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Virtual Book Tour

As part of my launch, I’m participating in a Virtual Book Tour where I stop by blogs as a guest poster or for an interview. Here’s what’s coming up. Stop by and you can also enter to win some great prizes!

August 18: Books on Silver Wings
August 19: Fire and Ice Book Reviews
August 19: Long and Short Reviews
August 20: Carly’s Book Reviews
August 21: Hearts On Fire Reviews
August 22: Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess
August 25: Booklover Sue
August 25: Full Moon D...

There's no place like Oz

I’ve talked about fanfiction before on this blog, and I mentioned that Wicked is fanfiction of L. Frank Baum’s work. What I didn’t tell you was the profound influence Baum’s work had on me as a reader and, ultimately, a writer.

When I was in second grade, I was way ahead of all the other kids in my class when it came to reading. In fact, they put me in the third grade reading class to keep me challenged. What this meant for me personally was that I had graduated to ch...

Coming Tuesday

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If graphic designer Scott Parker has to design one more cupcake company logo, he might lose it. When tasked with retouching photos for a big fashion client, a stunning, lanky model mesmerizes Scott and occupies his fantasies long after the assignment is finished.

When the model is assigned to one of Scott’s projects, Scott discovers that the object of his desire is nothing like what he imagined. Despite Jamie Donovan’s aloof and dismissive behavior, Scott struggles to forge a fr...

shirtoid:Crop It is available at The UnrefineryLess than two...

shirtoid:

Crop It is available at The Unrefinery

Less than two weeks until Designs on You comes out! I think I may have to wear my “crop it like it’s hot” shirt on launch day.

Congratulations, IP24 Raffle Winners!

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Congratulations to the winners of our eBook giveaways from our 24-Hour Launch Party! We will be contacting each of our raffle winners via email to confirm their prize.

We want to thank everyone for entering and playing along— we had more than 3500 entries in the one-week raffle!

Over the next week, watch for our announcement of winners of our panel prizes!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

Ella! Congratulations! You’ve won a year’s worth of Interlude Press multi-format, DRM-free eBooks, starting...

"When you start, it’s very cold, an impossible task. But then maybe the characters start to take on a..."

“When you start, it’s very cold, an impossible task. But then maybe the characters start to take on a little bit of life, or the story takes a turn that you don’t expect … With me that happens a lot because I don’t outline, I just have a vague notion. So it’s always felt like less of a made thing and more of a found thing. That’s exciting. That’s a thrill.”

- Stephen King (via writingquotes)

So your mom read your gay romance and totally made an awkward beef pun....

So your mom read your gay romance and totally made an awkward beef pun....:

“OMG I just sent my mom a book that contains gay sex… and I wrote it!”

I wrote a guest post at Avian30. (Your mom wrote a guest post at Avian30)

Another panel I was on for IP’s 24-Hour Launch Party. This...

Another panel I was on for IP’s 24-Hour Launch Party. This time as host!

In case you missed it… I talked about Designs on You and...

In case you missed it… I talked about Designs on You and gave away a digital copy!

Join the Interlude Press 24-Hour Launch Party on Google + or check it out later on YouTube.

Got Questions?

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We’ll be answering them LIVE at our 24-Hour Launch Party, or drop us a note in our ask. Prizes for questions that get on the air!

And don’t forget to enter our raffle for a year’s worth of IP eBooks. Only one day left!