After months (and months, and months...) of hard work, writing, editing, tearing my hair out and eating MUCH more chocolate than a body should probably consume, I have good news! No, possibly even great news!

I have a new book!

But this is different from my first book, "Knotted". And not just in style. "Knotted" was a fun, frothy YA story with a bit of romance. But this new story is different. It's fantasy, for one thing. And it's darker. But I didn't enjoy writing it any less than I did "Knotted".

This new book is titled, "Out of Darkness", and is the first in a series. (I would love to say how many books there will be in the series, but only the first one is complete, the second is in first draft stage, and anything after that is still just dancing around inside my head or in notes scribbled down on whatever scrap of paper happened to be closest to me at the time.)

But here's the Really Big Thing (and part of what makes this Great News): You can read it FOR FREE!

I've decided to post this book, chapter-by-chapter, on Wattpad. Every week (or two weeks, depending on much life decided to blow up in my face that week) I will post a new chapter, free for anyone to read. Just click and read and done!

And why am I doing this? Mostly, because I want my stories to be read. I love to write, I love to create, and I also love to try new things. Wattpad is something I've never tried before, but I've known of it for sometime, and have always had a niggling thought in the back of my head that I would like to try it out and see how things go. And "Out of Darkness" seems to be the perfect fit for it's chapter-at-a-time posting approach.

So, go ahead! Give the first chapter a read. The second chapter will be up in another week or so, and so on, and so forth, until the ENTIRE book is posted up there for you to read.

And don't be afraid to share with others, or leave a comment telling me your thoughts. I'm always ready to grow and learn as a writer, and other people's feedback is incredibly important to me.

Oh, and one more thing (because you wouldn't be able to do much without this), here's the link: http://www.wattpad.com/story/17439571...

Go, read, enjoy. And have a great weekend!