Reaching Retribution Teaser!

I know a lot of people don't like the release date for Reaching Retribution. December does seem far away, but you have to look at it from this perspective: I'm in school still. I have to focus on my classes and then edit after I do homework and study. That's why this book is taking a little longer than the others. Also, if this were a traditionally published series, BlackMoon Beginnings would be the only book out right now. If all goes according to plan, I'll have published four books in ten months, and I'm hoping to get another book published in February. 

I've finished another round of edits on RR and have sent the book out to a few beta readers. Everything is on track for the December 7th release. I can't wait for you all to read this book. I'm seriously terrified, but I'm super excited at the same time. It's a confusing time for me. Haha

Since I completely spaced at posting this yesterday, here is the small teaser:

This is unedited and subject to change before release.

I'm swaying. I’ve never been on a boat before, but I imagine this is what it feels like. My head rolls to the side and I smell the salt from the water and can hear it crashing against the shore. Maybe I am actually on a boat. I could get lost in this feeling. I have no control of what’s going on with my body at this moment and since I don’t have my anchor, I’m floating away at sea. Lost and alone.

 

This teaser was relatively vague. I know that. There are so many spoiler moments in this novel, and I don't want to give away too much before publishing it. I promise that a LOT of stuff does happen in this book despite my vague teasers. Around Thanksgiving, I might post the first few paragraphs/pages from the novel to gear you all for it's release! Until then, I'll keep posting small vague teasers.

 

 

Have a great day! :) 

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It's almost November!

Can you believe it? It's almost November. If anyone that visits this blog is a writer, you probably know what November means:

NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 p.m. on November 30. Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel. 

I've only known about NaNoWriMo for about two years now. Last year, I didn't participate in it...and I can't remember why now. This year, I shouldn't be participating in it because I need to keep editing Reaching Retribution, but I figured what the heck. I think I can continue editing and write 50K and keep up on my school work. It can't be that hard, right?

Well, I'm going to find out.

If you're participating in NaNoWriMo, I'd love to "buddy" you! If you send me an email or comment below with your NaNoWriMo username, I'll add you and we can encourage each other to keep writing! If you'd rather add me, that totally works too!

Buddy me please :) Link: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/kaitlynhoyt

We don't want to have any of these moments:

 

If you've ever wanted to take a stab at writing, you should trying this! Even if you can't write the 50K, it should be a good experience. I wrote all of BlackMoon Beginnings in less than a months time and that novel is almost 90K, so it's totally possible to do!

Prophesized Series Information:

Since it's almost November, do you realize what that means? There's only a month until I publish Reaching Retribution! That's crazy!

Well, I have a challenge for you all.

If we can get BlackMoon Beginnings into the top 1000 for Free Books on Amazon within a week (Nov. 3rd), I'll post the first POV section for RR on my blog. If it gets into the Top 500, I'll post the first whole chapter. A lot can happen in the first chapter.

Right now, BlackMoon Beginnings is ranked around the 3,000 mark. If everyone tells one other person about the book, it can easily get up there. If that doesn't happen, that's totally fine! I'll still keep posting teasers, but they will be short teasers like before. I still have a small teaser that I'll post this week on Tuesday!

Here's the Amazon link:

BlackMoon Beginnings

If you're really itching to know what might happen next, tell a friend. It's that easy. Thank you for everyone who has already spread the word about this series. You all are amazing and I really appreciate all you do for me! Keep being awesome :)

 Thanks for reading! Have a great week!

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Title and Release Date for the Fourth Book!

Dear Prophesized Series readers, 

I apologize for my lack of information regarding the fourth and final book in this series. I've been keeping quiet and skating around certain questions and details, most likely annoying you to no end, but no more. Those days are over. I now have information--the information that you've been waiting for. The information that will forever...

Okay, I'm done being formal.

1. The title:

I've kept this information a secret for long enough. The title for the last book in this series is... *drum roll*

Reaching Retribution

I changed the title of the last book a few times, but this one feels right. I think it fits with this series: BlackMoon Beginnings, Scorching Secrets, Descending Darkness, and Reaching Retribution. I'm also glad that I can now start referring to this novel as something other than "the fourth book."

