tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73637477973375196642024-02-21T01:30:47.162-08:00 Shannen C BooksOfficial blog of author Shannen Crane CampShannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-35038359861134584822021-03-27T13:24:00.003-07:002021-03-27T13:24:28.645-07:00Entanglement cover reveal!<p> Here it is! The cover for my new YA Specative book, Entanglement!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXqN94E7RHUCNcE97y-LTai9aTdFfoqYaj2cYzUGJAJmjooeTARY8LT2NIhz-_6vIIgjCD_u-BR3G6J8EphLUozWUpdeEOXk6a2zNuXM3lY4LTEOmNEsiGAlEbxpN6gBMybAf2U8jXFc/s2048/Binary+mock+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1470" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXqN94E7RHUCNcE97y-LTai9aTdFfoqYaj2cYzUGJAJmjooeTARY8LT2NIhz-_6vIIgjCD_u-BR3G6J8EphLUozWUpdeEOXk6a2zNuXM3lY4LTEOmNEsiGAlEbxpN6gBMybAf2U8jXFc/w288-h400/Binary+mock+up.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-70937b8a-7fff-dce8-f76e-829db0c69461" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harrison Duell thought his time travelling ability was amazing, until he re-lived the same fatal week for two years straight with no progress in sight.</span></p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The week always went the same way: teenage physicist Ramona Park invents a quantum entanglement device, Harrison’s corrupt father, Liam, finds out about it, and Liam kills Ramona in a bid to control the citizens of the city. At the end of every repeating week, Harrison fails to save Ramona and uses his abilities to go back to the beginning again. If Ramona finds out about the repeating timeline, she loses her mind to cognitive dissonance, so Harrison must keep the secret safe.</span></p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But for the first time in two years, something is different. Harrison and Ramona are making progress in their quest to destroy the device without killing the citizens of the city. As they get closer to neutralizing the threat, Harrison begins to realize that his attempt to save Ramona and the rest of the world may require the ultimate sacrifice. With his mind quickly unravelling from the cognitive dissonance of time travel, Harrison must attempt to save the girl he loves, stop his father, and try not to die in the process.</span></p>Shannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-37792241297804777492021-03-26T17:36:00.003-07:002021-03-26T17:38:18.874-07:00BOOK UPDATES!<p> Basically, I was too lazy to write a blog post about all the book updates I have for you guys, so here's a video explaining what's happening!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzJazodG3Gs" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRb8ZH_RhmxWuM0YM-0m4E2aayxT7d4bl2MKthD92u4gd0IuWJbeLkluc_fnwFJUoI9LDSh_byQ4Ky99TNAw0bUXnHFEsJqxn3oYh8OyucQKsN_RwbbDYJDTkEFBne1TnKSQC5UNFOo8/w640-h360/BIG+book+news%2521-2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Shannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-62064233210540621472019-08-06T23:58:00.000-07:002019-08-06T23:58:23.217-07:002 years between updates!?!?!?!?Okay, so not quite 2 years. That was a bit dramatic. But still... it's been pretty dang close to 2 years. Please accept my sincerest apologies!<br />
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I've had quite a few readers e-mailing me lately asking when the third Parrish book will be out. And to you I say, I salute your undying dedication to Jefferson Parrish. He would be so proud of your support. In fact, he is so proud... because, let's be honest, that boy knows everything everyone is up to.<br />
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So, long story short (but not that short because we all know how long-winded this girl is), I had a baby. This one, right here.<br />
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She's pretty freaking cute right?<br />
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Like, stop it already, you perfect specimen of a human being.<br />
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And this little baby Sovay has sucked the life force out of me, leaving me sleep-deprived and in a constant state of panic that she might be choking on something or falling off of something or not learning enough words. I mean, don't get me wrong, she's the light of my life but MAN kids are stressful!<br />
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Anyway, not so long ago I FINALLY finished the book I've been working on for literal years. Pre-baby Shannen used to write a book every 4 months (no exaggeration). Post-baby Shannen took TWO YEARS to write a book. Granted the book in question basically forced me to learn physics which is no easy feat. But still, it took a while.<br />
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I'm super proud of this book, though. And I'm SO excited for the world to read it. Right now it's in query limbo, so that's always a fun place to be. But no matter what happens, I will be beating you all over the head with physics, time travel, and entanglement theory in no time :)<br />
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The third book in the Parrish series is already like, 1/3 written. The entire plot has been written out chapter by chapter so now I just need to have time to sit down and put the words on theoretical paper (anyone up for some free babysitting?). I won't promise that it'll be out by Halloween like I did a year ago because... well... look where we are now. But I will promise that Jefferson Parrish will be gracing your nightmares soon. He hasn't been forgotten. Mostly because he is THE MOST persistent muse you will ever find. Like he seriously sits on my shoulders all day poking me in the ear asking when I'll write another book about him.<br />
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I've also got a few other books in the works and in true Shannen fashion, I'm bouncing back and forth between all of them as I write.<br />
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So never fear! Books will be released!<br />
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And in the mean time, here's a GORGEOUS drawing Shauna Rust did of Jefferson and Sadie being adorable.<br />
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ShannenShannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-9405304275491589182017-01-13T15:42:00.002-08:002017-01-13T16:00:54.508-08:00An update on book-limboI've been getting a lot of the same questions from a lot of different people, which tells me I really need to be better about keeping you all up-to-date on what the heck is happening with certain books!<br />
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A while back I requested the rights back from my publisher for Under Zenith and the Sugar Coated Trilogy, which meant these books were in a weird state of limbo until a certain period of time when I could put them back on the market (blahblahleagalstuffblahblah not that exciting to talk about)<br />
And when I say "limbo" I mean, the kind of limbo where the books are done and written and were published previously, but are now just sitting here waiting to be re-released. Not the fun kind of limbo where you get chased by giant terrifying spiders.<br />
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So, as you probably know, Under Zenith and the sequel, Beyond Lyra, are now available! Yay!<br />
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Never fear! The entire Sugar Coated trilogy will be available again soon! It's just getting new covers (not because I'm like "Now you all have to buy the same book again but with a new cover! MWAHAHAHAHA!" but because legally they have to have new covers) and a little typesetting facelift. So they will be available soon in e-book AND paperback, it just takes some time to get all of this stuff put together in a pretty, shiny package :)<br />
