Well, it is officially here! Tomorrow is the release day of One More Day! For your convenience (if you haven't heard anything about it yet) I have added at the bottom of this post the information about the book and information about myself. I have attached the blog tour schedule in case you are interested in follow it and believe me, it will be lots of fun if you do. There will be some giveaways waiting for you at some stops, and there is a tour-wide giveaway for you to participate in if you would like to win some awesome prizes. You will also have the chance to learn lots about us authors and maybe even some of our characters. A few reviewers will also be participating in the tour with their review, so you can see what others thought of the book or individual stories in the book. I hope you guys will consider following us, or at the very least buying the book, because it's definitely got a little something in it for everyone.
Here's the schedule for the blog tour, which is also posted here on my website. If you are still interested in participating in this blog tour, just send me a message through my contact form and we can discuss setting something up. It's not too late yet.
December 2, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Moonlight Gleam
Post type: Guest Post
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Reader Girls
Post type: Tens List, Group Giveaway
Anna Simpson will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 3, 2013
Danielle E. Shipley will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Attack of the Books
Post type: Guest Post, Giveaway
December 4, 2013
Erika Beebe will be featured at Lola's Reviews
Post type: Tens List, Ebook Giveaway, Group Giveaway
December 5, 2013
Anna Simpson will be featured at Bookaroo-Ju
Post type: Guest Post, Group Giveaway
December 6, 2013
Kimberly Kay will be featured at The Cover Contessa
Post type: Guest Post, Ebook Giveaway, Group Giveaway
December 7, 2013
Erika Beebe will be featured at the Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 8, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at J. Keller Ford
Post type: Author interview
December 9, 2013
At katherineSkye
Post type: Group giveaway
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Priscilla and her Books
Post type: Guest Post
December 10, 2013
All seven authors will be featured at Scribbler's Sojourn
Post Type: Author Interview, Group Giveaway
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 11, 2013
Danielle E. Shipley will be featured at Happy Tails and Tales
Post type: Guest Post, Tens List, Ebook Giveaway, Group Giveaway
December 12, 2013
At Brooke Blogs
Post type: Group Giveaway, Bookmark Giveaway, Tens List
At Juliababyjen's Reading Room
Post type: Group Giveaway
December 13, 2013
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Never Wordless
Post type: Interview
December 14, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Suzanne van Rooyen
Post type: Tens List
December 15, 2013
Anna Simpson will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Katie's Corner
Post type: Review
December 16, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Aimee Laine
Post type: Guest Post, Group Giveaway
J. Keller Ford will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 17, 2013
At the Machenwood Chronicles and Other Tales
Post Type: Group Giveaway, Tens List
December 18, 2013
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Tina's Book Reviews
Post type: Guest Post, Group Giveaway, Tens List
December 19, 2013
Kimberly Kay will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 20, 2013
J. Keller Ford will be featured at Mywithershins
Post type: Interview
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Cloud Nine Girl
Post type: Author interview question
December 21, 2013
L.S. Murphy will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 23, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Bookworm Lisa
Post type: Tens List, Group Giveaway
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 24, 2013
At Emi Gayle
Post type: Group Giveaway
December 27, 2013
J. Keller Ford will be featured at Mythical Books
Post type: Guest Post
December 28
J. Keller Ford will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 30, 2013
Kimberly Kay will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
January 2, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Read for your Future
Post type: Review
January 6, 2013
Erika Beebe will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
January 13, 2013
Danielle E. Shipley will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
Here's the schedule for the blog tour, which is also posted here on my website. If you are still interested in participating in this blog tour, just send me a message through my contact form and we can discuss setting something up. It's not too late yet.
