Rejection: It happens to everyone!
The sad part about rejection letters is they can add up to authors feeling dejected from a thing they love most – creating stories and making readers feel. The thing is, everyone gets rejected and no author is alone. Long ago, I stopped letting rejection letters bother me and even let them fuel me to keep on writing. Rejection letters with constructive critique came valuable tools to move me along my writing journey. Slush pile form letters hit my own slush pile. But none of it stopped me from putting pen to paper.
As a therapist, I know that words matter. An author without a lot of confidence can quickly come to believe they don’t have the talent it takes to ever publish a book. That’s simply not true. Rejection letters come for many reasons. Maybe the genre or troupe was wrong. Maybe the submissions person was in a bad mood. Maybe the blurb wasn’t a good fit. It could be a number of things and isn’t always a reflection of an author’s work.
When I built Crazy Ink Publishing, LLC, it was important to me to try to take the stigma out of the word ‘crazy’ and to rebrand it as fun and creative chaos verses a word people should be afraid of. The same thing goes with rejection. Instead of seeing rejection and rejection letters as a bad thing, we can look at this word as one that unites us in this crazy (see what I did there?) journey called creating!
I want to see YOUR rejection letters. Post them, share them, and even wave them with pride. Because if you are being rejected, it means you are still trying! My plan is to create a wall of rejection letters so deep that no author can ever again feel they are the only one or even that being rejected is all that bad. Show me what you’ve got in this new group or email me your stories and letters at egeorge@antioch.edu. Or, just use the group as a place to remind yourself you are not alone. But whatever you do, don’t give up! #happywritingall #rejectedwestand
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​Throw some clothes in a bag. Gas up the car. Get ready to take a month-long trip throughout the United States of America with 25 talented authors!!!

Somewhere in Hawaii by Kim Diester
https://books2read.com/u/47rBXE

Old Kentucky Bourbon by Tiffany Carby & Jennie L. Morris
mybook.to/OldKentuckyBourbon

Escaping Colorado by Erin Lee
http://mybook.to/EscapingColoradoCI

You & Me in Washington, DC by Eve Corso
http://mybook.to/WashingtonCI

Home in Wyoming by Mia Jones
mybook.to/HomeInWyomingFVP

The 3 Rats of Washington by Paul R. Davis
https://books2read.com/u/brvzJY

Rhode Island Rendezvous by Rita Delude
http://mybook.to/RhodeIslandCI

Tennessee Two Step by Rena Marin
http://mybook.to/TennesseeCI

Michigan Magic: A Field Guide by Alison M. Diem
mybook.to/MichiganMagic

Forbidden Love in Arizona by Thea Valentine
mybook.to/ForbiddenLoveARZFVP

New York State of Mind by Laurie Treacy
**Link is Pending**

Wisconsin Wishes by Olivia Marie
http://mybook.to/WisconsinWishesCI

Montana Bound by T. Elizabeth Gutherie
http://mybook.to/MontanaBoundCI

Sticky Sweet Vermont by Marie Ahls
mybook.to/SweetStickyVermontFVP

To Live or Die in New Jersey by Leah Negron
mybook.to/ToLiveOrDieInNJ

Enlisted: North Carolina by Michelle Edwards
http://mybook.to/NorthCarolinaCI

Until Utah by Lorah Jaiyn
http://mybook.to/UntilUtahCI

Deadly Secrets in West Virginia by Cassandra Jones
**Link is Pending**

Magic in Massachusetts by JA Lafrance
http://getbook.at/MagicInMassachusetts

Blooming in Kansas by Katie Jaarsveld
mybook.to/BloomingInKansasFVP

Autumn in Connecticut by E.S. McMillan
mybook.to/AutumnInCTFVP

Hiding in Ohio by Stephanie Ayers
http://mybook.to/HidingInOhioFVP

Sweet Georgia Rayne by Mikky Sins
https://books2read.com/u/3nvAeK

South Carolina Nights by E.S. McMillan
mybook.to/SouthCarolinaNightsFVP

Virginia’s Route 666 by Samantha Rae
https://bit.ly/virginia666

Here are just a few of the titles coming to the madness! These books are all on pre order now!

