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The Snevil Author, The Winner in the City, and The Show that Broke the Seal (blog I posted on my page on July 2, 2008)
Okay so.......

cue magical music that lingers in the air with mysterious bravado.....

On June 30th (sorry it's taken me so long to post a blog about this. What can I say? It was a taxing day:) So on June 30th, I appeared on Blog Talk Radio with LESA, to finally reveal the title of my upcoming debut Tween fantasy.

OMG! It feels so AMAZING to FINALLY be able to talk about the book without having to worry if those feet of mine are going to dance their way into my mouth! Yeah, I know. I have that problem, and it almost surfaced a few times on the air the other night. Even Vern Firestone, President and CEO of TRIAD Publishing Group, my publisher and dear friend, caught my near-flub.

That was a good and hearty laugh we all shared, let me tell you:)

So, the show was really amazing. Tons and tons of dear friends were there to support me and to finally find out the secret behind the puzzles that many were haunted by for the last month. No, I'm serious. I had friends contacting me constantly, telling me they were being followed around by the image of the puzzles. Some were dreaming about them, and one person even spent the entire past weekend obsessing over the puzzles and the title that was so snevily masked by the clues....hehe

Right out of the gate, the calls began pouring in from some of my dear friends (thank you all for your support...I love you!), and some other dear friends lingered with an endearingly voyeuristic ear:)

The first call in was Vern, who sat back and waited patiently for me to prance my way into THE BIG REVEAL:) And then....one by one, my friends called in.
and everyone else who called in (I can't remember who else called in, but I promise to update this list when I do

The big surprise of the night for me was when, fresh from the grave, my good and dear friend, Joni Shanburn, Vice President of TRIAD, called in. I wasn't expecting her because she was having some computer issues:) And shortly after she called in, so did another dear friend, the snevil sinister sister of Joni, Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc came strolling in with her shovel, fresh from digging Joni up:)

And so I spoke about the contest and the world the series is set in....sorry, you have to go listen to the show to get THAT out of me...hehe


I answered questions from callers, laughed a lot, YAYed and OMGded my way through the show...shocker, I know. And then.....

drumroll please.....

Vern proceeded to talk about how there were about a hundred entries in the Crack the Code contest, and how there were eleven people who had conquered the puzzles. After asking me to select a number from one to eleven, I chose 8 (my hubby's favorite number), and BOOM!
THE WINNER OF THE WORLD'S FIRST COPY OF MY BOOK was.......more music please......SHERRI SCHWEDOCK of Write in the City



It's a replica of the dragon statue that sits in the center of ElderSquare, which is the heart of Elder City, the oldest city in the magical world I set my series in. For those of you who never got the chance to read the first three chapters of DAVID THORNE: The Golithian Orbs, Elder City is a towering metropolis built entirely by magic.

Yup, being the city girl I am, I couldn't think of a more "ME" choice to base this series in, can you?

And finally, as promised, the instant I FINALLY ANNOUNCED the title, DAVID THORNE: The Golithian Orbs (god that feels so freeing), Vern Firestone OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE PRE ORDERS.

Yes, my dear and cherished friends, because of the OVERWHELMING response to the date of the opening of pre orders, Vern decided to open them up during the show, instead of waiting til midnight. And so, the chatroom began filling up with people announcing
"I just placed my order!"
"GO! CINDY! I just ordered the book!"
"Got my copy!"

OMG! YAY!

I can't believe my little book, the one I've put everything I have into, is finally AVAILABLE FOR PRE ORDER! And, people are ordering it in droves! That's right, by midnight, the pre orders were already in the dozens. OMG! OMG! OMG!

Some people even left comments on my page here about how they had already ordered the book and couldn't wait to read it! A lot of you emailed me about it.

OMG! OMG! OMG! Is THIS really happening?

And the last time I checked, the PRE ORDERS were STILL POURING IN.



Now, remember, PRE ORDERS will be open until September 1. AND....everyone who pre orders DAVID THORNE: The Golithian Orbs, will be able to have it autographed by me personally. Not to mention, those who do pre order it, will also save nearly ten dollars off the price it will be once it hits the open market on October 1.

So take a jaunty little stroll over to TRIAD Publishing Group's website and click on the black banner on the right side of the homepage. You'll know it when you see it. It's got four orbs (two blue, one red, one green), and then click on the "BUY THIS" on the next screen.

