The voting so far is heavily weighted in favor of TWISTED, which is my Young Adult Dystopian. Which I find odd and exciting. I’d think on the heels of the Pieces of Me release, more folks would want to see what happens in FRACTURED SOUL (Pieces of Me 2 – written in another POV not Braidan’s). Equally surprising are the votes for Runaway Choices 2 (Colin’s POV).

So if you want a say in what I write next, head over to Facebook and vote! Voting ends May 10th.

And if you’ve been busy with end of school preparations, you probably missed my NAME THE CHARACTERS contest! That I do have a direct link for right here –>http://eisleyjacobs.com/novels/name-the-characters/. The entries for that one don’t end until JUNE. So you have a little while to get all your bunnies in a row! *smile*

“So how is that supposed to work, Eisley? If you are writing this new novel which you start May 11th, but don’t have the naming characters contest end until June 30th, how does that work?!”

Simple answer. I name them Jane, Joe, Jim, Jen, Jax, Jasper, Jemes, Jackie… etc until the winner gives me the names. I’m hoping to have the novel finished (Delusions of Grandeur?) before the contest ends (that is nearly two months, I can doo eeeet!) so that maybe the winner can have an advanced copy and rename the winning characters whatever they want! *smile* Cool, yeah? Cool.

Pieces of Me

Runaway Choices

Born to be a Dragon Blink of a Dragon

Unseen *To Be Released Shortly

No not one of those. A NEW ONE. NEW NEW. NEW!

I know, I know. Some of you are like, “Wait a minute! How is that possible, weren’t you just reading through that RINGS book?”

Why yes, yes I was. But now, I am not [clears throat]… so I need to write something.

“Why?” Well, because I’m a writer. Oh oh, you mean why no RINGS? It’s a long drawn out story that can be shorten with: “it was written a long time ago and I have to write it again if I hope to ever publish it.” AKA, it sucked. No really, just trust me. And with the trends right now, it just shouldn’t be the next in line for me to write. The good news is, it’s still near and dear to my heart. And while it’s still roaming around in the fantasy section of my mind, I will be taking notes on it while I write other things. And trust me when I tell you it’s much better this way. Mainly because RINGS will be much stronger for the reboot. And it will be a complete reboot with none of my old drafts around to influence me. Zip. Zero. NONE. But it will have to happen at another time.

“Well, then what’s next Eisley? Don’t tell me those cute goats have anything to do with this? If you tell me you’re writing a goat book, you’re totally fired!”

Hey now, don’t be so harsh. But, you’ll be happy to know the new book has nothing to do with goats. At least, I don’t think it does. [shakes head] No, it doesn’t. But what does it have to do with? Hmmm that is the real question. I have three possibles and I’ve decided to let my reads dictate which book I write next.

No really. REALLY! Check Facebook to get in on that action… FaceBook Link

Oh but there’s more!

Because I like to have fun, I want you… [yes you!] to help me name some of the characters in said next book. And the person that names the characters will receive a special dedication in the novel! How cool is that? Your name will be IN a novel! Well it could be in there twice if you choose to use your own name to name a character.

But how on earth will I choose a winner for such an honor?

For every review you leave on one of my current books (on any forum, anywhere) you will be entered into the pot to NAME THE CHARACTERS. And to add to the awesome, the winner will receive five autographed copies of the novel to hand out to their friends/family/co-workers/monkeys/whomever you want.

Pieces of Me

Runaway Choices

Born to be a Dragon Blink of a Dragon

Unseen *To Be Released Shortly

So here is the break down in three easy bullets:

• - Comment on this post. Easy one entry.
• - Share this contest and you’ll receive one entry. Anywhere on  social media: your blog, twitter, facebook, tumblr, pinterest, etc. Anywhere. Just don’t spam please, that’s not fun.
• - Review any of my current novels (Pieces of Me, Runaway Choices, Born to be a Dragon, Blink of a Dragon or The Unseen Chronicles[released soon]) and receive one entry per review. That can be a lot of entries for just one book! And old reviews DO COUNT! Just leave the link in the rafflecopter tracker.

