Friday, November 11, 2016

Celebrate: Formatting & Giveaways

Cookie Thief!
This week I have a lot to celebrate!
1) I actually got back to writing my Alaska WIP.  I revised 4 rough-drafted chapters and put them in my CP group forum for crits. Yay!
2) I did the rough-draft outline of my Paris WIP! 
3) I got my first royalty statement from my publisher, Freedom Fox Press. It was niiiiice!
4) My first novel, Soul Cutter, now has a new cover and the ms is formatted for Kindle. I've been a busy bee! I was pretty nervous about formatting. It was easier than I expected but harder than Smashwords formatting and took longer. Luckily, I'm only doing an ebook of Soul Cutter. Now that I have the rights back from my previous agent and the publisher, it will be re-released late this month or the beginning of December.

New Release From Alexia Chamberlynn!


Huntress Found
Book #1 of The Timekeeper's War series
by A. A. Chamberlynn
Blurb:
      Evryn’s got mad skills at playing hide and seek. She can find lost children, hack the most secure databases, pretty much anything. Except for the one thing she desires most: the knowledge of who her parents are, why they abandoned her, and what her special talent means about who and what she really is.
      So, when a guy named Seeker appears quite literally out of nowhere, claiming to know about her past and offering her a job, Evryn can’t say yes fast enough. Even if it does mean following him to another realm. As in, mind-blowingly, not Earth. Apparently she’s part of an elite clan of Hunters descending from Artemis who can find just about anything in all of time and space. As the last of Artemis’ direct lineage, Evryn is her clan’s best shot at finding a lost city before rival clans do.
      Not just any city, but the flying, realm-hopping city of Skye. Aboard Skye is the Artifex, a magical device with the power to create or destroy worlds. Everyone wants the device, and with Evryn’s super-powered lineage, it means everyone wants her, too. It’s hard to decide who she can trust, even within her own clan. After she discovers a strange, alluring connection to the Artifex, she’s not even sure she can trust herself. Worse yet, the only person who may be able to help her is the Timekeeper, the sadistic ancient being who created the Artifex. An interdimensional war is brewing, and Evryn is right at the epicenter of it all. 
      Let the hunt begin.

Buy Huntress Found at:     AMAZON      B&N      iTUNES      KOBO
Contact A. A. Chamberlynn:    Website     Blog     Twitter     Facebook     Pinterest     Instagram     Goodreads Author

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My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

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 Celebrate the Small ThingsTo be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful  for that week.  It can be about writing or family or school or general life.  This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)



Foxy's Friday Freebies!

Foxy has been nosing around the net
When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Friday Freebies posts -
  • Free short stories, novellas, and novels
  • Giveaways for books and swag
  • Free services for authors


Here are Foxy's suggestions for Nov 11, 2016:

Free 2 YA Dystopian Signed Paperbacks & Swag – Win Awaken and Ascension (Books 1 & 2 of the New Bloods series) by Michelle Bryan, about a girl with special powers in a world that’s been taken over by aliens. The author is giving away both novels, bookmarks, and a necklace via rafflecopter on the YA Books Central blog. (ends Nov 16)


Free YA Fantasy Romance Novel – Win Moon Chosen: Tales of a New World by New York Times Bestselling Author P.C. Cast, about a girl with special abilities, her unusual familiar, and a handsome boy from a rival clan fighting to save her people. The author is giving away 5 copies of the novel via rafflecopter on YA Books Central blog. (US and Canada only; ends Nov 18)


Free Erotic Romance and pack of Delicious Almonds – Win Lily in Blue (erotic romance) by Peggy Su, about a woman’s whose anonymous one night stand gets complicated when he turns out to be her friend’s step brother and is determined to win her over. Enter via Entry Form on the Romance Novels Giveaway blog (US only; ends Nov 23). 


Free $25 Amazon Gift Card & Holiday Romance Novel – Win Remember (Holiday Romance) by Joan Carney, about a woman who loses her memory in a freak accident and the one man who can help her. The author is giving away a $25 Amazon card and an ecopy of the novella via rafflecopter on the Romance Novel Giveaways blog. (ends Nov 16)


For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.

If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here!  Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com

36 comments:

Denise Covey said...

Hi Lexa! I didn't know you had a Paris WIP in the works. I'm getting through mine. So lovely to be setting a story in a city I adore and I'm sure it shows!

Congrats to A A Chamberlynn (Alecia?)

Thanks for the freebies etc...:-)

Denise Covey said...

Alexia. I knew that~

L.G. Keltner said...

