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How Did 2013 Go Post

I know we are already in February and I still haven't posted my 2013 sales numbers. I do plan on posting those numbers as soon as I have all of them. I'm waiting on final numbers from Apple, Page Foundry, Library Direct which is filtered through Smashwords. Once I get those numbers I will put them up so we can see how sales for 2013 went. I am pretty sure they are down from 2012 since I didn't have any fiction new releases and only had a nonfiction new release for a few days at the end of 2013.

February #Giveaway - Horse Schools 4th Edition by Angelia Almos

Congratulations to the January #Giveaway winner of Horse Charmer - Jessica.


Now on to the February #Giveaway: an ebook copy of Horse Schools: The International Guide to Universities, Colleges, Preparatory and Secondary Schools, and Specialty Equine Programs 4th Edition by Angelia Almos. This contest is international and the winner will be given a Smashwords coupon code to claim their prize.

Revised and updated, this indispensable guide features more than 580 universities, colleges, preparatory and secondary schools, and specialty programs in thirty-one countries throughout the world that specialize in equine studies. It is the best source of information available for parents of horse-crazy children, college-bound equestrians, and students desiring a career with horses.

* A self quiz to help the prospective student decide what school is most appropriate


* List of possible equestrian careers


* Icons that show a school's areas of specialization

* School profiles include email addresses, web sites, degrees and majors offered, description of their programs, tuition and horse-related expenses, facility summaries, and opportunities to compete

* A list of equine-oriented scholarships

* Descriptions and a list of intercollegiate and interscholastic equestrian associations around the world

* Multiple ways to locate individual school entries


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Face of Death (Touch of Death #3) by Kelly Hashway - New Release and Q&A

Face of Death (Touch of Death #3) by Kelly Hashway  Having fallen at the hands of Hades, Jodi's enduring torture like she never imagined. Worse, she has to watch her Ophi friends suffer along with her--the punishment doled out by the very people she'd sentenced to life in Tartarus. Hell. This is one reunion Jodi hoped would never happen, but now she must find a way to free them all.
Except the underworld is nearly impossible to escape.
Jodi's one chance may rest in raising the human soul she killed when she drank Medusa's blood.
But splitting her human soul from her Ophi soul means living a double life: One as an Ophi experiencing unspeakable torture and the other as the human she could have been if she never came into her powers. With her two worlds colliding, Jodi will have to make the toughest decision she's faced yet.
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Previous Books:

TOUCH OF DEATH - Amazon, B&N, or WalmartSTALKED BY DEATH - Amazon, B&N, or WalmartCURSE OF DEATH - FREE here 

Q&A with Kelly about Face of Death
  
1. What was the spark or initial idea that started your book?

The series idea came while I was researching for another book. I came across a lesser-known myth about Medusa and Ophiuchus, the 13th sign of the zodiac. I've always loved Greek mythology and jumped on the chance to explore this myth and show people a very different Medusa. If anyone would like to know more about that myth, I have a FREE short story prequel to the series called Curse of Death. You can download it here: http://www.spencerhillpress.com/featured_books/curseofdeath.pdf.

When it came to deciding how to wrap up the series, I actually found my inspiration from my MC, Jodi Marshall. I took what she can do and used it both in her favor and against her. I know that sounds confusing, but you have to read the book to see what I mean. ;)

2. What was your favorite part of writing this book?

Face of Death is different from the other two books in the Touch of Death series because Jodi will essentially be living two separate lives. It was fun (although probably not for poor Jodi) to get to explore both Jodi's human side and her necromancer side in this final battle against Hades.

3. What is your favorite line from your book?

I think Jodi has a lot of great lines in this book (She's much funnier than I am.) but one of my favorites is actually a comment she makes about Zeus. "After finding out that it was Zeus who put Ophiuchus in the heavens to stop him from taking souls from the underworld, well, let's just say he'll never get a Christmas card from me."

4. What movie or television show would you say is most like your book in tone, topic, and/or characters?

Well, the series was pitched as The Walking Dead meets Shatter Me and I think that's spot on.

5. If your book was made into a movie and you got to design the movie poster, what would the tagline say?

Hmm, that's tough. Maybe "Being chosen isn't always a good thing." The logline from Touch of Death was "Having poison running through your veins and a kiss that kills really puts a dent in high school." I like that one a lot, too.

