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July 11, 2014
Seven 11 Blog Hop
I’m so excited to be part of the Seven 11 Blog Hop, and today marks our first hop! Eleven authors, including myself, are doing this blog hop where on the 11th of each month we post seven lines from one of our writing projects. It can be a published piece or a piece we’re currently working on. And since the first book in my Love in the City series, Wanted By You, is currently *FREE* on iBooks and Amazon for a limited time, I’ve decided to share seven lines from Carter and Ellyson’s story:
“The old wooden door creaked as it opened and a familiar sensation swept over me, making every nerve in my body stand up in alert and my teeth pull at my bottom lip. The beat in my chest thumped louder and louder, rattling every bone in my body, boiling every ounce of blood running through my system like a volcano getting ready to erupt.
And then I felt it again.
The fluttering from within.
The notorious butterflies that I hadn’t felt in the past five years were back, and only one guy had that kind of magic.”
The second book in the Love in the City series, Fantasized By You, releases on July 14th, so now is the perfect time to start the series if you haven’t yet! The series follows a group of friends looking for love in the city and each book is about a different couple, but you will continue to read about the whole gang in each book. I love them all too much to leave any of them out!
To check out the other authors involved in the Seven 11 blog hop and read their posts, click their names below!
Amanda Aksel - for a chance to win an ecopy of her debut novel, The Man Test, click here to enter!
Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you stay tuned for our next hop in August!
June 27, 2014
FREE Exclusively on iBooks!
I’m so excited to announce that Wanted By You is part of iBooks’ First in a Series Romance promotion in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland! So, if you haven’t started my Love in the City series or know somebody who hasn’t, let them know about this awesome deal because now is the time to start! There are tons of great books for free, and if you’re a series lover like I am, you don’t want to miss out on these great deals! Wanted By You is usually priced at $3.99! Click the download button below to get your free copy now!
What’s also so great about this promotion is that it’s happening right before the release of the second book in my Love in the City series, Fantasized By You, so you don’t have to wait long for book two! The books in the series can be read as stand-alones since each story is about a different couple, but the timeline in book two picks up where book one left off so you won’t miss anything! Fantasized By You (Love in the City, #2) will release on July 14th, and is now available for pre-order on iBooks! So, you’re getting two books for $4.99! That’s a steal! To pre-order your copy of Fantasized By You, click the download button below!
Like I said, please let your friends and family and fellow book lovers know about this awesome promotion because it’s too good to pass up! Thank you so much for all of your support, and I hope you all have a great weekend!
June 18, 2014
Fantasized By You: Cover Reveal + Giveaway!
Make sure to join the FB release event, add to your Goodreads, and enter the giveaway for winner’s choice of gift card to Amazon, B&N or iBooks below!
Title: Fantasized By You
Series: Love in the City – Book #2
(It is part of a series, but can be read as a stand-alone. Book #2 is based on a different couple, but you will see characters from
Wanted By You (Love in the City, #1))
Cover Designer: IndieBookCovers
TO BE RELEASED: JULY 14th!
Celebrity fashion designer, Harper Jennings is only months away from turning thirty, and her dream of living a happily ever after has yet to come true.
She’s given up on her fantasy.
Personal trainer and gym owner, Maverick Jones isn’t thrilled about having a designer mentoring in his new clinic, but after meeting the brunette beauty face-to-face, he dreams of having his way with her.
He’s ready to turn his fantasy into reality.
But when their fantasies collide, love in the city becomes more complicated than they ever imagined.
You can pre-order on iBooks:
Then go ahead and add it to your Goodreads list as well!
May 20, 2014
Blog Hop, Hooray!
I’ve been tagged in this fun author blog hop by the amazing Amanda Aksel, author of The Man Test, which I absolutely loved! I’m so happy to call her a friend and can’t wait for more books from her! Thanks, girl!
So, here’s to keeping the hop alive with my interview:
1) What am I working on?
I’m currently working on the second book in my Love in the City series, Fantasized By You. The series is about a group of friends trying to find love in the city, and each book is about a different couple. The first book in the series, Wanted By You, released at the end of February, and I’m hoping to have book two out in the summer of 2014!
2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?
In my Love in the City series, every book has a love story and a message of awareness. The covers of the books will be a different color representing an awareness referenced in each book. I think it’s important to not only tell a great love story, but also share a meaningful message along with it. That’s what I hope my work achieves.
3) Why do I write what I do?
This quote by Cyril Connolly sums up why I write: “Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” I write because writing is something I have to do. I have these voices in my head begging me to tell their story, and I enjoy doing so. When I read, I’m constantly falling in love with the secondary characters along with the main characters, so I love book series where the secondary characters get their own story. I’m a sucker for series and sequels, so you’ll probably never see a standalone from me. I write what I love to read.
4) How does your writing process work?
Outlining is a must for me. I’m not one of those writers who can just sit down and let the voices in my head do the writing. I’m super organized and have notes about each of the books in my series on my computer, my email, a notebook, the notes app on my iPhone, etc. I need peace and quiet to write, and I usually write in bed. I also make a playlist for each book that I listen to when I’m not writing. So, when I take my dog on a walk or work out, I’ll listen to songs that go along with my story or my characters. I feel like that’s a way to stay in “writing mode” even when I’m not actually writing.
