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Then Comes Winter Cover Reveal
Howdy, All!
I'm very excited to share the cover of the new winter holiday anthology that features my short story, 'North for the New Year'. Pretty snazzy, right? This cute couple could be my own pair of characters in their sweet sleigh ride scene.
The release is for early December and there will be a fun blog tour and a Facebook release party with games and of course prizes. Dates coming soon!!!
I'm very excited to share the cover of the new winter holiday anthology that features my short story, 'North for the New Year'. Pretty snazzy, right? This cute couple could be my own pair of characters in their sweet sleigh ride scene.
The release is for early December and there will be a fun blog tour and a Facebook release party with games and of course prizes. Dates coming soon!!!
Then Comes Winter Is Live on Amazon
I'm excited to share that Then Comes Winter Kindle edition is live and ready for your one-clicking pleasure!
http://www.amazon.com/Then-Comes-Wint...
http://www.amazon.com/Then-Comes-Wint...
We're Going to Party Like Its...1816??? You bet!
You are cordially invited...
A merry week of celebrating the launch of Meryton Press's short story holiday anthology "Then Comes Winter" with the authors.
Where: On the facebook page created for the event.
What: Games, meet & greets, giveaways.
When: 8 a.m. PST (That's 11 a.m. EST) Who: Authors: Lory Lilian, Beau North, Suzan Lauder, Linda Gonschior, Natalie Richards, Sophia Rose, Brooke West, Melanie Stanford, Denise Stout, Anngela Schroeder, Maureen Lee, and Erin Lopez.
Monday:
Christina Boyd 11am EST, 8am PST
Maureen Lee 5pm EST, 2pm PST
Karen Cox 7-8pm EST, 4-5pm PST
Tuesday:
Denise Stout 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Brooke n Beau 7-8pm EST, 4-5pm PST
Natalie Richards 8-9pm EST, 5-6pm PST
Wednesday:
Melanie Stanford 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Michaela Robertson 2-3pm EST; 11am-12pm PST
Sophia Rose, 9-10pm EST, 6pm-7pm PST
Thursday:
Linda Gonschior 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Erin Lopez 5-7pm EST, 2-4pm PST
Anngela Schroeder, 8-10pm EST, 5-7pm PST
Friday:
Suzan Lauder 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Lory Lilian 4-5pm EST, 1-2pm, PST
Sophia Rose, 9-10pm EST, 6-7pm PST
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I'm hosting a couple slots and I've been busy conjuring up fun and quirky Northanger Abbey New Year's themed activities from my own short story in the group. And relax, there will not be a pop quiz on your knowledge of Northanger Abbey though feel free to trot out your favorite scenes and quotes and pictures. And definitely show some comment love to win some fab prizes. Seriously. Fab prizes. Go to the page and check out the early previews pics of the 'gotta have that' prizes. :)
Here's the link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/10636...
Just for kicks! Let's see if you know this Northanger Abbey trivia bit:
Who said, “The person, be it gentlemen or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
A merry week of celebrating the launch of Meryton Press's short story holiday anthology "Then Comes Winter" with the authors.
Where: On the facebook page created for the event.
What: Games, meet & greets, giveaways.
When: 8 a.m. PST (That's 11 a.m. EST) Who: Authors: Lory Lilian, Beau North, Suzan Lauder, Linda Gonschior, Natalie Richards, Sophia Rose, Brooke West, Melanie Stanford, Denise Stout, Anngela Schroeder, Maureen Lee, and Erin Lopez.
