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ELEMENTS Re-release #fantasy #romance Amazon Bestseller's now in #paperback! and #freebie

10/7/2014

Finally, you can buy both book 1 and book 2 in my fantasy romance series, ELEMENTS, in paperback. I am so excited. I re-edited these books at 87k words each.

I have attached all links including the ebook links as well if you prefer to read your books on an E-Reader.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suxy

Princess Sara Rosen must learn her role as Thomas’ wife and juggle being a new mother. Happy to be where she thinks she’s meant to be, believing she’s completed her destiny. However her fate and her dark dreams have barely begun.

Her powers have grown exponentially; as she uncovers a frightful new burden she must bear. Additionally, she questions Thomas’ fidelity and her own. Trusting no one and not even herself at times, she must protect a new secret and her family.

Continue on the journey with Sara and the Rosen family in this: sci-fi, futuristic, romantic fantasy… in the name of love, loss, and magic.

This book includes: Shapeshifters, visions, premonitions, magic, spells, poisons, Sorcerer’s, a Wizard, Witches, death, sexual situations, and is considered to be a book for adults 18+. This book contains 86,000 words.

US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D0LUO7U?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B00D0LUO7U&linkCode=shr&tag=suzya-20&=books&qid=1372346947&sr=1-3&keywords=suzy+ayers

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D0LUO7U/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_rwJOrb0GQC78W

CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00D0LUO7U/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_4M.Ttb1C5ADWM/186-5458855-6473457

Createspace:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1494239817?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=1494239817&linkCode=shr&tag=suzya-20&qid=1388804102&sr=8-5&keywords=suzy+ayers

Miranda’s Amulet Book Description:
Princess Sara Rosen must learn her role as Thomas’ wife and juggle being a new mother. Happy to be where she thinks she’s meant to be, believing she’s completed her destiny. However her fate and her dark dreams have barely begun.
Her powers have grown exponentially; as she uncovers a frightful new burden she must bear. Additionally, she questions Thomas’ fidelity and her own. Trusting no one and not even herself at times, she must protect a new secret and her family.

Continue on the journey with Sara and the Rosen family in this: sci-fi, futuristic, romantic fantasy… in the name of love, loss, and magic.

This book includes: Shapeshifters, visions, premonitions, magic, spells, poisons, Sorcerer’s, a Wizard, Witches, death, sexual situations, and is considered to be a book for adults 18+. This book contains 86,000 words.

Sexy Holiday Bites is where you will first learn about Damien, Sara, and Thomas. It’s a free book of flash fiction that features voyeurism and (gasp) sex. Grab it and enjoy all the stories from these hot authors year round.

About the author and writing this series:
Suzy Ayers writes across many genres and this is the second book in The Before World Series. She attempts to write characters with depth, many times with pain and heartache. The ELEMENTS – The Before World Series has already been written and she is working on producing the next book “The Sixth Element”.
She writes in a fashion where it may seem archaic (gasp), she writes everything by hand and has many notebooks. She never plans a story and yet somehow it unfolds: the plots, the characters and the happily ever after endings. She is a true romantic at heart so despite the pain and heartbreak through the series know that there is happiness for Sara.
Suzy has also written a plethora of other books and short stories this year. If you enjoy Erotic fiction or Contemporary Romance with some heat please click the author links below.

Buy Links for Sara’s Awakening

AMAZON | B&N | SMASHWORDS
CREATESPACE

Buy Links for Miranda’s Amulet

AMAZON | AMAZON UK | B&N | SMASHWORDS
CREATESPACE

Anyone ever get caught watching?? I wrote this little short titled "Caught in the Act" Where our innocent Sara, from my ELEMENTS series, watches her boyfriends brother...well let's just say he isn't just kissing someone...lol You can check it out yourself! It's a ‪‎freebie‬! And don't forget to check out all the other authors and leave a raving review too!

SEXY HOLIDAY BITES --FREE!!

AMAZON | SMASH

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Self publishing is like being the Mad Hatter on Crack #advice for authors

3/9/2014

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If you don't know me, Alice in Wonderland is my favorite book of all time. ;) One of these day's I'll do it justice.

So, I was sort of laughing when someone brought up that a friend asked them what self-publishing/
indie writing entailed. First—let me insert here if someone asks that’s better than the latter…oh writing is so easy, write the thing and put it up there. It reminds me about each and every time a new writer asks me for advice on anything. I’ve had a few that said that’s too ridiculous (perhaps thinking, this girl has no idea what she’s talking about…lol).

Think of the Mad Hatter on crack…this is who you have to be.

What do you mean…all you have to do is write the story, right?

Let’s see here...hmm write the story. This is tougher for some, writers block, research, etc. My problem is the opposite. I have too many ideas and stories to keep up with!

