It’s Blog Tour Time!

I’m BAAAAAAACK! Didja miss me?

Greetings and salutations, earth humanz! Tis I, your future world leader, hijacking the blog of the beautiful Ms Wylie once again! “Oh, no. What now?” you say? HAHAHAHAHA. Tis for something special this day I say!

Today is the glorious kick-off of the blog tour to celebrate the release of my latest novel, MY SOUL TO KEEP!

~insert insane laughter and copious amounts of applause here~

“So, what exactly is MY SOUL TO KEEP about? Why should I read it let alone buy it? Is it good?” I’m so glad you decided to ask those questions! That is exactly where I was planning to start. I just said to myself, “Self, you should really give them a heads up as to what their in for when they open the pages of your book.” Don’t you love it when stuff works out like that?

So, here we go! First off and foremost. Let’s get the cover out of the way. Boom, here it is:

Ain’t it perdy? My graphics designer wanted the cover to be simple, yet visually striking. I think she succeeded perfectly. A pencil dripping blood was the perfect place to start, since it’s the very beginning of our story.

My hero (one of my very first. Most of my MC’s are women) is so average even his guidance counselors say, “Meh.” He’s a dork, but he’s lovable. His favorite things in the world are video games and soft pretzels. His arch-nemeses are Algebra and his little sister. His day ended quite normally, but as fate would have it, that didn’t last long. He accidentally cuts himself and as a joke, he writes in his own blood a promise; his soul in exchange for his greatest wish.

The powers that be take him up on his promise. One of the Fallen (yeah, the “bad” angels) shows up to grant his wish and remind him of the payment that will come due at the end of his life, or sooner if he breaks any of the rules (gulp). He thought the whole promise in blood thing had been a joke. The last thing he wanted to do was lose his soul. In one last ditch effort to save his immortal soul, he wishes for the one thing he thinks could save it. He wishes to be one of the Fallen!

They reluctantly grant his wish, filling him with immense power and responsibility. Those are two things NO ONE should ever give a teenage boy. The result is catastrophic. Now he must learn to balance homework, his otherworld responsibilities, training from one of the toughest teachers you could ever imagine (who is also a female Fallen who just happens to attend his school, his home life, and falling in love with the newest addition to his school. The moment he laid his eyes on her, he was hooked. Jessie was everything he could ever imagine in a girl. The only problem was her handicap. Jessie is blind.

The whole book is laced with my usual humor, but I showed off another side I rarely do. I put a lot of tenderness, emotion, and romance into this one. I really hope you all do pick up a copy and give it a go. Let me know how you like it, or if you didn’t. Tell me what I did right, and by all means tell me what I did wrong. This story is by far, my favorite. I guess you could say I’d sell my soul to see this one make it big

Now lets get on with the FUN stuff! I wanted to make this blog tour a little speshul just like me

Instead of a “Win an eBook” sort of prize, I went out and ordered SWAG. Tons and tons of MY SOUL TO KEEP swag! It’s all up for grabs by one lucky winner, too! (don’t worry, i’m still giving away free copies. Three of them in fact AND on the final day of the tour, Miss Tiffany King is giving away a bonus copy! Here’s whats up for grabs:

1 MSTK Tote, 1 MSTK Notebook, 1 MSTK Keychain, 1 MSTK T-shirt (size large),  1 MSTK Coffee Mug so you can enjoy tasty hot beverages in style…and…cue drum roll…are you ready…1 copy of My Soul to Keep. So what you say? Gasp. You don’t understand. This copy is in paperback. Not only that but its an AUTOGRAPHED ADVANCED READER COPY!!!!!!! Yes ladies and germs, you get the paperback before anyone else in the whole wide world!!!!!! That’s over a $125 value!

NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT QUESTION!!!!!!!

How do I enter!

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Just click the picture and away you go! Scroll down to the rafflecopter entry at the bottom of the page, follow the directions, and YOU’RE IN! That’s It. Seeeeeeeeee. Tole you it was easy

New Echo story just released!

