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YA Paranormal Giveaway Hop

Hey friends! I'm so excited to participate in my very first blog hop. I hope I don't mess anything up! Please enter my giveaway through ...

$10 Gift Card and Teen Fury: Unleashed ebook

Fool For Books Giveaway Hop



Thanks for hopping by! I'm excited to join in on this fabulous blog hop/giveaway.

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New Adult Paranormal Romance :)

I'm so excited to announce that my new book--a New Adult Paranormal Romance--is now available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords! I hope you'll check it out!
Here's the description:

What she wanted: A night away from the stress of a full-time job, grad school, and helping to care for her 18-year-old autistic sister. Oh, and a cure for her clumsiness and out of control curls would be nice.

What she got: An attempted kidnapping, a strange realm filled with mystical creatures, and a stranger telling her he held a dictate with fine print she preferred not to read. Marry this guy and conceive a magical heir? Ha! Not likely.

What he wanted: An obedient woman, for starters. The contract was never his idea, but the fate of his world depended on their compliance.

What he got: The impossible task of training a too-spirited woman to channel her deep power. A sassy mortal who can’t comprehend the lengths this powerful canine shape-shifter will go to protect the ones he holds dear.

Will they find the middle ground before they violate The Immortal Contract?

Here are the links:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/17wESIG
B&N: http://bit.ly/1gOMGs9
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1bxYJq0

Thanks for checking it out!
xoxo,
Amanda :)

Multi-author event! :)

Hey friends! I'll be signing my Teen Fury books at the Used Book Superstore in Danvers, MA this Saturday (August 17th) from 2-4! Please stop by to say hi! I'll be hanging with some amazing authors who will also be signing their books. Marissa Doyle, Lena Goldfinch, Lyn Stanzione, Shirley Ann Howard, and CC Beechum. Please help pass the word. Things might get a little crazy there- come see for yourself! We'll also be giving all visitors a raffle ticket toward a reader's basket! :) Hope to see you there! Xoxo

Free YA! :)

So excited to let you know that the first book in my Teen Fury trilogy (Teen Fury: Unleashed) is currently FREE on Amazon! Please, please let your friends know. All downloads would be appreciated! Thank you! ♥
http://www.amazon.com/Teen-Fury-Unlea...

I hope you're all having the best spring ever.

Xoxo,
~Amanda :)
www.amandatorrey.com

New cover!

I'm so excited to share my new, revamped cover for Teen Fury: Unleashed! I hope you like it! I also added the cover to the second book in the trilogy, which should be available in the next week. Please check them out here on Goodreads.

Oh, and I'm participating in a Blog Hop/Giveaway on my website/blog. Please visit so you can enter to win! Just go to www.amandatorrey.com for details.

Hope you're all having a fabulous spring so far! I'm still waiting for it to feel like spring here in Massachusetts.

Thanks,

~Amanda :)
PS- I got new puppies! They are tons of work, but so, so fun! If you'd like to see pictures of them, go visit my Facebook page (Author Amanda Torrey is my profile page, or you can "like" my Amanda Torrey page.) You can get to my FB page through my website, too.

Random Acts of Kindness Week!

This is going to be very quick because I have to get to an appointment with a personal trainer at the gym (ughhhhh- but no worries, it's just to show me how to work the new machines.)

BUT- it's Random Acts of Kindness Week, and I have always loved RAOK. :) So come celebrate with me at my FB page! Please? There will be lots of randomness, including gifts. Ten minutes ago I randomly selected someone to win a $5 Amazon gift card. Who knows what will be next? I can't wait to make people smile.

So come on over and join the fun. Here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amanda-...

Hope to see you there!

xoxo,
~Amanda :)
www.amandatorrey.com

Blizzard, Facebook, Giveaway, Oh My!

I am the most unreliable blogger EVER. In my defense, though, things around here have been hectic. My website is becoming more developed (www.amandatorrey.com- check it out!), I'm thisclose to completing Book 2 in the Teen Fury trilogy, and have been busy with promotional things like Goodreads giveaways and building a Facebook page (separate from my profile- this is a new "like" page.)

I'd love for you to join me over there. The link is: www.facebook.com/pages/Amanda-Torrey/...

And now we're expecting a blizzard here in New England. Which means I'll be snowed in with books, board games, excited kids, and hot tea and cocoa! I'm actually pretty excited about this! :)

How do you prepare for a storm? Do you love snow or hate it?

Contest! Contest!

Want a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon, B&N, or any other ebook retailer? Just for being you?

No purchase necessary, and you don't have to read the book to enter. (Not that I'm trying to discourage anyone!)

Simply follow the link, send me a brief email via the "contact me" link on my website (be sure to include your name and email address) and you'll be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your choice of another ebook retailer.

And if you'd like an extra entry, you can help me promote my book in some way (tell a friend, post on Facebook, tweet about it, write a review, whatever!) Just tell me what you did (by following the same "contact me" link) and I'll put you in for an extra chance to win.

The contest ends on February 14th. One entry per person, and one additional entry for every promotional thing you do for my book. (I'm not above bribery! This means if you promote my book in five different ways, you get five additional entries!)

If you've already entered, you don't have to enter again (unless you want the bonus opportunity, of course.) Good luck!

http://bit.ly/VnhG4S

Wreck It Ralph

My kids and I just returned from (finally) seeing Wreck It Ralph. Since the kids are homeschooled, we often take advantage of Tuesday morning movies when it only costs six bucks each. It's nice to have the theater to ourselves, too!

I thought the movie was adorable, as are most Disney movies. It definitely had a few teary-eyed, sugary sweet moments, and the character arc was wonderful.

One of the things I love best about movies is examining the story arc. I adore comparing a movie storyline to how a book is conceived and written, and I love the moment when you don't necessarily know what's going to happen, but you think to yourself, "Hey, they had a seemingly benign scene early on with this particular device, how is it going to come into play later?" And then when the moment happens and something from that very scene comes into play to save the day, you feel a little like a genius for recognizing that the seed had been planted.

I get that same feeling when writing sometimes. A scene or particular scenario will creep into my story, and I will have no idea why. Then later it hits me- that scene was necessary to set the stage for bigger things to happen. And they all begin with something that seems rather useless at the time.

So what do you think? Is our subconscious just smarter than we are? Sometimes I think so!