Woot!

During the blog tour for The Experiment, one of the bloggers, Wicca Witch 4 Book Blog sent us some interview questions. And somehow, between us 3 authors of the book (me, Sherry Gammon, and Jeffery Moore) we dropped the ball and missed them. She was kind enough to allow us to turn in "late work" (remember those teachers who were so awesome they'd allow late work? They were always my favorites). Not only that, but she ran a second post for the questions. Stop by her blog, Wicca Witch 4 Book Blog, to read the interview. You can also read the amazing review (5 oout of 5 stars!) she gave the book here. Thanks, Amanda, for your graciousness in our lack of getting the needed materials to you!


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When A Thank You Isn't Enough

I've long maintained that without bloggers, we authors would have a mighty hard time selling a single copy of our books. It's by the kindness, grace, and giving of their time for reviews, and sharing blog space with book spotlights, that we're able to spread word of our books.

From Sept. 2 - 13, me and my two co-authors, Sherry Gammon and Jeffery Moore took our new release, The Experiment on tour. From all of the USA, to Sweden, to the UK we were able to tour (ah, to really be able to go to those places . . .). Below are all of the kind bloggers who helped us out, with links to their posts so you can read reviews, enter contests, read guest posts one (or sometimes all) of us wrote, or to read interviews given to us by the blogger.

A big virtual hug to the following:

Getting Your Read On (review and our top 10 places to visit)
Reading, Eating, and Dreaming
Author Kimberly Patterson (Society Building in Fantasy by Jeff)
Author Cindy C Bennett
Author Juli Caldwell
Author Cami Checketts
Literary Wonders
Wrathqueen's Books (99 Have You Evers by me and Sherry)
My Book Addiction and More (giveaway - closed)
Author Tracker
Author Camelia Miron Skiba
I Am A Reader, Not A Writer (Pet Peeves by all of us)
Books Complete Me (giveaway - closed)
Bookworm Brandee (Collaborating on a Novel by me)
Why Not? Because I Said So (The Process of Writing This Book by Jeff)
Author Stacy Lynn Carroll (review and interview)
Author Jamie Canosa (Playlist for the Book by all of us)
Fic Talk
Pretty in Fiction (excerpt)
Who's Reviews (review and Jeff's Top 10 Favorite Books)
Author Sherry Gammon
Jeanz Book Read N Review (interview of us all)
Vamp Chix Bite Club (Creating Unique Elements of Fantasy by Jeff, and a giveaway open until 9/17)
Wicca Witch 4 Book Club (review)
Taffy's Writings (interview with us all)
Bianca 2B
All In One Place (review and excerpt)
Lexie Laser (Books We'd Like to See Become Movies, and what we think of the fate of bookstores by all)
Books, Reviews, Etc. (review)
Books R Us (giveaway, ends 9/18)

Read an excerpt of the book here, then grab your copy today at any of these retailers:

The Experiment Blog Tour: Last Day

It's here: the last day of the blog tour for The Experiment, the new novel from moi, Sherry Gammon, and Jeffery Moore. We have three great blogs who featured the book on their blogs today.

Lexie Laser, who's been a great support to me and my personal books, showed her love once again by posting not only info about the book, but she also had us answer the question of whether or not we felt bookstores would disappear and how we feel eBooks will affect them. As if that weren't enough, she also had us list our top 10 books we'd like to see become movies. You can read those posts on the Swedish blog (if only we could visit for real!) here. 

Over at Books R Us, not only is the book spotlighted, you have the chance to win a copy of The Experiment. Click here for your chance to enter and win!

Finally, at the last stop on the tour, Books, Reviews, Etc., did us the honor of reading and reviewing the book (and giving it 4 stars). You can read the entire review here, but below is a snippet of what Gayle had to say:

This novel's genre is Speculative Fiction. THE EXPERIMENT is a fast paced novel filled with romance, mystery and action. . . I would recommend this book to everyone, not just the young but the young at heart.  We all like a little fantasy now and then. Go pick up a copy and join Jules, Em and Cil in their world of drama, suspense, mystery, betrayals and a little romance. 

Thanks to all of you for topping off the tour in spectacular fashion!

Darkest Worlds Book Blast

Darkest Worlds: A Dystopian Anthology An anthology that explores what humans are made of when society falls to its knees. Darkest Worlds includes six original novellas by award-winning authors and best sellers of Young Adult and New Adult Dystopia. All proceeds go to Girls Write Now, a charity that promotes literacy of inner-city girls. 

