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March 5, 2012
Kicking off a month of Contests!
To bring THE REASON IS YOU into the world with flair in less than a month, I decided to give away presents each week to all you wonderful peeps. Sound like a plan? Yep, I thought so.
Nooooo, I'm not giving away candy. Although that might not be a bad idea… 
You can click on the CONTESTS tab up there to see what the month will bring, (and I'm still working on it) but basically you'll have a different thing to enter for each week, and the winners will be drawn randomly (by bots, not me) at the end of each week. The last week is the most awesome, as it involves some free signed books by some fab authors!!
Now…to get started…
Starting today (3/5) and running through Friday, it is all about the HEROS. Who is your favorite hero, hot guy, love interest, man candy, of all the stories you've ever read? Tell us about him? What story did he come from and what is it about him that stuck with you?
CLICK HERE to enter your comment, for a chance to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card (winner's choice) and a bookmark and signed bookplate for THE REASON IS YOU. Hey, I know that's not setting the world on fire like giving away a Kindle or something, but I gotta spread these out all month and yanno I'm a starving artist. Hee! But free is free, and that'll buy you a book at least! Winner will be chosen by The Hat (a random name selection software) at the end of the week and announced the next Monday, 3/12 (when a whole different one starts!). Woot! Go enter!
Remember, don't comment below for this contest, click on the link to go comment there.
Tagged: book launch, contests, heros, random, romance, sharla lovelace, the reason is you
March 3, 2012
Another Shameless Saturday!! And a month countdown…
Okay, since no one signed for today's Shameless Saturday…I'm using it myself. Because today…is exactly one month till THE REASON IS YOU releases. Let the hyperventilating commence.
So, here you go. With an updated cover that has a cool tagline: Sometimes falling into the past is the way forward… (squeee!)
THE REASON IS YOU
by Sharla Lovelace
Romantic Women's Fiction w/a paranormal twist
Now, because we all adore FREE, you can be next!!
All you have to do is click that button to the right to follow the blog. And by doing that, you will qualify to SHAMELESSLY PLUG YOUR BOOK.
I am offering anyone with a desire to promote their book here, to do so in the comments below. Brag, brag, brag!!!
But that's not all. You really get a 2-Saturday deal out of it, because I will then contact you during the week for you to send me your cover (appropriate for all eyes, please) and links to where it's available, and the following Saturday it will be showcased at the top of the post! Like mine above!
And you can enter as many titles as you like, or spread them out week to week, whatever you choose. The same title can't be repeated again, though, until after 4 weeks from your original entry, just to be fair.
Sound fun??? I'm excited. So come on. Be shameless. Dance in the rain! Celebrate! Follow my blog and then send me your plugs!!!
Tagged: countdown, promo, shameless saturday, sharla lovelace, the reason is you
February 29, 2012
It's Leap Day at Women Unplugged!
Talking about Leap Year / Leap Day / whatever you want to call this day that only comes every four years….over at Women Unplugged today. Come see! Tell us what you're doing with your free day!!
Tagged: sharla lovelace, women unplugged
February 28, 2012
What is your favorite flower?
I love white roses. We have some growing in our yard…actually we have many different roses in our yard, but white is my favorite. Classy, romantic, mysterious, even.
So it isn't all that shocking that they made a couple of cameo appearances in my upcoming debut THE REASON IS YOU. I needed a flower, and they were kind enough to show their…um…faces.
I do love other flowers as well… lilies, for instance.
Orchids, most definitely. 
Gladiolas, when they aren't falling over when I'm trying to mow.
What is your favorite flower?
February 25, 2012
It's Another Shameless Saturday!!
Today's Shameless Saturday spotlights a wonderful friend of mine, Kathryn Magendie! *yay! claps!* Kat is also the author of the "Graces" trilogy (Tender Graces, Secret Graces, and (soon to be) Family Graces), but today she is sharing her standalone novel, SWEETIE.
SWEETIE
by Kathryn Magendie
Southern / Appalachian fiction
Now, because we all adore FREE, you can be next!!
All you have to do is click that button to the right to follow the blog. And by doing that, you will qualify to SHAMELESSLY PLUG YOUR BOOK.
I am offering anyone with a desire to promote their book here, to do so in the comments below. Brag, brag, brag!!!
But that's not all. You really get a 2-Saturday deal out of it, because I will then contact you during the week for you to send me your cover (appropriate for all eyes, please) and links to where it's available, and the following Saturday it will be showcased at the top of the post! Like the ones above!
And you can enter as many titles as you like, or spread them out week to week, whatever you choose. The same title can't be repeated again, though, until after 4 weeks from your original entry, just to be fair.
Sound fun??? I'm excited. So come on. Be shameless. Dance in the rain! Celebrate! Follow my blog and then send me your plugs!!!
Tagged: kathryn magendie, promo, shameless saturday, sharla lovelace, sweetie, the reason is you
February 24, 2012
One Liners!!
A quickie for ya…
For you writers…
What is the first line of your latest book or wip? Does it hook?
I'll share the first line of BEFORE AND EVER SINCE (second book):
There is a distinct moment when you know that your day has gone down the toilet.
