Hi. I'm currently editing chapter 26 of Incendiary. (There are 28 chapters.) Yeah, I'm close. Someone asked for some teasers of Incendiary. I'm of two minds on that. Some people love teasers and some people hate them. Readers have told me that they won't read the teaser chapters I give you in the back of my books because they don't want to know anything. I'm a HUGE believer in never spoiling a plot for anyone. With that said, I'm trying to find a way to give you a teaser without a spoiler. I thought maybe it would be okay to give you a "theme song" for one of the new characters (there are 4 new characters)...but I won't tell you who the character is. (Ugh, this is so hard because I want to lay it all out for you right now, but I won't because I'm stronger than that.) Okay, so here it is; the song is called START A WAR by THE NATIONAL <--I love this band. Let's call this new character: CHARACTER #3. (Yes, there is a reason it is #3 not #1. I'm going by the order they (new characters) show up in the story.) I read all of your posts practically the minute you post them. I'm in love with you. I get a huge kick out of your predictions. Some are spot on and others I marvel at because I can't believe how creative you are and where the story could've gone. It makes me think that maybe some of you should write. I've been asked lately what it's like to be a writer. I'm sure every writer is different. For me it's like I'm caught between the real world and the worlds I create. I'm lucky to have a family that grounds me in this world or I'd live in the other ones—the ones I make—and that's probably not healthy. So I was thinking about a "theme song" for me as a writer and I think I found one. It's called QUIET LITTLE VOICES by WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS <---Love that name. And then, just for fun, I'll include the song that I've been listening to when I need a break from editing. I'm obsessed with it. Bought the whole album. Okay, so here it is; it's called I BET THAT YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR by ARCTIC MONKEYS. Now I have to go edit so you can read Incendiary this year :D
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Tracy
7/1/2012 09:45:08
Sounds like you are close to being done editing! I'm a fan of teasers as long as they don't spoil it. So it'd have to be one about the war coming with Brennus because we know something is coming. The tease is hearing their voices again and knowing that their world is still going on and waiting for us to jump back into it. I smile inwardly with a smirk thinking I'll be back, just wait. I've read books where authors put teasers that make no sense because they haven't either introduced that character yet or it's far into the book where you have no idea how it got there and that's really frustrating. So please don't do that if anything.
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connie
9/7/2012 03:35:15
I really hope Reed and Evie stay together I love them as a couple and Russell needs to let it go he has had life time after time with evie now let her love reed if any other person or even russell comes between them I think ill break my kindle love the series so far. When do you think the 4th will be getting released?
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Maddie
7/1/2012 10:34:57
I'm so SUPER excited for this book, it's unfathomable how much I obsess over this series. Keep up the good work Amy, it's all worth the wait in the end! ;) Oh, and there's nothing wrong with a little teasers. I mean, I definitely wouldn't mind seeing some Reed and Evie action. ;D
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jennie
7/1/2012 13:21:57
No teasers please. I am already distressed that you posted this
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Victoria Mancuso
7/1/2012 15:13:43
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE!!!! I so love that you do that. I check in almost every day...keeps me from going mad!! Maybe with your next update you can give us a release date :) please!!!!!! I'm thinking August. I have to prepare...I have 3 kids, husband, house and part-time job. When your books come out I lock myself in my library and don't come out (only for food and bathroom) until I'm done!!! ....so I have to make sure everyone is taken care of before I start reading!! Can't wait!!!
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Stephanie
7/1/2012 15:44:00
I'm kinda torn between teasers. But by all means, go right ahead!!!! Thanks so much for keeping us, eager fans, updated!! I cannot express enough how amazing it is to have an author that takes the time to update her readers about her progress. Thanks so much :) I am super excited for the release of incendiary and I am trying my hardest to keep busy so I won't have to think about it!
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Victoria
7/1/2012 16:25:11
Thank you SO much for updating!! I have been checking at least every couple days to make sure I don't miss anything! I want a teaser for this so bad but then I don't because it will make this wait even more unbearable!! I really wish I could go the UtopYa to see you and a bunch of other authors but I can't because I didn't even know this existed until like 2 weeks ago!!! Is there any chance you will be there next year too?