Violet’s Magick Wand
A Sex Shop Series Novella
T. Elizabeth Guthrie
#CrazyInk #SexShopSeries #Erotic
Buy link: mybook.to/WandTEG
Since Chocolate P.B. Delight opened its doors, they are known for hiring some of the sexiest entities to cross over into the human realm. Poor little Violet can’t seem to catch a break, whether in love or finances. She is having issues with the IRS and needs the aid of an accountant. She doesn’t have the money to pay for his services, but she might be able to work out a trade. Blaine Murphy is the best in the business. He’s helped more celebrities than he cares to remember but has no idea what to do when a sexy little thing walks into his office to ask for help. The offer she makes is something from his most forbidden fantasies. Does he help her and take the offer or tell her to hit the road?
 
Saving Daddy’s Privates
A Sex Shop Series Novella
Olivia Marie
#CrazyInk #SexShopSeries
He wanted me to call him Daddy. It was his head game and I hated it. When the occasional acting turned into an every day thing, I had enough. He wanted someone to submit to him but it wouldn't be me. If it was a game he wanted, it would be a game I gave him. It was time for me to show him what I was capable of.It was time for him to get cuffed.
Buy link: mybook.to/SavingOM
 
Faery Tales
The Dark Fae Series – Book Two
McKenzie Rae
#Fantasy #Fae #CrazyInk #Changeling
Ebook: mybook.to/FaeryTalesMR
Following the events of Changeling, Maggie and a very injured Leon are in the wind. The other changelings have run away with Rush only to be abandoned by him inside an enchanted tree just before Rush is captured by the Board of Brothers and put on trial for his use of black magic. There doesn’t seem to be a favorable ending in sight for anyone, but if one person knows how to get his way, it’s Rush Fairchild.
 
Beyond the Pages
A short stories collection
International Bestselling Author E.S. McMillan
Ebook: mybook.to/BeyondThePagesESWe’ve all heard the tales and know how they end. Haven’t you always wondered what comes next for the characters after the story ended? What if Merlin got it wrong? Was all well in Neverland after Wendy and the Lost Boys returned to London? What really happened between and the giant? What did Bastian do with his wishes? Go beyond the pages of some of classic fiction's most popular stories and discover the answers to the age old question...What comes next?
 
Ride
International Bestselling Author Rena Marin
#Horror #CrazyInk #Madness #Marin
Ebook: mybook.to/RideMarin
They didn’t know the darkness Daniel kept buried inside.They only saw him as their driver. They wouldn’t understand the hunger he fought to control.They could never comprehend the things he was capable of.But one by one they were going to learn.He had money to make and the next fare was waiting.
 
 
The Harvest of Souls
Olivia Marie
#Horror #CrazyInk #Paranormal
Ebook link: mybook.to/SoulHarvest
 
Every year right before Halloween, a sleepy town in northern Louisiana turned into a nightmare. Strange things happened there for as far back as anyone remembered. They called it the Harvest and what they wanted was us and our souls. They were the things you are warned about as children. The monsters that lived in the shadows, the ones who hid under your bed and in your closets. They were bogymen of a different kind. The creatures that you knew were there but never saw until it was too late.
 
 
 
 
Be Kind, Rewind
By: John Watson
 
#PNR #CrazyInk #Supernatural
 
Available wide: https://books2read.com/u/m2ZowG
Amazon: mybook.to/BeKindRewind 
James Anderson is a man who lives in the past.
Since the death of his beloved wife, Margaret, he has stubbornly refused to move on with the times, rejecting new technology in favor of the old and familiar.
While she would love her father to live life to the fullest, Megan also cares for him as best she can. All her spare time is spent with her father or hunting down the VHS movies that provide all the entertainment he needs.
The day on which James' VCR dies is the day that changes his life forever.
 