Okay, I showed you mine, you show me yours!
February 19, 2012
Do You Dream??
It's a hit or miss question, and I thought I'd throw it out there for a Sunday because my daughter and I talk about this all the time.
She swears she doesn't dream, or at least doesn't remember them. I happen to know she does because she talks/walks/has crazy conversations in her sleep and if that isn't the product of a dream then I'm a little worried.
I've told her that she's just dreaming in a deeper state, instead of the rest of us who dream in the beginning of sleep or right before we wake up. I, for one, must do alot of going to sleep and waking up, because I dream constantly.
And it's weird. Time never has a relevance…it's all over the place.
And I'm always driving something. A car, usually, but I've driven boats, planes, jets, helicopters, motorcycles, bicycles, and even a spacecraft once.
Yeah. I know. And usually, it starts as one and ends up something else. Also, there are always massive amounts of people, many times big buildings that go on forever or houses that go on forever that you have to find exits from room to room and they never end. It's kind of like living in a Dr. Suess book.
And then there are the storms.
Crazy storms that usually involve not one tornado but twenty or thirty at once, like something in a SyFy movie.
And waves. Sometimes I'm scuba diving…but more often than not if there's water it's BIG. 
Freud would have a field day with me, I'm sure. So that's my psychosis….what's yours? LOL! Do you dream? And if so, what about?
Tagged: books, crazy stuff, dreams, romance, sharla lovelace, Sunday, the reason is you, womens fiction 
February 18, 2012
It's Another Shameless Saturday!!
It's raining and thundering those slow rolls today where I live. A perfect day to stay in and READ! So here's one for you. Today's Shameless Saturday spotlights Zenobia Renquist. (Don't you just love that name?) And hold on to your socks people, because the cover is sizzling. (And not rated PG, in case you need to look over your shoulder for kiddos)
Caveat Emptor 6: Determined Lover
by Zenobia Renquist
Erotic Paranormal Romance
Now, because we all adore FREE, you can be next!!
All you have to do is click that button to the right to follow the blog. And by doing that, you will qualify to SHAMELESSLY PLUG YOUR BOOK.
I am offering anyone with a desire to promote their book here, to do so in the comments below. Brag, brag, brag!!!
But that's not all. You really get a 2-Saturday deal out of it, because I will then contact you during the week for you to send me your cover and links to where it's available, and the following Saturday it will be showcased at the top of the post! Like the one above!
And you can enter as many titles as you like, or spread them out week to week, whatever you choose. The same title can't be repeated again, though, until after 4 weeks from your original entry, just to be fair.
Sound fun??? I'm excited. So come on. Be shameless. Dance in the rain! Celebrate! Follow my blog and then send me your plugs!!!
Tagged: ann lethbridge, ashlyn chase, before and ever since, covers, free, fun stuff, jean gordan, plugging your book, promo, shameless saturday, sharla lovelace, the reason is you
February 17, 2012
TGIF in pictures!
It's been a crazy week!
My teenage daughter finally got her license, which was a little late in coming mostly because I was a little late in being ready for that.
I paid off my car…
Which would mean a raise, except for the fact that aforesaid daughter needed a vehicle. Therefore she got my newly paid off car. The one still in pristine condition and is probably shaking in fear that my daughter is behind the wheel.
So then I needed something to drive… and I got this…
Let me just say…it's RED. Enough said.
And then my darling daughter made her appointment to talk to a Navy recruiter last night, so we went and got all the information we could ever hope to have.
And this weekend we start boxing up our living room to tear out a wall.
Whew…
I'm tired.
How was YOUR week???
February 11, 2012
It's Another Shameless Saturday!!
Today's Shameless Saturday spotlights Ashlyn Chase, Jean C. Gordon, and Ann Lethbridge! Three very different authors with three very different books, and we celebrate them all! All bragging is equal on Shameless Saturday.
First up…
IMMORTALLY YOURS
by Ashlyn Chase
Erotic Romance Novella
SMALL TOWN SWEETHEARTS
by Jean C. Gordon
Inspirational Romance
LADY ROSABELLA'S RUSE
by Ann Lethbridge
Regency Historical Romance
Now, because we all adore FREE, you can be next!!
All you have to do is click that button to the right to follow the blog. And by doing that, you will qualify to SHAMELESSLY PLUG YOUR BOOK.
I am offering anyone with a desire to promote their book here, to do so in the comments below. Brag, brag, brag!!!
But that's not all. You really get a 2-Saturday deal out of it, because I will then contact you during the week for you to send me your cover and links to where it's available, and the following Saturday it will be showcased at the top of the post! Like the ones above!
And you can enter as many titles as you like, or spread them out week to week, whatever you choose. The same title can't be repeated again, though, until after 4 weeks from your original entry, just to be fair.
Sound fun??? I'm excited. So come on. Be shameless. Dance in the rain! Celebrate! Follow my blog and then send me your plugs!!!
Tagged: ann lethbridge, ashlyn chase, before and ever since, covers, free, fun stuff, jean gordan, plugging your book, promo, shameless saturday, sharla lovelace, the reason is you
