Cheers, Cavanaugh Blogfest!

Welcome to the Cheers, Cavanaugh Blogfest.

Here’s the lowdown:

Have you ever attended a holiday party where you bump into the one person who's always been there for you throughout the last year? You’d want to thank them for being incredibly stellar, right? If there’s one person in the Blogosphere who you would want to say cheers to, who would it be?

For us, it was a no-brainer - Alex “no hyperlink needed” Cavanaugh!

Without being asked, Alex has become a blogging enigma, always helping hundreds of his fellow authors by announcing book releases, hosting guest posts, guest interviews and always leaving positive comments. We can’t have a live party for the Ninja Captain, but we can host a yuletide BlogFest!

Hosted by Mark Koopmans, Morgan Shamy, David Powers King and Stephen Tremp, this blogfest will run from December 10 - 12!

On those days, answer these four questions as creatively as you'd like:

·        In +/- 20 words, what does Alex look like?

·        In +/- 20 words, who could play Alex in a documentary (living or dead)?

·        In +/- 20 words, who does Alex remind you of?

·        In +/- 100 words, (excluding the title) write flash fiction using all these prompts:  Cavanaugh, Ninja, IWGS, Cosbolt, guitar

Here are the rules:

·        Be a Follower

·        Join the Linky List

·        Post your 200 word contribution       

·        Have fun?

I chose to write my entire tribute below as a piece of flash fiction, clocking in at 199 words.

Interpret it as you will.  I just hope you enjoy it, Alex.  Thanks for all you do!  XOXO

~ Nancy

“Your Pain is Self-Chosen”

A single light shone down onto the darkened seven-inch high platform The Cosbolt referred to as a stage.  A narrow triangle of smoke-filled air glowed above a lone performer’s head.  He sat on a wooden stool, one foot propped up, a guitar slung across his knee.  His chin lowered, his short, dark hair glistened like a halo.  As he raised his hazel eyes to the black space before him, his broad shoulders lifted, and he drew in a measured breath. 

Silence surrendered to gentle strums of the metal strings and soft vibrato of Cavanaugh’s recorded voice, a perfect rendition of Layne Staley’s Nutshell.  His gaze held firm to the dark form of the actress playing his wife, sitting four feet away at a small round table.  A knowing smile split her ruby-red lips and a flash of white dazzled the music ninja as the lyrics trailed away and the music ebbed. 

He mouthed I love you before the light above faded.  The hushed crowd, still cocooned in darkness, erupted into untamed applause and howls of admiration.  Spotlights flickered on, illuminating the red IWSG banner behind the stage.

The director yelled, “Cut!  Thanks, Mr. Jackman.  You’ve done Alex proud!”  

       

The Writers4Writers Debut Campaign & More!

The big day is finally here!  Well, actually, I'm a few hours early, but I have friends on the other side of the world, so I thought I'd get started.  And really, it's a two-fer, at least for me, so before I get started on the Writers4Writers campaign, I wanted to remind you that Thursday December 6th is launch day for Lisa Regan’s debut novel, Finding Claire Fletcher I’ll be conducting an interview with Lisa on Monday 12/10, but head on over to her place for details on her tour, giveaway, and prizes!  Don’t miss it!

Now, for my big news…

Today marks the debut campaign of Writers4Writers.

Hosted by Stephen Tremp, Mary Pax, C.M. Brown, and Christine Rains, this group’s mission is to:

• Help writers bring awareness of their book(s) to tens of thousands of new people
• Help writers reach Amazon Top 100 in at least one category (i.e., suspense, free, whatever)
• Increase sales of their book(s) after the promo is over
• Drive new traffic to their blog and increase following
• Create verbal and viral buzz

In a nut shell, the spotlighted author—this week it’s me and my book, The Mistaken—will be promoted via Twitter and Facebook.  I’ve posted pre-written Tweets below. At your convenience, simply copy and paste whichever Tweets you prefer into Twitter.

Or go to #W4WS and Retweet other Tweets.

Imagine, a hundred bloggers over a few days, Tweeting and sharing links for the featured books, reaching potentially tens of thousands of new people!  I know I’m excited, and goodness knows, I can use the help. 

