tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85233967571456323772024-02-25T01:46:49.429-05:00Susanne WinnackerSusanne Winnacker Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-90467917616746330442014-12-01T04:39:00.000-05:002014-12-01T04:39:27.782-05:00Release day: Between the Shadow and the Soul!Today I finally get to share <b>Between the Shadow and the Soul</b> with you! It's the first in the Darkest Soul duology. This is the longest book I've ever written and the first told in dual POV (Nela + Darko). It's sometimes creepy, sometimes magical, sometimes scary and sometimes romantic. I hope you'll love it as much as I do.<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">21st Century Cologne</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">On the day of her sixteenth birthday Nela receives her Binding – a tattoo that’ll punish even the thought of magic with burning pain. In a world where the Brotherhood still burns witches at the stake, Nela has learned to fear her magical powers. But her powers are growing and refuse to be ignored. When Nela meets Darko, he shows her a hidden world of magic she can’t resist. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Darko hates the Brotherhood with blind fervor for destroying his life. Except for revenge, there’s only one thing that keeps him going: the wish to bring his dead sister back to life. The only way to gain the necessary power is by summoning a demon with the help of a Necromancer and absorbing its demonic power. When his Master tells Darko that Nela is what they need for the ritual, Darko doesn’t hesitate to gain her trust. A trust he’ll have to betray. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">As Nela meets witches in the underground bars of Cologne and celebrates Walpurgisnight with magical folk from all over the world, she realizes that she doesn’t want to bow to the Brotherhood’s rules anymore. She wants to be free to live as a witch. Defying the Brotherhood could mean death by fire, but as Nela is pulled deeper into Darko’s world, she realizes that his darkness might be the true danger.</span></i><br />
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Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-65615028560541756592014-11-04T02:47:00.000-05:002014-11-04T04:18:26.989-05:00Cover reveal: Between the Shadow and the Soul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Guys, guys! Today I get to reveal the cover of my new book, a YA gothic called "Between the Shadow and the Soul"!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #333333;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">On the day of her sixteenth birthday Nela receives her Binding – a tattoo that’ll punish even the thought of magic with burning pain. In a world where the Brotherhood still burns witches at the stake, Nela has learned to fear her magical powers. But her powers are growing and refuse to be ignored. When Nela meets Darko, he shows her a hidden world of magic she can’t resist. </span><br style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Darko hates the Brotherhood with blind fervor for destroying his life. Except for revenge, there’s only one thing that keeps him going: the wish to bring his dead sister back to life. The only way to gain the necessary power is by summoning a demon with the help of a Necromancer and absorbing its demonic power. When his Master tells Darko that Nela is what they need for the ritual, Darko doesn’t hesitate to gain her trust. A trust he’ll have to betray. </span><br style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">As Nela meets witches in the underground bars of Cologne and celebrates Walpurgisnight with magical folk from all over the world, she realizes that she doesn’t want to bow to the Brotherhood’s rules anymore. She wants to be free to live as a witch. Defying the Brotherhood could mean death by fire, but as Nela is pulled deeper into Darko’s world, she realizes that his darkness might be the true danger.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">I love the cover so much! Letitia from <a href="http://designs.romanticbookaffairs.com/">Romantic Book Affairs</a> designed it for me!</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">21st Century Cologne</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">On the day of her sixteenth birthday Nela receives her Binding – a tattoo that’ll punish even the thought of magic with burning pain. In a world where the Brotherhood still burns witches at the stake, Nela has learned to fear her magical powers. But her powers are growing and refuse to be ignored. When Nela meets Darko, he shows her a hidden world of magic she can’t resist. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Darko hates the Brotherhood with blind fervor for destroying his life. Except for revenge, there’s only one thing that keeps him going: the wish to bring his dead sister back to life. The only way to gain the necessary power is by summoning a demon with the help of a Necromancer and absorbing its demonic power. When his Master tells Darko that Nela is what they need for the ritual, Darko doesn’t hesitate to gain her trust. A trust he’ll have to betray. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">As Nela meets witches in the underground bars of Cologne and celebrates Walpurgisnight with magical folk from all over the world, she realizes that she doesn’t want to bow to the Brotherhood’s rules anymore. She wants to be free to live as a witch. Defying the Brotherhood could mean death by fire, but as Nela is pulled deeper into Darko’s world, she realizes that his darkness might be the true danger.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It's the first in a duology and it'll be out in December, probably Dec. 15th. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You can add it on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23482455-between-the-shadow-and-the-soul?ref=ru_lihp_up_rs_0-up1963567776">goodreads</a>. And you can<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Between-Shadow-Soul-Darkest-Book-ebook/dp/B00P1INULW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1414745407&sr=8-3&keywords=between+the+shadow+and+the+soul"> pre-order it</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The cover reveal is next week! I can't even put into words how gorgeous the cover is! </span></div>
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Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author <a href="http://www.colleenhouck.com/">Colleen Houck</a> as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive <b>one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team</b>!<b> </b>But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours!<br />
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<b>Go to the <a href="http://yascavengerhunt.blogspot.com/">YA Scavenger Hunt</a> page to find out all about the hunt. </b>There are SIX contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the <span style="color: #f1c232;">Gold Team </span>--but there is also a red team, a blue team, an orange team, a red team, and an indie team for a chance to win a whole different set of signed books!<br />
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If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to<a href="http://yascavengerhunt.blogspot.com/p/prizes.html"> the YA Scavenger Hunt page</a>.<br />
