Today I have a great book blitz to
share with you all, included in this awesome post is a giveaway and author Guest Post. Enjoy!
Author: Summer Lane
Series: (The Zero Trilogy #1)
Publication date: October 10th 2014
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult
Synopsis: Elle is a survivor. Since the collapse of modern society, she's been living in the remains of downtown Hollywood, California, foraging for food and fighting for her life. And then everything changes. After she is forced out of her home, she heads north. What she finds is a group of bunker survivors, unlikely comrades, and the hope of a safe haven. Together, they journey toward the dregs of civilization, facing starvation, imprisonment and death. They are alone, but they are ready. Day Zero begins today. Day Zero is a novella, the first installment in The Zero Trilogy, a novella series complementing the international bestselling Collapse Series.
Summer Lane is the author of the international bestselling Collapse Series, which includes State of Emergency, State of Chaos, State of Rebellion and State of Pursuit. The fifth installment, State of Alliance, is releasing January 2015. Summer is also the author of The Zero Trilogy and an upcoming survivalist/science fantasy series coming in 2015. She owns WB Publishing, Writing Belle Magazine, and is an accomplished creative writing teacher and journalist. Summer lives in the Central Valley of California, where she spends her time writing, teaching, and writing some more. When she is not writing, she enjoys leisurely visits with friends at coffee shops, dates to the movies, hiking in the mountains and strolling on the beach.
The Names
Names are fun. One of the perks of writing fiction as a
primary job is that you get to play around with lots of names. Names should represent the personality of a
character, in my opinion, so I try to match my characters with appropriate
monikers. In Day Zero, my
protagonist’s name is Elle. It’s a somber, pretty name for a somber, pretty
girl. (A girl with attitude, mind you, but still!)
My favorite names in Day
Zero are Pix and Flash – twins, a brother and a sister. I don’t want to
give away anything, but I played around with a lot of names before settling on those two. Thanks to the Internet,
you can find names and their meanings far quicker than in the past. It’s better
to use Google than to slog through those dusty piles of baby-name books in your
mother’s attic.
Not that I’ve done that, but you get my point! Names should
be memorable, and I also think that there should be a fair variety of different
names in a book. For example, naming your characters James, John, Janice, Jenny
and Jared is what I’d call “alliterative overkill.” Mix up the names! Make them
fun, and most of all, make a character and their name instantly identifiable to
the reader.
This giveaway is international! YAY! Below is what is up for grabs.
A pack of eBooks including:
