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October 21, 2013
The Scavenger Hunt Part 4!
Congratulations to Josiah Hunt, the winner of our third week in the conest! But for those of you who didn’t get there fast enough last week, here’s your second chance to win a bundle of books between myself, Jeremy Shory and the Raven Twins! This week’s hunt is hosted by Jeremy on his own website, but the questions are still below here!
You know the story already, but just to recap... The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll now you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What is the title of the twins’ newest book, out on Amazon?
2. What is the name of the twins’ favourite movie?
3. The twins stayed in the ‘Mecca for Ghost Hunters’. What was it called?
The answers to these next three questions will be found on www.ReeceBridger.com
1. Why does Reece write what he does?
2. What is Reece’s Twitter handle?
3. What is the name of the villain in the second book in the Buan trilogy Company of Heroes?
These answers will located on the pages of www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What are the names of Orion’s parents?
2. What is the name of the Card Game Jeremy created for The Orion Chronicles: Curse of the Phantom Brotherhood?
3. What does Francine make Orion in the 3rd chapter of The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is linked to Jeremy’ website, so go post ‘em here: http://theorionchronicles.com/scavenger-hunt-4! Stay tuned as the twins will be hosting next week’s Scavenger Hunt. May the Force be forever in your favour, or something like that.
You know the story already, but just to recap... The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll now you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What is the title of the twins’ newest book, out on Amazon?
2. What is the name of the twins’ favourite movie?
3. The twins stayed in the ‘Mecca for Ghost Hunters’. What was it called?
The answers to these next three questions will be found on www.ReeceBridger.com
1. Why does Reece write what he does?
2. What is Reece’s Twitter handle?
3. What is the name of the villain in the second book in the Buan trilogy Company of Heroes?
These answers will located on the pages of www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What are the names of Orion’s parents?
2. What is the name of the Card Game Jeremy created for The Orion Chronicles: Curse of the Phantom Brotherhood?
3. What does Francine make Orion in the 3rd chapter of The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is linked to Jeremy’ website, so go post ‘em here: http://theorionchronicles.com/scavenger-hunt-4! Stay tuned as the twins will be hosting next week’s Scavenger Hunt. May the Force be forever in your favour, or something like that.
October 20, 2013
Blog Hop Interview!!
My friend, fellow writer WILLIAM STAFFORD roped me into doing this: four questions about what and how I write. He tagged me over twitter. I CANNOT DENY THE TAGGING!
Still, maybe it’ll be fun. And even if it isn’t, I still get to force three more people to do it, too!
1) What are you working on right now?
I’m kind of working on two books at the moment, along with college work and university applications. The first is, as you probably know, ‘Company of Heroes’, the second in the Buan trilogy, the start of the Treagsolas Saga. At present, it’s being edited, and I hope to get it out to beta-readers soon. The other is the final instalment of Buan, ‘Disciples of Blood’, which takes place only a few hours after ‘Company of Heroes’ finished. For those of you who haven’t read ‘The Perfect Mortals’ yet, the Buan trilogy is an epic fantasy story about a group of orphaned siblings chosen by their Goddess to take on the responsibility of saving their world. There is more to it than that, I swear to the Flying Spaghetti Monster! That’s just the best way of describing it in one sentence. You’ll have to read it to find out more! *No spoilers*
2) How does it differ from other work in its genre?
At first glance, the Buan books are rather standard. Some people with swords and magic fighting evil. But, after taking a quick trawl through the pages, it becomes clear that there’s more to it; there’s politics, diplomacy, war, sides within sides, and more facets than even I can count. The villains aren’t shown in the story until really, really late in the game, and perhaps the most powerful character in the whole story hasn’t even been shown his face yet. There are many sides to this story; it’s a Rubiks Cube with pages.
3) Why do you write what you do?
BECAUSE THE IDEAS WON’T LEAVE ME ALONE!!! I mean, because I like writing it. It’s not a secret that I think about these books almost every second of every day, unless I’m doing something else. When I first thought of the idea that would eventually evolve into the Buan books and then the Treagsolas saga, the thoughts took hold of something in my mind and have never let go. It was inspiration, pure and simple, and I felt honour-bound to write it until the end.