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<b>Directions:</b> Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the <span style="color: #f1c232;">Gold team</span>, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator!). <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sara B. Larson can't remember a time when she didn't write books--although she now uses a computer instead of a Little Mermaid notebook. Sara lives in Utah with her husband and their three children. She writes during naptime and the quiet hours when most people are sleeping. Her husband claims she should have a degree in "the art of multitasking." When she's not mothering or writing, you can often find her at the gym repenting of her sugar addiction.</span><br />
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Sara is promoting IGNITE (sequel to DEFY) during this hunt. Here's the cover:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Summary (spoilers for anyone who hasn't read DEFY):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In the kingdom of Antion, peace has at long last been restored. Now that King Hector’s reign of terror is over, the newly crowned King Damian, along with his most trusted guard, Alexa, must focus on rebuilding Antion and reclaiming the hope of their people. But the wounds of the past are no as easily mended as Alexa and Damian had hoped. And to further complicate matters, Alexa still harbors a secret love for Damian, a love she refuses to acknowledge for the sake of Antion, and for the sake of the king himself. </i></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,515,[null,0],[null,2,16773836],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"In the kingdom of Antion, peace has at long last been restored. Now that King Hector\u2019s reign of terror is over, the newly crowned King Damian, along with his most trusted guard, Alexa, must focus on rebuilding Antion and reclaiming the hope of their people. But the wounds of the past are no as easily mended as Alexa and Damian had hoped. And to further complicate matters, Alexa still harbors a secret love for Damian, a love she refuses to acknowledge for the sake of Antion, and for the sake of the king himself. \n\nWhen new threats to the kingdom surface\u2014including an assassination attempt on Damian\u2014blame is cast on the once-friendly nation of Blevon. Alexa knows things are not what they seem, however, and once again the fate of her country hangs in the balance. Will Alexa be able to protect her king and find the true enemy before it\u2019s too late? \n\nFilled with romance and treachery, magic and violence, this stunning sequel to Defy whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.\n"]"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br />When new threats to the kingdom surface—including an assassination attempt on Damian—blame is cast on the once-friendly nation of Blevon. Alexa knows things are not what they seem, however, and once again the fate of her country hangs in the balance. Will Alexa be able to protect her king and find the true enemy before it’s too late? <br /><br />Filled with romance and treachery, magic and violence, this stunning sequel to Defy whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.</i></span></span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,515,[null,0],[null,2,16773836],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"In the kingdom of Antion, peace has at long last been restored. Now that King Hector\u2019s reign of terror is over, the newly crowned King Damian, along with his most trusted guard, Alexa, must focus on rebuilding Antion and reclaiming the hope of their people. But the wounds of the past are no as easily mended as Alexa and Damian had hoped. And to further complicate matters, Alexa still harbors a secret love for Damian, a love she refuses to acknowledge for the sake of Antion, and for the sake of the king himself. \n\nWhen new threats to the kingdom surface\u2014including an assassination attempt on Damian\u2014blame is cast on the once-friendly nation of Blevon. Alexa knows things are not what they seem, however, and once again the fate of her country hangs in the balance. Will Alexa be able to protect her king and find the true enemy before it\u2019s too late? \n\nFilled with romance and treachery, magic and violence, this stunning sequel to Defy whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.\n"]"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,515,[null,0],[null,2,16773836],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"In the kingdom of Antion, peace has at long last been restored. Now that King Hector\u2019s reign of terror is over, the newly crowned King Damian, along with his most trusted guard, Alexa, must focus on rebuilding Antion and reclaiming the hope of their people. But the wounds of the past are no as easily mended as Alexa and Damian had hoped. And to further complicate matters, Alexa still harbors a secret love for Damian, a love she refuses to acknowledge for the sake of Antion, and for the sake of the king himself. \n\nWhen new threats to the kingdom surface\u2014including an assassination attempt on Damian\u2014blame is cast on the once-friendly nation of Blevon. Alexa knows things are not what they seem, however, and once again the fate of her country hangs in the balance. Will Alexa be able to protect her king and find the true enemy before it\u2019s too late? \n\nFilled with romance and treachery, magic and violence, this stunning sequel to Defy whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.\n"]">IGNITE comes out January 6th, 2015 from Scholastic and</span><span style="line-height: 32px;"> here's the <a href="http://www.kingsenglish.com/search/apachesolr_search/IGNITE%20Sara%20B.%20Larson">link to order</a> a signed copy of DEFY or pre-order a signed copy of IGNITE from Sara's local indie, The King's English.</span><span style="line-height: 32px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,515,[null,0],[null,2,16773836],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"In the kingdom of Antion, peace has at long last been restored. Now that King Hector\u2019s reign of terror is over, the newly crowned King Damian, along with his most trusted guard, Alexa, must focus on rebuilding Antion and reclaiming the hope of their people. But the wounds of the past are no as easily mended as Alexa and Damian had hoped. And to further complicate matters, Alexa still harbors a secret love for Damian, a love she refuses to acknowledge for the sake of Antion, and for the sake of the king himself. \n\nWhen new threats to the kingdom surface\u2014including an assassination attempt on Damian\u2014blame is cast on the once-friendly nation of Blevon. Alexa knows things are not what they seem, however, and once again the fate of her country hangs in the balance. Will Alexa be able to protect her king and find the true enemy before it\u2019s too late? \n\nFilled with romance and treachery, magic and violence, this stunning sequel to Defy whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.\n"]" style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,515,[null,0],[null,2,16773836],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"In the kingdom of Antion, peace has at long last been restored. Now that King Hector\u2019s reign of terror is over, the newly crowned King Damian, along with his most trusted guard, Alexa, must focus on rebuilding Antion and reclaiming the hope of their people. But the wounds of the past are no as easily mended as Alexa and Damian had hoped. And to further complicate matters, Alexa still harbors a secret love for Damian, a love she refuses to acknowledge for the sake of Antion, and for the sake of the king himself. \n\nWhen new threats to the kingdom surface\u2014including an assassination attempt on Damian\u2014blame is cast on the once-friendly nation of Blevon. Alexa knows things are not what they seem, however, and once again the fate of her country hangs in the balance. Will Alexa be able to protect her king and find the true enemy before it\u2019s too late? \n\nFilled with romance and treachery, magic and violence, this stunning sequel to Defy whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.\n"]" style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;"><b>BONUS CONTENT</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sara offers <span style="line-height: 32px;">a new scene, pre-DEFY, told from Alexa's POV when she was 8.</span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Alexa,
