Competition Winner & Freebie

Well, I don't know if Rafflecopter is actually going to behave and 'announce' the winner on the widget, as it is currently twirling round and round and doing nothing! So I can announce that the winner of my Blackpool Merlin Family ticket is Julie Clark... Congratulations. Hope you have a fab day out in Blackpool, when we get some sunshine!

And for another treat... For those who fancy reading Witchcraft, but haven't yet read Witchblood... it is currently FREE to download on Amazon US, B&N & as Amazon UK aren't co-operating Brit readers can download it FREE from Smashwords.

Here are the links:

http://www.amazon.com/Witchblood-ebook/dp/B006VD5QLI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332665486&sr=1-1

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witchblood-emma-mills/1108648281

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/121225

Witchcraft is Published!

Well finally the day is here...well yesterday actually! Witchcraft has now been published and is available on Amazon Kindle and Smashwords for all other formats...ie if you have an ipad or Nook and want epub then go to Smashwords. I will be uploading to B&N and ibooks but it might take a few weeks.

Today is also the start of my Blog Tour, so please pop over to Readaraptor to read my guest post on researching witches! Tommorow is the second part of the post looking at researching vampires, over at Susan K Mann.

You can also pop over to The Erratic Reviewer for her review of Witchcraft.

For my local fans I have a treat for you! Throughout the week, I will be running a competition where you can win an amazing prize from Merlin of a free family ticket (up to 2 adults and 2 children or 4 people - valid till 31st December 2012) for the Merlin attractions inside The Blackpool Tower.

Have a look at these links for more info: 

The Blackpool Tower Circus http://www.theblackpooltower.com/our-attractions/the-blackpool-tower-circus.aspx

Blackpool shows - http://www.theblackpooltower.com/events/events-calendar.aspx

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Meningitus, Medication & Deadlines

Apologies for the lack of updates recently and so close to my blog tour and publication dates...you must be wondering what on earth is going on?! Well, I do have a good excuse... I have Meningitis (luckily the viral kind, not bacterial) and spent most of last week in hospital on an iv. I am now at home but still bed bound and today is the first day I have opened my laptop!

Luckily I had almost finished Witchcraft, I just have a final read through to finish and consequently I am still hoping to be able to upload and publish it on Friday! I cannot be online for more than about twenty minutes due to headaches and my rather strong drugs, which I have to take five times a day and knock me out, so please pass word around, tweet and facebook my blog tour and book links for me once they go live at the weekend. I can really do with all the promo help possible.

As for now...it's almost 10pm... drug time & welcome to the world of nightmares!

Editing, editing and a little bit more editing!

Well, I'm in the publication month of Witchcraft now and everything has gone so smoothly I may bring the publication date forward to coincide with the first day of my blog tour, which would be the 16th June, rather than the 25th!


That gives me two weeks to fine tune the final edit. I have had great feedback from five lovely Beta readers, two of which are book bloggers, so you'll be able to read their reviews on the tour - look out for Nancy's review at The Avid Reader on the 18th and Kim's at The Caffeinated Diva on the 20th.

I am a little nervous that this time around I haven't been able to afford to pay Cornerstones to help me with the edit, and I'm hoping that I've managed to take on board all their tips from last time... The one thing I find most difficult is the 'show, don't tell' rule. It's so easy to fall into this trap, so this week I'm doing a final read through, looking in particular for this kind of error! But over all I think my writing just might bit a bit tighter, a bit more pacey and hopefully a bit more exciting! Lets hope you all agree!

Snapshots: Cover Reveal

Oooo how good does this look? My writer friend Patricia Lynne is getting ready to publish her new book, Snapshots. I think it sounds really intriguing, what do you think?

My name is Cyclop Blaine and I am a real person.
         “You are mine.”
I am a real person: heedless of a childhood spent under the supervision of an old man I only know as Master.
         “You belong to me.”
I am a real person: regardless of my teenage years bound by violence as the adoptive son of the Victory Street Gang's leader.
         “You will obey me.”
I am a real person: despite the visions I see in others' eyes. Snapshots of their futures.
         “You will cower before me.”
I am a real person: my life will be my own. I belong to no one.
        “You. Are. MINE.”