Whoo hoo! Another story in my Immortal Echoes world has just been released!

I love writing these stories, and I hope you’ll enjoy this one. The Forgotten Echo was very well received. This story is set in the same world, with some new characters! I hope you enjoy it too!

Please share, tweet and click those like buttons! Hugs and Rainbows!

The Untouchable Echo

Dealing with memories when you’re alive can be difficult. When you’re dead it’s worse.

Echoes are more than ghosts. They grow stronger, can take solid form, and are forever bound to the world and the Immortal who created them. The spells that create them often cause their mortal memories to slowly fade away. Julia never forgot.

Even after a century her memories continue to torment her, leaving her bitter and mistrustful. Cold and withdrawn, she avoids interaction with others as much as possible. Yet, one person continually tries to break through her shell, her Immortal’s other Echo, Jonathan. She hates him for being happy, and for having Warren’s trust and love. Now Jonathan has failed to return from a dangerous mission and Warren has tasked her with finding him.

Becoming trapped in a rune filled room and forced to play a game of pain, will they survive and gain their freedom? Disappearing forever might be easier than facing her memories.

Nothing comes without a price, especially immortality.

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New Release and Free!

Hi Everyone! Come and check out my new release FOR FREE today!!

Flashy Fiction and other Insane Tales by Jen Wylie and Sean Hayden

An Untold Press anthology

FREE APRIL  6th!

Available at Amazon! (US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES and may be borrowed for free (for Prime Members) from the Kindle Lending Library.

An anthology of the strange, bizarre and just plain weird.

Zombies, vampires, ghosts and …crickets? Try a taste of writing from two very different fantasy authors. Flash stories are super short and perfect for when you ‘just have a minute’. This anthology contains 15 stories from authors Sean Hayden and Jen Wylie. Run the rampart of emotions in this exciting mix of tales. From humor to twisted, there is something for everyone.
Intended for adult readers. Some stories contain adult language and content.

The Final tale is here… #6 Sanctuary now released

It’s been a long journey with this short story series (or I supposed technically it’s a novella series as they are all 13k or longer). Finally the end has come… #6 is now out! I had a lot of fun writing this story and have so enjoyed hearing how much everyone has enjoyed it! Keep the comments coming, I love to hear from you all. Don’t forget too tell everyone you know too This series is fast paced and has everything from action to a bit of romance. It has received great reviews from young readers and adults!

Tales of Ever #6 Sanctuary

The only thing that could make Ever a worse place to be trapped in has finally happened. The dragons of Ever are loose…and they’re hungry.

We’ve made it this far and I won’t give up on finding the one person who could make being here a little better. We’re so close to finding the hidden city and my dad. I know we are. I just don’t know if we’re going to make it. My friends and I are struggling. Okay, we’re getting our butts kicked. We don’t have a choice but to continue. It’s not like we can call a time out.

Then the unthinkable happens…my boys get hurt. Now I have to summon the power and the courage to save them. I just hope it will be enough and we can find my father. Will we have a happily ever after?

Each story is 0.99 and available in all eBook formats.

Buy from Smashwords  ~ Buy from OmniLit ~ Amazon ~ BN coming soon!

Series Description:

Welcome to Ever.

Ever, a deadly realm where feared, powerful and dangerous magical beings are banished. Though very large, it is not a world but a magically created prison. You can’t break through its circular boundary. Who, or what, made Ever? I’ve no idea. They were powerful, and cruel. That is all I can tell you.

Ever is like and unlike every other world. Nothing is safe. Safety is a dream. Ever is a nightmare. Few survive their first day. Nothing is what it seems. If something appears safe, it isn’t. If something appears dangerous, well it is, but probably more so than you think.

Ever has no sun, no moon, no stars at night. Time is told by the ever changing color of the sky where portals open, dropping new inhabitants, or new terrors. Time does pass. Don’t worry, you won’t get old. You won’t live that long.

