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Books, Release

Happy Release Day!

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The First Paperback Edition of The Butterfly Crest is officially out today! Just wanted to do a quick update to pass on the link! It is available for purchase on Amazon (or through the Bookshop link on the side-bar menu). If you’re in Europe, it should be available through your regional Amazon links.

Congrats to the 3 winners of the Goodreads Giveaway that ended this morning! I will be mailing out your signed First Editions sometime this week!

Please stay tuned throughout the week for stops on The Butterfly Crest Virtual Book Tour, which includes it’s own giveaway. You can get the details (and enter to win) here. The image above is one of three teasers I prepared for the tour. Please feel free to take a look at all three in the gallery below!

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Blog Hops/Tours, Release

On paperback releases and book blog tours

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Hi all! Just wanted to stop by and make a few quick announcements. I had planned for this post to be a little more than just updates, but I somehow caught a stomach bug and it has officially won. Thanks to the crazy dizziness, I can’t stare at a screen for too long.

First thing’s first, just a little reminder that the First Edition Paperback of The Butterfly Crest comes out tomorrow online!! Keep an eye out for the link, which I’ll be posting tomorrow morning (or you can sneak a copy now on Amazon)!

NOLA Book FairI attended my first book fair this past weekend – The New Orleans Book Fair! Had a lot of fun meeting new readers, and sharing the experience with V (my partner in crime in all things literature related) and A (she who forces me to be social and champions my cause). For those of you who purchased the book, I sincerely hope you enjoy Elena’s story and come to love some of the characters as much as I do. It’s a privilege to be able to share them with you. Thank you as well to all the super nice people who signed up for my author newsletter – an email should be going out soon with some fun updates!

If you haven’t signed up for my author newsletter yet, there’s always room for new friends! You can sign up on Eva’s List anytime, to receive exclusive updates on my latest news, sneak peeks and special promotions. Those on the List will be first in line for cover and title reveals, and Book Two excerpts!

PrintThe Butterfly Crest Virtual Book Tour starts today! Thank you to Spread The Word Blog Tours and all of the wonderful bloggers who voted for the book. I’m really looking forward to your posts! There will be a giveaway associated with the tour (First Prize – a signed First Edition Paperback; Second Prize – a $15 Amazon gift card). Here’s the schedule, for those of you who would like to take the tour (and/or enter the giveaway!):

November 10th – TWE Indie Reviews

November 11th – Trials and Tribulations of Writing Fiction

November 12th – 2 Book Lovers Reviews

November 15th – Sarah Wathen

November 16th – The Spontaneous Reader

November 17th – L.M. David and Literary Homebody

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Goodreads Book Giveaway

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Hello all!!

My Goodreads Book Giveaway has been approved and is now accepting entries! Please click on the image below and Enter for a chance to win 1 of 3 **signed** First Edition Paperback copies of The Butterfly Crest. The Giveaway dates are from October 11th through November 11th. Best of Luck! Ganbare! 

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Such stuff as dreams are made

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BCpaperbackIt’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! Three years and a Cold War With Drop Caps/Small Caps later, it’s finally in print! Physical. Tangible. Definite. My soul made manifest and laid bare for the world to see.

There are no words to describe the feeling. Relief. Elation. Awe. Satisfaction. Euphoria. Joy. Humility. Accomplishment. Pride. All these words, while true, seem two-dimensional.

This is the stuff of dreams.

So when’s the big day? The First Edition Paperback of The Butterfly Crest will be released on November 11th through Amazon! To celebrate, I’ll be giving away 3 signed copies on Goodreads, so please stay tuned in the next few days for more information on that!

But wait, there’s more! Spread The Word Book Blog Tours will be hosting a Virtual Book Tour for The Butterfly Crest from November 10th through the 18th (which will include another giveaway), and The Twins and I have been working on a Character Interview for your reading pleasure (thanks Moonrise Book Blog for the invitation!).

So if you’re an old friend of the beasties or new, we’d love to have you join the celebration!

Books, News, Release, Writing

On delays…

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Good morning. I know this announcement is late in coming (my sincere apologies), but I’ve had to delay the book release by about two weeks (hopefully) because of some conversion issues with two special characters used in Japanese words. I’ll keep everyone posted as more info comes in. Sorry for the delay, but I held out until the last minute hoping we could fix this in time. It’s very important to me to salvage the proper spelling and usage of the language, so I hope you don’t mind. Cheers, and thanks for your support!

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On a break from the madness…

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‘Peony flower and butterflies’, hanging scroll by Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1757.

My apologies for the radio silence of late, but quite a lot has been happening behind the scenes and I’m trying my best to keep on top of everything.

First thing’s first, I’m thrilled to announce that The Butterfly Crest will be at an ebook retailer near you in May. The official publish date is May 16th, but the date could vary depending on the retailer. It will be available through iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Copia and a slew of others, so please stay tuned for those updates. The book will also be available on print in the next few months.

If you’d like to stay up to date on the latest news, please join my new mailing list to receive that information via email, as well as exclusive sneak peeks, promotions and bonus materials. You can sign up here. Rest assured, your contact information is safe with me!

If you look around the site, you’ll see a few new additions. The theme this week was ‘social media’. After a little trial and error, I have officially joined Twitter (@EvaVanrell) and started a Facebook Page. I’ve added Follow and Like buttons to the sidebar on the main page, and links to the accounts themselves on the menu above. It goes without saying that your support is greatly appreciated. 

The proof for the book arrived mid week and I’ve been knee-deep in review. It’s been a struggle to stop myself from reading the thing word for word, so I handed it over to my husband this morning. As of right now, the format looks amazing and we haven’t seen any major problems.

Book Two is coming along, and I’ve somehow managed to find a little time to write in all the madness (when I’m not woking on social media, streamlining the website, setting up the book promotion, or at my day job). I’m really happy with how the story is developing, and I can’t wait to be able to focus all of my energy on writing (and telling you all about it)!

Today’s image is ‘Peony flower and butterflies’ by Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1757. I would say I chose it, but it was really Mr. Muse while we were on Pinterest two weeks ago. He’s quite fond of butterflies, and it seemed an appropriate image for today’s post.