Brooklyn Ann's 2017 Re-cap. FAIL! ....Or maybe not?

...My Twin Peaks obsession hasn't worn off yet.

It's that time again, where I review my triumphs and tribulations of the year. I started out by reading the 2017 Goals I'd posted back in January. Oh man, that was a mistake. I only accomplished 2 1/2 out of 7 things on the list: Doing nice things for my boyfriend, spending more time with my son (but not as much as I should have) and quitting the day job. The last was HUGE, though!

Did I quit smoking? Fail. 

Write 30K a month? FAIL. 

Get my Datsun back on the road? Fail.

Come up with a marketing plan and schedule and implement it? FAIL.

However, when I did the next thing in my recap process: going through my FB feed month by month, I still had a lot of good stuff there. And I DID get all my planned books done, even if I was on the edge of my deadline every time.

 Without further ado, here's my long-ass Recap.

January:

I finished my 13^th novel.

Wynter's Bite was such a fun book to write and make teasers for.

Rock God made the Top 20 books of 2016 over at Behind ClosedDoors Book Reviews!

You can snag it for $3.99

I ended up on an Australian Heavy Metal Site! http://www.hotmetalonline.com/2017/02/01/hearts-of-metal-yes-metal-romance-novels-2017/

It was such an amazing experience! An Australian heavy metal journalist discovered my books and loved them! We even chatted on Skype and she's eventually going to interview me!

I did make an Author Media Kit, so there was some marketing.

February:

I quit the day job! 

After being trapped at a call center for three and a half years, it was so liberating to escape. I'm still not making enough from my books to be self-supporting, but I got an AMAZING stay at home job that allows me to go further with the writing.

Wynter’s Bite released

Made Swag and did Graphics

Like that Wynter's Bite teaser!

March:

Spicy in Spokane Convention.

It was a blast meeting new readers and fellow authors.

Got an airbrush kit… but didn’t do much

I still need to figure out straight lines.

Kent had surgery

He had cancer on his ear. It was benign, but the surgery and recovery was still painful for him.

April:

My uncle passed away.
RIP, David. You were so much fun and I'm glad I got to spend time with you.

Prepped for RT.

RT is the biggest con of the year, so there was a lot involved.

May:

RT convention

Kent and I had a wonderful time in Atlanta! I have so many pics from that fun time. And oh my goodness, the food was incredible!

We both got con crud after. Then, when I finally recovered, I sprained my ankle and had to hobble around with a can for a freaking week.

Despite this, I finished my 14^th novel, Pleading Rapture.

June:

Got to see HellYeah

It turns out that my boyfriend's old friend and former bandmate is now the guitarist of the band, HellYeah. He's super cool, we hung out with him in Vegas two years ago and this time he came up to Coeur d'Alene and hung out with us and ate elk steaks before he played a show in Spokane. He also gave me some useful research info for my Hearts of Metal series.

Pleading Rapture released!

Book 5 in my Brides of Prophecy series was one hell of a ride. Literally. I finally got to write an epic road chase scene that had been in my mind for years.

You can get it HERE!

Zima came back.

Yes, that's an event, damn it. I have fond memories.
...I got drunk off of two of them and amused everyone on Facebook.

Started writing outside.

This provided a huge boost in my writing productivity. Sadly, it got too hot by July. I should have started doing it sooner.

July:

I finished a scratchboard that a friend commissioned me to do:
The creepy church in Spirit Lake that was featured in my short story, Tesemini.

Signed another 3 book contract with Boroughs

More Hearts of Metal books are on the horizon!

Picked huckleberries.
Purple fingers and yummy goodness!

Finished Forbidden Song. 
My 15^th novel, Forbidden Song (Hearts of Metal book 5,) releases January 11th!
And it's available for PreOrder!

Got distracted by Twin Peaks

Oh man, that show has me obsessed... And my best friend was an extra in the diner scene! She's in the purple turtleneck and white vest.

And I made a lot of memes and stuff.

August:

My son started Driver’s Ed.
My child, behind the wheel of my car. The horror!

Turned 35
We won't talk about that.

Went to Reno
We went to visit Kent's family, but also RT 2018 will be in Reno, so I got to scope out the venue! I made a video.

Battled hackers
My website got attacked bad. Thankfully, my boyfriend's an IT Guy and saved the day.

Almost zero writing got done that month.

September:

Saw Guns and Roses at the Gorge
I LOVE seeing shows at the Gorge and GnR was a historic event!

And we got pretty close seats.

But then we came home to the whole northwest on fire and I caught the flu. :(

My Son turned 16!
OMG!!!