The landscape changes without reason form dessert to jungles. The flora isn’t safe at any time. There is food, if you can find it without getting eaten yourself. Most plants and animals are poisonous. So is the water.

Are you afraid? You should be. This is the end. It gets worse of course. Remember the portals? Do think angels come through? Rarely the innocent do. Mostly, it is people of evil, people too powerful to kill. Their magic works here. The creature’s are worse.

Do you understand? Well you will eventually, or you’ll die. There is no escaping Ever. Ever.

Dark Wing Tour -Parody Interview with author Jordan Dane

From Goodreads: “The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over. I would learn a lesson I wasn’t prepared for.
And Death would be my willing teacher.”

Five years ago Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her lucky break came at the expense of her mother’s life and changed everything. After she crossed paths with Death—by taking the hand of an ethereal boy made of clouds and sky—she would never be normal again.

Now she’s the target of Death’s Ravens and an innocent boy’s life is on the line. When Nate Holden—Abbey’s secret crush—starts to climb Alaska’s Denali, the Angel of Death is with him because of her.

Abbey finds out the hard way that Death never forgets.

And now… my Interview with Author Jordan Dane

Which do you prefer?

Cheap or expensive clothes?

Expensive – For all you know, that is exactly what I buy and can afford. (snicker)

Summer or Winter?

Winter. (I live in Texas, so winter means something different here, but I love a good fire and fall clothes and a hearty bowl of vegetarian chili.)

Coffee or tea?

Coffee – definitely. Java girl.

Heels or Flats?

Flats.  (I love the look of really cool heels but always on someone else.)

Veggies or Junk food?

Veggies. (I’m a newly converted vegetarian so I can still be persuaded to scarf junk food. Just sayin.’ I’m weak.)

Soft or loud music?

Loud & proud.

CD’s or radio?

CDs – fo sho. Who needs the commercials?

TV or movies?

Movies. (I like some really cool TV shows this season, but I love watching a movie in a dark theatre where I might ‘sneak eat’ some chocolate. Who can resist chocolate, eh?)

Horror or Romance?

Romance. (I have enough horror in my life. When I want entertainment, I generally want to be a girly girl and cry at a good romance story. *sniff*)

Kisses or Hugs?

Hugs. (Man, there is nothing like a great bear hug. And I love guys who are especially skilled at this and don’t care if they hug other guys or their dads too. Big teddy bears!)

Rats or Spiders?

Spiders. (Rats? No way. They rank up there with snakes on my horror scale, but I don’t like to kill ANYTHING. I will walk a spider out of my house. I even liberated a mouse from my garage, but rats and snakes, I start contemplating weaponry.)

Wood or metal?

Wood. (Love the texture and even the smell of it, although I like contemporary design for furniture. Is that ambiguous enough? HA!)

Driver or passenger?

Passenger. (Gawd, what does that say about me? I just like looking around.)

Morning or Night?

Night – definitely. (My husband is a total morning person. Soooo hate that. He wakes up cheery too. Ugh! When we lived in Alaska, during the peak of winter, the sun comes up mid morning and goes down mid afternoon. I got a kick out of saying I’d get up when the sun did. He couldn’t argue. A friend once told me that he always liked to stay in the state he was in—if he was awake, he wanted to stay awake. And if he was asleep…you get the picture. I could totally relate to that.)

Babies or Toddlers?

Neither. You totally stumped me. (At my front door I have a measurement thingee, like a really scary roller coaster. If you aren’t THIS tall, you can’t come in. Unfortunately for me, babies and toddlers can’t read. *sigh*)

 

 

 

The ON A DARK WING by Jordan Dane Blog Tour kicks off December 19 and ends January 2, followed by a live chat with Jordan Dane on January 5 at 7:00 PM EDT to announce the winners of the giveaways.

 

 

YA? So What.

Greetings denizens of earth. It is I, Sean Hayden. I have yet once again seized control of the blog of JEN WYLIE for my own personal gain and satisfaction.

