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EDIT: Torn is now available at Barnes & Noble now, also for $2.99. Torn is now available at Amazon for the Kindle for $2.99 and in paperback at Createspace for $8.99 . Barnes & Noble hasn't gone through yet, but I'll let you know as soon as it is. To get Torn at Amazon , click: here . To get Torn at Barnes & Noble , click: here . To get Torn in paperback, click: here . A reminder: Switched is still 30% off through Createspace if you enter the code PUFRUS43. To buy Switched in paperback, click: here .   Also, I think I'm going to keep Switched on sale for $.99 for a few more days, but it will be going back to it's regular price by the end of the week.  And, in case you didn't know, new books are really lonely without any reviews. So if you enjoyed Torn (or even if you didn't) please leave a review, so other people know that Torn isn't alone. Also, because I've gotten trailer happy, I made a trailer for Torn . (I'm currently working...

So, today, I've made a couple book trailers. I'm not sure how good they are, since I've never made a book trailer before, but I enjoy them. And that's part of what counts. Here's the first trailer for Switched : Here's the second trailer, for Honalee : So.... what do you think?

Reminders at the top: The giveaway to win paperbacks of Switched, Torn, and My Blood Approves ends in a few days, so enter while you can: enter here . Also, Switched will be on sale for $.99 for a few more days, at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble . On the subject of Barnes & Noble , I have a favor to ask you. I have been slow at B&N , and I suspect it's partially because of lack of reviews. So I'm asking if any of you want to, and have a spare a minute or two, would you please leave reviews for any of my books at Barnes & Noble ? If you left a review at Amazon or Goodreads, just copy and pasting would be great. I feel sorta slimy for asking (I don't know why exactly) but I'm only asking for honest reviews. And only if it's not too much trouble. I guess probably the reason I feel so bad because you readers have already been so good to me that I feel bad for asking for anything more. But I had to ask. And you can say no. Alright - enough of that. I'...

First off - don't forget to enter the big giveaway I have going on now. Enter: here . Second - if you're interested in beta or ARCs for Torn , read: this . Third - Switched is currently on sale for $.99 at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble for the next week. Also, the paperback is discounted 30% at Createspace if you use this code:  PUFRUS43 Fourth - I have a new tab of Witches of Honalee at the top. You might ask yourself, what is this? It's for my new series, and the first book Honalee comes out next month. Also, the cover is super sexy (from Phat Puppy Art .) So check that out. Fifth - I love my readers. I really, really, really, really love you guys. You make everything possible. You're all awesome. I think I'm going to run some Reader's Appreciation thing early 2011. I don't know what yet. But rest assured, I'll try to make it as awesome as you guys are. Sorry the blog is brief. I haven't slept yet, and my sleepiness ...

With Torn 's release imminent, I'm looking for people interested in advanced copies. Readers open to checking for mistakes, both grammatical and plot-wise, are encouraged to do so, but it's not necessary. Are you interested in getting an ARC? Answer me these questions three- Have you read and enjoyed Switched ? Do you read ecopies of books (either PDF, .doc, or some other electronic way)? Do you have a review blog? If you answered yes to those three questions, then I'd probably like to send you an ARC. If you're interested in a paperback ARC of Torn , I will be getting some out, but not for a few weeks. So, if you're interested, let me know. Either leave you're my email or email me at: hocking_amanda@hotmail.com. If you haven't read Switched , but you answered yes to the other two questions, let me know, and I'd probably enjoy if you reviewed an ARC of Switched. I say "let me know" a lot. I hope you like me anyway. Thanks in advance!

Don't forget to check out the big giveaway for paperbacks of Switched and Torn . - enter here . Also, Stacey Wallace Benefiel's giveaway is only going on until Friday, and she has a lot of great prizes there, so be sure to enter her giveaway! Yesterday, I posted the new covers for the Trylle Trilogy. Thanks to your feedback, I made some changes to the font color to make it pop more. Hopefully it worked. I also put an excerpt for Torn . You can read it: here . I decided to go with the second chapter because the first chapter kinda works as a bridge between the two books. I think the first chapter is necessary to the overall story, but there's more action in the second one. So there you have it. Also, I posted a teaser two months ago from Torn . You can read that: here . I think I've changed some things grammatically from the teaser in the past two months, but it's otherwise intact. What you don't know is that I had a character named "Ian" in Torn . In ...

