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October 28, 2013
Snarkology Paranormal Blog Hop and Giveaway
According to Ancient Greek myth, there were several examples of what might have been vampires. They were not considered to be undead though. They used the terms Empusa, Lamia, and stringes to describe them, but time evolved the first two words into witches and demons respectively. Empusa and Lamia are both actual people referred to in myth, but stringes is the strix of ancient Roman mythology. Stringes were thought to feed on children and young men. They have been seen in Homer's Odyssey. According to Wikipedia, "In Homer's tale, the undead are too insubstantial to be heard by the living and cannot communicate with them without drinking blood first. In the epic, when Odysseus journeyed into Hades, he was made to sacrifice a black ram and a black ewe so that the shades there could drink its blood and communicate."More modern Greek belief is actually in something called βρυκόλακας, vrykolakas, though also referred to as καταχανάδες, katakhanades. The belief in vampires became so widespread that it became a custom to dig up their deceased after three years, coat them in wine, and let a priest say a prayer over the body. If the body did not appear appropriately decomposed, they had other methods of dealing with the so-called vampire. They had reasons they believed that someone became a vampire and perhaps the corpses dug up that met these requirements were thought to be a vampire without any sufficient evidence. If someone had been excommunicated, had desecrated a religious day, committed a great crime, or died alone, the body was suspect.
As you can see, the Greeks have had a history that involves vampirism. My Spellbound series has its own unique connection between Greek myth and vampires. That is why I am giving away a signed set of the first three books in the Spellbound series (Bound to Remember, Unbound, Bound to You) to one lucky entrant. This giveaway is open to US residents only and the winner will be selected using Random.org via rafflecopter.
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October 23, 2013
Wicked Warriors Halloween Hop and Giveaway
This October, we will be giving away a GRAND PRIZE of a Kindle Paperwhite for the "Wicked Warriors Halloween" blog hop. Authors, we invite you to join us and help sponsor this great hop. We are asking for donations of funds for the grand prize or gift card if the winner is international, along with the donation of your books if you are an author to go on the E-Reader or the international gift-packages. There is going to be ONE winner for the E-reader, plus 5 winners for autographed signed copies of Unbound. The e-reader will come with a digital copy. THE RULES 1. Posts must be up at midnight on the 23th. We will be checking!! Any post not up by the allotted time will be deleted from the event. So if you are in a different time zone, post the night before. It is ok to be early but not ok to be late. 2. Posts must include the hop button which we will be sending out to you a week before it is supposed to go live. 3. Posts must include the linky list, the links to the next three bloggers, or a link back to BTS Hop Page. We want everyone to be able to hop to all the sites. 4. Your giveaway can be anything but it must include either something book related (print books, e-books, gift-cards, swag, reading lights) or Halloween themed. Designers are more than welcome to join in as well and offer services, different buttons or blog design items, as well as packages.
October 21, 2013
Defying Fate tour with VBT Cafe
Defying Fate is on tour with Virtual Book Tours Cafe starting today. To follow along with the tour, check out the schedule below. Also be sure to check out Fate's Design (book 1 in the series) is on sales until Nov. 1st for $0.99!
October 21 - Introduction at VBT Café Blog
October 23 - Guest Blog at Reader's Cubby
October 25 - Spotlight at Deal sharing aunt
October 28 - Spotlight at A. Literary Mafia
October 30 - Spotlight at Bottles & Books Reviews
November 2 - Spotlight at discoverwords.com
November 5 - Guest Blog at Brooke Blogs
November 7 - Reviewed at Crossroad Readers Book Review
November 11 - Guest Blog at Lori's Reading Corner
November 13 - Reviewed at A Generous Helping of Romance
November 15 - Review & Interviewed at Dalene's Book Reviews
October 15, 2013
Two Year Anniversary Scavenger Hunt!
Welcome to my Two Year Anniversary Scavenger Hunt. I am giving away a Kate spade bag and $50 cash in gift cart (visa or Amex) Cash value $300 to one amazing fan. You can only enter once and the winner will be selected using Random.org. Good Luck!
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October 7, 2013
Defying Fate Tour with Bewitching Book Tours
Today is the first day of my Defying Fate tour with Bewitching Book Tours. To follow along with the tour, check out the schedule below. There are reviews and excerpts to help you decide to read it. Also, Fate's Design (book 1 in the series) is on sales until Nov. 1st for $0.99!
October 7 Spotlight
Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews - http://literalhottiesnaughtybookreviews.blogspot.com/
October 7 Spotlight and review
Corey's Book Reviews - coreywisniewski.blogspot.com
October 8 Interview
Curling Up With A Good Book - curling-up-with-a-good-book.blogspot.com
Oct 8th Review/spotlight
Indy Book Fairy - http://paranormalbookfairy.blogspot.com/
October 9 Interview
Pembroke Sinclair. - www.pembrokesinclair.blogspot.com
October 9 Spotlight
Ramblings of a Book Lunatic - http://booklunaticramblings.blogspot.com
October 10 Guest blog
Book Reviews by Xunaira J. - http://thesaucyreviewer.wordpress.com/
October 10 and 11 Interview and review
Smitten w/ Books - http://smittenbooks.blogspot.com/
October 11 Interview
Dalene’s Book Reviews - http://dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com
October 14 Spotlight
Lis Les Livres - www.lisleslivres.blogspot.com
October 1, 2013
Two Year Anniversary Giveaway
Help me celebrate two years of writing! I am giving away a $30 movie gift card for one lucky reader. You get extra points for reviewing Defying Fate, but be sure to check out Fate's Design which is on sale NOW for $0.99!
Also be sure to check out the Scavenger Hunt that I will be running on Oct. 15th. I will be giving away a Kate spade bag and $50 cash in gift cart (visa or Amex) Cash value $300.
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September 25, 2013
Win with eReading on the Cheap Promotional Giveaway
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