February 26, 2015

Hiya, lovelies!

So after making some breakfast buns, I drew the winner of the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY4 !

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The winner is @Hadjer_Me !! Congrats on winning, darlin! I really hope you like the original version of Twisted. I'm so so excited to send it your way, but alas, we've still got little over a month until the publication date. But I'll get into contact with you when the time grows closer, so I can make sure you get the book!

Anyhow, thank you all so much for participating in February's giveaway! I was a bit nervous at first because I had no idea what the response I'd have, but I was surprised, in the good way, at the response I did get! 

The winners for the February giveaways are, just to clarify:

@lenka_n130

@Mrsapplecake

@Wild3Flow3r

@Hadjer_Me

I will keep ya'll updated as time grows closer to publication! As for now, I hope everyone is having a lovely day!

Much love,

Sarah

February 25, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So as you probably already know, this is the last day for the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY4 before I choose the winner, tomorrow. I've compiled the masterlist of the entries thus far; if I've written your username incorrectly, PLEASE tell me ASAP so I can correct it, and if you're entry isn't here even though you did enter, please let me know so I can include it! If you haven't sent in your entry, I suggest doing it ASAP if you'd like to win Twisted for free, printed, when it gets published on March 20th.

Here's the master list:

@ZylanOMalik
@burrnindesire
@Hadjer_Me
@infiniharrry
@lowestyles
@harithaperayil
@Sarahmcguirk96
@happilydefense
@HIWWAstyles
@Jess_lee_28
@nutcrackerhs
@robstenslove
@rocketcher
@kawarry
@_MiaG
@marikaguzek
@zouzouzayn

As I mentioned above, let me know if I messed up on anything or simply overlooked your name - I am human, I do tend to make mistakes! So don't hesitate to get a hold of me!

Hope ya'll are having a lovely day!

Love,
Sarah

February 21, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So today marks the beginning of the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY4 ! This will be the final chance for you to win Twisted for free when it gets published, so send in your entries now!

Also, just FYI, there are 28 days left 'till it does get published! So just about a month - CAN YOU FEEL MY EXCITEMENT BECAUSE I ALMOST CAN'T CONTAIN MYSELF BY NOW! I also will receive my final edits on the 3rd of March, so I'm very eager to receive that so I can wrap everything up for the story!

And these are just old Clarry photos I stumbled upon...I'm trying to come up with the new ship name - Cleath? Hlaire? Gosh I'm so bad at this, maybe ya'll will be a bit more creative and come up with something much better! XD 

Anyhow, send in your entries - I select the winner randomly, so everyone has a fair chance of winning! I leave it entirely up to the universe to choose, so why not try huh? I hope ya'll are having a lovely day!

Love,

Sarah

February 19, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So five minutes ago I had just drew the winner of #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY3 ! As ya'll already know, the 4th and FINAL giveaway will take place this Sunday. So that will be your final chance to win a free Twisted book when it gets published on March 20!

Anyhow, the winner of the 3rd giveaway is....

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@Wild3Flow3r !! Congrats, lovely! Thank you so much for entering the giveaway! I really hope you enjoy the book when you get it - I'll get a hold of you when the publication date gets closer, to gather more info about shipping and whatnot! 

As I said before, the last giveaway will begin this Sunday, so keep an eye out for it!! Can't believe time is going by so quickly - let the excitement begin!! 

Love,

Sarah

February 18, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

As ya'll know, today is the last day of the giveaway, and I will announce the winner tomorrow! Now is your last chance to enter, so DO IT!

As for the giveaway, here's the masterlist I have thus far:

@robstenslove
@Wild3Flow3r
@ZylanOMalik
@burrnindesire
@Hadjer_Me
@infiniharrry
@lowestyles
@harithaperayil
@zouzouzayn
@anisyacob
@rocketcher
@happilydefense
@kawarry
@Renca99
@bubbletea113
@sosodesj

Please let me know if I've missed your name or simply wrote your name wrong! I want to make sure I've got everyone and whatnot! I hope ya'll are having a wonderful Thursday!

Love,
Sarah

February 17, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

Sorry for not posting a whole lot - this week has been, well, hell for me with school, and my work schedule has been UGH! Not so helpful. I'm not even halfway into this school semester, and I'm already counting down the days 'till summer vacation! 

Anyhow.

This is the 3rd day of the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY3 so evidently, it's not too late to enter! THERE ARE TWO DAYS LEFT! And next week will sadly be the last giveaway until the book is published (March 20). So if you want to be one of those two winners, enter now!

And speaking of book, I've recently began working on Unstable, the sequel to Twisted. I do not plan on making this a trilogy; it's just that I know what ending I want, but it requires two books to get there. A third book may just be too extensive - although, we'll have to see. Sometimes I have a dead set plan when writing, and sometimes, things may happen in the act of writing that come out totally unexpected. So who in the world knows! 

I hope everyone's having a great week and enjoying school! Love ya'll! 

