Monday Mishmash 12/18/17

Happy Monday! Monday Mishmash is a weekly meme created by Kelly Hashway dedicated to sharing what's on your mind. Feel free to grab the button and post your own Mishmash!

Monday Mishmash

Happy Monday, everyone. 

1. Word Count in my latest book The Lost Island I hit over 18,000 in word count!
2. Christmas is right around the corner. There are 7 days till then. This year I raised money from signings and am using it to get gifts for family.
3. Signings have been going really well for me. At my last signing I sold eleven of my books!
4. Last years are hard, and this year is my last year at my elementary school. Next year is off to middle school without one of my best friends.
5.  Writing has been hard to do with so much schoolwork, clubs, and more. 

Writer Wednesday

Writer Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! Today I will not be doing the regular old me talking on and on about writing. I am going to be asking you guys questions for you to answer in the comments. I'm doing this to hear from your point of view to help me. I want others opinions on things related to writing.

1. Should The Lost Island be the last book?
2. Should I make a follow-up diary series for all of the characters in The Secret Sister Series?
3. What book should I work on next, Haily Benton and the School of Secrets, a third book in the Secret Sister Series, or a Diary series?
4. Do you have any suggestions for my books?
5. Do you have a book coming out? (If so, I can feature it on my blog.)
6. Do you have any writing questions for me to answer in a Writer Wednesday?

Thanks for reading! I will be doing a giveaway soon for a chance to be a character in one of my books, so stay tuned for that!

-Ayla❤

Monday Mishmash

Happy Monday!

1. The Lost Island I am very excited to say I have finished my book. The book is called The Lost Island. It is the second book in the Secret Sister series. I love how many people liked my first book and wanted me to finish my next one.
2. Thoughts I really like how people enjoyed The Secret Sister. But sadly The Lost Island might be the last book. I really want to keep writing more in the series, but the problem is I need peoples' opinions if I should keep going or not. I know in my previous post Kelly Hashway commented that I should do the Diary series, but everyone who can comment please comment your opinion. Thanks to everyone who will.
3. School Summer passed by so quickly, and today I start school. I will be going into 5th grade already, my last year in elementary school.
4. Young Writers I really want to inspire people to write. I grew up writing and I just kept believing. I will never stop dreaming of being a New York Times Bestselling Author.
5. Time I will be blogging when I can even though I have school. Also I would love for you guys to ask me questions. I will try to answer all of them in one post and keep doing Q&A posts on Wednesdays when I have no Writing news.

❤ Thanks for reading ❤

What's on your mind this week?

- Ayla Hashway

writer wednesday

Writer Wednesday

Many of you may know I have put aside writing until summer break for my school. That is true, but I am now out of school and working on writing again.  I am planning to mainly work on The Lost Island instead of Haily Benton and the School of Secrets or any other books I have been working on. I know I have not yet told you, but The Lost Island I am planning on making the last book in that series. So I want everyone who is reading this to tell me their opinion on if I should keep going with one or two more books in the Secret Sister series or not because if so I do have some more ideas that I want to use, but it can't be in The Lost Island. I was also hoping to make a journal series for the characters from The Secret Sister and The Lost Island series. So I would love to hear your opinion on that, too. 

Haily Benton will be a series, but I might keep pushing that off a bit since not many people know about it. I am also pushing it back so I can finish the first book series I started. 

I am really excited to finish these books because I truly think that you will enjoy all the twists, mysteries, and adventures.

For more info about The Lost Island, The Secret Sister, and Haily Benton and the School of Secrets, visit some of my previous posts!

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on the home page! ❤

- Ayla Hashway

Haily Benton and the School of Secrets

Haily Benton and the School of Secrets

 As you all know, I am working on a new book called The Lost Island. But that is not all. I'm also writing a book called: Haily Benton and the School of Secrets. 

Haily Benton is ten years old and is in fifth grade. Haily also has two sisters.
The oldest is Jessica. She is in twelfth grade (high school). She is a drama queen, sassy, and popular. The second oldest is Serena. Serena is in eighth grade. She loves sports, is laid back, and spends practically all day on the couch watching TV in her sports uniform.

Haily has moved several times in the past. She grew up in Texas and moved to Russia. As much as Haily loved Russia, she missed Texas. But her family surprised her by deciding to move back to Texas. But when she gets there something terrible happens!

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Monday Mishmash

Happy Monday! Monday Mishmash is a weekly meme created by Kelly Hashway dedicated to sharing what's on your mind. Feel free to grab the button and post your own Mishmash!

1. The Lost Island I'm super excited because I am writing my second book in the same series  as my first book. It will be a mystery and adventure. The book is called The Lost Island! You can even look for the post about it on my blog if you keep scrolling down the page to find out more information on this book in the works!
2. Haily Benton and the School of Secrets This is another book I am writing right now! This is the first book to another series of mine. This book will be posted more about on Wednesday! So make sure to check it out!
3. Friday Feature I am so excited to write my friday feature this week it is about an author friend of mine and her new book! Stephanie Faris is really nice and has several books out right now. I own some of them, but make sure to catch this Friday Feature to find out more!
4. Christmas This week we have a lot of shopping to do for the holidays. We already decorated for Christmas in our house! I always loved having family over for Christmas. It is my favorite part of Christmas! But I think next year that might change. Only because I have a baby cousin and she is going to want to stay home on Christmas and play with her toys. this year she doesn't know what Christmas is, But next year she most likely will know. My moms side of the family will not come they will go to my cousins house instead. My mom's mom said that we would do Christmas with my mom's side of the family a week early. I really don't care about getting gifts early. What i care about is seeing my family on Christmas day.
5. Clubs In school I am in student council which is on Tuesdays but school was closed last week due to Election Day and this week we have off on Monday and this Tuesday again no student council for me.

    

The Lost Island

                               The Lost Island

I am so excited to announce that The Secret Sister was not the end for that new series! 

I have started my next book called The Lost Island. The book is about a twelve-year-old girl named Olivia and her ten-year-old brother, Max. Olivia and Max have to go on a wild goose chase to find a women named Amanda who is up to no good.

Will they be able to stop Amanda, or will they once again be defeated? 

Find out what happened before all of this madness started by downloading the FREE ebook version or the paperback with the secret link here of The Secret Sister: the first book in the series.

I hope you enjoy reading the first book. I am planning on writing every day until I get it done for you all to read!

Stay tuned for more information.