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June 17, 2013
Tirade on a Monday
I’m still in the process of converting this blog and all posts over to Blogger, but you can still go over there and follow me here. I’ll be posting over there from now on so if you want to get in on the giveaway you need to go to the new site.
I want to apologize to all the new people who followed and liked this blog. I didn’t figure all this frustrating stuff until just yesterday, so again I do apologize, but my new site will have a lot more to it than this one ever could. I had already been planning about switching over, this just caused it to happen faster than I’d planed, haha. My new site is still going to be called “Giles Fine Arts” so don’t worry about remembering another name. I hope I didn’t inconvenience anyone by doing this, and I hope you all switch over to continue following me and supporting me in this rough journey of mine. And of course I hope you switch over to catch the blog tour & giveaway I’m having for Ensuing Darkness!
You all are amazing and I love you!
~Sabrina Giles
June 16, 2013
Blog Tour for Ensuing Darkness!!!! ^_^
YOU’RE INVITED!!!!
My first blog tour ever and I’m excited to get this going! I have some great bloggers participating, but if you’d like to join in the fun, I’m still accepting offers!
You are definitely not going to be disappointed in this tour, because we have some great stuff for you! Not only are we going to be giving away a free copy of Ensuing Darkness (in whatever ebook format you desire) at each stop along the tour, but you’ll also get reviews, guest posts, character interviews, and an author interview!
I hope you’re as stoked about this as I am and I hope to see you there! Here’s the schedule as it stands today:
June 24th
Excerpt/Spotlight: MEEEEE!!!!!!!YAY!!!
Review: http://paranormalbookfairy.blogspot.com/
June 25th
Review: http://www.kdhreviews.com
June 26th
Character Interview: http://caedyslibrary.blogspot.com
June 27th
Author Interview: http://ryanspopculturethoughts.blogspot.com/
Guest Post: http://livingforthebooks.blogspot.com/
June 28th
Guest Post: http://caedyslibrary.blogspot.com
June 29th
Author Interview: http://threeblankpages.blogspot.com/
June 30th
Excerpt/Spotlight: http://bianca2b.wordpress.com
Review: http://caedyslibrary.blogspot.com
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June 11, 2013
Catch Up & A Tirade for Tuesday
Sabrina Giles.I’m back and better than every guys, and I’ve got some stories up my sleeve I think you’re gonna like. They are all currently works-in-progress, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to keep them to myself ’til they’re done. The one you’re more than likely going to see the most of is Red Rebel Diaries , a short story series about a rough & tough country girl named Georgia Skye and her crazy life in a small town in Kentucky. She’s wild, she’s crazy, she’s sarcastic, and when her world starts changing around her she’s forced to either change for the better or leave. Now, my other story, or should I say stories, all involve the new race I’ve developed. This one race and what they do is going to provide me with books and series for years and years to come. The possibilities are endless! My Luminites are gonna rock your socks off! I will be give you some sneak peaks on them and their first story between now and by the time the book is ready.
Now for the Tirade:
My car is messing up. I am so sooooo thankful it didn’t break down on my way to or my way back from visiting my husband in MS this weekend. I’m guessing it’s the clutch or something to do with the clutch because there is no resistance in the clutch pedal and the stick won’t let me go into any gears at all. It was that, and the fact that yesterday when I was so extremely exhausted I could not for the life of me find a dang Starbucks!!! I drove six hours on 4 hours of sleep on absolutely no coffee and it was killing me.
May 30, 2013
Work, Work, Work
Hey guys, this is just a quick post before I head off to work.
I just got a new job and it seems it and everything else I already had on my plate is making it harder for me to work writing into my schedule. Haha, I guess I still haven’t gotten to the point where I become one of those sleepless writers yet. 
Yeah, I still love my sleep a little too much right now (gotta look good for the new job right?), but don’t worry, I’ll get over it. ;P
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that my Blog Tour to celebrate Ensuing Darkness’ new cover is in the final stages of being set up and will start on June 24th! Yaaaaayyyy!