Step two edit, step three edit, step four edit…haha, you get the idea. Too many people complain they don’t have money for an editor, well you better be damn sure you have an eagle eye and have critique partners. What is a critique partner? They are person who reads/writes in the genre you write and will read your story and edit it. I do track changes for my CP’s. Also, I have software that reads back my text. The good thing about eBooks is you can re-read it at a later date and upload a new version. And yes now that I have come along, I have found an editor. Editors: there are many different kinds of editors, find the one you need (content, grammar, etc). This is why a CP is like gold, they can tell you your “issues”.

After this is the cover, be willing to spend some money, but not an exorbitant amount. Some people spend $250 for a cover. This is crazy! I was under the naive notion that I could do my own. Um, did I mention yet that I am a control freak? It was a sloppy mess. I bought some covers from selfpubbookcovers.com and I was very happy with them. But I admit, I needed a better understanding of what sells. People clearly DO judge a book by its cover. I have made Bound for Pleasure, but not without help. I still struggled with understanding GIMP II.

Since then I have purchased the pictures for covers and had someone help me with them. I trade work in kind and basically say verbatim what I want. This isn't to say she isn't talented, I can't wait to show you one cover that blew me away. As I mentioned I think GIMP II hates me. You can't be good at everything and they sooner you realize that they better. I have been having http://www.satisfictionservices.com/ doing my covers for quite some time now.

Marketing: You need to be good with social media. Understand how they work and find circles and marketing sites on Facebook. Be sure to start with a “personal” Facebook and then an “Author” Facebook page off of that. The personal one helps you Market on other Facebook pages. Your author page is great tool for understanding your audience. A blog is another good way to market, but decide if you can keep up with it and what type of content you want on it.

Marketing is the biggest piece, growing your brand from your name to your following. People are tempted to buy followers, but why. They aren’t people, but rather robots and they don’t buy books. Also people putting “Bestselling Author” I’ve told this to a few people, make sure you are honest with your readers. Did you earn that title? Did you “sell” these books or where they free? Be sure to make that distinction.

Be sure to hype up your book before you publish it. Ask others for help, do a cover reveal, blog tour, Rafflecopter, Goodreads giveaways, there are so many things.

What not to do:

Don’t annoy the heck out of people. OMG I cannot tell you how many people I have unfriended on both Twitter and Facebook. These are SOCIAL places. Also politics and religion have no place here. You are selling books not your personal beliefs. Sure, readers love to feel a connection with you, but they don’t want to be offended.

Twitter:

Don’t say thanks for following me here’s my books in the same Tweet to me…I won’t look at it…guaranteed. AutoDM’s are the worst.

Don’t put my name in a Tweet with your marketing promo.

Facebook:

Stop promoting to the same pages every day. I try to do it once a week and I have many books. Most people in your circle are in the same groups as you. So you clutter up my notification’s feed. I see 45 notifications and 12 are from ABC person (unfriend, especially if that is the only reason you friended me). Also, don’t PM a link. A link and nothing else screams spam to me.

Damn, this girl is so mean you say. LOL Someone actually heard my whole spiel about Amazon. About certain covers and words not accepted. They said this is too hard, too much red tape and said forget it. You need to understand and be mindful of so much. I read a lot of books before I published my very first one. Arm yourself, ask questions and don’t go blindly. You will be hurting yourself in the long run.

Phew, are we ready to put the book up yet??

Learn all the places you want to pub, understand the good and bad of each. There are formatting and cover rules for each of them. Then press that button. Sigh you are done, right? Wrong! Market, get reviews and guess what…you better be working on your next book. ;)

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#event #rafflecopter for #free books ~ Miranda's Amulet release party, grab book 1 Sara's Awakening #99PROMO #fantasy #romance

2/10/2014

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Book 1 is on a 99 cent promo until 2/16!!

I am super excited to be releasing my next fantasy book "Miranda's Amulet" in my The Before World series within a week! I guess I better hurry up on my listening edits (smirks).

This is romance and magic people. It's nothing like my erotica, so don't expect explicit.

Miranda's Amulet working blurb:

Princess Sara Rosen must learn her role as Thomas’ wife and juggle being a new mother. Happy to be where she thinks she’s meant to be, believing she’s completed her destiny. However her fate and her dark dreams have barely begun.

Her powers have grown exponentially; as she uncovers a frightful new burden she must bear. Additionally, she questions Thomas’ fidelity and her own. Trusting no one and not even herself at times, she must protect a new secret and her family.

Continue on the journey with Sara and the Rosen family in this: sci-fi, futuristic, romantic fantasy… in the name of love, loss, and magic.

This book includes: Shapeshifters, visions, premonitions, magic, spells, poisons, Sorcerer’s, a Wizard, Witches, death, sexual situations, and is considered to be a book for adults 18+.