4) How does your writing process work?
This is a hard question; I haven’t done enough writing to have a set process yet. All I have is a desired process, which is start a book, write about 2000-5000 words a day, get the book done, stat editing it while getting a head start on the next one, finish editing the first while writing the second, and then publish the first, usually when the next is almost done. And repeat. So far, however, my process has been: start at 13, write a story for a year, edit it for two years, rewrite it into a trilogy, finish book one, start book two while having an editing fiasco, lose the 60,000 words I’ve already written of book two just before publishing book one, rewrite what of book two I lost, pick up where I left off on book two, finish book two and start book three while editing book two in the hopes of finally achieving my desired standard writing process. And bang my head against the wall if that doesn’t work.
Well, that was fun! Now, let’s see... I choose these three as my victims!
SEBASTIAN PETERS
BEN GALLEY
NICOLE MADDALO-DIXON
Still, maybe it’ll be fun. And even if it isn’t, I still get to force three more people to do it, too!
1) What are you working on right now?
I’m kind of working on two books at the moment, along with college work and university applications. The first is, as you probably know, ‘Company of Heroes’, the second in the Buan trilogy, the start of the Treagsolas Saga. At present, it’s being edited, and I hope to get it out to beta-readers soon. The other is the final instalment of Buan, ‘Disciples of Blood’, which takes place only a few hours after ‘Company of Heroes’ finished. For those of you who haven’t read ‘The Perfect Mortals’ yet, the Buan trilogy is an epic fantasy story about a group of orphaned siblings chosen by their Goddess to take on the responsibility of saving their world. There is more to it than that, I swear to the Flying Spaghetti Monster! That’s just the best way of describing it in one sentence. You’ll have to read it to find out more! *No spoilers*
2) How does it differ from other work in its genre?
At first glance, the Buan books are rather standard. Some people with swords and magic fighting evil. But, after taking a quick trawl through the pages, it becomes clear that there’s more to it; there’s politics, diplomacy, war, sides within sides, and more facets than even I can count. The villains aren’t shown in the story until really, really late in the game, and perhaps the most powerful character in the whole story hasn’t even been shown his face yet. There are many sides to this story; it’s a Rubiks Cube with pages.
3) Why do you write what you do?
BECAUSE THE IDEAS WON’T LEAVE ME ALONE!!! I mean, because I like writing it. It’s not a secret that I think about these books almost every second of every day, unless I’m doing something else. When I first thought of the idea that would eventually evolve into the Buan books and then the Treagsolas saga, the thoughts took hold of something in my mind and have never let go. It was inspiration, pure and simple, and I felt honour-bound to write it until the end.
4) How does your writing process work?
This is a hard question; I haven’t done enough writing to have a set process yet. All I have is a desired process, which is start a book, write about 2000-5000 words a day, get the book done, stat editing it while getting a head start on the next one, finish editing the first while writing the second, and then publish the first, usually when the next is almost done. And repeat. So far, however, my process has been: start at 13, write a story for a year, edit it for two years, rewrite it into a trilogy, finish book one, start book two while having an editing fiasco, lose the 60,000 words I’ve already written of book two just before publishing book one, rewrite what of book two I lost, pick up where I left off on book two, finish book two and start book three while editing book two in the hopes of finally achieving my desired standard writing process. And bang my head against the wall if that doesn’t work.
Well, that was fun! Now, let’s see... I choose these three as my victims!
SEBASTIAN PETERS
BEN GALLEY
NICOLE MADDALO-DIXON
October 15, 2013
Into The Third Week
Congratulations must go to the sole winner of our second week of scavenger hunting! Congrats to Jo-Jo Dresden! But for those of you who didn’t manage to hit the mark last week, here’s another chance to win a bundle of books between myself, Jeremy Shory and the Raven Twins! This week’s hunt is hosted by me!
You know the story already, but just to recap... The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll now you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What album do the twins think would be their ‘Death Row album’?
