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March 15, 2017
March Amazon Giveaway
Yes, it’s time for another giveaway! Details are available below.
GIVEAWAY DETAILS
Prize: $500 Amazon Gift Card
Co-hosts: Dorky’s Deals // Coupons and Freebies Mom // Jenns Blah Blah Blog // Pretty Thrifty // The Mommyhood Mentor® // Java John Z’s // Deliciously Savvy // Books R Us // Mommies with Cents // Heartbeats ~ Soul Stains // Momerish // Angie’s Angle //Surviving Mommy // xoxo Christina // Now This Is 40 // Taffeta & Tulips // Lipgloss and Crayons // SWEETHAUTE // Capri’s Coupons // Young Finances // The Frugal Free Gal // Ottawa Mommy Club // Southern Mommas Reviews // Bill Hiatt’s Author Website //Mommies In Orbit
Giveaway organized by: Oh My Gosh Beck!
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter daily. Giveaway ends 4/11 and is open worldwide. Winner will be notified via email.
Are you a blogger who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your blog? Click here to find out how you can join a totally awesome group of bloggers!
February 27, 2017
March Weekly Giveaway
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Giveaway rules are below, and further down you can find the Rafflecopter widget. To the right of the widget, you may also find links to other current giveaways and items of interest. Good luck!
Giveaway Rules:
Each new week’s contest will open at 8:00 am Pacific Time on Monday and close at 8:00 am Pacific time the following Monday, when the new contest opens (with the exception of the first one listed, because of the time the site was done.
Each contest will be a week-long rafflecopter, with the widget on this page. The rafflecopter will be open all week, so you can answer the question about prize options whenever you want. Each day I will add a new entry option, as explained below.
Just as with the daily winner contests, one of my posts/tweets during each day will contain a four digit code. It won’t be marked as that day’s code, but it will be fairly easy to spot. (A quick scroll through the FB posts or the tweets in my Twitter profile each day should quickly do the trick.) To enter, you need to make a blog post comment with that day’s code. Then you access the rafflecopter widget (or link, if the widget is being cantankerous) and record the fact that you made the blog post. The difference between this contest and the daily winner contest is that, instead of being over in one day, the contest will run for seven. Each day I will add the entry option to input that day’s code in a blog post. You can input the code for a particular day on that day or wait until later, as long as you input it before the contest ends. You only need to input the code for one day to be eligible for a prize, but the more days for which you input a code, the better your odds of winning are.
At the end of each contest, fourteen winners each day will be selected randomly from among those who submitted the correct code for at least one day.
If there are not enough people with a correct code, the unclaimed prize amount will be added to the prizes for the following week.
As with all my giveaways, this one is void where prohibited. Entrants must meet the usual eligibility requirements, must correctly complete the entry option(s), and musts provide a valid email address in order to receive a prize. No purchase is necessary to enter, nor will making a purchase improve the odds of winning.
Each person is limited to being one entrant [though that single entrant may earn multiple “entries” (as Rafflecopter uses the term) by using more of the available entry options]. However, no person may register as more than one entrant by entering under different names and/or email addresses. A person who creates multiple entrants in this way will be disqualified.
Rafflecopter, Week of February 27:
Other Items of Interest, Week of February 27:
Barnes and Noble Giveaway (link will appear here when the giveaway is live)
January 30, 2017
February Weekly Giveaway
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Giveaway rules are below, and further down you can find the rafflecopter widget. To the right of the widget, you may also find links to other current giveaways and items of interest. Good luck!
Giveaway Rules:
Each new week’s contest will open at 8:00 am Pacific Time on Monday and close at 8:00 am Pacific time the following Monday, when the new contest opens (with the exception of the first one listed, because of the time the site was done.
Each contest will be a week-long rafflecopter, with the widget on this page. The rafflecopter will be open all week, so you can answer the question about prize options whenever you want. Each day I will add a new entry option, as explained below.
Just as with the daily winner contests, one of my posts/tweets during each day will contain a four digit code. It won’t be marked as that day’s code, but it will be fairly easy to spot. (A quick scroll through the FB posts or the tweets in my Twitter profile each day should quickly do the trick.) To enter, you need to make a blog post comment with that day’s code. Then you access the rafflecopter widget (or link, if the widget is being cantankerous) and record the fact that you made the blog post. The difference between this contest and the daily winner contest is that, instead of being over in one day, the contest will run for seven. Each day I will add the entry option to input that day’s code in a blog post. You can input the code for a particular day on that day or wait until later, as long as you input it before the contest ends. You only need to input the code for one day to be eligible for a prize, but the more days for which you input a code, the better your odds of winning are.
At the end of each contest, fourteen winners each day will be selected randomly from among those who submitted the correct code for at least one day.
If there are not enough people with a correct code, the unclaimed prize amount will be added to the prizes for the following week.
As with all my giveaways, this one is void where prohibited. Entrants must meet the usual eligibility requirements, must correctly complete the entry option(s), and musts provide a valid email address in order to receive a prize. No purchase is necessary to enter, nor will making a purchase improve the odds of winning.
Each person is limited to being one entrant [though that single entrant may earn multiple “entries” (as Rafflecopter uses the term) by using more of the available entry options]. However, no person may register as more than one entrant by entering under different names and/or email addresses. A person who creates multiple entrants in this way will be disqualified.
Rafflecopter, Week of 1/30:
Other Items of Interest, Week of 1/30:
Stay tuned!
January 2, 2017
January Weekly Giveaway
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Giveaway rules are below, and further down you can find the rafflecopter widget. To the right of the widget, you may also find links to other current giveaways and items of interest. Good luck!
Giveaway Rules:
Each new week’s contest will open at 8:00 am Pacific Time on Monday and close at 8:00 am Pacific time the following Monday, when the new contest opens (with the exception of the first one listed, because of the time the site was done.
Each contest will be a week-long rafflecopter, with the widget on this page. The rafflecopter will be open all week, so you can answer the question about prize options whenever you want. Each day I will add a new entry option, as explained below.
Just as with the daily winner contests, one of my posts/tweets during each day will contain a four digit code. It won’t be marked as that day’s code, but it will be fairly easy to spot. (A quick scroll through the FB posts or the tweets in my Twitter profile each day should quickly do the trick.) To enter, you need to make a blog post comment with that day’s code. Then you access the rafflecopter widget (or link, if the widget is being cantankerous) and record the fact that you made the blog post. The difference between this contest and the daily winner contest is that, instead of being over in one day, the contest will run for seven. Each day I will add the entry option to input that day’s code in a blog post. You can input the code for a particular day on that day or wait until later, as long as you input it before the contest ends. You only need to input the code for one day to be eligible for a prize, but the more days for which you input a code, the better your odds of winning are.
At the end of each contest, fourteen winners each day will be selected randomly from among those who submitted the correct code for at least one day.
If there are not enough people with a correct code, the unclaimed prize amount will be added to the prizes for the following week.
As with all my giveaways, this one is void where prohibited. Entrants must meet the usual eligibility requirements, must correctly complete the entry option(s), and musts provide a valid email address in order to receive a prize. No purchase is necessary to enter, nor will making a purchase improve the odds of winning.
Each person is limited to being one entrant [though that single entrant may earn multiple “entries” (as Rafflecopter uses the term) by using more of the available entry options]. However, no person may register as more than one entrant by entering under different names and/or email addresses. A person who creates multiple entrants in this way will be disqualified.
Rafflecopter, Week of 1/2:
Other Items of Interest, Week of 1/2:
December 27, 2016
What Influences an Author’s Writing?
I have always been interested in how a book develops. To me an author’s background is a critical element. Who that author is and the kind of experiences that author has had will inevitably influence what that author writes. However, everyone may not agree. Let’s take a look at what some of my fellow authors in fantasy and urban fantasy/paranormal have to say about their influences.
(If any of the books catches your eye, clicking on the cover takes you to the Amazon product page for more information.)
Laura Greenwood
About Laura:
I like to write whichever weird and wonderful tale comes into my head, which makes identifying the genre difficult even for me! My first series, Alventia, are novellas centred around Keira, aka Sleeping Beauty, and her Prince Philip, along with their allies Hansel and Gretel. It’s a tale that very much told itself as I started to write it!
While I’m not writing, I work in Catering and am also an Assistant Brownie Guide Leader in the Midlands (UK). I like to bake and I love to read, and like with my writing, I read an eclectic mix of genres, and love every minute of it!