Please be sure to enter the Rafflecopter below for free books and I hope you come play with me at the EVENT!

So far...
Sat - get to know the books
Sunday - zodiac, horoscopes. Which ELEMENTS character are you?
Monday -Tattoos...

Click HERE for the EVENT on my Facebook page.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Sara's Awakening Book Description:

This book is already an Amazon Bestseller! A low fantasy book heavy on romance, with a feisty heroine.

After apocalyptic storms, Sara finds herself forced to live separated from her family, inside the castle which belongs to the newly imposed monarchy run by The Rosen Family, due to a deal made without her knowledge.

Sara is armed with powers she did not know she possessed; bearing the mark of a mystical tattoo that everyone is interested in, and is haunted by dark dreams that seem more like premonitions.

Determined to figure out what is true, what is real, and if magic exists again. She must navigate through the lies and deception, while she explores the question of love. Could her first love be her true love? Or will his Jekyll and Hyde personality push her away?

Join the 19-year-old Sara in this: sci-fi, futuristic, romantic fantasy... in the name of love, loss, and magic.

BUY LINKS for Sara's Awakening.
Promotional price of 99 cents until the release of Miranda's Amulet on 2/16!

Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon CA
Smashwords

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My first #milestone in 2014 5k views on my blog in a week! My #FortuneCookie was right! & What I've learned.

1/30/2014

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I read somewhere that the 15th day of the Chinese New Year is on January 31st so this post seemed fitting. ;)

My fortune above is one I received only a couple weeks ago. And one can only hope this is true.

As a writer, I strive to exceed my goals and milestones from the prior year. Last year I had a few milestones that I am very proud of,

MILESTONES
1. I became a Bestseller for my book Sara's Awakening. My debut Fantasy Book.
2. I hit #5 in bestseller for free erotica for an anthology that I put together with multiple erotica authors. Sexy Holiday Bites. I am very proud of that and all the wonderful reviews on it.
3. I had 6 separate pieces of work, which hit the top 100 bestseller free charts, Including the 2 listed above and: Being Neighborly--which remains free, Fantasy Encounter with a Dom, Bound for Pleasure, as well as, Cristal Blue my debut piece as a writer.
4. I had an extremely successful series last year, The Torn Series: Master-bation, At Sir's Command, Sir's Deception and Serena's Decision. These are lighter BDSM with more spanking, I wonder if perhaps this is where a lot of my readership lies.
5. My bestselling books are Fantasy encounter with a Dom and Taken by a Truck Driver, however I laugh because there are barely any reviews for Taken by a Truck Driver.
6. I released 13 separate pieces of work. One was that anthology with 8 other authors.
7. I figured out Createspace and Fantasy Encounter with a Dom is in print. I plan to put my fantasy books out there shortly.
8. My Twitter following. I had 2k followers in about 2 months time. I will do a separate post on that one. ;)
9. Nominated for blog of the Year by Scarlett Flame.
http://missscarlettflame.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=25

What I have learned
1. Research - Before you become an indie do your homework. I spent time researching and dissecting others books. How they looked. I mean I love to read so it wasn't difficult, but there are a boatload of free books for the Smashwords and Amazon things. Also making your own covers--I recommend you buy your first one unless you are a graphic designer. This is because people DO judge a book by it's cover.

Selfpubbookcover.com has a free PDF where you can grab loads of free information and there are of course book covers. I purchased 7 from there.

GIMP II is a way to make covers if you use a site for pictures like shutterstock, canstock whatever else, there are are dozens. Watch out for those that use the same image over and over. I recommend you change the picture quite a lot. I personally don't like this program...ok, it hates me. ;) But if you have that savvy I did Bound for Pleasure with a little help from others.

2. Edit - Think you are done? Nope, edit it once more. Some are arrogant enough that they do it all by themselves. People if you cant even take a Critique Partners voice or opinion you will not be able to handle the reviews, trust me. A beta reader is fine and good, but they are that--readers. And many just want free books and really have no value or never respond. A Critique Partner is a fellow writer in your genre that swaps with you and finds things like: punctuation, spelling, sentence structure/flow, story hiccups in general.

I am quite anal, probably more than most. My final rounds are a read through after all the CP's and then I listen/edit. Listen and whiles it's being read to me I find things like he that should be her, etc. Your brain will fill those things in when you read. But when you listen you will find them.

3. Pricing - Keep your prices in accordance to the book length. Although Serena's Decision is still a mystery to me. I wonder if I split it into two books if I would have done better with it. See, I am always learning.

4. Help others out - We are all in it together. Initially I thought people would view me as competition, but my mentor Shoshanna Evers cleared that right up. She said we all have our own voice. So even if we all sat in the same room with the same premise, each story would have a different feel.

