If you haven’t read/heard the story, there were reports of a Bengal Tiger being seen on the loose in Pierce County (for those of you who don’t live in WA, Pierce County is just south of King County, where Seattle is located.)   Here’s an article about it from The Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018281444_apwatigerpuyallup.html

I received these tweets this morning:  

Hehehe!  Day = Made.

Hello Faithful Readers!

Well, after being out-of-comission for a few days with a nasty bug, I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be back in the land of the living.  Spending all day in bed is great when it’s by choice—not so much you’re forced to lie there because getting up for more than a few minutes is not possible. :)

Anyway, I realized after coming out of the fog that, as a result of my being infirmed, I’ve fallen woefully behind here on Tumblr (and Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, etc.)  So here’s a quick catch-up of all the fun I was having before becoming a temporary invalid.  ;)

On Friday, the 18th, my good friend and Beta Reader #1 hosted a BBQ in celebration of April having been my highest-selling month to date, and in simultaneous celebration of the release of DRIFT!  It was quite fun!  I wish I’d taken pictures, but alas, I didn’t. The good news is that May is shaping up to be an even better book-sales month, thanks entirely to all of you! 

Which leads me to my next point: DRIFT (Shift Series #3) is doing gangbusters!  I’ve received feedback over facebook and twitter already and most of you seem to like it, which makes my day, week, MONTH!  DRIFT was one of the books I had a harder time writing—books in the middle of a series are always a bit more trying than others, for me at least—so it’s been absolutely wonderful to hear that people have enjoyed it!  Thank you to all of you who’ve read it (whether you like it or not), and especially to those who’ve spread the word by telling a friend!  You all are making it possible for me to write more and more!

Which leads me to point #3!  Augury (Mythologicals Saga | Two) is due out next.  My timeline says this summer, and that is probably still a reasonable deadline.  Of course, as always, I’ll share as I get a feeling for a specific release month, etc.  That being said, if you haven’t read Harbinger (Mythologicals Saga | One) and you’re looking for a semi-dystopic summer read, you might give it a try before the second book comes out.  I plan to write a post where I explain this all in more detail, but Harbinger does relate to the SHIFT series—there might even be some repeat characters (perhaps those of a long-lived nature)—and you get to see some long-term repercussions of what Leah is dealing with in DRIFT.  Admitedly, Harbinger is a more mature reading experience, aimed at a New Adult, as opposed to Young Adult audience, but nothing outlandish or NSFW.  :)  I wrote a post where I explained the relation between the two books/series and disclaimered (is that a word?) the differences here. 

Until next time!  Happy Reading!

Would you like to share it?  Message me with your ghostly encounters!  And let me know if it’s okay for me to share your story/reply publicly! 

Do tell, because I’d love to hear about it.

Update: All great answers!  You guys are awesome!  Keep ‘em coming! 

<Friend figures out a way to troubleshoot an issue he was having with an online tool.>

Friend: (joking) I’m such a hacker.
Me: But are you elite?
Friend: …
Me: Oh no.  Please tell me you know that reference.
Friend: Oh totally.  Because I’m Zero Cool.
Me: (Grins, pleased.)

Cassandra Clare said once, on her tumblog, that you can always tell an important character in a book because they have lots of names.  This got me thinking: Leah has had lots of names!  By the end of DRIFT (Shift Series #3) she’s been called:

Leah Brayton

Lee

Le-le

Laura Benton

Lorily Beignet

(WARNING: DRIFT SPOILER ALERT!!!)

Leola Sovereign

Which makes sense, I guess—she is the main character and all…

Apparently one of my readers saw my doppelganger at a store near her place!  Spooky!  Don’t know if it’s more weird to think about there being an Elle look-alike out there, or that one of my readers would recognize me if they saw me in public! (Nah, the latter one is kind of cool, actually…)  :)

Thought I’d let everyone know that DRIFT (Shift Series #3) is now up and available on smashwords.com!

It is also up on goodreads.com, ready to be added to your to-read list, if you so desire!

I’ll post again as DRIFT becomes available at all the major e-bookstores.

Hope you all had a great weekend! 

Here it is, the final snippet of the week!  Next up, the real thing!  :)  Stay tuned for updates! 

But before I could say anything more, Horrible-Glasses said, “because you didn’t want people to know about your…gifts?”  He twisted the last word, making ‘gifts’ sound like a dirty word.  “Why would you keep them a secret if not to use them for nefarious purposes without the risk of being caught?”

Nefarious purposes?  Was he being serious? 

“How do we know that every thief or murderer put behind bars based on eye witness testimony hasn’t been wrongfully incarcerated!” he went on, raising his voice.   He turned to his colleagues.  “The shifters make eye witness testimony obsolete!”