Sunkissed in Paperback!

So excitingly, today my publisher informed me that Sunkissed is now available in paperback! As much as I love ebooks, I have to admit that there is something nice about being able to physically own a book.

There is an ongoing debate among readers as to whether ebooks or physical copies of books offer the best reading experience. I am hoping to join the digital revolution at the end of the year when Santa hopefully gets me a Kindle for Christmas. The benefits will be being able to own numerous books without having to physically store them somewhere.

But then, when I really adore a book I want to own it, want to be able to hold it in my hands and pass it on to friends to read and enjoy.

I don't think owning a Kindle will drastically change my reading habits I will hopefully just be able to read more books and then only buy paperback copies of the ones I truly love.

First Reviews...

The first reviews for Sunkissed have started to come in. It has been a tense time waiting to hear what people think of the story. Some YA book bloggers were kind enough to read Sunkissed and promote and review it through their blogs.

With reviews, you anticipate that there are going to be people who don't like it. Its such a subjective area and you can't please everyone, but for me, knowing that someone has read and enjoyed my book is a massive deal as ultimately that's why I write - so that others can lose themselves within the stories I create.

So when I read one of my first reviews, courtesy of Katie at Curse of the Bibliophile I was thrilled that she enjoyed the book and gave it 5 stars!

http://curseofthebibliophile.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/sunkissed-by-carys-jones.html

I know that not everyone will feel the same way, but its nice to know that someone out there loved reading the story as much as I loved writing it!

I look forward to getting more reviews and feedback from people. I've also commenced work on the Sunkissed sequel which is currently untitled.

Thank you to everyone who has agreed to read and review the story, I admire the time and dedication bloggers put in to their sites! And a massive thank you to Katie. It might be a typical rainy day here in England, but I'm smiling! : )

Waiting and Pacing...

Sunkissed is out which can mean only one thing...the inevitable pain of waiting on reviews! A couple of YA book blogs have been kind enough to agree to read and review the story and I just hope that they enjoy it! It is such a scary process to put your work out there and find out what people think of it. People might love it, then again, they might hate it. People's tastes are so subjective you can never tell what will happen.

With Sunkissed I just hope that people enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Will all my books I just want to create stories that the reader can escape in to.

So I'm waiting on those first reviews to come in, once they do I can relax a little and stop pacing so much!!

Sunkissed is here!

After lots of editing and preparation Sunkissed is finally available for purchase through my publisher's website; http://www.bookstore.kellanpublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=22_53&products_id=38

I'm so excited to have the book out and to hear what people think of it. Shortly it will also be available through Amazon in both digital and paperback format.

A massive thank you to Kellan Publishing for all their hard work in getting the book out in time for summer. I just hope that everyone enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Its Tempting to Beg...

Pitching a novel is never easy. Check out my post via The Renegade Word with some useful tips for how to tackle that tricky query letter!

http://www.renegadeword.com/making-money-2/how-to-pitch-your-novel-to-publishers-in-9-steps/

Whilst at times you might feel like begging them to read your work it is never the best approach!

Nearly there!

After a much needed two week holiday I'm back home battling jet lag and also the non stop heatwave which we are having in England!

Sunkissed should be released very shortly which I'm really excited about. I'm just approving some final tweaks to the manuscript and then everything should be good to go! I can't wait to get the story out there and see what people make of it (though that is also a very scary part of the whole process, what if everyone hates it...)

Its lunch time now but I'm still in breakfast mode so am about to delve in to an epic sized bowl of Frosties which are my food fad du jour!

Sadly whilst in America I didn't get chance to appear on the cable network talk show I'd been invited on as I literally just wasn't in the right place on the right date. Maybe next time!

Looking Ahead

So I've got a lot of positive things lined up. My second book will hopefully be out before the end of this year.  As soon as I get a release date I'll post it on here. I'm also in negotiations with some other publishers about a British crime thriller I've written so that's potentially pretty exciting.

Very randomly I've been invited to speak on an American talk show which actually terrifies me. Those who know me will be aware of how much I struggle with that sort of thing. For me, the writing is the easy part its the selling myself aspect that I find horrific. I wish I could create a clone Carys to go out and do all the PR stuff for me whilst I stay home relaxing in a onesie... Oh well.

Back to enjoying this rare bout of beautiful British weather. I've even managed to do some writing outside this week which has been lovely (just don't mention the sunburn).