Here's the thing about me as a writer: I like to tinker. I don't just mean playing around with the plot of my novel or tweaking aspects of the characters. I mean that I like to challenge myself, to try new things, to experiment in ways that could lead to epic disaster or, hopefully, epic awesomeness.

And now I'll reveal a big secret to you: my least favorite part of being an author is self-promotion. Seriously, I don't like it. I'm interested in a lot of things, but marketing isn't one of them. I understand how important it is, and I get why some people are passionate about it and enjoy it, but I'm not one of them. If I could hide in my writing cave and do nothing but produce work, I'd be happy.

However, I also like it when people read my writing, so the question is how to let more people know about it. While reading a middle grade graphic novel written by an artist who started out doing webcomics, I hit upon the answer: put material out there, let people find it, and see what grows from there.

So that's what I'm doing. I started up a new, original new adult fantasy romance novel and I'm posting it chapter by chapter. The entire book will eventually be available on my site for free, both in its rough draft form and its final form. You can read more about my scheme here.

Some of you may already have read one or more of my books, and for that I thank you. Seriously, thank you very, very much. It still overwhelms me that people devote their free time to reading a book I wrote. And if you haven't read anything I've written before, I hope you'll like this. But regardless of whether you're new to my work or already familiar with it, I hope the novel in progress will keep you coming back for more.

Without further ado, I present to you Forbidden, chapter 1.

(Psst: I plan on serving up chapter 2 later today, so be on the lookout!)

I'm very excited to be a part of my first-ever blog tour! If you love dystopian reads, you don't want to miss this one: tons of great books, plus prizes, including 10 Kindle copies of the Contributor trilogy--yep, you'll get a copy of the upcoming book three as well--from yours truly! Now's the time to get a jump on your summer reading!

Looking for an excellent dystopian read? Zoe Cannon may be a fellow Infinite Inkling, but I was a big fan of her Internal Defense series before we decided to form a co-op. In fact, it was my admiration of her work that led me to want to be in a co-op with her.

Given that, it's no surprise that I'm very excited to be announcing that the final book in the series, No Return, is now available! I've already bought my copy and started reading. The ending of the series is bittersweet because, while I'm excited to find out how things are resolved in the end, I'm also sad that I won't have any more Internal Defense books to read! The upside, though, is that I'm very much looking forward to seeing what Zoe will do next.

If you're looking for a thoughtful, character-driven dystopian series, this one is for you.

No Return

The conclusion to the Internal Defense series

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Every dissident knows about Becca Dalcourt.

They know about the lives she’s saved. About the prison break she carried out against impossible odds. They know she turned a dying resistance into the first real threat Internal Defense has faced in a long time.

And even now, with the resistance under attack from the inside, they know Becca can save them.

They’re wrong.

The conclusion to the story that began with The Torturer’s Daughter and Necessary Sacrifices, No Return explores what happens when an ordinary person becomes a legend – and how to choose between who you are and who the world needs you to be.

Zoe Cannon writes about the things that fascinate her: outsiders, societies no sane person would want to live in, questions with no easy answers, and the inner workings of the mind. If she couldn't be a writer, she would probably be a psychologist, a penniless philosopher, or a hermit in a cave somewhere. While she'll read anything that isn't nailed down, she considers herself a YA reader and writer at heart. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and a giant teddy bear of a dog, and spends entirely too much time on the internet.

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