TOP 15

As you all may know, I was nominated for the Soon to be Famous Illinois Author of the Year award in December. My novel, A Beautiful Fate has been selected for the top 15 books that have been nominated. This is such huge news to me and I am so very honored, anxious and excited. The top three books will be picked the week of March 3rd and I will be on pins and needles the whole time. My novel is in the running with several really great books and although I think I have a pretty good chance at the next round, I am still wide eyed at the fact that I have made it this far. If I am not selected for the next step, I know I will still be so excited to have come as far as I have.
To find out more about this awesome new award check out the website http://soontobefamous.info/
I will keep you all posted with the top three finalist. Please keep your fingers crossed and positive thoughts in your mind for me!!

So, for those of you who kindly visit my blog, thank you, thank you, thank you for your support. As you can see, I don't post often enough. I can give you hundreds of excuses - here are a only a few: I have two cute (by cute I mean loud and hyper) little girls, I have a very cute (by cute I mean sexy and super smart) husband, we are currently doing a renovation on our home and I am working on the re-edits of book 2 for the paperback release and currently writing the final books in The Beautiful Fate Series.

I can attest that the series is coming along nicely. I love where the story is taking me and I have a ton of fun playing with my full cast of characters. But no, I still have no release date.

Since I don’t blog as often as I would like or should, I really want to invite fans of my books to follow me on the sites that I do update more frequently. You can follow me on Pinterest by searching for Cat Mann( hint: I am the one with the book cover.) I am an avid pinner and I update my Ava and Ari boards daily. I love to find images that I think Ava would pin herself and I think their boards help define their personalities. I often find myself strumming through the images for inspiration for the upcoming novels.

I also update quite a bit on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/authorcat.mann, send me a friend request and I promise to accept. I chat with fans quite frequently on facebook and Goodreads.com - I love hearing from you! Posts, questions and reviews make my day so please don’t be shy!

As some of my fans know, I have officially been nominated for the Illinois Author of the Year Award and copies of the paperback have been sent off to the judges. I am super nervous and excited and I encourage everyone out there to support their local library.

 

 

 

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Merry Christmas! A Beautiful Fate is free for the month of December on Amazon.com

Paperback is here!!!

A Beautiful Fate, book 1, has been release to paperback. I received my copy last week and it's really quite pretty. A great addition to my bookshelf. I was thrilled to be able to actually hold it in my hand.
Get your copy today here. It's a great Christmas gift!

Update on Book 1 Paperback Release

Final edits are complete, new updated cover art has been added and the paperback will be available with in the next week.

Illinois Author Project

I am so thrilled and excited to say that I have been nominated by the Dist. 186 library for the "Soon to be Famous Author of the Year Award." This is sponsored by the Public Library Association. The winner will be announced during National Library Week, April 13-19, 2014.

Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project

Book 3, Edits and my dog...

Ok So.... I have not posted anything in ages, you have my apologies. I have a good excuse though- I am diligently typing away at book 3- things are running smooth and I am loving where this story is taking us. I might drop a hint or two in later blogs so say tuned!

Paper back release- I am still working with the Editor on Book 1. Fine tuning some things here and there and fixing the little errors that can be found in the book. We are still on tack and my hope is for the release to be pre Christmas 2013!

I noticed that book 2, A Broken Fate, was updated to kindle incorrectly and for whatever reason, there are some pretty annoying errors in that book. If anyone wants a free copy of the ebook that has been better tweeked, email me or post below and I would be happy to send it to you at no charge. I will be re-editing this one as well for the paperback version.

I just wanted to post proof that I am working on book 3- My dog Frank- a three year old fox terrier/mx is happy as a clam now that I am back to work. He is always at my side, and when I write, I tend to keep in one spot for hours and sometimes even days. It so happens that Frank is the laziest dog in history and loves to sleep- so here he is napping the afternoon away on his perch right next to me. We kind of have a BoBo/ Phil Robertson relationship.

Ut-oh- someone is here!

More soon!
Cat