I ate Pumpkin Spice everything and started on mass prep for Halloween.

I saw IT.
This was a big deal because IT is my favorite novel of all time.

I saw Megadeth and the Scorpions.

Megadeth is my favorite band of all time and I cried when they did "Holy Wars."

The Scorpions are hella fun and they had a giant disco ball!

October:

I got back into writing and also prepped for Halloween. I carved some cool pumpkins.

I watched a ton of movies with Halloween Horror club and worked on revisions for Forbidden Song.

For Halloween, I dressed as Queen Elizabeth the First, and my son was a plague doctor. We decorated the yard pretty badass.

November

I wrote like a fiend and Finished my 16^th novel!

Then it was Thanksgiving.

I was all about the turkey.

December:

The Highwayman’s Bite released!

You can read the first chapter HERE! 

I got health insurance!

More on that with my 2018 goals post, which you can see here.

Aside from line edits for Forbidden Song, I spent this month recharging with books and movies. Reading for pleasure has been something lost to me for too long.

So, it really wasn't as bad a year for me as I'd thought. I feel like I lived more. I'll go more into my analysis of my successes and failures for next post, when I talk about my goals.

I hope everyone else had a great 2017 and has an even better 2018!

Release day, giveaway, and long-awaited news!

It's here! The Highwayman's Bite is HERE! You can get it on Kindle iBooks Nook Kobo and Google Play I am so excited about this one and I hope you all enjoy it!  GIVEAWAY: If you add The Highwayman's Bite to your "Want to Read" list on Goodreads, I'll enter you in a drawing to win a print copy! Signed, if you're in the US! Go HERE to add it! NEWS!  I finally have a release date for Fobidden Song! (Hearts of Metal book 5) It will be available January 11th.

My publisher and I  thought it would be best if I didn't have two books out in the same month. I'm also getting a new editor, so hopefully there won't be any more delays like this with this series. I also have dates for books 6 and 7, but I'm not telling yet. Mwahahahaha! You can Preorder Forbidden Song on the publisher's website!  I hope everyone has an amazing week! For mine, I'm taking a vacation and reading (thanks again for all the books you all recommended!) and watching movies. ((HUGS!!)) Brooklyn Ann -------------------------------------------- Series by Brooklyn Ann Scandals With Bite (Regency paranormal romance) Books do not need to be read in order Bite Me, Your Grace One Bite Per Night Bite at First Sight His Ruthless Bite Wynter's Bite The Highwayman's Bite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brides of Prophecy (Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy)  Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda Prequel: Tesemini (Free) Wrenching Fate (FREE!) Ironic Sacrifice Conjuring Destiny Unleashing Desire Pleading Rapture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hearts of Metal (Contemporary Romance) Standalones that intertwine Kissing Vicious With Vengeance Rock God Metal and Mistletoe Forbidden Song  ----------------------------------------------------------- For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com I love hearing from readers! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send me an email! Contact@brooklynannauthor.com

Last Week to PreOrder The Highwayman's Bite, plus some amazing Book Deals!

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and aren't too worn out from all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday stuff.

I know I am, because on top of that, I finished The Highwayman's Bite. The book releases December 5th, and you can PreOrder it here! 

Between my editor's delays with my last Hearts of Metal book and some personal issues that I'll go into a bit at my end of year letter, this book took longer than it was supposed to.
But at least I got it done on time.
So for me, December will be dedicated to reading and plotting out the next Hearts of Metal book.

Speaking of reading, I found some killer deals on Historical and Paranormal romances that I just had to share!

HISTORICAL DEALS

 

PARANORMAL DEALS

Oh yes, my kindle will be loaded and I'll be binging on these after release day.
I will also be featuring another giveaway for my release day announcement in my Newsletter next week, so stay tuned!

((Hugs))
Brooklyn Ann

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Series by Brooklyn Ann

Scandals With Bite

(Regency paranormal romance)

Books do not need to be read in order

Bite Me, Your Grace

One Bite Per Night

Bite at First Sight

His Ruthless Bite

Wynter's Bite

The Highwayman's Bite

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Brides of Prophecy

(Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy) 

Also don't need to be read in order until book 5...kinda

Prequel: Tesemini (Free)

Wrenching Fate (FREE!)

Ironic Sacrifice

Conjuring Destiny

Unleashing Desire

Pleading Rapture

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hearts of Metal

(Contemporary Romance)

Standalones that intertwine

Kissing Vicious

With Vengeance

Rock God

Metal and Mistletoe

Forbidden Song 

-----------------------------------------------------------

For excerpts and special content, visit BrooklynAnnAuthor.com

I love hearing from readers! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send me an email!