age 8<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The fire behind the grate hissed and crackled, a
soft addition to the sound of my parent’s voices, their words a low hum in the
semi-darkness of our home. Mama thought I was asleep, with my head in her lap,
but I wasn’t. I wanted to hear what they had to say. Though the brush of her
fingers through my hair <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">was</i> making me
very sleepy. I had to crack one eye barely open, just a slit, to keep myself
from accidentally drifting off. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Papa was a shadow silhouetted against the orange
light of the flames. He sat on the ground, the sword he’d been sharpening
earlier now resting in his lap. His fingers were curled around the hilt, almost
as if he expected someone to burst through the door at any moment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“You shouldn’t allow her to train with you. It
isn’t right,” Mama was saying. Which was why I’d worked so hard to stay awake:
they were talking about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">me.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“She’s a natural. And she wants to learn. Why
would I refuse? Because she’s a girl?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I felt Mama nod, all the way down through her
hand as her fingers paused on my head. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“That’s not good enough for me,” Papa said. “She
doesn’t have to be helpless. I want my daughter to be able to defend herself.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“She doesn’t need to be able to defend herself. She’ll
have Marcel once he’s trained. She has <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you</i>.”
Her fingers began to slip through my hair once more, but I could feel a tension
in her touch that hadn’t been there a moment before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“And what if something happens to me? What
then?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Nothing is going to happen to you,” Mama’s
words were suddenly fierce. It was the voice she only used when she was really
upset. “You are the best—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“That’s no guarantee,” he cut her off. “Not if
the rumors are true.” Papa gently set the sword down and stood up. As he crossed
to where I lay with my head in Mama’s lap, I quickly shut my eyes. “Nailah, did
you ever meet one of them before your family left?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Every part of Mama stiffened at his question.
“You mean…” she trailed off, almost like she didn’t want to say the words out
loud. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“A black sorcerer. When you lived in Dansii, did
you ever see what they can do?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">There was a weighted silence, like the breath
before the rain began to pour from the sky. And then Mama murmured, “You know
we did. You know that’s why we left—why my father brought us here, to Antion.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Papa sat down beside us, lifting my legs to
place them across his lap, and letting his hands rest on my calves. I couldn’t
feel the callouses I knew marked his hands through the rough, homespun fabric
of my nightgown. When he trained with his sword, I couldn’t help but long to be
like him. Papa wielding a sword was an extraordinary kind of magic that I
wanted for myself. It was a strange ache, deep inside of me. Almost like the
way I felt when I hadn’t eaten for too long and my belly was so empty, that I
wanted to devour all the food on the table all at once.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Papa lifted one hand from my leg and let it rest
on top of Mama’s fingers that still pressed into my hair. “I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i> continue to train her, Nailah. And
she will prove to you and everyone else that she can be just as good if not
better than any boy. There’s something special about her….” He trailed off. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“You don’t think that she’s…” Mama’s voice had
gone soft, hushed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“No. No, she’s not. But I can sense <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">something</i>. Something more than normal.
She’s special, Nailah. Alexa is my little <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Zhànshì
Nánwū</i>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">His words rang in my ears long after he lifted
me and carried me to my bed beside Marcel. I didn’t know what they meant, but
for some reason, it made me feel warm inside, right next to my heart. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com115tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-63736706745529637922014-08-07T04:30:00.000-04:002014-08-07T04:30:00.565-04:00DEFECTOR in the UK!Today DEFECTOR hits shelves in the UK! I'm so excited for my UK fans to finally read how Tessa's story continues!<br />
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you ask? Well, today marks the launch of a very exciting, special new program.
Alloy Entertainment (of Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, and Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants fame) has partnered with Amazon to create a new imprint! As a
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the inaugural books in this program! It has been retitled REBEL WING, given a
new cover (check out the beauty below!), fully edited, and I am so, SO excited
to share it with you today! In addition, two other books are part of the
launch, and they are AWESOME. Read on for more info and purchase links for
EVERY UGLY WORD by Aimee L. Salter and IMITATION by Heather
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fictional character . . . until now. Aris's adventures set my imagination
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Award-winning
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Why </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The List</i><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
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Word</i><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a gripping and emotional story about</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aimee L. Salter lives in Southern Oregon with
her husband and son. She writes novels for teens and the occasional adult who,
like herself, is still in touch with their inner-high schooler. She never
stopped appreciating those moments in the dark when you say what you're really
thinking. And she'll always ask you about the things you wish she
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Aimee blogs for both writers and readers
at <a href="http://www.aimeelsalter.com/">www.aimeelsalter.com</a>.
