Archived
News
December
2012
-- Hey everyone, I hope you’re all having a fantastic holiday season.
Changeling Press is celebrating the holidays with their annual contest.
For more information on how to enter: click
here. Also, check out my Books page to see the new books I’ve
had
released recently. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
June
2012 -- While the website has pretty silent the past few
months, I’ve been hard at work on new stories! Blacklist
Rogue
is now available from Changeling Press! I’m very happy with how it has
turned out, even if I struggled more than a little with it during the
writing process. ;-) This month, I have several blog tour spots, some
of which have contests, so follow me on Twitter and/or Facebook or
check my blog for more information.
I’m currently
deep in the
Amazon Rainforest again with the third book in the Amazon Chronicles, Jungle Blaze! I hope you all
have a fantastic
summer.
February
2012 -- Captive
Moonlight,
my western paranormal romance from the Wolves of the Wild West
multi-author series, is now available! I'm so excited about that story!
I really enjoyed writing it. It's my first (published) werewolf story,
and I adore werewolves! It was also the first time I'd written
something historical, which I've wanted to do for a long time. I hope
you all enjoy the story. I’d love to hear what you think. Go to the
Contact page and get in touch with me. :-) I’ll be having a couple
contests (and other cool events) this month, so there are chances for
you to get your hands on Captive Moonlight. Make sure to follow me on
Twitter to get the latest news on those.
As for what
I’m doing
now, I’m working on the third book in the Hacked Investigations series
called Blacklist Rogue.
Ian and Hannah are
returning! I’ll share more about this book when I can.
December
2011
-- I hope everyone in the US had a fantastic Thanksgiving. I used
November to work on a project for NaNoWriMo. Now I’ve shifted gears to
my next novella for Changeling Press! Speaking of which, my publisher
is celebrating the upcoming holidays with their A Very
Changeling 8th Annual Christmas Contest. For more
information
on prizes and how to enter: click here.
I’ll be at the New Year’s Eve party on December 31st at the Reader’s
loop.
This month’s new
release is
the first novella called
Stolen from my Super Powered series. It’s a Superhero/Sci-Fi Romance.
For more information, check out the Books page. Have a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year everyone!
October
2011
-- Wow, October already! To celebrate this month, Changeling Press is
having an Octoberfest contest where throughout the month of October, if
you use the discount code Octoberfest,
you'll save 5%
on your order and on October 31st, you have the chance to be one of the
31 winners of 31 free books!
Also I have a
new release
out, which is the second book in my Amazon Chronicles series called Jungle Fire. It follows
the secondary
characters Rubia and Kyle from the first book, Jungle
Heat, which is now available at All Romance eBooks. This sequel
was so much fun to
write. My free read is also now available. It’s called Internet Dating for Gnomes
from my Hacked Investigations series. The main character in that one is
Bernard, Ian’s gnome sidekick. For a chance to win your choice of book
from my backlist, visit my guest blog at Night Owl Romance between now and
October 14 to
find out how to enter.
September
2011
-- Hooray, Savage Bytes is now available! Also, I’m thrilled that
Techno Crazed is a bestseller at All Romance eBooks! I have a few
events coming up, so make sure to check them out here. Don’t forget to sign up for
my newsletter
for first look excerpts
and information!
August
2011
-- Techno Crazed is now available for purchase on All Romance eBooks!
Check out the Books page to find out more information.
July
2011 --
Jungle Heat is available as of July 22! Want to learn more? Head on
over to the Books page
where you’ll find
information on the upcoming books in my two series. Also, Techno Crazed
has been listed as part of Goodreads Best Book Covers 2011.
I’d love if you
could show your support!
June
2011 --
Techno Crazed is finally here! Yay! For information on how to get your
hands on it, stop by the Books
page. Also, if
you’re interested in the chance to win a copy, sign up for my newsletter. I’ll
announce a winner
in it on June 24.
