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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tied up in knots over Shibari verses
Kinbaku </span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In Japanese, the word Shibari means “to
tie” or “to bind,” the contemporary meaning of Shibari refers to Hojo-jutsu, an
ancient Japanese form of rope bondage. Hojo-jutsu, was used by the Japanese
from the 1400 to 1700’s to restrain captives. In the late 1800’s Hojo-jutsu
took on a sensual aspect and became known as “Kinbaku,” the art of erotic
bondage.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Truthfully, I’m fascinated with both
Shibari and Kinbaku. Both require incredible artistic skill but I feel Shibari
is the erotic spirituality of rope, artistically connecting with the human
body, whereas, Kinbaku is the sexual aspect of bondage through the intricacies
of rope. And yes, the two can merge, so I leave it to readers to decide their
own interpretation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please visit The Art of Contemporary
Shibari at </span><a href="http://www.artofcontemporaryshibari.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.artofcontemporaryshibari.com/</span></a><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for a look inside the
amazing talent of some of the world’s finest Shibari artists. Leave yourself a
good amount of time to explore, I promise you’ll need it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In my book duo, “Two Doms For Angel” and
“Caught By Two Doms,” Nathanial Monroe is a mysterious Shibari artist and a
deadly killer for the U.S. government. For Monroe, rope is a mystical apparition.
Shibari soothes his internal demons allowing him to artistically shape his
creative genius.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Zachary—former Marine and police lieutenant
is a man with hidden erotic fantasies. Monroe introduces Zachary to the BDSM lifestyle
and weaves his magical rope into Zach’s soul.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During Zachary’s job as a SWAT commander,
he rescues a woman from white slavers and is touched by her incredible strength.
Knowing he will never see her again leaves Zach with an emptiness that he
doesn’t understand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While hiding his strong feelings for
Zachary, Monroe rescues Angel from her destructive loneliness with plans to
reunite her with Zachary. But… Monroe never counted on the Angel intertwining
herself into his life and his heart.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two friends, one amazing women, and a bond
that brings three people together like the intricate knots of Shibari.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will be signing the combined edition of “Two
Doms For Angel” & “Caught By Two Doms” at IRC in Tennessee and can’t wait
to meet readers and fellow authors.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See you there,</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Holy
Roberts</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amazon Buy Link: </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/l7ljhx3"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">http://tinyurl.com/l7ljhx3</span></a><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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THEY ALL FALL DOWN, the sequel novella to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Neverlove</i>.</div>
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No longer bound to their duties as Cleanser and Harvestor,
Abby and Basil embrace their new lives, loving each other to the fullest, or so
Abby believes. Secrets yet revealed could drive a wedge between them, while a
plan to turn back the hands of time threatens to shred their love beyond all
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A world in disrepair is our future state if Q, the Devourer,
has anything to do with it. Not just to fulfill his promise to The Society, but
to satisfy his deepest cravings.</div>
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True love is put to the test and salvation is only possible
if Abby and Basil choose the right path. Or the world could be destined for,
“ashes, ashes, we all fall down.”<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A breeze swirled by,
sweeping Abby’s floral sundress into a Marilyn-Monroe-over-the-air-vent flare.
Heat scaled her neck. A few guys seated outside at a café held their forks
midair, openly gawking. One even whistled as his jumble of eggs and sausage
tumbled back to his plate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Too sudden for Abby to react
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A hand gripped her
wrist and yanked her from the pending collision. Air whooshed free of her lips
as her body slammed flush against a solid form. All man…and all lean muscles
and strength the way his arm held her up from the ground by at least a foot. He
pressed his other hand firm against her back. She placed her palms to her
rescuer’s chest. His wet, well-carved bare chest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">***Get up to speed on Abby and Basil’s love affair
by reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Neverlove</i> first, available
for 99cents at </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">For seventeen-year-old
Abigail, one rash decision leads to an unexpected chance for redemption. At
V'Salicus Academy, a unique institute where she trains to become an agent of
heaven, she struggles with the pain of her past, the changes of the present and
accepts a loveless future until her path – and heart – crosses with Basil’s.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Basil's off-chance slip of the tongue binds him
to a life of servitude to the Devourer, the master of hell. His existence has
no upside until a chance meeting with Abigail brings new perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Keeping the truth of their present lives from
each other brings disaster when secrets are brought to light and the life of
Abigail’s mentor is put on the line.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Can Abigail and Basil save her mentor and
salvage their love amid the chaos? Or will they lose it all, destined forever
to NEVERLOVE?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Born and raised in Little Rock, AR, Angela now calls
Central Texas home. She's a lover of Wild Cherry Pepsi and chocolate/chocolate
covered delicious-ness. Steampunk, fantasy and paranormal to contemporary -
mostly young adult - fill her growing library of books. Mother to a
rambunctious darling girl aptly nicknamed Chipmunk, life stays busy. Her
favorite quote keeps her moving: "You may never know what results come of
your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result." ~ Mahatma
Gandhi</span></div>
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Friday’s early bird special is for all authors and aspiring author
joining us early. You’ll be meeting at Shoney’s at 1pm in the back
dinning room, just down from Holiday Express here is the address <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent">814
S Cumberland St, Lebanon, TN 37087. This is just for authors who has
arrived early that just wants to chat about writing etc. This is not
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Comfort Suites Meeting room, seating limit is 100</span></i></b></div>
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4:00-6:30pm BSDM Workshop open to all: Author
Kallypso Masters is hosting a BDSM workshop, with special guest Toymaker
and eirocawakening.</div>
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8:00pm Pizza Meet and Greet with Featured author Victoria Danann</div>
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4:30-5:00pm IRC Open to all Workshop: How to Host Virtual Tours correctly: Speakers are Nikki McCarver and Myra Nour</div>
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5:00-6:00pm IRC Open to authors panel promotions:
Village Style with moderator is Myra Nour with Nikki McCarver, Seraphina
Donavan, A.R. Von</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Day’s Inn Meeting room, seating limit is 50</span></i></b></div>
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6:30-7:00pm IRC authors workshop: Finding your writing niche: Speaker Donna McDonald</div>
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7:00-7:45pm IRC Open to all workshop: Sexy Romances featuring characters who are over 40: Speaker Donna McDonald</div>
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* Readers you’ll find 3 special readers and author
events under the author’s workshops and panels so make sure you check
them out and sign up for the ones you would like to go to.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.comfortsuites.com/hotel-lebanon-tennessee-TN316" target="_blank">Comfort Inn Suites</a> meeting room for all convention attendees, seating limit is 100</span></i></b></div>
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8:00-:9:45: IRC Open to all panel- Marketing, Promoting, and Social Networking: Author appearing on the panels are:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moderator
Victoria Dannan with authors Red Phoenix, Kallyspo Masters, Christine
M. Fairchild, Leigh Savage and Victoria Vane. Open to all attendees</div>
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9:50-10:25: IRC Open to all Panel:Let’s talk about
sex in romance: Authors appearing on this panel are: Moderator Annabel
Joesph with authors<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Angela
Brown, Kym Grosso, Annabel Joesph, Donna McDonald, Lori Birghton, Hallee
Bridgeman and Kallyspo Masters. Open to all attendees</div>
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10:30-11:45: IRC Open to all panel: Young Adult-
Authors appearing on this panel are: Moderator C. Marie Mosley with
authors Angela Brown, Heather Gunter, Heather Allen and Andrea Heltsley.</div>
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Lunch 12:00-1:00</div>
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1:00-1:30: IRC Open to all workshop -Readers know
your romance sub-genre, abbreviations and the difference between
romance, erotic romance and erotica Speaker: L J Deleon Open to all
attendees</div>
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2:00-:3:00: Exhibitors and Bloggers Hall.<b> Open to all attendees</b></div>
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3:30-4:45: Attendees book signing (Open to the public but all con attendees are first)</div>
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5:00-6:00: IRC Open to all event: A Win, Lose or
Draw: Authors are Eve Langlas, Angela Brown, Heather Allen and Amy
Kessler. Each author will have 25 players so make sure you sign up for
the authors you’d like to play A Win, Lose or Draw with. <b>Open to all attendees</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/lebanon/lbacs/hoteldetail" target="_blank">Holiday Inn Express maximum seating is 50.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a>These
workshops and panels below are for authors and aspiring authors, with
the exception of the two underlined special reader’s events.</span></i></b></div>
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with the exception of the 3 limited reader and author events*</span></i></b></div>
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7:00-8:00: Attending Book bloggers private
breakfast with authors meets in the Holiday Inn Express meeting room.
