HUGE SALE ON AMAZON! JANUARY 20,TH ALL DAY! 

Get all three books for under $3!

CLICK HERE

Added an Additional Drawing Date 2/14/13!

Congrats to Riley from Georgia! She was our first winner drawn on 1/31/13
BUT WAIT!
I'VE DECIDED TO DO ANOTHER DRAWING!
Don't forget to tell everyone you know about

The Wilson Mooney Series!

NEW DRAWING DATE 2/14/13 to enter the drawing for a signed copy of both books 1 & 2. Fill out the form to the right.    

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If you've already filled it out, you don't have to do it again. You are already entered into the drawing!

HEY! Watch for the next contest....It's going to be a great one that involves winning an opportunity to read Book 3 before it is released to the world!

Don't forget to come back and keep looking for the details of the next contest!

Want an Autographed Copy of Wilson Mooney 18@Last?

Hey! Calling all pinners! Follow the Wilson Mooney Boards on Pinterest! Then, re-pin one or both Wilson Mooney book covers on your boards to be entered into a drawing on December 31, 2012 to win an autograph copy of Wilson Mooney Eighteen at Last!

Check out my Pinterest boards HERE!

http://pinterest.com/delaogk/

 **Disclosure**
1. The contest runs from December 15, 2012 9am to December 31, 2012 12:00(midnight). 
2. I will do my best to acknowledge pinner's entry by a "like" or comment. 
3. If you don't hear from me please re-pin or comment on the Wilson Mooney Fan Board. 
4. Winner will be contacted via Pinterest or Facebook or Twitter or email.
5. I will do everything in my power to contact winner. If I am unable to make contact within three days of the close of the contest, an alternative winner will be chosen. 
6. The book is valued at $11.99, there is no monetary value to the autograph.
7. One entry per person no matter how many covers to pin to your boards.
8. A third party (not me) will choose the winner. (Human or computer)
9. Please submit all questions to gretchen(at)gretchendelao(dot)com.
10. The book will be mailed the week after the contest closes on December 31st, 2012.

Thank you for taking an interest in the Wilson Mooney Series. 
 
 

 

Enter to Win a Signed Paperback of WM18@L (Book 2)

Okay, so I am doing a promotion through Goodreads!

 If you want to enter to win an autographed paperback copy of Wilson Mooney, Eighteen at Last...Visit my Website on Friday and register to win! There will be two winners!

www.gretchendelao.com

While you're hanging out on Goodreads.com, make sure you check out the reviews of the book! WooHoo!!!

If you've already read the book, feel free to leave a review on Goodreads! Also don't forget to revisit where you purchased your copy and leave a review! Through your reviews and Word of Mouth, Wilson is increasing in readership!

Thanks for all your support and kind words!

With Love,

Gretchen

Wilson Mooney Eighteen at Last is Live on Amazon!

Amazon fixed the glitch in the system and now you can get the book for the Kindle.

Here is the link....

http://www.amazon.com/Wilson-Mooney-Eighteen-Last-ebook/dp/B00A15GVV6/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351955401&sr=1-12&keywords=wilson+mooney+eighteen+at+last

Yay! Now the only thing I need to fix is the iBooks edition and Wilson will be 100% up!

Thank you for your understanding, patience, and support!

With Gratitude and Love,

Gretchen

AVAILABLE NOW AT CREATESPACE & SMASHWORDS!

I decided to upload to Amazon and Smashwords last night. I’m just waiting for the links to go live. For some reason Amazon is acting weird.

So here are a couple of links to get you the book….

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/251266#download (for ebook editions)

https://www.createspace.com/4023574 (for paperback edition)

I will keep checking up on Amazon’s links and post them when they go live; BUT if you just can’t wait…go to the links above and get your copy now!

Much love and gratitude,

Gretchen

Tah-Dah.....WM18@L Cover is here!

Okay, so the book isn't up for sale yet, however; keeping you in the loop...here is the cover for Wilson Mooney, Eighteen at Last! I believe with the way things are moving and shaking....The book will be out this week or next....EEEKKK!!! I actually pinned it down to a time frame more than soon!...Still sorry I'm not more specific with an actual date, but I gotta go over the last couple of chapters and pick up the image files from my graphic designer!

I HAVE THE MOST AMAZING KICK-ASS READERS!!!!

THANKS FOR BEING SO PATIENT AND HOLDING ON!

Getting Closer...

Okay, so if I would have remembered how frickin' frustrating editing in html was when using Mobipocket Creator I would have taken better notes when uploading the first Wilson Mooney! Urrghh…The most time consuming part, for me, is making sure the table of contents is working properly. After that, I always seem to need to re-set the title page, and each chapter heading. Forget ncx…that is just way out of range for me. Besides all new Kindles don’t use the ncx feature, because the reader can drag the bar across the screen. So Yay, on leaving behind the ncx formatting!

