Provex City Tour Winners & Reflections

January is coming to an end. The Provex City tour was a busy, but great way to start the year. I was so excited with all the warm receptions Provex City received on the tour stops, and this is still the beginning. I'd like to once again thank all the blogs that participated in the tour and to Candace @ CBB Book Promotions for putting it all together. If you are looking for a blog tour organizer and publicist, then she's your woman! I have nothing but great things to say about my experience in working with her.

I was so nervous about the tour at the beginning of the month, and now I can't wait until the next one. But first I need to finish editing SUSY Asylum, so I can submit it to Createspace, then I can really start thinking about a second tour. I did get the manuscript back from my proofreader, so now it's just up to me to give it one more read through.

If there are any tour stops you missed and would like to visit, then you're in luck because the full list is below one last time.  

Provex City Blog Tour Stops

1/03/13 - Candace's Book Blog
1/04/13 - Snarky Bird Book Reviews
1/07/13 - Nazish reads
1/07/13 - Becky's Barmy Book Blog
1/08/13 - A Diary of a Book Addict
1/09/13 - I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
1/10/13 - Pages of Forbidden Love
1/10/13 - Tabitha's Book Blog
1/11/13 - Donnie Darko Girl
1/11/13 - Ivy Book Bindings
1/14/13 - Lizzy's Dark Fiction
1/14/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Get Lost in Fiction
1/16/13 - Oh, the Books You'll Read
1/17/13 - Book Labyrinth
1/17/13 - Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
1/18/13 - The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
1/19/13 - Reader Girls
1/20/13 - Jean Book Nerd
1/21/13 - Forever 17 Books
1/21/13 - Vy's YA Book Blog
1/22/13 - The Howling Turtle - SUSY Asylum cover reveal!
1/22/13 - Supernatural Snark
1/23/13 - Literary Rambles
1/23/13 - Amethyst Daydreams
1/24/13 - Escaping... One Book at a Time
1/24/13 - Anatea's Bookshelf
1/25/13 - My Guilty Obsession
1/25/13 - Insane About Books

Also, I'd like to thank all of you who entered the Provex City tour giveaway and congratulate the winners! I will get all the books and gift cards in the mail by the end of the week. Thank you!

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Young Adult Giveaway Hop!

January 29th to February 4th
Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & BookLove 101

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my giveaway! I'm so excited for the opportunity to participate in this blog hop and offer a lucky winner one of the fantastic YA books listed below.

On to the books...

Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience.

But this new Earth isn't the paradise Amy had been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like birds, purple flowers with mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious, unexplained ruins that hold more secrets than their stone walls first let on. The biggest secret of all...
~Go to the entire Goodreads description of Shades of Earth by Beth Revis

'I pause to look around the hive - all the podlike chambers are lit up as the drones shoot up on memories ... I've wanted to get out of here before, but now the tight quarters start to choke me. There has to be more to death than this.'

Felicia Ward is dead. Trapped in a stark white afterlife limbo, she spends endless days replaying memories, of her family, friends, boyfriend ... and of the guy who broke her heart. The guy who has just broken into Level 2 to find her...
~Go to the entire Goodreads description of Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans

June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and Day must assassinate the new Elector.

It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long...
~Go to the entire Goodreads description of Prodigy by Marie Lu

There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away.

That’s why they make the perfect assassins.

The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated...
~Go to the entire Goodreads description of Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes




Here are the official rules/guidelines for the giveaway:

1. You must be a follower of this blog. Just click the Join this Site box below "Followers" on the sidebar.
2. You can gain extra entries by following me on Goodreads, Twitter,"liking" my Facebook fan page, tweeting about this giveaway, or leaving a comment below.
3. This is open to international followers. (Only if The Book Depository ships to your country; please check this link to see if your country's included.)
4. This contest runs from January 29 - February 4.
5. The winner will be selected on February 5th via Rafflecopter random selection and announced in this post. You will have 48 hours to respond or I will draw another winner. 

***As the winner, if you are just dying to get another YA book, then you may substitute one of the books listed above for another of similar value from The Book Depository***

Thanks Again & Good Luck!

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Also, make sure to check out the other blogs participating in this Giveaway Hop, too!

