Invisible Release Party Giveaway

I'm having a giveaway to celebrate the release of Invisible (Tainted Elements, #2)! Five lucky winners will win an ecopy of one of my books! If you win, you can choose which book you want. It can be one of the books in the Element Preservers series, the Tainted Elements series, or Human. The giveaway ends on November 30, so if you wish to participate, just follow the instructions below. Thank you for participating and good luck!


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Giveaways!

To celebrate the release of my new book Different (Tainted Elements, #1), I'm having multiple giveaways!

1. Win a paperback copy of Different (Tainted Elements, #1). US and Canada only. This is a Goodreads giveaway. Ends May 30.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Different

by Alycia Linwood

Giveaway ends May 30, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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2. Win an ecopy of Different (Tainted Elements, #1). This is a Librarything giveaway, so if you're a member there and know how the giveaways work, you can enter for a chance to win an ecopy of my newest book. It's international. I can't link directly to the giveaway, but you can find it listed under Member Giveaways. Ends on May 25

3. Win an ecopy of one of my books! If you can't participate in the giveaways above or want to win one of my other books, this one is for you. You can choose which book you'd like to win and this giveaway is international. Ends on June 4. To enter check out the Rafflecopter widget below:


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The Element Preservers Fan Contest Winners!

First of all, I'd like to tell you that I loved all of your entries! It was a very difficult task to choose the winners. So, instead of choosing three winners, I decided to choose five winners! I'm really excited to share these awesome fan creations with you. :)

1st place - Andrijana P. - prize: a paperback copy of one of my books (winner's choice):

2nd place - Riney T. - prize: an ebook copy of two of my books (winner's choice):


3rd place - Nat R. - prize: an ebook copy of one of my books (winner's choice):

4th place - Karen W. - prize: an ebook copy of one of my books (winner's choice):

5th place - Carolyn M. - prize: an ebook copy of one of my books (winner's choice):

 Congratulations to the winners! I will contact you shortly about your prizes. If you haven't won this time, don't worry. I'll have more giveaways and contests soon! :) A huge thanks to everyone who participated! You're all very creative and talented. I hope you enjoyed this contest!

Note to the winners: check your spam folders in case my email ends up in there. :)

Updates

Hi, everyone! I came to give you a couple of updates. :)

Indestructible is now available in paperback. I announced this on my Facebook page, but in case you missed it, the fifth and the final book in the Element Preservers series is now available in paperback. You can get the book in many stores such as Amazon, B&N, Book Depository and many others. Here are the links:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Book Depository
Flipkart  

Different (Tainted Elements, #1) will be published in April. Editing is taking longer than I expected, so I had to postpone the publication date of the book. I plan to publish the book in mid-April, but I'll see how things go. Looks like I'm really bad at predicting how long something will take. I wanted to thank everyone who offered to beta read for me. You guys are truly amazing! When I saw how many of you applied, I was overwhelmed. Thank you so much! I really hope some of you will be available when I finish my editing phase. :)

Reminder: You still have a couple of days left to enter the Element Preservers fan contest! I love all of your entries so far and I'm looking forward to receiving more. :)

The Element Preservers Fan Contest!

Hi, everyone! I realized I didn't have a giveaway for a long time, so I decided to have another one. But this time I want to make it more fun, so instead of a typical, boring Rafflecopter giveaway, I decided to do a fan contest! The contest is international and will be open until April 3.

Prizes: Prizes are the most important part of everything, right? The winner will receive a paperback edition of one of my books in the Element Preservers series (the winner chooses which one).The second and third place will win an ecopy of one of my books (either one of the books from the Element Preservers or Human).

How to enter: All you have to do to enter is create some sort of fan art related to the Element Preservers series. It can be a drawing, photo, video, playlist, poem... anything really. As long as it is creative and related to the EP series. When your fan creation is done, upload it somewhere (an image hosting site, Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr or wherever suits you best) and enter the link to your creation along with your contact info into the form below. Please make sure to put the tag #ElementPreserversContest or #EPcontest either directly on your fan creation or on the post which contains your creation. I don't want anyone to give me the link to someone else's art or video, so please add the tag somewhere. If you have any doubts or questions, you can always ask me. :) Also, you can enter multiple times (create more than one fan creation), but each entry has to be original.

Ready to enter? Great! Fill in this form:

Big thanks to everyone for participating! I'll post the winning entries on my blog on April 4. Have fun!

Indestructible (Element Preservers, #5) is Now Available!

