Mary Elizabeth's Blog, page 9
June 8, 2014
PUDDLE JUMPING BY AMBER L. JOHNSON
When it comes to love there’s no such thing as conventional.
Everyone thinks Colton Neely is special.
Lilly Evans just thinks he’s fascinating.
Once friends when they were younger, their bond is cut short due to her accident prone nature and they go their separate ways. Years later they meet again and Lilly learns that there is something special about the boy she once knew, but she has no idea what it all means. And she’s not sure if she’s ready to find out.
When he walks through the corridor of her school the first day of her senior year she knows that it’s time to get to know the real Colton Neely. The more she learns, the deeper she falls.
Their friendship grows into love, even as Colton cannot express it in words. But one decision threatens to break down the world that Lilly has tried so hard to create and she must figure out if the relationship can last without her being by his side.Release Date: 7/1/14
June 6, 2014
GUEST POSTS
With the release of Innocents (Dusty #1) on 7/14/14, I'm looking to do some guest posts. If you're interested in featuring me on your blog, message me!
June 4, 2014
LINDSEY GRAY INTERVIEW WITH MARY ELIZABETH
I was interviewed by the amazing Lindsay Gray. I had the distinct privilege to connect with this author through several of my author friends. She is a strong and passionate writer who makes up half of the writing duo known as The Elizabeths. I was so happy that she took the time to answer my questions.
Lindsey: Your upcoming novel, Innocents, is written with your writing partner, Sarah Elizabeth. What was your biggest challenge writing with another person?
Mary: Compromise.
I would never have guessed this, but actually writing Dusty was the easy part; it’s the rest I struggled with.
There’s a lot that goes into designing, marketing, and publishing a book. Every day it seems like there is one more thing that I didn’t know needed to be done … such as ISBN numbers. No joke, those silly little numbers gave me stress hives on my legs, but ISBN numbers are important and can’t be overlooked.
The blurb is something that kept me up at night. And my author bio. Those things are trivial, but they mean everything in the end. Any writer working by themselves can probably confirm that. Now, include a second person into the equation who has equal say on everything, and imagine the stress. More so because we had to create an actual business and get ourselves licensed and write up a contract.
Of course, the sleepless nights are worth it. Dusty is worth it. But it’s hard.
For the rest of the interview, visit Lindsey Gray!
June 3, 2014
May 30, 2014
BRANDED COVER REVEAL
Branded A Bad Boys AnthologyByB.L.WildeJeanne McDonaldJo MatthewsMary ElizabethSarah Elizabeth
Cover Design: Cover It Designs Genre: Romance/Suspense Expected Release Date: 28th August, 2014Summary: B.L. Wilde, Jeanne McDonald, Jo Matthews, Mary Elizabeth, and Sarah Elizabeth give us five good reasons why good girls love bad boys. The men of Branded are sexy, adventurous, and troubled deep into their souls. There may be no redeeming them, but at the risk of losing everything, these good girls must decide if loving their bad boy is indeed worth the cost.Condemned by B.L.WildeTen years served for a crime he didn't commit. Ten years to lose everything he ever knew. Finally released from prison, Clayton McGuire is on a mission and nothing will stand in his way. He is determined to get revenge against the gang that set him up and take back what was stolen from him all those years ago.Clay will stop at nothing to win back his honor and the heart of the only woman he has ever loved. Will she take him back when he finds her? Or will he be condemned to live a life without his soulmate?Renegade by Jeanne McDonaldA chance meeting between a rookie cop and a common criminal who’s searching for a way out. An unforeseen circumstance. An instant attraction. A magnetic connection.Tattooed, pierced, and foul-mouthed, she can’t help but be drawn to him.Two people entirely wrong for one another, yet so perfectly right.When their worlds collide, Lucy Diamond will learn the true meaning of love and sacrifice as she embarks on the road of no return with bad boy Jude Wallace. Like a thief in the night, love will take them both by surprise.DesolationBy Jo MatthewsLiam Jenkins grew up with everything he ever wanted. At age 17, his world is ripped apart and he finds himself without a home, without a car, and without money. His support system is gone and he is left to fend for himself. Not having any other option, Liam turns to sex and small crimes to survive.When a beautiful woman chooses not to turn him into the cops but invites him to her hotel room instead, Liam’s world is flipped upside down again and everything he’s learned on the streets ceases to exist.What will happen when one night with her isn’t enough? When she haunts his thoughts and dreams? When his past finally catches up with him, will he be able to start over? And will his mystery woman be there to see him through?Low By Mary ElizabethSummary Coming SoonDon't Let Me GoBy Sarah ElizabethBased almost entirely on body language, intimate feelings can develop within less than a minute of meeting someone.Additionally, meeting in a dangerous situation increases the chances of falling in love.This is that fall.Where meeting her eyes means seeing it through.Following down from the start to don’t let me go.From roll up to run.Between old glory and new beginnings.This is what happens when a lamb is carried to the slaughter by courage, instead of a cowardly lion.