On June 30th, this contest will end and after the links are verified through rafflecopter, I will contact our winner!

VERY IMPORTANT: You must enter with rafflecopter to log your entries into the cool spreadsheet they send me. They pick the winner, not me! So if you can’t get rafflecopter to work, email me and I will manually enter your information.

And as always, if you have any questions, let me know!

LET THE FUN BEGIN!

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In fact, we’ve spent most of the afternoons outside preparing our property for goats! Yup, you read that right. The Jacobs family is about to take on goat herding. Que the peanut gallery, because I’m quite certain we will have some stories you all can poke fun at.

The middle kid and I have been working our behinds off putting up a fence. We are sore ad so glad the process is almost over. We will have our reward in the cute little “meh meh meh” that I’m quite sure will become annoying at one point. BUT, we can rest soon with a job well done. Or at least done. WE aren’t professional fencers or anything.

We did used some old bricks we found on our property to make a fire pit, which was beyond cool. Because while Denver was getting the 18 said inches, we were roasting mallows. Oh it was fun. I love California. I’ve missed it so.

Novel Updates:

Dragons Forever 3 – Dragons of the Deep: is in process. The Editor will be done with it in June (gosh I hate waiting my turn LOL) but it looks like we are still on schedule for a July release! Hooray!

The Unseen Chronicles – An unseen realm anthology: is in the final stages of production. Proofer is going over the text shortly and then it will be ready for the specific genre readers. It’s an anthology of angel stories, so it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. I accept that.

Pieces of Me: The reviews are slowly rolling in and I’m happy to report have all been very positive. It makes me happy to see folks enjoying the novel. And some have shown their love in various ways. Posting pictures, reviews, and Amber from “The Borrowed Book” even wrote an open letter to IAN. (You can read that letter here).

Rings of Time: Next Question? LOL I’ll have an update on that soon… I hope.

Can’t wait!

Thank you again SOO much for participating in my Pieces of Me giveaway! It was a huge success and I owe it all to my friends and fans for making it as big as it was. It took me a couple days to verify the entries, but I have them all entered and the winners have been emailed and have emailed me back to accept their prizes! Woo hoo! Congratulations everyone!

The winners of the signed copies of Pieces of Me are:
– Amber S – winning entry was on twitter -  Verified/Confirmed
– Elizabeth C – winning entry was on Facebook – Verified/Confirmed

The winners of the $10 Gift Cards are:
– Emily P – winning entry was on Barnes and Noble – Verified/Confirmed
– Matt D – winning entry was on Amazon- Verified/Confirmed
– Brittany C – winning entry was on twitter – Verified/Confirmed
– Gabriel R – winning entry was on Facebook – Verified/Confirmed

The winner of the $50 CASH:
– Matt D – winning entry was his blog post comment – Verified/Confirmed

The winner of the $50 Gift Card:
– Priscilla A – winning entry was for her tweet – Verified/Confirmed

The winner of the gift basket:
– Mark F – winning entry was a review on Barnes and Noble – Verified/Confirmed

If you are ultra bummed you didn’t win, there are more chances to win coming soon so stay tuned! And to help ease the blow  (of not winning) Anne Riley is giving away a book too! Right here on this  blog! Well, on lots of blogs… but you can enter by clicking right here.

Again, congratulations to the winners! Good luck on Anne’s awesome book!

First of all, I want to say thank you soo much for spreading the word about Pieces of Me. It’s receiving some pretty significant buzz and that’s all due to my readers… you! Thank you! Thank you!

So, right. I’m sure you all came to the blog to see who won my Pieces of Me giveaway right? Well, unfortunately all the winners haven’t confirmed yet! And I gave them  72 hours to respond before I choose another winner. So, check your email and respond! As soon as everyone is confirmed I will post the winners! Woot woot woot! If you missed out on the giveaway, no fear! There will be more. I love to give away stuff. And so do most of my friends. Which brings me to the rest of my post.

ANOTHER GIVEAWAY, WHAT?!

