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I am so excited to announce that the 6th book in the DIE FOR ME series, TO DIE FOR, is now available!

It’s already available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions,

Here’s the summary:

Picking up five years after the events of the DIE FOR ME books, TO DIE FOR follows seventeen-year-old Louis, once numa, now transitioning to bardia. As Paris’s revenants face a new threat, Louis joins them from where he’s been living in isolation in Brittany.

Louis is tasked with giving insight into numa strategy, in case of attack. But he must also work side-by-side with Siaka, a young guerriseur and chemistry student at the Sorbonne, to establish a worldwide liaison between Flame-fingers and bardia. That is, if their budding romance doesn’t get in the way.

Through Louis’s story, TO DIE FOR reconnects readers with Kate & Vincent, Jules & Ava, Georgia & Arthur, Charlotte & Ambrose, as well as Gaspard, Charles, Bran and other characters from the beloved DIE FOR ME series. Romance, mystery, adventure, and—who knows?—maybe even a wedding.

And just to tell you what you’re getting into, the first novella DIE FOR HER is 96 pages. DIE ONCE MORE is 106 pages. TO DIE FOR is a WHOPPING 215 pages of revenant goodness. All of your favorite characters at the very least show up. (Several have good chunky roles.) And yes…there is a wedding at the end. I couldn’t resist. It’s not the principal character Louis who gets married, but that’s all I’m saying.

And an extra bonus…this is your chance to wander the streets of Paris with some old friends for Christmas.

I really hope you enjoy, and will be back often in the next few weeks with interviews, excerpts, and all that good stuff. Just wanted to get you this ASAP, after trying hard to get it to you before the holidays!

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I am so excited to announce that the 6th book in the DIE FOR ME series, TO DIE FOR, launched today!

It should be available on all platforms in the next few days, but for those of you who are in a rush, it’s already available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions.

Here’s the summary:

Picking up five years after the events of the DIE FOR ME books, TO DIE FOR follows seventeen-year-old Louis, once numa, now transitioning to bardia. As Paris’s revenants face a new threat, Louis joins them from where he’s been living in isolation in Brittany.

Louis is tasked with giving insight into numa strategy, in case of attack. But he must also work side-by-side with Siaka, a young guerriseur and chemistry student at the Sorbonne, to establish a worldwide liaison between Flame-fingers and bardia. That is, if their budding romance doesn’t get in the way.

Through Louis’s story, TO DIE FOR reconnects readers with Kate & Vincent, Jules & Ava, Georgia & Arthur, Charlotte & Ambrose, as well as Gaspard, Charles, Bran and other characters from the beloved DIE FOR ME series. Romance, mystery, adventure, and—who knows?—maybe even a wedding.

And just to tell you what you’re getting into, the first novella DIE FOR HER is 96 pages. DIE ONCE MORE is 106 pages. TO DIE FOR is a WHOPPING 215 pages of revenant goodness. All of your favorite characters at the very least show up. (Several have good chunky roles.) And yes…there is a wedding at the end. I couldn’t resist. It’s not the principal character Louis who gets married, but that’s all I’m saying.

And an extra bonus…this is your chance to wander the streets of Paris with some old friends for Christmas.

I really hope you enjoy, and will be back often in the next few weeks with interviews, excerpts, and all that good stuff. Just wanted to get you this ASAP, after trying hard to get it to you before the holidays!

Order on Amazon

(I will put all other order links up as they become live!)

You might have heard whispers that a new DIE FOR ME novella is coming soon. Well, what you heard is true. I’m trying to get TO DIE FOR out before Christmas. If I succeed remains to be seen!

But to celebrate its upcoming release, I want to announce the arrival of something you all have been asking me for, for YEARS.

The DIE FOR ME novellas are finally available in print! Now you can line DIE FOR HER and DIE ONCE MORE up beside your 3 DIE FOR ME novels (while waiting for the 6th book to arrive)!

