Shakuita Johnson's Blog: The Ramblings of Me, page 6
December 4, 2015
Blog Tours and Reviews
I have a blog tour, release blitz, and ARC review coming up...make sure you sign up!
Blog Tour Link hosted by Summer's Book Blog
Kiss and Tell
http://bit.ly/Kiss_Tell_Signups
Callisto Carvanis Release Blitz and Review hosted by Pure Textuality Book Blog & Public Relations
Release Blitz - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Zo-U...
Review - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wCH6...
December 2, 2015
Updates and Such…
So much has been going on the last few weeks I just want to update you a bit…
Callisto Carvanis: And A Legacy Was Born is DONE!!! Yay. The pre order links are up and the paperback should be live very soon…
You can sign up for the blog tour and request an ARC too…Pure Textuality Book Blog & Public Relations is hosting :)
Release Blitz – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Zo-UquFpsYuWSZUfIbegfVatGvIA4KiCzNdUPifiaxU/viewform
Only 19 days until she’s here…
Release date: Dec 21, 2015
Special price of $2.99 until Dec. 26th price goes up to $3.99
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22617188-callisto-carvanis
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/callisto-carvanis-shakuita-johnson/1122870760
Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/callisto-carvanis-and-a-legacy-was-born
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1053762299
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1OT8gNO
#preorder #paranormal #dark #twisted
Review – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wCH6QNbab75xelaLheXc7gt7WfeJPFg-RIX6LU2L8So/viewform
I’m also doing a tour for Kiss and Tell Box Set hosted by Summer’s Book Blog
Kiss and Tell
http://bit.ly/Kiss_Tell_Signups
I have an awesome reader group where fun stuff goes on here
I have two signings coming up
Rock & Read: Vegas Author Event Tickets are on sale now! Signing is Jan. 16, 2016.
Booking in Biloxi Tickets on sale now! Signing is Mar. 19, 2016.
***THIS WEEK ONLY!!! General Admission Tickets are Buy 1 Get 1 Free!!! Use Promo code BUY1GET1 when you check out! You must have an even amount of tickets in your cart. So say you order 2 one is free if you buy 4 two are free and so forth! Make sure you grab yours today!
Lastly I’m hosting an online virtual ebook signing…make sure you join the event! 48 confirmed authors…more info to come but there will be door prizes and author giveaways…it will be like a psychical signing but all done online and you can get virtual signatures from authors :)
November 23, 2015
Cover Reveal – Back of Beyond by Neeny Boucher
Title: Back of Beyond
Author: Neeny Boucher
Tentative Release Date: February 2016
Cover Reveal Date: November 23rd, 2015
Dina Martin and Nicholas Riley are total opposites. She’s the good girl with the perfect grades and he’s the bad boy with the reputation. Growing up together with close family ties, they have been at war as long as they can remember. When the unthinkable happens, neither of them wants it.
Set in a small town at the turn of the millennium, this story is about family and friendship, the love of music and how sometimes who you don’t want, is exactly who you need.
November 17, 2015
Release Day Blitz – Slut by Jettie Woodruff
Slut
(The Twin Duo #2)
by
Jettie Woodruff
I thought losing my memory was the worst thing in the world. Forgetting
who you are, and where you came from was like driving on a road with
only right turns. All leading in the same direction. A direction I
wanted to avoid, a dark tunnel that I had to enter if I ever wanted
answers.
Losing my memory wasn’t the worst thing in the world.
Learning, who I was, and the secrets I had kept was way worse. The
unbearable pull and the passion we shared, mixed with the past that I
didn’t want to remember, created a whole new storm. The perfect storm of
two kinds of crazy. Stupid little fish.
Suit
(The Twin Duo #1)
Buy on Amazon
http://amzn.to/1iZwmIz
Watch the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK7aM1vIkLM
Jettie
Woodruff is a lifelong writer, living in a pretend world since she was a
little girl. Jettie spent hours filling pages of spiral notebooks with a
number two pencil and a wild imagination. Her very first story was a
scifi of all things.