2. The release date:

When asked, I've told readers that I was planning to release the book sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I've picked a tentative date for the release, but keep in mind that this can still change. The release date is....

Saturday December 7, 2013

This is the week before my college finals week, so I can publish the book and then have that weekend and beginning of the next week to study for my finals. It works...if everything goes according to plan that is.

  

I know that is probably your reaction after reading that date, but that's only a little over a month away! It'll be here before you know it! I'm trying really hard to get this book perfect for you!

3. Extra Details:

This book is about the same length as Descending Darkness. There's roughly 100,000 words and then there's the first chapter of the next novel I'm planning to publish at the very end. 

I've revealed this to a few readers when they asked, so I can put it here for everyone to know: Yes, Emma finally gets her powers. My lips are sealed as to what they are, but don't worry about her. She's happy.

Tom's powers are revealed. If you think about it, you can probably figure out what his powers are. I've dropped a few hints in the books. 

There are a few more new characters. I realize that there are a lot of characters already, but hey, a battle is ensuing. They need a lot of people! Some of these characters have been a part of the series the whole time. ;) Ponder that.

I think that's all I'm going to say for now. It makes me really sad that this book is almost ready for publication. I know you all are super ready for it though! I'm going to do everything I can to get it ready for December. I'm probably going to post another bonus POV a week or two before publication.

Oh, and happy belated birthday to Liz M. and happy early birthday to Brandy C. Thanks for commenting and emailing me! :)

I know this post is long, but I'd love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for stopping by my blog and reading this post! I appreciate it. 

     

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As Promised: Bonus POV

Yes. A Benedict Gif.

I promised in my post from Tuesday that I would post a bonus POV this weekend. I briefly forgot that I promised that, but a reader mentioned it in an email I just got, so thank you for reminding me. Thankfully, it's still the weekend.

This point of view is written from Incendia's perspective at the end of Descending Darkness right after Logan healed her. I wrote from that section until the end of the chapter. 

I couldn't figure out which character I wanted to write about this time, but something about Incendia speaks to me. I don't think I really captured her "fiery" personality, but no matter how much time I spend rewriting it, I don't think I ever will fully capture her. She's something. 

If it sounds nothing like Incendia should, let me know! Besides me, no one has read this before. Usually I have a few people read it and give me feedback before I post it, but my family *cough* Mom *cough* was "busy." (Busy is in quotes because she really just kept forgetting to open the document I emailed to her haha.) Yep, I just called her out on my blog. I love you Mom!

Anyway, here is the link:

Bonus Descending Darkness Scene: Incendia's POV

Let me know your thoughts after reading it! *Fingers crossed you like it* I hope you all have a fantastic day and week! :)

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Apologies and Extra Prophesized Tidbits

Recently, I've been receiving a few angry messages from readers about the end of the third book. I understand that my cliffhangers are...well the cliff is very high. I'm sorry about that. I didn't go into this series thinking about how can I manipulate people into buying the next book in the series. I honestly didn't and I'm sorry if you think that. I just wrote until the characters told me to stop. I wrote until I felt like that specific book had come to an end and it was time to begin the next one. 

I'm not writing to make money. I could care less about the money. I'm writing because I love writing. I'm writing because these characters are speaking to me and want me to tell their stories. I'm sorry if you feel manipulated in any way. That was not my intention. In the synopsis for the first book, I mentioned that BlackMoon Beginning was the first installment in a four-part series.

When I published BB, I was prepared for people to hate my book. I was prepared for negative criticism on my writing. As a reader, you are fully entitled to hate a piece of work and you are allowed to vocalize that, but please don't go after a writer. I'm not just talking about me. I've seen it happening a lot recently to many authors. If you want to, hate the work, hate the characters, hate the world. Don't hate the writer.  

