THE HUMAN: A Playlist Analysis

For many writers, music plays a big part of their process.  For me it is a HUGE part.  I'm not kidding when I say that I create a playlist before I write a single word of a book.  Music gets me to the mental space I need to be to write faster than anything else in this world.

So I thought it might be interesting to share THE HUMAN's playlist and give you a bit of an analysis of why each song was included.

*Note: this is a bit spoilery so if you haven't read THE BANE yet, you might want to stop reading here.*

This song so well captures Eve and everything she has gone through and is going through.  

"Cause it's the end and I'm not afraid to die.

Who will tell the story of your life?"

If THE HUMAN had a theme song it would have to be this one.  Eve goes through a lot of inner turmoil throughout this book.  There is so much going on (and so much not going on...) and she just isn't sure how to handle it all.  I could seriously paste the lyrics to this entire song because of how perfectly it captures things.

"I dare you to cross the line again, Cause deep down inside, There's something that waits to be Broken Inside." 

"The thinning line between, You and my sanity, Is quickly fading. Takes just a breeze to cause a storm."

I think all I have to say about this one is "Avian and Eve."

Eve made a choice.  But that doesn't mean things are perfect...

Two words: The Underground. 

"I want to go there. 

This time I'm not scared. 

Now I am unbreakable, it's unmistakable 

No one can touch me Nothing can stop me."

Eve made a choice, and now she has to live with the consequences.  

I think I listened to this song about twenty times when writing and rewriting chapter five.

Love hurts.

If you don't listen to any of these other songs, listen to this one.  I seriously can't say how much I LOVE Redlight King lately.  

There is a threshold to be crossed at the end of this book.  Eve's been beaten down and just about every bad thing that could happen to her has happened.  But...

"I'm gonna' make a comeback!"

There are of course a bunch of other songs in THE HUMAN'S playlist, but these are the most significant.

Rock on readers.

THE HUMAN - Available Now!!!

That's right, you guys know me, I can't help but release a book early.

THE HUMAN IS NOW AVAILABLE!

You can get a Kindle copy HERE.

You can get a Nook copy HERE.

It will be available in print and in the iBook store VERY soon!  It is available from Smashwords HERE.  They have formats for any e-reader.

I had three reasons for releasing it early.

1. I am actually going out of town to visit family on the 18th, the original release date.  That was the only time that really worked for me to go.
2. It was almost exactly two years ago that I released the original Eden.  It seemed appropriate that I release the second book that was begged for so much on Eden's birthday.
3. Well, it was done and ready, so I thought, why make all of you wait!

This seriously would not have happened if you guys hadn't have loved Eden so much.  I told a lot of you that no, there would not be a sequel, that I was done with the book, that was it.  But the more you asked, the more I had to think about it, the fact that there was indeed a lot more to the story.  I had to face my fears of committing to another trilogy, and decide that I missed the characters enough to give them what they needed, and that was more story.

If you have not read THE BANE (book one) yet, I just dropped the price to $2.99.  Here are the links:

KINDLE | NOOK | IBOOKS | SMASHWORDS

PAPERBACK

Oh!  And both THE RAID: AN EDEN SHORT STORY and THE ASHES: AN EDEN PREQUEL are now available places other than for Kindle!  You can now find them on Barnes and Noble.  The will be available through the iBook store soon, but they take forever to upload.  Sorry, I'm a little linked out and being lazy about grabbing links for these ones, lol.

Now, go and grab your copy!  I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

ARC copies of THE HUMAN! And a giveaway!

I am this [________] close to finishing THE HUMAN.  I have one final read through to make sure there is nothing I missed and then it will be DONE.  Such an amazing feeling.  But I feel like it isn't quite real because it has gotten here so fast!  I finished the first draft on March 14th.  That was only 71 days ago.  I think I started the first draft around Feberuary 14th.  That means by the time I am DONE with it, it will have only taken me just over 100 days to write it, beginning to end (well, that's not totally true.  I wrote the first 3 chapters in December of 2011, WAY before I ever told y'all I was going to turn Eden into a trilogy).

Point is, THE HUMAN came out fast and furious.

This is one of my absolute favorite parts about self-publishing.  I can finish a book and just a few days later, be sending it out to readers.  I don't have to wait months or years.

So, since things are so close to wrapping up, I thought it was time to start collecting emails for reviewers (I am selective with who I send copies to, just because you fill out the form does not guarantee you will get a review copy) who would like an ARC copy of THE HUMAN.  If you're interested in a digital ARC, please fill out the form (please note that I will only be sending out digital review copies):

 

For everyone else, I have something for you!  I have a VERY limited stack of paperback ARC's and I'm giving you a chance to win a copy!  Fill out the Rafflecopter form to enter!

Rules:

• US only
• Giveaway ends June 8th

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I hope everyone is as excited about the release of THE HUMAN as I am!  This has been a LONG time coming and I can't wait for you all to find out what happens to Eve!

News, Vlogs, Covers, and Titles!

How's that for a title, eh?

But yes, I have news and a vlog!  Check it out:



How's that for you?!  Forgive my novice vlog making skills.  If you guys have recommendations for awesome movie making/editing software that isn't too pricey, please let me know.

Now, I know you didn't get a very big view of the covers so scroll down a bit and I'll give you the full size versions!

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Now all together!

If someone out there is a Goodreads Librarian, would you please go pop the covers on there?  For some reason Goodreads hates me and won't let me put them up... (book 2 is HERE, book 3 is HERE)

I hope you like the covers!  I will be getting the paperback version of THE BANE switched soon, but it takes a lot longer than all the digital versions.

I am also hoping to start vloging more often, so if you have something you'd like to hear me talk about, please let me know!