Jettie writes more along the lines of erotica
now. She likes to keep her readers on edge, and deliver a story that
will pull out every emotion possible. Writing on the edge of taboo and
dark, Jettie hopes to distribute an adventure you’ll not soon forget.
Married for twenty five years, raising two boys and one girl has left
lots of writing material. She has recently become a grandma to not one,
but two of the most beautiful little girls on planet earth.
Jettie also hates doing this bio. That’s all you get. She loves to read and write. What else is there?
Facebook Author Page
https://www.facebook.com/JettieWoodruff
Facebook Personal Page
https://www.facebook.com/momawoody1
https://twitter.com/jettie_woodruff
Booktropolous
https://booktropoloussocial.com/index.php?do=/profile-2325/
http://instagram.com/jettiewoodruff
http://www.pinterest.com/jwood4105/
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6879912.Jettie_Woodruff
Readers In The Know
http://www.readersintheknow.com/author_profile/502/Jettie_Woodruff?refcode=9URTM2G9#.VMgaTpw4yKw.facebook
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Jettie-Woodruff/e/B00AYLK46K/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1422560279&sr=8-2-ent
November 16, 2015
Meredith Wild’s Hacker Series plus bonus book Giveaway!
I’m giving away an unsigned paperback set of the Hacker Series 1-4 and On My Knees by Meredith Wild in my reader group on Facebook….go over and check it out and enter!!!! ONLY ENTRIES IN MY FACEBOOK GROUP WILL COUNT SO MAKE SURE YOU JOIN!!
FACEBOOK GROUP LINK:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1477626422542680/
November 13, 2015
Pre Order Blitz – Forbid Me (The Good Ol’ Boys Series, #2) by M. Robinson
TITLE: COMPLICATE ME
BY: BEST SELLING
AUTHOR M. ROBINSON
RELEASE DATE:
SEPTEMBER 14TH
COVER DESIGN: THE FINAL WRAP
Synopsis:
It was complicated, it was also just the beginning.
A decision.
A simple choice.
There is always that one moment in life where things could
have been different. That one moment where you could have chosen a path that
would lead you down a certain road.
A different life.
It was easier to pretend that we were still best friends,
and that she was my girl and I was her boy.
Pretending was better than knowing the truth…
I. Ruined. Us.
I had her.
I lost her.
I love her.
All I did was complicate us.
★★
AMAZON NOOK KOBO I-TUNES
My brown eyed girl sat on our blankets with her arms wrapped
around her knees, hiding her face. The tiny frame that I adored so much shook
uncontrollably, only heightening the deepest sobbing that escalated with each
passing second. It was such an intimate moment, not to be shared with anyone,
especially me. Alex didn’t cry. I watched her bawl for the first time in my
life. I had never seen anyone cry like that before, and it shook me to my core,
slicing me whole, and making me feel like I was dying. Carving a memory that I
would take to my grave.
There was no going back…
No erasing.
No do overs.
No deleting.
What I witnessed tonight would be my purgatory; I would now
close my eyes and forever see her falling apart in front of me. Shattering
before my very own eyes and I found it hard to breathe.
Hard to move.
My feet were glued to the goddamn floor as she continued to
weep, sob, bawl, violently sucking in air that wasn’t available. I accepted it
all; each tear that fell from her face becoming pieces of me. Circulating
through my veins and blood, it flowed endlessly, a river of her sadness and
sorrow and of my broken promises. No beginning or ending to her cries, just an
infinite current, flooding the hole where my heart should be. The shadow of her
trembling petite body reflected off the walls, leaving a trail of regrets in
its wake.
Mine.
Hers.
Ours.
Growing up in a small town you overheard a lot of things.
People talking, stories told, town gossip. You listened a lot. You learned a
lot. Tourists, townies, friends, and especially family all shared wisdom and
advice that you think you will never need.
Bunch of bullshit.
They say you have that one moment in life where things could
have been different, that one moment that changes the course of your life or
the direction you could have taken. That one moment that could forever change
you and everything you wanted to be true, everything you wanted to believe.
One simple decision could alter your entire future.
My entire world.
I would forever remember this moment for the rest of my
life. This is the moment that changed everything. This is the moment where I
took another direction, another road that led me to my own demise.