Tying the Knot
A Sex Shop Series Novella
International Bestselling Author LJC Fynn
#CrazyInk #Contemporary #Military #Hot #BDSM
Paperback buy link:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089M1F9RW?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Iraq 11/8/2004, was when I lost it. I did not know I needed it. Something I thought I had until it was taken from me. I did not willingly give it up.Control.I needed it.I lost the ability to touch people, but I found the control I need in ropes. A million combinations and they were all mine. She held all the control and did not want it. She was brave, despite circumstances beyond any of us.She let me take the control from her, one knot at a time.
 
 
Dragon Slayer Society
Erin Lee & Rena Marin
#Satire #Fantasy #Paranormal #CrazyInk
Live paperback!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089M1DCMT/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_4g71EbBWMYKBQ
They’ve made it through Coming Out Monster but the work isn’t done. After slaying their dragons, the monsters have a new purpose: working with humans on a united front. With Zoe’s leadership and Morgan Flutterby off on her own happy ending, can the beasts of Coming Out Monster convince human beings that they matter too? Dragon Slayer Society is the satirical, fantastical sequel to Erin Lee and Rena Marin’s Coming Out Monster. What happens when the crazy crew integrates with humans?
 
 
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Now on pre order!
Slice of Summer
USA Today Bestselling Author Lorah Jaiyn
Nut House Series Book 3
#Contemporary #Smalltown #Romance #Nuts #CrazyInk
Buy link: mybook.to/SliceOfSummer
Trish Tinder has it all—a leading role on a daytime drama, plenty of money, and a mansion in the hills. She also has the distinction as queen of shallow relationships. When a betrayal destroys everything she’s worked for, Trish is forced to escape the spotlight and flee to the one place she’d spent years forgetting. Home. After all the fake glitz and glamour, can she find her real self again?

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​May Releases!
New & Upcoming Releases from @Crazy Ink
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Spring into reading with a great book from these May releases! @CrazyInkPub
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​Craving something sweet? Checkout these Candy Shop book from Crazy Ink! Releasing in June 2020!

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1st-
White Wedding Mints
A Candy Shop Novella
Tiffany Carby
Link: http://mybook.to/WeddingMintCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085RTHVRZ/ref
Nik and Noey go together like peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese, better yet chocolate and vanilla. Upon the announcement of their upcoming marriage, Grandmother Audrey puts a damper on Noey’s wedding bliss when she brings the obvious to light: no white wedding should be had by her hussy of a granddaughter. Crushed by her grandmother’s stabby words and disapproval, Noey vows to start fresh and purify herself by withholding “the duties of a married woman” from her husband-to-be until their honeymoon. While Nik gains success and is promoted to director of The Mint, Noey continues working diligently to make her internationally award winning blog, “Say Yes and Noey,” an even bigger success. While planning the wedding of her dreams, starting a new blog tour of candy shops, and fighting the urge to say yes to her fiancé, Noey has her work cut out for her. Will Nik put up with Noey’s crazy wishes to prove to Grandmother Audrey she is the sweet innocent granddaughter she remembers from her childhood? Perhaps the real question lies with whether Nik ends up saying yes or Noey…

2nd-
Pop Rox
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Erin Lee and Rena Marin
Ebook: http://mybook.to/PopRoxCI
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1672900743/ref
With a new baby in the doll warehouse, Sage, the mother of all dolls, is busy. She could use a little help. Help by the name of Foxy Roxy. Doll creator Bob’s latest robotic invention, Roxy will serve not only as BJ’s nanny, but warehouse manager Rena’s assistant. What could possibly go wrong with a new doll in town and a whole lot of new inventions? Buyer Beware: This one blasts off in your mouth and won’t melt in your hands…

