Thursday 1 January 2015

Evernight's Holiday Hangover Hop


Happy New Year from Evernight!

Now that the Christmas cookies are gone, gifts unwrapped, and your holiday visitors have left, you’ve earned some well-deserved TLC. Evernight authors not only have the cure for your holiday hangover, they have fantastic new books for your 2015 reading list, too!

Be sure to visit every stop on the hop and answer each question. The more blogs you hop, the more chances to win the GRAND PRIZE of an iPad Mini sponsored by Evernight Publishing (one entry per blog). Plus, hop each blog for a host of other fabulous prizes.


So sink into your favorite chair and enjoy your holiday hangover!


Michelle here. It's that time again - saying good-bye to another year and looking forward to the one ahead. There's so much I'd like to accomplish this year, but I've learned that sometimes you have to take it one day at a time.

I didn't get much writing done in 2014. It was a rough year. My dad has been battling cancer and it's taken a toll on me and my family. In all honesty, we didn't think he'd make it to 2015, but he has and for that I'm grateful. But I realized how important writing has become to me because the less of it I do, the worse I feel. I've got all these stories and characters cluttering up my brain (and let's be honest, there's not a lot of space up there in the first place).

For 2015, I'd like to finish my Losing It series for Evernight. I got the first two books done and released, and partway through writing the third the EDJ got really hard, plus Dad got sick again and it faded into the background. I only need another 2k or so to finish #3 so I'd like to get that done by the end of January. I have two more planned beyond that.

I started writing a story for Evernight's Uniform Anthology, but I didn't make the deadline, especially because I realized that the story I was trying to tell was too big. So I'd like to expand it and submit it sometime this year. Hopefully I'll be able to participate in some of the anthologies in 2015. It was a lot of fun to see my story in the Executive Assistant Anthology released in 2014.

Of course, some of my favourite authors have great new releases coming up this year that I'm going to have to find time to read! I bet a lot of you are facing the same dilemma.

I'd love to hear about what you're looking forward to reading this year. Leave me a comment to tell me about it. I'll choose one commenter to receive a $10 Evernight gift certificate and their choice of one of my Evernight books.


Don't forget to visit my fellow authors who are doing their own giveaways, and you can enter to win the grand prize of an iPad mini! Happy Hopping!

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37 comments:

  1. for me i am willing to read anything new and intresting :)

    parisfan_ca@yahoo.com

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  2. (((Hugs))) and good luck to you in 2015, Michelle! We're looking forward to more of your stories.

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  3. I'm looking forward to reading more of Sam Crescent's books!! Also Jamie Begley has a book coming out about Shades POV from Shades Fall!! I can't wait to read it!! Happy New Year!!! Christy_love14@hotmail.com

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  4. I read anything that catches me. I love Shifters/vampires the most but will read all kinds of romance


    dennisntabitha28@yahoo.com

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  5. I am looking forward to traveling.
    debby236 at hotmail dot com

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  6. I am sorry for your dad and happy that this ugly bitch did not win in 2014
    I wish you many many years with him again!!!

    my wish? menage romances :)

    take care Michele!

    mary
    tagsncats @gmail.com (space before @)

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  7. Burned by Karen Marie Moning is on my top must read this year. Ive waited ages.

    kitsune_no_sora @ yahoo

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  8. Glad to hear your dad made it to 2015. I would like to read a military book about a husband coming back from a deployment. I'm a army wife so it is something I would relate to.
    kaylyndavis1986@yahoo.com

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  9. I love reading anything and I love both of your Losing It Books so great and very original . What I'm dying to get my hands on right now is Control by Sam Crescent. Hope you have a Happy New Year and can't wait to read your newest work.
    haleymiller354@yahoo.com

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  10. I don't know if I have anything particular in mind for my reading this year, usually whatever catches my interest
    skpetal at hotmail dot com

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  11. So glad you still have your dad! What a great way to start the new year! My great aunt, who helped raise me, was born on January 1st and I have such wonderful memories of celebrating the new year (and her birthday) with her. I can feel her presence every New Years like a warm hug!
    There are so many wonderful books I'd like to read this year! Probably most of all, I'd like to read the last Heller and Little Town books by JD Nixon. She is just not writing fast enough for me -lol.
    Happy New Year!
    whitk2227(at)outlook(dot)com

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  12. I'm just looking forward to finding great new to me authors and continuing to read the next installment in my favorite series like Visions in Silver by Anne Bishop and the next Kate Daniels and Mercy Thomson books.