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I'll keep you guys up-to-date on their progress (expect Sugar Coated in about 2 weeks with the other 2 following close behind!) but in the meantime, I have Sugar Coated's new cover to tide you over! The covers for Rose Tinted and Silver Lined are already done too but I figure I'll reveal them as the books become available :)<br />
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So there you have it! I'm actually stupid excited about how awesome the covers all look together... so I may end up caving and just posting them all soon :) We all know I have zero willpower.<br />
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Also, if you're ever curious what a propaganda machine run by my psychotic little Eris would look like, feel free to follow the Halcyon Happiness Committee on:<br />
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She does have fun spreading lies about the world :)<br />
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I know what you're thinking: "Shannen, it IS the end of the year". But... you know... technically I still have a few weeks. So there you go.<br />
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But we can't very well release the second book in the Parrish series without a cover, now can we? So without further ado, here's the beautiful cover design of Jackie Hicken for the second book in the Parrish series!<br />
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So be on the lookout for Fade in the next two weeks! And if you haven't added it to your shelf yet on Goodreads, go ahead and do that <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33360301-fade" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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There's also a giveaway going for a signed paperback of the first book in the series, Parrish, which can be found <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/216018?utm_medium=api&utm_source=giveaway_widget" target="_blank">here</a>! (It may not quite be up yet but keep checking back!)<br />
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That's right. Not only will you be getting Beyond Lyra this month, but you'll ALSO be getting Fade in December!<br />
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So check out this awkward video for the brand-spanking-new cover of Beyond Lyra!!!<br />
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Although it's not super fair because even though I've read a few of her amazing stories, only one is out for the general public right now. And oddly enough, I read one of her unpublished works before reading her published book, "The Unlikely Gift of Treasure Blume". (You can get it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unlikely-Gift-Treasure-Blume-ebook/dp/B00ADZ5IUO/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469221069&sr=8-1&keywords=the+unlikely+gift+of+treasure+blume#navbar" target="_blank">here</a>)<br />
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But it doesn't even matter that, at the moment (but not for much longer because her next work of art will be gracing book shelves soon) there's only one book for you to read. Because that book is worth reading.<br />
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So I don't know how author spotlights normally go, but this one is basically going to be me telling you the main reason you need to be reading anything Lisa Harris has the time to write (because time is surely not easy to come by with four little girls, a husband, a giant dog, an even gianter cat, AND teaching ACT prep classes).<br />
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Lisa Harris doesn't write books. She writes art. And it's taken me several years to figure out exactly why I loved her writing so much. And it literally just hit me about five minutes ago, hence the blog post.<br />
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Lisa has this amazing gift. Her books all have this sense of magic about them and her characters are experiencing sort of semi-paranormal phenomena, but that's not what makes them magical. The real gift she has, is that she can magnify the profound beauty of the commonplace. Her scenes with actual magic are great, and fun to read, and written beautifully, but the scenes in her books that always mean the most to me are the ones where nothing all that amazing happens. And it'll usually happen in one line. And it'll be completely out of the blue. But I read her stories, and suddenly I feel like I've been a part of this profound, incredible moment that I didn't even know was coming. Because, again, it's always in a random sentence about a totally normal thing where she suddenly lays the deep meaning on you.<br />
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She does it so well that I can't even really fully describe HOW she does it!<br />
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So yes, this blog post may be random, and yes this might be the most non-spotlight-y spotlight ever done. But I don't really care. Because seriously, you need to read anything Lisa writes.<br />
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And you REALLY need to keep an eye out for the next book she has coming out, because it's the first one of hers I ever read, and all I could ever contribute in our critique group was, "Everything you write is a gorgeous piece of art that makes me feel like I'm unworthy to be in its presence."<br />
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Maybe I should have titled this post, "A love letter to Lisa and her amazing artful writing".<br />
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ShannenShannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-47115215282240547052016-07-11T20:08:00.000-07:002016-07-11T20:18:38.511-07:00Because all Parrish AUs all the time.This has no bearing on reality. Or relevance. Or anything really. Sometimes I just like to do weird character development things because they're fun. And so... without further ado... I give you AU scenarios to see how Jefferson Parrish would have ended up if he'd had certain famous TV/Movie moms for his own mother.<br />
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Instead of the unholy terror he actually got for a mother.<br />
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Basically, if Norma Bates had been Jefferson's mother, things would have gotten super awful, super fast. Sure there'd be a lot less murder, because Jefferson doesn't suffer from DID, despite what his actual mother in the second Parrish book has said to psychologists, but there'd still be a little bit of murder, wouldn't there, Norma?<br />
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I keep telling The Husband that Norma Bates is Beverly Goldberg with some added psychosis and anger issues. So take those two things away and you're left with a mother who loves her children WAY too much and will do literally anything for them and if you think there's something wrong with her kid, well then, buddy, you're wrong. I mean, like, they can do no wrong. Which means she'd not only embrace Jefferson's weird stalker-ish tendencies, but she'd encourage them because he'd be her "delicious little boy". Her words. Not mine.<br />
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So there you go! A totally useless exercise, just because this is how I like to spend my free time. It's not my fault. Jefferson doesn't let me NOT do this kind of thing with my free time.<br />
