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The Fat Lady Has Sung

Happy Sunday to all of you!

I just wanted to thank everyone who entered in my Pieces of Me Giveaway. Congrats to the winners! You’ll be receiving your signed copy soon. :) For those who didn’t win, don’t fret. I’ll be having more giveaways in the future and lots of cool stuff coming up!

I finished editing Under the Burning Stars last night! I feel really good about it…that is until my editors are done with it. :) I can’t wait to share the sequel to Under a Blood Moon with you all. I hope you will be pleased.

Don’t forget I’ll be a part of the Mother’s Day Reading Blitz, where all books in the event will be $0.99! Check it out and discover new authors. Can’t beat that!

So what’s next for me as far as writing you ask? I plan on rewriting the 3rd novel in my Elemental Enchanters series. And possibly starting to write the 4th one. Yay for writing! I’m eager to work on the 3rd one honestly, because so far it’s still my favorite.

Happy writing!

Carrigan

Upcoming events and goodies

As you know, I’m giving away two signed copies of Pieces of Me, here. It ends April 26, so hurry up and enter!

I’m also going to be a part of the Mother’s Day Reading Blitz, which is a 3 day event in which all the books that are in the blitz will be $0.99! Check it out and discover new authors!

 

I’m excited! Also, check out my interview with blogger Ann Schwarz here. It was a fun interview and she had some good questions!

So many great and exciting things are happening and I couldn’t have done it without my readers. I am truly lucky to have such amazing and supportive fans!

 

Happy writing!

Carrigan

**Giveaway Alert**

Exciting news: I’m giving away two signed copies of Pieces of Me! 

I absolutely love this story and I believe that anyone can take something away when reading the story. Corinne came into my thoughts one day, many moons ago, and I remember writing a scene with her and James. She had so many secrets and I wanted to know more about her. Over the years, life happened, and after *several* drafts and rewrites, I finished it. I love each and every character because they are so vivid and real to me. I get asked often why I wrote a novel on such a deep subject, and the truth is, I feel like people need to understand suicide and depression more. There are so many questions involved, and yet when I’ve met people who have often told me depression is all in the mind, it bothers me, because it is a real illness. I wanted to write a story that could help people or let them know they aren’t alone.

And I love Corinne and James together. They are so good for each other and I wanted to write a relationship that was realistic. It’s not always rainbows and butterflies, but if you get through the hard times, you can get through anything.

If you’ve not read Pieces of Me, I highly recommend it (teehee…of course I say that because I’m the author), but in all seriousness, I do believe someone can learn from it. Or at least be entertained. :)

Details of the giveaway are here:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/89644-pieces-of-me

GOOD LUCK!

Carrigan

Rawr! Rawr! Like a dungeon dragon!

Woohoo! It’s so close to weekend time I can taste it! What do I plan on doing, you ask? Editing! I’m a little over half way through. I’m so excited to share this with everyone. I hope they’re just as excited! It’s been a pretty productive week and I have created quite a small buzz for my upcoming book. I love the cover, I’ve probably said that before, but it’s beautiful. I can’t wait to see what my designer comes up with for the last two books. Teehee!

I will say, I have been taking my sweet time editing this novel, because I want to make sure it flows well and there aren’t any plot holes and that the pacing is good. And grammar. Good ‘ol grammar. I know so many people seem to want to rush through the editing and try to publish as many books as possible (Amanda Hocking published 3 books in 3 months). I’ve not read her books though so I can’t give an educated opinion, but I’m not sure I could publish that many in such a short amount of time. And write them? I will admit, the 3rd novel of my series is written. But since it’s been a while and I’ve made quite a lot of changes, I will have to go back and rewrite portions I’m sure. So I may publish that one soon after Under the Burning Stars. And the 4th one…I really gotta start writing that one! Maybe I’ll hold a contest to readers to see what they think will happen to Ava and her crew.

I have another series I would like to publish after my Elemental Enchanters. This one is different, but still falls under the fantasy/paranormal category. It is dark (I think most of my books are). I’ve also thought about rewriting my NaNo novel since it got lost. But in the meantime, after editing UTBS, I plan on doing a LOT of reading to catch up on all these great books I haven’t read. There are so many!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Happy Writing!

Carrigan

Cover Reveal!

Here is the cover to Under the Burning Stars! I love it! Do you?

 

 

Save the date! Under the Burning Stars releases July 21, 2014!!