Happy Monday, reader- and writer-friends! Can you believe it's March 4 already? shew!
Quick The Truth About Letting Go (link) Update:
A
HUGE Thank You! to everyone who's bought, read, reviewed, and helped spread the word about my new book!
((HUGS))
Print copies are now available on Createspace (link) & Amazon (link)!
And remember, even a short, sweet review on Amazon and Goodreads helps your favorite authors! Here are the links if you'd like to leave one:
I've got a
HUGE promotional blitz starting Friday. This is "outside the pond" marketing, so it's mostly book bloggers.
But! I'll be giving away ebook copies of
The Truth About Letting Go, and a
GRAND PRIZE signed, print set of
Letting Go +
The Truth About Faking (US only). I'll post a link to the giveaway once it's live if you're interested.
So what's SFINE, you ask?
Well, it's a
BIG, FREE independent authors event happening in San Francisco June 15! Basically, you come out, meet your favorite authors, and get them to sign your books...
Who's going to be there? Coleen Hoover, Nyrae Dawn, Jolene Perry, Steph Campbell, Bethany Lopez, Jillian Dodd,
moi...
And a
bunch more really popular independent authors.
Click here to go to the official website that lists everybody!
Also! They have an
online store for the event. So if you're planning to go,
pre-order your books and have them waiting for you when you arrive! (This is really
super convenient for us authors, so definitely use it if you're going.)
Now to #WIN All American Girl!
Great writer-friend
Justine Dell has just released
All American Girl (link)! I read her first book,
Recaptured Dreams (link), and it was great! I'm sure this one is, too!
Today Justine's here with her casting couch
AND a chance for
one lucky commenter to #WIN All American Girl!
Take it away, Justine~
Greetings! Thank
you all for stopping by today. *grins like a maniac* I’ve got the
wonderful of honor of doing my very own Casting Couch for All-American Girl. *squee*
I swear, I think
this is one of the most fun things about writing a book—deciding who would play
the characters!
Here’s my A-list
movie production cast members:
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| Jenny |
First up,
Jenny, Samantha’s dear friend from New York. She’s quirky, fun, yet she can be serious (to keep Samantha grounded. Played by Katie Cassidy.
Next we have Candice, Samantha’s dear friend from years past. Candice is also the sister of Samantha’s love interest, Lance. Her personality is caring; she seems to always being moving quickly, but calmly. She’s got big plans but doesn’t quite know how to put everything together. I think Anne Hathaway is perfect for her!
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| Candice |
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| Dorothy |
Next up is
Samantha’s Grandmother,
Dorothy. Dorothy played a huge role in Samantha’s past
and she’s one of the reasons Samantha must put her life back on track. Dorothy
is wise, thoughtful, and she still has a nice touch of humor and sarcasm.
Perfect for Fionnula Flanagan.
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| Ava |
Samantha has as
stepdaughter,
Ava, from a previous marriage, who she thinks about often during
her growth through the story. Ava is only 5, full of heart and fun-loving.
Baliee Madison would play her perfectly. (Bailee is 13 now, so we would have to
rewind her years a little…lol)
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| Jax |
Lance, the hero
of the story, has his own son, Jax. This little guy is 5, full of energy, loves
to talk about dinosaurs! He’s also got some nice manners, thanks to his dad.
*wink* Davis Cleveland would be perfect! (Again, though, we’d have to rewind
his years a bit).
Finally, we come
around to
Samantha. She’s a heroine with a long history of life problems. She
struggles with her emotions and strives to be the strong and beautiful woman
everyone wants her to be.
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| Samantha |
There are times she’s hateful and mean, but you can
see the glimmer of love and hope beneath her eyes. For that reason, I think Amy
Adams would play her perfectly. She could be the cold Samantha, and still make
you love her. It helps that she already has that beautiful auburn hair and
green eyes. And she could be the thoughtful Samantha, making you love her even
more.
And LASTLY…we
come to the hero, Lance. *swoon* Ahem, sorry. I
love him.
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| Lance |
Lance is
stubborn, but smart. Strong, but
wonderfully soft. A dedicated father who’s had his own life battles. Never one
to turn away from a challenge…oh, and he’s loved Sam since high school. He owns
a construction company, so he’s big, with that sexy rough-and-tumble type look. *drools*
Uh…where was I? Oh, yes…Lance.
Let me get to the picture before I lose all train of thought.
The PERFECT man
for this part is Chris Hemsworth. Period.
And there we
are! The cast that makes up All-American
Girl. Simply perfect. ;-) I do hope you’ll check it out to match these
wonderful people with their wonderful characters!
by Justine Dell
At the age of thirty, with two failed marriages
and a tanking writing career, Samantha Moore deals with the world with the only
tool she had left: anger. And she’s tired of it. When her grandmother's
near-death sends her rushing back home to Vermont, she hopes for the chance to
overcome the rage ruling her life.
Once she’s home, Lance Cummings becomes a
constant source of indigestion. Lance is a single father who learned first-hand
the devastating effects of a damaging relationship. He sees through Samantha’s
nasty temper—straight to her cry for help. He wants to help her, but he also
wants to know why Samantha ran from him—and their future—twelve years before.
Taking care of her Grams, dealing with an
alcoholic brother, and getting Lance to remove his annoyingly attractive nose
from her business is draining on Samantha. And she’s only got three weeks to
finish her stagnated novel or her publisher will drop her. No pressure. To top
it off, pretending to hate the man she actually loves makes each day in Vermont
harder than the last. Especially when Lance turns up the heat.
Justine Dell lives in the Midwest, happily catering to
her family, which consists of a horse-obsessed teenage daughter, four dogs, and
a husband who is too good to be true. She's never moved from her hometown, but
hopes to grow old in a much warmer climate.
During the day she works a normal job with
college students who try their best to keep her young. They've done a good job
thus far. At night, said teenage daughter and her horse require mounds of love
and attention. The weekends belong solely to her and her writing. That's when
she morphs into a sticky bug, unable to leave the confines of her computer
chair.
She started writing four years ago after seeing
a movie that set off a chain reaction she couldn't have stopped if she'd
wanted. It's not a hobby for her; it's an obsession. One she loves and one she
loves to share. Her debut book, Recaptured
Dreams and her newest release, All-American
Girl, are available now on Amazon, Barnes &
Noble, and wherever book are sold.
Random Number Generator will choose
one lucky commenter to #WIN a copy of
All American Girl. Winner will be announced here on
Friday.
And hop over to
Justine's Blog (link), where you can enter to
#WIN a copy of The Truth About Letting Go and several other great prizes!
Have a super week, reader- and writer-friends!
<3