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The second Parrish book is all written and off to the publisher so keep your eye out for a release date! And if the first Parrish book was trying to be subtle in it's paranormal-ness, the second book is full-on paranormal mode. And the third one is full-on-haunted-house mode :)<br />
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Until Next Time,<br />
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I've got a few book signings coming up and instead of bugging you about it on Facebook (<strike>I'll save that for Friday</strike>) I thought I'd tell you all about them in... you guessed it... gifs :) My favorite of all things.<br />
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This time, Jefferson Parrish (<strike>Mika</strike>) gifs because, in fact, I'll be signing Parrish at these events :)<br />
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Here's a quick reference for all of you who don't want to read a long post with fantastic gifs... if such people exist. May 21st, King's English from 3-5. June 10th Jordan Landing B&N from 5-6... maybe 7? And Sandy B&N at some time I don't know yet.<br />
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And now for the long gify explanation!<br />
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First up! I've got a signing at The King's English in Salt Lake City on May 21st from 3-5! I'll have candy, and bookmarks, and happiness, and all the awkward Shannen moments you could ever hope for.<br />
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But not really. Because "Stiles was here" was my favorite thing I've ever written in a book. Cassie. I'm looking at you!<br />
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I'f you'd like to join the Facebook event page for the King's English signing, you can find it <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1595642657418526/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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My next two signings are actually on back to back days! So on June 10th I'll be signing at the Jordan Landing Barnes and Noble 5-..... 6? Maybe? Maybe longer than that? I honestly can't remember. But at LEAST from 5-6.<br />
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At that signing, you can expect awkward small talk from a socially inept author, AKA me.<br />
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But in addition to the awkward, there will be candy and bookmarks and actual books. So... you know... real reasons to go! PLUS Mikki Kells and Cindy Bennet will be there signing books as well. So it doesn't get much better than that!<br />
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And last but not least, I've got a book signing on June 11th at Barnes and Noble in Sandy! And that one I still have absolutely no idea what time it's at. Because I'm a terrible author.<br />
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But the Sandy signing will have tons of authors! So you don't have to be bored with just me and my awkwardness!<br />
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So we have lots of opportunities to hang out, eat candy, and talk about... well... probably Star Wars Clone Wars/Rebels or Korean Dramas because those are my two obsessions (outside of Parrish) at the moment. So I'll never shut up about how Obi Wan and Ventress should have ended up together. Good luck changing my mind :)<br />
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I hope to see you guys at some of these little shindigs. I promise to be entertaining! Whether it's on purpose or just because I don't know how to human. It'll be epic!<br />
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Oh.... PS... Here's a Jefferson Parrish (<strike>Mika</strike>) picture... for the road :)<br />
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You're welcome :)Shannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-85863698148054188232016-04-11T19:44:00.002-07:002016-04-11T19:44:47.378-07:00Shannen, why do your books suddenly cost $1,000?Dear Readers,<br />
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As many of you have been asking, I'm here to let you know why a number of my books suddenly cost $1,000 and are listed as "out of print" :)<br />
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I'm not a price gouger and I'm not giving up on being a writer. Quite the opposite actually! I wanted to hold off on this news until things got closer, but now that I've seen a certain GORGEOUS cover, I can't contain it anymore.<br />
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Because I love my book babies. And want to share them with the world. Like... I love my book babies an unhealthy amount.<br />
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First up, Parrish:</h3>
"Parrish", which was previously self-published, has been picked up by Future House Publishing, for the series! So the first book in the series (Parrish) will be re-released at the end of this month! And let me tell you something, the cover is the most beautiful piece of fantastic art ever! I can't wait to share it with you guys :) So because it's being re-released, it's currently showing on Amazon as "out of print" which, for some odd reason, makes Amazon think people will pay a crazy amount of money for it :) But never fear! Parrish will return soon with some new GIANT plot twists. Mainly, for all you people who were wondering who sent the letters and I said "wait until book two!". Guess what, you don't have to wait until book 2 anymore! It's now revealed in book 1. Along with a very pivotal reveal about one of the characters that I'd originally saved for book 2. So there you go. New reveals and twists and a fancy new cover that I'm seriously dying to show you guys!<br />
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Second, The Sugar Coated Trilogy, and Under Zenith:</h3>
So you may have also noticed that suddenly the entire Sugar Coated Trilogy and Under Zenith are out of print as well. This is because I've gotten the rights back to those books from my previous publisher. They were good to me and we had some good times together, but it was time to take these books in a different direction. With Under Zenith, a lot of you have been asking when the second book will come out. Time for me to get super boring and technical. Because of the reversion of rights, the soonest Under Zenith can be re-released is June, which means the soonest I'll release the second book is June. Because we HAVE to see what happens to Golden Boy Temple and The Hick. And Jefferson Parrish may or may not show up in this book. And I love these characters way too much.<br />
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And while the same goes for The Sugar Coated Trilogy, those three books may not actually become available in June because they're currently being looked at by another publisher. It's possible nothing will come of it, and if that's the case, you can expect The Sugar Coated Trilogy to re-emerge in all it's sugary glory with brand new covers and the same weird sugar addiction :)<br />
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Wow this is the longest, most boring blog post ever! It's because it's all so technical and legal and all that jazz. But if you take away nothing else, just know that there's a very good reason so many of my books went out of print all at once.<br />
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My favorite, awesome, lovely Future House Publishing is re-releasing Parrish at the end of this month! Under Zenith and the much anticipate sequel Beyond Lyra will more-than-likely be available in June! And The Sugar Coated Trilogy may be finding a new home soon! So these books will be available again soon and things WILL get better :)<br />
