Q. What advice would you give a new author?
A. Begin building your presence before you publish your first book. I started to build mine two months prior to releasing Storm. Be prepared for a lot of hours at first to get your work out there. Hell, the hours never really let up, but at first it can feel overwhelming. Watch successful authors in the genre you want to write in and see how they market their books. Start some of these practices yourself. Read The Naked Truth About Self-Publishing. And keep reading it after you release your book. That book tells you everything you need to know to get your name out there. Treat your writing like a business. Don’t get involved in petty online drama. FARK. AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS. Don’t even surf your Facebook newsfeed. Surround yourself with positive, switched on people in the industry and only read their online posts. I set notifications for the people I adore. Help each other! Share their work. Don’t whinge about negative reviews. Nobody wants to read that. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion on your book. If you aren’t ready for that, DO NOT publish a book. You WILL need to grow a thick skin for this line of work. Keep learning and improving your craft. NEVER GIVE UP.
Q. Who is your favourite Storm man? Why?
A. Well, until Slay, it was Scott Cole. That man has everything I want in a man. He is completely alpha, but treats his woman as an equal. He is loyal, protective and bossy. But then when I wrote Blade, I fell for him HARD. He’s an alpha with not an ounce of asshole in him. He will do ANYTHING for the woman in his life. Hell, he’ll do anything for the people he loves. I didn’t intentionally write it this way, but he and Scott have a lot in common. I love them both.
Nina Levine
USA Today & International Bestselling Author Storm MC Series
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Storm (Storm MC #1)
Fierce (Storm MC #2)
Blaze (Storm MC #2.5)
Revive (Storm MC #3)
Slay (Storm MC #4)
Illusive (Storm MC #5) – COMING 2015
Command (Storm MC #6) – COMING 2015
Havoc Series
Destined Havoc (Havoc #1)
Inevitable Havoc (Havoc #2) – COMING 2015
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Sneak Peek of All Your Reasons
This is the first book in my new rockstar series and is currently only available in the Owned Anthology.
Chapter One
Presley
As I take the call I’ve been waiting six months for, the people around me carry on with their lives as mine stands still. It’s funny how that happens. How, in the blink of an eye, your life can change so completely and yet everyone else is unaware. If they were to look at you, they wouldn’t know anything had changed.
I’m in the middle of running a photography shoot, and I’ve got people everywhere. In amongst the noise and chaos, my world is being tilted, and I’m struggling to focus on what’s being said.
“Presley, are you listening to me?”
His question pulls me back into the conversation. “It’s too late now, Lennon. I needed you to say this to me six months ago.”
He sighs and it’s as familiar as an old cardigan. It’s the same sigh he’s used on me numerous times throughout our marriage, the sigh that tells me how frustrated he is with whatever I am asking of him. “How can it be too late? We’ve been married for three years, that’s not something you just give up on. I want you back, and I’ll do anything to make that happen.”
The pain his words inflict tears another hole in my heart. “The reason it’s too late is because you should have been willing to do anything to make our marriage work while we were in it or when I told you there was a problem. But you didn’t. You were too busy with your work to care about me and telling me six months later is not enough. You need to accept this is over and move on.”
“That’s not gonna happen, baby. You’re mine and I’m coming home to show you how wrong I was.”
“You’re coming back to Australia?”
“That’s what I just said. I’ll be there next week. Once we finish up with the tour.”
Now it’s my turn to sigh. He just doesn’t get it. “And that’s why we’ll never work,” I say softly.