Writing: Monthly update for March 2021

Happy April!

Hello friends!

We sat on the porch and didn't freeze to death! Every year, it seems like spring will never come. It teases us with sunshine but the temps are still freezing. Or it gets warmer but is cloudy, windy AF, and raining. But finally, we have sunshine and warm! How's the weather where you are?

And of course, now that it's warm, I have one more inside thing I'd rather be doing. LOL If you've been wondering why I haven't made new stickers for Love on Luke and Main or Running Into Trouble, it's because my old Wacom drawing tablet stopped working several months ago.

But check it out! I have a new one now and I've already started drawing! If you remember, Haley gets drunk on margarita's and gets a little too handsy with Luke in his truck. That is the inspiration for their sticker! Isn't it cute?!

BULLET JOURNAL SPREADS!
This was a fun month to put together. Love the colors and the rain drop mood tracker should be cute when it's finished!

How was your March?

💕Anastasia

COVER REVEAL

LOVE ON BLAKE AND MAIN
A steamy workplace romance coming May 18, 2021

BLURB:
Blake
I can't promise I'll never get into another fight, but I can promise the only girl I'll ever fight for, from now on, is Parker Rose.

Parker
Hiring Blake Anderson to oversee my co-op to coffee shop renovation is the best—and easiest—decision I’ve ever made. But inviting him to rent my spare room might just be the worst.

He’s my contractor. I’m his client. We should not be living together. But when he gets kicked out of his friend’s place for fighting, I don’t take no for an answer. After all, Blake fought for me.

This arrangement has disaster written all over it.

We have nothing in common. Blake is a kind, professional Jekyll by day and a broody, violent Hyde by night. While I’m just a silly girl with a furry purse who is failing miserably at passing herself off as an entrepreneur.

There’s a good chance Blake will demolish my heart. But like he says, “It gets worse before it gets better.”

I hope he’s right.

PRE-ORDER today! - https://books2read.com/u/bojDK9
Add to your Goodreads TBR! - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56026080-love-on-blake-and-main

If you'd like to help me promote Blake's book before the release or apply for the chance to receive an ARC (advanced reader copy) of his book, please fill out this form!
Street team/ARC application - https://forms.gle/qnSdPyaJdQ9LJWTK6

Read in March:

OMG! I loved Tied! It was a slow burn between two tortured souls. I can't write stories like this but I LOVE reading them. All the angst and drama! Strongly recommend this and the first book, Torn.

Lucky Dog was a short, erotic read. Super steamy but light on story and character. 

What did you read in March? Find any new favorites?

Currently Reading:

Still trying to make it through A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. This book is SO long and chapters are even longer LOL (That's what it feels like.) Not that I'm not enjoying it. It's just every time I sit down to read it, I swear it gets longer.

Hitching the Cowboy has been fun, so far. Just haven't had time to read in a week. :(

Current Romance WIPs:

Love on Blake and Main (Love on Main, #2, Workplace romance) - Need to do a final edit and proofread before it's ready to publish! So excited for you to read this one. Blake and Parker were difficult characters to write. You'll see when you read it :P

Love on Oliver and Main (Love on Main, #3, Age Gap) - I'm well on my way with this one! Over 10K words written in March. These two are SO cute! It's been a while since I've had characters that don't hide from me and a story that begs to be written. Can't wait to get back to it tonight!

Lucky One (Heating Up the Holidays anthology St. Patrick's Day romance) - I haven't made much more progress on this. I did make this aesthetic though! She's a musician. He's a mechanic. There's a small age gap. Not more than about 6 years but she's only 18. Plus, it's brother's best friend. A bit of forbidden for ya!

Heat up your holidays! Join us for a year of steamy celebrations and go home on New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas with seven different, sexy book boyfriends.

This anthology of steamy contemporary stories is packed with your favorite tropes.
Age gap with older woman, younger man
Brother's best friend
Fake relationship
Roommates to lovers
Friends to lovers
Enemies to lovers
And, of course, happily ever afters for all!

Heating Up the Holidays will be available for a limited time! Don't miss the party! Pre-order your ebook today! → https://books2read.com/u/49le1X

Add to your Goodreads TBR → https://bit.ly/3q5Ery5

Join our Street Team and apply to review and ARC! → https://forms.gle/kEyNMv7skEZQzEGs8

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www.adriannaschuh.com
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https://heatherblairauthor.blog/
https://www.mindymckinley.com
https://www.instagram.com/authorbreehowland/

Publishing news:

RUNNING INTO TROUBLE

Avaliable now! - https://books2read.com/u/4jLk1Z

RUNNING INTO TROUBLE is an age gap romance about a girl just starting life as a sous chef after college and the early 40’s, stubborn, but super sexy potter she runs into at the supermarket. After offering to help him cook dinner for his teenage daughter, they try to keep their distance but no matter how hard they try, they just can’t stay away from each other.

