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July 19, 2012
Another day, another booktour stop, another chance to win
So it’s another day, and another stop on the blog tour.
Today I’m over at Missyjane’s with an excerpt. FYI, if you visit the blogs who are participating in the rafflecopter deal, leaving comments counts as another entry in the contest. :) Easy entries. You can get multiple entries that way, (but only one comment per blog.)
Some pretty nice reviews are going up for Blade Song over at Goodreads, if you’d like to check them out.
Just a REMINDER to those who don’t normally read UF. This is NOT a romance. Yes, there is a romantic thread. Yes, there is a hot guy in it. (I kinda loved the character a little, but no, I’m not telling you more than that.) If you like paranormal romance, you might enjoy this. But please don’t expect this to be like my typical romances.
July 18, 2012
So…on paying for reviews, on rabid attack sites and other shit
FYI, this isn’t a post about attacking reviewers. I don’t buy into that crap, it pisses me, I hate it, I can’t stand it.
However…I’m bothered by a site that supposedly charges authors for positive reviews, yet doesn’t really disclose that.
I’m bothered by the impression that some writers, especially new writers might think this is cool and that’s how authors do things. (My opinion…No, no, no, no, no).
I’m bothered by a site that then gets upset with the author who blogged about it…heaven forbid people actually know about stuff like that. I’d think it should be discussed on the website that the reviews are are kinda bought and paid for, but hey.
It’s all a very screwed up mess, and you can see the cache of it right about…HERE! Yes, I saved a screencap. (You should be able to click on it to read the whole thing…the author removed it but google cache…well. The internet. It’s forever.)
To the newbie writers/aspiring writers who read my blog:
DO NOT DO THIS SHIT. DO NOT PAY FOR POSITIVE REVIEWS. DO NOT DO IT DO NOT DO IT DO NOT DO IT.
Those negative mean-girl reviews that poop on the pony parade are not actually going to kill your career. I promise you.
FYI, opinions are expressed in this post-my blog, I’m allowed. Before somebody decides to rant at me about defamation, they might want to read up on what defamation actually is…Defamation of character…tends to require intentionally false statements.
Jane (a real lawyer) over Dear Author actually did a nice little breakdown of it.
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NOW…for the real insanity…
Because the Chicklit thing is just stupid, IMO, it’s not really insane.
Here’s some crazy. FYI…I’m not linking to the site. Like others, I’d rather NOT give the idiots who created the site any more attention than they deserve. Instead, I’m linking you to Foz Meadows-Foz had done a pretty good run down on the issue.
Basically, a small group of people decided they’d ‘had it’ with the ‘bullying’ on goodreads. What is their version of bullying? ”Mean girls who write snarky reviews”. (My opinion… this is BS. Authors put out books for public consumption-they then face public opinion. You want to write? Deal with it. It’s not always fun, but then again, who promised life was an easy ride?)
So, to ‘pay back’ those who write these mean reviews, they have, in essence, started stalking them (that’s how it appears, at least…they’ve ‘outed’ people, posted personal details, including names and pictures and home towns) and they claim they are doing this to ‘speak up against bullies.
Yes, because the exact way to speak up against bullies is to cyber stalk.
Carolyn Jewel has an awesome post about her thoughts on this, and although I’ve spoken my mind on twitter, I felt moved to the same.
In my mind, I have no doubt that the people running the ‘bully’ site are authors. Nobody but writers are that attached to their books. Most of us, though, have a functioning brain stem and we realize that people are actually allowed to form opinions, and hey, they can even hate our work. That doesn’t constitute a negative attack. We get that.
To those running the site?
Am I concerned about the fact that people think it’s okay to post personal information? Yes. I have young kids. I protect them by protecting my privacy.
Aside from that, I’ve had a few unpleasant encounters that I’d rather never have again and that I’m not going into detail about, but it’s enough that I decided early on I’d do better by protecting my privacy.
I’m horrified by anybody who thinks it’s okay to post somebody’s personal info out there. Women are very often the targets of crazy-ass stalkers and they don’t have to do much of anything to catch the attention of those crazy-ass stalkers. FYI… they are crazy. They don’t need a reason to fixate.
I’m absolutely disgusted by the shit taking place on that site.
For my readers/regular visitors, please do not go to the site. Please. They are a bunch of attention-mongering haters and every click feeds their need. You can get the run down very well at Foz’s site, but I did want to speak my mind on this. Silence perpetuates bullying and what they are doing? Bullying in the extreme.
The REUNITED…blurbage!
From the national bestselling author ofThe Departed comes an all new novel of danger, intrigue, and a love stronger than death…
AN ETERNAL DESIRE
With his strong psychic ability, FBI Agent Joss Crawford longs for the woman he loved in a past life. But after years of searching, a new case is drawing him into the last place he’d ever want to find her: an underground slave ring. Going undercover to infiltrate the network, he meets Drucella Chapman—the mastermind’s fiancée. Joss has every reason to believe she’s evil. So why is he irresistibly drawn to her?
A DANGEROUS GAME
Drucella has made it her personal mission to bring the slave ring down. But the sadistic ring leader is even more careful than he is cruel. In order to gain information, Dru has had to get close to the very man she wishes to kill, using her gift to read his memories bit by bit. She’d do anything to finish the job, but agreeing to marry him may have been a step too far—even for her.
A FATEFUL ENCOUNTER
Though Joss and Dru are both undercover, nothing can disguise the sense of déjà vu they experience when they meet. Neither can afford to be distracted from the mission at hand, but perhaps their reunion is exactly what this mission needs…
read the excerpt...
BLADE SONG…blog tour stop…over at Red Hot Books
July 17, 2012
Today, I am…
Over here.
Also, while you’re here, see where I was?
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(Philadelphia leg of our trip)
July 16, 2012
Gettysburg Trip
Gettysburg. Guys. I went to Gettysburg. I cannot tell you how amazing that was.
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It was…just awe-inspiring.
Just a heads-up, the contest/blog tour for Blade Song has started. Sadly, the widget isn’t working on J.C.’s site, but you can read about it here. Plus, find out how to get extra entries.
Yesterday, I was over at Books & Kisses.
July 15, 2012
Blades and Books
Blades & Books Book Tour for my upcoming J.C. Daniels book starts today!
Yes, you can enter once here.
Want to see the prizes/rules? Go here.
FYI…entering means you’ve read the rules & AGREE…
July 14, 2012
Midnight Rider…Saturday Snippets…
I’m not here. I’m in Michigan. Going to sign books. Come see me!
So, a bad boy hero. Hmmm.
The baddest I’ve got is the one who wasn’t going to be one, and it’s not really a romance.
Okay, so he’d spoken two sentences there. “Okay…so what’s with you?”
His hand shot out and I found myself plastered against him two seconds later. “You stayed.”
“Damn it,” I snapped, shoving against his chest. Hard and hot, my hands slid against the smoothness of his flesh without budging him an inch. “What did you think I was going to do? I barely even know where I am.”
“You’re a little fool,” he muttered.
Then he buried his face against my neck and I shuddered.
“I never know when you’re going to show sense or do something that will end up with you dead…or worse.”
I could feel the heated puff of his breath against my skin and damn it, that shouldn’t feel so good. It shouldn’t feel so good at all.
Asshole. Territory. He was asshole. Territory.
I couldn’t…
My breath hitched in my chest as he lifted his head, staring down at me with eyes that burned. Storm clouds shouldn’t burn so hot. But his eyes did.
Couldn’t breathe, couldn’t breathe—
He dipped his head.
Oh, shit—
But he didn’t kiss me…read more about Blade Song…
Also doing the midnight ride…
Megan Hart:Read in bed!
Leah Braemel
Jody Wallace
Eliza Gayle
Mandy M Roth
Lissa Matthews
Mari Carr
McKenna Jeffries
Myla Jackson
Taige Crenshaw
Delilah Devlin
HelenKay Dimon
Lauren Dane
Shelli Stevens
TJ Michaels
July 13, 2012
How about a cover tease with my Friday…13?
Instead of a 56, I’m doing a 13. It’s the 13. I’m doing the 13th page. The 13th line. And here’s the cover.
It’s a snippet, starting at the 13th line, from The Reunited, due out in January.
If there were any ghosts to be found, they were up in the newer part. Not here. Not that he could really see any ghosts, but that remnant energy was just a buzz that a lot of psychics were sensitive to and he wasn’t feeling it here.
His phone vibrated again. And again, indicating that whoever was calling was not giving up. Scowling, he pulled it out, thinking he should have left the damn thing in his car. But old habits died hard.
It wasn’t a surprise to see Taylor Jones’ name pop up on the screen. But why in the hell was the boss calling him? He had a few days off. Not that Taylor Jones would let a minor detail like that get in the way.
Instead of answering it, he hit ignore and went to text him.
Busy. What’s up? Once he’d sent the message, he brushed a few leaves off the stoop, some debris. Once he’d almost brought flowers.
But he hadn’t. Because something–not a memory exactly–but something…
I would rather see the flowers growing than to have somebody cut them so they wither and die…
Want to do the 13 on the 13th?
Post the 13th line from the 13th page of whatever book you have handy!
July 12, 2012
Hershey…
So more vacation pics…
Why did we go to Hershey, Pa?
Easy. There are coasters. My kids are junkies.
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We head tomorrow for Sandusky, Ohio & Detroit. Well, the kids are doing two days at Cedar Point. I’m going to Westland, MI for my signing there. Then we’re doing for a while. And I AM GLAD. I’m EXHAUSTED.