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Stephanie
7/1/2012 19:58:22
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the update! I keep checking here and amazon.com to see if a release date has been issued yet. I cannot wait!
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Stephanie
7/1/2012 22:07:40
Love your taste in music. It's very much the same as mine. Thanks for the update. Looking forward to getting lost in this book!
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Tammy
7/2/2012 02:22:20
I loved these books and drove my boyfriend crazy, I couldn't put them down. Please tell me when Incendiary is going to be ready for purchase.
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Jessica Cervantes
7/2/2012 05:10:52
Just wanted to give you a quick "I love your books. Thanks for being an awesome writer and creating a main character I would love to be and 3 men I could love to be with ;-)"
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Vanessa
7/2/2012 05:22:31
I am sooo utterly absorbed by these books! I went insane in the last book, reading nonstop all night...You are so amazing! I trust you'll solidify the love triangle...I'm burning for Incendiary!!! Have an awesome time writing...:D
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Brittany
7/2/2012 05:38:11
I'm super excited about this book!!! I'm going mad waiting! Have you thought of what your gonna do for the cover yet?! Can't wait!!!
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Heather
7/2/2012 06:01:01
I am completely diggin your song choices right now - very much my style. I love your work any way I can get it - teasers or not. While you are very much worth the wait I'm dying to get my hands on this! The books I've read in between just arent cutting the mustard...
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Shelbye
7/2/2012 07:17:47
I cannot wait to read Incendiary!! I'm sure it is going to be AMAZING!!! I love your books! I can't wait till this book comes out!
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Denise
7/2/2012 08:35:20
Thanks for the update! Cannot wait and I know your working hard on it. Waiting patiently...Well at least trying,lol I know it is going to be fantastic!
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Shannon Loyola
7/2/2012 10:16:17
I've been checking everyday for updates! I was so stoked to see one posted. I would love a teaser. I always read them at the end of stories. ; ) I have my boss reading Inescapable now!
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Sarah
7/2/2012 12:55:46
Thank you so much for the update! I can't wait to read Incendiary (and poke, poke, the rest of the series!!) as soon as it comes out. Obsessed with this series doesn't quite cover it...
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Katie
7/2/2012 17:53:00
I view your page on a daily basis waiting for updated im " stalker girl " when it comes to the premonition series . I finished the first 3 books a couple of days ago and refuse to read any other series until I read the fourth . So I decided to just keep re-reading the first three until i finally get the fourth in my hands . You have done such an amazing job bringing the characters to life . I find myself hearing people say things in my everyday life and I'm like wow that's something reed would say . Anyways I just wanted to thank you for giving the world a little bit of magic . Can't wait to read more I almost hope you stop at four otherwise I will spend my life waiting around to see what happens next .
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Kimmy
7/7/2012 18:34:59
I second to your comment! I'm re-reading them over and over until the new book is published! I'm not convinced to read other books until I find out what happens next!
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Kristin
7/3/2012 07:52:10
This book can't come fast enough! I just can't wait! I tell everyone I know about this series and my love for the characters. Crap... now I am going to have to reread for the 3rd time just from writing about my love for this series.
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Tara
7/3/2012 10:17:55
LOVE LOVE LOVE these books!!! I just finished Indebted and cannot wait for Incendiary! You are amazing!
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Stephanie
7/3/2012 16:16:55
Well, I'm just wondering if my guess for who character #3 is correct. My anticipation for this book can't get much higher!
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Rachel
7/3/2012 16:33:12
Love the choices in music and cannot WAIT for Incendiary! These books have by far, become my absolute favorite. Keep up the good work Amy!
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panda
7/3/2012 18:53:42
I for one can't wait to meet Evie's dad! That will be sweet. I hope he is one of the new characters. I can't imagine how hard it would be for a Seraph, hard-wired to protect loved ones, to sit back and not interfere with a daughter's destiny. Bet he was forbidden to help her. She has some serious daddy issues to work through with him. I think it would be cool for Evie to have to walk into hell, like he has to, and bail him out. Course, she would have to get a lot stronger. She does have some wicked cool magic tricks up her sleeve... :-) Amy your books are fabulous, and I hope you never stop doing this blog. It is so rare to feel a rapport with a favorite author!
