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New Book Trailer Released!

Published November 11, 2014 by Ashley Townsend

I’m super excited to announce that not only have I launched an official website for “Chasing Shadows,” which I mentioned in my previous post, but the book trailers for both “Chasing Shadows” and it’s adorable predecessor “Rising Shadows” just came out. *Squeal of delight* I’d love for you to view, like, share, subscribe, or leave a comment to support the series. ^_^

You can find the trailers on YouTube via Double Decker Books, on the official “Chasing Shadows” launch page, and all over Goodreads! As always, don’t forget to add the books on Goodreads and find them on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. 

Thanks, all, for your support of this series and my endeavors to reach as many people as possible with characters that I believe God is going to use to encourage and touch the lives of many. These characters have already changed my life! And if you have any stories about how reading has impacted your own life in some way, please write to me at ashleytownsend.author@yahoo.com  

Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC90HuGRNZPWlM5Vwb2SW4Uw

Website: https://booklaunch.io/townsendtales/545d6bf6a62bd3941dcfdfe0

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5839773.Ashley_Townsend

 Trailer for Chasing Shadows

Trailer for Rising Shadows

“Chasing Shadows” Playlist is Here!!!

Published August 11, 2014 by Ashley Townsend

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Did you notice a little addition to the sidebar on the left? Ahem. That’s right—there is now an official “Chasing Shadows” tab. That means that I’ve added the playlist, summary, and, soon to come, all the blog interviews I’ve been and will be doing.

Next to writing, music is the other half of my life; it speaks what sometimes cannot be spoken or conveyed through words. I always listen to themed music when I’m working hard on the ivory keys—actually, I can’t play piano, but it sounds cooler than “keyboard”—to really get me into a scene. The songs below are ones that I religiously listened to while writing one of my favorite stories (my sisters were fairly sick of these songs by the time I penned the last page). So, when you’re reading “Chasing Shadows,” be sure to give these songs a listen to put you in the moment.

CHAPTER 1:

            Avicii — Wake Me Up

CHAPTER 2:

            Jason Reeves — The End

CHAPTER 3:

            Schuyler Fisk — Waking Life

CHAPTER 4:

            Ben Howard — The Fear

CHAPTER 5:

            Nico and Vinz — Am I Wrong

CHAPTER 6:

            The Script — The End Where I Begin

CHAPTER 7:

            Switchfoot — Slipping Away

            Penny and Sparrow — Brothers

CHAPTER 8:

            Josh Rosenthal — No More Lies

CHAPTER 9:

            The Workday Release — A Starlit Sky

CHAPTER 10:

            YPPAH — Never Mess with Sunday

CHAPTER 11:

            Levi Robin — Breathe Easy

CHAPTER 12:

            Bastille — Bad Blood

CHAPTER 13:

            Jason Walker — Down

            Keith Urban — Stupid Boy

CHAPTER 14:

            Hunter Hayes — You Think You Know Somebody

CHAPTER 15:

            Need to Breathe — Won’t Turn Back

CHAPTER 16:

            Danny Elfman — Oz, the Great and Powerful

CHAPTER 17:

            Brand X Music — Sorcerer’s Secret

CHAPTER 18:

            Hurts — Unspoken

CHAPTER 19:

            Kacey Musgraves — Back on the Map

CHAPTER 20:

            Lady Antebellum — Learning to Fly (cover)

CHAPTER 21:

            Augustana — Borrowed Time

CHAPTER 22:

            The Weepies — Can’t Go Back Now

            One Republic — Feel Again

CHAPTER 23:

            Hunter Hayes — All You Ever

CHAPTER 24:

            The Civil Wars — Dust to Dust

CHAPTER 25:

            Two Steps from Hell — Resistance is Fatal

CHAPTER 26:

            X Ambassadors — Unsteady

CHAPTER 27:

            Mads Langer — Fact-Fiction

            Jan Kaczmarek — Finding Neverland

CHAPTER 28:

            Gabrielle Aplin — Start of Time

CHAPTER 29:

            Jimmy Eat World — Hear You Me

            Florence and the Machine — Heavy in Your Arms

CHAPTER 30:

            Sean Fournier — Goodbye

            In the Nursery — Kryptka

CHAPTER 31:

            Switchfoot — When the World Caves In

CHAPTER 32:

