Unfavorable and the Day of Sacrifice Omnibus by S.W. Benefiel
Posted: May 20, 2012 Filed under: Authors, New Adult, Pacific Northwest | Tags: Day of Sacrifice, Day of Sacrifice Omnibus, New Adult, S.W. Benefiel, Stacey Wallace Benefiel, Unfavorable, Urban Fantasy Leave a comment »Stacey Wallace Benefiel is pleased to announce the publication of Unfavorable, the sixth and final installment in the Day of Sacrifice series, and the Day of Sacrifice Omnibus, all six stories bundled together in one volume. The Day of Sacrifice stories are a New Adult Urban Fantasy series.
Here’s a little bit about Unfavorable and the Day of Sacrifice Omnibus:
Each member of the rebellion plays their part in Alexander’s plan to kill the Gods. The first step: trusting Alexander.
If you’re already familiar with the Day of Sacrifice series and have been waiting for the final installment, here are the buy links: Amazon, Smashwords (BN and Apple coming soon.)
If you’re new to the series, you can get the first story, Day of Sacrifice, for free at Amazon, BN, Smashwords, Apple
OR get all six Day of Sacrifice stories in one volume!
Born to die, a group of Sacrifices and their Guardian Angels band together to kill the Gods and free the world.
You can buy the Day of Sacrifice Omnibus at Amazon and Smashwords. (BN and Apple coming soon.)
Introducing Driven by Lisa Nowak
Posted: May 10, 2012 Filed under: Authors, Pacific Northwest, Young Adult | Tags: Driven, Full Throttle Series, Lisa Nowak, NASCAR, Pacific Northwest, stock car racing, Young Adult Leave a comment »
The last thing on 16-year-old Jess DeLand’s wish list is a boyfriend. She’d have to be crazy to think any guy would look twice at her. Besides, there are more important things to hope for, like a job working on cars and an end to her mom’s drinking. Foster care is a constant threat, and Jess is willing to sacrifice anything to stay out of the system. When luck hands her the chance to work on a race car, she finds herself rushing full throttle into a world of opportunities—including a boy who doesn’t mind the grease under her fingernails. The question is, can a girl who keeps herself locked up tighter than Richard Petty’s racing secrets open up enough to risk friendship and her first romance?
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“The first romance is captured beautifully—just the right combination of natural and awkward, of eager and scared.”
~ Bob Martin, writing professor, Pacific Northwest College of Art
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In addition to being a YA author, Lisa Nowak is a retired amateur stock car racer, an accomplished cat whisperer, and a professional smartass. She writes coming-of-age books about kids in hard luck situations who learn to appreciate their own value after finding mentors who love them for who they are. She enjoys dark chocolate and stout beer and constantly works toward employing wei wu wei in her life, all the while realizing that the struggle itself is an oxymoron.
Lisa has no spare time, but if she did she’d use it to tend to her expansive perennial garden, watch medical dramas, take long walks after dark, and teach her cats to play poker. For those of you who might be wondering, she is not, and has never been, a diaper-wearing astronaut. She lives in Milwaukie, Oregon, with her husband, four feline companions, and two giant sequoias.
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Welcome to McKenzie McCann!
Posted: April 19, 2012 Filed under: Authors, Pacific Northwest, Young Adult | Tags: McKenzie McCann, Pacific Northwest, SpireHouse, Tread Lightly, YA Fantasy 3 Comments »McKenzie McCann has been an unofficial member of the Pacific Northwest YA Authors group since it’s inception. Now that her first book has been published I can introduce her to you properly!
McKenzie McCann is the author of Tread Lightly, her debut YA fantasy. She is a teenager living in Portland, Oregon who spends her time reading trashy YA interspersed with high-minded novels, writing edgy women’s fiction, watching Food Network, and working at Outdoor School and Girl Scout camp.
2000 years ago, St. Patrick and his Catholics chased Norah’s people out of Ireland. They landed on the island of Hy-Brasil and have lived in isolated peace ever since.
The occasional shipwrecked outsider is no surprise to the island, and as the chief medic’s daughter, Norah is prepared to care for these strange, ship-wrecked outsiders. But Oliver is a bit different, and he’s brought something with him that’s about to place the secracy of the island in terrible danger.
Links: Blog: http://mrhmccann.blogspot.com/
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Tread-Lightly-Tale-Hy-Brasil-ebook/dp/B007UWO7PK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334798766&sr=8-1 SpireHouse: http://spirehousebooks.com/item_description.php?IID=67
Welcome, McKenzie!
New Release!
Posted: March 14, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: horror, loramendi's story, lords of shifters, paranormal romance, shapeshifters, spider wars, Young Adult Leave a comment »Pacific NW YA Author, Angela Carlie, has released the second book in the Lords of Shifters series, Spider Wars.
