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SONATA -  A Paranormal Gothic Romance is out now!

Here’s the universal Amazon link for the Kindle and paperback version,

You can buy SONATA from other ebook retailers too. :)

And if you fancy sampling the thrilling, dark romantic world of Miranda and Leo for FREE, don’t forget you can download YOUR free copy of PRELUDE - A prequel to SONATA. 

Don’t forget to watch the SONATA video trailer!

PRELUDE - A prequel to SONATA a paranormal gothic romance

My new book, SONATA - a paranormal gothic romance is published on April 1st, 2021.

Download your FREE copy of PRELUDE from online bookstores:

https://books2read.com/mgreyesprelude

Please watch the SONATA video trailer :)PRELUDE is a novella-length prequel to SONATA - a paranormal gothic romance, an expanded version of the opening chapters.

‘Something happened between us as we were playing, I felt it. From him to me, an energy passed back and forth. “That was good,” Leo whispered to me as I stumbled off the stage, still shaking. “It was kind of incredible. You’ll win that scholarship.”

I could only stare directly ahead and clutch my violin even tighter. If I didn’t, I felt I might drop it. Down it would fall, neglected, while I grabbed at Leo and begged him to tell me: what just happened? 

You did something to me in there. That’s what I’d say to him. I want to know what. And then I want you to do it again.’

Sparks fly when enigmatic pianist Leo helps violinist Miranda Castillo pass an audition to the prestigious Harkness Conservatory. The way she plays when they’re together goes beyond anything she’s experienced.  But while Miranda is impressing the scholarship panel, another candidate goes missing.

Enjoy PRELUDE as a FREE download from a selection of online bookstores:
https://books2read.com/mgreyesprelude

Hi there - hey I am SO sorry for taking so long to reply. I took twitter and tumblr off my phone because I needed time away from social media. Hope you can forgive how long this reply has taken?

Firstly thanks so very much for taking the time to message me. I’m thrilled to know that you enjoyed EMANCIPATED. There are no current plans for any more books but there are very early plans to develop it as a TV show. I have written a script, two actually, one set in LA likes the books, and another which sets the story in Wales, UK.

And I am giving serious thought two tweaking it all to set it in Mexico…it really depends which TV company bites first!

EMANCIPATED turns out to be a very transferrable story - there are people like Maya who are trying to live peacefully away from a dangerous country of their birth, and drug dealers and hit men, as well as teenagers in search of the good life with friends by the beach, all over the world!

SONATA - a paranormal gothic romance will be published in a little over a week. In the meantime here’s a first peek at the book’s video trailer.

Hey! It’s been ages hasn’t it? I’m still here! But there’s a story I have only just gotten around to finishing and it’s almost time to share it with you.

When Miranda makes music with Leo, she plays like an angel. But Leo knows they’re playing with fire. There’ll be hell to pay - literally. Music, mystery and murder intertwine in this contemporary tale of the occult. A dark romance with a supernatural twist: The Omen for the post-Twilight generation, Dennis Wheatley with romance. A gothic, romantic thriller from the author of the EMANCIPATED trilogy (HarperTeen USA).

What price would you pay for superlative talent that makes all your hard work and dreams come true?

See Catfish and the Bottlemen live at Wembley this Friday (22 Feb) – auction for Tommy.

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR FANS OF CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN AND TOMMY DONBAVAND.

Hi everyone, as many of you know, the health of our friend Tommy has recent has recently taken a turn for the very much worse. You can read more about this very sad news here, also about what you can do to help support Tommy and his family, as many of us are doing.

http://www.tommyvcancer.com/…/a-request-on-behalf-of-tommy…/

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July 11, 2017

Forever in Love by Susane Colasanti (City Love #3)

Sadie is trying to find the strength to confront a past family trauma and forgive the boy who broke her heart. Darcy needs to figure out how to make it on her own for the first time and finally accept the love she deserves. Rosanna’s boyfriend might still be in love with his ex…and she can recognize the abuse of her past reflected in a girl who needs her help. As the summer comes to an end, will they learn to love themselves and support one another with a bond of sisterhood that will never be broken?

Vindicated by M.G. Reyes (Emancipated #3)

No alibis. No escape. No surrender. The six Venice Beach housemates have made some life-alteringly bad decisions since they were each legally emancipated from their parents, including confronting a killer. And the consequences have been deadly.

The third part of my EMANCIPATED trilogy is published today in the USA & Canada!

Last time we saw the emancipated teens they were on the lam - running away from the trouble that had descended on them in Venice Beach and heading for Napa Valley to hide out.

Think they’ll be safe in their luxury hide out?

THINK AGAIN!

WHO LIVES, WHO DIES AND WHO KILLED TYSON DREW?

Find out in VINDICATED - Emancipated #3.

Hello! The inspiration for the Emancipated books came from a day I spent driving around LA with fellow young adult author, Michael Grant. We wondered what kind of crimes a bunch of innocent, generally law-abiding emancipated teenagers might get unwittingly caught up in.
At one point we toyed with the idea of putting a teenage serial killer in the mix but we decided it was too unlikely. What interested us was the idea of getting the Emancipated teens involved in a shared crime which they would then have to own up to or cover up, and to see how far each character would go on that journey.
In that sense you could say that the British movies Shallow Grave and The Beach inspired Emancipated.

joannechocolat:

             Yesterday,I was at a series of talks on publishing, organised by the Society of Authors.It was an interesting, productive day, in which we discussed many things: theways in which the publishing industry is changing; the decline of print; games;fairer contracts for authors; the rising VAT on e-books. During one of thesessions I attended, a woman stood up and asked this question (at rather morelength than my version, but the gist remains the same).