Sarah

February 14, 2016

Hiya lovelies!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Today is to celebrate love, whether it's with your boyfriend, your sister, your best friend, your dog, your cat....you. Don't be too hard on yourself; I remember in high school I used to get bummed when I never got a Valentines from a crush or secret admirer - I always thought Valentines was specifically for couples, but it's not! Spoil yourself, buy tons of chocolate (yum) and candy and watch your favorite movie, take yourself out on a date; or hang out with your absolute best friends, tell your parents you love 'em, snuggle with your cat!

But anyhow, along with it being Valentine's Day, it's also the first day of the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY3 ! For those of you who don't know the drill, enter this now for an automatic chance to win Twisted for free, printed, when it gets published on March 20. Go on my facebook page and leave a comment anywhere including the hashtag, or go on twitter, tweet the hashtag and include my username @SmilinForYa so I may see it! The giveaway will end this Friday, and after that, there will sadly be only one more, so enter now to win!!

Love,

Sarah

February 12, 2016

Yo, lovelies!

So according to my calculations, there are 37 more days until the official publication date for #TWISTED! Wow! That's less than 38 days, huh? Hopefully nothing delays that, but I doubt anything will! I've started this project last August, so it's been half a year now, which in retrospect of how long it usually takes to complete a book isn't that long, but it's still 6 months, so.

Anyway! I'm sure ya'll are just waiting to see the winner of the 2nd giveaway - and there is a winner!

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The winner is @Mrsapplecake ! 

Congrats, lovely! I'm so very excited to send you the printed book, but alas, there's 37 more days to wait! I'm so thrilled and honored to share the story with you - I really hope you like it! And I will get into contact with you when the release date grows closer, so I can get the proper information to send the book your way!

The 3rd giveaway will begin in two days, this Sunday on the 14th of February. I honestly don't expect to see much of a response, since it's Valentines day, for whoever celebrates that. If you do celebrate it, I hope you spend the day with the people you love, or at least letting them know, or reminding them, how much you love them! As for me, I'm going to spoil the hell out of my mom and buy myself a ton of chocolate so I can watch Once Upon a Time and stuff my face silly! Haha! But the same rules will apply with this giveaway, since I seemed to have gotten a much bigger response by broadening the platforms for the entries. 

Much love,

Sarah

February 11, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So tomorrow will be the drawing of the winner for the 2nd #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY! I just wanted to make sure I have everyone's entries, so if you've sent yours and I missed it, please let me know as soon as possible so I can add you to the list! I'd hate to miss someone's!

Here's who I've got so far:

@harithaperayil
@kawarry
@pacificniall
@burnindesire
@Renca99
@bubbletea113
@lowestyles
@robstenlove
@nutcrackerhs
@julie_berries
@Jess_lee_28
@alrenjaurnandez
@Rose28Daggerxx 
@Mrsapplecake

And if you still want to join, submit your entry by tweeting, posting on my facebook page, or posting on instagram with the hashtag #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY2 and you'll automatically be entered to win! I'm probably going to announce the winner tomorrow around 3 PM, so stay updated for that!

Love,
Sarah

February 9, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

As you may already be aware of, today is the 2nd day of the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY2 ! It's not too late of course to enter for a chance to win #TWISTED for FREE when it comes out March 20th! This is an exclusive offer, as I won't immediately be producing printed books until I reach a certain number of sales. So don't hesitate! What have you got to lose?

I have actually began writing Unstable, so there's also progress with that! I've decided not to touch Twisted until I receive the edits back from my editor, which'll be around March 3rd. So then I'd have a few weeks to revise everything before releasing it! 

And yes, the excitement is real!

Ever since I was a little girl, I've always wanted to have something of mine published. For Santa Clause one Christmas, I wrote and illustrated a book for him that I was so proud of (imagine my dismay when I found my book in my parent's closet the following year though, thus revealing the truth to me that Clause was in fact fictional). That was my first book I ever finished, believe it or not, and to this day this experience is so surreal, despite all the sweat and tears I've put into completing the manuscript. It surely has been a journey, but it's something I'd certainly do over again if I had to! And it's something I'd like to do for the rest of my life, is write stories. 

Anyhow, enough with the sentimental moment. As I said, enter the giveaway, there's still 3 days left! You very well might be the next winner! 

Love,

Sarah

February 7, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So I realized that having the giveaway strictly through twitter may limit some people from being able to enter, since not everyone has twitter.

So I've decided to broaden the horizon!

I know at one point of time, almost everyone had a facebook, so a while back I had created a page for my writing and whatnot on there!

And as for instagram, that's the hip and happenin' thing as of now.

So, this week's giveaway will take place with twitter, facebook, and instagram!

All you have to do is hashtag #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY2 (yeah I added the two, I know, how creative) and it would be more helpful for me to find your post if you include my username somewhat. With twitter, ya'll were good with including my username, so there's no issue there. But on facebook, all you have to do is like my page HERE and post a comment including the hashtag! For instagram, you can post a picture of the hashtag written on paper or something, or even post a cool picture of, say, Batman and all you have to do is include the hashtag in your summary or whatever of the photo you post! I'd prefer if you tagged me or included my username @scarah29 only because I'm not up to date with instagram, so I'm afraid I won't find everyone's entries just by looking through the hashtag. So I guess we'll see!

