Things to expect from "Rose Tinted" in (yep, you guessed it) gifs

People still thinking Brynn is crazy, even though she's ALWAYS right

Ty putting Brynn before himself even when it gets him hurt (and he gets no recognition for it)

Jonah being an excited and funny little cupcake :)

A new character named Rusty who's an awkward genius

And more of Eris being the creepiest 'person' alive

(Please note that there is no gif creepy enough to portray this)

I've stayed well dressed and kept my big mouth shut

Ten friendship dollars if you can tell me what song that blog post title is from.

It may or may not be from the best band to ever walk the planet (other than Lights... who is tied with them).

Now on to real things.

I have a release date for "Rose Tinted"!!!

So remember that one time I wrote a book called "Sugar Coated", and you guys read it. And everything seemed fine and dandy until like the last twenty pages of the book? And then you all hated me and were left like this?

That's going to happen again... except this time with "Rose Tinted". I'm sorry. I am so sorry. But not really because I can't wait to leave you all hanging! Bwahahahahaha! It's one of the perks of being an author.


What was this post about again? Oh right! The release date.

So now that none of you want to read "Rose Tinted" because you'll hate me for things, the release date is

MAY 17th!

So there you have it! Yay for a "Rose Tinted" release date! And I can't wait to show you the cover... which doesn't exist yet. So really, I can't wait to see the cover myself!

Now, onto the next bit of business.

Some exciting news in store for "Pwned"! I'll be joining up with some other awesome authors who also wrote a bunch of nerdy gamer books to do an e-book bundle! It'll have a limited run of only a few months, but still. Pretty awesome to meet a bunch of fellow nerd writers and let our nerd powers explode all over the internet! So keep an eye out for that! I'll keep you all posted :)

And lastly, you may have noticed me leaving all sorts of creepy book excerpts around the internets (yes... multiple internets... because I'm just that thorough). This is from a book I'm writing called "Parrish", and while that doesn't mean anything to you guys right now, I just had to share my beautifully creepy new character Jefferson Parrish with his super unsettling head tilt and Tim Burton-y clothes. Because as Code Name: Sparkle Pony once said, "Creepy is the new Cute". And I couldn't agree with her more.

It's about ghost hunters. And I'm so excited. And here's one more creepy cute little gif I'll leave you with! Look at that hair... and those cheek bones.

Okay that's all I swear.

Look out for "Rose Tinted", and pictures of my sad face after I don't win the Whitney for "Chasing June", and the pictures of my happy face that I got to stalk Mindy Holt at the award ceremony anyway and got to eat food and wear a pretty dress, annnnnnd look out for Parrish. Because it'll be here before you know it :)

Until next time,

Shannen

I'm sorry, who was going to win that round?

This is what I imagine happens every time Reagan beats Parker at a video game.

 

Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes and Noble

It's go time

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNDER ZENITH!!!!

Yep, in case you couldn't tell from my nonstop Facebook posting/Tweeting/Instagraming/Tumbling(? Is that what you call the act of posting to Tumblr?) Under Zenith is finally out!

I'm going to give you three reasons to go get it right now (besides the obvious reasons like I love this story and I want to share it with you guys!)

Here are the three reasons.

This book is

A bunch of crazy random dreamscapes

Meets "Nashville"

Meets "Once Upon a Time"

BOOM!

There are your reasons.

See you at the launch party!

Here's where you can pick up your e-copy of Under Zenith (print is coming in a few weeks!)

Until next time,

Shannen

My year so far in gifs

It's only February but I already feel like this year is full of stuff.

Lots and lots of stuff.

And I don't want to write the world's longest, most boring, blog post. Because as odd as it is (since I'm a writer), I truly do not like writing blog posts. Can you tell? I always try to find a way around it by doing video blogs or blogs full of pictures instead.

So today, here's all the STUFF from this year so far. In gifs.

First. The Twitter Incident.

So my friend who we'll call Sparkle Pony (that's her super secret code name), decided to do an awful thing and get me hooked on a TV show literally a few weeks before the release of "Under Zenith". Now that wouldn't be a problem if I didn't have things to do. You know... like actually promoting the release.

Anyway, as I was watching this show and saw Ian Somerhalder suddenly I realized he should definitely be Hayden in Under Zenith.

So because I have no self-control, I tweeted that I was mentally re-casting Under Zenith with @IanSomerhalder.

Yep. I tagged him.

So then someone who was actually ON Vampire Diaries started following me on Twitter, probably thinking I was actually casting something with Ian Somerhalder in it. And I may or may not have just let them think that.

Of course, it didn't take them long to realize I was just some no name writer who spends all of her time chained to her computer. So they Twitter dumped me via hitting that big "unfollow" button. And I pretended not to notice.

And that was my 3 days of almost knowing someone on Vampire Diaries.

Second. The Nomination.

As none of you probably know (because I never announced it on social media for fear a murderer would know I was alone and come kill me) The Husband was out of town for a week! Leaving me by myself mid-Vampire Diaries obsession. REALLY bad idea.

But in that time, when I wasn't watching The Show instead of writing, I had friends over. This is a good thing. Except for when big things happen online and you don't check your Facebook or e-mails for like 3 days.

Because then once the friends leave I do what I normally do at home by myself.

