Rita Sawyer's Blog, page 12

Contest Over/ Book Live

  Okay the contest has ended and Martinis, Manicures & Mud Pies is live. Yay!  I want to thank everyone who stopped by and said hi during the event. For those who entered the new release contest WINNERS are:   Jackie F. kim s. Kathy G. Tanya S. Pam L. CC B. Dorene S. Miriam W.  M.   Congrats ladies. I'll be emailing you shortly!

Who's Ready To Win?

Since I'm about to release Martini's, Manicures & Mud Pies books 3 in my Heiresses In Aprons Series I decided to do a few things to celebrate.

First I made Book 1, Shit Kickers & Stilettos free at ARe, Kobo, and ibook store. Hopefully Amazon will catch on before too long.







These prizes have candy, goodie bag, martini mix,
and a martini glass ornament.Second I'm going to give stuff away. YAY!!! You'll notice the prizes are all themed to go along with my title. And each prize pack will come with the Martinis, Manicures & Mud Pie e-book.


Mini stocking filled with Lindt truffles,
Martini mix in small glass boot, and ornament.









Martini glasses,  Martini mix in large glass boot, truffles,
instant snow, and candy cash


Mini Stocking filled with Lindt truffles
Martini mixes, Martini glass ornament
and candy cash.












Wine bottle holder, wine glass, instant snow, Lindt truffles,
and Santa hat glass charms
The rules are simple.

If you like my Facebook author page you get 1 entry.
If you follow me on twitter you get 1 entry.
If you tweet about the entry you get 1 entry

 Prize pack are limited to US residents only, but international winning entries will receive the ebook in the format of their choice.


http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/39f8c70/" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway

Who's Ready To WIn?

Since I'm about to release Martini's, Manicures & Mud Pies books 3 in my Heiresses In Aprons Series I decided to do a few things to celebrate.

First I made Book 1, Shit Kickers & Stilettos free at ARe, Kobo, and ibook store. Hopefully Amazon will catch on before too long.







These prizes have candy, goodie bag, martini mix,
and a martini glass ornament.Second I'm going to give stuff away. YAY!!! You'll notice the prizes are all themed to go along with my title. And each prize pack will come with the Martinis, Manicures & Mud Pie e-book.


Mini stocking filled with Lindt truffles,
Martini mix in small glass boot, and ornament.









Martini glasses,  Martini mix in large glass boot, truffles,
instant snow, and candy cash


Mini Stocking filled with Lindt truffles
Martini mixes, Martini glass ornament
and candy cash.












Wine bottle holder, wine glass, instant snow, Lindt truffles,
and Santa hat glass charms
The rules are simple.

If you like my Facebook author page you get 1 entry.
If you follow me on twitter you get 1 entry.
If you tweet about the entry you get 1 entry

 Prize pack are limited to US residents only, but international winning entries will receive the ebook in the format of their choice.


http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/39f8c70/" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway

Up Coming Cover Changes

Okie Dokie I've decided to change up my covers for the Heiresses In Aprons Series.
Why?
 Well A few reasons. Starting with the fact that though I've gotten some good reviews the series hasn’t gotten the type of attention I was hoping for. It has been pointed out to me that the covers could use a little more umph!
Also since book 3 will be released in December I wanted to do something special. There’s more to it though. I have a contest in the works.

Once I have everything ready I’m going to go for a big push. Hope everyone is willing to help and maybe win.

Tomorrow gearing up for a few contest and might be postin...

Tomorrow gearing up for a few contest and might be posting some pics of the goodies, maybe even a new cover or two.

Happenings

Going to be doing some contest for my new release that I'll hopefully have ready for mid-December. Also working a few other things. Really want to bump up my activity here, on FB, on Twitter, and on my website.

I have an ideas for a great new hot, sexy, funny, suspenseful contemporary romance series (full length). And one for a foodie style novella series. So watch for new crazy stuff coming SOON!