BLURB:
Daniel
When I run into Riley, who does not look old enough to buy the wine in her grocery cart without a fake ID, the only thing I should exchange with her is an apology. After I tell her about the gumbo dinner I’m sure to ruin, we end up exchanging phone numbers. And boy, am I glad to have the hot little sous chef in my contact list when my roux goes up in smoke.

Riley expected my call but I didn’t expect it to go so well. To be taken in by her and not want to let her go.

She’s half my age. Better off being friends with my eighteen-year-old daughter or out hiking with her college-age friends than dating me. Riley has her whole life ahead of her. Between my age, my college football injury, and my addiction to my pottery wheel, I’d only hold her back.

I have to let her go. Don’t I?

This is a steamy, 18+ read with a happily ever after!


RUNNING INTO TROUBLE (universal link) -> https://books2read.com/u/4jLk1Z
Amazon.com US -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJHQ7J1

Add the book to your Goodreads TBR today!
Running Into Trouble ➜ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57041459-running-into-trouble

Word Count:

Not as consistent as I'd like to be but I got a lot accomplished, so I can't be too upset about it.

Not as consistent as I'd like to be but I got a lot accomplished, so I can't be too upset about it.

Binge my books!

Running Into Trouble is a standalone age gap novella!
Link to Amazon listing

The first full novel in the LOVE ON MAIN series is Live!
"Small town matchmaking shenanigans, which cracked me up. Slow burn, but when these two finally give in...whew. A sweet epilogue and a hea. Next book please. #SubtleLikeAMackTruck" - BookSnobSue Review
Link to Amazon listing

Reunited is a standalone prequel novella to the Love on Main series!
Link to Amazon listing

Read the Fate series in this order!
Fake to Fate - Amazon Listing
Fighting Fate - Amazon listing
Facing Fate - Amazon listing
Forcing Fate - Amazon listing

Sharing is Caring

PROMO ENDS APRIL 19th

PROMOS END APRIL 11th

PROMO ENDS APRIL 30th

The End

Thanks for reading! Keep moving forward!

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Writing: Monthly update for February 2021

Happy March!

Hello friends!

February was great! My husband and son made my birthday, on the 27th, amazing! 
On Friday, our 16-year-old made seafood pizza with homemade crust and homemade kitty biscuits for biscuits and gravy the next morning!

Hubby made breakfast on Saturday! Biscuits and gravy, scramble, French toast, and burnt bacon (my favorite!) And my cake. OMG! My cake! I love unicorns. So, yeah. This cake was everything! Even the sprinkles!! It was a great day of binge watching most of season 5 of Gilmore Girls and eating way too much sugar.

BULLET JOURNAL SPREADS!
This month's theme is kind of obvious but also goes with an announcement I'll make later in the newsletter. Keep reading for some exciting book news! Also, I used washi tape for the first time. But only because I made a mistake too big to fix with whiteout lol

I started using MeWe this month. Mostly because Facebook has threatened to delete my group by way of policy changes. They are going to show you posts from groups less often and start deleting groups that post pics of shirtless men aka my book covers.

MeWe lets me post whatever I want! PLUS, they have the group chat function. This has opened up a new line of communication with my readers that I am in LOVE with! Live writing updates!!

The image below is an example of what we get up to during my writing sessions. We also just chat about books and life and whatever. It's fantastic! I would love to see you there!

MeWe Stowaways group -> https://mewe.com/join/anastasiasstowaways

Tell me, how was your February?

💕Anastasia

ANTHOLOGY ANNOUNCEMENT!

Heat up your holidays! Join us for a year of steamy celebrations and go home on New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas with seven different, sexy book boyfriends.

This anthology of steamy contemporary stories is packed with your favorite tropes.
Age gap with older woman, younger man
Brother's best friend
Fake relationship
Roommates to lovers
Friends to lovers
Enemies to lovers
And, of course, happily ever afters for all!

