Authors: Amy Sparling
Tags: #Contemporary Romance, #Young Adult, #Summer Unplugged
Winter Whirlwind (6 page)
I’d like to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who has read this far. It means you picked up Summer Unplugged and felt compelled to finish the series. Thank you so much. Ten books are a lot, even if most of them are novellas, and I am so truly grateful to have you as a reader.
I started writing Summer Unplugged as a “fun” exercise when my brain was too muddled with stress and other crap to try writing the other project I was working on. I had an idea about a girl who gets her whole summer ruined by being grounded from her phone. I worked on it for fun, late into the night, and it was my way to escape real life. I didn’t think it would go anywhere, because at the time it was just a novella and I was under the impression that no one read short books. Then, one day when I was thinking about taking the indie publishing route, I made up this fake name for myself and published Summer Unplugged just as an experiment. I wanted to see how publishing worked, and I used a story I thought everyone would overlook. This was just an experiment to see how publishing worked, after all.
To my surprise, Summer Unplugged started selling a few copies a day. And I hadn’t even told anyone. Then the sales increased and emails started coming in. I remember reading emails from people like Krissy Stanton (hey girl!) asking me if I’d write a sequel. It was the coolest request ever, and I happily wrote three more books. Then I wrote another, and another, and well, you know how the story goes. Jace and Bayleigh are more than just people in my head now, they are a part of your life, too. After three years, the series is complete at ten books and I hope I’ve made you all proud.
I never expected to be embraced by such a great group of readers. You guys keep me going during the dark times of writing and your emails always brighten my day. Thank you so much for your continued support.
A brand new spin-off series, set 14 years into the future. Want to know what happens to Jett, as he grows up in the shadow of his father's motocross legacy? Because this series is his! We'll see what happened to The Track, if Jace and Bayleigh are still together, and we'll learn which personality trains Jett has picked up from his parents, all while he navigates dealing with his first crush.
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Amy Sparling is the author of The Summer Unplugged Series, Deadbeat & other awesome books for younger teens. She lives in Texas and has an addiction to sparkly nail polish, taking photos of her cute dog, and swooning over book boyfriends.
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