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Giving you some tips about balancing projects! #Authortube

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Giving you some tips about editing while having chronic pain! #Authortube

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Talking about making that decision about what to work on next! #Authortube

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A summer of secrets and second chances

Every year, Tilly dreams of the dad she’s never known showing up for her birthday. But he never does. When she wakes up on the morning of her sixteenth birthday dadless yet again, she knows it’ll never happen.

In fact, it’s her worst birthday ever because her grandmother died a few months ago, her mum is working again, and the boy she’s in love with—the ridiculously gorgeous Josh—refuses to break up with his drama-queen girlfriend and notice her instead.

Then Tilly’s dad does show up, shocking everyone, and she works out an awful truth: Her mum and her grandma lied to her. For sixteen years! Tilly is drowning in her family’s lies. Worse, these feelings for her neighbour Zack—these stupid, flustering, more-than-friends feelings she’s been trying to ignore—mean she’s also lying to herself.

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My Review: 5 STARS

I picked this up because the title and blurb pulled me in. The whole idea of life being turned upside down, and possibly finding love along the way just drew me into the story. I loved Tilly, loved Zack from the first meeting and adored the way Benveniste made you hooked on the twists and turns along the way. I loved the therapist, and the way she worked with Tilly, and the whole book was raw and emotional, while also sweet and engaging which sounds like a contradiction but very much is not. One that I recommend to everyone who loves a sweet romance with some messy parts to it!

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Claudia’s escape from the research facility was supposed to be the end of her struggles - but it was only the beginning.

After years of being exploited for her unique ability, Claudia is finally free. In the quiet town of Westpoint, she discovers the father she never knew and a world of possibilities she’s only dreamed of. But adjusting to a normal life isn’t as easy as it seems. High school presents its own challenges, and when the charming quarterback shows her what love could feel like, things get even more complicated.

Yet, Claudia can’t fully escape her past. Shadows of the research facility linger, and the weight of her old mission - seeking justice for her one friend when she was back in the facility - threatens to pull her back. Can Claudia embrace the new life she’s found, or will her past drag her into the darkness once again? 

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My Review: 5 STARS

I picked this up having read another of Caroline’s books and was drawn into the world from the first page. I adored Claudia, and seeing her blossom and bloom after she finally gets free was a delight. Caroline has a way of creating a world that leaves you hooked, and guessing to find out where and when the twists are gonna come. I adored this world, loved Solomon and can’t wait to dive into the next book to see what happens next. Very much recommended!

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Jessie's parents are not all that understanding about her empath abilities...

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“I will not have that man in our house!” Mum hissed. “Kaye, you have to agree the way he went about this, telling Jessie to tell us, points to him not being a bad guy,” Dad whispered. “I know you're worried. I'm worried too, but I feel like maybe there's a grain of truth in what Jessie’s saying.”

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It was cover reveal day yesterday!!

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Rosalie Gatell may have saved Salttain Island, but her triumph comes at a devastating cost. With Liam cursed and her own scars still raw, she's plunged into the perilous depths of the Institute, surrounded by whispers of conspiracy and potential traitors.

Faced with an impossible choice, Rosalie must decide: embrace her family's dark legacy or forfeit her memories and any hope of saving the boy she loves. Fate forces her hand when a terrifying new threat emerges, binding her destiny to her fiercest rival, Jessica. Their explosive connection hints at unimaginable powers, but it also puts both girls in grave danger. Jessica might just be the key to Liam's salvation, but can Rosalie trust her?

As darkness closes in and the clock ticks down, Rosalie and her unlikely allies find themselves on the run. Liam's life hangs in the balance, and unimaginable evil breathes down their necks. They must race against time to thwart a disaster that could obliterate not just their world, but the entire planet.

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I read the first book, and the prequel, so it made sense for me to dive into the second book and see what lays ahead for Rosalie and Liam. I adored the worldbuilding and the way Amowitz always has you in the centre of the action. While there were parts I liked less, overall the story has you hooked and pulled into the world, the twists keeping you turning the pages. The whole thing was a wild ride, and a series I’ll have to finish off to know the final ending! 