So choose your Tweet below and have at it.

I’ve arranged them by categories:

Stephen’s Tweets:

• The Mistaken is a first-rate thriller ~Kevin O’Brien, New York Times Bestselling Author http://ow.ly/fMJ12 #W4WS #Download #read Please RT

• The Mistaken is a fast-paced and emotionally gripping thriller http://ow.ly/fMJdD #W4WS #book #ebook #story #amreading Please RT!

• The Mistaken is a deliciously slow burn that builds to a ferocious crescendo http://ow.ly/fMJsX #W4WS #fiction #thriller Please RT!

• Nancy S. Thompson’s The Mistaken: the hell of revenge, the hope of redemption http://ow.ly/fMJDQ #W4WS #novel #Kindle #ebook Please RT!

Tweets from reviews:

• Amazon review for @NancySThompson's The Mistaken: “Fast-paced & wildly entertaining” http://ow.ly/fKeC3 #W4WS #ebook #amreading Please RT!

• Amazon review 4 @NancySThompson's The Mistaken:“Wow! I was completely hooked from page one!” http://ow.ly/fKfcw #W4W  #amreading Please RT

• Amazon review 4 @NancySThompson's The Mistaken: “Total excitement from start to finish.” http://ow.ly/fKeMO #W4WS #Kindle #ebook Please RT

• Amazon review 4 @NancySThompson's The Mistaken:“Wow! I was completely hooked from page 1!” http://ow.ly/fKfcw #W4WS  #amreading Please RT!

• Amazon review 4 The Mistaken: “A dark & twisty plot. Great first book by this new author. More please!" http://ow.ly/fRDEz #W4WS Please RT

Tweets with quotes:

• "I was no longer a man simply broken. I was destroyed."The Mistaken http://ow.ly/fKeg6 #W4WS #thriller #Kindle #ebook #amreading Please RT

• “It was the saddest look I’d ever seen in a man’s eyes & I knew I was the cause.” The Mistaken http://ow.ly/fKeuL #W4WS #ebook Please RT!

• “At the sight of her, months of rage & bitter loneliness blazed to fiery life.” The Mistaken http://ow.ly/fKfX8 #W4WS #Kindle Please RT!

• “I faced down every facet of the monster I’d become & vanquished him forever.” The Mistaken http://ow.ly/fKeAN #W4WS #Kindle Please RT!

Bonus Tweets:

• He doesn’t know her, but he’ll find her & when he does, he will make her pay ~The Mistaken http://ow.ly/fKe8X #W4WS  #Kindle Please RT!

• The Mistaken by @NancySThompson A psych-thriller w/ great reviews, fast-paced page-turning action http://ow.ly/fKe2D #W4WS #ebook Pls. RT

Thank you all so very, very much for your support!

I absolutely could not do this without you! 

If you're viewing this in its web version, click on the Goodreads Book Giveaway on the right sidebar to enter to win a signed copy of The Mistaken or click here if you're on a mobile device

And don't forget to head on over to Lisa Regan’s place for details on her tour, giveaway, and prizes!

Finding Claire Fletcher:

Amazon (Paperback)

Barnes & Noble (Paperback)

Amazon (e-book)

Barnes & Noble (e-book)

IWSG: Reflections, Frustrations, Gratitude, & Advice

It’s the first Wednesday of the month.

Time for Alex J. Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group

Today is my birthday, the last before I hit the cringe-worthy half-century mark, and here I sit, six weeks passed  The Mistaken’s debut, and I’m feeling a little…oh, I don’t know… deflated, perhaps.  I know, this is a marathon, but still, the momentum has eased and I’m working hard to regain it.

Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect following the launch of my book, either from me, or from the book itself.  What I’ve learned is something I’ve heard many times but never truly took to heart: 

An author needs to connect with readers.

That probably seems fairly obvious, but I’ve spent most of my time connecting with other writers.  This was done out of necessity, you see, to learn all I needed to someday get published.  But that journey went a bit faster than I anticipated, and I didn’t take the proper time to make more connections, the kind I should’ve made in order to help sell my book.  Writers make great friends and give wonderful support and advice, but, for the most part, they're not really buyers.  Readers are buyers.