Heating Up the Holidays will be available for a limited time! Don't miss the party! Pre-order your ebook today! → https://books2read.com/u/49le1X

Add to your Goodreads TBR → https://bit.ly/3q5Ery5

Join our Street Team and apply to review and ARC! → https://forms.gle/kEyNMv7skEZQzEGs8

Follow the authors:
https://gemmasmithwrites.com/connect
www.adriannaschuh.com
https://www.theanastasiaaustin.com/newsletter
https://www.facebook.com/hattie.lou.90
https://heatherblairauthor.blog/
https://www.mindymckinley.com
https://www.instagram.com/authorbreehowland/

My story, LUCKY ONE-> Her brother's best friend takes her home from a St. Patrick's Day party to sober up after she unknowingly pinches his butt for not wearing green.

Current Romance WIPs:

Love on Blake and Main (Love on Main, #2, Fixer-upper) - I'm SO close to finishing this. Should get the first draft done in just a few days! This is my main focus until it's done.

Lucky One (Heating Up the Holidays anthology St. Patrick's Day romance) - I have a decent outline done for this. Brother's best friend takes her home from a St. Patrick's Day party to sober up after she unknowingly pinches his butt for not wearing green.

Love on Oliver and Main (Love on Main, #3, Age Gap) - This will be next on my list. Didn't actually work on it in February. Just wanted to let you know where I'm at!

Publishing news:

Fate Series Makeover!

You'll see the covers updated for the ebooks on Amazon and Goodreads now. Paperbacks will come later. If you want to get the paperbacks with the current covers, do it soon!

Fake to Fate Paperback -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/1091548714

Fighting Fate Paperback -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/168686308X

Facing Fate Paperback -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084QD65TQ

Forcing Fate Paperback -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FP9Z7Y6

Fighting Fate EBOOK is F*R*E*E this week!

RUNNING INTO TROUBLE

Available on amazon.com on paperback and in Kindle Unlimited March 16th!

Pre-order the ebook today! - https://books2read.com/u/4jLk1Z

Paperback will be available soon!

So proud of my book baby reaching the number 3 spot on the featured page of the ENTIRE Amazon store when you search for "age gap romance"!! Apparently, I'm on Amazon's good side! Hope it can stay there a while!

BLURB:

RUNNING INTO TROUBLE is an age gap romance about a girl just starting life as a sous chef after college and the early 40’s, stubborn, but super sexy potter she runs into at the supermarket. After offering to help him cook dinner for his teenage daughter, they try to keep their distance but no matter how hard they try, they just can’t stay away from each other.

BLURB:
Daniel
When I run into Riley, who does not look old enough to buy the wine in her grocery cart without a fake ID, the only thing I should exchange with her is an apology. After I tell her about the gumbo dinner I’m sure to ruin, we end up exchanging phone numbers. And boy, am I glad to have the hot little sous chef in my contact list when my roux goes up in smoke.

Riley expected my call but I didn’t expect it to go so well. To be taken in by her and not want to let her go.

She’s half my age. Better off being friends with my eighteen-year-old daughter or out hiking with her college-age friends than dating me. Riley has her whole life ahead of her. Between my age, my college football injury, and my addiction to my pottery wheel, I’d only hold her back.

I have to let her go. Don’t I?

This is a steamy, 18+ read with a happily ever after!


RUNNING INTO TROUBLE (universal link) -> https://books2read.com/u/4jLk1Z
Amazon.com US -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJHQ7J1

Add the book to your Goodreads TBR today!
Running Into Trouble ➜ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57041459-running-into-trouble

Word Count:

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Kitty legs! lol Also, a pretty consistent month of writing. Weekends are obvious!

Binge my books!

The first full novel in the LOVE ON MAIN series is Live!
"Small town matchmaking shenanigans, which cracked me up. Slow burn, but when these two finally give in...whew. A sweet epilogue and a hea. Next book please. #SubtleLikeAMackTruck" - BookSnobSue Review
Link to Amazon listing

Reunited is a standalone prequel novella to the Love on Main series!
Link to Amazon listing

After you read Fake to Fate, download this box set and read the rest of the Fate series!
Link to box set

Sharing is Caring

PROMO ENDS MARCH 24th

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🍹REUNITED PREVIEW🍹

Only 2 more days until REUNITED! Download and read the first 2 chapters now!🔥🔥🔥😘😘🔥🔥🔥 Because you need a swoon-worthy book boyfriend who is protective and sweet, and a heroine who kicks her cheating ex to the curb with a biting tongue.
Free preview -> https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/6BNUxSRw

Remember to pre-order before April 16th to get locked into the $0.99 USD price!

Tropes you can look forward to:
Friends to Lovers,
Slow release alpha,
All grown up,
Light fake engagement,
Fling,
Unrequited Love,

AMZ --> http://mybook.to/ReunitedEbook
Goodreads --> https://bit.ly/2XljJzG
Bookbub -> https://bit.ly/2Xie2SY

Fighting Fate Pre-order and Preview

OMG! I can't believe it! My second book, Fighting Fate, will be coming out September 17, 2019!

