Kailin Gow's Blog, page 28
April 30, 2013
What an Honor to be on the Front Page of Amazon.com as a Success Story!
I woke up this morning to find me profiled on the front page of Amazon.com. As their Author Success Story. Wow.
When I first became an author, I never thought I would be doing this as a living and getting recognized for something I have such a passion for: writing books
I published my first book in 2001 as a means to help girls and teens to deal with social situations that were hard to talk to someone about by way of fiction. By some fluke, my fantasty books and books for girls, teens, young adults, and women took off, and found a resonance with readers.
I’ve been fortunate in so many ways to get to this point. It had been a long journey filled with thrills and spills (mostly all good, though) but the revolution of KDP has helped me get there faster.
Here’s the rest of my story from Amazon, which I hope will inspire you to be more than you imagined, too!
Kailin Gow, Success Story on Amazon.com
Filed under: A Day in the Life of an Author, Girl Power, Inspirations, KAILIN GOW, Publishing, The Fire Wars Series, The Frost Series
April 7, 2013
Good News! April 11 Release Date for The PROTEGE in PAPERBACK! PERFECT SUMMER Available for Pre-order on Kindle starting April 11!
For a description and fun things on The Protege, visit my 18 and up blog Kailin Gow 18+ Blog (I know it sounds like what it is ha ha just so it isn’t confusing, right?)
There will be fun stuff posted from actual site visits of Sebastian Sorensen on April 11 on this blog, as well, so go visit!
Also, on April 11 or maybe a little sooner or later…
PERFECT SUMMER (Loving Summer #2) will be available on Kindle for pre-ordering for its release on April 22, 2013!
Watch for more announcements on celebrations and parties on Facebook!
Filed under: Book Release Announcement, KAILIN GOW, Loving Summer, The Protege Tagged: author
March 7, 2013
The Protege is Having an Early Release – March 25!!! Perfect Summer is Now Releasing on April 11!
Hi Everyone,
Sorry I’ve been AWOL. I’ve been busy with some all-consuming things like moving, and renovating my old home, getting situated into a new one as well as getting office space.
But that doesn’t mean I haven’t forgotten about all of you. My books will continue to be released, but the dates for the releases have changed.
The Protege is having an Early Release! March 25!!!
This is an Adult Contemporary book for 18+ and up and contains sexual scenes.
To celebrate the early release of The Protege and also to give you a taste of one of the characters – Sebastian Sorensen, I have written a short flash fiction called Seducing Sebastian Sorensen for Kelli Maine’s Dolls & Doms (18+ and over) site about Sebastian, which took place a year before The Protege takes place.
Here’s the story, and you must be 18 and up to enter the site and read the story.
http://dollsanddoms.blogspot.com/2013/03/seducing-sebastian-sorensen.html
The Protege
She was the young promising composer in search of a master to teach her and advise her. Serena Singleton was the beautiful up and coming talent brought to the attention of the eccentric, famous, and wildly wealthy Sebastian Sorenson, one of the foremost and most talented composers in Hollywood and in the Academics field. A chance encounter brings them into an arrangement that turns out beyond their expectations and desire, testing their boundaries. Who is the student, the protege, and who is the teacher? Nothing is as it seems in this romantic exotic thriller.
Perfect Summer is now releasing on April 11!
This is for New Adult and is told Mainly through Summer’s eyes (If it was from the Donovan Brothers’ this would be Adult)
Two hot brothers, one steady and secured, groomed to take over their family’s billion dollar enterprise. The other, a rising football star whose body is well-known to women of all ages in print and in person. Both in love with the same woman, whom they can’t have – Summer Jones, their sister’s best friend since childhood, and the girl they promised to protect.
She’s never been so lost in her life, following the tragedy that rocked her steady and secured life. Always the perfect girl, the good girl who does everything to take care of everyone else, she’s now the one who’s fallen too far. Not Drew, not Nat, and not even Rachel. She knows she has to choose and make a decision. She knows she has to do the right thing, but as she decides with her mind, her heart rebels. Her desire for both Donovan brothers has grown insatiable and an addiction so much so that lines are blurred and nothing is clear. Just when everything seems bleak and hopeless, comes a revelation so deep, that what seems far from perfect becomes perfect in what turns out to be the Donovan’s most perfect summer.
Filed under: Adult Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Book Release Announcement, KAILIN GOW, Loving Summer, The Protege Tagged: Adult Contemporary, kailin gow, Loving Summer, new adult, New Book Releases, Perfect Summer, The Protege
February 7, 2013
RELEASE DATES UPDATE: Kailin Gow Falling for Summer Uncut, Uncensored Version w/Bonus – 2/12/2013
Hi Everyone!
