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April 2, 2013
Answers + Sworn To Raise on NetGalley
Answers to common questions I’ve been getting.
1. Sworn to Raise (Courtlight #1) comes out April 10th and I’m super excited. There’s still a chance to win a copy on through the Goodsreads Giveaway until April 20th.
2. Sworn To Raise will be able for request from NetGalley soon – so request a copy to review!
3. Casbah Guardian (Algardis #2) does not have a cover yet but I will be working with the same artist. I’m thinking this one will feature Maride. 
4. Sworn To Transfer (Courtlight #2) is up on Goodreads – add it to your To-Read section.
I hope that helps everyone and gives you something to anticipate. Now I’m off to work on some editing notes for Sworn to Raise and get the final product ready.
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March 14, 2013
Sworn to Raise coming April 10th + Another Giveaway!
Here’s a big update. I wish I could say this is going to be coming in March 2013 but I can’t. It’s not ready yet. I know plenty of people are excited with over 2,000 people entered in the Goodreads Giveaway (closes on March 15th!) and over 1,400 signed up To-Read the book.
But I’m pushing back the release of Sworn to Raise to April 10th. Sorry for the delay but I need to finish reviews of edits and work with my team to get the eBook and Print versions up for the sale on the same day.
But if you want to read it sooner you’ll be able to grab a review copy on NetGalley April 1st. Just leave a review and tell your friends.
So please be patient and sign up to receive my newsletter. You’re get an email the minute the book is up on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iTunes.
As a big thank you I’ll be giving away one paperback copy and one ebook copy of Sworn to Raise to two lucky readers in addition to my Goodreads Giveaway.
How do you enter? Leave a comment and tell me what you MOST look forward to in your fantasy reads.
Seventeen-year-old Ciardis has grown up in poverty, a cleaner in a small vale on the outskirts of the kingdom. But beneath her kingdom’s seemingly idyllic surface lies a hidden secret. Whispers of an inept crown Prince are growing ever louder—intensified by the five year anniversary of the soulbond initiations.
Amidst scandalous whispers, Ciardis finds herself chosen to train for the Companion’s Guild. She leaves her home and sets off on a personal journey to become a Court Companion. A position she’d never thought possible for a lowly servant to obtain, she must prove that she has the skills to attract a Patron.
But she must master those skills quickly. If the legends are true, only Ciardis can harness the power to raise a Prince in an Imperial Court sworn to bring him down.
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February 15, 2013
YA Author Club: Laura A. H. Elliott’s Indie Author Spotlight
#1 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Religious & Inspirational > Science Fiction & Fantasy
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Religious Fiction > Science Fiction & Fantasy
#1 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > Science Fiction & Fantasy
Join us in celebrating our friend’s success and congratulating her.
Laura A. H. Elliott
Laura A. H. Elliott, best selling author, loves writing about enchanted road trips, shadow worlds, and alien romance while eating lots of popcorn. She lives in a tree house on the central California coast. After twenty-plus years as a freelance graphic designer/animator with clients including E! Entertainment Television and The Los Angeles Times, she crossed over into the world of publishing non-fiction and followed her heart to the world of fiction. She is the author of the paranormal romance Shadow Series (also available in audiobook format), the sci-fi romance Starjump series, and stand alone literary romance novel Winnemucca, a small-town fairy tale. Her latest release is Shadow Slayer, book 2 of the Shadow Series. Moon Killers, book 3 is due out this spring. She’s also due to release her first adult title later this year. She’s happy to have been included in the new adult anthology Midnight Surrender.Blog
Amazon
Goodreads
Laura A. H. Elliott’s Books:
Winnemucca, a small-town fairy tale
13 on Halloween (Shadow Series #1) FREEAudiobook
Shadow Slayer (Shadow Series #2)Audiobook
Moon Killers (Shadow Series #3) Spring 2013
Transfer Student (Starjump Series #1)
The Seven Caves & Other Spine-Tingling Short Stories
Winnemucca a small-town fairy tale (YA literary romance)
When fear’s as blind as love, how far would you go to find your own happily ever after? One mistake will change Ginny’s life forever. One answer will set her free. Once upon a time Ginny’s road blood ripened, the day she got wise to love. Engaged to the high school quarterback, his quarter-carat ring and enchanting smile should have been enough for her. But, she stands him up and takes a walk where every step questions her happily ever after gone-bad and the fate of the mother she never knew. The mother her father refuses to talk about. Ginny fights to untangle her big, fat, lie-of-a-life on an enchanted road trip to Winnemucca, where she believes all her answers lie. To solve the riddle of her past, she must outrun everyone who wants a piece of her future–including a man determined to see she never has one.
