Cover Reveal for Jason Jack Miller's: The Revelations of Preston Black

Hi readers and fans.  :-)  Today I have something special for you.  One of my good friends from grad school has recently published another novel in his supernatural Preston Black series and I've been one of the lucky people asked to participate in the grand cover reveal! TA DA!  Isn't this cover just so modern and spiffy?  hehe 

If you haven't heard of it, this is a great book series with a killer concept that should be welcome to fans of Archon or just thrillers of the paranormal kind in general.  Just read the description below, and be sure to check out more of Jason's books at his Goodreads page here: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4729752.Jason_Jack_Miller




THE REVELATIONS OF PRESTON BLACK BY JASON JACK MILLER
Coming June 2013 from Raw Dog Screaming Press Cover Art by Brad Vetter
Preston and Katy face a new darkness.... Sometimes a battle between good and evil doesn't look much like the ones they show in movies. The good guys don't always wear white, and they don’t always walk away with the win.
And sometimes you're better off with the devil you know.
The last time Preston went down to the crossroads, his best friend died and he nearly lost his brother. But Old Scratch doesn't take kindly to fools, especially not those who come knocking at his front door. And before all is said and done, he's going to teach Preston a thing or two about what it really means to sacrifice.
LINKS: Read the first 100 pages of The Revelations of Preston Black - http://jasonjackmiller.blogspot.com/p/the-revelations-of-preston-black.html
Pre-order The Revelations of Preston Black at Raw Dog Screaming Press - http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/books/the-revelations-of-preston-black.html

Happy reading, everyone! And congrats, Jason, on the awesome cover!

Love Archon's cover?

If so, here's some great news! Archon has been nominated at Aussie Owned & Read's website for best international YA book cover, but I need your help to win the contest!  The link is here: http://aussieownedandread.com/2013/04/25/743/ . Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link to vote! Easy peasy. 

You know, I am not certain if you have to be an Australian native to vote, but hey, every little bit counts!

My travel bucket list now officially has a kangaroo on it.  :-D

Oh, yeah, and my lil Aussie birdie says THANKS BUNCHES EVERYONE!

THANKS!!!!!

Status of Book 2--We're Getting There!

For me, writing a first draft is often the most magical part of creating a novel.  When I am that deeply invested in a story, so immersed in it that I almost eat, drink and breathe it, there is no describing the feeling.  Like I am watching a movie reel and simply noting what I see, I sit back and type as events unfold before my eyes.  Surprises happen.  Plots twists come out of nowhere.  Sometimes everything I had originally planned for a story takes a turn in the opposite direction.

That's the real enchantment of writing .  Then--there comes the hard work.  By hard work I mean re-writes and revisions.

Revisions are difficult enough.  They often involve some re-writing, editing, cutting, expanding, pretty much anything you can think of that would twist your story around in the direction your editor finds necessary.  But your original vision was there in its truest form.

Re-writes, however, are another beast entirely.  They are brand new first drafts.  They are taking the 5% of your previous first draft that actually worked and creating something the same yet entirely new. In other words, they involve the same investment as the original first draft if not more so, because now you have to make sure certain things are different no matter where you planned the story to go.

Last November, I finished the first draft of Covenant.  Months later, I was told I needed to re-think the general direction of my story. This month, I delivered a new story as promised.

Now I wait.

If all goes well, Covenant will enter into the revision stage sometime later this winter.  I can only keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best, like all authors do. 

This is a common plight for writers.  When our publishers say jump, we must often reply, "How high?"  But that isn't really a bad thing in the long run.

It's just teaching us that we can always jump higher than we originally thought.

So I jumped higher with this version of Book 2.  We're getting there, so I thank from the bottom of my heart every fan and interested reader for their patience.  Hopefully by this spring, Covenant will be solidly on its way to production.  Just one more moment yet--and my, how time flies . . .

Archon Paperback Now Available!

Ah, November 6, a momentous day for both the United States and little old Sabrina.  Today our country gets a new president, and I as a happy author get to see a new edition of Archon go up for sale.  Look for a much overdue glossary in the back of Archon's paperback edition, as well as those optimistic ending words: To Be Continued.  Also, check out the new low price at these fine online retailers:

http://www.amazon.com/Archon-Books-Raziel-Sabrina-Benulis/dp/0062116908/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352212666&sr=1-1&keywords=Archon+Sabrina+Benulis

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/archon-sabrina-benulis/1104158559

http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062116901

http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Archon/Sabrina-Benulis/9780062116901

http://www.bookdepository.com/Archon-Sabrina-Benulis/9780062116901

Happy reading! :-)

Author Interview at Fantasy Books Blog

This particular blog author interview comes courtesy of a reader named Sabrina (no I am not joking or making that up haha) who much like my previous blog interviewer is also from Romania.  The interview itself is in Romanian, but thanks to the magic of Google Translate, you shouldn't have any difficulty copying and pasting if you are interested.  :-)

Find it here at: http://www.justfantasybooksadis.blogspot.ro/2012/10/interviu-cu-sabrina-benulis-archon.html .

Okay, the translation isn't perfect, but you get the gist of things, right?  >_<

Email me if you need solid clarification.

Only a few days till the Archon paperback goes on sale and I am hard at work on the second book.  Because, you see, us authors are always horrendously hard at work . . .

Author Interview at I Eat The Books Blog

My latest interview comes courtesy of a generous book blogger all the way in Romania!  Check it out if you're interested in what fantasy creature I would actually like to be if I had a choice, my current passion other than writing, and of course, the ultimate advice for any would-be writer or author. 

Here's the link at: http://ieatthebooks.blogspot.com/2012/09/interview-sabrina-benulis-author-of.html?spref=tw

In other news, the countdown to the Archon paperback has begun.  About a month or so to go. :-)

Finally-Revisions On Covenant Begin!

At long last I have received the editorial notes for Book #2 in The Books of Raziel series! 

How do things look?  Well, to sum everything up, I have a lot of work to do.  That isn't too surprising--many authors have to work long and hard on the second book of a series to get it right.  But I hope my fans can be patient, because I will be doing my best to make the story as enthralling as I can.

That being said, I would like to open up this post to any fans with opinions out there.  I would love to hear what characters you are most looking forward to seeing again, and also where you think the story might be headed.

I can't make any promises that is how the story will ultimately turn out, but it's always nifty to jump into a reader's head.

So feel free to post or message me if you have any fun comments/thoughts.

I'll update again soon, especially considering that the paperback for Archon is coming out on November 6, 2012, and I am hoping to do at least one or two giveaways in celebration. :-)

And now . . . I've got to put my nose back to the grindstone . . .