Realms Faire 2015 - Drench-a-Wench (Day 3)

 

HURRAH!

Welcome to Realms Faire 2015!

The Realms Faire is hosted by our most magnificent Lady Mary Pax.

She'll be conducting the Joust. Cheer for your favorite knight and win prizes!

There are several terrific events happening this week. Each host is giving away prizes for their games. Check out the Realms Faire page for all the links. 

Here at House Geek, I'm once again hosting the Drench-a-Wench / Soak-a-bloke event!  

The rules to this game are simple:

1) The dunkee is chosen by committee.

2) I post a link to the dunkee's blog and you click on it.

3) You leave a comment, soaking them with blog love.

4) You are entered into a drawing for a chance to win prizes.

I'll have different prizes every day. You don't want to miss out on these awesome books.

Today's prize packet consists of:
An ebook of your choice from M. Pax
The Boyfriend Project ebook from Mary Waibel
An ebook of your choice from Cherie Reich

A digital copy of Of Blood and Sorrow

You have until 7:00 pm EST to leave a comment on the dunkee's blog.

A winner will be chosen randomly each day and contacted at the end of the week. 

Our fabulous dunkee for today is:

Chrys Fey helps aspiring writers with tons of wonderful inspiration and advice, and she writes awesome thrillers.

Who Roams Here

Hosted by Julie Flanders. Each day she will give clues to a famous ghost from literature or movies. She’ll give new clues throughout the day until someone guesses the right ghost. The first one to guess correctly will get a $5 Amazon gift card and a bundle of ebooks.

Roar! Enter the VelociRaffle for a chance to win one of six grand prizes!

Celebrating along with the Faire, the Untethered Realms authors are touring with their newest collection, Mayhem in the Air. Get exclusive excerpts and enter for a chance to win a $40 gift card. Find out where to find us today!

Realms Faire 2015 - Soak-a-Bloke (Day 2)

 

CHEERS!

Welcome to Realms Faire 2015!

The Realms Faire is hosted by our most magnificent Lady Mary Pax.

She'll be conducting the Joust. Cheer for your favorite knight and win prizes!

There are several terrific events happening this week. Each host is giving away prizes for their games. Check out the Realms Faire page for all the links. 

Here at House Geek, I'm once again hosting the Drench-a-Wench / Soak-a-bloke event! 

The rules to this game are simple:

1) The dunkee is chosen by committee.

2) I post a link to the dunkee's blog and you click on it.

3) You leave a comment, soaking them with blog love.

4) You are entered into a drawing for a chance to win prizes.

I'll have different prizes every day. You don't want to miss out on these awesome books!

Today's prize packet consists of:

An ebook of your choice from M. Pax
The Vanished Knight ebook from Misha Gericke
An ebook of your choice from Cherie Reich 
A digital copy of Of Blood and Sorrow

You have until 7:00 pm EST to leave a comment on the dunkee's blog.

A winner will be chosen randomly each day and contacted at the end of the week. 

Our awesome dunkee for today is:

 

Jeff Beesler is a genre writer specializing in sci-fi, horror, and fantasy.

Riddle Me This

Hosted by Cherie Reich. A riddle every day during the Realms Faire for you to take your best guess and have a chance to win a prize most splendid.

Roar! Enter the VelociRaffle for a chance to win one of six grand prizes!

Celebrating along with the Faire, the Untethered Realms authors are touring with their newest collection, Mayhem in the Air. Get exclusive excerpts and enter for a chance to win a $40 gift card. Find out where to find us today!

Realms Faire 2015 - Drench-a-wench (Day 1)

 

HUZZAH!

Welcome to Realms Faire 2015!

The Realms Faire is hosted by our most magnificent Lady Mary Pax.

She'll be conducting the Joust. Cheer for your favorite knight and win prizes!

 There are several terrific events happening this week. Each host is giving away prizes for their games. Check out the Realms Faire page for all the links. 

Here at House Geek, I'm hosting the Drench-a-Wench / Soak-a-bloke event! 

The rules to this game are simple:

1) The dunkee is chosen by committee.

2) I post a link to the dunkee's blog and you click on it.

3) You leave a comment, soaking them with blog love.

4) You are entered into a drawing for a chance to win prizes.

I'll have different prizes every day. You don't want to miss out on these awesome books!

Today's prize packet consists of:
An ebook of your choice from M. Pax
The Mystery Prince ebook from Mary Waibel
An ebook of your choice from Cherie Reich 

A digital copy of Of Blood and Sorrow

You have until 7:00 pm EST to leave a comment on the dunkee's blog.

A winner will be chosen randomly each day and contacted at the end of the week. 

Our first wonderful dunkee is:

Patricia Lynne is a fantastic YA and NA paranormal writer and a fellow geek.

4th Annual Joust

 

Hosted by MPax. Prizes for the winning knight. Prizes drawn daily for the crowd.

Roar! Enter the VelociRaffle for a chance to win one of six grand prizes!

Celebrating along with the Faire, the Untethered Realms authors are touring with their newest collection, Mayhem in the Air. Get exclusive excerpts and enter for a chance to win a $40 gift card. Find out where to find us today!