This breakfast is for the bloggers that helped promoted the authors on
their blogs during the year.</div>
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8:00- 9:00: IRC authors workshop: How to write BDSM: Speaker Annabel Joseph</div>
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*9:20-9:40: Reader event-Skype Time: Overseas author Dianna Hardy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is for 50 attendees. The 50 attendees will be able to see and talk to
Dianna though a Skype projection. She’ll also be sending autographed
book plates and exclusive paper back copies of her Happy Anniversary
short.</div>
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9:50-10:50: IRC author workshop: Indie vs. NY press: Speaker Caris Roane</div>
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11:00-12:00: IRC author workshop: World building: Speaker Caris Roane</div>
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Lunch 12:00-1:00</div>
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*1:00-1:30: IRC reader event Q&A Cupcake Roundtable with Eve Langlais: This is a reader and author event for 30 attendees.</div>
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1:40-2:10: IRC Open to all Workshop: Everything
You Need to Know About M/M Romance (But were Afraid to Ask): Speaker
Jordan L. Hawk</div>
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5:10-6:10: IRC author workshop:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Formatting books to eReaders: Speaker Carol Webb</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.daysinn.com/hotels/tennessee/lebanon/days-inn-lebanon/hotel-overview" target="_blank">Days Inn,</a>
maximum seating is 50. The workshops and panels below are for authors
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*8:00- 9:00: Reader workshop: How to write
reviews- Speaker Vanessa of The Jeep Diva. This is not a workshop for
blog reviewing; this workshop is to help readers learn how to write
simple reviews, so they can help promote authors on places like Amazon,
Goodreads etc. <b>Open to all attendees</b></div>
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9:10-9:50: IRC author workshop-Piracy: speaker Seraphina Donavan</div>
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10:10-11:10: IRC author workshop: Indie vs. Small press: Speaker Jordan L. Hawk</div>
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11:15- 12:05: IRC author panel: Indie Publishing
201- The most important things: moderator is Donna McDonald (This will
cover beta readers, editors, proofreading and cover art.) This is one
panel not to be missed if you’re struggling in any or all of these
fields.</div>
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1:10-???: IRC Author workshop: Pricing your Indie eBooks and Giveaways: Speaker Wild About Bones</div>
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6:10-6:40 Open to all: Charity swap with Cindy Callaway</div>
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8pm <a href="http://loscompadrestn.com/location-lebanon-main/index.php" target="_blank">Mexican dinner <span class="text_color_tan">510 W Main St, Lebanon, TN 37087</span></a></div>
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Pricing Your Indie Book Correctly</div>
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Before you can set a price on your book, you need to know
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2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What are
the distributors’ and/or retailers’ fees for each book sold?</div>
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3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What is
your “valued” competition charging for like titles?</div>
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Let’s think outside the box for a minute. You are grilling
out steaks tonight. Are you buying your steak at the dollar store, or are you
going to the grocery store or wholesale club to get them? Why? The steak at the
dollar store is only $1, and the grocery store, steak is probably a minimum of
$5 or $6 for the lesser quality steaks. The same thing you are thinking about
that dollar store steak, and yes, there is steak at a lot of dollar stores, is
what people think about books sold at $0.99.</div>
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Formula: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Word count ÷
250 = eReader pages</div>
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001-100<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$2.99</div>
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101-200<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$3.99</div>
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201-300<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$4.99</div>
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301-400<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$5.99</div>
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401-500<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$6.99</div>
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501-600<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>$7.99</div>
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Now let’s say after the retailer takes their cut, you may
get approximately 50% of the purchase price from the retailer for each book
sold. (Careful of the retailer/distributor fine print like Amazon taking a much
larger percentage if your book sells for $0.99 instead of $2.99 or more.)</div>
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Formula: Cost ÷ Net from retailer = Base # of books</div>
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Formula: Base # of books + 10% returns = # books required to
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Example: 60,000 word paranormal romance with total costs of
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To find purchase price: 60,000 ÷ 250 = 240 ebook pgs = $4.99
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To find books to sell: $700 ÷ $2.49 = 281</div>
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It will take 310 books to break even on this title. Not too
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It will take 2656 books to break even. This is going to take
a very long time for most.</div>
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Tennessee state laws states the convention has to be
non-profit for over 5 years before we can host a raffle, so we came up with Charity
swap. This is how it goes down. You donate 20.00 for a ticket that money goes
to our <a href="http://www.proverbs1210rescue.org/">non-profit charity</a> , in
turn you'll have to play a fun game to get your basket, but you will get a
basket for your donated money. Please do keep in mind this is for a good cause so, if you
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The Hook: Purchase one $20.00 ticket and you are guaranteed
to receive one donated Basket.</div>
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The Bait: Each Basket is valued over 20.00 most will be around
50.00 There are a limited number of tickets available on a "first come
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The Catch: The Basket you win will be determined by the luck
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The Fine Print:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "MS Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">▶</span>All proceeds to benefit Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue |
HELPING HIS HELPLESS</div>
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<span style="font-family: "MS Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">▶</span>Must be present to win.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "MS Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">▶</span>Tickets limited to 2 per person.</div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-38800834736652700142013-08-19T01:00:00.000-05:002013-08-19T10:45:21.329-05:00Character inteview with attending author Allie Boniface <div style="text-align: center;">
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the Indie Romance Convention in October! I've published with traditional small
presses in the past, but 2013 marked the very first time I waded into the indie
publishing waters, with my contemporary romance novel <i>The Promise of
Paradise</i>. Currently available in e-book, print, and audio, this is the
story of Eddie and Ash, two people from completely different worlds who find
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ashton Kirk, youngest daughter of a prestigious senator,
fiancee of a hotshot attorney, and fresh Harvard graduate, is headed for a
promising law career when scandal breaks apart her family. To escape, she rents
an apartment in the sleepy town of Paradise, New Hampshire, where no one knows
who she is.</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ashton hopes for solitude, but all bets are off when Eddie
West, the town’s most eligible bachelor, moves in downstairs. Eddie likes his
women and his cars shiny, sleek, and fast, and when he meets his new housemate,
he wastes no time getting friendly. While he's looking for a no-strings
romance, though, he gets more than he bargained for in Ash, who sees through
his bravado to the pain of a loss too fresh to mention.</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt;">Can two people from different worlds find common ground, a
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reviewers said about the book, you can visit my website (<a href="http://www.allieboniface.com/">www.allieboniface.com</a>)
or any online e-book retailer.</span></div>
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from the hero and heroine themselves today, so I'm turning the blog over to
them. If you like what they have to say, don't forget, Eddie and Ash will be
joining me at the Indie Romance Convention on October 4 and 5. Hope to see you
there!</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hAqmcWFmueE/Ug1DcINsxkI/AAAAAAAAAQo/iTF91T-2egU/s1600/tnThePromiseOfParadise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hAqmcWFmueE/Ug1DcINsxkI/AAAAAAAAAQo/iTF91T-2egU/s1600/tnThePromiseOfParadise.jpg" /></a></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Allie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">Okay, I know neither one of you is used to talking much about yourself,
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Harley? The next tattoo I plan on getting?</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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super-macho tough guy. Remember the time he told off those guys in the bar who
were harassing me? Or the time he walked downtown in the middle of the night to
make sure I was okay, after my car died? Or the way he fixed my car the next
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good-looking, muscles to die for, and ready to save the world at a moment's
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be enough to deal with. You were the one who came up with the idea of changing
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eddie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> And when I saw him with –</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Allie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Shh! Don't ruin it for the
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</span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ash:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">Can we talk about Lucas for a minute?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eddie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Oh, yeah. He wasn't even in
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handsome and lending a helping hand every time Ash needed one.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ash:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">Is that jealousy I'm hearing?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eddie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Nope.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Allie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">You're right. Lucas was a late addition to this story. But I wanted him
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ash:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I know. Poor guy.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Allie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">Don't worry! Lucas's heart gets the attention it needs in his own story.