            Parachute — Hurricane

CHAPTER 33:

            Brand X Music — Curious Developments

CHAPTER 34:

            Greg Laswell — Comes and Goes (in Waves)

CHAPTER 35:

            Ray LaMontagne —Be Here Now

CHAPTER 36:

            Ed Sheeran — Give Me Love

            Abel Korzeniowski — First Kiss

CHAPTER 37:

            Christina Perri — A Thousand Years

CHAPTER 38:

            Bastille — The Draw

CHAPTER 39:

            Two Steps from Hell — Black Blade

CHAPTER 40:

            One Republic — Burning Bridges

CHAPTER 41:

            Tom Petty — Square One

CHAPTER 42:

            Avicii — Heart Upon My Sleeve

CHAPTER 43:

            Husky – History’s Door

CHAPTER 44:

            Red Jumpsuit Apparatus — Cat and Mouse

CHAPTER 45:

            Adele — Skyfall

            Sons of Sylvia — John Wayne

CHAPTER 46:

            Brand X Music — All or Nothing

CHAPTER 47:

            Blackmill — Journey’s End

CHAPTER 48:

            Kodaline — All I Want

CHAPTER 49:

            Of Monsters and Men — Silhouettes

CHAPTER 50:

            Lord Huron — Ends of the Earth

EPILOGUE:

            Radical Face — Welcome Home

 

 

CHASING SHADOWS COVER REVEAL!!!

Published July 12, 2014 by Ashley Townsend

I could not be more ecstatic, excited, and flipping out in pure elation (lot of “e” words, there) to announce that “Chasing Shadows” officially has a cover!!! EEEEEPPPP! We’re just working on a few finishing details and deciding on text, and then it’s bada-bing–off to the presses! I’m freaking out here! Which I thought was a tad obvious with all of my exclamation points, but I thought I should clarify for your benefit. ~_^

Is it weird that I want to make out with you sweet, sweet cover?

Is it weird that I want to make out with you sweet, sweet cover?

We’re almost done with the final edits, as well, and I have been smiling and crying and laughing all over again as I read it for, what? The 50th time? It still gets to me! I cannot wait to hear all of your reactions to the newest additions to our cast of Serimone characters, including (be still my heart!) Damien Lisandro, the handsome, tortured, cheeky Spaniard I’ve mentioned before. I keep getting hung-up on his scenes, reading them over and over and smiling as I pick up new inflections in his tone. Ack! I just adore him and know you all will too.

Side note(s), because I have way too many updates to give you guys:

BA-BADA-BAAAA!!!!!!!!! The “Chasing Shadows” playlist is nearly there and, if I may say so myself, spectaculaaaaar. We might even be sneaking it into the backs of the paperback copies, so keep your eyes peeled at the end of the story.

Also, our amazing web designer and digital wizard at Ink Smith Publishing, Macy, is diligently working on getting a possible cast together (yes, a Shadow and bow and forest and REAL people) for the “Chasing Shadows” trailer. Be. Still. My. Heart. So for those of you on the “Tube,” please subscribe and share Ink Smith’s YouTube page, and keep your eyes peeled for my trailer. *giggles in sheer delight* I just love saying that. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEHbnEhJhMf1me8LPVJy9Q

Don’t forget to add “Chasing Shadows” to your Goodreads, become a fan, and post your reviews. You wouldn’t believe how helpful and encouraging your responses are. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22545313-chasing-shadows?from_search=true

And Can we all just give Roan Carter a round of slow-building applause? He has been so diligent to work with me and make this cover for the sequel absolutely everything that I envisioned, and so much more. He’s even taking the time to work up a map of Serimone and the countryside for the book. Bah! *flat-lines in joy* Be sure to check out his amazing website and illustrations. http://www.roancarter.com/

As always, stay awesome, my delightfully quirky readers!

Creative Control.

