Taste of the Inside: Sneaking between the Pages #3

Well hidey-ho neighbor! It's that time again. Time for another look at Deceived. 

I am happy to report that I am now 11969 words into book 2. Of course my goal is 80000 so I have a ton more to go. But the good news is that I am writing more. I am trying to sit down everyday and put words on the page. Of course that was detoured a little last weekend as I came down with the flu, but I am getting there. 

So, do you want a peek at what I've been writing????? Well do ya, do ya? Okay, I'll take your silence as a resounding yes.

Please remember that what I'm sharing with you has not been edited and may change.

“You’re trying to tell me that you were in two places in once?” Mickey asked, her voice heavy with sarcasm.

“It sounds crazy when you say like that.” I looked down at my hands unsure of myself. “Maybe I am crazy.” I whispered.

“You are not crazy Jo.” I looked at Jasper, tears swimming in my eyes. He looked away and ran his wrapped hand through his hair. “You were definitely in that room Jo, I felt it.” My breath caught when Jasper looked at me, there was so much love shining in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced with uncertainty, sadness, anger, and fear once he realized I caught him looking at me.


It was my turn to look away. I knew I was to blame for most of those emotions, but I didn’t know how to fix it. I was afraid. Afraid that it was already too late to fix what I screwed up, that he wanted nothing to do with me. That’s what scared me the most. Losing him. Just the thought of it made my heart pound and my chest tighten.

Copyright Danielle Young © 2015

Things are definitely changing for Jo and Jasper and I can't wait to share them with you... of course you are going to have to wait until the book comes out to read them all.

Things Need to be Said

Welcome to the New Year and to what I hope will be a productive and creative year for everyone. 2014 was definitely a whirlwind year that brought me the highest of highs and then dropped me off a mountain and it all happened before I even knew what was happening. I published my first book last year, duh, that's why you are all here, but shortly after hitting publish I froze. I got lost in the fear of... well everything and I shut down everything that didn't relate to the problems that stared me in the face everyday. 

I pushed away everything that made me happy and that gave me an outlet, reading, writing, gaming, writing (yes I said that twice), blogging. Instead I let life kick me in the proverbial balls and instead of fighting back I just curled up in a ball and vegetated. But I am beginning to come back, slowly but surely. Something ignited my fight instinct and I began to claw my way out. It could be that I had a vacation from work so I was finally able to breathe. Whatever it was I'm thankful for it and I am determined to not let it happen again. 

Now I have to get back into everything. I have already started blogging with a vengeance and now it is time to get back to Jo and Jasper. They have a story that is dying to be told. And you as readers deserve to hear the rest of that story. I know I left you with a huge cliffhanger and I promise that I will be working on Deceived with diligence. 

As of now I can't tell you any idea on when it will be complete because truthfully I am lucky if I can manage to write more than a 100 words a week. Breaks as a writer are like poison. Once it seeps into your bloodstream the story disappears. And it takes a lot of hard work to recover, but I am trying. 

I have made some progress in that I have managed to write almost 2,000 words in the past two weeks. The bad news is that I'm pretty sure that most of it is utter crap. But I promise you I will keep at it and I will do better at keeping you posted.

Here are some numbers to give you an idea of where I'm at with Deceived:

I am currently at 10,327 words into the first draft with the final word goal being about 80,000. 

As you can see I have a way to go. And speaking of having a way to go I actually have some writing to do. I promised myself that I would try to write 20 minutes a day. Time for me to get on it, but before I go how about a little tease from Deceived? I know it has been a while.

Many of you expressed interest in seeing more of the Watchers from Guided, this next little snippet is a scene that will lead to many more interactions involving Dom, enjoy! Please keep in mind that this is completely unedited and may change.

“She hates me. Blames me for… I don’t know, everything.” I slouched defeated in the chair and stared at the stars. Why? Why the hell did this have to happen to me? I swear the universe is mocking me.

“She’ll get over it.” I turned to look at Dom, who was also slouched down in his chair staring at the stars. “You’ll woo her with your Angel charms and all will be forgiven.”
I threw his pack of cigarettes, hitting him in the chest and we both doubled over in laughter. 

© Danielle Young 2015

Happy New Year!

