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November 29, 2014
Making Do, Myself in Blue Book 2.5, will be released next week!
I had set December 22 as the release date, but since it is ready to go already, I decided to update the release.Making Do will be available on December 5, 2014 in Kindle Edition. The paperback is already available here.
The pre-order Special Price remains: just 0.99 cents until December 5.
“In the blink of an eye, her eyes lost the ability to notice a blink.”
What he lacked from his parents, Simon Mackenzie always got from his older brother. All their lives Simon could count on Dylan for the love and support he needed, until he decided it was time to face his own destiny, and try to make do on his own.
Simon knows it was the right decision. He must trust that Dylan has taught him enough so he can live his life independently, no matter how difficult it might be. Society’s rules are a mystery to him, and there are times when learning is a challenge, but he makes do, even with the constant memories of their troubled childhood and the dread of their drug-addicted mother’s reappearance.
Teaching music is his way to achieve it all, to interact and reach people without fear, sharing his gift. And teaching Natalie Miller the sounds that can make her break out of her shell is especially rewarding. Through Simon’s melodies, Natalie may once again be able to see the world, even if not with her blind eyes.
Together, Simon and Natalie can both learn how to better face the world, adapt, and thrive, despite their limitations.
Making Do is book 2.5 in the Myself in Blue Series. Even though it can be read as a standalone, this novella makes several references that can be spoilers if you haven’t read the other books beforehand. Therefore, it may be better to read the books in order.
August 26, 2014
Wake Me Up Inside Pre-order available – Special Price: $0.99
Wake Me Up Inside, book 2 in the Myself in Blue Series, is a novel that tells the story of Melodie, Sunday Morning’s niece, born–with her identical twin, Althea–in the first book.
Millions of thanks to Nicole Iwasaki, who authorized me to use her picture on my cover. https://www.facebook.com/nicoleiwasakioficial
I finished it today, and now it’s time to polish–edit, trim, revise. I’d planed 50K words and have now 65K, so I’ve got a lot to do before declaring it done.
It’s a love story, but also a story of trying to overcome dark paths, to find new plans to keep on living when things try to devastate you and you feel like sleeping inside. Like you need something, someone, somehow, to bring you back to life, to wake you up inside.
Both Dylan and Melodie, the main characters, are trying to keep away from hurting anymore, focusing on their futures, but once they find each other, they may have to rethink that.
This is the song that inspired the story. Remember that one?
This novel can be read as a standalone, as each book in the series, but some references to the other 2 books (Myself in Blue and Many Kinds of Unforgettable) can be spoilers if you haven’t read them before, so be aware!
The novel is already available for pre-order on amazon, and will be released on November 14. Until release day, as a special offer, it will only cost $0,99. After that, the regular price will be $ 2,99, so don’t waste any more time and pre-order it now!
Oh, and there will be another novella, telling Simon’s story–Dylan’s brother–soon. It will be called ‘Making Do’. So pay attention on Simon while reading Wake Me Up Inside. This boy has a lot to tell too. :)
August 11, 2014
Goodreads Book Giveaway – Many Kinds of Unforgettable
Well, who doesn’t want a good giveaway? A paperback book for free, what can be better, right?
If you agree, just follow the link bellow and enter the Many Kinds of Unforgettable Giveaway (sorry, folks, only for the US…)
Meanwhile, buy the first book in the series, Myself in Blue, and start falling in love with these characters. Oh, and you can always buy the ebook version of Many Kinds of Unforgettable as well, if you can’t wait for the Giveaway! :)
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Many Kinds of Unforgettable
by Renata F. Barcelos
Giveaway ends September 10, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
August 2, 2014
New Release: Many Kinds of Unforgettable
Book 1.5 in the Myself in Blue Series is available on Amazon right now!
You can read it for free with Kindle Unlimited, or grab your copy: **New Release Price: Only $0.99 through August 8th**
Please note that Many Kinds of Unforgettable is book 1.5 in the Myself in Blue Series. Even though it can be read as a standalone, this novella makes several references that can be spoilers if you haven’t read Myself in Blue, Book 1, beforehand. Therefore, it may be better to read the books in order.
July 20, 2014
Kindle Unlimited: The Key Questions
Kindle Unlimited: as a reader, it seems magical; as a writer…still unsure. Everybody is talking about it now, and I believe this post by David Gaughran sums it up perfectly.
Originally posted on David Gaughran:
Amazon launched Kindle Unlimited on Friday, giving self-publishers a big decision to make.
The long-rumored subscription service will allow users to download unlimited books for $9.99 a month, and reader reaction has been, from what I can see, overwhelmingly positive – especially because they will be able to test the service with a month’s free trial. Writers have been a little more cautious, for all sorts of reasons I’ll try and tease out below.