I just published Indestructible, the fifth and final book in the Element Preservers series! I can't believe the series is now complete. :D Anyway, I hope you enjoy this final book and every other book in the series. I'll be adding the links to this post as soon as I have them:

Smashwords
Amazon
Nook
Kobo
iTunes/Apple 
Diesel 

Cover and Blurb Reveal: Final Book in the Element Preservers

Since the publication date of the fifth and final book in the Element Preservers series is coming closer, I guess it's time to reveal the cover and blurb. I'm still having a hard time believing that this is really the final book, but I'm also excited for the spin-off series (if you haven't heard about it, the title of the series will be Tainted Elements and the title of the first book will be Different). I always thought the Element Preservers would have 5 or 6 books. It turned out the fifth book is the last one, but as I mentioned, I will continue to write about the world from the EP in my new series and some of the EP characters will also appear.

Anyway, if you got the paperback edition of one of my books, you know that the title of the final book is Indestructible. Yeah, I know, it's a long word. I always have to check five times to make sure I spelled it right. ;) I suppose you're reading this post because you want to see the cover and the blurb, so here it is:

Caught between life and death, Ria will do anything to return to the people she cares about. But if her enemies find her, she might discover that she is not as indestructible as she thinks she is, especially when she can no longer count on her elements to help her...

The fifth and final book in the Element Preservers series.












The expected publication date is January 2014. I don't want to give you an exact date because I don't want you to be disappointed if I change the date at the last moment, and I want to publish the book as soon as it's ready (and as soon as I'm ready to let go :D). All I can say is that it will probably be the beginning of January. If you want to receive a notification when I publish the book, sign up for my newsletter. If you have any questions, comments or anything, I'll be waiting. :D

Element Preservers Series Spin-off

Hi, everyone! If you follow me on Facebook and Twitter, you might have heard about my Element Preservers series spin-off. If you didn't, let me just say that I'm very excited about this new project because I want to keep exploring the world I created in the Element Preservers. Of course, some of the characters from the original series will appear in the new series too, but it won't be necessary that you read the Element Preservers first. So, are you as excited about this as I am? :D

If you are, I'd like to reveal the title of the first book in the new series:




If you can't see my glittery text, the tile is Different. And the title of the series will be:

Tainted Elements! The series will have more magic, more action and more romance. :D I will give you more details as soon as possible, and I believe that will be sometime in January, after the publication of the final book (5) in the Element Preservers series. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. ;)

You can add the book on Goodreads: Different

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)

Giveaway Time!

I promised to have another giveaway, so here it is! 5 lucky winners will get an ecopy of one of my books! You get to choose which book you want to win. All you have to do to enter is check out the Rafflecopter widget below and follow the instructions. If you have any questions, I'm here to answer them. Good luck and thank you for participating! :)

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An Update (Paperbacks and More)

It feels like I haven't updated the blog for ages, so I decided to share some news with you. :) First of all, I remind you that you still have a couple of days to enter my Summer Giveaway so you can win an ecopy of one of my books. Good luck to everyone and thanks for participating!

I have good news for the lovers of paper books; I'm working on paperback editions of all the books in Element Preservers series! It will take a little bit of time until I get everything right, but I hope they'll be ready soon. The paperbacks will be available through Amazon and Createspace only. I'm not sure if anyone is interested in paperback edition of Human, so if you are, please tell me. :)


I'm working on the fifth book of Element Preservers series. I still believe it will be the last one, but I'm not 100% sure. I'll see how it goes. If I have more of the story to tell, I will. I've always planned to have 5 or 6 books in this series, so I'll just see what happens. Right now I'm try to figure out whose POV the book will follow.

I'm working on two new books, but I don't want to say anything specific yet. :) I just want to say that I love these stories and I'm a little bit shy to share them with the world, so yeah... When I finish the final draft, I'll tell you more. :D

If you have any questions, I'm here to answer them. :) Happy reading!

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!

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I Published Restless (Element Preservers, #4)!

Restless, the fourth book in Element Preservers series in now available on Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1crItUM

I'll add the rest of the links as soon as I have them and edit this post. :D Happy reading!

Edit: Amazon:  http://amzn.to/19H2ozF
        B&N: http://bit.ly/127VpKD
        Kobo: http://bit.ly/14L7gkb
        Apple: http://bit.ly/14ED5Mx

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!

Restless (Element Preservers, #4) Blurb!

I finally have the blurb for Restless, the fourth book in Element Preservers series, so here it is:

Being the president of the Element Preservers and going to university at the same time might be hard for Ria, especially when she isn't allowed to touch Adrian for most of the time. But when the government decides to use Ria as a distraction to pass a new law that many won't like, she has to find out what the government's true plan is before it's too late. Ethan, who pretends to be Ria's boyfriend and has his own agenda, certainly won't make things any easier for her.