Contact@brooklynannauthor.com

ONE BITE PER NIGHT is on SALE!

I have no idea how or why, but One Bite Per Night is 69 cents on Kindle. I also don't know how long that will last, so get it now!

Brooklyn Ann Scopes the Peppermill for RT Convention 2018

Cover reveal and Release date for Scandals With Bite Book 6!!

If you're subscribed to my Newsletter, you've already seen it... which is another good reason to subscribe, since I suck at blogging.

Anyway, without further ado... here it is!

The Highwayman's Bite Releases December 5th!

You can PreOrder it on:
Amazon
iBooks
Nook
Kobo
Google Play

An excerpt will be posted on the "Coming Soon" page of my website, so you can stalk that, or subscribe to my newsletter, because my excerpts are released there first.

I'm also expecting release date news on Hearts of Metal Book 5 any day now.

And speaking of Hearts of Metal, I have a freebie offer going on that I will talk about soon.

Cover and Title Reveal for Hearts of Metal Book 5!

I've been quiet for most of August, being busy fighting writer's block, then I went on a small road trip, and THEN I started designing the cover of Scandals With Bite book 6! The reveal and release date are sooner than you think.

In the meantime, my editor sent me the finalized cover for Hearts of Metal book 5!

What do you think? 

I can't wait until it comes out. So far it looks like it will be out in mid to late September, but with small presses, you never know. I will tell you as soon as I either hear a date, or if my publisher decides to just spontaneously release it like they did with Rock God.

Speaking of Rock God, in the epilogue, you see that Quinn's little sister gets on Bleeding Vengeance's tour bus with none other than reputed man-whore, Cliff Tracey. 

Forbidden Song is the story that unfolds from there, where you'll learn that things aren't always what they seem.

Back to Scandals With Bite, one of the books was approved for a free deal on Bookbub on September 9th, so please follow me there to be notified! LINK Here!

Honestly, lots of awesome book stuff will be going down next month, so stay tuned!

Last chance to enter! Contest ends on the 30th!

                                                   

Hey, everyone! I'm doing an awesome giveaway over at Fresh Fiction! I'll be giving away a signed paperback of Unleashing Desire and a $25 Amazon Gift Card. Go HERE to enter! 

Also, I'll have news about my Hearts of Metal series forthcoming soon, so stay tuned!

Metal and Mistletoe on sale for 99 cents!

Hey, everyone! Today is chaos for me. The deadline for Hearts of Metal book 5 is tomorrow and I still have to finish the last chapter and epilogue. My publisher is holding an awesome party today too, (More on that later) And my interracial, death metal, Christmas romance is on sale for 99 cents at the Borough's site... which means you can get formats that work no matter what country you're in! Get it HERE! Now back to the party. It's on Facebook and every author has a half hour slot where they're giving away prizes. I go on at 8:30 Eastern. Come say Hi!

Link to the party is here. My next newsletter will hopefully have the cover reveal and release date for the next Hearts of Metal book.  ...And maybe a tidbit about the next Scandals With Bite book too! Until then, I hope to see you at the party and have a great summer!

SHOP NOW SHOP NOW

Christmas in July is coming with lots of giveaways!

Fun News, you guys!

Boroughs, the publisher who oversees my Hearts of Metal series, is having a Christmas in July party on Facebook, where multiple authors, including yours truly, will be doing tons of giveaways!

Go to this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/142022203033527/?active_tab=discussion to join in the fun!
In other good news, I've reached the 90% mark on Hearts of Metal book 5. I'm warning you, you're not going to like Quinn in this one, but we'll see if he starts being reasonable at the end.
Then I'm taking a week or so off to pick huckleberries so we can make more syrup, jam, and jelly.
I hope everyone's having a good summer and I'll talk you you again soon!
Thank you so much for being one of my readers.
((Hugs))

Brooklyn Ann

Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and an autographed copy of Unleashing Desire!

                                                   

Hey, everyone! I'm doing an awesome giveaway over at Fresh Fiction! I'll be giving away a signed paperback of Unleashing Desire and a $25 Amazon Gift Card. Go HERE to enter! 

Also, I'll have news about my Hearts of Metal series forthcoming soon, so stay tuned!

One Bite Per Night is on sale until July 3rd!

My publisher has my 2nd Scandals with Bite novel, ONE BITE PER NIGHT on sale for $1.99. It's a regency vampire romance where I have a lot of fun playing with the guardian/ward trope.

