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She was undoubtedly a shade, but I didn’t know her.
Eric Welborn isn’t completely human, but he isn’t the only shade in the small Midwest town of Hayworth. With one year left before his eighteenth birthday, Eric is destined to win a long-raging war for his kind. But then she happens. In the middle of the night, Eric meets a nameless shade, and she’s powerful—too powerful—and his beliefs are altered. The Dark has lied to him, and he’s determined to figure out exactly what lies were told, even if the secrets protect his survival.
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He had gotten so close to me—and I couldn’t move—I couldn’t get away.
Jessica Taylor moves to Hayworth, and her only goal is to find more information on her deceased biological family. Her adoptive parents agree to help on one condition: perfect grades. And Jessica is distraught when she’s assigned as Eric’s class partner. He won’t help, let alone talk to her, but she’s determined to change him—even if it means revealing everything he’s strived to hide.
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble [nook].
In the city of Vendona, bad bloods aren’t considered human; they aren’t even considered animals. They are lower than that. The parents of these creatures abandon them. The cities shun them, and the government massacres them.
In 2089, an election threatens a revolt, and two bad bloods meet. Among the chaos, their accidental relationship reveals a twisted history, and citizens are forced to make a decision. Battles begin, love blossoms, and three brothers’ past repeats, while bad bloods focus on their only goal: to survive.
And very few of them will.
Poems: a collection of works by twelve young Kansas poets
I had the wonderful opportunity to share a great semester with talented poets, and our collection, “Poems: a collection of works by twelve young Kansas poets” was privately published at the end of our semester. It was also dedicated to my roommate, Kristine Andersen, who passed away October 7, 2012. If you’re a loved one of Kristine Andersen, email me via my Contact Page, and I will send you the link for distributing.
Unfortunately, I cannot offer to sell this collection, but I thought I would share the poems inside, so click the picture!
If you want to read more about this accomplishment, click here.
Greetings Shannon!
Hi Shannon,
Thanks for following my blog. I take it you adopted a pen name, Ashlee Ironwood, for your first novel? What was your thinking around that if I may ask?
I am not really a YA writer, but my next novel might be suitable for that audience. Would you be interested in getting a copy so you could give me some feedback?
Johanna
I had to use a pen name at the time, because I was a minor and the publishing house didn’t want to risk anything.
Contact me via my contact page, and I’d love to chat with you or get a copy of your novel for feedback.
~SAT
Hi Johanna, I am a new blogger and have found it most addicting! I created a pen name, Savannah Day as a way to keep my “real” life private, like I am, but still work my magic through my writing. I find it easier to lose myself and completely allow “fantasy” life to take over without ever worrying about what someone else thinks. Its my self-preservation I guess. Everyone is different. I guess if I ever become an overnight HUGE success, I will need to reveal myself, but until then, I prefer to use this picture of my younger self overlooking a city full of promise. I do proofreading and editing as well, something has to pay the bills, right?
Thanks for following my blog. Rain
Thank you soooo much fo following my blog!
I hope you like it!
Also – your book sounds very good!
You have an awesome blog! I look forward to reading your posts in the future
Also congratulations on getting published at 16! That is truly impressive. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors!
I was scanning you blog and actually realised that you published a book at 16( congratulation a great achievement I must say). I am at that crossroad and thinking of publishing some of my work I have done several articles for newspapers as a 15 year old and a few when I turned 16 do you think it would be an easy task?
thank you for also following me and best wishes on your blog
Impressive. I like your preview and wish you the best of luck in your writing. Thanks for liking When God and Santa Became Friends at http://www.deborahowen.wordpress.com. Hope to hear more from you in the future. Merry Christmas! Deb
How long did it take you to write November Snow I wonder? You must have started it at 15. Amazing. My last book took quite a bit longer than one year if you include all the editing and other processes.
I began writing it at 13, but I finished it at 15 as it was my first novel. It was published by a sponsor from a smaller publisher based in Iowa, but I am working on a new novel with a bigger publisher. November Snow took me the longest. One I did for personal fun took me two months, but it was entertainment for me so I wasn’t worried about taking my time.
~SAT
Shannon, I found you when you began to follow my blog. Your life of writing fascinates me. I began to develop a passion for writing when my sixth grade teacher called me a “true writer” in front of the class. I got slammed in a creative writing class the following year and then didn’t pick it back up for quite awhile, but, like you, I breathe to write. Have a wonderful holiday!!