And if you use none of these, you can just shoot me an email at sreeves28@gmail.com !

Also, I thought it would be more helpful if the day before I choose the winner, Thursday, I post a list of all the people entered, just so someone can give me a heads up if I've missed their entry and whatnot!

But anyhow, the giveaway IS BEGINNING TODAY! TWEET, COMMENT ON FACEBOOK, OR GO THROUGH INSTAGRAM TO BE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED FOR RECEIVING TWISTED AS A PRINT BOOK WHEN IT FIRST BECOMES PUBLISHED!!

Hope ya'll are having a wonderful day!
Love,
Sarah

WINNER OF THE 1st #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY

Hiya, lovelies!

So today is the day I randomly chose a winner for the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY! I took a piece of paper, assigned everyone entered a number, wrote them down, cut them apart, then randomly picked!

And the 1st giveaways winner is....

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@lenka_n130 IS THE WINNER!!! CONGRATS BABE!!! <3 <3 <3 

SO EXCITED TO ALREADY GIVE YOU THE FREE BOOK BUT I MUST WAIT 'TILL IT'S ACTUALLY PUBLISHED! 

But I'll be getting a hold of you close to the publication date, March 20th, so I can send it your way and whatnot. So so excited! 

Another giveaway will be coming this Sunday, so ya'll will have another chance of entering for the free book! I'll announce the details then, but until then, I hope ya'll are having a lovely day! 

Love,

Sarah

January 3, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So this is day 3 of the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY and if you haven't already participated, I highly suggest you do because hey, it's super easy - all you have to do is tag my username, @SmilinForYa on twitter with the hashtag and BOOM! You're entered for a random chance to win a FREE book! I mean, who doesn't want a free book??

Alright, so I know lots of people who wouldn't be interested, but if you are, then why not give it a try!

I'm currently struggling with my classes at school - two online, which I initially thought would be a blessing but have turned out to be quite the opposite - and getting accustomed to having a job, which I recently acquired. It's nice to keep busy, but it's certainly a change I'm going to have to get used to!

I'm waiting for the final edits to come back from my editor, and in the meantime, am brainstorming on a last minute idea to implement into the book - I think ya'll will like it. It's not something I normally do, so you'll see what I mean when you...see it. I never did it often with my fics, and I was skeptical at the idea at first, but the more thought I gave it, the more I felt like my story needed - and once I started doing it, I just couldn't stop.

Story of my life.

One of my biggest struggles when 1st writing Twisted was the constant worry that it would be too long. Because of this, I was very careful of how much I wrote in a particular scene. But when I finished the book and realized how much shorter it was going to be when compared to Unstable, which as I said, will be MUCH longer than Twisted, I tried adding more to the word count but couldn't add much. When I first started writing the book, traditional publishing was still in mind, albeit skeptically, and Stephen King has stated often about new upcoming authors that their first book should be around 40,000 words - more or less is usually frowned upon in a market, when introduced to a brand new author. So I tried to scale my book on that, and when I made the decision of going indie publishing, word count suddenly didn't matter in that aspect. So although that was a relief off my chest, it was also another worry because I wanted both books to be equal in length, but oh well!

By now there are two days left!! I will randomly choose the winner on Friday, at 5:00PM - no later or sooner! So get involved as much as you can before then!

Love,
Sarah

February 1, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

As I'm sure ya'll know, the #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY is still ongoing until this upcoming Friday - but once again, in case anyone has yet to see the details, if you want a free print version of #Twisted when it publishes (in March 20), entering this giveaway will automatically put you in a slot to be randomly selected!! All you have to do is tweet #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY with my username included, and I'll add you in the box! Next week I'm probably going to do a giveaway off the platform of twitter, but to start off, it seems to be working fine!

Also, so yesterday the cover design concept was shown to me for the book. The studio works really fast, and above all, so SO professionally! I am so blown away by the cover - how they made it in two days is beyond me? However, as of now they only have the ebook format completed, they need additional information for the printed version, but that may take more time for me to put together. But as a bonus they included a 3-d model of what it should look like!

But as I mentioned earlier, if anyone is looking for a reliable, professional, and efficient studio for book design covers - I highly recommend them! They were attentive to what I wanted for my book, and used their marketing expertise to bring my vague idea to life! 

And time sure is ticking down! Just another month and a half before the book gets published!! To say I'm excited is surely an understatement! I still can't believe it's even happening. It feels like just a few months ago, I was still that teenage girl in high school staying up far too late to work on fan fiction! My how the years have passed. Ha! 

Anyhow, if you haven't already participated in the giveaway, I encourage you to do so! Who doesn't want a free book!?! I hope ya'll are having a great day! 

Love,

Sarah