ENJOY it, my dear and cherished friends. As I said, I've put everything I have into this book, and nothing would make me happier than to know that DAVID THORNE: The Golithian Orbs is a book you WILL NEVER FORGET:)

And so, there it is:) The show was amazing! YOU are all AMAZING! And if I dare confess, everyone who HAS read the book so far has admitted not being able to put it down. So get your copy now and save yourself nearly ten dollars off the price the book will be once it hits the open market:)

Here is the show, for those who missed it. So grab your favorite comfy beverage and kick back. Enjoy, and feel free to leave your thoughts in your wake:) Like you, they are always welcome:)

GINORMOUS HUGS and SECRETS REVEALED:)
Cindy
author of:
DAVID THORNE: The Golithian Orbs
(Still feels so great to be able to say it publicly...YAY!)

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Okay so, a lot of people have asked me when the book is coming out. So I posted the countdown timer to the release of The Book.

And lately, a lot of people have been asking me when pre orders are opening.

Well, I'm happy to say that....

THEY ARE OPENING ON:

JULY 1, 2008



Yes, my dear and cherished friends:) Come July 1, you can officially pre order the book. Pre Orders will be open until August 31.

Just wanted to let you all know. I can't wait for this book to come out....especially since it's coming out of such an AMAZING Publishing house as TRIAD Publishing Group. And also especially considering what the cover is going to look like when the OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Illustrator, Doron Ben-Ami gets through with it!

I feel like dancing right now. Dancing and squealing, and singing (yes I can sing!), and YAYing forever. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

So I leave you all with this short yet newsy blog:




COSMOS FOR EVERYONE! WHOOHOO...COSMOS!

HUGS AND GREAT BIG GINORMOUS SMILES FOR YOU ALL:)
HAPPY PRE ORDERING:)
Cindy

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My book is still forever away, it seems, but I may have some AMAZING NEWS regarding the book cover soon, so keep an eye out for my announcement on that.

I gotta say, I CAN NOT FRICKIN' WAIT TO SEE MY BOOK COVER!!!!

Ah but just the same, all is well and good and fantabulous on the Cindy front. Why? Because I have the absolute HONOR to say that I have the most INCREDIBLE PUBLISHER ever to walk this green and blue watery little marble we call home. So great is he that I thought it only right and honorable and Just for me to dedicate an entire blog to him and his out-of-this-world publishing company, TRIAD Publishing Group.

I'm post dating this because if not, I have to tell everyone about what VERN FIRESTONE has done not only for me, but for so many authors whose dreams have led them to TRIAD.

Vern Firestone is such an incredible person. And you should all know that I would not blow any kind of smoke here for the sake of blogging...even if I love blogging, which I do, but you all know that...

No. I really wanted to tell everyone what an amazing person Vern is. He is the owner and publisher of TRIAD, and in the time I've known him I can honestly say that not a single conversation with him has gone by without my being absolutely blown away by not only his attentive, caring, and knowledgeable nature, but also his ability to make me laugh and give me hope for a bright and prosperous future with the best and most incredible company I could have ever hoped to be part of and dream of being welcomed into.

I mean, I don't even think HE knows what he has done for so many authors. I just don't think he really grasps the amount of dreams he has made a reality, how many hopes he has brought to light, or how many lives he has forever changed. You see, Vern Firestone has cultivated this force to be reckoned with...the force that is TRIAD Publishing Group. Not to mention the force that is the man himself.

You know, before December 10, 2007 (yes the date is burned into my memory forever), I was a writer struggling to find my place in this world. I always wondered which publishing house I would wind up with, if any at all, and what it would be like. I'm not one for formality or stuffiness, so I always asked myself if I would even ever "fit in" with the houses out there. And I was most certainly terrified about what someone from those houses would do to my book. You know, the one I spent five years of my life writing and rewriting a million kajillion times?

I was desperate to find a home for my books; a home I could be proud to be part of; a home I could feel exhilarated to know even exists. I spent about 2 years (give or take) trying to get this close-minded industry to look at my book. So I did what every aspiring writer does. I searched and searched and came up either empty, or came up to a door that quickly closed on me because certain agents and editors didn't and/or wouldn't consider certain genres, or wouldn't look at manuscripts unless they came from someone they knew. And forget that old and tiresome story of "Well, you have to catch an editor or agent on the RIGHT day" with the "RIGHT" letter..because we all know how easy it is to gage the quality of a book by a freakin' letter!

