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Who doesn't love a freebie?
February 7, 2019
Looking to fill up your e-reader with delicious M/M romance this February? Look no further! Check out this lovely bundle, brought to you via BookFunnel:
You can snag a copy of my own BY THE RIVER there, not to mention a bunch of other good stuff. You have the option to sign up for newsletters, but "option" is the key word there. You do you--and enjoy the romance ♥
Also, I wanted to bring attention to an auction on Facebook this week:
There are loads of books, eBooks, author services, and other goodies up for grabs, and will be through the 11th. All proceeds go to help two authors in the LGBTQIA romance community who've been hit hard by the wild flooding in Queensland, Australia right now. Check it out!
And in closing, congrats to the winner of the newsletter giveaway! Look out for future giveaways and freebies in my newsletter, Katey Hawthorne's Somethingorothers: A Rare Newsletter. Sign up here!
The New Lives of Old Books
May 21, 2018
Okay, they're not that old, but I'm super pleased to be able to announce my plans for both the Superpowered Love and Elementals series:
Superpowered Love has found a new home with the marvelous Less Than Three press! I've known and worked with them for years now, and I couldn't be happier that they've accepted all eight extant books. I'm also super looking forward to working on the last 2 (or maybe 3...) with them to bring this epic series to the close I've been planning for years now. I hope you'll join me for the ride!
Work has already begun on the first book, Equilibrium, and I'll be quick with updates as things progress. Have I mentioned I'm excited? I'm so excited!
As for the Elementals--I know, I know, I only do one of these every three years, it seems like. I've been planning book 3 for ages now, but this will be the year. In that spirit, I've just re-released the first two via Amazon. They're on Kindle Unlimited and available for purchase! Check out By the River and Back to the Sky.
As a side note, if you want to know more, please check out the Elementals page or the separate book pages. Also, if anyone would like a review copy of By the River or Back to the Sky, please get in touch with me and let me know your preferred format. kate AT kateyhawthorne DOT com.
New Stuff and Saaaaaaaaaaaaales~
October 24, 2015
First, I had a great time at GRL San Diego, so thanks to everyone who made it awesome. (Here's a tiny rundown for those interested.)
Great week for books, y'all--from my point of view! Right now, at the Loose Id blog, I've got a post up about a lot of the personal stuff that went into BACK TO THE SKY. Okay, so that may not be exciting to anyone but me, but give it a shot if you're interested in just why the book is more navel-gazey than most things I put out there. What is potentially exciting to more than me for sure is that both of my Elementals books are 20% off this week at Loose Id, which is huge!
Cool, right?
And speaking of discounts...
KANAAN & TILNEY: THE CASE OF THE ARMS DEALERS is coming on Tuesday eeee! It's already available for pre-order, though, and you get a nice 10% discount if you go for it, so check it out.
Jenna and I are going to be bouncing all over the net this week talking about our wonderful/weird mash up of paranormal/suspense/romance and our boys, Lowell Kanaan and John Tilney. So be sure to check out...
We'll be posting links as the stops go live, so please join us for fun, facts, and a giveaway!
Fall Happenings
September 14, 2015
So many fall happenings in the works right now, I'm just gonna bullet list this baby. You ready? I'm ready!
♥ Back to the Sky Book Tour!
Still happening, y'all. Here's the count of who has been so good as to let me drop in, and what, exactly, I was talking about there:
"Some Kind of Magic" @ The Novel Approach - Talking about the weird magic in the Elemetnals series and just what it can mean for a story.
"Rock N Roll and Bad Poetry" @ Love Bytes - Zane fancies himself a songwriter. Oh deaaaar...
"Being Afraid of Love" @ Prism Book Alliance - The Four Noble truths and a fear of being hurt again. Come on, we've all been there. Well, that latter thing, anyhow. Only Geordie likes to mix the two.
Yet to come this week:
And remember, you get THREE entries in the ongoing Rafflecopter Giveaway for copies of Back to the Sky (it's at the bottom of the posts!) for commenting on these blogs, so don't be shy.
♥ Discounts! Discounts!
