Armchair BEA: Day three

It's Day Three of Armchair BEA

Today Topics are Expanding Blogging Horizons & Novellas/Short Stories 

Expanding Blogging Horizons 

What do you think about when you think about going beyond blogging or expanding your horizons? Is it a redesign of your blog? Have you branched out into freelance writing or even published a novel of your very own? Or, have you moved into a different venue like podcasts or vlogging? This is the day to tell us about how you have expanded on blogging in your own unique way. 

I often think about going beyond blogging, and in a sense expanding my horizons. I am a writer but I haven't done anything in retrospect of publishing. I like to focus on my characters and figuring out what in stores for me, so I'm dedicated to forming this idea to the max. When will I publish or take that next step? I don't know I can't tell, I'd much rather get some beta readers and editors first before trying to either self-publish, go indie or traditional publish. But every one of those is a process.

I would love a resign of my blog, I want all that fanciness some bloggers have and make SassyCat's a Brand essentially. I know you think it weird that I called it a brand but think about it, you got wherever you blog, twitter, FB, tumblr, Goodreads and other social media so yes it's basically a brand of the blogger's world.

Novellas/Short Stories 

Now it is time to give a little love to those little stories in your life. Share your love for your favorite shorts of any form. What is a short story or novella that doesn’t get the attention that it deserves? Recommend to readers what shorts you would recommend they start with. How about listing some short story anthologies based upon genres or authors? 

Don't get me wrong I enjoy some Short Stories/Novellas but sometimes you wonder if it enough or needed. I read a short story written by Katie McGarry call Red at Night & it was my first 2 starts or two tails up review because I found it dull & to me it didn't create that love story dynamic like her Pushing the Limits series.  But I do want to point out that it was NOT part of the Pushing the Limits series. 

Rachel Vincent has 7 books from her Soul Screamers series, so you can expect short stories/Novellas from other characters POV. One was Sabine's POV before SS started, it gave us perceptive on Sabine's story, then there was a Sabine's and partly Emma's story on a trip. Sabine wanted to know her future, if she had a future with Nash because she always believed that Nash was her ONE. That short story gave a twist for the upcoming book of the SS where things for Kaylee changed forever. 

We see a side of Kaylee's Cousin Emma and meet a new character that eventually appears more in the full length novels. 

The fun little quirky story was "A Day In The Afterlife Of Tod" You really see how hard being a reaper is and what the life of a reaper.  Then when With All My Soul ends readers starts believing that it was the end, that was it of the SS world but Rachel surprise us with a full length novella told in Nash and Tod POV during some of the hardest time in their life during WAMS. I don't want to spoil it for those that haven't read it yet but it was totally worth adding that story. 

You can find all those short stories/novellas by Rachel in her Soul Screamers Volumes, 1, 2, 3, & 4

I haven't read much more short stories or novellas but there's tons of them for every series that I read . . . so I got time to either buy them in ebooks or if the publisher decides to make them into mass paperback or paperback.

Armchair BEA: Author Interaction

I interact with authors all the time, whether its on Twitter or Facebook, but Rachel Vincent is usually found on Twitter more than Facebook. If you don't know her here's a little info about Rachel herself,

Rachel Vincent is the author of the Shifters series and the Unbound series, from Mira Books, as well as the young adult Soul Screamers series from Harlequin Teen. Upcoming projects include Menagerie, the first in a new series for adults (Mira Books, Sept 30, 2014) and a brand new young adult series coming from Delacorte Press (Random House) in the spring of 2015.
In addition to being a writer and a reader, Rachel is a wife, mother, sister, daughter, cousin, cat lover, horror fan, former high school English teacher, former band nerd, amateur baker, and current lover of all things The Walking Dead (comics, TV show, action figures, and video games). She wears jeans, drinks flavored coffee, and would be completely nocturnal, if her kids didn’t have to get to school in the morning.
Questions for Rachel? You can leave a comment in her blog, or ask her something on Formspring.

