Book Launch Day: Asleep is now available!

In 2012, I decided to try my hand at self-publishing. I wrote Contributor for NaNoWriMo 2011, and it was a novel I wanted to get into the hands of readers rather than sitting on my hard drive collecting dust, which is where all my other manuscripts were. It wasn't ready for publication yet, though, so I decided that, in the meantime, I'd polish up a manuscript I'd written and loved but never thought would be considered marketable enough for me to try shopping it to agents. My goal was to sell 100 copies in the first year. With a great deal of trepidation, I clicked the publish button on The Eye of the Beholder.

Now, a year later, it's still my most successful book. I not only sold those 100 copies, I sold a lot more than that--more than ten times what I'd hoped to sell. I had no idea a Beauty and the Beast retelling would resonate with so many others. I've always loved fairy tales, but I was sure the book was something no publishing company would ever touch, so self-publishing was a huge boon to me.

Since publishing that book, I've published several others. I was a bit like a kid in a candy store. I love to read, love to write, and I wanted to just writing everything I could. Each of my books is special to me in its own way, but The Eye is extra special because it proved to be the little book that could.

Writing a bunch of different things in a variety of genres has been fun, but when NaNoWriMo 2012 rolled around, I wanted to get back to my fairytale roots, and I decided to go with a reboot of Sleeping Beauty. Asleep is the end result.

I won't lie: the book gave me some serious headaches. I had fun doing the world building, and I loved the characters, but I had a hard time wrestling the book into submission. There was much stressing as I tried to figure out a timeline that would work and as I wrote and rewrote chapters to try to make everything mesh together. Then, one magical day, things finally began to fall into place, and I'm quite pleased with the end result. I hope you will be too!

**Note: This book contains some mature content**

A reimagining of the sleeping beauty tale.

When her beloved Prince Devaran is abducted from her parents’ castle during their engagement announcement ceremony, Princess Jessmyn vows that nothing will stop her from bringing his abductors to justice. Rescuing Dev won't be easy, and Jess will have to form an alliance with the other Realms if she's to win the most important battle of her life.

Imprisoned in a forbidding tower, Dev tries to find a way to warn Jess of the perils she’ll face. Weakened by deprivation and by the drugs administered by the madwoman who kidnapped him, Dev drifts between sleep and consciousness. As he relives cherished moments spent with Jess, Dev wonders if he’ll ever again be with the woman he loves.

Asleep is available on Nook, Kindle, and Kobo.

Special thanks to the awesome SM Reine, who did Asleep's fabulous cover. If you think Asleep's cover is beautiful, be sure to check out the gorgeous covers she does for her own books. They'll look fabulous on your ereader! Happy reading!

Book Launch Day: Committed, Episode 6 is now available!

 

When Ella Mikowski decided to plan her dream wedding, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As if juggling her career and the millions of wedding planning details isn’t enough, it seems that anything that can go wrong does go wrong. Will Ella manage to make it down the aisle with her sanity intact?

Episode 6:Two days before the wedding, Masato gets into a fight with his Best Man, and Ella has an argument with her brother, the Man of Honor.

Committed, Episode 6 is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo!

Today marks my tenth release day, and I'm pretty excited about that. I've now been publishing for a year, and I'm very optimistic about what the future holds. This is a great time to be a writer, and I want to thank all of you who have read, reviewed, and/or contacted me to tell me how much you enjoyed one of my books. There aren't words to describe how exciting it is to hear from a reader. Whether it's a Tweet, a post on my FB page, or an e-mail, your kind words make my day every time.

I've been hard at work on Asleep, my next book under my Elizabeth Darcy pen name. It's inspired by the Sleeping Beauty tale, but with a twist.

This book has been rather challenging for me. I started it during NaNoWriMo 2012, and writing has gone well, but the timeline got away from me a bit. I've been wrestling with it for the last few days and had a breakthrough yesterday. If you're a fan of The Eye of the Beholder, I think you may enjoy this love story even more. Is it wrong of me to admit I have a mad crush on Prince Devaran, even if he is my own creation? ;)

I have a few other big things coming up. On Monday, May 13th, I'll be doing a cover reveal for Asleep, and I can hardly wait to share it as I think it's gorgeous! 

For the second year, I'll be participating in author Elle Casey's absolutely ginormous giveaway. Seriously, it's huge. I don't have all the details yet, but LOTS of books will be up for grabs from a broad spectrum of YA/NA authors, including yours truly. Stay tuned for more details about that one because you definitely don't want to miss it.

I have another exciting piece of news that I'll be sharing in the upcoming weeks, along with some more info about my post-Asleep release schedule plans and another cover reveal (hint: There just may be an NA romance coming your way!).

