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About ptmichelle

P.T. Michelle is the NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY and International Best Selling author of the New Adult/Contemporary romance series IN THE SHADOWS, the YA/New Adult crossover series BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS, and the romance series: BAD IN BOOTS, KENDRIAN VAMPIRES and SCIONS (listed under Patrice Michelle). She keeps a spiral notepad with her at all times, even on her nightstand. When P.T. isn't writing, she can usually be found reading or taking pictures of landscapes, sunsets and anything beautiful or odd in nature. Come chat with P.T and other fans on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PTMichelleAuthor Sign up to be informed of new book releases via P.T.'s mailing list: http://bit.ly/11tqAQN

Enter for a $25 Amazon GC Giveaway and more on my Facebook page!

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An update on DESTINY, an EXCERPT, and a chance to win PRIZES
(including a $25 Gift Card to Amazon)!

First, an update on DESTINY. It’s coming, but its release will be delayed a bit due to my move across the pond. If you want to know more, I’ve posted an update with PICTURES on my blog here. And I’ll be posting updates on my Facebook page, so you can keep up with my progress on DESTINY and learn a little French right along with me.

As a follow up to readers asking for one, I posted a sexy teaser EXCERPT on my Facebook page from DESTINY (It’s the post on July 10th. As you can tell from the excerpt, DESTINY will be steamier. 🙂 ).

While you’re there reading the excerpt, I hope you’ll enter the giveaway I’m running on my FB page.

Here’s the info on the giveaway…

LIKE BUTTONTo enter for the giveaway you 1) must LIKE my P.T. Michelle Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/PTMichelleAuthor ) . If you don’t already LIKE my page, click the LIKE button in the bottom right corner of the header to enter. 2) Then SHARE the link to my FB page ( https://www.facebook.com/PTMichelleAuthor ) with others on FB. That’s it!

As soon as I reach 1600 LIKES, I’ll pick a winner. Right now the only place to get BKoD swag is via winning it from moi in a contest!

Here are the prizes being offered.

Prize # 1

A $25 Gift Card to Amazon.

Prize # 2 (choose between 2 options)

Option 1: 1 women’s medium fitted BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS t-shirt
(Fits like a woman’s small. I’m wearing a medium in this picture.)
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OR

Option 2: 1 BKoD mouse pad
(The prize doesn’t include the mouse. 😉 )

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I hope you’ll LIKE my FB page and follow along to keep up with all the juicy DESTINY tidbits!

Good luck!

P.T.

Where is P.T. and an update on Destiny…

Bonjour everyone!

And that’s the extent of my French..well, unless you count: Je ne parle pas français (I don’t speak French). Parlez-vous anglais? (Do you speak English?), Je ne comprends pas (I don’t understand.), Je suis désolé (I’m sorry), S’il vous plaît (please), merci (thank you); oui (yes), and au revoir (good-bye).

I know I’ve been quiet, but it’s been quite the adjustment trying to figure out how to buy groceries, work with delivery people, and just run daily errands without speaking the language. Turns out that very few people speak English in the area I live in. :/

Imagine, wherever you go, everyone around you sounds like Charlie Brown’s teacher (well, except the language sounds beautiful). It makes even the simplest errand a trial in charades, finger pointing, and the hope that Google Translate is accurate so you don’t come back from the dry cleaners with your husband’s dress pants as a pair of Bermuda shorts. And, of course, your brain implodes when you finally get out the one phrase you’ve practiced saying and then you try to understand what’s being said back to you in rapid French. If I were six, I’d pick this new language up in no time, but I’m waaaaaay past six. LOL!

France is absolutely lovely with scenery like:
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But I’ve definitely had moments while trying to understand what’s being said to me that make me feel like this:

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and this
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and even a few times like this…
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Sometimes life throws you a major curve and you just have to roll with it. Intensive French lessons are a priority now, just so I can live my daily life. DESTINY is being worked on everyday, but going slower than I want. Not finding any summer camps here to keep my kids occupied hasn’t helped either.

For obvious reasons, DESTINY’s release date is getting pushed back. This book will release in 2013, but I’m not giving a new date until I know I can meet it. As time gets closer, a date will be given.

In the meantime, I’ll provide updates on my progress on DESTINY every so often. All of the updates will be on my Facebook page, and I’ll also throw in a french phrase or word of the day too, so you can learn a little bit (un petite peu) of French right along with me. 🙂

For those who don’t want to follow me on PT Michelle Facebook page , or if you don’t want to have to keep checking back on my website, I also offer a newsletter that I only send out to announce when new books are released or if I have a big contest you might want to know about so you can enter. My newsletter email will come straight to your inbox. You can sign up for my newsletter here or here: https://bit.ly/11tqAQN

Thank you for your support and understanding. I really appreciate you loving Ethan and Nara’s story!

Best,

P.T.