I had to make him suffer a little first, that's all. Kind of like I did with
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eddie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Thanks a lot.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Allie:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">Anything worth having is worth the work and worth the wait, right?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ash:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Absolutely!</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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my own voice! Remember, you can find out all about Eddie and Ash in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Promise of Paradise</i> – or by chatting
me up at the convention in October. See you soon!</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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This interview takes place between In the Light of the Moon
and Dance in the Moonlight.</div>
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Interview by <a href="http://www.amylkessler.com/index.html" target="_blank">Amy Kessler </a></div>
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Name: Coran Hemming</div>
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Age: I’ve stopped counting years</div>
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Side in war: Lucius’, non-Circle supporting vampires,
basically, it gets complicated.</div>
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1) What is your connection to Lucius?</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I work for
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children, especially those with no families. Sadly, my life style doesn’t allow
for it.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Variety is the Spice of Life</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">By Jacqueline Rhoades - Romance Author</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And IndieRomCon Attendee</span></div>
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Nothing sets a romance reader’s temper flaring quicker than
being told whatever romance novel they’re currently reading is nothing more
than chick porn. While I have no statistical data to back me up, it seems that
most of these comments come from men.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Now, those of us who read a wide variety of Romance novels
will be the first to point out that there is a lot of sexual territory covered
between what is commonly called sweet romance and the red-hot realm of erotica.
So anyone making the claim about the entire romance genre obviously doesn’t
know what they’re talking about, or do they?</div>
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According to Webster, my go-to guy for definitions,
pornography can be defined as “a portrayal of erotic behavior designed to cause
sexual excitement.” Hmmm. So what does this say about the reader who sighs
deeply and lets her fantasies run wild over a passionate, fully clothed kiss
under the proverbial apple tree? To me, it says she’s not a whole lot different
from the reader who gets the same boost from an erotic BDSM novel. Eroticism is
in the mind of the beholder, is it not?</div>
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<br /></div>
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We all have different thresholds and opinions about what we
consider sensual or sexy and romance novels have always pushed the envelope for
what is acceptable sexual behavior for women. Historically, that’s been the
argument against them from the beginning. Romance novels make us think and
dream about things conventional society is uncomfortable with. It allows us to
fantasize about people and circumstances outside our everyday lives. Good for
us!</div>
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There is a vast difference
between reading and viewing. It is one of the reasons I’ve always enjoyed
horror stories, but rarely watch horror movies. Watching movies, I’m at the
mercy of the director. I can’t yell “Cut!” if the scene becomes too vivid. When
reading, my mind’s eye has a filter on it that prevents me from ‘seeing’ more
than I can handle.</div>
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I believe this is true for
romance readers as well. We can filter those sex scenes into something we’re
comfortable with by skipping, skimming or visualizing the scene with as much or
as little detail as our personal preference dictates.</div>
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We buy the books written by authors who fulfill our romantic
tastes in their writing. Depending on our age, our stage in life, our
upbringing, our attitudes toward sex and even our hormonal predilections, those
tastes may change from year to year, month to month or even day to day as the
mood strikes us. How wonderful to have such a huge selection of authors and
books to offer us such a variety.</div>
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<br /></div>
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We may argue amongst ourselves as to how much descriptive
sex is necessary for our enjoyment, but I think we can all agree that romance
is first and foremost a love story and that is where our ‘chick porn’ differs
from the other kind. Sex, even mind-blowing sex is not enough to satisfy any
true romance reader. There has to be something more, something emotionally
deeper between our romance novel’s protagonists for us to get that romantic
high and for many of us, that includes a Happily Ever After ending or at least
a Happy For Now.</div>
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That’s the real turn-on for
romance readers and for those who laugh about our chick porn, there’s some
statistical data out there you might want to look up. Women who fulfill their
fantasy lives through reading romance novels tend to engage in more frequent
sex and enjoy it more!</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;">
So for those who make derisive
comments about Romance readers, I say this: instead of ridiculing us for our
chick porn, maybe you should go out and buy your significant other a romance
novel. Better yet, read one yourself.</div>
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Charming Wish</span></div>
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full name:June Heal</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Author: <a href="http://www.tonyakappes.com/" target="_blank">Tonya Kappes</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><a href="http://www.tonyakappes.com/" target="_blank"> </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Publisher:
MagiCal Press</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Genre: Cozy
Mystery </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Release date:
March 11, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Tags for your
book: cozy mystery, paranormal, romance, </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">June Heal is a
homeopathic curest who discovers she has magical powers when she relocates her
flea market homeopathic cure shop, A Charming Cure, to the magical town of
Whispering Falls, Kentucky. </span></div>
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first meet your writer? There was a vacancy in her head, so I just sort of
moved on in. She told me that she didn’t like witches. . .</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">2.Want to dish
about him/her? I concoct my best homeopathic cures in the middle of the night,
my cauldron seems to work best during those hours, and Tonya is always awake
with this little notebook in her hand. She never sleeps! I bet if she would
give up one of her three pots of coffee she drinks a day, she might get a
little shut eye. I left a message with the Sand Man to drop Tonya visit.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">3. Did
you ever think that your life would end up being in a book? Never! I’m just a
small town Kentucky girl.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">4. Tell
us about your favorite scene in the book. Tonya continues to write about my
life, so in the third novel, A CHARMING WISH, she started with my story when I
found out that I had a genie bottle in my shop. . .with a genie living in it!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">5. Did
you have a hard time convincing your author to write any particular scenes for
you? Yes! Tonya always wants to write my story her way or the way she thinks I
should live my life, but I keep telling her NO! It’s my life and I can live it
how I want to. Sometimes she does have some good ideas with new potions.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">6. What
do you like to do when you are not being actively read somewhere? I love
spending time with my fairy-god cat, Mr. Prince Charming and my boyfriend,
Oscar Park. Hanging out with my friends that live in Whispering Falls is a lot
of fun too.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">8. Tell the
truth. What do you think of your fellow characters? I absolutely adore them!
