I have a stellar guest post from the author,
Emi Gayle,
for this stop of the After Dark Blog Tour!
If I’d never
heard of me
would I read my book?
This
is an amazing question and a really, really hard one. After Dark is my
first release, though the entire trilogy is written. It’s PNR/UF which
is my favoriate genre because I can really make up what my characters
can do. The sky is the limit to use the old cliche.
When
I think about other books that I’ve fallen most for (by other authors),
the first thing that captures me is the cover. If that’s not rockin’
I’m not lookin’. No matter who the author is, if the cover stinks, I
can’t
get past it. Yes, I totally realize this is ridiculous, that there are
loads of great stories inside so-so covers, but I’m me. I’m very visual.
Covers gotta rock my socks.
When
I look at my books (all three of them, but After Dark in particular),
it’s very hard to be subjective! I look at the beautiful covers of other
books and think, yes! I would read these! (Because they are my favorite
genre)
Then,
I go and read the blurbs. If the blurbs don’t draw me in, again, I’ll re-shelve a book. For example, if there are errors in a blurb or it makes
no sense or it has absolutely nothing to do with the cover, I start to
wonder who put it together and what were they thinking and would the
story have the same ‘issues’? Again, totally a subjective thing, but
it’s something really does hit me any time I pick up a book.
So
... I look at the blurbs for After Dark and Day After, and I think,
yes! I would totally read these books even more! (Because again the
stories are in my favorite genre)
But
that’s me. Me the author. Me the writer who poured blood, sweat and
tears ..., okay, no blood or even sweat, but definitely tears into my
work. *I* love my stories.
So
for me, with my books, I feel like I’m still hitting that proverbial
nail here. I’ve got great covers and blurbs so yes, as a reader, I’d try
my books—or at least, I’d open to the first page and see if it grabs me
by the throat and carries me forward.
If it did, I’ll be sunk and reading until I’m up all night
wanting, needing, begging for all the secrets to be revealed and the happily ever after to arrive.
So with my debut, After Dark, the first of the 19th Year trilogy, I think I’ll go re-read it ... just one more time.
Book details:
Blurb:
What
eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her.
In
exactly eight months, five days, three hours and thirteen minutes, Mac
has to choose what she’ll be for the rest of her life.
She
has no choice but to
pick. As a Changeling, it’s her birthright. To Mac, it’s a birthchore.
Like going to school with humans, interacting with humans, and
pretending to be human during the pesky daylight hours.
Once
darkness descends, Mac can change into any supernatural form that
exists — which makes her as happy as she can be. That is, until Winn
Thomas, the biggest geek in her senior class figures out there’s more to
what hides in the dark than most are willing to acknowledge.
In
this first of the 19th Year Trilogy, Winn might know more about Mac
than even she does, and that knowledge could end their lives, unless Mac
ensures the powers-that-be have no choice but to keep him around.
Praise:
“Winn and Mac were perfect for each other in every way possible. It was like two magnets finally finding each other and connecting.”
— Good Choice Reading
“Awesome beyond awesome! For lovers of YA Paranormal, this is a MUST READ!!!”
— Romancing the Book
“Talk about can't put down...I accidentally opened this one instead of the book I was scheduled to read. Made the mistake of reading the first paragraph -- and I have not been able to put my iPad down since!”
— Parajunkee
Buy links:
About the Author:
Emi Gayle just wants to be young again. She lives vicariously through her youthful characters, while simultaneously acting as chief-Mom to her teenaged son and searching for a way to keep her two daughters from ever reaching the dreaded teen years.
Ironically,
those years were some of Emi's favorite times. She met the man of her
dreams at 14, was engaged to him at 19, married him at 20 and she's
still in love with him
to this day. She'll never forget what it was like to fall in love at
such a young age — emotions she wants everyone to feel.
Now the main character, Mac, has a choice to make... you can be any supernatural critter/race you want, so which would YOU choose?
Click Here for Direct Link to Poll
Click Here for Direct Link to Poll
Thanks so much for having me!
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