SUSY Asylum Cover Reveal!

I've been waiting for this day for months...and today I get to finally reveal the cover to my second book, the second book in the Lorne Family Vault series, SUSY Asylum! Thank you so much to Victoria Caswell @ Sketcher Girl Studios who created the cover. And thank you to all the bloggers revealing the cover today and after. I so appreciate all your help and support!

Today still has stops on the Provex City Blog Tour, so I'm not going to reveal the cover myself, but let one of my stops do it for me! Are you ready to see the cover?????

Please jump over to The Howling Turtle to see the cover for yourself.

Also, don't forget to visit Supernatural Snark for my latest interview, and the remaining stops on the tour listed on the previous post.

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Provex City Blog Tour: Final Week!

Monday is here again. I hope you've had a great weekend and ready for another exciting week. I had a busy weekend of celebrations for my daughter's first birthday. It was so exciting and I can't believe it's been a whole year.

I want to put my tour on hold for a minute to share the cover reveal for Julie Flanders debut novel, Polar Night. Visit Julie's blog for all things Polar Night and make sure you get your copy when it come out on February 7th. That's right, it's only a little over two weeks away!

Okay, now it's time for the final leg of the blog tour. Provex City is definitely making its rounds, which is so amazing to see and read as more reviews come in. Thank you to everyone who's traveled with me on this journey. The small cherry on top of the larger cherry atop the cupcake of awesomeness that has been this tour is the cover reveal for the second book the the Lorne Family Vault series, SUSY Asylum. The cover shall be revealed on Tuesday!

There are a bunch of great blogs lined up this week, and I can't wait to visit them all. I sincerely want to thank the bloggers participating this week! I very much appreciate you highlighting myself and my debut novel. Below I've included the entire list of blogs booked for the tour (the ones for this week highlighted) and the Rafflecopter for the tour-wide giveaway.

Enjoy this week's stops. Please stop by, say "hello," and tell your friends. There's plenty of room for everyone. This tour bus can't fill up. The more the merrier! But enough of me talking, let's get to the posts that really matter...the scenic stops.

Provex City Blog Tour Stops

1/03/13 - Candace's Book Blog
1/03/13 - Reading and Rising With the Sun
1/04/13 - The Bookie Nook
1/04/13 - Snarky Bird Book Reviews
1/07/13 - Nazish reads
1/07/13 - Becky's Barmy Book Blog
1/08/13 - A Diary of a Book Addict
1/09/13 - I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
1/10/13 - Pages of Forbidden Love
1/10/13 - Tabitha's Book Blog
1/11/13 - Donnie Darko Girl
1/11/13 - Ivy Book Bindings
1/14/13 - Lizzy's Dark Fiction
1/14/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Get Lost in Fiction
1/16/13 - Oh, the Books You'll Read
1/17/13 - Book Labyrinth
1/17/13 - Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
1/18/13 - The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
1/19/13 - Reader Girls
1/20/13 - Jean Book Nerd
1/21/13 - Forever 17 Books
1/21/13 - Vy's YA Book Blog
1/22/13 - The Howling Turtle - SUSY Asylum cover reveal!
1/22/13 - Supernatural Snark
1/23/13 - Literary Rambles
1/23/13 - Amethyst Daydreams
1/24/13 - Escaping... One Book at a Time
1/24/13 - Anatea's Bookshelf
1/25/13 - My Guilty Obsession
1/25/13 - Insane About Books

Also, have you entered the Provex City Tour giveaway? If not, then when would now be a good time? You can enter right here! I am offering signed paperback copies of Provex City and Amazon gift cards. There will be a Rafflecopter on each participating post. This is an international giveaway.

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Provex City Blog Tour: Week 3!

We are halfway through the tour and we're right on track and right on time. Last week went very smoothly and I'm very excited to kick off week 3! I hope you had a great weekend. I had the rare opportunity to get a few hours out with my wife, baby-free, to catch a movie. We saw Silver Linings Playbook, which we both loved. I was excited Jennifer Lawrence grabbed the best actress in a musical or comedy award. She was awesome. And it was such a different role from Katniss in The Hunger Games.

