IWSG & Come Back by Melissa Maygrove

Happy May, all! Today is the monthly meeting of the Insecure Writer's Support Group, hosted by Alex J. Cavanaugh.

For once I am not feeling all that insecure and instead I'm feeling more excited than anything else. This weekend I will be attending the Ohioana Book Festival and I'm really looking forward to it. I'm nowhere near as nervous about the public speaking aspect of it as I was back in my March IWSG post and I think a big reason for that is all the great support I received from this group. So thanks to all of you for that! I also have to give a special shout-out to the awesome Liz Blocker who took the time to email me some wonderful public speaking tips she learned as a drama student in college.

I don't think I'll be blogging for the rest of May as I'm going to burrow down in my writing cave before taking a trip to Martha's Vineyard later in the month. I'm going to be part of "Vineyard Writers Day" there at Edgartown Books and I'm as excited for that as I am about the book festival this weekend. So I hope by the time the June IWSG rolls around I will be able to share that I not only survived my public speaking appearances but also had fun at them. :D

Before I sign off for the month I want to share the news about Come Back, the debut novel from Melissa Maygrove. Yay, Melissa! Come Back will be released on Monday, May 12 and I have no doubt that it will be a wonderful read. If you don't already follow Melissa, you are missing out on one of the nicest bloggers out there.

Here is the info on Melissa's book and the giveaway she is hosting as part of the big release party.

Sometimes a single choice 

alters the course of a person's life 

forever.

Come Back

by Melissa Maygrove

Western Historical Romance

Adult / New Adult

Available May 12th from Truelove Press

Where to find Melissa...

Website / Blog / Facebook / Twitter

Add Come Back to your Goodreads.

Cover designed by Carrie Butler,

Forward Authority Design Services

The Giveaway starts May 5^th and ends at midnight on May 19^th.

Winners will be announced May 21st.

The two prizes are:

A $50 gift card to your choice of Amazon or Barnes & Noble (Book Depository for international entrants)

A signed paperback copy of Come Back for winner living in the cont. U.S. or Authorgraph + e-book copy (international entrant)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations and best of luck to Melissa! I'll see you all in June. :)

Come Back Cover Reveal!

I'm excited to be taking part in the cover reveal for Come Back, the debut novel from Melissa Maygrove. Congratulations, Melissa!!

Without further ado, here is the gorgeous cover:

About Come Back

Sometimes a single choice alters the course of a person's life forever.

Book information:

Title: Come Back

Author: Melissa Maygrove

Genre: Western Historical Romance

Category: Adult / New Adult

Publisher: Truelove Press

Expected release: May 12, 2014

Blurb:

Left behind by everyone she loves...

Rebecca Garvey had the promise of a California future dreams are made of, until the wagon train her family was traveling with left her behind. Now she’s slowly dying in the wilderness, abandoned and stripped of her self-worth. Once the shock of her desertion turns to embittered despair, she doesn’t want to be found. Then a handsome stranger challenges her convictions and changes her mind.

Headed for Texas, chased by the demons of his past...

Seth Emerson knows exactly what he wants. Working to save for a cattle ranch of his own keeps him busy and keeps his pain buried. Rescuing a stubborn woman from the hills of New Mexico Territory isn’t part of his plan—but she’s exactly what he needs.

Making greater sacrifices than either of them could foresee...

Seth and Rebecca set off on a risky journey and a quest for truth, each healing the other’s love-starved soul along the way. Will they give in to their growing attraction?  Or will they honor their commitments when Seth returns Rebecca to civilization... and her betrothed?

Find Come Back on Goodreads

For more about Melissa Maygrove, visit her here. 

Congratulations again and best wishes to Melissa for a great release. For those of you who are taking part in the A to Z Challenge, I'll see you tomorrow! :)

Come Back Teaser & Worlds on Edge Release

Two of my favorite writers/bloggers have new books either on the way or already available and I'm excited to have the opportunity to help spread the word about both of them today.

First up, today is the official launch of the new release by the prolific and mega-talented M. Pax. Worlds on Edge, the fifth entry in the wonderful Backworlds series, is now available! Here is all the info on the book:

The story of the Backworlds continues, and the story of Earth begins.

Worlds on Edge

by M. Pax

Fifth book in the Backworlds series

  

War is coming. A horde of merciless aliens poise just beyond the Edge. In a matter of weeks they will devour the worlds.