May
2011
-- I have awesome news to share! I tied for first place in Changeling
Press's Shamrock Challenge contest, and I received contracts for two
stories. One for Techno Crazed, the winner, a cyberpunk romance, and
the other for Jungle Heat, a paranormal romance. Hooray! If you'd like
to read more about about the win, the official announcement is here
and here (it's under Extras). Techno
Crazed will be
released June 2011. For more information on my novellas, stop by the Books page to read the blurbs.
Also, check out
the events I'll be doing to celebrate my new release at Goodreads!
January
29, 2010
-- It's been a while since I've updated my website. Yikes. I don't have
much news yet in terms of new contracts, but I hope that those will
come soon! Also, my novel Melody of Love became No Longer Available
after Firedrakes Weyr went out of business toward the end of last year.
It received some great reviews, but I'm looking to push more into the
paranormal romance and urban fantasy market. So I probably won't be
resubmitting it. It was a great experience to be working with the
publisher. In addition to that, I completed a new novel on December
31st after starting it for National Novel Writing Month.
January
16, 2009
-- My website and blog have gone through a major
overhaul. I’m so tickled that my wonderful new webmistress,
Rae
Monet, has done such an amazing job making my dreams of having a
fantastic website come true! On the writing front, I’ve begun
submitting my paranormal romance novella and my urban fantasy
novel. I even had a request for a full on the
novella!
Hooray! More news about that when I hear it. Also,
I’m
changing my newsletter from being monthly to quarterly. The
first
issue of the New Year will be out by the end of the month. *smiles*
November
20, 2008 -- I've been doing a few small things here and
there, like updating the links page. Also, I'm in the process of
participating in National Novel Writing Month, so make sure to check
out The Deadly Vixens blog to
follow my journey
through that. Starting soon, I'm going to work on redesigning my
website. Hooray! Make sure to keep checking back.
September
24, 2008 -- Recently, I've finished writing another
book,
which is why it seems like I've been hiding under a rock. Rest assured,
I'm still here! =) I've added an MP3 of me reading the blurb for Melody
of Love up in the My Books section, so make sure to check it out. I've
also gotten started with the Cata Network Banner Exchange. Something
else I’ve added is an article I wrote back in April. It’s been posted
to the For Writers page. I hope you enjoy all of the new things.
Hopefully, I’ll have more soon.
June
4, 2008 -- Small site updates. Links have been set up
under
My Books section for reviews of Melody of Love. So, what are you
waiting for? Go check it out.
APRIL
April
3, 2008 -- Thanks to everyone who commented yesterday
at
Simply Romance Reviews, and those who attended the Romance at Heart
chat last night. I had a lot of fun. Visit me at The Deadly Vixens for
my blog entry today. I am discussing my favorite kind of paranormal
creature.
Tomorrow I will be guest blogging at Romance Reader at Heart and
chatting at Love Romances Cafe alongside other authors and readers. I
will be giving away prizes at both events, so make sure to attend!
Also, tomorrow Gracen Miller will be guest blogging with us, so make
sure to check the blog and leave her a comment!
April
1, 2008 -- Melody of Love now available, and
to kick off my
debut novel, I will be chatting at my publisher's website. Firedrakes
Weyr
Publishing I hope to see you all there to celebrate with me
this
very special occasion!
Also! Starting today I have a sign up form on my blog
for my
mailing list. Everyone who signs up will automatically be entered for
my contest drawings each month as well as be given access to exclusive
excerpts and up-to-date information on where I'll be
chatting/blogging/etc. =)
April's winners will be announced on April 30th. =)
MARCH
March
29, 2008 -- I'm so excited to announce that I was
interviewed
by Night Owl Romance. Check it out at
their site.
March
25, 2008 -- My first book is going to come out on April
1st.
More information about that on My Books section of the website,
including a trailer.
March
15, 2008 -- Today I'll be participating in Bonnie Rose
Leigh's Multi-Author chat Blowout. It will be an all-day event at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bonnieroseleigh
with prizes given away every hour from 9 am-7pm EST, and then there
will be a four hour live chat on her website at: http://go.yaplet.com/?url=http://mybonnierose.net
from 7pm until 11pm EST where you can talk with participating authors.
