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PURITY info HERE.

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SO, PURITY's release party is coming up! April 26th, 7pm, at the Alpharetta GA Barnes & Noble, to be exact. I hope you can come. There will be goodie bags, and not the crappy kind full of business cards and half-off coupons. The GOOD kind. With candy and STUFF.

So. You should come.

But if you can't make it to the release party, you can still order a signed copy of PURITY from the bookstore. Just give them a call and they can take care of all of the ordering business over the phone. CLICK to go to the store website.

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Do you KNOW how much I love Jezebel.com?

Seriously. It's one of my favorite sites. So I'm sort of freaking out right now that they've posted the first chapter of PURITY over there. Go CHECK IT OUT.

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Do you KNOW how much I love Jezebel.com?

Seriously. It's one of my favorite sites. So I'm sort of freaking out right now that they've posted the first chapter of PURITY over there. Go CHECK IT OUT.

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So if you've been following this blog or me on YouTube or twitter or wherever, you probably know that I'm not the biggest fan of self-publishing (or "indie" publishing, or whatever you want to call it).

There are a lot of reasons for this; the primary one being that I think most people self-publish for the wrong reasons, like because a book got rejected too much/their feelings got hurt by traditional publishers, or because they want to choose their cover, or because their BFF's cousin's friend Steve said self-publishing is awesome.

There are, however, some good reasons to self-publish. Say you're writing a book about a very niche topic– the mating habits of certain butterflies, or a novel about kids at a chess competition that would only appeal to kids at a chess competition. Or maybe writing is more of a hobby to you, or you just want to see your book in print. Those are all good reasons to self-publish. Go for it. Self-pub it up.

But if you want a career as an author? In my opinion, traditional publishing is the way to go, especially in the young adult genre.

All that said, I'm finding myself in a strange middle ground as far as self-publishing goes. I write quickly– typically quicker than I can sell books– and while I'd likely never self-publish a novel, I am intrigued by the idea of releasing ebook short stories in-between novel releases.

Thus, I bring you to my experiment. Last night I put a short story up on Amazon, available for .99. TURN HERE is a 9k (longish) short story about a broken cell phone GPS, Jimmy Carter's head, and true love. Also, there's candy. It's one of my favorite short stories, and I hope you (buy it and) enjoy it as much as I do.*

I made the cover myself (obviously). Look, people, I'm an author, not a graphic designer. I'm sorry. The story really is good though. Did I mention the candy?

If this experiment works out, I'm going to look into releasing a new longish short story every month. So. Ready. Set. COMMENCE EXPERIMENT.

CLICK to go to the Amazon page for TURN HERE. If you have a kindle, you can load the story there. If you have a computer, you can download a kindle program HERE to read. If you have a mobile device or iPad, download the kindle app to read there.

*This is the same short story that appeared in the anthology THE FIRST TIME (which is a wonderful collection), so if you've purchased that there's no need to rebuy. Unless you want to. I'm not gonna stop you. I think you're pretty.

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Look at this milk. LOOK AT IT.

Do you see the date? The expiration date?

April 25th. ONE DAY after PURITY releases.

Now, granted, this is organic milk, and organic milk lasts a zillion years longer than the regular sort (something to do with the way it's processed), but STILL.

Here are the things I am doing to prepare for PURITY's release:

1) Trying to figure out how to tell my middle school students that they can come to the release party, but I'll be reading what I affectionately call "the condom scene."

2) Trying to figure out what to put in goodie bags for aforementioned release party.

3) Trying to decide if I want to do invitations. Long time followers will remember last year's SWEETLY release invitation fiasco.

4) Eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

That last one really doesn't count, because I eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on most occasions, including, but not limited to: Celebrations, Feeling Downtrodden, Finishing The Laundry, It's Raining, It's Sunny, My Arms Hurt, and I Found A Penny.

Anyway. The release party is April 26th at the Alpharetta Georgia Barnes and Noble, 7:30pm. BE THERE. Or at least eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my honor.

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