Tast of the Inside: Sneaking between the pages #2

Well it's Tuesday. You know what that means... a new teaser. Yay!!! If you haven't noticed I decided to change the title of this little segment to Taste of the Inside. I figured since my two loves are food and books I thought I would mush the two. What do you think? 

Last week I gave you a very juicy peek at Deceived book 2 in The Jade Ring Series, if you missed it check it out here. And today you may be hoping for another juicy tidbit, but unfortunately I am going to have to break your heart a little today... no I won't post anything mean. Instead I am going to take a step back from posting strictly teasers from my current WIP and give some teasers from Guided as well. After all, it is the book that started it all.

A little piece of Guided... In this scene Jo get's her first taste of how Angel's travel, enjoy.

“Are you ready?” Jasper asked, squeezing my hand.

“Ready for what?” I asked with a hint of fear. Where exactly was he taking me? What if he was taking me to his place? Oh crap, crap, crap!

He fought to contain his laugh but his eyes danced with it anyway.

I felt Jasper’s hand tighten and then I was falling, rushing through a tunnel with a small glimmer of light ahead. My body flew towards the light and panic seized me when I realized that the hole was the size of a marble and I was heading right for it. Before I knew it I was sucked through the hole, which oddly enough didn’t hurt.

My knees buckled once I hit solid ground. Jasper never let go of my hand and caught me before I even hit the ground. He gently sat me down. “What the hell was that?” I asked, throwing my hair from my face. “I feel like I just got shoved through a hole the size of a toothpick.”

“Actually it’s more like the size of a bullet hole.”

I glared at him.

He laughed. “Sorry. Everyone feels that way the first time they travel by stellarportation,” Jasper said, kneeling next to me. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, but I don’t like stellar-port-whatever,” I said trying to get up. “I’m not kidding, that was totally weird. I don’t want to do that again.”

“Hate to break it to you, but stellarportation is the only way out of here.” Jasper smiled.

“Yay!” I said non-enthusiastically. 

 Be sure to come back next week. You never know what I will share.

Taste Tuesday ~ Deceived

Well it's that time again and yet again I have been a bad author and haven't posted a teaser in a while. Then again I haven't written much either. On my blog or book or anything. But I finally broke my dry spell and got some words down... and they were good! Well I think they are good. I hope you do too.

**** A Taste of Deceived book 2 in The Jade Ring Series****

“It’s okay Jasper, I’m here,” she said placing her hand over my heart. “And I’m not going anywhere.” She had no idea, how much she really was in my heart.

I nodded like an idiot realizing that she couldn’t see my reply in the dark. “Okay.”

Okay? Really, is that all you can come up with Romeo? Tell her… something. Anything besides okay.

Jo chuckled. I wanted to kiss her. Strong. Fierce. Breathless. She wanted it too. The possibility both scared and excited her. Which in turn made me scared and excited. I brushed my thumb along her jaw and stared at the outline of her lips. Her hand moved up my chest and left a trail of fire in its path to my neck. She gently pulled on my neck encouraging me to complete the distance between us. I froze. Unsure if this was the best thing to do. It was so soon. I swallowed. Hard.

When I didn’t move closer Jo pushed me back, straddled my legs and kissed me. Hard and fast. And I was lost. She kissed me with passion and desire that made my head spin. I wrapped her in my arms and pulled her closer. Until there was only clothes separating us. I wound my hand in her hair and kissed her like I would never get another chance. I put everything into that kiss. My hopes, dreams, and love.

Need more???

Tuesday Tease~ Jaded

I missed last week, big surprise huh? These Tuesday's sneak up on me every time. Frankly I don't know how they do it. I spend all day Monday waiting for Tuesday and then BAM! Tuesday passed and I completely missed it. Oh well, I remembered this week so that counts for something right? Right.

But last Tuesday wasn't a total loss. If you don't already know my book Guided was on tour last week. And if you don't know check out the link here to see all the stops and enter the Giveaways.

As you may know I have been hard at work on Deceived book 2 in The Jade Ring Series and as I said on another post I am also writing a prequel to Guided, about the years that Jasper is assigned to watch over Jo. It is all from his POV and will give you a great look at why Jasper is the way he is. I am having a lot of fun writing this one, so naturally your Tease today is going to come from Jaded. 