There are a bunch of great blogs lined up this week, and I can't wait to visit them all. I sincerely want to thank the bloggers participating this week! I very much appreciate you highlighting myself and my debut novel. Below I've included the entire list of blogs booked for the tour (the ones for this week highlighted) and the Rafflecopter for the tour-wide giveaway.

Enjoy this week's stops. Please stop by, say "hello," and tell your friends. There's plenty of room for everyone. This tour bus can't fill up.The more the merrier!But enough of me talking, let's get to the posts that really matter...the scenic stops.

Provex City Blog Tour Stops

1/03/13 - Candace's Book Blog
1/03/13 - Reading and Rising With the Sun
1/04/13 - The Bookie Nook
1/04/13 - Snarky Bird Book Reviews
1/07/13 - Nazish reads
1/07/13 - Becky's Barmy Book Blog
1/08/13 - A Diary of a Book Addict
1/09/13 - I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
1/10/13 - Pages of Forbidden Love
1/10/13 - Tabitha's Book Blog
1/11/13 - Donnie Darko Girl
1/11/13 - Ivy Book Bindings
1/14/13 - Lizzy's Dark Fiction
1/14/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Get Lost in Fiction
1/16/13 - Oh, the Books You'll Read
1/17/13 - Book Labyrinth
1/17/13 - Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
1/18/13 - The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
1/19/13 - Reader Girls
1/20/13 - Jean Book Nerd
1/21/13 - Forever 17 Books
1/21/13 - Vy's YA Book Blog
1/22/13 - The Howling Turtle - SUSY Asylum cover reveal!
1/22/13 - Supernatural Snark
1/23/13 - Literary Rambles
1/23/13 - Amethyst Daydreams
1/24/13 - Escaping... One Book at a Time
1/24/13 - Anatea's Bookshelf
1/25/13 - My Guilty Obsession
1/25/13 - Insane About Books

Also, have you entered the Provex City Tour giveaway? If not, then when would now be a good time? You can enter right here! I am offering signed paperback copies of Provex City and Amazon gift cards. There will be a Rafflecopter on each participating post. This is an international giveaway.

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Provex City Blog Tour: Week 2

I know the tour started out a little bit shaky. But the tour goes on! Rolling with the punches is all part of the promotion game. So I'm back to kick-start Week 2!

There are a bunch of great blogs lined up this week, and I can't wait to visit them all. I sincerely want to thank the bloggers participating this week! I very much appreciate you highlighting myself and my debut novel. Below I've included the entire list of blogs booked for the tour (the ones for this week highlighted) and the Rafflecopter for the tour-wide giveaway.

Enjoy this week's stops. Please stop by, say "hello," and tell your friends. There's plenty of room for everyone. This tour bus can't fill up.The more the merrier!

Provex City Blog Tour Stops

1/03/13 - Candace's Book Blog
1/03/13 - Reading and Rising With the Sun
1/04/13 - The Bookie Nook
1/04/13 - Snarky Bird Book Reviews
1/07/13 - Nazish reads
1/07/13 - Becky's Barmy Book Blog
1/08/13 - A Diary of a Book Addict
1/09/13 - I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
1/10/13 - Pages of Forbidden Love
1/10/13 - Tabitha's Book Blog
1/11/13 - Donnie Darko Girl
1/11/13 - Ivy Book Bindings
1/14/13 - Lizzy's Dark Fiction
1/14/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Get Lost in Fiction
1/16/13 - Oh, the Books You'll Read
1/17/13 - Book Labyrinth
1/17/13 - Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
1/18/13 - The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
1/19/13 - Reader Girls
1/20/13 - Jean Book Nerd
1/21/13 - Forever 17 Books
1/21/13 - Vy's YA Book Blog
1/22/13 - The Howling Turtle - SUSY Asylum cover reveal!
1/22/13 - Supernatural Snark
1/23/13 - Literary Rambles
1/23/13 - Amethyst Daydreams
1/24/13 - Escaping... One Book at a Time
1/24/13 - Anatea's Bookshelf
1/25/13 - My Guilty Obsession
1/25/13 - Insane About Books

Also, have you entered the Provex City Tour giveaway? If not, then when would now be a good time? You can enter right here! I am offering signed paperback copies of Provex City and Amazon gift cards. There will (should) be a Rafflecopter on each participating post. This is an international giveaway.

