IWSG and Cover Reveal: YOU ARE MINE by Janeal Falor and a GIVEAWAY

Edited to add giveaway winners:
Amanda and Gina, Congrats!

Because of the cover reveal, I'll keep IWSG short today.
Current insecurities and voices I'm struggling to silence: I'll never sell a book, never finish another one and like it as much as LOVESENSE, and not trusting my choices.

What I'm doing about it: making myself write, even when it's hard to keep going, reminding myself that all first drafts are messy, and even 2nd and 3rd drafts are allowed to be that way, telling myself that I'm young, I have decades of writing ahead of me, if I keep going not only will I become a better writer, but one day I will see my name on a book cover.


Now for the Cover Reveal:D


Guys...remember the Keeping it Real post from last month and how fun Janeal was?
Well she wrote a book. A good one with some of that "rommance" she talked about, a girl completely out of her element, and a handsome stranger. I twisted Janeal's arm until she let me read an advanced copy during my road trip last week. It helps to have an Army Ranger for a little brother to show me some tricks;-) Yes, I am one lucky girl, both in my brother and in getting to read YOU ARE MINE. And while I don't want to give anything away know there're warlocks, magic, sisters (I love reading about sister relationships-I have 4 sisters), secret rituals, a seriously hot guy, and a dressmaker. Janeal even got me to care about a seamstress, guys, and not because of her daring patterns allowing women to dress themselves either. By chapter three I didn't want to put this fantasy down. And boy did I want to beat up her dad. I wanted to beat up a lot of people in this book, but I didn't want to destroy my kindle, or scare my family, but it wasn't easy:). YOU ARE MINE is a satisfying read and I'm glad to know she's working on the next book.

Are you ready for the cover?

Here it comes
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Isn't Serena a knockout? I can't help but stare at her eyes-I see both beauty and pain in them.

Publication date: May 6th 2013
Genre: YA Fantasy


Synopsis:

Serena knows a few simple things. She will always be owned by a warlock. She will never have freedom. She will always do what her warlock wishes, regardless of how inane, frivolous, or cruel it is. And if she doesn’t follow the rules, she will be tarnished. Spelled to be bald, inked, and barren for the rest of her life– worth less than the shadow she casts.

Then her ownership is won by a barbarian from another country. With the uncertainty that comes from belonging to a new warlock, Serena questions if being tarnished is really worse than being owned by a barbarian, and tempts fate by breaking the rules. When he looks the other way instead of punishing her, she discovers a new world. The more she ventures into the forbidden, the more she learns of love and a freedom just out of reach. Serena longs for both. But in a society where women are only ever property, hoping for more could be deadly.


Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17406760-you-are-mine?ac=1

Giveaway:

Janeal is giving away one ebook copy and I am as well. All you need to do is leave a comment. I'll randomly pick 2 winners on May 10th and the ebooks will be delivered the week of May 20th.
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Janeal Falor lives in Utah where she’s finally managed to live in the same house for more than five years. In her spare time she reads books like they’re nuts covered in caramel and chocolate, cooks whatever strikes her fancy, and enjoys the outdoors. Her husband and three children try to keep up with her overactive imagination. Usually they settle for having dinner on the table, even if she’s still going on about the voices in her head.


Author links:
Website / Goodreads / Twitter

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Wordworking: K is for Keeping it Real with Janeal Falor

Our second guest post of the A to Z challenge is here. *launches confetti canons* I met Janeal Falor on twitter last August and she's one of the nicest gals on the planet. Plus, she can look at a half empty refrigerator and make a deluxe meal while she's writing. I can't wait to read her book YOU ARE MINE coming out May 6th.

Take it away, Janeal.

Thank you for having me here today, Robin!

 Today we're talking about Keepin' it Real. Even though I'm an author, the biggest reality is that I'm a terrible speller. When I was in elementary school spelling was my least favorite subject. I hated it with a passion. I could never get the right letters in the right places. And practicing—please smash my fingers in the door instead of making me relive those memories. Then there were kids in my class who'd get 100% without even trying. Disgustingly good spellers. Over the years, I've come to not only accept my poor spelling, but try and find the good in it. One of my favorite misspelled words that I'm forever typing is: Rommance. (and yes, I know that's probably bad grammar from Robin's awesome Colon Post, but I'm going for dramatic effect here). Any guesses why it's my favorite? I'll give you a hint, it has to do with how I feel about the word. Figured it out? Rommance is just so mmmmm, yummy! Which is why I always write rommances into my books. Sometimes I read a book without a love interest, but the only books I have a true passion for are rommances. This misspelling is one I think should become the correct spelling. Since it never will be, thankfully it's easily caught by spell checker. But I'm forever turning cheek into check and except into expect. Lame word issues that can't be caught by the computer. Two things really help me to catch these.

• Search specifically for tricky spellings and nothing else. Looking for nothing but tricky words makes them a little easier to find. Notice I didn't say easy, but easier. And the more you do this, the better you'll get at it.

• Help from others. Because I can't always see what my crazy fingers are typing in my own writing, I rely on others to help me find those sneaky hiders. Once I know what they are, I keep and extra close eye out for that problem and am able to find and correct them more often that not.

And while we're keepin' it real, yes, there was a bunch of grammar/spelling errors I hunted down in this. Probably still a few hiding in there. ;-) Do you have problems spelling any particular words or are you naturally a great speller? What do you think about mmmmm, yummy romances? How do you 'Keep things Real' with spelling?

Janeal Falor lives in Utah where she’s finally managed to live in the same house for more than five years. In her spare time she reads books like they’re nuts covered in caramel and chocolate, cooks whatever strikes her fancy, and enjoys the outdoors. Her husband and three children try to keep up with her overactive imagination. Usually they settle for having dinner on the table, even if she’s still going on about the voices in her head. Her debut YA Fantasy, YOU ARE MINE comes out May 6, 2013.