Just a reminder that this is the last day for my 3 month blogversary.
Also I am doing a promo tour for Clean teen Publishing every day this week with giveaways for 6 of their books! Super easy entries. I really want to make this a success for them so please join.
The links for both these are above this post! :)
I have another giveaway coming up in 2 weeks.
I am looking into a couple blog hops to giveaway some ARC books I have. But if I am going to do this one I want to see participation in the current ones. Not much point in doing a hop if only a few people are interested.
Also, if you know of any good hops to join in the next few months, please let me know. I cannot afford to do the monthly new releases just yet, but I have other possibilities and opportunities to present. Just need the right venues to create them with. :)
Thanks everyone who reads this!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Clean Teen Publishing Tour-Concealed in the Shadows, with guest post + Giveaway!
Concealed In The Shadows by Gabrielle Arrowsmith
(YA Dystopian-
Available Now)
Get it today on Amazon!
Sydney Harter has long awaited September 12th,
2033—her eighteenth birthday. She can finally apply for guardianship of her
sister, who is her only family and entire world. She hopes they will be
lawfully reunited, but is prepared to defy authority and risk everything to
escape the captivity of Miles County so that they can be together.
Escaping will be difficult and dangerous.
Citizens are bound to their county by sophisticated chip implants that deliver
shocks to those who dare to cross the electric barrier. Sydney is very clever,
but her trickery is limited against the all-seeing eyes of technology. Even if
they were to survive the escape, disappearing into the forgotten forests and
towns of the past seems an impossible task.
What Sydney doesn't know is that she is the
particular interest of two opposing forces. With deceit, fear, and warfare
surrounding her—can she trust the party that aims to help with her fight
against the other? Can she open her heart to receive and return unexpected
love? When her sister’s life becomes jeopardized, Sydney will have to weigh a new
love against the only enduring love she has known. The cost could be deadly…
How will she choose?
Guest Post by
Gabrielle Arrowsmith: Futuristic Technology
Do you ever find yourself laughing out
loud at old movies that were set in the future – a time period that has since
arrived or will shortly? I sure do!
It was important to me while writing
“Concealed in the Shadows” that I try to carefully envision the technology of
the future as not to be laughable. Eek! This was especially important since the
novel is set in the near future, 2033, and even mentions the beginnings of chip
implantation in the very near future – 2015!
Of course, this required in-depth
research about the capabilities of things like chip implants and application of
current trends in the uses and styling of technological devices.
In creating the story, I extended even
small ways that we currently use technology to connect with others and share
our whereabouts and/or happenings. Location services currently make it
relatively easy for us to ‘check-in’. The chips in the wrists of all citizens
allow anyone who has been added to your circle to track your whereabouts
anytime. Of course, this invites some major drama if a friend has temporarily
blocked another friend from being able to view their location and company.
manage
them is to be tied to your device more so than we currently are (already too
much, in my opinion).
Or devices can already handle
transactions and more, but I wanted to take this a step farther. I need this
capability to be moved inside the body so that the chips would hold a person’s
identity and entire worth. Pretty hard to part with, right? Being in the body,
the chips can also monitor citizens’ health. This is very important in this
futuristic setting as cancer and other fatal illness are on the rise.
Do you think the way that I’ve advanced
technology in the setting of “Concealed in the Shadows” is possible? Probable?
An eerie idea, considering how things go in the novel, but one about which I’d
love to hear your thoughts! Let’s discuss in the comments!
About Gabrielle Arrowsmith:
Top Ten #3
Hosted by Broke and Bookish.
This weeks topic: Most Intimidating Books (might be intimated by size, content,
that everyone else loves it but you are sure you won't etc).
These are books I am pulling from my to-read list.
I don't know if these are ultimately my top ten but these are ten that fulfill the criteria. As usual-no particular Priority order.
Why: 1135 Pages! I have heard this is such a great novel for 11th Century Japanese Culture. Yes it was written in the 11th century so the writing, even translated and concepts may not always be easy to grasp but I am still determined to read this one day.
Why: I really want to read this, but one, is is nearly 900 pages and each book that follows is long too! While there are currently only 5 books out, I know there are at least 3 more he is planning on and possibly written...
Monday, July 1, 2013
Clean Teen Publishing Tour: The ELE SERIES with Guest Post and Giveaway
The ELE Series
by Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckels
Available
Now Through:
Amazon,
Barnes and Noble, iBookStore, Smashwords and Sony Kobo
Millions have already died, and thousands more
are perishing daily. As a last ditch effort to preserve the human race, the
government implements Project ELE. With the earth heating at rapid speeds, all
remaining survivors are forced to turn to F.E.M.A. shelters to wait out ELE's
wrath.
Fifteen-year-old Willow Mosby's life, as she
knows it, ends the moment she walks through the shelter's door. Willow has to
quickly adapt to the new challenges that shelter life demands, which includes
making new friends and working a full time job.
Soon after making an interesting discovery,
Willow and her friends start exhibiting strange abilities. Seeking answers,
they embark on a mission to find out what these new abilities mean and whether
they are a gift or a curse.
This new adventure can send her world crashing
down around her. The question is: Can Willow survive the fall?
From the best selling authors of Night Marchers comes a new
apocalyptic series with a paranormal twist.
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