This Just In!

My cover designer Naj and I were so excited about the Enchantment (Spellbound #3) Cover Reveal we've scheduled an impromptu Cover Teaser at her review site Unputdownable Books today. (Don't miss the FULL reveal on June 7th.)

Also today we have Bringing Back the Fun at Memories Overtaking Me and Envy: The Green Eyed Monster at Lover of Paranormal.

TGIF and happy June!

Entangled: The Movie!

At this moment, a screenplay of Entangled is in the works.

It doesn't mean it will be turned into a movie. In fact, the percentage of screenplays that go into production even AFTER being optioned is small.

But a girl can dream big, right?

Sisters Sally and Gillian have their differences,
but they get on a lot better than the Perez twins.

A cousin who graduated top of his class in film school and an aunt who used to teach film started the script as a summer project. Once it's completed they plan to shop it around. Seeing the cast of Entangled brought to life on the big screen would be THE ULTIMATE!

That's dream #3. Dream #2 is to hold my book in my hands and that is about to happen. (Dream #1 was to publish a book.)

Entangled is coming out in paperback. My husband is working on formatting at CreateSpace and my designer is finishing the back cover and spine. (When I know the date I'll announce it here, twitter, goodreads, and Facebook.)

Duplicity will follow shortly in paperback.

The two Helen's are kept apart in Sliding Doors with different haircuts.
In Duplicity, one goes by the name "Lee", the other "Gray."

And on the subject of movies, three movie themed posts appear on tour this week.

Spellbound the Sequel is at Gothic Angel Book Reviews, in which I compare the writing of Duplicity to the filming of Sliding Doors.

On Thursday, Witches in Washington, goes up on Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf. Did you know that the movie Practical Magic was filmed on San Juan Island? I show photos from scene locations around the island.

Saturday, Bound author Kira Saito is posting Goblin Kings and Deleted Scenes at her blog with a couple clips from Labyrinth. Does it get any better than David Bowie in skintight pants?

(On Tour!) Week Two: Duplicity

We have mega fun posts all week long. (Mega super fun.)

Week One gave me an opportunity to "meet" some new bloggers. Week Two I had the chance to reconnect with sites and reviewers who were kind enough to give a debut indie author a chance when I first started out. Week Three is a combination of both.

Real quick like, here's what I'm working on: Next week's cover reveal with Naj and getting book one and two into paperback.

Week two:

Monday, May 28: Spellbound the Sequel @ Gothic Angel Book Reviews (England)                                                                                                                

                           Love Thy Editor @ S. M. Boyce The Blog! (US)

Tuesday, May 29: Author Interview (live on Saturday) @ Book Whales (Philippines)

                            Life is an Open Book @ The Hollow Cupboards (US)

                            Review @ My Reading Addiction (Texas)

Wednesday, May 30: The Method Behind the Madness @ Blook Girl (US)

Thursday, May 31: Gray vs. Lee @ Alluring Reads (Canada)


                              Witches in Washington @ Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf (US)

Friday, June 1: Bringing Back the Fun @ MemoriesOvertaking Me (US)

                         Envy: The Green Eyed Monster @ Lover of Paranormal (US)

Saturday, June 2: Writer Friends are the Best Friends Lucy Swing @ Writing Antics (Florida)

                             Goblin Kings & Deleted Scenes @ Kira Saito (Brazil)

THANK YOU to my fabulous tour hosts (super mega fabulous) for having me back and contributing to the success of this series.

Memories Overtaking Me and My Reading Addiction.

Week Two: Duplicity (On Tour!)

Hello and welcome to Week Two of the Spellbound tour. If you’re reading this from America, Happy Memorial Day… lucky ducks! I have to work today.

Another day on the farm. I work for a wonderful lavender company.

Duplicity sold 167 books in its first week. I am beyond pleased.

Battle of the Books

As far as the first two books in the series go, there are currently two camps forming: Those who prefer Entangled and those who prefer Duplicity. 