Published January 15, 2013 by Ashley Townsend

I don’t know about you, but I have always loved creative writing—thus why I became an author!—especially since it was the one thing that I had total control over as a kid. Even as I grew older, the biggest draw to writing was being able to create without any outside influence, which was also part of the reason why I kept most of my work a secret for so long. Then when Kirkdale Press picked up “Rising Shadows,” I knew I would need a lot of outside help—this was no longer something that I could just do on my own. However, it was actually very encouraging and insightful to bring others into the mix, getting their opinions as readers to help edit and shape the book into something more than what my eighteen-year-old hands could manage. But it was still mine. Hate to make a Lord of the Rings reference, but I was a little like Gollum (if that’s even how you spell it), all “My precious! My precious!” Maybe not that creepy, and I have more hair on my head, and I don’t have a hump, but I see now that that’s where my head was at.

Anyway, as I write the sequel, I’ve been looking for that same inspiration and encouragement. But about halfway through the story, I kind of got stumped. I mean, I knew exactly how I wanted it to end and a few scenes in between that would fill in the gaps. But I was stuck at one point in the writing process, trapped in this boring hole of filler I had dug myself into. I honestly wasn’t used to getting creatively stuck, since I had written “Rising Shadows” on a whim and managed never to write myself into a total dead-end. Hoping for the best and knowing I had to try, I attempted to force myself out of the pit of a storyline that was going nowhere, having no way to get to this fantastically dramatic and fascinating ending that I had envisioned for several months. But it felt forced, and I knew I was getting nowhere.

Maybe this is just me, but have you ever tried to get God on your terms and fit him into your schedule? Guilty! So I kind of told God, “Hey, I’ll ‘give’ this story up to you.” Months later, I realized that under the guise of letting God inspire me, what I was really thinking was, “I’m going to let you touch the corner of this page, but I still want to hold it, and if you could inspire me and give me the perfect segue between scenes while still maintaining the guidelines I’ve already established and taken the time to plot out, that would be super.” I honestly was not aware of how hard I was still clinging to and relying on my own mind to get me through, because if God took total control, then I would no longer be in the one holding the reins—what if He completely messed it up? (I know, I know. Silly thought) I plucked along for a few more weeks, waiting for God’s “inspiration” that would get this sequel on the best-seller list, earn me international fame in the literary community, get me the rights to the movies they want to turn the trilogy into, etc. Because I was going to make it on my terms. . . . Wow. Reading that makes me realize how ridiculous my assumptions were, and, well, “me, me, me.”

Epiphany time! After writing and rewriting the same scene over and over and still managing to get absolutely nowhere, I paused in my writing and suddenly thought of a verse I hadn’t considered in a while: “It is better to trust in God than to put your confidence in man.” I actually remember sighing and rolling my eyes at myself as I thought of verse eight of Psalm 118, knowing that God was very gently giving me a hint (thank goodness He does it gently and repeatedly, because I can be a little oblivious and headstrong sometimes). Though I sort of begrudgingly told God in that moment that I could no longer do this on my own and really needed His inspiration, my heart was in the right place, and I was finally ready to let go. I’m sure I can’t be the only one who has trouble letting go and letting God take control, even when we know He’ll be gentle. But I took a deep breath, walked away from my laptop, made a cup of Joe, and returned to the writing board more clear-headed than I had been in weeks. As hard as it was for me, I chose to scrap that scene and start afresh, suddenly inspired with a totally new idea for the next two, four, and then twelve scenes. I wasn’t inspired all at once; some came on pretty gradually or built upon the others, and sometimes I had to exercise faith and walk away for a few days to clear my head. But I am ridiculously excited to tell you that the sequel to “Rising Shadows” has been completely plotted out and is nearly twice as large and inspired as Book 1! I’ve been trying not to jump ahead, but there have been some scenes that have come up so suddenly that I had to write a little something in the moment of inspiration. My Word doc kind of looks like a completed story that ends in a bunch of bold, italics, highlights, arrows, notes, and random scenes that I’ve arranged in a timeline. Haha. But to me it’s beautiful and makes total sense. Even though I loved working on “Rising Shadows,” I have been blown away with entertainment and excitement while writing the sequel. And now that I’ve let go, I have a much clearer picture of the special plan that God had in mind all along for this story, and I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I am LOVING writing it, which is also part of the reason why I’ve been a little neglectful to this blog. *grins sheepishly*  

Oh! And my amazing friends completed the “Rising Shadows” book trailer. I just couldn’t wait to share it, so hopefully it comes through! Check out the trailer and the book, and always, always feel free to contact me with your thoughts on the series. This is as much yours as it is mine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNIzJ5OTul8&feature=youtu.be

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