Now that that's out of the way, we can move onto more interesting things! I was going to give you all a Bonus POV this week, but I felt the need to state the above instead. I will post the POV soon, I promise--probably sometime this weekend. In its place, I'm just going to give you all a few more tidbits about this series. You'll want to read these! (Well some of these.)

1. The flirtiness of the characters needs to be addressed. There isn't a love triangle or a love square or a love star in this series. I insinuated a potential one (Liam-Ryanne-Colton) but I never thought that people would put Ryanne with David or Logan or even Bragden. David and Logan flirted with Ryanne because they knew about Colton's crush on her. They were instigating him. Nothing more. I don't write love triangles.

Also, there are clueless people in the world. A lot of people have mentioned that no one is as clueless as Ryanne is. Let me tell you, some people are. Not me. Obviously. *coughs and looks around suspiciously.* But there are. Believe it.

Now about the cliffhangers: THESE ARE SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE BOOKS YET.

1. Claire had to die. Don't question it. Just go with it. All will be revealed in due time. ;) 

2. Colton had to die. I cried so hard writing the end of the Scorching Secrets and the beginning of Descending Darkness. Right after I wrote the end of SS, I immediately went straight into writing DD. I needed to remain in that zone. That I-can't-even-see-my-computer-screen-through-my-tears-but-I'm-totally-feeling-what-Ryanne-is-feeling zone. I even wrote the scene where he died before he actually died. It brought about things in the third book. *more coughing*

3. Descending Darkness originally ended with Colton screaming "You killed her!" That was it. I stopped it there. However, I felt like that ending was too similar to Scorching Secrets, so I reworked the ending to include part of the first chapter from the fourth book. I thought that the new ending wasn't as bad as the Scorching Secrets.

4. There's no cliffhanger in the fourth book :)

Those were just random facts. I know that that you probably don't care about that, but I decided to mention them anyway. I didn't know how to else to bring them up.

The fourth book is not the end.

Well, it is the end of the series, but not the end for all the characters. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do more with these characters. I didn't want to be one of those writers that didn't know when to stop, but as I've thought about this more, I've decided that I am going to write the short-stories/fifth book wrapping up everyone's storylines after the end of the fourth book. It will not be a continuation of the series through.

I've actually already started this. It's going to be really cute and I think you'll love it. It even has a title. Yes, you read that correctly. A title has already been chosen. I've also decided that I'm going to write Claire's novella, so this fourth book will not be the end for the Prophesized characters. :) I have a title for the novella too. I'm really proud of myself for having thought of these so early.

I also have an idea for a spin-off novel/series running through my mind, so after the short-stories and novella, there may be more stories to be told in the mage world. This series will be based on a story told in the fourth book. I'll reveal more after the book is published.

(Unless you guys completely hate the fourth book and don't want more of the mage world!)

Once, I finish editing the fourth book and watching Firefly and then the movie Serenity, this will be me:

  

I promise.

Now, I have to get back to editing the fourth book. I'm going to reveal the title for it on October 22, so check back in on that day to find out the title for the final book in the Prophesized Series. If someone can guess it correctly before that date, I'll reveal it sooner. It's an alliteration like the other three. :D

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by my blog!

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Teaser Tuesdayish Thing: Deleted Scene

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I'm not going to do any more fourth book teasers for a little while. I may put a small teaser on Facebook or Twitter randomly, but I'm not going to put any long teasers up for a few weeks. However, I will still do something on Tuesdays. 

I asked everyone on my Facebook page what they wanted for this week: a deleted scene or a bonus POV from Descending Darkness because I have both and I got a lot more votes for the short deleted scene. I will upload the Bonus POV next Tuesday for anyone who voted for that option.

Here is a deleted scene from Descending Darkness. If you haven't read the book yet, don't read the deleted scene! This scene was cut out from the book because I thought it was a little too much too soon. ;)

I've also uploaded this my Wattpad page if you'd rather read it on there!

**This is unedited, so I'm sorry if there are a lot of errors in it**

Hearing the door open, I prop myself up on my elbows and look toward the bathroom. I know that my mouth falls open and based on the slight smile on Colton’s face, my eyes are probably extremely wide.