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Tara isn't all that good at making friends...

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“Were you with your dad when he died?” I asked her. Okay, so I know that isn’t what you ask someone but I never claimed to have tact either. “I don’t want to talk about it,” Kaolin said. “You sure? It can help,” I pressed. Okay, so I don’t know if talking really does help. I’ve never been a big fan of all that ‘sharing and caring’ crap. But if it made Kaolin open up to me…then I was all for it. “Tara?” she looked at me. “Just drop it, okay?”

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20 YEARS AS AN AUTHOR Yesterday was my 20th Authorversary, in that it was 20 years since Blackout, my debut, was first published. I look back to that launch party and I can't quite believe it's been 20 years. I didn't ever really think, back then at least, that I would get to this point. I didn't think I would publish a second book, let alone over twenty more of them. It was a whole lot of fun coming down to my office all decorated for the occasion and I was spoilt and celebrated, as it should be with this kind of milestone.  I usually do a post around this time every year that talks about what I've learned in the time since I first became a published author, and while I plan to touch on that a little today, I also wanted to talk about the fact that dreams may always seem way off and like you'll never get there, but you will. It takes time, sometimes a lot more time than you first realise, but you will get to that point where you look back and wonder why you thought you'd never get there.  I wrote my first 'book' when I was 13, I refer to it that way because it wasn't, by any stretch of the imagination, a complete novel. It was 36 pages of A4 and I even sent it off to publishers in hopes of making it big. They were lovely about it, sending me back letters about their young writers programs, but I kinda assumed that was it for me, and I wouldn't ever actually be published. I never planned or dreamed of being an author from a young age, it just felt like something I could do as well as my other plans. See, I'd always, from a very young age, wanted to be a doctor. It was probably a side effect of spending a lot of my time as a kid in and out of hospital. That didn't get any better with age, and I was so sure that was what I would be doing with my grown up life. It was only when my health got worse, and I picked up a few other conditions, and even before that, when I realised that I didn't have the smarts to do medicine, that I turned to other pursuits. When I was retired at 19 on medical grounds from the working world, I didn't really know what to do with myself. I didn't want to do nothing, and my health limited what I could do otherwise. That's when a story idea, one that had been brewing from those school days, burst forth from my mind onto paper and I found a way to do something with my life. I could write. I could be published, and a few short years later I was, but I never imagined it going beyond that. See, there wasn't the indie world then as there is now, and the only way I could be published, having tried the early 2000s version of querying, and not been successful, was to go with something called a vanity press. I have many regrets about doing that, but the truth is that I also wouldn't have taken that leap into publishing if I hadn't. I knew it wasn't something I could afford to do again, so I took my best work at the time, and pushed the button to send that out into the world. I kept writing, sure, because I wanted and needed to write, but I always kind of assumed it would be my one and only published work. How wrong was I? It became my career, it became something where I don't actually know where I'd be without. Thanks to the advent of ebooks and KDP and the indie life, and I finally had a way to share the stories I'd already written, and write a whole load of new ones. So while I regret using a vanity press because of all the hassle they brought me, I do not regret publishing when I did. I was 23 when Blackout hit the shelves, I'm 43 now, and have written just under 50 books. I would love for them all to, one day, also be out there for people to read, but I honestly don't know if I'll manage it. I know I was made to be an author, and I know that I will always celebrate getting that chance to. My stories were made to be told, just as a lot of other writers are the same. So here's to the next 20 years of author life. I can't wait to take you along on the journey with me. Any questions? Lemme know in the comments! 

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Talking about editing while having depression and some tips about it! #Authortube

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Letting you know what I got up to last month, as well as reviewing and setting goals! #Authortube

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Jessie never wanted it to end up like this...

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Roe fell into step with us as we made our way to our class, I didn’t even acknowledge Meera trailing behind me. Roe must have realised something was up,  because she asked if I was okay. I wasn’t okay, I was far from okay, so far that it felt like I was in another country from okay. Meera’s pain hit me in the chest, a dull ache that I didn’t think was going to go away any time soon, and it stole my breath.