I could blame it on my genre, talk about how hard it is to break into anything that’s not romance or YA, but that’s only partly true and, frankly, comes off as whiny.  And I’m tired of whining.  It doesn't help a dream come true.  So now it’s time to buckle down and make those reader connections. 

I’m not quite sure how to do that, but tomorrow, Writers4Writers, the group led by Stephen Tremp, Mary Pax, C.M. Brown, and Christine Raines, will be lending me a hand and featuring me and The Mistaken on its debut campaign.  Participants will join in and help bring awareness to my novel and hopefully increase sales, as well as drive new traffic to my blog, increase my following, and create a verbal and viral buzz.  

Besides that, and in addition to those my publisher has arranged, I’m lining up my own regiment of book reviewers to read, rate, and review The Mistaken on their blogs, Goodreads, Amazon, and the myriad of other reader resources, because...

Reviews and ratings are the fuel that drives sales, so authors, like me, crave them.  

I’ve been learning all about Amazon algorithms and what it takes for a book to make an Amazon list and how beneficial that is to future sales. It’s quite a science, it seems, but what it comes down to is…I need readers, those willing to shell out $3.99 for the ebook, who will rate and hopefully review on it Amazon. 

So let my naïveté be a lesson to all you pre-published writers out there.  While difficult, the hardest part is not writing the book, or landing an agent, or signing a book deal.  It’s finding those readers who will hopefully be interested in your book.  So while connecting with other writers is beneficial and extremely gratifying, connecting with your potential reader before you even launch is downright critical.

    

Do any of you have words of advice or wisdom for this anxious author?

I sure could use it!

If you’re interested in the Writere4Writers promotion tomorrow,

please feel fee to sign up using the Linky Tool.

I could use that, too!!

FROM HEL, WITH LOVE Book Trailer

Hel hath no fury like her Raven scorned...

All hell is breaking loose. The first ever true born Fallen Valkyrie, Raven Aquilus, and her motley crew find out that the guardians of the Nine Gates of Yggdrasil are being murdered one by one, landing them in the middle of an ancient war between the Valkyries and the Fae.

FBI Paranormal Agent Duncan O'Brien is brought in to investigate the brutal murders, but he is completely blind to the fact that he has landed in a Eldr Dygo's domain. Time is running out and Raven must enlist Duncan and his team to help discover the killer before she loses another one of her precious Guardians.

Duncan is the epitome of control, but even he is not immune to Raven's beauty and magnetism. Raven is an enigma wrapped up in the body of lust, and attracted to a human. Both must fight their emotions to work together.

Raven faces losing everything from her life to a new found love in order to save the Underworld from being ruled by a jealous half-breed.

Welcome the XIII Hour™ series. Betrayal, Lust, Love, Murder, Jealousy and Revenge. The faery-tales that your mother never told you about just came true.

Native of Santa Maria, CA, Blue Remy is the author of The XIII Hour™Series, and the raw, gritty series Twisted In Love. When she’s not writing, Blue lives to ghost hunt whenever she can, which tends to help her imagination and outrageous character ideas.

She was first introduced to the paranormal world through her Grandmother and her haunting bedtime stories. Blue then found the Grimm’s Faery Tales, and fell in love with spinning wild stories about the evil characters that everyone hated, giving them their own past and history to be told. Blue is a total fan girl when it comes to anything Wonder Woman. She collects Living Dead Dolls, rubber duckies, Sugar Skulls, stuffed animals and tarot cards which she is an adept reader of.

Blue currently resides in the paranormal hub of the South with her husband, who feeds her gourmet coffee and cupcake addiction.

Blue Remy is a member of The Paranormal Romance Guild.

Find Blue here:

Website    Facebook    Sapphire Star Publishing

Goodreads Giveaway of THE MISTAKEN

Today, I'm guest posting over at Livia Peterson’s Leave it to Livia,
but I just wanted to give you all a heads-up that I am giving away a signed copy of

THE MISTAKEN on Goodreads

starting today, December 3rd and running until

Wednesday December 12th.