I gasp and try to look away…but I’m human after all. Colton smirks and takes a couple steps toward me. I pushed myself up further the closer her gets. Biting my lip, I try to keep my eyes on his face, but it is extremely difficult.

Colton is walking toward me with nothing but a towel wrapped low around his waist. His hair is slicked back from his running his fingers through it. My eyes travel from his hair and down to his shoulders. Water is dripping from the end of his hair onto his broad shoulders. I follow the water droplets as they cascade down his bare muscular chest, dipping into the grooves between his abdominal muscles, before soaking into the edge of the already wet towel.

It feels like my heart is trying to beat out of my chest. I’m sure that he can hear it the closer he gets to me. Stopping at the edge of the bed, Colton reaches forward and grabs my hand, pulling me up. I let him move me. Standing in front of him, I tilt my head up, so I can look at him in the eyes. I try to ignore the fact that his very muscular bare chest is right in front of me. I really want to reach out and wipe away the water running down his skin. I place my right hand behind my back to keep from doing exactly that.

His fingers graze my forearm as he grabs onto the end of my hair and twirls it around his finger. I take another step toward him, not caring that if I go any further I’ll get wet. I tilt my head up again, waiting for him to look back at me. His eyes slowly travel up to my eyes as he starts leaning forward. Instead of waiting for him to come to me, I meet him halfway. Standing on my tiptoes, I press my lips to his.

I wrap my arms around his neck and press closer to him. Colton’s hands find their way into my hair. Deepening the kiss, he takes a step forward, pressing me back into the mattress. I run my fingers through his damp hair and he carefully keeps his weight off of me. I honestly don’t know how I refused him twice before. If I knew his kisses were going to be like this, I wouldn’t have waited so long. I wouldn’t have been able to.

He’s being too gentle with me and I want more. I need more. Tightening my grip around his neck, I pull him closer. Not expecting me to do that, Colton falls on top of me, and I immediately gasp when his body lands on mine. Hearing it, Colton pushes his weight off of me. “Ry,” he whispers inches from my face. My eyes land on the lips that were just on mine. I want him to kiss me again. Why did he stop?

I close my eyes when his breath hits my cheeks. This is new. This feels different…more intimate. I’ve never felt like this with anyone before. As if sensing that, Colton pushes himself up further so he’s propped above me no longer touching me. Opening my eyes, I meet his green ones.

Pushing even further away, Colton stares down at me for a couple of seconds without saying anything. “What?” I whisper to him when the silence starts to get to me.

“You’re scaring me Ry.” He rolls to the side and readjusts the towel around his waist. I sit up and wait for him to continue. I can tell that there is more to that statement. “All this stuff keeps happening to you and it freaks me out every time you go into a vision or get pulled into the dream world.”

Colton keeps talking, but I feel my attention going elsewhere again. “Ry,” Colton waves a hand in front of my face, and tilts my chin up again so that I’m looking directly at him.

“I can’t concentrate with you like that,” I wave towards his bare chest. Even with his hand beneath my chin, my eyes follow a drop of water slowing sliding down his shoulder.

“What if I never see you again? I can’t live with that,” he whispers and the tone his voice draws me back. He’s really worried.

Something going to happen to you?

“No, Olive. I’m fine.” I look back at my soulmate, making sure to keep my eyes focused on his eyes and nothing else. “It’s scaring me too. I want nothing more than to be a normal teenage girl, doing normal teenage stuff, but I’m not. Anything could happen to me, but I’ve accepted that. I’ve told you this before. I need you promise that if something does happen to me, you won’t do anything drastic.”

“I can’t promise that.”

“You have to promise me that, Colton!” I demand as I stand up and glare at him, no longer needing to force my gaze. I need him to promise me.

Grabbing onto the towel to keep it in place, Colton stands up and moves towards me. He stands his ground, but doesn’t yell back. “Ryanne, I can’t lose you. I just can’t.”

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