Be a Social Butterfly!

How I use my social media and where to find me

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There are so many ways to communicate our messages these days. You can snapchat, create virtual bulletin boards, scroll an endless vine of outtakes, follow a blue birdie, take a Tumble, snap a million photos to document your every move in an instant, watch a tube just for you and keep up with the book of faces . . . phew, it's exhausting being social!

Want to know where I get my social on? Keep reading!

First up: FACEBOOK - the get to know each other site.
Find me: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMicheleGMiller/

This is my Official Author Page. Here I post everything related to my books—teases, new releases, sales, updates—as well as random book stuff. It's where we can *do life* together. You can ask questions, make comments, share pictures, music and thoughts with me. I LOVE doing QOTD (questions of the day) and asking YOU about random things too. *Facebook can be stingy with showing posts for pages you 'Like' so make sure you comment on things, drop by on your own occasionally, and be sure after you like me that you're seeing me in your feed.

Next: TWITTER - the quickie site
Find me: https://twitter.com/chelemybelles

Twitter can be hard to follow, especially if you follow a lot of people. This is the site where I do most of my book sharing for OTHER authors. I tweet sales and new release for my peers often. I share cool articles, funny posts and often offer up commentary on things such as movies, music and television. *Twitter tip—search hashtags for what you're looking for (i.e. #NewRelease #Free #CoverReveal) Also if you're on a computer a lot give TweetDeck or another Twitter platform a try. There you can create columns for certain interests. I have ones set up so I can see tweets about my books and tweets from my writing tribe. Plus, I create groups (bloggers, authors, cool people) to help quick sort things. 

Third we have: INSTAGRAM - the pictorial site
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/chelemybelles/

Book pictures, food pictures, shots of my dogs, my town, my family, my life. This is what you'll get here! I love Instagram, because I love seeing my friends living their lives. Tip: Use the app 'Repost' if you want to share with your followers what other Insta-people post.
 
And finally I use: PINTEREST - the virtual wish and dream bulletin board
Find me: https://www.pinterest.com/chelemybelles/

If you're not on Pinterest yet, you should be! It's so easy to use and soooo helpful. I have an inspiration board for all of my books, for holiday decorations, for my house, food, the sewing I'll never do. I pin inspirational sayings, funny things, pretty place and graphic art and font love. This is also where I keep up with my reading challenge for the year. You'll find my board HERE 
GREAT TIP: Utilize private boards (a board that only you—or anyone you share it with—can see) to keep a Christmas shopping list. I pin whatever the kids want throughout the year so when it's time to shop I can scroll through and see what's still applicable.
A few other fun BOOK related boards I have:
Go ahead, judge me by my cover - gorgeous covers I find
Well slap my face and call me Sally - my pretty men board for muse inspiration
Book Obsession - books I've bought or want
Bookish Delights and Authors I love - the name is self-explanatory

Other sites I'm on
TUMBLR - I feed my Instagram to Tumblr and occasionally repost other people. 
Find me: http://chelemybelles.tumblr.com/

YOUTUBE - I have a channel with one book trailer. Eventually I plan to use this more.
Find me: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuUccyZAb2p5b_Qngc8uI7g
The trailer for Into The Fire is HERE

There you have it, a few places to find me in the social sphere. Maybe someday I'll tackle the world of Vines and SnapChat too. 

Whatcha reading?

This year I pledged I would read books from my personal shelves more often. I buy a lot of books based on covers because I LOVE pretty things! It's been fun finally reading those pretty books. This week I devoured these three . . .

We were liars - This YA was nothing like what I expected. Amazing prose. Standalone
Zero Day - A YA political suspense/thriller that was fast paced and fun. Possibly a series, has an ending but could certainly go on.
The Shadow Society - Loved this YA alter-dimensional paranormal thriller. I guess that's what we call it. I read all 400 pages in one day. I wanted more in the end, but it seems to be a standalone. That cover tho! (drool!)

Have you read these yet? What did you think?

Want to keep up with my reading in 2016? I updated THIS Pinterest page as I go.
 

#Review In This Life by Christine Brae

First, my disclaimer. I do NOT read to review books. I read books I want to read, and sometimes I write a review. I've read books for my very best friends that I have LOVED beyond words and not written them a review. I have also read books that I do not care for and not written a review. I am not paid in money, favors, likes, chocolate or anything else to leave reviews for books. 

Often times we are told as authors to not review other authors books. I HATE that mentality because I have always been a reader and as a reader I have an opinion. What I do believe in, is never bad mouthing a book. What I love you might hate, and what I hate you might love. Opinions are just that. Opinions.
This year I'm attempting to share more of the books I do love. I've always shared what I'm reading with you—through Pinterest and Goodreads—but I will now work to leave a few reviews.

NOTE: If I do not review a book that does NOT mean I didn't like it. 

My review:

Quite simply a beautiful love story.

In This Life, isn't your normal girl meets boy and falls in love tale. It's a story of friendship and betrayal, of love and pain. And very much a story of fate and master plans.

I firmly believe there are times in our lives when we have no say in the matter. When our paths are mapped out by someone much more knowledgeable than us and we can't fight it. Falling in love isn't always a choice.

Ms. Brae has taken this idea and mixed it with beautifully flowing prose. She weaves fantastic description in with heart-wrenching and warm dialogue using just the right balance.
Her believable characters may frustrate you as they make their decisions, but that is the mark of a great book. A book that a 2AM had me reading through tear-blurred eyes and sniffles.

In This Life, is worth the trip around the world Ms. Brae takes you on.

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In This Life
Christine Brae
Contemporary Romance, Adult
Released: Jan 22, 2016

“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere,
They’re in each other all along.”

— Rumi

#WEST is here!

WEST: A From The Wreckage Novel
Price: $2.99
Release date: February 8, 2016
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance, Drama
Rating: PG-13 (Mild language and sexual references)
Cover Design: Starla Huchton with Designs by Starla
Cover Photography: Regina Wamba with Mae I Design
Cover Models: Calen Dehen and Bryden Giving

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“Jules’ parents thanked me for saving their daughter that night. Little do they know, their daughter is saving me with every word, every touch, every moment. Sometimes the things you thought you knew are completely wrong. For so long I thought I didn’t want anything to do with the West I was, then Friday night happened and now all I want is what I once had.” 

For high school senior West Rutledge, surviving the storm is only the beginning. Four years ago, he closed himself off from his friends and his dreams, but in one night one girl makes him reconsider everything. 

People say West saved Jules Blacklin’s life the night of the storm. West says Jules saved his. 

This is his side of their story. 

**WEST may be read as a stand alone novel. You do not have to read From The Wreckage first to enjoy his story.**

#WestWednesday #EpicLove

“Then can you come with me now?” I ask as I savor her salty, sweet taste on my lips. 

“Where?”  

Where? I want to take her everywhere and anywhere she’ll let me take her. I want to bask in the glow of her blue eyes. I want to touch her soft skin and smell her strawberry perfume until I’m sick of it, as if that will ever happen. I don’t care where we are, I want to be with her and I wonder…

“Does it matter?”  

“No," she says, taking my outstretched hand. She doesn’t care where we are either.

This is the beginning of our epic love.

 

West is coming THIS month. 
Add it to your TBR HERE