Just click the button and enter to win!
(Button only visible on web version.
If you are viewing on a mobile device, scroll down to the bottom and hit Web Version)

See you over at Livia’s

____________

Come on back tomorrow.

I'll be sharing

Blue Remy’s

new book trailer

for her paranormal romance

From Hel, With Love, from the XIII Hour Series

coming soon from

Sapphire Star Publishing.

Keep scrolling down for Lynda R. Young's announcement earlier today.

Lynda R. Young's MAKE BELIEVE Tour

Please join me in celebrating the release of my friend,

Lynda R. Young's short story in the Make Believe Anthology

published by J. Taylor Publishing, to be released on December 3rd, 2012.

Purchase links can be found HERE.

Birthright by Lynda R. Young:
Christa can mask the pain and hide the scars, but running from a birthright is impossible.

She’s tried to escape her grief by fleeing to a small town in Florida. Much to her frustration, the locals think they recognize her even though she's never been there before. To make things worse, a man named Jack spouts outrageous theories about her.

Both spur Christa to bolt, to start fresh yet again, but there’s something about Jack that intrigues her enough to stay. The only problem? Someone else wants her to leave, and they won’t stop until she’s dead.

Blurbs from all the stories included in Make Believe can be found on the J. Taylor Publishing website HERE.

Make Believe Excerpts:

An excerpt from Lynda R Young's short story, Birthright, can be found HERE.

Excerpts from all the short stories included in Make Believe can be found on the J. Taylor Publishing website HERE. 

Find Lynda here:

BLOG    FACEBOOK     TWITTER 

    

Post-Thanksgiving Blues

After a long rambunctious weekend of family holiday celebrations,

I’ve decided to share a sermon with you.

Although it was originally from a January 1^st Holy Day of Obligation Mass,

I thought it would work quite well here…

In the name of Father,

the Son,

and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

I’m tired.

You’re tired.

In the name of Father,

the Son,

and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Have a nice week, everyone!

EDGE OF TRUTH Cover Reveal!

YA Dystopian Paranormal Romance

Coming June 6, 2013 from

Sapphire Star Publishing 

Edge of Truth on Goodreads 

Citizens who report to work on time, obey the Overlord’s laws, and stay off the Synbot’s radar, live long lives. Long, dull, monotonous lives.

It’s not a bad plan for someone with a hidden, emotion-based ability to trigger earthquakes. In a world pitted against her, sixteen-year-old Rena Moon strives for a life beyond working herself to death at the factory. Seeing an alternative, she risks selling relics from the forbidden lands at Market. It becomes the worst decision she ever made. Someone kidnaps her best friend in exchange for the one thing that would end her oppression.

Driven by loyalty, Rena and seventeen-year-old Nevan Jelani, soulful composer, green thumb extraordinaire, and the secret love of her life, plot to rescue her friend and reclaim her salvage. Still, the thought lingers whether Nevan is a true hero or another thief waiting for his chance at her loot. Events spin wildly, deepening Rena’s suspicions and pushing her limit of control. With more than her chance for freedom at stake, she must decide if she’s willing to kill to protect what’s precious to her. For once, the Overlord isn’t holding all the power, but can Rena live with being reduced to what she’s trying so hard to escape?

Where to find Natasha:

AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE   |   GOODREADS   |   BLOG   |   FACEBOOK   

FACEBOOK FAN PAGE    |   TWITTER   |   PINTEREST

Author Natasha Hanova

HAVE A BLESSED HOLIDAY, MY FRIENDS!

I am thankful for each and every one of you!

Big, BIG News is a Comin'! I Think...

Hey, I had this whole raving-lunatic-post written and ready to go for today, ‘cause you guys are like, you know, awesome and always ready and willing to rally around a writer in need, but there’s some big, BIG news coming down the pipeline and it just doesn’t feel appropriate right now.

Sooooo… there goes my post. 

Now I got nothing because I can’t, or shouldn’t, really, say what’s coming.  And to be frank, I’m a bit confused.  I mean, I thought I knew what it was, and, for once, I felt like one of the super cool kids included in on the secret, however inadvertent.