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Provex City Tour Starts Today!

I am so excited to announce the start of the Provex City Blog Tour! I will re-post the list of participating blogs weekly and have the blogs scheduled for that week highlighted. Today starts off with Candace's Book Blog, who is also the one who set up the whole tour, so I'd like to show my genuine appreciation. Thank you, Candace! You're awesome! I'd also like to thank the bloggers participating in this week's stops: Cassy @ Reading and Rising With the Sun, Jennifer @ The Bookie Nook, and Kellie @ Snarky Bird Book Reviews. Thank you so much for participating!

Also, be sure to enter the tour-wide giveaway of signed paperback copies of Provex City and Amazon gift cards. There will be a Rafflecopter on each participating post.

Enjoy this week's stops. Please stop by, say "hello," and tell your friends. There's plenty of room for everyone. This tour bus can't fill up.The more the merrier!

Provex City Blog Tour Stops

1/03/13 - Candace's Book Blog
1/03/13 - Reading and Rising With the Sun
1/04/13 - The Bookie Nook
1/04/13 - Snarky Bird Book Reviews
1/07/13 - Nazish reads
1/07/13 - Becky's Barmy Book Blog
1/08/13 - A Diary of a Book Addict
1/09/13 - I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
1/10/13 - Pages of Forbidden Love
1/10/13 - Tabitha's Book Blog
1/11/13 - Donnie Darko Girl
1/11/13 - Ivy Book Bindings
1/14/13 - Lizzy's Dark Fiction
1/14/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Mr. Book Wonder
1/15/13 - Get Lost in Fiction
1/16/13 - Oh, the Books You'll Read
1/17/13 - Book Labyrinth
1/17/13 - Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile
1/18/13 - The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
1/19/13 - Reader Girls
1/20/13 - Jean Book Nerd
1/21/13 - Forever 17 Books
1/21/13 - Vy's YA Book Blog
1/22/13 - The Howling Turtle
1/22/13 - Supernatural Snark
1/23/13 - Literary Rambles
1/23/13 - Amethyst Daydreams
1/24/13 - Escaping... One Book at a Time
1/24/13 - Anatea's Bookshelf
1/25/13 - My Guilty Obsession
1/25/13 - Insane About Books

Also, on 1/22/13, the cover for SUSY Asylum will be revealed at The Howling Turtle. Don't worry, I'll remind you about that later. For now, sit back and enjoy the tour.

IWSG Wednesday: The Start of Something Great!

Happy first Insecure Writer's Support Group Wednesday for 2013. Thank you again to Alex J. Cavanaugh, the creator of the group. The first Wednesday of every month is dedicated to this group of supportive writers. If it's something you're not familiar with, then please click on Alex's link above for more information and to sign up!

I can't believe it's already the start to a new year. 2012 went by in a flash. I have a lot to be thankful for and I think I accomplished quite a bit last year. Most importantly, my daughter was born in January of 2012, so that was a major life change. Watching her grow and learn throughout the year has been humbling and inspirational. I also made the leap of changing careers, leaving my 15 years of retail customer service behind for glazing project management. It has not been an easy transition, but very rewarding and I'm learning new things every day. Then I released my first novel, Provex City, on Amazon, and finishing writing the second book in the series, SUSY Asylum. Dear God, I'm tired. What accomplishments and challenges await me in 2013?

Well, I'm starting the year off with a Provex City blog tour throughout the month of January, starting tomorrow. Click on the link above to see the tour dates and stops. SUSY Asylum is going through its final proofread and will be read to be sent to Createspace in about a month's time. I'm hoping for an April release. As soon as SUSY's submitted, I'll finally get to begin writing the third book in the series.

This brings me to a few goals I have for 2013:

• Start and finish the manuscript for Book 3
• Build Provex City's Amazon reviews to 100
• Get Provex City and SUSY Asylum on all the major online retailers

It will take some work, but I think all my goals are doable. 2013 is going to be a great year. What do you have planned for this year? Would you like to share your top goals? Remember to keep your passion, stay focused, be thankful, and believe in your dreams. As always, thank you for reading!