Goodreads link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22054056-brandedMeet the Authors
B.L. WildeB.L. Wilde is a British author obsessed with many things, including heated love stories. Fully supported by her husband, she can often be found at her desk working on her next project.Her journey into the world of erotica began when she started writing online stories over three years ago, and she hasn't looked back since. Links: Facebook| Goodreads| Twitter| Blog| Website
Jeanne McDonaldJeanne McDonald began telling stories at the ripe young age of five, when her mother considered the truth to be a lie due to her extensive embellishment to the retelling of an event. She wrote her first short story when she was twelve years old, and at the age of sixteen she tried her hand at poetry. She reconnected with her love for writing in 2010 thanks to the encouragement of a dear friend.Her passions include a "mild" Starbucks addiction, music, reading, quotes, movies, and romance. When she's not spending time with her family, she can be found reading, writing, chatting with her friends or diligently working toward her bachelor's degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology. A proud Texan, Jeanne currently resides in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with her family.Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon | Google+
Jo MatthewsJo Matthews is an Arizona native, where she lives with son. A stay-at-home mom since 2007, she only recently discovered her love and passion for the written word. When she’snot writing, she’s usually knee deep in editing—an aspect she thoroughly enjoys.As an editor, she has propelled quite a few authors into the published world, and with her skills, has landed several stories on Amazon’s Top Sellers lists.Links: Facebook | Blog | Goodreads | Twitter | Google+
Mary ElizabethMary Elizabeth is an up and coming author who finds words in chaos, writing stories about the skeletons hanging in your closets. Known as The Realist, she is one half of The Elizabeths—a duo brave enough to never hide the truth. Born and raised in Southern California, she’s a wife, mother of four beautiful children, and dog tamer to one enthusiastic Pit Bull and a prissy Chihuahua. She’s a hairstylist by day but contemporary fiction, new adult author by night. Mary can often be found finger twirling her hair and chewing on a stick of licorice while writing and rewriting a sentence over and over until it’s perfect. She discovered her talent for tale-telling accidentally, but literature is in her chokehold. And she’s not letting go until every story is told.Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads
Sarah Elizabethlove’s listener is a lone wolfborn a unicorn with a red panda soul and a heart she drew herself. friend, sister, elizabeth, andtrue love, she’s a messenger that makes art with words and love with art. she’s been yelly, yellowglue, squeak, cuppycakes, precious pinks, warren, little grey, a girl named ben, and sarahbear. she’s a synesthete, a heart junkie, a truth seeker and secret keeper. poet half, sun half, and total scripturient, Sarah’s work is equal parts her passion, sanctuary, precipice, vice, adventure, restorative, deliverance, and joy. she currently resides in Kansas City, and she’s bringing Rococo back.Links: Tumblr | Goodreads | Twitter | Facebook
May 26, 2014
PROLOGUE REVEAL AND GIVEAWAY FOR HOW TO GET AINSLEY BISHOP TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
Today we get a sneak peek at How to Get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love with You - a sweet, fun YA romance, coming soon from T.M. Franklin. Don't forget to scroll down to enter the giveaway for a signed ARC, plus some other fun prizes!
How to Get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love with You will be released June 12th.
