Please welcome Renee Pace as she brings us her book Off Limits.
An ebook copy of Off Limits will be given away to one lucky reader.
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By Renee Pace
Genre:YA
Blurb:
Lindsay looks and acts like the perfect fifteen year-old,
but she’s hiding a dirty little secret that no amount of fashionista coverings
can make better. Telling her mother her step-father is molesting her is not an
option. Trying to kill herself again haunts her more than the scars on her
wrists, and pretending to be perfect at school might very well drive her over
the edge.
Megan knows all about lying. It's been part of her life ever since she realized
the only way to escape her poverty-stricken neighborhood was to work hard, keep
her mouth shut and wear a mask no one can penetrate. All that changes when
Lindsay befriends her.
Can two girls who have little in common discover the value of a real friendship
or will the secrets they dare not speak destroy them both?
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I’m a young adult writer and romance/erotic writer. They two shall never meet but the reality is that in this world they do. Like many writers I have two pen names, and separate accounts for my twitter, Facebook and websites. Do I like writing one genre over another? Sometimes. My first love was romance writing and I always wrote in 3rd person. In fact there was I thought I’d never like to write in 1st person but like many writers I hit a wall. I had to try something new. That turned out to be writing YA. The book I started was a fantasy YA and I originally wrote it in third person and yes I finished it but truly felt something was missing. I put that book, so to speak, under the bed. I needed time to think about it. My critique partners said it was great and it even finaled in a contest but I felt something was missing.
So, I thought try something even more out of my comfort zone. Instead of third person I moved to first person and instead of fantasy I jumped into contemporary. Did I find it hard? Actually no. The characters voice jumped into my head and to add more difficulty I added an animal POV. Yes, you heard me. My first nitty gritty YA book Off Leash features a boy and a dog and yes, both speak. Once I wrote Off Leash I purposely moved to write a story with two girls showcasing their own POV and then Off Limits was born. After Off Limits I wanted to try something else so I started something with a girl and boy POV and Off Stroke came into existence.
Like when I started writing romance I didn’t want to follow a script. A number of my large romance novels have multi-POV, something I was told can deter a publisher. I was lucky my publisher took a chance on me and I’m also lucky that the industry has allowed Indie authors to take control of their own destiny.
My YA books don’t fit the mold. I shopped around for a publisher and while a number loved my voice they also said they couldn’t find a market for my books. Well, I found a market. I took control of my books and launched them as an Indie author and I haven’t looked back. The stories had to be told.
I’d like to know if you’re a writer have you ever pursued your dream and just gone with it?
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Off Limits Kindle http://amzn.com/B006JUVE1Y
Off Limits print link – http://amzn.com/0986890871
Off Stroke -Two teens with little in common tackle
prejudice and stereotypes to risk it all to help each other – debuts Amazon May
2012
Off Leash –Kindle http://amzn.com/B005S34JO2
Eternal Spring – YA Anthology – FREE -http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/150218
About the Author:
Renee Pace is a multi-published author who likes to tackle
real teen issues in her nitty gritty series. She calls Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada home. Mother of four she juggles writing, deadlines and her children’s
hectic schedules. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Romance
Writers of Atlantic Canada, the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia, and the
Society of Children Writers & Illustrators. Her first nitty gritty
book, Off Leash was a 2011 semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough
Novel Contest. Her second book Off Limits tackles poverty and sexual
abuse, and for her third book, Off Stroke debuting May 2012 Pace
writes about young love and prejudice.
twitter @ReneePaceYA
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9 comments:
Thanks so much Mila for having me on your site. It's great to talk about YA writing for a change. Off Limits and Off Leash are two of my nitty gritty books but on the plane to TO I was editing my book that's aimed more for 16+ (I call that Prep) called The Forsaken - which is about a group of fallen female angels who literarlly have to learn to sing for their supper on earth
I've read the first two of the Nitty Gritty series and they're great! Can't wait to start the third!
Great article - I love the cover, Renee - really wonderful. Good luck and congrats on your release!
This is such an excellent series. Love how you make me care about your characters, human or dog:) Looking forward to the next one. Write fast!
Always learning something new about you, Renee. Great interview! Everything I've done in publishing has been about, just going for it, LOL. Self publishing is either the bravest or craziest thing I've ever done. The jury is still out:-)
What a terrific cover, Renee. And good for you for following your own direction!
I so loved this book! I hope you write another in this series!
Thanks so much everyone for popping by. Truly appreciate it. Yes, I'm chasing my own dream, big or small that's for me to decide. Again, thanks so much for stopping by.
Thank you Renee for dropping by! I had a phone surgery lol. Thank you so much for bringing your Off Series to my blog. I hope you can come back and do a full length on the entire books. :) :)
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