Q&A video :
Ebook Giveaway:
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Indie Author Spotlight for April is Janae Mitchell
About The Author:
“First & foremost, I'm a country girl. I'm no different than most, I just happen to write... a lot. If I’m not writing books, I’m reading them. I live for the HEA. I've been interested in the paranormal most of my life, living in a 'haunted' house growing up. This fascination, mixed with my love of writing, made my first YA paranormal romance series, For Always, inevitable. Of course I'd have to throw a spooky ghost story in there, too.
I'm a huge fan of readers! They breathe life into the books we give birth to. Thank you, fellow readers, for making books come alive.” ☺
I'm a huge fan of readers! They breathe life into the books we give birth to. Thank you, fellow readers, for making books come alive.” ☺
Janae was born and raised in East Tennessee, where she currently resides with her husband, two children, and their hairless dog, Dobby. In her spare time, she likes to read, play tennis, and spend time with her family on the lake.
About Her Book Feels Like Rain:
What if the feelings you felt were never your own?
Jet is different. Able to feel the emotions of those around him, he chooses to spend his days in solitude, pushing out the feelings that attempt to consume him. With numbness his only relief, he’s surprised when he finds himself letting someone in, actually wanting—craving—to feel what she feels.
Even though he was warned to stay away from Kalista LaFontain, Jet didn’t listen, not caring what family she came from, knowing she wasn’t like them. Somehow, she was able to make the emotions that assaulted him on a daily basis more bearable, a pleasant contrast to his usual numbness. He didn’t care how powerful or hated her family was; he’d risk it.
Little did he know, that risk would change his life forever.
*Stay tuned tomorrow for a Q&A video and Giveaway*
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Shelsea's Super Saturday
Hello lovelies,
It’s your average dose of SSS with mwah. Before we get down to business I wanted to be honest with you first. This Book Club is more than just a club. This right here is the dedication of five humbled girls. We were brought together by Madii’s idea for a book club, but this blog became my life! As much as we are bloggers, we are unstoppable as a group. Not only did I gain four friends, but I also gained four sisters that I never asked for. Hahaha. I’m still amused that they put up with me. I’ve gathered all of the girls including myself for book recommendations! *Screams at the Dj to cue the music.*
Madii’s Top Five
Brooke’s Top Five
Jordan’s Top Five
Abbey’s Top Five
Shelsea’s Top Five
The Whispers of the Fallen by J.D. Netto (I smell a rebellion.)
Volition by Lily Paradis (I’m still trying to recover!)
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (A genius to say the least.)
Doon by Carey Corp & Lorie Langdon (To plaid, or not to plaid?)
A Diamond in the Rough by Elisa Marie Hopkins (Is 2016 here yet?)
P.S. A mirror will never hurt you unless you let it.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
April BookClub Book ..... Red Queen
RED QUEEN
Victoria Aveyard
POWER IS A DANGEROUS GAME
Synopsis:
The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers.
To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change.
Mare finds herself working in the Silver Palace, at the centre of
those she hates the most. She quickly discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy Silver control.
But power is a dangerous game. And in this world divided by blood, who will win?
Read with us this month:
meet the author:
I'm a screenwriter/YA author who likes books and lists. This site is the nexus of my universe.
My book RED QUEEN will be published Winter 2015 from HarperTeen at HarperCollins. I'm repped by the incomparable Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.
The genres I'm into include YA, Fantasy, Historical, Adventure, Apocalyptic - if people are dying, I'm buying.
My book RED QUEEN will be published Winter 2015 from HarperTeen at HarperCollins. I'm repped by the incomparable Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.
The genres I'm into include YA, Fantasy, Historical, Adventure, Apocalyptic - if people are dying, I'm buying.
Stay tuned for our weekly discussions on Instagram.
Shelsea's Super Saturday
Hello lovelies,
Welcome to Shelsea’s Super Saturdays! Shelsea Super Saturdays (SSS) will happen every other Saturday. We’ll discuss anything and everything book related such as: books turning into movies, independent authors that you should know, books on the rise, and etc.… Today, I’ll be discussing six YA books hitting theaters soon. There’s also going to be a spin-off with romance author Elisa Marie Hopkins! *Shakes a little mystery into the post. * Hahaha.
6 YA Books Hitting Theaters
Paper Towns by: John Green
Synopsis: Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew…
Release date: June 19, 2015
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner Series #2) by: James Dashner
Synopsis: Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.
There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.
The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.
There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to survive.
Release date: September 18, 2015
Mocking Jay (Hunger Games Trilogy #3) by: Suzanne Collins
Synopsis: Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.
It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans--except Katniss.
