What a couple of days! Frantic but so much fun!

I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has shared, retweeted, liked and commented on the trailer for Blood Shadows. Word only gets out there with your help so, for everyone who played a part in that, please know how much I appreciate it.

I’m exceptionally proud of the amazing work Bookouture have done yet again. I didn’t want to comment yesterday – I just wanted to give you the chance to enjoy the trailer for yourself. And thanks to everyone who let me know that they did. I think it’s a stunning amalgamation of imagery, tone and themes from Blood Shadows and indeed Blackthorn. The trailer is now not only available on this blog, Bookouture’s blog and Facebook, it has also made it onto Night Owl Reviews (an awesome website if you’ve never visited) as well as YouTube! It’ll soon be on my author profile page on Amazon too.

In the last couple of days, I’ve also read the first two reviews of Blood Shadows. I was overcome by both. I’m guessing it’s inevitable they won’t all be that positive, but thank you for a wonderful start! Just like all the comments people left me during New Voices, I will never stop appreciating people taking time out of their hectic lives to share what they think. As an author, it is fascinating to read what others see in your story – what they interpret, what they understand and, more than anything else, the impact it has made on them. Yes there are various themes in all of the Blackthorn stories, some deep issues, but I write first and foremost to entertain. Having had feedback from readers that they haven’t been able to stop reading (even through the night and to the point of dehydration!) until they go to the end is absolutely immense to hear. There was a time when I started to believe that nobody would ‘get’ what I wrote. Thank you for proving me very wrong. If you’d like to read the reviews, please visit ‘Emily’s Blog‘ and ‘Goodreads‘.

Tomorrow I’ll be doing a blog post on the Romance University website. I’ll be talking about the beginnings of my passion for the world of vampires, why I started writing paranormal romance and just why it has taken me so long to get to this point. If you have time to come and support me, please do.

I’ll be back tomorrow with the soundtrack I used whilst writing Blood Shadows.

xxx

PS Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and supporters in the USA!