Saturday, March 30, 2019

YASH SPRING SCAVENGER HUNT! Starts April 2nd

YA Scavenger Hunt

Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck and me, LM Preston as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive one book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours!



Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are SIX contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the GREEN TEAM --but there is also a red team, a gold team, an orange team, a red team, and an indie team for a chance to win a whole different set of books!

If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the GREEN TEAM, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator!). 

Entry Form: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.

Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Ends April 7th, 2019, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

SCAVENGER HUNT POST

Today, I am hosting JENNIFER BRODY on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt! 


Jennifer Brody's award-winning novel "The 13th Continuum" sold to Turner Publishing in a 3-book deal and is being packaged into a feature film. The book is a Gold Medal Winner (Young Adult - Sci-Fi/Fantasy) from the Independent Publisher's Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. "Return of the Continuums" and "The United Continuums" complete this epic trilogy. She is a graduate of Harvard University, a creative writing instructor at the Writing Pad in Los Angeles, and a volunteer mentor for the Young Storytellers Foundation. She founded and runs BookPod, a social media group for authors. She lives and writes in LA.

Find out more information by checking out the author website or find more about the author's book here! 

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT





Some Exclusive Updates from Author JENNIFER BRODY 

Hey YASH’ers! I’m thrilled to share the hot off the presses announcement of my new book deal here for the hunt. I’ve sold not one, but two original graphic novels! Not only that, but they sold in a 6-book deal to Turner Publishing. That means, each graphic novel will be built into a trilogy. They’re both high concept science fiction and should appeal to fans of my Continuum Trilogy (featured here), as well as science fiction and comic book lovers alike.

From Publisher’s Marketplace:

THE CONTINUUMS TRILOGY author Jen Brody's SPECTRE DEEP 6, pitched as in the vein of Flatliners meets The Bourne Identity, a diverse team of black ops "Spectres" - elite soldiers who died in the line of duty only to be reanimated by military scientists and brought back as actual ghosts - carry out illicit missions for the United States government in exchange for day passes to haunt their old lives and fulfill their unfinished business, and 200, about a world where people live to be immortal, but only if they pass a test on their 200th birthday - if they fail, they are euthanized, illustrated by Jules Rivera, to Stephanie Beard at Turner Publishing, by Deborah Schneider at Gelfman Schneider/ICM (world).

My amazing artist Jules Rivera and I broke these stories out and built them into graphic novels. Spectre Deep 6 came from an original idea, while 200 is adapted from a short story that I wrote as my love letter to Philip K. Dick and science fiction like Total Recall and Minority Report. I’m especially excited because I’ve always wanted to work in the medium of comics and graphic novels. I’m a huge fan, but I also wanted to tell some original stories using them.


For my exclusive content, I can reveal that Spectre Deep 6 will publish in Feb. 2020, while 200 will publish in Fall 2020. The next books will then publish every 6 months. Follow me on social media or sign up for my mailing list for exclusive info on my new graphic novels, including cover reveals and character design art. Many fun bookish things coming up in the next year! 




BACK TO THE SCAVENGER HUNT
And don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, LM Preston, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 6. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the GREEN TEAM and you'll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!


This HUNT stop Sponsored by LM PRESTON's Visitors for UNBREAKABLE DARKNESS
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CONTINUE THE HUNT

To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author! LEA NOLAN HERE 
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Friday, March 29, 2019

Is Patreon A Way To Up Your Author Game?

I am creating two Patreon accounts. Yep, I'm diving in. Don't have much an idea of what I am doing yet, but I have a month to figure it all out.

FIRST SUGGESTED

By my daughter who apparently follows several authors, artist and content providers on Patreon and pays a monthly subscription for premium product releases monthly.

WHAT CAUSED MY IMMEDIATE NEED TO JOIN

Well Patreon is changing things up. They are no longer letting you join for free and get all the benefits at a premium as of May 1st 2019.

So, WHAT I'M OFFERING PATREON Fans

They will have the ability to support each new series and receive welcome gifts, character content only seen on the Patreon accounts, giveaways and monthly gifts specific to releases.

JOIN MY PATREON here: CLICK

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Unbreakable Darkness Excerpt Pre-Release Blitz


Book 1.5 in the Vigilant Series

“Well, I hate to do this, but I am willing to let him go, with no charges if you can convince him to be an informant for me.”
“Excuse me?” Dex’s father responded, irritated.
“I know why you are here. Also, who you are working with and you are playing a dangerous game. I will stay out of that, but, your son is in the position to shed some light on this case and help your cause. There is something going on with the sports teams at that school. Kids going missing at the top of their prime, it’s frustrating we don’t know why.”
“I understand, but why would I put my son in danger to get you your answers?”
“Because it may help you get the answers you seek…for The Vigilant,” Detective Whalen whispered when he mentioned the last word.
“I’m not doing that. Would you put your kid in that kind of danger?”
“I’ve tried, but my son wasn’t good enough to be recruited by the elite on the team. He’s into other things, playing the guitar in a band. The Soul warriors have to be selected, it’s a process. Your son, he’s got what they are looking for, he’s strong, a bit impulsive, a fighter and not a detective’s son.”
Dex almost didn’t catch it, but had leaned in to hear every bit of their conversation.
“How about this, you put things in motion, my son doesn’t know he may be exposed to the information you seek. Let things play out, then if you need to question him, I’ll make sure he’s available for that.”
There was a pause of silence, “That’s fair and a good approach. The less he knows, the more likely he will be exposed too. You’ve got a deal.”
“And detective, don’t ever mention The Vigilant in my presence again. You can get my family and I killed if you do, and I fought too damned hard to be able to live to risk someone putting me and mine in danger.”
“Understood.”
Dex heard a slapping of hands and supposed they were shaking hands.
“Now, detective, can I see my son?”



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Friday, March 1, 2019

My Non-Fiction is making Quiet Ripples

My Non-Fiction Book Is Quietly Making Itself Known


I wrote this book due to many friends, family and acquaintances asking me how did I come from such challenging beginnings to have a positive spirit and never give up attitude, and well, I realized I wanted to write down how I did it. I wanted to share it with my kids, my friends and anyone that just needed a push in a positive direction.

Building Your Empowered Steps was a labor of love. There will be more non-fiction books from me like this. 

So if you just need a mentor, someone to walk you through how to change your perspective, pick up BUILDING YOUR EMPOWERED STEPS.

www.EmpoweredSteps.com