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So rest easy, readers! Fancy new covers for all the things are coming your way! Parrish has gotten a face-lift with some HUGE new reveals at the end! And all is well in the world of Shannen's obsession with writing :)<br />
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Can't wait to show you guys the new Parrish cover! Seriously though. It's gorgeous. Like, I can't even handle it.<br />
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Also, on a sort of unrelated note. If any of you have watched "The Goldbergs" (AKA today's gif inspiration for the blog) can we all just take a minute to agree that if Beverly Goldberg were Jefferson Parrish's mother, it would be the most awesome but unhealthily clingy mother-son relationship of all time?<br />
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I mean, they basically said the exact same thing!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JH4jB7BKUqg" width="560"></iframe>Shannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-61263878014443637712016-02-03T16:29:00.000-08:002016-02-03T16:29:01.201-08:00All the panels and all the conventions!Hello people of the internet! Oh how I've missed you....<br />
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Except that I haven't been gone...<br />
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I've just been lazy with the blog in favor of spending hours on Tumblr looking at "Ahsoka and Anakin" gifs under the pretense of "research" for a book.<br />
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Which is why, in true Shannen form, today's blog will come to you in words and assorted Star Wars gifs.<br />
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Enjoy.<br />
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So I'll be attending a few conventions in the not too distant future and you can come see me on panels! Which means public humiliation and awkwardness in droves! Because, as previously stated, I get super hyper when around large groups of people (it's my mind's backwards way of coping with introvert overload) and I usually say dumb things.<br />
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You too can enjoy "Awkward Shannen Moments" live and in person in the following places!<br />
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I shall be attending LTUE this year for my very first time ever! Which, really, I don't know why it's taken me SO long to go to this conference since it's named after one of my favorite books! Or... you know... a line from one of my favorite books! Wait... isn't it? Did Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy not originate this?<br />
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I'm not sure how I managed to weasel my way into this convention when I haven't ever attended before, but don't tell anyone I'm an imposter or they'll kick me off my panels!<br />
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More than likely you'll be able to find me because I'll be the one who looks totally and absolutely LOST.<br />
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BUT, I'm just super excited to attend for my first time ever!<br />
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So look for me on my three panels: "Third Person POV", "Diversity in Gaming", and "Current Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Roundup".<br />
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Because why would I not want to talk about writing, gaming, AND TV? It's like my three favorite things ever!<br />
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So come and see me at LTUE next week! Either you'll learn something awesome or you'll watch me make a fool of myself, so either way, a good time will be had by all!<br />
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Look at that! They gave me a fancy little graphic and everything! I feel so legit! I love you, SLC Comic Con.<br />
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Now, if you know me at all, you know that Comic Con is my favorite time of year (and it happens TWICE! How awesome is that?). I have an excuse to dress up in costumes and interact with people who love nerd stuff as much as me! It's basically the best thing ever!<br />
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And this year is no exception. I attempted to start my costume a few weeks ago. But that ended about like this.<br />
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There was an incident with a bad pattern and a broken bobbin and too-tight-tension on my sewing machine. Let's just say it wasn't pretty.<br />
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But never fear! Because I WILL be at Fan X this year, and I WILL be on panels, and I WILL be in costume! As Ahsoka Tano. And I'll hope to run into an Anakin so we can be sassy together and roll our eyes at everyone. Because that's what Anakin and Ahsoka do best.<br />
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But costume aside, I'll be at Fan X in March on panels AND at the Future House Publishing booth. So look for the orange girl with lightsabers when you're strolling the rows and stop by the Future House booth to find Pwned and a bunch of other awesome books by awesome authors! Plus Future House has a book bot... so it doesn't really get much better than that.<br />
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I'm not positive what panels I'll be on yet, but just know that this is happening. Public humiliation while dressed like Ahsoka Tano is going to happen, people!<br />
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So stay tuned for an awkward vlog of my time at Fan X, because that will happen, and come see me at LTUE and Comic Con Fan X! I promise to give you your fill of embarrassing moments on my behalf!<br />
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<br />Shannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-44894574875938022902015-10-28T16:49:00.000-07:002015-11-03T08:51:15.373-08:00Exciting Pwned news told through iZombie gifsFirst off, for the official (actual professional non-gif'd version of this announcement go <a href="http://www.futurehousepublishing.com/2015/10/26/self-published-pwned-find-home-future-house/" target="_blank">here</a>!)<br />
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I go through phases. Obsessions really. And once I'm done with one, I keep it in my back pocket to take out at a later obsession date. Like with Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. I love that thing. And for a while I was full-on obsessed with it. Then randomly, three years later the obsession came back.<br />
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What is important, is that my latest obsession is iZombie. Seriously. That show is fantastic and hilarious and spot on.<br />
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Once upon a time I had an idea that I wanted to write a book about gamers. The only problem was that gamers weren't cool yet. And being a nerd definitely wasn't cool yet. But I was both of those things. And therein lay my dilemma. I wanted to write about what I love (gamers and nerds) but didn't think it would sell.<br />
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But somehow, that didn't stop me. I wrote the dang book anyway. And Pwned was born. But because I was so sure no one would ever buy a book about gamers (keep in mind I had no crystal ball to tell me one day me and my nerd friends would be the cool kids) I didn't shop it around to agents or publishers, I just self-published that puppy and sent it out into the world.<br />
