New Adult Book Club discussion

Kathy Clark’s 23 women’s fiction (romance) novels have sold over 3 million copies in more than 10 languages and have been on the New York Times’ bestsellers’ list and won her numerous awards.

In September 2012 she broke away from the romance genre and launched a new suspense series, Denver After Dark that is centered on three brothers, one a cop, one a firefighter and one a paramedic. The first book, After Midnight was named as the Best Indie Suspense of 2013 and won a prestigious Readers’ Favorite Suspense Award in 2013. Book #2 in this series, Cries in the Night was released in October, 2013 ad was recently included in the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel award contest. Graveyard Shift, Book #3, will be released in September, 2014.

Also in 2012 Kathy teamed up with her husband Bob Wernly to write a Young Adult Time Travel Mystery/Romance series called CUL8R (See You Later) under the pen name of Bob Kat. Book #1 OMG (Oh My God), when they go back to 1966 to save a girl’s life, was released in October, 2012 and was named as the Best Indie Young Adult Suspense of 2013 and was a Beverly Hills Book Awards finalist. Book #2 BRB (Be Right Back), when they travel back to 1980, recently won a Readers’ Favorite Young Adult Award in 2013. Book #3 BION (Believe It Or Not), when they go back to 1927 and join a circus to save a boy, was released in July, 2013. All three books in this series have received rave reviews and 4 and 5 star ratings. Book #4 RIP (Rest in Peace), a ghost story set at the famous Stanley Hotel was released in March, 2014. Also, under the Bob Kat pen name, Kathy and Bob wrote a fictionalized version of his fraternity days at Kent State University in 1970 that mixes the drama of senior year with the first military draft lottery, the Vietnam war and the Kent State shootings. This novel was named as a finalist in the Best Indie Mainstream Book of 2013 Awards.

Kathy and Bob are also working on a New Adult series called Scandals with the first book Baby Daddy which released on 11/16/2013.

Kathy is currently a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and was on the board of directors of national RWA and Colorado Romance Writers for several years. Her books and screenplays have won numerous awards, including top honors from Romantic Times, Colorado Romance Writer of the Year, two RITAs and several film festival screenwriting competitions.

Kathy’s detailed bio can be found on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Cl...

Hi Kathy,

I noticed that you used PRLog for your press release. I'm looking into a good service for submitting my own release. Did you notice results with this service?
Also, did you use their free- or paid-service?
Thanks.

Hi Kathy,
I would like to know when in the fall the second book of Scandal is coming out. Is there a release date?

Juliana wrote: "Hi Kathy,
I would like to know when in the fall the second book of Scandal is coming out. Is there a release date?"

There is not..yet. This series I co-write with my husband and he's 80% through the first draft. It usually takes me another month to edit, rewrite, add color and emotion and the finer points that make it a better book. That time also includes all of our beta readers and proof readers. So my best guess is the middle to end of May.

With five 20 something's to bring along in each book the story can get complex and continuity is critical.

Thanks for the question.

Kathy wrote: "Hi Kathy,

I noticed that you used PRLog for your press release. I'm looking into a good service for submitting my own release. Did you notice results with this service?
Also, did you use their fre..."

Bob handles the PR / marketing and his statement about PRLog and other services is that he's never been able to see a measurable result. You can see all the actual postings but seeing a cause-effect relationship has no happened yet.

With that said we have reverted to using only the free service. One advantage is the press release link can be twitted and even copied into Google+, Facebook and Kindle Boards. Often on Google+ the entire post will end up on Google search. All this is helpful.

Have you discovered a more effective method?