Tina Gayle's Blog, page 59
October 22, 2013
#AuthorQuote - Sharing one of Mine. @authortinagayle
"No one who ever walked through the doors of a hospital knew the outcome of what would happen. Victory or defeat, the adventure tore at your emotions and could leave you face down in the dirt." by Tina Gayle This is from a short story I'm working on for Ellora's Cave VaVa Boomers series. It is for the baby boomers out there that want a little hot romance in their lives.
Plan on sending it off in the next few weeks after I done with my edits. Wish me luck.
Weathering the Storm blurb
Karen is a divorcee who has moved on with her life. She's trying her best to help Daniel to do the same.
After two years of spending time with the man, Karen is ready to take the relationship to a new level until her ex-husband has a heartache and her kids need her support.
Then everything changes...
Now, can Daniel convince her to give them a chance?
Have a wonderful day,
Tina
October 18, 2013
Love Those Babies
One of the most popular sub-genres of romance happens to be stories written about women with children or women who are pregnant.
Why?
The struggles of bring a child into the world is one of things that connect women. The nine months of carrying the baby, child birth, trying to deal with nightly feedings, diapers, change in hormones, etc. Every woman who has gone through it has a story and those that haven’t want to know what to expect.
Yes, but why put it in a romance?
The natural progression of a loving relationship is to create a new life. That is not to say that people who don’t want kids aren’t in a loving relationship.
In my first book, “Pregnancy Plan,” my heroine wants children. Yet, she isn’t married and not involved with anyone. She is will to go to any extremes to conceive a child.
I believe other women know this pain. When I was single, I wanted a child too. I gave myself a deadline of thirty. If I hadn’t met someone and gotten married, I planned to look into other options for bringing my child into the world.
In my case, I was married and had two children by the time I was thirty. However, women who want a child have a choice. They can have a child on their own and raise it themselves.
A romance novel is as much about the relationship with a man as it is about the challenges that face women. In my book “Baby Decision,” my heroine has to choose between having a baby and college. While in “Summer’s Growth,” my heroine is just trying to find where she belongs. In some ways, every romance also addresses women issues. It connects women readers to the story and creates a deep story in which to enjoy.
For this reason, I believe babies in romance novel draws the reader into the story and create a great read.
Why?
The struggles of bring a child into the world is one of things that connect women. The nine months of carrying the baby, child birth, trying to deal with nightly feedings, diapers, change in hormones, etc. Every woman who has gone through it has a story and those that haven’t want to know what to expect.
Yes, but why put it in a romance?
The natural progression of a loving relationship is to create a new life. That is not to say that people who don’t want kids aren’t in a loving relationship.
In my first book, “Pregnancy Plan,” my heroine wants children. Yet, she isn’t married and not involved with anyone. She is will to go to any extremes to conceive a child.
I believe other women know this pain. When I was single, I wanted a child too. I gave myself a deadline of thirty. If I hadn’t met someone and gotten married, I planned to look into other options for bringing my child into the world.
In my case, I was married and had two children by the time I was thirty. However, women who want a child have a choice. They can have a child on their own and raise it themselves.
A romance novel is as much about the relationship with a man as it is about the challenges that face women. In my book “Baby Decision,” my heroine has to choose between having a baby and college. While in “Summer’s Growth,” my heroine is just trying to find where she belongs. In some ways, every romance also addresses women issues. It connects women readers to the story and creates a deep story in which to enjoy.
For this reason, I believe babies in romance novel draws the reader into the story and create a great read.
October 17, 2013
"I think that as long as..." #AuthorQuote by Adrienne Thompson
Quote: ". I think that as long as you are living and breathing, anything is possible. Anything, if you open your heart and mind to it—including a happily ever after." - From Your Love Is King.
Website: http://adriennethompsonwrites.webs.com
Buy Link: Book will be available 11.12.13
Excerpt:
I laughed. “Chris, I saw all of those admirers back at the church, and I know you probably get approached when you perform with the band, so why do you want my number?”“Because the moment I saw you I knew you were different. I just wanna talk to you sometimes.”
“What if I told you I already have a man and that he’s back home waiting for me?”