You can also find her on Twitter and Facebook.<br /><br /><i>Every Ugly Word</i> is her debut
novel.</span></span></div>
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adorable children. She works from home, part time, as a property manager and
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whilst plotting a new story, she's lying on the beach, soaking in those
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Sommersby. Accendo (a-CH-endo), A Latin word, means “to kindle, illuminate,
inflame, or set fire.” This is something Accendo strives to do inside a
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Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-41723462417375848512014-06-26T08:58:00.000-04:002014-06-26T08:58:11.411-04:00DEFECTOR pub date!GUYS, I'm so excited! DEFECTOR is finally out in the world. I had so much fun writing about Tessa, Alec, Devon and the FEA! I hope you'll have just as much fun reading it!<br />
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Summary (mild spoilers for Impostor): <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Tessa has finally made peace with her life as a Variant. She and long-time love Alec are officially a couple, and for the first time, she has everything she wants.</i></span></div>
<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But the air is tense at FEA headquarters. An agent has disappeared, and rogue variant organization Abel’s Army is likely the culprit.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When Tessa is summoned for her second mission, she is unexpectedly launched into a massive conspiracy. Her best friend Holly is kidnapped and Tessa knows it was meant to be her. But who is after her? And more importantly, why?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When the FEA’s efforts to rescue Holly don’t yield any results, Tessa takes matters into her own hands. Desperate to save her friend and uncover the mystery behind Abel’s Army, Tessa launches her own investigation—but nothing could prepare her for what she finds. Everyone in her life is harboring secrets: Alec, her estranged mother, even the father she never knew.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The truth will take her out on the road and out of her comfort zone, with danger lurking everywhere. Summoning all of her courage and strength, Tessa must decide who can be trusted and what is worth fighting for—even if it means going against the life she thought she wanted. Her final decision will leave readers breathless.</span></i><div>
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6/16/2014- <a href="http://jumpintobooks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Jump Into Books</a>- <i>Review</i></div>
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6/16/2014- <a href="http://www.literaryme.net/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Literary Meanderings</a>- <i>Guest Post</i></div>
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6/17/2014- <a href="http://vanya-drum.blogspot.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">YA Story Teller</a>- <i>Review</i></div>
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6/17/2014- <a href="http://www.supernaturalsnark.blogspot.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Supernatural Snark</a>- <i>Interview</i></div>
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6/18/2014- <a href="http://www.crossroadreviews.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Crossroad Reviews</a>- <i>Review</i></div>
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6/18/2014- <a href="http://www.thecovercontessa.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">The Cover Contessa</a>- <i>Guest Post</i></div>
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6/19/2014- <a href="http://www.book-swoon.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Book Swoon</a>- <i>Review</i></div>
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6/19/2014- <a href="http://www.bittersweet-enchantment.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Bittersweet Enchantment</a>- <i>Interview</i></div>
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6/20/2014- <a href="http://thestorybookkingdom.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">The Storybook Kingdom</a>- <i>Review</i></div>
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6/20/2014- <a href="http://www.fantasybookaddict.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Fantasy Book Addict</a>- <i>Guest Post</i></div>
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6/24/2014- <a href="http://www.fiction-freak.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Fiction Freak</a>- <i>Review</i></div>
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6/24/2014- <a href="http://adreamwithindream.blogspot.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">A Dream Within A Dream</a>- <i>Guest Post</i></div>
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6/27/2014- <a href="http://libraryoftheseen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Library of the Seen</a>- <i>Review</i></div>
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6/27/2014- <a href="http://momwithakindle.blogspot.com/" style="color: #fc318a; text-decoration: none;">Mom With A Kindle</a>- <i>Interview</i></div>
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I can't tell you how excited I am about sharing Defector with you!Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-45415526255066621212014-05-26T14:47:00.000-04:002014-05-26T14:47:38.381-04:00DEFECTOR countdown giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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DEFECTOR finished hardcover copies! I'm so excited. They are beautiful!<br />
I can't believe it's only 1 month until DEFECTOR hits shelves. June 26th will be here before you know it!<br />
And that's not all. The Impostor paperback will be out in three days, on May 29th!<br />
To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed ARC of DEFECTOR!<br />
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Defector is the sequel to Impostor, which VOYA called "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">An unpredictable page turner with shades of terror reminiscent of a Stephen King novel."! </span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Summary (includes spoilers for book 1): Tessa has finally made peace with her life as a Variant. She and long-time love Alec are officially a couple, and for the first time, she has everything she wants.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">But the air is tense at FEA headquarters. An agent has disappeared, and rogue variant organization Abel’s Army is likely the culprit.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When Tessa is summoned for her second mission, she is unexpectedly launched into a massive conspiracy. Her best friend Holly is kidnapped and Tessa knows it was meant to be her. But who is after her? And more importantly, why?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When the FEA’s efforts to rescue Holly don’t yield any results, Tessa takes matters into her own hands. Desperate to save her friend and uncover the mystery behind Abel’s Army, Tessa launches her own investigation—but nothing could prepare her for what she finds. Everyone in her life is harboring secrets: Alec, her estranged mother, even the father she never knew.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The truth will take her out on the road and out of her comfort zone, with danger lurking everywhere. Summoning all of her courage and strength, Tessa must decide who can be trusted and what is worth fighting for—even if it means going against the life she thought she wanted. Her final decision will leave readers breathless.</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Defector </span></span>comes out <b>June 26, 2014</b>. That's less than two months to go! Eeek!<br />