To continue the blog hop, I’m tagging three authors (I couldn’t pick just two)…
Elle Jefferson (author of At Death It Begins series), JC Emery (author of Bayonet Scars series), and Katrina Vore (author of The Dark Lotus series)! Tag, you’re it! I can’t wait to meet you girls in Phoenix next year at the Indie Mashup signing!
May 4, 2014
Such A Sweet Fantasy
So, if you haven’t read Wanted By You (Love in the City, #1) or told all of your friends and family and neighbors about it, please do because I’m so excited for the Love in the City gangs’ story to continue in book two! All of the characters will be accounted for, so I pinky-promise you won’t miss anything or anyone!
And you should read it because…
P.S. – Who wants the blurb for Fantasized By You?
April 27, 2014
Take A Moment
I’m so excited to share that I’ve added two more signings to my 2015 schedule! I can’t wait to meet all of you, the readers, as well as the other authors attending the events!
Capital City Author Event in Washington, D.C.
Little Rock Book Jam in Little Rock, Arkansas
Since I’ve watched way too many episodes of Cold Case Files and Dateline and 48 Hours or anything Bill Kurtis narrates, I think I’m more than equipped to travel to new places. I’ve barely been out of Kansas, but I know what to look for, I know what questions to ask and what to avoid.
With that being said, I want to know what I should visit in Washington, D.C. and Little Rock while I’m there. I know of a few places I want to go in our nation’s capital, like the Holocaust Museum, but besides that, where else should I go?
And all I know about Arkansas is that it comes after Arizona in the 50 States song and Little Rock is its capital, and I can tell you a lot about the West Memphis Three murders. But that’s all I’ve got.
So, what’s there? What should I visit in Washington, D.C. and Little Rock? Help a sista out by commenting with some suggestions!
P.S. – I promise I’m not as weird as this post made me out to be.
March 25, 2014
Who Got the Hooch?
Because my Facebook likers are the sweetest things in the world!
Special thanks to everyone who donated to my 2,000 Likes giveaway! Enter here:
a Rafflecopter giveaway
March 17, 2014
The Barn Burner & Rockstar
The barn burner and I are coming to Tulsa!
I am so excited to announce that I’ll be attending the
Hard Rock Author Event in May 2015 hosted by Southern Belle Book Blog and Hilary Storm!
Prepare to be rocked by this killer lineup of authors:
And the models will have you saying…
So, join me and the other rockstar authors in May 2015, and we will rock this shit together!
P.S. I hope none of us come across any flying cows!
March 10, 2014
Gladys and Glynnis and Goodreads
That’s right. I have TWO signed paperbacks, Gladys and Glynnis, up for grabs on Goodreads!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Wanted By You
by Steph Nuss
Giveaway ends April 11, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
Also on Goodreads is the entire Love in the City series, so be sure to add them to your to-be-read list!
P.S. There’s ONE day left to enter my blog tour giveaway for more signed paperbacks and giftcards!
March 7, 2014
A Dream Come True
How do I know this?
1. Two bloggers made teasers for my book.
2. Another blogger included GIFs in her review.
3. You can find me on Amazon, iBooks, and Barnes & Noble.
4. I found jellyfish pirating my book.
At first, I was pissed. I still am pissed because my book is $3.99! You can’t even get a meal at a fast food restaurant for that cheap anymore. So, the fact that people have to steal my book because they can’t “afford” it pisses me off.
With that being said, screw all those damn jellyfish! I know I have loyal readers out there who have bought the book because they’ve messaged me about it. They’ve left a review for it. They’ve asked me when book two is coming out. They actually care. So, thank you, to all of you who are loyal readers, who love the written word enough to spend your hard earned money on the things you love instead of being a cheap-ass jellyfish!
Since publishing Wanted By You last week, things have been a little crazy but incredibly fun! I’ve loved getting to meet people from all over the world, from here in the US to the UK and Australia; it’s been mind-blowingly awesome and I can’t wait to meet more of you!
Another thing: fangirling. I’m so used to being a fangirl myself, I can’t even wrap my head around having others fangirling over me and my book. I will never get used to that. I love reading and writing so much that I could talk about books all day. So, whether I’m reading a message from someone saying they loved the book or I’m reading a review, I’m right there with them fangirling over every little thing because I’m just as excited as they are about the book and for me to finish writing book two! So, if you want to talk about my book or the Love in the City series with me, shoot me a message or comment here on my website. I love talking about books!
I’ve also loved reading honest feedback from you, the readers, because it’s helping me better myself as a writer. Right now as I read through reviews, I’m figuring out what readers love about my writing and what I need to work on. So please, keep the reviews coming! I also have some treats to share with all of you once I get more reviews:
When I get 50 reviews, I’ll post the Wanted By You soundtrack (37 songs)!
When I get 100 reviews, I’ll post the Polyvore boards (aka the clothes) from Wanted By You!
When I get 125 reviews, I’ll post some extras from Wanted By You, e.g., all 28 items from the Bucket List Countdown and other goodies!
So, if you haven’t left a review for Wanted By You yet, please consider doing so! I’d love you for it! Plus, I know you secretly want these extras as much as I’m dying to share them with you!
Again, thank you to everyone who hasn’t been a jellyfish, who’s bought a copy of my book and supported me from the very beginning. Becoming a published writer has been a dream come true for me, and I’m incredibly honored that so many of you are ready for more from me.
