Cover reveal: With Cross and Charm

The WIP I was working on, Ithinara, finished a little while ago, and I've since decided to change it's name, and give it a new cover.  So, introducing With Cross & Charm, a YA paranormal suspense!

Willa Queen had gotten used to her life in Hollow’s Point, where she’d go to school, volunteer at the animal shelter, and play volleyball for the Wayward Tigers.  She thinks her life is pretty normal, considering she’s been possessed by a demon for fourteen years.

Ithinara has never made as big a deal out of anyone as she has the Steele family.  She wants Willa to stay away from them, claiming they’re dangerous.  Willa believes Ithinara, because this wouldn’t be the first time the demon has protected her.

But Willa becomes torn between the life she’s used to and the life she could have.  Getting close to Bray and the Steele’s might be what finally lets Ithinara take over for good, or it could be exactly what sets Willa free.
(Rated PG 13, for some violence).

READ THE FIRST DRAFT BEGINNING HERE

Anticipated release is for January 2014.

Writing Updates

As I said in a previous post, I put Shimmering for free until the end of October.  And guess what?  It's reached number nine in the iBooks teen chart!

I'm very excited about this, so thanks to all those that have been downloading it! :D  

In other news, Ithinara is up to chapter eight on Wattpad, and I've actually managed to keep my attention on it lately.  Miracles do happen.  As for how many more chapters are going to be posted, I'm not sure; for now I'm sticking with the chapter a week thing.

There's also only a couple more weeks until Igniting is out!  You can read the first couple of chapters on Wattpad as well, and preorder it at Apple, B&N, Smashwords, and Kobo.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Some news for the week...

• Ithinara is up to chapter four on Wattpad!

Willa Queen had gotten used to her life in Hollow’s Point, where she’d go to school, volunteer at the animal shelter, and play volleyball for the Wayward Tigers.  She thinks her life is pretty normal, considering she’s been possessed by a demon for fourteen years. Ithinara has never made as big a deal out of anyone as she has the Steele family.  She wants Willa to stay away from them, claiming they’re dangerous.  Willa believes Ithinara, because this wouldn’t be the first time the demon has protected her. But Willa becomes torn between the life she’s used to and the life she could have.  Getting close to Cain and the Steele’s might be what finally lets Ithinara take over for good, or it could be exactly what sets Willa free.

• The pre-order for Igniting is available at a reduced price until it's release on October 29.  It's currently available on Smashwords, Kobo, and B&N.  Soon it will also be on Apple iBooks!  You can read the beginning here.

Grace has finally escaped her past of foster homes and mall-cop jail cells.  What she hasn’t escaped is her deadly temper, if she loses control black flames lash from her at high velocity, causing fires that can’t be put out by anything but time.When a boy named Noah drags her through a magic portal after getting attacked she realizes she isn’t the only one out there with bizarre powers.  But can she really trust someone with her biggest secret?

• The Dark Origins: Shimmering, is also available at a reduced price until October 29!  You can start reading for free as well on Wattpad, where EIGHT chapters are already posted.

Ember Reed is a fifteen-year-old shape-shifter, a creature with the ability to transform into any animal, despite it’s shape or size. At least, she should be able to; Ember can’t quite change her entire form, only bits and pieces. This has earned her the nickname “sucky spook” at the Sagefall Recreation Center, a place where supernatural beings go for training.
Living the life of an outcast, Ember pretends to be content with only having her cousin Jayd as a friend and keeping her nose buried in fictional stories. But when she goes to the bookstore downtown and finds a girl going through her first Shift, Ember realizes that she might have the chance to make a friend.
Ember also realizes that this girl may be in trouble, because the most powerful people of her community have been starting to disappear. After she witnesses the kidnapping of her classmate she decides to do whatever she can to save her new friend. But while trying to keep this girl off the kidnappers radar she seems to have fallen right onto it when her new power is discovered. 

Ithinara

Whenever I work on something I'm not sure about, I don't talk about it a lot.  I might mention it in passing as a "current WIP" or whatever, but I don't go into detail because I'm just not sure if I'll finish it.  Or if it's even a good idea, etc.  Since I've put my stuff on Wattpad, I thought I would try putting up unfinished work there, maybe doing a chapter a week or something.  So I'll test it out with Ithinara, my current YA horror (that's a temporary category, because I'm not sure if it'll stay in that section).

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Ithinara
Willa Queen had gotten used to her life in Hollow’s Point, where she’d go to school, volunteer at the animal shelter, and play volleyball for the Wayward Tigers.  She thinks her life is pretty normal, considering she’s been possessed by a demon for fourteen years. Ithinara has never made as big a deal out of anyone as she has the Steele family.  She wants Willa to stay away from them, claiming they’re dangerous.  Willa believes Ithinara, because this wouldn’t be the first time the demon has protected her. But Willa becomes torn between the life she’s used to and the life she could have.  Getting close to Cain and the Steele’s might be what finally lets Ithinara take over for good, or it could be exactly what sets Willa free.

I'll be posting chapters on it weekly over the next few weeks, so check it out!

Ithinara was my first attempt at writing in present tense, and I found I really liked it.  I was hesitant because I don't like to read in present tense, so I thought I might not like it.  It was hard to get used to at first, but the further I got in the story the more I enjoyed it!  A nice little reminder that as a writer you should always try moving out of your comfort zone.

PS: On August 31 I'll post the cover reveal for Igniting!