And then I FINALLY check my mail and five people have e-mailed me saying "Chasing June" is a finalist in the Whitney Awards and I missed the whole "Hey I got nominated!" party that the other finalists had on Twitter!

And because I missed it, I start thinking maybe I'm not really a finalist and people are just nutso.

Luckily, I checked the website and it's not a lie! "Chasing June" is totally a finalist in the Whitney Awards! So yeah. I'm pretty amazingly happy that I get to wear a fancy dress again and stalk other authors and just generally be way too excited about the whole thing!

"Chasing June" FOR THE WIN!

Third. Writing, promoting, and not being the world's biggest slacker.

"Under Zenith" comes out in three days (on February 11th!).

Let me repeat that.

UNDER ZENITH COMES OUT IN THREE DAYS!

And what have I done to promote it?

Okay, admittedly I've done a lot the past few days. But that doesn't really help much when I should have been promoting all along.

But here's the thing. I LOVE to write. I don't love promoting quite as much.

When people tell me promotion is part of being a successful author I give them this look (because I know they're right and I hate it).

I feel weird talking about myself and being like "GUYS BEST BOOK EVER RIGHT HERE GO BUY IT!!!!!!"

But you kind of have to do that if you want anyone to read your stories so that you can keep writing them.

So every time I sat down to promote "Under Zenith" and not let my publisher down immensely, I'd be really pumped and ready to go.

And then I'd check my Facebook.

And my Twitter.

And Youtube.

And I was surrounded by distractions I just couldn't get rid of!

And now my book comes out in three days and I'm starting to be really worried that no one even knows what in the world it is.

But hopefully this blog post will let you know that, in fact, you HAVE to read it. Because as much as I hate self-promotion, I LOVE this book. And I loved writing it so much that I seriously racked my brain to figure out a way to write a sequel (which luckily has happened).

So PLEASE check it out when it comes out on the 11th. Because I love it. And I'm awful at promotion. But it's still a really fun book!

And if it actually does well on launch day, then I can look at that pesky distraction I call the internet and say

Until Next Time,

Shannen

New Year's Fail... and a Blog Tour!

Yep. Didn't I predict the New Year's resolution to blog once a week would fail?

I think I might be psychic... but don't tell anyone!



Anyway, better late than never right? (Also it's not my fault because my friend Ashlee got me addicted to an embarrassing TV show, which will remain nameless, and it's completely consumed all of my time!)



So, "Under Zenith" will be here in less than a month and I've joined forces with the lovely ladies of The Merp Squad to put together a blog tour! The tour runs February 11th (the release day for UZ) through the 22nd. So if you're interested in joining up, just click here. It should be a good time!



Plus they made this totally gorgeous tour banner for me!





Also, on a totally unrelated note, this new awful obsession with an embarrassing TV show is making me want to recast Hayden from "Under Zenith" from one TV crush (a certain Killian Jones) to this guy, who shall also remain nameless... although, if you watch the show, you now know what I'm suddenly obsessed with.


Don't judge me.



So on that note, I'll leave you with a picture of the other "Hayden" (he's got the Hayden brood down) and try to be better about blogging in the future!

Until Next Time,

Shannen

New Year's Revolution

Yep. I stole that blog title from the cute commercials for.. um... actually I don't even know what they're selling. I just know the kids are cute. No joke. I asked The Husband what the commercials were for so I could post it here and we had to have a serious mental powow to figure it out. (The Husband finally remembered!)



So, back to business.

Among many other resolutions that I probably won't be keeping this year, I'm going to try to blog at least once a week... wait... once every two weeks? Ugh. I'm an awful blogger you guys. Even when I've got books and things coming out I can't do it.

Here's how it goes.

Me: "Hey "The Husband", I'm going to go do book stuff for a bit! I'm even going to blog!"

The Husband: "Okay. I'll be doing the dishes and being wonderful." (A lot of times that really does happen. Hence why he's THE Husband).

Me: "Well, I have to get on Facebook so I can market. Oh my GOSH! Look at those cats trying to squeeze into bowls! Who posted this? Wait, how did I get on Youtube? Is that a Captain Swan fan video? Yes please! Oooo with a link to Tumblr? Oh that reminds me, I need to send Ashlee this Captain Swan gif. That means I need to get on Hotmail. Hey look there's a new e-mail about...."

Yeah.

That's how my "Marketing" goes. Which is why blog posts usually go out the window, because by the time I've finally exhausted the internet's cat videos and Captain Swan tributes, I need to go to bed and my blog is still just sitting there on an open tab. Who am I kidding? I only opened the tab in the first place to pretend I was going to blog.

But all of that is about to change!

Want to know why?

Because you guys will make me post! Okay. That's a lie. But still. It sounded good.

But really. I'm going to try to be better about keeping up with this blog. Especially because my favorite book I've ever written in the history of all the books I've ever written is coming out in a month!

I know it's probably poor author etiquette to have a "favorite" book but I don't care. This one is my favorite. Just don't tell the others.

Plus I may have hidden "Pwned" and "The Breakup Artist" Easter Eggs in this one. So be ready for that!

And be ready for some serious dysfunctional "relationships".

Go check out the Goodreads page here!

And check back for updates (that I'm actually going to post) about the launch party and other fun things!

Until next time,

Shannen