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Much to my surprise, people actually read it. Like, living people who weren't related to me. People who didn't have an obligation to read it! And all of a sudden, it just so happened that nerds became cool (which I'm still not sure how we pulled that off, but go us!).<br />
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And then one day at Comic Con, home of my people, I ran into Adam Sidwell, whose publishing house I've been stalking for quite some time. We got to talking and I told him about how I'd brought a copy of my book Pwned to give to Felicia Day. Because you cannot meet Queen Felicia Day and not offer up some part of your soul to her epicness. In this case, Pwned was the part of my soul. So Adam takes a look at the book and asks me to send him the manuscript. And guess what happens after that? Yep. This little self-published nerdfest is going on the road! I mean... not literally... well maybe literally. What I mean is, Pwned is being re-release through Future House Publishing.<br />
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This is awesome for many reasons, one of them being that after months of stealthily stalking Future House Publishing, my love for them is all out in the open and we're now partners! I no longer have to lurk or be a giant creeper by perusing their Facebook page at odd hours.<br />
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And so now, Pwned is back!<br />
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"But Shannen," you say. "We've already read Pwned. Why do we care?"<br />
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Excellent question, friend! While this is probably more exciting for the people who haven't actually read Pwned because it'll be SO MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE, it's still at least semi-exciting for you too!<br />
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Sometimes, a dev editor will look at your book and say, "This needs to be clarified" or "I bet we could make the story better if this happened". And while these thoughts have always been nagging me before meeting said editors, when it's just you and your characters trying to muscle through a scene that might not be working, it can feel a bit like this.<br />
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But guess what. Those scenes that I was never all that sure about, are now different. And while the book hasn't changed so much that you won't recognize it, I'm actually very excited about the different things that have been added, changed, and taken out.<br />
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So that, random citizen, is why this is exciting even if you've read the book. Although the real reason this is so exciting, is just because Future House Publishing has been nothing but wonderful and they're full to the brim with epic people. And pairing up with them, means big and exciting new things for Pwned.<br />
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So stay tuned for things like a release date, a new book cover, info on the sequel PVP, and all the freaking epic stuff we have in store for this book. Because believe me. We have end-game-content sized plans for this thing.<br />
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ShannenShannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-47834656409222226932015-10-17T19:43:00.000-07:002015-10-17T19:45:31.202-07:00That one time I thought I was a ghost hunter on The Queen MaryHey there friends!<br />
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How is October treating you?<br />
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What am I saying? Of course it's treating you well. It's October. Best month of the year! And we haven't even gotten to Halloween yet!<br />
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Oh October. How I love you.<br />
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Anyway, if you guys haven't checked out my newest book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015S6O1XW?keywords=parrish&qid=1445136032&ref_=sr_1_5&sr=8-5" target="_blank">Parrish </a>yet, you should totally get on that, because it's about ghost hunters and mysteries and romance and embracing your inner weird and all sorts of other things. So really, if you think about it, October is ideal timing to read this little gem.<br />
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For those of you who have read it, the below will make sense, and for those of you who haven't, at least enjoy the video of me running away from a cleaning lady while trying to play it cool.<br />
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So in Parrish, my characters go to investigate The Queen Mary. Now I didn't actually pull all of this stuff out of thin air. First off, The Queen Mary is definitely haunted. Second, I happened to stay there on my honeymoon because The Husband and I are just those kind of people. We also wanted to go to The Winchester Mystery House but didn't have the time.<br />
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Anyway, I pulled a ton of what happens in Parrish from various places we visited and stories we heard on The Queen Mary, so enjoy some pictures from 5 years ago.<br />
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So I was a huge dork and decided to dress all old fashioned to try to freak people out on The Queen Mary. Irrelevant to Parrish, but still, wanted to share.</div>
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The long hallways where you can see from the back of the ship to the front.</div>
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The haunted pool where all sorts of shenanigans go down in Parrish.</div>
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And the beautiful gold doors I love.</div>
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The bathroom in Brighton's room that has the salt water knobs, where Deacon insists she'll get botulism if she uses it.</div>
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So there are some of the places on The Queen Mary mentioned in Parrish! And as a bonus, here's a very old video of me trying to be a ghost hunter and failing miserably. We were walking down one of the long hallways on the B deck (which is supposed to be the most haunted deck) when I heard a door close beside me, so I start walking faster and The Husband laughs at me because, in fact, it was one of the cleaning people leaving a room. Of course I try to play it cool and force myself not to run or scream, but I couldn't hide the little half job I did for a second there. Oops.<br />
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Hope you're liking <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015S6O1XW?keywords=parrish&qid=1445136032&ref_=sr_1_5&sr=8-5" target="_blank">Parrish</a>!<br />
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Also, I'm slightly worried that in my attempt to smush the spam out of my life I may have disabled comments on my blog... so if it says you can't post a comment, just shoot me a Facebook message or something. Because knowing me, I would do something like that.<br />
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I will be there! And I will be on panels. And it will be awkward. I tend to turn into a super hyper person when I get around tons of people (which is weird because I'm the world's biggest introvert) so my panels are usually all over the dang place. I don't have my panel schedule yet, but I should in the next few weeks and I'll post it for everyone!<br />