I’m sorry you got slammed so harshly at such a young age, but I’m glad that you picked up your passion again.
Thank you for sharing your story.
~SAT
Thanks for following my blog, Bill’s Book Reviews. If you have a new novel out, you may see it reviewed.
Picking up a copy of November Snow for sure. It reminds me a lot of my next novel! It’ll hopefully help fine tune some of the dinner details with what I want the story to be! Thanks for checking or my blog, by the way. Give me a follow!
I’m working on making it an E-Book as well, so check up on that, as it will save money.
And I believe I am following you
~SAT
You are! Haha. I got the email saying so just as I posted the comment. As far as e-books go, I’d pay twice the price for a paper back. I hate off an electric device. Call me old fashion I guess!
Ha! I’m the same way, so I understand.
Feel free to order a copy; there’s a seller via Amazon that sells for 12.99 and under.
If you can’t find one, email me via Contact, and I can find another one.
~SAT
thanks a lot for following my blog shannon, whish u all the best for ur writing career!
Shannon,
Thanks for the like and the follow! Your book sounds very interesting!
Shannon, First- Thanks for following my book blog “Frayed Dustjackets” – hope you enjoy the reviews. You have a very impressive profile already for a young writer. I’ve also scribbled out a YA novel and am moving towards self pub in order to break from the lit agent log jam and get out there. Best of luck! Lisa
Hi Shannon, your novel looks really interesting! Thanks so much for following my blog.
Hi Shannon Thanks for stopping by my blog. I look forward to reading your work.
It’s good for the soul to know there are successful authors so willing to help out struggling writers. When I first started a blog, it was frightening. I couldn’t imagine anyone would want to read what I was writing. Now, I can’t imagine life without a blog nor could I have imagined the sage advice and virtual friendships just waiting to be found.
Thanks for dropping by and, as you passed through, pushing the “like” button.
Great teaser reading that on the back of a book would definitely make me open to page one. Congrats on so many accomplishments at such a young age. Best wishes in all your future endeavors.
I’m excited to read November Snow! ahhhh
Glad to hear
It’s available on Kindle and Paperback via Amazon, and you can get a signed (personalized) copy of “November Snow” as well.
~SAT
great cover art, and intriguing intro!
Shannon
Thank-you for liking and following my Journey
Love will blossom, And some will fall
I will enjoy reading your novels
And wish you the very best in life
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Hi Shannon, thanks for checking out my blog. I’ll definitely add November Snow to my to read list. Sounds great!
Hey Shannon- thanks for following my blog and for liking my post on Svadyaya (self-study). Namaste!
!6 is awesome. Getting published. Your books look great. I’m going to get one. Thanks for the comments on Pride and Prejudice and Daughters Grimm. This was my sixth novel in the paranormal romance genre. Minda Webber
Wow I do feel privileged to be followed by a real life author! I am trying to write a novel for the first time. It’s a romantic fiction with heavy doses of diaspora. I am just beginning the couple of chapters so it’s still a long way to go what with a 9 to 5 leaving me exhausted by the time I get home. But I feel it’s never too late and I’m taking this step or never – I say to myself. I would love to have your input on this maiden journey. I understand that a novel has to have at least 80,000 words – is that right?
All the best for your endeavours. I will get someone to get me a copy as I live in Nepal.
Actually, most publishers won’t publish a first time author if their novel is over 80,000 words, but there are exceptions. Mine was 123,000. Anywhere between 50,000 and 80,000 is the norm for debut novels (depending on genre and what kind of literary agent and/or publisher you are going for.) Also, I’m unsure what the standards are for Nepal, so that could be different.
I hope that helps.
~SAT
Thanks for the helpful comments. I will target somewhere between 50 – 60K then. I haven’t thought about a publisher yet. English writing here is relatively new here. Guess I will keep in touch with you from time to time.
wow, This books sounds interesting. Definitely something I would read.
And thank you for checking out my blog
Hi Shannon – thanks for following my blog! It’s always great to meet another author, especially one so accomplished. I’ll enjoy looking through your books.
Congratulations on your success Shannon. You must be a very talented writer to get published so young! How wonderful!
Thanks for stopping by projectworkingtitle.com. You have a great blog here, I look forward to following it.
Unless it’s just me, I think your Kindle link above is broke. I got a 404. Thanks for stopping by.