Each of them have a special magical talent that is disguised by their store
front. I love how they interact with their clients. Shandra owns A Cleansing
Spirit Spa. Her clients think they are getting a manicure, but Shandra is
really reading their palm. All of Whispering Falls is like that!</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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11. What impression do you make on people when they first meet you? How about
after they've known you for a while? I hope they walk away feeling much better
than when they first met me. Most of the people I meet want to purchase one of
my homeopathic cures for a something like heartburn, but I add an extra
ingredient once my intuition <br />
<br />
12. What's the worst thing that's happened in your life? What did you learn
from it? I lost both of my parents at a young age. It has been a hard long road
learning all the ropes of life without their guidance. I’ve learned to trust my
intuition. It hasn’t failed me yet!<br />
<br />
13. Tell us about your best friend. I have three! Mr. Prince Charming is my
fairy-god cat who showed up on my door step with a turtle charm hanging on his
collar on my tenth birthday. I’ve always wanted a charm bracelet! I knew we
were going to be fast friends. He has never left my side and I’m twenty-five.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Madame
Torres is my snarky crystal ball. Even though she is a pain in the rear
sometimes and we argue, she always has my best interest at heart. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last
but certainly not least, Oscar Park is my childhood best friend turned
boyfriend. He is strong, caring, and looks out for my best interest. I hope our
friendship and love can stand the test of time with <br />
<br />
14. How do you feel about your life right now? What, if anything, would you
like to change? There are a lot of changes that only Tonya and I know about.
I’m not sure if those changes are good or bad. I guess we will have to wait and
see.</span></div>
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do you like best? I love how she adds humor to my life of chaos. I don’t think
my life is funny, but she writes it in a way that makes readers laugh out loud. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16. If your story were a movie, who would play
you? I adore Mandy Moore. I think she would make a great me!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17.Describe the town where you live. MAGICAL!
Whispering Falls is settled in the foothills of Kentucky, surrounded by
beautiful mountainous limestone and Kentucky bluegrass. The town is filled with
quaint shops. Each shop has a gorgeous ornamental gate that leads you into
magical store with special powers. When a tourist comes to our small town, they
can’t wait to come back.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">18. Describe an average day in your life. I have
to have my coffee first thing in the morning. Then Mr. Prince Charming and I go
to my shop, A Charming Cure, and start working on new homeopathic cures. When a
client comes in, I rely on my intuition to what is the root of their ailment,
and then I make them the perfect cure. After work, I tend to spend some alone
time with my boyfriend. Lately, I’ve been in a little pickle. Someone was found
dead on the steps of my shop. Needless to say. . .someone is framing me for
murder! Any free time I have, I’m trying to figure out who wants me gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We hosted a 125.00 ticket giveaway when the convention went live last year, but sad to say the lady that won it had to back out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting today July 31th, through Aug 9th people who register during this time, one will be picked at random and we will give that winner a choice to have their ticket money refunded to them or they can use the free ticket to bring a close friend or anyone they like. </span><br />
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didn't purchase a logo because I really didn’t know if a Indie convention
would go over with the authors and readers. Now that I know this is
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The designer is Jennifer at <a href="http://sapphiredesignsonline.com/" target="_blank">Sapphire designs</a>. </span><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-28025348423726499892013-07-19T07:09:00.001-05:002013-08-15T16:01:47.916-05:00 2013 sponsorship <div>
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Welcome bags- Victoria Danann<br />
Lanyard Sponsorship- Tonya Kappes<br />
Pouches for Lanyards Sponsorship<br />
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<b>Program guide</b><br />
IRC 2013- Program guide b/w ¼ 300x 262 ads 30 available at 45.00 each<br />
IRC 2013- Program guide color ¼ 300x 262 ads 1 available at 55.00 each<br />
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<b>Pizza meet greet event sponsorship </b><br />
Full sponsorship included full 24 x 36 poster board ad with your provided graphics 500.00<br />
Half sponsorship included half of the 24 x 36 poster board ad with your provided graphics 250.00<br />
Quarter sponsors includes 1 quarter of the 24 x 36 poster board with your provided graphics 125.00<br />
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<b>Convention sign</b>
this sponsorship is for our sign pointing to the building we are
hosting the book signing at. This is a 100.00 sponsorship. I will need
you to provide me with a logo or your name and website so I can add it
on the sign.<br />
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<b>Mexican table sponsorship </b><br />
Sponsor a table for 150.00 (20 available) I will need you to send me your graphic for a 7 x7 sign for the table.<br />
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All graphics needs to be sent back to me at <a data-mce-href="mailto:indieromcon@gmail.com" href="mailto:indieromcon@gmail.com">indieromcon@gmail.com</a> by August 31, 2013<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-39355848471687902802013-07-19T01:30:00.000-05:002013-07-19T11:41:03.291-05:00Reader events sign up<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> A Win, Lose or Draw workshop has 4 authors. You need to pick one author to play this game with. Limited only
25 readers per-author - Eve Langlas, Angela Brown, Amy Kessler or Heather Allen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-40492578731448304052013-07-09T01:30:00.000-05:002013-07-09T01:30:03.982-05:00Attending Romance author Caris Roane guest post<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
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Hi, Everyone! Caris Roane here. I thought I'd tell you a little bit about my background and why I not only write for New York, but Indie publish as well. </div>
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I've been a published author for a long time now, having written sweet Regency romance for Kensington for 18 years until 2005. After that, I sold my Guardians of Ascension series - my most beloved winged vampires - to St. Martin's Press at almost the same time that the digital revolution swept through the industry changing the game forever. </div>
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<br />I've been encouraged from almost every possible source to embrace Indie publishing while still publishing with my New York house, so my reasons for doing both are varied. For one thing, digital is here to stay and will only get stronger as the years move along. For another, Indie publishing allows me to write whatever I want to write, something that's very appealing to all authors. Finally, because the digital community is so different from the traditionally published community, I wanted to jump in with both feet, which means doing my own self-publishing and the accompanying, vast, and often frustrating self-promotion. </div>
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Currently, I have five self-published projects that I'm promoting and will soon release my sixth. My most recently published Indie book continues my Guardians of Ascension series and takes place one month after GATES OF RAPTURE, released in December of 2012. This new Indie book, THE DARKENING, follows Warrior Samuel and his woman, or <i>breh</i>, Vela, as they take a journey through a place called, you guessed it, 'the darkening'! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To read more about THE DARKENING: </span><a href="http://www.carisroane.com/the-darkening/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://www.carisroane.com/the-<wbr></wbr>darkening/</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br />
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<strong><i>A tortured warrior and a peace-loving counselor battle to protect Second Earth against a powerful dark force…</i></strong></div>
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<strong>He thwarted connection of any kind…</strong></div>
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Fearing that his newly emerged <i>grayle </i>power will kill innocent ascenders, Samuel Daman struggles to keep his distance from beautiful Vela Stillwell. But the <i>breh-hedden </i>has struck and her light floral scent tears at his restraint. When the enemy draws them both into the darkening, a place of secret travel for Third ascenders, will Samuel learn to control his power, or will he destroy what he desires most?</div>
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<strong>She hid from grief…</strong></div>
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Vela Stillwell wanted a new life, away from Militia Headquarters, away from the reminder of all she’d lost when her husband died five years earlier. Seeking a more reclusive occupation, she finishes her last day of work only to have Samuel Daman and the infamous <i>breh-hedden</i>sweep through her life. Though trying to disconnect from her new emerging power and from Samuel, the call of the darkening pulls Vela into an adventure that both terrifies her, yet reveals the truth about her deepest desires. Will she succumb to the <i>breh-hedden, </i>or will her fears prevent her from living life to the fullest?<i><br /></i></div>