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I'll be signing books at Authorpalooza at Barnes and Noble on September 19th in Sandy! So come out and say hi and bask in the total and utter chaos that is Authorpalooza!<br />
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Parrish... you know... the ghost story I've been telling you guys about for two years now? Yeah. That one. It'll be out September 28th! September is apparently a very busy month for me book-wise! I'm SO flippin excited for you guys to read this one. And I know I say that about every book, but this one especially, because I LOVE Jefferson Parrish and his totally creepy ghost hunter vibe. These books are the best because October is my favorite month and Halloween is my favorite holiday, and The Husband and I watch scary movies all month long, and creepy is the new cute. So read it and be creeped out with me :)<br />
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Keeping June (the last book in my June series) will be coming out December 19th. And I'm really sad about that. I mean, I'm happy you guys will get to read it, but I'm also super sad to not be writing anymore June books. June was my second book published and I've been working on these stories for years. It'll be really weird to not be writing or plotting a June book. And it sort of breaks my heart. Plus this last book is SO full of feels. So just be ready for that. So. Many. Feels.<br />
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I've got the beautiful cover from Jackie Hicken and will be doing a cover reveal soon! So stay tuned for that!<br />
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Beyond Lyra (the sequel to Under Zenith) will be coming out in February! Not sure of the actual day yet and I may move the date if some crazy thing comes up. But I already have the cover, which I will not be revealing for a while :) And I'll just tell you it's full of CRAZY stuff. But what else would you expect from these books?<br />
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Erasing Emily is a book I've thought about writing for a long time. And I didn't mean to write it. But I sat down and it sort of wrote itself in record timing. SO it's done :)<br />
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The Elected is my favorite band of all time, and every time I've met poor Blake Sennett I've gone total fangirl on him about how beautiful and profound his lyrics are and how much they mean to me. This poor guy is probably two seconds from getting a restraining order.<br />
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But that being said, because I listen to his music so much, I started to feel like all of his songs were linked, and they started coming together in this story in my head. So, thinking I'd never in a million years get permission, I asked Blake Sennett if I could write a book where I used his song lyrics as chapter titles because his songs are what had inspired this story. And by some miracle, HE SAID YES! I basically took the story I imagined from his songs and wrote a book about it. And I really love it. It's very different from what I normally write because it's a bit more... how do I put it... normal. It doesn't have ghosts or robots or otherworldly places. It has a boy and his doomed relationship with his childhood sweetheart. And I love it. I'm currently shopping it around to agents, but one way or another you guys will read it. And then you'll need to listen to The Elected and figure out which chapters belong to which songs :)<br />
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If you don't know Blake Sennett from The Elected, you might recognize him from his first band Rilo Kiley :)<br />
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That's about it for now. I'll keep you guys updated on PVP as the time gets closer!<br />
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This year, I'll be finishing up two different series. In April I finished off the Sugar Coated Trilogy (which I'll silently shed a tear for since those characters are now gone from my writing agenda).<br />
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But it's okay. Because what better way to fill that void, than with a new series? And a series that lets me pretend it's the best month of the year (October) all year long? So at long last, I am VERY excited to finally announce that September 28th I'll be releasing the first book in my Parrish Chronicles (because "Chronicles" sounds way more ghost-y and hardcore than series)! I have absolutely no idea how many books will be in the series because I intend to write it so that you can pick up any book in the series and not be lost. Of course there's an overarching story throughout the books, and character development that means it's best to start at the beginning. But each story has it's own unique plot. So this thing can go on for as long as I love ghost stories (so forever... probably). At the moment I have 4 books planned out, but let's be honest, it'll probably go way beyond that.<br />
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So let's tell you a bit about the book AND show you the eerie cover!<br />
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My little gang of misfits are twenty-somethings out of college who all just happen to be ghost hunters... because that's totally normal. Right? They're tight on cash and live in Portland and REALLY need to find a way to not be evicted from their adjacent apartments.<br />
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This is Sadie Smith. Sister of Michigan Smith (who will have her own non-related book one of these days).<br />
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Sadie lives in Oregon with the rest of the gang. She's Cuban and feisty and tomboy-ish with her cute little pixie cut and loves the paranormal but has a huge problem.<br />
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Jefferson Parrish. He's the self-proclaimed leader of this little ghost hunting group. He's basically a Tim Burton character come to life. He and his cousin Deacon Parrish (below) are British... and cousins... and tall... but that's about where the similarities end. Jefferson is passionate about ghost hunting. Unfortunately he's also passionate about Sadie. And he's not really the subtle type. In fact he likes to walk a fine line between romantic and just plain creepy. But it's not his fault. The boy loves ghosts. How could he be normal? Oh and did I mention? Jefferson is Hayden Temple's cousin... and he sort of HATES Hayden because he thinks he's a perfect Golden Boy.<br />
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So there's some nice family conflict for you. But it also means Hayden and Isla will be popping in and out of the series :)<br />
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He's scared of women, socially awkward, and never serious. His default is to either talk about video games or try to make everything into a joke. And he just happens to be in love with...<br />
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Brighton Gilbert. She's a bit of a walking contradiction. She looks like a cheerleader turned super model. But she has asthma, anxiety, panic attacks, and about every phobia and social disorder you could ever possibly imagine. It's sort of amazing she even functions like a normal human being on most days. And being part of a ghost hunting group would seem like a really bad idea, except for the fact that she's the technology genius in the group. So she doesn't investigate. She just manages the equipment from the safety of the van. She also happens to be cousins with the rest of the blondes. You know... Amelia, Reagan, and Isla.<br />