Congratulations on a great week and a good royalty statement! Have a great weekend!

Ann V Friend said...

Nice way to celebrate the weekend Lexa. Truly blessed, my dear (smile)

Laura Clipson said...

You've been busy this week, congrats on getting so much done! Have a great weekend :)

The Cynical Sailor said...

It sounds like you've had a fantastic week! I love that cookie-stealing bunny :-) Have a wonderful weekend. Cheers - Ellen

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

That first check is always awesome!
Cool that you've been so productive with writing and getting your book ready for re-release.

JeffO said...

What a great week--have a great weekend!

Cathrina Constantine said...

It's alway nice to receive a royalty payment. YAY, for getting back to your wip!!!

I love Alexia's cover and it sounds amazing.

Have a nice weakend.

H. R. Sinclair said...

Lots of good stuff--jetsetting through your novels, rerelease, royalites! Congrats!

alexia said...

Thanks SO much for featuring me on your blog!! You rock :)

And huzzah for nice royalty checks!! I'm also super stoked to hear about Soul Cutter coming out on Amazon soon. Let me know the deets and I'll definitely spread the word.

Ha, and love that bunny :)

Anonymous said...

Way to go! =D

cleemckenzie said...

Love that bunny thief!

Congrats on the royalty checks and the re-release, Lexa. You must be very excited.

Kate Larkindale said...

What a great and productive week you've had! Can't wait to see your new cover for Soul Cutter.

Joylene Nowell Butler said...

Congratulations on the new book, Alexia. Huntress Found sounds very appealing. I love sassy go-get-her heroes like Evryn. Lexa, sounds like you've had a very productive week. I want to say the same, but I'm not even close to what you've achieved. Bravo!

Cathy Kennedy said...

Lexa, a nice royalty check is always nice. I wish I could say the same. Have a funtastic weekend, my friend and thanks for hosting the Friday fun!

Deanie Humphrys-Dunne said...

You had so many great things to celebrate this week, Lexa. Congratulations! Hope you have a great week.

Sue Bursztynski said...

Goodness, you HAVE been busy! Such a prolific writer, you are. Well done!

messymimi said...

Sounds like things are going well, and i'm so glad for you!

Heather R. Holden said...

Wow, so much productivity! Congrats! That royalty statement sounds especially awesome, LOL. Best of luck with your WIPs and the re-release of Soul Cutter!

T.F. Walsh said...

Wow... you are pushing through so much. Well done:) And can't wait to see Soul Cutter back out there :)

Congrats to Alexia on her latest release.

DMS said...

Love the cover! Sounds like a great book and what an amazing giveaway. I posted it on my Author Tracker blog. :)

Way to go, Lexa! You are getting so much done. Yeah!!
~Jess

LD Masterson said...

You have been busy. I feel like a sloth in comparison. Congrats on the "niiice" check. And I love the bunny thief. Bunnies like cookies. Who knew?

Julia Thorley said...

Congratulations on your productive week. Yes, formatting's a pain, isn't it? I can quite understand why people pay someone to do it for them.

Jackie said...

Lots of great things to celebrate with the WIP's! And that cookie thief pic is super cute!

Crystal Collier said...

Sweet! You are Road Runner! Move those feet!

I'm so excited for Alexia's book. I got to read the first couple chapters early on, and the concept is SOOO fun. It's loaded on my kindle and read to go.

kimlajevardi.com said...

Very productive week! I can't wait to read the new chapters. My plan is to read two tomorrow. 😀

Tonja Drecker said...

Wow! You've had a great week in the world of writing. May it continue on :)

Tamara Narayan said...

Congrats on getting back to work. I bet that feels great. I'm slowly sinking back into one of my manuscripts and hope to put the final touches on by Christmas.

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

Congrats for all the great stuff that's happening for you, Lexa.
And congrats to Alexia too. Love that cover.

Shannon Lawrence said...

Congrats on an awesome week! And good luck with getting Soul Cutter out there.

Annie Neugebauer said...

Wow, you really have been a busy bee! Good for you!

Elizabeth Seckman said...

Nice that the check was niiiice. Here's to more and more like that!!

PlanetKimberly said...

I feel like such a slacker when I read about your achievements, but I'm very happy for you! You are such an inspiration!

Chemist Ken said...

Formatting something for Kindle sounds intriguing, but I'll bet there's plenty of tricks to learn before one can do it reliably.

Beverly Stowe McClure said...

Sounds like you have everything under control. Good luck with Soul Cutter. Those royalty checks are super, even the little ones.

Congratulations to A. A.

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