And the Lame Posts Continue!

 

I know. I know. Not exactly the post of the century, but hey, I'm in the middle of a new book and I'm on a roll, so the blog must suffer (more). My love for LOL Cats will never die, though, so at least you get some writer/kitty humor out of me. :)

All the best!

Hilary

Keep Moving Forward

Approximately 200 rejection letters sent between 2008 and 2009, when most rejections still came via snail mail. That's a lot of stamps and some serious carpal tunnel. 

My lovely agent, Marietta Zacker of Nancy Gallt, who I signed with April 2009.

 

 My first book contract for Nightshade City, September 2009

 

 Spring: 2010 My first real live editor edited manuscript. This was scary!

 Fall 2010: The first time I spotted (well, more like stalked) my book in a bookstore. Wow! 

Fall 2011: My 2nd Book 

Books published to date. 

KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

French Cover Reveal for Catacomb City Tome 2, La Rébellion!

Bonjour, mes amis! I'm so lucky to get a sneak peek at the cover for Catacomb City, Tome II, which releases this June! This is the French version of The White Assassin, from Albin Michel--who have been great to work with. I'm in utter awe of this cover. The red is so incredibly striking and Billycan couldn't look more regal! The illustrator, Richard Collingridge, has really outdone himself. I think he may be a mind reader! 

I've been really lucky to have Richard and Omar Rayyan, my US illustrator, for the series. What great talent from both! Below is Omar's cover for The White Assassin. I love seeing two completely different takes on my books!  Très bon!

Free ebook of Nightshade City now through Spring!!

 No, sorry, no ribbons, but I do have free ebooks! :)

In honor of the release of Lords of Trillium and the new official Nightshade City website, my publisher, Holiday House, is giving out free ebooks of Nightshade City, Book I of the Nightshade Chronicles all through spring!  

To get your book, go to Amazon, Kobo, or Barnes & Noble and download the book that started it all (including my career) for free!  

Thanks everyone and happy spring!!!

BOOK BIRTHDAY: Lords of Tillium Giveaway and FREE STUFF!

Read an excerpt of Lords of Trillium here!

Finally, finally, finally, I get to celebrate my book birthday! It's been a while! Hopefully it's St. Patrick's day providence that my post is today!

In honor of the Lords of Trillium release, Book III in the Nightshade Chronicles, my publisher, Holiday House, will be providing free e-books of Nightshade City, Book 1, starting this week and for the next few months! The promotion will be through BookBub, so if you're not already a member sign up now (it takes literally a whopping 5 seconds) and they'll alert you every time free promotional books from publishers come out in the genres you choose! They have more than 2 million subscribers. You simply choose the genre you want and BookBub will send you links to books currently being promoted on their site. For all of you authors looking to promote, this is a great site to do so on, no matter what your genre. It supplies links for most e-readers (Kindle, Nook, Apple, Kobo, etc), so you do little to no legwork, other than clicking a couple times for awesome free reads.

Also, in further honor of the Lords of Trillium release, I'll be giving away 2 signed hardcovers of Lords of Trillium on Project Mayhem today. In order to enter, please follow PM if you don't already and leave a comment on the post (Project Mayhem Giveaway). Winners will be announced this Thursday on Project Mayhem and books sent out ASAP!

Thanks to everyone who's been so supportive of the Nightshade Chronicles! I love that writers and readers alike are so kind. What a great community we are part of!

Now go signup on Bookbub and they'll alert you the moment Nightshade City is available AND comment to win Lords of Trillium on the Project Mayhem blog! May the leprechauns be ever in your favor! ;)

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Hilary

Lords of Trillium Book Trailer!!

So, excited to finally see this book trailer on the...well...small screen! :) Please enjoy and look for Lords of Trillium coming March 14th, 2014! 

"Fast-paced and full of intrigue, this is one fantasy lovers won’t want to miss."

                                                                                -Kirkus Reviews