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