Fictshun.com “DIE FOR HER is a wildly entertaining and incredibly revealing novella told from Jules’ perspective. Released between books 2 and 3, this short story takes a look at events from the first two books in the series from his POV….I don’t usually get all swoon-y over a novella. And I almost never fall madly in love with one. But it couldn’t be helped. This story was all sorts of awesome.” This one-hundred-page novella picks up where the international bestselling Die for Me trilogy ended and follows the eternally irresistible Jules Marchenoir as he leaves Paris behind for a fresh start in New York City.

My Bookshelf Is Yours: “OH MY GOSH ! That first kiss!”

Cheshire Cat: “For people like me who loved the Revenants series and loved Vincent and Kate’s ending, but didn’t get the closure they wanted with Jules, this is the novella for you.”

Buy them on any online platform. And enjoy stocking your shelves with more DIE FOR ME reads!

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This is the year to soar high, as close to the sun as you dare, feel its heat on your shoulders, melt the wax, singe the feathers, and as you start to fall, discover you never even needed those wings you worked so hard to build in order to fly.

Are you a Croissant? A Pain au Chocolat? A Tarte au Citron? Or even a GOLDEN MACARON?

This is not a trick question. Those are the levels of sponsorship at my brand new glittery PATREON SITE, launched just yesterday!

I’m so excited to invite you, friends, to a place of inspiration, magic and beauty. A place where you can escape into stories, into another country and city (Paris!) and sample its food, language, sights. A place where you can learn about writing…from the inside. What a writing life looks like, how books and projects are put together, and how authors stay sane (or don’t) in the midst of creating. It’s a place of communication, where you can observe, track and sometimes even participate in my creative process. But above all, it’s a place of stories.

Before I started writing fiction, I had a blog. I talked about life in France, French food, art, having a baby in the middle of the French countryside, and I told lots and lots of stories. I so enjoyed the interaction with my readers, and serving up entertainment for them on an almost daily basis.

Then I got published, and writing became my job. I could no longer justify spending time telling stories, besides the ones in my books. I closed down my blog – I had to keep up my pace of 1 1/2 books per year to keep my 3 young adult series going. A lot of stories fell by the wayside. Little stories. Stories of life. Of love and heartbreak. Of beauty. Of good food. Of little bits of enlightenment. What I really want to do is write stories…for you…full time. I want to focus on the book and tv projects that are truly projects of my heart while AT THE SAME TIME including you in the process, and simultaneously giving you a passport to vicariously enjoy this magical city.

I regularly give a little glimpse of living and writing in Paris on my Instagram account, but have kept most of the rich stories of life to myself. I am now embracing Patreon because it gives me the ability to do this once again. So when you’re supporting me, you’re basically saying, “Tell me some stories, Amy. And while you’re at it, give me a glimpse of what you’re seeing. Eating. Reading. Writing. Give me a glimpse of what inspires you!”

So…the content I’m sharing with you covers a few different categories:

For readers. You will get exclusive content from my already-published books. I’ll give you samples of unpublished works, works in progress, short stories and sneak peeks at a few television series I’m pitching. And best of all…I take requests! There will be polls. And opportunities to chat. If you ask for something, I will see how I can make your wish come true.

For writers. I will give writing prompts, share writing tips, and even make my writing workshops available online for the first time. I’ll give advice and insight into the writing life.

For Paris (and France) lovers. I will be sharing my Parisian experiences with you…giving you an insider’s taste of what it’s like to live in France. This means French phrases and customs, street art, markets, food, urban exploring. (Including the catacombs, my favorite hang-out!)

There will be perks for those who remain patrons, and one-off offers (like advance copies and commissioned scenes). And there are some very special treats that I’ll be telling you about in due time. Basically, you are becoming my creative partners, so you’ll be the first to hear my news and to receive my works. And you’ll be recognized for it. I’ll credit you in acknowledgements and read your name in my monthly Merci videos.

I’m so excited to have this opportunity to connect with my readers and friends, and am grateful in advance that you are making this luxury of creative time possible for me. I can’t wait to discover what you want to see, hear, and experience. And I can’t wait to tell you some stories, show you some beauty, and share my creativity with you.