I’m sorry. November Snow is no longer available on Kindle, because it’s contract doesn’t allow for it to be on Nook and Kindle at the same time. However, I will soon be posting a poll on an e-book I’m publishing. My readers get to decide whether it will be on Kindle or Nook. Be sure to check it out!
~SAT
Thanks. And will do.
Hi Shannon,
Thanks for reading my blog. I wish you luck with your book. It sounds very different and intriguing. You are clever to put your book on e-reader version. That is becoming the way to go. Best of luck!
I am glad that u follow me. My books A Citizen’s Manifesto 640 pages and 5th generation 500 pages deal with society and politics. My blog contains articles written with the purpose of obtaining international opinion on my thinking. Please do circulate / share my blog to others
Hi Shannon, thanks for stopping by and following my blog. Your novel looks interesting and definitely the kind of thing that appeals to me (I’m a big fan of science fiction, even more so if the setting is dystopian). I’d like to get the ebook and have devices enabling me to read in mobi and epub format. Since your novel isn’t on Kindle anymore, I’ll check out nook but I don’t know anything about it I’m afraid; will it let me read epub?
Congratulations on getting published, btw, I hope you continue to have success with your writing
I’m afraid I don’t know how to work ePub, but if you find out, please let me know.
Maybe your vote will bring it to Kindle.
Soon, I’ll be releasing an e-book, and it’s up to the readers to decide whether it’s on Kindle or NOOK, so look out for that
~SAT
I have a program called Aldiko, which reads ePub, PDF and other formats, and I prefer it to Kindle because I find it’s a lot faster and has more customisable options. In the meantime I’ll go over and request a Kindle version at Amazon.
Good information to know :] Thank you.
~SAT
Thank you for following my blog, Shannon. I’ll visit yours too.
Shannon … thanks for reading my blog. Good luck with your book! Blessings!
Is there a Kindle form of November Snow? Thank you for following my blog!
Unfortunately, no. Amazon won’t allow NOOK and Kindle at the same time, but I’m about to let you all vote which one my new novel (coming out in May) will be on. And if it’s Kindle, I might switch November Snow over once B&N has it available as paperback.
I’ll keep you posted.
~SAT
If you don’t mind my asking, why did you choose Nook over Kindle? I don’t have much experience with Nook, since I started with Kindle forever ago and didn’t want to lose all my stuff when Nook came out. I’m just curious, though I may one day have to make the choice myself.
I’d love to read it. Maybe I’ll just purchase it from the Nook app on one of my devices to read in the meantime! Thanks!
I did NOOK because Barnes & Noble sent me a contract to sell my paperback, and I wanted to thank them by being on their site. However, I may switch it back over when I release MBS if it’s voted into Kindle, because I wouldn’t want readers to be torn between two different types.
~SAT
That makes sense. Honestly, it probably doesn’t really matter that much, except to almost-OCD people like me, who like to have all their books in one spot. I have a Nook app on my phone, my iPad, my computer, etc. The only device I can’t have a Nook app on is my Kindle Fire (which makes sense lol). Really, these days the choice isn’t that big of a deal, unless it drives you mad to have books scattered all over different apps (me), and those people are just crazy…
Shannon, Thank you for stopping by and reading my post. With a major goal of bridging generations, I’m thrilled that you liked my most recent post. I would appreciate it if you could leave comments or email me at JudyGuion@att.net and let me know what you think about the content, the layout, pictures etc. It would be fantastic if you could get some other young people looking at it also, because I really want feedback from a generation much younger than mine.
Thanking you in advance.
I don’t find your novel difficult for younger generations (Meaning, mine–twenties) because that seems, at least to me, what it’s about: generations through history and how they are similar to today while also differing over time. I study a lot of things like that in college, so it seems natural to read novels about it too. For instance, I just finished “The Unmemntioable” by Erin Moure which is a poetry collection about the Polish-Ukraine conflict during WWII and how immigrants fled to Alberta, Canada to start again, but it told from the daughter after the family fled and how she’s returning to the Ukraine to spread her mother’s ashes, wondering if she ever really knew her mother at all. (Since they never spoke about the horrible history.)
I hope that answers your question.
~SAT
Thank you for the follow! It’s awesome you started your career so young.
Wow..it’s great to know you through your blog. Thanks for the follow and all the best for your new book.