Transfer Student (Starjump #1) (YA Sci-Fi Romance)
Two Worlds–Two Teens–One WishRhoe and Ashley would never be friends.
Even if they lived on the same planet.
But, they’ll become so much more.
They’ll transfer.
Earthling Ashley’s world revolves around winning daily popularity contests at Beverly Hills High School and surfing competitions with sweet scholarship prizes that will finally help her break free of her control-freak mother. Meanwhile on planet Retha, Rhoe misses his dad, loves his mom’s home-cooked Glechy crag with a side of ory sauce, is desperate to heal his sick brother and wants more than anything to win The Retha New Invention Competition. But Rhoe’s invention teleports him across the universe with an unintended side effect, Ashley and Rhoe transfer. They swap lives when they make the same wish at the same time.
Popular-surfer-turned-boy-geek alien Ashley must handle life on Retha as Rhoe complete with webbed feet, low-gravity, and an obsession with Yuke, all the while being hunted by Rethan spies and resenting her hairy, flat chest. Boy-geek-turned-popular-surfer Rhoe must fit in at Beverly Hills High School as Ashley, compete in The Laguna Beach Invitational without becoming shark food, dodge boys’ affections, cool his preoccupation with Tiffany and his new body, and find the healing rocks he believes will save his brother’s life.
If only it were that simple. Some wishes can’t come true. Some have to.
(THIS ENHANCED EBOOK CONTAINS LINKS TO THE MUSIC, STORIES, PHOTOS & VIDEOS THAT INSPIRED THE STORY.)
13 on Halloween (Shadow Series #1) FREE (YA paranormal romance)
Roxie has the best night of her life until the popular kids decide they want to celebrate her birthday in a way Roxie never expects––in her attic, with a gift that’s out of this world, and a pact to never tell a living soul what happens next.Twelve-year-old Roxie wants to be like Adrianne, the popular girl who gets everything she wants––a flock to prowl around the mall with; invitations to parties; and for Hayden, the cutest guy in the eighth grade to, you know, notice her. When Roxie invites all the eighth grade peacocks (code word : popular kids) to her first ever thirteenth birthday party on Halloween, they all come and give her a gift that’s literally out of this world. Roxie astral projects to Planet Popular where she becomes seventeen instantly and gets everything she’s always wanted, but nothing is as it seems. Being a high school peacock is complicated and Roxie will risk everything to be who she thinks she wants to be. Oh yeah, there’s Prom, doppelgangers, a mysterious map, and lots of bad peacocks too.
BONUS EXCERPT! Two Chapters of Shadow Slayer, Book 2 in The Shadow Series
13 on Halloween, (Shadow Series #1) is now available as an audiobook on iTunes, Audible or Amazon.
Shadow Slayer (Shadow Series #2) (YA paranormal romance)
Shadows will do anything to become human. You see their influence everyday. You say things you don’t mean or do things that aren’t like you. You look, different. Friends you’ve known forever suddenly never call.As a freshman, Roxie just wants to fit in which is impossible because she barely runs into her friends at her huge high school. Adrianne’s disappearance and Hayden’s attention rock Roxie’s world. But nothing rocks it like the most gorgeous guy at school, Drew. And nothing is more important to Roxie than astral projecting back to Planet Popular to solve the mystery of the map. But that changes when Drew invites Roxie to homecoming. Hayden warns her that something’s wrong. Why would a guy like Drew like Roxie anyway? Drew must want something. Hayden’s right. Drew is…different. Planet Popular was just the beginning. Part of a bigger world, the Shadow World. There’s a war brewing between the world of humans and the world of shadows. When the shadow invasion begins at Roxie’s high school, she’ll not only fight for her life but the lives of her family and friends, when she discovers she’s the Shadow Slayer, the one human who can save Earth from the shadow onslaught. But, Roxie can’t even kill a spider. Oh yeah, there’s an evil English teacher, an enchanted play, a sword of Sandonian steel, a homecoming of horrors, and seven magic words too. Audible (Audiobook) |iTunes
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February 13, 2013
Cover Reveal: ACCESSSION (Sarath Web #1)
I’m so delighted to share the cover with you for my upcoming novel – ACCESSION. This reveal was timed to debut with the movie BEAUTIFUL CREATURES which I’m sure you’ll agree looks like a fantastic dark fantasy film.
