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Showing posts with label blog hop. Show all posts

LDS Authors Giveaway Hop


Joining in this hop to bring to light some of the talented LDS writers out there. If you like any of their work, nominate them for a Whitney Award.

For this hop, I'll be giving away a copy of Latter-Day Daughters: Hannah's Treasure by Launi K. Anderson.



All I ask is that you either follow this blog or sign up for my newsletter. Or both. Just sayin...  And then leave a comment with an email address where I can contact you.

Be sure to follow the rest of the blogs on the hop for a chance to win more prizes and discover new authors.

Romance is in the Air

Congratulations to winners Tia Dalley and Cindi. I'll be getting your copies out to you shortly!!!


Romance is in the Air Giveaway Hop
Featuring Young Adult & Clean Adult Romance

February 8th to 14th 
Cohosted by Rachael Anderson

I am giving away a signed copy of Death and Kisses to 2 different commenters.


mainly because it's super romantic (and her dress matches valentines) and as my newest book and first YA, I'm trying to get the word out that it exists out there in the big bad lonely literary world. 

All you have to do for a chance to win your copy is help me spread the word of its existence. Either facebook it, tweet it, blog it with the links below, or Pin It from this page, and leave a comment to let me know.

Thank you for your help and I can't wait to announce the winners.

Here's some helpful links:

Amazon      Barnes and Noble


  




WIP Blog Hopping


I was tagged by my good friend and fellow chapter mate from North Texas Romance Writers of America chapter, Jerrie Alexander. She’s funny and generous and a wonderful writer. I’ve been anxiously waiting for the arrival of her first book The Green Eyed Doll.

What is your working title of your book?  Reaped

Where did the idea come from for the book?  I was reading Tom Brokaw’s book The Greatest Generation and the thought of what it would be like to randomly be plunked into the middle of another world’s war in another person’s body must be like. I know, that premise has nothing to do anything about WWII, but that’s how my bizarre brain works.

What genre does your book fall under? Young Adult Fantasy.

Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition? I would want actors that aren’t well-known because when I write I don’t imagine any real person’s face so I wouldn’t want my character forever slapped with a really famous actor’s persona like that.

What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book? She died on that lonely country road when their truck flipped, but woke up in a sterile facility with scientists calling her a different name, and in some other girl’s body.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency? After six years of being with a traditional publisher, I have fallen in love with everything about self-publishing. Guess I like the freedom and control of it all.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript? This book idea so far has been the one-that’s-gotten-away. I had the idea for it at least ten years ago and have written the first chapter many times and then tossed it. It’s gone through several transformations, from a an old man plunked into a young man’s body in a battle similar to WWII, and now it’s completely different about a teenage girl whose soul is scientifically “reaped” and placed into a test-tube grown body. Trouble is, she wasn’t supposed to retain her memories, but does.

This is one of the reasons why I decided to do National Novel Writing Month to push myself into actually writing this thing and finally get it out of my head and onto paper where it belongs. So, long answer to your question: In a month, I hope to have the first draft completed in a month.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre? I’d have to say James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series due to the mad scientist experimenting on kids aspect.

What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest? 
Just the whole identity factor. How much of who we are comes down to who we are physically verses who we are inside. Then take those both away, bodies and memories, and who are we then? Would we have the same values or even personalities deep down or does that all filter away?

I have tagged Gina Lee NelsonLee Thompson, and Jesse Kimmel-Freeman  to learn more about what they are working on. So go on over and see what they're writing.