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So these little weirdos who have stolen my heart, will take us on our ghost hunting adventures, but each of them have a little something more to them than meets the eye. None of these things will actually be stated outright in the first book. But if you can figure out what each of them are before I tell you in the following books, you'll get 100 Science Collaboration Points!<br />
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I sort of love it. Which might be conceited because I made it. But I don't care. I'm a little Jefferson-level-obsessive when it comes to this series. And that's Sadie on the cover... in case anyone cares... which maybe you don't because you haven't read it yet. But I do :) Every cover will feature a different character, and they'll all follow the creepy watercolor motif.<br />
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Seriously guys. This is the series I write when I want to make sure writing is fun for me. I mean... it's always fun. But nothing makes it more fun than these characters.<br />
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I'll be posting the first few chapters up on Wattpad in the coming weeks, so if you're interested, you can find it there!<br />
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So there you have it. I'm in LOVE with this series and I can't wait for you to meet them. Because I love them and I think you might too... hopefully. And even though Jefferson sounds crazy... just wait. I promise he's not.<br />
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Also, I definitely modeled Jefferson Parrish after Mika. Who just happens to have a creepy Tim-Burton-esqu music video. So enjoy a singing version of Jefferson Parrish :)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Sadie Smith was absolutely certain of three things: (1) ghosts were indisputably real; (2) she and her three friends were some of the best (if not the most . . . conventional) ghost hunters in Oregon; (3) her teammate Jefferson Parrish was always the scariest thing in the room—even during a paranormal investigation. In a face-off between supernatural beings and Jefferson's lack of social skills and Tim Burton-esque vibe, there really was no contest.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">But ghosts—unsurprisingly—aren't great at helping to pay the rent, so when Sadie and her friends receive an anonymous letter from a mysterious client offering an undisclosed sum of money in return for finding the link between four haunted locations, it's an easy sell. Going on blind faith and a few vague instructions on how to reach their first location, the ghost hunters set out only to see clue after clue falling into place. As they piece together a sinister mystery reaching back to the 1800s, the group starts to wonder if they're in over their heads, or if they're on the path to unraveling a love story that was buried long ago—and one that should stay buried.</span><br />
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And here's where you can add it to your shelf on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25905591-parrish" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>!<br />
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Until next time!<br />
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*This probably doesn't need to be stated because who's going to sue me for my two laser turret action figures and a bowl of cereal? But The pictures I posted are my dream cast... not... you know... affiliated in any way with Parrish.Shannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-84891098028120030952015-05-17T16:54:00.000-07:002015-05-17T16:54:03.471-07:00Things I learned from #Storymakers15 I'm going to just come right out and say it. I've never been to a writing conference. I wrote my first book "The Breakup Artist" thinking it would never see the light of day and until it was published by Cedar Fort and Jolene Perry wrote me an e-mail where she introduced herself, I didn't have any idea there was such a thing as a writing community.<br />
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Even after writing more and more books and even after meeting more authors in Utah and making more friends, I still didn't quite understand what a writing community was. Once I joined a critique group I heard a lot about the Utah writing community, but I don't know that I really understood it.<br />
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It wasn't until these past three days that I spent at the LDS Storymakers Conference that I realized that this place doesn't have a writing community, it has a WRITING COMMUNITY.<br />
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Although I mostly pranced around and took pictures, I actually did learn valuable things that I probably should have learned before releasing 9 books into the world. Mostly querying and pitching.... things.... But I <i>did</i> learn that I can describe Parrish as:<br />
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Oh how I love that story. Can't wait until October when you guys can love that little weirdo as much as I do.<br />
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Storymakers firmly has my vote.<br />
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This is sort of significant for me because this book marks my first time ever wrapping up a series, which is good because it'll be happening again shortly in December when I release the last June book!<br />
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I've been excited/terrified to release this book because... how do I say this without sounding like an idiot? The whole series has been leading up to this book? I know that's an obvious thing to say about the last book in a trilogy, but I've had things planned since the beginning of this series that finally come to fruition in this book and I'm sort of dying to see what everyone thinks of all the things that happen. And if you all hate me or love me.<br />
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ShannenShannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-69144615867174583012015-02-25T13:59:00.000-08:002015-05-27T21:24:31.620-07:00Dear Publisher, I'm sorry for the things I did while on deadlineNow that I'm basically <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVAfR3QjFKo" target="_blank">out of the woods</a> (as T-Swift would say) with my deadline for "Silver Lined" I feel like this open letter of apology to my publisher is safe to post. I mean... don't get me wrong, I had to kill myself to get this book written and edited in time for its release... but when I wasn't killing myself, I was procrastinating. Big time. And so, without further adieu, a letter to my publisher.<br />
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Dear Publisher,<br />
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I'm sorry for the things I did while I was on a deadline to get "Silver Lined" written. Things like:<br />
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Rearranging my closet to look like "The Paradise".<br />
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So please accept this former apology, Publisher. I promise that 'bidness' actually got done by the time it needed to!<br />
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Behold! The beauty of Rue Volley's design!!!</div>