The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost.
Release Date: Part 2 November 20, 2016
Miss Pegerine’s Home For Peculiar Children by: Ransom Riggs
Synopsis: A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography.
Release Date: still filming
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by: Jesse Andrews
Synopsis: Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics.
Until Greg’s mother forces him to rekindle his childhood friendship with Rachel.
Rachel has been diagnosed with leukemia—-cue extreme adolescent awkwardness—-but a parental mandate has been issued and must be obeyed. When Rachel stops treatment, Greg and Earl decide the thing to do is to make a film for her, which turns into the Worst Film Ever Made and becomes a turning point in each of their lives.
And all at once Greg must abandon invisibility and stand in the spotlight.
Release Date: June 12, 2015
The Fifth Wave by: Rick Yancey
Synopsis: After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker.
Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Mini Q & A with Elisa M. Hopkins
Q: Did you always know that you wanted to be an Author?
A: It was never my dream to become an author. I didn’t grow up wanting to be a writer. I had a story, and I had a few characters, and some idea for a plot. That’s it. That’s all I had. One night three years ago, I was lying in bed, unable to sleep, and it was as though the characters were begging to be written. I flipped open my laptop. I didn’t stop after that.
Q: Can you give us any hints as to what A Diamond In The Rough is about? (A teaser.)
A: A Diamond in the Rough tells the story of a woman, Sophie, in her mid-twenties. She’s an almost out of work fashion model living in New York, and just as any other person in their twenties (myself included), she’s all about trying to manage her time, her finances, her whole existence basically, and trying to make healthy decisions, especially with the lifestyle that comes with being a model, and pulling off a certain look. Sophie begins to receive death threats through social media, but doesn’t take them seriously. That all quickly changes when she is almost kidnapped by a masked figure, and forced to cross paths with business magnate, Oliver Black.
Q: What is one thing that you want to tell your readers?
A: I couldn’t have done it without you. I know it’s a very unoriginal thing to say, but it’s true. When I started writing the book, I didn’t know a speck about writing, much less that the story was something I would want to publish. I was just writing whatever came to my head, without thinking about point-of-view or scene breaks. I was so clueless it’s actually funny. I knew my writing sucked, and the book was probably terrible. However, some awesome people read the story when I uploaded it to Fiction Press, a site where writers share their stories. And they loved A Diamond in the Rough. I really could not believe it. I cried when I read my first review. But, that was when a light blub flickered above my head, and I realized I wanted to have more people read it. Publish it even. In all honesty, if it weren’t for my readers, this book would be collecting digital dust on my computer. It’s breathtaking to be appreciated for doing something that I didn’t even think was worth anything. Thank you for believing in me, when I didn’t believe in myself. This one’s for you, bookworms!
At the start of 2015, I was sending out query letters to publishing companies. I was kindly rejected, until I received a letter of acceptance by one very established publisher. I was ecstatic, but also very overwhelmed by their offer. Yes, it was attractive, but also very limiting. They wanted full control of my work and copyrights, do things differently then what I intended them to be. Being just a rookie, I didn’t know what to do or who to lean on, but the little voice inside my head kept saying, “No, stick to your vision.” So, I politely declined. It made no sense to me whatsoever that someone else was going to come in and take over, being that I knew the characters and story better than anyone. My next thought quickly became: “Okay, let’s start a publishing company.”
Initially, I only wanted to get my book out there. But I never stopped to think about what I was creating here. Many independent authors do this, by the way. Start their own publishing companies. There are hundreds of small presses. All you hear and read out there is: “Publishing is so hard!” It’s actually NOT hard once you know what you’re doing, of course. It’s a lot like learning how to drive a car; it’s scary and complicated at first, but once you figure it out, it’s all fast and furious!
At the time, we’re very small and we have a few submissions. I call it my little family of creative and talented people: readers, designers, editors, etc. We all have one thing in common: we love books!
There are many factors at play when publishing a book; you want a professional to edit your work, beta readers to critique it, a cover designer, an agent who’ll do all the dirty work for you. Now, you don’t 100% need these things, but remember, you want your book to be in tiptop shape!
People often contact me through e-mail or social media, mainly about A Diamond in the Rough, other times for writing or publishing advice. Elisa, what inspired you to write the book? How long did it take you to write it? How do you make your characters real? One of the questions I’m most asked is, “Are you a self-published author?” It’s a strange word “self-published.” I didn’t do all of it by myself. I employed a few people; it’s a collective win. I published independently, yes. And so far, I’m happy with my decision. Is it perfect? Maybe not. But it’s all a learning process. In the words of Alanis Morissette, “You live. You learn.”
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