Due to the more mature themes in the Uncut and Uncensored Version of Falling for Summer, and a whole new BONUS scenes; the date of the release for this new adult/contemporary adult version will be 2/12/2013.
Perfect Summer’s Release Date has changed to March 11, 2013!
Get set for some parties, interviews, chats, and more!
Help spread the word about the new date changes with Falling for Summer and Perfect Summer
Filed under: Book Release Announcement, KAILIN GOW, Loving Summer
February 6, 2013
Indie Authors and Publishers – Need Your Help! Become a Contributor to Indie Directory and Advice Book
I’ve been compiling a directory and advice book that will be changing and being updated every year about indie-friendly vendors that we use for those who want to go their own way, be an independently-published author, rather than traditional.
Having been in writing and publishing for many years, I’ve made it a point to at least try out any and all vendors (book blog tours, blast services, advertisers, pr or promotions companies, brand marketing companies, contest sites, review sites like Kirkus for indies, book trailers producers, website developers, workshops, and more) who cater to indies and in some cases, traditional publishers. I’m still trying out new vendors every season to see what works for me and what doesn’t since it’s a constantly changing publishing environment. And like some of you, I’ve innocently tried and used services, only to be find them ineffective or worse, targeted by indie-haters for using these services, which I had not known anything bad about.
There are so many companies out there that claim they can help you become a bestselling author or something like that and will charge you thousands of dollars to get you there.
Luckily for me, before these companies became more prominent, I was already established as a top-selling author in my niches on Amazon before trying these companies so in a way, but I wanted to try them out as an obligation to stay on top of the publishing environment.
And especially in the indie atmosphere, there are vendors out there that you should be aware of, as well as those, who by using them innocently as a client can cause you to be bashed by indie-hating bloggers or trolls because they find the way indie vendors market books, to be distasteful. But as an indie author or publisher, we don’t really know until we tried their services, right?
Need Your Suggestions and Recommendations for Indie-Friendly Vendors and Service Providers
Just because some vendors and services didn’t work for me, doesn’t mean it didn’t work for you. And there are so many other services that I haven’t heard of or tried.
So, if you would like to help your fellow indies out and provide the vendors you found exceptional some recognition, please send me:
at kailingowbooks (at) aol (dot) com:
1) Your recommended vendors – their contacts or links
2) Why you recommend them - did they provide results for you in any way, etc.
3) Beware list of vendors and brief comment on why
You will get credit in the acknowledgement of this directory, a chance to put a brief bio in, and a sense of helping the indie publishing world and authors out!
Filed under: Authors, Publishing, Writing, YA Publishing
February 5, 2013
Because President Obama's State of the Union Address is coming up...here's an article about Obama's daughter and the FROST book!
Thank you to Faye, an avid reader and fan of the FROST books, pointed out to me that President Obama’s daughter Malia Obama was reading one of the Frost books during the summer of 2011 when the Frost Series paperback books were made available to bookstores. She said it was in the Christian Science Monitor.
Bitter Frost
So, here’s the article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2011/0...
Here’s a highlight of the part that mentions the book in the article!
http://kailingow.files.wordpress.com/...
Alright! Yay! Nice to see how reading is encouraged in this family!
* This announcement is strictly based on you fans, especially Faye announcing it on her page, about it and telling me about it, and then this article. After careful scrutiny about this article, and since Bitter Frost is widely distributed in paperback at the time, we believe this to be the book they were referring to. If not, this was an honest mistake, and I always always take the side of my fans and supporters, especially when Faye and the others were so happy in telling me about this!
February 4, 2013
Falling for Summer (Uncut, Uncensored, and re-Edited Version) Replacing Current Version for a Re-release this Friday 2/8/2013!
Hi Everyone! Good news – there were enough of you wanting to read the Uncut, Uncensored, and more mature version of Falling for Summer – like now!
So, we’re furiously getting this ready for a re-release of Falling for Summer this Friday 2/28/2013! Um, it was too hot for YA, last time, so now it’s New Adult/Adult Contemporary.
Mark your Calendars for the Re-release of Falling for Summer this Friday 2/8/2013!
And the release of Perfect Summer (Loving Summer following Falling for Summer!) – aiming for 3/11/2013! New Adult/Adult Contemporary Romance for 17+
Two hot brothers, one steady and secured, groomed to take over their family’s billion dollar enterprise. The other, a rising football star whose body is well-known to women of all ages in print and in person. Both in love with the same woman, whom they can’t have – Summer Jones, their sister’s best friend since childhood, and the girl they promised to protect.