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<em><strong>THE DARKENING:</strong></em><strong><em> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Darkening-Dawn-Ascension-ebook/dp/B00BEXZZPW" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">AMAZON</a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-darkening-caris-roane/1114511864?ean=2940016223919&isbn=2940016223919" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">BARNES & NOBLE</a></em></strong></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-28689393418697049682013-07-01T01:00:00.000-05:002013-08-15T16:07:27.322-05:00Aspiring writers contest for 2014<div style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="color: #244061; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">SUBMISSIONS: Any unpublished author may enter before <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1890441913" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">February 1, 2014</span></span>. Entries in multiple categories are permissible. Maximum 30 pages. Clearly identify entry with author’s name, title of work, category entering, and email to</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: #244061; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ircwriterscontest@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">ircwriterscontest@gmail.com</a></span><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #244061; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Entries limited to 20 per category. All contestants will receive a summary critique from one of the judges.</span><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="color: #244061; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">FORMATTING: We will accept files as Word doc attached to email. Format as double spaced, with one inch margins, numbered pages with author’s name and title on every page as either header or footer. Cover page should include author’s name, title of work, category entering, and email.</span><u></u><u></u></div>
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to first start off by saying this convention is directed by a reader (myself) so
I won’t be letting readers down without having something for them. I want this convention to host, not only
workshops and panels for authors, but I want you the readers to learn and have
fun with the authors too. Therefore, you
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convention is going to be small, why? Since it's the first convention I want to get to know you the readers and
authors and find out what each of your needs are in a convention, therefore I can
apply them in the coming years. I don’t want this convention to be like others
where a reader or even the authors go without gaining something from the
experience. So, for those of you who will brave the first attempt, we will be
having a day's worth of workshops and panels for you to have fun and learn from
these authors. I’m putting of thought for this idea, but I believe the readers need
things to do too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the power to help or break an author. I hope you would want to help your
favorite <a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>authors and not break them so I feel in doing
this, you the reader, need to learn the best way to help your favorite authors
grow. So if this idea works, than you'll find more workshops and panels in the coming years to help you grow in your reading adventure. </span></div>
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talk about sex scenes:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Well, there is no need to state what this panel will be about. LOL.
There are different romance sub-genres authors on this panel, so you’ll have
lots of different POVs. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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BDSM workshop, with special guest Toymaker and eirocawakening. No need to
explain this one either, but it’s a shame I have to miss out</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">L</span><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Indie explosion: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Find
out how and why these authors are growing so fast and who knows, you just might
be able to give a helping hand. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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-</b>Readers </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Know your
romance sub-genre, abbreviations and the difference between romance, erotic
romance and erotica. As a review
blogger/reader I see so many readers are confused with the different romance
sub-genres and things that deals with romance, like labels and such. So I hope
this workshop will help clear any questions you have in your mind.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Everything You Need to Know About M/M Romance (But were Afraid to Ask): </span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">M/M romance is growing very fast and
I hope you can find the time to visit this workshop. I know there has to be
something you’d like to learn in M/M romance. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Careers in the Indie Publishing:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> This has to be the first
of any convention out there or at least I think. I see so many areas where these authors can use
the help. Some are good paying with just a few years of college all the way to
simply making up your own rules and creating a second job to help with your
income. I also will be covering, free stay at home jobs like review blogging. So if you need any extra income please don’t miss this workshop. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*Skype
Time: Overseas author Dianna Hardy. </span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is for 50 attendees. The 50
attendees will be able to see and talk to Dianna<b> through </b>a Skype
projection. She’ll also be sending autographed book plates and exclusive paper
back copies of her Happy Anniversary short.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Sexy Romances featuring characters who are over 40:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> With me being over 40 I love reading
books that targets my age, so I hate to miss this workshop because I know the
author hosting this will be loads of fun. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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to Host Virtual Tours correctly</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">: This workshop is for blog tour hosts or for readers
thinking about hosting tours to make some extra money, which will be covered in
the Careers workshop. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Again you the readers have the power to help your favorite author, but sometimes
you need to learn how to go about this so here is one way to help your favorite
author. By attending this simple
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reader will be the panel while the authors will be your audience. I myself
can’t wait for this one. Since I am the director I will be over this panel, so I'm not giving out info on this one. *wicked grin* I will say I hope this is a
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-26839005898960956952013-06-03T15:30:00.002-05:002013-06-03T15:30:36.719-05:00Aspiring writing contest coming for 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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in September of 2013 and end just before the 2014 convention. All of the rules and
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-29885491448496857292013-06-03T01:00:00.000-05:002013-06-03T01:00:08.263-05:00Attending author Amy Kessler <br />
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June 11th, 2013 is the day I
release In the Light of the Moon (Dark War Chronicles #1). DWC has been a baby
of mine for so long that I’m terrified to release it into the world. The
overall series began in November of 2007, I believe, gosh it’s been a while. I
wrote the first draft of The Edge of Darkness and then The Taste of Blood, but
there was so much more to the series that I knew those two books weren’t the
start of it. I went back to planning and I plotted everything out for the
series. Now the plot has shifted a little bit here and there, but I managed to
discover the start of the series. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This is where Kassity and Jaxon
come in. Kassity as a character does have her roots in the RP world, but after
I created her there and she shuffled around from group to group, I realized
where she truly belonged was in DWC. A fiery panther-lycan who owned her life
to a vampire and who had no control over her panther side, she is an amazing
character that I fell in love with. Enter Jaxon, a charming and handsome panther
and he has his eye on Kassity. I won’t give any spoilers away, but I love the
chemistry between these two characters. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then there’s Lucius. Lucius is the
vampire of the territory. He’s an ass, there’s no other way to say it. He’s
first introduced in the short story The Touch of Night (DWC #0.5 a prequel to
the series) and he’s meant to be that character readers love to hate. Since he
controls everything in his territory with a tight reign he gets a say on if
people get to mate. Lucius’ tag line is, “I don’t believe in happily ever
after, I believe in compromise.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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you’ll see through out the series and each of them have their own past and
background. Just remember, in Lucius’ territory, not everything is what it
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<b>Dark War Chronicles:</b>
In a world where only the government knows supernatural creatures exist a war
rages. It’s every creature for themself and loyalties are divided. In a world
of chaos things are about to change. Choose your side.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(DWC #1):</b> Release date: June 11th: Stripped of all control, panther shifter
Kassity has no choice but to be a killer for Lucius. Obeying the vampire was
simply her way of life, until Jax comes to town and brings trouble with him.
