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Bethany Neal grew up and is still lurking about in Michigan. She writes YA & Adult mystery-suspense & horror about complex, occasionally deadly, female friendships...and sometimes witches. When she's not writing, she works at Sleeping Bear Press & teaches writing workshops at her local library. She is also in the Writing Popular Fiction MFA program at Seton Hill University.

Her debut novel MY LAST KISS was lauded as [the movie] Ghost meets Pretty Little Liars and has been translated internationally.

Connect with her on Instagram & Twitter @bethdazzled.
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Bethany Neal Hi Mariana,
Thank you so much for your question and for reading My Last Kiss! You've made my day. :)

There's actually an interesting story behind how I…more
Hi Mariana,
Thank you so much for your question and for reading My Last Kiss! You've made my day. :)

There's actually an interesting story behind how I found out who the girl on the cover is. When my publisher (Macmillan Teen) revealed the cover on their blog, I was reading the very generous/excited comments and saw one of them was in Russian. Crazy, right?

So I stalked out the commenter on Facebook and discovered she was a Russian photographer named Anna Koshechkina. Further stalking lead me to a series of photos she'd taken of a gorgeous girl with ethereal flowing hair on a desolate beach, and it was Cassidy!

My cover designer Elizabeth Clark purchased rights to the photo then worked her magic removing a ring on the model's left hand, splicing the image to reflect Cassidy's ghostly amnesia & adding spooky trees to evoke the setting of the story.

Super crazy cool, huh? You can find Anna on DeviantArt @afamjaowy, 500px.com & Facebook. And please do. Her photos are stunning.

Happy reading,
B*(less)
Bethany Neal Firstly, that dirty little phrase isn't allowed to be uttered in my house. Writing is tough enough without visualizing a giant block of creative krypt…moreFirstly, that dirty little phrase isn't allowed to be uttered in my house. Writing is tough enough without visualizing a giant block of creative kryptonite sitting between me and finishing my novel.

However, dry spells do occur and when they do my fail safe is to go back and reread what I've already written. That usually gets me back inside the characters' heads and back on track with the story. I find that writer's block is only ever two things: 1) You're trying to force writing the wrong story or 2) You've lost sight of your characters.
Happy writing!(less)
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“So che non ci resta molto tempo, perciò dico le ultime due cose che voglio sappia fin dal momento in cui ho capito che era in grado di vedere il mio fantasma. «Io… ti amo e… mi dispiace così tanto».
«Lo so. Ti amo anch’io», ripete, la bocca sui miei capelli. «Basta dispiaceri». Si allontana da me, adesso riesco di nuovo a vedergli il volto. «Lo sai che cosa vedo nel fiume?». Esita un istante, poi continua. «Te. Sempre te».
Ogni singolo atomo di me esulta. Le mie labbra riescono a formare un’ultima parola, un’ultima promessa. «Sempre».”
Bethany Neal, My Last Kiss

“E poi non ci sono più e sono qui, e sono tutto e non sono niente. E tutte le scelte che ho fatto, quelle buone e quelle cattive, quando ero viva, adesso hanno tutte una ragione, perché mi hanno condotto a questo momento liberatorio, a questa pace. È come se tutto il mondo fosse rinato e il mio viaggio fosse appena cominciato.”
Bethany Neal, My Last Kiss

“This bridge is where I had my first kiss and... I'm pretty sure it's where I had my last."-Cassidy Haines”
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Bethany An infinity of thank yous for reading. Beyond exciting to hear you liked my book. I can't wait to see the review up on your site! :)


Heather Thanks for adding me! :-) I really did enjoy My Last Kiss. The full, more-detailed review will be live on my blog on June 1. :-)


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