The Story Siren: A Story Siren Exclusive

Monday, January 4, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Today I have the honor of sharing an exclusive, only here at The Story Siren, extraordinary event!

I have the privilege of sharing with you a story written by Leigh Purtill, The Rise of Ginny Cooper!

Leigh's novel All About Vee followed the story of Veronica a plus sized actress from Arizona, trying to make her dreams come true in Hollywood. But The original story... was much more... here's what Leigh herself had to say:

As many of you know, the story that became ALL ABOUT VEE originally featured three young women who moved to Hollywood together to pursue their dreams. It was titled FAT GIRLS IN LA. The published product, however, was the story of just one of them, Veronica May. I always intended to tell the other two girls' stories to complete a trilogy.

The second book is titled THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER and is the story of Ginny, the writer who dreams of seeing her work on the silver screen. It picks up shortly after the first book ends but you don't need to read the first to enjoy the second.

Now here is the experiment part: I have decided to ride the wave of the future and publish it digitally!

Free content? Free book? How can you go wrong? I hope you'll enjoy THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER (with original artwork by Maurice Jordan!)

Yes, you did read that right... it said Free Content and Free Book. Not only am I going to share with you The Rise of Ginny Cooper, but you also have the chance to win a signed copy of ALL ABOUT VEE by Leigh Purtill.

Here's a little bit more about The Rise of Ginny Cooper:

"Ginny Cooper has been two things for all of her life: a writer and a Vee. So when her best friend and fellow Vee, Veronica May, moves to LA to follow her dream, it's not long before Ginny moves there too. With laptop computer in hand, she's going to take Hollywood by storm and maybe find a little romantic luck - finally! But she soon learns it's not easy to shake the demons of your family's past - or your own."

the novel is no longer available here online, but check out Ginny!

Win a copy of ALL ABOUT VEE

Be sure to stop by every Monday this month to read the next installment of The Rise of Ginny Cooper!

10 comments:

Patty said...: This is amazing! Thank you Kristi!; January 4, 2010 12:49 PM
Tammy said...: How very cool! I'm starting it today! Thanks!
Tammy; January 4, 2010 2:15 PM
Sarah said...: What an awesome new feature! Can't wait to read it after work. Thank you to the author for doing this. :D; January 4, 2010 6:56 PM
Lauren said...: Our era of technology is amazing. I look forward to reading both books.

Will Ginny's story come out in print as well?; January 4, 2010 7:04 PM
TabithaJoYouKnow said...: I read "All About Vee" and I've always wanted to know more about the other girls, Reed as well.

Just finished part 1 and I'm hooked.

Looking forward to next Monday.

Eat my fist! lol; January 4, 2010 7:22 PM
Jenny N. said...: It sounds interesting, I'll start reading it tomorrow.; January 5, 2010 2:43 AM
Storyheart said...: I was lucky enough to have Leigh as a guest on "A Book and a Chat" on December 17th and she was saying about her new book as well as her other ones on the show. Thanks for sharing

Barry; January 5, 2010 10:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Kristi, that's really nice of you to offer your second book as a free download. I've only had a chance to read a few chapters, but I hope you don't mind my making a suggestion. I think the first sentence of Chapter 2 is the real opening of your story. It would pull me in faster wondering what was going to happen with this odd group of girls. Do it something like this:

The moment Veronica announced she was moving to Los Angeles to become an actress, Ginny knew her own future was about to change forever. It had always been that way. Where Big Vee went, the rest of the Vees followed.

Anne; January 20, 2010 9:20 PM
The Story Siren said...: Hi Anne!

I think you are a little confused. This isn't my book. I'm posting this for author Leigh Purtill.

You can find her website linked in the post above!

thanks for stopping by!; January 20, 2010 9:43 PM
Leigh said...: Thank you for your feedback, Anne! Always happy to hear what my readers have to say. If you want to comment further, feel free to visit my website and email me. Cheers~

Leigh; January 23, 2010 11:26 AM