Since this is our first Recap, we're going to go over the later half of June in addition to July.
- June 19th-22nd, The Rebel Writers took over Nashville, Tennessee for the 3rd annual UtopYA! You may have seen Kat, Regan, Theresa, Deanna, and Briggs in area 51 at The Rebel Writers exhibitors table, or painting the town red in downtown Nashville! You can see a few of the pictures on the home page.
- June 27th, The Rebel Writers launched The Rebel Alliance; a program dedicated to helping authors (and would-be authors) come together to form their own writing groups. To sign up, or find out more about The Rebel Alliance and it's inspiration HERE.
- June 29th, Theresa Kay released Bright Beyond: Episode 1. It's the first installment of a thrilling sci-fi serial. Go and get your copy HERE (or start with the FREE prequel HERE)
- July 9th, Theresa Kay announced that she has SIGNED WITH SKYSCAPE!! We are all just tickled pink to see her Broken Skies series PUBLISHED by Amazon Publishing's Young Adult imprint! You can read her announcement HERE, or just go ahead and buy Broken Skies HERE
- July 6th, Stormy Smith celebrated a BIRTHDAY!!!
- July 24th, exactly one year after it's inception, Stormy Smith released her first novel, Bound by Duty. She's the fourth Rebel to publish a full-length novel, and is already receiving incredible reviews for it. If you haven't already, go buy a copy HERE.
- July 28th, Jocelyn Barrus celebrated a BIRTHDAY!!!
- July 28th, Caylie Marcoe won a well-deserved award for Favorite Debut Author from IABB (Indie Authors and Book Blogs)
Deanna, Elizabeth, AND Kat have all moved! There's been a lot of unpacking going on in the lives of the Rebels! Briggs has been Unicorning hard (our term for disappearing without notice, likely for mythological reasons), and Jocelyn announced that she and her husband are expecting a sweet baby boy! That's right, there will be a brand new Rebel baby TBR in 2015! You can read more about baby-related news on Jocelyn's blog HERE.