When she recognizes Jax as her fated mate, Kassity must deal with betrayal,
secrets and Lucius in order to be with him. <o:p></o:p></div>
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must decide who he is fighting for-and against. What started as simple job
turns into a complicated game of hearts when he meets Kassity, the woman he
thought he was rescuing. But not everything is as it seems in Lucius'
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When a man named Josh appears in both her dreams and in her current case,
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I have been asked by several about why I chose to blog as well as write. Here is where it all began..Since I was a little girl I have always had a love of books. I was all over Little House on the Prairie, The Babysitters Club and Anne of Green Gables series. I could not get enough. I would read until my hearts content and well into the night just like I still do. Hence the name of my Blog Into the Night. I would scour antique shops for all of the Nancy Drew series books where I could get them for next to nothing.</div>
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I had such a love of these books that I wanted to be in these stories. At the age of 12 I decided to start writing my own stories. They were tales all right and I have had a love of writing ever since. I loved creating something. A new place with new people and different names. I loved coming up with character names.</div>
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Then I found this community that I never knew existed. This Indie Community where you can actually support the Author's themselves and as well as a place you could actually live and follow your own dream. Blogging became a way for me to be able to spread the word. A way to tell everyone what books they were missing out on and not reading and why they needed to read it. I am so passionate about my books and my husband so does not get it... <span class="emoticon emoticon_wink" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yW/r/p4dz5WVOzMC.png); background-position: 0px -1393px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;" title=";)"></span></div>
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Indie Author's have written some of my very favorite books and are so over looked.The Indie community is also where I have met some of my closest and best friends. People that will forever be in my life. Life long friends that I hope to meet one day.<br />If it were not for my friends I would not be writing and publishing my first book and following a dream I have had for more than 20 years and for this I will always be eternally grateful.</div>
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This is also a place that when someone needs help we all pitch in and do what needs to be done. I said this earlier today to someone I admire. Charity is more than just a word but the actions you put behind the word. I am proud to be a "small" member of this community. Though there may be ups and downs we all rally together when it counts and that is something to be proud of. </div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-44322155197100937702013-05-06T01:00:00.000-05:002013-05-06T01:00:08.908-05:00Guest post with attending author Suzan Tisdale<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Truth About Being An Author<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Suzan
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">We’ve all seen it before. In movies, TV shows, and even books.
Someone writes a book, a publisher picks it up, and voila! The aforementioned
author is immediately wealthy. Rich beyond their wildest imagination. He goes
from eating ramen noodles every night, to owning a mansion — complete with
butler and guard dogs — and driving around town in a Ferrari or Porsche. He
parties with Hugh Hefner and the President. He travels around the world where
he meets all sorts of people who make great characters for his books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I hate to burst your bubble, but it simply does not work that
way!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Writing is easy. Writing very well? Not so much. Writing
something people are willing to buy and share with their friends is even more
difficult. Writing something that a publisher wants to pick up? Its easier to
get a ride on a space shuttle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Here are the simple facts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">1. You take a year or two to write your first novel. You ignore
family and friends. You spend every spare moment in your writing cave, ignoring
the spouse or significant other who is trying to remind you that you do have
family obligations. You get upset when, right in the middle of writing the most
profound sentence God ever let man create, your wife knocks on the door letting
you know that dinner is ready, or worse yet, she is in labor. It completely
destroys your train of thought and that beautiful, profound, elegant, gritty,
gnarly, perfect sentence is lost forever. It takes weeks to get it back. Damn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">2. Once your book is finally perfect, you send hundreds of query
letters and synopsis’s to every publisher in existence. You’ve got the
perfect elevator pitch and the perfect answer to “tell me about your book”. All
you need now is a publisher who agrees. So you wait for a response. You eat
lots of ramen noodles, drink cheap bourbon, and drive your family nuts with
questions like “Did anyone get the mail today? Was there a letter in it from
–insert name of publishing house here–?” As the wait continues, you begin to question
why you are doing what you are doing. You must be nuts. Crazy. It is
self-imposed torture. You’ll never write again. Ever. It isn’t worth it. Damn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">3. When you do finally hear back from the publishers or as I
refer to them ‘the Gods of War’, chances are it will be in the form of a
rejection letter. You spend the next few days or weeks in a deep state of
depression, again, questioning why you are doing this. I liken it to the
grieving process after losing a loved one. First there is shock, then sadness,
then anger. Are these publishers nuts? How could they reject what is by far the
best piece of literary work ever written? How can they destroy peoples lives
like this? You question again, why you are doing this. Damn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4. Now at this point, only those authors who own a significant
amount of intestinal fortitude will press on and continue to write. They’ll
keep trying, again and again and again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">5. Then that magical day finally happens. A publisher wants to
talk. This is the day you’ve convinced yourself that you’re waiting for. You
meet with them, they tell you they loved the book and with a few minor changes,
they can make it perfect. (You only <i>thought</i> it was perfect. A
publisher’s idea of what is perfect and an author’s idea of what is perfect are
sometimes quite different.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">6. The publisher presents you with a standard contract and say
an advance of $5,000. You pretend that you need to talk it over with your
husband. But you and I both know the truth. You don’t care what your husband
says at this point. A publisher <i>wants to publish your book!</i> Your
husband would be crazy to even suggest that you turn down this once in a
lifetime offer. What does he know anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">7. This is where almost everyone outside of the writing world
gets it wrong. The devil, they say, is in the details. The contract that the
publisher presents to you <i>is </i>standard and the benefits of this
contract lean in favor of the publisher, not the author. You will not be an
instant millionaire. You will not be buying that mansion or hiring that butler
anytime soon. And forget the Ferrari. You’ll be lucky if you can afford to
upgrade your 1999 Toyota to a 2002 Impala. And you won’t be giving up your day
job either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">8. This is how a standard contract between publisher and author
works:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The publisher now
has almost complete control of your work. They will edit, change, red line, and
otherwise wage and all out assault on your perfect novel. Sometimes this is a
good thing, sometimes it isn’t. Don’t get me wrong. Publishers have lots of
experience with publishing. This is after all, their area of expertise. They do
provide a very useful service and they work very hard at it. We still need the
big publishing houses. I just happen to believe that not every author needs
one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Once the editors
are done with your book, the publisher will print, lets say 10,000 advance
copies of your work. They send it out to all the book and mortar stores. YOU
will have to schedule all the book signings and events. The publisher isn’t
going to do that for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can get quite ugly. Lets say you only sell 5,000 copies of your book in the
first year. Now what? Well, you will end up <i>owing </i>the
publisher money for those 5,000 copies that didn’t sell. It is true. You don’t
get a royalty check until you sell a certain number of books. And if you don’t
sell a certain number of books, you owe the publisher money. There went the
mansion and the Ferrari. And you thought <i>writing </i>was the hard
part!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And even if you do
sell all 10,000 copies, your royalty checks are going to be quite small. Again,
everything is in favor of the publisher. They are, after all, putting up a good
chunk of change to get your book out there. It isn’t cheap for them to hire
editors, cover artists, or advertising. This is a very expensive venture
they’re in. If they’re going to put up all this money upfront, then they will
reap the rewards. All you did was write the book. They did the rest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">9. It can take years, if not decades to become a
successful author. There is no getting rich over night. Unless you are J.K.
Rowling, it simply doesn’t happen over night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">10. So why bother? Well, today authors have other options on how
they get their work out to the masses. As an author, the first thing you must
ask yourself if <i>why do I write?</i> The answer is different for each of us.
Some of us write because we simply must. We’ve got all these thoughts, ideas,
scenarios, and creative monsters running around in our brains and if we don’t
write (or as I call it, purge the demons) then we will go nuts. Other
authors are blessed with the ability to tell a story easily and beautifully.
For many authors, we write because we have a story or stories that we want to
share with the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The next question you need to ask yourself is <i>what do I
expect in return?</i> For many of us, it isn’t about the money. We simply
want to share our stories with the world. We want to leave something meaningful
behind, once we’ve left this celestial plane. We want to inspire or encourage.