March
11, 2008 -- Today is the Romance at Heart chat at 8
p.m. EST,
so don't forget about that, and I received my book cover today! Go
check the My
Books page and
check it out. =)
March
7, 2008 -- I participated in the Dragon's Den internet
radio
program again on the 4th of March. You can listen to it at
http://internetvoicesradio.com/Arch-DragonsDen.htm. We discussed
reviews, writing tips, and my upcoming release.
On March 11th at 8 p.m. EST, I will be participating a chat at Romance
at Heart with other Firedrakes Weyr Authors. Make sure to come by and
get to know us. =) http://chat.romanceatheart.com/
JANUARY
January
27, 2008 -- I participated in the Dragon's Den radio
show
earlier today. You can listen to it at the Dragon's Den. Click play on
the radio stream called "January 27, 2008 Introduction to EBook
Publishing Company."
January
5, 2008 -- We have updated the webpage's style, and
have
rearranged a few of the links.
2007
DECEMBER
December
23, 2007 -- I've added a new button underneath the
Contact
link to Dreamstime. I have started photography and am a contributor now
on that site. Check it out! =) Once again have a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year!
December
22, 2007 -- Webpage style changed. Merry Christmas and
Happy
New Year to all!
OCTOBER
October
19, 2007 -- The Writer's Resources page has been fixed.
We
also updated the Bio page and added a new picture of the kitties as
well as some pictures in how my summer went. The guestbook got axed,
and the old news was put into the archived news page.
SEPTEMBER
September
24, 2007 -- Bio page "refitted". Also, in Bio page is a
link
to what happened during my summer. Check it out, it has been updated.
Pictures will be added later today.
JULY
July
22, 2007 -- Guestbook and Contact pages security has
been
increased due to spam.
JUNE
June
29, 2007 -- Guestbook has been changed to work on our
own
page. Drop us a message.
June
28, 2007 -- Some minor changes on Contact page. Now you
can
type in your name, email address, and a message to send me a message.
June
27, 2007 -- The website got the few more small updates
to the
bio page, projects page, the writer's resources page, and added back
the archived news page here (plus added the March '07 news to the
archived news.) Not too much else to add.
June
26, 2007 -- The website got it's monthly update, today!
There
were quite a few changes to the layout. We made it have more of a feel
like that of my blog. I'm really enjoying this change. It's more savvy
and professional looking. Within the next few days there will probably
be a few more small changes occurring. Edits to the bio page, projects
page, etc. Regarding writerly news, I now have a critique partner.
Hooray! Plus if you've been following along with my blog any, you'll
know that I'm in editing mode on my novel. If you haven't stopped by
the blog, make sure to do so. It's been a lot of fun to work on. That's
about it for now. Keep checking back.
MAY
May
28, 2007 -- New webpage http://sarahmakela.com.
April
24, 2007 -- Small changes made on Bio. Also, blog has
been
going well. Check it out.
April
21, 2007 -- I have added a few neat things to my blog,
like
Books I've Read Recently and my word count progress for Damiana's
story. Make sure to check them out!
April
20, 2007 -- Contact page has been added to the website.
Finally. Also a few small changes on Bio.
April
19, 2007 -- My blog is now back into action! Hooray! To
visit
it go to: http://blog.sarahmakela.com/.
APRIL
April
18, 2007 -- The Writing Help page and the Links page
have now
merged under the name of Writer Resources. Hopefully we will able to
use the wonderful www.sarahmakela.com domain name as soon as we get
better hosting provider, which might be next month! Also we haven't
forgotten about this website and I hope to have some great things
happening with it soon.
MARCH
March
15, 2007 -- I have entered my first RWA contest, which
is the
first contest I've entered in a while. I am very excited about it and
it's made me even more thrilled to be writing. There have been some
more minor adjustments to the website's look. Stay tuned for more news
coming soon.
March
13, 2007 -- Mailing list has been added. Please,
everyone,
sign on to it.
March
10, 2007 -- It's been a long time since I've focused on
websites, but I am very much into writing again, and I shall be
published in novel format! There have been a few updates to the
website, as well as my new name. There will be more updates coming soon.