You can get it on: 

Amazon 

Nook

Kobo

Or Google Play

Here's the Blurb: 

                                                        He wanted her off his hands...

Vincent Tremayne, the reclusive "Devil Earl," has been manipulated into taking rambunctious Lydia Price as his ward. As Lord Vampire of Cornwall, Vincent has better things to do than bring out an unruly debutante.

Now he'll do anything to hold on forever

American-born Lydia Price doesn't care for the stuffy strictures of the ton, and is unimpressed with her foppish suitors. She dreams of studying with the talented but scandalous British portrait painter, Sir Thomas Lawrence. But just when it seems her dreams will come true, Lydia is plunged into Vincent's dark world and finds herself caught between the life she's known and a future she never could have imagined.

Still need more convincing? Check out this hilarious review:

Donna C on Lit Bites wrote:

"While my taste for sexy times in books is growing, the more traditional bodice rippers have really never done it for me. I like historical fiction and I like sex but that particular time period just isn’t my forte. Worlds of the ancients, yes. Regency era propriety? No. I’m not big on the traditional romance coming out of that time either, like Austen or the Bronte sisters so really, no surprise. It’s all a yawnfest for me, despite the sex.

Until Laura found a hidden gem on NetGalley that I was in no position to deny. Regency-era bodice ripper. WITH VAMPIRES. Yes. Immediately, yes. Because vampires make ANYTHING better. The sexytimes escalate, the bodices get even more ripped. NOTHING BAD COULD COME OF THIS. I knew it in my heart of hearts.

Now this is my first Regency-era bodice ripper. I have nothing to compare it to. But I know my writings and I know my plots and I know what works for me and what doesn’t so lets go from there, shall we?

The second the book started I was reading it with an accent in my head that kind of sounded like Shelby Foote, well to-do person from the upper echelons of the south that have a more cultured drawl about them. That was the tone of the book for me. And it fit oh so well. The over the top level of propriety and gasp and SCANDAL was just ungodly amusing to me as I sat there reading it, squealing in delight at the moments of SHAME and FLUTTER and QUIVERING THIGHS. Clutch the pearls, ladies. It’s wonderful.

It was very much over the top in terms of writing style but it fit. The story was over the top, the situation was over the top, the gasping and lack of propriety was over the top but you know what? I couldn’t get over the top enough. The sexual tension between Lydia and Vincent was extravagant and I just wanted to scream DO IT ALREADY. I’m imagining this is indicative of writing within the confines of this era because that tension was drawn OUT until no one involved, including this reader, could take it anymore. FINALLY it happened and oh steamy thigh quivering it was phenomenal.

Although I have to say when I think of things springing out I think of maybe a Jack in the Box or snakes in a can. Not an erection. When those start springing out I start thinking boi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-ing and then the mood is momentarily ruined. There were a couple of other instances were body parts were getting a little too technically described and it kind of ebbed the hotness of the situation but certainly not enough for me to stop reading. Never that.

I was engrossed in the scandal of the familially spurned Lydia, rejected pariah of the Morley family getting shunted on this Devil Earl and becoming a pawn in a competitive game of marriage. I was hooked by Vincent’s rather emo-Louis plight of being a vampire and the night world he lived in with Angelica and Ian, two rather incredibly awesome vampires that I need to read more about in book one of this series immediately. I wanted more sneakiness from some of the characters that would otherwise prove to be as straight-laced as they come. Oh the surprises!

I do wish there was a bit more focus on the vampire actions, though. That seems to be very much skirted over and left to the imagination. I don’t necessarily mind in this instance because I was so incredibly entertained otherwise but I usually like to see more vampireness where vampires are concerned. Although Vincent’s vampire powers were used quite often when he needed them.

I have found a new love in ONE BITE PER NIGHT and Brooklyn Ann’s work. I can’t wait to get my greedy little hands on more of it.
4 1/2"

PLEADING RAPTURE is here!

It's here! Book 5 in my BRIDES of PROPHECY series has arrived!

You can get PLEADING RAPTURE on:

Amazon

iBooks

Nook

Kobo

This was among the toughest books to write because of all the characters and subplots coming together. But I hope you all enjoy it!

I will be formatting the paperback this weekend and hope to have it available next week. I'm also in the process of putting together a cool Brides of Prophecy-themed prize pack! To be able to enter that giveaway, you'll have to sign up for my Newsletter.

So with all that work ahead of me, this newsletter will be short and sweet. But I'll have some discounts, giveaways, and other news coming soon!

((HUGS))

Brooklyn Ann