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Katherine
7/4/2012 01:54:05
I love the band The National too. Hearing the music that inspires you is so great!
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Victoria W
7/4/2012 10:30:06
Wow! That was an awesome little teaser!! Its got my mind going pin all sorts of different ways, the first was love for Russell. The music is awesome!! I'm so gonnadownload all of them. Really liked Start a War!!
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Rachel
7/4/2012 12:08:27
Any dates you want to throw out??? Just estimations even?? I've been dying because of the agony of waiting. I can't stay away from your books the way Evie can't stay away from Reed! But I know that void will be filled (if only for a while) once I can read incendiary! :-)
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Leslie
7/5/2012 01:56:17
I just finished reading the first three books in about three days...I was totally obsessed! I'm so excited a 4th is coming out soon! You're an amazing writer...I was captivated the entire time and will be checking back again because I can't wait for Incendiary!!!
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Beth
7/5/2012 03:25:37
I love this series and I love what you are doing! The love triangle with Reed, Evie and Russel was intense enough,but now you throw Brennus in the mix? I can't make up my mind, and I LOVE it! ("Bad"never looked sooo good.) I can't wait for Incendiary! I found your book as a suggestion on my kindle and I completed the first two within a week. I was very happy to see the third book this summer. I tried to stretch it out as long as I could so it wouldn't end, but I couldn't help myself. I lasted a whole three days. I am a mom of three and a full-time high school teacher, so reading your books are a sweet escape for me. Thank You!
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Stephanie
7/15/2012 09:55:01
I did that exact same thing. Thats how I found out about this series. I love my kindle so much more for introducing me to such lovely books :)
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Tara
7/5/2012 09:27:45
???Question???
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Tara
7/9/2012 09:05:29
2 Tara's how'd that happen?
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panda
7/5/2012 10:00:12
Reply to Tara: Amy talked about that in one of her posts. She said that she was having a hard time with the licensing, and copyright issues with B&S.
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Nicole
7/5/2012 13:01:24
I am such a huge fan of your writing and this series. I have gobbled up all of your books the second I could get my hands on them and I absolutely cannot wait for the next book to come out! I love that Evie isn't one of those characters who falls in love and then her whole world revolves around that one person. She still has wonderful friends and doesn't let Reed or Brennus or Russel to dictate her life. This makes it so much better than most of the romances out today. Please keep writing, and I'll keep devouring all of your books :)
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Ashley
7/6/2012 17:02:14
I just wanted to say WOW! I just finished all three books and I couldn't put them down. I really truly cannot wait until you release book 4. I love getting lost in your world...You're an amazing writer and I hope one day I'll be able to produce a series that evokes as much emotion in the reader as your own series has done for me..Thank you so much and happy editing! I can't wait to see what happens next.
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Stephanie
7/6/2012 20:32:49
I cannot wait until this book is done! I am royally addicted to the characters and am so excited to see what happens next! Way to write an addiction!
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Kimmy
7/7/2012 18:33:26
Hey Amy! I really love your books! I was scrolling through the eBook lists and I'm really glad I came across your books!
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Tara
7/9/2012 09:10:22
Amy, Thank you so much for the update! You and Cassandra Clare are killing me with anticipation! I've re-read your series 3 times now and am trying to hold off before starting again till a little closer to Incendiary's pub date. You could always give us cut scenes from the first 3 books if you don't want to spoil anything for the 4th. ;)
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Chrissy
7/9/2012 10:14:14
I cannot wait for Incendiary to come out! I just finished the first three and could not put them down. You have such a way of writing that just completely draws the reader in and makes it so easy to see yourself in that world. Thank you for such a wonderful experience through your writing!