My own regrets.
I should have walked in there. I should have apologized. I
should have begged for her forgiveness. I should have promised that I would
never hurt her again. I should have done whatever it took to make her look at
me the way she had our entire lives.
But I didn’t…
I did none of those things…
Not one.
Nothing was said between us.
No words.
No actions.
I was a coward and couldn’t do it. I couldn’t see her like
that. I couldn’t look into her eyes and know that I had hurt her. That I had
disappointed her. That I ruined her love and lost her respect for me.
The boy who promised he would never hurt her.
The boy who swore he would always protect her.
The boy who vowed he would never let anything happen to her.
That same boy was me.
I was the reason she was bawling.
I was the reason she was hurt.
I was the reason she was broken.
She knew the truth. It had finally caught up to me… I
shattered her illusion that I was hers. I ruined the one good thing I had in my
life. The girl that owned my heart was bleeding out for me in a way that I had
never seen before. The house was no longer our safe place.
I had brought my hurricane with me…
I couldn’t risk the possibility of losing her permanently if
I walked in there and admitted my truths. She wouldn’t love me anymore, she
wouldn’t look at me the same anymore, and she wouldn’t be mine anymore.
My brown eyed girl.
The girl that I had loved all of my life.
The same girl that I would love for the rest of my life.
Alexandra.
I gave her the only comfort I could in her moment of
despair. I turned around and left. I walked down the stairs and got into my
truck. I turned the engine on and drove my sorry ass home. I took a shower and
never once looked at myself in the mirror. I pretended that nothing changed.
That I didn’t cause her pain, and that she didn’t know the truth. That I didn’t
see her sobbing and that she wasn’t even bawling to begin with. That we were
still just best friends, and that she was my girl and I was her boy.
My Half-Pint and her Bo.
It was better than knowing…
I ruined us.
★★ PREORDER BLITZ ★★
Title: FORBID ME (The Good Ol’ Boys 2)
Release Date: November 24th
Cover Model: Kevin
Lajeunesse
Cover Design: The
Final Wrap
SYNOPSIS:
It was only a matter of time until the truth came
out.
I never thought it would come to this…
I tried, God knows I tried to stay away from her but
eventually I crossed that line and broke that trust. I could no longer go back
and I sure as fuck didn’t regret a single moment of it. I knew there would be
hell to pay, I knew the wrath I’d be facing but I would willingly take the
burns and scars just to have the love of my best friend’s sister.
If there is one person I’d willingly go to hell and
back for it was…
Lillian Ryder
Standalone within a series. New Adult Contemporary Romance: Strong
language and sexual content, not intended for readers under 18.
★★
AMAZON NOOK KOBO I-TUNES
She
narrowed her eyes at me and started to walk backwards down the hall and into
her bedroom with me following close behind. Our eyes locked the entire time,
both of us knowing where this was going. She sat on the edge of the bed, while
I leaned my shoulder against the doorframe, my arms folded over my chest with
one leg crossed over the other. I took in her disappointment that I hadn’t
followed her to the bed. I let a few seconds linger between us, wanting to
remember her and this moment.
Just. Like. This.
“Stand up,” I ordered in a
harsh tone.
She didn’t think twice about it.
“Take off your dress.”
She
reached for the hem.
“Slower.”
She gradually lifted her dress over her creamy
thighs, and I rubbed my fingers over my mouth already tasting her. She threw
her dress on the floor and stood in front of me in nothing but her bra and
panties.
“Turn for me.”
She did.
“You’re so beautiful,” I murmured, loud
enough for her to hear. She reached for her bra.
“No.”
She cocked her head to
the side with a questioning expression.
“That’s my job. I get to strip you
completely naked. I get to make you wet. I get to taste you. I get to make you
come. Do you understand me?”
She nodded and swallowed hard. The bedroom was
the only place Lily ever took orders, the thought alone made her wet.
“Lay on
the bed and close your eyes.”
She was about to say something and I arched an
eyebrow. “Be my good little girl and don’t make me repeat myself.”