If you have read all the books in the series before Restless, you're probably wondering who is Ethan, but don't worry, you'll find out. ;D I loved writing this book and I can't wait to share it with you guys. The editing phase is a bit slower this time because my betas and I have to reread all the books to make sure there aren't any inconsistencies, but I hope I'll have the publication date soon. All I know for now is that the book will be published in June.

Huge thanks to everyone who picked up Dangerous this week! It was nice to be in Top 30 for free books in the whole Kindle store, along with getting to number 1 in Free Teen Books, Teen Fantasy and Teen Romance. I hope you'll enjoy the book! And thanks, of course, to everyone who is reading my books, spreading the word, leaving reviews and contacting me! You guys are amazing. I love you all! :D *hugs*

Restless (Element Preservers, #4) Cover Reveal!

The cover for Restless, the fourth book in Element Preservers series, is ready, so I wanted to share it with you. :) I love covers that say something about the book, so this one says something about Ria's story too. It's a little bit hard to believe that I'm already revealing the cover for the fourth book, but here it is:

I hope you like it. The release date for the book is June 2013. I don't have the exact date yet because my betas and I are still fighting over a certain plot line. :D I will reveal the blurb soon too. Just need to tweak it a little bit.

Oh, and before I forget, thanks to everyone who participated in Elle Casey's Springtime Indie Book Giveaway! I have sent the copies of my books to the winners, so please check your emails and spam folders. Congrats and happy reading!

Title Reveal for Book 4 in Element Preservers!

Hi everyone! Like I said on Facebook, I will reveal the title for the fourth book in Element Preservers series today. I had another title in mind for this book, but another book with elemental magic has that title, so I decided to change mine to avoid confusion. Actually, this new title fits the book even better. :D Now let's get to the title:




 If you can't see the glittery/burning letters, the title is RESTLESS! I hope you like it. I will reveal the cover and blurb sometime in May, and I believe the book will be ready for publishing in June. :D

No One (Element Preservers, 3.5) is Now Available!

Hi, just came to tell you that No One, the Element Preservers novella, is already available on:

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/301170
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C45HLFG
Kobo:  http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/No-One-Element-Preservers-Series/book-CSgEqTA1nkWmNCYWRUaTYQ/page1.html?s=UrVZKSu9Z0m0oZ5j4YmZuw&r=5
Apple/iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/no-one-element-preservers/id630894944?mt=11
Diesel: http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/item/SW00000301170/Linwood-Alycia-No-One-Element-Preservers-Series-Book-3.5/1.html
Barnes & Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-one-alycia-linwood/1114999414?ean=2940044415720


If you are buying your books on Barnes & Noble, Sony, or others, I'm not sure when exactly the book will be available there, but it shouldn't take longer than a couple of days or weeks, depending on the retailer. I have no control over the process, so I can't give you the exact date, but I'm going to post the links here as soon as I have them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

More about the book: Warning: This is the book 3.5 in Element Preservers series and should be read after book 3 since it contains spoilers for the first three books in the series. The novella has approximately 18000 words (74 pages).

Aware that Ria's condition is getting worse, Adrian is determined to do whatever it takes so he can touch her again without weakening her, and the only ones who might be able to help him are his greatest enemies. Haunted by the memories, he has to get the information he needs without putting his live in danger, but that is easier said than done... Especially if there is no one you can trust.

No One Cover Reveal, Publication Date and Blurb!

Hi, I promised on Facebook that I would reveal the cover for the Element Preservers novella today, so that's exactly what I'm going to do. First of all, I have to say that there is no one on this planet who looks like Adrian. No one. :D Or at least I wasn't able to find that person. Anyway, if you don't know already, No One is a novella written from Adrian's point of view and it follows the events after book 3 and before book 4 in Element Preservers series, mixed with events from Adrian's past.

Ok, now that I explained that, here is the blurb:

Aware that Ria's condition is getting worse, Adrian is determined to do whatever it takes so he can touch her again without weakening her, and the only ones who might be able to help him are his greatest enemies. Haunted by the memories, he has to get the information he needs without putting his live in danger, but that is easier said than done... Especially if there is no one you can trust.

No One is a novella (it's shorter than a book). It is book 3.5 in the series, which means you aren't supposed to read it unless you read the first three books in the series. You wouldn't only spoil yourself, but you'd also be confused, so you better read Dangerous, Runaway and Divided before reading this. :)

Great, let's talk about the publication date. I believe the novella will be ready for publishing by the end of this month, so the expected publication date is: March 30. If you want to be notified when I publish the novella, subscribe to my newsletter here: https://tinyletter.com/AlyciaLinwood

I believe I told you everything I wanted, so I should reveal the cover. No, wait, I'm too scared to do it. You're all going to hate it. Here it is:

Any comments? Questions? Thoughts? Anything? :D