You got it! Today’s giveaway comes from Anne Riley author of Shadows of the Hidden. I had the honor of reading Shadows back when it was titled something else and really got into the characters. There was a certain twist that I did not see coming and left me slack-jawed when I realized what was going on. I know it’s seen some revisions since I’ve read it, so I can’t wait to read it again and find out what I missed! You should definitely check it out!

As one of the reviewers said on Amazon, “Shadows of the Hidden sneaks up on you… in a good way.” And because Anne is sooo awesome, she’s invited you to read an excerpt from her novel and she’s having a giveaway to boot. She’s giving away not one, but TWO copies of Shadows of the Hidden and you don’t have to go anywhere to enter, you can just do it right here on this post… at the bottom. Good luck!

Blurb from Shadows of the Hidden:

Natalie Watson doesn’t believe her parents are dead, even though they disappeared five years ago. Discovering the truth about their fate is one of the only things that get her out of bed in the morning. But after moving from her home in Georgia to her aunt’s boarding school in Maine, solving the mystery of her parents’ whereabouts is just one of several challenges she must face. When she’s not fending off attacks from the popular kids, she puzzles over the rumors about a strange boy in her math class–one with fiery red hair who rarely speaks.

Despite suspicions that he murdered his sister a year earlier, Natalie finds it impossible to stay away from Liam Abernathy–especially when he confesses to knowing something about her parents. Soon she’s following him into the forest, where things happen she doesn’t understand…things that shouldn’t be possible.

Natalie soon realizes her connection to Liam is deeper than she ever imagined, and not everyone she counts as a friend can be trusted. When she finds herself at the center of a centuries-old quest for immortality, she must work with Liam to stay alive–even if it means facing a truth about herself and her family that will not only shake her perception of herself, but of the entire world around her.

Excerpt from Shadows of the Hidden:

He pulls out the chair across from me with a loud scrape and plops down in it. I scowl at him, but he pretends not to notice.

“I think we need to talk.”

“Oh, no you don’t,” I say. “The last time you and I ‘talked’ about something, I ended up getting dragged into the woods and watching you—” I drop my voice to a whisper—“disappear.”

“That’s what I want to talk to you about.”

“Well, I don’t feel like discussing it right now.” I open my book and block his face with it.

“Look,” he says, snatching the book out of my hands. “I know you’re upset, but you’ve got to trust me about this. I told you it would be hard to believe. I did warn you.”

I shake my head, pointing at him in a very Aunt Tessa kind of way. “That’s true, but I didn’t think—I mean, you didn’t tell me—”

“Natalie, listen to me very carefully.”

I meet his gaze, and something in his eyes keeps me from trying to leave again. They’re burning a fiery shade of green, as if the intensity he’s feeling inside is shining through.

“I know it probably looked like what happened in the forest was something demonic, or something evil. Or perhaps you’ve convinced yourself that it was all a trick.”

I fidget at the truth in his words.

“I can assure you that what you saw was real. However, you would be right if you thought I was doing something…well, supernatural.”

A chill blows through my bones like a gust of wind. “Supernatural?”

“Yes. What you saw in the woods was only the beginning.”

What folks are saying about Shadows of the Hidden:

Medeia Sharif, author of Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.: “This novel kept me on the edge of my seat. It was quite suspenseful with a unique historical twist to the paranormal. With great characters and non-stop action, it kept me hooked until the very last page.”

Krissi Dallas, author of the Phantom Island series: “A riveting mystery filled with realistic teenage drama, suspenseful twists, and an extraordinary quest for the truth… Anne Riley is a refreshing storyteller with the ability to keep me desperately turning those pages for more adventure!”

Where to purchase Shadows of the Hidden:

Amazon – Paperback – 12.99
Amazon – Kindle – 4.99
Barnes and Noble – Paperback -12.99
Barnes and Noble – Nook Book – 4.99

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In other news: I’m so excited to announce that the GoodReads giveaway was a huge success! 1430 people entered my little giveaway!

You will receive your autographed copy as soon as the post gets it to you (they go out tomorrow).

Again, Congratulations! I just might have to do that again, that was fun! For those of you still reading, have you gotten your entries in to my giveaway yet? Gift cards, cash, gift baskets, more books? Click here for entry information!