Wednesday, February 2, 2011

LASR Valentine's Day Party & Book Give Away

What a great month this is. When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will align the planets, and love will rule the stars...Aquarius.
Remember that song from HAIR? I used to sing it all the time when I was a kid. Did I just date myself? Oh well.
I love February.

My ds1 and my aunt were born.

My psuedonym has a book releasing.

Super Bowl.

Valentine's Day.

And the LASR Valentine's Day party February 12th and 13th. I'll be there as an assigned guest February 12th. Part of that day I'll be cheering on my boss's daughter and her roller derby team down in Miami. Have Droid with Internet access, will blog.

I hope you'll join us. Also, I hope you'll enter to win a pdf copy of my book "Always A Bridesmaid". To do so, join us at LASR on the 12th and follow their rules at:


Saturday, September 18, 2010

Blogmania Kobo Winner - Announced!

I wish I had a prize for everybody, but there's only one Kobo loaded with the books.

I'm sure you're all waiting with baited breath to find out who the winner of the Kobo is.

And the winner is:

RJ at queenraejean@hotmail.com

I sent an email to RJ with the great news. RJ ~ I need your mailing address to send your prize.

Everybody please congratulate RJ!

RJ ~ I hope you'll enjoy your new ebook reader.

Ashley

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Blogmania is here!

Blogmania's here!

Visit all the links, see the fabulous blogs and their fabulous prizes.

To enter the contests, leave a comment with your email address. Also let the blog owner know if you were already a blog follower or if you just started following their blog.

My prizes:

Kobo ebook reader

* I'm having trouble loading the image for the Kobo, so please forgive me.

Books loaded on the reader are below. Please click on the links to read the excerpts and visit the authors blogs.

Divine Touch by Kristy Bock
Purple Hearts by Elaine Cantrell
Laura's Lost Love by Fran Shaff
Always A Bridesmaid by Elaine Hopper
So You Want To Marry Our Mom by Elaine Hopper


Good luck!


1.A Design Diva with Interior Motives (US/CAN)2.A Dash of Nutmeg (US)
3.A Few of My Favorite Things (US/CAN)4.A Gluten Free Journey (US)
5.a {mod cot} life (US)6.A Mom After God's Own Heart (US) (US/CAN)
7.A Mom's Take (INT)8.A Writer's Mind (INT)
9.Adelle Laudan - Author (US/CAN) (INT)10.Alexia's Books and Such (US)
11.Alice Audrey, Author (US) (INT)12.Amundsen House of Chaos (US)
13.And Then There Were 4 (US/CAN)14.Aubut Family (US/CAN)
15.Being Tazim (INT)16.Believing is Seeing (US/CAN)
17.Between The Lines (US) (INT)18.Between The Pages (US/CAN)
19.Bitten by Books (where amazon will ship)20.Book Obsessed (US)
21.Book Sake (US)22.Diabetic Snacker (US)
23.Books and Things (US)24.Books R Us (US/CAN) - possible (INT) ?
25.Bookworming in the 21st Century (US)26.Bree Bee's Thinking Outside of the Box (US) (INT)
27.Bright Morning Star (INT)28.Broken Teepee (INT)
29.Busy Moms Tips (US)30.Busy-at-Home (US)
31.Cheeky Reads (US/CAN)32.Children Teaching Mama (US/CAN)
33.Chubby Cheeks Thinks (US/CAN)34.Colorcrazed (INT)
35.Coupons Are Great (US)36.Crazy Cat Lady's Library (US)
37.Crazy House (US)38.Curling Up By The Fire (INT)
39.Dark Faerie Tales (INT)40.dBeauty Junkie (INT)
41.Deanna's Tidbits (INT)42.Debbie Sews Retro (INT)
43.DebsHere (US)44.DemonLover's Book Review (US/CAN)
45.Designs By Dawn Marie (INT)46.Dolly Outfitters (US)
47.Ellz Readz (INT)48.Enjoy Life, Enjoy Now (US)
49.eTreasures Publishing (US/CAN) (INT)50.Evoluchun's Misc (US)
51.Extreme Personal Measures (US)52.Fab Find Foodie (US)
53.Family and Life in Las Vegas (US) (US/CAN)54.Fang-tastic Books (US)
55.Farber Family Adventures (US/CAN)56.Florida Frugal Family (US)
57.Forever and After (US/CAN)58.Happy Birthday Author (US/CAN)
59.Health, Beauty, Children and Family (US)60.Home Grown Families (INT)
61.Hookless Shower Curtains (US)62.Hope. Dreams. Life…Love
63.I'm a Lazy Mom (US/CAN)64.Inspired by Fiction (US/CAN)
65.Jeannie Ruesch's Happy Endings (US/CAN)66.Jennifer's Musings (US/CAN)
67.Just My Blog (US)68.LB and J (US)
69.Leksi Designs…This Handmade Life (US/CAN) (INT)70.Let's Just Give It Away (US)
71.Life with 5 monkies (US)72.Lipstick and Luxury (US/CAN)
73.Literaturely Speaking (US/CAN)74.Little Yayas (US) (US/CAN)
75.Live Love Laugh with Leslie (US)76.Love With A touch of Magic (US)
77.Lovin' & Livin' Life Reviews (US)78.Lovin' Life on Less (US)
79.Loving My Life (US) 80.Kelly's Lucky You (US/CAN)
81.Luxury Reading (US)82.Making Time For Mommy (US)
83.Mama B (US/CAN)84.Marvelous Mommy (US/CAN)
85.MI Savings (US/CAN)86.MelissaStuff (US)
87.Mia Ma Miah's Diaries (US/CAN)88.Midwestern Gone Idahoan (US)
89.j is for joseph.com (US)90.Emmy's Boos and Rawrs (US)
91.Mom to Bed by 8 (US/CAN)92.Momma Maven in the Making (US)
93.Momma Told Me (US/CAN)94.Mommy Has to Work (US)
95.Mommy's Free Time (US/CAN)96.Mommy's Minute (US/CAN)
97.Mother of Pearl It Is (US/CAN)98.my favorite PINK (US)
99.My Life As Grandma (INT)100.My Life with Rats and More (INT)
101.My Silly Monkeys (US/CAN)102.Night Owl Crafting (US)
103.Nine More Months104.Nomie Eco Ware (INT)
105.Not-Really-Southern Vamp Chick106.Of Ink and Quille (US/CAN)
107.Paranormal Bites (US/CAN)108.Past The Print (INT)
109.Proud Book Nerd (INT)110.Reading At The Beach (US)
111.Reading Teen (INT)112.Reading, Writing and Waiting (US)
113.Reflections with Coffee (US)114.Review Retreat (INT)
115.Reviews and Giveaways by The Chickenista116.Rex Robot Reviews (US/CAN)
117.Rockin' Deals (US)118.Sandra K. Marshall
119.Sarah's Blog of Fun (INT)120.Save the Date for Cupcakes (INT)
121.Saving Obsession (US)122.See It! Love It! Win It! (US)
123.Seize the Book (US)124.SidewaysGravity (INT)
125.Simply Living on a Budget (US)126.Simply Stacie (INT)
127.Skhye's Ramblings (US)128.Stanwood PlaySchool (US/CAN)
129.Still Blonde after all these YEARS (US)130.Stretching the One Income Dollar (US/CAN)
131.Studio Chic Design (INT)132.Survey Junkie (US/CAN) (INT)
133.Sweet Mint Studios (US/CAN)134.Sweethearts (US)
135.Tammy's Book Parlor (US/CAN)136.Texas Monkey (US/CAN)
137.The Clever Mommy Chronicles (US/CAN)138.The Coupon Goddess (US)
139.The Freebie Junkie (US/CAN)140.The Girl is A Mom (US/CAN)
141.The Missionary Mama (US/CAN)142.The Mommy Diaries (US/CAN)
143.The Organizing Genie (US)144.The Susquehanna Writers (US/CAN)
145.The Sweetest Romance Authors (US/CAN)146.The Thrifty Things (US)
147.The Two Savvy Sisters (US)148.The Very Best Housewife (US/CAN)
149.This Mama Loves Her Bargains (US)150.Toddler Awesome (INT)
151.Trees Will Bend (US/CAN)152.Tribute Books Reviews & Giveaways (US)
153.Truth Be Told (US) (INT)154.Upstate Ramblings (US) (INT)
155.Village of Moms (US) 156.Women's Life Link (INT)
157.Writing is a Blessing158.Yellow Tennesse (US)
159.Tim and Angi's Family Blog (US/CAN) (US) 160.Today's Adventure (US/CAN)
161.Mysteries and My Musings 162.Leap Books