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  Nessa: A Breeders Story by Katie French, author of The Breeders: Eighteen-year-old Nessa knows what it’s like to be an endangered species. Growing up in a dying world where nine out of ten babies are born male, she survives by trusting no one. When Marlin, the nineteen-year-old gunslinger, kills the man who has been keeping her enslaved, Nessa decides he might be her meal ticket. What she doesn’t realize is love is still possible, even in their decimated world.

MOON by S.K. Falls, author of World of Shell and Bone: Loyalty. Obedience. Patriotism. Moon Stewart has no doubt that the New Amanian way of life is the right way. The only way. But was there ever a time when she felt differently? In this companion novella to the dystopian bestseller World of Shell and Bone, the secrets of Moon's past are revealed, giving readers a glimpse into the mind of their favorite antagonist.

The First Unforgivable Thing by Zoe Cannon, author of The Torturer’s Daughter: When a dissident working undercover as an interrogator is ordered to torture a confession from the only girl he’s ever loved, he chooses to defy both the totalitarian regime and the resistance by helping her escape—but she has an agenda of her own...

The Keeper by A.G. Henley, author of The Scourge: a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award. Peree knows his duty as the new Keeper of the Water Bearer, Fennel, is to make sure his people get every drop of their share of the water she collects when the flesh-eating Scourge roam the forest. He will motivate her, distract her, do anything he can to keep her working. He knows his duty is to his people and his people alone. What he doesn’t know is that he's falling in love with her.

Survival Lessons by Kate Avery Ellison, author of Frost: A young Farther prisoner named Eva escapes into the monster-filled wilderness of the Frost with a band of fellow inmates, all of whom are harboring secrets...but little do they know that Eva has secrets of her own. Set in the world of The Frost Chronicles.

clean slate complex by Megan Thomason, author of the daynight series: Homeless Alexa Knight agrees to help the do-gooder non-profit The Second Chance Institute in return for medical care for her sick mother. The SCI is wooing the poor and downtrodden into their Clean Slate Complexes--where "everything is provided" from jobs to food, shelter, clothing, and education. Unfortunately, as with all things that sound too good to be true, there's a catch...  

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Kate Avery Ellison

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Girls Write Now--charity

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The Girls Write Now mission is to provide guidance, support, and opportunities for at-risk and underserved girls from New York City’s public high schools to develop their creative, independent voices, explore careers in professional writing, and learn how to make healthy school, career and life choices.

 

BookBlast Giveaway $50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Ends 9/30/13 Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer http://iamareader.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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The Experiment: Excerpt 12 AKA The Last One!

In conjunction with the blog tour for The Experiment, I've posted an excerpt daily from the book. You can see the schedule for the tour here to see what you've missed. Here's today's excerpt, the final one as today is the last day of the tour:

Juliet
      Dropping against the wall, Cil dipped her head to her knees. 
      “Take my hand. We’ll climb up the ladder and morph before he can catch us,” I whispered.

Cil tugged on her clothes and shook her head. “I’m not ruining these clothes. I have hardly any left.” That was so not the reason, but with Mr. Creeper only one level above us we didn’t have time to argue. Besides, we’d have to climb past him before we could get out.

Cil pointed down. I gave her an unenthusiastic thumbs up. We had no choice. We’d have to go deeper in the mine and hope he didn’t follow.

We tiptoed to the ladder. Cil stepped on the first rung, I quickly followed. Silently, we descended to the level below. When I tried to step off the ladder at the bottom, I couldn’t. My tunic was wedged on a rough shard of wood poking out of the ladder. I glanced at Cil as the breath caught in my chest. Help, I mouthed.

I tugged frantically, but only succeeded in tearing it a little. Cil climbed back up and calmly placed her hand over mine. “You’re panicking. Relax.” She twisted and gently tugged on the fabric, freeing it. I reached around gave her a side hug.

Our little celebration was cut short by a nasty hissing sound. “Well, well. Hello, cuteness. You owe me big time. And believe me, you will pay. Dearly.” 

Read the Prologue and first 3 chapters here. Thanks for coming to visit each day to read the excerpts, I hope you enjoyed them.

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Clean Author Event!

In honor of both Friday the 13th, and the special event being run by Clean Authors, you can get Immortal Mine for only 99¢! You can find lots of books by other authors that have been reduced to 99¢ or free for this event at their website here.

