New front cover design according to a seven year old

I live with my best friend - who normally designs my covers - and her seven year old daughter, she's my god daughter and she calls me "Aunty Joey".  She's a bit of an artist like her Mum and a writer like me.

We've been talking about the books and how my best friend needs to start working on the next two covers, when she overheard. She expressed an interest in reading the book, but first she wanted to design a front cover as well, which she did!

The cover is a triangle with three friends next to it, below is a "cool scooter" with a tent and camp fire because I happened to mention they went camping. Also, there's a plane. I have no idea why. Perhaps it's a subtle hint that I should take her on a plane to go on holiday.

I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!

The Life & Times Of An Aspiring Writer

Thought you all might like to see this - a photo taken of the desk I sometimes use for work and annotated with information about what I take with me when I need to work on one (or two in this case) of my books.

Please feel free to share, it will be on the Joey Paul Facebook page also.

Book Release: Lynne & Hope

LYNNE & HOPE RELEASE DATE

JULY 11TH 2012

Joey Paul's fifth book - LYNNE & HOPE - has a confirmed release date of July 11th 2012. The synopsis for the book is as follows:

Lynne and Hope are sisters – they share parents, living space, but that’s pretty much it.

Until one day when Lynne has to run and rely on the sister she hates to save her.

If Hope fails, Lynne's going to jail and she can kiss her perfect job goodbye, but if she succeeds will Lynne be able to swallow her pride and see Hope for who she really is?

 FREE BOOK PROMOTION 

DYING THOUGHTS - SECOND SIGHT

From MONDAY 9TH JULY 2012 to FRIDAY 13TH JULY 2012, Joey Paul's fourth book and the second book in the "Dying Thoughts" series - DYING THOUGHTS - SECOND SIGHT - will be FREE exclusively on Amazon Kindle in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and USA. 

Please spread the word out about this upcoming promotion and book release.

 

 

 

End of Promotion

Following the five day promotion for "Blackout" and "Dying Thoughts - First Touch", the total number of books sold surpassed ten thousand copies. This is something which Joey had aimed for, but did not think she would achieve so soon. She would like to thank everyone for helping make this dream come true.

FREE BOOK PROMOTION

At the halfway point of the five day promotion, BLACKOUT now stands at #7 in the Top 100 Free Kindle books chart. DYING THOUGHTS - FIRST TOUCH is at #29 in the Top 100 Free Kindle books chart. Please continue to tell your friends about this promotion and share Joey Paul's Facebook Page.

FREE BOOKS PROMOTION!

FREE BOOKS: From 12th MARCH 2012 to the 16th MARCH 2012 - both "BLACKOUT" and "DYING THOUGHTS - FIRST TOUCH" will be FREE from Amazon UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany and the USA! Take advantage of this offer starting MONDAY!

Video: Intro to Joey Paul and her books

A video about Joey and her books

Facebook Page for Joey Paul

If you like Joey's books, you can now "like" this page on Facebook and spread the word of her books!

Feel free to share as well as like!

Review: Dying Thoughts - Second Sight

Dying Thoughts: Second Sight, featuring the return of Tara and her best friend Kaolin is not a book to be missed. The style and prose of the book merges with a snappy dialogue to create a storyline that is both intense and believable. Moving the reader from tears to laughter to anger in the space of a few paragraphs, Joey Paul’s writing is riveting and this book is an excellent example of a true teenage thriller.

The storyline moves along at a pleasant pace; with both Tara’s school life and work with the police not balancing out quite as much as she would wish, you find yourself siding with the heroine in her frustration when teachers and ‘fellow-pupils’ such as Jody (who, I must agree with Tara, is the anti-Christ) stir up trouble and place obstacles in the way of Tara’s efforts to solve another murder.

As ever, the book revolves around death and Tara’s ability to see people’s dying moments by touching objects belonging to the person. The reader finds themselves at times shaken by some of the darker moments of the story, which seems takes Tara’s gift to a new level, with even more emotional impact than the first book.

The profound effect of Tara’s gift on her life becomes clearer in this book; and with the introduction of a new character Cassie, the secrecy of her gift and her work with the police becomes key.

With characters that you can believe are real and with a plot that keeps you on your toes, Dying Thoughts: Second Sight is an incredible read and I’d recommend it to everyone.

 

Review: The Friendship Triangle

What I liked about the friendship triangle: It is about three girls who are like me and they have an adventure running away together because of all their problems. It is very exciting but sad in places but I still liked it lots.

My favourite character: I liked Char because she lost her little sister and was really sad about it and then found out her dad wasn’t her dad and her mum was lying but still managed to be a good friend.

Best bit: When Chloe, Sarah and Char all have the same dream. I liked this bit because it was a bit magic and showed that they were great friends. I also liked that part where they meet Maria and she makes their wishes happen.

Worst bit: When Chloe gets run over. I didn’t like this bit because I thought she was dead.

Why other people should read it: because it is about friends like everyone has and will make you appreciate your friends more. Plus it has lots of problems but they sort out in the end.