It's here! RAINING DOWN RULES is out - and a giveaway!

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It's really hard to believe that what I once thought would NEVER happen (and by never, I mean seriously, NEVER) has actually happened! You see, when I stopped reading in 3rd grade it was because my school was forcing it down our little third grade throats and I hated it so much I started lying about what I had read. Or in all honesty, what I hadn't read. I can remember about 5 books that I picked up and read before I turned twenty (though I really wish I could remember the name of one specific book I read as a young kid...turning to Google to find it). Anyway, because I stopped reading, I never thought I would someday write a book, let alone have it published.

That all changed about six years ago when a friend of mine suggested I read The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. I didn't know books like that existed. It BLEW MY MIND. I loved it and have since read it three more times.

Shannon Hale unknowingly caused my newly found love hunger for reading. These days, I read an average of 10 books a month, though in January it was 16. I really hope this doesn't negatively affect my children...Perhaps it will some day fuel their love for reading.

Fast forward to three years ago (actually, almost 4 years now) and I've started my gazillionth book but something is different about this one. This one has me so fired up I start and finish it in 30 days ending with 82,000 words. The words kept pouring out of me and I couldn't stop them. That story was The Phoenix (which is out on submissions right now), and I have since re-written the story because I knew it needed work. Now, I love it even more!

There is so much that inspires me to write, but most of it stems from the feelings I receive when listening to music. Often times an image will pop into my brain that leads to a character's name or an event that happens in that character's life. Then, their story begins to unfold as write. This is what happened in the case of RAINING DOWN RULES. An image of a young woman driving down a darkened street one night popped into my head, followed by her seeing a man stumbling down the street. As she drew closer, she realized it was the lead singer of her favorite rock band.

That was it. That was the image I saw and from there I asked myself what would happen to these two seemingly different people? Would they fall in love? What had happened in the girl's life making her who she is today? Why is the rock star an addict? These are just a few of the questions I asked myself as I sat down to write their story.

I loved writing Jemma and Jordan's story, but like all lives in progress, other events occur throwing the characters for a loop. Insert Vic, the fireman. He was a surprise and a good one at that.

I hope you enjoy RAINING DOWN RULES as much as I enjoyed writing it and look forward to Jordan's story of finding love in RAINING DOWN REDEMPTION coming later this summer.

Oh, and because I think you should win a $20 Amazon gift card, here's a little giveaway for you!

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