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Showing posts with label Conjuring Destiny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conjuring Destiny. Show all posts
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Tons of Free Witchy Books!
Thursday, July 11, 2019
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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Today only! Conjuring Destiny is FREE!
Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but I promise I have oodles of book and quilting updates coming forth in a couple days. But for now I just want to spread the word that my Fantasy Romance, Conjuring Destiny is free!
Grab it now and find out what happens when a rock star finds her destiny with a sexy sorcerer!
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Thursday, June 16, 2016
More Giveaways! Plus, Brides of Prophecy Box Set now live!
Hey everyone!
I'm pleased to announce that the Brides of Prophecy Box set... which includes the first 3 books in the series as well as the first three chapters of Unleashing Desire, which doesn't release until August 16th is now live everywhere where ebooks are sold!
Amazon
iBooks
Kobo
Nook
Along with that, I have some giveaways!
First, you can enter to win a kindle copy of the box set HERE!
Also, the kindle Giveaway for WITH VENGEANCE is still open until July 4th! Go HERE to enter!
And finally, I'm also running a print giveaway for WITH VENGEANCE!
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Exclusive on iBooks! Brides of Prophecy Box set!
Hello iPeople! Since a lot of my specials and promotions have been featured on Amazon, I thought you guys were feeling left out.
So I've released the first 3 books in my Brides of Prophecy Series in a box set with a bonus exclusive sneak peek at the first 3 chapters of book 4, UNLEASHING DESIRE!
Appleheads get it first!
For my Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Google Play readers, not to worry. The individual books in the series are still available for you, and I'll be releasing the box set with all other e-tailers soon.
To pick up your copy of the boxset on iBooks, go here!
Monday, March 28, 2016
Conjuring Destiny on sale!
My fantasy romance, CONJURING DESTINY is on sale for $1.99 until Wednesday everywhere e-books are sold. The sale will last until Wednesday, so be sure to snag your copy while you still have a chance!
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Here's the Blurb:
There’s more than a prophecy holding them together …
Famous rock star, Xochitl Leonine, has dreamed of a world with two moons where a black cloaked man beckons her. One Halloween night, she meets the mysterious stranger of her dreams… literally... and their shared dance becomes a rendezvous in a place of endless night.
Zareth Amotken has no idea how important Xochitl’s heavy metal band is to her. As an immortal sorcerer, he doesn’t care. He has one goal: to find the prophesied savior of his world. Her voice holds the power to bring back his world’s vanished sun.
Xochitl’s compassion urges her to help in any way she can. Yet learning the mysteries of her past causes conflict with her future in music. Her destiny in his world and her obligations to her band pull her in opposite directions. How can she long for one while the other is so dire?
As Zareth introduces her to his people and teaches her to control her powers, she aches for his enchanting kiss. Zareth tries to resist, for their passion will unleash serious consequences, both political and magical.
As the time to fulfill her destiny draws closer, she must choose between her heart, her duty, and her friends. The wrong choice could ruin everything.
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iBooks
Kobo
Nook
Google Play Books
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
My 2015 Recap
It's time for my annual recap of my year!
Holy Wow, 2015 was an incredible, busy year for me.
January
I attended my local RWA meeting where my wonderful author friend, Bonnie R. Paulson gave a talk on setting goals. This directly helped me recovered from the horrible bout of Writer's Block that I had for most of 2014. I cannot thank her enough. So yeah, I spent January WRITING!!
February
I had a ton of Dental work done which made me too doped up on pain meds to write as much, so I devoted a lot of time doing cover art.
I also officially hung my shingle for my editing business, Grammar Smith Editing Services. I'd been paid for editing work since 2013, but I didn't have a website or anything.
March
I attended my RWA chapter's first conference, Power of the Pen.
I pitched my heavy metal romance novel and ended up getting an agent AND a 3 book deal with Boroughs Publishing.