Bwa Ha Ha

So, you’re probably wondering what particular subject I shall be conquering today, right? Well, my blog title is a little deceiving. It looks like I’m trying to say,”Yeah, so what?” Right? Huh? Had you fooled! HAHAHA. Nope, I’m here to discuss something that’s been a botherin me for a while now. YA. Young adult. A whole slew of genres jam packed into one tiny little itsy bitsy teeney tiny weeney CATEGORY. You see, I wrote this novel called My Soul to Keep. Once I done did that I started querying agents. Have you ever done a search on sites that list agents? They’re broken down into categories too. Most of them are genre type categories. Such as Urban Fantasy, Horror, and Non-Fiction. Then there’s this whole star shpangled YA category.

Queried a few. “Oh, we only handle YA fantasy, not YA urban fantasy!”

Um, ok.

Kind of makes you wonder why we even have this whole YA thingy right? I thought so. Honestly, stop and think for just a moment. How many adults do you know that absolutely positively love to read “YA” books? Uh huh. Exactly. I bet you know twice as many adults as young adults who read things specifically labeled for young adults. What really bothers me is when you ask somebody what age group YA is designed for you will get answers ranging anywhere from 11 to 18. Uh huh.

Guess what

I haz a solution

Shocker, I know

I think we should let the genres speak for the books. If you have more than one, label them as such. BUT, we need to stop characterizing every book written with the intent for a younger audience as YA. Its BS. YA is BS. There. I said it.

So what I propose is do exactly what the MPA does. Lets start slapping labels on EVERY book that gives content warnings. Makes a little sense doesn’t it? I thought so.

Because I’m a kind and benevolent future world dictator, I’ve even decided to post my proposed novel rating scale so you can further “get what I’m saying”. I couldn’t leave you hanging.

Rated P for Pure-This rating shall be rarely given to novels and shall be reserved for Pennsylvania Dutch Cookbooks and Fluffy Bunny Picture Books that do not have any underlying drug or sex references.

Rated G for Golly-Golly as in I can’t friggin believe the main character’s mother just got shot.

Rated H for HMMMM-Hmmmm, did the main character just say, “Damn it?”

Rated U for UMMMM-If I were that main character’s mother…I would wash that boys mouth out with soap!

Rated O for OMG-She flashed her what? Oh no she diint.

Rated W for WOW-Aren’t they a little young to be doing that?

Rated B for Bad-Maybe you should wait a few years before you read this one, kid.

Rated S for Screw That-Oh hell no. I blushed when I read that one.

Well I hope you like my plan. When I conquer the world and enslave the human race you won’t have a choice, but I thought I’d give you a heads up. Just sayin

BWAHAHAHA!

PSSSSSSHHHHHHHHT

We interrupt your locally scheduled blog program to announce that a terrorist has hijacked Jen Wylie’s Blog.

Be on the lookout for a very large man with very long hair, claiming to be an author…

PSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHT

Tap, tap, tap. Is this thing on?

Hi, I’m Sean. People are starting to think I’m a little nuts, well I’m here to put an end to those rumors. It’s true!

See, in the real world, I get to be an author, an engineer, an editor, a father, a husband, and do all those fun things that accompany all those titles. You wonder why I’m a little crazy…

But here, in blog world, and on Facebook and the Twitter, and yes even in between the pages of my books, I get to be who I want and create characters that I’d want to hang out with. I’m kind of lucky that I have non-medicated outlets for my imagination. I imagine if I didn’t, my head would explode. We wouldn’t want that, now would we? Okay, maybe a few of you would sleep better knowing my head was no longer attached, but I’m sorry to disappoint you! HAHAHAHA.

