I'm so excited to announce that you can now have your first look at Oasis - its exclusive excerpt was revealed this week over at The Nerd Daily. I'm beyond thrilled to see one of my absolute favorite entertainment sites host this reveal for my novel. Here's the snippet of the announcement on Twitter: You can now read this excerpt which I've personally selected for this purpose here: https://www.thenerddaily.com/oasis-katya-de-becerra-excerpt/ Like what you see? Don't forget to add this book on Goodreads . Or why not pre-order now , so you can receive it as soon as it's released AND support its author 😉(After all, pre-orders show to publishers that there's lots of interest in a particular book and that means the author's chances of ever publishing another book grow!)

Okay, so I'm a debut author.  It's as amazing as it is anxiety-provoking:)  I'm at that stage of my debut author process where my ARCs (that's Advanced Review Copies) are about to be unleashed upon the world, meant to be read and reviewed by book bloggers and other varieties of advanced readers. Based on this exercise, the publisher gauges potential interest for the book and can even ask the author (yep, that's me) to revise some aspects of the book.  Meanwhile, I'm due to engage in what's called "1st Pass Pages" stage of the manuscript which means I have to review the book ONCE MORE after it's been laid out, etc. After that, there's the "2nd Pass Pages" stage which is, like, almost IT. I think. I'm learning this as I go - one step at the time.  This is all very exciting... but I thought I'd share some thoughts on how you - yes YOU, dear reader - can help your humble debut author friend/acquaintance/Twitt...

A couple of years ago I was going through Amazon Kindle's latest offerings for new reads. I came across  Into the Deep by Lauryn April  and something about the cover appealed to me. When I read the book's synopsis I was hooked and by the time I finished with the first few chapters, I couldn't stop reading.  It's years later and I've read all of Lauryn's books and I can proudly say I'm a fan. With her fourth book Unearthed After Sunset on the way and signalling the beginning of the Cereus Vampire Chronicles , I'm happy to present to you an interview with Lauryn, where she talks about her writing inspirations, creative process and her new book. About Lauryn April Lauryn has always been fascinated by the paranormal, picking up a healthy Stephen King habit by the age of thirteen. Her favorite TV show growing up was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and she's always preferred bands like The Rolling Stones, and The Doors ov...

I have the best of news to share! After an on-again off-again search for literary representation for my young adult fiction, I have now signed with the wonderful Amy Tipton from the Signature Literary Agency . I’m still up in the clouds in reaction to Amy’s enthusiasm for my book. From the very first email exchange we had, I’ve been blown away by Amy’s friendliness, professionalism and, again, enthusiasm! I’ll be blogging about my writing/publishing journey as things happen and as I’m allowed to reveal those things, but for now I can say that I’ve been busy polishing my manuscript to make sure it’s at its best. You can read some recent interviews with Amy here , here and here . Some backstory I’ve been writing short fiction and slipstream poetry since my early teens (though mostly not in English). During my exchange year in California I made my first serious detour into creative writing in English, but it wasn’t until 2011 that I attempted (and completed...