Anxious and insecure about marketing?
Mary Pax wants to help you get your name and books out in front of an audience. It's free, easy, and fun.
Get the following:
- You featured, including a nod to your books with links, on my blog prior to the 4th annual joust (November 9-13).
- You get a cool badge like the one I made for myself below.
- You will be featured for a whole week on this blog during the week of Nov. 9th.
- During the week of Nov. 9th a brief story/excerpt and you will be highlighted on one day.
- You'll be listed with a link to your site on the Realms Faire page on this website for one year.
If you win, you'll get the added benefits of:
- A free ad in the slider at the top of my blog for one year. You can see the 2014 champion featured currently.
- A championship badge and bragging rights.
- A custom printed Tumbler advertising you and your win (SEE Tumbler)
So what does becoming a knight and jousting entail? It's quite simple:
- Spots are limited reserve your slot today! Click HERE and check off 'joining 4th annual joust as a knight. Huzzah!' or email me / mpaxuathor@gmail.com
- When you get an email from me, send me the name you'll joust under and 3-5 book covers. I'll send you the nifty badge and 3 magic words. The magic words are how you'll score points during the joust.
- Send me 2 excerpts, or 2 stories of your knightly feats, or one excerpt and one story of your feats.
- Send your friends and followers to this blog Nov. 9-13th and tell them to leave comments using your magic words. You're allowed to post exactly what they copy and paste. You're allowed to bribe. Prizes will be awarded to commenters daily on this site.
- Have a load of fun while getting in some marketing. You'll be having such a blast, you won't notice you're working.
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Beware
the Vortex
Evil is afoot.
Chronos has accidentally created a vortex while cleaning his
hourglass, plunging a few unfortunate souls into Lucien’s Bar,
gateway to the Underworld. Now they are trapped. Lucien wants to keep
them but will give each hapless victim one chance to earn their
freedom. His condition? Enter a contest of skills with an Immortal
opponent of his/her choosing.
Do you think you can
survive a swordfight with War? How about wend your way through a
carnivorous garden to get to Gaia’s treehouse? Or weave a portion
of the Great Tapestry of Life while avoiding Atropos’ giant pair of
life-ending scissors? Perhaps you’re brave enough to challenge
Death to a peanut-eating contest? Or whip up a batch of punch with
Jezebel, the Master Poisoner? Do you have what it takes to win your
way out of Lucien’s grasp?
Your mission: on the
day you appear in the contest, you will post on your own blog, or
gather together your Facebook and/or Twitter friends and provide a
link to this blog, pleading (begging works too) with your loyal
supporters to come to your aid at
http://riverfairchild.blogspot.com/
, and cheer you on to victory. Their comments will decide your fate. River will provide you with a few magic words to bolster the power of
your minions. Plead well, for you will need their strength to endure.
Others might seek to cast their votes with the Immortals.
Rewards? Yes!
Besides winning your freedom (hopefully), each volunteer (that would
be you) who is locked in the struggle will receive an Amazon or
Barnes & Noble gift card. In addition, a few lucky commenters
will be picked at random to receive a gift card at the end of the
Faire. Four brave people have signed up so far. River needs one more to
fill the week.
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You are charged with tracking down the unicorns!
Every day, a new blogger will
host a photo. You will have to find the unicorns in the image, much
like the famous “Where’s Waldo?” Leave a comment stating how many
unicorns you find in that image. The most correct guesses wins.
Grand prize:
Ebooks: Hot Pink in the City
by Medeia Sharif, 30 Seconds by Chrys Fey, One Good Catch by Heather M.
Gardner, A Lizard’s Tail by Bish Denham, and The Circle of Friends
Series by L. Diane Wolfe
Plus: a $20.00 Amazon or ITunes gift card
Five images - many unicorns - only one winner!
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House Waibel is hosting the Stockade Brigade. Warrants of arrest
have been issued for select authors accusing them of witchery and
wizardry. The pillory has been erected and the trial dates set.
Good
people of Realmsdom, I call upon you to bear witness to these trials
and offer your testimony for or against the author's crimes.
Points
will be awarded for wordsmithing a comment in your best Olde English
afore 8 of the clock in the Eastern time on the following scale:
5-Ye speak as one from the days of Queen Bess.
4-Ye could pass muster as a Ren Faire cast member
3-Ye could pass as a Ren Faire attendee
2-Ye wouldn't be foolin' yer mother
1-Ye stand out like the sun in a cloudless sky
An
e-book will be given every day to the witness who scores the most
points. Fear not, your daily score will be accumulated and the person
with the highest score shall receive a special prize at the end of the
week. So, brush off your Olde English and prepare to testify.
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Hero's beware! Here at the
House of Hero's Dilemma, a new
cliff-hanging adventure will dangle new heroes above the depths of
destiny or despair. In 100 words or less, a hero will face a danger in
story form.
Each day, the people of Realsmdom
will decide the fate of these heroes in three sentences or less. If
fateful endings are giving answer in poetic form, an extra entry for
prizes will be awarded.
Daily e-book prizes will be awarded via random name-pulling from the entries. Everyone is invited to participate.
People
of Realmsom, you have the power of storytelling might to decide the
fate of the would-be heroes. Will they die in glory or shame, live in
victory or defeat? It is up to you.
And, after
you have decided the fate of the Hero's Dilemma, try your hand at the
other Realms Faire Events for more fun and prizes!
