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My Writerly Bucket List by @MaraValderran #blogtour #giveaway

GUEST POST: MY WRITERLY BUCKET LIST
BY MARA VALDERRANPlenty of people have bucket lists, right? I had one in my early twenties, but I never called it a bucket list (that was before the movie made the term much more popular). Instead of creating one new list that meshes better with my adult self, I've started thinking of separate lists. There are different aspects of my life, and they all deserve their fair share of attention, right? =) So this is my writerly bucket list: The list of things I h...

Teaser Tuesday: Stricken (The War Scrolls) #paranormal #romance

Hi lovelies,

Since I posted a teaser of All Falls Down last week, I thought I'd share a little bit of Stricken with you this week. I hope you enjoy it.

And don't forget! Only 11 days until All Falls Down! :)

Aubrey had no idea what Dom and Abriel were playing, but it looked like some sort of war game. People were running all over the place, weapons strapped to their bodies. Smoke drifted up from various places. Mangled bodies littered the field where one of their characters was running, a grenad...

Fall Into Fantasy Tour: Salvation by @JamesWymore

Welcome to the Fall Into Fantasy Tour, where we are keeping your mind off any end-of-summer blues and welcoming the cooler weather by introducing you to some incredible fantasy reads to curl up with and giving you plenty of chances to win awesome prizes!

Week 9: Salvation by James Wymore


 A man wakes on a frozen battlefield when a scavenging couple finds him among the dead. As they nurse him back to health, he is struck with the horrible realization he can’t remember who he is or anyt...

Cover Reveal! Altar of Reality by @MaraValderran #ya #dystopian

Today is the cover reveal for Altar of Reality, the first book from Shifted Realities--a brand new series by Mara Valderran. This YA dystopian is set to be released January 31st, 2015 by Curiosity Quills Press. Mark your calendars, and be sure to add the book to your Goodreads list! Want to stay up to date on all things Altar of Reality? Sign up for Mara's newsletter so you don't miss a thing!

And now...the moment Mara's we've all been waiting for...


When sixteen-year-old Madelin...

Every Writer Should Know... by @J_Ryan #blogtour

Hi, loves!
The wonderful Ryan Hill, author of The Book of Bart and new release Dead New World, stopped by today to give us all a few pieces of advice. Dead New World, which released on October 13th through Curiosity Quills Press, is available at Amazon.


Pieces of advice every writer should know
·         Let’s go on and get the clichéd bits out of the way. The best piece of advice for any writer is to WRITE. Whenever you get a chance. It doesn’t matter wha...

Fall Into Fantasy Tour: Heirs of War by @MaraValderran

Welcome to the Fall Into Fantasy Tour, where we are keeping your mind off any end-of-summer blues and welcoming the cooler weather by introducing you to some incredible fantasy reads to curl up with and giving you plenty of chances to win awesome prizes!

Week 8: The Heirs of War series
Book One: Heirs of War
Book Two: Heirs of War, Crown of Flames


Seventeen year-old Zelene has never believed in magic or been one to trust fate. Prophecies about princesses and long lost families were the stuff...

The BKMS Literacy Night Experience

A little over a month ago, my mom called on behalf of my 7th grade Language Arts teacher to ask if I'd be willing to visit my former Middle School for their annual Literacy Night Event. I'd never done one before, but it sounded like a lot of fun. I got in touch with Mr. B and we set it up.

Mr. B has always been one of the teachers I remember the most. He kept this bookshelf in his classroom, and allowed us to pick books to read. In fact... most of what I remember from his class was the reading...

Fall Into Fantasy Tour: The Daath Chronicles by @ElizaTilton

Welcome to the Fall Into Fantasy Tour, where we are keeping your mind off any end-of-summer blues and welcoming the cooler weather by introducing you to some incredible fantasy reads to curl up with and giving you plenty of chances to win awesome prizes!

Week 7: The Daath Chronicles
Book One: Broken Forest
Book Two: Wicked Path


Hopeless he’ll never be more than the boy who didn’t save his brother, 17-year-old Avikar accepts his life as the family stable boy, trying to forget the past. But when hi...

Cover Reveal: Burn Baby Burn Baby by @KevinTCraig #ya

I'm very excited to help Curiosity Quills reveal the cover for contemporary, young-adult novel Burn Baby Burn Baby, by Kevin Craig, which is due for release December 11, 2014. The cover was designed by CQ managing partner Eugene Teplitsky.

About Burn Baby Burn Baby: Seventeen-year-old Francis Fripp’s confidence is practically non-existent since his abusive father drenched him in accelerant and threw a match at him eight years ago. Now badly scarred, Francis relies on his best friend Trig to pr...

Blog Tour Stop: Charming by @KrystalWade #excerpt #giveaway

Krystal Wade is back with a spine-tingling retelling of Cinderella!

In this edge-of-your seat, tension filled retelling of Cinderella, a vengeful schizophrenic pulls sixteen-year-old Haley Tremaine into his dark world. She must make a choice: save her abusive, alcoholic father and bitter little sister and allow the only people who've treated Haley like family to die, or seek out the killer and save them all.CHARMING They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and that's great . . . as lo...