A hint, it has a little sumpm sumpm to do with this bad boy:

Then another little birdie whispered something in my ear and now I’m not so sure.  But I can’t say.  I guess by the time this hits the press, you’ll all know, or at least have an inkling, even while I’m still snoring away in ignorance out here on the west coast.

*sigh*

Well, at the very least, I have this to report:  In case you forgot, or I forgot to remind you, I’m guest posting today over at Arlee Bird’s Tossing It Out.  Check it out and tell me what you think.

Also, in case you missed it on Friday, here’s the awesome new book trailer for Lisa Regan’s debut novel, Finding Claire Fletcher, launching December 6^th.  I’m reading this book again, for the 4^th time, this time in paperback, and it is even better than I remembered.  Easily one of my favorite books of all time!  Check out the trailer and see for yourself…

And lastly, you might have heard that I will be working with Stephen Tremp, Mary Pax, C.M. Brown, and Christine Raines and their new support group, Writere4Writers, which will feature my book, The Mistaken, on the W4Ws December 6^th debut campaign.  Participants will join in and help bring awareness to newly released novels and hopefully increase sales.

If you’re interested in the Writere4Writers promotion,

please feel fee to sign up using the Linky Tool.

I could really, REALLY use your help!!

The I Miss You Blogfest...and More!

Welcome to the I Miss You Blogfest,

hosted by

Alex J. Cavanaugh, Matthew MacNish, and Andrew Leon

Here’s the rundown:

The bloggers we really miss…
and the ones we would really miss!

Do you have a couple blogger buddies who aren’t posting as often? Those who’ve pulled back and seem absent from the blogging world? Do you have blogger buddies you are grateful they are still around and would miss if they vanished? Now is your chance to show your appreciation and spotlight them!

On November 16, list one to three bloggers you really miss and one to three bloggers you would miss if they stopped blogging. Then go leave a comment on those blogs.

Our blogger friends are special – time to let them know! 

I only blog on Mondays, my day to post and make the rounds, but there are a couple of blogs I visit every day or every day I know there’ll be a new post.  And while I follow and love so many blogs, and most of them are active, there are a couple of bloggers who don’t post as much as I would like.

First, two I miss because they don’t post as often as they used to:

Jennifer Hillier at The Serial Killer Files – Jenny’s a big time author now with two incredibly popular books, her 2011 debut, Creep, and this year’s follow-up, Freak, plus she’s working on a new novel, so it’s no wonder she doesn’t post as often.  But I really, really miss her, especially since she moved away from Seattle almost a year ago.  Lucky for me, we chat via text, email, Facebook, and phone calls so I never truly lose touch.

Janet Reid’s Query Shark – Yes, I know, Ms. Reid has her own regular blog here, but I really love Query Shark.  I’ve learned so much from that blog.  But she hasn’t posted since September 30^th, and for months before that, her posts were sporadic, at best.  I miss waking up on Sunday mornings and tuning in to read how The Shark has ripped to shreds yet another query written and submitted by someone who’s failed to read all the other queries, as directed.  Better still, I miss those few queries that hit it spot on the very first time, even when they break all the rules—like the query for Josin Mcquein’s Premeditated.  I realize I’m past this query stage, but I still learn a lot from reading them. 

Which brings me to a blog I would miss if it were to ever disappear:  In fact, when this blogger took a short break earlier this year, I found out just how much I did miss it.  And him.  And that blogger is…

Matthew MacNish at The QQQE or The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment – Much like Janet Reid, Matt has serious skills when it comes to dissecting and analyzing queries and determining what works and what doesn’t then suggesting ways in which to fix it.  So if you have a query you are thinking of submitting to agents, send it to Matt first.  The man knows what he’s talking about.  And his commenters help a lot, too.

And finally, the one blog I never, and I mean NEVER, EVER miss, is your friend and mine…

Alex J. Cavanaugh - There are very few bloggers out there who are as consistently and truly inspiring, relentlessly selfless, and remarkably entertaining as Alex.  He is the highlight of my Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.  In fact, I typically read his posts before I even get out of bed in the morning.  So if Alex’s blog were to ever cease to exist, I would be crushed.  He is a lesson to us all on how to be humble and pay it forward.  And what's more, I've met most of my Blogger friends through Alex, so he's kind of a matchmaker of sorts.  Many thanks and cheers to you, Alex!

