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12 Giveaways: The Archer’s Hollow

Another free book for you today! Read on to learn about Peggy Urry’s The Archer’s Hollow, and don’t forget about the other giveaways still running!

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Merry Christmas! I’m excited to share my fantasy adventure, The Archer’s Hollow with you. All you have to do is follow my blog: http://peggyurry.blogspot.com.

For the last six years, Siri has sought a way to fulfill a vow made during the last hours of her beloved mother’s life. Faced with an unwanted betrothal, she knows any chance to honor h...

12 Giveaways: Demon’s Heart!

This Christmas, I’m pleased to give away a signed copy of my YA fantasy novel Demon’s Heart (Sweetwater Books). Enter here for your chance to win—and get it read before the sequel comes out March 2016!

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Rustav is carrying a dangerous secret—one his uncle won’t hesitate to kill for. Now on the run, Rustav has only two options: turn and fight his uncle and the bloodthirsty demons of the island, or flee into the unknown and face the mysterious dangers of the forest.

Forced to choose between...

12 Giveaways: The Firethorn Crown

Today’s featured giveaway is The Firethorn Crown (Firethorn Chronicles #1), by Lea Doué. Learn more about her book and the giveaway below, and don’t forget to check out all 24 giveaways running from now until Christmas!

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Summary:

Princess Lily, the eldest of twelve sisters and heir to a mighty kingdom, desperately seeks a break from her mother’s matchmaking. Tradition forbids marriage with the man Lily loves, so she would rather rule alone than marry someone who’s only after the crown.

F...

12 Giveaways: Mages of Vane

Today we feature Jennifer Kibble, author of the Phoenix Element series! Read more about her giveaway below, and don’t forget that there are 24 giveaways going on from now until Christmas! Click here to see them all!

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December 14th will kick off the Twelve Giveaways of Christmas. For twelve days, you have a chance to win books from twenty-four different scribes in genres across the spectrum!

During the Twelve Giveaways of Christmas, you will have a chance to win the second book in the Ph...

12 Giveaways: Raft 9

Today’s featured author is AJ Harred, giving away a free copy of Raft 9! Read below, then click here to visit the website and claim your free ebook!

And don’t forget to see all 24 giveaways running from now to Christmas!

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Today is Day 5 of the epic Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway!

It’s been great fun so far hasn’t it? And today, it’s my turn! I’m giving you my newly released e-book. Tada! It’s that easy. It’s my way of saying ‘Merry Christmas!’ All you have to do is tell me where to se...

12 Giveaways: Dream Series

Today we feature James DiBenedetto, author of the Dream Series. Read on below, then click here to see all of the amazing giveaways going on!

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The Christmas season is my favorite time of year, by far, and I’m happy to be joining with several other fantastic authors for an event we’re calling the Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway!

If you’ve read any of my Dream Series novels, you know that several of them are set around Christmas (DREAM STUDENT, DREAM CHILD, WAKING DREAM and DREAM HOME, to...

12 Giveaways: Black Hellebore

Today, we feature Nicole Zoltack, author of Black Hellebore. Check out her post below, then head over here to see all 24 giveaways running from now until Christmas!

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Merry Christmas, everyone!

Nicole Zoltack here. I’m so glad to have this chance to talk to you, readers. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. I love the sense of hope and peace it brings, the family togetherness, and, of course, giving.

But I’ll get back to the giving in a moment.

First, I wanted to talk to you about t...

12 Giveaways: Gift cards and eBooks!

Today’s featured author is Jason Zandri, who is giving away TEN PRIZES! Check out his post below and click here to enter his giveaway!

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Aspart of my involvement in the Twelve Giveaways of Christmas Blog Tour I am doing a couple of things.

I am, of course, posting my own post and promoting all the others and I am also doing a Rafflecopter giveaway. That is what this post is.

Each day, I am going to kick off with this same summary information (that you’ve just read) and then I am going to cr...

Share Christmas

“My best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.” —Abraham Lincoln

One of my favorite parts of Christmas is getting a stack of new books to love! This Christmas, I’m taking part in 12 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS, where 24 authors are giving away books and other fun prizes from now until Christmas Eve! The Demon’s Heart giveaway can be found HERE, and links to and descriptions of all 24 other giveaways are right HERE.

Each day, I’ll be featuring a different author participating in the givea...

Headers and Footers

If you pick up any book, you’ll notice that three things are generally written in the top and bottom margins: a page number, the title of the book, and the author’s name.

To set these up in Microsoft Word, we’re going to use the headers and footers. The easiest way to pull up the header and footer menu is to double-click in the top or bottom margin space. A cursor will blink in the middle of the margin, and the Header/Footer Design menu will pop up.

Click it open, and you’ll see a whole arra...