Updates, Links to a Giveaway, and B&N!

I've been off-island for the last 2 days being put through h-e-double-hockey-sticks (a.k.a. car shopping... thank goodness its now all over and I have my pretty new ride) and it's crazy how behind I feel after just those 2 days!  Geesh!  But time to get all caught up!

My good friend Jenni is doing a signed giveaway of EDEN and she also posted an interview with yours truly.  Go HERE for both.

EDEN is now available on Barnes and Noble in paperback!  YAY!  With my other books they took forever to get them so I am thrilled they got Eden up so fast!  You can find it HERE!  And it is only $10.79, and that is cheaper than Amazon has it listed right now.

I think like all authors I've been super nervous to start seeing reviews of my book but I've found 4 so far and they have all been 5 star reviews!  Thank you, thank you!

Don't forget to grab Eden soon if you have an e-reader!  It's listed at only $0.99 right now but that will only last for a few more weeks!  Find it at Amazon, Nook, and Smashwords.

A small Vindicated update:  I'm a bit behind on my word count challenge since I was gone but I'm hoping I can pound out a lot of words throughout the rest of this week!  I got some awesome ideas the last few days and Jessica is totally going to kick some after-life butt!

Lastly, I created this to be a new blog header but it didn't quite match right with my background so I decided not to use it but I still love how it turned out so I thought I would share!

I think that's all the updates I have for right now, I hope, lol.  I feel so scatterbrained these last few days!  I hope you have an awesome week!  Take care all!

Fallen

The day has finally arrived.  I knew it would come eventually.

I got my first bad review.

Ugh... ya, it sucks.  It sounds like she mostly didn't like my MC.  But you know what, it's okay.  Cause here's the thing:

Not everyone is going to like it.  No one can write a book that everyone is going to like.

And another things is, my book just isn't for everyone.  Some people just aren't going to get Branded.  It's dark, very dark.  I've got some things in there that people aren't going to like.  I think that was part of this reviewers problem with it.  There was something in the ending that she just really didn't like.  Some stuff in Branded is a bit hard to swallow.  But I'm not going to apologize for it.  That's my book, it is what it is.

Now, another thing I saw from a comment what was made from the bad review was how tired someone is of all the angel books lately.  I've been thinking about doing this lately and I think now is a good time.  This next part is a bit of a repost from a blog I did back in June.

You all know that the title of my series is the "Fall of Angels".  There are a LOT of angel contemporary fantasy novels coming out right now and pretty much all of the involve fallen or guardian angels, or nephiliam or a combination of them all.

When I talk about my Fall of Angels, I never, ever thought of them in terms of being fallen angels.  A little explanation:  In my books, everyone becomes an angel when you die.  You go through a trial once you die and the deeds of your life determine of you will be branded and sent to hell or if you will be exalted and sent to paradise.  Once you've been judged, that is when you get your wings and become an angel.


So, when I say "Fall of Angels" I'm talking basically about the fall of everyone, of mankind. I'm talking about the things that make us fall, the mistakes we make, our frailties, essentially, what makes us human.  We all have faults. We all do things that aren't perfect, no one is perfect.

So if you're sick of fallen angels already please still consider Branded.  No fallen angels, just fallen and imperfect people.

Blog Tour Schedule

In case you haven't heard I'm going on a blog tour for most of November.  YAY!  The wonderful Teen Book Scene set it up for me and I am so grateful to them!  Stupid me for not posting this sooner but here it is!

Monday, November 1: Stacy of Girls in the Stacks
(Author Interview & Giveaway)
Tuesday, November 2: Jessica of A Fanatic's Book Blog (Review)
Wednesday, November 3: Jenny of Supernatural Snark (Excerpt)
Thursday, November 4: Sherry of Flipping Pages for All Ages (Review)
Friday, November 5: Keyona of Only Sexy Books Allowed (Character Interview - Jessica & Giveaway)
Saturday, November 6: Christie of The Fiction Enthusiast (Review)


Sunday, November 7: Diana of Books by Their Story (Guest Post)
Monday, November 8: Amber of Just Your Typical Book Blog (Review)
Tuesday, November 9: Faye of Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm (Excerpt & Giveaway)
Wednesday, November 10: Diana of Books By Their Story (Review)
Thursday, November 11: Jessica of A Fanatic's Book Blog (Author Interview)
Friday, November 12: Jenny of Supernatural Snark (Review)
Saturday: November 13: Nicole of Word For Teens (Scene/Excerpt)


Sunday, November 14: Stacy of Girls in the Stacks (Review)
Monday, November 15: Sherry of Flipping Pages for All Ages
(Character Interview - Alex & Giveaway)
Tuesday, November 16: Nicole of Word For Teens (Review)
Wednesday, November 17: Christie of The Fiction Enthusiast (Guest Post)
Thursday, November 18: Keyona of Only Sexy Books Allowed (Review)
Friday, November 19: Kari of A Good Addiction (Teaser for Foresaken)
Saturday, November 20: Faye of Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm (Review)


Sunday, November 21: Amber of Just Your Typical Book Blog
(Author Interview & Giveaway)

I will be sure that I post links everyday to the posts.  There will be several giveaways so please enter for a chance to win!  Also, I'll be doing the big Forsaken cover reveal tomorrow!  I'm so excited!

First Blog Review!

The first of the blog reviews for Branded is up! Thanks to the Book Whisperer for a great review! Check it out!

http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com

So, I got some writing done today on Forsaken. Finally. I don't know what my problem is lately. I've just been in this funk and it's really been depressing me. But I've decided that I just need to stop whining about it and just write! I always try and be so clean and perfect when I do first and second drafts. It's just not coming out that way. But it's ok! At least I'm trying to tell myself that. That's what lots of rounds of editing are for! So, I'm up to the 56,000 word mark, need to get up to at least 90,000.

4 more months till it's gotta be done. It'll happen, even if it kills me.

On a more positive and light note, I've had 2 bloggers contact ME about doing a review of Branded! It's nice to have someone approach me about wanting to do a review instead of the other way around. I've now got 5 or 6 book review bloggers that will have it in the next week or so. I can't wait to hear what they think. Hopefully it will stir up some good attention for me!