I still have a few spots open, so anyone who’s interested in participating can just leave a comment below or hit me up at my email: alexiscain20 [at] outlook [dot] com!
Okay gotta split! See ya later! Stay calm and write on!
~Alexis -_^
Filed under: Ensuing Darkness Tagged: Art, Bee Movie, Ben Stiller, Directories, Madagascar, Mailing Lists, Writers Resources, writing
Work, Work, Work
I just got a new job and it seems it and everything else I already had on my plate is making it harder for me to work writing into my schedule. Haha, I guess I still haven’t gotten to the point where I become one of those sleepless writers yet.
Yeah, I still love my sleep a little too much right now (gotta look good for the new job right?), but don’t worry, I’ll get over it. ;PAnyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that my Blog Tour to celebrate Ensuing Darkness’ new cover is in the final stages of being set up and will start on June 24th! Yaaaaayyyy!
I still have a few spots open, so anyone who’s interested in participating can just leave a comment below or hit me up at my email: alexiscain20 [at] outlook [dot] com!
Okay gotta split! See ya later! Stay calm and write on!
~Alexis -_^
May 28, 2013
Ensuing Darkness: Cover Revamped
Okay, so here’s the pictures I took when I got the proof copy of “Ensuing Darkness” with the new cover! Isn’t it gorgeous? It looks soooooo much better than I thought it would 
! Enjoy!
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Ensuing Darkness: Cover Revamped
! Enjoy!
May 23, 2013
A Challenge, Blog Tour, and a Giveaway! Oh My!
Everyone likes free stuff, right? RIGHT??!! Good, I’m glad you agree because here are a few things going on right now and a few starting soon.
For “Ensuing Darkness” (Print Copies Only)
~On-going~
Challenge: Get five people to purchase “Ensuing Darkness”, and YOU win a free copy of its upcoming sequel “Currently Untitled” for free!
Directions for Proof: You and your five buyers must take a serious/funny/wacky picture with “Ensuing Darkness” and send them in a private message to me on my Facebook page Alexis Cain Books. Also tell me the dates of each purchase so I can check for validation.
Blog Tour for Ensuing Darkness
~No Dates Yet~Sign-ups are open~
Giveaway for Signed Hex Hall Series!!!
That’s right! You could win the ENTIRE series of Hex Hall. SIGNED!!!
What do you have to do to have a chance at this amazing opportunity? Just click here.
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May 20, 2013
New & and Improved Cover Revealed!
Ensuing Darkness revamped!
We were completely broke when we made E.D.’s first cover, and Roibien worked hard on it, but it still wasn’t as good as we’d hoped it would be. Mostly due to the fact that we used a free photo that didn’t start out at the right resolution, even after we changed the dpi it still turned out a little muddled. Still, we decided this was going to be my test book, to see how it would do out in the world and what all we could do with it.
And I’ve got to say, I’m lovin’ this new look! I mean look at it! Completely fits the book 100% better than the first one. I was going to wait to post this until it was up on all it’s channels, but I got tired of waiting on Barnes & Noble sooo 
.
Anyway, I also took the liberty of sprucing up the excerpt on the back cover. When I wrote it the first time I wasn’t really sure what I was doing, and was scared of revealing too much accidentally, that I actually didn’t reveal enough. Remember, this is the test book, but now I’m pretty sure I’ve got all this down. Now all I have to work on is the marketing side of it…. this should be fun o.O (I’m having a little trouble balancing a healthy “real world” life and “writing world” life.).
Also, to celebrate this new cover, I’m setting up a blog tour! No dates as of yet because I’m still accepting blogs to the list, but I’ll let you know when this is going down soon!
The new & revamped excerpt is as follows:
The small town of Maxville, Colorado is harboring more secrets than Kota Riley ever imagined.