So you’re prolly wonderin’ why I hijacked my favorite Canadian’s blog. We’ll I’ll tell you. It’s the beginning of my play at world wide domination. Sure, it starts at a simple blog in Canada, but everybody has to start somewhere. You see, there are sooo many things wrong with the world today and the only way to fix them is by having a beneficent dictator in charge of a global economic governing body. We need to get rid of these silly little nations and focus on the earth. People are people. You think I’m joking, but what if hostile aliens came to town? You think they’re going to negotiate peace treaties with several hundred nations? No. I’m doing this for our protection as a species. See? I am being beneficent already.

Because you’re human, you’re probably wondering, “What’s in it for me?”

It’s not your fault. Such basic questions are encoded into our DNA. We’re always looking out for numero uno. Well some of you have scoffed at my bid for world domination. I thought I would use this time to coerce (I mean CONVINCE) you that I will one day rule you with a kind and gentle fist. Here is a list of everything that you will benefit from one day:

• I promise to sponsor a global initiative to bring back “YOUR MAMA” jokes. This is a must. Remember the 90′s? Your mama’s so dirty she gotta sneak up on her bath water? Ahhh, good times. Simpler times. I blame the curbing of Your Mama jokes as the decline of MTV and the fall of western civilization.
• Free breakfast at IHOP on Sundays. Go get your Rooti Tooti Fresh and Fruity on. Go ahead. You deserve it my little minions.
• Movie theater’s will no longer be allowed to charge more than $2 for a box of friggin Snowcaps. If they do, I shall inundate them with nuclear missiles. Damn that pisses me off. I mean, come on! We’re already payin like $20 just to watch the damn movie.
• The creators of “REALITY TV” shall be chained in central locations around the world on a rotating schedule to be available for public floggings.
• The cast of THE JERSEY SHORE shall be tortured for two seasons as retribution for torturing us for two seasons.
• MTV shall be forced to drop the “M” or start playin music videos again. Bastards.
• Stimulus money will be awarded to the biotech company that invents a vehicle that runs on the blood of BP EXECUTIVES.
• Penguins shall be our world mascot.
• Frito-Lay shall no longer be able to charge for Doritos and Cheetos. They got us addicted, they can pay the price.
• Colonel Sanders WILL divulge the secret spices and herbs used in making such tasty chicken. I suspect the list includes some illicit pharmaceuticals, but we’ll find out.
• All supplies of DECAF COFFEE shall be burned in an apocalyptic attempt to rid our world of such a violent offense against nature. Mother nature put the caffeine in the bean. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the line at Dunkin Donuts. Decaf coffee. WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING, SANKA?
• No longer will people be able to use the word “GINORMOUS”. God that irks the crap out of me.
• Pierce Brosnan shall be forced to shave his pelty chest. Blech.
• All commercials and televisions shall be narrated by Sean Connery.
• Burger king shall be forced to make better french fries. Those things they’re serving now SUCK!
• I shall do away with the whole daylight savings time thing. Fall is cool, but spring blows. While I’m at it, I’ll get rid of the whole time zone thingy too. That’s too confusing. GLOBAL TIME! WOO HOO.
• Professional Sports shall ALL be played on ice. I want my money’s worth damn it.
• If your only problem is your fat, you will not be allowed to purchase one of them electric scooter thingy’s. That’s just wrong.
• Fashion Police shall be placed at every Wal-Mart entrance. If you’re wearing purple leopard print spandex pants and I can see your underpants, GO HOME.
• Somebody will slap the crap out of Charlie Sheen.
• I will buy DR PHIL a toupe.
• I shall force the FORD MOTOR COMPANY to bring back the PINTO, but make it cooler than the original.
• I shall force nabisco to make “TRIPLE STUFT OREOS” and sell the cream center separately in tubs and little disks like “fruit rollups”.

That’s my list. I hope you vote for me in the next Global Elections. I promise to be a good little leader. If I’m not I promise to abdicate my throne to Jim Carrey. He could be fun too.

Ashlyn Thorn was born different. Born with all the characteristics of a vampire, she lives in a world where vampires, elves, and werewolves work, play, and die side by side with normal humans. But everyone knows vampires aren’t born, they’re made. The only thing she wants is to know her true origins.

