Friday Five for April 3, 2015

1. We're three days in to the 2015 A to Z Blogging Challenge. If you're participating, how are you doing? I'm doing it with the Untethered Realms group again this year. It's so much fun and less stress that way. Pop on over to read teasers from our books.

2. With the Challenge going on, I'm going to step back and only do a few blog posts this month. Some promos and reviews for my fellow authors, and my Friday Five.

3. I've started a new urban fantasy novel. It's slow going at the moment, but this one is heavy. It's going to be a big one. Huge in length, but also heavy plot-wise. So many things are weaving together. I love having a story grow organically like this.

4. Today is my husband's birthday. My son and I will bake him a cake and make him a special dinner. And it's Easter this weekend. Happy Easter to all who celebrate! My little guy is eager to go egg hunting.

5. Finally, thank you to everyone who supported and encouraged me during my tours. You guys are awesome! Here are the final winners of the Geeky Dice & Debauchery Tour Giveaway.

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Friday Five for May 16, 2014

1. I've been working hard on more revisions for WIP #1. I might have it done in time to query before the end of the month. My goal day to send out queries is the 28th. It's my son's last day of school. If I don't make the deadline, I'm going to attempt not to be too hard on myself. It's important to send out the best story I can, so if it takes a little more time ... I'll likely scream a bit and pout. Maybe eat chocolate and pout some more. Then I'll get right back to work and finish it.

2. I have a busy weekend ahead. A local writer's group meeting, a 5 year old's birthday party, and a school board end of the year party that involves wine and salad. Neither of which I like. I will go and smile and try not to look too awkward.

3. I've gotten a few great reviews these past few weeks for The 13th Floor Complete Collection and FEARLESS. It's wonderful to hear from my readers, and reviews like those can make a crappy day into a good one. A big thank you to everyone who has left me a review and who reviews other books. You are awesome!

4. Still waiting to hear back on some short stories and my geeky novella submissions. Waiting never gets easier, no matter how many years you've been writing.

5. Finally, here are the winners from my giveaway from the My Book Boyfriend Blog Hop! Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered. Have a great weekend!

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Winners of the 500 Followers SpecFic Giveaway

Thank you to all my wonderful followers and to everyone who helped promote this giveaway. This has been the biggest Rafflecopter giveaway I've ever hosted. I wish you could all win!

Congratulations to the winners!
I'll be contacting you shortly.

Have a great weekend, folks!

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Winners for the More Than Just A Kiss Blogfest and The 13th Floor Collection cover reveal giveaway

Thank you to everyone who participated in the MORE THAN JUST A KISS Blogfest. It was awesome. So many great entries. Even more so, each kiss was so very different. Some made me laugh, others had me sighing or fanning myself, and a few made my eyes watery. These were more than just kisses.

My most marvelous fellow judges - Cecilia Robert, Kyra Lennon, Laurelin Paige - and I had a tough time picking the winners. We all have different tastes, but there are three that stood out.

Here are our top three:

Our first place winner of a critique (not exceeding ten pages) from Cecilia, Kyra, and I is

L.G. KELTNER!

Our second place winner of a critique (not exceeding five pages) from Laurelin and I is

MICHELLE WALLACE!

Our third place winner of a one page critique from Cecilia and I is

ADRIANNE RUSSELL!

Congratulations, ladies! An email has been sent your way.

But wait! We have some bonus prizes to give out. Each of us judges have picked one entry to win our bonus prizes. Here they are!

Laurelin's pick to win FIXED ON YOU:

ROE!

Cecilia's pick to win TRULY MADLY DEEPLY YOU and REAPER'S NOVICE.:
ALEX TANNER!

Kyra's pick to win IF I LET YOU GO:

SUMMER ROSS!

My pick to win all six volumes of The 13th Floor series:

SHAH WHARTON!

Congratulations to you all!

And thank you again to every participant. Every single scene was great.

Now on to the winners of my cover reveal giveaway!

A huge thank you to everyone that helped introduce The 13th Floor Complete Collection to the world.

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Congratulations to the winners!

Emails have been sent your way.

Friday Five for July 26, 2013

1. Thank you so much again to all my awesome hosts and everyone who joined me for THE GHOST blog tour last week. It was so much fun, and the book has gotten a great reception. The winners for the tour's giveaway are at the bottom of this post.

2. Cecilia Robert and I announced the MORE THAN JUST A KISS blogfest! We're joined by two other lovely romance writers, Kyra Lennon and Laurelin Paige. We want to read your kissing scenes. Sweet, fiery, sizzling, awkward, and mind-blowing. We want to read them all. Not only will we be sharing some scenes, but we're offering prizes. We'll judge the posts and pick three winners to receive a critique. Plus, there are bonus prizes! Romance ebooks galore!

3. I was so excited to win a contest on FB from MG fantasy author Jessica Day George. She asked people to suggest names for her MC's new baby griffin in her next book, and she picked mine. Woot! I suggested Lorcan which means little and fierce. If that isn't awesome enough, she's sending me a surprise in the mail. If you're a Harry Potter fan, you'll love Jessica's books.

