Upcoming Appearances

I have a few upcoming book signing appearances I wanted to let y'all know about!

Coming up REALLY soon:

I'll be at the LA Times Festival of Books!
When: Sunday, April 21, 2013 from 10 am - 12 pm
Where: in the Kaya Press Tent, as part of the Coffee House Writers Group
Cost: Admission to the festival is free. This is the country's largest book festival, and there will be SO many awesome authors and vendors there.
Books for sale?: Yes! I will have a limited number of copies of A MATTER OF FATE with me if you want to buy one. I'll also be signing any copies you bring/buy.


Coming up later in the year:

I'll be a featured author at the New Adult Sleepover Weekend!
When: December 6-8, 2013
Where: Savannah Riverfront Marriott Hotel, Savannah, Georgia
Cost: $55/convention registration
Books for sale?: Yes! I will have a limited number of copies of A MATTER OF FATE, A MATTER OF HEART (due out June 25th) and the third book in the Fate series (still untitled--due out November 5th). I'll also be signing any copies you buy/bring!
Panel: I'll be talking about . . . love triangles! Which obviously makes sense, as the Fate series has the mother of all love triangles in it. ;)

I hope to see you at one of these events!

AMOF's upcoming sale! AMOH playlist!

So, it's exactly two weeks until I reveal A MATTER OF HEART's gorgeous cover (designed by Carly Stevens) on Tuesday, April 3rd. But until then, I wanted to let you know that A MATTER OF FATE will also go on sale to help celebrate--it'll be only 99 cents for the day! Who doesn't love a sale? (The kind folk at Anthropologie can attest to just how much I love one, that's for sure--haha!)

Until then, I'm leaving you with another song from the A MATTER OF HEART playlist.

 

 

What do you expect from me, after these takes, after this
What do you dream in the afternoon?
I'll never know what's in your head

Out past the cars on the railway
Out past the city's finery
We see our breath and connection
Underneath these gravel lines

You, you stole a page from the blanks
How do you weigh all of our fears?
Typical, isn't it typical
That someone like me would invite you in

We took a drive in the country
Your photographs were never mine
slapped in the face by the questions
Posed by these gravel lines

Out past the cars on the railway
Out past the city's finery
We see our breath and connection
Underneath these gravel lines

I've written a lot of the Fate series to Amy Seeley songs. If you haven't already checked her out, you really should. She and her piano make lovely music. FYI, if you look over ---> you can read an interview I did with Amy several years ago. But this song? Yeah. This song is SO A MATTER OF HEART.

A MATTER OF HEART news! Plus BIG FAT TEASERS

So! Today marks the last day of A MATTER OF FATE's tour, hosted by YA Bound, and it has been a wonderful time. I've updated the blog tour post with links from all the stops, so if you missed out on any, check them out! AMOF was featured on some really amazing blogs and got some fantastic reviews.

A lot of people have been asking if a second book is coming . . . and I'm happy to announce, YES, YES, BOOK TWO IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! I am so stinking exciting to share the next book with you all, because Chloe's story isn't finished, not by a long shot. A MATTER OF HEART, the second book in the Fate series, will be released on Tuesday, June 25 via Cerulean Books. And if that isn't exciting enough news, it's extremely gorgeous cover, designed by the über-talented Carly Stevens, will be unveiled on April 3rd during a cover reveal hosted by Inkslinger PR! Seriously, friends. I am SO. IN. LOVE with this cover. And then, A MATTER OF HEART will be going on tour from June 24th - July 7th, also hosted by Inkslinger PR.

A quickie FAQ for A MATTER OF HEART, based on inquiries I've been getting:

* Are the Elders in AMOH? Oh, yes. They're like cockroaches--they're always coming back!

* Does the story take place in California again? Much of the book is set in Annar, so you'll really get to know the city much better this time around.

* Does Kellan come back? You will have to wait and see!

* Does Jonah find his ring? See above.

* Is AMOH YA like AMOF was? Since Chloe is out of high school and now living and working in Annar, the book will transition from YA to NA (New Adult).

* Will you release any teasers? Yes! I'll be posting some here and over on my facebook page, as well as twitter. A couple have already been posted over on facebook already.

* Can I review it when it comes out and/or host a cover reveal? All inquiries should be sent to my publicist, KP Simmon at kpsimmon (@) gmail.com.

And since you were super sweet enough to read to the end here, I will give you some teasers for AMOH.

There's this:

And this:

More of this:

And a little bit of this:

And this:

And most definitely this:



Intrigued yet? *evil author laugh*