Hello dear readers,
If you preordered Sparked, we are so grateful to you and so excited for you to read it. In fact, we made a spooky new book trailer for you.
Check it out: www.sparkedbook.com
Or just go to our Inkshares page: https://www.inkshares.com/books/sparked
As you know, Sparked reached the initial goal we set and will be published by Inkshares in 2017. But being published is just the beginning. We also need Inkshares to put marketing muscle behind the book and to distribute it into bookstores. To get that, we need 750 preorders in total and we are well on our way, but we still need help.
We only need 189 more orders to cross the finish line.
To help us get Sparked into bookstores, then it would be fabulous if you could take a moment to do this:
Forward this email to one person who might be interested in Sparked.
That could be parents who have a teenager (a kid as young as 10 or 11 is fine, since the book won’t be out for a year). Or a young or old aspiring writer who could use our free coaching offer (transferable and non-expiring): http://www.bay-ata.com/sparked/free_coaching.php. Or an adult who loves reading young adult fiction.
We also have a special gift for anyone who orders 3 copies from now until the end of the campaign: a SPARKED tote bag, designed by Inkshares author Kaytalin Platt. It’s really cute, and who doesn’t love "merch" (or at least saying the word "merch"?) And we will send it to you ASAP-no thumb twiddling while you await that tote bag!
Thank you so much again!
Warmly,
Helena and Malena
Chapter 2
I was already an anxious driver when Ivy was in the passenger seat, coaching me through lane changes and turns, but now that I was alone, I crept along the highway at fifteen miles per hour, gripping the steering wheel with slick palms. I winced every time a semi whooshed past, sending a tsunami in its wake. I kept glancing in the rearview mirror, expecting to see red and blue lights spinning behind me any second.
Spud was essentially a police magnet. Given our . . .