“Then I’d say he’s a damn fool for letting you come all the way to St. Louis without him and that it is my privilege and my duty to take you off his hands.”
“Off his hands? You make me sound like I’m some unattended land or something.”
“I meant to make you sound like an unguarded treasure.”
I rolled my eyes. “Mm-hmm.”
“Do you?”
“Do I what?”
“Have a man?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Then may I please have your number?”
I sighed. “Okay, but if I give you my number, it doesn’t mean we’re anything more than friends.”
He leaned in until his lips nearly touched mine, looked me dead in the eye, and said, “Then I’ll just have to take what I can get until I can change your mind.” Find Andrienne Thompson at
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Adrienne-Thompson/300208429995218Twitter: https://twitter.com/A_H_ThompsonPinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/ahthompsn/boards/ Thanks for sharing, Tina
Website: http://adriennethompsonwrites.webs.com
Buy Link: Book will be available 11.12.13
Excerpt:
I laughed. “Chris, I saw all of those admirers back at the church, and I know you probably get approached when you perform with the band, so why do you want my number?”“Because the moment I saw you I knew you were different. I just wanna talk to you sometimes.”
“What if I told you I already have a man and that he’s back home waiting for me?”
“Then I’d say he’s a damn fool for letting you come all the way to St. Louis without him and that it is my privilege and my duty to take you off his hands.”
“Off his hands? You make me sound like I’m some unattended land or something.”
“I meant to make you sound like an unguarded treasure.”
I rolled my eyes. “Mm-hmm.”
“Do you?”
“Do I what?”
“Have a man?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Then may I please have your number?”
I sighed. “Okay, but if I give you my number, it doesn’t mean we’re anything more than friends.”
He leaned in until his lips nearly touched mine, looked me dead in the eye, and said, “Then I’ll just have to take what I can get until I can change your mind.” Find Andrienne Thompson at
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Adrienne-Thompson/300208429995218Twitter: https://twitter.com/A_H_ThompsonPinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/ahthompsn/boards/ Thanks for sharing, Tina
October 15, 2013
"I refuse to believe..." by Lauren Linwood #AuthorQuote
“We have a lifetime of love to give each other. I refuse to believe it will end in death in a dusty town on a forsaken prairie in the middle of nowhere.
by Lauren Linwood
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Blurb:
Separated from her twin during the Orphan Train selection, schoolmarm Serena Sullivan searched for her brother Bill over fifteen years. Just as she gets a lead on his whereabouts, she is railroaded by a crooked sheriff and set to hang for the murder of the sheriff’s best friend.
English playwright Daman Rutledge has come to the American West on business for his brother when he witnesses a woman about to be executed. On impulse he rescues the beautiful stranger and goes on the run with her across the Kansas prairie. Along the way Daman finds the muse he’s been missing and loses his heart to the raven-haired beauty with haunting amber eyes.
As they try to escape the long arm of the law, Daman seeks to prove Serena’s innocence before it’s too late. They find love—and the truth—on a journey that changes their lives.
Website Facebook Twitter Blog Amazon Author Page Goodreads Author Page
Buy link once OUTLAW MUSE is released October 9.
October 13, 2013
Add an Author App to Your #FACEBook Fan Page
If you have a Fan Page on Facebook, you might want to look into adding an Author App to it that will allow people to purchase your books from Amazon.
All you have to do is enter your ASIN or ISBN number and the app will set up the link.
The link is display on the left hand side in Red (Read my Book)
It will also allow you to put in a URL to a free sample of your book.
Here is mine.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Tina-Gayle/214633841921560?ref=hl
If you have already set up your fan page, go to http://apps.facebook.com/authorapp/
A page will come up that says 'The Author Marketing App.'
Just click on the 'Let's get started-" button.
From there it will direct you as to what you need to do to set up the page.
Remember to choose your fan page, not your personal page. You will then see the "Read My Book" button on your fan page.
Now just click on the app and you just enter the information about your books.
You can do this one of two ways
1. just put in the isbn or asin number and hit enter.