December 2, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Moonlight Gleam
Post type: Guest Post
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Reader Girls
Post type: Tens List, Group Giveaway
Anna Simpson will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 3, 2013
Danielle E. Shipley will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Attack of the Books
Post type: Guest Post, Giveaway
December 4, 2013
Erika Beebe will be featured at Lola's Reviews
Post type: Tens List, Ebook Giveaway, Group Giveaway
December 5, 2013
Anna Simpson will be featured at Bookaroo-Ju
Post type: Guest Post, Group Giveaway
December 6, 2013
Kimberly Kay will be featured at The Cover Contessa
Post type: Guest Post, Ebook Giveaway, Group Giveaway
December 7, 2013
Erika Beebe will be featured at the Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 8, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at J. Keller Ford
Post type: Author interview
December 9, 2013
At katherineSkye
Post type: Group giveaway
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Priscilla and her Books
Post type: Guest Post
December 10, 2013
All seven authors will be featured at Scribbler's Sojourn
Post Type: Author Interview, Group Giveaway
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 11, 2013
Danielle E. Shipley will be featured at Happy Tails and Tales
Post type: Guest Post, Tens List, Ebook Giveaway, Group Giveaway
December 12, 2013
At Brooke Blogs
Post type: Group Giveaway, Bookmark Giveaway, Tens List
At Juliababyjen's Reading Room
Post type: Group Giveaway
December 13, 2013
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Never Wordless
Post type: Interview
December 14, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Suzanne van Rooyen
Post type: Tens List
December 15, 2013
Anna Simpson will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Katie's Corner
Post type: Review
December 16, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Aimee Laine
Post type: Guest Post, Group Giveaway
J. Keller Ford will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 17, 2013
At the Machenwood Chronicles and Other Tales
Post Type: Group Giveaway, Tens List
December 18, 2013
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Tina's Book Reviews
Post type: Guest Post, Group Giveaway, Tens List
December 19, 2013
Kimberly Kay will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 20, 2013
J. Keller Ford will be featured at Mywithershins
Post type: Interview
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Cloud Nine Girl
Post type: Author interview question
December 21, 2013
L.S. Murphy will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 23, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Bookworm Lisa
Post type: Tens List, Group Giveaway
L.S. Murphy will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
December 24, 2013
At Emi Gayle
Post type: Group Giveaway
December 27, 2013
J. Keller Ford will be featured at Mythical Books
Post type: Guest Post
December 28
J. Keller Ford will be featured at The Musings of a Fantasy Writer's Life
Post type: Guest Post
December 30, 2013
Kimberly Kay will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
January 2, 2013
Marissa Halvorson will be featured at Read for your Future
Post type: Review
January 6, 2013
Erika Beebe will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
January 13, 2013
Danielle E. Shipley will be featured at Ever on Word
Post type: Author interview
Authors:
Erika Beebe, Marissa Halvorson, Kimberly Kay, J. Keller Ford, L.S. Murphy, Danielle E. Shipley, Anna Simpson
What if today never ends?
What if everything about life—everything anyone hoped to be, to do, to experience--
never happens?
Whether sitting in a chair, driving down the road, in surgery, jumping off a cliff or flying ...
that's where you’d be ... forever.
Unless ...
In One More Day, Erika Beebe, Marissa Halvorson, Kimberly Kay, J. Keller Ford, Danielle E. Shipley and Anna Simpson join L.S. Murphy to give us their twists, surprising us with answers to two big questions, all from the perspective of characters under the age of eighteen.
How do we restart time?
How do we make everything go back to normal?
The answers, in whatever the world—human, alien, medieval, fantasy or fairytale—could, maybe, happen today.
Right now.
What would you do if this happened ... to you?
Purchase links:
Barnes and Noble | Amazon Paperback | Amazon Kindle | Kobo
The excerpt of my story, Dark Rose:
A boom shook the classroom. Scarlett shrieked, and clapped a hand over her mouth. Heart slamming in her chest, she lifted her eyes and scanned the room. In one corner, Matthew stared straight ahead of him. Behind him, Bailey leaned so far over her desk, Scarlett thought she would fall headfirst off the table.
A few desks in front of Scarlett, Jed pushed his exam away from him, his glasses sliding halfway off his nose. He crossed his arms and leaned back in his seat. Leah tapped her pen against the desk without rhythm, fluttering her eyes at Toby.
The rumble didn’t seem to affect anyone.
How did they miss that? There had been a noise. Hadn’t there? The stress of the test must have been getting to Scarlett.
She shook her head, as if to rid herself of the confusion, and forced her gaze back to the paper in front of her. The instruc- tions at the top read: In no less than 500 words, persuade a fellow student to part with his or her most valuable possession or deepest desire for the greater good.
With pencil to page, she began to write, only to glance at her watch—twenty minutes left in the exam, and half her essay remained undone. No wonder she was nervous.
A second boom rocked the schoolroom, and she gripped the shaking desk.
Nobody else did the same.
This can’t be real. I’m going crazy, or something. Maybe I’m dreaming. She squeezed her eyes shut, inhaled, exhaled, and returned to her paper. She pressed her pencil against the page and stifled a curse when the lead broke. Reaching for her sharp- ener, she clutched the writing utensil as the classroom shook for the third time. The essay vibrated off her desk, the nearly blank composition fluttering in a breeze to the ground.
What the hell? Her imagination had not pushed her test off the table. It was capable of a lot of things but not that.
Scarlett waited for the rumble to happen again. The clock ticked behind her. Fifteen minutes. Twelve. Ten. She’d never finish the assessment. How could she focus when the room kept shaking? Scarlett retrieved and set her paper on the desk, and leaned back in her chair, staring at the mostly blank page.
The boom came right then.