So I thought it was time for a giveaway. You can win a signed ARC of DEFECTOR. I can't wait to share this book with you!!!<br />
The paperback of Impostor is comes out one month from now, on May 29th (almost exactly one year after the hardcover) and as you might know, reviews are VERY important for books, so I thought it would be nice to make this a review appreciation giveaway. That means you'll have to post a review of Impostor (at least 4 sentences) on Amazon or Barnes&Noble or IndieBound or Book Depository for a chance to win. Easy, right? And if you've already posted a review? Perfect. That counts of course! AND it doesn't matter if it was a positive or negative review. Every review counts! The giveaway is international! You can gain extra entries by posting a review on your blog or goodreads, too, as you will see. :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">!</span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until Sunday, April 6th at noon Pacific Time! I'm also having a bonus giveaway at the end of this post!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can start right here or you can also go to the <a href="http://yascavengerhunt.blogspot.de/">YA Scavenger Hunt homepage</a> to find out all about the hunt. There are TWO contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or both! I am a part of the <span style="color: red;">RED TEAM</span>--but there is also a blue team and if you do the blue hunt too you'll have a chance to win a whole different set of signed books!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Directions:</b> Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the red team, and then add them up. Easy, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Rules:</b> Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by <b>Sunday April 6th</b>, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm very excited to be hosting:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Lissa Price</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lissa Price’s debut novel STARTERS is an international bestseller published in over thirty countries. Dean Koontz called this YA futuristic thriller “a smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story.” STARTERS appeared on many best of lists and won top awards in the Netherlands, Germany and France. Kirkus called the sequel, ENDERS, “delightfully disturbing.” Lissa lives in Southern Calif with deer and coyotes for neighbors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you want to find out more about Lissa and her books, check out her<a href="http://www.lissaprice.com/"> website!</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">The book she's promoting is ENDERS!</span><br />
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Today I finally finished my WIP! 94k, the longest book I've ever written! To celebrate typing "the end" and because I've always wanted to try out Rafflecopter, I've decided to giveaway two wonderful audiobooks of Impostor (Listening Library published the audiobook and Emily Rankin is reading it)!<br />
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I also just returned from London where I met my lovely UK publisher Hodder. Impostor came out in the UK about two weeks ago! You can see the cover on the right side. Here's a photo of me signing copies in the Hodder office.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tessa is a Variant, able to absorb the DNA of anyone she touches and mimic their appearance. Shunned by her family, she's spent the last two years with the Forces with Extraordinary Abilities, a secret branch of the FBI. There she trains with other Variants, such as long-term crush Alec, who each have their own extraordinary ability.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, Tessa is given a mission: she must impersonate Madison, a local teen, to find the killer before he strikes again. Tessa hates everything about being an impostor - the stress, the danger, the deceit - but loves playing the role of a normal girl. As Madison, she finds friends, romance, and the kind of loving family she'd do anything to keep.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Amid action, suspense, and a ticking clock, this super-human comes to a very human conclusion: even a girl who can look like anyone struggles the most with being herself.</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As a way to celebrate my UK publication, I'll be spending the next few days in London and I'll finally meet the wonderful people working for Hodder! I hope I'll spot my book in the wild!</span>Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-1450895830030297282013-11-29T15:39:00.000-05:002013-11-29T15:39:04.047-05:00The Life Beyond - Bargain!You can get The Life Beyond for only $0.99 today!!! So hurry up before the price goes up again!<br />
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Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-7905345789142539752013-11-21T10:57:00.000-05:002013-11-21T10:57:33.207-05:00Cover reveal: Shattered Veil by Tracy E. BanghartI'm super excited to be part of the cover reveal for Shattered Veil (The Diatous Wars #1) by my friend and crit partner Tracy E. Banghart. It's a New Adult Sci-fi novel and it's absolutely fabulous. I've read it several times and I can't tell you how much I loved it, and you will too.<br />
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Isn't it absolutely gorgeous? It reflects the book perfectly.<br />
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The book will be published February 28, 2014, but you can add it on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18621479-shattered-veil?ac=1">goodreads</a> now!<br />
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<span id="freeTextContainerauthor239569">Tracy E. Banghart is a cheesy movie–loving, fantasy football–playing (go Ravens!), globe-trotting Army wife who began “practicing” her craft at the age of five, when she wrote her first story. She loves visiting the international friends she met while pursuing her MA in Publishing and spends a portion of every summer at her family’s cabin in Canada, where she finds inspiration and lots of time to relax on the dock. She lives with her husband, son, two lazy dogs and one ornery cat. When not writing or spending time with her family, she is on a mission to bake the perfect cupcake.</span></div>
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Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-65475427577776317522013-11-15T08:07:00.000-05:002013-11-15T08:07:42.068-05:00Cover reveal: Deadly Little Sins by Kara Taylor<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri;"><i>Today I'm helping reveal the cover of DEADLY LITTLE SINS, the third book in Kara Taylor's PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL series. Check it out and enter the giveaway to win an ARC of book 2, WICKED LITTLE SECRETS!</i></span><br />
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I love the bold colors!<br />
And here's your chance to win an ARC of book 2 in the series:<br />
<a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/949b320/" id="rc-949b320" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><br />
<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script><br />Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-77712444431377474392013-10-07T11:23:00.000-04:002013-10-07T11:23:03.068-04:00Winner of my bonus giveaway!Thank you all so much for taking part in the YA scavenger hunt! It was so much fun!<br />