I am also relatively sure that as of tomorrow (Tuesday), BttS itself will be 10% off--as is the tradition with last week's new releases at Loose Id. So if you didn't have time or money or just plain forgot last week, check it out this week!
If you want info on By the River, check its page out here at the site. Lots of excerpts and all the usual to be had.
♥ Time to get spoopy!
I've mentioned this off-hand, and it's been on my Coming Soon page since, well, since I made that page last month, but! My Halloween novelette, Præsidium, will be popping up as part of Torquere's Haunted Hotties collection one month from today. Spookiness and hotness all in one package. (I'd say tiny package, but I feel like I'd get dirty looks from Thackeray, my demon hunter protag. And he's kind of a bad-ass, so...)
More on that soon, but I just wanted to put it out there. Possibly because Halloween is my favorite. POSSIBLY.
♥ On the case!
Kanaan & Tilney, our mystery solving team extraordinaire, is coming soon from Loose Id! Jenna Rose and I are excited to announce a late October planned release for the boys and their first mystery, The Case of the Arms Dealers. Adventure, murder, handcuffs! Well, not a lot of the latter, though now John's thought about it that may change.
Ahem. Anyhow, come meet our unstoppable praeternatural detective team, Lowell Kanaan and John Tilney, over at their shiny website, kanaanandtilney.com. Be sure to check out their individual bios too, for some funny/ridiculous sneek peeks at personality.
There's.... a lot of personality going on between them. Too much sometimes.
Okay I think I hit everything, but as you can see, it's... a lot. So stay tuned and I'll be piping up with more bits and pieces as things happen.
♥ Time to get spoopy!
I've mentioned this off-hand, and it's been on my Coming Soon page since, well, since I made that page last month, but! My Halloween novelette, Præsidium, will be popping up as part of Torquere's Haunted Hotties collection one month from today. Spookiness and hotness all in one package. (I'd say tiny package, but I feel like I'd get dirty looks from Thackeray, my demon hunter protag. And he's kind of a bad-ass, so...)
More on that soon, but I just wanted to put it out there. Possibly because Halloween is my favorite. POSSIBLY.
♥ On the case!
Kanaan & Tilney, our mystery solving team extraordinaire, is coming soon from Loose Id! Jenna Rose and I are excited to announce a late October planned release for the boys and their first mystery, The Case of the Arms Dealers. Adventure, murder, handcuffs! Well, not a lot of the latter, though now John's thought about it that may change.
Ahem. Anyhow, come meet our unstoppable praeternatural detective team, Lowell Kanaan and John Tilney, over at their shiny website, kanaanandtilney.com. Be sure to check out their individual bios too, for some funny/ridiculous sneek peeks at personality.
There's.... a lot of personality going on between them. Too much sometimes.
Okay I think I hit everything, but as you can see, it's... a lot. So stay tuned and I'll be piping up with more bits and pieces as things happen.
Jock Week!
February 24, 2013
Now for something slightly different! As much as I enjoy discussing superpowered dudes and giving people an excuse to shout, "FBI, MOTHERFUCKER!" (it's a Gabriel thing), the thing is, over at Joyfully Jay, it's:
You will no doubt recall my many posts during the Olympics this summer regarding the virtues of swimming... and swimmers. Possibly a little self-absorbed, since that was "my sport" (until I went to college and gave it up for the sport I still love most today: drinking. Wait...), but what can you do? Well, this week I get to do a swimmer-based guest post for Jock Week. Woohoo!
Definitely stop by and check out the massive giveaway she's doing--including a copy of By the River since, you know. Leith. Swimmerboy. Obvs. :D
Now that's a pretty review
October 12, 2012
So I'm totally emotional today because I just got a review that reads like friggin' poetry and totally gets me at the same time. I will spare everyone my blubbering and just drop a quote from Melanie over at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words in her review of By The River today:
By The River has a quiet, mesmerizing rhythm to it, pulsing with life as it relates the story of a young man who might just be as elemental as water itself. With her wonderful characterizations and vivid descriptions of a setting that is clearly close to the author’s heart, Katey Hawthorne builds a story of a love between two men that becomes so strong, so elemental in nature that even the idea of loss cannot break it.