I was on cloud 9
April
I attended The Novel Experience convention in Las Vegas. My boyfriend drove us there and man, we had such an insane time that it took Three Blog Posts to recap it. It was the first convention I attended as an official author and it blew my mind when readers directly sought me out for my autograph. Incredible!
Then Bite At First Sight (Scandals with Bite Book 3) released and I had one of the best signings ever!
May
I did a ton of writing and work on a book cover for a short story.
June
I did a lot more writing, some work on my Datsun, and released a short Brides of Prophecy Prequel, Tesemini, which I'm going to put back up for free next week.
July
I finished the cover for Conjuring Destiny and finished writing Hearts of Metal book 2. The whole Northwest was on fire, which totally ruined summer.
August
The Northwest was STILL on fire.
But I managed to finish the rough draft of Conjuring Destiny
And my heavy metal romance, Kissing Vicious released!
September
That month was revision hell for Conjuring Destiny and Hearts of Metal 2. I also started Hearts of Metal 3 (Sort of.) That one was already written but I had to completely rewrite the middle. I also came up with the insane idea to make a quilt for my boyfriend for Christmas.
I also finally gave in and started a Newsletter!
October
Not a great start as my beloved laptop died. Luckily since it was 6 years old I was prepared and had money saved for it. However, I'd lost a ton of important files, including the master photoshop file of the cover for Conjuring Destiny.
However I had other image files and was able to piece together the cover and I had my most successful release ever!
I also got started painting squares for the quilt.
And I finished Hearts of Metal Book 3
November
I was in Editing Hell with a ton of client manuscripts. But damn I needed the money.
I also progressed further on the quilt and got all of my squares painted.
Then my awesome grandma started sewing it.
And I also did a scratch board of a wolf for my aunt:
December
Thanks to getting my shopping done early I didn't have as much holiday stress as usual. I did a dragon for my son and my grandma and I finished the quilt.
My boyfriend LOVE the quilt:
And it fit on his bed!
I also got over 1/3rd of the way done Scandals with Bite Book 4 and got started on the cover.
So for 2015 I had three books release and one short story. I wrote three and 1/3rd novels... and made a quilt.
And guess what? 2016 is going to be even busier. Stay tuned for my goals and plans!
Holy Wow, 2015 was an incredible, busy year for me.
January
I attended my local RWA meeting where my wonderful author friend, Bonnie R. Paulson gave a talk on setting goals. This directly helped me recovered from the horrible bout of Writer's Block that I had for most of 2014. I cannot thank her enough. So yeah, I spent January WRITING!!
February
I had a ton of Dental work done which made me too doped up on pain meds to write as much, so I devoted a lot of time doing cover art.
I also officially hung my shingle for my editing business, Grammar Smith Editing Services. I'd been paid for editing work since 2013, but I didn't have a website or anything.
March
I attended my RWA chapter's first conference, Power of the Pen.
I pitched my heavy metal romance novel and ended up getting an agent AND a 3 book deal with Boroughs Publishing.
I was on cloud 9
April
I attended The Novel Experience convention in Las Vegas. My boyfriend drove us there and man, we had such an insane time that it took Three Blog Posts to recap it. It was the first convention I attended as an official author and it blew my mind when readers directly sought me out for my autograph. Incredible!
Then Bite At First Sight (Scandals with Bite Book 3) released and I had one of the best signings ever!
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| I don't care if the pic is blurry. I love being in pictures with that hot guy. |
May
I did a ton of writing and work on a book cover for a short story.
June
I did a lot more writing, some work on my Datsun, and released a short Brides of Prophecy Prequel, Tesemini, which I'm going to put back up for free next week.
July
I finished the cover for Conjuring Destiny and finished writing Hearts of Metal book 2. The whole Northwest was on fire, which totally ruined summer.
August
The Northwest was STILL on fire.
But I managed to finish the rough draft of Conjuring Destiny
And my heavy metal romance, Kissing Vicious released!