*Please remember that this has not been edited and may change.

And now I give you an excerpt from Jaded....

The barista turned to walk away, but not before reaching across the table right next to us, being sure to show Titius exactly what he would be getting later. Titius bit his lip as she wiped down the table.

“Um, hm, hm. Why don’t I come down here more often?”

“If you like I can leave so you can bang her right here on the table. I mean why wait.” I goaded him. Of all The Council members he was the one that got under my skin the most.

Titius turned his hard stare on me. “You don’t like me do you Jasper?” The way he said my name made it sound like it was acid on his tongue. I can see the feeling is mutual.

I sit back and cross my arms over my chest. “What do you want Titius? You called this little meeting, remember?”

“I have a new assignment for you,” he states sliding the envelope across the table.

I pick up the envelope more curious than anything. This is not how assignments were doled out. Usually you are summoned before The Council and the job is dealt. To say this is a little unorthodox would be the understatement of the century.

“We may have a bit of a situation. A new witch has come on the radar.” I skim through the contents of the envelope. It’s a picture of a girl and a slip of paper with an address on it.

“So? Get one of your loyal minions to Guide her. I have enough shit on my plate at the moment,” I scoff sliding the envelope back across the table.

“I don’t want just anyone to Guide her Jasper. I need someone who knows what they are doing on her. Besides, she’s special.” Titius paused. He knew I would bite.

“Why is this one so special?” I ask even though I know I am going to regret it.

“Because she is a Hannigan.” And like that, I’m in. I lean forward in my chair, placing my forearms on the top of the table. “Interested now?”

~~Hope you liked your first peek at Jaded~~

Guided is on Tour

Well it's official, Guided is on tour. I feel like there should be cake, but there isn't. There are a bunch of awesome bloggers and authors sharing things from me and my book though, which is way better. That's right some very awesome people are allowing me to take over their sites for a day. I feel incredibly honored they all took time out of their schedules to pimp my book. I am still a little flabbergasted about the idea of writing a book, so thinking about my book being on tour is even more unimaginable. But it's happening, so there is no denying it now.

I bet you want to know what will be on this lovely little tour don't you? Well allow me to introduce you to this week's awesomeness and the bloggers and authors that will  be participating.

Guided Tour Schedule

September 7th~ Stephanie The Book Hipster (Author Interview "Random 5")

September 8th~ Michele G Miller (Soundtrack for Jasper)
September 8th~ Jasmine ~ Book Groupies

September 9th~ Steven Montano (Guest Post- Inspirations)

September 9th~ Kelly ~Tea Time and Books (Review)

September 10th~ Devri Walls (Guest Post- Conquering publishing fear)

September 11th~ Laura Little Read Riding Hood (Top Ten Supers)

September 12th~ Michelle In Libris Veritas (Guest Post- Facts about Jasper)

September 12th~ Toni My Book Addiction (Exclusive Teaser Picture)

September 13th~ Ruth Silver Write Away Bliss (Guest Post- Road from Blogger to Author)

September 13th~ Lou Relaxed Reads (Review)

Make sure you follow the tour and enter for your chance to win a Signed Paperback copy of Guided and a $10 Amazon Gift Card! This will be one of the first paperbacks ever printed!!!!! I just ordered my proof copy so the paperbacks should be ready to go soon.

A Real Tuesday Tease

Well it's Tuesday. And that means I get to give you a new teaser from Deceived. *rubs hands* And that makes me incredibly happy. Why you ask? Well because it means I get to share the goodness with all of you.

I am really enjoying writing in Jasper's POV. In fact I like it so much that I may be writing a prequel to the series entirely in his POV. Awesome right??? I know you all want to know about his past, so I am going to play the role of the nice author and give it to you. Now you won't get everything of course, but you will get to know Jasper on a level that only I know him and I can't wait to share it with you.

Currently I am only about 1700 words into the story but I am having an absolute blast channeling who Jasper was before Jo. Once I have more written I will start sharing teasers from it as well. For now I will leave you with a name... the title... Jaded.

And now for your teaser this Tuesday...

Please remember that this has not been edited and my change.

Ready for more?