ACCESSION is the debut novel in the Sarath Web series, my first venture into contemporary fantasy, and told from the viewpoint of a troubled teenage witch in the Deep South.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it when it debuts in September 2013 – sign up for for my New Release Mailing List to get notice when.
With the amazing help of Xpresso Reads Blog Tours this cover reveal has been posted on 66 blogs! My thanks go out to all of them, and I hope you’ll drop by and visit their blogs:
Divergent Gryffindor
A Bibliophiles Thoughts on Books
The Readers Roundtable Young & the Restless
I’ll be releasing the official book summary of Accession soonish, but in the meantime take a look at this GORGEOUS cover!!
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But before I do that I NEED to give so much credit to my amazing cover artist. Accession was designed by the Regina Wamba of MaeIDesign. If you’re in the market, be sure to hire her!
Now, a drum roll please…
What do you think??
Be sure to add Accession to your To-Read list on Goodreads and check back here for updates. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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January 11, 2013
The YA Indie Author Club in 2013
It’s a new year and a new format for YA Indie Author Club . We’ll be rotating our weekly posts in order to spice it up at bit for our members/followers. With our new setup, we’ll alternate biweekly between our Indie Author Series and our Indie Author Spotlight.
With the biweekly Indie Author Series, we’ll continue our current mission where we write topics geared toward helping other indie authors. In the spirit of paying it forward, we’ll make a special effort to share/promote people, sites, software, etc. that make our jobs a little easier. Whenever possible, we’ll provide coupon or referral codes for discounted services from the people we depend on to help us with our writing, editing, book covers, marketing, etc.
With the Indie Author Spotlight, we’ll be interviewing a new indie author every other week. You’ll want to visit the YA Indie Author Club Sponsor’s sites in order to participate in any potential giveaways.
Below, you’ll find the tentative schedule for 2013. We’re looking forward to your visits, comments, and support.
2013 Topics (subject to change) :
January
1/4/1 3 – Resolutions
1/11/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Introduction To The New Indie Author Series
1/18/1 3 – Spot Light: Laura A. H. Elliott
1/25/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Kindle/Amazon (All In or Diversify)
February
2/1/1 3 – Spotlight: Bryna Butler
2/8/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Nook/Barnes & Noble (What’s B&N Done For You Lately)
2/15/1 3 – Spotlight: Suzy Turner
2/22/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Smashwords/All Other E-book Sites (Are They Worth It)
March
3/1/1 3 – Spotlight: T. R. Graves
3/8/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Author Page (Basics and Bonuses)
3/15/1 3 – Spotlight: Rachel Coles
3/22/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Goodreads (What’s Good & What’s Not)
3/29/1 3 – Spotlight: K. C. Blake
April
4/5/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Formatting (Challenges & Achievements)
4/12/1 3 – Spotlight: Melissa Pearl
4/19/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Editing (Testimonials & Warnings)
4/26/1 3 – Spotlight: Terah Edun
May
5/3/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Keywords & Tags (Making them Work)
5/10/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
5/17/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Categorizing Your Book (Finding Your Audience)
5/24/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
5/31/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Book Length (How Many Pages)
June
6/7/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
6/14/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Pricing (How To Decide)
6/21/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
6/28/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Distribution Lists (Books/Blogs/Emails)
July
7/5/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
7/12/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Social Media (What Works)
7/19/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
7/26/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Blogging (Do’s & Don’ts)
August
8/2/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