2. Which debut novelist visited the twins on the 1st of August last year?
3. What kind of car does the main character in Soul Asylum drive?
The answers to these next three questions will be found on www.ReeceBridger.com
1. What is a grouping of Fangtooths known as?
2. What is Jeremy’s birth year?
3. What organisation do Leslie and the ‘mysterious man’ discuss in the prologue of ‘Curse of the Phantom Brotherhood’?
These answers will located on the pages of www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What sport does Reece engage in besides scuba diving and kayaking?
2. What is Reece’s favourite genre of music?
3. In Reece’s opinion, what is the worst job to have during the Apocalypse?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is mine to host, and now I shall begin my reign of endless terror on the scavengers! I mean, email me your answers... Yes... Send them to info@reecebridger.com, kay? Stay tuned next week, when Jeremy will once again be hosting the Scavenger Hunt. I ain’t giving up my shiny crown very quickly, though...
You know the story already, but just to recap... The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll now you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What album do the twins think would be their ‘Death Row album’?
2. Which debut novelist visited the twins on the 1st of August last year?
3. What kind of car does the main character in Soul Asylum drive?
The answers to these next three questions will be found on www.ReeceBridger.com
1. What is a grouping of Fangtooths known as?
2. What is Jeremy’s birth year?
3. What organisation do Leslie and the ‘mysterious man’ discuss in the prologue of ‘Curse of the Phantom Brotherhood’?
These answers will located on the pages of www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What sport does Reece engage in besides scuba diving and kayaking?
2. What is Reece’s favourite genre of music?
3. In Reece’s opinion, what is the worst job to have during the Apocalypse?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is mine to host, and now I shall begin my reign of endless terror on the scavengers! I mean, email me your answers... Yes... Send them to info@reecebridger.com, kay? Stay tuned next week, when Jeremy will once again be hosting the Scavenger Hunt. I ain’t giving up my shiny crown very quickly, though...
October 8, 2013
The Scavenger Hunt Part 2!
Congratulations must go to the three winners of our first week of scavenger hunting! Congrats to Kristy Mills, Mathias Laursen and Cinta Garcia de la Rosa! But for those of you who didn’t get there fast enough last week, here’s your second chance to win a bundle of books between myself, Jeremy Shory and the Raven Twins! This week’s hunt is hosted by the Raven Twins on their own website, but the questions are still below here!
You know the story already, but just to recap... The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll now you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What is the title of the twins’ Horsemen of the Apocalypse WIP novel?
2. What happened when the twins visited Soul Asylum’s real life location?
3. In which cursed Calamityville Horror location did us and team member, Neen, perform zumba moves, to the horror of our tour group?
The answers to these next three questions will be found on www.ReeceBridger.com
1. What does Reece usually wear for good luck?
2. What does Reece have in common with Tim Burton, Courtney Love, Dan Aykroyd and Mozart?
3. What is the name of the villain in the second book in the Buan trilogy Company of Heroes?
These answers will located on the pages of www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What are the names of Jeremy’s gorgeous Golden Retrievers?
2. What did try to do to his wife when she had a horrible cold?
3. What is the name of the world Orion stumbles into?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is linked to Jeremy Shory’s website, so go post ‘em here: http://clraven.wordpress.com/2013/10/...! Stay tuned as C.L. Raven will be hosting next week’s Scavenger Hunt. May the Force be forever in your favour, or something like that.
You know the story already, but just to recap... The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll now you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What is the title of the twins’ Horsemen of the Apocalypse WIP novel?
2. What happened when the twins visited Soul Asylum’s real life location?
3. In which cursed Calamityville Horror location did us and team member, Neen, perform zumba moves, to the horror of our tour group?
The answers to these next three questions will be found on www.ReeceBridger.com
1. What does Reece usually wear for good luck?
2. What does Reece have in common with Tim Burton, Courtney Love, Dan Aykroyd and Mozart?
3. What is the name of the villain in the second book in the Buan trilogy Company of Heroes?
These answers will located on the pages of www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What are the names of Jeremy’s gorgeous Golden Retrievers?