It’s always interesting to see who likes which one better and why. A YA addict friend I met recently on a neighboring island called to say, “I just finished Duplicity. Thank god it got better.” Then she sorta backpedaled and said, “Not that Entangled wasn’t good!” I didn’t mind. The way she said it was cute and that’s the first time someone’s called me to rave about one of my books so I was floating on clouds the rest of the evening.

I’m receiving positive feedback about Adrian, thank goodness because he plays a big role in book three.

I’m not going to blab on too much about today’s guest posts because I do that in the posts. Don’t need a double dose. Then again this week has the Duplicity theme…

At my proof reader (and author) S. M. Boyce’s Blog: Love Thy Editor. (Learn from my mistakes!)

In England, it’s Movie Madness Monday at Gothic Angel Book Reviews with Spellbound the Sequel. 


(Any Sliding Doors fans out there?)

Free for Your Mailbox

Put it in your mailbox, stack it on your shelf... Entangled is free at amazon kindle One. Last. Time.

Sunday, May 27th Entangled is $0.00.

Magic - Murder - Romance

The Weekend Tour Lineup:

SATURDAY

A Writer's Best Friend at The Book Swarm. Come see pictures of my reading and writing buddy, Cosmo. He's such a sweetie pie and one of the biggest joys of my life.

Thank you to Mary for letting me show off my baby. :)

Check out My Favorite Things (Then & Now) and an excerpt from my favorite scene in Entangled at Book Faery. (No worries on the late post, Tori. Con-GRAD-ulations!)


5/26/12, 3:30 p.m. Update: 5-Star Review of Duplicity up at S.M. Boyce The Blog!

PERSONAL NOTE

Our best friends - an Aussie/Kiwi couple - are leaving the islands. Sunday is our last chance to go over to neighboring Orcas Island to see them. It hasn't hit me yet, but if I'm not as peppy to those I'm in email/twitter contact with I'm just experiencing the Losing My Best Friends Blues. It stinks when friends move away.

Okay, enough of that.

THANK YOU to all of my tour hosts for making Week One of the Spellbound Tour such a success!

The Book Shop Assistant and YA Stands.

See you in WEEK TWO.

On Tour! (5)

I'm really EXCITED about today's lineup:

Spellbound stops in Germany at another Nickey's blog - The Book Shop Assistant - with a guest post titled Paper Fetish. (Nickey and I both have a thing for paper. We exchanged letters in February.)

A small sampling of my journals. (Read more about them at The Book Shop Assistant.)

I'm stopping at my beloved beta reader Nicole Steinhaus's group blog - YA Stands - where I share the fear of letting readers down with sequels in Paranoia: It Happens.

Nicole has now beta read three of my YA novels and helped me strengthen my stories in so many ways. I consider myself lucky beyond words for having the good fortune of coming across her online. I can't wait for Nicole to release her contemporary YA novels because she has serious talent.

At Good Choice Reading, we've got Graylee's Facebook Page (an excerpt from after she dies and is brought back to life).

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

... but not really. ; )

And Duplicity has it's first release review at Alluring Reads. (Returns there on tour Thursday, May 31.)

FREE ebooks & On Tour! (4)

This is going to be quick because it was a late night and I'm in zombie mode. Can I show off a fun button, instead? : )

But first, I just found out that The Grimoire: Lichgates (a young adult epic fantasy adventure) by S.M. Boyce is free on kindle today and tomorrow. A little reading treat for the long weekend. Boyce is an amazingly talented author AND copy editor. I just recently "met" her and she worked on Duplicity (Spellbound #2). She's hosting a tour stop this coming Monday, May 28th called "Love Thy Editor."

Entangled is free again today, as well if you haven't already downloaded a copy. I appreciate everyone who has helped get the word out.

Today's stop:

Blake Gets the Itchies (and possibly an Entangled review) at Never Ending Stories.

Thanks to Tt for finding me on Goodreads with a review request.