Ashlyn’s quest to discover the truth of her differences is all that matters. But with every answer, she uncovers more uncertainties. To make things worse she has found herself an enemy of the most powerful vampires of the city who fear her powers are too dangerous to let go unchecked.

Salvation comes at the hands of the government, or does it, who trains her in the ways that best serve their purposes. Ashlyn is torn between two worlds. She can either be a monster, or she can help destroy the monsters.

About the author: He’s nuts.

Twitter Contest!

~Contest Ended Thanks for playing and congrats to winners!~

Two winners ended up chosen, as I have my boys pick random numbers and they both wanted to play, so congrats to Judi and to Sharon!!

Just for fun I’m holding a twitter contest!

Tomorrow the second story in my Tales of Ever series is released!

Tales of Ever #2 Fire Girl- release date April 5 2011

Surviving Ever may not be easy, but somehow I’m managing. So far. Luckily I’ve made a new friend, Jadus. He’s not exactly human, but he’s teaching me how to survive here. Even though I’m tired, I’m hungry and I miss home, he makes life bearable. Despite the not human thing I think I may be falling for him. Unfortunately Ever isn’t the place for romance. Now I have to deal with a barbarian king and a crazy shape-shifting witch on top of the everyday dangers. With each day that passes it becomes more important I learn to control my fire powers. If I can’t I might lose everything; any hope of finding my dad, Jadus…my life.

How to Enter:

All you have to do is use the hashtag #EverBanished in a tweet. Easy isn’t it?

Rules:

Tweet as much as you like, however only one entry per person will be counted.

Winner will be chosen at random.

Winner may choose any ONE of my short stories and receive as a free eBook!

Contest ends when I go to bed April 5th!

For more information on my stories, descriptions, review and buy links. see  my website

Contests! Win copies of my short stories!

~contests ended~

The most wonderful Trisha Wolfe has been kind enough to host me on her blog, YA Bound.

Stop by this page (click!) to read a review of Jump and enter to win a free eBook copy!

Description: If you were told to jump off of a bridge would you?

Perhaps it would depend on who was doing the asking. Our heroine has spunk and a sense of humor, however suffers from an extreme case of inappropriate clothing. When things take a turn from dangerous to worse what will she do when fantasy becomes reality? Warning: May include hot leather clad men, singing and demons.

Stop by this page (click!) to read a review, and a mini interview with me, of The Forgotten Echo and enter to win a free eBook copy!

Blurb: Sometimes death is only the beginning…

Even after the bad day she’s had, Cassy is still surprised to find herself shot, an innocent bystander in a drive by shooting. Bleeding to death in an empty parking lot, she knows she is going die.

What she doesn’t expect, is the arrival of a strange, and unnaturally handsome, man who tells her he can keep her from passing on in return for being his forever. In desperation, she agrees but afterward she is beyond dismayed to discover she has died.

To make matters worse, the stranger has disappeared, leaving her spirit to wander through a series of worlds unknown to her. Her existence is one of fear and loneliness, until she meets another like her and discovers she’s not a ghost at all but something much more.

Good luck and Happy Reading!

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2010. That’s about 8 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 52 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 63 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 14mb. That’s about 1 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was August 22nd with 131 views. The most popular post that day was Interview with Steven Jensen.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were twitter.com, spauljensen.wordpress.com, facebook.com, refzip.com, and stumbleupon.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for jennifer wylie, daryl sedore, jen wylie, jennifer wylie’s blog, and donald maass daryl sedore.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Interview with Steven Jensen August 2010
6 comments and 1 Like on WordPress.com,

2

Marketing Plans- Don’t Panic! August 2010
12 comments and 3 Likes on WordPress.com

3

Release of Jump & Contest! December 2010
24 comments

4

Interview with Daryl Sedore September 2010
12 comments

5

Interview with the Silver Tongued Prince- Sean Hayden December 2010
23 comments and 1 Like on WordPress.com,