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  • Bodacious Book Contest Winners

    November 19, 2009

    • So, while the rest of us were galavanting around town with our dear friends . . . Our Celebrity Judges have been hard at work . . .Oops. I meant THESE judges: Elizabeth Bluemle and Josie Levitt of The Flying Pig Bookstore in Vermont . . . And, Vroman's Children's Book Department Manager Kris Vreeland . . .It was soooooo hard to select the best out of (practically) four million ...
  • The Week Before Christmas Extravaganza!!!

    November 14, 2009

    • The Week Before Christmas Extravaganza!!!Can you believe it's almost mid-ways through November. Christmas is just aroundthe corner.So, I'd like to announce my first annual, The Week Before Christmas Extravaganzaover on my blog; www.maryeason.blogspot.com!I'm inviting all authors who would like to promote their current or upcomingreleases to joine me on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009, all day long ...
  • Textnovel.com Announces Semi-Finalists in Dorchester "Next Best Celler" Romance Writing Contest

    November 4, 2009

    • PARK CITY, Utah, November 3, 2009—Textnovel.com announced the Semi-Finalists for the current Dorchester “Next Best Celler” Romance Writing Contest, which combines a live, serial publication model with a unique voting and ranking system to help identify top new novelists and fiction writers.See who made the Top 20 Semi-Finalists.I'll let you know that Lancelot's Lady, my debut romantic ...
  • Chapter one of NaNo WriMo

    November 3, 2009

    • Escaping the Paradox of Justice      Something didn’t feel right as she pulled into her driveway, having just gotten home from work. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a neighbor peering through the venetian blinds, and then saw them quickly close as she began turning her head in that direction. An uneasy feeling crept over her as she made her way up the small set of steps that led to ...
  • Successful First Day on NaNoWriMo

    November 1, 2009

    •      My first day was a success in this quest for the 50,000 word finish line that sits only 29 days away. I was able to knock out 6097 words today in a Novel I'm calling, "Escaping the Paradox of Justice." Synopsis:     This story features an innocent character who figures out a way to leave the correctional facility where she is being held for a crime she did not commit. ...
  • Bodacious Book Contest!!!!

    October 24, 2009

    • Yes! Yes! It's that time o' year again . . . LISA YEE'S 32nd ANNUAL BODACIOUS BOOK CONTEST!!!! In the past, we rhymed words to make a new title. Out of the zillions of entries this was the winner . . . THE FIREPOWER OF LUCKY Confused by what she overhears at AA meetings, and frustrated by controversy surrounding the ALA, a little girl seeks comfort in the NRA. We've changed a single ...
  • Vote In The Scarlet Boa For A Chance To Win Free Books

    October 24, 2009

    •  Win Free Books by Voting for Entry Number 90 at The Scarlet Boa Contest and leaving a comment at The Stuff of Myth and Men, http://thestuffofmythandmen.blogspot.com Tell us you voted under “I Voted For Keta In The Scarlet Boa” and you could be one of three winners to receive Crossroads, Crossroads Revisited and Crossroads: Showdown, Keta’s best-selling Gay Fiction novellas. Three winners ...
  • Win a signed copy of “Homefront” – and more

    October 23, 2009

    • Over the next several weeks, Backword Books members will be interviewing one another - which allows you to see them in two lights: interviewer and author.Last week, Henrby Baum was interviewed about his novel The American Book of the Dead, and readers were offered a chance to win a signed copy of his book.This week is a new interview. Visit Backword Books to read Threshold ...
  • How well do you know the produce section?

    October 16, 2009

    • If you know your veggies, you could win a book.  You'll also get a chance to ask your own interview question of Henry Baum, author of The American Book of the Dead.Read the interview, participate, and enter to win in the easiest contest ever. 
  • Readers! Writers! Play along & win.

    October 15, 2009

    • I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Henry Baum (interview to post tomorrow, Friday the 16th) about his new book, The American Book of the Dead. The interview is one that does not approach him from the perspective of a writer or someone interested in the literary elements and yadda yadda yadda, but from the perspective of a reader. I asked Henry questions any reader might have ...