Yeah! Whatever!

You know how many great authors have been overlooked because of some "Agent" or Editor" who thought the book would never sell? I can tell you this, my dear friends, isn't it fun to try and picture the agents who turned down J. K. Rowling and Stephen King?

But then came what is still today the most interesting email I have ever gotten in my life. One that categorically changed it forever. It was from one Mr. Vern Firestone, a man who not only scoffs at the proverbial "BOX", but flat out turns away from it with an intelligent grin. And in his wake he draws the attentive eye of an industry that has carved its own path in a tight, exclusive little BOX made of stone. You know the kind, the ones that refuse an entire genre, or a certain book because of this or that.

Well, I say PISHAW to them all! They can keep all the rights they strip of their authors, and all the time and energy they spend on books they have no intention of marketing in any way, and all their frustrating red-tape that eventually gives some authors a new dream, that of hanging themselves with said tape.

But Vern Firestone is different. TRIAD is different. Out of the vision of publishing mastermind, Vern Firestone comes the sweet sounds of doors forever opening for authors who might otherwise spend years of their life watching their hopes slip away. With TRIAD comes the realization of the dreams and passions we as authors hold dear. And with Vern and TRIAD came an army of authors who one by one have come together to form, not merely a publishing company, but a true and caring FAMILY.

This is what I'm so shocked by...the amount of support and encouragement they all share for one another. So to be able to say I'm now part of that just leaves me speechless at times. And the times it doesn't leave me with nothing to say…well...I have to blog about either TRIAD itself, or their amazing authors if for no other reason than I am beyond proud to be part of such a Publishing House.

Now onto the gravy, my dear friends. As I said, every time I speak with Vern, or he emails me, he's got incredible news, new contacts in so many new and exciting directions, and each conversation falls in line with that of a great time spent with a great friend. Truly, that's what it feels like to know him. He is not just a publisher, he is a friend…and FATHER to us all. And when he talks, even if it's not in his words, the term, "A Deal You Just Can't Walk Away From" is always dancing in the air.

So I thank Vern Firestone. I thank him, and TRIAD, and all of its authors because if not for their eye on the future and their ear to the grindstone, so many people and so many books might never be who and where they are today.

I know, because now I'm one of them.

HUGS and Unending Admiration,

Cindy

TRIAD PUBLISHING GROUP.

Oh, one more thing: I think we need to surprise him with an all-TRIAD-Author get together one day. I'll bring the bullhorn. I've got one in my closet for all my trips to the rooftops...LOL.

What a blast that would be! OMG! And yes, I realize he might one day find out I suggested this, and he might laugh his mighty laugh and say, "Hey, see. I wasn't surprised."

But (insert wicked hand-rub) he won't know WHEN it would happen..LOL

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Okay, so here I go again..

Hey, that was a great song, wasn't it?

Here I go again on my own, walkin'.....

Oh crap, I lost my self again. And to do that now? Maybe I should be saying, in my own often used words, "What was I thinking?"

On with the show...LOL. Show! Funny I would choose that term just now. Shall I explain?

Fine. Don't beg. I'm not a monger of cruelty. Here's my latest news.

breathe...breathe...

My PUBLISHER called me yesterday to inform me that he...OMG..he...OMG OMG...he BOOKED ME ON A TOP RATED, TOP NOTCH INTERNET RADIO TALK SHOW!.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

So yup! On October 2, 2008, the day after the release of my book, I will be chatting away with none other than Internet Radio Talk Show Host, Louise Aveni on Sedona Talk Radio.

And of course, you just know I will be reminding everyone in the coming months.

HA! Coming Months! In my opinion, they are NOT COMING FAST ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many more months til' my book comes out?

FRICK
FRICK
FRICK

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Yet another Bertie Bott's bean. I almost have the nerve to try this one. Almost. I usually don't like green candy though so its likely I'll chicken out on this one too.

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You knew I couldn't draw just one.
Another Bertie Bott's jelly bean. Earthworm. They must have had a blast thinking up these flavors. But again...who taste tests them? Some 10 year old?

This is another one I'm not brave enough to try.

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A Bertie Bott's booger flavored jelly bean.

I'm afraid to try one. How do they develop a flavor like that anyway? I prefer not to think about it.
I'll stick with my chocolate, thank you very much.

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