4. It's been a week of ups and downs with the boy. He had fun blueberry picking on the weekend, but now doesn't want anything to do with the berries. He did great the last few days of swim lessons last week, but he doesn't want to jump off little drops on land. As some of you heard on FB, we now have to start patch therapy with his turned eye. He has to wear a patch over his good eye for two hours every day. That's actually going quite well so far. He's been very cooperative, thankfully. Oh the multiple personalities of toddlers!

5. I've been working on the cover for the 13th Floor collection. Am I getting anywhere? Maybe. I don't know. I'm seeing how well my Photoshop skills can improve. I've already learned some new tricks. I'm designing some little graphics for the interior that I do like, though.

And now the winners of THE GHOST giveaway!

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Congratulations to the winners!

Emails have already been sent.

The winners of The Oracle & the Vampire giveaway

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway!

It was a fantastic tour and it couldn't have been that way without you.

Now on to the winners!

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Congratulations to the winners!

I've already sent you emails.

Join me again in July for another chance to win the entire 13th Floor series!

The winners of The Harbinger blog tour giveaway

The Harbinger tour was fantastic!

Thank you again to all my wonderful hosts and

to you, my awesome readers.

The fifth book in the 13th Floor series will

be released May 13th.

And don't forget that The Marquis is now free!

Now on to the giveaway winners!

 

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Congratulations to the winners!

I've already sent out emails.

Join me this April for another peek into the world of the Fearless with the A to Z Challenge.

Winners of The Dragonslayer blog tour giveaway

Thank you to everyone who entered The Dragonslayer blog tour giveaway!

The tour was a big success because of your support.

Here are the lucky winners!

Congratulations! Emails have already been sent out.

 

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Anyone who would like to be part of The Harbinger blog tour March 13th - 17th, please leave a comment with your email address or send me an email.

Winners of The Alpha blog tour giveaway and updates

My little guy is singing a song in honor of the winners of The Alpha blog tour giveaway. Thank you so much to everyone who entered. Next month, I'll be having another giveaway with The Dragonslayer blog tour. Check the 13th Floor series page for all the stops. It's a big one this time around!

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Congratulations to the winners! I've already emailed you.

I'm working hard on the next book in the 13th Floor series. My son has stopped having naps, so I've lost a good chunk of my writing time. It's frustrating, but it was inevitable. If I'm around even less on the blogs, I hope you'll forgive me. I need to write. I had hoped he'd still take naps for another year. At least I have two mornings a week while he's in school, and starting the next school year, he'll be doing three mornings a week.

I received my first rejection for the year. It was from Tor. I was aiming high! Also, another anthology I had a story in has been cancelled. The publisher has closed down. I didn't get an email or any sort of notice. I found out on a friend's blog. Now I need to start submitting stories elsewhere because I have nothing out there at the moment.

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! I'll see you on Monday for the Re-Introduce Myself Blogfest.

Winners of the Birthday Bash giveaway

Thank you so much to everyone for the birthday wishes. I love this community! You guys are awesome.

I also want to give a big thank you to Aubrie Dionne who gifted me with a blog tour for FEARLESS from Shades of Rose Marketing. It's set for the week of the 22nd. I have the banner with the link on my sidebar.

The winners of the Birthday Bash giveaway are:

Summer Ross
and
Jeremy Bates

Congratulations!
I'll be in contact with you shortly.

Jeremy did ask if he won, the book be donated to charity or the library.
I'm going to the library today or tomorrow.
I've always wondered what you had to do to donate.

Winners of the Cherie Reich Blog Tour Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and commented on Cherie's guest post.

I hope you all managed to get a copy of Defying Gravity.

It's a fantastic sci-fi fantasy romance!

Here are the two lucky winners of Cherie's giveaway.

Each of them wins an e-copy of Once Upon a December Nightmare

and The Best of Raven and the Writing Desk.

Donna K. Weaver
Melissa Bradley

Congratulations to the winners!

Cherie will be in contact with you shortly.

Learn Your Craft Giveaway Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway. If only I could afford to give you all prizes. Every one of you is deserving.

Here are the winners chosen by Random.org:

 1. Laura Josephsen

2. Pk Hrezo

3. Jessica G.

Congratulations! I will be in contact with you all shortly.

Speaking of Laura Josephsen, her new ebook

Rising Book 1: Resistance

is now available on Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords.

Don't forget that Cherie Reich's new sci-fi novelette

Defying Gravity

is available on Amazon.

Goodreads is giving away a free copy of Aubrie Dionne's Tundra 37.

Enter here!

Aubrie will be stopping by my blog this Saturday for a chat.

Please mark it on your calendars and join us.

On Tuesday, it's the Catch Fire! Blog Party celebrating the

release of Alex J. Cavanaugh's newest book

CassaFire.