Book 2 is Wrapped

It's happy dance time for me.  As of last night, book 2 is finished.  Now it's just a matter of waiting for the cover art, and it's off to Amazon.  Woo hoo!

Tomorrow I'll sit down to start the rewrite of book 3.  This is going to be interesting, because unlike books 1 and 2, I haven't touched the first draft of book 3 since I wrote it.  I'm expecting the rewrite of this one to take little more time, first because it's so rough, and second because it's a longer draft.  What I'm really looking forward to though, is the opening up of the story to a bigger world.  There are new settings and experiences for Kaylee, and more new characters thrown in the mix.  They were fun to write the first time, and I can't wait to revisit them.




Oh, and by the way, have you seen this?  Guess which poster is going to be spending some time up on my wall :)

Almost There

Yee haw!  So the rewrite of book 2 is done.  Now it's a matter of doing a technical polish, and it'll be finished.  I've already been in touch with Ronnell and he is working on the cover.  I'm really excited to get this book out because there is so much that happens in this one.  Plus the world is getting bigger, with new characters and new experiences for Kaylee.  I hope you like it.

March Madness

I guess I've gone a little blog silent for a while, but believe me I haven't been idle.  The wheels are now in motion to get Presenting out in paperback.  There is some cross border red tape to work out, which I won't bore you with, but I've seen the proof of the book and it looks great.  I'm hoping to do some giveaways through some great book bloggers I've found by summertime.  If that happens, I will announce it here.

As for book 2, it's coming along very well.  Three quarters of the polish is done, and I'll likely start desiging the cover soon.  This one may come out on Kindle and in paperback at the same time.




In the meantime I got my latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine, and my fangirl excitement is building for the upcoming season 3 opener of Game of Thrones, and the pilot of The Vampire Diaries spin off, The Originals.  Love it!

You can still have fire without a Kindle

I was just having a conversation with someone, and a topic came up that I thought I'd share.  For those of you who don't have a Kindle, but still want to read Presenting, or any of the other great books that are only available in that format, there is an answer.  Amazon makes several apps available for free to allow readers to download and read books on smart phones, computers or tablets.  Here is the link:  http://www.amazon.ca/gp/feature.html/ref=sa_menu_kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd?ie=UTF8&docId=1000817631

Enjoy!

Goodreads

I joined Goodreads today.  Though I haven't been able to add Presenting to the site yet, I'm hoping to soon.  In any case, I've gone ahead and listed about 50 books that I've read and loved over the years.  Actually it was alot of fun to remember all those stories, but now I've reminded myself of all the books I want to read again, plus there is a pile of books that I've bought which I'm still trying to make time to get to.  Yikes!  Here is the link to my Goodreads page. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17550429-diana-petkovic

New Cover for Presenting

I'm so excited.  The new cover for Presenting is ready as of today.  I think it's great, and definately miles better than the one I did on my own.  The artist who did the cover is Ronnell D Porter.  Here it is ...

And just for the sake of trivia, here is the cover the book was first published with.

Um, yeah, think I'll stick to letting the professionals do the covers from now on :)

Book 2 and Cover Update

Over the last couple of weeks, my polish of book 2 has slowed down a bit while I was seeing to the publishing of Presenting.  I'm back on track now, and it's coming along well.  In fact, I think fans of Will are going to like the scene I added last night.  It's funny because I find that most of the time, while I'm polishing, I end up taking stuff out.  This last chapter that I was working on just needed something extra though, and I think what I've added is what the character Will needed.

I'm also hoping to have a new cover for Presenting soon.  While I like the first one, and think it represents the story well, I think it could be better.  So I've contacted a cover artist and asked him to make something up for me.  I'm really excited to see what he does.