She’s never been so lost in her life, following the tragedy that rocked her steady and secured life. Always the perfect girl, the good girl who does everything to take care of everyone else, she’s now the one who’s fallen too far. Not Drew, not Nat, and not even Rachel. She knows she has to choose and make a decision. She knows she has to do the right thing, but as she decides with her mind, her heart rebels. Her desire for both Donovan brothers has grown insatiable and an addiction so much so that lines are blurred and nothing is clear. Just when everything seems bleak and hopeless, comes a revelation so deep, that what seems far from perfect becomes perfect in what turns out to be the Donovan’s most perfect summer.
Filed under: Book Release Announcement, Loving Summer
January 22, 2013
To Celebrate YOU & ME Trilogy being Optioned for Film, Here’s an Amazing Promotion! Get SAVING YOU SAVING ME Free with Purchase of FINDING YOU FINDING ME for a Limited Time!
From theEDGEbooks.com’s Special Promotions Newsletter…
Get SAVING YOU SAVING ME Free when you Buy FINDING YOU FINDING ME on Amazon from Bestselling Romance Author Kailin Gow
Just Optioned to become a Film! Don’t miss this opportunity to get The You & Me Trilogy – consisting of Saving You Saving Me, Finding You Finding Me at a great promotion!
FINDING YOU FINDING ME!
NEW ADULT (18 years and up) with unabashed unapologetic steamy scenes, panty-ripping, t-shirt-ripping, lots of ripping, and street fighting action (you’ll see…)
PRAISE for the YOU & ME TRILOGY
5 out of 5 stars – “‘Finding You, Finding Me’, is bound to provide more shocking revelations and unexpected plot twists” – Lovey Dovey Books
5 out of 5 stars – “I was impressed with Saving You Saving Me. I don’t know if I could be more of a fan girl but I just might be.” – jimac3011
DESCRIPTION
Love Comes from Unexpected Places…
Samantha Sullivan, an aspiring psychiatrist, and Valedictorian of her high school, is set on attending her college of choice in the fall. But as she continues volunteering at Sawyer House, the teen and young adult crisis center, where she is a peer counselor until she goes to college, the only person who had been able to reach into her shell and pull her out, comes back into her life. Daggers, the beautifully complex boy, she counseled during her shifts at the Crisis Center.
Before she knew it, Sam is forced into an affair so intense, and a relationship so deep, she have no choice but to confront the demons from her past and with her family. She thought she could handle everything as always and on her own, but as she embarks on the road to recovery, she finds that help comes from the most unexpected places.
* This is a contemporary romance with social situations, social issues, alpha males, action, and unexpected twists. There are some fantasy elements (um…poses) in here, which are not encouraged in public or you may face getting a ticket for public indecency
JUST Released on Amazon Kindle!
GET YOUR COPY TODAY on
A Contemporary Young Adult Mature and New Adult Romance. Recommended for older teens, young adults, and adults due to racy romance and social issues.
*The author of Saving You Saving Me is donating part of the sales of this book series to the founding and maintenance of a real life teen, young adult, and women’s crisis center.*
PRAISE for SAVING YOU SAVING ME, as Seen on ABC News:
“Can I just say I love Kailin Gow. Her books are amazing. On my second read for the ARC [of Saving You Saving Me]” – Jennifer M.
“Intense, dark, and sexy. I can’t stop thinking about it.” – I. Richards.
DESCRIPTION:
Aspiring psychiatrist and high school Valedictorian, Samantha (Sam) Sullivan, never thought she would fall for the one mysterious guy she has been speaking to over the phone for months, the boy the counselors called Daggers. She wasn’t supposed to talk to him outside of their sessions. But as she began to peel the layers of Daggers and learn who he is, the one boy she is supposed to be saving, might just be the one who is saving her.
Includes an excerpt from Loving Summer, a ya contemporary romance from Kailin Gow
PROMOTION RULES
Send a copy of your receipt for purchasing Finding You Finding Me from Amazon (can be kindle version or paperback version) to info (at) theEDGEbooks (dot) com, to receive a kindle copy of SAVING YOU SAVING ME (YOU & ME TRILOGY #1) gifted to you. Will assume the email you use to send the receipt is the one to be gifted the copy to, or otherwise stated in the email. Please allow up to 2 weeks to process.
This promotion ends Friday, January 25, 2013 midnight pst.
Check Out the other Contemporary Romance that recently was optioned for a film: The Loving Summer Series!
Also Just Optioned for a Film!
THE LOVING SUMMER SERIES
Loving Summer
is On Sale for Only 99 cents!Summer has always looked forward to spending her summers at her Aunt’s beach house with the Donovans. To her, summers at Aunt Sookie’s beach house was magical, especially getting to spend time with the Donovans – her best friend Rachel and Rachel’s brothers Nathaniel, and Drew. Here at Aunt Sookie’s beach house, they can be anyone and anything they dreamed. For Summer, she had always wished to become as pretty as Rachel and for her brothers to think of her as more than Rachel’s friend. For Nat and Drew, summers at Aunt Sookie’s beach house meant fun and escape, a place where they go to with their mom and sister for the summer, away from city life. They never thought this summer would be different. They never thought things would change as much as they did…and it all began with them falling for and loving Summer. A YA contemporary romance with an edge.