Click here to check out some of the free goodies I’ve put on the site, or go directly to sign up for all the content here:

Become a Patron!

For the last four years, I have been holding Teen Writing Workshops in Paris. From 1-day seminars to 5-day fully-immersive writing workshops, I have welcomed English-speaking teens in France to learn, create and write with me.

And now, for the first time, I am thrilled to announce my first virtual workshops – held via Zoom.

WHEN

For America/Canada/South America I will be holding a 5-day workshop from June 22-26, 11am-6pm EST.

For Europe I will be holding 5-day workshops from July 6-10 and July 13-17, 10am-5pm CET.

WHO

For ages 13-18. 12-year-olds may apply if they are avid readers/writers.

Maximum 15 participants.

WHAT

Write, learn and create with international bestselling author Amy Plum. We will discuss the major building blocks of writing, as well as skills writers use to make their story pop from the page and engage the reader.

Day 1: Creating Credible Characters

Day 2: World Building

Day 3: Spellbinding Settings

Day 4: Diverting Dialogues

Day 5: Twisting Tales

Includes:

Methodology (where writers find their ideas, how to publish a book, etc.)
Games and writing exercises to build writing skills
Confidence-building for creatives
Give and receive positive and constructive critiques
A friendly, relaxed environment encouraging openness and creativity

TUITION

Tuition, virtual workshop: 350 euros. (In-real-life Paris workshop: 500 euros)

HOW

To sign up, write me here with the following information:

Participant’s name
Birthday (age at time of workshop)
City (for time zone)
Participant’s interest in writing (what they have done, and what they hope to do)

Hope to see you this summer in Paris…virtually!

The last three years have been…interesting. I wrote one book – this time for adults. (Psychological thriller/horror set in Siberia.) It didn’t sell. I rewrote it to be YA…with a boy as main character. My agent suggested it would be better with a girl. I rewrote it again with a girl main character. We tried to sell it…and failed.

I wrote a full-length film – a rom com. It was my first screenplay, so I knew it was basically just practice, and that’s what it turned out to be. A really fun idea, but not terribly well executed.

I wrote a short film called “Kewpid and Psych-ee” for an upcoming TV series “WHATEVER AFTER” which was selected for and screened at the Marseille Web Fest (among others).

I wrote a middle-grade comedy genie book, which I sent to my agent last year, and which she loved but says needs a bit more work. (She’s right.)

Then I ghost-wrote a upper middle-grade book, which I just finished before Christmas.

In between time, to pay the rent, I translated a book from French to English, taught teen writing workshops in Paris, and did all sorts of other little projects for TV and books, finally taking a 3-day per week job writing TV commercials in English for a big ad agency located a block from  my house. I chose it so I could come home to walk Obi, fix the kids lunch on Wednesdays (1/2 day school in France), and take the occasional lunchtime nap.

I’m telling you all of this to answer your question: Where’s the next book? The answer: it’s coming! I’m not sure what form it will take, but being a writer is not an easy job when you are supporting a family smack dab in the center of Paris. The important thing is that I am still writing. And there is definitely much more to come.

Write Paris
Teen Writing Workshop

Oct 23-27, 2019 (school vacation)

Writing, learning & creativity in some of Paris’s most inspiring locations.

With international bestselling author Amy Plum.

Mornings: Amy’s spacious Bastille apartment. Afternoons: On-location, writing.

Day 1: Creating Credible Characters (The Louvre)

Day 2: World Building (Musée Nissim de Camondo)

Day 3: Spellbinding Settings (Père Lachaise Cemetery)

Day 4: Diverting Dialogues (le Centquatre)

Day 5: The Hero’s Journey (la Cité de l’architecture)

Includes:

Methodology (where writers find their ideas, how to publish a book, etc.)
Craft games to build writing skills
Major building blocks of writing (1 topic per day)
Confidence-building for creatives
Give and receive positive and constructive critiques

10:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday through Sunday

500 euros per person, ages 12-18. Tuition includes writing materials and all visits.

 

Sign up: contact Amy amy@amyplumbooks.com

http://www.amyplumbooks.com/?p=7050

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