Author of the Wynter Wild books
So I’ve been thinking of doing this for a while because it amuses me…
My book characters got Instagram accounts!
It’s mostly just the three of them talking to each other in comments, but feel free to follow and say hi. They don’t know they’re book characters, so they can’t see comments that break the fourth wall. Don’t go dropping spoilers or asking them what it’s like to be a book character, for example.
Also Caleb, although he refused to get a personal account so it’s for band news.
I recently updated all my covers to use a friendlier font and to add the series name and number, which is important because the books need to be read in order. On Wattpad I just posted the book 6 cover — the book is called Natural Harmonics and is premised on Wynter’s band, Rule212, as they begin the play live around Seattle and garner a fanbase.
Like my other titles, there is a double meaning to this one which becomes apparent as you read the book.
Natural Harmonics will be on Wattpad in a few weeks. I also plan to release Distortion (book 5) as an ebook soon, and books 2 and 3 as paperbacks.
In no particular order, these are the songs mentioned, or played in some form, in books 1-4 of my Wynter Wild series. I’ll be making more playlists in the future to give you an idea of what the various bands in the book sound like. Click the button at the end for the Spotify playlist.
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The majority of these songs are classics because, as Indio says, no one’s playing rock n’ roll anymore…
A few notes about where the songs appear:
Many of the remaining songs are ones that Wynter and the Fairn Boys play in the jamroom.
If you’re reading book 4 Lost Melodies on Wattpad right now, I created a plan of the old farmhouse that the family buys in Washington state. My previous post showed the front view.
So, below is the plan with the room assignment when they first move in (it changes over time, and the furniture isn’t accurate – e.g. some bedrooms are “junk rooms” rather than having beds in them).
Continue reading “The House on Tiger Mountain – plan view”My book family buys a run-down old farmhouse at the end of book 3 (Rhythm & Rhyme) on Tiger Mountain, east of Seattle. It’s on five acres of land backing on to a state forest, and is hidden behind a stone wall.
This house becomes a character in its own right in the series, so I spent some time imagining it, drawing the plans, and eventually mocking up a view from the front. The house is eccentric, which in this case is another way of saying *ugly*, built in stages over the years.
I think I have a slight obsession with houses. We grew up with huge drawerfuls of Lego, and all I ever made with Lego was houses. I didn’t play with the houses. I just made them. The three most fun parts about making Lego houses were:
Continue reading “The House on Tiger Mountain”
If you like the feel of a book in your hand… Little Sister Song is now available as a paperback edition! Click the button at the end to purchase.
Unfortunately, Amazon Australia doesn’t offer this service so my Aussie readers will have to order from Amazon US and pay shipping. Even I wasn’t able to order a proof copy, so please let me know if you do order the book and discover something horribly wrong with it!
Continue reading “Little Sister Song – paperback edition”It’s been a weekend of headaches jumping though Amazon’s hoops to get the plagiarized versions of my first two books removed from their store. This process reset to 99c the “permanently free” price-matching Amazon did for me, but it looks like the books are free once again in the Australian and US stores. I’ve asked for them to be free across all marketplaces.
On April 1st, Little Sister Song hit the top 100 free Kindles in the Literary Fiction category, which was a huge and pleasant surprise.
Continue reading “Three Horn Toots”
In my Wynter Wild series, middle brother Indio plays in a college band called Blunderbelly. It sounds like a name they dreamed up while drunk or high, and I have no idea how it came to me as I was neither at the time…
Blunderbelly’s never gonna make the big time. I love it, and I love those guys, but no one’s really listening to rock music these days.
No one but me??
Continue reading “Introducing Blunderbelly”
Here ’tis! Lost Melodies is the fourth installment of the Wynter Wild series. I’ve almost finished uploading book 3 to Wattpad, and it’ll be a few weeks before I start uploading book 4. NOTE: It will be tagged “Mature” on Wattpad, as it’s suitable for ages 16+ due to adult themes (among other things).
Meanwhile, I’ll be posting a bonus chapter there (actually part of the prequel, which will become flashbacks in a future sequel) about the first time Wynter and Xay met at the ashram.
Wynter’s dreams are coming true: after more than a year in foster care, she finally has the home she always dreamed of when Caleb buys a ramshackle farmhouse on the mountain. Her experience of the world is growing, with Jesse to guide her at every step (even when she’d rather he didn’t). She has her first boyfriend, her first job, and a new hard rock band at school.
But one of her brothers is hiding a shameful secret. Just when her hopes of a united family seem possible… he’s gone.
And one by one, her other successes are falling apart. How will Wynter cope when her desire for a simple, safe life is under threat?
I’ve just published Little Sister Song (book 1 of the Wynter Wild series) on Kindle!
Continue reading “Little Sister Song is out now on Kindle”
Sara Creasy