4th-
All around the Sour Gummi Patch
A Candy Shop Series Novella
E.S. McMillan
Ebook: http://mybook.to/SourGummiPatchCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085K7P3R2/ref
Trey Walker couldn't wait until he left Allenville, South Carolina and Nina Logan behind for good. Growing up in the small southern town under the watchful eye of his grandmother, Trey always knew that his future was somewhere far away. He needed to get away from everything and everyone that he felt was holding him back from truly being happy.Nina Logan loved the home that she was left in when her mother decided that she couldn't parent her little girl anymore after the death of her husband and Nina's father. She instantly slid into the routines of lazy Sundays and helping out at her grandmother's beloved candy shop. The one sour spot in her new life was Trey - the boy next door who seemed to have the world's biggest chip on his shoulder.Trey and Nina met as children and couldn't have been more different than each other. When forced to reunite as adults, can they get past old feelings and assumptions to find the sweet after the sour?

14th-
Candy Bones
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Yolanda Allard
Ebook: http://mybook.to/CandyBonesCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085K5S5R6/ref
Wraith Thanason works nights at Grim Sweets, the spooky-themed candy shop she inherited from her grandmother. Surrounded in sugary decadence evens out her life considering what her secondary job is. Wraith is a reaper. She collects souls to move on to the other side. A violent and dangerous calling that she can’t ignore, mostly because her stupid ledger named Bran has a mind of its own and won’t let her. That’s hardly her only annoyance, either. She’s got a following of souls who refused to cross over after death. The only apparent fun they have seems to be harassing Wraith as she goes out at night to do her job.Specters and ledgers aside, Wraith begins to get used to life without her grandmother. That is, until she comes across a pack of gallu while out on patrol. Tiny demons that aren’t supposed to be out of the underworld. And that’s how Wraith meets Oz. She doesn’t know his last name nor how he fought off a pack of demonic beast by himself considering is only human. He saves her, then runs back off into the night. Before she knows it, gallu sightings are all any of the night society can talk about, and the sightings seem to be the first of many strange things beginning to happen in Wraith’s world. Wraith begins searching for her knight in shining gallu guts to see if he can shed some light on the situation. Wraith’s discoveries soon threaten to unhinge her nights of sweet treats, bossy inanimate objects, and soul snatching. She learns even Death can bite off more than she can chew and it’s possible that Oz with no last name just may be the end of her.

15th-
Candy's (Broken) Hearts
The conclusion to Erin Lee's bestselling Diary of a Serial Killer Series
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Erin Lee
Ebook: http://mybook.to/CandysBrokenHeartCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1661729835/ref
Life and death ain’t easy when your man’s facin’ a last meal in the last six hours of his life. There ain’t no love letter sweet enough to tell him how ya feel and a girl’s got Things to do. As the clock ticks, Jimmie’s girl has some pretty big choices to make. Will it be broken hearts for the prison guards who stole her love away? Or, can Cotton Candy—the beloved killer’s favorite Thing—bring the whole gig down to one cherry-covered happy ending?(Don’t doubt her. She ain’t Fifteen).Candy’s (Broken) Hearts is a companion novella to the Internationally Bestselling and Award Winning Diary of a Serial Killer Series. Not your average love story, it might even prove that true love is sweeter than a Margarita truck on Taco Tuesday…

16th-
The Lingering Taste of Salted Chocolate
A Candy Shop Series Novella
M W Brown
Link: http://mybook.to/SaltedChocolateCI
Even death can’t stop the rivalry
Lily called her love life a salted chocolate treat. Her two lovers were complete opposites. Abe was fun and sweet. David was serious and intense.
But when they found out about each other the treat turned sour and tragedy struck.
Now Lily wants to put her cheating and lying ways behind her, but death hasn’t stopped Abe and David’s feud. The bickering ghosts are ruining Lily’s love life and all she wants is to be rid of the lingering taste of salted chocolate.

17th-
Sunsets & Coconut Crunch
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Grouper Cove Series Book 6
Lorah Jaiyn
Ebook: http://mybook.to/CoconutCrunchCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085RV51HT/ref
***THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STAND ALONE NOVELLA***
Danny’s family has always combined real estate and floral arrangements. By high school graduation, he could sell a property and prepare for a wedding at the same time. To Danny, the only thing that spelled romance more than flowers were the sweet concoctions created by Rowena at her shop down the street.As an annual summer festival prepares to descend on the small town of Grouper Cove, Danny heads out to an AirBnB property he manages to make sure it’s ready for the next guests. What he isn’t expecting to find is the baby in the middle of the bed with a note.

