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Showing posts with label book deals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book deals. Show all posts
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Happy Release to To Wed a Warrior, Sales and Freebies, and a Big Giveaway!
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Saturday, July 1, 2023
Get my books for 75% off or less! Bewitching the Vampire news, and my tea is in stock!
 Reminder that Bewitching the Vampire is discounted at a special preorder price of $2.00 on: |
and Smashwords!
You can also read the first chapter on my Website!
On July 21st, it will be $4.99 so grab it NOW!
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
I am happy to announce that I have finished Tempting Beat (Hearts of Metal book 6) and turned it into my editor on Monday.
BOOK SALE!
Conjuring Destiny is on sale for 99 cents! Yes, it's book 3 in my Brides of Prophecy series, but it's read as a standalone. It's also the weirdest book in the series... so far. The universal link to get it at the e-tailer of your choice is HERE.
NEWS:
I'm gearing up for RT 2018 in Reno. I've had some cool swag and will probably have a giveaway next week before I go. If you're going to the convention check out the Appearances page on my website to see all the parties and giveaways I'll be participating in!
I'll be posting excerpts and having a swag giveaway for my newsletter subscribers, so if you want in on that as well as to get a free copy of Ironic Sacrifice (Brides of Prophecy book 2)
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Love in the City Book Feature. Free and 99 cent books!
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
My first Bookbub!
Hey everyone! My Brides of Prophecy Box set is on Bookbub for 99 cents! That's the first three books for less than a dollar!
And now that I've gotten a Bookbub, that means it might be easier for me to get another one. So be sure to follow me there to get updates!
That's all the news I have for now, but there will be a quilting update forthcoming!
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!
Amazon
iBooks
Kobo
Nook
Google Play Books
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
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Ironic Sacrifice is on sale for 99 cents!
To celebrate Thanksgiving, my urban fantasy romance,
Ironic Sacrifice is Only 99 cents until December Fifth!
Book One, Wrenching Fate is still free!
Have a happy Thanksgiving, All!
Friday, May 8, 2015
3 Book Deal!!!
OMG, you guys, I've been sitting on this good news so long I thought I was going to explode.
I am pleased to announce that thanks to my fabulous new agent, Nephele Tempest, I've signed a 3 book deal for my heavy metal romance series with Borough's Publishing Group!
Here's the blurb for the first book, for now titled, CHORDS OF DESIRE.
Kinley Black's dream comes true when an interview with her favorite band turns into an opportunity to become a roadie. She is determined to out-man the rest of the road crew who scorn her presence. But it's hard to be manly when the sight of the lead singer strikes chords of desire within her.
Quinn Mayne, lead singer of VishÓ§us, is furious when the road manager hires a woman to haul their gear. Taking such a beauty on the road is like dangling meat over a pack of feral hounds. However, threat of a discrimination lawsuit leaves him no choice. Despite his reluctance, he can't help being impressed by his new roadie's determination any more than he can suppress his urge to protect her... or his craving for her lush lips.
Combating the advances and animosity of her coworkers, Kinley's talent and skill earns the band's regard... and more heated glances from Quinn. When she is promoted to guitar tech, one roadie's resentment grows until he goes to deadly lengths to stop her. As her foray into the male dominated world of heavy metal deepens, Kinley learns that she has to do more than protect her heart, she has to protect her life.
I am so excited!!! Stay tuned for release date news and cover reveal!!
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Happy Book Birthday to Ironic Sacrifice!!!
I am so excited to announce the release of book 2 in my Brides of Prophecy series, IRONIC SACRIFICE.
Wrenching Fate left off with Akasha and Silas happily married but trouble encroached on their wedded bliss when their old enemy, a psychotic leader of a vampire cult, takes over the town next door.
This is Razvan's book. :)
Here's the pretty cover I made!
And here's the blurb.
"Jayden Leigh wants to commit suicide. Her clairvoyant powers have become so intense that she lost her job and home. Death is the only way to make them stop. Opportunity presents itself when she comes across a sinfully handsome vampire ready to make a kill. Jayden begs for him to take her instead. A blissful death in his arms, or the visions ravaging her mind? She'd gladly take the vampire.