September
That month was revision hell for Conjuring Destiny and Hearts of Metal 2. I also started Hearts of Metal 3 (Sort of.) That one was already written but I had to completely rewrite the middle. I also came up with the insane idea to make a quilt for my boyfriend for Christmas.
I also finally gave in and started a Newsletter!
October
Not a great start as my beloved laptop died. Luckily since it was 6 years old I was prepared and had money saved for it. However, I'd lost a ton of important files, including the master photoshop file of the cover for Conjuring Destiny.
However I had other image files and was able to piece together the cover and I had my most successful release ever!
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| It was also my most complex cover ever. |
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| I'm going to write a post about the entire process soon. |
And I finished Hearts of Metal Book 3
November
I was in Editing Hell with a ton of client manuscripts. But damn I needed the money.
I also progressed further on the quilt and got all of my squares painted.
And I also did a scratch board of a wolf for my aunt:
December
Thanks to getting my shopping done early I didn't have as much holiday stress as usual. I did a dragon for my son and my grandma and I finished the quilt.
My boyfriend LOVE the quilt:
And it fit on his bed!
I also got over 1/3rd of the way done Scandals with Bite Book 4 and got started on the cover.
So for 2015 I had three books release and one short story. I wrote three and 1/3rd novels... and made a quilt.
And guess what? 2016 is going to be even busier. Stay tuned for my goals and plans!
Thursday, October 29, 2015
October was my best month ever! (For Books, anyway.)
Holy wow, this was an insane month. Between my computer dying, getting a bunch of editing gigs, and the insane struggle of getting CONJURING DESTINY out AND the wonderful success of a release, I am EXHAUSTED.
However, this book has definitely done the best out of my three independent novels I've released. Still not as good as my commercially published books, or enough to quit the day job or anything, but we'll just say that I published WRENCHING FATE for "beer money" (Ironically I'm now so busy I don't drink as much anymore) and IRONIC SACRIFICE for my internet bill.
Of course, some improvement was expected because:
A.) Book #3 usually is where you hit a spike,
B.) I knew NOTHING about promo when I published my 1st book.
And honestly I didn't really have the money for it when I started anyway. Still don't, for the most part.
C.) This sounds really stupid, but I didn't know how to apply to book reviewers.
D.) Book one, WRENCHING FATE, is FREE now!
However, there were many worries. CONJURING DESTINY was definitely the hardest book I've ever written. So much so that I started it back when I was fifteen and ended up tearing it apart and rewriting it countless times.
Fantasy is hard as well. I had to create an entire world and people for it. I did a nifty guest post on all the different people in the word. You can check it out Here for a chance to win a $25 gift card.
Also, this book is so different from the first 2 in the series. It's kind of a weird book. I guess that's fitting, since Xochitl is a really weird character.
So I was terrified that people would hate it.
However, I was determined to finish it finally and get it out there. Because I can't continue the series without finishing that one, and also, funnily enough, my George RR Martin obsession motivated me.
See, I've spent the last few years getting progressively more angry with him for not finishing THE WINDS OF WINTER.
And in the midst of my cursing him, I realized I was being a hypocrite, because I NEEDED to finish mine! And I have a feeling George is getting close to his.
So instead of bitching about him, I shut my mouth and vowed to finish CONJURING DESTINY before he finished WINDS. (With his writing pace, that wasn't a major challenge) but by God, I DID IT!
So now the book is out and guess what?
People DON'T HATE IT!!
This was seriously the best indie debut I've ever had.
And the reviews are great so far! I even got the coveted "WOW!" Check em out!
Another cool thing is that this release made my heavy metal romance, KISSING VICIOUS sell more than it did when it first came out.
I am really excited. And also hanging back going, "Whoa, I have SEVEN books out." SEVEN.
My first novel, BITE ME, YOUR GRACE came out in April of 2013, so I've been published for 2 1/2 years and I've been building momentum ever since.