The main stumbling block for self-publishers is that participation in Kindle Unlimited is restricted to titles enrolled in KDP Select – Amazon’s program which offers various additional marketing tools in exchange for exclusivity. Author compensation will be similar to borrows under the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library – a percentage of money from a fixed pool. The only real twist is that payment will be triggered when 10% of downloaded books have been read.
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July 16, 2014
Cover Reveal: Myself in Blue, #1.5 – Many Kinds of Unforgettable
The next installment in the Myself in Blue series came faster than I imagined. The characters really wanted to tell their stories!
It will be released this month, and you can (and I think you should :) ) already add it on Goodreads. If you can’t wait to have it, read this:
I’ll give 15 complimentary copies of the novella (ebook format) to the 15 first people who follow my blog, starting NOW.
And now, it’s COVER REVEAL time!
Just like the cover of Myself in Blue 1, this one also started with an original photo by the amazingly talented Giulia Marotta. Please visit her on Pixabay.
Thanks a million to Sue and Tabatha Washington, who are also hosting the cover reveal today at:
https://www.facebook.com/FictionsOurAddiction
http://suesrevealsandpromotions.blogspot.co.uk/?zx=f13325efa1ed6a8
Please Note: This novella can be read as a standalone, but there are several references that can be spoilers if you haven’t read Myself in Blue, book 1, so it may be better to read the books in order.
Anna Oshiro Morning-Goodwin and William Butler grew up together. Ever since they met, at the tender age of 5, they have been inseparable.
Now at 15, their friendship is blossoming into something deeper; something that makes them both excited and scared.
Life, however, plays its tricks. William’s father wants to return to Ireland, and Anna receives some disturbing news from her godmother and doctor. Decided not to let their last summer together be ruined by her health problems, she never tells William, and faces her fight alone.
The little time they still have together must be full of unforgettable moments that will last forever in their hearts, or at least until the day they meet again.
Anna and William have 3 months to create as many kinds of unforgettable as possible.
July 7, 2014
It’s happening – Myself in Blue Blog Tour and Giveaway!!
Yeah, baby! Myself in Blue Blog Tour starts today and ends Friday, July 11.Check out the stops and be sure to sign up for the giveaway. You may win:
A Paperback Copy of Myself in Blue (only for US, sorry rest of the world! :/);
2 Ebook Copies of Myself in Blue (international);
A $15 dollar Amazon Gift Card (international);
10 Bookmarks (international).
Thanks a billion to the magnificent Shane, from Itching For Books, and thanks to all the beautiful bloggers who signed up!
Oh, and remember: as a special release offer, Myself in Blue is only $1.99 until this weekend only! :)
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Blog Tour Schedule:
July 7th -
Fiction’s Our Addiction *Review & Dream Cast (blogger’s choice)
Books Direct *Review & Favorite Quotes
Book N Blog *Review & Excerpt (blogger’s choice)
July 8th -
Extaordinaryreads *Review & Excerpt (blogger’s choice)
TMWECSOFF *Review & Playlist (blogger’s choice)
Amiabooklover *Excerpt
July 9th -
The Phantom Paragrapher *Review
Book Club Sisters *Excerpt
July 10th -
D’eBook Sharing Book Reviews *Review
July 11th -
sue cover reveals & book promotions *Excerpt
Rockin’ Book Reviews *Review
Little Whimsy Books
June 28, 2014
Myself in Blue – Giveaway Coming!!
My new release, Myself in Blue, already has 5 beautiful reviews on Amazon, thank you, guys!
It is being featured on Monday June 30th 2014 at eBookSoda, a new readers’ site where they’ll send you ebook recommendations tailored to your taste. www.ebooksoda.com.
Plus, next week (July 07-11) it will be on Blog Tour in various blogs, with a Giveaway: Amazon Gift Card, ebooks and Bookmarks!
I’ll post links to the blog stops later. For now, see the Bookmarks:
June 4, 2014
Millie Rose Appeal
Please take the time to read, it’s unbelievably important. Let’s all help Millie Rose!
Originally posted on New Author -Carole Parkes:
There is a little girl aged two who lives near me in Lancashire. Her name is Millie Rose Heaton and she is desperately ill with Neuroblastoma. Her family is frantically trying to raise the £250,000 needed for treatment in Germany. Millie Rose was initially given the all clear in February after twelve months of intensive chemotherapy and other vital treatments. However the cancer returned in March and there is no further treatment available in the UK for patients who are in relapse. It would be wonderful if we bloggers could help her and her family. The following Url is Millie Rose’s Appeal and the place you should viit to find out more.
http://www.justgiving.com/millieroseappeal
April 21, 2014
Myself in Blue – Cover Reveal, Giveaway + Snippets!