2006
JANUARY
January
20, 2006 -- I got back word from Brutarian and Short
Love
Romance Stories. All three submissions were a no, but they replied very
pleasantly and nicely. It was good even though they didn't say yes. Now
I guess I need to find more places to send to.
January
17, 2006 -- Well, it's been too long since I have
updated my
website. It's mostly been due to Bravehost and their yuckiness of
having to verify everytime I try to log on to update my site. Needless
to say it drove me away from my website for a while. Now I figure that
I should get back to it. I think that instead of giving up on my
website, that if I get anymore troubles I'll just try a different
hosting service. I'm going to go ahead and take a thorough look through
the website and add all of the stuff that has been going on that I
didn't add. Though, I had been keeping updated on my new Blogspot, www.sarahMäkelä.blogspot.com.
Check that out when you have the chance. As a side note, I updated my
Achievements and Bio.
2005
OCTOBER
October
9, 2005 --The Graveyard Wedding is now available at
Runes
Online Magazine! Check that out in this month's issue. The poem is also
in the process to be made ready for publication. It is now fully
accepted, so I shall try for further publications now as soon as I find
a time to take a few breaths with all of the things that has been going
on recently! It has been very busy around my home. I also signed up for
National Novel Writing Month,
which goes on in the
month of November. I'm excited about it, but scared as well! I don't
know if I'll be able to do it, but I'm going to really try! I've
started planning and outlining already, so hopefully my imagination
won't trash those plans and outlines when I start writing on the 1st!
SEPTEMBER
September
26, 2005 -- I did find out about the contest and I
didn't
place, but that's okay. I also heard about the poem! It was accepted!
Hooray! I had a great weekend as well though. I got to spend some time
with my best friend and go to a Scottish Festival. Absolutely awesome.
September
15, 2005 -- I might have to wait until the 22nd to hear
about
the contest, but I just heard about my submission to Runes Magazine!My
storyhas been accepted! Yay! *does a dance* There is more news though.
I'm sorry to say that I shall not have any more issues of The Bitten
(at least for the time being. I shall post last month's issue under
writing help though for anyone who wants to read it.) It is on a
hiatus. I don't think I can handle it right now. Sorry everyone. I am
happy to announce that Authors by Design is one of the
most awesome
writer's resources you'll find and I'm happy to be a forum moderator
for it. I strongly recommend joining it! I also have the possibility of
yet another poem being accepted to the publication that loved it, yet
it was going to close. It now is no longer going to close, so it is
reviewing the poem again. That is all of my terrific news for now! I'll
add the news to the achievements page, so check that out!
September
11, 2005 -- Not a lot has been going on. University has
been
forcing its share of time away from me, so I haven't written or done
too much in the way of writing. I did submit something last night and
it came back this morning with a form rejection letter. I didn't really
think the publication would be that great anyways, so I don't feel too
down about it. I know that my work deserves to be displayed in the best
place possible. I am waiting anxiously for the 15th to come around. Not
only shall it bring another edition of The Bitten, but that's the day
that the contest winners will be announced on the contest I entered on
last month.
Actually
I do
take that back. I have been working a little bit on Night of the Tiger
with the critiques that I've been getting from my marvelous critique
partners! They're awesome. I've also worked on The Underground and the
sequel to that, which, for now, is untitled. Can't think of too much
more. I think I need a nap before I tackle the huge pile of homework I
have to do.
AUGUST
August
28, 2005 -- Oh man. I might have another story accepted!
A
story that I have submitted twice now. One for a magazine and then
after it was rejected to an anthology to have it rejected again. Now I
have submitted it (with changes) back to the magazine and they think
it's great, which just gives me a high. I've done correspondence with
the publisher today and she gave me enthusiastic comments, so now I am
anxiously awaiting response back from her. Oh yeah! It would be my
third work that's been accepted. I'm definitely hoping for the best! In
other news, I'm going to edit the contest entry a third time then I'm
going to send it in for the contest. I am so excited about that as
well. I'm VERY proud of my entry. I think it'll do well. Well... that's
about all for now. If you're interested please join The Bitten! We
already have around 12 subscribers!