8/9/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Giveaways (Tricks and Techniques) + A Massive Indie Author Giveaway In Honor Of The Topic
8/16/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
8/23/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Facebook (Family Page or Fan Page)
8/30/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
September
9/6/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Twitter (Keep It Simple OR Get As Many Followers As You Can)
9/13/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
9/20/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Pinterest (Getting It To Work For You)
9/27/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
October
10/4/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Giving Books Away (To Free Or Not To Free)
10/11/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
10/18/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Reviews (Getting Them & What To Do With Them)
10/25/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
November
11/1/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Writing (Point Of View & Tense)
11/8/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
11/15/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Querying (Pitch & Summary)
11/22/1 3 – Spotlight Or Book Tour: (Looking for Author/Release/Book Tour)
11/29/1 3 – OFF
December
12/6/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Sagas (Series Or Not)
12/13/1 3 – Indie Author Series: Shelfari (Character Description Benefits)
12/20/1 3 – OFF
12/27/1 3 – OFF
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January 5, 2013
Goals for 2013
Primary Goal: Become A Better Writer
More Specific Goals:
A) Build An Author Brand with two YA Epic Fantasy Series and one YA Contemporary Fantasy Series. I want to keep increasing a diverse portfolio which will entice my readers and give people a choice of goodies.
B) Interact more on different sites including Pinterest, Goodreads & Wattpad.
ALGARDIS SERIES
RED MADRASSA, the first book in my first YA Epic Fantasy series, ALGARDIS, was published in November 2012. If all goes well CASBAH GUARDIAN (Book 2) will be published in May 2013 and GREEN NOOR (Book 3) will be published in November 2013.
COURTLIGHT SERIES
SWORN TO RAISE, the first book in my second YA Epic Fantasy series, COURTLIGHT, will be published in March 2013. The Courtlight series is a companion series to the ALGARDIS series and can be read in conjunction with those novels. SWORN TO TRANSFER (Book 2) will be published in July 2013.
SARATH WEB SERIES
ACCESSION, the first book in my debut YA Contemporary Fantasy series, SARATH WEB, will be published in September 2013. INDUCTION (Book 2) will be published in January 2014 and CORONATION (Book 3) will be published in May 2014. Cover reveal for ACCESSION on 02/13/13!
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January 3, 2013
The Official Red Madrassa Tour
February 11th is the start of the OFFICIAL Red Madrassa blog tour! I’ll be stopping by on different blogs all month long and I’m really excited for the giveaways!
Look below for all the dates! Thanks to all the bloggers who graciously signed up!
At each stop you’ll have the chance to win a copy of the Snow White and the Huntsman DVD, 5 eBook copies of Red Madrassa and a $25 Amazon gift card!
February 11th TOUR KICK-OFF
February 12th
Book Blast - Multiple Blogs
February 13th
Books Beside My Bedside
Lori’s Reading Corner
February 14th
Jessabella Reads
Froze8
February 15th
Taylor Made Fiction
Draumr Kopa
February 16th
Debbie’s Inkspection
Night Owl Reads
February 17th
Under the Hat
Lovely Reads
February 18th
Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews
Cuzinlogic
February 19th
The Book Diva’s Reads
Blkosiner’s Book Blog
February 20th
GeoLibrarian
LDS & Lovin’ It
February 21st
On Starships and Dragonwings
Sarah Ballance
February 22nd
The Reading Diaries
Promiscuous Diva
February 23rd
Parsimonious Posh
Starry Night Book Reviews
February 24th
A Bit of Dash
Witchmag’s Boekenplank
February 25th
Reader Girls
February 26th
Fiction Predictions
February 27th
StoreyBook Review
February 28th
Publishing the Paranormal
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December 31, 2012
The Next Big Thing
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Writer T.W. Piperbrook tagged me for “The Next Big Thing.” His post-apocalyptic fiction with infected human zombies, including Contamination: Book Zero St. Matthews and Contamination: Book One The Onset, can be found on Amazon and other online retailers, and we hope to see his third novel sometime in February 2013.
