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More Winners

Congrats to Kara who won the Goodreads drawing for a copy of The Emerald Talisman! Also, on Once Upon a Twilight, we had 4 winners for the book (Jessica T.) and 3 bookmarks (Jessica, Jessica E and Jaz). Lucky day for Jessica's it seems! I hope you like your pressies girls.

I'm going to be guest on some awesome book bloggers. My first post was on A Good Addiction with Kari. Check it out here: http://agoodaddiction.blogspot.com/2010/07/guest-blog-brenda-pandos.html

I've been busy with my youngest...

Winner!

And the winner of the Choose your own Contest Contest is....
Anja Kapllani!Her suggestion was to have jewelry made from the book and a playlist! I'm happy to say, I've found someone who can do just that! So, once they are made, Anja will have a pretty faux emerald talisman of her own and can ditch the garlic. lol. And I'm working on my playlist right now, to be posted soon!

There were so many cool ideas floating into my contest box and so hard to choose! The good news is everyone will be entere...

Teaser Tuesday

Well, things are progressing nicely with the sequel of The Emerald Talisman, though I'm stuck what to name the book. We do have a cover in mind so that's exciting! So, for Tuesday Teasers, I thought you'd enjoy a little excerpt. 

(This is an unedited excerpt, but it'll give you an idea of what's to come!) © brenda pandos 2010

Within two seconds Nicholas' reply text came back.
- Congrats. Leaving soon?- Yes. 30 mins- Great. Sleep tight. 3.
I bit my lip to stop the huge grin from forming upon my...

Happy Friday

And what a day it's been, though at 2am, I wasn't so happy. My littlest, who's almost 2, decided to have a hiatus from sleeping and demand a bottle. I gave in a 5am. We've been doing sleep training for 3 weeks and last night I attempted to sleep in my own bed after he'd had a few cry-less nights. Murphy's law struck again.

On a good note, I got another 4 star review from Yara at Once Upon a Twilight. She's also doing a book and bookmark give-away starting tomorrow (signing up) if you haven't g...

Short life of Bree Tanner review

Man, I've missed reading Stephenie's work. This book did not disappoint. Though parts of Bree's inner dialog were a little lengthy, did enjoy the vivid display of the environment, short romance with Diego and just the whole creation of the army. I also became attached to Bree even though I knew she wouldn't survive (and Diego too). Now I want to reread Eclipse. Funny thing though, I don't imagine Edward as a redhead, so that threw me a bit when Bree was referring to the nameless people. (You'...

Special Thanks to my Reviewers

I have exciting news!

In our most recent edition update, we've included a section for reviews. I'm happy to announce I was able to pick a few of my favorite blogger's comments.

My ARC copy came today and it turned out really nice. I'm very pleased.

Here's the Blog Reviewers who are now published in The Emerald Talisman!

Michelle, windowpane-memoirs
Eleni, La Femme Readers
Katie, Katie's Book Bag
Jennifer, Extreme Reader Book Reviews
Abra Ebner, Author Feather and Knights Angels Series'

Thank you Ladi...

Lost is over... sniff

So, last night I spent way too much time watching the season finale of LOST (4 hours). I've been a faithful follower since the first episode and can't believe it's over. Carlton and Damon, the writers, are amazing. Their storytelling taught me a simple thing -- don't tell the viewer (reader) everything and keep the truth simple. Honestly, it's so much less complicated than I thought, but I was trying so hard to look deeply into everything.

When people ask how I had time to write a novel, run ...

Make your own contest contest

So, I need your help. I want to do a cool contest/drawing, but I don't know what to do that would attract new readers and attention.

I could give away a camera, Ipod, books, swag, etc. But I want to do something original and cool! The monetary limit is $50 (no more).

So, I'm going to ask for your help! The winner will get a signed copy of The Emerald Talisman and a promise of an ARC of the sequel (coming soon).

Enter HERE:

Good luck! My husband will be the judge.

Brenda

Happy dance...

A few more great reviews came in this week! Yeah! Which has been very encouraging because sometimes it's hard to believe in yourself and your work. I'm very honored to share with you a 4 and 5 star review of The Emerald Talisman this week.


Katie's Book Blog

The Emerald Talisman was a fantastic vampire novel. I don't usually like a lot of vampire stories but this one was nowhere near as typical as some. I was entertained by it and the book kept me interested until the last page. Sadly now...

What I'm reading...

My life doesn't allow many free time activities. Mostly, I rush to get things done while my youngest (who'll be two in July) naps or after the kids go to bed. Today, I plan to work on a few clients websites, blogging a quick post and maybe working on a chapter or two of book two of The Emerald Talisman. Of course, accomplishing all that will be in my dreams, so... I'm on a time diet. Yes. I found a cool time tracker so I can't fool myself anymore. It's called Toggl and so far, we are good fri...