2. Or fill in the information yourself.
If after you hit enter, you don't see everything you want it to display just hit edit book and put in the additional information.
Hope this helps,
Also, if you want to exchange likes just put your fb url under the post I've made to exchange links.
Have a great weekend,
Tina
All you have to do is enter your ASIN or ISBN number and the app will set up the link.
The link is display on the left hand side in Red (Read my Book)
It will also allow you to put in a URL to a free sample of your book.
Here is mine.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Tina-Gayle/214633841921560?ref=hl
If you have already set up your fan page, go to http://apps.facebook.com/authorapp/
A page will come up that says 'The Author Marketing App.'
Just click on the 'Let's get started-" button.
From there it will direct you as to what you need to do to set up the page.
Remember to choose your fan page, not your personal page. You will then see the "Read My Book" button on your fan page.
Now just click on the app and you just enter the information about your books.
You can do this one of two ways
1. just put in the isbn or asin number and hit enter.
2. Or fill in the information yourself.
If after you hit enter, you don't see everything you want it to display just hit edit book and put in the additional information.
Hope this helps,
Also, if you want to exchange likes just put your fb url under the post I've made to exchange links.
Have a great weekend,
Tina
October 12, 2013
Scavenger Hunt Full of FUN #NORHalloweenHunt
There are lots of prizes up for grabs.
Plus the chance to discover so many wonderful new books.
In the Scavenger Hunt, they ask a question about my book which is revealed in the book's blurb.
In this book, I have a whole family of spirits and one very special ghost.
Blurb -
Forced by the family spirits to get a life, Mattie Winston has to train her replacement Amber Harrison to be in charge of all the workings of the Winston estate. Reluctant to make changes in her life, Mattie forms a bond with Amber, when strange accidents start happening which threaten their lives and an unknown ghost makes an appearance.
After being rescued by an old flame, Quincy Miller, Mattie faces old wounds of rejection. As the general contractor for Amber’s redecoration project, Mattie is in constant contact with Quincy and realizes she still in love with her childhood sweetheart.
Amber, learning her new role in the family, wants to discover the identity of the ghost who keeps appearing. After several appearances, Gwen, Amber’s distance grandmother, shifts the book into more of Amber’s struggle to find out why her grandmother disappeared two hundred years ago without a trace. In a fight to claim her position in the family, Amber searches for clues to solve the mystery.
Mattie and Amber are both challenged when the family spirits decides Amber shouldn’t be the keeper. Battling for Amber, Mattie realizes she wants a life with Quincy outside the Winston estate.
Amber realized the importance of her new spiritual family, and she works to discover how Gwen died.
Can these two women achieve their goals?
Read First Chapter of "Summer's Growth"
Purchase ebook at:
www.smashwords.com
www.amazon.com
www.BN.com
http://store.kobobooks.com
(is having 30% off this weekend just use the Use promo code: OCTOFFER30 )
www.itunes.apple.com
Hope you enjoy the Scavenger Hunt,
Tina Gayle
October 10, 2013
Neil S. Plakcy Shares a #authorquote from "Genie for Hire"
“Nothing in this world is strange if it makes you—or someone you love—feel good.”
“The combination of power, passion and ancient magic could belong to only one. Farishta. The idea that she had returned, after so much time, nearly overwhelmed him. He stumbled and reached out to a tree for support. “Then everything went black.”
These are the last lines of the first chapter of Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery.
Biff, a centuries-old genie, can’t use his powers for himself, so he opens a detective agency in a Miami suburb in order to keep the air conditioning going and halvah (a sesame-seed treat) on the table.
At this point in the book, he’s just learned that the female genie he loved and lost just might be coming back into his life. When I began writing the book, I thought of Farishta as a character who’d be in and out of the book, sticking around just long enough to cause Biff some trouble. I was writing a mystery, after all, not a love story. But love has a funny way of sneaking up on you, doesn’t it?
Once Farishta appeared on stage, in a puff of smoke, I knew that just like Biff I couldn’t let her go.