With less than 3 weeks until the December 6^th launch of Lisa Regan’s debut novel, I’d like to share with you her book trailer for Finding Claire Fletcher.  So without further ado…

    

In the News Today...

Although today is my regular day to post, I’m gonna hold off on anything major until Friday,

when three of my favorite guys,

Alex J. Cavanaugh, Matthew MacNish, and Andrew Leon, host the 

I Miss You Blogfest.

The bloggers we really miss…
and the ones we would really miss!

Do you have a couple blogger buddies who aren’t posting as often? Those who’ve pulled back and seem absent from the blogging world? Do you have blogger buddies you are grateful they are still around and would miss if they vanished? Now is your chance to show your appreciation and spotlight them!

On November 16, list one to three bloggers you really miss and one to three bloggers you would miss if they stopped blogging. Then go leave a comment on those blogs.

Our blogger friends are special – time to let them know! 

So drop by and sign up if you haven’t already.

Also in the news...

Blogging buddies Stephen Tremp, Mary Pax, C. M. Brown, and Christine Rains have put together a new group called Writers4Writers.  This group is all about promoting authors and their books.  Here’s their mission:

• Help writers bring awareness of their book(s) to tens of thousands of new people

• Help writers reach Amazon Top 100 in at least one category (suspense, free, whatever)

• Increase sales of their book(s) after the promo is over

• Drive new traffic to their blog and increase following

• Create verbal and viral buzz.

Every month, one to three spotlighted authors will choose a social media avenue such as Twitter or Facebook (or both).  On the selected day, the authors will post pre-written Tweets on their blogs.  At your convenience, simply copy and paste Tweets into Twitter. Or go to #W4WS on Twitter and Retweet other Tweets. 

And for Facebook, the authors will also post an image of their book along with a short blurb and a link to Kindle on their blog. Visitors simply click the Facebook page then share the link with their FB friends and Writers Groups.

That’s an incredibly large new audiences the author could not reach on their own.  Imagine, a hundred bloggers over a few days Tweeting and sharing links for new books and reaching potentially tens of thousands of new people!

As an author with a new release, this is super exciting.  But what’s even more thrilling is that I am their first featured author!  Can you imagine how delighted I was to be asked to kick-off such an amazing new project?  

If you’re interested, go to the hosts’ websites and signup using the Linky Tools.  And if you're on Facebook, click here to like their page.  I’d love to have your help in not only promoting my new novel, but many others, as well.  And when the time comes, you may be asked to be a featured author, too. 

Talk about paying it forward!

And last, but not least, one of my five blog tour runner-up winners of an ebook copy of The Mistaken asked that I award it to someone who actually owns an e-reader.  So, on behalf of Gary Pennick at Klahanie, the winner chosen by Random.org is #33...

Rachel Morgan  

Rachel, if you’re interested, please email me at acadia1997@msn.com.  I’ll also email you directly.         

Interested in the I Miss You Blogfest?

Wanna join Writers4Writers and help promote other authors?

Have any other news to share?

Book Giveaway, Alex's Awesome Surprise, & the IWSG

Today is the first Wednesday of the month, time for

Alex J. Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group

But first…the results for my blog tour book giveaway!

There were 76 entries total, way more than I anticipated.  My thanks to all for dropping by and commenting during my tour.  Your support means everything to me! 

All right then, I wrote down the names of every follower who commented, assigned each a number, then used Random.org to generate the winning numbers, starting first with the runner-ups.

Those five runner-up winners of an ebook copy of The Mistaken are:

#18      Samantha May

#52      Chris Fries

#48      Klahanie

#38      L. Diane Wolfe

#64      Emily R. King

And the grand prize winner of my last signed ARC of The Mistaken is:

#66      Julie Luek

Winners, please contact me at acadia1997@msn.com

so I can get your info and send out your prize.

