{Guest Post + Giveaway} Behind the Scenes with Entangled Author Nikki Jefford

Please welcome author nikkie Jefford who is here to talk about her new release Entangled!

Seven Times a Charm

I wrote six “practice” novels before I felt ready to publish Entangled. (Lucky #7.)

Crazy Things that Happened While Writing Entangled

Grandma died, dad had open heart surgery, uncle’s heart was stopped then restarted, sister-in-law almost died of food poisoning, mother-in-law tried to kill herself, and – horror of all horrors – my editor dropped off the face of the planet.

Morning Fuel: Power Smoothies

Drinking coffee is such a cliché. Without fail, every morning at work people say, “I’m not awake yet. I need coffee.” Coffee makes me sick to my stomach and drags me down. A power smoothie, on the other hand, pumps me up and feeds the brain. I toss a banana, frozen berries, flax meal, hemp seeds, and water into the blender and away I go!

Book Cover

Three attempts before I was happy. Designer Najla Qamber is a saint. She did exactly what I asked the first round and I recoiled at the outcome. For the second go, she put together a scene using various stock imagery I chose. Me: “Add a tombstone. Make her hair blow in the wind. Change the color of her skirt. Make the sky gray.” Finally, I found a stock image that grabbed me and Naj nailed it. Of course, being neurotic, I had one final request: “Can you add some swirls to the title?”

Book Trailer

HOURS scouring royalty free stock sites and listening to music. Then I remembered hearing something of composer Simon Wilkinson’s on MSN’s homepage a year back. Lucky for me, he licenses out royalty free music. My brother did the video editing and yes, I was neurotic and requested multiple redoes.

1 ebook copy of Entangled

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The witches and warlocks in Entangled share basic magical abilities. They also have advanced spells of their own. If you could choose one of the following powers, which would it be?

The power to freeze people in place and take away their voice

Body transfers

Invisibility

Teleportation

or Mind reading?

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