Friday Five for November 6, 2015

1. Did you think October was the month for treats? No way! There are lots of chances for you to win this month. TB Markinson holds a monthly book giveaway. She has five awesome books for you to win, and this month, The 13th Floor Complete Collection is one of them. Untethered Realms is touring with their new short story collection, Mayhem in the Air. Get exclusive excerpts and enter for a chance to win a $40 gift card. Last but not least, Realms Faire 2015 begins on Monday. Huzzah! Tons of medieval games, giveaways, and grog. I'll be hosting the Drench-a-Wench event with a giveaway every day.

2. I recently had two short story rewrite & resubmits, and now I have two acceptances to Every Day Fiction! "Paid" is a little noir cop piece with a twist and "Ligeia's Song" is about a girl kidnapped by pirates and pit against the Sirens. Every Day Fiction is having a few technical problems at the moment, but hopefully they'll be back very soon.

3. This week, my mom was down and we did our Christmas shopping. I'm almost all done. Just a few special gifts for my son that I'll need to get online. I also make a calendar every year on Shutterfly with pictures of my son and give it to the relatives.

4. I'm tuckered out today. I'll get back into the swing of things and catch up with everyone next week. Have a good weekend!

5. Oh! I was so surprised last week to find I was a winner in Yolanda Renee's Desperation Holler Halloween Challenge. It was so much fun answering her scary interview questions and finishing off a piece of flash fiction. Check out all the authors' awesome stories on her blog. I would definitely do it again next year!

#IWSG for November 2015

The Insecure Writer's Support Group (IWSG) is the brilliant idea of Alex J. Cavanaugh. The purpose of the group is to share doubts and insecurities and to encourage one another. Please visit the other participants and share your support. A kind word goes a long way.

The awesome co-hosts this month are Stephen Tremp, Karen Walker, Denise Covey, and Tyrean Martinson!

More, more, more!

I am hounded by this voice in my head that tells me I'm not writing enough. I need to get more books out there. I need to write better faster. And I need to do it now!

The voice makes me highly anxious. It gives me stressful writer work dreams. So much editing and marketing! So much to do, so little time. Where is that mind jack I can plug into my head and pour my stories right into the computer? My fingers don't move fast enough. My eyes are old and tired.

I've got to write more!

I know reasonably this isn't realistic. We all write at different paces, and we have limited time to write. But the nag beats down my reason and demands I write, write, write!

Anyone else harassed by this voice? What do you do to ease that anxiety?

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Don't forget about TB Markinson's monthly book giveaway. You can win five awesome books, and this month, one of them is The 13th Floor Complete Collection. Also, the Mayhem in the Air tour is going on this week and into the next. You can get exclusive excerpts from the stories in the collections and enter for a chance to win a $40 gift card. Finally, Realms Faire 2015 begins on Monday. Shine your armor and fill your mugs! Tons of medieval games, giveaways, and grog. I'll be hosting the Drench-a-Wench event. There will be a giveaway every day of a minimum four books for you to win.

Mayhem in the Air Tour & #99centnovember

Ten thrilling tales from the super talented authors of Untethered Realms. Get exclusive excerpts on this tour and enter for a chance to win a $40 gift card!

November 2: BooksChatter
November 3: SolaFide Self-Publishing and Book Blog
November 3: Reviews by Crystal
November 4: Laurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews
November 5: Christine Young
November 5: It's Raining Books
November 6: The Cerebral Writer
November 9: Dark Treasury
November 10: Queen of the Night Reviews
November 11: Long and Short Reviews
November 12: Mixed Book Bag
November 13: Kit 'N Kabookle

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Every week this month, Daniel Ausema, James Garcia Jr., Anne E. Johnson, Simon Kewin, Michelle Ann King, TB Markinson, Tyrean Martinson, Rhonda Parrish, Loni Townsend, and Milo James Fowler are lowering the prices on a few of their eBooks. In the spirit of the season, they're giving their readers something to be thankful for.

Now on sale for only 99cents -- Click each cover for details:

     

     

      

     

    

Friday Five for October 30, 2015

1. Big excitement this week as Mayhem in the Air is now available. It's a marvelous collection of short stories from the talented authors of Untethered Realms. My horror sci-fi, "The Silent Wind" is included in the anthology. Next week, we'll start a two week tour with exclusive excerpts and a giveaway where you could win a $40 gift card! The collection is only 99 cents. A steal with all the awesome stories in it!

2. Oh, more fantastic short stories! I received word yesterday that 9Tales Told in the Dark #7 is available for pre-order and will be released November 23rd. My horror story, "All I Want For Christmas" is one of the nine scary tales. This makes up for the rejection I received earlier this week.

3. I've had a good writing week even with my son having a couple of early dismissal days from school. I finished the first novella in a new series for my publisher. The series is called The Sasquatch Susies. I'll leave it to your imagination what that's about for now.

4. My mom will be visiting next week. We do all our Christmas shopping, so we don't have to freak out at the last minute. It's nice to have it all done before December, but it's difficult to find places to store gifts in our little house! Not just store them, but keep them out of sight of my little guy.

5. One day until Halloween! I love this time of year. We had a fun time last weekend at the Trick or Treat Trail, and we went trick or treating at the university on Wednesday. Tomorrow I get to see all the costumes as the kids come to our door. My little guy, er, puppy is super excited.

(My son and his buddy at the Trick or Treat Trail.)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!