2. What did try to do to his wife when she had a horrible cold?
3. What is the name of the world Orion stumbles into?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is linked to Jeremy Shory’s website, so go post ‘em here: http://clraven.wordpress.com/2013/10/...! Stay tuned as C.L. Raven will be hosting next week’s Scavenger Hunt. May the Force be forever in your favour, or something like that.
October 1, 2013
The First Week of the Contest!
Your wait has been long and arduous, and now it’s come to an end! This is the first of our stupendous, ingenious, and all-round jolly good fun Scavenger Hunt! I know it sounds pretentious for me to use so many adjectives to describe it, but pretension be damned if I’m not excited!
So what the Hell am I rambling on about today? Let me give you the short version: The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
(Insert image of each book and then set link to each Amazon page)
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll know you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What are the colors of the Spellcaster Flag?
2. What is the name of the first character we are introduced to in ‘The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’?
3. What is the name of the period of time when a Paranormal loses their previous abilities and inherit their new Paranormal abilities?
The answers to these questions will be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What Horror movie legend took time to pose with the girls (and his famous prop) when they visited ComiCon: London?
2. What is the name of the character who works for ‘the paper’ and unexpectedly shows up looking for a tour in Chapter 1 of ‘Soul Asylum’?
3. What do the twins not believe in, but are ‘desperate to be proved wrong?’
These answers will located on the pages of www.ReeceBridger.com
1. How many words did ‘Company of Heroes’ end up at?
2. What is the name of the group of main characters in The Perfect Mortals?
3. What instrument does Reece play in his band at college?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is linked to Jeremy Shory’s website, so go post ‘em here: http://theorionchronicles.com/scavenger-hunt-1! Stay tuned as C.L. Raven will be hosting next week’s Scavenger Hunt. May the Force be forever in your favour, or something like that.
So what the Hell am I rambling on about today? Let me give you the short version: The first three people to contact the hosting this week’s contest, (either by replying or by email, mainly me for email,) with all the correct answers will win a FREE copy of ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, ‘Buan: The Perfect Mortals’ by yours truly, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C.L. Raven in one massive bundle! Keep an eye open for a special hidden link somewhere around, too...
(Insert image of each book and then set link to each Amazon page)
If you’ve read the rules to this contest then you’ll know you’ll have to answer three questions for each of our websites. If you haven’t read them yet, you can check out the gist of the contest here: http://www.reecebridger.com/ReeceBridger.com/News/Entries/2013/9/18_The_First_Buan_Giveaway_Contest!.html. Now, with all that done and dusted, let the games begin!
The answers to the following questions can be found on www.TheOrionChronicles.com
1. What are the colors of the Spellcaster Flag?
2. What is the name of the first character we are introduced to in ‘The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’?
3. What is the name of the period of time when a Paranormal loses their previous abilities and inherit their new Paranormal abilities?
The answers to these questions will be found on www.CLRaven.wordpress.com
1. What Horror movie legend took time to pose with the girls (and his famous prop) when they visited ComiCon: London?
2. What is the name of the character who works for ‘the paper’ and unexpectedly shows up looking for a tour in Chapter 1 of ‘Soul Asylum’?
3. What do the twins not believe in, but are ‘desperate to be proved wrong?’
These answers will located on the pages of www.ReeceBridger.com
1. How many words did ‘Company of Heroes’ end up at?
2. What is the name of the group of main characters in The Perfect Mortals?
3. What instrument does Reece play in his band at college?
The challenge has begun! This week, the contest is linked to Jeremy Shory’s website, so go post ‘em here: http://theorionchronicles.com/scavenger-hunt-1! Stay tuned as C.L. Raven will be hosting next week’s Scavenger Hunt. May the Force be forever in your favour, or something like that.
September 18, 2013
The First ‘Buan’ Giveaway Contest!
This is a special blog today with a special announcement; I’ve been promising to do one of these for a while, but gosh darn it, I just haven’t had the resources or opportunity to until now. It’s time for a giveaway contest! That’s right! It’s your chance to win a free eBook copy of ‘The Perfect Mortals’, as well to, guess what, TWO more books at the same time! I’ve teamed up with Jeremy Shory (author of ‘The Orion Chronicles’) and the Raven Twins (authors of ‘Soul Asylum’) to have a fun, laid back, and adventurous giveaway contest. These are three very high-quality books, offered to you, the fans, for the low, low price of… well, nothing. Absolutely nothing. Zilch, nada, zero! It’s a free ebundle!
