Remember remember the 8th of December

See that my friends? That's the face of someone who just found out that they can not only see the official release date of my book, but pre-order it as well! Is your face mirroring this delightful picture yet?

The official release date for "The Break-Up Artist" is December 8th! And you know what that means?




Christmas present time! Just picture this. Your little ones running down the stairs/hallway/crawl space (if you happen to be Harry Potter) and finding a copy of "The Break-Up Artist" under the tree. Can you think of anything better? Well... maybe, but I sure can't!

And of course, the other exciting bit of news that I accidentally stumbled upon while studiously staring at my book on Goodreads (not that I do that often......) is that if you follow the link to Amazon or Barnes and Noble you can pre-order the book! So if you should feel so inclined I'll include the link to both Amazon and Barnes and Noble so that anyone who doesn't want to try figuring out which stores it'll be in can have it sent to their own personal mailbox/doorstep/PO Box.

Barnes and Noble

Amazon

And then of course here's the Goodreads page which links about a dozen other online bookstores where my book can be purchased

Goodreads

Just ignore the fact that a few of the websites say the book is coming out on December 28th and that the Goodreads site says my book is just called "Break-Up Artist" rather than "The Break-Up Artist". Minor details right?

Until next time friends,

Shannen

Do you smell sugar floss?

People may be wondering why I can't stop talking about tight rope walkers, or silent films, or circuses lately... and by people I mainly mean my husband because he happens to be in my general vicinity most of the time. But I'll tell you why this has been all I can think about lately, whether you wanted to know or not.



See these two? This is the picture I look at right before I start working on the book I'm currently writing. In fact, I have a whole file of pictures I flip through really fast to get me into the right mindset to work on this book. I don't know how my fellow authors immerse themselves in their world (most likely they don't need picutres and they can just get themselves there right away), but for me, one of my favorite parts of writing is becoming obsessed with the story. Anyone who knows me would say I go through phases of obsessions. Weather it's this tart ginger and crazy man.. or... sort of man, sort of Time Lord



A certain pie maker and a girl named Chuck.



Or even this clever and snarky British detective, who will soon replace his deerstalker for a deep and rumbling dragon voice.



But whatever my current obsession is, I'm in it all the way. I make it my desktop, I listen to music that reminds me of it, and I spend time in between calls at work thinking about how awesome it is. So for me, the best way to write something passionately is to turn it into an obsession. For example, aside from my lovely Buster Keaton picture, I'll pull up this picture, which pretty much defines the entire feel of my book without words.



then listen to my playlist entitled "June" which has lots of circus-y Panic! At the Disco type of music.



For me, it's all about the immersion. So Facebook friends and Twitter followers, I apologize for always wanting to talk about stuff that makes you feel vaguely like eating cotton candy and popcorn. It's all part of the process.

Until next time,

Shannen

PS, do you like my new background? I figured, I had the very talented Trent Davis shoot this for my book cover back before it was published, so I might as well put it to some good use!