After writing, editing, and type-setting for print, I must go and create a couple documents for all the different electronic formats. I end up with roughly 3 different copies of Wilson, formatted 3 different ways. Print version has their requirements, Kindle has theirs, and Smashword (a distributor for all electronic formats) seem to have theirs too!

I don’t have the cover yet, but I am very close to having the book ready to go. What I’ve worked on last night was checking the formatting and functionality of different options with the electronic/eBook formats. Once I get the cover for the paperback and the electronic copy...I will be able to finish uploading the book…WOW, that was a pretty LOUD Whoop!

Oh man, if you guys only knew how crazy nervous I have been lately—I’ve been, driving everyone around me bonkers. I don’t bite my nails, but I do require the occasional “really, really” when I start to feel inadequate or unsure about the book.

Gosh, I just can’t get over the fact that there are thousands of readers waiting at the door. Waiting to find out what happens next between Wilson and Max. It’s pretty amazing that people—I don’t know, have become emotionally invested in the characters from my head. Let me just say…the pressure is on…

It’s close to that time to get ready for Wilson and Max to dance across the screens of your e-readers as they live amongst the words that give them their lives.

Thanks for waiting…it won’t be long now…So here’s a little something I’m working on to keep you excited...

Wilson Mooney ~ Eighteen at Last

(Back of the book description Rough Draft #1)

Eager to take the next step in their relationship, Wilson and Max return to Aspen to celebrate Wilson’s eighteenth birthday. When an uncontrollable situation leads to a split second decision, both will be tested like never before. Butterflies will soar, hearts will clash, and Wilson’s relationship with Max will spin into a silken cocoon with choices that seem too impossible to overcome.

Could it be…uncovering the deep ache that lays dormant in their hearts will become the real threat to their forbidden love? Or will the pressures of keeping their relationship a secret be too much to bear?

Are you ready?

How Do I Explain?

OK, time for me to plaster my heart against the screen of your electronic devices. Just let me crack my chest open and pour out every last emotion that tries to cling to whatever is left dangling in my heart. What words can I say that would give you a glimpse into the pleated folds of my mind that nobody has ever seen before? I don’t know, maybe the possibility of speaking before I think of the ramifications, or in the attempt to keep my sacred moments locked away in my heart...I may appear distant or uninterested. 

If you only knew I am exploding inside, wanting to connect with every word, letter, email, and review. And the deep gratitude I feel for each person who has invested part of their life in Wilson and Max’s story.

Life is so precious, and how we spend it is so important. I am completely aware that what we do with our lives equates to how we end up spending our time. And in today’s world, I know that time is one of our most valuable commodities. A commodity that once spent, we can never get it back. We can’t ask for a refund or exchange it for something different.

Time is priceless, treasured, and irreplaceable; therefore, I truly understand the price you’ve paid to spend time with the characters that found their way through me and out into the world. Is there even a word in existence that can explain the emotion that swells through my body when I find out that someone has fallen in love with Wilson and Max? Possibly, but at this particular moment I can’t seem to find it.

Maybe it’s like when you see the man of your dreams and the spark it ignites deep within your heart. Or the unconditional, untainted love that saturates you when you see your child for the first time. This whole experience really does rank up there for me. When people give their time to my words, it is an indescribable feeling. A feeling I want to blurt out, share with everyone, and canvas the world with it; but it is so personal, so intense, and so awe-inspiring that to try and explain it seems almost too…limiting.

It is so powerful to feel people’s emotions. Every response I get from a reader about Wilson is poignant because they have taken their time to think, feel, and process the emotions that boiled to the surface of their life when they read her story. That resonates with me.

I can’t tell you what waits for me later today, tomorrow, or even the next. But I can tell you this…I am exceedingly grateful to all of the people in this world who have decided to share in the stories that swamp my head and pour out through my fingers. To those of you who have invested your treasure and time in my words—I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

With Gratitude,

Gretchen 

Okay, Let's just Visualize okay! Humor me!

Hello, Jennifer Lawrence as Wilson?

Wilson Mooney, Eighteen at Last Teaser...

Alright ladies, here's a little bite for ya...

"Max glared at the floor for a postponed moment. His eyes slowly raked up my body. My skin burned and my vision blurred as my heartbeat bruised my lungs. It was agonizing to watch him take me in inch by inch. His expression tortured; his lips pulled in a severe line; his shoulders rounded like the whole world was dumped heavy across them. He opened his mouth and his nostrils flared as he began to speak words that must have caught somewhere between his heart and the back of his throat."

(Wilson Mooney, Eighteen at Last~2012)