SUSY Asylum Tour Reflections & What's Next

Thank you to Candace at CBB Book Promotions for organizing my blog tour and to all the bloggers that offered up their blogs for a day highlight Provex City and SUSY Asylum.

I am pleased with the response I received from SUSY Asylum, a story that seemed to evoke strong reactions from its readers (good and bad) due to choices made by the main characters. It wasn't as safe of a story as Provex City and explored some darker themes that I knew would not be for everyone.  But I am excited to be getting such emotional responses. Readers seem to deeply connect with the characters with all of their vulnerabilities and flaws..

The responses and interest lit a fire under me to begin work on the third book in the series. So I've officially set aside Project Winter for now and have begun writing Book 3. The writing status bar on the left side bar is now accurate and will be updated weekly to record my progress. I began Chapter 2 today on my lunch break and I'm excited where the story's headed.

Back in August, I shared a takeaway from the SCBWI conference, how it was important to write every day to maintain momentum, even for ten or fifteen minutes. I admit, I hadn't followed through on that with getting ready for my blog tour. Also, I felt paralyzed while waiting for the tour to start, anxious of what the reactions would be. No more. I am now on a mission to get this book written, especially since I don't want to release it in parts. It would be great to have more releases in a  given year, but the books in this series aren't linear, and I don't want to screw up the remaining two.

I must get back to writing to reach my word count goal for the day. Have a happy and safe Halloween!

SUSY Asylum Blog Tour: Week 2

Today starts the second and final week of the SUSY Asylum Blog Tour. Don't forget, there is a tour-wide giveaway, a $50 Amazon gift card, which you can enter at any of the blog stops.

Thank you so much to Candace at CBB Book Promotions for putting this tour together, and thank you to everyone visiting the stops for guest posts and reviews. Click on the links below to continue the journey, and I hope you enjoy the ride.

Monday, October 21th

• A Tiffy-Fit's reading Corner
• Bookhounds YA

Tuesday, October 22th

• Lizzy's Dark Fiction
• Curling Up With a Good Book
• Boarding With Books

Wednesday, October 23th

• Mary's Cup of Tea
• Becky's Barmy Book Blog
• Periodical Gazette

Thursday, October 24th

• Book-Mark's the Spot
• Gin's Book Notes

Friday, October 25th

•  Paperbacks & Pastries 
• Amethyst Daydreams

Next week, I'll be back to my typical Wednesday post. Have a great week!

SUSY Asylum Blog Tour Starts Today!

I'm so excited at announce the SUSY Asylum Blog Tour starts today! It is hosted by CBB Book Promotions, with scheduled stops for the next two weeks. There are even more blog participating than during the Provex City Tour, and in less time, so we have to keep moving.

There is a tour-wide giveaway, a $50 Amazon gift card, which you can enter at any of the blog stops. For Candace's Book Blog, on Wednesday of this week, there is a second giveaway just for her post, which is a $15 Amazon gift card.

Thank you so much to Candace at CBB Book Promotions for putting this tour together. Click on the links below to continue the journey, and I hope you enjoy the ride.

Monday, October 14th

• Every Free Chance
• A Diary of a Book Addict
• Gin's Book Notes
• The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl

Tuesday, October 15th

• Mommasez
• Reader Girls
• Jean Book Nerd

Wednesday, October 16th

• Kissed by Ink
• Mommasez
• Candace's Book Blog - Halloween Special for Something Wicked Returns (Flash Fiction & Extra Giveaway)
• Pink Fluffy Hearts

Thursday, October 17th

• The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something year Old Girl
• The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
• Alwaysjoart
• Eulana
• Donnie Darko Girl

Friday, October 18th

•  Insane About Books
• Leisure Reads
• Deal Sharing Aunt

Indie Life: Changing Seasons, Changing Gears

Indie Life is hosted by the indie authors of the Indelibles as a 2nd Wednesday of the month feature. It is a great way to discover and reach out to other indie authors--authors working hard and turning their dreams into reality. Share your thoughts and experiences with being an indie author, and speak with like-minded souls by visiting the author links below. Click HERE to sign up for Indie Life.

