Moving (aka, "where the hell is the third book?!")

All my loyal readers,

I know so many of you are out searching for the third book.  And I know I promised it would have been out yesterday.

But it's not yet.

I know this probably makes a lot of you upset, or angry, or frustrated even.  When an author says something about their work they should be able to keep their word.

And that's really what I've been trying to do.  But somebody threw a big ol' wrench into all my plans earlier this week.

You see, I'm still a student.  And as so, I was spending my summer in Seattle, where I grew up, in my parent's house.  I saw all my friends, got a lot of great reading in, and, best of all, got to work on my books.

But summer always comes to an end, and with the start of a new school year comes the inevitable move.

I got to school in Boston, so the move is probably one of the longest any student can have.  And that means going all the way across the country on a 6-hour flight, plus dealing with jetlag, plus trying to stuff enough things in all my baggage, plus trying to get to my dorm without leaving anything behind, plus meeting all the new people, plus coordinating on almost EVERYTHING in my life.

To say that it's a tumultuous time is an understatement.

But why am I telling you guys this?  Only because, two days before Graced (the 3rd book in the Dream Realms Trilogy) is supposed to come out, I find out that I need to go to Boston a full week earlier than I expected.

I had planned on publishing Graced from home in Seattle, and then flying to Boston at the end of the month, on the 30th or so.

Nuh-uh.

Turns out, because of some weird scheduling thing at my school, move-in got moved up by a week.  So I discovered I had to be in Boston on the 23rd.

Talk about a buzz-kill.

So the last two days before the release of Graced, instead of spending time on the final proofread and touch-up, I had to frantically pack my things in preparation for the flight.  But the good news is that I'm finally here.  I'm in Boston.  Spent all of yesterday flying, and am writing this message from my tiny little dorm room.

But the bad news is that nothing is unpacked yet.  And, even worse, my roommates left the doors unlocked before they left for the summer, so we all came back to find our fridge stolen.  


So right now I'm dealing with unpacking, coordinating myself on here, and all that college stuff that comes with move-in.  It's completely crazy and entirely overwhelming.

I just need two days to finish up Graced.  I thought those two days would be the 21st and 22nd, but packing and stuff took over.  As it is right now, things look completely jumbled together until at least the weekend.  And it's only then that I think I'll have enough time to touch up the third book.

(so this is a really long, apologetic blog post explaining why the book is going to be delayed)

I know you guys want the book -- I've gotten countless emails and messages on Goodreads already.  And I'm so incredibly, amazingly happy that so many of you like the series enough to write to me to ask me where the third book is.  And I fell so bad about letting you guys down.

I wish I could make it up to all of you, somehow.  If anybody has any ideas, post in the comments.

Anyway, I gotta get back to organizing myself here.  The faster I do that, the faster the third book can go up.

Lots of love,
~Sophia

Destined (Dream Realms Trilogy, book 2) out on Barnes and Noble

To all my fans who own a nook: I apologize immensely for the wait! I don't know quite what happened to hold up Destined at B&N for so long, but I saw that it was finally up today!

Here's the link to the Barnes and Noble page selling Destined.

I hope all of you enjoy it! And, because the wait between the first and second book was entirely too long, I've committed to releasing the third book in the series on August 23rd, 2011. That's less than a few weeks away, and I hope is short enough to keep you all excited and interested in the series!

PS: As a personal request.. I'm building up the "Dream Realms" page on my blog, and want to include a FAQ-type section about the series. If any of you guys have any questions you'd like me to answer, either there or anywhere else, please send me an email to "sophiasharp90@gmail.com", or make a comment below this post. I look forward to hearing from you all!

Destined is up!

Well, this is exciting (again).  The second book is finally is up!  Here's the description:

Description:

Laura has survived the dark caves, and emerged with Logan by her side. But her escape is quickly tainted as she realizes the biggest danger still lies ahead...

She has been transformed, and powers she has never known begin to manifest themselves within her body. As she struggles to gain control, how long will she be able to restrain herself - and her new bloodlust - from taking over?

As she journeys onward, doubts begin to creep into her mind. Doubts about leaving home, about the decisions she's made. But with the Vassiz still behind her, there is no turning back, now.

And she has questions that need to be answered. Just who are the elders, and why have they taken such a keen interest in her? As she starts the unravel the cloak that shrouds their existence, she begins to understand that she may have stumbled into something much larger than herself... and starts to understand her destiny for the first time.

Destined is the second book of the Dream Realms Trilogy, and the direct sequel to Shattered. It is approximately 1.7 times longer than the first book.

And the beautiful cover image (you can click it for a bigger view!):

Destined is up for sale on Amazon (Barnes & Noble is still having problems, but should be up soon).  You can read on a Kindle for now.  Or, if you don't have one, you can get the free Kindle for PC app on your computer to check out the book.

Hope you guys enjoy the second book - I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

~Sophia

Destined is coming...

I hate making you guys wait like this.

As I promised, the second book in the Dream Realms Trilogy, Destined, was uploaded to Amazon and Barnes & Noble yesterday.  But for some reason, the time it's taken for the retailers to get it online has been a lot longer than it usually is.  So I still can't give you links to the book page.

But it's coming..!!  Later tonight (I'm hoping!), Destined will be up on both sites.

For now, here's a sneak peak at the description:

Laura has survived the dark caves, and emerged with Logan by her side.  But her escape is quickly tainted as she realizes the biggest danger still lies ahead... 

She has been transformed, and powers she has never known begin to manifest themselves within her body.  As she struggles to gain control, how long will she be able to restrain herself - and her new bloodlust - from taking over? 

As she journeys onward, doubts begin to creep into her mind.  Doubts about leaving home, about the decisions she's made.  But with the Vassiz still behind her, there is no turning back, now. 

And she has questions that need to be answered.  Just who are the elders, and why have they taken such a keen interest in her?  As she starts the unravel the cloak that shrouds their existence, she begins to understand that she may have stumbled into something much larger than herself... and sees her destiny for the first time.  

Destined is Book 2 of the Dream Realms Trilogy, and the sequel to Shattered.  It is approximately 1.7 times longer than the first book.

Destined (the sequel to Shattered) Cover!

So today I'm finally allowed to put up the cover for the second book in the Dream Realms Trilogy.

The book is called Destined, and will be available tomorrow (August 3rd, 2011) on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  I'm really excited about this book, and I'll do a full post announcing its release sometime tomorrow.. but I wanted to give you guys a little sneak peak!

Here's the beautiful cover:

(you can click it to get a bigger view)

Look for more information about it and links to get it tomorrow!

Lots of love,
Sophia