Today is the Cover Reveal of Myself in Blue! There’s a Giveaway hosted by Itching for Books and many other blogs. Thanks guys! :)
Be sure to participate!
Here’s the cover
Want to read a bit of the story? Enjoy some snippets from chapter 1:
“I came back because I am dying. There’s no better way to put it, no sugarcoat for me, thanks. So many times I treated people like disposable pieces, sometimes like garbage, and now I’m disposable, I’m turning into garbage. The universe will throw me away in a while. In the meantime, I’m rotting from the inside out starting with my leg; something called Osteosarcoma eating me alive.
I guess it’s poetic in a way; I deserve every cancerous cell that rebelled against its sisters and started a war my body is doomed to lose. You may see the parallel; I was a cancer in my family, acting in the same way that’s going to kill me. I was removed, though, and I have no idea what it provoked in them. Are they better without me? Are they happy? Can they be happy after what happened that night? And…what really happened that night?
I shall die. I’ve often wished to die in the past five years, the guilt too heavy and the new life I was given too harsh to carry on. I’d never act on it though, too coward or too numb to care. I went on, day after day, just trying to survive another sunset without remembering; until my body decided it was time to go.
I’m not fully aware of the consequences of my disgusting capriciousness that night. What I do know is that I am so absurdly unfit to be part of that family after acting like I did—and I was certainly unfit before then —that I can’t find the courage to even try to make amends.
I accept my fate. Actually, I embrace it; I will die in pain. There was I, thinking I deserved unconditional attention, and how unfair it was having to share with my sisters, and now here I am, completely alone, knowing this family didn’t deserve what I brought upon them.
I never thought it would be easy coming back to mend things, to make peace with the past, and to have a final place to rest my body after my soul goes away. But I didn’t imagine coming so close and ending up frozen by the fear of rejection—which would only be fair, all things considered—and the incertitude about my capacity of feeling empathy for my sisters. Especially for my baby sister, the one who really stole my place.”
“Yes, my name’s Sunday. Not only that, it’s Sunday Morning. Actually, it’s Sunday Oshiro Morning, but no one cares about the Oshiro, my father’s name. That’s for two simple reasons; first, of course, the easy joke (that’s not a name, that’s an appointment!). Second, because every time someone hears the name ‘Morning’, they make the connection to my very, very famous mother, Iris Morning.
My father is famous too, but I think more as Iris Morning’s husband, than as Douglas Oshiro, brilliant multi instruments player, responsible for the majority of the songs my mother made eternal with her voice. It’s normal, I guess; people listen to a song and care more about the voice and the lyrics—my mother’s part. The one who’s putting his or her soul into the arrangements, the song, they usually don’t spend much time thinking of them.
Maybe I’m exaggerating, I don’t know, but that’s the impression I’ve always had. When you talk about Grandma’s Eye, their band, every single person knows what you’re talking about, they love the band, are big fans, blah, blah, blah. You ask for one name, one band member’s name, they most certainly will say Iris Morning before any of the others.
But don’t get me wrong, Mama deserves it all. She’s absolutely brilliant, she really is. Despite my flaws as a daughter, my lack of good sentiments, I’ve always been her biggest fan. Her voice is the one of an angel—a husky, deep angel. And her lyrics, oh my! She writes poems that my father puts into cadence. Together for 26 years, they made some of the most popular songs of all times.”
“Life punished me in various ways after I ran. I had good moments, but that was never the point; I didn’t deserve goodness, and I didn’t receive much of it. It was hard, it was thorny—nothing I would have expected in my previous princess life. And yet, it was never enough to repay for my sins. Only the cancer seemed like enough retribution.
The cancer made me think of them again while wake, intentionally, and of what I did. It made me come back. I imagined I could finally face them, now that I had something to show my regret, now that I could say, “look, I twisted everything, I know I don’t deserve your mercy, but at least you don’t have to worry anymore because I’m dying. Can I at least stay around until then?”
Despite the pain, the sense of being half in the grave, the demons that inhabit my soul for my past sins, it’s absurdly reassuring being so close again.
All the way back I felt my chest burning and wasn’t sure if it was fear, sorrow, shame or anxiety. And then I arrived and couldn’t bring my sorry self to the door.
I’m not ready yet. I’m so close, and yet not…there. I don’t feel entirely equipped; prepared to face them. I don’t know what I’m waiting for exactly, and it’s not as if I have much time to waste, but I’m waiting.
Nearby.“
