Two weeks ago, I had the experience every great crit partner dreams about: I got to attend the launch for a book I critiqued!
RENEGADE by J.A. Souders!!!
I headed to the launch with my friends and crit partners
Tara,
Christy, and
Liz.
Jessica held the launch at an industrial office space that was the inspiration for one of the settings in the book.
From L-R: Me, Liz, Christy, and Tara
Jessica had yummy RENEGADE cupcakes:
And she read part of the first chapter of RENEGADE:
Jessica and me!
Final group shot:
From L-R: Me, Tara, Jessica, and Christy
It has been so amazing to watch this book develop from first chapter to agent edits to edit letter to final copy. I am so so happy for Jessica!!!
This is a book you DEFINITELY want to read, and, lucky for you, I got an extra copy to give away! Just fill out the Rafflecopter form below!
And, in case you missed it, don't forget to check out
my video interview with Jessica!
Since
the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to
be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium.
Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes, all her life
she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The
Law.
But
when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into their
secluded little world, she’s forced to come to a startling realization:
everything she knows is a lie. Her memories have been altered. Her mind
and body aren’t under her own control. And the person she knows as
Mother is a monster.
Together
with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is a
ticking time bomb... and Mother has one last secret that will destroy
them all.
AUTHOR BIO:
J.A.
Souders lives in Florida with her husband and their two children and is
an active member of RWA, DFRW, YARWA, SCBWI, and SFWA. RENEGADE is her
first novel.
