The Book Bosses

I've been following The Book Bosses (Hildy and JJ) and their FB page for the past year.  They're one of my favorite book blog sites.  These two ladies crack me up.   I am honored and so grateful that they took a chance on Nerd Girl and provided my first book blogger review.  You can check out there review here.

The Book Bosses rate books on two scales.
1.  1-5 stars based on overall perception of the book
2.  Panty Changing Rating System based on the hotness of the sex and love scenes  (Chris thought this was hilarious)

I was graciously given a 4 in both categories.  Gotta love it!  

 

 

Nerd Girl is now available on Amazon!!

Nerd Girl is now available on Amazon!!!  Within the next few days, it will be available in paperback and all other e-book sites. It's hard to believe that I started this journey almost 18 months ago and now we're finally here.  Squee!! 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H0N57RQ

If you're willing to provide a review, please contact me directly at suelee_haslam@hotmail.com and I will send you a free copy.  The success of Indie authors is the result of reviews, bloggers, and social media.  I would appreciate your support.

Goodreads Giveaway!!!

Sign up now for a giveaway on Goodreads!   I will be giving away 10 free copies of Nerd Girl, if you sign up between November 20, 2013 - January 5, 2014.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Nerd Girl

by Sue Lee

Giveaway ends January 05, 2014.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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Nerd Girl Alert!

Nerd Girl alert!

I'm really digging the paranormal genre.  What I wouldn't do to come up with a really good paranormal love story as a my next book.

I think this is because I grew up with an older brother and through him, I was introduced to science fiction, strange creatures, and great fantasy stories.  I remember seeing Star Wars for the first time when I was seven and then many times after that.  I remember my brother dressing up as Luke Skywalker for Halloween.  I wanted to be Princess Leia but couldn't quite pull off the look.  Nevertheless, I remember loving the Lord of the Rings, Star Trek and all those cool Star Wars action figures. 

My love of science fiction and fantasy stories took a backburner through my teens as I focused mostly on love stories.  As a young adult, my reading selections expanded and I enjoyed non-fiction, fiction of all different themes... and then Twilight came out.  After Twilight, my love of books took on a whole new meaning and my obsession with books and reading reached OCD levels.  This year alone, I've read 100 books (according to my Kindle).  

Why do I write a blog post on this?  The last eleven books I've read these past two months or so, have been Paranormal books.  I've recently completed the following:

• Red Hill - by Jamie McGuire -- a Zombie apocalypse book.  I'm not really into zombie stories, but I love the author's other books so I thought I would give it a try.  Not bad...
• Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead (6 books) - Vampires, humans, and those half breeds that protect them.  Loved it!  Great story about friendship with a kickass heroine.
• The Lux series from Jennifer Armentrout (4 books -- I can't wait for the last installment which won't be released until next summer! Argh!) - this is an awesome action packed alien love story.  Yes, sounds corny, but it's sooo good!
• The Fall of Five - this is the 4th in the Lorien legacy series - Teenage aliens that hide on earth and possess superpowers to fight off a global invasion.  The movie "I Am Number Four" was the first book in the series.   Too bad they're not making another movie.  The later books are totally action packed.
• Bloodlines - this is another series written by Richelle Mead and I'm currently reading the 1st of I think four books?
• Harry Potter - One of my all time favorite series, but I'm now reading them with my girls.  We are on book #4 The Goblet of Fire.

Anyways, each of these books bring me into a whole new world created by the author.  There is love, action, and cool science fiction and fantasy elements.  I love it. 

What can I say?  I'm a total nerd.

On the brink...

Do you ever get that feeling you're on the brink of something?  You know.. you get that sixth sense, that thing you can't put your finger on, you're not really sure what's going to happen, but you wait... and you wait... and then you jump!  Or someone pushes you to fall off the cliff.  That's how I feel right now. 

My kids are happy, it's two days before Halloween, the sun is shining outside, and the leaves are on fire with red and orange, I love my husband, and life is good.  I drove home yesterday from the office and I actually smiled thinking how great I have it.

I spent the last 18 months of my life writing a book.  I researched the world of self-publishing and decided to go for it.  It might end up being a miserable failure.  I have no idea if I can write.  But I was passionate about it from day one and frankly, I became obsessed with the idea of getting, Nerd Girl, out there.  Well, it's almost out there.

I don't know what the fuck I'm doing, of course.  I've done what I think all indie published author's are supposed to be doing... I've created all the social media sites, I have a blog, a FB page, a Twitter account, and a Goodreads author page.  I've got a book cover from one of the best indie book cover designers ever, a formatter is currently making my book look beautiful.  And in a couple of weeks, maybe less than that, I'll be uploading my book onto e-book websites like Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, and iBook.

.... and then I wait. 

Of course, I'll do some self promotion, have a giveaway on Goodreads, beg people to read my book for free for a written review.

.... but then I have to wait some more.

Some people will hate my book.  Some people will love it.  What will all of this mean to me?  I'm not sure yet.  Maybe it will be anti-climatic.  Maybe my book will just sit there on e-book websites and it will soon be forgotten.  I'll know that I tried my best and then so be it.  I'll write another book and learn and grow in the process. 

But then maybe it will do well?  That's the exciting part.  That's the unknown.  Do I want to take the risk?  Hell yeah.... 

It's almost time....

Book Cover

I have a book cover and I absolutely love it!

My cover was designed by Okay Creations.  Sarah Hansen is brilliant.  I'm thrilled with the end result and I'm so excited to reveal it... very soon!

Next step... I am getting the book professionally formatted for upload onto Amazon, B&N, ibook, and Smashwords. 

Nerd Girl

I've been struggling for months on the right title.  After making some editorial changes and seeing Julia from the perspective of an objective 3rd party, the title just sort of jumped out at me.

Nerd Girl

Julia is sort of a nerd.  Most women who work at MS, frankly, are nerdy... but in a lovable, endearing, good way.  We love technology, we're smart, and structured. We need charts and graphs to demonstrate, manage, and track things.  Frankly, the majority of women in this world, aren't like this.  I sometimes forget, having been around MS for over 14 years now. 

Anyways, when you read the book, you'll see why Nerd Girl is the perfect title for Julia's story :-)

Ok, so next steps in my indie publishing journey:

• Book cover design:  Unfortunately, I have to wait until end of October for this.  I chose a book cover design artist who is really making a name for herself.  The downside however, is that she is making a name for herself and her waitlist is long.  I'm on her schedule for October.
• Start trolling indie publishing blog sites and get people to read a free ARC (Advance Reader Copy) in exchange for an honest review.
• Create an author account on Goodreads.com
• Begin the process on CreateSpace.com (on demand book printing)
• Begin the process on all other e-book publishing sites (Amazon, B&N, Apple, etc...)
• Get ISBN number
• Create my author FB page
• Format the book for all these different delivery channels (I'm outsourcing this part)
• Launch party? :-)

I'm hoping for a Pre-Christmas release date.  Cross your fingers.