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December 2011
Wow, it’s been a while (totally my fault – I’ve been focusing on nothing but eating my weight in holiday cookies). I hope everyone is having a lovely, peaceful, sugar-filled December.
Just a quick note to let you know that Simon&Schuster/Atria Books released my second original short estory today – and it’s on sale for just 99 cents! There’s also a neat bonus: My new story, titled “Love, Accidentally,” will also come with the first chapter of all of my books – including These Girls, which won’t be released until April. If you get a chance to read it, I’d love to hear what you think!
Here’s a description of “Love, Accidentally:”
From the author of The Opposite of Me and Skipping a Beat, an original eBook short story that shows whom we fall in love with may be the biggest-and happiest-accident of all. Ilsa Brown wasn’t expecting a little, injured dog to lead her to the love of her life. But within months of their first meeting on a street corner in L.A., she and Grif, the dog’s owner, are engaged. Things between them are so blissful that Ilsa is stunned by the tension that erupts during their visit to Chicago to meet his parents, where she discovers that Grif’s old girlfriend, Elise, is still woven into his family. What Ilsa needs to know before she can walk down the aisle is whether Elise is still in Grif’s heart, too.
Featuring a character from Sarah Pekkanen’s original eBook short story All Is Bright, Love, Accidentally is surprising and heartfelt. It’s a story about taking chances and choosing hope, and discovering what it means to love someone-and to let go of someone you love.
The story is available only for ereaders, but I’ve learned it’s incredibly easy to download Kindle apps for your computer (seriously, I’m scared of everything computer-related but spell-check, and I did it in about 60 seconds, which means it should take you more competent people approximately 1.2 seconds). Here’s the link to download that app:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd?docId=1000493771
I hope everyone is well and that you stay warm (unless you’re somewhere tropical and toasty, in which case I’m insanely jealous. Not to the point of, say, wishing you’d get a sunburn – more like a petulant pout.)
If you’d like to see “Love, Accidentally” for a Kindle, here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Accidentally-ebook/dp/B005UDIA4U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323802345&sr=1-1
And Nook readers can see it here:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-accidentally-sarah-pekkanen/1106580643?ean=9781451674347&itm=1&usri=love%2c+accidentally
Happy Holidays!
xoxo,
Sarah
Past Newsletters
March 2011
Yesterday was a very strange day. I woke up to discover we had one diaper in the house, so I brought my two-year-old to the store. Then I realized I’d left my wallet at home (clearly, I hadn’t had my … Continue reading →
February 2011
Dear Friends, In exactly a week, my second novel, Skipping a Beat, will launch in bookstores. I can’t quite believe I just wrote those words, even though I’ve seen a finished copy of the book – held it in my … Continue reading →
november 2010
Greetings! This month, I’m giving away a book that is close to my heart…. it’s an advance galley of Skipping a Beat, my second novel. I can’t believe it’ll be in bookstores on February 22! With my first novel, we had … Continue reading →
June 2010
Dear Friends, Many months ago, my agent and I were making the rounds in New York, meeting publishers who’d expressed interest in The Opposite of Me. We took a break for lunch before heading to the offices of Atria Books … Continue reading →
April 22, 2010
Dear Friends, It’s a gorgeous spring day, and I’m sitting on my front porch with my laptop, thinking over the past month. When I sent out March’s newsletter, I was so excited yet nervous about the launch of The Opposite of … Continue reading →
March 1, 2010
You’ve probably heard me mention a time or ten that my debut novel,The Opposite of Me, will be published by Washington Square Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, next week. But before it hits bookstores, we’re holding “Sarah Spike … Continue reading →
January 29, 2010
Dear Friends, I feel immensely pregnant right now. No, dear God, not that kind of pregnant (having popped out three boys in recent years, the shop, shall we say, is closed). It’s just that the months leading up to a book release … Continue reading →
December 22, 2009
Dear Friends, I’m going to be really brief, because I know how busy you are during this time of year – and if you’re not busy, would you mind popping over to my house and lending a hand? Just open … Continue reading →
October 27, 2009
Dear Friends, I’m so hoping this finds you all happy and healthy and that you’ve avoided the kind of week I just endured. My middle son had a reaction to a chicken pox vaccine, which meant he came down with … Continue reading →
