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Mayon Reviewed

A couple of reviews of Mayon I'd like to share.

Amos Lassen here: http://reviewsbyamoslassen.com/?p=19545

On Amazon: 5 stars for Mayon.

As a reader, i enjoy learning about new places, and MAYON, Ms. Ashling's historical romance set in the Philippines, immediately following World War II, accomplished that and more. In reading the author's biography, it's obvious that she has an insider's knowledge of the topography, food, and cultural mores of this complex and multinational country. Seeing it a...

Moving to Blogspot

We've all been having issues with Live Journal, and I'm getting tired of dealing with most of them. I've updated my other blog and hope to start using it more often. Unless LJ makes some positive changes, I may not use this site much longer. That being said, I'd love if it you'd hop on over to my other blog and add your name to the followers. This way, you can keep up with any updates. I've posted a brand new excerpt of Mayon to entice you:) It's not available anywhere else.

Here's the link: http://mickiebashling.blogspot.com/

Mayon Excerpt

Here's a new excerpt from my latest release, Mayon.  Walk in John Buchanan's shoes for a while as he braces for another new experience.

Excerpt

“Now, what was it you wanted to do today?” John asked.
“Sabong means cockfighting.”
“Oh… I’ve never been to a match.”
“Then we should go. Ignacio raises some of the finest roosters around these parts; in fact, some of them are right here on this hacienda.”

THE cockfighting ring turned out to be nothing more than a large open-sided nipa hut with an enc...

Anniversary Treasure Hunt!

My friend, and well known blogger/reviewer/supporter of m/m writers, Elisa Rolle is celebrating the sixth anniversary of her journal. Here's her post for those of you who'd like to participate in the treasure hunt. Now's your opportunity to win some fabulous books. Read on...


So another year is gone, and my Journal is now 6 years old :-) Since end of November is also really near the time when the Rainbow Awards will wrap up nicely (on December 8th) this year I want to have a joint party! So I asked to many of the authors in this year contest to be generous and donate a book or two... and the answer was overwhelming: 243 among print and ebooks!

But this time you have to "earn" your prize and so there is a "little" treasure hunt: nothing complicated but you need to complete a chain made of Title-Word-Definition-Cover-Number. How? I will try to explain LOL

We have 243 book titles, you can find them here:

The Books: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1805679.html (mirrored here if you don't have a LJ account to comment and you are not friend on LJ: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/3359348.html)

from each title I extracted a word, but be careful, same word can match more title, BUT there is an unique matching (example, if I have two titles, Love Story and Story of Me, "story" match both title, but probably, from the first title I took "Love" and from the second I took "Story". Your job to discover the right matching ;-)). You can find the words here:

The Words: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1805826.html (mirrored here if you don't have a LJ account to comment and you are not friend on LJ: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/3359509.html)

to each word corresponds a definition. The definition refers to single word (even if the word is plural) or not conjugated verb (even if the word is a conjugated verb). You can find the definitions here:

The Definitions: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1806109.html (mirrored here if you don't have a LJ account to comment and you are not friend on LJ: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/3359969.html)

Once you have the matching Book-Word-Definition, you need to go and search for the Cover here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.446587205375367.103212.100000722741394&type=1&l=1a717d4880

view the right cover, on the comment section there is a comment by me (Elisa Reviews) with a link to a post on LJ (Rainbow Awards: Current Submissions). Open the link and see what number was assigned to that book in that post.

Comment on THIS post (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1806591.html mirrored here if you don't have a LJ account to comment and you are not friend on LJ: http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/3360138.html), sending me: Book Title-Word-Definition-Number. You can pick one book per day, if tomorrow there will be still available book, I will assign them. So you can send me more matching but first in-first out, you will win the first right matching still available book.

Exception, for the Book marked as New there is no Cover/Number, so once you have the matching Book Title-Word-Definition, you can leave the comment.

And now, lets the party start! Enjoy and good luck with your hunt!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday for almost everyone I know. Unlike Christmas, it's stress-free, and the anxiety of gift-giving, and fighting the mobs at the mall, is eliminated.  This holiday is about food, family, and football (at least in my testosterone-filled clan).  I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my online friends and readers a wonderful and peaceful day.  The cutie in the pumpkin patch is my darling grandson who brightens our lives each day and makes me...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday for almost everyone I know. Unlike Christmas, it's stress-free, and the anxiety of gift-giving, and fighting the mobs at the mall, is eliminated. This holiday is about food, family, and football (at least in my testosterone-filled clan). I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my online friends and readers a wonderful and peaceful day. The cutie in the pumpkin patch is my darling grandson who brightens our lives each day and makes me grateful that I'm alive, healthy, and productive. In the end, that's all you can ask for.

Interview and comments

Hello all! I've been interviewed over at Book Junkie to celebrate the release of Mayon. Join in the Q & A over at Joyfully Jay as well. There's still time to win a free copy of Mayon. The links are posted below.

Book Junkie
http://myfoolishwisdom.blogspot.com/

Joyfully Jay
http://joyfullyjay.com/

Blog tours

Hi all! Just a reminder that I have a blog tour going every day this week and you still have a chance to win a copy of Mayon by leaving a comment at any of these sites. 2 winners will be chosen at the end of the week. Here are the blogs that are hosting me:

November 19th - Armchair Reader
http://coleriann.com/

November 20th - Coffee and Porn in the Morning
http://cupoporn.net/

Joyfully Jay
http://joyfullyjay.com/

November 21st - Love to Read for Fun
http://www.lovetoreadforfun.com/

November 22nd - Pants Off Reviews
http://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/

November 23rd - Mamba's Lair
http://amaras-place.blogspot.com/

Five Star Review for Taste

Taste received a wonderful review from Don over at Hearts On Fire Reviews

Review for Taste: 5 stars of 5 http://heartsonfirereviews.com/?p=15589

Reviews for Daddio

Daddio received a great review from Barb over at Jessewave a few days ago.  November is off to a great start!  Here's the review: 

http://www.reviewsbyjessewave.com/2012/11/01/daddio/#more-81177

Another great review from Don over at Hearts on Fire Reviews:

http://heartsonfirereviews.com/?p=15727