5. Reviews - Sure we would all love a bizillion glowing reviews. But I have learned a lot of people buy them. Nope not lying. I am happy to get mine the old fashioned way.

I decided to do a review page myself to help others. I love to read and love to pay it forward, especially to new authors who are like myself and have done the work to make their piece the best it can be. A friend said she'd like to join in and now it's an even better place to promote authors! PS Naughty Reviewers

Beware there are trolls out there and it is hard to turn a blind eye, but here is what I have done, look at their other reviews. Do they review everyone the same like "eh this sucked". Do they not even read your genre. Sometimes you can make yourself feel better when you realize it's not you.

Or Goodreads is even worse, a lot of tacky people out there wanting to be hurtful--sad but true. They just give you a 1 to purposely drag you down. Nothing you can do about it. You know what? As a reader I ignore those. I normally look at the intelligent remarks and say hmm, maybe I will just take a chance and make my own decision about this one.

So stressing about losers who have no life...remember you are better than that. However, do you see people saying you need to improve something? Fix it! You can do that. Ebooks are a wonderful thing where you can upload a new version, (keep your old and remember to highlight what you changed) and Amazon will alert the purchasers to the new version.

6. Returns - I read somewhere that 10% for erotica is normal. I am no where near that number and I think it goes back to #2 editing. At least I hope, but then again I am not what you call a NYT Bestseller...YET! LOL Right. I have maybe 1 or 2 returns a month. And yes they still hurt. It is stealing pure and simple, however, I did see by happenstance someone bought two at once, so that does happen too. ;)

Well, I keep my goals attainable, but something to strive for. And some have nothing to do with money or sales and more to do with what I can do to learn, grow, and help others. ;) Wishing everyone the very best in the New Year.

And remember each person is an individual take what works for you! I plan to do a post about my Twitter following shortly. I started Twitter in mid Feb of last year and I am fast approaching 7k followers. ;)

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#SatSpanks #spanking #snippet "Serena's Decision (The Torn Series: Book 3)"

11/15/2013

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So this snippet is from my WIP Serena's Decision and it seems to be going on and on (it's at 37,250 words at the moment). I will hopefully be wrapping it up soon. As I have mentioned my stories sort of unravel on their own. So here's to the happy ending.

Oh no lead up today...lol. I cannot give away too much of this one. Serena of course is the main character, so she is our spankee today. I did promise a spanking.

He rubbed the hard oak against her bottom; somehow it slid easily across her skin.

Her breath increased at the in anticipation of this new implement and the fact that he was so close she could almost taste him again. His scent seated itself in her nostrils and even though her eyes were closed she could see his firm, dismayed visage behind her lids.

The first crack of the paddle made Serena shudder as the sound of the yelp couldn’t make it out of her throat. Each throttle of the paddle seemed to increase in strength, or perhaps it was the heat and pain on her stinging flesh that made her feel that.

He painted her bottom pink and the last smack made her hands fly apart and grip the comforter, burying her face into it as tears spilled out.

“Serena, I think you know I have been trying to be more than a friend. I love you.” He softly ran his hands over her burning flesh and kissing the back of her head. He went to her bedside table and found her cream.

Oh I wish I could share more of this scene...

Check out the other two books in the series if you like funishment, BDSM and erotic romance:
Master-bation, At Sir's Command and Sir's Deception

Enjoy the other Satspankers below and visit them all. ;) Hope you have a great weekend!!

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Critique Partners & why I love them @Suzyayers

5/14/2013

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I have to say I love mine. Yeah sure they tell me I suck...ok maybe not me, but that my character does or that one of them is too one dimensional. I'm no so arrogant to think that I can write and edit myself perfectly. I need someone else to point out when I'm rambling, or usually in my case I need to add more because I'm so lost in the story I've skipped time.

So what is a critique partner a CP? A Beta Reader? They are all just peer readers. You remember those right, from school? But these are people that read in your genre and a critique partner is also a writer. They catch your grammar, your slipped tenses, and all thst sure. But the most valuable thing they are is a cheerleader and a friend. Someone to help promote and cheer about your good reviews.

So this post is a nod to them and to the only website I've found luck with find great ones!
http://www.ladieswhocritique.com/forums/

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ELEMENTS Re-release #fantasy #romance Amazon Bestseller's now in #paperback! and #freebie

Self publishing is like being the Mad Hatter on Crack #advice for authors

#event #rafflecopter for #free books ~ Miranda's Amulet release party, grab book 1 Sara's Awakening #99PROMO #fantasy #romance

My first #milestone in 2014 5k views on my blog in a week! My #FortuneCookie was right! & What I've learned.

#SatSpanks #spanking #snippet "Serena's Decision (The Torn Series: Book 3)"

Critique Partners & why I love them @Suzyayers

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