're going to be in Atlanta this weekend don't forget to come by the Decatur Bookfest and/or Arts of Cobb in Marietta.

Map of the Bookfest and where I'll be along with some other favorites!!

Contest and Decatur Bookfest!!

In honor of DBF weekend I've decided to have a little contest. The prizes...

 AND  signed and personalized for your reading pleasure. How do you get entered to win these pretties? SUPER easy y'all! Write a review and post it! Reviews already written and posted count too! Leave a comment below with the the links to your reviews. Reviews on Amazon and Barnes&Noble, get you 2 entries EACH. That means if you post your review on both the PB and ebook you'd get FOUR entries per website. Bonus entries can be earned for reviews on GR, and blogs. This contest will run from NOW until Midnight (central time) Monday, Sept 3.

If you're going to be in Atlanta this weekend don't forget to come by the Decatur Bookfest and/or Arts of Cobb in Marietta.

Map of the Bookfest and where I'll be along with some other favorites!!

Weekly Update!

The biggest news this week? -----> I'm super excited to be signing with this awesome group of authors on Friday, most of whom I've never met but can't WAIT to meet and spend time with, maybe pick their brains. I am new at this after all. :)

I'm thinking it may be necessary for me to get a few of these amazing posters designed by Vania Stoyanova signed by the authors attending and then give them away on the blog. Interested?

I'll also be in Decatur for DBF and will do a separate post on that later this week. Hopefully you'll be able to find me there, assuming I haven't dun off to DragonCon or to be an extra in Catching Fire ;)


Book News: Kieran's novella is coming along nicely. It's been SUPER helpful to have an Irishwoman on almost instant message when I have Gaelic and culture questions. THANKS COLETTE! I've put in my cover design request to my amazing cover artist Stephanie Mooney. She also does lots of other really amazing design stuffs so you should check her out :) As soon as it's done I'll do a cover/title/blurb reveal!

That's it for now folks! Tomorrow is reserved for DBF prep so MUST get some writing done today!!
Peace.

Cover Reveal: Blood Doll by Georgia Cates

WHOOHOOO cover reveal time! And y'all. I'm so excited to bring you this one. I met Georgia at the UtopYa conference in Nashville this summer and get to share a table with her at Decatur Bookfest NEXT WEEK!! She is a fabulous lady so it makes me extra happy to be able to reveal her cover for the third book in The Vampire Agape Series. Here it is!

Solomon Alexander has faced huge obstacles during his existence, but they’re nothing in comparison to the one he’s about to hit head on. As leader of The Savannah Compound, part of Sol’s new position in the Coven of Landra is to guide the transition of fledgelings, newly turned vampires. It’s his job to save the unsavable. Being a Landra is what he’s done for over a century and he’s damn good at it, but everything he knows, practices and teaches is threatened when he is forced to drink from Avery Ferrand, a Blood Jewel. 
The Blood Jewel is enshrouded with mystery, but one fact is known. There’s never been blood more desirable or addicting than Avery’s and there are consequences for any vampire that drinks it...including Solomon Alexander. Although he adamantly denies his need to feed from her, Avery suspects he’s lying but she has secrets of her own about the night he drank from her. She wanted him to and now she finds herself being drawn to Solomon in a way she shouldn't. As Avery’s desire to be closer to Solomon grows, she finds herself considering something more dangerous than being found by the dangerous covens hunting her...asking Solomon if she can become his Blood Doll.


Author Bio:

Georgia resides in rural Mississippi with her wonderful husband, Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters. She spent thirteen years as a labor and delivery nurse before she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an author. 

Blood of Anteros, Book One in The Vampire Agápe Series, was her first novel and it was released in September 2011. She decided to briefly step away from the paranormal genre to try her hand at a young adult contemporary romance when she wrote Going Under, but returned to the paranormal romance platform to complete the second book in The Vampire Agápe Series, Blood Jewel.

Her current works in progress are Shallow (A Going Under Novel) which will release on September 27th and Blood Doll (The Vampire Agápe Series #3), to be released in January 2013.

Georgia Cates Links:
Georgia Cates Blog
Georgia Cates on Facebook
Georgia Cates on Twitter
Shallow on Goodreads

Weekly Update

Hey, y'all! Lots of goings on this week so get ready for some FUN news! Keep reading to the end (I know there's a lot) but there is some pretty cool book and contest news at the end!
Appearances: That's right there are two of them!

Friday, August 31 7-9pm Arts of Cobb   19 Powder Springs Street, Marietta, GA 30064Meet & Greet plus Book Signing (books available for purchase)
I'll be appearing with ALL the amazing authors listed below (subject to change)! This will be a great time to chat with some of your fav indies!
CA Kunz
JL Bryan Nichole Chase Ella James Amy Maurer Jones Sarah M. Ross
Liz Reinhardt Laura A H Elliott Jessica Sorensen
K.A. Tucker
Heather Self



























Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 1&2 10am-6pm Decatur Book Festival
Below is map that you can download and print marked with the authors I know who will be there as well as their table number so you'll be able to find us easily. Pretty sure we'll all be selling in signing, PLUS there will be TONS of swag being handed out.
 BOOK NEWS!!If you were hanging out in the twitterverse last night you'll already know this but for those who don't---drumroll---Kieran will getting his own novella!! That's right, y'all. Before the Key comes out you'll get to know our resident "bad boy" better. I think this will help explain a lot of the stuff that happened in the One as far as Kieran goes as well as get you ready for the things that will happen in the Key. You'll know things even before Evy does!! I'm already 300+ words in and am so excited  to get this to y'all!
CONTESTWhen I get back from Decatur I'll announce all the official rules for the contest but there may be some of you who want to start drawing in the meantime so...here's what I'm looking for:
Liam's MarkKai's MarkLiam's and Kai's mark together
When I get back I'll put up all the "rules"/prizes and descriptions of the marks if you need them. I know there are some of you out there with some MAD art skills so can't wait to see what you come up with!
That's it for now!PEACE

Who is that (un)Masked man?

Ok, readers! I am in desperate need of some help. I frequently get asked what I think the guys from the One look like. I've found Liam, who the lovely Val at Stuck in Books will get to reveal whenever she's ready. She's currently enjoying some solo time with him.

So I MAY have found the perfect Chase. There's just one problem. I need to see his face close-up and I have NO idea who the guy is. I found him through a friend's facebook and it seems no one can recall where the pic originated from or who the guy is.

This is where you come in and I'm throwing in a bit of a contest. The first person to correctly identify the hottie in the link will get bookmarks and postcards. Comment with the name of the guy and any links of him you find!

So get to it you fabulous people! FIND CHASE!!