There were times I wasn't sure this book would ever be finished. Now, I'm so excited for you all to read Katie and Isaac's story. It's been a labor of love but so worth it! Though it took some time for Katie and Isaac to open up and show me their story, when they did... OH, WOW! They had quite the story to tell!

You can read the first four chapters of Fighting Fate and pre-order the ebook for $0.99 today!

If you bought the ebook of Fake to Fate from Amazon, you should be able to update the file on your e-reader now and see the preview and pre-order link for Fighting Fate at the end of the book!

If you have not yet purchased Fake to Fate, now is a good time. Though, these books can standalone or be read in any order, I believe it's a more pleasurable experience to read them in publication order.

Buy Fake to Fate

Please visit mybookcave to claim the file type of your choice. (epub or mobi) Note: mybookcave will ask you to sign up for my newsletter before you download. Thank you in advance for jumping through the hoop to read ♥


If you'd like to jump straight to the pre-order click here!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WYVNCWC

The paperback copy of Fighting Fate will be available closer to the release date. I'll send another email letting you all know!

A little writing update: I started drafting the next book in the Fate series. WOOT! And there will be at least one more book in this series after it. I'm absolutely loving all the characters in this world. The more time I spend with the them, the more I realize how hard it's going to be to leave them behind for a new cast someday.

Thank you all so much for sticking with me! 

Almost there! One week until release day! →

One week from today my first book, Fake to Fate, will officially be released into the wild!

I thought I'd be a lot more anxious or nervous but honestly, I'm just ready to have it done! To be able to say, "I DID IT!" This has been a much better experience than I ever expected it would be. And I can't wait to release another one.

And the next one is coming right along! I'm already about 1/3 through the first draft and loving it! It's called PLUS ONE and it's a friends to lovers about a woman who finds herself without a date to her best friend's beach wedding. More to come on this soon! Probably when the website is finished.

Speaking of which, Anastasia Austin's official website will be done soon! I've decided a dedicated space is necessary to keep things organized and clear for readers. The biggest change will be that I'll no longer link to this site when using my pen name. If you already follow me here, don't worry, I'll still post updates here too! But if you'd rather follow my pen name exclusively, I will provide the link as soon as possible.

I'm so excited to be on this journey and can't wait to hear what you all think of the book!

If you haven't already, be sure to pre-order the ebook!

The paperback will be available to purchase before the release on April, 30th. I'll make sure to post the link when it's ready to go!

If you need a reminder to come back to me later, add Fake to Fate to your Goodreads list!

Not sure if you'll like it? Sign up for my newsletter and get the first 2 chapters for free!

Thank so much for your support! You're the best!

 

If you're new, check out the posts HERE to read about my journey self publishing under my pen name, Anastasia Austin!

There's still time and a few ARC's left for the taking on Booksprout for review! (Please be cool and only claim a copy if you are able to review. Thank you!)

(POST MOVED HERE FROM WORDPRESS)

Pre-order my debut novel: Fake to Fate →

In preparation for the release of my first novel under my pen name, I have made the e-book edition of FAKE TO FATE by Anastasia Austin available for pre-order on Amazon for only $0.99 USD! It is also available in all regions Amazon allowed for the respective price. The paperback will be available (if Amazon approval goes smoothly) for purchase April 26th, 2019 for $7.95 USD.

Pre-order Fake to Fate

This has been such an amazing journey. If you had asked me a year ago if I'd self publish a book, and this soon, I would have said no. The entire process scared the crap out of me. Being responsible for the entire process overwhelmed me to no end.

Turns out, it's not all that bad when you break it down and accept that you don't have to do everything the big boys do. Plus, there are so many helpful services. I'll rave forever about how painless Kindle Direct Publishing has made this process. Maybe I'll do a post on it soon.

Not to mention, I've had a lot of amazing help! My husband has been such a good listener and helped as much as he can when I talk and talk and talk about the publishing process. Thank you, Tebbiebear! Bree Howland (Author of Bring Me Home,) and Heather Morley (Author of Soul Awaken,) have been there for me every step of the way when I've had questions about how this whole process works. I owe them so much! If you're reading this, thank you, ladies!!

And thank you, readers! For giving me and my book a chance. I hope you enjoy reading every word as much as I enjoyed writing them.

If you haven't yet, please check out the preview HERE! If you have, please share the link with anyone and everyone! Thank you!

Thanks for reading!

(POST MOVED HERE FROM WORDPRESS)