Buy link: www.tinyurl.com/genieforhire
AUTHOR/PEN NAME: Neil S. Plakcy
WEBSITE: www.mahubooks.com
BLOG: http://mahubooks.blogspot.com
AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001JP4EL6
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/neil.plakcy
GOODREADS: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/126217.Neil_Plakcy
PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/neilplakcy/boards/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NeilPlakcy
Thanks for sharing Neil,
Tina
“The combination of power, passion and ancient magic could belong to only one. Farishta. The idea that she had returned, after so much time, nearly overwhelmed him. He stumbled and reached out to a tree for support. “Then everything went black.”
These are the last lines of the first chapter of Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery.
Biff, a centuries-old genie, can’t use his powers for himself, so he opens a detective agency in a Miami suburb in order to keep the air conditioning going and halvah (a sesame-seed treat) on the table.
At this point in the book, he’s just learned that the female genie he loved and lost just might be coming back into his life. When I began writing the book, I thought of Farishta as a character who’d be in and out of the book, sticking around just long enough to cause Biff some trouble. I was writing a mystery, after all, not a love story. But love has a funny way of sneaking up on you, doesn’t it?
Once Farishta appeared on stage, in a puff of smoke, I knew that just like Biff I couldn’t let her go.
Buy link: www.tinyurl.com/genieforhire
AUTHOR/PEN NAME: Neil S. Plakcy
WEBSITE: www.mahubooks.com
BLOG: http://mahubooks.blogspot.com
AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001JP4EL6
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/neil.plakcy
GOODREADS: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/126217.Neil_Plakcy
PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/neilplakcy/boards/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NeilPlakcy
Thanks for sharing Neil,
Tina
October 8, 2013
She Belongs to Him - A Titillating Teaser from J.L. Sheppard
"He would never forget her. The distance he forced had done nothing to soothe his aching soul. It had done nothing to diminish that she was his. He tried to deny it at first, thinking it nothing more than a cosmic mistake, but after a month without a glimpse of her, there was no question. She belonged to him."
Burdened by Desire
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
www.JLSheppard.com www.facebook.com/JLSheppardAuthor
https://twitter.com/JL_Sheppard
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://pinterest.com/jlsheppard5/
Blurb:
Jocelyn, an Elemental, is stuck between the mortal and immortal worlds, yet not quite a part of either. Her power over the elements of the Earth won’t evolve until she meets her mate. Before then she’s an easy prey and a coveted possession for the Malums Inmortalis who wish to conquer the world.
Alpha werewolf, Landon, has been living with the knowledge his fated female, the one woman created for him, is just beyond his reach. For months he’s forsaken her, refusing to accept his mate because she can never grant him a much-needed heir for his nearly extinct pack.
Despite his decision Landon finds himself drawn to Jocelyn and when an attempt is made on her life, he realizes his destiny lies with her. Can they overcome the long-held prejudices of his kind and defeat their enemies in time to find what the future holds?
Buy link for my book, Burdened by Desire, http://www.amazon.com/Burdened-by-Desire-ebook/dp/B00FDZBEA2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380028854&sr=8-1&keywords=burdened+by+desire
Thanks!!!!
J.L. Sheppard
Demon King's Desire, Available Now
Burdened By Desire,
Burdened by Desire
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
www.JLSheppard.com www.facebook.com/JLSheppardAuthor
https://twitter.com/JL_Sheppard
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://pinterest.com/jlsheppard5/
Blurb:
Jocelyn, an Elemental, is stuck between the mortal and immortal worlds, yet not quite a part of either. Her power over the elements of the Earth won’t evolve until she meets her mate. Before then she’s an easy prey and a coveted possession for the Malums Inmortalis who wish to conquer the world.
Alpha werewolf, Landon, has been living with the knowledge his fated female, the one woman created for him, is just beyond his reach. For months he’s forsaken her, refusing to accept his mate because she can never grant him a much-needed heir for his nearly extinct pack.
Despite his decision Landon finds himself drawn to Jocelyn and when an attempt is made on her life, he realizes his destiny lies with her. Can they overcome the long-held prejudices of his kind and defeat their enemies in time to find what the future holds?