Racing ahead of the apocalypse, Craze returns to the Backworlds to warn them and plan a defense. Only he can’t go home. Banned from Pardeep Station, he must wage a more urgent battle. His moon is under siege, and his friends are dying.

Bad things come in threes, and the galaxy is no exception. An old enemy returns, attacking moons and defenseless globes, leaving a wake of destruction. Worse than that, they threaten to join forces with the alien horde.

Defeat seems inevitable. Craze may not be able to stop it. Yet home is worth the fight.

Amazon / AmazonUK / Smashwords / Nook / Other Outlets

Fantasy, science fiction, and the weird beckons to M. Pax, and she blames Oregon for that, a source of endless inspiration. She docents at Pine Mountain Observatory in the summers, teaching the public about the stars and the galaxy. A Bachelors of Science in Journalism, she had former lives in marketing and television before settling down to write. Want to know more? mpaxauthor.com

Congratulations and best of luck to Mary on the latest Backworlds installment!

Next, Melissa Maygrove is releasing her debut novel Come Back soon and will be revealing the novel's cover next week. She is hosting a fun teaser contest all this week in the lead up to the reveal and I am happy to be part of it! Here is the info:

In anticipation of her debut cover reveal on Monday, March 31st, Melissa Maygrove is sharing some teaser images this week. A trivia question has been paired with each one. It’s a contest!

Hop around to participating blogs and collect all 7 answers, then give them to Melissa by Saturday. Your answers don’t have to be correct to win, but you must submit a complete list by the deadline to be entered in the drawing for the giveaway.

The prize is a free e-copy of her book once it’s published and a $10 gift certificate to either Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

‘Sometimes a single choice

alters the course of a person's life forever.’

Come Back
Western Historical Romance
Adult / New Adult
Coming May 2014

Teaser images designed by Carrie Butler,

Forward Authority Design Services

Check Melissa’s blog for links to all the questions. Submit your answers to her email, melissamaygrove(at)gmail(dot)com, or use the contact form found on her blog. *Deadline for entries is Saturday, March 29^th at midnight central time. A randomly drawn winner will be announced in the cover reveal post on her blog on Monday, March 31^st. She’ll list the answers to the questions then, too.

If you’d like to be notified of important events, like cover reveals and releases, consider signing up for Melissa’s newsletter. You can do the on the home page of her website, www.melissamaygrove.com. 

Native Texan Melissa Maygrove is a wife, mother, nurse, freelance editor, and romance writer. When she's not busy caring for her tiny nursery patients or shuttling teenagers back and forth to after-school activities, she's hunched over her laptop, complicating the lives of her imaginary friends and playing matchmaker. Melissa loves books with unpretentious characters and unforgettable romance, and she strives to create those same kinds of stories for her readers.

Huge congratulations and best wishes to Melissa! 

Follow Fest!

Follow Fest is the brainchild of Melissa Maygrove and runs from today until Friday, 9/27. It's a great way for bloggers to connect with each other and I'm grateful to Melissa for coming up with the idea. If you don't already follow Melissa's blog, you are missing out and should correct that right now. :D

Now for my info:

Name: Julie Flanders

Fiction or nonfiction? Fiction but I would like to get back in to some nonfiction article writing

What genres do you write? Paranormal, Suspense, Mystery, General Fiction

Are you published? Yes. My first novel Polar Night was published by Ink Smith Publishing in February. My second, The Ghosts of Aquinnah, will be published by Ink Smith on December 5, 2013.

Do you do anything in addition to writing? Not in the publishing field, but I work as a librarian

Where can people connect with you?

Blog: http://julieflanders.blogspot.com/

Twitter (@JulesFlanders)

Facebook

Goodreads 

Google+

LinkedIn

Pinterest

Author pages:

Amazon

B&N

Smashwords

Is there anything else you’d like us to know? 

I belong to an amazing writing group called Untethered Realms. Find us at our blog, on Facebook, or on Twitter (@UnRealms). 

I'm also always interested in helping out with cover reveals, launch parties, blog tours, etc. I love featuring fellow authors on my blog. 


Thanks again to Melissa for organizing this great fest!

And thanks to everyone who has already signed up for my cover reveal for The Ghosts of Aquinnah next week. If you would like to help please sign up on the Linky List below.

Finally, there's one week left to enter my September giveaway! Click here for the Rafflecopter entry form.