Today's Find

I hit the jackpot! Since I have big feet (size eleven and a bit wide) and bad heels finding shoes is a hassle for me. My doctor has instructed me to stick with cross trainers, which is why you'll rarely ever find me in high heels. So today I went out with the hubster to find us each a pair of new sneakers. Low and behold I came across two pairs that I liked and that fit!! I have no idea of the odds of that happening, but I'll say I'm of an age and it has never happened before. While I was still debating on which pair to buy hubby was holding the boxes. I turned around and he was gone. I found him standing by the door with a bag. He bought them both. That's love! Seriously. He didn't make me choose or even ask me to.

How I Spent My Monday Off

 So yesterday my hubby and I spent the day driving up to Vermont. Why? Well to visit Ben and Jerry's. To be honest I slept most of the way up there, but every so often I'd wake up and enjoy the view. We took the factory tour, which was really cool because one of the machines was malfunctioning and we got to see them fix it.

 At the end you get to taste the flavor of the day. We were extra lucky and got to taste a new flavor that isn't even out yet. It's Salted Caramel Brownie. Not being a big fan of caramel I tried it then gave the rest to hubby who really liked it.

I also taste the Late Night Snack, made in honor of Jimmy Fallon. It has potato chips in it. Then we grabbed and ice cream, I got the Coconut Seven Layer Bar and hubs got a chocolate peanut flavor, headed to the flavor graveyard.


It was cool to see all the headstones with epitaphs. They had the dates, and descriptions of flavors. As an author I love  exploring new places that I can possibly use in future books. This time I saw this saying and thought it was a great motto to have. 

New Job, New Car, and New Hair.

Okay so there have been a lot of changes around here starting with me going back to work full-time. for the first 5 weeks I was in training from Noon to 8:30pm, which SUCKED! Now I'm doing 4pm to 12:30 am. It's better, but I miss writing full-time. Considering going to 3rd shift at some point later on down the line. So between that and writing I'm going to be super busy. Then my car started having some issues, so hubby and I started talking about getting something a little newer.
This is what the hubby wanted. It's a 2013 Dodge Dart Rallye in Citrus Peel. He really, really wanted it. The only problem was my 2 boys are both over six feet tall and I couldn't see squeezing them into the back seat.





So what did we get. A 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan.



 It has lots of room and the back window even go down. So it feels more like an SUV, but there's a lot more storage space. Which is great since I'll have lots of stuff to take with me to Savannah in August for Authors After Dark.
    If new job, new car, and getting ready for AAD wasn't enough on my plate I decided it was time for another change. Keep in mind I am like the least photogenic person I know, but here's my hair before.



 This now. Much shorter and colorful. I'm not fully sold on the blond. I think when I go back in four weeks there's going to be another change.


Friday is going to bring around another batch of changes that I've been working on. I'm really excited about them. Wish me luck.

Been A While

Well it's been a while since I posted anything here and that is going to change. In the past few months I have had some big changes. New releases, Upcoming releases, Going back to a full time job, and just trying to get things in order to make all the changes transition as smooth as possible. It wasn't easy, but I think I'm almost there.

I wasn't happy about going back to work full-time, but it's with a good place I've worked at before. My training schedule was a very awkward time frame for me, but starting Tuesday I'll have hours that are a much better fit.  YAY!! And who knows maybe I'll jump on the overnight shift in a few months. I loved working that schedule before, but I was younger then.

I did managed to finish Silver Spoons, Sugar, and Slow Hot Kisses book 2 in the Heiresses In Aprons series. Hopefully I'll have this out within a few weeks (and maybe a little surprise to go along with it).

Speaking of surprises, Surprised By Love book 2 in my Blackridges Series came out last week. It's doing well, and has even hit #3 on BookStrand's Mainstream Best Seller List. Thanks to everyone who has already picked it up.

So now I'm going to focus the last 3 things on my list. the first 2 are connected. I'm working on revamping this blog and my website.

For now I'm planning to post here at least once a week. Not sure when or about what so you'll just have to pop in and check.

The 3rd item is getting ready for AAD in Savannah in August. Anybody else going? I truly can't wait for this. I already got the time off approved and have been working on my raffle baskets. As soon as they're finished I'll post some pictures.

 Bye for now,
  Rita