Hunting, partying, and hanging with the guys has made up the most of her simple life, but as she nears the end of her time in Maxville High, she finds herself in want of something more. Something new. Unfortunately for her, she gets her wish the beginning of senior year when a whole slew of new faces come Waltzing into her life. Literally.
The Peters are a family of professional ballroom dancers, deciding to descend upon Maxville and take their most talented to a series of competitions from California and then hopefully to Italy. Unbeknownst to Kota, however, is that this is just their cover. The family’s dark secrets are the real reason behind their arrival, and their mission:
Stay under enemy radar
Gather the information
Make the switch
Get out undetected
It would have been a success, but when their two youngest get mixed up in a taboo romance with Kota and her best friend Sue, things get nasty for everyone.
Driven by boredom and the disturbing effect the mysterious Peters have on her, Kota starts pushing her way into their secrets without hesitation. She soon finds herself surrounded by everything she never knew existed and the blame is all on her when she risks the safety of her friends and family to discover a truth she was never supposed to see.
Well, I hope you like E.D.’s new look! I’m planning on having the tour sometime in June, but I’ll let you know the specifics when I get the list and details sorted out. You wanna be a part of this awesome tour? Just hit me up and we can work it out! I’ll also be having a giveaway on each stop of the tour too, so stay tuned!
Write on!
~Alexis
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Ballroom dance, California, Colorado, Cover version, Italy, Kota, Peter, Waltz
New & and Improved Cover Revealed!
We were completely broke when we made E.D.’s first cover, and Roibien worked hard on it, but it still wasn’t as good as we’d hoped it would be. Mostly due to the fact that we used a free photo that didn’t start out at the right resolution, even after we changed the dpi it still turned out a little muddled. Still, we decided this was going to be my test book, to see how it would do out in the world and what all we could do with it.
And I’ve got to say, I’m lovin’ this new look! I mean look at it! Completely fits the book 100% better than the first one. I was going to wait to post this until it was up on all it’s channels, but I got tired of waiting on Barnes & Noble sooo
.Anyway, I also took the liberty of sprucing up the excerpt on the back cover. When I wrote it the first time I wasn’t really sure what I was doing, and was scared of revealing too much accidentally, that I actually didn’t reveal enough. Remember, this is the test book, but now I’m pretty sure I’ve got all this down. Now all I have to work on is the marketing side of it…. this should be fun o.O (I’m having a little trouble balancing a healthy “real world” life and “writing world” life.).
Also, to celebrate this new cover, I’m setting up a blog tour! No dates as of yet because I’m still accepting blogs to the list, but I’ll let you know when this is going down soon!
The new & revamped excerpt is as follows:
The small town of Maxville, Colorado is harboring more secrets than Kota Riley ever imagined.
Hunting, partying, and hanging with the guys has made up the most of her simple life, but as she nears the end of her time in Maxville High, she finds herself in want of something more. Something new. Unfortunately for her, she gets her wish the beginning of senior year when a whole slew of new faces come Waltzing into her life. Literally.The Peters are a family of professional ballroom dancers, deciding to descend upon Maxville and take their most talented to a series of competitions from California and then hopefully to Italy. Unbeknownst to Kota, however, is that this is just their cover. The family’s dark secrets are the real reason behind their arrival, and their mission:Stay under enemy radarGather the informationMake the switchGet out undetectedIt would have been a success, but when their two youngest get mixed up in a taboo romance with Kota and her best friend Sue, things get nasty for everyone.Driven by boredom and the disturbing effect the mysterious Peters have on her, Kota starts pushing her way into their secrets without hesitation. She soon finds herself surrounded by everything she never knew existed and the blame is all on her when she risks the safety of her friends and family to discover a truth she was never supposed to see.Well, I hope you like E.D.’s new look! I’m planning on having the tour sometime in June, but I’ll let you know the specifics when I get the list and details sorted out. You wanna be a part of this awesome tour? Just hit me up and we can work it out! I’ll also be having a giveaway on each stop of the tour too, so stay tuned!Write on!~Alexis
