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- Day One:\u00a0 We started the adventure at\u00a0UrbanHype101<\/a>\u00a0and were given the tour map. Every stop has something new and exciting for you to read see or hear. Don\u2019t forget to hunt for that special word and if you find ALL of them, send them to scavengerhunt@bolidepublishing.com and you could win a signed copy of Alienation and a gift pack of unique swag. This contest is open internationally – but only for three more days!
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<\/li>\n- Day Two: We went to Fantasy Fun Reads<\/a> to get an excerpt of Sally discovering Da-Duhui!<\/li>\n
- Day Three: We visited author Brhi Stokes<\/a> for an interview!<\/li>\n
- Day Four: I posted Alienation’s reading playlist on my<\/a> Instagram!<\/a><\/li>\n
- Day Five: We stopped by Ezeebuxs<\/a> to have another interview!<\/li>\n
- Day Six: Author Mackenzie Flohr<\/a> interviewed Sally Webbed!<\/li>\n
- Day\u00a0Seven: We visited Paisley Pirhana<\/a> and got an exclusive look at the city of Da-Duhui!<\/li>\n
- Day Eight: Karen’s Book Buzz<\/a> took us deep into Da-Duhui with an extract from Chapter 2!<\/li>\n
- Day Nine: We stopped by\u00a0Sincerely KarenJo<\/a> for a really awesome interview!<\/li>\n
- Day Ten: We visited Welcome to Hellbent<\/a> to see my\u00a0Starstruck inspired Playlist!<\/li>\n
- Day Eleven: Author J.D. Cunegan<\/a> interviewed Zander and asked him some tough questions!<\/li>\n
- Day Twelve: We went over to Readcommendations<\/a>\u00a0to sneak a peek at Chapter 3!<\/li>\n
- Day Thirteen: We flew to the Instagram of Buried in Bookland<\/a> to see how Alienation looks in paperback!<\/li>\n
- Day Fourteen: Indie Scifi Fantasy<\/a> welcomed us and introduced us to our first alien race: the Theosians.<\/li>\n
- Day Fifteen: Author Madeline Dyer<\/a> asked me a really, really deep question about my books, and I tried my hardest to answer it!<\/li>\n
- Day Sixteen: The amazing TheNerdHerdReads<\/a> introduced us to Tchilla, one of Sally’s greatest allies in the book!<\/li>\n
- Day Seventeen: we visit Bookishly Slytherin<\/a> for an interview!<\/li>\n
- Day Eighteen: we land right back here, and I have some fun things to show you for sure!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nNow, before I show you some really exciting aliens, I have to remind you how you can win some very special prizes! We have a fanart contest!\u00a0The Winner receives a signed paperback of STARSTRUCK or ALIENATION! You wanted it, you\u2019re getting it! The first official fanart contest is now open! Grab your pencils, pens, tablets, or other favorite art tools, and draw me your answer to this question: where would you go, if you could go anywhere in the universe? OR draw anything inspired by the book! Artwork will be judged on creativity, so there\u2019s no limitation on the format. And don\u2019t worry about making it a work of art \u2013 just have fun! I loved the entries for the release party and I\u2019m dying to see what you come up with when 24h isn\u2019t the limit.\u00a0I can\u2019t wait to see what you create!<\/p>\n
\nEmail your entry to seanderson@bolidepublishing.com before October 24h to be entered to win! We already have some really great artworks and the competition will be tight!<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nOne more way you can win a swag pack? Preorder a copy of Alienation and head on over to my facebook page<\/a>! Place a proof of purchase in the comments of the pinned post to be entered into the giveaway for the last ever swag pack!<\/p>\n
Now, for today’s post… let’s meet two new aliens!<\/p>\n
The Crime Lord Maakuna<\/h2>\n
What can I say about Maakuna Ik\u2019Imo\u2019No that won\u2019t have you finding my corpse drifting in the cold void of space? Not much, I\u2019m afraid. So I will be brief.<\/p>\n
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First of all, we could speak about his race, the Oexasie. The Oexasie hail from a small green planet called Kuan-Yin (which loosely translates to \u2018the place where everything is edible\u2019 in the the Oex tongue, though every other species on the planet disagrees with the edibleness of everything there). The Oexasie live on the swamp-like northern continent, where they spend their days fishing, hunting, or writing song lyrics which can only be described by humans as \u201coh god, oh god, make it stop.\u201d<\/p>\nTheir physiology most likely resembles that of toads on planet earth, though they can easily be confused for slugs if they\u2019re not wearing any clothes, as their globular fat doesn\u2019t put up much of a fight against gravity.<\/p>\n
A few Oexasie leave their homeworld in search of a better, more fulfilling life on the core planets. This was the case of Maakuna\u2019s parents. As a result, their son was able to rise to his full potential, quickly becoming the head of his own crime family. You can find Maakuna\u2019s headquarters almost half of the way up Da-Duhui. His home is dark, but only by choice, as he likes the power darkness radiates. He\u2019s rich enough to afford holographic projectors, anyway, and can change the look of a room in an instant. Inside, if you go deep enough, you can also find a museum housing black market items Maakuna has been collecting in secret.<\/p>\n
When Sally meets him, she\u2019s immediately put off by his stench. You can take the Oexasie from Kuan-Yin, but you can\u2019t ever get the smell of Kuan-Yin out of the Oexasie. He tries to be intimidating, but seeing as how she\u2019s never heard his name before, it doesn\u2019t carry the weight he expects it to. Even so, Sally is in danger the second she ends up on his radar. And now, so am I. Excuse me while I attempt to change my identity.<\/p>\n
The Travoshella
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<\/h2>\nWife of the mayor of Da-Duhui, the Travoshella is the Earth equivalent of a queen of this city. Bold and beautiful, she upholds a standard of elegance the entire city struggles to live up to.<\/p>\n
Travoshella is not her name, though: it is a title. Any upper echelon, estate owning family of the Da-Duhuian nobility go by variations of their family names. Thus, if you to speak of many members of her family approaching you at once with a look that blazes like the fire of a thousand suns, you could say to yourself, “Oh crap, the Travoshelli are about to have me murdered.”<\/p>\n
Born and raised on the planet, she married young in a match paired by the Da-Duhuian council. She currently has three children, who are growing up to be just as terrifying as she is. Only their father has a more casual look, as nothing matches his family’s ebony black skin and piercing diamond eyes.<\/p>\n
The Travoshella can usually be found out at night, gracing her city with her presence at different high ranking social events. She will never be alone without her entourage, a large group of socialites she collects like one might insects.<\/p>\n
And there you have it! We have one last alien on her way to meet you, but more on her later. You might have met her before… Let’s give a big round of applause to Lloyd Ladera for taking my mumblings about aliens and turning them into real works of art! Lloyd is an insanely talented artist and you should check out his incredible work: on facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n
Today, we celebrate the end of the blog tour, and the 3-day mark until the release of Alienation. As you probably can tell, I am so insanely happy for my sequel to come out into the world! It’s just as exciting – or even more so – than releasing book 1. I seriously can’t believe the love and support I’ve gotten for this book and the friends I’ve made along the way!<\/p>\n
I sincerely hope you love Alienation even more than Starstruck. I love you!<\/p>\n
Ped Aspera, Ad Astra,<\/p>\n
Sarah<\/p>\n
P.S: no extra word today!<\/p>\n
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- Day Two: We went to Fantasy Fun Reads<\/a> to get an excerpt of Sally discovering Da-Duhui!<\/li>\n