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BETTY BITES BACK anthology kickstarter!

Love scary stories with a feminist twist?!

The BETTY BITES BACK: HORROR STORIES FOR YOUNG FEMINISTS anthology Kickstarter is live! Check it out here and support BETTY BITES BACK!

Follow the link to view the rewards, have awesome stuff for writers and readers. And here are the rest of the details:

 

BETTY BITES BACK is a short story anthology featuring 15 feminist horror stories. (While most of our content is YA appropriate, please note we recommend this anthology for 16+.)

After the success of the AMONG THE SHADOWS anthology kickstarter we’ve decided to do it again! This time our anthology is full of feminist horror stories. BETTY BITES BACK has something for everyone and runs the gambit from speculative fiction to ghost stories to revenge fantasy and back again. BETTY BITES BACK is scheduled to release October 2019.

We’re older and wiser, so based on kickstarter feedback we’re doing things a little different this time, with stretch goals:

Initial Goal 2,000

First Stretch Goal $3,000- Free AMONG THE SHADOWS ebook to all supporters

Second Stretch Goal $4,000 – Swag pack for all supporters who pledged $15 or more

Third Stretch Goal $5,000 – All Supporters who pledged for a PB get at least one signature included

Fourth Stretch Goal $6,000 – All supporters who pledged for a PB get at least three signatures included

We’ll share as soon as each goal is met.

We’ll be posting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with updates to spotlight each of our authors and with teasers for their stories. Since it’s the first post, we want to kick off with a bang so let’s announce our line up!

Liz Coley
Shannon Green
Elaine Griffin
Lindsey Klingele
Kamerhe Lane
Jenna Lehne
Demitria Lunetta
Emilee Martell
Tracie Martin
Cori McCarthy
Kyrie McCauley
Mindy McGinnis
Kate Karyus Quinn
Melody Simpson
Amanda Sun

Today we’re also starting off with our three editors/contributing authors’ spotlight. Here’s a taste of what’s in store!

VAGINA DENTATA by Mindy McGinnis

A young woman decides to put a sting in her honeypot, surgically altering herself so that she will never be a victim again.

Mindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning author who writes across multiple genres including post apocalyptic, mystery, thriller, historical, fantasy, and contemporary. HEROINE, a story of the opioid epidemic in the heartland and how far one female athlete will go for her team, releases in March of 2019 from Katherine Tegen Books.

THE CHANGE by Kate Karyus Quinn

A short story in verse with magical realism elements about a near future where women have evolved in interesting ways.

Kate Karyus Quinn is an avid reader and menthol chapstick addict. After living in both California and Tennessee, she returned to her hometown of Buffalo, New York, and now lives there with her husband, three children, and one enormous dog. She is the author of young adult novels: ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE, (DON'T YOU) FORGET ABOUT ME, and DOWN WITH THE SHINE all from HarperTeen.

MATCHED by Demitria Lunetta

In the future men are in short supply and women must procreate for the good of society. A young woman finds that duty and love are not mutually exclusive.

Demitria Lunetta is the author of the YA Sci-fi duology, IN THE AFTER and IN THE END (HarperTeen). Her latest book, BAD BLOOD, is a YA paranormal set in Scotland. She is also an editor and contributing author for the YA anthology, AMONG THE SHADOWS: 13 STORIES OF DARKNESS & LIGHT. Her next novel, THE FADE, will release from Delacorte /Random House in December 2018.

 

 

IN THE END French Language Release Day!

Today IN THE END has it's French release! Doesn't everything sound better in French!? :-)

 

AMONG THE SHADOWS Cover Reveal

I feel so privileged that I get to be a part of this YA short story anthology, not only as a contributing author but also as an editor. Okay, here's the amazing cover:

 

 

And here's the back cover:

 

 

 

AMONG THE SHADOWS is a 100% author organized project, so we're gathering funds on Kickstarter. If you'd like to contribute, pre-order a copy, or check out a few of our other great incentives, including signed copies of books and MS crits, have a loot at our Kickstarter page here. AMONG THE SHADOWS will be released September 14th.



 

My New Book!

