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The incredible Amy Plum blurbs BROKEN!!

Well folks, I think I died of happiness for a couple seconds on Sunday morning. One of my biggest book world heroes, Amy Plum (picture below with her books Die for Me and Until I Die being held by some pretty famous hotties), read and blurbed BROKEN!! SQUEE!!

 My favorite line? This. Definitely THIS:

Death, kissing, and a smoking hot mystery boy in a hoodie: what more could you ask for?
Amy Plum, internationally bestselling author of the DIE FOR ME trilogy
*dies again* *revives and wipes hap...

TEASER TUESDAY: BROKEN snippet

I know, I know. It's been a couple weeks since I posted a teaser. Go ahead and waggle a finger at me. *hangs head.* *pokes toe in rug*

I've posted a few teasers of BROKEN, from sassy to sweet. There were ones all over on the cover reveal day.

Of all the teasers I've ferreted out of that book, I think this maybe be my favorite. This is the moment Emma realizes something isn't quite right with Alex. And we know from the summary there is a lot that isn't right with him, with them, and what I do to...

Poetry for poetry's sake

MOONLIGHT

Your soft whispers
are the waves’ voicespraying on the rocks.The sparkle in your eyesis silver moonlighton the sea.Your chest to which I press my cheek,is summer sand-and your loveis found on the salty breeze.Far gone…We kissed goodbye,but never touched,I reached out a handand grasped only mist.

Cross post: Thursday writing prompt

OMG After last week, and the sudden rash of edits I've brought on myself, I'm feeling pretty tapped out. Do you ever get like that? You know our brain is there, because your body is functioning, you're thinking about stuff, but no matter how much poking, prodding, or pleading it doesn't brings about anything useful.

This happened right in the middle of me deciding Screw it, I'm going to write what I want. I had one of those moments at the inception of BROKEN. I was having it again, and it was...

BROKEN ARC contests & TEASER TUESDAY

I don't think I will ever tire of posting that picture. *sigh* It's just so PERFECT. Trust me, when y'all read it, you will get to a certain point and TOTALLY GET IT ^_^

But, this is more of an update post than a 'Lookit me I have a pretty' post. With the cover revel last week, some mighty fine bloggers launched contests to win ARCs of BROKEN. Are you interested? Want your mitts on a hot-off-the-press copy before most everyone else? Here's a list of the lovely bloggers hosting:

DOWN THE RABBIT...

New post on Old Things

Edits are done with BROKEN, at least the first round. I'm hesitant to jump into my SecretBook until I know what's going on with further edits. The voices are so different, and I don't want to muddle things, so I opened up my favorite YA and started reading yesterday.

Is it sad to admit I got sucked in? I mean, I wrote it, I know what happens. The tension is high from the start, pace is a tight. It's a darker, more vicious world than BROKEN. To compare the two is like comparing apples to orange...

BROKEN's COVER REVEAL

Isn't it gorgeous??

This is almost perfectly ripped right from a scene in the book. Emma, her dress, the cemetery... I know it wasn't planned that way, but it couldn't be more perfect. It's like the artist  Steven Wood reached into my brain and plucked it out for y'all to see. Eerie, and beautiful! And look at that title!! I friggin love how the artist worked into the cemetery gate! LOVE IT *happy sigh*

And the blurb by Trinity? *dies of the happy*

"Hauntingly beautiful, achingly romantic,...

TEASER TUESDAY: BROKEN "Villainous things"

Well, I am in edits, and having fun remembering the tingly chemistry between Alex and Emma. Scenes pop up and I think, "Aww, I remember this one!" Seeing as I just hit this little tidbit, one of my favorites, I figured I would share it with y'all...



“You’re not,” I stress, “required to open my locker for me, y’know.”He pauses, cold light hitting the planes of his face. “You’re right. I’m not. But I feel like I should be.”“Helping a damsel in distress?” I tease.“Don’t talk like that!” His smile...

TEASER TUESDAY: BROKEN lunchroom snippet

Credit for the photo Seeing as I'm editing, and just hit this scene, I thought it would be fun to share. This gives you a good feeling for Emma and her friends at Shelley High...
Unedited excerpt from BROKEN:
“Wassup, Em?” asks Bree’s friend Jason Weller, pretty in a not-interesting way, and normally the leading male role in any Shelley High theater production. “You going to the dance this weekend? I hear Bree has some kickass costumes picked out for you guys.”“I don’t know.” I turn it aro...

TEASER TUESDAY: BROKEN but sassy

Emma's heart might be broken in the beginning, her soul may have been gouged by loss, but it didn't affect her whit or her sharp tongue when a snappy comeback is in order...

Unedited excerpt from BROKEN releasing in January from Strange Chemistry:


Catching sight of Bree, all in blues and pinks, I hustle to cross the street. Brakes squeal, and Josh Mason lays on the horn when his crappy Z-28 nearly sideswipes me. He shoves his head out the window and yells something less than nice about me being...