Signing at BYU Women’s Conference
It’s the perfect venue: hundreds of visiting women and only days before Mother’s Day. Come visit me in the BYU Bookstore 1:30 – 3:30 PM on April 29th.
It’s a perfect gift for Mother’s Day!
Cedar Fort has a wonderful page dedicated to “Portrait of a Mother”. Come visit it: http://portraitofamother.com/
Due to some technical difficulties, the trailer for “The Last Archangel”
Also, Amazon.com has put the excerpt up for my contest entry into the “Amazon Breakout Novel Contest”. Please go on over and have a look, and leave comments if you feel so inclined. The Grand Prize is publication by Penguin with a $15,000 advance. You can imagine how that would help my writing career!
Here’s what one reviewer said about it:
As promised, her is a ‘portrait’ of my own mother.
”. One reviewer, Author J. Lloyd Morgan said: “When you get this book, you’ll want to clear your schedule for the next couple of days. At the very least, leave a note for your loved ones explaining that you’re fine, just lost in an excellent story.”
You must be a follower of my blog to win and you can gain an extra entry for posting this contest on Facebook and one more for tweeting it. (Just write down what you did as part of your comment post) On the day of the drawing, I will post my own portrait of my mother, who did such a great job raising all eight of her children.
May the complimenting commence!
Today I posted on Mancave Authors about breaking gender stererotypes in fiction.
In a perfect example of breaking stereotypes, my newest release, “Portrait of a Mother” which comes out March 8th, 2011, is a tender Mother’s Day story. It’s very short, but I think it’s a tale both you and your mother can enjoy. You can preorder it here: http://amzn.com/1599558106.
Here’s the blurb from Amazon: “The time has come for little Nina to choose her mother, but she’s not sure how to decide! This tender and heartwarming tale of the true essence of motherhood is the perfect gift for all the women in your life.”
I also want to thank all those who made the Life, the Universe, and Everything 2011 Conference possible. I sat on four panels, did a reading from “The Last Archangel” and had a fun book signing. I’ll be blogging more about some things I learned there later.
http://ldstorymakerauthors.blogspot.com/2011/02/show-your-love.html
Visit the conference site for more information, including how to register.
I found out this week that another project tentatively titled “The Last Archangel” is going to be published through Cedar Fort! It should likely come out later this year, but it’s not too early to start getting excited about it. Here’s a brief overview of what it is going to be about:
The Last ArchangelDoomed to serve as a destroying angel until the end of the world, the fallen angel Xandir sometimes wonders what is taking so long. In thousands of years, he has only cared about one person and he was forced to destroy her along with her entire city in the line of duty.
Then a secret brotherhood approaches him and claims that together they can end the world and reunite him with his lost love. To do so, he must enter an ancient sunken city and emerge with a seed from the noxious tree at its center. With the seed’s poison they could construct weapons to bring down the curtain on Earth’s final act. Xandir’s journey takes him around the world, both above and beneath, sending him rushing in where most angels fear to tread.
I will keep you posted as I learn more about this exciting project!
Books by Michael D. Young 