Just heard the news: my debut YA Historical Fantasy, Artemis Rising, has been named a Finalist in the E-​​Book cat­e­gory of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Thrilled! Sounds like they’ll be shar­ing the news of final­ists and win­ners at the 2012 Book Expo America (BEA) in New York City later this month. Good exposure!

E-​​BOOK Category

WINNER ($100 PRIZE):
The American Challenge, Robert C. Etheredge (MiraVista Press) (ISBN 978–0966580440)

Finalists:

Ambush Proposals: The Hero’s Guide to Wedding Proposals, by Alison Skate (Self Published) (ISBN 978–0987261618)
Artemis Rising, by Cheri Lasota (SpireHouse Books) (ISBN 978–0983837350)
From Incurable to Incredible: Cancer Survivors Who Beat the Odds, by Tami Boehmer (CreateSpace) (ISBN 978–1451512601)
Oxford Messed Up, by Andrea Kayne Kaufman (Grant Place Press) (ISBN 978–0984675111)
Warm Hugs for Writers, by Larry Brooks (Storyfix​.com) (ISBN 978–0983503004)

Catherine Goulet Shelley Anderson
Awards Chair Awards Co-​​ordinator
www​.IndieBookAwards​.com /​ www​.IBPPG​.com



Artemis Rising (Kindle Edition)

By (author) Cheri Lasota

List Price: $4.99 USD
Release date July 24, 2011.
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Just had to post this, because who knows if I shall pass this way again?

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Artemis Rising (Kindle Edition)

By (author) Cheri Lasota

Artemis Rising Now Released in Paperback!

Thrilled to announce that my novel, Artemis Rising, is now avail­able in paper­back. You can find it at Amazon​.com, Barnes & Noble, Buy​.com, Book Depository, and prob­a­bly a few oth­ers I can’t remem­ber! The paper­back is avail­able in sev­eral coun­tries: USA, UK, Australia, etc.

You can also snag a spe­cial ver­sion from me that is auto­graphed  with a secret bonus tucked within its pages–no, I’m not telling what it is. If you’re inter­ested in that ver­sion, you’ll get it straight from me, so email me–cheri (dot) lasota (at) gmail​.com or leave a mes­sage on my web­site con­tact page here.

The Artemis Rising Blog Hop!

To cel­e­brate the release of the paper­back, my friends have gen­er­ously decided to pitch in their ebooks for a give­away. These incom­pa­ra­ble ladies from my Indelibles Writers group are all participating:

April 30 Christine Bryant

May 1 — Stacey Wallace Benefiel

May 2 — RaShelle Workman

May 3 — Heather McCorkle

May 4 — Jessie Harrell

May 5 — G.P. Ching

May 6 — Lisa Nowak

To enter the kick off raf­fle to win ALL seven of these books plus the Artemis Rising ebook, just enter the Rafflecopter con­test below. Just sim­ply tweet­ing, lik­ing and cir­cling are all you’ll need to do to enter. Tweeting earns you extra points. To con­tinue on the give­away blog hop, you can click on the next link below to get to Christine Bryant’s blog where you can read my post on my best writ­ing advice and enter her give­away. Have fun!

Enter to win 7 Indelibles’ YA ebooks!

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List Price: $4.99 USD
Release date July 24, 2011.
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All You Need is Love ... Or Something Like It

April 12, 2012

She puts up that tough front, but I know she’s hurt­ing under­neath. I’d give any­thing to take the pain away. I hate the way he looks at me with those green eyes, like he’s try­ing to fig­ure me out. I hate the way I swoon any­way. These state­ments not only describe the way two of my char­ac­ters feel about [...]

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YA print novel">How to successfully launch a YA print novel

April 4, 2012

Guest Post by Cindy M. Hogan First, invite authors who write dif­fer­ent gen­res to come and par­tic­i­pâté in your launch. I write YA, so I get a pic­ture book author, a mid­dle grade author, a cook­book author and a few adult fic­tion authors to take part. I plan a game, get a local busi­ness to bring a treat for the first 100 cus­tomers and get people [...]

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Greenerside Digital launches: Ebook cards for all authors!

March 20, 2012

It is really great that our first guest blog post is on CheriLasota​.com, since Cheri was the very first author we part­nered with. Not only was she thrilled by the idea of using e-​​​​book cards to pro­mote her work, she has actu­ally gone on to use them very effec­tively. The first place they were used [...]

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