One more thing before my brief IWSG post:

Did you happen to see Alex J. Cavanaugh’s post last Monday?  Alex is one of three published authors who “blurbed” for my book.  His name and quote appear on the very first page along with Jennifer Hillier, author of Creep and Freak and New York Times bestselling author, Kevin O’Brien.

Alex said, “That’s even more exciting than my name on the cover of my own books.”  I sent him a signed copy with a nice little note of thanks for both his blurb and for being the driving force behind my blog tour and helping me every step of the way.  I could not have done it without him!

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX!!

Okay, so now that I’ve accomplished my goal and have published my debut novel, I find myself worrying more than I ever thought I would.  Sure, I told myself it really didn’t matter how well my book sold.  I just wanted to get it out there.  But yeah, it kinda doesn’t work that way, at least, not in my mind. 

I want people to read it.  And I want those who do to love it, or at least like it, even just a little bit.  But more than anything, I want readers to rate/review it on Amazon and Goodreads.  So now I have a whole new slew of things to worry about:  Is it selling, will they like it, and will they spread the word?  It’s really way too early in the game for me to be obsessing over these things.  It’s a marathon, not a sprint.  Still, it’s there.  *sigh*

But oooh, look!  I have 499 GFC followers!

Maybe I’ll do another ebook giveaway once I reach 500. 

  

Any suggestions on how to do that one?

Hit F2 for Recovery Mode

Just a very brief post today as I’m still recovering from my whirlwind 12-day blog tour.

This week, I’m reserving my strength for

Alex J. Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group

on Wednesday.

 

At the end of my IWSG post, I will announce the

grand prize winner of my one and only ARC of The Mistaken,

plus the 5 runner-up ebook winners.

So please, come on back around on Wednesday and help a writer out

as she frets over a whole new set of insecurities.

THE MISTAKEN Blog Tour: Day Twelve - THE END!

HOORAY!  I made it to Day 12!  This is me kissing the ground.  Yes, yes!!!
I am TOTALLY burned out, man.  But before I go have a celebratory drink
-- or 5 --
I have 2 more blogs I need to stop by.
Okay, okay, I know what you're thinking,
"Look at your tour badge dates, dude!"
But I had some additions to accommodate,
wonderful friends who wanted to participate, so sue me!  

You can find me over at my new friend, Livia Peterson’s Leave It to Livia where I discuss the importance of building a platform if you want to get published.  Livia is an absolute doll!         

I'm also over at Angela Orlowski-Peart's.  She has an excerpt from The Mistaken and other juicy bits.  Angela and I met via Alex Cavanaugh's blog and found out we lived only a few miles apart.  Now I have a fellow writer I can meet for coffee!  How cool is that?!

Well, it’s been a busy two weeks, and I’m positive you’re all sick and tired of seeing me around, I know I am, but I’m not done quite yet.  As a follow-up, I’ll be posting again over at Arlee Bird’s Tossing It Out on November 19^th.  And on December 3^rd, I’ll be back over at Livia Peterson’s again for a guest post on my writing journey. 

Thank you all for hangin’ out with me during my first ever blog tour.

I'd like to especially thank those of you who came by every single day, or nearly so:   

Alex J. Cavanaugh      Livia Peterson      Carrie Butler      Joylene Nowell Butler     Jeff O'Handley    Michelle      Samantha May   &   Andrew Leon 

If you're not already, follow these people!  You will NOT regret it!

If you haven't already, go ahead and follow me, as well, then drop me a line, because every follower who comments here during my tour will be entered into a drawing for an
ARC of The Mistaken and a bookmark.

Plus, 5 runner-up winners will each receive an ebook copy.

Winners will be determined using Random.org and notified via email.   

And if you get around to reading my book, I’d love to hear what you think, good or bad.

Rate and/or review on Goodreads and Amazon.  See ya!

Okay, can I please go to sleep now? 

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THE MISTAKEN  ~  the hell of revenge, the hope of redemption

Available at:
Kindle   Barnes and Noble   Nook   Amazon   Kobo   iBooks

Coming soon to Sony, Diesel Bookstore, and Baker & Taylor.

Are you glad to see me go?