Well...Now What?!?

First off, I want to give a giant THANK YOU to everyone who has read Reaching Retribution already. I didn't expect so many people to read it the day it was published. I wasn't not expecting that kind of response to the novel, but I'm so glad everyone is enjoying it. If you've rated the novel, thank you so much! Ratings are very helpful, and I appreciate you taking the time to say a few words about the book.

I'm at a loss for words about how amazing you all are. I cried last Saturday when everyone started emailing me with their reactions to the novel. (You can ask my roommate!) My birthday was also this week (I'M NOT A TEENAGER ANYMORE <--that's crazy) and your support and love for this series was the best gift. I'm very repetitive, but thank you. If I could reach across the Internet and hug you all, I would. <3

Time for the slew of information based on some questions I've been receiving:

1. What are your writing or publishing next?!?

The next book I'm publishing is called Redeeming Lainey. The prologue is at the end of the Reaching Retribution. This novel is a mature YA contemporary novel about putting the past behind you and find light in the unknown. There is some darker subject matter in this novel, so I'm not sure if it's technically YA. I'm going to ask a few beta readers their opinion on what the genre should be and update you all at a later time. It's probably my favorite book I've written. I hope that everyone will give it a shot.

2. When are you publishing your next book?

I'm planning to publish Redeeming Lainey around February or March of 2014, so for now, I'll just say in the spring. The book isn't completely finished, but I'm hoping to get it done over my Christmas break so that I can start editing and getting some teasers out.

For now, I've made my Redeeming Lainey board on Pinterest public if you want to see some of my inspirations for this novel.

3.  The ending of Reaching Retribution:

I'm going to try and keep this spoiler free for those who haven't finished the book yet. The ending is left a little open because I want readers to think about what actually happened. If you pay close attention to details, I think you can imagine exactly how everything was possible. A lot of readers don't want to know exactly how everything happens. They want to imagine for themselves how everything plays out. I played on that for the end. A few people have been confused though, so if you shoot me a message, I'll explain everything fully. 

4. Any future Prophesized Novels:

Based on the amount of questions about wanting more from these characters, I'm getting a lot of people don't realize that I'm writing more about them already. There will be one more book fully wrapping everything up. It's not a continuation of the series, but most of that book will occur after the end of Reaching Retribution and before the epilogue. It'll just be a fun read, but a think you'll enjoy it. It's so CUTE. I've absolutely loved writing it, and I'm only 10,000 words into it.

I will dive deeper into character's relationships, their reactions to everything, details about why some characters had to die and others had to live, further explanations into the magic and powers that have been acquired. There will be funerals, characters will become engaged, find love, get married etc. 

I have lots of plans for this novel, but Redeeming Lainey is going to be published first. I'm expecting this one to come out in the early summer. It'll probably be around the end of May or early June since I'll be on break by that point.

Hopefully this answers some of your questions. If I didn't answer them, send me a message and I'll do my best to get back to you in a timely fashion! Thank you so much for support and have a great weekend! :)

Random GIF:

I took a break from studying and found this GIF on Tumblr and probably laughed for ten minutes straight. I have absolutely no idea why though. I found it hilarious and couldn't stop watching it. Haha Studying makes me delirious. 

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