Wicked!!!

~*New*~ update:
Hi guys! Wow, thanx for all the Celestra love! Here's the Amazon link for Wicked!

Thank you again for all of the comments here, facebook, twitter, and Goodreads! Also HUGE thank you for the reviews on both Goodreads and Amazon, that's always appreciated, too!

I did note some weird section breaks in the text and fixed those. I apologize about that!

Also, I wanted to give you the heads up that thanks to a great suggestion by Heather I'll be posting an excerpt  from VEX on my facebook page on Tuesdays, thus, the The Tuesday Tease. =) I'm excited about that. Just remember, I'm West Coast and generally lazy, so it could happen at any point in the day since I'll most likely be sleeping through most of your mornings. (sadly true) 

The Nook version of WICKED should be up shortly.  

*Happy Reading*

I hit the publish button over at Amazon this morning! I’ll do the same for the Nook shortly, and both should be up sometime today or this weekend. Amazon seems to load just a little quicker and mobile users usually get the book to show first.

Hope you enjoy WICKED! I had a blast writing it. 

Title reveal of book 4 and 5!!!

The titles for book 4 and 5 in the Celestra series are, WICKED, and VEX! 

*The cover for VEX is just a working cover, but I wanted to have it as a place holder over at Goodreads, and the sidebar. I'll do an official cover reveal when the book launch gets closer. VEX isn't the final book in the series, although I am inching my way towards the end. 

I have to tell you that I have the world’s greatest readers! Seriously, you are amazing, and I love to hear from you either here, FB, twitter, or Amazon’s discussion boards. I’m finding you everywhere and I’m really loving it!

In about a month I should have some really *exciting* news, which I probably shouldn’t even be mentioning, but who better to share my burgeoning excitement with other than you guys? I can’t give any hints, but stay tuned because IT. IS. EPIC! 

Unrelated, but just as important-- here's a really cool link, so if you get a chance please check it out.

Book Hookup; Celestra book to film. You cast Logan and Gage (for fun).

And lastly I wanted to leave you with a few snippets of book 4 WICKED. I was going to put in the entire preface, but decided to find some random tidbits instead.

Enjoy!

(Skyla regarding Chloe)

She’s the demon I’ve called into being through the labor of my marrow.

(Skyla’s thoughts while looking at Gage)

He pulls back, a direct stream of moonlight pours over his features. There’s such a magnified splendor about Gage. Every piece of marble should ache to be carved into his likeness.

(Skyla’s thoughts while light driving with Logan)

Damn—Logan is hot when he’s defying his parents.

(Marshall to Skyla in regards to Logan and Gage’s whereabouts)

His eyes track over me with a look of serious disdain. “Are they all you ever think about? Does it ever cross your mind that maybe Marshall’s down there? Gee, I wonder if Marshall’s safe today?” He postures himself as though he were me.

All thoughts are welcome! Let me know what you think! 

Burn, burn, burn, baby burn

*Amazon link for BURN*

Just wanted to give you the heads up that I pressed the publish button over at Amazon. So whenever Amazon can upload the file, BURN will be available for purchase. My guess is sometime in the afternoon, although Amazon can take up to a couple days when they're busy.

And just FYI, BURN is the longest book in the Celestra series thus far, by over 12 thousand words. I blame most of that on Chloe. Also, Skyla seems to be a magnet for danger in this book. If she were a RL friend, I think I would tend to stay away. So, if you're going to be picking up BURN, buckle up your seat belts because it's going to be a bumpy ride!   

~Happy reading! 

*the Nook version can take up to four or five days to load

Cover reveal of book 3!!!!

I'm super happy to reveal both cover and title! Can't wait to get it out into the world. =)

A hard days night

I finally sent book 3 to my freelance editor last night. I'm hoping it won't have to travel back and forth between the two of us for very long. Edits can be a grueling process and for sure they are a necessary evil.

For writers; Do you dread getting your work back from people who help edit your novel? Are you able to handle critiques well?


For readers; Feel free to ask anything about book 3 or just stop in and say hi! 

A day in the life...

Somehow I've managed to write my tail off and have a normal life in the real world this week. Weird, I know.

Usually the only Real World I'm affiliated with is the one left waiting for me on my DVR at the end of the week. But not this week! I went to the mall (my daughter's sad puppy dog eyes may have influenced me) and then to a bonfire where someone actually dragged their christmas tree out and we watched it go up in flames. And you know what? Even though that tree was dry and brittle it took forever for it to go up in flames. For some reason they burn much quicker and cleaner on the news.

Anyway, on the book front, I'm hard at work on the cover for book 3. The title is playing hard to get, so I'll try and pin that one down too. As soon as I have those nailed down I'll post them. Meanwhile if you get a chance, two nice bloggers were kind enough to review Ethereal and Tremble for me.

Do Not Disturb My Books

&  Love Thy Teen Author

If you get a chance stop on by and say hello!

So what are you up to in real life? Or, what's in your to-be-read pile for the weekend? 

And then it was done

I did it!

I penned the words every author looks forward to in her/his novel, 'the end'.

Awesome, right?

Well, sort of. It's really just the beginning of inhaling countless M&M's, Oreos, Starbucks frapps, and a whole array of countless calories otherwise known as edits. Yes. The beat goes on for the writer long after they hit that final scene. Some of us find it a yummier experience than others.

For writers; Do you feel euphoric or deflated when you hit that final page?


For readers;  When you hit the last page of a good book, do you feel satisfied or sad that it's over?