It's here! Title and First Chapter Reveal

Vicki Trask did such an amazing job that I can't even put into words how much I love the post. See for yourselves! http://aidensangels.blogspot.com/2013/01/between-3-title-reveal-and-chapter-one.html

Big Reveal Coming Soon!

On January 12th, be sure to check out the Aiden's Angels fan site to learn the title of the third book in the Between series and read the first chapter. I know you'll be screaming "WHAT?????" when you read it.

Mwahahahahaha!

Great Christmas Giveaway: Free Ebooks for Your Friends!

So you don't have enough funds to buy all of your friends a book this Christmas? No worries. I've got your back! If you have friends whom you think would fall in love with Aiden MacRae, then let's share the love together.

From now through Christmas Day, simply email me at cynditefft -at- gmail -dot- com and I will send a free ebook of Between to your friend. In your email, please include your friend's name and email address. I will not save this information or add them to any lists. I will use it only to email them the gift of Between. Please include your own name in your email so I can let them know why they are receiving it. The gifting system doesn't allow me to enter a message to them, so it would be a good idea for you to let them know the gift is coming, and how you feel about the book. :)

There is no limit to the number of friends you can share Between with! Just send me the above information on each friend and I will send an ebook their way.

Merry Christmas to all of Aiden's Angels. Your encouragement, kindness, and love for Aiden MacRae is the reason I'm writing the third book in this series. I never intended for there to be more than two, but you loved Aiden so much that I *had* to keep it going, just for you.

Now let's go crazy and see how many free copies of Between we can send for Christmas gifts! *hugs*

Giveaway! Dissidence by Jamie Canosa

Jamie Canosa, Aiden's Angel extraordinaire (and maker of awesome book trailers) has her debut novel out now and you totally need to pick it up!

In dystopian America, sixteen-year-old Kaleigh finds out quickly what having a big mouth and not enough brains to keep it shut can earn you. A one-way ticket to the work camps that no one even knows exists.

Nuclear war has ravished the nation, and a century later, the survivors are living in an entirely new world. In a society where everything is decided for you, from where you work to who you marry, dissidence is not taken lightly.

But, even inside the camps, Kaleigh’s fiery spirit refuses to be extinguished. In a single moment of defiance, she manages to spark a riot that ignites into a full-blown rebellion.

With growing numbers counting on her, not just for their freedom, but for their very lives, two different boys vying for her heart, and trouble brewing from within the camp itself, can Kaleigh find a way to step up and become the leader everyone is counting on her to be, or will even the most carefully laid plans come crashing down around her?

I kid you not, this is a pulse-pounding dystopian YA story that will leave you breathless and itching for the next book! Enter to win a copy of Dissidence below. Jamie's blog tour for the release continues tomorrow at Lisa's Reads.

Connect with Jamie online!You'll be glad you did. She's a sweetie!
Facebook, Blog, Twitter, Goodreads

Links to Dissidence:
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Amazon
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Missing my friend

Today marks the three year anniversary of the passing of my friend, Lisa Surdyk. I know she's filled to the brim with Jesus' love while I'm still here on earth, making my way through this crazy world, but she is in my thoughts today. I miss you, Lisa.

I'm Going to Be On the Radio!

Real Sisters Talk Radio is going to interview me on their show November 27th at 3pm. If you miss the live interview, never fear! The interview will be replayed on their online radio show for several weeks after the fact. Here's the link so you can bookmark it:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sister-talk/2012/11/27/seattle-romance-author-cyndi-tefft#.UJK8wismRmc.mailto

I've never done a radio interview before, so fingers crossed that I don't screw it up. But hey, it's all about me so it can't be that hard, can it? It's not like I should have to study. hehe

Can't wait to hear what you think of it, so be sure to listen in!

Self Pubs are the New Minor Leagues

Okay, I'll be honest: I don't know that much about baseball. But I do know that the Major League teams draw their new players from the Minor League teams. So if you want to be a player in the majors, you start out in the minors, perform really well, and then you have a chance to get pulled up.

Seems to me that this is the new model for publishing.

Traditional publishers used to get their debut authors from agents whose interns sifted through the slush pile day in and day out to find what they considered to be gems. Aspiring authors had no access to the big publishers; they had to get an agent first. Agents became the gatekeepers to publishers and it was their job to weed through the masses and present only the best books to editors for consideration.

As we all know, the Kindle revolution threw a monkey wrench into that time-honored structure.

Aspiring authors who'd been turned down by hundreds of agents started self-publishing their books online. And people bought them. Lots of people bought them. Some of these authors were so incredibly popular that their books ended up hitting bestseller lists.

Other authors took note and followed, tired of the gatekeeper system that kept them from doing what they wanted to do: write books and connect with readers.

As a result of the self-publishing phenomenon, many have been wondering what the future state of publishing will look like. Where will agents add value? Will they disappear forever? Will the traditional publishing companies collapse altogether?

Au contraire, mes amies. I would say traditional publishers are better off now than they were before.

Now, the TPs (I'll call them that since I'm getting tired of typing it out! Well, and it sounds like toilet paper, which is funny.) are cherry-picking the self-published authors who do really well. It's the Majors drawing from the Minors, people. The TPs don't have to take a chance on a debut author or cross their fingers and hope that the public will react well to the book. They don't have to do much editing (if any) and they don't have to worry that the market will be gone by the time they've slotted a book for release.

When a TP sees a self-published book topping the charts, they can swoop in, throw around the bucks and their impressive distribution (which, let's admit it, is an obstacle that self-pubbed authors can't really seem to overcome), and viola! They have an instant hit on their hands and a happy, successful author with a bright future. It's win, win.

And I think it's the future of publishing. It's only a matter of time before everyone will have to prove their worth via the self-publishing route. Few, if any, debut authors will get picked up via the old querying model.

I'm not saying this is good or bad, just different. And what's a revolution if not to shake up the old and come up with something new? Readers who buy ebooks will become the new gatekeepers to an author's success, not agents.

What do you think? Have I missed the mark? Or do you think this is where publishing is headed? I'd love to hear what you have to say on this brave new world of publishing.