The Grave Winner is free January 7th and 8th (today and tomorrow), and The Trinity Bleeds (the third and final book in The Grave Winner series) releases on the 9th! It’s 3 days of YA horror! Eeeeeeeeeeeeek!
Category: The Trinity Bleeds
Ringing in the New Year (Probably Illegally) and a #Giveaway For #Authors!
Hello there, 2016! Aren’t you looking all sexy and new! I have to say 2015 was kind of a blah year for me. Other than a few high points, it was pretty sleep-inducing. Sleep is a super special thing, but all year? Come on!
I rang in the new year with book research. I won’t tell you what I was researching because I’ll probably get arrested.
So! New year’s resolutions… the only one I have is to blog more, which is why I’m here today with two pieces of newses, one for each hand!
Number one newses is that the last book of The Grave Winner trilogy releases in seven days!!!
Heidi from Momma Says Read called The Trinity Bleeds, “quite possibly the best YA horror book I’ve read.” – Goodreads.
Wow! Thank you, Heidi!
Number two newses is that I would like to start paying it forward to all you authors out there. The writing community has always been so supportive to me and tons of other authors.
So, every month, I would like to give away a free critique of an author’s first 500 words here on the old blog. The first 500 words can be anything from your Nano project to a research paper to a cereal box that you created for whatever reason…anything! Seriously, folks. I. Read. Everything.
I just have three rules (yeah, yeah, I know):
- Your first 500 words have to be PG-13. The rest can be robot dinosaur smut.
- If you win, you only have 48 hours to email me your first 500 words. Or else I’ll choose a new winner!
- You should be comfortable with receiving a critique. Because we’re writers, peeps!
Why should you want to win this critique from yours truly? Well, I hate to brag, but…
- I’m super close to finishing my sixth novel.
- I’ve been critiquing other authors’ works for eight years, some of whom are now New York Times bestselling authors.
- I worked as an intern for a well-respected publishing company for one year.
- I’m represented by the uber-amazing Rossano Trentin of TZLA Literary and Film Agency.
So, yeah. That’s me.
My critiquing style looks like a hamburger: the top and bottom is filled with the good, and in the middle is the juicy part where I offer constructive criticism. And now I want a hamburger.
Interested? Hit the Rafflecopter below (but don’t actually hit it)! Also, happy new year!
Happy Re-Release Day to The Grave Winner! #ya #horror #99cents
The Grave Winner‘s title jumped into my head one day, and I started writing it in 2008. Later, it found and lost a publisher, but now it has been re-edited and re-packaged into something I’m quite proud of. *throws confetti* Happy Re-Release Day to The Grave Winner!
Only 99 cents!
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Leigh Baxton is terrified her mom will come back from the dead — just like the prom queen did.
While the town goes beehive over the news, Leigh bikes to the local cemetery and buries some of her mom’s things in her grave to keep her there. When the hot and mysterious caretaker warns her not to give gifts to the dead, Leigh cranks up her punk music and keeps digging.
She should have listened.
Two dead sorceresses evicted the prom queen from her grave to bury someone who offered certain gifts. Bury them alive, that is, then resurrect them to create a trio of undead powerful enough to free the darkest sorceress ever from her prison inside the earth.
With help from the caretaker and the dead prom queen, Leigh must find out what’s so special about the gifts she gave, and why the sorceresses are stalking her and her little sister. If she doesn’t, she’ll either lose another loved one or have to give the ultimate gift to the dead – herself.
What Gifts She Carried, which is book two in The Grave Winner trilogy, releases in just two weeks.
Only 99 cents (but not for long!)
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Leigh Baxton just wants to pick up the pieces of her life—if you could call it that—but someone keeps resurrecting the dead. These new zombies have a knack for spilling Leigh’s precious blood, something she was warned about by a certain pair of undead sorceresses.
Desperate to find out why they’re here so Leigh can put the nightmares behind her, she must learn more about the gifts she carries. With Tram’s training sessions and clues from her mom’s past, Leigh begins to piece together what she’s capable of.
Too bad there isn’t a Cliff’s Notes version to saving the world.
The zombies have teamed up with followers of the darkest sorceress who ever lived, and they’ll play a wicked game until she’s freed from her prison inside the earth. When the battle to the death begins, Leigh must rely on friends, crushes, and even her enemies to win the war, but not the grave.
Oh, and a quick word about the third book, The Trinity Bleeds–I’m almost finished with the second draft! One more draft, and it will be ready for my editor. If you’re interested in beta-reading it, let me know!
The Grave Winner Trilogy #coverreveal #petthecover
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on the ol’ blog. (I’m so sorry, blog. I still love you.) Hopefully this post will more than make up for that!
I’m gearing up to re-release The Grave Winner books one and two (book three is on the way!), so naturally I need brand new covers to do that. You remember the amazing covers I had before? These new ones needed to be even better, which is a tall order for a potential cover designer. I put my complete trust in Rebecca Hamilton, USA Today bestselling author, editor, and, you guessed it, cover designer.
And OMG, look what she did!
I can’t stop drooling over them!
Books 1 and 2 will hopefully be ready for re-release in the fall, and if I cross my fingers, toes, and eyes, book 3 should be ready by the winter!
Would you like to add them to Goodreads? Here you go: