Lauren Blakely's Blog, page 6
August 2, 2018
Unbreak My Heart Giveaway
The perfect prize pack for any world traveler! A gorgeous Kate Spade Tote and Kindle Paperwhite make any trip much more stylish and fun.
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July 23, 2018
Little Big Rock
You know that rom-com I wrote called Big Rock? Well, it turns out Charlotte has some things to say too! She was whispering in my ear and she told me what happened before Big Rock started!
And that became the short story, A Little Big Rock, which you can download for free on all retailers!
✦ Kindle
✦ iBooks
✦ Kobo
✦ Nook
✦ Google Play
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July 16, 2018
Audible’s Romance Editors Select Best New Releases: Summer 2018
Thrilled to see UNBREAK MY HEART on Audible’s list of summer romances its editors are excited for!!!
Click here for the complete list. It’s read beautifully by Joe Arden and Erin Mallon!
To receive an alert when the audio is live click here!
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July 6, 2018
Reader’s Choice Giveaway!
Reader’s Choice Giveaway! Everything you need for Date Night except the date:). Find the perfect date in the Real Deal! $100 gift card to the restaurant of your choice, $50 gift card to the movie theater of your choice, and $50 gift card to the retailer of your choice. ($200 value)
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June 30, 2018
Free Audio Novella
I have a new audiobook out this week! It’s a short novella and it’s free in the romance package! You can grab The Start of Us in audio today and have the fantastic duo of Joe Arden and Erin Mallon in your earbuds!!
Get it on ➜ Audible
Audio on Amazon ➜ Click here
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June 11, 2018
Advice for Writers on Reviewing
Over the years, I’ve been asked for publishing advice on a regular basis. I love to help fellow authors so I often do what I can if I’m able to. I’m always learning, and I don’t pretend to have all the secrets, but I do have a particular piece of advice that I suspect will be useful and important for other authors to know. So I’d like to share it!
It’s about reviewing, and it circles back to blurbing.
First, let me just say I don’t blurb books often. I’m a slow reader, I fall asleep quickly, and I mostly listen to books — as in audiobooks — so I turn down most requests to blurb simply because I know I can’t give the time to the books that the authors deserve. But, on the rare occasions when I do read a book for a potential blurb, I like to check and see if the author has reviewed books on Goodreads and given negative reviews to other authors. My great hope is that the answer is no. If I find an author — whether aspiring, new, or well-versed — is regularly reviewing and especially slamming books on Goodreads, that’s an automatic no to the blurb request.
I don’t mean MY books — I mean ANY books in the genre. It’s not that I can’t handle negative reviews. Like most authors, I have my fair share of them. It’s par for the course.
Rather, the reason I won’t blurb an author who has negatively and regularly reviewed other authors and their titles is that this is a community. Once you publish, or take the steps to attempt to publish, the time for reviewing should be behind you. If you’ve been a blogger or even a regular reviewer, consider taking down your reviews once you decide to pursue publication, especially critical or negative ones. After all, you might need to ask another author for a favor, a piece of advice, to participate in a Facebook party, or to share a post. We want to support each other and not pull our fellow authors down. Once you seek publication, you’re no longer a reviewer. You’re a reader, yes, but you’re an author and a part of this amazing community.
Be a writer of grace. Don’t bash the work of others before or after you publish.
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May 27, 2018
PART-TIME LOVER IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!
What do you get when you mix a charming British hero, a temporary marriage of convenience, and a smart & sassy heroine? Part-Time Lover, Lauren Blakely’s brand new, standalone rom-com releasing June 1!
✦ Kindle US
✦ Kindle UK
✦ Kindle CA
✦ Kindle AU
✦ iBooks
✦ Kobo
✦ B&N
✦ Google Play
✦ Amazon PB
✦ Audio
(Narrated by Shane East & Grace Grant)
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May 21, 2018
Look what’s available to preorder!
Whee! Look what’s available to preorder!
The audiobook for Unbreak My Heart is done and it is magnificent!! Joe Arden and Erin Mallon
exceeded all my expectations a thousand times over for this one! It’s so freaking beautiful!
Audible ➜ https://adbl.co/2kcpqLf
Amazon ➜ https://amzn.to/2s25HkY
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May 4, 2018
Cover Reveal!! UNBREAK MY HEART!
Coming this summer, UNBREAK MY HEART IS an angsty, emotional, (standalone!) second chance romance like you’ve never seen from me before. Get ready for a story that explores how to heal, how to live, and how to love. Unbreak My Heart will be a live release on Kindle, but you can preorder it on iBooks, Kobo, Nook, and Google Play right now. And here’s the big deal: the preorder/release day price is only $2.99!
✦ iBooks
✦ Kobo
✦ Nook
I didn’t break her heart, and she didn’t break mine—we broke each other’s.
I never stopped loving her, but time and distance played its cruel role in ripping us apart three years ago when she moved halfway around the world.
Now after all those endless miles away, she’s returned . . . but I’m not the guy I was before.
Beautiful, kind, and loving, she’s the same—my hope. The only one who can make a day better, who can make me feel again with one kiss, one touch, one night.
There’s so much I have to put back in place now that I’m alone and on my own. Things I never wanted at the age of twenty-five.
When I receive an unexpected letter that might hold the clues to everything I desperately need to understand about my family, I’m sure I have to follow it. But that means leaving her once more.
She says she’ll come with me, and having her by my side will unbreak my heart…or destroy it.
That’s the chance I have to take.
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May 1, 2018
PART-TIME LOVER is now available to pre-order on Audio!
Squee!! The audiobook for PART-TIME LOVER is now available to pre-order! This sexy contemporary romance is narrated by Shane East and Grace Grant! And they are so delicious!
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