Redeeming Lainey Teaser #4

I'm sorry I didn't post a teaser for Redeeming Lainey last week. I was in one of those "I don't want to read or edit anymore, so I'm not going to" moods. Every time I tried editing, I got annoyed at everything wrong, so I had to step away for a little bit. THEN, my college schedule got a little crazy, so I didn't have time to actually edit when I finally got past my funk. THEN, I forgot what day it was, so I didm't post one for Teaser Tuesday like I was supposed to yesterday.

Because of the weather recently, I've been spending a lot of time indoors. (The weather's not really an excuse. I spend a lot of time indoors no matter the weather.) I was able to finish another round of edits. Also, I saw the first draft of the cover, and I absolutely love it. It's so pretty. Ahh. *squeals from excitement* Anyway, here is a teaser for Redeeming Lainey. 

This is a conversation between Lainey and Bryce--the two main characters of this novel. 

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This is unedited and subject to change before publication.

“I don’t get how with everything happening, you won’t talk with anyone. You used to always talk to me. I used to be the person you would come to when you needed to talk over something.”

“Time has changed since then,” I state. “I don’t talk to people. I deal with my problems on my own.” Without saying anything, Bryce reaches forward and pulls me toward him. When I feel his arm wrap around me, I tense. Besides Mom, no one has voluntarily hugged me.

“Stop trying to run away and just let me help you,” he whispers, resting his chin on top of my head. When I feel his hand move through my hair, I try to push away from him, but he tightens his arms around me. “Lainey, let me be your umbrella. Let me bare this storm with you. Let me block out the rain and keep you dry. I want to be here. For once in your life, just let someone help you. Let me help you.”

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This GIF is really funny if you add your own narration. Haha

Thoughts? Questions? Comments? Concerns? 

That's all I have for you right now. I hope you liked the teaser! Now, I have to go study for my Botany and Cell Biology exams. :) 

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Redeeming Lainey Teaser #3

It's Teaser Tuesday again! Last week, I posted the synopsis for this book. I've updated Goodreads with the new information, and will continue to do so as I get more information. I'm about halfway through my edits right now, and will hopefully finish the first round by the weekend. I'll let you know when I finish.  I'm glad so many of you are excited to read this book. It's like a weight off my shoulder. (I'm still terrified for you to read this book though!)

I decided to create a small picture for the teaser this week. This teaser is written from Lainey's perspective.

This is unedited and subject to change before publication.

Redeeming Lainey
Coming Spring 2014


Here is the song teaser for this week too: Wherever You Go by Sleeperstar

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Teaser Tuesday: Redeeming Lainey Synopsis

Because of all the snow and the crazy cold temperatures (-13 as a high with wind chills around -40 degrees F), the first two days of my spring semester were cancelled. This means I've had a lot of extra time to write and get stuff done. Do you know what today is? Well, I'll tell you. 

TEASER TUESDAY!

I feel like writing in all caps gives the proper amount of excitement for this announcement: I wrote a synopsis for a book EARLY. Writing the synopsis is the hardest part for me, so I hope you can see why I'm a little excited to already have this done. I didn't do the same thing I did for Reaching Retribution and write it while I was filling out the information to publish. I wrote this two months (possibly three) early. *throws confetti and does an Irish jig* :)

I'll be the one dancing like Niall (the blonde on the right.)

As I'm sure many of you are aware, the next novel I have coming out is called Redeeming Lainey. I've done a few other teasers for this book previously and the prologue was at the end of Reaching Retribution. I finished the first draft of the novel this past weekend and am now awaiting for initial opinions from a few people. (If you never hear about this book from this point on, it's probably because they told me it sucked and now I can never publish it.)

Okay, I've babbled on enough. Below is the synopsis for Redeeming Lainey. 

This is a mature YA novel that contains some subject matter than may not be suitable for younger readers. 

When Lainey left the little farming town in Iowa on her eighteenth birthday, she thought she was finally free. She didn’t have to live in fear anymore wondering which day was going to be her last. For those two years, she was able to live in peace. She’d made a new friend, was going to a school she loved, and was setting the path for her future career.

That all changed with one phone call from her mother.

With the push of her best friend, Randi, Lainey goes back into the town she once promised was forever in her rear-view mirror. The dark memories of her past loom around every corner, and Lainey can’t seem to conquer the demons inside of her in order to fully move on.

Bryce, on the other hand, had moved on. During middle school and high school, Lainey was his best friend, and it tore him apart when she left with only a note. A simple note saying good-bye and have a great life.

Without his best friend around, Bryce’s life quickly spiraled out of control. He got into drugs, had some trouble with the law, and found himself partying a little too hard. Sweet Annabeth brought him out of that stage in his life, and ultimately saved his life.

With Lainey back in town, Bryce is at a loss at what do. She wants nothing to do with him or the town, but he is the only person who knows her full history and may be able to help her. Knowing that Lainey’s a flight risk, and with one wrong move, she’d pack everything up and leave again, Bryce steps out to help her find the one thing she doesn’t know she needs.

