Tag: self-publishing

You’re invited: #TOSAS Twitter Chat Plans

Posted May 12, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in Author business, blog, Books, Threats of Sky and Sea / 2 Comments

Hello my lovelies! Eek! Can you believe Threats of Sky and Sea comes out in about ONE WEEK now? Didn’t I just announce my publication plans? Let’s talk release day! When: May 20, 2014 at 8 P.M. Eastern Time Where: On Twitter! Use the hashtag #tosas to follow along! What: This will be a celebration of Threats of Sky and Sea’s publication day! I’ll answer questions about everything from writing to publishing to TOSAS to what I ate for breakfast that morning, give some TOSAS teasers, and there will be PRIZES! Random giveaways of not only TOSAS, but also some ARCs from my shelf! You can also feel free to submit questions ahead of time by leaving me a comment on this post! I hope to see you there!

Newsletter sign-ups and giveaway

Posted May 8, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in Author business, blog, Threats of Sky and Sea / 0 Comments

Hey, hey, hey! So, you may not be aware of this, but I have a newsletter! You can sign up for it here. I set it up a while ago, but have been hemming and hawwing over WHAT to do with it! I didn’t want it to be a bunch of redundant content from my blog, plus I know that many of you already subscribe to the blog via e-mail. I think I’ve finally decided on a system! 1. Timing- New releases I definitely don’t want to spam people’s inboxes, so my newsletter will be sent out whenever I have a new release. 2. Extra content- Spotlight read I’ll highlight a self-published book or author that I’ve read recently. This will be an author of my own choosing, one whose work I chose to spend my own money on. I might […]

March Wrap-up

Posted March 31, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Lists, Wrap-ups / 0 Comments

Another month has come and gone! Here’s what I did! File under: ‘Threats of Sky and Sea progress:’ Received and made final copy edits from my editor Completed an accompanying ToSaS short story for Inaccurate Realities Sign-ups opened for my blog tour Created the book trailer Received my final cover design Revealed said cover on IceyBooks, as well as a giveaway! File under: ‘IRL:’ Went to Tampa and St. Petersburg (Florida, not Russia) to visit a couple of sorority sisters and see the play “Disenchanted” Attended the wedding of a sorority sister and a brother in the fraternity I was “sweetheart” of (um, the fraternity. Not the brother, lol) Unplugged for a weekend Ran (*cough* walked) in my second 5K, the “Run or Dye” run File under ‘Blog Posts:’ On Speaking Jenerally (aka here): Threats of Sky and Sea Teaser #2! […]

My Writing Process “blog tour”

Posted March 31, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Writing / 4 Comments

Hello friends! Today, the lovely Elodie Nowodazkij, author of One, Two, Three, invited me to participate in the “My Writing Process Blog Tour.” A little about Elodie: The short story: Young adult author, Elodie Nowodazkij writes the stories swirling in her head during her commuting time. ONE TWO THREE, about a ballerina struggling to move on after a car crash, is her first novel. Website | Books | Twitter *cracks knuckles* Now, to the questions! What am I working on? Well, I’ve just wrapped up a short story that accompanies Threats of Sky and Sea and will be in the upcoming issue of Inaccurate Realities (Issue #3: Magic). Shout-out to this YA speculative fiction literary magazine real quick because it’s fantastic. I’m also tinkering with edits on another ToSaS short story for release in September, titled Sisters of Wind and Flame. […]

Threats of Sky and Sea Teaser #2!

Posted March 11, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Threats of Sky and Sea / 3 Comments

Threats of Sky and Sea comes out in just over two months! Be sure to add it on Goodreads! In the meantime, here’s your first teaser from one of my favorite characters. ^_~

February Wrap-up

Posted February 28, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Wrap-ups / 5 Comments

Another month has come and gone! Here’s what I did! File under: ‘Threats of Sky and Sea progress:’ Opened sign-ups for my street team Announced that Threats of Sky and Sea will be published May 20, 2014! Sent the first ARC of Threats of Sky and Sea out into the great wide world for review in Inaccurate Realities, a speculative fiction YA literary magazine. Mailed the word document containing Threats of Sky and Sea to my copy editor. Tentatively scheduled my cover reveal Released the first TOSAS Teaser Wrote 10% of the first draft of Book 2! Had a photo shoot for a proper author headshot. Here’s me with the photographer, Angie Myers! File under: ‘IRL:’ Finally overcame a cold that I’ve been battling and have been able to get back to working out! Albeit, not the same way I was. I’m […]

Threats of Sky and Sea: A Call For Street Team Members!

Posted February 24, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 8 Comments

As I move along in the publishing process for Threats of Sky and Sea, I am more and more thankful for those of you who have extended your congratulations, RTed the news, or added the book to your shelves on Goodreads. The book’s stats on Goodreads definitely show the power of social media, especially among other writers and bloggers. If, like me, you read the acknowledgements when you read a book, you know that a book is not an individual effort. It takes people to give early feedback and to edit it; to get the word out, promote it, and review it. So… now I’m asking if there are any Katnisses among you to help me with more book promotion. Okay, that was perhaps a bad metaphor. No fights to the death, folks. Just, hopefully, volunteers to join my street […]

A quick thank you

Posted January 20, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 4 Comments

It’s been almost exactly a week (give or take a few hours) since I announced the coming publication of Threats of Sky and Sea and I just wanted to take a quick moment to say THANK YOU to all of you. The YA blogging community has been incredibly supportive of the decision and there was a point (okay, more than one) this week where I was so overwhelmed by how WONDERFUL you all were that I teared up. I found fellow writers and authors offering their support and congratulations. I realized that I’m now a part of the self-published author community too, which has been warm and welcoming. Some kind self-pub authors who know what they’re doing far more than I do have already helped me out with some advice (shout-out here especially to Tammy Farrell and Jamie Grey). So […]

It’s a big, big, big day!

Posted January 13, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Self-Publishing, Uncategorized / 17 Comments

I always assumed that my first book would be a traditionally published one. To that end, over the years, I spent a lot of time researching query letters, synopses, and pitch contests. And I wrote a book. I revised (and revised and revised) it. My amazing beta readers and critique partners told me that my novel about a teenage barmaid in a world filled with Elementals and royalty, was ready to meet the world. So, I began querying, jumped into pitch contests, and waited. And waited. And waited. While I waited, I closely followed the paths of Leigh Ann Kopans and Jamie Grey, who both self-published their debut novels last year. Game-changer. I saw that they were putting out quality novels. I heard about the speed of self-publishing, the control that’s available to them, the decisions that they get to […]