Just To Let You All Know...

Hi everyone,

For the next two weeks, I won't be able to answer e-mails or inquiries as I'll be in Florida on a family holiday  - yay! I feel it's not fair to my family if I spend my time working, e-mailing, blogging, or tweeting. Besides, if I'm honest, I'll be surviving on adrenalin after going on all the Disney rides. If you do get in touch during that time, I will get around to responding, but it will be a little while. I'll be busy going on rides and crisping in the sun as, sadly, I never tan. I just burn, peel, and go back to being freakishly pale. It's so not fair. What's worse is that whereas some people suit having milk-bottle-white skin, I don't. I just look ill. How special. If there's a secret to tanning, please tell me what it is. My hub says it's sex. Typical.

You know, considering my son's going on holiday tomorrow, you would think he'd be in a fabulous mood. He was a grumpy bugger this morning. I said to him - dozy though I am, I can impart wisdom on my kids from time to time - that he should try looking at what he has got instead of what he hasn't got; that if he didn't learn to do that, he would walk through life being unhappy. After five or so minutes, he said, "You know what, Mum? You're right. I'm lucky, aren't I? I've got a family that love me. I've got my friends. I've got a house, and I've got lots of toys and DVDs. And best of all, the HMV store near us is staying open!"

Can you believe that? Unreal. Children's priorities can be a little warped, can't they?

Take care everyone! If any of you will be in Florida at the same time, I may see you there. You'll easily recognize me - just look for the small redhead (yes, I dyed my hair ruby-red) who's burnt and blistered and hyped on adrenalin.

Suzanne :)

Just Want to Say Thanks!

I've had some really amazing comments, tweets, emails, and reviews from people about 'Wicked Cravings' and I just want to say thank you all so much! I wanted to write this post yesterday but then my seven year old son told me he'd written a book and wanted me to read it and asked if we could design a book cover together. Oh he's too sweet, seriously. We had a laugh doing the cover and, God, I wish I had his imagination. Of course he also reminded me he could be a mischievous little sod by trying to tempt his little sister with dog biscuits - she wasn't buying for even a second that they were normal biscuits. In truth, I don't think he truly would have let her eat one, but still...

Anyway, really big thanks to all those people - you know who you are! I haven't stopped smiling for three days. I could give Barbie a run for her money. It's surprising my jaw isn't sore. That didn't sound right, did it...To any filthy minded people out there - like me, yes - it really didn't sound right. Honestly sometimes I think I should just build a house on a gutter because my mind's permanently there.

Also, big thanks to Melannie White for all her help with the blog tour! She's seriously one of the most put-together, organized people I know. I truly envy her for her organizational skills. I'm crap like that. And congratulations again to all the giveaway winners.

I've had some people asking about book three of the Phoenix Pack series. Book three, 'Tremors of Need' will be released in 2014 and centers around Nick and Shaya. I don't have an exact date yet, sorry. If anyone wants to be added to my mailing list so that they're notified when it's due to be released, send me an email at: suzanne_e_wright@live.co.uk


Take care everyone!

Suzanne :)

To All Bloggers Who Might Be Interested

Hope everyone's well. Some of you have got in touch to ask if I'll be doing a blog tour. Well, one has been organised for 'Wicked Cravings' which, as most of you know, will be released in April. Below is an announcement for the tour with the contact details for the blogger who is hosting it, Melannie - who has been a great help.

Wine Relaxation and My Kindle Blog (that's me!) will be hosting the upcoming Wicked Cravings (the Phoenix Pack Series book #2) by Suzanne Wright book blog tour. If you are a blogger and would be interested in joining the tour please email me with your email/blog name info. NO blog is too big or too small to participate. I’m taking names until the list is full for the tour. So please pass this message on! 

Tour dates: 4/7-4/16

CHEERS!
Dr. Books

dr.melannie@gmail.com

http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Cravings-Phoenix-Series-ebook/dp/B009XDDVMO

http://www.facebook.com/WineRelaxationAndMyKindle

 

So Tired It's Not Even Funny, But Smiling

How can I not be smiling when I've finally got my cover for 'Wicked Cravings'? (see right) Love the new one for 'Feral Sins' too. Can't believe it's only ten more days before it's re-released! Having both of them on paperback will be even better for me. 'Here Be Sexist Vampires' is now available in paperback form in the Createspace store, and 'The Bite That Binds' will soon follow. They'll both also be available on paperback through Amazon very soon. So, yes, I'm smiling like a Barbie Doll. It's kind of annoying me really, but it just won't go.

I've had a lot of requests from people asking if I'll put up another excerpt of Wicked Cravings. So sorry, but I'm not allowed to - if I'm honest, that just makes me want to do it - but what I'll do is put the occasional quote from the book on Twitter (@suz_wright). There's one up now, actually. It's just one of the many feisty interactions between Dante and Jaime. What control freak wouldn't get a little frustrated with an incontrollable woman, and vice versa?