Shifters Series[UF/Adult] (6), Unbound Trilogy{UF/Adult] (3) & Soul Screamers [YA] (7)

 

Rachel Vincent twitter interactions

Rachel is such an awesome author! She constantly tease us with the tiniest snippet of her books, she's the one author that I so want to meet at some point but I love interacting with her on Twitter. Here's a conversation that I had with her in and got her wheels turning.

Here's the headline of our conversation . . . an YA Shifter book. Imagine Faythe Sanders at 16 years old . . .

So yep that was the conversation we had and it was a fun and interactive conversation, even a few other readers jump in as well. I know Rachel is busy working on her new books/series but you never know, she just might surprise us with writing an YA Shifter book.

Armchair BEA: Introduction

Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging? Where in the world are you blogging from? 

I'm Kat, the sole blogger of SassyCat's Books Review. I've been blogging for at least two years however SassyCat's Books Review has it's first blogaversary back in March, I was using a different blog that I retired and created SassyCat's Books Review. I'm blogging from Wisconsin, USA 

Describe your blog in just one sentence. Then, list your social details -- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. -- so we can connect more online. 

Think like a Cat, Acts like a Cat, Meow like a Cat. 
 
 Where you can find me,

Twitter: Goodreads: Pinterest: Google+: Tumblr: Booklikes: Blog

Facebook Page [TBD]

What does your favorite/ideal reading space look like? (Pinterest encouraged!) 
Its so funny that this question was asked, although I don't have the space or the money you can always dream & imagine. Here's a few pinterest that drew my attention of my ideal reading space.(I'm having trouble copying the photos of my pins and pasting it on here)
I titled it SassyCat's Blogger Corner


If you were stranded on a deserted island, what 3 books would you bring? Why? What 3 non-book items would you bring? Why? 
If I got stranded . . . such a fun question! 
3 Non-book items

• MP3 Player (I always need my music)
• Ipad
• Water (Hey I'm stranded on a Island, I'll need fresh water)

3 Book Items

• Rise by Andrea Cremer
• If Kristin Miller's Seattle Wolf Pack series was in an volume book then I MUST HAVE THAT
• Soul Screamer Volume 3, If I DIE AND BEFORE I WAKE were two of the most gut-wrenching moments for Kaylee and they were also my favorite out of all 7. 

What book would you love to see as a movie? 
Can TV shows be counted as well?
I love all of Rachel Vincent's books since her Shifters series and Soul Screamers are hers longest books series that they would be great for TV series, the shifters would have to be on ScFy or a channel that allows adult context and materials.  
I hope that one of these days that Andrea Cremer's Nightshade books will be turn into a movie, I mean it just so popular and it the teens would love it! 
There's a couple other books that I would love to be converted into a movie or a tv show, but I can't possibly list them all. 

Follow my next post on Literature discussion HERE 

Armchair BEA: Day One

ARMCHAIR BEA 2014

What do you think of when you think of literature?

You would think Literature would be in  my vocabulary but each time the word "Literature" comes up I'm thinking about the corner of my Books-A-Million store(BAM) store because they have the most unnecessary length of shelves listed as Literature/Fiction. Then the other part of me is like "wait what's Literature again?" Yes my mind works in weird ways and my vocabulary is beyond opposite as a reader, I can give medical terms and talk in a medical sense as well business/internet talk.



What Type of Genre do I like to read?

Mostly YA . . . WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU ASK?

1. # of Book Boyfriends
2. Fantasy
3. Amazing Authors
4. Every YA is different (Or those that I have read so far)

Urban Fantasy/Adults . . . MY NEXT PREFER GENRE

 

1. Adult problems in Urban Fantasy 
2. Paranormal
3. SHIFTERS
4. Broken Love Story

My Newest Genre . . . DYSTOPIA

1. Futuristic Setting
2. It's the New Black according to Hollywood
3. Survival 
4. Changing the RULES

My Attempted Genre to Read . . . NEW ADULT

1. IT's a Popular category
2. Age group of the characters is relatable to me
3. IT's the New Black for Readers & Authors
4. Interchangeable Characters for the next book