Razvan Nicolae is captivated and amused by the beautiful seeress who sacrifices herself for a stranger. Killing such a pleasing asset doesn’t interest him. If he could get her powers under control, she just might be the key to finding his missing twin.
Controlling her visions and working for a seductive vampire? Razvan’s offer is like a dream come true. But her dream turns into a nightmare when a mad vampire cult leader seeks to exploit Jayden’s powers to stop an ancient prophecy.
As Jayden finds herself at the center of a vampire war, she realizes that the biggest threat isn’t losing her life, it’s losing her heart."
Razvan Nicolae is captivated and amused by the beautiful seeress who sacrifices herself for a stranger. Killing such a pleasing asset doesn’t interest him. If he could get her powers under control, she just might be the key to finding his missing twin.
Controlling her visions and working for a seductive vampire? Razvan’s offer is like a dream come true. But her dream turns into a nightmare when a mad vampire cult leader seeks to exploit Jayden’s powers to stop an ancient prophecy.
As Jayden finds herself at the center of a vampire war, she realizes that the biggest threat isn’t losing her life, it’s losing her heart."
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And to celebrate the special occasion, book 1, WRENCHING FATE is FREE for the entire week!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Sh*t Just Got Real.
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| Dio always knows the right thing to say. These are indeed words to live by...even though they're a little blurry. |
Okay, so I finally got a book deal. Now that the ecstatic joy has gone down to a sane level, (okay, as sane as I can be) I need to begin focusing on what this means for me. The obvious being, no longer can I be considered by anyone (or myself on a bad day) a hobby writer.
Because, the sh*t is real now.
My editor said we have a lot of work to do: namely edits and working on my career path. As it says on their website: Sourcebooks publishes authors, not books.
Career...I haven't heard that word applied to me since I got my degree in automotive. A degree I can no longer use. However, I've been treating my writing as a career for the last two years. I've made self-imposed deadlines, gone through line edits with friends, built up a humble platform, and discovered the value of social networking (other than winning free books.)
But now it's a REAL career. The deadlines will be real, the edits will be through trained professionals who are not going to take it easy on me. My platform and social networking could impact my sales.
I know the work my editor referred to is going to be a lot more than revising BITE ME, YOUR GRACE. Speaking of, when I said that to my husband, he said, "But, I thought you edited it already." The house practically shook with my hysterical laughter.
Anyway, besides polishing that work, there's going to be a multitude of preparations before I make my debut. Namely, what project will be the next focus? No longer can I willy-nilly hop around sub-genres. Not right now, anyway. At first that sounds restrictive...until I remember the anxiety that came from: "What project should I work on next? I have one idea here, and another there!" Now, I will have guidance and help in shaping my personal brand. And that comes as such a relief.
What am I doing now, so early on my journey?
As you can see, I've deleted the progress bars for my other projects from my site until I figure out what I'm working on next. Also, I've finally figured out how to add pages to this blog. Aren't the tabs cute? Those pages are pretty bare for now, except for the one where I list my upcoming guest posts. Check it out. I got some good ones lined up already. The "books" tab is for now a source of happy daydreams of what's to come. As for the "About Me," I'm going to do my best to seem awesome. :)
Because my career is REAL now. Hey, do you think if I say that to the kids, they'll behave and let me work when they're around?
No? ::sigh:: That's what I thought.
Thanks to all who are here for me and been supportive of my journey so far. I'll pop back in and say "Hi" later. Now I gotta go to my Idaho Writer's League meeting, where Shelley Martin and I are interviewing everyone as their characters. To keep the Halloween spirit, we're also bringing some spooky goodies. I carved a pumpkin to "barf" up smoked salmon spread and made deviled eggs to look like eyeballs. Shelley's got pumpkin bread, lady fingers...and a chocolate fountain. It bears repeating: A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN.
Monday, October 10, 2011
The Crazy Tale Of My 3-Book Deal!!!
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| Crazy as deep-throating a whole cake...with lit candles. |
You guys have NO idea how hard it was to act like everything's been normal the last 2 weeks. Whew!
What am I talking about?
For those of you who missed my announcement on Twitter and Facebook this weekend: I ACCEPTED A THREE-BOOK OFFER FROM SOURCEBOOKS!!!!
