Insomnia, the flavor of the week. Is it raining, is it snowing? Is a hurricane a blowing?

Tomorrow starts the most wonderful time of year, 2015 Halloween Reads Season! But I couldn't help but stopping in today, and talking about how seriously screwed up in the head I am. I mean, seriously, there is no other explanation.

 I have really wicked insomnia. I am pretty sure it settled into my bones early, at the ripe old age of nine or ten. Sometimes I just can't sleep. I'll be tired. I might even stagger like I'm drunk, if dare put down the book I'm reading and climb out of bed. Sometimes I'm not tired at all, and I find myself at the end five AM before winding down with no place to go.

But worst, worst of all, is when I wake up,

And wake up,

And wake up.

Last night was no exception. Last night was the worst yet. Sometimes I wake up every hour, or two. Last night I woke up in roughly 47 minute increments--and while that, in itself, wasn't so strange, w hat I was doing when I woke up was.

I was singing, but not just any song. I was waking myself up singing this:

There's no earthly way of knowing

Which direction we are going

There's no knowing where we're rowing

Or which way the river's flowing

Is it raining, is it snowing

Is a hurricane a-blowing

Not a speck of light is showing

So the danger must be growing

Are the fires of Hell a-glowing

Is the grisly reaper mowing

Yes, the danger must be growing

For the rowers keep on rowing

And they're certainly not showing

Any signs that they are slowing

It was so strange. If you had asked me that day I'd have told you I couldn't recall more than a handful of these words, but there I was, singing them. Clearly, I am not well.

More Awesome Prizes Than You Can Shake a Book At!

I know you guys like to win things, here is the second giveaway up for the month of October!

AND.... it's a wild one! The giveaway is over on I Love Vampire Novels; which yes does more paranormal besides blood drinkers.

You could win all this awesomeness AND MORE! Plus, everyone who enters will get their very own FREE copy of The Skeleton Song when the giveaway is over.

Is this an awesome giveaway or WHAT? Leave some love, then go enter and tell your friends!

Better than Easter, Better than Christmas: HALLOWEEN

It's October, that can only mean one thing...and it's not pumpkin shaped peanut butter cups or lattes. 

There is so much to look forward to this October:

• A  Giveaway 3 Giveaways... well counting this one it's 4!
• A book launch
• A cover reveal
• Halloween Reads 2015
• An awesome SALE
• An easy way to score one of my books for free
• AND MORE~

But what are you looking forward to? Ghost? Costumes? Candy? Well you'll want all three this month if you want to win! 

Leave what Halloween tricks or treats you are most excited about in the comments for you chance to win a:

$5 Amazon gift card! 

Winner will be chosen randomly. Entries must be in by 10/4 11:59PM Central Standard Time

Activate Full Time Author Mode!

At the begining of the year, I stumbled into a job in social media. I LOVE social media, and I am good at it which is how I got the job. Things were lollipops and roses for the the first few months, and then road blocks started getting in my way. Four foot tall speed-bumps like the fact they no longer wanted to use my skills, and instead wanted to turn me into a spambot. Which hurt my soul. So when they started on again about something I thought we had settled months before, it went about like this:

The fact is, I am not going to be recording That Thing You Do in Spanish. We broke up over creative differences.

It was a good month for it too. I had just gotten a gold record....I mean I had best sales month since 2011. But more on that later.

Coincidence? 50 Shades Sequel Has a Midnight Sun Moment, or a Dynamite Publicity Stunt. (Probably Both)

When I first read this article about the 50 Shades Sequel, Grey, being stolen one week before launch I thought, "Yeah... right." With an eyeroll and everything. Why pay for that kind of publicity when you can get it for nothing? Scandal, is worth it's weight in gold, and since scandal can crush you on social media, it must weigh an awful lot.

Still, the more I thought about this (just to get a laugh because I used to do marketing) the more it began to bother me. For those of you living under rocks, 50 Shades of Grey was originally a Twilight Fanfiction. Here is where things go from chuckle worthy to sad. Stephenie Meyer originally was working on a Twilight Sequel called Midnight Sun, that was Twilight from Edwards point of view. EL James' new book is 50 Shades from Christian's POV. The reason Meyer stopped working on Midnight Sun was because someone hacked her computer, stole it, and put it on the internet. So it is beyond cute that James' story that follows the same layout as Meyer's has almost the exact same thing happen.

EXCEPT!

The story wasn't stolen when it would be useless to publishers. It was stolen when they needed some pre-launch publicity. Coincidence? Is it just me? Discuss.

Vote for me for PROM QUEEN!

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! If you follow me on Facebook you might have seen me mention I'm into being fashionably late to the party; but what I am really not into being reminded I am doing Cover Wars for May in the third week of the month. All the other authors have been having their peeps vote for them all month, but we've got a few days to stage a come back! Vote for the awesome new Skeleton Lake cover everyday. You can vote for up to 10 books at a time.

Here's the cover:

Still need to get your own copy of Skeleton Lake? Get it on:
Kindle, Nook, Kobo

The Second PATH OF ANGELS Book is Out!

Time is passing faster than I can catch. Minutes, Hours, Days, all gone like the morning dew on spiderwebs at noon. But faster. I totally slept through last Monday when this book came out!

If you missed it, here is the first Path of Angels Book: MICHAEL.

Now about the second book Zadekiel:

Blurb:

The path is lost.

With Michael gone, the mantle of leadership falls to Zadekiel. In this time of darkness, with tempers running short, Zade struggles to guide his brothers. Hope comes in the form of a green haired woman with a unique gift. She represents a way back to the path they lost when Michael disappeared.

Zephyr fills books with cryptic poetry, a powerful compulsion, which is more a curse than a blessing. With no control over her ability, she struggles to live a normal life. When she meets Zade, he insists her ability is a gift from God. Reluctantly, she agrees to join the cause–it’s hard to dispute a man with wings.

Now the path is found, but one question remains. Will it lead to further darkness?

Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VUBND3E

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25316684-zadekiel

About the Author:

Patricia Josephine never set out to become a writer. In fact, she never considered it an option during high school and college. She was all about art. On a whim, she wrote down a story bouncing in her head. That was the start of it and she hasn't regretted a moment. She writes young adult under the name Patricia Lynne.

Patricia lives with her husband in Michigan, hopes one day to have what will resemble a small petting zoo, has a fondness for dying her hair the colors of the rainbow, and an obsession with Doctor Who.

Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/plynne_writes

Website: http://www.patricialynne.com

Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108938106639683446081/posts/p/pub

Wattpad: http://www.wattpad.com/user/patricialynne07

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13460894.Patricia_Josephine