Scholastic Book Club Flyer (May 2015)

I've been busy! Writing like crazy. Planning a few events for the fall, including YA Fest and RWA NJ. Just trying to step back and enjoy things instead of constantly looking at the business end of things, which can really zap the creative energy. Don't get me wrong, being published is GREAT, but after some time of doing it, you start thinking "what'll sell? what'll sell? what'll sell?" and sometimes that overshadows writing what you love.

Anyway, this month, I noticed a small box on my doorstep, and what should be in it, but the audio books I'd been anticipating, PLUS more copies of DROWNED.  Paperback ones. I scratched my head. I didn't expect them, and especially didn't expect to see them with the bright red SCHOLASTIC name on them, since heck! I'm published by Harlequin! 

But then I realized it was all part of this:

  
And so now I am happy. And if you have a teen in your life, hey-- six bucks for a book. Gotta love Scholastic Book Clubs. :)

Goodreads Giveaway for DROWNED

Just FYI that my publisher, Harlequin TEEN, is giving away 25 copies of DROWNED on Goodreads!


If you'd like to nab your own before you can buy it, just click on the ENTER TO WIN button on the left-hand side of this page, or visit the page here.  Good luck!

WIN an ARC of DROWNED by Nicola Reilly! Enter by 3/17/14

Hey! I'm giving away a couple ARCs of DROWNED, so you can read it way before it comes out on 6/24.  All you have to do is comment here (comments will be hidden).


If you REALLY want to win, you can get a double-entry by also liking the Nichola Reilly page on facebook (see the button on the left-hand side), and then share the status. :)
I'll pick the winners after 3/17/14. Good luck!





Coe is one of the few remaining teenagers on the island of Tides. Deformed and weak, she is constantly reminded that in a world where dry land dwindles at every high tide, she is not welcome. The only bright spot in her harsh and difficult life is the strong, capable Tiam—but love has long ago been forgotten by her society. The only priority is survival. 


Until the day their King falls ill, leaving no male heir to take his place. Unrest grows, and for reasons Coe cannot comprehend, she is invited into the privileged circle of royal aides. She soon learns that the dying royal is keeping a secret that will change their world forever. 


Is there an escape from the horrific nightmare that their island home has become? Coe must race to find the answers and save the people she cares about, before their world and everything they know is lost to the waters.

Happy New Year!

I think the theme of this blog should what a horrendously bad blogger I am.


Seriously. The last time I updated was . . . last summer?  Yikes.


Time is totally flying!  And I've been busy with a bunch of stuff.  Like:

1. I've been working on revisions to DROWNED (under the Nichola Reilly pseudonym).  It's coming out June 24, so that means, only six months away!  The book is final, now, and now we're just waiting on a cover, which I will post here when it's ready. Any day now! I know, this blog will probably explode, getting two posts from me in a given month.
2. I ALSO finished the draft of BURIED, my very first sequel!
3. I ALSO published my VERY FIRST New Adult book.  It's under a pseudonym that will not be named here. It was just for fun.  Even so, the second one is coming out this April.
4. I'm drafting another book, which is going to be under the Cyn Balog name. I think.

Anyway, that's where I've been.  I would normally tell you my goals for 2014 right now, but I find that if I don't create those lists, I usually accomplish way more than I expected of myself. What can I say? I have low expectations.


I hope you have a very happy new year! 

Hello, Sunshine!

Once again, I am guilty of being a bad blogger and not updating.

Is it because my life is so full of excitement, jet-setting all over the world, that I can barely find the time?

No, it's pretty much because I have NOTHING to tell you that would be of interest. In fact, since my last post, I have spent 87% of the time crouching under a mossy rock.

Soooo, how's your summer been, slick? Mine's been keen. I didn't do summer school, either, contrary to the rumor.  Yeah, Cyn Balog has pretty much been putzing around for months, and watching too much Dead Poet's Society.

DEAD RIVER is still doing great. Thank you everyone for reading, and for your nice comments!

TOUCHED comes out in paperback August 9!

Nichola, however, has been busy working on revisions to DROWNED and is now drafting BURIED.

DROWNED is going to be published in Germany! This is the most exciting German thing to happen to me since FAIRY TALE was published there.  Yay!

Other than that, working on another secret project, and having fun. Gosh, the secret projects are the funnest, aren't they??

Have a great August!

News In Nichola's World

Hi!

Just a little news to let you know about.  When I sold my post-apocalyptic fantasy series to Harlequin TEEN, I did it with the knowledge that the original title I'd chosen (DREAM KINGDOM) would not be the title for long.

I am not sure why . . . maybe because that title sucks.  It doesn't really fit the book at all. Yes, that is probably why.

Anyway, after much deliberation, that book, which I'd started referring to as THAT BOOK, as well as its sequel (once called THAT BOOK PART TWO), now have titles!

They are:

DROWNED  (2014)

and


BURIED (2015) 


Rejoice!

For those of you who liked the titles DREAM KINGDOM or THAT BOOK, I'm sorry it didn't work out.