I was approached by Jeremy a little over a week ago, (no, not like THAT!), who had the idea of having a giveaway in which the contestants had to actually WORK for it. Most of these author competitions involve just putting in your email address, waiting for it to be selected at random, and getting disappointed when someone else wins. You never seem to win! Or is that just me…? Sometimes they even involve money being spent! Anyway, this one’s a little different. The best part is that it’s fair, impartial, and totally free! Not a penny spent, only prizes won! What, did you think you’d have to get, like, a raffle ticket or something? That would defeat the object of winning ‘free’ ebooks, wouldn’t it?
So just what is the point of this competition? Well, not only does it mean we get to make our fans smile and their hearts race with excitement, but it also means more people get to look at each other’s websites and (hopefully) like what they see! And there’s the prize, of course… In this ebook bundle, you get a free copy of ‘The Perfect Mortals’, by yours truly, but also ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C. L. Raven! The pictures from left to right on this blog post have links so you can take a look at these books before entering; even if you only like the look of one, go for it anyway! What have you got to lose?
Let me explain the rules: this contest will run for six consecutive weeks, starting on the first of October, a Tuesday. It’s a website scavenger hunt, put simply. Each week, the three of us are going to give three questions each pertaining to our own individual websites. That’s three each for three websites, meaning nine questions in total. How do you answer these questions, you ask? Well, you have to search the content of our websites! Searching blog posts, author biographies, book blurbs, looking for anything out of the ordinary! Then, after that, you’ll just have to post the answers as a response to the post containing the questions. Remember, we WILL NOT confirm any correct answers on the post, so that no one else just copies and pastes them again. We will contact you privately, through email or Facebook, depending on where you answer. Every week, the questions will be different. Maybe you’ll have to find an answer hidden in a description, or something hidden in the source code, or a hidden link!
Speaking of ‘hidden links’… Now, I can’t say I have any part of this since ‘Company of Heroes’ is still going through development, but if you search hard enough through Shory’s and the Raven twins’ websites, you’ll find a special hidden link in an image or hyperlinked word, which will direct you to a series of instructions on contacting them to allow YOU to win free ADVANCED copies of their up-and-coming books: ‘The Orion Chronicles: Curse of the Phantom Brotherhood’ and an anthology of ghost stories!
But, we can’t let people be greedy, so if you win once, you can’t win again. Why would you want to? You’ve already won once!
Keep your eyes peeled for the first set of questions, which will be revealed soon…
I was approached by Jeremy a little over a week ago, (no, not like THAT!), who had the idea of having a giveaway in which the contestants had to actually WORK for it. Most of these author competitions involve just putting in your email address, waiting for it to be selected at random, and getting disappointed when someone else wins. You never seem to win! Or is that just me…? Sometimes they even involve money being spent! Anyway, this one’s a little different. The best part is that it’s fair, impartial, and totally free! Not a penny spent, only prizes won! What, did you think you’d have to get, like, a raffle ticket or something? That would defeat the object of winning ‘free’ ebooks, wouldn’t it?
So just what is the point of this competition? Well, not only does it mean we get to make our fans smile and their hearts race with excitement, but it also means more people get to look at each other’s websites and (hopefully) like what they see! And there’s the prize, of course… In this ebook bundle, you get a free copy of ‘The Perfect Mortals’, by yours truly, but also ‘The Orion Chronicles: The Journal of Forgotten Secrets’ by Jeremy Shory, and ‘Soul Asylum’ by C. L. Raven! The pictures from left to right on this blog post have links so you can take a look at these books before entering; even if you only like the look of one, go for it anyway! What have you got to lose?