18th-
Chocolate Covered Cherry Kisses
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Olivia Marie
Ebook: http://mybook.to/ChocolateCoveredCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XVH6ZN/ref
Love can be bitter sweet. Cherry was conditioned to live the life of a passive wife; putting her husband above all else. Alone and isolated, years of abuse took their toll. But that was then.This is now. When she reaches her breaking point, Cherry must decide if the cost of freedom is worth the risk. Is staying her only choice?

23rd-
Whiskey and Orange Slices
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Michelle Edwards
Ebook: http://mybook.to/WhiskeyOrangeCI
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085DRSWZC/ref
Love means always sharing your orange slices.Bethany Holden arrives in LA determined to change lives. After a horrific year with her parents, she’s in need of more than just a change of scenery.Matthew Crawford, a U.S. Senator for the state of California is drawn to Bethany. Why? Because she has what he needs for his team and heart.Bethany’s past collides with her present when the Senator reveals a secret that could destroy everything…

24th-
Fireballs & Familiars
A Candy Shop Series Novella
T. Elizabeth Guthrie
Ebook: http://mybook.to/FireballsFamiliarsCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0858WDLYG/ref
Since Chocolate P.B. Delight opened its doors, they are known for hiring some of the sexiest entities to cross over into the human realm.Balan, demon of lust, is one of those. He can turn a woman inside out with sexual hunger and never bat an eye. His one weakness, fireball candy.Jenna, a white witch, moves to Vegas in the hopes of starting a new chapter after a long battle with the paranormal. She gets an opportunity to open a candy shop and jumps at the chance for some normalcy.Little does she know what’s heading her way.

27th-
Lollipop Lure
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Rita Delude
Ebook: http://mybook.to/LollipopLureCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083XX3PBY/ref
It’s smooth sailing for bubble gum popping Mandy Pearson and her popular guy, Seth Hostetler, until city girl, Honey Delano, moves to town licking her lollipops and luring Seth and every other guy on campus to crave what’s new and hot.Will Mandy and the other town girls lose their guys or befriend this chick who seems to know how to get the attention they all desire? Find out if this sultry, lollipop-licking beauty has more lure than a faithful, home-town sweetheart in this sequel to Bubble Gum Love, where for once, the town girls may have to fight for what they’re after.

28th-
Country Bumpkin's Butter Cups
A Candy Shop Novella
Rena Marin and Skylar McKenzie
Link: http://mybook.to/ButterCupsCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085S7BLYB/ref
Country Bumpkin’s Butter Cups has been the bread and butter of the Dillard family for as long as people can remember. The sweet treats made by Grammy Dillard left mouths watering and money flowing. Now, a year after Grammy’s death, the shop is struggling.
Her only granddaughter Cinnamon is running the show but good intentions and dreams of success can only take a sweets shop so far. It’s worse when you can’t bake and are being haunted by a know-it-all ghost.
Will Cinnamon learn the ropes or will the handsome stranger with a sweet tooth be too distracting?

29th-
Curse of the Candy Corn Queen
A Candy Shop Series Novella
Rena Marin
Skylar McKinzie
Ebook: http://mybook.to/CandyQueenCI
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DG7N66/ref
Twenty years ago Mary Donovan was crowned the Candy Corn Queen of the Dead Oaks Harvest Festival. Twenty-four hours later, she was found dead and hanged on the very stage where she was crowned. Over the years, attempts have been made to crown a new queen, but each has been met with tragedy. Now, the little town of Dead Oaks needs something uplifting to bring everyone together. Can the Harvest Festival help put the past behind them or will the curse of the Candy Corn Queen be reborn? Will love be what it takes to finally break the curse?