Buy link for my book, Burdened by Desire, http://www.amazon.com/Burdened-by-Desire-ebook/dp/B00FDZBEA2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380028854&sr=8-1&keywords=burdened+by+desire
Thanks!!!!
J.L. Sheppard
Demon King's Desire, Available Now
Burdened By Desire,
October 6, 2013
Do Author's Need A Website?
I like to think of my website as my home. Only I live there. It’s about me, my books, the information I want to share, the place where my readers can find me and connect.
Do you need to have one? No. There are authors who have only a blog or use their Facebookpage as their home site.
Only you can decide if you want a website – but remember you do need a web presence.
So if you decide to set up a website.
• You need to decide on a domain name. Most author’s use their name.
Example – http://www.tinagayle.net/
.net - network providers, .com – commerce, .edu – education, etc.
First, you need to see if the name you want is available. Most Internet companies will have a place where you can type in a name and it will tell you if it is available. (Or search “domain name.”)
Authors have been known to purchase domain names long before they are published so they can secure the site name. Also, some have purchased both the .net and .com sites.
• Who should you get to build your site? This is up to each individual—skill, cost, preference, recommendations can all play a part in your decision. (Search “website builders.”) Also, talk to other authors, they may be able to recommend someone.
a. There are low cost sites where you can build your own.
b. Take a HTML class or other programming classes and build your own.
c. Pay someone to do it.
•What to put on your website?
Most sites have a number of pages.
1. Home Page / Welcome page – is like the entryway to your house. It is an introduction to you. It should include things like author’s picture, available books, a welcome note, brief biography and links to all the other pages on the site.
2. Books Page – as an author you want people to find your books. This page should contain all the books you’ve written with either blurbs, excerpts or reviews. Or links to this information.
3. Bio Page – a page to tell people about yourself. Who you are, what you write, more about your personal interests and other information you want to share.
4. Links Page – this page gives visitors to your site links to other places on the Internet where they can find you. Also, it can include links to your friends and publisher. This is important because links to other sites that link back to you increases your rating on the Internet. (This also increase your SEO rating—see definition below.)
5. Other Pages – the possibility for other pages are endless. Here is where you make your site your own.
6. Picture page - share pictures.
7. Contact page – where you give fans your email address.
8. Excerpt pages – giving excerpts of your books or the ability to read the first chapter.
9. Video Page – to display video you’ve made. (A great way to connect with readers.)
10. Some sites have chat areas.
Your site depends on what you want and how much you are willing to pay to have it built. Hope this helps, Tina
October 5, 2013
Have You Joined #NORHalloween Hunt?
There are lots of prizes up for grabs.
Plus the chance to discover so wonderful new books.
In the Scavenger Hunt, they ask a question about my book which is revealed in the book's blurb.
In this book, I have a whole family of spirits and one very special ghost.
Blurb -
Forced by the family spirits to get a life, Mattie Winston has to train her replacement Amber Harrison to be in charge of all the workings of the Winston estate. Reluctant to make changes in her life, Mattie forms a bond with Amber, when strange accidents start happening which threaten their lives and an unknown ghost makes an appearance.
After being rescued by an old flame, Quincy Miller, Mattie faces old wounds of rejection. As the general contractor for Amber’s redecoration project, Mattie is in constant contact with Quincy and realizes she still in love with her childhood sweetheart.
Amber, learning her new role in the family, wants to discover the identity of the ghost who keeps appearing. After several appearances, Gwen, Amber’s distance grandmother, shifts the book into more of Amber’s struggle to find out why her grandmother disappeared two hundred years ago without a trace. In a fight to claim her position in the family, Amber searches for clues to solve the mystery.
Mattie and Amber are both challenged when the family spirits decides Amber shouldn’t be the keeper. Battling for Amber, Mattie realizes she wants a life with Quincy outside the Winston estate.
Amber realized the importance of her new spiritual family, and she works to discover how Gwen died.
Can these two women achieve their goals?
Read First Chapter of "Summer's Growth"
Purchase ebook at:
www.smashwords.com www.amazon.com www.BN.com
www.kobo.com
www.itunes.apple.com
Hope you enjoy the Scavenger Hunt, Tina Gayle