Monday:
Christina Boyd 11am EST, 8am PST
Maureen Lee 5pm EST, 2pm PST
Karen Cox 7-8pm EST, 4-5pm PST
Tuesday:
Denise Stout 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Brooke n Beau 7-8pm EST, 4-5pm PST
Natalie Richards 8-9pm EST, 5-6pm PST
Wednesday:
Melanie Stanford 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Michaela Robertson 2-3pm EST; 11am-12pm PST
Sophia Rose, 9-10pm EST, 6pm-7pm PST
Thursday:
Linda Gonschior 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Erin Lopez 5-7pm EST, 2-4pm PST
Anngela Schroeder, 8-10pm EST, 5-7pm PST
Friday:
Suzan Lauder 11am-12pm EST, 8-9am PST
Lory Lilian 4-5pm EST, 1-2pm, PST
Sophia Rose, 9-10pm EST, 6-7pm PST
******************************
I'm hosting a couple slots and I've been busy conjuring up fun and quirky Northanger Abbey New Year's themed activities from my own short story in the group. And relax, there will not be a pop quiz on your knowledge of Northanger Abbey though feel free to trot out your favorite scenes and quotes and pictures. And definitely show some comment love to win some fab prizes. Seriously. Fab prizes. Go to the page and check out the early previews pics of the 'gotta have that' prizes. :)
Here's the link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/10636...
Just for kicks! Let's see if you know this Northanger Abbey trivia bit:
Who said, “The person, be it gentlemen or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
Then Comes Winter Goes on a World Tour
Then Comes Winter is on the move. This book, featuring 12 holiday themed short stories, is traveling from author to author through the US, Canada, Romania, back to the US, and it's final destination is to be determined based on who wins this unique book and package of souvenirs gathered from each stop.
Each author will take Then Comes Winter (TCW)on a visit around her home town, take some pics, sign TCW, and add a special souvenir or card. When the journey is complete, a winner will be chosen and TCW will arrive at its final destination, a well-traveled book.
So far, TCW has been to Washington State and crossed the border to stop in British Columbia. Next stop, Alberta. Want to see where TCW has visited? Go to the Meryton Press post and check it out. Here's the link: http://merytonpress.com/a-then-comes-...
Enter the giveaway through the link provided on the page. Come back often and enter while continuing to follow TCW's progress.
I can't wait for TCW to come to Michigan. :)
An Austen Lover's Reader Problems
An Austenesque Lover’s Reader Problems is a reprisal of a post I did for Meryton Press in December.
From time to time, being a lover of all things Jane Austen can cause some minor difficulties in life. Let me explain what I mean. I’ve listed a few as examples that I've encountered over the years and okay, I might have stretched a few of these to be entertaining.
Problem #1 The Lone Austen lover for miles around.
On the job, I’ve discovered that quoting Jane or sharing my raptures over the book that kept me up until two in the morning gain me really odd looks and people who hang a louie for the closest door.
At home, there is the embarrassed tribe member who shoves my pile of lovelies from Meryton Press under the precarious stack of mags and papers on the coffee table when his friends come by. “And if you love me, don’t talk to my friend about Jane Austen even if there is a question of favorite books which there won’t be if you don’t bring it up.” And to make the agitated one happy I so do swear. Sigh…literary heathens! And this is why I have my on-line support group of other Austen lovers.
Problem #2 Scheduling Family Trips. (This is an exaggeration as my family trips are sacrosanct -LOL)
How is it that the tribe doesn’t get the need to consult the calendar for the regional Jane Austen conventions before purchasing plane tickets to the other side of the country? I ask you? So what if it was the deal of the century and I agreed to the trek for the annual family campout a year ago? JASNA hasn’t been in my neck of the woods for five years. Okay, but at least I’m reading Sunkissed: Effusions of Summer in my beach chair by a breathtaking mountain lake. There are small compensations.
Problem #3 Finding the privacy to read.
Did you know, I can do all my chores without a single person wishing to interact with me? However, the moment I park it in the lounger to read the latest, I get the ‘where is my… or you gotta hear this…’. I really need to work on my stink eye expression because it doesn’t even make the joe interrupting the good part pause for a second thought about the danger to his life if he doesn’t walk away now.
Problem #4 Wishlist Choice Overload.