    acm05atjuno.com

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  13. I'm waiting for Trust by Ella Frank among others...deborahetta61@gmail.com

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  14. I have a lot of books I want to read, but I'm really looking forward to the new Victoria Laurie book coming out this month!
    hopkins.ab@gmail.com

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  15. I'm excited for Nalini Singh's next Psy-Changeling book. I'm also looking forward to discovering new-to-me authors in this new year. Happy new year and I'm glad you're enjoying it with your dad.
    bimmergrlmd at gmail dot com

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  16. can't wait for Trust by Ella Frank, Rise & Fall by Charlie Cochet, book 3 in Nice Guys series by Kindle Alexander are high on my wish list

    leetee2007(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  17. Anything that catches my eye or that I want to learn about. I'm working on herbal medicine right now. dustykattc@hotmail.com

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  18. I am sorry for your father. I plan on getting healthier by eating better and being more active....I would also like to make a dent in my TBR pile but with a blog and being a stay at home mom of 2, I am thinking that will be more wishful thinking.

    susanmplatt AT Hotmail DOT com

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  19. I am looking forward to reading My Ghostly Boyfriend by Elizabeth Monvey this year.

    Happy New Year,
    Marnie
    barniebad@aol.com

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  20. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone will be writing this year.
    angiek@cfu.net

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  21. I am looking forward to reading Earth Bound by Christine Feehan, Cat's Lair by Christine Feehan, and The Immortal Who Loved Me by Lynsay Sands.

    jmesparza821 at gmail dot com

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  22. I'm looking forward to having more time to read and relax. I also looking forward to discovering new authors and of course reading the new books my favourite author write. YAY!!!

    ShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

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  23. I am looking forward to the next books from my favorite authors. Shelly Laurenston, G, A. Aiken, Celia Kyle, Lia Davis, etc.
    Thanks for being part of this fun hop and for the chance to win. <^_^>
    reneebennett35 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  24. I am hoping to read many of the books that are outside of my committed series. There are so many wonderful reads out there, but when there are that many great authors, the cost of reading skyrockets. laura.striplin@gmail.com

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  25. I'm so glad you still have your dad. I am looking forward to great stories.
    1006penguins(at)gmail(dot)com

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  26. I love to read! So if it sounds interesting I will read it. My favorite is menage.

    lisa.mancl1@gmail.com

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  27. I'm looking forward to so many books. My main ones though are Jamie Begleys new Last Rider Books, Sam Crescent new releases and Ann Mayburn's Alexandra's Forbidden Submissive. There are many more...too much to list here.

    Kyratinker36@gmail.com

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  28. I'm looking forward to reading Last Call by Alice Clayton,... & Any book written by Melissa Foster, Kate Perry & Bella Andre. =)

    Hope you have a great 2015! =)
    Brandi
    BLeigh1130 at yahoo dot com

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  29. I'm looking forward to reading! Also keeping up my exercise program which I started last year.

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  30. Some really smart and sexy IR reads from now on.

    Happy New Year!!

    toonsgirl1(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  31. There are a lot of books I am looking forward to reading, one of them is SEAL Wolf Hunting by Terry Spear.
    bmiller44@hotmail.com

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  32. I'm looking forward to Kyland by Mia Sheridan! Thanks for the chance! gcompolongo@yahoo.com

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  33. I'm waiting for books from Sherrilyn Kenyon and Jayne Ann Krentz.
    sstrode at scrtc dot com

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  34. I'm looking forward to the next books in the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones and the Stormwalker series by Allyson James.

    beckerjo at verizon dot net

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  35. I'm looking forward to new releases from Patricia Briggs Alpha & Omega series, Nalini Singh Guild Hunter series, Heather Rainier Divine Creek Ranch series and so many others.
    dark_princess_rosie@yahoo.com

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  36. I just bought the sequel to Harvest:Taken by MA Church, so I'm reading that right now, which I'm excited about, as well as finally getting around to reading Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs.

    tiger-chick-1(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  37. Good luck with your stories this year!
    I am looking forward to reading so many stories. 2 new books coming from Kresley Cole, 2 new ones coming from Tigris Eden and some on my never-ending TBR. My Kindle has a ton of books on it! Lol.
    Thank you for participating in the hop and for the wonderful giveaway!
    trb0917 at gmail dot com

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