Sarah DiCello's Blog, page 2
July 30, 2012
What an awesome night. About 50 of my closest friends and...
What an awesome night. About 50 of my closest friends and family came out to support the launch of my book. Here's a photo with my book club (the awesome gals who threw the party for me)!
I have to confess, I did want to hide in the corner at first, but it was actually a blast and every one I met was genuinely excited for me.
Thanks to everyone who came!
I have to confess, I did want to hide in the corner at first, but it was actually a blast and every one I met was genuinely excited for me.
Thanks to everyone who came!
July 27, 2012
Tonight is my launch party for my book. I'm excited and n...
Tonight is my launch party for my book. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. I compare it to "coming out of the closet." I feel so naked and vulnerable. I've written this book and now people are actually going to read it - HOLY SHIT!!!!
I know some will love it and others will give me one star on Amazon and Goodreads and that's okay. Well, it's really not. I want everyone to love it.
I'll post photos this weekend of the party tonight sometime over the weekend.
I know some will love it and others will give me one star on Amazon and Goodreads and that's okay. Well, it's really not. I want everyone to love it.
I'll post photos this weekend of the party tonight sometime over the weekend.
July 3, 2012
#16 on the Charts
Yup...that's right. I'm #16 amongst the free Kindle downloads as of today. And #2 in historical romance as well as #4 in contemporary romance.
Thank you so very much to everyone who downloaded my book. It's truly more than I could have imagined and I'm so humbled by all of you who are reading it.
It's no longer my friends and family who have it in their hands. Please, if you like my book, write a review for me on Amazon.
Thank you so very much to everyone who downloaded my book. It's truly more than I could have imagined and I'm so humbled by all of you who are reading it.
It's no longer my friends and family who have it in their hands. Please, if you like my book, write a review for me on Amazon.
May 23, 2012
Yippee!!! I got a contract!
I just signed with Taylor Street Books yesterday and am so excited to join their talented group of writers. Falling Again should debut on Amazon within the next few months and it all seems surreal to me. I've worked on this novel for the past two years and it will be very rewarding to see it come to life.
Here's my description on my pseudo back cover:
When Danielle Grayson closes her eyes at night, she awakes as Caroline Marcum. One minute, Danielle is an average 18-year-old living in present-day Georgia, and the next, she’s thrust into a world she has never seen before . . . or so she thinks. Night after night, Danielle travels in her sleep to a Victorian beach town where everything seems eerily familiar and acutely real.
She soon realizes that she’s dealing with something far greater than a simple dream when occurrences in her present-day life begin to duplicate themselves in her dreams.
Her connection to Caroline grows nightly. As the months progress, there are more questions than answers and Danielle’s constant obsession to figure out who Caroline is overtakes her every day life. She wonders how she could be living in two distinct time periods during the course of the same day.
Then Ben arrives. The moment Danielle sees him she realizes that she’s looked into those very same eyes as Caroline. The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to reveal their place in her shattered existence. Family and friends in her Georgian life exhibit the same characteristics as those she converses with as Caroline.
Danielle begins to wonder how those closest to her got there in the first place. Have they been there forever?
Here's my description on my pseudo back cover:
When Danielle Grayson closes her eyes at night, she awakes as Caroline Marcum. One minute, Danielle is an average 18-year-old living in present-day Georgia, and the next, she’s thrust into a world she has never seen before . . . or so she thinks. Night after night, Danielle travels in her sleep to a Victorian beach town where everything seems eerily familiar and acutely real.
She soon realizes that she’s dealing with something far greater than a simple dream when occurrences in her present-day life begin to duplicate themselves in her dreams.
Her connection to Caroline grows nightly. As the months progress, there are more questions than answers and Danielle’s constant obsession to figure out who Caroline is overtakes her every day life. She wonders how she could be living in two distinct time periods during the course of the same day.
Then Ben arrives. The moment Danielle sees him she realizes that she’s looked into those very same eyes as Caroline. The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to reveal their place in her shattered existence. Family and friends in her Georgian life exhibit the same characteristics as those she converses with as Caroline.
Danielle begins to wonder how those closest to her got there in the first place. Have they been there forever?
May 2, 2012
I rescued a dog today.Here's how it began. I went to get ...
I rescued a dog today.
Here's how it began. I went to get lunch with a friend at her pizza restaurant. We quickly noticed a lonely dog wandering around across a busy street. Then saw a vet from across the street follow it with a leash and treats. She was moving verrrrrry slowly. I got pissed. We jumped in the Caddy my friend owns and went out in search of the dog.
It was running away from us . . . obviously. The vet, again, was moving verrry slowly. I had had enough. I grabbed the leash and the treats from her and said, "I'll do it myself!" All logic left my head and I went into "Sarah DiCello - animal lover and saver of all things small and furry!"
