Christmas Giveaway!

Hi, everyone. It's almost Christmas time and since I know how much you love books, reading and gifts, I decided to have another giveaway! 5 lucky winners will get one of my ebooks (Runaway, Divided, Restless, No One or Human)! All you have to do to participate is check out the Rafflecopter widget and fill in the required fields. Please do not cheat, write random things in the mandatory fields and log in with multiple identities because you could be disqualified. Thank you and good luck! :)


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Element Preservers Series Now in Paperback!

Hi, everyone! I'm excited to announce that all the books in the Element Preservers series are now available in paperback too. You can get them through Createspace or Amazon. Here are the links for Amazon.com:

Dangerous (Element Preservers, #1)
Runaway (Element Preservers, #2)
Divided (Element Preservers, #3)
No One (Element Preservers, #3.5)
Restless (Element Preservers, #4)

Summer Giveaway!

Hi, everyone! Summer is an awesome time for reading, is it not? :D I know there are some of you who'd love to get their hands on one of my books, so I decided to do a summer giveaway! Yep, that's right. You can win free books! 5 lucky winners will get an ecopy of one of my books. Which book you choose is totally up to you. Since Dangerous is already free to read anywhere online and on your ereaders, you can choose between Runaway, Divided, No One, Restless and Human!

Enter the giveaway here: a Rafflecopter giveaway Good luck and happy reading!

Interview and Giveaway!

Hi, everyone! I just came to tell you that you can win an ecopy of Runaway, Divided and No One, so if you haven't had a chance to read the rest of Element Preservers series, you can enter the giveaway! If you have read all the books already, you might want to check out an interview with me. The interview and the giveaway can be found on a lovely blog A Soul Unsung.

Click here to read the interview and enter the giveaway

Big thanks to Susan for hosting the giveaway and the interview as a part of her YA to NA Crossover Event! Don't forget to check out her awesome blog and follow her for more giveaways, book reviews and author interviews!

Divided (Element Preservers, #3) Giveaway!

 
Since I have published the third book in Element Preservers series, I think it's a great time for a giveaway! Does anyone want to win an e-copy of Divided? If the answer is 'yes', you can enter the Rafflecopter giveaway below. Five lucky winners will get a copy of the book! Good luck everyone, and thanks for participating!

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Divided (Element Preservers, #3) is Now Available!

Hi, everyone. I have published the third book in Element Preservers series, Divided! Here is the Smashwords link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/271032  I'll update this post as soon as I get the other links (Amazon & Kobo). Those who buy their books on Barnes & Noble, Apple/iTunes, Sony, Diesel and Blio will have to wait a bit until the book is approved by Smashwords and sent to all the stores. I do not know when that will be since the process is out of my control, but it should be available in a couple of days or weeks. I'll post the links as soon as I have them. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the book!

Update 1: Amazon link:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWERR8M
Update 2: Kobo link:  http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Divided-Element-Preservers-Series-Book/book-cAlANGIyaUydDs5NDJUZGA/page1.html?s=LSlPsHd0ZEiDJU6kkdzyxQ&r=1
Update 3: Nook/Barnes &Noble link:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/divided-alycia-linwood/1114071335?ean=2940016061597
Update 4: iTunes/iBooks/Apple link:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/divided-element-preservers-3/id593965773?mt=11

Divided (Element Preservers, #3) Release Date!

Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you the release date for the third book in Element Preservers series so you know when to expect the book on e-shelves. Since the book will probably be ready for publishing somewhere at the end of December, I figured that most of the sites that distribute my books would be on holidays, so I wouldn't be able to upload the book or it wouldn't go live until after the holidays. That is why I decided to publish in January, to be exact, the publication date is January 3rd. If there are any changes, I'll inform you, but January 3rd seems like the best date, although I suspect it will take a bit longer for the book to appear in all the stores since there will be many books uploaded and processed. Anyway, I hope everything will go fine.
Divided should be available immediately on Smashwords, Amazon and Kobo. If you are buying your books on B&N, iTunes, Sony or others, you will have to wait a week or two until the book ships to those sites and they make it available. I don't have any control over the process, so I can't tell you how long it will take until the book appears. I remember that Runaway appeared within a week or so on iTunes, but it took a few weeks for it to become available on B&N. This time it might be different, so please be patient. Big thanks to everyone who is reading my books! I'm looking forward to 2013 and publishing more books! (Sorry Mayans, ain't nobody got time for the end of the world) :D

Divided (Element Preservers, #3) Cover Reveal!

As I promised, today you get to see the cover for the third book in Element Preservers series. Now, what can I say about the cover? Well, it reflects the story as usual. I especially love the ice and how it went over the letters in the series title because it seems like it's going out of the picture, right? :D You can probably guess this from the title, but Ria will be conflicted a lot about what to do. Here is the first version of the blurb (and I say the first version because it can still change, but probably won't change much):

After spending some time on her own, Ria thinks she is ready to meet Oliver's group of magic disease carriers and find out what her brother really wants. But when her father reveals the secret that affects the whole world, she will have to make a series of decisions that could change her life forever.

Finally, here is the cover! I would love to hear what you think.

Divided Cover Reveal This Saturday!

Hi, everyone! I have the cover for Divided (Element Preservers, #3) and I can't wait to share it with you! So, I'm going to reveal the cover this Saturday, November 17th. I hope you'll stop by my blog and website to check it out. Also, thanks to everyone who voted in the poll about Element Preservers novella. If you haven't voted yet, you can still do it here: http://www.addpoll.com/alylin/poll/214986
As for the release date for Divided, I don't think it will be this month because I'm rewriting parts of it. I like the idea of writing the novella (and I can see that you guys like it too), so I figured some scenes from Divided could be removed and adapted for the novella. My betas agree with my ideas, so we'll see how that goes. I totally see myself doing something crazy as choosing December 21st to publish Divided. Of course, Christmas time is coming, so the retailers will be slow to make the book available in their stores. So even if I publish in December, it's very likely B&N, Apple or others won't have it in their store until January. But then again, if I publish in January, some of you will still have to wait, so maybe it's better I publish sooner. It's complicated. :D Anyway, I'll see how edits go and give you a release date as soon as I can.

Would Love to Know Your Opinion!

Hi, everyone! I'm editing Divided, the third book in Element Preservers series, and I've been thinking about something. Element Preservers is written from Ria's point of view, so I thought it would be fun if I wrote a novella from some other character's POV. Many of my favorite authors do this and write a novella which sort of fits in the series, but usually concentrates on another character. You probably noticed that sometimes there are books 0.5, 1.5 and so on, depending after which book in the series the novella follows. Of course, it's a bit shorter than a full novel, but you get an awesome insight into another character's mind. I haven't decided anything yet, but maybe I could do the same. So, I need your help. I created a poll so you could choose a character you'd like to read about in the novella. Please, pick *one* character. I'm only trying to figure it out if people would be interested in reading the novella if I wrote one, so please vote. :D If you can't see the poll, here's the link to it: http://www.addpoll.com/alylin/poll/214986

Title of the Third Book in Element Preservers Series!

I'm working very hard on the third book in Element Preservers series, so I thought it was the perfect time to give you the title! I still don't know when exactly the book will be ready for publishing, but I believe it should be somewhere between mid-November and January. It all depends on how much time my betas will have and how many edits I'll still have to make. The good news is that you won't have to wait a year like you had to with Runaway. The blurb will have to wait a bit because I might be making major changes, so there would be no point in posting it early only to change it later. But back to the title. :D The title of the third book in Element Preservers series will be:

Divided! (I hope the glittery letters above work. XD) Yes, the title has a lot to do with the plot, as usual. If you have any speculations about what will happen in Divided, you're welcome to post them in comments. :D I hope you like the title!