I just wanted to make a quick posting here to let you all know that I finally have my author blog up and running as of tonight.
Mostly, I decided I wanted to keep my book blog separate from all of my writing stuff, and I thought it would look more organized this way. So, ta-da! I now have two blogs. My author blog, and the lovely Bookaholic blog. :) My author blog will be the place to go to check for my news, events, writing excerpts and special giveaways.
Thank you everyone for your continued support as well. I hope that some of you might hop over and perhaps follow the new blog also? ;) Thanks! :P
Lots of love. I hope you're all having a fantastic week so far!
I have been on pins and needles all week waiting to share this with you all. And here it is. My cover for Darkness Comes This Way.
But she has a haunting past that catches up one day. Zarah was Rogue once, and until her, no one else has ever cured from the poisoned state of mind before. She’s been labeled a miracle, and the mystery only builds. She gets the awful feeling there’s more to it than just a lucky magical come-back. There are deep, dark secrets being kept. Maybe her boss Nathanial knows something? When she gets paired with a partner, Draven Kinsley, it only adds more difficulty. He hates her and swears that with a single look, she’ll poison him. To make matters worse, her Rogue brother has to show up, and he brings with him a shocking announcement. What Zarah learns from him rocks her entire world upside down. She not only begins to question who and what she is anymore, but it can possibly change the Vampire race forever.
The scary part: someone else knows too…and they’ll do anything to get her special blood, spelling disaster for the humans that Guardians have secretly been protecting for decades.
Vampires, fallen angels, war, betrayal, and romance fill this Paranormal/Urban Fantasy debut, the first book to a high-action trilogy. (Coming June 1st. 395 pages.)(indie/self-published)
The cover was done by the wonderfully talented Taylor at Thoughts of an Endless Dreamer. If you don’t follow her yet, I encourage it. ;) My greatest thanks to her! Also a big thanks to the book blogging community in general. As a blogger myself, I know how hectic it gets. :P No matter, the book blogging community is the most awesome group of people on the web. <3
In celebration of the fantastic cover reveal, I have a treat. A giveaway! One lucky winner will get a finished e-copy (PDF) of Darkness Comes This Way. So if you’re interested in reading, and want an early opportunity, enter!
Here’s a bonus though: If the chosen winner resides in the U.S., and they’d rather wait until after the publication date to claim their prize, they can get a signed PRINT copy instead.
Extra entries apply--up to 12 times!
Enter the contest HERE and I hope you enjoy.
Thank you again everyone for your greatest support.
Contest ends on April 19th.
In case you missed it the other day on Twitter (btw, if you don't follow me yet, you should. I'm always there! Haha!), I made a fairly big, exciting announcement to my followers.
Now I'm here to share it with you wonderful lovelies. ;)
*drum roll*
On June 1st, my novel will be published and on the market. It will be available for online order in both print and e-book format through Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as other retailers.
This is a self-published novel admittedly. I will be doing the marketing entirely myself, but as I've told many friends through the years: what truly matters to me is that I'm doing what I love and it's something I've wanted since childhood. I'm excited for this book's release and I hope you all will be too as June approaches!
So, what is this book? Of course I'm not going to leave you entirely in the dark! And funny I should mention "dark"...
Darkness Comes This Way
Darkness Comes This Way is a Paranormal/Urban Fantasy generally geared toward older YA and has an adult cross-over appeal. It is the first book to a high-action trilogy with some dark elements, focusing on vampires and fallen angels, war, betrayal, and light romance.
Rogues are disgusting, rabid vampires that Zarah has been trained to destroy. The ironic thing is, she used to be one.
Zarah Duncan stalks the streets nightly, hunting and destroying as many Rogues as she can. It’s a part of her job as a Guardian. But Zarah has a haunting past: memories of her time as Rogue once not too long ago herself, and it torments her. Until her, no one else has cured before. She’s been labeled a miracle. Yet, Zarah gets the awful feeling there’s more to it than just a magical come-back. Secrets are being kept from her. Maybe her boss, Nathanial, knows? Or maybe that new partner, Draven Kinsley, she’s been teamed up with does? Everything makes her head spin. To make matters worse, her Rogue brother has to show up. And he brings even more secrets and shocking announcements. What Zarah learns from him rocks her entire world upside down. She not only begins to question who and what she is anymore, but it can possibly change the Vampire race forever. Someone else knows too…and they’ll do anything to get her special blood--spelling disaster for the humans that Guardians have secretly been protecting for decades.
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Look for Darkness Comes This Way (author: Pixie Lynn Whitfield) on June 1st!
Cover to be revealed by the start of May!
If you would like to talk about an early review copy, please leave a comment with your email address--or email me--and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. :) Thank you!
I look forward to the fun in the near future!
Daniel at Being Speshul asked “What Made You Start Writing”. Below is my response to this question.
I stole a notebook.
Okay, that minor criminal act didn’t entirely start my writing journey. Maybe it had some effect, but without a doubt, I would have been a writer in this life either way.
Besides, I didn’t really steal, per say. I just took it. Not from a store. Someone left the thing laying around at school in the library. The pages were empty. There was no name. I called dibs on that cute purple writing book fair and square.
Let’s take it back some notches so I can explain this all a bit better.
I was ten when Operation StickyFingers happened. I had already been writing a little at the time, mostly poetry and little pieces of flash fiction no longer than about five hundred words. There were stories inside me and they were bubbling to the surface.
Since I was four, I knew how to read. My passion immediately turned to the world of books and literature. Storytelling was fascinating and as I grew older, I began making up my own stories. I’d stage them out with dolls or draw them into cartoons. I could feel characters developing and speaking to me through my thoughts.
My father taught me a lot, too. By the time I was eight, before I moved away from him with my mom, I had learned about Elizabet Bathory, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe), and so much more. He told me Celtic legends, some American history. I give my father a lot of credit for my love of literature and history. I learned early on that I rather like the “darker” tales mostly.
At ten, though, things in life changed drastically for me. I was being molested, and went through that ordeal for almost three years. That single act… picking up and taking that notebook… changed my life in more ways than I can count.
After I began writing in it, I had the sudden revelation that this is what I wanted to do in life. Nothing else. All I wanted to do, and all I’ve ever wanted to be. I wrote in it every single day to escape the real world, and the problems I had to deal with on a daily basis. Anything that came to mind went into that journal. Dreams and nightmares, short stories of horror or shorts of fairytale romance, poetry, etc.. The more time passed, the longer the stories became until the notebook became full and I had to purchase (I was reformed, no more stealing notebooks after that) a new one.
That purple notebook saved me. The day I found it, I was thinking about suicide. That’s a real dark place for a ten year old to be in.
I don’t want your sympathy. I’m simply telling my story. Today it’s a hell of a lot easier so don‘t worry! :)
Personally, I don’t care if I ever become some best-seller. I know that’s some rare chance. I just love writing as much as I love reading. Can’t live without it.
I started writing my first novel at fourteen. It was finished at eighteen. So, it took me quite awhile to write it. Ha. That one is shelved, though.
I’m now editing my completed second novel- which is the first book to a work-in-progress trilogy/series- and working on the sequel.
Are you a writer? What started you in writing?