My friend did too. She followed after me in her new Cadillac search and rescue vehicle as I ran - literally ran in stilettos - after this dog. The animal was headed to an extremely busy street and I panicked. My shoes came off and I ran as fast as I could down the middle, yes, the middle, of the street. Cars were passing on all sides as we came to a 4-way stop. There we found our Savior - the Statue of Liberty.
I know. Not the twist you expected. But there he stood, this wonderful African American man dressed as New York's finest, stopping traffic on his side of the street. So, I stopped traffic on the other side of the street as well.
From the perspective of those people in cars to the back of the situation, they probably were cursing us out for halting their very busy work day, but again, I became "Sarah DiCello - animal lover and saver of all things small and furry!"
I lost my own dog once and I was going to pay it forward, dammit!!!
A nice man in a very Hannibalesque van pulled over and tried to coerce the dog in, and it worked. He jumped right on top of him. We then instructed him to meet us at the vet. The very vet I was sure didn't care much about the well-being and safety of this dog. However, it was our only option.
We met and made the exchange to soon find a smelly, dirty, licking dog jumping from lap to lap, excited to be rescued.
So, when my husband asked me how my day was, I said, "I have performed a great deed. I shall now award myself with some Pinot Grigio."
Here's how it began. I went to get lunch with a friend at her pizza restaurant. We quickly noticed a lonely dog wandering around across a busy street. Then saw a vet from across the street follow it with a leash and treats. She was moving verrrrrry slowly. I got pissed. We jumped in the Caddy my friend owns and went out in search of the dog.
It was running away from us . . . obviously. The vet, again, was moving verrry slowly. I had had enough. I grabbed the leash and the treats from her and said, "I'll do it myself!" All logic left my head and I went into "Sarah DiCello - animal lover and saver of all things small and furry!"
My friend did too. She followed after me in her new Cadillac search and rescue vehicle as I ran - literally ran in stilettos - after this dog. The animal was headed to an extremely busy street and I panicked. My shoes came off and I ran as fast as I could down the middle, yes, the middle, of the street. Cars were passing on all sides as we came to a 4-way stop. There we found our Savior - the Statue of Liberty.
I know. Not the twist you expected. But there he stood, this wonderful African American man dressed as New York's finest, stopping traffic on his side of the street. So, I stopped traffic on the other side of the street as well.
From the perspective of those people in cars to the back of the situation, they probably were cursing us out for halting their very busy work day, but again, I became "Sarah DiCello - animal lover and saver of all things small and furry!"
I lost my own dog once and I was going to pay it forward, dammit!!!
A nice man in a very Hannibalesque van pulled over and tried to coerce the dog in, and it worked. He jumped right on top of him. We then instructed him to meet us at the vet. The very vet I was sure didn't care much about the well-being and safety of this dog. However, it was our only option.
We met and made the exchange to soon find a smelly, dirty, licking dog jumping from lap to lap, excited to be rescued.
So, when my husband asked me how my day was, I said, "I have performed a great deed. I shall now award myself with some Pinot Grigio."
April 30, 2012
To say that I'm overwhelmed is a gross understatement. Be...
To say that I'm overwhelmed is a gross understatement. Being an author is HARD as Hell. I think it might be right up there with raising two kids and two dogs.
I digress...here's a bit about me:
I wrote a book almost two years ago called Falling Again. It's gonna sound cliche, but I had a 5 second dream about my main character, Danielle Grayson, and just had to get her out of my head and into my computer. I told my husband about it on our way to visit his family and he said, "You should write a book."
I thought he was nuts. But, the words just flowed out of me. I never aspired to be an author before because I didn't think I had it in me. Well, I guess I do because 300 pages and 72,000 words later, I have a novel.
If you want to read an exerpt of it, go to this site: http://www.authonomy.com/books/43231/...
My first 10 chapters are on Authonomy for your enjoyment. Well, I hope you enjoy it. If you don't like Young Adult novels and aren't into ghosts or the idea that we might just have a past life, you may not like it.
If you do like it . . . let me know. I'm hoping to get it published soon.
I digress...here's a bit about me:
I wrote a book almost two years ago called Falling Again. It's gonna sound cliche, but I had a 5 second dream about my main character, Danielle Grayson, and just had to get her out of my head and into my computer. I told my husband about it on our way to visit his family and he said, "You should write a book."
I thought he was nuts. But, the words just flowed out of me. I never aspired to be an author before because I didn't think I had it in me. Well, I guess I do because 300 pages and 72,000 words later, I have a novel.
If you want to read an exerpt of it, go to this site: http://www.authonomy.com/books/43231/...
My first 10 chapters are on Authonomy for your enjoyment. Well, I hope you enjoy it. If you don't like Young Adult novels and aren't into ghosts or the idea that we might just have a past life, you may not like it.
If you do like it . . . let me know. I'm hoping to get it published soon.