August
25, 2005 -- Wow, August is almost coming to a close.
I've been
working quite a bit on a short story recently and plus just submitting
things. I heard back on a poem a week or so back, which I corrected and
sent back off, so maybe I'll be accepted. The editor is currently
reviewing it. I finished the short story last night though and I am so
excited about it. It's going to be entered into a contest with cash
prizes. It was very fun to write and I'm so proud of my writing on it.
Not many changes on the website either except that I've added some new
things to my bio page, so check that out. Also if you haven't already,
please join The Bitten. Thanks a bunch! Sign the guestbook, too! =)
August
9, 2005 -- Not too much has been going on. I've started
working a bit more on my characters these past few days. I think that
some of my problem has been not having as strong of characters as I
would like, so I'm going to try to fix that! Also, I started up my own
e-zine, The Bitten, so make sure and sign up for that. The place to do
it is below the news section. We will start putting out issues on the
15th, so make sure and subscribe before then! This time it'll be a
situation of just getting it off the ground, but next month Ishall have
a call for submissions! So keep in touch on that subject. I hope for it
to become decently popular, so if you sign up and enjoy it, make sure
to tell your friends! It'll be for writers and readers alike.
Also,
since
I've been doing quite a bit of news this month, I've decided to go
ahead and move the oldest news to the archive, so if you haven't seen
it all make sure and check it out. I've also added more to my Bio page,
so go and check that out! I added a very cute picture of my kitties.
August
6, 2005 -- I got word back today. They didn't accept
it, but
said to submit a more suitable piece since this one wasn't quite as
surreal as they wanted. I'll try to beef my entry up more and send it
back. I'm happy that they were positive about my piece though. It made
things better psychologically. =P
Another
note,
congrats to Dave Mirra, Jamie Bestwick, Jeremy Stenberg, and Travis
Pastrana for the awesome, awesome jobs they are doing in the X-Games!
I'm proud to be fans of theirs. ^_____^ Woot!
August
5, 2005 --Okay, I submitted a flash fiction to an
Australian
anthology today. I know I'm not Austrialian, but it goes to a good
cause! I really hope that I get in. The only other updates on myself
that I have is that I worked almost all day yesterday on a sheet that I
have for possible places to submit. Now I'm going to look that over and
see about finding some more of my babies a home. I really need to work
on my novel-length stories though because after finding quite a few
publishers (e-publishers and traditional), I remembered that I do
definitely want to have a book published even though I know it will
take patience and hard work! =)
August
3, 2005 -- I added a link to one of my personal friends
and
fellow author, Diane Taylor. Go to the links page and find out more
about her and her very awesomenovels, which have received 5 star
ratings! And if you're too lazy to go to the links page then here's a
link right here, too. Diane Taylor Now, go! Go check her
out! =)
August
2, 2005 -- It's a new month and I feel pretty ready to
go. I
think something that has been helping is that I'm getting back into a
regular schedule and of course I have my precious pets! I'm still
coming down off of the high that I got from having the poem published
in SoC, but now I'm getting prepped to continue
on with other
projects like my Vampire Hunter short story then I'm going to go back
to my Amazon Rain Forest novel and start working on that one again.
I'll try to work on both of those today and do a bit of writing in this
other novel that I'm working on. I've also updated my projects page, so
check that out and don't forget to sign the guestbook.
JULY
July
27, 2005 -- I've had more news on submissions. I found
out
that a short story I wrote was rejected, but that was only because the
story didn't fit in with the others in the collection. I was happy that
the editor said it was well-written though! Now I've got it submitted
to the critique group I'm in.After I have them edit it, I'll put it
back out there! Not too much else has really been happening I guess.
I'm working on editing my story NIGHT OF THE TIGER. I'm trying to get
the first chapter edited so that it will be second draft worthy then
I'll send it back in to my crit group for more work, then I'll be able
to send in chapter two and get a little closer to my dream of becoming
published! It's going to be a somewhat slow ride, I think, but ah well!