You can keep up to date with any of my writing progress by signing up to my Newsletter here: https://goo.gl/A3tI1s.
How Have Laura’s Experiences Influenced her Writing?
Most of the time, not that much. Other than places I’ve been inspiring me in some way (like visiting the Red Light district in Amsterdam, that was the main influence behind a dystopia I’m writing, though maybe not in the obvious way).
But with What Lies Beneath the Mask, there’s much more of my life experience in it. There’s a couple of in-jokes for my best friend in there (masquerading as in jokes between Hayley and Annabelle! And one of the stage hands, Susan). Also some of the issues that Annabelle has trusting Jack and moving forward in their relationship have roots in my own experiences (though I put Annabelle through far worse than I experienced).
For More Information about Laura:
http://www.authorlauragreenwood.co.uk
http://facebook.com/authorlauragreenwood/
http://twitter.com/lauramg_tdir
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7788024.Laura_Greenwood
Kay L. Ling
About Kay:
Kay L. Ling began writing fiction at an early age. In grade school, her stories evidenced a sense of wonder and love of adventure. In one, mythical creatures lived and traveled inside a rainbow, and in another, a bored sixth-grader turned her teacher into a maroon sofa and then teleported herself to London. As she grew up, Kay never lost her ability to imagine strange and wondrous peoples and places, and now she would like to share her unique fantasy adventures with others.
How Have Kay’s Experiences Influenced Her Writing?
I’ve always loved to travel, so I like to invent new worlds to explore. Other interests, such as gems and their folklore, worked their way into my book as well. Writing that includes personal experiences or themes that touch the author can be very powerful.
For More Information about Kay:
https://www.facebook.com/KayLLing.author
Steve Vernon
About Steve:
“If Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch had a three-way sex romp in a hot tub, and then a team of scientists came in and filtered out the water and mixed the leftover DNA into a test tube, the resulting genetic experiment would most likely grow up into Steve Vernon.” – Bookgasm
How Have Steve’s Experiences Influenced His Writing?
That’s a little like asking how can you make soup without onions. Your own experiences are the grist for any story or novel that you write – even if it is set somewhere wild and crazy such as the North Pole, or a Martian spaceship, or a field full of evil-possessed scarecrows.
Stay tuned for responses from more authors in the coming days.
December 14, 2016
December Amazon Giveaway
GIVEAWAY DETAILSIt’s time again for another Amazon giveaway. Enter and potentially give yourself a gift this holiday season.
Prize: $500 Amazon Gift Card
Co-hosts: Dorky’s Deals // Coupons and Freebies Mom // Jenns Blah Blah Blog // Pretty Thrifty // The Mommyhood Mentor® // Surviving Mommy // Bill Hiatt’s Education Website // Beauty in the Mess // Bill Hiatt’s Author Website // A Labour of life // My Dairy Free Gluten Free Life // It Girl Accessories Fashion Blog
Giveaway organized by: Oh My Gosh Beck!
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter daily. Giveaway ends 1/13/17 and is open worldwide. Winner will be notified via email.
Are you a blogger who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your blog? Click here to find out how you can join a totally awesome group of bloggers!
Rafflecopter Widget:
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Other Items of Interest:
Kindle Book Review $500 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
December 5, 2016
December Weekly Giveaway
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Giveaway rules are below, and further down you can find the rafflecopter widget. To the right of the widget, you may also find links to other current giveaways and items of interest. Good luck!
Giveaway Rules:
Each new week’s contest will open at 8:00 am Pacific Time on Monday and close at 8:00 am Pacific time the following Monday, when the new contest opens (with the exception of the first one listed, because of the time the site was done.
Each contest will be a week-long rafflecopter, with the widget on this page. The rafflecopter will be open all week, so you can answer the question about prize options whenever you want. Each day I will add a new entry option, as explained below.
Just as with the daily winner contests, one of my posts/tweets during each day will contain a four digit code. It won’t be marked as that day’s code, but it will be fairly easy to spot. (A quick scroll through the FB posts or the tweets in my Twitter profile each day should quickly do the trick.) To enter, you need to make a blog post comment with that day’s code. Then you access the rafflecopter widget (or link, if the widget is being cantankerous) and record the fact that you made the blog post. The difference between this contest and the daily winner contest is that, instead of being over in one day, the contest will run for seven. Each day I will add the entry option to input that day’s code in a blog post. You can input the code for a particular day on that day or wait until later, as long as you input it before the contest ends. You only need to input the code for one day to be eligible for a prize, but the more days for which you input a code, the better your odds of winning are.