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Jessie is looking for anything that will help...

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She'd mentioned being bound. Mary's diary had mentioned the same. Was it possible that was a way to check out of empath life and solve this latest crisis? And what of the words to Natalie on her last documented trip to the In-Between? Was she talking about me, or had I been reading too many dystopians about chosen ones who bring doom, gloom, and destruction to their worlds?

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THE TRIALS OF AN INIDE AUTHOR: WHEN YOU'RE NOT DRAFTING In the past year or so, I've stopped drafting as a main project. I've now drafted 48 books, and while I do plan to go back to doing that, and currently have two ideas burning a hole in my mind, I've switched to doing revisions on older projects because I feel like my time is better spent doing that. I have a lot of books in my backlog. At the moment my twenty-fourth book is due to come out in October (pre-order here) so I have the same in books that need a lot of revising and editing to get to the point where they could be published. I think a lot of the time, writers who work on one project at a time, will do it all in a row. They'll draft it, then maybe take a break, and then revise and go onto edits. My issue was, I draft fast, I work on at least two drafting projects, I also had a lot of time between writing my first book to my debut, and then from my debut to my second book coming out, and I kept writing. Due to that, I got myself a very big backlog. To give you some idea of the time frame, I am 43, and wrote my 40th draft in the year I turned 40, and I've not been drafting for a good year. I know sometimes the pressure is on to keep writing, to keep churning out stories, and had I not gotten to the point of being able to stop at the end of both the series I was writing, I may have kept writing new drafts. There's nothing wrong with doing it that way, not at all, but I did know I was getting to the point where I would bring myself more anxiety and stress because a lot of those first drafts needed extensive work, and outside input that I wouldn't have time for if I left them until I would normally come to revise. So I took a step back from drafting, and I focused on revision. Right now I have four revision projects, one is a main one, as in about to go to the dev editor in November. Two are ones that I'm just focusing on but have no real deadline for, and one is one that will go to the editor in April 2026. It's a lot to balance, especially with line and proof edits for that pre-order book also needing to be done. But it's something I know I thrive at, and it works for me. But what if you're someone who can't do multiple projects? My advice would be to focus on whatever stage you're at, and maybe take some time from drafting something, to focusing on the revisions that need to be done. The push is always on for us authors to be constantly writing and releasing, and while a lot of readers have some kind of what goes on behind the scenes, others just don't. They think that because x author can release at x speed, that everyone else should do as well, and it does not work like that. While I do have two projects that are itching to be written, I also plan to draft them, and then jump into more revisions. It was nerve-wracking when I first started doing revisions mainly, because I didn't have a clue how it was going to work, but once I got into a routine, it became easier, and allowed me to get future projects into a better position, and from that, allowed them to be ready for sensitivity readers or the like long before I have to worry about them going to the dev editor.  If it works for you, don't worry about it. The author life is not just drafting and releasing, there are so many steps in between, and you can only do what works for you. Good luck! Any questions? Lemme know in the comments! 

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HAPPY 20TH AUTHORVERSARY, JOEY!

Today, August 10th, it's 20 years since I first became an author, and I commissioned the above art to celebrate. I woke up to my office decorated with balloons and banners and I'm so grateful for that!

It's been a wild ride, and with almost 24 books out, I sometimes wonder how I got here, but I am so glad I did!

For those who wanna see the books:

My Stanalones: http://www.joeypaulonline.com/p/standalones.html

Dying Thoughts Series: http://www.joeypaulonline.com/p/dying-thoughts-series.html

Lights Out Trilogy: http://www.joeypaulonline.com/p/lights-out-trilogy.html

Cramping Chronicles Series: http://www.joeypaulonline.com/p/cramping-chronicles-series.html

Invisible Quartet: http://www.joeypaulonline.com/p/invisible-quartet.html

Thank you to everyone in my life who's supported me. And thanks to all my readers over the years!

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There's no escaping this terror...

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“You awoke the beast, empath. And there's no going back from here.” She leaned in close, her breath hitting my face and making me recoil. “Until next time,” she whispered, before pushing me away.

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