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<br />Shannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-79687146053344979562015-02-11T15:09:00.002-08:002015-02-11T15:09:59.097-08:00Happy Birthday Under Zenith!So my friend Katie pointed out to me that my book baby Under Zenith is turning 1 today! To think, that ornery British man and his stubborn Southern counterpart have been getting on each other's nerves for an entire year now! And of course they spurred a sequel out of me AND a whole twisted, tragic, interesting back story for the gang in my Parrish book series. Heck, they even managed to weasle their way into the Parrish books just because I couldn't let them go.<br />
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So happy birthday Hayden and Isla (heretofore known as Hayla according to Ashlee Wille who gave them a celebrity couple name)! I hope you never stop bothering each other and I can't wait to share your sequel with the world in July!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “You
almost did a good job out there,” he answered, finally managing to get a fire
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Oh, well I’m sorry I didn’t live up
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Maybe the next task will go a bit
smoother,” he said with a shrug.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> I really didn’t like this guy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “What kind of place is this? What
kind of afterlife makes you run away from zombies under the guise of completing
an agility test?” I asked, sitting on an old wooden rocking chair and
disturbing a few spiders that had been resting in the woodwork.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Guise? Fancy word for someone so…,”
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “What?” I asked threateningly,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Southern.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “I graduated from a well-respected
university yesterday, thank you very much,” I informed him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “With a degree in vocal
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Oh yeah? Well what did you major
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Yeah, that was my major,” he
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “You worry about the wrong things.
All of your anxiety is completely misplaced,” he said, his British accent
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alluring. Though I’d never admit that to Hayden. He didn’t need a reason for
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as if that should explain his cryptic opinions. “You died last night and you
haven’t said one word about being sad or upset. All you’ve done is worry about
your family’s finances, or question my chivalry, or figure out some new and
interesting way to make me want to throw you off a cliff.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wanting to get into something so personal with someone so unfeeling. Of course
I was upset, but as long as I didn’t explore those feelings, it would almost be
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I hope you guys like the latest installment! And don't forget that we're having a launch party today over on Facebook! Follow the link <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/718900134862471/?ref_dashboard_filter=hosting" target="_blank">here </a>to play some games, meet some fellow readers, and enter to win some awesome prizes!<br />
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Until Next Time,<br />
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ShannenShannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-70203945654086547472014-11-01T22:53:00.001-07:002014-11-01T22:53:27.258-07:00Catching June Wrap Cover and the Amazingness that is Jackie HickenThere's a name you guys may or may not recognize from the copyright page of basically every book I've published. And if it's not on the copyright page, you'll definitely find it in the Acknowledgments.<br />
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And that name is Jackie Hicken, book cover extraordinaire. I mean, she's also editor extraordinaire. But it's much easier to display her skills in cover design in a blog post, rather than her impeccable editing. I guess all you really need to do is look at what a mess these blog posts usually are compared to my books which are, usually, much more polished because of her awesomeness.<br />
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But the focus of this post, is my brand-spanking-new wrap cover for the paperback of Catching June! Jackie just sent it to me and I'm in love :)<br />
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I love that she takes time to focus on things like the book spine, where she's done these cute little art deco peacock feathers. Plus I'm loving the color of the back, which I think will go quite well with the rest of the series.<br />
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Also, can I just point out that I'm not bragging about my books right now, because this is ALL Jackie. Basically, I just wanted to give her a shout out for all of the amazing work she does (not to mention the fact that she acts in my weird last minute movies and doesn't complain).<br />
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So well done Jack. Your covers are just the best.<br />
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And now without further ado, my Catching June wrap cover.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
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ShannenShannen Crane Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865302596258432734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363747797337519664.post-67901217185340251722014-09-01T19:45:00.000-07:002014-09-01T19:45:10.122-07:002014 SLC Comic Con Schedule!Hey friends!<br />
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Guess what's almost here?<br />
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I'm just going to assume you read the title of this blog post, so this isn't much of a surprise, but COMIC CON STARTS IN A FEW DAYS!<br />
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I'll be on two panels this years, talking about writing and probably making a fool out of myself. So if you'd like to come witness that, the following schedule will be useful to you!<br />
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My first panel is Friday September 5th. It's called "Comic Con Writer's Retreat Part 2: Writing Your Novel" from 6:00 PM to 6:50 in room 255B (though in my experience the rooms can always change!).<br />
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The second panel is Saturday September 6th. And that one is called "Structuring Life to Support Creativity" from 5:00-5:50 in room 150D!<br />
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The lovely Julie Wright (who I love) will be on that second panel as well! So come check it out!<br />
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I'll be lucky enough to actually go to all three days of Comic Con, so when I'm not on panels, you can find me walking around the convention center in my very unprofessional Draco Malfoy costume. Of course I'll be the Draco Malfoy portrayed by Lauren Lopez in A Very Potter Musical :) So I tried to get my costume to look as much like hers as possible. Also, I may have crazy hair on my panels because it'll be braided and under a wig all day! So..... sorry about that.<br />
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Anyway, I can't wait to see you guys there! Comic Con is always such a blast!<br />
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Until Next Time,<br />
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