I can finally announce my big news! Everyone is always asking, "What's next!?" Well, here it is:

Author of the debut IN THE AFTER, Demitria Lunetta's BAD BLOOD, about a 16-year-old girl haunted by dreams and compelled to cut herself until she discovers a family secret and a past full of magic that could both save her and put her in mortal danger, to Wendy Loggia at Delacorte, for publication in Spring 2017, by Maura Kye-Casella at Don Congdon Associates (World English).

I'm so excited to work with Wendy and Delacorte. I'll have more on BAD BLOOD soon!

IN THE AFTER on the Illinois Reads List!

I'm so excited that IN THE AFTER is on the 2015 Illinois Reads list for grades 9-12!

IN THE AFTER on the 2015 Lone Star Reading List

I'm so excited that IN THE AFTER is on the Texas Library Association's 2015 Lone Star Reading List for Texas! Here's the full list. Woohoo!
 

2015 Lone Star Reading List

 

Author	Title
Alexander, Kwama	The Crossover
Chen, Justina	A Blind Spot for Boys
Fantaskey, Beth	Buzz Kill
Garcia, Kami	Unbreakable
Gebhart, Ryan	There Will Be Bears
Harrington, K. A.	Forget Me
Hoover, P. J.	Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life
Hopkinson, Deborah	The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy called Eel
Jobin, Matthew	The Nethergrim
Johnson, Varian	The Great Greene Heist
London, Alex	Proxy
Lough, Amber	The Fire Wish
Lunetta, Demitria	In the After
Oppel, Kenneth	The Boundless
Pearson, Mary E.	The Kiss of Deception
Poblocki, Dan	The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe
Sanderson, Brandon	Steelheart
Sheinkin, Steve	The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights
Van Wagenen, Maya	Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
White, J. A.	The Thickety

IN THE AFTER Paperback Release Epic Giveaway

The IN THE AFTER paperback release is Tuesday, May 27th...and I'm doing an epic giveaway to celebrate. Enter to win 1 of 6 IN THE END arcs...3 lucky peeps will win an additional arc from either Kate Karyus Quinn, Kate Ormand, or April Genevieve Tulcholke.
 

 

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IN THE AFTER - An Amazon 2013 Best Book for Teens Top Twenty

Amazon announced their top twenty books for teens for 2013...and guess who made the list!? Well, yes Veronica Roth. But guess who else. Okay yes, also Marie Lu, Holly Black, Nancy Farmer, Rick Yancey and Lauren Oliver...but also me!!! You can check out the full list here.

I'm really happy (obviously) and still can't believe I get to be included with such amazing authors. The truth is, besides my own, I've only read one other book on this list! (Robin LaFevers, I love you!) but it's not because I don't want to...I just haven't. I just got ALLEGIANT and Marie Lu's LEGEND series, so I'll be reading CHAMPION really soon. I'm also dying to read Holly Black's THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLD TOWN, it sounds amazing! THE LORD OF OPIUM is by one of my favorite authors ever, Nancy Farmer, so you bet your ass I'll be reading that soon.

What about you guys...have you read any of these books? Any books you think should be on the list?

IN THE END available for pre-order!

IN THE END is available for pre- order on Amazon. You can check it out here. You may be wondering what the cover will look like and to be honest, it's been leaked but I'm not sure if that version is  official. I'll post it as soon as I get the okay from my HarperTeen peeps! :)

Third Book Update

As most of you know, my third book is going to be a stand alone...and I have a couple of ideas. One is a Paranormal with witches, one is a Fantasy, and one is a Historical Fiction set during the Civil War.

Completely different genres, I know. So now I'll work on short summaries for each of these ideas and then have a pow wow with my editor on which will be my third book. I'm really excited to start working on a book that isn't set in the After, as much as I love Amy and her world.

So that's what I'm working on now, what are you guys working on?

The Dynamic Duology!

I’ve been getting a few inquiries as to whether the IN THE AFTER series is a trilogy or a duology…and I can finally say, it’s a duology! Why? Well…I kind of tied up all the loose ends with the second book, IN THE END, something I didn’t know I was going to do until after I wrote the book. I could have maybe broken that book into two, but than the plot wouldn’t have flowed as well and the books would have dragged. A duology was the right way to go.

So what’s next? I’ll be working on a stand alone. No, I can’t say what it will be about or the title…it’s way too soon! I have to say, as much as I love love love the IN THE AFTER world, it will be fun to start work on an unrelated project.

Back Wednesday!