Shiloh Walker's Blog, page 149

Covers…

I haz covers… Wanna see?  Just look below the cut.

This is the next Grimm

I don't have an excerpt posted yet,I don't think, but I'll get one up soon.   Well, actually, there is one posted in my forum, here…

And the next one, (I admit, I grinned very, very big when I saw this one)…

This one is book two in the RS series, and there's an excerpt posted here.  They managed to nail the look of both the hero and the heroine with this one.  I love it.

Mad blog rush

So the book is out and I'm doing several guest blogs/contests.

Today, I'm at Tote Bags N Books.

Also, if you haven't checked out the blog tour for Hunter's Fall (hosted by The Book Vixen)

Tour Schedule:

5/30 – The Book Vixen

5/31 – Alice White Blogs

6/1 – My Overstuffed Bookshelf

6/3 – Jamie's Bookshelf

6/6 – Lush Book Reviews

6/7 – Seduced by Books

6/9 – Tori @ Smexy Books

Yay! Hunter's Fall is out…

And I have to post one of my favorite bits.

"I can't believe this," she said again, shaking her head. I won't.

"Why?" He stroked her hair back from her face, his hands gentle, so gentle and warm and strong.

"Because it's too late." The tears blinding her spilled over and she murmured, "It's too late for me. I've fallen."

"It's not too late . . . I've got you. I won't let you fall."

Also, there's a review and contest up at Vampire Book Club…

Read the prologue and chapter one…

Amazon | B&N | BAMM | Borders | IndieBound

Wheeee…..

I'm a woman of simple amusements…this pic from Sylvia Day completely made my night.

WALMART!  Yeah!  It's in Walmart…(okay, maybe not all of them and it doesn't release until tomorrow, so it may not show up at more until then anyway, but still…)

Release week giveaway…

So Hunter's Fall releases tomorrow…

An extra treat for those who purchase it during the first two weeks of release-I set aside a stash of promo goodies and you can have some.

If you buy it between June 5-June 18 2011, if you send me your receipt (please use a marker to block out an sensitive personal data), I'll send you a Hunter's Fall bookmark, a Shiloh Walker pen and one of my Romance Novel Trading Cards from the Wicked Reads series for my Hunter short, Hunt Me.   You get all three! Also, although there aren't as many, you can also get one of these bookmarks included.

 

(Please note, this supply is very limited and it's first come, first serve)

I need to receive the receipt (dated during the above stated time frame) by July 14. Also, please allow 4-6 weeks to receive your goodies and this offer is only good while my stash lasts.

This is limited to the US & Canada only, folks, sorry!  Remember, the receipt (online or instore) must be dated between June 5-June 18.  Yes, ebooks purchases count, as long as you send the receipt!

Shiloh Walker

PO Box 976

Jeffersonville, IN 47131

Hunter's Fall…Random Snippets

 

 

"Well, that was fun," Sheila said, her face pink and her eyes gleaming at him despite the bruising around her left eye.

Normally, Dominic would have stared at her and laughed. She was black-and-blue, and that was her idea of fun? But just then, he heard another whisper. It's long past time that I do this.

…what…? He staggered, all but swamped by a wave of misery—her misery. His woman…his witch. Pressing the heel of his hand to his temple, he braced the other against the brick wall nearby, barely aware of Sheila's odd, worried gaze. "Hey…you okay?"

No. No, he wasn't.

He was hearing her voice again. He could hear her. Clear as day. Clear as a bell. Like she was standing right next to him, murmuring in his ear.

Past time she do what? he thought, half panicked. He was so focused on her, on her voice, he wasn't aware of anything, of anybody else.

I have to let you go. All these years, I waited for death . . . knowing I'd finally be with you, and now, death has denied me. I'm not meant to find you.

The hell she wasn't—he wanted to scream. To snarl in sheer frustration. Over a dream. Over a woman who didn't even exist.

The blood roared in his ears. Dimly, he heard Sheila shouting his name. Heard the scrabble of claws on concrete. There was a howl. Danger—danger—His body tried to scream the warning at him, but he was lost, caught in the spell of his woman's voice as she continued to whisper inside his head.

I don't know why. But I'm not. So I need to let you go.

Good-bye, my love . . .

His heart no longer beat that much, but it still functioned and as her voice echoed in his mind, Dominic felt a tearing pain, unlike anything he'd ever known.

 

June 7

You can also read the prologue and chapter one…

Amazon | B&N | BAMM | Borders | IndieBound

The #fridayreads giveaway…Natural Born Charmer

(I heart SEP)

No, dude, let's pop a geranium in it and make it a planter.

Last week's winner…Sue, who blogs at http://mycrazylife-sue.blogspot.com

To enter this week's Friday Reads giveaway…read on. Reminder, you must check back to claim your prize!

