June 10, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

I hope everyone's having a great day (or night, for that matter). Anyhow, so for this month's giveaway I sadly had to cancel, for a few reasons. One, practicality. Through Amazon, it would be way too pricey for me to do their method of giveaways - and especially being midway through June, I just don't have the funds to do that. And secondly, the restrictions based on location I felt would leave a lot of people unable to participate, so I'm just going to wait until July to undergo another giveaway! As I said, I'm so sorry for having to cancel. I had gotten SO excited about doing another giveaway, but I hadn't realized how much it would cost in the long run and needless to say, I didn't think it was worth with the limitations and whatnot, unlike my last giveaways. Anyhow, love ya'll! xx

June 9, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So the giveaway will be starting tomorrow morning at 2 PM my time (here in Texas). I'll wake up early and count down until then, to keep everyone track of time and whatnot!

xx

June 8, 2016

~Twisted

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

PLEASE READ!

Okay, so along with an excerpt from Twisted, I have news I want to share with everyone! I'm really working to boost this month's sales, so in order to create a buzz, I've decided to do another giveaway - through Amazon! This will be a first-come first serve, where the 1st three will be the lucky winners of the print version of Twisted! This will be taking place THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 10th! SO IN TWO DAYS! However, the only downside is that entrants must be from the United States or District of Columbia.

As of now, I'm not 100% sure what time I'll open the giveaway, but I'll let ya'll know tomorrow! I'm so excited to do this - GAH! I absolutely love hearing that someone's won Twisted! Nothing better than a free book!

February 26, 2015

Hiya, lovelies!

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

And the winner is...

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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

January 31, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So last week I mentioned doing a giveaway for the publication of Twisted, where the prize will consist of a FREE print book with a little something written inside! If you're digging that idea, then keep reading!

Basically, I'm going to be holding this every Sunday throughout the month of February. I will give a week to get names recorded, then when Friday comes, I will randomly select a winner! Therefore there will be one winner per week!

Here is a an excerpt from the story:

“I’m sorry,” he said and shoved his hands in his pockets. “We shouldn’t be doing this.”

            “Why not?”

            “You know why, Claire.”

            I swallowed thickly, a lump forming in the back of my throat. “I don’t care.”

            His eyes bored into my own. They had darkened into burning pits, his lips pulled back into an ugly sneer. “Have you forgotten who I am? I—” he raked a hand through his hair, shaking his head.

            “I like you,” I whispered, the words leaving my lips without my brain registering. Too late to turn back now. “I really like you, Heath. Not for what you do, but for who you are.”

            “For who I am?” He stepped closer, hands tightening into fists at his side, and I suddenly became aware of how tall he was. He towered over me, and a flash of fear crawled along my spine. I saw a brief glimmer of the assassin Heath was. I’d stand no match against him. “For some people, I’m the last person they see. I kill people. There’s a reason for it, but that doesn’t change what I do.”

            My back hit the door, and he kept stepping closer, and I couldn’t look him in the eyes. “I’m not afraid of you,” I said, but my voice shook.

            “You are,” he murmured, as an observation. “And that’s how it should be.”

How this is going to happen will be like this:

1) I will make the announcement, ya'll will tweet #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY and you must also tag my username too - so I can see it! My username is @SmilinForYa ; by doing this, you will automatically be put into the box to win the free book. But you HAVE to tweet with the tag AND my username - I will be looking for it! I'll favorite your tweet, to let you know your name is down.

2) On Friday, as I mentioned above, I will randomly 'pull from the box' and select the lovely winner!

3) Then on Sunday, it'll commence again!

As I've mentioned before, when the book is published, it'll only come out as an eBook format to the public eye initially. I do plan on printing a few to give to family and friends, but until I reach enough sales, I unfortunately won't be able to do it immediately.

So, this will be the first week of the #TWISTEDGIVEWAY ! Start tweeting !!

Love,
Sarah xx

January 29, 2016

Hiya, lovelies!

So things are getting INTENSE! I'm adding last minute ideas while my editor is doing the full-blown content editing. I'm also searching and discovering all kinds of styles and formatting for interior designs, so that's a lot of fun. 

The cover I commissioned from the artist on deviantart didn't come through - she worked hard on it, she came with a lovely piece, but after editing, our styles just didn't mesh. So now I've found another artist who has a bit more experience particularly for book cover designs, so hopefully our ideas come across better! Again, the 1st artist was so nice to work with and so talented, it just turned out I was the first one to commission her to design a book cover, so the fact that this was both of our first times at this made it difficult to communicate what we thought. Hopefully this time things work out better! So far the studio's portfolio looks amazing! In fact, if you want to go take a look, here's their website: http://ebooklaunch.com/ebook-cover-design/

I requested a quote from their Dynamic package, and here are some of the books they've done:

I certainly think these are eye-catching, and according to the package details, they're ultimate goal is to correlate the cover design with essences from the story, so to me, of course, that seems so promising! And they're asking me a lot about my book, to get the gist of what they're working to market, so they've very professional.

So far, self-publishing in itself has been one hell of an experience! I'm still getting my foot in the water, but it's definitely one of those things that you have to learn hands on how to do. You get out there, get connections with all kinds of people (and hopefully discounts hehe), and you find out more and more what you need to produce your product. It's a lot of work, but for me, it's very enjoyable and so very worth it! 

My editor said that she will hopefully have my manuscript ready by March the 3rd, so I'm hoping to have my book out on Amazon and Barnes and Noble around the 20th of March. 

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! PLEASE READ!

All throughout the month of February, I will be having a #TWISTEDGIVEAWAY !! It will officially begin this Sunday, so keep an eye out for it! I will make the announcement and give way more details about what's happening, I just wanted to give ya'll a heads up on what was coming! 

I hope everyone's having a wonderful day! 

Love, 

Sarah