Now I have to go and eat. I'd like to say I'll eat dinner, but I'll probably end up just munching on a bag of Skittles. Judge me if you will.

Take care!

Suzanne

Need Some Advice From My Faithful Readers

I have a tiny dilemma. It turns out that there's another book with the title 'The Bite That Binds' - my sequel to 'Here Be Sexist Vampires'. I always check before giving a book a title, but for whatever reason I hadn't found this other book on any list when I checked.

(Don't worry; I've done a mental 'note to self: check more thoroughly next time'.)

Anyway, although it's not illegal to reuse a title unless it has been trademarked - which this book hasn't - the book also happens to be about vampires. I guess with having 'bite' in the title, it's hardly surprising. It doesn't really affect me, so I thought I'd ask if you, as readers, would find it confusing to find two vampire books with the same title. I could always change it slightly to 'Bites That Bind' or 'A Bite That Binds'...? Any input would be appreciated.

I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who bought TBTB, hope you all enjoyed it. I'm now working on the third instalment of the Phoenix Pack series, 'Tremors of Need', which centres around Shaya and Nick. I can't give any background to the story without leaving spoilers for 'Wicked Cravings' and I'd rather not do that. Not long left until WC is released. In fact, it's just eighteen more days until the re-release of 'Feral Sins'. It had once seemed so long away.

Take care everyone!

Suzanne

January's Releases

This has probably been one of the most hectic months of my life, but I'm still loving it. On 13th January - a year from the day that it was released - I'll be re-releasing 'Here Be Sexist Vampires'. Big thanks to Anna Campbell from 'a.g. Proof and Edit' for working on the book - you were a great help. Anyone needing a professional proofreader, let me recommend this company.



As you can see, HBSV also has a brand new and absolutely amazing book cover. I seriously can't thank Ruby José (twitter@Rubyjosem) enough for the beauitful covers that she did for both this book and the sequel, 'The Bite That Binds'. It's honestly like she reached into my brain and plucked out what was there, which perfectly illustrates just how fab she is at her job.

Ruby, you are one of the most talented people I have ever known, and I truly thank you for all the hard work you did and for taking the time out of your busy life to do these amazing covers for me.

Now...I don't know if Amazon still do this for the Kindle, but in the past whenever a book was re-edited, Amazon gave readers the option of updating the book to the new edition. So, if you have purchased HBSV, you may get contacted by Amazon this month. There's nothing terribly different about the new edition. It is simply that it has been worked on by a professional proofreader, and I have added new paragraphs here and there that I had cut out of the first edition.


Only a couple of weeks now until the second book, 'THE BITE THAT BINDS' is released. It's gone over so fast for me. Here's a brief synopsis:
 
It’s just over a week until Sam will be Binding with Jared, and the only thing she wants is to spend that time relaxing and preparing for the ceremony. Unfortunately, she seems to be asking too much of fate, because suddenly she’s lumbered with a number of distractions that have the potential to postpone, or even cancel, the Binding. There’s a guarded fiancé to crack, a complicated assignment to deal with, Jared’s ex to alienate, and a bunch of snobbish Master Vampires to win over – or offend, whichever. On the upside, things couldn’t possibly be any worse, could they?

Actually, yes they could. Due to a cruel twist of fate, something strange is happening to Sam –something that is changing her in ways she doesn’t like or understand. With the help of Jared and those closest to her, she has to not only handle the threats to the Binding Ceremony, but find a way to fix what has been done to her – and fast.

Warning: This book contains a stubborn and occasionally homicidal female vampire, a powerful and overprotective male vampire who refuses to lose her, and scenes of a sexual, explicit nature.


Lastly...if you want to read an excerpt of Wicked Cravings, you'll find what is pretty much half of the first chapter on my website: www.suzannewright.co.uk


Take care everyone,

Suzanne

 

I'm So Frickin Cold

Hope you all had a great Christmas! It was chaos in my house, but still great. Can't believe I have to take my tree down soon, it doesn't seem that long ago that I put it up. My daughter will be devastated as she thinks it's a new really pretty yet overgrown plant.

I got a Kindle paper white for Christmas, so if anyone knows of any good books, let me know. It's not that I'm too lazy to look for myself, I swear, it's simply that I've read so much already. I'm not sure if it's normal to be able to read a full novel in one day, but I tend to do that.

I haven't come up with any good new years resolutions yet. My friend suggested giving up all the chocolate and Skittles that I insist are part of my daily diet. Pfft. Like that will ever happen. Hey I know my weaknesses, I know my limits - I'm not ashamed to admit that I have no self-discipline when it comes to diets and stuff.

I'm struggling like mad to choose a title for my follow-on book to Here Be Sexist Vampires. Really struggling. Suggestions are welcome.

Hope you all have a great New Years Eve. Best wishes for 2013!

Take care,

Suzanne