Young Adult Books Rule!

Personal Notes: I discovered a lot of YA authors since I became a member of various groups of writers and readers on both Facebook and Google+ social networks. Reading the synopses of their stories is good enough to feature them on my Synopsis Lounge blog. I am so honored to be part of their journey in the amazon of self-publishing venture. And speaking of self-publishing venture, here's a good book and let's take a look at this one from the gurus of self publishing Kawasaki and Welch. I was reading my idol Hugh Howey's Facebook page yesterday and he even endorsed this one. For the aspiring self-publishers around the world, this book is for all of you.

Synopsis Lounge presents... 

This is a great book from the gurus Kawasaki and Welch

"Essential reading (and reference) for modern authors, regardless of experience."
- Kirkus Book Reviews

"Nuts, bolts, and inspiration too. Once again, Guy delivers, kicking the shiitake out of anyone who would tell you that you shouldn't, wouldn't or couldn't write a book."
-Seth Godin
Author and founder of The Icarus Project. 

This version of APE was updated with the most recent content, facts, figures, tools, and resources on March 5th, 2013. To see what content has been added since the last update of APE please visit apethebook.com/updates. This is version 1.2 (Baldacci).

In 2011 the publisher of one of my books, Enchantment, could not fill an order for 500 ebook copies of the book. Because of this experience, I self-published my next book, What the Plus!, and learned first-hand that self-publishing is a complex, confusing, and idiosyncratic process. As Steve Jobs said, "There must be a better way."

With Shawn Welch, a tech wizard, I wrote APE to help people take control of their writing careers. APE's thesis is powerful yet simple: filling the roles of Author, Publisher and Entrepreneur yields results that rival traditional publishing. We call this "artisanal publishing"--that is, when writers who love their craft control the publishing process and produce high-quality books.

APE is 300 pages of step-by-step, tactical advice and practical inspiration. If you want a hype-filled, get-rich-quick book, you should look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you want a comprehensive and realistic guide to self-publishing, APE is the answer.

And here's our special feature on today's blog:

Bloodborn

by Susan Stielow

Gracie Ambrose has only vague memories of her father, who mysteriously disappeared on her sixth birthday. As she prepares to graduate high school and face the loneliness of losing her best friend, Kellan - who is moving across the country to attend college in Connecticut, she decides to go in search of answers about her long lost father. 

Gracie's quest soon leads her to the very town where her best friend, and secret crush has gone… Asylum Hill. There, in the little picturesque town, Gracie finds more than she has bargained for and is drawn into a world that is made of her nightmares. 

As Gracie nears her eighteenth birthday, she discovers that her father was not just an average man, and she is not just an average teenage girl. She is a precious commodity and there are some who would stop at nothing to possess her. 

Gracie's feelings for Kellan are soon put to the test when she meets the handsome yet unexplainably familiar, Liam Kingston. With his unique ice-blue eyes he captured her heart, and awakened a fated love that was doomed from the start. 

Stepping out of the shadows of obscurity and into a whole new world where her dreams can mean the difference between life and death, Gracie grapples with the revelation of what she is about to become, and the dreadful choice she must make that will consume her heart forever.

Stielow's book portrays mysteries

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