*blubbers incoherently*
Thank you, Melanie!
And thanks to Jess, I happened to notice that By the River is currently marked down 20% on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble at the moment. So, hey. Not bad!
River Soundtrack
September 14, 2012
So By the River doesn't have a soundtrack in it like some of my others--it's kinda a superpowered love thing, if you know what I mean--but there are a couple of songs that I listened to a lot when writing bits and pieces. The biggest one was off the latest from The Horrors, and it's called "Still Life".
I was working on a later draft when I actually saw the Horrors at the Black Cat, which was kind of extra awesome and unplanned. But yeah. Just the way it builds up and how it's kind of sad but hopeful and all the words and... yep. This is the one!
When you wake up, when you wake up,
You will find me
NOTE: If you're seeing this at a feed like goodreads, the video won't turn up. If you want, click on through the site. It's rad!
I was working on a later draft when I actually saw the Horrors at the Black Cat, which was kind of extra awesome and unplanned. But yeah. Just the way it builds up and how it's kind of sad but hopeful and all the words and... yep. This is the one!
When you wake up, when you wake up,
You will find me
NOTE: If you're seeing this at a feed like goodreads, the video won't turn up. If you want, click on through the site. It's rad!
River Reviews
September 8, 2012
The boys from By the River had a really nice week!
DarienMoya said: I am so in love with this story, just so freaking in love. It’s hauntingly beautiful, with unique characters, and the writing just seems so very real. I am so in love with this small little town, and I felt so important to be invited to get to know Leith and Adam.
Yeah, 'scuse me while I blush. Thank you for checking it out, Darien, and for letting it de-pants you.
Sammy said: I cannot tell you how magically lyrical this novella was–how amazingly sweet and sexy it read. With each page, Katey Hawthorne invites you in, and allows you to sit in the corner of her imagination and watch beauty unfold. She gently exposes our fears, the idea that letting go of someone we love is both risky and freeing at the same time.
I mean, talk about getting to the heart of the matter, right? Add some sniffling to that blushing, kay?
While I'm on the subject, I've gotten a lot of questions about the Elementals books and how it works as a series. The real answer is that it doesn't, particularly. They're books that are linked solely by a concept.
Several people have asked me if they'll see Adam and Leith again. Half of these questions seem to come from people with lingering fears, which is awesome, and the other half are more suggestion, which is also awesome. The answer is yes, briefly. It'll be short and sweet, like the little Equilibrium stories, a kind of thank you note from me to everyone who took a chance on such a weird, weird couple. Not for a few months, but I'll keep you posted. Thank you to every single person who asked--or wondered in a review, or ever said anything about it at all.
And remember: Keep Calm and Play Minecraft. Just watch your meatpops, dude.
Winners!
August 27, 2012
Hey y'all. (Ugh I just read that to myself in an whiney Paula Deen voice. Sorry.) I'm here with winners for both of the giveaways last week. Thanks very much to everyone who dropped by. It was a really, really awesome week. And birthday!
Equilibrium Birthday Giveaway winner:
Raelynn!
Yay, a graffiti'd copy of the shiny new Equilibrium/Riot boy print omnibus is on its way to you.
Follow the Rainbow Hop Giveaway winner:
Gigi!
A fresh eCopy of By the River just splashed down in her inbox.
Okay, sorry, water pun. I'll never do it again.
Maybe.
In other news:
Saturday, September 1. Life as a Fairy Thrall. It's gonna be for sale at Smashwords, ARe, and from my little gumroad shop, for those of you who like the direct distro method. Maybe more coming, but that's it for the initial release. Just wanted to do a heads up: wingsex incoming. Yay!
Also, while I'm here, Amazon-lovers: it will be available from all of those places as a mobi, but if you want to buy your copy from Amazon, all three books will be available in a digital omnibus edition early next year. There are actual reasons for this that are extremely boring, but feel free to hit me up with questions if you're super bothered by the idea. I get it. I have my favorite shopping places, too.
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