We want people to go, “wow, that book was amazing!” Or we want to have a
positive impact on society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If you’re writing simply because you want to make money, then I
suggest you stop now and find another avenue. Yes, you <i>can</i> make
money at this. I’m a perfect example. Because of the success of my first two
novels (that I self-published), I was able to give up my day job in October of
2012. But you have to know that this does not happen for everyone. And you have
to know that I didn’t go into this because I wanted to make money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I write because I have to purge the demons AND I write because I
want to share my stories with other people. I want whoever buys my books to be
able to escape from the day-to-day stuff we all have to deal with. I want to
encourage others through my characters. I write from my heart, not my wallet. I
write because I love writing. I never, ever, ever, expected the success that
I’ve been blessed with. I did not publish my first book thinking “now I can sit
back and rake in a million dollars.” Quite the opposite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When I published <i>Laiden’s Daughter</i> in December of
2011,<i> </i>it was meant as a gift to my mom. I thought maybe, just
maybe, I might sell ten copies. I thought that would be a really nifty number.
I didn’t know a thing about self-publishing. I didn’t have a twitter account. I
didn’t have a blog. I didn’t (and still don’t) spend money on advertising. I
don’t troll the internet saying “BUY MY BOOK!!!” I don’t do that. I simply
write for the joy of writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I didn’t know a thing about publishing a novel until after I
published my first. I didn’t know about contracts with publishers. I didn’t
know anything about self-publishing either. I simply wrote my novel and
uploaded it to KDP so that it would be on the Kindle I wanted to give my mom
for a birthday present.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Honest to God the thought of selling 50,000 copies in one year
never entered my mind. I never thought <i>Laiden’s</i> would ever be on
Amazon’s Top 100 Best Sellers list. She’s been there for over a year now. I
never imagined making enough money at this so that I could write full time. I
figured I would write full time after retirement, in my 60′s. Now, I write full
time. I am blessed beyond all comprehension. And I certainly never thought that
people would leave reviews or contact me to tell me how much they love my
stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I think the point I’m trying to make is this. If you write
because you love to write, then GO FOR IT! If you write because you must purge
the demons, the GO FOR IT! You might be the next JK Rowling. You might be the
next James Patterson. Who knows? But write for all the <i>right</i> reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But if you’re writing because you think it is an easy way to
make a quick buck, or if you’re self-publishing because you think you’ll make a
million dollars in your first month, then you are in for a rude awakening. You
can’t take three weeks to write novel, slap a $12.99 price tag on your ebook
version, upload it to KDP and expect to sit back and rake in the money, and
then complain when the sales are not what you expected. Life doesn’t work that
way and neither does self-publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Write from your heart, write with passion, with zeal, with
fervor. Your heart will never let you down.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-74239078274880309262013-05-01T07:27:00.002-05:002013-05-01T08:48:58.265-05:00The winners of the reader choice awards! <br />
<b>I want to say congrats everyone that was nominated, to me your all winners because of the fact you were nominated by a real reader. I really hate polls because things never goes as planned with them especially the free ones, but I wanted to do something to get the Indie authors recognized and this was one way to get that done. This also helped me in getting the word about for the convention and for that I want to think each and everyone of you for helping voting and the sharing of the polls. </b><br />
<b>This is not the only time you can vote for the Indie authors, if you planning on attending the convention to make sure you read up on the attending authors 2013 books because there will be another voting poll just for them at the convention. </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>I now want to give a Huge congrats to the winners of the poll below. </b><br />
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<b> A couple of these polls were really close as you can see below. </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>Best Indie Romantic Suspense, Wait For Me by Elisabeth Naughton</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Cover artist, Harris Channing</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Tour host, Book Monster Promotions</b><br />
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<b> Best Indie Romance Series, Big Bad Wolf series by Heather Killough-Walden </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> BEST Post Apocalyptic,Reign of Blood by Alexia Purdy</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best review blog, Totally Booked Blog </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie BDSM – D/s, Seduced in the Dark by C.J. Roberts </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best "Friend to Readers", Heather Killough Walden</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie YA Romance, Sam I Am by Heather Killough-Walden </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie Fantasy & Futuristic Romance, A Sinister Game by Heather Killough-Walden</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie Short Romance, The Erotic Love Story of Amy and Troy Red Phoenix</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Indie Author of the Year, Heather Killough-Walden Best</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Indie Book Cover, Brie Learns the Art of Submission: Submissive Training Center by Red Phoenix</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie Erotic Romance, The Proposal by Katie Ashley </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie Regency Historical Romance, My Highland Love by Tarah Scott</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie Romance Novella, A New Tradition by Tonya Kappes</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie Historical Romance, Runaway Heart by Claudy Conn </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best Indie Contemporary Romance, Hopeless by Colleen Hoover </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b> Best New Adult Indie Romance, Derailed by Alyssa Rose Ivy Indie First Book, Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>Best Indie First book, Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec</b><br />
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<b>Best Indie Paranormal Romance, Vairck: The Reckoning by Red Phoenix</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>Here is the award button below. Our awards director Deb will be emailing one to each of you providing that you have your email located on your website, if not you'd better grab this one. </b><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-79259846911902908822013-04-17T01:00:00.000-05:002013-04-17T01:00:06.235-05:00Guest post with attending author A.L. Kessler <br />
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When I first started chasing my dream of writing, I swore
that I would go no other route than traditional publishing. Many years later,
here I am an independent author. What changed between now and then? When I got
my first short story accepted into an anthology I had people in boxing me
asking when my next story would be out, if I had anything else for them to
read, and if I’d continue Kheelan and Aubrey’s story? I didn’t want people to
have to wait long for my stuff, which they obviously wanted. It occurred to me
that I had a choice to make, either make my small fan base wait months, years,
or forever for me to get traditionally published, or go the indie way. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After a long talk with my husband, his parting words on the
matter were, “make a plan and stick to it.” So I did. I got a group of friends
together, my now dear beta readers, and sent them all a copy of the project I
chose to start with, Midnight Symphony. They all had their own strengths and
weaknesses when helping me out and it all worked out in my favor. I wouldn’t be
anywhere without their wonderful and honest feedback. Why they were doing their
job, I was working on things from my side. My Chief Minion would tell you how
often I took down time from research and planning. I read a great book that
helped me out called Quit Your Day Job my H.P. Mallory that gave me some
fantastic ideas on marketing and reaching out to readers. I worked with my
wonderful cover artist on what I wanted for the cover, she’s amazing by the
way. But really, a month before I released my novella is really what changed my
life as an indie author.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I attended a convention as a regular attendee, and one of my
artist friends pulled me into an event to meet all the local authors. From
there I was invited to a celebration with them (one of their comic books had
been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award). That night, after talking to all of
them, who are either published small press or indie, I knew that I had made the
right choice and that this journey would be a lot of fun. One author asked me,
“Are you actually an author? I know your Facebook says such, but have you
published anything?” I remember being slightly stunned by the question and I it
was my first time admitting out loud, “Yes, I am an author.” It was
exhilarating! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Fast-forward the crazy month of prepping. I learned that
formatting is a pain in the ass first time around, but it’s doable by yourself
if you have the knowledge of the program and patience. I breezed through
Createspace, Kindle and Smashwords, but little did I know that putting it up
was the easy part. Marketing on social networks always get me, because I don’t
want to feel like I’m shoving my book down people’s throats. I needed to try to
generate reviews, and that meant contacting people who reviewed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve sent out, and still do, a review request a day to
bloggers. Some I’ve heard back on, some I haven’t, but either way I keep moving
forward. When I got my first blogger review by Naomi I was blown away. I
expected the worse, of course my friends told me that my book was fantastic,
but to hear it from a stranger and get 4.5 stars just blew me out of the water.
