FFE Release Launch Celebration & Giveaway

Let's get this party started! Today, Falling From Eternity, is officially released!

There are some really fabulous stops along this tour, and you can also drop by here every day for a chance to win some pretty awesome prizes. I'm giving away the most I ever had for this release, and I wish everyone good luck.

FFE was probably one of the most difficult books I've ever written. It was my first venture in the world of "love stories" with just a dash of paranormal. Though I am still uber nervous about this release, I am so excited about this story and the things I learned along the way. I am already preparing a sequel, and am going to take a chance at a contemporary romance somewhere down the road.

II'd like to take a moment and thank all those who helped make this book possible.

To my incredible readers whose enthusiasm inspires me every day. My wonderful friend, and cover artist, Najla; thank you for being such an amazing person. Also, to two special people from my beta team, Laura & Ash, thank you for your help! My fabulous editor, Janet, I couldn't have finished this book without you. Tiffany King, thanks for being such a bright ray of sunshine and a delight to talk to. You inspire me. A special thank you to the group of fantastic bloggers who were willing to spend December reading, and touring for me. I ♥ you all! Last, but not least, to my loving husband and family. Your love and support makes all things possible.

Now to the giveaway!

Like I said, there are some super cool prizes!

The tour will last from Dec 1st - Dec 31st! That's a whole month to enter every day at my blog, as 

well as the tour stops a long the way.

Dec 2nd - Becky's Barmy Book Blog

Dec 6th - The Caffinated Diva Reads

Dec 10th - Book Dream Land
Dec 12th - Seeing Night Reviews

Dec 14th - Pretty In Fiction

Dec 15th - A Simple Love of Reading

Dec 16th - Me, My Shelf, And I

Dec 17th - Word Spelunking

Dec 18th - Book Mystress

Dec 19th - My Daily Obsession

Dec 20th - Bittersweet Enchantment

Dec 21st - All Things Books

Dec 22nd - Kate's Tales of Books and Bands

Dec 23rd - Unputdownable Books

Dec 26th - I'm A Book Shark

Dec 27th - A Daydreamers Thoughts

Dec 29th - My Pathway To Books

Dec 31st - Never Judge a Book By Its Covers & Splash of our Worlds

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Falling From Eternity Blog Tour

I'm thrilled to say that it's finally time to prepare for the Falling From Eternity release. I have set a release date for Dec. 1, 2012 and now I get to start the exciting process of looking for bloggers/reviewers.

Falling From Eternity is a Paranormal Love Story.

Synopsis: For William, life was as wicked and malicious as the beast he was trying destroy. Decades spent living a life of extravagance, domination and ravenous hunger haunted him. But when you live forever, the past never stays buried. And that which wishes to control you, will never let you go. William thought he found his escape, his one and only love, but the thing he fears the most could be the only thing that saves them. Or, it could doom them all.

I will be hosting a giveaway on my blog during the month of December, and if any bloggers would like to host one on their blog as well I'm game.

I currently have the following dates available for the tour. Anyone would like to sign up for a specific date please shoot me an email megan_duncan @ live dot com. If you'd like to review FFE on your blog, but don't want to be part of the tour that's fine, just shoot me an email and we can work on a date.

Dec 1st
Dec 2nd - Becky's Barmy Book Blog
Dec 3rd
Dec 4th
Dec 5th
Dec 6th - The Caffinated Diva Reads
Dec 7th
Dec 9th
Dec 10th
Dec 11th
Dec 12th - Seeing Night Reviews
Dec 13th
Dec 14th - Pretty In Fiction
Dec 15th - A Simple Love of Reading
Dec 16th - Me, My Shelf, And I
Dec 17th - Word Spelunking
Dec 18th - Book Mystress
Dec 19th - My Daily Obsession
Dec 20th - Bittersweet Enchantment
Dec 21st - All Things Books
Dec 22nd - Kate's Tales of Books and Bands
Dec 23rd - Unputdownable Books
Dec 24th
Dec 25th
Dec 26th - I'm A Book Shark
Dec 27th - A Daydreamers Thoughts
Dec 28th
Dec 29th - My Pathway To Books
Dec 30th
Dec 31st - Never Judge a Book By Its Covers & Splash of our Worlds

Falling From Eternity Synopsis

For William, life was as wicked and malicious as the beast he was trying destroy. Decades spent living a life of extravagance, domination and ravenous hunger haunted him. But when you live forever, the past never stays buried. And that which wishes to control you, will never let you go. William thought he found his escape, his one and only love, but the thing he fears the most could be the only thing that saves them. Or, it could doom them all.


FFE is back from my editor and heading over to my beta team very, very soon. I should have a release date after Thanksgiving if not sooner. :o)

Reviewing & Zombie Talk

Hello, hello! It's Sunday, my favorite day of the week!

First I'd like to jump totally off topic and begin my post with something that has nothing to do with reviewing. Tonight is Walking Dead! I won't post any spoilers for those of you who didn't see last weeks episode, and for those crazy people who don't watch. But after last weeks' EPIC, MIND BLOWING, TEAR JERKING episode, I am chomping on the bit to know what happens next.

P.S. AMC give me more Michonne!