Erika Beebe, Marissa Halvorson, Kimberly Kay, J. Keller Ford, L.S. Murphy, Danielle E. Shipley, Anna Simpson
What if today never ends?
What if everything about life—everything anyone hoped to be, to do, to experience--
never happens?
Whether sitting in a chair, driving down the road, in surgery, jumping off a cliff or flying ...
that's where you’d be ... forever.
Unless ...
In One More Day, Erika Beebe, Marissa Halvorson, Kimberly Kay, J. Keller Ford, Danielle E. Shipley and Anna Simpson join L.S. Murphy to give us their twists, surprising us with answers to two big questions, all from the perspective of characters under the age of eighteen.
How do we restart time?
How do we make everything go back to normal?
The answers, in whatever the world—human, alien, medieval, fantasy or fairytale—could, maybe, happen today.
Right now.
What would you do if this happened ... to you?
Purchase links:
Barnes and Noble | Amazon Paperback | Amazon Kindle | Kobo
The excerpt of my story, Dark Rose:
A boom shook the classroom. Scarlett shrieked, and clapped a hand over her mouth. Heart slamming in her chest, she lifted her eyes and scanned the room. In one corner, Matthew stared straight ahead of him. Behind him, Bailey leaned so far over her desk, Scarlett thought she would fall headfirst off the table.
A few desks in front of Scarlett, Jed pushed his exam away from him, his glasses sliding halfway off his nose. He crossed his arms and leaned back in his seat. Leah tapped her pen against the desk without rhythm, fluttering her eyes at Toby.
The rumble didn’t seem to affect anyone.
How did they miss that? There had been a noise. Hadn’t there? The stress of the test must have been getting to Scarlett.
She shook her head, as if to rid herself of the confusion, and forced her gaze back to the paper in front of her. The instruc- tions at the top read: In no less than 500 words, persuade a fellow student to part with his or her most valuable possession or deepest desire for the greater good.
With pencil to page, she began to write, only to glance at her watch—twenty minutes left in the exam, and half her essay remained undone. No wonder she was nervous.
A second boom rocked the schoolroom, and she gripped the shaking desk.
Nobody else did the same.
This can’t be real. I’m going crazy, or something. Maybe I’m dreaming. She squeezed her eyes shut, inhaled, exhaled, and returned to her paper. She pressed her pencil against the page and stifled a curse when the lead broke. Reaching for her sharp- ener, she clutched the writing utensil as the classroom shook for the third time. The essay vibrated off her desk, the nearly blank composition fluttering in a breeze to the ground.
What the hell? Her imagination had not pushed her test off the table. It was capable of a lot of things but not that.
Scarlett waited for the rumble to happen again. The clock ticked behind her. Fifteen minutes. Twelve. Ten. She’d never finish the assessment. How could she focus when the room kept shaking? Scarlett retrieved and set her paper on the desk, and leaned back in her chair, staring at the mostly blank page.
The boom came right then.
Marissa’s dream of writing came about when she was ten, after reading a particularly inspiring story of dragons and elves. She instantly fell in love with the fantasy genre, and characters soon began to manifest to satisfy her adoration. It started with a forty page handwritten novel, which she dubbed “Dragon Girl” and continued on to more challenging (and better written) works.
Marissa has been writing on and off for eight years with the ultimate goal always being publication. She has written and given up on more than ten novels and joined Scribophile as a way to improve her writing. Since then, a few of her smaller flash fiction works have been published online with Linguistic Erosion and Yesteryear Fiction. The boost in confidence from those publications only lasted long enough to push her to finish her current WIP, a novel she'd been working on for over two years.
With the novel finished, she began the editing process. And then stopped. And then started a short story, came up with some other novel ideas and eventually returned to her original novel to rewrite and fix what she had. Now, with her WIP mostly finished and a short story accepted into J. Taylor Publishing's One More Day Anthology at the age of eighteen, she is most focused on finishing university and finding a career in editing to help her become an even better writer.
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Marissa has been writing on and off for eight years with the ultimate goal always being publication. She has written and given up on more than ten novels and joined Scribophile as a way to improve her writing. Since then, a few of her smaller flash fiction works have been published online with Linguistic Erosion and Yesteryear Fiction. The boost in confidence from those publications only lasted long enough to push her to finish her current WIP, a novel she'd been working on for over two years.
With the novel finished, she began the editing process. And then stopped. And then started a short story, came up with some other novel ideas and eventually returned to her original novel to rewrite and fix what she had. Now, with her WIP mostly finished and a short story accepted into J. Taylor Publishing's One More Day Anthology at the age of eighteen, she is most focused on finishing university and finding a career in editing to help her become an even better writer.
Facebook | Twitter | Website | Blog | Goodreads