HEY YOU, yeah, you! Whatcha reading?

So I have to hand a book in to my editor after this long weekend, and I have to hand in another (surprise!) book a week or so into June. NO ONE PANIC! (I mean, besides me!) I know that many authors tend to stop reading when they are staring down the barrel of hellacious deadlines, but I am not one of them. Actually, I read crap tons when I am busy writing and editing. There's a good reason for that, it's because I'm tired. I know what your thinking--wouldn't your time be better served sleeping if your so tired?

Well, yeah. IF I was talking about that kind of exhaustion. But I'm not. There is something so draining about living inside your own world for so long--searching for lost commas, coming up with solutions to problems you caused. It's not bad in small doses, but when you start doing it for hours and hours a day you start looking for a way out. That's why I have to read, even when I'm too busy for it. To fix the mental fatigue that I bring down on myself, I like to escape to a universe that I am not the god of.

Currently I am re-reading all of Cassandra Clare novels to get ready for the next book, what are you reading? What kind of things do you do to relax?

P.S.
Next week I am celebrating 1k Facebook likes... I am a little behind ;)

Tiffany King, MISUNDERSTANDINGS book release! Stop reading this blog & buy it!

Rarely does a book release make me cry, but this one does. I love Tiffany King, she is not only an amazing writer--she's amazing person.

Misunderstandings

A Woodfalls Girls Novel

by Tiffany King

Available Now

Purchase Links

Penguin.com

Amazon

iBookstore

Barnes & Noble

Books-A-Million

Target

Indie Bound

Powell's

“Funny, real, moving and passionate, Misunderstandings is a MUST-READ for NA contemporary romance fans."--New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young

“Super sweet and swoon-worthy!”— #1 New York Times Bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Just when she thought things were going up…

Two years after a devastating breakup, Brittni Mitchell has moved on from Justin Avery—or so she tells herself. But when she returns to Seattle for her best friend’s engagement party, Brittni finds herself the victim of a disastrously timed elevator breakdown. She’s trapped with the last person she wants to face, and forced to recount the past she desperately wants to forget.

She’s going to have to look back…

When Brittni left her podunk hometown for a big city college experience at the University of Washington, hooking up with a guy like Justin Avery was not part of her plan. Between Justin’s attention-grabbing tattoos, cigarette smoking, and bad boy attitude Brittni quickly chalked him up as “Mr. Wrong.” But his charm was unrelenting, and Brittni’s decision to give Justin a chance quickly turned into the worst choice she ever made.

So that she might be able to move forward.

Now she’s stuck with Justin—literally—and the complicated web of misunderstandings that tied up the truth for two years is about to unravel.

USA Today Bestselling author Tiffany King is a lifelong reading fanatic who is now living her dream as a writer, weaving Young Adult and New Adult romance tales for others to enjoy. She has a loving husband and two wonderful kids. (Five, if you count her three spoiled cats). Her addictions include: Her iPhone and iPad, chocolate, Diet Coke, chocolate, Harry Potter, chocolate, zombies and her favorite TV shows. Want to know what they are? Just ask.

For information on any of Author Tiffany's titles, visit her blog at www.authortiffanyjking.blogspot.com

Where to connect with Author Tiffany

Twitter- @AuthorTiffany

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Email- authortiffany@yahoo.com.

"Dreams do come true...Dream big."

Truck Stops and State Lines (I moved cross country)

This was almost the most boring blog post I have ever written. I packed up and left Las Vegas--I moved cross country, and I made the whole thing sound boring and dreadful--I mean, a lot of it was dreadful; but not because it was DULL. I had mishaps worthy of any middle grade adventure novel, I was the kind of terrified reserved for just before the epic cliffhanger in the best kind of suspense novels...

Only I didn't write any of that down, instead I turned to fiction. It's like to wrong sort of therapy, and I know lots of authors are into it. When life is tough, live outside it. Readers do that too. So I am not too upset that I've ended the book of my life in Las Vegas, because it's only the first in an EPIC multi-book series. I'm only just getting started, and I am honored you are around to see me through it.

The thing about writing books is, it's not often book goes from pen to print in a hurry--and you guys haven't even gotten to see any of the novels inspired by, or set in Las Vegas. I touched the area briefly in Coffin Nails & Other Beasts

but all my novels and novellas were inspired by places I lived before I ever even moved to Las Vegas six years ago.

Right now I am not blogging from truck stops or State Lines. I worried my way through those, and there were many.  Still those ragged places and stresses will live in inspiration for years to come. So now I'm home, home for the next few years anyway; and then it will be time to pack up and move to the next adventure.

P.S.-
Right now, I'm writing on a folding car table in a me-made cubical of unpacked boxes. I thought it would inspire me to unpack them--but that hasn't worked out so far.

COVER REVEAL! Absolution by Carlyle Labuschagne #ABSOLUTION #TheBrokeDiaries

My lovely friend Carlyle Labuschagne is having a cover reveal, RIGHT NOW. Trust me, you want this book on your TBR list!

Absolution 
Confessions of a clone

is book one in The Broken Diaries series of novellas.

Can be read as a stand alone or as a companion novella to 

The Broken Novels

Expected release date: October 2014

Genre: Upper YA Science Fiction

(Unedited)

So my secret is out you say? That would depend witch secret you are referring to. That I am a clone? Everyone knows that by now. Or that I have a dark disease pulsating through my veins, one I am quite fond of? Big deal. It’s exciting, never to have to hold back, unpredictability is a drug. We all crave it.  So what possible secret could I hold that is worth keeping? Imagine me giving you a sly smirk right now because I have not the misfortune of compassion that will cause me to spill my secrets. Without them there is no hand to be dealt.