1) What is the working title of your current/next book? Sworn to Raise
2) Where did the idea come from? The book is actually a prequel to my young adult fantasy novel, Red Madrassa. As Red Madrassa was being published a new book series came nudging into my mind – a series that focused solely on a smart, sassy and brilliant young woman who could save her kingdom. Rather than a sequel to Red Madrassa, this book called Sworn to Raise, is the companion to it. It’s a bigger book, early readers say it’s a better book, and it’s just about ready to share with you.
4) What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition? Hmm, I like this question. I can only think of one for now and that would definitely be Selena Gomez playing the part of my main character Ciardis Vane, who is a gypsy cleaner turned Princess Companion of Hispanic descent.
5) What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book? A young woman who never thought she could go beyond her small town is chosen for the Companion’s Court and learns that only she can raise a Prince before an Imperial Court sworn to bring him down.
6) Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency? Self-published. My first book was self-published in November 2012 and it’s doing really well. I love the freedom of setting my own publishing schedule, choosing the cover art, and uploading to Amazon. The first sale notification is like Nirvana.
7) How long did it take you to write the first draft? Depends – my first book took a year. This next one is taking half of that.
8) What other books would you compare this story to within your genre? I think the Courtlight series is most like Michelle Sagara’s Chronicle of Elantra series and Kristine Cashore’ Graceling series.
Happy New Years!
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December 28, 2012
Cover Reveal: SWORN TO RAISE (Courtlight #1)
It’s finally here: the big cover reveal for Sworn to Raise! I’m so thrilled to share this cover with you. Sworn to Raise is the debut novel in the Courtlight series, a companion series to my Algardis books, the first of which is Red Madrassa.
Sworn to Raise will be released in March 2013 – sign up for for my New Release Mailing List to get notice when.
With the amazing help of Xpresso Reads Blog Tours this cover reveal has been posted on a 102 blogs! My thanks go out to all of them, and I hope you’ll drop by and visit their blogs:
Bibliophiles Thoughts On Books
I can’t thank everyone enough for supporting me and the amazing teens of my world! Now…onto the reveal. First, let’s check out the blurb for Sworn to Raise:
SWORN TO RAISE (Courtlight Series, Book One)
Seventeen-year-old Ciardis has grown up in poverty, a cleaner in a small vale on the outskirts of the kingdom. But beneath her kingdom’s seemingly idyllic surface lies a hidden secret. Whispers of an inept crown Prince are growing ever louder—intensified by the five year anniversary of the soulbond initiations.
Amidst scandalous whispers, Ciardis finds herself chosen to train for the Companion’s Guild. She leaves her home and sets off on a personal journey to become a Court Companion. A position she’d never thought possible for a lowly servant to obtain, she must prove that she has the skills to attract a Patron.
But she must master those skills quickly. If the legends are true, only Ciardis can harness the power to raise a Prince in an Imperial Court sworn to bring him down.
This sensational series debut melds intricate storylines with remarkable characters and unforgettable magic. Sworn To Raise is ideal for fans of Kristin Cashore, Michelle Sagara, and Maria Snyder.
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And now, the cover reveal. But before I do I NEED to give so much credit to my amazing cover artist. Sworn to Raise was designed by the brilliant Kalen O’Donnell. If you’re in the market, be sure to hire her! Now, a drum roll please…
What do you think??
Be sure to add Sworn to Raise to your To-Read list on Goodreads and check back here for updates. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Get Sworn to Raise BEFORE everyone else – fund the Kickstarter today!
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December 17, 2012
A Printed Red Madrassa
** Red Madrassa is FREE on Amazon from December 15th – 17th! Click here to grab a copy or order a PRINT version for your holiday reading.**
Earlier last week I got the proof version of Red Madrassa in the mail. When I say *I* I mean my mother got the print version and my best friend sent me pictures of it by email. 
True love there. I’ll be able to hold it in my hands this week when I fly back from South Sudan and I can’t wait.
But for now here is what it looks like. I’m VERY pleased and will be shipping out two copies to the winners of my Goodreads contest as soon as I can get home and autograph them.
The paper is a lovely cream color, and the nice touches such as the chapter headings, illustrations and formatting are courtesy of the lovely team at Streetlight Graphics.
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