About the Friday Reads

Want to enter for a chance to win this book? Do the following…

Grab a book…any book.
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) in the comments section of this blog to enter
A winner will be posted here within a week or so-please read the disclaimer-entering means you've READ the disclaimer.
Void where prohibited.
Odds of winning depend on number entries.
Comments must be made at my blog/website to be entered, not FB, not goodreads, etc.
Winner to be posted at my blog-must contact me to claim prize.
Rest of my rules in the disclaimer-please read it.

 

#Cincy signing

Me and a whole slew of other authors, including Lori Foster, Dianne Castell, Nalini Singh, LuAnn McLane, etc…

This is for the Lori Foster/Dianne Castell get together.  FYI, B&N donates a percentage of the bookfair proceeds to charity.  :) Help support a wonderful cause!

Public signing on Saturday…details…

Saturday June 4

2:00 – 4:00 pm

OPEN TO PUBLIC

Barnes and Noble BOOK SIGNING: in the hotel, outside the ballroom

Address:

Cincinnati Marriott North

6189 Mulhauser Road

West Chester, OH 45069-4842

(Just north of Cincinnati on I-75 at Union Center Blvd, exit 19)

While I can't make guarantees… O.o

I may or may not be signing copies of Hunter's Fall

I've requested them, so if you can grab it at the bookfair, you can be one of the first with a signed copy.

Cover teases…

Anybody wanna take a guess at what covers?

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Yes, they are two different covers.  :)

 

Why the apology matters

When you screw up and hurt somebody, an apology matters.

If it's a personal thing that only occurs between two or three people, that apology can easily remain private.

But blogs aren't private.  They are full of posts that are read by others, shared with the public.  Many review blogs receive ARCs from authors, do link exchanges with other bloggers, giveaways, etc.

All of this requires a bit of trust.  The author trusts the blogger to be original (and hopefully honest) in the reviews.  Fellow bloggers want originality and they hope their friends/co-bloggers will respect their work and not steal it.

When plagiarism happens, it's a breach of trust.  The authors' trust has been violated, fellow bloggers' trust has been violated and it all takes place in a very public venue.

Nobody can force another to apologize when they've done the wrong thing.  However, when we are dealing with adults, and one adult has wronged another-ie: stolen from them, is it entirely unheard of to expect that adult to do what we would make our children  do? Apologize and own up to their mistakes?

Personally, I don't think it is, as I made clear yesterday.

What some people don't realize is that there are certain issues taking place.  Once a blogger has lost the trust of fellow bloggers and authors, she stands to lose other things as well.

Many authors will contact their publishers about the plagiarism.  This means the blogger is likely to lose the support of publishers.
Many other bloggers no longer want to associate with the plagiarist.  As word of mouth and links drive readers to other blogs, when the blogger loses the support of fellow bloggers, her blog becomes a less popular place to be.
Many authors become leery about sending books to a plagiarist for review.

In short, the blogger has placed his/herself in a rather precarious place, one where much of the support she's previously received disappears.

Plagiarism isn't just a 'personal' matter, either.  Because the blog has an audience and the audience likely expects the blogger not to be ripping off other bloggers.  The blogger didn't just wrong the authors by not giving honest reviews, and the blogger didn't just wrong the person they plagiarized, but they wronged every person who visited that blog.  They deceived them and misled them.

The first step in undoing that damage is removing the plagiarized material.  But if the blogger wishes to continue blogging as she had and earn back the trust she's lost, that isn't enough.  Trust must be earned back and that isn't likely if the blogger can't acknowledge the wrong-doing and apologize.

If you think it's wrong of me to expect an apology when somebody has wronged another, think about the last time you were wronged-did you want the person who wronged you to just ignore it and happily carry on as always, or did you wish for something more?  Have you ever had anything stolen from you?  After the thief was caught, did you wish the thief to merrily continue to steal or did part of you wish they acknowledge their actions and stop?

One thing about an apology is that it's a public acknowledgement of their actions-it means they are sorry to those they deceived and in cases like this, it's not just bloggers, but their audience and the authors and publishers who have sent the blogger in question books.

If the blogger doesn't care about the respect and trust s/he has lost, all of this is a non-issue. But if they do care, changes have to be made.

And yes, for the record, these were issues I had in mind when I originally posted yesterday-the blogger in question is one who has received books from me, somebody I've spoken with online numerous times.  I don't believe a mistake should completely ruin somebody, but I've been online too long to not know how these sort of things work-as a blogger online posted via twitter yesterday,

"Plagiarizing w/o even attempting to apologize & fix your mistake is blogger suicide!!"  http://www.booksoulmates.blogspot.com/

Not long ago, a website, Cook's Source, went out of business because of copyright infringement issues.  And it was noted time and again by numerous people that offering an apology (and in this case restitution) would have made all the difference.

This website is no longer in service-advertisers cancelled ads, more instances of copyright infringement were found.  Sadly, it's likely there could have been a different outcome with a prompt apology and the removal of all stolen material.

I'd also like to point out that the blog in question has offered an apology and appears to be in the process of removing the plagiarized reviews.