Insanity by Lauren Hammond Blog Tour
Hey everyone! I am the first stop in the Insanity by Lauren Hammond Blog Tour! Here is an excerpt from the novel:
(Lauren) Thank you so much for having me on
the blog today!
I’m so excited to share an excerpt
of my latest novel, Insanity with you!
I hope you enjoy it!
My eyes are instantly drawn to the
metal. Its brass and dull and the way it moves, ever so slowly, puts me in a
trance-like state. I am calm. Relaxed. I could sleep. My eyelids start
fluttering. Every few seconds I shake my head and open my eyes to try and fight
off the effect the instrument has on me.
“Relax, Adelaide.” Dr. Watson's
voice is mellow—soothing—like a lullaby. “Open your mind to me.”
Open your mind to me. I hear this
inside my head over and over again. But
soon the ticking becomes louder. The movement of the
needle is too calming. I think Dr. Watson is saying something else, but I can't
be sure because of the tick...tick...ticking. Soon all of the contents of the
office blur together. My eyelids are heavy. I think I hear, “Stop fighting it.”
A pause. “Just let go.”
It's like standing in a cavern with
a cliff. You're on the edge of that cliff. You're looking down. You see the
blue-green waters in a pool at the bottom of that twenty foot drop, slapping
against wet rock. In your head, you know that if you jump the water will catch
you, swallow you, and once you break the surface, you'll be able to breath. But
there's something...some tiny, nagging voice in the back of your mind that's
holding you back. Telling you not to do it. To not live for the moment. To live
in fear. Be a coward.
Don't jump. Stay where you are.
Never move forward.
I think of this, during the moment
when my eyelids finally close and I roll my head back, allowing the lull of the
metronome to pull me into a realm of ambiance and sleep. I think of this
scenario because it reminds me of life. So many people live in fear. They
refuse to move their life in a different direction because they let that fear
consume them. Eat away at them. Pick their bones clean. So many people live
their lives asking themselves what if?
What if?
What if?
So what if I was on the edge of a
cliff? What if I did push that nagging voice to the side, kicked caution to the
wind, and hurled myself over that cliff, free-falling, only to be caught in a
exhilarating, pool of refreshing water? Would I feel better just letting go?
Yes.
I know this because the only reason
I've been holding back is because I'm terrified of the pain my memories will
bring. But life is pain. Life is chaos. It's never easy. Always a struggle.
Now I know that the only way I'm
going to get over the pain in my past is to confront it, head on. And that's
the last thought I have before let the
darkness of my mind completely consume me.
About Lauren Hammond:
It all began with a dinosaur, a T-Rex
to be exact. He was the main character in my very first short story. Me and T,
well, we went places. He is the reason I won my first essay contest at age ten.
And he is probably one of the number one reasons, I pursued a career in
writing.
Throughout highschool, I was what you
would call a rebel. Someone who had convinced herself that she had life figured
out at age sixteen. Still, writing was my only safe-haven during that time. I
wrote notebooks full of poetry, even writing fellow classmates papers for them.
Unbeknowest to me, creative writing,
seemed to be my one, true calling, my passion in life.
At age twenty, I began writing my first
novel. After that, everything seemed to fall into place.
I won Best Poets and Poems of 2007, and
The Editor's Choice award for my poem, Summer Days.
Also, during that time I wrote or
co-wrote fifteen different screenplays, some which earned me finalist spot in
various screenplay competitions.
In 2010, I've come full force, with my
novel Love Sucks, that was released by Punkin House Press, in August of 2010.
On top of Love Sucks, I have six novels that are slated to be released through
the next five years. Also, doing some various marketing work for authors and
publishers.
I pride myself in telling fellow
writers to always follow their dreams. Who knows where I would be if I would
have given up.
Lauren’s
Links:
Twitter
- https://twitter.com/#!/NovelistLauren
Purchase links
for Insanity:
Amazon ebook
- http://www.amazon.com/Insanity-The-Asylum-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B008173I62/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337796479&sr=8-1
Barnes & Noble ebook - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/insanity-lauren-hammond/1110620686?ean=2940014360340
About
Insanity:
Goodreads page
- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13557662-insanity
Released: May 8th
Series: Asylum, book #1
Summary:
Sometimes
love...can drive you crazy.
Adelaide Carmichael and Damien Allen
couldn't be more opposite.
Adelaide's mother abandoned her when
she was ten years old, leaving her to be raised by her abusive and alcoholic
father.
Damien on the other hand came from a
wealthy family, was a local celebrity, and seemed to have a bright future ahead
of him.
Despite their differences, Adelaide and
Damien were young, wild, and fiercely in love.
And they had a plan.
They were going to run away.
Be together forever.
And their plan was set in motion, until
tragedy struck and for some reason, Adelaide wound up in The Oakhill
Institution for the insane.
Adelaide has no idea what she did to
wind up at Oakhill, but she knows one thing for sure...
She wants out.
And after Damien follows her there to
aid her in escaping, Adelaide slowly begins putting together the pieces of her
memory that are missing.
And it doesn't take Adelaide long to
figure out that sometimes...
That one true love never dies.
Can't wait to read this!! :)
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