How did I get it? Mostly by accident, with a lot of craziness....and a ton of hard work to write the manuscript and get it in its best possible shape.
Oh, and did I mention that I kinda-sorta wrote that book on accident?
I'd lost my career and my mother (that part was the worst) in five month's time and my attempts to query an earlier novel failed miserably. Half mad from grief, I took a gamble with my small inheritance to take a year off, research the industry better, perfect my craft, and write a better, more marketable manuscript.
I replaced my dinosaur computer with a laptop and got the internet. Wow, I learned a ton. The first thing: A writer NEEDS the internet. :) But I had little idea as to what to write.
I tried a brief stint as a financial adviser and though I learned a ton about finance, I was a complete failure at making a career out of it. But... I got THE idea.
My coworkers asked me what I wrote and I explained what paranormal romance was. Then I heard, "Oh, like TWILIGHT?" for the 100th freakin' time. As one who'd cut her teeth on vintage Anne Rice, Maggie Shayne, The Lost Boys, and the Subspecies movies, it kinda irritates me when people think TWILIGHT is the first vampire craze ever. I knew about Bram Stoker, but I was pretty sure the history went further back.
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| That's totally what Louis would think. :) |
I took out my "Encyclopedia of the Undead" that my aunt got me in my goth days and found out that the first vampire story in English was written in the REGENCY period by none other than Lord Byron's physician, Dr. John Polidori. In fact, the story evolved from a ghost writing competition with Byron, Percy Shelly, and Mary-freakin'-Shelley. Frankenstein was another story birthed from that fateful night.
Polidori's tale spawned a vampire-craze all over western Europe long before Dracula, The Vampire Chronicles, Twilight, etc.
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| And he was CUTE too! |
I adore regency romances! I've read Judith McNaught and Johanna Lindsay like an addict. Virginia Henley and Eloisa James are my heroes. I love rebellious heroines with unconventional dreams. I got to thinking....why was this vampire craze never mentioned in regency novels? Or Mary Shelley's work, for that matter?
I did a little more digging. How far had feminist literature progressed by then? In Georgian times, a famous work was: A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, by Mary Wollstonecraft. She was none other than MARY SHELLEY'S MOTHER!!! It was too delicious for words.
Imagine a regency heroine idolizing those women and wanting to write horror novels of her own. Then I got to thinking again about vampires. Wouldn't Polidori's story piss them off? Especially one trying to pose as a member of London Society?
As Stephen King would say: POW!!! And it all started with me trying to prove a point to people who probably didn't care.
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| Stephen King's my hero, too. |
In a state of giddy delight, I finished the rough draft in less than three months. It was the most FUN I've ever had writing. Even better was that my beta readers had fun reading it.
I polished it up and wrote the query. I got a ton of requests right away, most complimenting the title....which was ALSO an accident. While writing the novel, I had no clue what to call it, so I gave it a joke title. My vampire was a duke, so I called it "BITE ME, YOUR GRACE."
But when I threw it out on Twitter, people loved it so much, even going so far as to say they'd buy it due to the title. So it stuck.
After having fulls with 8 agents, I signed with one. The others passed because the manuscript wasn't awesome enough...which proves I yet again queried too soon. Because the agent I signed with turned out to... Not really be much of one. (I ask that you click on that link so you get that story without me having to make this post longer than it is.)
After that relationship ended, I took another gamble and inquired on the status of my submission with a few publishers and queried a few more. I didn't expect to get far with the inquiries, but figured I'd find a home for BITE ME, YOUR GRACE with a small respectable house. Still, both inquiries led to full requests and the editor of Sourcebooks even emailed me personally when she received it to say she loved the title. Then a smaller house requested the full...and offered a contract within two days.
I was totally stoked. The publisher loved the book, their terms were appealing, their authors were great (in fact, a few were former clients of my ex agent) and I admired their cover art. However, Sourcebooks was still considering the manuscript. Following protocol, I informed the editor of the offer and asked for two weeks for a response. I fully expected her to pass, being so busy. To my surprise, she didn't.