Will my secret keep him close? Perhaps. But here is my confession, I have something better than secrecy. I have absolution. With me, he is not bound, it will be out of choice. With me, he never has to hold back. And I would love him for the good and especially in the bad. When I gave my word that I’d stop my tricks – I lied. That’s the thing with obsession. I does not care. It only wants, and it is so fixated on want, that it becomes need, and it shall have all it wants and needs.  And while I have no time to ponder who I am, clone – what a stupid word, I am already on my way to loving him forever. That’s how I play it, because I just don’t care.  Everyone knows I am nothing like my pathetic prime. That with me, it’s all bad intentions and violent, narcissistic adoration. That is not who I am. I am but one thing - in absolution. 

About The Author 

Carlyle Labuschagne is a South African award wining author working her way into the hearts of international readers with her first two books in the Broken Trilogy. Her first young adult dystopian novel "The Broken Destiny" reached top 3 in its YA debut Category. The Sequel Evanescent won YATR literary award for best Sci-Fi book 2013. 

Carlyle loves to swim, fights for the trees, and is a food lover who is driven by her passion for life. Carlyle also writes for IU e-magazine India, an inspirational non-profit magazine that aims at inspiring the world through words. The drive behind her author career is healing through words. Carlyle is also the founder of the first annual book drive – Help Build A Library in Africa Project. And hopes to launch her very own Indie book festival in Johannesburg March 2015.
“My goal as an author is to touch people’s lives, and help others love their differences and one another.

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ALL OF MY BOOKS ARE ALL .99 This is my EPIC *MOVING SALE*

I am in the middle of my cross country move, currently feet up on the Texas coast--working my assets off on my vacation, and catching every sickness I can--just for the heck of it. So while this cats away (and probably diseased) I am having an awesome SALE. All my ebooks, every last one of them, all .99 (or less). That includes the box set of Skeleton Lake and The Skeleton Song. YEP! Two books for just .99! The sale ends after I get settled, we're waiting on our house to be ready in Mississippi so I can't give you an exact date, but I can tell you it won't be long! Get yours now!


PS--Most of my books are also available for Nook and for Kobo check them out!

Oh, HI! Are these your prizes?

I recently had a killer mail day. I shipped all these things, plus 2 extra flat rate boxes, 2 extra small tubes, and a Flat Rate Envelope that went to the UK! If you noticed, my last rafflecopter is missing winners--but that was just because RC was giving me fits! All the winners were contacted, and I am only missing info for one--so check your spam folder! Oh, also another stack of envelopes with bookmarks--that was missing too. PLUS all those digital copies of things ;)



Of course, now that I am done with all my giveaways I totally need to have another right?

What sort of things would you like to win? Leave a comment with what you'd like to score from me, and I will pick one of them to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! Comment by Thursday 3/6/14 for your chance!

Dudes! *Cover Reveal* for @authortiffany's CONTRADICTIONS

When Author Tiffany King asks if you'd like to help her with something, the answer should always be yes. Yes, because if there was ever a less selfish, more giving, and caring person--they are probably nuns, or teachers, but definitely not writers. Writers live in their own worlds so often, it's hard not to become the least, tiny, microscopic, bit self-absorbed; but Tiffany King isn't like that. She's contrary, so when she wanted to do the cover reveal of her book Contradictions, I laughed at the irony and got on that band wagon real quick...



USA Today Bestselling Author of Misunderstandings

Tiffany King

Contradictions

A Novel

Coming December 2014

From The Berkley Publishing Group/Penguin Group (USA) LLC

When everything starts spinning out of control…

Three years into college, Tressa Oliver’s life is a nonstop party. She’s skating by in her classes, and there’s no shortage of drinking, dancing and general hell-raising. The only aspect that hasn’t been much fun: she can’t shake the toxic jerks that always seem to gravitate toward her.

It will take someone totally wrong…

Trent Lawson is the classic anti-bad boy: smart, boring, and way too serious. To a wild girl like Tressa, there’s no way in hell they’re compatible—especially since Trent seems to see straight through her defenses.

To set her right.

When a college prank goes terribly wrong, Tressa starts to suspect that her partying ways are leading nowhere fast. Now, she has to turn to the last person she ever thought she’d ask for help—and quickly discovers that there’s more to Trent than meets the eye…

Praise for the novels of Tiffany King

“A MUST-READ for New Adult contemporary romance fans.”

—New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young

“Sweet and sexy! Great characters and an intriguing romance…So good!”

—New York Times bestselling author Cora Carmack

USA Today Bestselling author Tiffany King is a lifelong reading fanatic who is now living her dream as a writer, weaving Young Adult and New Adult romance tales for others to enjoy. She has a loving husband and two wonderful kids. (Five, if you count her three spoiled cats). Her addictions include: Her iphone and ipad, chocolate, Diet Coke, chocolate, Harry Potter, chocolate, zombies and her favorite TV shows. Want to know what they are? Just ask.

Where to connect with Tiffany

Web page- authortiffanyjking.blogspot.com

Twitter-@AuthorTiffany  

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So the cover is totally hot, are you ready?

Are you guys as totally excited as I am?