Horse Charmer by Angelia Almos

Horse Charmer is a young adult fantasy about a sheltered princess who discovers her remarkable gifts with horses on a dangerous quest to find her father’s murderer.

At sixteen years old, Cassia would rather spend her days in the royal stables than in the royal court. But as the eldest child of King Robet and Queen Sarahann she obediently performs her duties as the Princess of Karah.

Her safe world changes forever when her father is murdered in the neighboring kingdom of Vespera. Cassia grapples with his loss as her mother prepares her for her new role as queen. Her first task - she must travel to Vespera to marry a prince she barely knows to fulfill the treaty her father signed just before his death.

Nothing is as simple as it seems with political intrigues and unusual powers shadowing Cassia on her search to find out who killed her father and why.

Available as an ebook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Blio, Diesel eBook Store, iTunes, Kobo, Smashwords, Sony. Available in print from Abe Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, The Book Depository, Create Space, and your local bookstore.

January #Giveaway - Horse Charmer by Angelia Almos

Here is your chance to win an ebook copy of Horse Charmer by Angelia Almos. This contest is international and the winner will be given a Smashwords coupon code to claim their prize.

Horse Charmer is a young adult fantasy about a sheltered princess who discovers her remarkable gifts with horses on a dangerous quest to find her father’s murderer.

At sixteen years old, Cassia would rather spend her days in the royal stables than in the royal court. But as the eldest child of King Robet and Queen Sarahann she obediently performs her duties as the Princess of Karah.

Her safe world changes forever when her father is murdered in the neighboring kingdom of Vespera. Cassia grapples with his loss as her mother prepares her for her new role as queen. Her first task - she must travel to Vespera to marry a prince she barely knows to fulfill the treaty her father signed just before his death.

Nothing is as simple as it seems with political intrigues and unusual powers shadowing Cassia on her search to find out who killed her father and why.

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Horse Schools 4th Edition Available as an Ebook

Horse Schools: The International Guide to Universities, Colleges, Preparatory and Secondary Schools, and Specialty Equine Programs Fourth Edition by Angelia Almos is now out!

Revised and updated, this indispensable guide features more than 580 universities, colleges, preparatory and secondary schools, and specialty programs in thirty-one countries throughout the world that specialize in equine studies. It is the best source of information available for parents of horse-crazy children, college-bound equestrians, and students desiring a career with horses.

* A self quiz to help the prospective student decide what school is most appropriate

* List of possible equestrian careers

* Icons that show a school's areas of specialization

* School profiles include email addresses, web sites, degrees and majors offered, description of their programs, tuition and horse-related expenses, facility summaries, and opportunities to compete

* A list of equine-oriented scholarships

* Descriptions and a list of intercollegiate and interscholastic equestrian associations around the world

* Multiple ways to locate individual school entries

Print:  Amazon or Create Space.  Ebook: Smashwords

Horse Schools 4th Edition is Out!

Horse Schools: The International Guide to Universities, Colleges, Preparatory and Secondary Schools, and Specialty Equine Programs Fourth Edition by Angelia Almos is now out!

Revised and updated, this indispensable guide features more than 580 universities, colleges, preparatory and secondary schools, and specialty programs in thirty-one countries throughout the world that specialize in equine studies. It is the best source of information available for parents of horse-crazy children, college-bound equestrians, and students desiring a career with horses.

* A self quiz to help the prospective student decide what school is most appropriate

* List of possible equestrian careers

* Icons that show a school's areas of specialization

* School profiles include email addresses, web sites, degrees and majors offered, description of their programs, tuition and horse-related expenses, facility summaries, and opportunities to compete

* A list of equine-oriented scholarships

* Descriptions and a list of intercollegiate and interscholastic equestrian associations around the world

* Multiple ways to locate individual school entries


You can get your copy either from Amazon or Create Space. 

Horse Schools 4th Edition has a Cover

Horse Schools: The International Guide to Universities, Colleges, Preparatory and Secondary Schools, and Specialty Equine Programs FOURTH EDITION has a cover!

Spotlight & #Giveaway - Black Hull by Joseph Turket

BLACK HULL by Joseph A. Turkot

Blurb

Imagine a distant future where technology’s inexorable advance has halted for all but the richest .1% of humanity. Indigents who still have it fly spaceships that are hundreds of years old, and entreat the help of robots that are relics of the past.