              “Why areso many best-selling books so badly written? Are editors not doingtheir job?”

              Muttersof agreement from the auditorium. The woman sat down. The speaker spent sometime patiently explaining how hard editors work on behalf of their authors(they do), and how hard it is to determine objectively what constitutes “goodwriting” (very hard; maybe impossible). The woman seemed dissatisfied. Clearly, she (and a numberof others) felt that most popular, chart-topping books were on the whole badlywritten and worthless.

There followed some discussion. Much of it came down tothis: Most readers are too ignorant tounderstand the value of Fine Writing.

Hmm. Much as I sympathize with the frustration of authorswho feel undervalued and underrepresented by an industry constantly in pursuitof The Next Big Thing, I don’t think blaming the readers is the way to go.Readers come in all kinds, and their tastes differ accordingly. Just because Idon’t enjoy a certain book doesn’t make it a bad book – nor do my reading choices makeme better than anyone else.

Here’s the thing: you can read and enjoy a book for a variety ofreasons. Maybe it’s the exciting plot. Maybe it’s the characters. Maybe it’sbecause it makes you think about something in a new way. And sometimes, it’sthe language; the way the sentences are crafted. On the other hand, you may bethe kind of reader who doesn’t care or notice the language: perhaps you’re soimmersed in the fictional world of the writer that you never think of theirstyle at all. Not everyone wants to know how things work: you can buy a car becauseyou appreciate the engineering, or because it has comfortable seats, or becauseit’s eco-friendly, or just because you like the colour.

There’s a scene in William Goldman’s Magic (still one of the best unreliable-narrator thrillers everwritten), in which the hero, Corky, an apprentice stage magician who has spentyears practising card tricks for his big debut, finally cracks in the middle ofthe show and turns on the unresponsive audience, shouting: “Do you know howhard that trick was? Do you know how many thousands of hours it took for me tomaster that lift?”

Finally, when he has been escorted, still ranting, offstage,Corky realizes the truth: the audience doesn’t know, or care. Knowing andcaring isn’t their job. The artist’s job is to make them care. And if theaudience doesn’t care, then that’s not their fault, but his.

That’s what the lady at the Society of Authors didn’t seemto have understood. It’s what the mainstream critics miss, time after time, in scornfulreviews of the latest best-seller. Readers don’t owe us attention, understanding, love, praise or even respect. Readers don’t owe us anything, beyond the asking price of thebook, if they choose to buy it.

So, writers, repeat after me:

If a reader loves your books, that’s terrific. Be grateful.If they don’t like your books, move on. If your book isn’t on the best-sellerlist, it’s not because readers are stupid: it’s most probably because your bookdoesn’t have the broad appeal necessary to make it a best-seller. Move on. Orwrite a book with a broader appeal.  Ordon’t. The choice is yours. What you don’t get to choose is what your readerswill take from your book: whether or not they understand all of the things youintended to convey; whether they finished the book or not; whether theyappreciated the prose or just bought the book because they liked the cover.Readers are your audience: it’s up to you to keep them. But as for what they takeaway -

That’s not up to you to decide.

laurensabel:

I’ve given a lot ofthought lately to what it means to have an online presence. The truth is,publishers expect it from writers. But what if you’re not a natural socialnetworker?

It’s not that I’m anti-social.I love speaking in front of audiences, I actually crave the energy it brings me- and I love writing from the creative parts of my mind. These two things bringme great joy. But since I already write fulltime for a living, writing more seems like a hassle rather thansomething fulfilling I can bring to my life. This is the truth.

However, I’ve come torealize that I need to have some sort of presence online, and for me toconsistently bring my authentic self to the internet, it has to be in a waythat is truly FULFILLING to me. Writing my books is fulfilling, and teaching isfulfilling, and talking to people is fulfilling. In fact, I love talking to myreaders, other writers, anybody - either teaching and lecturing, or just hangingout and chatting, but when I write blog posts on the computer it just feelslike work.

That’s why I’ve beenthinking so much about this lately, and the only thing I keep coming back to isthat I need to create an experiencefor myself online that I can’t or don’t get anyway else.

Personally, I have nointerest in posting about my breakfast foods or how standing in line at mylocal store is annoying (although I admire people who can make that stuff worthreading about). Last Spring, I tried posting a million posts about my book thatjust came out (in case you missed it it was called LIES I LIVE BY) or the book trailer I made to go with it, but IBORED MYSELF.

I keep coming back tothis: I’m a poet at heart. If writing books is like going on a fabulousvacation, then writing poetry is like settling into myself by a quiet river.

Poetry makes its way intoall of my books, and ever since I have embarked on a full-time writing career (andhad kids) I have not taken the time to write poetry. So that is where myauthentic heart, and worthwhile online experience, lies. Making the onlineworld a holy place to write and share poetry makes it attractive to me. “Let’sgo there now!” my soul yells.

But what does it have todo with writing young adult thrillers? EVERYTHING. Because all of my writingcomes from the still place inside myself where poetry lives.

Knock Knock?

I’m home.