2012 Fireworks!

Thank you all for making 2012 such an amazing year :) 

Thank you to the beta-readers (Sian Young, Alyssa Young, and Jane Linsdell) for their support and enthusiasm (plus plus plus!), agent Jessica Regel for her persistence – and the emails that always give me goose bumps, Vladimir Nikulin and Vera Simon for gorgeousness inside and out (you’ll see their work more and more!)...

Photo by Vlad & Vera

...the magical Claudia McKinney from PhatPuppy for taking gorgeous to the next level, the tour hosts, sponsors, and management team for the launch of The Jelly Bean Crisis (particularly Charlotte Russell and Susie Barber for their incredible support)... 

A tour prize winner

...thank you to the reviewing teams at LitPick and Readers Favorite, the dedicated (and super scary!) Goodreads community, the organizers and participants of the Book Blast, the librarians, the tweeters, the Likers, the Frienders and the bloggers, and all of the readers and reviewers, who not only read my books, but also took the time to share their thoughts with the world (and sometimes just with me :)). Thank you all so, so much!


So, what’s next? It’s definitely the perfect time of year to start thinking big and going for those red jelly beans! And while my plan is to disappear into new drafts and edits for a while, there has already been a suspiciously exciting email that might change that…! My advice? Make the big, delicious plans – and then be completely open for even bigger ones to jump out! 

“The universe will give you so much more than anything you can dream of!” 
- Total Blueprint for World Domination

Art by Niobe Carter

Bring it on, 2013!

Everything is possible!

Cover: The Jelly Bean Crisis

A huge thank you to all the bloggers, readers, tweeters, and absolute sweethearts who made Cover Reveal Day so awesome! I am grinning like a mad thing from all the AMAZING things people have said about the cover :). 

(Some of my favourite quotes? 
"HOLY SMOKES! That cover is gorgeous!" "It’s RAINING jelly beans!!! Come ON! *dies*" "Wow, I fell in love with the synopsis and I pretty much knew that the cover would rock." "Definitely my favourite cover (and title!) so far this year."... Actually, my favorite quotes might have to become a whole blog post!!! :P)

The book launch is August 1, and the blog tour is August 6-11. Sign up now!


Everything is possible!

Cover Reveal Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*happy dance*

Over the next 24 hours, you'll be able to check out the cover for The Jelly Bean Crisis here:
The Bookish Brunette
A Pocket Full of Books
Lindsay and Jane's Views and Reviews
Moonlight Book Reviews
Chapter by Chapter
So Simply Sara  
Artsy Musings of a Bibliophile
A Diary Of A Book Addict
StuckInBooks
The Magic Attic
Storybook Escape
The Bookish Babe
Hackaroo's Reviews
Kindred Dreamheart
YA-Aholic
A Written Rhapsody
Unabridged Bookshelf
The Book Barbies
Froggarita's Bookcase
The Reading Housewives
Kindred Dreamheart
There is a Book in my Bag
Sim Sational Books
Book Loving Mom
My Cute Bookshelf
Totally Bookalicious

Thank you so much to my amazing tour manager Julie Brazeal, and to the super sweet bloggers who have jumped in to be part of the reveal!
 
Everything is possible!

News

My fiction debut The Jelly Bean Crisis is on its way!

Insert squealing, fireworks, happy dancing, and jelly beans :)
Here's the info:
Publication: August 1
Cover* reveal: April 30 
Blog tour: August 6-11  
Sign up here.

And if you're on Goodreads you'll find it here.

* The cover is Phat Puppy Creations. Phat Amanda-Hocking-JL-Bryan Puppy, people!!!!

If you have any questions, shoot me an email :) 
Deep breath. Here we go!


Everything is possible!