THE FALLOUT Book 2 is Now AVAILABLE! With bonus Playlist for The Warning Series

LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR

THE FALLOUT, book 2 of the Warning Series, is finally here!

I am so thrilled to share THE WARNING series with you!

 I thought of the concept in 2013 during Christmas vacation while binge-watching Doctor Who. I thought, “Why would someone go into the TARDIS? It's absurd! Come on, if a TARDIS appeared and a strange person asked you to leave with them, how many people would actually go?”

That got me thinking about what would make people go with a stranger through a portal—and BAM. The series flooded my brain and has haunted me ever since.

This series is about making hard choices and fighting for the truth while struggling with anxiety. Seventeen-year-old Alexandra Lucas lives in Massachusetts with an anxiety disorder and suddenly has to deal with a life-or-death cosmic phenomenon. I wanted her honest struggle and the complex relationships in her life to give the story a gradual depth that would hit at a gut level. All the mental health issues in the book are based on personal and family experiences. Alex is strong, vulnerable, compassionate, and flawed, and becomes heroic. To do this, I decided to write in first-person, present tense to give Alex’s character the tight focus she deserved and to portray an anxiety disorder as realistically as possible.

If a hologram said you were in danger, but it could save your life, would you believe it? Would you give into the anxiety, listen to everyone else’s advice, or make your own choices? And what if you made the wrong choice?

After a global pandemic and the growing fears of artificial intelligence, I hope you find THE WARNING series more relatable and relevant than ever. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. I hope you enjoy and tell others about it!

Bonus! We created a playlist for the Warning series to share with you book-music lovers! It’s over on Spotify, songs chosen by me and my teen daughter in collaboration with Sourcebooks Fire to set the tone of my dystopian series. Enjoy!

 

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Small favor to ask! Did you like my book THE WARNING (or for early fans, CONSIDER)? Please tell others and write a review on Amazon.

One sentence and a quick star rating. That's all it takes. Two minutes of your time can really help my career.

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To my early fans, Amazon won't transfer any old CONSIDER reviews to THE WARNING version. So please add your reviews again!

Once a book reaches 25 reviews, Amazon starts to pay attention. At 50 reviews, Amazon actively recommends it to other readers. At 100 reviews, more special treatment by Amazon's algorithms. Then more readers can find it!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Special Publishing News!

I’m so excited and grateful to make this special publishing announcement. My 2016 debut book series has found a new home with Sourcebooks Fire!

Sourcebooks is republishing my booksunder new titles, new covers, and newly edited for a wider audience in SUMMER 2023!

This is a rare event. Books are usually only traditionally published once. They usually don’t get a second chance.

So how did it happen?!

In the fall, I requested and received all my creative rights back to the Holoseries from my small press, deeming the two books out of print. My initial intention was to self-publish the series online since the books weren’t readily available in bookstores anyway. Plus, I wanted my film rights back since they were sitting idle.

Instead, after a conversation with my agent, we took a long shot and decided to pitch the series to Sourcebooks since I had a great relationship with them in the past. And the rest is history!

Sourcebooks offered me a two-book publishing deal, with the option of a possible third book in the series!

I’m editing the previous books based on early fan feedback, so expect the unexpected. I’ve been set loose by my new editor, Annette Pollert-Morgan. Perhaps I’m adding deleted scenes, new scenes, different deaths…(cue evil laughter). What an amazing opportunity as a writer to literally time travel back and edit my work from 2015 for a new 2023 audience. And strangely enough, the series feels more relevant than ever with the current state of the world.

Thank you so much to my agent, Ali Herring at Spencerhill Associates Literary, for being a huge fan and loving this series before we ever met. 

To the early fans of my debut series, thank you so much for your enthusiasm. It absolutely made this possible, propelling my books to the next level. I am forever grateful to you for reading and sharing the books with others.

June 1, 2023–let’s do this!

NOW, ARE YOU READY TO SEE THE NEW TITLE AND NEW COVER FOR BOOK 1 ?

YOU AREN’T READY.

IT’S SHOCKING.

IT DOESN’T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE BEFORE.

Scroll down at your own peril.

Book 1 has been re-titled THE WARNING, and whoa, the new cover has scary shelf appeal. It’s over on Goodreads starting today, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you are on Goodreads, add it to your “Want to read” to help it find readers. Thanks again for all your support!

 

THE WARNING (Book 1) cover design by Andrew Davis