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August 16, 2012
Time Thief Book Giveaway - Week 1
CONTEST CLOSED To celebrate the release of my paranormal romantic suspense novella, TIME THIEF, I’m giving away downloads of romantic suspense books (with a dash of paranormal) each week for the next four weeks.____________________________________________________________________________________
WEEK 1 PRIZES: One lucky winner will receive a download of Christine Feehan’s latest installment in her Ghostwalker series, Samurai Game and a download of TIME THIEF by yours truly.
HOW TO ENTER: Just leave a comment on this post and tell me which paranormal power you’d like to have: ability to stop time (like Bay in Time Thief) or psychic abilities (like Azami in Samurai Game)?
LAST CHANCE TO ENTER: Thurs 23rd August 2012 . Winner announced on the blog on Fri 24th August 2012
Details: Contest is open internationally. One entry per household. No purchase necessary to enter. One winner will be chosen randomly and his or her name posted on this blog on 24th August 2012. If I don't hear back from the winner within 72 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Chance of winning dependent on number of entries received. Void where prohibited.
SPREAD THE WORD CONTEST
Image: Jack RosenfeldThere are lots of books on the market – from New York publishers, e-presses and self publishers. It’s hard for an itty bitty new novella to get noticed! So I’m asking you to help spread the word about TIME THIEF and in return, I’m offering the chance to win a $150 gift card from Amazon!PRIZE: One entrant will receive a $150 gift card for Amazon and a download of TIME THIEF by yours truly.
HOW TO ENTER: Just share the cover and blurb of TIME THIEF on your blog or Facebook and then leave a comment on this post and include the link to wherever you shared.
EXTRA ENTRY: Refer a friend and receive a bonus entry in the contest! If someone enters and also tells me they were referred by you, you’ll get an extra entry.
You can grab the code below for the cover and blurb, or grab them the manual way.
LAST CHANCE TO ENTER: 15th September 2012. Winner announced on the blog on 16th September 2012.
Details: Contest is open internationally. One entry per household. No purchase necessary to enter. One winner will be chosen randomly and his or her name posted on this blog on 16th September 2012. If I don't hear back from the winner within 72 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Chance of winning dependent on number of entries received. Void where prohibited.
Cover and blurb code: Just copy and paste into the HTML section of your blog.
TIME THIEF Anna HackettHunted for her ability to steal time, Bay North lives a life on the run. All she wants is to make the crime lord who slaughtered her family pay. But now he’s set the ultimate hunter on her trail and Bay will need all her skills to carry out her revenge and survive.Ex-Navy SEAL Sean Archer saw his team killed by a time thief in Afghanistan and came back a broken man. He’s made a dark deal with a criminal to hunt down all time thieves and now Sean’s tracked the wily Bay North to Denver where he plans to rid the world of one more dangerous mutation.
But during a shootout, hunter and hunted find themselves depending on each other for survival. Joining forces to exact payback by stealing a priceless treasure, their reluctant alliance shatters both their defenses. Can Bay find the courage to trust? And can Sean convince a woman honed in revenge that she can have more than vengeance, blood and killing?
Read an excerpt
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August 14, 2012
TIME THIEF - OUT NOW!
I am very, very excited to announce that my very first self-published book is out now. Time Thief (Book One of the Anomaly Trilogy) is now available at:Amazon
All Romance Ebooks
Smashwords
Barnes and Noble (and a few others) to follow.
AND my other exciting news is that my website has been updated!! The fabulous Maddee at Xuni worked very hard to get the site updated for the release of Time Thief. Tell me what you think!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped me along the way:
my awesome CPs Rach and Em
my proof-reading writing buddy, Kristy
my copyeditor, Tanya Saari
my cover artist, Frauke at Croco Designs
my formatters, Marie Force and the Ebook Formatting Fairies
Maddee at Xuni for her my beautiful new website
my super supportive husband, Karl
I just saw my first sale at Smashwords...can't tell you how excited that makes me. I have contests (including lots of giveaways) planned, so check back tomorrow!
August 13, 2012
Writing World
I'm on a countdown for the RWAus conference. I'm really excited to head to the Gold Coast this weekend and catch up with writing buddies, attend workshops and just soak in all the writing energy.
However, before I go, I have a big To Do list to tackle:
1) Finish the draft of my paranormal suspense novella (#3 in The Anomaly Trilogy)
2) Finish edits from Angela James on Winter Fusion, my Carina Press sci-fi novella
3) RELEASE TIME THIEF...so excited for this and it is coming very, very soon!
4) Unveil my new website!
5) Open some fun contests to celebrate the release of Time Thief
6) Finish prep for the Paranormal Panel at the conference
7) Back my bag
That should keep me busy. Actually now I see it all in one list, I'm feeling a little queasy...
I'd also promised to share some of the history of writing and books. So what was the dominant type of "book" during Egyptian and Roman times? The scroll. Most were made of papyrus and the most famous depository of scrolls at the time was the Ancient Library of Alexandria -- said to contain hundreds of thousands of scrolls before it was destroyed.
Egypitan scroll. Image: Hajor
However, before I go, I have a big To Do list to tackle:
1) Finish the draft of my paranormal suspense novella (#3 in The Anomaly Trilogy)
2) Finish edits from Angela James on Winter Fusion, my Carina Press sci-fi novella
3) RELEASE TIME THIEF...so excited for this and it is coming very, very soon!
4) Unveil my new website!
5) Open some fun contests to celebrate the release of Time Thief
6) Finish prep for the Paranormal Panel at the conference
7) Back my bag
That should keep me busy. Actually now I see it all in one list, I'm feeling a little queasy...
I'd also promised to share some of the history of writing and books. So what was the dominant type of "book" during Egyptian and Roman times? The scroll. Most were made of papyrus and the most famous depository of scrolls at the time was the Ancient Library of Alexandria -- said to contain hundreds of thousands of scrolls before it was destroyed.
Egypitan scroll. Image: Hajor