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Sometime during the adventure of releasing Midnight
Symphony, I submitted another short story, this time Steampunk to another small
press. When I got the e-mail saying I got in, I danced around the house with
your daughter. This was the point where I felt like everything was falling into
place. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Fast forward again, I got brave and sent a message to the
Indie Romance Convention and asked to be an attending author, and the answer I
got back was a yes. I was ecstatic and that falling into place feeling grew!
The same day I found out that there would be a mass book signing at AnomalyCon
for the anthology my second short had been accepted into. After attending that
convention, I’m preparing for the Indie Romance Convention. Bouncing ideas back
and forth on how many books I should be taking, while I plan on releasing my
second book in June. Thinking about what swag items to bring, while I edit a
short story. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Really, my journey is just beginning, but that’s how I got
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Gypsy Lady had been passed down for centuries, and now it is Cora's turn to
dance in the square. Giving people hope and taunting the Demon King is what she
lives for, until she catches the attention of Darius, prince of the demons.
Hidden behind her mask, she keeps her identity from him until she is captured
by the king. With her magic on the verge of waking and the village on the brink
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first time he had seen her dance and play in the market place. The night he
kissed her became his undoing. When his father captures the woman people
believed to be a spirit, Darius takes the chance to observe her. His obsession
with her grows into something more, he knows that together they can stop the
war and set things right, but can he accept it? </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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tome, the third installment of the Penny Dread Tales series, we explore not
only the darker side of steampunk but also the black, sullied underbelly of the
human condition. The nightmare of Jack the Ripper stalks these pages… drenching
them in blood… twice. Slavery, the murder of the weak and helpless, dire
choices of life and death: these tragedies and more become fodder for the mind,
where the possessed and dispossessed steal men’s lives, and in some cases,
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shrouded in fog, and the ensuing brutality is glimpsed piecemeal through
windows of moonlight where dark shadows hide nefarious villains plotting murder
and mayhem upon unsuspecting victims. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">PDT3 carries the reader to the four corners of
the Earth and beyond. It traverses the centuries, from the Victorian era all
the way into a future 40,000 years distant. It is an exploration of mankind’s
darkest dreams and nightmares, and in its reading you too may experience
nightmares where might In Darkness Clockwork Shine.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As
children, we feared the boogeyman… Our parents comforted us when the monster
under the bed or in the dark depths of our slightly opened closet threatened
our safety. We cried when those evil creatures invaded our nightmares and stole
us from peaceful sleep, but what if those monsters truly existed? What if they
lived in a world not unlike our own, where all they wanted was the same basic
needs that every human being spends their lives searching for? What if the
things that go bump in the night only wanted to be loved? In the next twelve
stories, you will read about vampires and werewolves, angels and demons, and
monsters of all kinds overcoming some of the most difficult hurdles simply to
find their one true love, to find their happiness. You’ll read of heated,
salacious trysts beneath the moonlight and of lovers doomed before they even
have a chance to find the one person who completes their soul. Join us as we
wander through a dark world where nothing is what it seems, where rainbows
after a storm are a rare miracle, where the boogeyman captures your heart and
fulfills your sweetest dreams.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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(Buying links are on my website)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Find me:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Website: https://amylkessler.com<o:p></o:p></div>
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alkesslerauthor<o:p></o:p></div>
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6548820.A_L_Kessler<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199278907150797089.post-52224634977389321532013-04-15T08:11:00.001-05:002013-04-29T21:03:24.759-05:00Guest post with attending author Heather Allen <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">What a wild ride
already! I am still such a newbie but amazed at the support and friends I’ve
made in this new world of Indie! I have met some amazing authors and who would
have thought they all self-published. I wouldn’t have it any other way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I started this
thing, well really not a thing, writing, about 2 years ago. I concocted a story
about a girl with magic powers yada, yada, yada. I had my husband read the
first ten pages (there were only 60) and he couldn’t understand or get the
picture I was trying to portray. I gave up. Girls and boys, don’t do that,
never give up! Shame on me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">A year later I
started Just Breathe, a new story swimming around up there. It seemed to shape
up pretty nicely and after a year I had a full novel. This time I decided to
avoid the husband and try for someone more appropriate for my audience. I
grabbed my neighbor’s daughter, a young adult, and a reader at that! I must
have chewed my finger nails to the cuticles, waiting for her to stroll over day
after day. Finally she came knocking with a smile on her face. She loved it! I
was so happy with just that one little step in the right direction. And each
part has been another step in the right direction ever since. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Today I released
my second book, Barely Breathing. Through this book I’ve learned things that I
didn’t do for the first book, such as marketing. So, this one is more like a
double marketing job. But hey, you learn from your mistakes and fix them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I think the most
“butterflies in the stomach” thing is the reviews. Reading other people’s
thoughts on your writing and story is so exhilarating! And so my journey
continues… What’s to come, who knows but I do know one thing, I will keep
writing because I love it! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Oh yeah enough
about me… Ha – Here is a teaser from Barely Breathing now available… Just
Breathe the first book in the trilogy is 99 cents right now! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">My ear buds are in and I've been reading missed chapters since I got here.
I feel an elbow in my arm so I glance up to find the source. Sasha is motioning
for me to take my ear buds out. I pull them out to hear her, " ...and he's
looking right at you." I glance to the front of the classroom to find Mr.
Griggs staring at me. I wince and look away completely embarrassed. I squirm
and sink further into my seat trying to avoid any more unwanted attention.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">As he starts to lecture, I notice that someone is sitting in the seat to my
left. My heart stops, literally. That seat is just condemned. Nothing good has
come from anyone sitting there in this class. I'm scared to death to look. I
have to know though. I turn my head slightly and my eyes meet the unmistakable
green that I know so well, Alex. He glares at me angrily and looks away. Okay,
so maybe I'm not at the top of his favorite people list. Ugh, this is probably
not so good that he's chasing me down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Class drones on forever. With every minute that passes, I am more and more
uncomfortable. I know he's going to corner me after class. I just don't know
what I'm going to say. I steel another glance his way, this time his eyes have
a softness in them, and that familiar flutter roams through my belly. I look
straight ahead. Why in the world can't I get my life together?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">The bell rings. I get up and gather my things, noticing the whole time that
Alex is standing there waiting on me. Maybe if I drag it out and make him late,
he'll leave without me. Fat chance. I pull my backpack over my shoulder but he
stops me and effortlessly grabs the strap, placing it on his arm next to his
bag. Ugh, now I definitely can't run. I look over and he gestures for me to
walk in front of him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Once we're in the hall I feel his hand under my elbow guiding me out the
doors toward the parking lot. My heart speeds up at his touch. We pass many of
my friends but they don't give us a second thought. I wonder if this is it.
Will he demand I go right back to the sea? That thought hurts a little, I don't
think I'm ready to go back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">His hand stays under my arm steering us to a black pickup truck, a few rows
from the door. Once we're next to the truck he drops our bags, turns me so my
back is against the truck, and rests his hands above my shoulders against the
black metal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">He lets out a deep breath as if he's been holding it in, "Ever, don't
do that to me again." His voice is pained at the last word. I glance into
his eyes, so much hurt. Without thinking, my hand goes up and rests on his
cheek. He leans in so that his lips are an inch from mine. I close my eyes,
knowing this is wrong but needing to feel something. His breath hitches but he
doesn't move any closer. I open my eyes and he's still right there. I close the
gap. My lips graze his gently. A feeling rises up like none I've felt. Not the
intense need or tingle I feel with Jack. A soothing feeling, a calmness, that I
welcome. His lips explore mine. It lasts only a few seconds and he pulls away
searching my eyes. My head screams at me, <i>Ever this is wrong, what are you
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