Redemption. 

I hope that doesn't sound completely stupid, because I'm really excited (and terrified even more so) for you all to read this book. It's unlike anything I've written before. Next week, I'll get back to posting teasers for the novel, but I can still post another song I listened to while writing this book:

I hope you all have a fantastic week, and thanks for stopping by my blog :)

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My 2014 Resolution

This post is going to be very personal for me. It's going to scare me to click the publish button on the top of the page, but if someone reads this and wants to change as well then it'll be worth it. I hope it'll be worth it.

I don't usually like doing resolutions, because I tend to not be able to keep them and that's always disappointing. This year went by extremely fast. I can't believe that 2013 is over and 2014 is now beginning. I don't really feel like I did a whole lot in 2013 even though I know that's not true. I did a lot, but looking back, there are a lot of things that I would have done different if given the chance.

For anyone who really knows me, you know that I'm not a very positive person. I have trust issues and look at the world from a glass-half-empty perspective. It's hard for me to open up to people because I'm afraid of getting hurt. I've struggled with eating in the past, and I've always had self-image issues. I'm one of those annoying girls who literally cannot accept a compliment. I don't see myself like that. I never have. It's hard for me to realize that people can have opinions about me that are different from my own.

I was never bullied growing up, so I don't know why I have this issues. I don't know why I'm so hard on myself all the time. I don't know why I always belittle myself and tear down everything. If I do something well, I always think about what I could have done better. I see the flaws in everything I do and it really bothers me that I can look at the bright side. 

I've decided that I'm tried of being so down on myself. I'm tried of looking in the mirror and cringing. I'm tried of comparing myself to other girls and wondering why I don't look like that. Why I'm not taller or thinner or prettier. I'm tired of seeing people who can go into a new situation and get along with everyone in the room and being jealous of them. I'm tired of wondering about why I get anxiety in large groups of people. I'm tried of wishing that I could be outgoing. I don't like reading other books and comparing my writing style to them, and I'm tried of second-guessing everything I do.

I walk through my college campus and I see people laughing and being carefree, and I wonder why I'm not like that. I see girls on my floor who are really confident in their skin, and I wonder why I'm not like them. 

I'm going to make 2014 a new year for me. 

I'm determined to make this year different than the ones in the past. I'm going to try and start looking at things for a new light. I'm going to not be so hard on myself. I know I'm not the only person in the world that has these issues.

Instead of being so negative all the time, I'm going to force myself to see things differently. Life is too short. I don't want to spend my whole life comparing myself to others. I have social anxiety. So what? I can work on that. I'm not meant to be super tall or super thin or super pretty, but I need to start being comfortable in my own skin. I may not be meant to have tons of friends, but I do have some really close friends that mean so much to me. 

All writers have their own voice and I'm going to work on understanding that my voice is MY voice. I can't compare myself to others, because we're all unique and our writing reflects that.

I'm a socially-awkward, self-conscious, confused girl in college and I'm going to work on realizing that it's okay to have doubts. It's okay to question myself, but it's not okay to constantly tear myself down. I'm my own worst critique, personally and professionally, and I need to work on not only critiquing but also reassuring.

2013 was an amazing year for me. I self-published four novels in ten months, started five other novels, and wrote over 620K words. I finished my freshman year of college and started my sophomore year. I went to UtopYA Con and met many of the authors that inspired me to start writing. I nerded out at Wizard World in Universal Studios. I've met and become friends with so many people online and in real life who have been incredibly supportive of me because of my books--because I stepped out of comfort zone and did something that scared me. 

2014 is going to be a year of overcoming all of the obstacles in front of me. So many of my obstacles are self-made and I need to tear those down by building myself up. I'm not saying that I'm going to completely change my personality. I'm always going to be a slightly negative person. It's who I am, but I don't have to be so hard on myself. I don't have to look in the mirror and only comment on my flaws. I don't have to compare myself to others.

Life is one giant work in progress, and I'm changing my story. I'm done being so hard on myself. I've created a profession for myself where others get to do that. I don't need to add anything more on top of that. I'm going to work on being comfortable with who I am and realize that I don't need to change.   I know that I have a problem. I've known about it for years, but I've never tried to change before.

I'm me. Kaitlyn Hoyt. I'm weird. I'm a nerd. I have problems in large crowds and would rather spend my weekends writing about fictional characters or reading than go out. 2014 is going to be the year where I realize that that is not a bad thing. I may always have a low self-esteem, but I don't need to the be one who is commenting on it. I am good enough being who I am. 2014 is going to be the year where I realize it or at least I'm going to work on realizing that.

The world could use more positiveness (positivity? is that a word? I can't think of the word I want to use there.) I've deemed 2014 a better year for a better me. You should too. :)

I've seen this move twice now, and I absolutely loved it both time. This is almost as bad as my Tangled obsession.

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