Illumine and Obumbrate Winnings Update!

Hey everyone! Consider this your ever-so-friendly update on all things prizes! 

Recently, very recently, several key events I took part of ended, and you know what that means. Shipping books to happy winners! The followings is a list of all the recent winnings of books, purchases of books, or winners of other items that have or have not gone out. 

Please note: If I missed you, meaning you're not on this list, please feel free to email me, message me on Twitter, Facebook me, whatever you need to do to get a hold of me. There's always one or two who I miss among the masses, and I promise it's not me being mean or ignorant, I'm just a little on the forgetful side. 

OBUMBRATE PRE-ORDER PACKAGE

Huff L. & Jacquie T. - SHIPPED

PAID ORDERS 

Candy S. - SHIPPED
Tracy T. - SHIPPED
Krystal H. - SHIPPED 

REVIEW COPIES REQUESTED 

Kim C. - SHIPPED
Roseann H. - SHIPPED
Kayleigh-Marie G. - SHIPPED

#OBUMBRATEDAY RELEASE WINNER

Kim E. - NOT SHIPPED. 

INDIE AUTHOR GIVEAWAY 

Gabbie - NOT SHIPPED. 

Also, I have currently not shipped any bookmarks. The printer is on my first stop tomorrow morning, so they will be going out tomorrow unless a typhoon hits my town and washes away both the print shop and the post office. 

Again, if I missed you, meaning YOU ARE NOT ON THIS LIST, please don't hesitate to contact me! I do not like holding winnings hostage- if you won it, it's rightfully yours! 

That's it for now, over and out! 

Happy #ObumbrateDay!

OH SQUEEEEEEEE! It's finally here, guys! Six months in the making and IT'S FINALLY HERE AND I CAN'T THINK PAST THESE WORDS SO I'LL SAY IT AGAIN- IT'S HERE!


There aren't words to describe how excited I am for today. Really, there aren't. But if I could tone down today's awesomeness of Obumbrate's release, it would use words like 'awesome' and 'superfragalisticexpialadocious'. I have no idea if I spelled that right. 


So in case you've been living under a ROCK for the last few weeks, here's the run down! The second book to TIS, Obumbrate, is out and available! That means you can grab a copy, scarf it down like Mera did for Mera's YA Book Blog, snag a digital copy on Amazon or B&N, or you know, pick up a signed copy here on the blog! There's all kinds of good things going on today! 


Like what? I'm so glad you asked that! 


Boosh! There's a Facebook event running all day! Or better yet, a massive Rafflecopter Giveaway!  


If that isn't tickling your fancy, Goodreads is still running the giveaway for Obumbrate, too! 


And if none of those fulfill your insatiable need to chat about #TeamEssallie or #TeamKayden or #TeamAri, hit up Twitter! #ObumbrateDay is the code-word, ladies and gents! 


This entire day is going to be nothing but shenanigans, shenanigans, and maybe some SHENANIGANS WITH CUPCAKES. And music. And posted excerpts all day. And probably soda. But not fish, Essallie hates fish. 


Come on! Let's get this party ROLLING! 



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Multi-Tasking As An Author (Or Crazy Person)

First things first, Happy Independence Day!  

Here's a photo of cake (that I didn't make, boo) that will probably make you very hungry. And have the urge to bake. Or maybe that's just me. 

(source lovefromtheoven)

So earlier this week I had a mini revelation, and I knew I had to share it with all of you. 

Multi-tasking. Is. Ridiculous. 

We're inching closer (and closer, and closer) to Friday, aka #ObumbrateDay (you can sign up to attend the online event on Facebook here or just Twitter hashtag #ObumbrateDay), or as I like to call it, The Day I Spend More Time Staring At Amazon Than Any Other Day of The Year. Between working a 12-hour shift at my day job, I'll be slamming the internet like a giddy author, happily posting quotes and answering questions and doing flash giveaways all day. 

But until that day actually comes, I've been doing a mountain of prep behind the scenes! Designing t-shirts, formatting the digital version of Obumbrate for Kindle/Nook/iBooks, completing paperback and hardback designs, promo items, bookmarks, I could list this stuff all day. I'm also pretty sure that if I wasn't so twitchy about being hands-on with my projects, I could have someone do some of this stuff for me and reduce the work load, but honestly where is the fun in that? 

But back to topic. Multi-tasking is a miserable feat, and one that, if conquered, I tip my hat to you. I've only barely managed to juggle work, family, friends, and all the little things in-between and maybe catch my breath along the way. Example, my Monday kind of went like this: 

9AM- Up. Acknowledge that the dishes did not magically finish themselves last night. Inwardly sob. 

9:30AM- Receive email from CreateSpace, kindly informing me my cover was rejected because one of the E's was toeing the red line. Promptly rage. 

10AM-2PM- Re-do cover. Get distracted along the way with imgur. Curse those cat photos. 

2-4PM- Oh hey, those dishes still haven't finished themselves! And they're... growing. 

4-8PM- Head over to friend's house for a few hours. Insert random stop at Starbucks and B&N.  

8PM-3AM- Can't sleep, so let's do more graphic design! 

Rinse and repeat for two days. Only add more later. 

In hindsight, this doesn't look that bad. But something about trying to make a photo look good and accepting it in the end is impossible. 

Oh, speaking of! If you've been lurking around Goodreads, you've probably seen the new cover for Illumine. Surprise! If not, as a 4th of July and early #ObumbrateDay treat, here's the cover.