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The winner of my bonus giveaway is: Veronika<br />
I'll email you soon!Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-32223797931214763552013-10-03T06:56:00.001-04:002013-10-03T06:56:43.083-04:00YA Scavenger HuntWelcome to the Fall YA Scavenger Hunt!<br />
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I'm very excited to be part of the hunt. It's my first time, so hopefully things will go smoothly! For more info please go to the official <a href="http://yascavengerhunt.blogspot.de/">YA scavenger hunt website</a>. </div>
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There are three teams and three contests, and you can enter them all of course to win a ton of signed books. I'm part of the red team.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Directions:</b> Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the red team, and then add them up. My secret number is highlighted in red<b>.<br /></b><b>Entry Form</b>: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you <a href="http://yascavengerhunt.blogspot.com/p/enter-here.html" target="_blank">fill out the form here</a> to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.<br /><br /><b>Rules:</b> Open internationally. Anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by October 6th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.<br /></span></div>
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Okay. I think that's enough. It's time to introduce the author I'm hosting, don't you think?</div>
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AMY CHRISTINE PARKER (Author of GATED)</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">AMY CHRISTINE PARKER writes full-time from her home near Tampa, Florida, where she lives with her husband, their two daughters, and one ridiculously fat cat. Visit her at amychristineparker.com and follow her on Twitter @amychristinepar.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>GATED follows a teenage girl named Lyla who has been living in a religious cult after the disappearance of her sister. While her parents are hopelessly under the sway of the group’s leader, Pioneer, Lyla is drawn into a dangerous situation when she begins to question Pioneer’s prophecy about the impending apocalypse.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you're probably wondering what the bonus content is. A deleted scene from GATED!</span></span></div>
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Gated<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-no-proof: yes;">The
following scene was cut during my final revisions. I still like the scene
because I think it shows something about Will, Lyla, and Marie’s characters,
but ultimately it slowed the pace of the book and wasn’t necessary for the
story’s plot arc. Enjoy!</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I spend the next half hour sprawled
across my bed, flipping through the few art books I’ve managed to squirrel away
from the clubhouse library. They calm me almost as well as painting does. Most
of them are landscapes of places I’ll never see. I try to imagine walking
through the paintings, mentally touring the streets of London and the Paris
museums. It makes me sad to think that when we finally do climb out of the
Silo, these places won’t exist anymore. I sometimes wonder if I might have gone
there one day if Karen had never died and we’d never come to Mandrodage
Meadows. But this kind of thinking is dangerous because it suggests that if
those things hadn’t happened, the end of the world wouldn’t be coming—and it
is. There’s no point in supposing things that will never be. In a way, Karen
saved us from a danger we didn’t know existed until she was gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and turn to my favorite painting, the one I came across just last week. Pioneer
doesn’t know that I have it, no one does. It isn’t so much that he wouldn’t
allow me to borrow this book, or any of the others for that matter. It’s just
that so few things here are private and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">something
</i>about the paintings that speak to me<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
is </i>private, a tiny piece of who I am brushed onto the canvas by someone who
seems to understand just what I feel, but can never really express. I can’t
explain it and I don’t want to. Maybe some things aren’t meant to be shared.
These books are my only form of rebellion. I try to tell myself that everyone
needs something all their own, but still I am careful to listen for footsteps
outside my door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The painting is called Christina’s
World. I saw it first last Monday. We were gathered in the Silo for school. Pioneer
teaches us in there to get us used to being in the Silo a little each day. That
way the transition to living inside of it full time won’t be so jarring. He is
the one who teaches most of our classes. He wants to be aware of what we’re
learning, to have a hand in what we know so that he can be sure we internalize
all the important lessons our current world has to offer before it’s gone. He
says that we are the keepers of all of the culture and history that will be
preserved for later, when we rebuild our world. He doesn’t want us to leave
anything important behind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He carefully chooses what subjects we
will study. Mostly we concentrate on history, art, music, science, and
literature. Will, Beth, and Stephen have also studied advanced mathematics
since they have an in-born talent for it according to Pioneer. The rest of us
were excused from learning more advanced math once we learned the basics of
adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pioneer’s a good teacher—thorough, but
entertaining, so none of us really minds being stuck in the Silo for several
hours too much. You can always tell when he’s interested in what he’s talking
about because he’s unable to keep still. He paces the room, coming to rest once
in a while in front of one of us, his hands always attaching themselves to our
shoulders like somehow they’ve become jumper cables and the information he
needs us to know will flow through them and directly into our skin. It’s sort
of fascinating to watch him slowly start to almost physically vibrate as
whatever we’re talking about charges him up. It’s hard not to catch his
excitement simply by watching him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I almost always try to concentrate on
the fake windows Pioneer had installed on the wall when I am in the Silo. They
are blown up pictures of the landscape outside with special lighting to make
them appear more dimensional and real. They show a summer scene, the bright
green grass of the prairie and the almost full grown corn in the very field we
ran through yesterday. Pioneer engineered it so that the pictures could be
swapped out seasonally. I know in a few weeks, when we go into the Silo for
good, the windows will look out on trees rioting with color and a sky so blue
you can almost feel the imminent chill in it. Unfortunately, staring at them
has never done me any good because they are too still, too perfect to be real
and it only accentuates the fact that we are encased in cement with only dirt
beyond it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That particular day Pioneer was sitting
cross-legged on the floor in the middle of the room. There were stacks of books
around him in a semi-circle. All of them were oversized and bursting with
colors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Come, sit everyone.” Pioneer motions
us in and with a collective sigh we all sunk to the floor which is cement like
the walls, but has large, vibrant rugs scattered around the room, so it isn’t
