Got Steampunk?

Gear up for GEARS OF BRASS! 

A world like ours, but filled with gears of brass, where the beating heart is fueled by steam and the simplest creation is a complex clockwork device.  

Within this tome, you’ll find steampunk fairy tale re-tellings, as well as original stories that will send your gears turning.  

Welcome to the steampunk realm, with eleven authors guiding your path. 

GEARS OF BRASS is a steampunk anthology published through Curiosity Quills.  It will be available for purchase on November 10, 2014.  Within the pages, you’ll come across clockwork inventions and steampunk-ified fairy tale retellings.  Eleven authors will guide you through worlds filled with airships, top hats, and corsets. 

Meet the authors:

Jordan Elizabeth writes young adult fantasy for Curiosity Quills, including ESCAPE FROM WITCHWOOD HOLLOW which was published in October and the upcoming TREASURE DARKLY; she’s represented by the Belcastro Agency.

J. Million is the author of Last of the Giants and can always be found reading or writing.

Lorna MacDonald Czarnota is a professional storyteller and author of several books including, Medieval Tales That Kids Can Read and Tell, Breadline Blue, Legends Lore and Secrets of Western New York, Wicked Niagara, Native American and Pioneer Sites of Upstate New York, and Dancing at the Crossroads: Stories and Activities for At-Risk Youth Programming.

SA Larsen is represented by Paula Munier of Talcott Notch Literary and is the author of published short stories, community-interest stories, and magazine articles focused on children. 

Grant Eagar is an Engineer who would take the tales he told his children at bed time, and transform them into fantasy stories. 

Clare Weze is the author of The House of Ash (forthcoming) and the co-author and editor of Cloudscapes over the Lune.

Eliza Tilton: gamer, writer and lover of dark chocolate; author of the YA Fantasy, BROKEN FOREST, published by Curiosity Quills Press.

Heather Talty's stories have been featured in Enchanted Conversation, as well as her own fractured fairy tale site, Mythopoetical (www.Beatrixcottonpants.com).

W.K. Pomeroy is a third generation writer who has published more than 70 short stories/articles/poems across many genres and styles, which now includes Steampunk.

Christine Baker is the author of Lana's End, The Guild of Dagda, and many more. 

Natalia Darcy: a bookilicious reader, tea drinker and Zumba aficionado who enjoys playing cards against humanity and washing her hair with ice cold water. 

You can get your steampunk fix before GEARS OF BRASS is released in November.  To enter for your chance to win a copy of GEARS OF BRASS, you will need to share the cover.  This can be on your blog, Facebook, Twitter… Each time you share the cover image, log it into Rafflecoper (#insert link) to record it.  It will give you more chances to win.  The drawing for the winner will be held on October 27^th. 

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Haunted Releases on December 17th

Despite participating in NaNo this month, working a new job outside the home, and juggling oh-so-many things, I’ve decided to push ahead with the release of HAUNTED.

That said, I'm sliding the curtains back for the big reveal…

The cover!

 

 

Seventeen-year-old Hailey Steele killed her boyfriend in a car wreck, which fills her with guilt and self-loathing. So when Eli Carter enters her life, Hailey persistently denies her attraction and developing feelings for him. It’s wrong to like someone else when your boyfriend is dead. It’s easier to cope in other ways, like changing schools and using alcohol.

Meanwhile, Jeremy McClure—not realizing he’s dead—waits in the cemetery for his girlfriend to arrive. He’s certain they agreed to meet. Why else would he be here? The last time Jeremy saw Hailey, they were cruising home on a dark and rain-slicked road after an underage party.  What he doesn’t expect is an encounter with someone else.

Eli Carter has a jaded past. His junior year was full of skeletons, and his closet thrown wide open for the entire high school to see. But he manned up, and still got burned. With new girl Hailey, Eli has the chance for a fresh start, someone who knows nothing about his past. That is, if she’ll ever give him the time of day.

Told in alternating points of view, Haunted is the story of three teens whose lives cross after one fateful night, proving that one night changes everything.

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There won’t be any big blog tours or hoopla this time around. After almost two years in the self-publishing biz, I’ve found those to be less than effective as a marketing took (at least for me and my books).

However, I am looking for readers who are willing to post an honest review between December 17^th and January 17^th on Amazon (and any other site you deem appropriate) in exchange for a free ARC.

Simply fill out the form below, and I will send a copy your way. I have ARCs available in PDF, MOBI, and ePUB.

I’m really proud of this book, and I hope you enjoy it, too!

                                                         

Break From You Cover Reveal

Rebecca Green Gasper is one of my favorite writerly friends. Her debut book, Break From You, is a YA contemporary novel that releases this fall. I have been anticipating her book for oh-so long. I absolutely cannot wait to read it (but I guess I have to).

 

Rebecca revealed her gorgeous cover this past week. I’m thrilled about the novel, excited about the cover, so I needed to share it with all of you.

 

 

 

Love shouldn't hurt this much...

Brooke Myers wants to believe she has it all: the perfect guy, the perfect relationship, the perfect life. She wants to believe it so much, she’s willing to overlook all the pain her boyfriend, Drew, has caused her and forgive him for it. She always forgives. And she loves him. She loves him so much, she has pushed away all her friends and stopped doing the things she once enjoyed. She knows it isn’t right but tells herself that love isn’t easy. Until she finds herself lost in the middle of a burning restaurant during homecoming dinner and it isn’t Drew that saves her but the new boy, Cooper West. She forms an instant bond with Cooper, one Drew wouldn’t like. With the pain of a concussion reminding her of how bad things can get, she is forced to re-evaluate the abusive relationship she has with Drew and face the ghosts that haunt her. She once believed love was all it took…but is it enough? Is it truly love when you've lost yourself in it?

 

Don't you just love it?

 

You can find Rebecca at her blog here. 

Summer Schedule

Beginning this weekend, I will be on a brief hiatus in order to embark on some rock climbing adventures. When I return, my blogging schedule will change to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Mondays I will continue my weekly posting, Six Things I Did Today.

Wednesdays will be my weekly WILO Wednesdays (Where I Left Off). I’ll post the paragraph where I left off in my latest WIP.

Fridays will be an extension of the A to Z Challenge, aptly entitled FLASHBACK FRIDAYS. During A to Z, I posted about the 80s. While that likely will be my focus, I may throw in some screaming 70s and gnarly 90s once in awhile.

Come back tomorrow for the cover reveal of my upcoming YA Contemporary novel, SUPERSTITIONS, due out this summer.