Lastly, once Asleep is ready to go, I'll be doing a LibraryThing giveaway for it, and I'm planning on doing some more Free Book Fridays, probably once a month. What are Free Book Fridays? Well, that's when the Free Book fairy waves her wand and gives free copies of my books to readers. I hear she's especially fond of finding people who have my books shelved on Goodreads, and she also like to drop in on my mailing list and my FB page.  And the best part? You don't even have to leave anything under your pillow for her!

Book Launch Day: Committed, Episode 5 is now available!

When Ella Mikowski decided to plan her dream wedding, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As if juggling her career and the millions of wedding planning details isn’t enough, it seems that anything that can go wrong does go wrong. Will Ella manage to make it down the aisle with her sanity intact?

Episode 5: Masato makes a deal with Ella: one date, no talking about the wedding. But some bad sushi turns their relaxing evening into an unmitigated disaster.

Committed, Episode 5 is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.

Psst: My book, The Eye of the Beholder, is currently on sale for 99c on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo! It'll be back to regular price soon, so get your copy now!

If you're a fan of my Elizabeth Darcy novel, stay tuned. I'm hard at work on Asleep, which was inspired by Sleeping Beauty, and I plan on having it out by June!

Book Launch Day: Committed, Episode 4 is now available!

 
When Ella Mikowski decided to plan her dream wedding, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As if juggling her career and the millions of wedding planning details isn’t enough, it seems that anything that can go wrong does go wrong. Will Ella manage to make it down the aisle with her sanity intact?

Committed is a serial, with episodes of approximately 12,000 words to be released every two weeks. There will be a total of eight episodes.

Episode 4: Ella’s final wedding gown fitting ends in disaster when the iron used to press her gown malfunctions. How can she possibly find a replacement with only four days to go until her big day?

Committed, episode 4 is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.

Have you seen the new Contributor cover yet? If not, have a look!

One of only three students chosen for an elite, year-long apprenticeship, seventeen-year-old Dara Morrow is eager to excel in the high-stakes competition and prove herself a devoted Contributor to her Job Creator. Success means a prosperous future. Failure means losing her standing in society.

But Dara’s competition is ruthless, and her exacting master has little patience for her. When her mother is injured and Dara’s eyes are opened to the injustices of the system she trusted to care for her family, her prospects become even more uncertain. If she can’t learn to manipulate the system, she risks exile not only for herself, but for all those she loves.

Contributor is the first book in the YA Contributor trilogy.

Contributor is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.

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Book Launch Day: Committed, Episode 3 is now available!

It's book launch day--in more ways than one! First, the new episode of Committed, my serial, is now available. Second, my exclusivity with Amazon has lapsed on all my books, and they are now all available in Kindle, Nook, and Kobo formats!

 When Ella Mikowski decided to plan her dream wedding, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As if juggling her career and the millions of wedding planning details isn’t enough, it seems that anything that can go wrong does go wrong. Will Ella manage to make it down the aisle with her sanity intact?

Episode 3: When storm damage leaves a supplier incapable of delivering the flowers Ella had ordered, she’s left with only five days to figure out what to substitute for the arrangements.

Committed is available in the Kindle, Nook, and Kobo stores. 

 I'm also pleased to announce that Phoning It In is now available in Kindle, Nook, and Kobo formats, and The Eye of the Beholder is also available for Kindle, Nook, and Kobo. 

Going forward, I will no longer be exclusive to Amazon. I have five more episodes of Committed to release, and then I'll be releasing a new book under my Elizabeth Darcy pen name, this time a retelling of the Sleeping Beauty tale--with a twist. Stay tuned for a cover reveal.

And, lastly, I have a new cover for Contributor! I'll be revealing it next week.

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Book Launch Day: Committed, Episode 2 is now available!

 

When Ella Mikowski decided to plan her dream wedding, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As if juggling her career and the millions of wedding planning details isn’t enough, it seems that anything that can go wrong does go wrong. Will Ella manage to make it down the aisle with her sanity intact?

Episode 2: Six days before the wedding, Ella learns just how contentious the seating arrangements can be when her mother and Masato clash over the seating chart.


Episode 2 is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo!

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Book Launch Day: Committed, Episode 1 is now available!

When Ella Mikowski decided to plan her dream wedding, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. As if juggling her career and the millions of wedding planning details isn’t enough, it seems that anything that can go wrong does go wrong. Will Ella manage to make it down the aisle with her sanity intact?

Comitted is a serial, with episodes of approximately 12,000 words to be released every two weeks. There will be a total of eight episodes.

Episode 1: With only seven days to go until the wedding, Ella heads to the salon. But her visions of a head full of beautiful highlights setting off her exquisite headpiece is ruined when something in the solution causes her hair to fall off in clumps.


Committed, is available on Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble! I'm very excited to hear what you all think of it. It's been a lot of fun to write, and is making me look at plotting in a whole new way.

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