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FALLING from my head into your library…

Wow! Over 22,000 copies of Falling were downloaded during the free promotion last week.  This far exceeded my expectations!  An additional surprise was the immediate rise in Winter Solstice sales.  I couldn’t help but think, “If they’re buying Winter Solstice now, that must mean that they’ve already finished Falling – and liked it enough to get the next book.  Right?”

Copies of Falling and Winter Solstice continue to rise.  This, in turn, helps it rise in the rankings.  At one point, during the free promotion, Falling was ranked #3 on the Free Contemporary Fiction Kindle Book list and #19 on the Free 100 Kindle  list!  Amazing!

When is Wintering coming out?

Well, I’m currently working on the edits and the book cover for it.  I think I’ve finally settled on the cover art.   So, it’s definitely in progress and the goal is to get it out in July.  I hope you can wait that long!

Liz’s adventures continue…

While I’m working on getting Wintering out, I’m currently writing Book 4 (along with teaching, writing curriculum, and mentoring students).    The spring is a very crazy busy time for me with science fair (regional, state and International).  I call it “science fair season”.  Officially, as of last Friday, it’s over – and been very successful.  One thing to cross off my list.  Which means… more time to write!

If you liked Falling and Winter Solstice go and like the Facebook page (see the link on the right hand side).  You’ll be able to find out the latest on what’s going on with Book 3 and other news.

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Free download promotion!

Today (Monday, May 14, 2012) through Thursday, May 17, 2012 you can download Falling for free! What a great deal!

Take advantage of this limited time offer and go to Amazon.

It’s near the end of the school year and everyone needs a good book to read.   Find out more at the “May Promotion – ISEF” link above.

Enjoy!

Update ABNA

Out of 5000 entries for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Falling made it to the top 250!  That made me a quarter-finalist.  Not bad, huh?  If you asked me when I first wrote Falling if I would dare to submit it to a contest and think that it’d advance any round, I would have said no.  But it never hurts to try, so I did.  I’m glad I did.  It is incredibly validating – not that I look for outside validation – but it’s nice that I’m not the only one enjoying the book.  Yes, I know others do.  Some of them have even posted reviews on Amazon.  I’ve gotten the emails asking “What’s next?  I need to know!”  Ah, spoiler requests…  Be careful what you ask for, I might just tell you.  Or rather, tell you enough to make you want more!