Sometimes the only thing keeping you from happiness is yourself.
Going to do something a little different this week. Start a new series in which I post shareable images featuring quotes from UnConventional. (If this takes off, I may do some for In/Exhale, too.)
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Hey, everyone! Thanks for helping make a great launch week for UnConventional. Thanks for all your support and feedback. I really appreciate it! Instead of a blog post with more music or something else, I wanted to do a little update to let you know where I am and what’s new here on the blog, etc.
First thing’s first: UnConventional is now available from most major ebook retailers, including Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, KOBO, and more. Check out my page dedicated to the book for a current link of all sites where you can purchase.
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The music of UnConventional continues this week!
Early in the novel, Di is working out in the hotel gym and rocking out to some of her favorite tunes to keep her motivated. Joan Jett’s cover of The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song “Love Is All Around” comes on, encouraging her that love is all around and that you will make it after all, something that Di hasn’t really believed in the last few years.
Follow along to the whole soundtrack on Spotify (though sadly, this song isn’t available) and enjoy today’s video:
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Music played an important role while writing UnConventional, and is particularly important to the main character, Di, who’s a huge punk fan. In fact, the novel opens with a playlist of songs (which you can listen to most of via the Spotify playlist I made, here). To get you all excited for UnConventional‘s release, I’m hoping to do a regular feature in which I include a video of each song in the book.
The novel opens with Di’s self-appointed anthem, “Weightless” by All Time Low. Di has recently turned 30 and has decided to make some changes in her life, and feels like this song perfectly reflects her current outlook on life.
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With this being #BMDAwarenessWeek and UnConventional‘s publication only eight days away, I can finally share the “final” version of the first 3500 words of the book with you. I hope you enjoy!
You can purchase the book here starting on October 14. It’ll also be available from most major ebook retailers. I’ll post those links once they’re available. Thanks for your support!
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One thing I discovered while doing research for UnConventional was how few people knew what Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy was (or had even heard of it). In fact, it’s one reason I decided to go with that disease while I was planning out the book. If I could do my small part to increase awareness of MD and BMD in particular, and in the process show that men with these diseases are still men who deserve to live happy lives full of love and sex, then why not?
October 5-11 is officially Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week, and it happens to coincide perfectly with the release of UnConventional on October 14!
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So I’ve been a bad seed and haven’t been posting here regularly like I hoped I would. I always have all these great ideas, and I start them, but then I never seem to find the time to finish them. (Yeah, excuses, excuses).
Anyway, music is something I find really inspirational when I write. In fact, this year’s NaNoWriMo project will probably be an expansion of a short story inspired by a song–more on that in a future post. And UnConventional, which is out in October (just in time for BMD Awareness Week–more on that later, too) also has music playing a huge role in the life of the main character, Di.
I’ve been meaning to do some posts here related to music and how it connects to my writing, but again, I never seem to get around to it. So today I was doing some laundry and one of my favorite songs popped up: “Therapy” by All Time Low. It’s anachronistic for the current I/E timeline, but it makes me think a lot of Kai and the events of seasons 2 and 3 when I listen to it.
Share:I know it feels like I’ve been talking about UnConventional forever, but its publication date is finally approaching! The current release date is October 14, so mark your calendars. (Though I’m sure I’ll be hyping it up a lot more from now until then!)
Santiago Durán walks straight out of Di Monroe’s dreams–crutches and all–into her heart. There’s only one problem: she’s already married.
To celebrate, I’m now allowed to show off the amazing cover art, designed by Loose Id artist Mina Carter. I hope you like it! Hit the break to see it in all its smexy glory!
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This summer has just swallowed me whole. I’m sorry!
Here’s a brief update on what I’ve been up to:
The first half of summer, I was taking two ASL classes, which meant I was in class every day for several hours, which didn’t leave a lot of time for blogging.
Then my classes finished and I started my first round of edits for UnConventional, which took me a couple weeks to get through, but I’m really happy with the revisions. I think it’s an even better book than it was before, and I’m so excited that you’ll finally get to read it in its entirety this fall!
I’ve finally wrapped those up, so I have some “free” time at last before my fall classes start and I’m swamped once again–though I’m hoping to try to be a little more active here despite that!
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Available again soon in ebook and print!