As for the model on her cover...yummy! I could fall in love with those eyes :-) Patricia is hoping to publish around July 28th, so keep a look out.

Here are her links:

GoodReads page: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14288230-snapshots

webite: http://www.patricialynne.com

twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/patricialynne07

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/patricialynne07

Blogging, Writing Posts and Blog Tours

The hardest thing I find about being an indie author is all the promo you have to do. I know mainstream authors also do loads of promo, but at least they have a whole team of trained PR & editorial staff to assist and advise.

Currently, as I'm sure you've noticed from my last posts, I am arranging the Witchcraft Blog Tour. Luckily I have made lots of blogger friends over the last few months and had contacts I could go to from doing my last 'Witchblood' tour, so I have the blogs and dates all sorted, which is great.

What isn't so great is that now I need to come up with five new ideas for guest posts! Three of the bloggers are writing reviews for me, which is great and necessary for the tour, but the other five either haven't yet had time to read Witchblood, or have read & liked WB, but haven't got time in the next month to read Witchcraft, and I understand because their reading lists are twice as long as mine, and I currently have a small pile of paperbacks by my bed, along with 3 pages of kindle downloads!

So back to the guest post drama... As I have already done one tour I can't re-use the same material, I need to come up with new ideas. So on the last tour I did an interview with Jess (my main character from WB) See here: http://eleusinianmysteriesofreading.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/witchblood-blog-tour-character.html and it went down really well. So I thought I'd do a follow-up interview with Daniel, this time. What do you think?

I'm also hoping one blog will give me some interview questions to answer, which leaves me with another three posts. Another idea I had was a post based on London, as in the WB tour I did a post all about Manchester, with photographic locations etc. As Jess does end up in London in Witchcraft I thought this would be a fun follow-up post.

Another idea I had was a post about love triangles in YA fiction. I didn't intend on having a love triangle, and I certainly don't see it as that. Jess is maybe messed up in WB, but in Witchcraft she sorts her head out, but I think it could make an interesting article.

What do you guys think? Is there anything you would like me to write about?

Tour Schedule Witchcraft By Emma Mills

Tour Schedule

16/06/12    Readaraptor
17/06/12    BookAngel Booktopia
18/06/12     The Avid Reader
19/06/12     Susan K Mann
20/06/12     The Caffinated Diva
21/06/12     Eleusinian Mysteries
22/06/12    Sister Spooky
23/06/12    Bookaholics
24/06/12    What's Beyond Forks
25/06/12    Witchbloodthenovel




Title: Witchcraft
Author: Emma Mills
Publication Date: June 25, 2012

Witchcraft Blurb
Jess is no ordinary vampire. Protected by the Manchester vampire clan, and initiated by her family’s east coast American coven, she is sought after by every dark witch and warring vampire faction. Jess must fight if she wants to keep hold of her friends, her sanity and finally her existence.
As the dead bodies of human girls begin to stack up, and her recently accepted vampire boyfriend, Daniel, finds himself in prison, Jess goes on a crazy, forbidden trip to London, racing against time to save an old friend and solve the mystery behind Daniel’s incarceration. In battling new enemies and finding new friends, Jess’s confidence finds room to grow, but who will she lose along the way?

Author Bio

Hi, I'm Emma. I am happily married with two lovely children. I have always loved reading and writing and after much debate decided to self publish my debut novel Witchblood in January 2012, the sequel Witchcraft will be published in June. I began writing paranormal YA fiction after aquiring an obsessive love of supernatural teen novels...yes I'm a Twilight fan...I decided to write my own supernatural story based here in Manchester in the UK, near where I live and grew up. Except I couldn't decide whether to write about vampires or witches, so I chose both! In the High Peak it's often dark, windy, cold and very very wet... and easy to get inspiration!