I have a gift card. Hip hip hoorah and doing the Snoopy Dance! I now have to decide which book/s from my twenty page Amazon wishlist that I’ll be purchasing. Do I get that latest that my GoodReads buddies are all raving over? You know that Then Comes Winter one? Or maybe… But what about… Oh man, I’m starting to crack under the strain. It’s been an hour. For the love of Dove Dark Chocolate, I just need to make a choice. Eenie, Meenie, Minie…
Problem #5 Reading in public places.
I am a compulsive reader. Yep. No cure and trust me it’s been tried. I have a book tucked along for the ride no matter where I’m going. And, see, this leads to issues because I’m a very interactive reader. I laugh, snort, sigh, snarl, groan, bawl, mutter, and make faces that probably would scare the chainsaw guy in that horror show. It definitely has an effect on the folks at the dental office. I had this young buffed dude just get up and move across the room while never taking his eyes off me. How rude! I wasn’t going to do him violence and I certainly wasn’t going to hurt my precious Kindle. Yeesh, Wickham would bring out that response in most readers. This is why I make an effort to choose my public reading book wisely.
Now, tell me I’m not alone on this sort of thing. What type of reader issues have you encountered as an Austen lover or a reader in general?
From time to time, being a lover of all things Jane Austen can cause some minor difficulties in life. Let me explain what I mean. I’ve listed a few as examples that I've encountered over the years and okay, I might have stretched a few of these to be entertaining.
Problem #1 The Lone Austen lover for miles around.
On the job, I’ve discovered that quoting Jane or sharing my raptures over the book that kept me up until two in the morning gain me really odd looks and people who hang a louie for the closest door.
At home, there is the embarrassed tribe member who shoves my pile of lovelies from Meryton Press under the precarious stack of mags and papers on the coffee table when his friends come by. “And if you love me, don’t talk to my friend about Jane Austen even if there is a question of favorite books which there won’t be if you don’t bring it up.” And to make the agitated one happy I so do swear. Sigh…literary heathens! And this is why I have my on-line support group of other Austen lovers.
Problem #2 Scheduling Family Trips. (This is an exaggeration as my family trips are sacrosanct -LOL)
How is it that the tribe doesn’t get the need to consult the calendar for the regional Jane Austen conventions before purchasing plane tickets to the other side of the country? I ask you? So what if it was the deal of the century and I agreed to the trek for the annual family campout a year ago? JASNA hasn’t been in my neck of the woods for five years. Okay, but at least I’m reading Sunkissed: Effusions of Summer in my beach chair by a breathtaking mountain lake. There are small compensations.
Problem #3 Finding the privacy to read.
Did you know, I can do all my chores without a single person wishing to interact with me? However, the moment I park it in the lounger to read the latest, I get the ‘where is my… or you gotta hear this…’. I really need to work on my stink eye expression because it doesn’t even make the joe interrupting the good part pause for a second thought about the danger to his life if he doesn’t walk away now.
Problem #4 Wishlist Choice Overload.
I have a gift card. Hip hip hoorah and doing the Snoopy Dance! I now have to decide which book/s from my twenty page Amazon wishlist that I’ll be purchasing. Do I get that latest that my GoodReads buddies are all raving over? You know that Then Comes Winter one? Or maybe… But what about… Oh man, I’m starting to crack under the strain. It’s been an hour. For the love of Dove Dark Chocolate, I just need to make a choice. Eenie, Meenie, Minie…
Problem #5 Reading in public places.
I am a compulsive reader. Yep. No cure and trust me it’s been tried. I have a book tucked along for the ride no matter where I’m going. And, see, this leads to issues because I’m a very interactive reader. I laugh, snort, sigh, snarl, groan, bawl, mutter, and make faces that probably would scare the chainsaw guy in that horror show. It definitely has an effect on the folks at the dental office. I had this young buffed dude just get up and move across the room while never taking his eyes off me. How rude! I wasn’t going to do him violence and I certainly wasn’t going to hurt my precious Kindle. Yeesh, Wickham would bring out that response in most readers. This is why I make an effort to choose my public reading book wisely.
Now, tell me I’m not alone on this sort of thing. What type of reader issues have you encountered as an Austen lover or a reader in general?