July
16, 2005 -- Woohoo! I just found out today that the
first
poem I ever wrote was accepted to Sage of Consciousness
Online
Magazine! It's great because even though I receivedthose
rejections and suggestions before it still shows that I am putting my
time to good use. It's so great. The issue that my poem is in will be
released around the first of August, as noted by the magazine. It's
great! My second published work. I love writing, but when things like
this happen, it makes you feel like your work really does count for
something. Still have yet to email the one magazine mentioned in the
previous news, but I'll try to do that sometime soon.
JUNE
June
30, 2005 -- Okay. Just a little bummed about a few
rejections
that I received yesterday. I know it's just the way of the business,
but when you see it. It kinda stings. One of them was just a hey,
here's a few suggestions on making your poem better, but it's not
really suited to our anthology and the other one was more unclear. I
mean it didn't really say that it wasn't accepted, but it said that the
point of the story wasn't obvious. Of course I read back over the story
and sort of saw what the editormeant. I kind of feel silly, but hey. I
guess I should have looked back over it. Maybe they want me to send the
story back in edited, which is why they didn't really "Accept or
Reject" it. If so, then that would be pretty good since it would give
me a little bit of time to do so since the deadline is a clip away.
Another thing is that I'm going to be going out of town for the next
month, so there might not be any website movement, but hopefully there
will be when/if I get a chance to hook up to a computer. I know there
won't be much until the middle of the month at least. Well... I feel
like I'm definitely ranting, but hey... I get a good whine never hurt
anybody did it?
By
the way,
this past month'snews went into archieved news located right below this
text, so click on there to catch up to "old news."
June
27, 2005 -- Just noticed that the Summer '05 Issue of
Runes
Online Magazine is now out. Look for The False Friend in it. That's my
contribution to it. ^_____^ I placed this new accomplishment into the
Achievements section, so you can go check that out. Here's the link to
check out Runes Online Magazine! Yay! http://www.runesmag.com
June
22, 2005 -- Not too much has been happening with the
website.
I know I want to get it spruced up a bit more, but I'm still trying to
plan out how. In other news though, hopefully soon I'll be able to have
another Achievement since I've been working on a short story recently
to send off to an anthology. I hope everything goes well and it makes
it in the anthology. That would be fantastic, but if not then I can
always send it to other magazines. Well, that's all for now! Remember
tosign the guestbook! =)
June
7, 2005 -- I added a misc. link, a writer's resource
link,
and two new fanlistings to the Links page.
June
5, 2005 -- There haven't been any updates recently, but
please remember to sign my guestbook. That would be great. Hopefully
there will be more things coming soon.
June
1, 2005 -- It's now the start of a new month! I added a
few
new links into the links page and rearranged those so that the Author
Sites are on top, the Writer Resource Sites in the middle, and Misc.
links are on the bottom. If you would like your link added to my
website just let me know by emailing me and I'll make sure to do that.
I also added the archieved news since I think each month the news of
last month can go in there, so that space won't be wasted. Thanks for
visiting!I also added a few fanlistings that I found interesting to the
Links page.
MAY
May
29, 2005 -- I added the new banner up top, but haven't
gotten
the chance to put it on all of the pages yet. I also have a new
interview that has been added to the writing help area. There are also
a few new links.
May
27, 2005 -- Alrighty! I've done it. This site is now
complete, for the most part. All of the links to all of the areas
should be working (if you find something that's not working please
contact me). I added the projects, the writing help (and all that
encompass that), and the links pages all up! Enjoy! Hopefully I can
make this site prettier as we go.
May
25, 2005 -- I've gotten a bit more clarity on what I
want, so
hopefully things shall be going a bit more smoothly. Things have been
busy around my house recently, but I'm going to set my sights high with
this neat website. =) I managed to get the bio, achievements,and
guestbook up, so check those out! The rest to come soon.
May
19, 2005 -- Welcome tomy new website! I figure that
every
writer needs a place in the web to call their own, so this shall be
mine. The links to the right, except for the contact one, aren't
currently set up, but I hope to have it all up and running within no
time. Thanks for visiting!
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