uncomfortable. Pioneer almost always teaches us from the floor as if we’re all
just friends hanging out together. The ceiling fans above us spin in lazy
circles and the air swirls with a medley of scents—old paper, leather, the
slightly unpleasant tang of cleansers and wood polish. After a morning spent
laboring over very physical chores, the room was cool, dim, and quiet and it
settled over all of us like a sedative. I yawn just as Marie did and we smiled
at each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pioneer passed the books around until
we each had one. “I ordered these some time ago and have only just now checked
them out,” he said with a smile. “Practically all of the important artists are
represented in the pages of these books.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My insides warmed. The days when we
talk about art or literature are my absolute favorites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I would like you to study the
paintings in these books. Pick out the one that most speaks to you. We will be
using it for the next few days for a project.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Will and most of the others groaned. I
am one of the few of us who actually enjoys lingering over art work. Will says
that he would rather just look at the real thing or a photograph of it instead
of some painted reproduction. Pioneer moved to the side of the room and put a
CD into the music player. Classical music slowly filled in all of the empty
spaces around us, as soothing as a cozy blanket and we all spread out around
the room, some people sinking into the deep arm chairs and others sprawling out
across the floor. Before Will could move next to me, I pulled myself into a
corner between a chair and the wall, but I smiled up at him so he knew it was
nothing personal, I just wanted to check out the artwork alone, without his
heavy sighs and running commentary about being bored out of his skull.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Be ready to tell the rest of us what
you love about your chosen piece,” Pioneer called out once everyone was pretty
much settled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I opened up my book and set it in my
lap. Almost immediately I forgot about everything and everyone else in the
room. I traced Van Gogh’s brushstrokes on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Starry
Night</i> and imagined diving into the cool blue of Monet’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Water Lilies</i>. I marveled at their
ability to take something sort of ordinary and make it exciting and new. I have
always loved how Monet’s work is both vivid and subtle at the same time. I
imagined being with him when he painted, of standing over one shoulder and watching
as the blank canvas filled up with color. What would it be like to learn to
paint from someone like him? It made me wonder how my own art would develop if
I never had a teacher other than those books. If I’m the only artist left in a
few months, can I ever create something close to what these men have? Can I be
worthy of the responsibility?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Will scooted across the floor and handed
me another book. “You want to trade?” he whispered. I was nowhere near done
looking at the one in my hand, but I could tell that he was already bored,
having zoomed through his own book in about five minutes flat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Sure,” I whispered back, “but I want
that one back again when you’re done.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The book in my lap was full of
paintings done by one artist, Andrew Wyeth. They stopped me cold. At first I
wasn’t sure what grabbed my attention, and if I even liked his work. The colors
and scenes were stark. There was nothing but variances of browns and
grays—every other color muted and somehow dingy. But there was one painting in
particular that I just couldn’t stop staring at. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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World</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In it a woman lies on her side in the
short grass, her upper body pushed upright so that she can gaze at an old
farmhouse that is across a wide field. Her fingers seem to almost claw at the
grass and her whole body looks as if it’s tilting towards the house. There’s
such longing in her posture. But I couldn’t understand why she was so attracted
to the house. It looked old and gray—so close to crumbling that it couldn’t
hold that much attraction for her, but yet even without seeing her face, I
could tell that it does. She was alone, just her and the house. I remember
wondering what she’d turned her back on so she could focus on it, what was
behind her that could seem less palatable than a run-down farm?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I stared at the picture long after
everyone else had started to whisper and shuffle, now tired of paging through
paintings and ready to puncture the relative quiet of the classical music with
their chatter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You seem quite taken with this one,”
Pioneer said from above me. I’m not sure how long he was standing there,
leaning against the wall just behind me and watching me watch Christina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It’s sort of sad I guess. I wish I
could see her face and figure out what she’s actually thinking,” I mumbled,
half embarrassed that I’d let my imagination run away with me again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“The woman
in the picture was handicapped. She couldn’t walk,” Pioneer said as if that
explained the painting, but somehow it only confused me more because now her
determination to reach the house seemed that much more extreme. Despite the
fact that she would have to drag her legs behind her, she still looked ready to
make the journey, to sacrifice her comfort and take on the pain of sliding over
the rough ground just to reach a house that seemed to be no more than a ghost,
a shadow of a place that wouldn’t be there when she finally got to it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Pioneer
cleared his throat and called everyone else back to order. We took turns
lifting up our books and talking about which painting we loved most and why.
Marie picked a Degas called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Rehearsal</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I think the girls in this one look sort of
delicate and pretty,” she said and shrugged as if their looks are the only
thing that attracted her to this painting. But I knew better. I saw the way her
eyes lingered on the girls’ ballet tutus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marie loves to dance and ever since
Pioneer started showing famous ballets on the television, Marie has been
obsessed with them. Once I found her out in the pasture imitating the moves
from one of the ballets. She must’ve memorized the complicated turns and leaps
and practiced them on her own countless times, because she was beautiful and
graceful. It made me wish that she had the chance to learn from a proper
teacher, that she could actually take the stage one day and dance for a real
audience. I looked around the meeting room. It’s one of the larger ones in the
Silo, but it’s nowhere near open enough or private enough for her to ever consider
dancing in it. What would she do when she couldn’t practice anymore? Could she
lose something she loved so much and still be happy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Will picked
a Seurat painting called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gray Weather</i>.