Jess’ life has never been ordinary. After all, life on the road with an immortal family of gypsies is hardly predictable. Living in the small town of White Salmon, Washington has brought some normality to her life. But when her cheating, sometimes boyfriend, Nicu, gets involved with a group of arachneshifters, life gets a little sticky. Will she be able to save him from the web he’s spun? More importantly, how much is she willing to risk to get him back?
This novel is meant for mature readers.
March Madness!
Posted: March 10, 2012 Filed under: Authors, Pacific Northwest, Young Adult | Tags: Pacific Northwest, writers, writing, YA, Young Adult Leave a comment »
Transfer Student
Two WorldsTwo TeensOne Wish
Geek Rhoe and Surfer Ashley would never be friends. Even if they lived on the same planet. But, they’ll become much more. They’ll transfer.
TRANSFER STUDENT is the latest novel from Laura A. H. Elliott and will release on Amazon and Barnes and Noble March 20th. The blog tour starts on LEAP DAY and runs until 3/20. At every stop on the tour a TRANSFER STUDENT ebook will be given away! That’s 21 ebooks! But that’s not all. All comments on the tour are entered to win some great weekly swag too! Including: GROOVY NASA TRAVEL MUGS, signed bookmarks, amazon gift card, and surprises from the settings that inspired the novel. Check out the weekly swag here: http://wp.me/P1J9jx-bs
To find out where in the world Laura is and more about her upcoming books, visit her blog Laurasmagicday: http://laurasmagicday.wordpress.com/ friend her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Laura.A.H.Elliott. If Twitter is your thing she’s @Laurawriting. Or, drop her a line at elliwrite [at] yahoo [dot] com.
New YA short story from Stacey Wallace Benefiel!
Nothing in Aurelia Lemon’s life is turning out how she’d planned. She’s unemployed, unattached, and her family bakery is on the verge of closing. To make matters worse, the guy she dumped in high school is doing well and getting rich off of one of her departed mother’s recipes. It would take a miracle to right everything she’s done wrong. Or maybe just a phone call and the chance to go Back in Time.
** Back in Time is also available, along with great short stories by five other authors, in the Death by Chocolate anthology.
You can purchase Back in Time for only 99 cents at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords.
Coming Soon from Angela Carlie!
SPIDER WARS
Jess’ life has never been ordinary. After all, life on the road with an immortal family of gypsies is hardly predictable. Living in the small town of White Salmon, Washington has brought some normality to her life. But when her cheating, unofficial boyfriend, Nicu, gets involved with a group of arachno-shifters, life gets a little sticky. Will she be able to save him from the web he’s spun? More importantly, how much is she willing to risk at a chance at love?
TRANSFER STUDENT COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY
Posted: February 14, 2012 Filed under: Authors, Young Adult | Tags: book covers, Indie publishing, Self-publishing, writers, writing, YA, Young Adult Leave a comment »
TWO WORLDS. TWO TEENS. ONE WISH.
TRANSFER STUDENT is a science fiction Freaky-Friday romance/adventure about two normal teenagers struggling to survive high school and deal with their parents… typical rites of passage. The twist? One teen is an alien from the planet Retha. In a galactic teleporting experiment gone wrong, Ashley, a Beverly Hills High surfing fashionista, and Rhoe, the biggest geek on planet Retha, swap lives. Only by surviving life as their biggest nightmare do Ashley & Rhoe discover their dreams. How far would you go for someone you love?
WIN TRANSFER STUDENT BOOKMARKS SIGNED BY AUTHOR LAURA A. H. ELLIOTT!
To enter to win all you need to do is tweet this & follow my blog Laurasmagicday: Nothing says #ValentinesDay like an alien #romance! TRANSFER STUDENT Cover Reveal! #TransferStudent #teenreads #kindle http://laurasmagicday.wordpress.com/
The first 100 tweets/followers win!
TRANSFER STUDENT BLOG TOUR: LEAP DAY, 2012 – MARCH 20th
Giveaways include free ebooks of TRANSFER STUDENT, Amazon gift cards & weekly surprise gifts that are out of this world! TRANSFER STUDENT RELEASE DAY: MARCH 20th
A Simple, Cheap, Illustrated Guide to Converting a Word Doc to Kindle and Nook
Posted: January 1, 2012 Filed under: Writing Tips | Tags: ebook formatting, formatting for Kindle, formatting for Nook, formatting guides, Lisa Nowak Leave a comment »For all of you who plan on self-publishing in 2012, I’ve put out this helpful guide.
This short, pictorial guide uses screenshots to show you how to convert your Word documents to Kindle and Nook formats using free and donationware programs. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow and nearly foolproof. No knowledge of HTML is necessary. With this guide, your book can look as good as a pro’s. And it only costs 99 cents.
- Buy it at Amazon
- But it at Smashwords
Happy New Year, and good luck with all your writing in 2012!