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Melo
7/9/2012 15:19:58
Hi Amy! I just finished all three books and LOVED them. I couldn't put them down, and I was actually having strange dreams - which is always a sign, that I am obsessed. I wanted to let you know that your books are really being talked about in the Twilight fandom by many fan blogs and sites that love a good story. I would never have found them otherwise, so I'm really happy for the grass roots support of readers like me.
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Jessica
7/9/2012 21:16:46
I read all three books in 5 days. I am addicted! Haha. Cannot wait for the next book!
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Alayna
7/16/2012 15:53:57
haha i read all three in like 5 days too! :) isn't it just an amazing series?
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Andrea
7/10/2012 06:54:12
LOVE the series, I also read it in a few days since I couldn't put it down. Between work, husband, a one year old and a crazy cat I needed a good distraction at night when its quiet. Great characters! Can't wait for the next book. Go TEAM REED!
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Ashley
7/10/2012 07:09:03
I love this sentence ' I'm lucky to have a family that grounds me in this world or I'd live in the other ones—the ones I make—and that's probably not healthy.' I laughed out loud :) It's a good thing I have my family or I might live in the worlds you make as well... and I also agree that wouldn't be healthy, LOL.
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Tara
7/10/2012 12:44:08
Got this off of Facebook: "That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn't just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback"
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Andrea
7/12/2012 05:31:16
Thank you for all your creative exposure! I love what I can get but I often keep my eyes closes while skimming through teasers. I don't want to ruin anything! Yet the knowledge right before me is so enthralling. Please don't let me suffer by NOT reading another teaser. Just get the book out all ready!!! I have enjoyed every one of them and can't stop reading them over and over hoping to catch deets that I missed before. I admire you as an author who has the ability to put such pictures into words. You are gifted and can't wait to read more. Please get it out before the summer is out becuase once in school, leisure reading and obsessing over characters will be put on the backburner. I hope!!!
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Come to ur Seneca
7/12/2012 09:32:10
When is the book comin out
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Emeliee
7/14/2012 08:49:33
OhMyGeeeeeee! Amy, PLEASE. Post an update or something! I am having reed withdrawls!! Yeah, your series? My crack! im addicted to your wonderful and instresting writing! I have banned all other books from life, and it will stay like that until I read this book! Do you have a book relise date yet? if so, dont be shy to tell us(;
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Stephanie
7/15/2012 10:11:05
Oh my gosh! Ditto on everything you just said. I swear I'm going a little crazy waiting for this book. I've tried reading other books but none of them have captivated me like this series
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Alayna
7/16/2012 15:44:13
Oh. My. God. i can not wait for you to finish this book!!! i am counting down the days till it comes out!!! haha i finished the first three books in a week and now i dont know how much longer i can wait for this one to come out... i think im having reed withdrawals along with a lot of girls who read this series! your books are amazing!!!!! it has been like 2 weeks since i finished the first three books and all i can think about is reed and what might happen with him and evie next! i am like totally in love with this series!!!! :)
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KK
7/31/2012 15:25:00
I just love your series....I stumbled upon it and I am hooked....l can't wait for the next book. I couldn't put them down......finished them in less time than the twilight series and love them more!!! Hurry up please! ;-)
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Shanda
8/5/2012 11:08:06
LOVE your music choices. I downloaded How Do Ya Like Me Now and i have been running around listening to it everywhere I go! This song is awesome, it also kind of described Brennus and Evie, because it seems as though she has chosen to walk away from him as well :(
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Victoria W
8/5/2012 17:44:34
Where oh where is Amy?? I am having withdraw. Checking every day for something new. I hope the next thing we hear is that the book has been released and your just very busy getting it done. ;)
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8/5/2012 18:33:56
Hi, Victoria W! Sorry! I know I need to update this! I'll do it soon, I'm just working on the final chapter of Incendiary and I think I'm almost finished. IT'S TOTALLY CRAZY-INSANE!! I really can't wait for you to read it, and at the same time it terrifies me. I just have to take a deep breath and pull the trigger. Will do that soon. It's coming--hang on just a little longer :D
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Jazmyn
8/8/2012 06:49:46
Character 3 = Tau???
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