It’s of a boat navigating down a wide river with just the hint of a town on the
other side of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I dunno, I think I just like boats,”
he said in explanation, his face reddening with his inability to express what
it is that he actually liked. The painting was quiet and peaceful. It was the
perfect choice for him. The boat was already turned in the water; bow pointing towards
land like it already had the town in its sights and was confident it would
reach it. That boat was like Will, confident of its course. He’s the only one I
don’t worry about when it comes to actually being okay with living underground.
He has always seemed content with our path, sure of the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I still had
the Andrew Wyeth painting open in my lap, but when it was my turn, I didn’t want
to choose it. I couldn’t explain what it was about it that kept capturing my
attention. It was so different from the relatively happy paintings that
everyone else chose. I slid it off of my lap and grabbed another book. I flipped
to the first picture I halfway liked; a Renoir called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">View from Sacre Couer</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I like the richness of the colors and
the sort of fuzziness of the images. It’s dream-like and kind of
fairytale-esque,” I said and everyone nodded, but Pioneer who let his eyes
travel down to the Andrew Wyeth book beside me and then back up to my face. There
was something in his eyes—not quite anger—mistrust maybe that put a tiny pebble
of nervousness in my stomach. I don’t know why. It’s never happened before that
day. Sitting here now with the book beside me I can’t help wondering if keeping
my true preference from him somehow contributed to the false alarm…but that’s
silly. The strangeness of the last few days has to have made me paranoid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He didn’t say anything out loud when I
avoided his gaze. By then it was Stephen’s turn. He picked an Andy Warhol of a
Campbell’s Soup can. And the whole group was groaning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What</i>? I’m
hungry,” He said and everyone laughed because we already knew that’s why he
picked it. Pioneer patted his shoulder and dismissed us. I slipped the Andrew Wyeth
book under my arm and hurried into the crush at the stairwell door, sure that
Pioneer would stop me and question me about the book and my painting choice,
but he didn’t. I left without looking back, but even now I’m convinced that his
eyes were on my back, working to see through me and into that space where <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christina’s World</i> had taken hold.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Finding the perfect title for a book can be a nightmare. The title for Impostor definitely took a while and many many many suggestions, ranging from corny to unintentionally funny...Anyway I was pretty sure finding the title for Impostor's sequel would be just as difficult, but after a few wrong starts it was suddenly there. The perfect name that not only matched the title of Impostor but also captured the sequel perfectly.<br />
But the title isn't the only thing I'm going to reveal today. No. There's also something shiny and pretty waiting for you! A cover!<br />
Cover and title:<br />
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What do you think????Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-4373621116251612002013-09-11T15:13:00.002-04:002013-09-11T15:13:54.422-04:00Sign up for the cover reveal of Variants book 2!XpressoBookTours is organizing the cover and title reveal of the Impostor sequel. The reveal will happen October 1st! So if you'd like to help with the reveal you can sign up <a href="http://xpressobooktours.com/2013/09/11/cover-reveal-sign-up-variants-2-by-susanne-winnacker/">here! </a><br />
I'm so excited! I can't wait to share the cover and title with you!<br />
And the sequel has a tentative pub date: June 26, 2014!Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-34816369677073762932013-08-21T06:07:00.001-04:002013-08-21T06:07:24.212-04:00The Life Beyond is out NOW!I know many of you have been waiting for this for a while and now the day had finally come. ;)<br />
The Life Beyond is up on Amazon!<br />
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It's only available as an e-book . Here's the link to <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Beyond-Other-Saga-ebook/dp/B00EO64YN0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1377079188&sr=8-3&keywords=the+life+beyond+susanne+winnacker">Amazon.UK</a> and here's the link to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Beyond-Other-Saga-ebook/dp/B00EO64YN0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1377079275&sr=8-3&keywords=the+life+beyond+susanne+winnacker">AmazonUS</a>.<br />
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I'm so happy that I can finally share the book with you!Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-44240375763604991732013-08-08T09:23:00.000-04:002013-08-08T09:23:22.510-04:00IMPOSTOR in the UK!As I mentioned before, Impostor will be published in the UK by Hodder (Hachette) and now I can finally share the official cover with you:<br />
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I love it! It reflects the book perfectly. You can see Tessa and the girl whose place she has to take (the latest serial killer victim). And I especially adore the rose pendant around the girl's neck since it's an important part of the book.<br />
The book will be published January 2nd, 2014! Less than five months to go! I can't wait!Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-38314132962808842632013-07-19T04:31:00.001-04:002013-07-19T04:31:59.753-04:00The Life BeyondI've been getting a lot of emails about The Life Beyond (the sequel to my debut The Other Life). People were asking when and if it would be published, and now I can finally say that YES it'll be published. I'll publish the book in August. I don't have an exact date yet, but should be able to give you the pub date in a few days.<br />
But first, the cover!<br />
Hafsah (who also designed it - she's the genius behind Icey Designs) will reveal it on her blog Icey Books today! So head over there if you want to see <a href="http://www.iceybooks.com/2013/07/the-life-beyond-by-susanne-winnacker.html">The Life Beyond in all its glory!</a><br />
I'll hopefully have more info for you on Monday! :)Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8523396757145632377.post-17813059967054987402013-07-01T04:58:00.000-04:002013-07-01T04:58:00.669-04:00Giveaway winner!The winner of my review appreciation giveaway is:<br />
Sarah Elizabeth!<br />
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Please send me an email to books@susannewinnacker.com<br />
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Thanks! :)<br />
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