Emily Mitchell's Blog, page 2

No, no, it's me, not Jack Sparrow.

All I've wanted for three years now is a new strand of pearls. Real pearls. Something to make me feel elegant. 
Not like the strand I bought at Walmart when I was 19 (that I still have). But hey, who knew that $5 investment would last over 7 years? I certainly didn't.  But you know what my sweet husband bought me for Christmas? Yup. You guessed it.
Pens. Multi-colored clicky pens. 
And a sparkling, shiny perfectly polished strand of pearls. Every southern girl's dream! Oh, I...

Get it for FREE!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is my pleasure to announce that starting tomorrow, April 5th, you can download The Acquisition on your Kindle for FREE!
No, you read it right. For Free!
But this promotion only lasts until Saturday, so that only leaves TWO DAYS to take advantage of this deal.

The reason for this deal is because I've made some pretty major edits to it, and I'd love for those that already purchased the book to read the changes without having to purchase it all over aga...

Let's talk about the elephant in the room.

Truth be told, I don't have anything too profound to blog about about, except that I'm totally stoked about my new book. I've waited over a year for this one! Great series. I prefer this to the original, but that's just my opinion. 
Anyway, I just wanted to show off my new friend. The best part of this picture is that he's smiling too. Sort of. 
I bet he likes my shirt.

Also, a big announcement will be made about The Acquisition sometime this week!

Book recommendation: THE SELECTION

Time for another stellar book recommendation. I was reluctant to pick this title up when I first heard about it (which was only about a month ago - thanks Cindy Hale for asking me if I'd heard of it!), and for good reason. At least, it was a good reason in my opinion. 
See, a couple of years ago, I started a manuscript titled THE NEXT PRINCESS. I was in such a fairy tale mood at the time that I decided to write my own version of a fairy tale. I created my own country/world that was led by...

Birthdays

In order to raise birthday awareness (mine of course), I'm going to briefly mention one of the BEST birthdays ever. 
I said briefly.
*I was living in Las Vegas doing my student teaching. I only knew one person in the giant city.Brooke, you totally saved me that semester. I am still indebted to you!
*I was SICK AS A DOG. One of the worst illnesses I'd ever had. And it lasted well over a month.
*Planning a wedding 2000 miles from home and 800 miles from my main squeeze was so emotionally taxin...

New Manuscript

I can't give away too many details, but here are just a few insights into my next project.


Lila Watson is the most talented Advanced Mind there is, but no one can ever know.
Russell Watson is also an Advanced Mind, but he has nothing on his sister.
When their parents are kidnapped, they have seven days to find them.
Can their Advanced Minds solve this mystery before their week-long deadline without Lila's talents being discovered?



More to come!

Frustration < Hope

I woke up this morning feeling so...
Dejected.
I felt like a failure. I've been trying for THREE YEARS to achieve my dream of getting published, and I'm really not any closer than I was when I started.
Ever feel like that? Not specifically about failing to get an agent to help you impress editors and publishers and make a living doing something you love, but working SO HARD for YEARS and not really getting any closer? But as I was leaving for school this morning, I looked at my sweet husband and...

My Poor Mother

Every year on February 27th, my thoughts tend to linger on one person. My mom, whom I affectionately refer to as Moth-er. After all, that's how it's spelled.
No, today isn't her birthday, anniversary, or even my birthday. It's because today is the day I was supposed to grace this earth with my presence twenty-six years ago. Apparently I was having just a peachy time inside my mama's pregnant belly because I didn't make my grand entrance until March 20th!
But the really scary part is that S...

Tigers and tigers and tigers! Oh my!

When I decided to start a blog, my original intent was to promote my own writing and the writing of authors I've grown to love. While I've obviously promoted my own, I have yet to promote another author. I kept thinking, "One day I'll get around to it, but it is not this day."(Just a little Aragorn reference.)
Well, folks, today it IS that day. 
It is my pleasure to introduce to you the author of the Tiger Curse series Mrs. Colleen Houck!

This is the first book in a series of four (so far...

Celebrities and Walmart

I keep seeing NutriSystem commercials with Marie Osmond bragging about fitting into a costume she wore when she was 18. Everytime the commercial shows her prancing around in said costume, I think, "She really is much smaller when you see her in person."
No, I haven't paid hundreds of dollars to fly to Vegas and see her show. No, I don't have connections to her home teacher in Utah. My story is even better.
I went to Walmart.
In 2009 I did my student teaching in Henderson, NV, a community just o...