Ainsley is Now Available for Pre-Order!Amazon (Paperback only, for now)
Barnes & Noble (Paperback & Nook)
Add Ainsley to Your Goodreads Shelf
T.M. Franklin started out her career writing non-fiction in a television newsroom. Graduating with a B.A. in Communications specializing in broadcast journalism and production, she worked for nine years as a major market television news producer, and garnered two regional Emmy Awards, before she resigned to be a full-time mom and part-time freelance writer. Her first published novel, MORE, was born during National Novel Writing month, a challenge to write a novel in thirty days. MORE was well-received, being selected as a finalist in the 2013 Kindle Book Review Best Indie Book Awards, as well as winning the Suspense/Thriller division of the Blogger Book Fair Reader’s Choice Awards.
In addition to MORE and its sequel, The Guardians, Franklin penned the Amazon best-selling short stories A Piece of Cake and Window, which also won a Blogger Book Fair Reader’s Choice Award for Short Story/Fantasy. Her new YA romance, How to Get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love with You, is Franklin’s first love story without a paranormal or fantasy element, although she believes love is the best kind of magic.
TWELVE, the final installment in the MORE Trilogy will be released in the fall of 2014.
Connect with T.M. Franklin
Website | E-mail | Facebook | Twitter
May 8, 2014
CLOSER (CLOSER #1) IN 2015
I'm excited to announce that Closer will publish in 2015. I don't think anyone thought I'd go near it again, but if feels right to return to their story after Dusty.
May 5, 2014
MARY ELIZABETH'S 1000 "LIKES" GIVEAWAY
My Facebook author page is nearing 1000 "Likes". To celebrate achieving this goal, I'm hosting a Rafflecopter giveaway. And in an attempt to make it better than amazing, I'm taking donations in addition to the items I have planned. If you're interested in donating anything, please fill out the form below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-TqbRlqTj7AItokwUI3PZgMULBWCp_kb4R3ch7Glw48/viewform
Thank you all for your constant support, and I look forward to hearing from you.
May 2, 2014
CAPITAL CITY AUTHOR EVENT
I am thrilled to announce that I've been invited to attended the Capital City Author Event on March 28, 2015. With a long list of authors I look up to, it's an amazing honor. So, if you live near Washington DC, or if you have it in you to travel to come see me and the others, we'd love to have you. In the meantime, follow the Capital City Facebook page. We're ALWAYS hosting giveaways, and you can stay updated on the latest developments since the signing is still a little under a year away.
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April 30, 2014
INNOCENTS (DUSTY#1) COVER REVEAL
Title: Innocents (Dusty #1)Author: Mary Elizabeth and Sarah ElizabethRelease: July 14, 2014
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19214578-innocents?from_search=true
Synopsis:
The girl with an innocent heart knows all about bad choices, but has yet to make them for herself. Searching for freedom, she finds it in the delinquent down the hall.
The troublemaker with summer-sky blue eyes knows he should stay away, but can’t resist the blissful wonder who makes his house a home.
She’s a hopeless romantic. He’s just hopeless.
She’s his reason, but he might not catch her when she falls.
She loves him. He loves her crazy.
This is what happens when a love made of secrets is kept with rules instead of promises
Excerpt:
Chapter Ten
Buried beneath the blankets, I press the phone to my ear. Dusty doesn’t realize I’m back on, so I listen to him smoke: light, inhale, exhale, sigh, laugh. Hearing it is almost as good as actually seeing his lips around the end of a joint.
“I’m back,” I whisper.
"Beautiful, beautiful, baby Bliss. Baby, baby Bliss." He laughs, taking a hit.
My dad’s a juvenile court judge. Our dinner table talk usually consists of him complaining about the kids he sees coming in and out of his courtroom. It’s an epidemic, he says. Children Bliss’ age using drugs. And it always ends with, Bliss, never give into peer pressure. It starts with a little grass.
Maybe it is some kind sweeping epidemic, but weed doesn’t sway Dusty the way my dad claims it does other people. It soothes him. It makes him funny and honest and tolerable.
My dad doesn’t know everything.
"I thought about you all day,” Dusty says softly, lazily. "I miss your face. I miss your candy wrappers all over my room. I miss your cold toes on my legs under the covers.""Oh, yeah?" I grip the phone tighter, pressing my knees together. The sound of his low voice sends chills up and down my arms. I bite my bottom lip and curl my toes.