At the end of each contest, fourteen winners each day will be selected randomly from among those who submitted the correct code for at least one day.
If there are not enough people with a correct code, the unclaimed prize amount will be added to the prizes for the following week.
As with all my giveaways, this one is void where prohibited. Entrants must meet the usual eligibility requirements, must correctly complete the entry option(s), and musts provide a valid email address in order to receive a prize. No purchase is necessary to enter, nor will making a purchase improve the odds of winning.
Each person is limited to being one entrant [though that single entrant may earn multiple “entries” (as Rafflecopter uses the term) by using more of the available entry options]. However, no person may register as more than one entrant by entering under different names and/or email addresses. A person who creates multiple entrants in this way will be disqualified.
Rafflecopoter, Week of 12/5:
Other Items of Interest, Week of 12/5:
Christmas Flash Fiction Anthology (I’ll link when it goes live; downloads will also be available from this site.)
November 21, 2016
Winter Holiday Giveaway
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Here’s a little extra holiday gift: a giveaway with a top prize of a $100 Amazon e-gift card and thirty-five total prizes. Each prize comes with the option of adding a free ebook.
Holiday Giveaway Rafflecopter:
Other Items of Interest:
October 31, 2016
November Weekly Winner Giveaway
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Giveaway rules are below, and further down you can find the rafflecopter widget. To the right of the widget, you may also find links to other current giveaways and items of interest. Good luck!
Giveaway Rules:
Each new week’s contest will open at 8:00 am Pacific Time on Monday and close at 8:00 am Pacific time the following Monday, when the new contest opens (with the exception of the first one listed, because of the time the site was done.
Each contest will be a week-long rafflecopter, with the widget on this page. The rafflecopter will be open all week, so you can answer the question about prize options whenever you want. Each day I will add a new entry option, as explained below.
Just as with the daily winner contests, one of my posts/tweets during each day will contain a four digit code. It won’t be marked as that day’s code, but it will be fairly easy to spot. (A quick scroll through the FB posts or the tweets in my Twitter profile each day should quickly do the trick.) To enter, you need to make a blog post comment with that day’s code. Then you access the rafflecopter widget (or link, if the widget is being cantankerous) and record the fact that you made the blog post. The difference between this contest and the daily winner contest is that, instead of being over in one day, the contest will run for seven. Each day I will add the entry option to input that day’s code in a blog post. You can input the code for a particular day on that day or wait until later, as long as you input it before the contest ends. You only need to input the code for one day to be eligible for a prize, but the more days for which you input a code, the better your odds of winning are.
At the end of each contest, fourteen winners each day will be selected randomly from among those who submitted the correct code for at least one day.
If there are not enough people with a correct code, the unclaimed prize amount will be added to the prizes for the following week.
As with all my giveaways, this one is void where prohibited. Entrants must meet the usual eligibility requirements, must correctly complete the entry option(s), and musts provide a valid email address in order to receive a prize. No purchase is necessary to enter, nor will making a purchase improve the odds of winning.
Each person is limited to being one entrant [though that single entrant may earn multiple “entries” (as Rafflecopter uses the term) by using more of the available entry options]. However, no person may register as more than one entrant by entering under different names and/or email addresses. A person who creates multiple entrants in this way will be disqualified.
Week of October 31:
Check back for information about giveaways and other items of interest.
October 28, 2016
Halloween Giveaway
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It’s that time of year again. Check out all the Halloween giveaways, freebies, and special deals:
Halloween Giveaway:
Special Sales:
(Actually, it’s now sixty authors, and it includes print and audio as well as ebooks. http://www.davidnethbooks.com/dn-promos/)
(This one is ebook only, and the selection is somewhat steamier: http://www.jocelyndex.com/halloween-deals.html)
Kindle Book Review Halloween Party Giveaway:
Here you can enter a Rafflecopter giveaway for an Amazon e-gift card and check out some good, low-priced Halloween reading. https://www.thekindlebookreview.net/halloween-party/
Books for Your Consideration:
