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November 2, 2014
Surviving the Quarantine - Donating November
During the month of November, ALL proceeds from my box set of the Quarantined and Survival Series, Surviving the Quarantine, will be donated to a Hillsboro, Oregon 5th Grade classroom. They are raising funds to bring in new technology to help educate and engage children, and also to prepare kids without access to modern technology at home for the fast paced, digital world they are entering into.More information on this project can be found here at DonorsChoose.org.
October 29, 2014
$0.99 - Knockout and Surviving the Quarantine
Both Knockout and my box set of both the Survival and Quarantined series, Surviving the Quarantine, are $0.99 on Amazon right now!
Knockout
Survivng the Quarantine
Over 1,000 pages of awesome, you guys. Check it out.
Knockout
Survivng the Quarantine
Over 1,000 pages of awesome, you guys. Check it out.
Swan Song - Episode Five
Chapter FiveOnce a week I will be releasing a chapter, or 'episode', of my upcoming novel Swan Song. They'll be in my blog in complete, sequential, utterly free segments. About half of the book will be published here this way, getting you all hot and bothered for the full novel when it releases in December. ;) [image error] Swan Song - chapter_five - Copyright 2014 Tracey Ward.pdfFile Size: 247 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File
October 23, 2014
Swan Song - Episode Four
Chapter FourOnce a week I will be releasing a chapter, or 'episode', of my upcoming novel Swan Song. They'll be in my blog in complete, sequential, utterly free segments. About half of the book will be published here this way, getting you all hot and bothered for the full novel when it releases in December. ;) [image error] Swan Song - chapter_four - Copyright 2014 Tracey Ward.pdfFile Size: 211 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File
October 17, 2014
Swan Song - Episode Three
Chapter ThreeOnce a week I will be releasing a chapter, or 'episode', of my upcoming novel Swan Song. They'll be in my blog in complete, sequential, utterly free segments. About half of the book will be published here this way, getting you all hot and bothered for the full novel when it releases in December. ;)
October 8, 2014
Swan Song - Episode Two
Chapter TwoOnce a week I will be releasing a chapter, or 'episode', of my upcoming novel Swan Song. They'll be in my blog in complete, sequential, utterly free segments. About half of the book will be published here this way, getting you all hot and bothered for the full novel when it releases in December. ;)
October 1, 2014
Swan Song - Episode One
Once a week I will be releasing a chapter, or 'episode', of my upcoming novel Swan Song. They'll be in my blog in complete, sequential, utterly free segments. About half of the book will be published here this way, getting you all hot and bothered for the full novel when it releases in December. ;)Swan Song was a novella series I started under a pen name almost a year ago, one that I loved but never finished. Other things got in the way. Things like zombies, superheros, and broken boxers.
But it's a story I never meant to give up on. It's also one I wasn't ready to publish a year ago. Not with only Young Adult novels under my belt. Not until Knockout paved the way.
Publishing Knockout scared me, but it showed me that most of my readers can follow me into another genre and those that can't, won't and that's good! I learned that I don't have to limit myself to one theme, one age group. It showed me that if I'm telling a good story, people will want to read it. For that I am so grateful and so very lucky.
So now I'm going to own it and share Swan Song with you. It's a New Adult Romance set in Prohibition Era Chicago. There are gangster, violence, foul language, and yes, there is sex. It's no 50 Shades, but it's not an ABC Family Movie either. The story is real and raw. And funny. My stories will always be at least a little bit funny :)
Enjoy.
September 23, 2014
Fearless is Available Now!
Fearless, book #2 in the Bird of Stone Series, is finished and available for purchase on Amazon! Even better, it's only $0.99 for the first week.
My name is Nick Carver and I have a superpower.
Be jealous. Be very, very jealous. I've only begun to touch the edges of the power lying coiled inside of me. No one knows what I'm capable of. Of how far I can go, least of all me. That should scare me but it doesn't because let's be honest, nothing does.
Not even the fact that I'm dying. Again.
She saved me once before, I have every faith she can save us all now. If there's one thing in this world I wholeheartedly believe in, it's Alex.
You're probably wondering how we got here. How we went from a frozen island halfway between Russia and a polar bear's butt to this deadly tropical paradise in French Polynesia. How we formed our gang of misfit, pissed-off superheroes that got us here. How after everything we've been through I've ended up right back where I started - gasping my last breathes alone in the cold. I'll gladly tell you, but listen close. Pay attention. I don't have a lot of time...
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Happy Reading!
August 20, 2014
Tying Up Tearing
The Survival Series is over.
The last book has been out for months now and I'm still having a hard time with that fact. I didn't plan on writing that series. I planned to finish the Quarantined Series, finish the Bird of Stone series, and see where my imagination took me from there. But Joss jumped out at me and she wouldn't go away and I miss her now that she's gone.
Some of you have told me you miss her as well (and Trent and Ryan and Cren and the list goes on, the biggest compliment an author can receive!). While the end of the series made the majority of you happy, I know I left some unanswered questions. I left a bit to the imagination of the reader, but I want you guys to know I tried to write an epilogue. I agonized over it for a month! I wrote it, trashed it, rewrote it, glared at it, cursed at it, and in the end I abandoned it. It wasn't meant to be written. End of story - literally.
But there's no harm in telling you how I saw it all panning out, right? :)
Here are the answers to some really great questions I just received. If you wanted more of a resolution from the end of the series, here it is in the best form I can give it to you:
Did Ryan and Joss work out?YES! Survival Series is about living v. surviving, friendship, the apocalypse, growing up, zombies - but at the heart of it is a love story and that story ends happily. In my attempt at an epilogue I saw Joss and Ryan living together in a small house in the woods arguing about root vegetables and the color of kale. Ryan took over Crenshaw's gardens, Joss hunted regularly with Trent, and the Market became much more open. The freed Colonists attended, all of the Lost Boys from every gang, and even the Vashons crossed the bay to trade with everyone.
Trent and Amber - what came of the kiss? A baby.
Yeah, in the epilogue Trent was in a loving relationship with a very patient woman and was about to become a father. He was, as always, very chill about it. Joss was freaking out. She was scared to hug Amber, convinced she'd crush the baby inside her.
Does Vin get to lead the Pod? Come on, guys. It's Vin. Hell yes he got his Pod :) He and Joss' friendship didn't miss a beat despite their fight. She's like a sister to him. He'd forgive her anything and (though she'd never admit it) she'd never give up on him either. Vin took control of the Northern Pod, adding half the Hive to his ranks. In fact, Amber and Trent lived in his Pod while Amber was pregnant because it was safer up there inside his walls. They had an invitation to Vashon Island for the duration, but Trent declined. He refused to say why.
What happened to Crenshaw's daughter?I don't know why, but I love this question. It digs deeper into the story, leaving no stone unturned, and something about that makes me so happy. Crenshaw's daughter was at The Hive all along. She wasn't being held against her will. She'd attached herself to one of the drug dealers in the gang, gotten hooked on the stuff, and was "happily" living there in a drug fueled haze. She couldn't cope with the apocalypse so she hid from it inside The Hive and the drugs. Joss and Ryan made the effort to find her, told her Cren was dead, and she immediately asked if he had anything of value that was hers now. They walked away, glad Cren had never known what became of his daughter.
And that's it! I hope that tied up some loose threads anyone may have had. If you guys ever have questions about the stories, ASK THEM! I love them. I will answer anything. Thanks for reading, loving, and investing in the Survival Series. I look forward to writing Trent's origins novella next year. It's Trent so you know it's gonna get weird :)
The last book has been out for months now and I'm still having a hard time with that fact. I didn't plan on writing that series. I planned to finish the Quarantined Series, finish the Bird of Stone series, and see where my imagination took me from there. But Joss jumped out at me and she wouldn't go away and I miss her now that she's gone.
Some of you have told me you miss her as well (and Trent and Ryan and Cren and the list goes on, the biggest compliment an author can receive!). While the end of the series made the majority of you happy, I know I left some unanswered questions. I left a bit to the imagination of the reader, but I want you guys to know I tried to write an epilogue. I agonized over it for a month! I wrote it, trashed it, rewrote it, glared at it, cursed at it, and in the end I abandoned it. It wasn't meant to be written. End of story - literally.
But there's no harm in telling you how I saw it all panning out, right? :)
Here are the answers to some really great questions I just received. If you wanted more of a resolution from the end of the series, here it is in the best form I can give it to you:
Did Ryan and Joss work out?YES! Survival Series is about living v. surviving, friendship, the apocalypse, growing up, zombies - but at the heart of it is a love story and that story ends happily. In my attempt at an epilogue I saw Joss and Ryan living together in a small house in the woods arguing about root vegetables and the color of kale. Ryan took over Crenshaw's gardens, Joss hunted regularly with Trent, and the Market became much more open. The freed Colonists attended, all of the Lost Boys from every gang, and even the Vashons crossed the bay to trade with everyone.
Trent and Amber - what came of the kiss? A baby.
Yeah, in the epilogue Trent was in a loving relationship with a very patient woman and was about to become a father. He was, as always, very chill about it. Joss was freaking out. She was scared to hug Amber, convinced she'd crush the baby inside her.
Does Vin get to lead the Pod? Come on, guys. It's Vin. Hell yes he got his Pod :) He and Joss' friendship didn't miss a beat despite their fight. She's like a sister to him. He'd forgive her anything and (though she'd never admit it) she'd never give up on him either. Vin took control of the Northern Pod, adding half the Hive to his ranks. In fact, Amber and Trent lived in his Pod while Amber was pregnant because it was safer up there inside his walls. They had an invitation to Vashon Island for the duration, but Trent declined. He refused to say why.
What happened to Crenshaw's daughter?I don't know why, but I love this question. It digs deeper into the story, leaving no stone unturned, and something about that makes me so happy. Crenshaw's daughter was at The Hive all along. She wasn't being held against her will. She'd attached herself to one of the drug dealers in the gang, gotten hooked on the stuff, and was "happily" living there in a drug fueled haze. She couldn't cope with the apocalypse so she hid from it inside The Hive and the drugs. Joss and Ryan made the effort to find her, told her Cren was dead, and she immediately asked if he had anything of value that was hers now. They walked away, glad Cren had never known what became of his daughter.
And that's it! I hope that tied up some loose threads anyone may have had. If you guys ever have questions about the stories, ASK THEM! I love them. I will answer anything. Thanks for reading, loving, and investing in the Survival Series. I look forward to writing Trent's origins novella next year. It's Trent so you know it's gonna get weird :)