Let me explain the rules: this contest will run for six consecutive weeks, starting on the first of October, a Tuesday. It’s a website scavenger hunt, put simply. Each week, the three of us are going to give three questions each pertaining to our own individual websites. That’s three each for three websites, meaning nine questions in total. How do you answer these questions, you ask? Well, you have to search the content of our websites! Searching blog posts, author biographies, book blurbs, looking for anything out of the ordinary! Then, after that, you’ll just have to post the answers as a response to the post containing the questions. Remember, we WILL NOT confirm any correct answers on the post, so that no one else just copies and pastes them again. We will contact you privately, through email or Facebook, depending on where you answer. Every week, the questions will be different. Maybe you’ll have to find an answer hidden in a description, or something hidden in the source code, or a hidden link!
Speaking of ‘hidden links’… Now, I can’t say I have any part of this since ‘Company of Heroes’ is still going through development, but if you search hard enough through Shory’s and the Raven twins’ websites, you’ll find a special hidden link in an image or hyperlinked word, which will direct you to a series of instructions on contacting them to allow YOU to win free ADVANCED copies of their up-and-coming books: ‘The Orion Chronicles: Curse of the Phantom Brotherhood’ and an anthology of ghost stories!
But, we can’t let people be greedy, so if you win once, you can’t win again. Why would you want to? You’ve already won once!
Keep your eyes peeled for the first set of questions, which will be revealed soon…
August 15, 2013
Back To The Books!
Now the summer is slowly and surely leaving us. The days are growing shorter, the wind is growing colder, (or, well, rhythmically cool and warm if you’re in England,) and people are winding down in preparation for things to take that nosedive from exciting to educational. Not that that’s such a bad thing; you get to see those friends you never saw in summer because attendance is mandatory, you get to do lots more reading because it’s mandatory, and you get to get out of the house and do stuff again because it’s mandatory.
...Or is that just me?
...Or is that just me?
July 14, 2013
Summer Con-Fun-Drum
So, summer’s coming around the corner in its stride. That is, the summer season is already here, but as an AS student, I still have two more days left of college until I’m set free for a month or so and am able to bask in the sunlight for a while. Until then, I have work to do and am left to bake in the unreasonable heat currently bathing England. It says a lot when you can sweat as much as you would after three hours at the gym just by watching YouTube videos.
But what’s the plan for the summer, then? What sort of hilarious hijinks will I get up to? That, my friends, is my summer conundrum.
But what’s the plan for the summer, then? What sort of hilarious hijinks will I get up to? That, my friends, is my summer conundrum.
June 22, 2013
On My Aspergers
Hey, guys! How you doing? Keeping safe? Staying out of trouble? Glad to hear it! I’ve been fine, too, thanks for asking! I know it’s been a couple of months since I wrote a blog post last, so I thought I’d post a little something to let you all know that I’m not dead! Yup, no funerals for me yet!
So let’s see... What’s been happening to me? Well, for starters, I suppose that I should mention that in two days time, I’ll have been a published author for two months! Isn’t that exciting? A whole sixth of a year! It’s almost breath-taking. You guys would never believe just how great it feels to have finally made my dream come true. For an autistic person like me, it’s grand!
So let’s see... What’s been happening to me? Well, for starters, I suppose that I should mention that in two days time, I’ll have been a published author for two months! Isn’t that exciting? A whole sixth of a year! It’s almost breath-taking. You guys would never believe just how great it feels to have finally made my dream come true. For an autistic person like me, it’s grand!
On My Autism
Hey, guys! How you doing? Keeping safe? Staying out of trouble? Glad to hear it! I’ve been fine, too, thanks for asking! I know it’s been a couple of months since I wrote a blog post last, so I thought I’d post a little something to let you all know that I’m not dead! Yup, no funerals for me yet!
So let’s see... What’s been happening to me? Well, for starters, I suppose that I should mention that in two days time, I’ll have been a published author for two months! Isn’t that exciting? A whole sixth of a year! It’s almost breath-taking. You guys would never believe just how great it feels to have finally made my dream come true. For an autistic person like me, it’s grand!
So let’s see... What’s been happening to me? Well, for starters, I suppose that I should mention that in two days time, I’ll have been a published author for two months! Isn’t that exciting? A whole sixth of a year! It’s almost breath-taking. You guys would never believe just how great it feels to have finally made my dream come true. For an autistic person like me, it’s grand!