For the next week and a half, my inner voice vacillated between "Hurry up and reject me already!" and "Could they REALLY be considering it?" I doubted it, the reasons outlined in my "no longer have an agent" post. (See, I told you to click that link.)
But after a bunch of crazy emails and exciting phone conversations, Sourcebooks counter-offered with a three book deal. "I just couldn't let that book go," said the almighty DEB WERKSMAN.
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| It was like that microphone had been replaced by...um...me. |
And as a gangster-skater hybrid from the 90's would say, "Shit just got real, Yo."
With hard work, a multitude of happy and unhappy accidents, and untold support from friends and family, my dreams have begun to come true.
That's my crazy story. The next post will be on said shit getting real, "yo." :)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Success Story! Lynn Rush scores a deal with Crescent Moon!
If you haven't heard yet, one of my fellow authors at Tribe Lit landed a book deal! Lynn Rush is here to tell the awesome story!
Hi, Brooklyn, thanks for having me here to help celebrate the recent contract for my novel, Wasteland (http://lynnrush.wordpress.com/my-novels/wasteland/). Boy, telling this story never gets old, that’s for sure. I still feel like it’s a dream!
Oh, but I do have a dorky confession…as soon as I got the email stating they were interested in offering me a contract, I started writing every detail down.
Just so I’d remember.
Dorky, right? But anyone who knows me knows I forget EVERYTHING. And I never want to forget a second of this experience.
I wrote Wasteland in December of 2009. I just loved the idea of a half-demon who was half demon against his will! Anyway, the story spent quite a bit of time with critique partners to get it whipped into shape for submissions.
On February 17th, 2011, I pitched the book in a chat-room pitch session with Crescent Moon Press. It was organized for the Savvy Authors (http://www.savvyauthors.com) members. ***Oh, and if you’re not a member of that group, quick, go now and join. It’s worth it!***
Here was my pitch:
Bound by a blood oath his human mother signed four centuries ago, half-demon, David Sadler, must deliver fifteen-year-old Jessica Hanks to his demonic Master or suffer unspeakable torture. But as he learns more about her, he discovers she may be the key to freedom from his demonic enslavement.
The only obstacle—Jessica’s distractingly beautiful Guardian, Rebeka Abbott. He must not give into their steamy chemistry, or he will lose his humanity. But fresh off two centuries of sensory deprivation as punishment for not retrieving his last target, he may not be able to resist temptation long enough to save what’s left of his human soul.
From that I got a partial request. I sent it out the next day and figured I’d be waiting months.
But within a couple weeks, I got an email from Stephanie, another editor from Crescent Moon Press (http://www.crescentmoonpress.com/). She requested the full, so I sent it straight away.
Needless to say, I was ecstatic when I saw an email from her the very next morning.
Yep. The very next morning. 6:55am to be exact. **I’m a dork, remember?**
The email stated she wanted to offer me a contract.
Okay, at that time, my legs morphed into the consistency of wet noodles, right? Oh, and I was ironing, too. So, I set the iron down…and managed not to put it down on clothes and burn holes in them…and walked over to my hubby.
He was sitting in a chair in the living room. I think the look on my face startled him because he immediately asked, “What’s wrong?”
Yeah, I’m thinking I kinda went pale.
I told him about the email.
A smile filled his face, and he pulled me into the best hug ever.
I couldn’t believe it. Of course I texted Super Agent, Cari, (http://tribelit.com/) right away, and she pretty much took over after that. They discussed the contract, talked about changes, and a couple days later the end product was a signed contract.
What an exciting time. I couldn’t have done it without my Super Agent. She helped with all aspects of the pitch and handled everyone with the contract—all the while making herself available to my every question.
So far I’ve been assigned an editor at Crescent Moon Press (http://www.crescentmoonpress.com/), and she’s reading the story with a critical eye to get me my first round of edits. I’m looking forward to her input because I know Crescent Moon Press has great editors and will help make the story shiny!
Thanks for sharing in the excitement with me, Brooklyn. I’m honored to be a part of Tribe Literary (http://tribelit.com/) with you!
Stay in touch with me as the journey continues:
Catch the Rush: http://www.lynnrush.com
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/LynnRushWrites
Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/LynnRush
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/LynnRush
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