Hi! I'm Sarah! I'm a YA and NA fantasy author. 🔥🌹 If you like A Court of Thorns and Roses and the Fourth Wing, you would LOVE my books. Wanna check one out? I'll send you my short story, Rapacity! Here's what it's about: "18-year-old Catalina has one purpose: marry her fiance, then murder him. But all bets are off when she strikes a bargain with the trickster demon prince and discovers her fiance is planning to murder her too."
I played god. Things happened.
Okay Reader,
You know those book fairs I'll sometimes link to in my emails? Well, I got a bee in my bonnet: what would happen if I actually hosted one?​
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My reasoning was as follows:
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1. I like aesthetics
2. I wanted to play god
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So I set up my own book fair booth, put out a call for submissions and... waited.
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Do you know what happened?
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Chaos.
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*Buzz* You have a new submission: Surprise Pregnancy with Seven Aliens ​
*Buzzzzzz* You have a new submission: Kid Max - Superhero in Outer Space ​
*BUZZZZZZ* You have a new submission: Feet
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Firstly, this book fair was for Romantasy books. Do people read the submission guidelines???
Secondly, FEET?!?!?!
Thirdly,
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....I can't allow Kid Max Superhero in Space to sit next to Surprise Alien Pregnancy
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​*Que frantic curating* ​
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​A Brief Note: None of these are the actual titles because I don't want to drag any authors through the mud. I will lovingly roast my friends, but I don't publically talk down on strangers. So, while have tiptoed as close to the line as possible, I'm confident you won't be able to find the names of the actual submissions. So relax. Stop trying to reverse-engineer it and just enjoy the story. ​
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(Yes Reader, that was for you.)
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After ninja-kicking my way through the onslaught of books, this is what I was left with. You'll immediately note a few things:
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1. They have nice covers
2. There are no feet
3. I unabashedly favored myself
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Go ahead. Look. I'll even post the link again.
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I wasn't joking about favoring myself. This swap is a paragon to Rapacity. This god is not benevolent.
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But playing god was fun.
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Do you know what else is fun? Being the god of my book.
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Last time, you all said you wanted maps. Even the self-identified "non-map people" said that they think they're pretty and would appreciate one.
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So, I shall commission a map.
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Now, I'm dying to know:
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​Where do you normally buy your books? Amazon? Kobo? Physical bookstore? Subscription boxes? Somewhere else? (Basically, I want you to tell me where I need to be.)
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Reply to this email, tell me and I'll pick one winner to send a $5 Amazon or Starbucks gift card.
Sarah
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P.S. Our winner from last week is Denise W! Denise, reach out to me and let me know if you want your $5 from Starbucks or Amazon.
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P.P.S. Also your Christmas present is coming in the next email.
P.P.S. - I have another giveaway for you. This one is pretty cool because you win an ereader and it's open internationally. No, I did not curate this one.
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Hi! I'm Sarah! I'm a YA and NA fantasy author. 🔥🌹 If you like A Court of Thorns and Roses and the Fourth Wing, you would LOVE my books. Wanna check one out? I'll send you my short story, Rapacity! Here's what it's about: "18-year-old Catalina has one purpose: marry her fiance, then murder him. But all bets are off when she strikes a bargain with the trickster demon prince and discovers her fiance is planning to murder her too."
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