She crawled
on the bed making sure to give me a view of her voluptuous butt swaying with
each movement she made. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. I pushed
off the wall and ripped off one of the hydrangeas from the vase on her bedside
table. I took off my ball cap, setting it on the edge of the bed and placed the
hydrangea on the tip of her nose. I kept her house stocked with them now just
because I loved seeing her smile every time she looked at them. I spent too
many years not seeing that smile.
I slowly moved it down her body, barely
touching her skin but enough to where it left goose bumps in its wake. Once I
reached her pussy I pressed down firmer, moving it back and forth against her
clit.
She sucked in a breath of air.
I continued to play with her for a few
seconds. Setting the hydrangea on the nightstand, I took off her bra and then
her panties, bringing them up to my face and smelled her wetness.
Best Selling
Author M. Robinson loves to read. She favors anything that has angst, romance,
triangles, cheating, love, and of course sex! She has been reading since the
Babysitters Club and R.L. Stein.
She was born in
New Jersey but was raised in Tampa Fl. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in
psychology, with two years left.
She is married to
an amazing man who she loves to pieces. They have two German Shepherd mixes and
a Tabby cat.
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November 8, 2015
November 4, 2015
PURE TEXTUALITY PR ADVICE: When Bad Covers Happen to Good Books
Great Advice…
Originally posted on Pure Textuality Public Relations:
When Bad Covers Happen to Good Books was actually a workshop I’d written along with several others for a convention that didn’t end up happening, but I decided to share a portion of it here today since I don’t anticipate teaching the workshop anytime soon. Never say never, right?
What follows are various pieces of advice and things to think about when you get ready to design the cover for your book. The post consists of what I consider to be the most important highlights from the workshop. A small portion of this post is right out of my Open Letter to Indie Authors, but most of it is new info. Hope you all find it helpful!
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November 1, 2015
Callisto Carvanis: And A Legacy Was Born Update
I’ve finally come up with a release date and working on getting pre order links up for Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks. I will upload to Amazon the day of release.
Release date is Dec. 21, 2015 and the pre order price will be $2.99 until Dec. 26, 2015 then the price will go up to $3.99
The first book in my Dark Indiscretions Series is FREE. Please feel free to pick it up and give it a shot. I have uploaded a revised version with around 6K.
I also have some poems that are FREE on Smashwords and BN.
Shakuita Johnson is a 30-year-old Psychology major. When she isn’t going to school or working, she is doing what she loves most. Writing. She also loved to watch Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer with her mom.
Dark Indiscretions is her first novel and is a Paranormal Thriller. She has followed it up with Dark Indiscretions: Monster Unleashed, Dark Indiscretions: A Prequel, Dark Indiscretions: Seer Destined and Rumspringa (Dark Indiscretions #3.5).
She also released her Dark Romance which has a bit of suspense entitled And So She Waited and her first erotica serial Kiss and Tell: Encounters of a Prostitute.
She is currently working on Callisto Carvanis and the final two Dark Indiscretions books.
Visit her online and read her poems and one attempt at songwriting on her blog at http://www.dark-indiscretions.com. You can also find her at http://www.facebook.com/shakuitajohnson or http://www.twitter.com/sljay1184. Check out her website at http://www.authorshakuitajohnson.com. Sign up for my newsletter at http://eepurl.com/MubU9.
October 31, 2015
AUTHORS: Sign Up for a VIRTUAL Book Signing Through Authorgraph! (#FREE Event)
Authors please sign up if interested!
Originally posted on Pure Textuality Public Relations:
Good morning, authors and Happy Halloween! Today is my birthday and I am spending just a little bit of time doing some Pure Textuality PR work and then I am off to do all the fun stuff that comes along with having your birthday on Halloween. ;)
I wanted to share this sign up with you because I think it’s a fabulous idea and a fun way to connect with new readers!
The book signing is free or you can donate money, like $5 or $10, to go towards prizes. I’m participating as an author and I’m actually going to advertise to my readers a separate giveaway. I’m going to be putting special signatures in random readers Authorgraphs to let them know that they’ve won a special swag item from me as well.
The author putting this together is still in the planning stages so the event doesn’t have a…
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