August 11, 2012

I'd like to blame the gods of Chaos for delaying this blog post! ;)

Hi y'all! This week's Mayhem is late! Why pray tell? Well, I'll let the gods of Chaos explain it later ;) So for now let's just call it Survival Saturday, shall we? LOL
 

Working it out…
  • Witch Way to Turn... Officially released on Monday in both e-book and print format!! Check it out here: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Lyrical Press...  Super excited :o)
  • Awesome reviews coming in for Witch Way to Turn: Sizzling Hot Book Reviews and Night Owl Reviews. And more coming next week!
  • On the right-side of my blog is a list of stops I'll be on this month touring for Witch Way to Turn. Hope you'll be able to poof on by! (WWTT humor...teehee)
  • Today I'm being interviewed by Author Ryan Hill...such fun questions (click here)! His children's book titled J.P. Trouble--super cute read--is available now!
  • Today I'm also on A Dream Within A Dream's blog (click here)!
Hearing voices…
  • Am pluggin' away on book #2 in the Witch Way series. Current word count is a little over 50,000 words!
  • Here's a little teaser from book #2 I'm super happy with (as always, no spoilers to book #1 or #2)...can you guess which hottie my girl, Breena, is talking to? teeheehee Is it Myles Young, the vampire convict or Orin Heider, the preternatural assassin? (All prose was left out to not give anything away.)
      “I would never mock your pain. I only want you to be whole.”  -- Hot Boy.
      “Whaddya mean by whole? Why not happy?” -- Sassy Breena.
“Happy is just an emotion. A word. It implies an opposite can be true.” -- Hot Boy.
“Doesn’t whole imply there can be emptiness?” -- Sassy Breena. 
“Wholeness isn’t an emotion. It’s a state of being.” -- Hot Boy.
Waiting game…
Cover Art by Danielle Fine
  • On week #9 of waiting to hear back from a lovely agent who is reading Running From Shadows.*continues to keep fingers and toes crossed and keeps querying*
  • On week #1 of waiting to hear back from the two agents and editor from the RWA conference. *also continues to keep all possible body parts crossed*
Getting personal...
The print book arrived in the mail on Thursday!
The arrival of Witch Way to Turn print book to my home... A tale through photography. The original print release date was October 1st. So when Amazon told me my books had shipped, I didn't believe it...at first!

Opening it ever so carefully...



The feeling of seeing my book--right there--in front of me was...incredible. Like a dream come true.

Actually holding the words that were once only in my mind...

Then... I held it. Cradled it in my hands. Felt along its binding and basked in every square inch of its beauty.
On the page...
 But the part that stole my breath and made my heart race was opening it. There, in front of me, were my words on the page. I flipped through and immediately looked at the last sentence--my fave thing to do when I'm looking at print books.

Even though I read e-books almost exclusively, seeing Witch Way to Turn in print on the page was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. I'm so happy and grateful for this opportunity. A BIG thank you to Lyrical Press!!

Reading...
*Tune back in for SSS on Sunday...
*Next week I'll post pix and info about Witch Way to Turn's book release party...it was sooo much fun!!!
*It's official... I'm totally doing the Facebook thing now. LOL Let's be friends! :)
*Beautiful Cover Art for Running From Shadows by Danielle Fine... Check her website for more cover art, editing and book trailer services.

Random Alert! Random. Alert. Alert. Alert...
Rusty pup says, Why do I have to shake your hand...again?

14 comments:

  1. I NEED THAT BOOK NOW! *runs to Amazon* :D Great post, Karen. I adore your sense of humour :D

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    1. Woo hoo! Thank you so much Katheryn!! I'm so excited for you to read it! Can't wait to hear what you think about my girl Breena! Really appreciate you stopping by and commenting :)

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  2. I am so excited to see Witch Way to Turn in print!

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    1. Hi Kellie! Thank you!! It was sooo amazing! I couldn't be happier :) Really appreciate you stopping by and commenting!

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  3. OMG, dear, it's already in print! I'm rushing to amazon to buy it NOW!!!!! Can't believe it!
    Such a feeling, it must be, to hold your baby ... can't wait to feel that too!

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    1. Awww! Thank you soo much Juliana!!!! It is the most wonderful feeling!! I'm blessed to have this opportunity. Can't wait for you to experience the same joy when your book comes out. It's amazing! Really appreciate you stopping by and commenting :)

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  4. YAY!!! Congratulations again.
    Isn't it a crazy, wonderful feeling to hold your book in your hand. When I first held mine, I kept staring at, smelling the pages, LOL, I still stare at it and think, I wrote that!

    Awesome stuff!

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    1. *does happy dance* Thank you Brenda!!! It totally is a crazy, wonderful feeling! I smelled the pages too! LOL And I've definitely been staring at it! teehee I took it to work with me on Friday and just kept it on my desk ;) Really appreciate you stopping by and commenting!

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  5. Hurray! That has to be an awesome feeling to hold your own book in your hands. :)

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    1. Hi Melissa! It's so awesome! It's almost surreal...like, wow, I still can't believe it! :D Thank you so much for stopping by!

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  6. Great post, Karen. Sounds like you have lots of fun stuff going on!

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    1. Thanks Casea! It definitely has been an exciting few months!! :) Really appreciate you stopping by and commenting!

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  7. Hi Karen! So much to write about in this post. Packed with action, adventure...just like your book! Congratulations. Thanks for sharing your life through pics and loved the pup, too!

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    1. Hi Sheri! Aww, thank you so much! I love sharing through pix. Rusty pup is totally my spoiled rotten baby! haha Really appreciate you stopping by and commenting :)

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