With my blog tour less than a week away, I've been thinking a lot about my next book. I have the new book I'd codenamed Project Winter outlined and started. But I keep going back to my outline for Book 3 of the Lorne Family Vault. It feels so unfinished. And it's been calling to me. And I hate things left unfinished. A big part of me wants to start something new, but another part--a nasty and more controlling part--wants me to finish what I've started.

So after much deliberation, meditation, and confrontation with the nastier part of myself, I've decided to switch gears. I am putting Project Winter aside for now and starting Book 3. I liked the idea of serializing my next book since I can't crank out multiple full-length novels in a year, and I had originally not wanted to change the format of the Lorne Family Vault halfway through the series, but what the hell. I've already figured out how to break up Book 3 into four clean parts, so I can still release in a timely manner.

I've regained the excitement I feel had been lacking most of the summer. Fall is here, and the change of season is refreshing. I look forward to continuing with Oliver on his adventure to discover who he is, what is in the Lorne family vault, and why he can no longer go home. I hope this isn't a mistake (from a business perspective), but then again, writing is never a mistake (from a  writer's perspective).

The SUSY Asylum (Lorne Family Vault, Book 2) blog tour begins on Monday, and will go for two weeks (averaging three stops a day). So I'll be posting on Monday next week with links to all the stops. See you then!

IWSG Wednesday: Committed to the SUSY Asylum Tour

Happy Insecure Writer's Support Group Wednesday. 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!

Is it just me, or is each month flying by faster and faster. This week I'll finally finish everything for the SUSY Asylum blog tour, which starts on October 14th. I wanted to be done with all the posts by the 1st of the month, so I didn't quite make that, but I'm close and I'll take that as a win.

I am so anxious for the tour to begin--I haven't been this nervous in awhile. There are quite a few blogs signed up to give reviews...and I'm terrified for the responses. SUSY Asylum is longer, darker, and less restrained than Provex City. I feel like I held back a little with Provex City, but with SUSY Asylum, I went for it with everything I had. I'm spending too much time fidgeting and tapping anything within reach. I've been drowning in headphones. Music is my healthiest distraction right now. I already can't wait for the month to be over, just to know what will happen. I want to skip to the end of the book, even though I know I'll only be cheating myself.

Breathe.

Okay, aside from my blog tour anxiety, I'm excited to announce that I'll be swapping blogs with the legendary M. Pax next Monday. That's right, I'll be over at her place, and she'll be right here talking about her experience as an indie author. So if you're an indie author or thinking of becoming an indie author, then park your butt in front of your favorite computer screen and prepare to take some notes.

What do you have going on this month? Are you ready for Halloween, cooler weather, and pumpkin lattes?

Indie Life: SUSY Asylum Blog Tour

Indie Life is hosted by the indie authors of the Indelibles as a 2nd Wednesday of the month feature. It is a great way to discover and reach out to other indie authors--authors working hard and turning their dreams into reality. Share your thoughts and experiences with being an indie author, and speak with like-minded souls by visiting the author links below. Click HERE to sign up for Indie Life.

The blog tour for my second book, SUSY Asylum, is shaping up nicely, and only a short two months away. It may seem a long way off, but the months have been flying by, so I know October 14th will arrive in a flash. I have booked my tour through Candace at CBB Book Promotions, and she's putting together a great list of blogs, a good number of which participated in my first tour. I'm excited that a majority of the bloggers who read and reviewed Provex City enjoyed it enough to want to continue in the series. Click on the banner below if you'd like to visit the SUSY Asylum Blog Tour page.

It's a lot of work getting the guest posts and interviews finished, not to mention mailing all the review copies. The other big thing I NEED to get finished before the start of the tour is setting up my quarterly newsletter and the free gift short story for those who are gracious enough to sign up. The tour will act as a great kick start for newsletter signups to help me develop an email list of readers. So my goal is to have everything related to the newsletter done by October 1st.

What new indie insights are you willing to share? What goals have you set for the next month? As always, thanks for reading!