“Come over.” He exhales.
I roll onto my side and turn my face into the hoodie’s hood, inhaling the faint sent of vanilla. I’m lit up, full of crazy butterflies and overriding happiness. This boy makes me smile bright.
"I'll take my mom's car. I'll come get you." He's only half-kidding. "Say yes."
"You'll drive high?"
"I'm not high." There's a moment of silence before he chokes on his laughter. "I'm so fucking high."
I revel in his tone, and his voice, and his silly, half-slurred words while I lie in the dark pretending he's close.
"I'm so hungry, Bliss baby. If you were here, I'd probably eat your elbow. I’d eat your—"
"Dusty,” I cut him off. “Tell me a secret."
"I love you," he says.
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Mary’s Bio:
Mary Elizabeth is an up and coming author who finds words in chaos, writing stories about the skeletons hanging in your closets. Known as The Realist, she is one half of The Elizabeths—a duo brave enough to never hide the truth. Born and raised in Southern California, she’s a wife, mother of four beautiful children, and dog tamer to one enthusiastic Pit Bull and a prissy Chihuahua. She’s a hairstylist by day but contemporary fiction, new adult author by night. Mary can often be found finger twirling her hair and chewing on a stick of licorice while writing and rewriting a sentence over and over until it’s perfect. She discovered her talent for tale-telling accidentally, but literature is in her stranglehold. And she’s not letting go until every story is told.
To follow Mary’s upcoming solo and collaborative projects, she can be found at her website http://www.maryelizabethlit.com/.
Brought together by their love of storytelling, Mary and Sarah Elizabeth are a pair of dedicated writers with complementary strengths who’ve cultivated a literary style that captures a Realist’s brutality with a Poet’s grace, uncovering the self-seeking side of tenderness and the undisguised truth of honesty. Inspired by the lyrics of a song, Dusty was born between emails and long G-chats before a single chapter was ever typed. A short story turned into a monster, and more than four years and several edits later, the first half of their collaboration, Innocents, will be released on July 14, 2014. And its conclusion, Delinquents, is set to release on October 23, 2014.
If you’d like to contact The Elizabeths, they can be located on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheElizabethsDusty?ref=hl.
Sarah’s Bio:
Listener, messenger, secret keeper, Elizabeth, and TrueLove, Sarah works two jobs by day so that she's able to really work by night. She's written since she was old enough to hold a marker, and her writing bridges the sacred and profane, from first love to forbidden, with a longing for truth and a passion for hearts. She is currently based in Kansas City where her army is comprised of one little buffalo. Her best friends are girls named Moses and Bunny. Her hero is a boy named Bishop, and the one she loves has ocean eyes. In addition to Dusty, Sarah also has a collaborative novella, Light and Wine, due to be released on June 8th, and her solo work will be featured in the anthology Branded, this August.
Brought together by their love of storytelling, Mary and Sarah Elizabeth are a pair of dedicated writers with complementary strengths who’ve cultivated a literary style that captures a Realist’s brutality with a Poet’s grace, uncovering the self-seeking side of tenderness and the undisguised truth of honesty. Inspired by the lyrics of a song, Dusty was born between emails and long G-chats before a single chapter was ever typed. A short story turned into a monster, and more than four years and several edits later, the first half of their collaboration, Innocents, will be released on July 14, 2014. And its conclusion, Delinquents, is set to release on October 23, 2014.
If you’d like to contact The Elizabeths, they can be located on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheElizabethsDusty?ref=hl.
Mary's Social Media:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7496678.Mary_ElizabethFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mary-Elizabeth-Author/1431640340382601Duo’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheElizabethsDusty?ref=hlTwitter: https://twitter.com/teamsmella23Website: http://www.maryelizabethlit.com/ Sarah's Social Media:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7496682.Sarah_ElizabethFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/littlegreyacheDuo’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheElizabethsDusty?ref=hlTwitter: https://twitter.com/LittleGreyAcheWebsite: http://littlegreyache.tumblr.com/
Huge shout out to Ari at Cover it! Designs for the beautiful cover she made us. http://coveritdesigns.net/
And a second thank you to Ena Burnette for putting together the cover reveal packages. https://www.facebook.com/enticingjour...