Okay, now that I've gotten my Walking Dead rant over with I'd like to let everyone know that I am starting another blog strictly for reviews. I've gotten a lot of requests and I think it would be tons of fun to start reviewing on the side. I enjoy reading as much as I do writing and I can't wait to get started!

You can check out my new blog here
It's not much right now as I am just starting the building process, but hopefully it will grow and become a great place for other bloggers, readers and writers to meet and talk all things books.


♥♥

Hidden

 The House of Night series is an international phenomenon, reaching #1 on U.S., German, and UK bestseller lists, and remaining a fixture on the New York Times Children’s Series bestseller list for more than 140 weeks and counting. With nearly 12 million copies in print, rights sold in thirty-eight countries to date, and relatable, addictive characters, this series is unstoppable. Now in Hidden, the tenth installment of the series, the stakes are higher than ever before.


Neferet’s true nature has been revealed to the Vampyre High Council, so Zoey and the gang might finally get some help in defending themselves and their beloved school against a gathering evil that grows stronger every day. And they’ll need it, because Neferet’s not going down without a fight. Chaos reigns at the House of Night.

I just finished reading this book, and as with the rest of them, I really liked it. I'm so glad the series is continuing on, there are just so many questions that still need to be answered! Like whose side is Kalona really on, is Health ever coming back, which of the fledglings are gong to switch sides, and will Neferet EVER DIE!? 

I know a lot of people hate these books, but they are terribly wonderful. I've read the rest of P.C.'s books and I enjoy her writing. I actually wish she wrote this series herself as I can tell the difference where her daughter steps in and I think I like P.C's writing much, much better. But nevertheless, this is one of my favorite series at the moment and I always get giddy when I see that the next book is out.

Cover Reveal!

And here it is, the cover for my brand new paranormal love story, Falling From Eternity! Please excuse me whilst I skip around my office and do a little happy dance! I had been struggling with this cover for weeks, not knowing how I wanted it to look, but the marvelous Najla Qamber saved me. She was able to piece together my confusing ideas, and create this masterpiece. I'd also like to thank Marcus J. Ranum for some great stock that helped create this wonderful cover!

Now I know everyone is probably wondering when this book is coming out...okay, I'm hoping you're all wondering when this book is coming out, but I don't have an official date yet but it will be soon. Very soon. I do, however, have a small snip-it from the book to share with you. Hopefully it will satisfy your cravings for now. 

“I looked around the cemetery at the dead trees, and lonely tombstones; at the long deceased flowers and desolate landscape, and realized that maybe there really wasn’t anything more than this. 

You live and then you die. My immortality wasn’t some gift to make a difference in the world, or to give me time to find purpose in life, but simply a curse. A curse to wander around in a stagnant void. 

I could be nothing more than what I was, a creature of nightmare. My existence had no meaning, no point. I lived only to feed, to gorge myself on blood and satisfy my every desire no matter how dark or cruel.

That was what I was, and trying to change that was… useless.”

Challenge Week 6-9 Results + More

It has been too long since my last challenge post. I've been slacking lately. Mostly because I was sick for about two weeks, but also because I didn't have much to say. I've still been plugging away at my workout schedule, and even doing better at eating healthier, but my results are still stagnant. Right now I am sitting at a total weight loss since the very beginning of 4 lbs. Now, it doesn't really seem like much, but... well, to be honest, to me it doesn't sound like anything. I attribute that 4 lbs. to getting my hair cut. There is good news though, however small, but I think my clothes are starting to fit better... ish. I'm going on vaca next week, but I plan to keep up on my cardio. Hopefully I can talk my dad or one of my brothers to jog with me lol If not, at least the dog can't say no, right?

On another note, my 2012 Making Strides against Breast Cancer ended up being a beautiful day! I walked with my niece and nephew. We did the entire 3 mile walk, and had a lot of fun! Here is one of the pics of the crowd I took. After such hard work I thought I the kids deserved some frozen yogurt! I must say it was the perfect way to end the day.

Apparently we didn't get enough walking in, so the fam and I went to a nearby orchard the very next day to get first pick on pumpkins! It was lots of fun, and wayyyy too hot! I'm seriously ready for fall, and it takes to long to get here. It's October and I'm tired of 90 degree temps. I did take some pretty shots of the orchard though. You can see how insanely long the apple aisles are. With a wagon full of pumpkins it took ages to walk the whole way lol

I'm also finishing up my first love story. If you follow me on FB you probably already know that I am working on it and I've only got one chapter left to write. There's no cover for this one yet, and I am still ify on the title I've chosen but I hope its an enjoyable read for everyone.

On top of that I'm still working on Devour. I know a lot of people are patiently awaiting the third book in the series, and I'm working hard to finish it. I want it to be the very best it can be. But, I can firmly say I am 3/4 of the way through the first draft. :o) The story has taken on a life of its own as most of mine tend to do, but I like the way its going. My fingers are still crossed for a December 1st release. It's later than I had originally planned, but I want to give myself enough time to work on it. There are so many processes involved and I don't want to skip any of the important steps.

The good news though is that I am working on some excellent swag. Stuff that I've never personally done before and I hope that by offering something unique it will help draw people to the release event when I have it. In the past I've had trouble with events and I hope that things can go smoothly this time around. That's all for now! I need to get myself a slurpee and get back to the laptop and finish this new book!