I'm having a big giveaway for the upcoming release of Torn . Be sure to check to check out the giveaway: here . So as you may or may not know, I've had issues with my cover art for the Trylle Trilogy. For the first cover, I used my friend Jenna Petersen, who is a part time model and ultra hottie. That's the original cover for Switched . I like her. She's pretty. But the cover didn't feel magical enough. I went on to talk to different cover artists. The first one did really amazing fantasy work, and while I totally loved her stuff, it didn't feel right for my books.  The second cover artist I actually hired and paid for. His name is Ronnell Porter , and he does really fantastic covers. I actually don't have complaints about his work. He had a girl on the cover, and it ended up opening debates about Wendy looked like it. So I finally decided to just make my own covers without a person on them. I purposely kept them similar to the My Blood Approves series, bec...

The second book in the Trylle Trilogy  - Torn - will be out in about two weeks* (*I can't control when Amazon will finally publish the book to the site, so I'm not setting an exact release date. Torn will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in paperback) Tomorrow, I'm going to unveil the new covers for the entire trilogy, as well as start dropping some info and fun facts about Torn and the trilogy as a whole. Today, I'm going to start a giveaway to help churn excitement for the release of Torn . Starting today and ending November 14th at Midnight, I'm going to have a giveaway with three level of prizes. Third place winner  Signed paperback of Switched Second place winner Signed paperbacks of Switched and Torn Grandprize winner Signed paperbacks of Switched , Torn , and My Blood Approves Here are the rules for the giveaway:  1. To enter to win, comment on this blog. Be sure to leave your email address or a way to contact you if you win. To earn bonu...

Man, I love Oasis. I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate a unicorn in a story without it being totally lame. It's hard. Unicorns come off cheesy and lame pretty easily. But I sure do love the cult classic Legend cause of how awesome the unicorns are. So, I'm trying. Maybe in book two or three of Switched . I know I've got a lot more magic going on the second one, so a unicorn might work. Or I might end up scrapping that whole idea out of fear of cheesing it up. But I really want it, so I'll think about it and try to find a way to make it awesome. Today wasn't a great day, but I'm working on preservering and not wallowing. Things are always changing, and sometimes they change for the better. Sometimes not, but the only way things'll ever get better is if they change. Currently reading: Kathy Griffen "Official Book Club Selection" and "Glamorama" by Bret Easton Ellis, which is making me question my sanity because of how much I lo...

If you haven't seen Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog , I strongly urge you too. It's mostly funny, Joss Whedon's writing is delightful, and Neil Patrick Harris's singing is stunning. Okay, I am going through a musical phase right now (which sounds even odder to me than it does to you), and I might be partial. The hype over Switched is exciting for me but frightening. I want to believe that it's awesome as everyone says it is, and part of me does. But the rest of me is nervous about jumping all in when there's always the possability of rejection. I'm trying that whole Secret thing so I know I shouldn't believe that. I mean, I'm supposed to believe that everything already has worked out or something. But its hard. Self-preservation is a tricky thing. I have been ridiculously happy lately. For normal people, I'd imagine this is what falling in love feels like. My current life soundtrack is: "Rainbow Connection" by Sarah McLachlin, ...

I sent off pages and I can't explain how rough that was. I always get so nauseous and panicky attacky. Because this time could. If I just do it right. If write things just right, and market them just right, and they get to the right agent at just the right time. If all the stars in the heavens align perfectly... I've done the work, but I never know if its hard enough. I never know if my work is polished enough. I read it over and over again. I make other people read it over and over again. I cut things and move things, so the rough drafts look like a rainbow threw up all over them thanks to all my highlighter use. Sending off queries doesn't bother me that much. Getting rejected from them doesn't either. Sending off pages freaks the hell out of me. That's something. That's somebody actually taking the time to read my books, and that rejection is actually rejecting me. I know it's supposed to be personal, but that's my book. You read my work. And for what...