I'm finishing my 3rd Heavy metal romance this weekend and I'll have more news on the impending release of book 2 soon, but tomorrow will be dedicated to Horror Movies.
Because I LOVE Halloween.
Friday, October 23, 2015
Conjuring Destiny is here!!!
Holy wow, you guys!
With all the challenges and pitfalls, I thought this day would never come.
Conjuring Destiny is here at last!
Here's the blurb:
Famous rock star, Xochitl Leonine, has dreamt of a world with two moons where a black cloaked man beckons her. One Halloween night, she meets the mysterious stranger of her dreams… literally... and their shared dance becomes a rendezvous in a place of endless night.
Zareth Amotken has no idea how important Xochitl’s heavy metal band is to her. As an immortal sorcerer, he doesn’t care. He has one goal: to find the prophesied savior of his world. Her voice holds the power to bring back his world’s vanished sun.
Xochitl’s compassion urges her to help in any way she can. Yet learning the mysteries of her past causes conflict with her future in music. Her destiny in his world and her obligations to her band pull her in opposite directions. How can she long for one while the other is so dire?
As Zareth introduces her to his people and teaches her to control her powers, she aches for his enchanting kiss. Zareth tries to resist, for their passion will unleash serious consequences, both political and magical.
As the time to fulfill her destiny draws closer, she must choose between her heart, her duty, and her friends. The wrong choice could ruin everything.
But if Zareth’s evil half brother succeeds in taking control of her for his own ends, he will take away her choices… and destroy the world.
If you’re looking for a strange & magical fantasy romance, this book is for you
From the bestselling paranormal romance author with over 1000 reviews and ratings of her romance books across Goodreads, Amazon and other retailers.
You can Purchase it on:
Amazon
iBooks
Kobo
All Romance
Nook
Google Play Books
This is hands-down the hardest, most complex book I've ever written. And my hard drive dying didn't help matters.
But I got it!
This is also the weirdest book I've ever written. Probably because my heroine, Xochitl Leonine is a really weird character.
It's also the point where the series starts delving more from urban fantasy to straight fantasy, kinda like Stephen King's dark tower books, only with a romance with every book and well, not King's delightful brand of craziness, but my own strangeness.
I confess that I'm terrified about how you readers will react to this book, but so far the advance reviews seem positive.
I'm also having a Facebook Party today with a ton of fabulous guest authors. We'll be playing games and having giveaways! If you want in on the fun, click here: https://www.facebook.com/events/566927936780096/
And finally, my blog tour kicks off today. Here's the itinerary, where there will be reviews, guest posts, exclusive excerpts, and of course, giveaways!
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Conjuring Destiny Comes out on Friday! Come celebrate with me!
Oh man, the excitement has really been ramping up for this book!
First off, Have you Pre-ordered it yet?
Amazon
iBooks
Kobo
All Romance
Nook
Google Play Books
Secondly, if you haven't heard, the first book in the series, Wrenching Fate, is FREE!!
Get it here on:
Amazon
Nook
iTunes
Kobo
All Romance Ebooks
Google Play
Book 2, Ironic Sacrifice is now on sale for $2.99.
Pick it up at:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
iTunes
Kobo
All Romance
Google Play
Facebook party.
Oh man, I have an awesome lineup of guest authors to join the fun and feature awesome giveaways.
Aside from me, we're going to have
Bonnie R. Paulson
Rissa Watkins
Sara Humfreys
Trina M. Lee
Shona Husk
Cathryn Cade
Paula Millhouse
Jill Cooper
and Ashlyn Chase!
We'll be on Facebook October 23rd from 12pm to 5Pm Pacific time (though you can still participate and enter for the giveaways later than that).
Just click this link to join: https://www.facebook.com/events/566927936780096/
My blog tour also kicks off with interviews, reviews, and giveaways. I'll post the itinerary on release day!
I had a bit of a snafu with my print copies since I lost the cover file when my hard drive died, but I was able to rebuild the cover and they should be available on time!
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