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RESONANCE is now available for purchase

Get your copy today! Resonance, Book 2 of the Recovery Series. Available on Amazon

RESONANCE due out October 16

Just wanted to let everybody know that Resonance, Book 2 of the Recovery Series, is coming out on October 16! It directly follows Embassy, picking up the story right as Arman and Co. are arriving to Undil after visiting Belvun, and continues from there!

CLICK HERE to add it on Goodreads!

It will be available through Amazon.com and other online retailers.

Pittsburgh Book Signing

My Pittsburgh book signing will be on October 11 and 12, from 12-4 p.m. on both days, at Delanie's Coffee in the Southside! Come on out and buy a signed copy of EMBASSY, chat with me, take a selfie, whatever you want!

Copies will be sold for $10.00

See you there!

Newest Edition of EMBASSY is Now Available

I spent the last three months enhancing, adding to, and revising the freshest draft of EMBASSY based off of reader reactions and literary agent suggestions...AND NOW IT'S AVAILABLE.

Additions include:

--new prologue

--deeper characterization for all major characters

--enhanced world-building

--individual calendars for each planet (because one day on Undil is different than on Belvun, etc)

--diversification of the planets according to age of each planet's society (younger civilizations are less technologically-developed than older civilizations), which allows for a wide range of tech to be seen on different planets

and of course...

--more easter eggs! (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and more)

So go and grab your copy of EMBASSY. I'm hard at work on the sequel!

The Alphabet Story Writing Contest

I'm starting a new weekly contest series. Every Saturday and Sunday, (beginning on Friday nights), I will feature a new creative writing contest with various prizes!

This weekend is the ALPHABET STORY contest. Should be a fun one! It's nice and simple. Here is the prompt and guidelines:

--Write a story with at least 26 words. It can be any genre, of any format (narrative, dialogue, instruction manual, song...etc etc)
--The first word of the story MUST begin with the letter A.
--Each word must begin with the next letter in the alphabet, in the proper order, "A, B, C, D,....Z."
--You can end a sentence whenever you want, but the next sentence must begin with the next letter in the alphabet.
--You can have more than 26 words, but you'll have to restart at A once you use the letter Z.

Make me laugh, make me cry. Impress me. Make me question reality. This is your story, and I will be the judge of the entries with the winner announced on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

DEADLINE: Sunday, April 6, 2014 by 11:59 p.m. PST
Email your submission to: salexmartinauthor@gmail.com

I will select THREE winners, who will each receive all of my Ebooks:

--My YA novel Embassy
--Get it Write Tonight: Edit! That! Book!
--Get it Write Tonight: Characters

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Amazon Bestseller List

This past weekend, two of my books hit the free Amazon Bestsellers list! "Embassy" hit #6 in YA/children's science-fiction, and "Get it Write Tonight: Characters" is currently at #4 in Writing Reference!

Check them out!

TV Appearance

Got some news today: My local ABC news station contacted me and would like to have me appear on a Live author interview segment! It should be sometime in the upcoming week!

Keep updated!

"Embassy" Update!

Besides waiting for the last proofreading comments to come in on Saturday, "Embassy" is fully formatted and ready for print! Only 20 days until the release!

5th Draft Complete!

I've just finished revising the fifth draft of "Embassy." The first draft way back in January 2013 was 151,000 words long, and the fifth draft, here in December 2013, is 87,604 words. Wow.

The countdown is still on. This book has been coming along beautifully! Keep sharing!

Countdown

I just got upgraded to Goodreads Author status, which I've wanted for a long time but never had any "real" books to show for it, because the 3 books I wrote a long time ago are terrible and no one should read them.

Ever.

However, I'm pleased to say that my latest novel, "Embassy," will be released on January 14, 2014. That's exactly one month and fifteen days from now!

I'm excited to finally share this book with the world. If you've been following me -- or know me and my book in any way -- then you'll know that "Embassy" has been my life (literally over 1/3 of it in real time) for the past year and that I wouldn't release this book until I thought it was up to professional standards.

Well, that time has come. I have many people to thank, and all of them are included in the Acknowledgments section (you know who you are, betas!) Honestly, "Embassy" would not be what it is today without my beta readers and their dedication to critiquing and editing like drill sergeants.

Stay posted! I'll have more updates as the publication date approaches!