Christine Zolendz

I know I have not been blogging lately.  But, I did want to write a few lines to say how amazed I feel about the wonderful people I have met through writing the Mad World books.  To everyone who read my book and blogged or reviewed about the stories-good and bad, I thank you!  Here's just a few... http://lorisbookblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/saving-grace-mad-world-2-review.html?zx=79a887c3e6145822 - Lori, girl, you are AWESOME!  Thank you for taking the time on a new author and encouraging her! http://samsawesomness.blogspot.com/2012/10/saving-grace-2-by-christine-zolendz.html?zx=70c0a4d9f732bb67 http://romancebookreviewsblog.com/2012/10/16/book-review-fall-from-grace-mad-world-1-by-christine-zolendz/ http://aestasbookblog.com/book-review-fall-from-grace-mad-world-1-by-christine-zolendz/  I loved the review on Goodreads!  http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/379628602?type=review#comment_60374099   I loved the photos! http://iloveromanticfictio...

There has been a massive attack of LOVE from many of my awesome readers, and effing LOVE YOU ALL BACK!  I'm just going to take some time here on my blog to shout out when one of my readers touches my heart with what they felt from my book... THANK YOU    Laurynne Meyer at her blog coffeebooksandlipgloss.blogspot.com YOU EFFING ROCK!!!!! Go and sign up and follow her blog, she obviously has good taste in books!  ;)

Saving Grace is live on Amazon! And take a look at the new cover for Fall From Grace and you can also download it TODAY October 6, 2012 for FREE!!!!! Oh, and DO NOT forget the soundtrack to Saving Grace...click and listen to these effing amazing musicians!  I swear you will understand and feel the story more :) Exit Wounds by The Script Ballad of Chasey Lain by Bloodhound Gang So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright Broken by Seether featuring Amy Lee My Immortal by  ‪ Evanescence ‪     Bring Me To Life by ‪Evanescence‪ 

I'm thinking that Saving Grace will probably be published sometime NEXT WEEK!  My amazing new cover artist is working her magic on the covers (A new one for Fall From Grace, because you all hated the old one xoxox, and one for Saving Grace!) There are a few weird things in the book that I may need to explain...many of you don't know me, but the ones that do know I'm quite a dare devil or an "oh, why the hell not kind of a person."  With that said, some people, friends and strangers challenged me to see if I could include some 'stuff' into the story.  The list was fun and I included it all... A raven/Edgar Allen Poe (My favorite, but where the hell could I stick THAT in?) Mary Lennox from The Secret Garden (Really? I mean WTF?) Mind Eraser (Have a few with a straw and you'll see what happens!) Rainstorm (Great, it was in the middle of winter, in NYC, it SNOWS HERE!) Riding Crop (Who the hell was going to use that?  Probably Alex, but the story is...

Okay, so if you're not a friend of mine on Facebook this is me telling you what I've told my facebook friends this morning.  SAVING GRACE is in the hands of my EDITOR! Yay!  This may take a few weeks, depending on how craptabulous my grammar is.  Which, I'm telling ya, is CRAPTABULOUS!  She goes through my sentence structure and my horrible habit of typing the entirely wrong homophones, even though I usually know the difference I just type too darn fast for my brain. Or is it my brain tells the story too darn fast for my big fat fingers?  I dunno.  And remember my two year old loves to kick me and sit behind me on my chair while I type. Anyway a bunch of you ladies have been asking me all about it, and you're waiting very patiently (thank you).  God, I hope I don't let you down.  The story is definitely a continuation of Fall From Grace.  It continues exactly where Grace left off, and hell no it's not going to be so easy for a happily ever a...

I AM DONE!  Yes, I finished Saving Grace , the second book to Fall From Grace, this morning.  I have been staring at it on my computer screen since 7 am.  I'm waiting for my editor to see her schedule and if she'll be able to correct most likely every single f$#king sentence I wrote. I'm a nervous wreck though, because I truly think it stinks, but I thought Fall From Grace stunk too.  I just fell in love with what I WANTED the story to be.  And let's face it, I fell in love with Shane.  I gotta say though that during Saving Grace I started crushing on Alex. So now onto Shane's point of view!  I have a little over 30,000 words so far, but I'm wondering if I can actually get into the mind of a guy like I need.  Hmmm. It's way too early to start drinking right? My two year old says yes.  Darn.

I just wanted to give a SHOUT OUT and thank you to Laurynne for writing about Fall From Grace on her Blog -  http://coffeebooksandlipgloss.blogspot.com/2012/09/fall-from-grace-by-christine-zolendz.html   (Every reviewer and blogger out there:  YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!  If it weren't for you spreading the word about our books, us indie authors would be still # 1,999,999 in rankings.) I love that everyone keeps referring to Shane as the guy in the picture in this blog or M. Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold (I love him and I love his band, and I think his wife is the luckiest woman on the face of the earth!!!!!)  Um, just letting everyone know I seriously have book sex with those two guys every night as I'm finishing book 2.  SOOOOO good. Someone wrote to me today and said I should lock myself in a closet and throw some snacks to my husband and kids to finish the book.  GOD I WISH!  I actually have one of those houses with really no closets!  Okay,...