Falling for Summer (Book 2 of the Loving Summer Series/Book 1 of the Donovan Brothers Series) is NOW AVAILABLE on AMAZON!
PRAISE FOR THE LOVING SUMMER SERIES
5 out of 5 Stars – Loving Summer touched on issues like divorce, illness, and self-respect. Gow was able to guide her characters through tough situations without making it too heavy for the first book in the Loving Summer Series. It’s very possible that you’ll be reduced to tears while reading the passion in the characters’ words, actions, and motivations. There isn’t anything cookie-cutter or simple about Loving Summer. – Lovey Dovey Books
5 out of 5 Stars – This is hands down one of my favorite books that I’ve bought for my kindle, EVER.” – McKayla
DESCRIPTION
Love hits you when you least expect it, grabs you, sucks you in whole, and twists you around until you could hardly breathe. Love hurts like a sucker punch, that’s both glorious and beautiful. Falling for Summer was like that for me, every time. – Nat Donovan
The Donovan Brothers
Two brothers as gorgeous as they are dangerous.
Nat Donovan, the older more responsible brother with the passion of a starving man. Knows what he wants, but knows he can’t have it without giving up everything.
Drew Donovan, the really bad boy, the black sheep, the one who has a devil-may-care attitude, wants what he wants, but knows he would have to go through the ones he loves to have it.
Nat and Drew Donovan has known Summer Jones since they were kids. She had always been the girl next door who was best friends with their little sister Rachel and was cool enough to play with the guys. Now Summer is all grown up, gorgeous, and scorchingly sexy without even knowing it. Responsible older brother Nat, who had always tried to keep their friendship platonic, now can’t stop thinking of her and wanting more. Carefree Drew, who had always had a crush on Summer, but knew Summer’s heart was already taken, can only fall further for her. But no one had anticipated what would happen between the time the Donovan brothers fell for her and now. No one knew how hard they would fall.
Filed under: awesome promotions, Book Release Announcement, Film Options and Development, Loving Summer, Saving You Saving Me (You & Me Trilogy) 
January 18, 2013
FINDING YOU FINDING ME (YOU & ME Trilogy) is NOW Available on Amazon Kindle Version! Special New Release Day Price, too!
After months of sweating and pouring over this book, it’s finally here in its UNCUT and UNCENSORED form. It’s RAW, Steamy, has some dialogue that is heartfelt, and emotional, along with some crazy humor.
I’m proud to present:
FINDING YOU FINDING ME!
NEW ADULT (18 years and up) with unabashed unapologetic steamy scenes, panty-ripping, t-shirt-ripping, lots of ripping, and street fighting action (you’ll see…)
PRAISE for the YOU & ME TRILOGY
5 out of 5 stars – “‘Finding You, Finding Me’, is bound to provide more shocking revelations and unexpected plot twists” – Lovey Dovey Books
5 out of 5 stars – “I was impressed with Saving You Saving Me. I don’t know if I could be more of a fan girl but I just might be.” – jimac3011
DESCRIPTION
Love Comes from Unexpected Places…
Samantha Sullivan, an aspiring psychiatrist, and Valedictorian of her high school, is set on attending her college of choice in the fall. But as she continues volunteering at Sawyer House, the teen and young adult crisis center, where she is a peer counselor until she goes to college, the only person who had been able to reach into her shell and pull her out, comes back into her life. Daggers, the beautifully complex boy, she counseled during her shifts at the Crisis Center.
Before she knew it, Sam is forced into an affair so intense, and a relationship so deep, she have no choice but to confront the demons from her past and with her family. She thought she could handle everything as always and on her own, but as she embarks on the road to recovery, she finds that help comes from the most unexpected places.
* This is a contemporary romance with social situations, social issues, alpha males, action, and unexpected twists. There are some fantasy elements (um…poses) in here, which are not encouraged in public or you may face getting a ticket for public indecency 
JUST Released on Amazon Kindle!
Filed under: Book Release Announcement, bullying, Saving You Saving Me (You & Me Trilogy)
January 14, 2013
SECRETS of the FALL (Donovan Brothers #2: A Loving Summer Novel) – Cover Reveal!!!
Happy to Reveal the Cover for Secrets of the Fall (Donovan Brothers #2: A Loving Summer Novel)
The Donovan Brothers… two gorgeous brothers in love with the same girl. How far would they fall to have her? One of them will claim her, but the other will find her. Only one can win her forever, unless their family secrets destroy everything.
Coming JUNE 2013
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Filed under: Cover Reveal, Loving Summer
