An anthology of young adult fiction (FREE!)

by | best books for teens, New Releases, Publishing, Writing

That Moment When is an anthology of young adult writing featuring some of today’s hottest new talent in young adult fiction. Find your next favorite author as you read through 40 thrilling short stories.

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Love YA paranormal, urban fantasy, science fiction and dystopian books?

We’ve gathered a handful of thrilling stories from all of your favorite genres and put them together into an epic anthology of young adult fiction. Some of them are just the beginning of a unique adventure, while others are complete stories that will spark your imagination.

With over 200,000 words (about three full-length novels) That Moment When will provide weeks of reading pleasure.

If you want to know what my own writing feels like first, my short story Taste is in here, under dystopian. You can also read the first chapters of my books free if you would rather start with a novel.

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Have you ever reached a moment in your life when everything changed? A crossroads of sorts… a point of no return. An event or realization so enormous you knew it would impact you forever in ways you couldn’t begin to understand? Discoveries so momentous they changed everything you thought you knew about the world, and yourself?

That Moment When is filled with exactly these kinds of moments.

If you read the stories in this anthology, I guarantee you’ll find at least a few that thrill and excite you. Make sure to follow the authors if you want to read more – most of us have at least one free book on our sites. The Alliance of YA Authors is where we team up for book giveaways, contests and joint promotions.

All your favorite YA genres!

PARANORMAL & URBAN FANTASY

SCIENCE FICTION

DYSTOPIAN & POST-APOCALYPTIC

FANTASY

THRILLER & HORROR

AND MORE (UNIQUELY SPECULATIVE FICTION) 

 

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The Alliance of YA Authors is a community of over 1000 young adult writers. Many of us are award-winning, bestselling authors; others are brilliant debut authors just starting out. We team up to make it easier for you to find your new favorite reads, with book giveaways, contests and joint book promotions.

That Moment When is an anthology of young adult writing featuring some of today’s hottest new talent in young adult fiction. Find your next favorite author as you read through 40 thrilling short stories.

20 YA paranormal romance and urban fantasy books based on myths and legends

by | Book Launch, Book marketing, Writing

This post is from 2016, when I got a spot in the Dark Legends boxset: twenty-odd full-length paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels in one set, with mermaids, sirens, shifters, vampires, dragons, witches, time travel and more. The full list of authors and books is below. My own Scarlet Thread is one of them. Most of my YA dark fantasy books are based on mythology or legends so I was excited to get a spot in the boxset anthology of full-length PNR and UF books coming out in January 2017 called Dark Legends. If you want the myths themselves before the novels, start with the mythology guides by culture.

I’ve been working on Shearwater (and I’m only 5 chapters from the end) but am switching gears so I can finish Scarlet Thread and include it in this anthology. My book will be 2.99 but start with some free and 99cent promotions (sign up to my list to make sure you get a free copy). If you like Scarlet Thread and are willing to support me by buying the full book, it should be out in December. OR you can get it along with 19 other books for 99cents by buying the Dark Legends boxset. That’s a much better deal, but you’ll have to wait a little longer (mid January) to start reading it.

What’s in the Dark Legends boxset

Here’s the sales copy:

Don’t miss this collection of more than twenty unique twists in paranormal romance and urban fantasy, providing over one million words of supernatural suspense that will transport you to new worlds with smoking hot action and heart-throttling adventure!

The DARK LEGENDS boxed set includes: Mermaids, Sirens, Shifters, Vampires, Dragons, Sorcerers, Warriors, Angels, Faeries, Demons, Witches, Psychics, Ghosts, Mythology, Folk Tales, Legends, Dark Magic, Time Travel, and More!

 

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Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M27CAGU

Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/…/dark…/1124659666…

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/dark-legends-1

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1156914318

 

The books and their authors

Here’s who is in the set and the book each one brought. Mine is Scarlet Thread.

  • T.F. Walsh with Demon’s Mark
  • Monica Corwin with Soulless
  • J.L. Weil with White Raven
  • Laxmi Hariharan with Redemption
  • JA Culican with The Keeper of Dragons
  • Muffy Wilson and The Para-Portage of Emily
  • GK DeRosa with Wilder: The Guardian Series
  • Marilyn Peake with Shade
  • Kevin McLaughlin with By Darkness Revealed
  • Carissa Ann Lynch with Midnight Moss
  • Vivienne Savage with Making Waves
  • Anna Hub with Beyond the Shadows
  • HJ Lawson with New Order
  • Emma Nichols with Blood Moon
  • Shelley Munro with Claimed & Seduced
  • J.A.Armitage with Two of Clubs
  • Leilani Love with Violca’s Dragon
  • Demelza Carlton with Ocean’s Gift
  • Xyla Turner with Broken Treaty
  • D.S. Murphy with Scarlet Thread
  • Jeremy Williams with Winemaker of the North

Scarlet Thread Update

Scarlet Thread is by far my most popular book, with almost 50,000 downloads – the second half of book one is roughly sketched out but since I need to finish it quickly this month I’m also calling for plot recommendations. If you’ve read part one and would like to suggest a plot twist, character development or something you’d like to see happen, please comment on this Facebook post!

 

 

 

Shearwater and Scarlet Thread updates!

by | Updates, Writing

Shearwater and Scarlet Thread are my most popular books – I’m working on Part 2 of Shearwater now (in Ireland!) and thought I’d post some updates. Firstly, this book is kicking my ass. I’ve only gotten 10 chapters passed the end of Part One and have 20 to go. Here’s a sneak preview…

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I’ve never been satisfied with the cover, so I tried to make a new one… but when I posted it on Facebook almost everyone preferred the original. I’ll try some more and ask for feedback once I have some final options.

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This is our (amazing) apartment in Portrush. So much space, great for writing.

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This is our neighborhood:

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I had hoped to finish Shearwater but the end of September, but it’s not going as quickly as I’d hoped. I wanted to have it out by Halloween but that’s looking unlikely, so probably in November…

In November we’ll be living in a castle in France, and I plan to finish Scarlet Thread (by far the most popular). I’d like to get a new cover for it as well. If I have time this year I’ll finish Orpheum and Prescient.

Since my first books are free, I’m not earning any money from my writing yet and still need to work, which means, less writing time. Hopefully by the end of the year I’ll have four full books out earning some money, so I can focus on writing and get more stories out to you (I have so many stories!)