Pick up your copy of Immortal Mine as well as these other titles of mine that are only 99¢.

Friday the 13th Clean Author Event

In honor of both Friday the 13th, and the special event being run by Clean Authors, you can get Immortal Mine for only 99¢! You can find lots of books by other authors that have been reduced to 99¢ or free for this event at their website here.

Pick up your copy of Immortal Mine as well as these other titles of mine that are only 99¢.

The Experiment Blog Tour: Day 11

Only one more day to go for The Experiment blog tour. Be sure to stop by todays blogs who are hosting me and my co-authors Sherry Gammon and Jeffery Moore.

Kirsty at All in One Place was kind enough to not only read and review the book (which is AWESOME!) but she also posted an excerpt from the book. You can read that excerpt and her review in its entirety here. Meantime, here's a little of what she had to say:

The Experiment fits together seamlessly despite having three different narrators, and three separate authors. I did doubt whether this would work, not having read a book of this kind before, (hence it being 'an experiment'), but I feel that Sherry Gammon, Cindy C Bennett and Jeffery Moore have written an imaginative and intriguing story.

bianca2b let us come on over and hang out on her blog today. You can see that post here.

Pick up your copy of The Experiment today!

 

The Experiment: Excerpt 11

In conjunction with the blog tour for The Experiment, I'll be posting an excerpt daily from the book. You can see the schedule for the tour here. Here's today's excerpt:

Cilla
       I leaned back and looked around while Em sketched. A gathering of people a ways away caught my attention. They were crowded around a man that I could hear ranting—loudly and passionately. I couldn’t see him, though. Intrigued, I left Em on the bench and wandered over.

“It’s our time now,” I heard him say, and those crowded around added their agreement. “How much more do we have to take before we say enough?” he said, and those around me punched their fists in the air with hollered yeah’s, causing me to jump.

I managed my way through the crowd until I could see him. My jaw dropped. He was beautiful. Not in the Brax-who’s-so-hot-he-melts-your-heart kind of way, but in a way that I couldn’t define. He was cute, for sure, but probably would pale next to Brax. But there was something . . . compelling about him—a charisma that drew me in. He had dark hair and dark eyes, and looked maybe nineteen or twenty at most. He was tall, but not as tall as Brax. His shoulders beneath his dark leather jacket were broader than Brax’s, and he looked like he could easily wrestle a brazzle bear and win.

“Let’s show the Collaborative that they can’t—” His eyes landed on me and he stumbled over his words. I snapped my gaping jaw closed. He looked away from me. “Uh, they can’t push us around any longer. We deserve an equal chance.” It seemed I sapped the fervor from his words.

The crowd responded to his passionate words, cheering. “They’re coming,” someone shouted and the crowd quickly dispersed. I looked around me, surprised. But then I saw who “they” were. Two of the Trolls wandered slowly our way. I glanced back at the guy who’d been speaking to the crowd, startled to see he wasn’t running off. He slowly bent and scooped up his pack, his gaze on me. 

Read the Prologue and first 3 chapters here. Come back tomorrow for another excerpt.

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The Experiment Blog Tour: Days 9 & 10

We had another couple of days of fantastic bloggers who took part in The Experiment blog tour. All of these bloggers rock! And rule as well . . .

A huge thank you and a big hug to Amanda at Wicca Witch 4 Book Blog for reading and reviewing the book. You can read the entire glowing review (which we deeply appreciate) here. Below is just a little of what Amanda had to say:

This book was sooo amazing and incredible! I couldn't put it down! It was full of adventure, intrigue and the most amazing people and creatures I have read about in a long time! Sherry Gammon, Cindy C Bennett, and Jeffery Moore really rocked it by putting this incredible book together!

Jeanz at Jeanz Book Read N Review interviewed the three of us about how it was to write a book with three authors. You can read the interview here.

Anna at Vamp Chix Bite Club ran a guest post written by my amazing co-author Jeffery Moore about creating unique elements of fantasy. She's also hosting a giveaway where you can win your own copy of The Experiment. You can read Jeff's post and enter the giveaway here.

Taffy at Taffy's Writings hosted us on her Writers on Wednesdays, where she also interviewed the three of us. You can read that interview here.

Last, but nowhere near least, my fantabulous co-author and good friend Sherry Gammon ran an excerpt in conjunction with the blog tour. Read the excerpt she posted here.

Grab your own copy of The Experiment here: