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July 8, 2013
AN IAN POV
A SEVEN DEADLY SERIES EXCLUSIVE!
Only at Vilma’s Book Blog JULY 9TH…AN IAN POV
Read all about Ian’s first impression of Sophie Price!
June 8, 2013
A bit of news..
Just a quick head’s up! Some of you were inquiring about Thomas & January on Barnes & Noble. Well, it’s back up!! So, enjoy!
Thomas & January on Barnes & Noble
Also, although it wasn’t an easy decision to make, I’ve removed The Understorey from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I have no immediate plans on continuing the series and I’d rather not torture any new readers with it. Also, it’s not very good, LOL, so I’d rather not lose readers either. So, as a tribute to it’s being gone, here is the trailer. Goodbye, Elliott and Jules…for now. 
June 4, 2013
Denton Author Event
Just a quick announcement to say that I will be at the Denton Author Event in Denton, Texas on August 10th! I’ll be joining lovely gals like:
BC Burgess
Caisey Quinn
Cassia Leo
Colleen Hoover
Jillian Dodd
J.L. Mac
Kathryn Vance-Perez
Kelly Elliot
Michelle Mankin
Michelle Pace
Molly McAdams
Paige Weaver
Sarah Dosher
Just click the link for further deets and I’ll see you August 10th, my pretties!
May 22, 2013
Exciting Announcement!!!
Okay, so some exciting news today! I am finally at a place where I can let you know that GREED, book two of The Seven Deadly Series is coming to bookshelves early this fall!
Stay tuned for more information in coming posts!!!
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March 25, 2013
Alessandra Thomas stops by! Oh, and just one more little thing, it’s PICTURE PERFECT Release Day!!!
Join me in welcoming Alessandra Thomas, my fellow Inkslinger and all around bad ass, guys! Today is PICTURE PERFECT’s release day!!!! First we’ll have Alessandra’s adorable guest post about the five things a debut author should know then we’ll finish off with a little sneak peak into PICTURE PERFECT!
Welcome, Alessandra!
Five Things Debut Authors Should Know
by Alessandra Thomas
Congratulations, you hotshot writer you! You have attained what is perhaps most coveted by caffeine-laced, half-crazed, long-toiling inkslingers everywhere – a publication date! Woooohoooo! Go you! Pour yourself some champagne! Do a little dance!
Now, have you gotten that out of your system? Good. Pull up a chair, pour yourself another cup of coffee, and listen up. Here are five things you, my cute cute debut author, need to know.
Yes, baby! You are “kind of a big deal!” But only on debut day (or NYT Bestsellers Day, if you get that lucky.) After that, you’ll be out of the limelight and it’ll be up to you to act like someone people don’t want to strangle, so that your book keeps selling decently. Speaking of which…
The two most used words in your vocabulary should be “Thank” and “you.” Exercise those sweet lips and tongue, sweetheart, because they’re going to be getting a workout saying these words over and over and over and over and over again. Any time someone buys your book? “Thank you.” Any time someone doesn’t buy your book, but passes their copy to a friend? “Thank you.” When you get a review, even if it’s three stars? “Thank you.” Someone mentions your book on Twitter? “Thank you.” Any time someone asks you a question about your book, says the concept is cool, or gives you a compliment on your cover? “Thank you, thank you, thank you.” When someone asks you what else you’ve written? “Thank you.” And on that topic….
The most important thing you can do for your career as a writer is to keep writing. Your job is to make readers happy, and when readers are happy, they want to read more. When readers want to read more from you, well then you are a Princess among us, sweetheart, because they want to buy more of your books. But they can only buy more of your books if those books exist. So get your ass in that chair, and write me more fabulous things to read. Yes, even during debut week. In that vein….
You get out what you put in. This business requires so much concentrated energy in so many areas, it’s insane. Drafting! Honing your craft! Reading for others! Reading for Pleasure! Marketing! Social Media! Conferences! Watch TV (‘Gossip Girl’ counts as research!) File! Organize! Make New Relationships! Nurture Old Relationships!
OMG PASS THE ICE CREAM AND LEAVE ME ALONE.
But. But but but. I guarantee you that when you strategically pour your energy into these things, you will reap the rewards.
It is all worth it. Right. I know. You haven’t slept more than four hours a night for seven months, you haven’t cooked or grocery shopped in weeks, yet you can’t afford takeout because you spent all your extra cash on all those gorgeous bookmarks. Your kids sound surprised when you show up for bedtime and your significant other has a deeper relationship with your characters than with you. But you know what? You’ve been working this hard to achieve a dream, it was temporary insanity, and now you did it! YOUDID IT.
Congratulations, you gorgeous individual, you. You’re a published author. Take a moment to bask in it. Then tell me “thank you” in the comments and go write another book. Chop chop. Day’s a-wastin’.
Picture Perfect by Alessandra Thomas
Fashion design major Cat Mitchell has a closet full of gorgeous clothes – and not a single thing fits. After two years of runway modeling for easy cash, an accident shattered her lower leg bone and her self-esteem in just one swift fall. Ten months of no exercise, prescription steroids, comfort eating and yoga pants meant returning to campus as a size twelve instead of her former size two. When her gorgeous long-time friend with benefits sees her for the first time after her accident and snubs her in front of all her friends, Cat’s self-image hits rock bottom. Her sorority sisters all insist that she looks gorgeous, but all Cat sees is the roll of her stomach when she sits down, or the dimpling at the back of her thighs that wasn’t there last year. Cat’s therapist prescribes something radical to stop the downward spiral – nude modeling for a nearby college’s human form drawing classes. When Cat faces her fears and bares it all for the class, she realizes that she’s posing naked in front the most gorgeous, buffest guy she’s ever seen in her life. He asks her out after the class, and after one steamy night together, Cat’s absolutely smitten.
Nate’s pretty close to perfect – he takes Cat rock climbing when he discovers that it makes her feel strong and becomes a great chef after he learns that the perfect pesto sauce makes her swoon. Cat starts to feel like her old self again – confident and beautiful – as long as Nate’s around. Even when he discourages her from entering the Real Woman Project, a design competition for plus-sized apparel, she reasons that he’s just trying to prevent old body image wounds from splitting wide open again. But when Cat goes home with Nate for Thanksgiving, she discovers something shocking from his recent past that proves that he hasn’t always been so encouraging of women of all shapes and sizes. Cat has no idea what to think, but she does know one thing – this might destroy their relationship before it’s even had a chance to get off the ground.
Before Cat can figure out whether the real Nate is the sensitive, adoring guy she fell in love with, or an undercover asshole, she’ll have to finally feel comfortable in her own skin – even if it means leaving him forever.
About Alessandra
Alessandra Thomas is a New Adult writer who swears she was in her twenties yesterday. Since she’s not, she spends her time looking back on her college years fondly, and writing sexy stories about guys and
girls falling in love and really living life for the first time. When she’s not writing, you can find her with a spoonful of ice cream in one hand and the newest New Adult release in the other.
Hook yourself up with a little bit of Alessandra
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Twitter
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Amazon
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Thank you so much for joining me, Alessandra! It was such a pleasure to have you!!
-Fisher Amelie
March 4, 2013
Get Creative Contest Final Three!!
Here are your choices, Ladies and Gentlemen!! You choose which entry you like best and vote on my Facebook Fan Page!! Good luck, entrants!
A)
By Kyla Alyanna Lago
B)
By Maria Malaveci
C)
By Allison Chou
February 14, 2013
Fisher Amelie’s “Get Creative Contest!”
Happy Valentine’s day, my loves!!
Today, I am announcing my Get Creative Contest!
It’s where I, Fisher Amelie, allow you, my most awesome fans, to get creative with my latest novel VAIN. Take the book and go crazy! Create a video, image, painting, audio file, you name it! All you have to do is use your imagination!
Example of a most awesome fan made video:
Rules
The first rule of Fisher Amelie’s Get Creative Contest is there is no Fisher Amelie’s…wait…got carried away there for a second. Visions of Brad Pitt. Anyway, the first rule is there are no limitations. The sky’s the limit. Use whatever medium you feel most creative with and go for it!
The second rule of Fisher Amelie’s Get Creative Contest is you must post your entry on my Facebook Fan Page. No where else. 
Sorry, babydolls! If you want it to be counted, it must be posted there. Also, you can only enter once.
The third rule of Fisher Amelie’s Get Creative Contest is you must allow it to be seen by the public as well as allow me to publish it. A waiver will be signed if you win.
The fourth rule of Fisher Amelie’s Get Creative Contest is that you must not limit yourself, ideas, or attitudes. You must have a free, artful spirit and you must have fun participating.
Deadline
All entries are due by midnight, February 28th.
Winners will receive a signed paperback of VAIN, Callum & Harper, and Thomas & January as well as a handmade necklace from Uganda!!
Handmade Ugandan Necklace!
February 11, 2013
Courtney Cole stops by!
One of my besties’ Courtney Cole has finally released her incredible novel If You Stay! I’m 75% of the way through it and if I didn’t have a newborn, I’d have devoured it in one sitting! It’s a grab-the-edge-of-your-seat page turner and I’m so happy and honored to have her on my blog today. So, without further ado, a guest post from the fabulous Courtney Cole!!
Stay tuned at the end of the post for a chance to win one of five signed copies of If You Stay!
If You Stay by Courtney Cole
24-year old Pax Tate is an asshole.
Seriously.
He’s a tattooed, rock-hard bad-boy with a bad attitude to match.
But he’s got his reasons.
His mother died when Pax was seven, leaving a hole in his heart filled with guilt although he doesn’t understand why. What he does know is that he and his dad are left alone and with more issues than they can count.
As Pax grew up, he tried to be the kid his father always wanted; the perfect golden boy, but it didn’t work. His dad couldn’t overcome his grief long enough to notice and Pax couldn’t keep up the impossible perfect façade.
So he slipped far, far from it.
Now, he uses drugs and women to cope with the ugliness, the black void that he doesn’t want to deal with. If he pretends that the emptiness isn’t there, then it isn’t, right?
Wrong.
And it’s never more apparent than when he meets Mila.
Sweet, beautiful Mila Hill is the fresh air to his hardened frown, the beauty to his ugly heart. He doesn’t know how to not hurt her, but he quickly realizes that he’s got to figure it out because he needs her to breathe.
When memories of his mother’s death resurface from where he’s repressed them for so long, Mila is there to catch him when the guilt starts making sense. Mila is the one…the one who can save him from his broken troubled heart; from his issues, from the emptiness.
But only if he can stop being an asshole long enough to allow it.
He knows that. And he’s working on it.
But is that enough to make her stay?
**Warning -Contains sex and violence**
Author Bio:
Courtney Cole is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.
Courtney lives in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.
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February 6, 2013
Free Thursday!!!
Just a quick one today…
Thomas & January, the second book in The Sleepless Series is free today, Thursday, February 7th only so come and get it!!
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January 30, 2013
VAIN Kindle Fire Giveaway Winner!
Congratulations, Karey W!
Karey’s won an Amazon Kindle Fire as well as a signed copy of my latest book, VAIN!!
Thank you to all who entered! If you haven’t already discovered, I’m giving away three paperbacks each night this week. All you have to do is follow the rules! Come read the blog that explains the contest!
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