The wealthy, having achieved immortality through science, and secured total power through purchase of all government seats, spread and consume the last resources of the cosmos. The unlucky majority pursue one goal: The generational commitment to buying a ticket into Utopia—the virtual reality program that simulates what in antiquity was known as heaven. Little do they question the mysterious origin and purpose of their gloried destination.

For those who can’t afford to upload their consciousnesses into Utopia, and leave their physical bodies forever behind, there are few options but to live the life of an outlaw.

Eight hundred years in the past, Mick Compton is ripped away through a wormhole into the dystopian future of the Messier 82 galaxy. In a place where the only thing that matters is getting into paradise, he wants only to get back home to his proper place and time, to his wife and family, so that he can right the wrongs of his past. But Sera, a battle-hardened smuggler with plans of her own for him, won’t make it so easy.

And a darker agenda is at play in M82—the terrorist known as The Force of Darkness has reached a terrifying conclusion: Humanity is a virus, whose chance at equilibrium with its environment long ago failed. The only solution is complete extermination of mankind. After decades of surreptitious construction, FOD is nearly ready to detonate a quantum black hole with the power to consume the entire spread of the human race.

Will Mick succumb to the draw of Utopia and forsake his desire to return to a real family? Will FOD pull off the ultimate terrorist act and destroy humanity once and for all? Find out in Black Hull.

Buy Links:

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hull-ebook/dp/B00EBLDASS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375638377&sr=8-1&keywords=black+hull+novel

ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/black-hull/id683911216?mt=11

BARNES AND NOBLE: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-hull-joseph-turkot/1116308652?ean=2940148654544

KOBO: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/black-hull



Link to Follow Tour: http://tastybooktours.blogspot.com/2013/10/now-booking-tasty-review-tour-for-black.html



Author Info

I grew up and still live in New Jersey. I started writing and drawing at a young age. Growing up, I often daydreamed that I was A) Luke Skywalker, B) A hobbit, or C) Goku/Bruce Lee, depending upon what day it was. Today, I love to craft my own worlds and stories, fill them with characters, and paint their stories.

Author Links

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twitter.com/josephturkot

josephturkot.com



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Spotlight & #Giveaway: Full Moon On The Rise by Natalie Carlisle

Blurb

Someone in Emerson Fox Academy is determined to kill him, and Kale Rollins doesn’t know how much more he can take. And on top of everything, his adopted mom has “disappeared” and his real brother, Trey, is leaving just when Kale needs him the most. Not to mention, Miller and Kit are getting too close for his comfort and there is nothing he can do about it.

Frustrated, scared, and struggling for “control” Kale doesn’t trust himself at all. With the full moon on the rise, Kale soon realizes he isn’t the only one who might die.

What he wouldn’t do to be normal these days…

Buy Links: http://www.amazon.com/Natalie-Carlisle/e/B00DQDBLN8

Link to Follow Tour: http://tastybooktours.blogspot.com/2013/09/now-booking-tasty-blurb-tour-tasty.html


Author Info

Natalie Carlisle currently lives with her husband and two dogs in New Jersey but misses the mountains of her hometown in PA every day. When not writing, Natalie can be found reading, drawing, painting, watching chick flicks, taking pictures of nature, running (when her knee is being cooperative)and hiking. She loves being active though lately most of her time is spent in front of a computer working on her next novel.

Author Links

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6555319.Natalie_Carlisle

http://nataliecarlisle.blogspot.com/

http://www.tell-talepublishing.com/natalie-carlisle.html

https://www.facebook.com/natalie.carlisle.71

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Excerpt 

“Please pick up… come on, pick up.” Kale’s fingers worried the cord of the library’s phone for the second time that day. And just like yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that… there was still no answer. “Come on.”

Another ring passed loudly in his ear. Two more and he knew the answering machine would pick up. Again. He held his breath.

One…

Come on.

Two…

“Hi! You reached the Rollins’ residence. We can’t come to the phone right now—”

“Damn it!” Deep inhale. He slammed the receiver. Heads turned toward the noise to stare at him. It took everything in him not to snap at them. Bending over he snatched his book bag off the floor and swung it hastily over his shoulder. Ignore them. They don’t get it. Their lives are normal.

What he wouldn’t do to be normal these days.