Hey Stitch Fans!  Just a reminder that today is the LAST DAY to enter the HUGE NOVEMBER GIVEAWAY!!! Loads of prizes up for grabs, inlcuding: 1 $50 Amazon Giftcard (hopefully that will put a dent in your holiday shopping…) 5 $5 Amazon Giftcards ($5 can buy quite a few e-books or streaming videos!) 1 Stitch Litograph Poster (that’s the ENTIRE BOOK printed in one cool image!  US only) 5 (that’s right, 5!) SIGNED Print Copies of Stitch (limited to US only for postage purposes, so

In the coming weeks, Stitch will become exclusive to Amazon as part of the KDP Select Program (making it available to borrow – for free! – in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library), which means that it will no longer be available through other channels, including Barnes & Noble Nook, iTunes, Smashwords, and other e-book retailers. I know this is a bummer, but it’s not forever – per Amazon’s rules, it will only be for as long as Stitch is part of KDP Select (though that requires

Here’s a little more info about her book, Impossible – interview follows below. Impossible (With Me, #1) Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance (Recommended for readers 17+ due to sexual content and language) Available on: Amazon (Kindle & print), Smashwords (e-book) Add Impossible on Goodreads Synopsis: Ashton Summers is on her way to becoming the most popular girl in school and nothing—or no one—is going to stand in her way. Especially not Luca Byron, her freak neighbor,

Stitch Secret #1. Nothing in Stitch is what it seems. If you’ve read the synopsis closely, you may have picked up on this: Don’t trust anything you think you see. At the outset of the book, you meet the main character, Alessa, a college student, and Isaac, the ghost who is haunting her. But don’t be fooled! Once the twist is revealed, you’ll learn that Alessa isn’t actually a student, Isaac is NOT a ghost, and much of what you think you know about these characters and their l

This content was originally posted on mrbookwonder.tumblr.com as part of the Stitch Blog Tour in 2012. Thanks so much to Von for hosting Stitch today! If you’ve seen Stitch around, you may have noticed a common theme amongst bloggers and reviewers: they can’t say too much about it! That’s because Stitch has a MASSIVE twist that most readers don’t seen coming, and no one wants to ruin the fun of discovering it for yourself! So today, I’d like to take a few moments to reveal so

Ahh!  Another milestone reached this morning!  Drum roll please… OVER 1,000 PEOPLE have added Stitch on Goodreads!!!  Here’s the proof! Screenshot of my Goodreads Author Dashboard – 1,000 Adds! So exciting!!  Thank you to everyone for your support! To celebrate, I’m adding another AWESOME prize to the HUGE November Giveaway (I’m giddy about this one!  It’s so cool!!): a Stitch Litograph poster! What is a Litograph, you ask?  Well, friend, you are in for a treat!  A Litograph

Update 2/18/13: Just noticed that the links to this guest post are broken, so I reposted the full text on my own site here. Lots of readers have asked me how I came up with the twist in Stitch – was it planned all along or did it come to me after I started writing the story? Where did I get the idea? Why did I decide to go this path? I began with the idea of a paranormal romance. I thought that a ghost romance might be a fresh take after all the vampire/werewolf popularity of

This content was originally posted on www.squibleysfictionaddiction.wordpress.com as part of the Stitch Blog Tour in 2012. Thanks so much to Sarah for hosting me today! As you may have guessed from the book’s synopsis, Stitch isn’t your everyday paranormal romance story. Though it starts out with an infatuation between a college girl, Alessa, and the handsome ghost that frequents her sorority house, the plot actually goes much deeper than that. In fact, nothing in Stitch is q

Wow – we hit a milestone today: there are over 5,000 entries in the HUGE November Giveaway!!  Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who’s taken the time to enter and help spread the word about Stitch! Haven’t gotten in there yet?  Be sure to enter for your chance to win Amazon Giftcards, signed copies of the book, and more! Enter the Giveaway HERE!!! #milestones #process #giveaway #marketing #stitch

I plan to use Twitter much like my author and Stitch Facebook pages – to post updates and get the word out about new promotions, giveaways, blog posts, and of course, Stitch Trilogy release dates.  And if you tweet me, I will do my best to respond! Click below to follow me on Twitter: Follow @SamanthaDurante #facebook #marketing #socialmedia #twitter

Check out a guest post I wrote up today at A Dash of YA titled, “Top 5 Things I Love About Being an (Indie) Author.”  Here’s a sneak peek: 1. Total empowerment. There were a lot of reasons I decided to go the indie route when publishing Stitch, but by far the main one is that I’m a bit of a control freak and I really liked the idea of having final say over every little detail of my book.  I worked with an artist to design the cover, devoted painstaking hours to formatting the

25 new prizes added to the HUGE November Giveaway today – Authorgraphs!  If you haven’t heard of Authorgraph before, it’s a really neat mechanism for an author to “sign” an e-book.  Here, take a look at this one I sent myself: There are 25 of these babies up for grabs in the HUGE November giveaway – enter below for your chance to win! Enter the Giveaway HERE!!! #authorgraph #giveaway #kindle #marketing

Hey everyone!  Just wanted to post a quick reminder that the last few giveaways from the Stitch Blog Tour are ending today/tomorrow.  Here are links to where to can enter in case you haven’t done so yet: Twisting Minds One Word At A Time: 1 e-book copy of Stitch, currently 19 entries Nomi’s Paranormal Palace: 3 e-book copies of Stitch, currently 120 entries Book.Mark.Belles: 3 e-book copies of Stitch, currently only 6 entries! Reading Romances: 5 signed print copies of Stitch

Stitch is so different from anything I’ve read before! I started off thinking it was paranormal, then suddenly it changed to science fiction, and imagine my surprise when I find out it’s a dystopian! Stitch will make you question everything you once thought to be true, just like Alessa does in the book. Samantha Durante has truly created an amazing world in her debut novel! Read the rest at City of Books today!  Thanks so much to Richa for reading and reviewing Stitch! Also,

Isaac: Very kind and very smexy. Any time there are broad shoulders and taut muscles I am IN. yay! I don’t think Isaac realizes how gorgeous he really is. He is deep and thoughtful, as well as brave and loyal. Yes, the total package. Catch the rest at The Book Hookup today!  Thanks so much to Celeste for taking the time to read and review Stitch! #bloggers #reviews #stitch

It’s been less than 24 hours since the Stitch Blog Tour ended, and already I’m missing my new blogger friends and Stitch fans!  And since we’re rapidly approaching the holiday season, what better way to get in the mood for the spirit of giving than with a HUGE NOVEMBER GIVEAWAY!!! That’s right, ladies and gents, I’ve got a MASSIVE bunch of prizes to give away this month, including: 1 $50 Amazon Giftcard (hopefully that will put a dent in your holiday shopping…) 5 $5 Amazon Gi