Melissa West

I am beyond excited to help share the cover for Lisa Burstein's second novel, DEAR CASSIE. I loved PRETTY AMY, her debut, but I must admit, I'm even more excited to read DEAR CASSIE. Cassie was one of my favorite characters is AMY, and I can't wait to see what Lisa does with her story. Cover time:     Blurb:   What if the last place you should fall in love is the first place that you do? You’d think getting sent to Turning Pines Wilderness Camp for a month-long rehabilitation “retreat” and being forced to re-live it in this journal would be the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. You’d be wrong. There’s the reason I was sent to Turning Pines in the first place: I got arrested. On prom night. With my two best friends, who I haven’t talked to since and probably never will again. And then there’s the real reason I was sent here. The thing I can’t talk about with the guy I can’t even think about. What if the moment you’ve closed yourse...

I officially feel like Dr. Seuss with that blog title, but it's true all the same. :)   HOVER now has a cover, and I need your help spreading the word! The official reveal will be Monday, December 3rd, and signups for the reveal will stay open through Friday, November 30th.  Please leave your email address in the comments if you would like to participate in the reveal and be added to my list of super awesome people that I adore. The reveal will include a giveaway to add to the juicy fun!   Can't wait for ya'll to see it!

After combining all the results, there are three clear winners--two of which were VERY close. :)   Grand Prize: Madison Louise 2nd Place Prize: Viola (knitpearl) 3rd Place Prize: Mary I emailed the winners as well. Thank you to everyone who participated!!

      GRAVITY's launch party is November 30th from 6-8 PM at:   FoxTale Book Shoppe 105 East Main Street Woodstock, GA 30188   We'll have drinks and food, a reading, a signing, and a giveaway. I would love to see you there!

When I was little my dad used to always tell me that if nothing bad happened we would never have anything to compare the good and would then know no difference. As a kid, I'm sure I rolled my eyes at this or even questioned him, but as an adult--and now an author--I feel this is something we need to remind ourselves of again and again. See, I have officially been a published author for about a week now, which means I have received reviews. Some have been very, very good. And some have been vomit-inducing. At first I found myself focusing on the bad reviews, wondering how the reviewer saw THAT in my book. Did they not get it? Did I completely jack up all 300 pages? And then suddenly I realized I was focusing on the wrong thing. Here's the truth: If you write, plan on getting a bad review--or 50. Plan on getting a review so bad you want to curl up and hide. But do not focus on those reviews, because focusing on the bad is doing a massive disservice to the readers that LOVE yo...

For the next two weeks, I will be popping by a few different blogs to talk about GRAVITY, the characters, and provide some insight into HOVER, book 2 in The Taking Series. The tour stops are listed below, but just to make this fun, I decided to offer up a giveaway for those that follow along. On November 20th, I would love you all to join me for a Twitter party to celebrate the full release of GRAVITY. During the party I will ask a few questions pulled from the interviews. If you follow along then it shouldn't be a problem at all! The first person to answer each question correctly will win a prize! Prizes will include a signed copy of GRAVITY, swag, and an Amazon GC. Fun times! So here is the list and remember to follow along! :) 11/1/2012 Ms. Book Queen 11/5/2012 Carina Books 11/6/2012 K-Books 11/8/2012 The Book Goddess 11/9/2012 Two Chicks on Books 11/11/2012 Madison Louise 11/13/2012 The Page Turner 11/15/2012 The Bookshelf Sophisticate ...

Exciting news! GRAVITY did have a book birthday yesterday after all—well technically today. It is now available in both Kindle and Nook formats! And check out these amazing blurbs for the book:   "A thrilling debut packed with action and mystery. Aliens never looked so good." USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout . "GRAVITY is a nonstop action thrill ride set in a richly imagined sci-fi version of earth, featuring a bold heroine who knows how to fight, just not who she should be fighting for. Start reading and you won't. Ever. Stop." Jennifer Bosworth, author of Struck (FSG/Macmillan) ~~~   The print version will be available online and in stores within a few weeks. But to celebrate the release of the e-book, I need your help to spread the word! And I have a few prizes available for participating. Ways to play: Tweet that the e-book is now available with links to GRAVITY’s Kindle and Nook e-books on Amazon and ...