ARC and Blog tour for Cover reveal

I am looking for a handful of bloggers who may be interested in an ARC of the 3rd book for review on Amazon/goodreads ect. I am not quite ready to give advanced copies yet but I am working on getting a list of bloggers together. I will be publishing quotes from my favorite blogger reviews in the Praise and Acclaim section at the front of thebook and my top favorites will be quoted on the back of the paperback. The cover reveal will be coming up within the next month and if anyone wants a copy to post to their blog, please let me know and we can work something out. Message me, email me or comment below to sign up for an ARC of A Promised Fate and/or the cover for a reveal on your blog. xoxo cat

New Bio Pics

In-between a few projects and I just wanted to share a couple of quick notes while I have the time. New author pics are coming in from Jennifer Moore at Moore memories photography. I think she has done an awesome job and I cannot wait to pick out my favorite for my new author profile! Book three release date is still not posted but I am on track and I think late summer/early fall A Promised Fate will be available as both ebook and paperback. Quotes from A Promised Fate will be posted to my blog in the upcoming weeks so stayed tuned for them because I am SO excited to share them with you all. I have a lot of great secrets about the 3rd installment and will also be posting the synopsis soon and then later this summer, we will see the cover reveal!!!

Happy June! Time restraints are tight so this will be short and sweet- which is hard for me. If you read my books, you understand.  I like to elaborate.  Great things are happening over here for me and I am  bursting with excitement for the new ventures I am able to embark upon.  No, I still don't have a release date for book 3, A Promised Fate.  But you can add book 3 and book 4, A Forsaken Fate on Goodreads and I urge you to do so.  Also, if you don't already, follow me on Pinterest, I update my Ari and Ava boards almost daily and I also have a few new boards for new characters in the series, Korie and Cameron.
Recently, I signed up to work again with my cover artist, Derek Murphy at CreativIndie and we are doing a little marketing research.  Derek threw together a new cover for A Beautiful Fate and we are anxious to see the difference in book sales between the book with a character on the cover and  the book without a person. 
As a reader, I prefer my covers not to have an image of person.  I like to let my imagination run wild with the character's looks.  Derek might feel the opposite with belief that covers with people on the them drawl in the reader faster and therefore produces more sales.  I am not a sales driven writer, but I am a curious writer and I LOVE research. (insert snorting and the pushing of my eyeglasses up my nose.)
I have included the protégé cover below - comments are not only welcome, but I URGE, BEG, and PLEAD you to give me you opinion. New vs. Old. What are you thoughts on book covers in general?  As a reader, what do you look for in a cover when choosing your next book?  Do you like the simple images that let your imagination do the work or do you like the cute couple kissing or the steamy, sweaty hunk(but let's face it, probably gay) guy? I really want to know - join the discussion on Facebook.  or post below. I love connecting with my readers.  If you aren't already my friend, it's only because you didn't ask : ).
Also, if you like the new cover, it is only available for a limited time - grab it today for ebook only at Amazon

New

Original

All I hear anymore is "book 3! book 3! when's book 3?!" and I have to tell you- hearing that never gets old. I love that readers enjoy the characters and the story as much as I do. And so, I have a bit of fun news to share- NO, I do not have a release date but I have begun to work again with my editor. The first part of the novel is off to be cleaned and polished and ready for readers. I will say- that I sometimes find the editing process to be the longest part. My editor and I work very closely. It's not just commas and misspelled words, we work on the voice of the characters and the prose, moving parts of the story around and debating over the use of certain words. I love this part of the creative process as I learn so much.  It is slow, time consuming process, but it's totally worth it. I want to deliver on quality material that keeps the reader coming back for more and I take my editing very seriously. With the first part of the book out of my hands, I am finally moving forward on the ending, the cover art and then finally book 4. : ) Stayed tuned as I promise to keep readers updated with any new news pertaining to the series.
ciao,
cat

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.