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Christmas in July Winners!

It's time to announce my winners for my Christmas in July contest.

Laura at A Gluten Free Mommy and The Redhead Riter are my winners.

Congrats!

I hope you'll enjoy the story.

Please contact me with your email address where I can email your pdf copy.

For those of you who didn't win, there's another contest at The Long and Short Reviews between August 2 - 29th to win a Nook.

Don't miss it!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Blogmania Twitter Party Sunday ~ More Prizes

Blogmania bloggers are all about building relationships - between our blogs, our cherished readers, the online community and business owners. We value each other's opinion as we all are endeavoring to make the best choices for our home life. So it seemed natural to partner up with The Lane Real Estate Team and Breebee's blog to bring you our first ever twitter and blog blast party.

The Lane Real Estate Team is all about building relationships through communities - specializing in Kennewick Homes for Sale. And Bree is a blogger - and a mom - trying to think outside of the box and help build community ties in NW Columbus OH via her Kid event website! Our other twitter party sponsors also offer items to help strengthen and maintain relationships - from stationary to hand stamped sentiments. SPONSOR LINKS


Our Party Theme: "Building toward Blogmania with The Lane Real Estate Team"
[http://www.joelane.com/]



Info on the Blog Blast:


If you post on your blog(s) our announcement between now and the twitter party you will be entered to win $100 cash. If we reach 500 blogs there will be two additional $50 drawings, totaling 3 winners! You can email me,
breejanderson@... or blogmaniapr@... for the HTML code for blog(s) links and some posting specific OR ask the post owner for info and that blog owner will provide you an HTML code.

Please return with your specific blog post links on Bree's Blog, under her Twitter Party PAGE tab.


Info on the Twitter Party:


9:30-10:30pm, Sunday, EST we will party!

There is a custom tweet grid and a linky for early RSVP. RSVP'ing early also enters you into special drawings. You do not have to RSVP to tweet and win but the 'extra' will not be available.


You can win both the blog blast and at the twitter party!

RSVP at BreeBee's:







Tuesday, July 20, 2010

So You Want To Marry Our Mom

"So You Want To Marry Our Mom" available at Amber Quill Press.



Blurb:
Jackie's been in love with her best friend Doug for several years, but she's tired of waiting for him to come around. She's already been through one marriage where her husband ignored her and she doesn't need two. So when her daughter puts her name in to do a bachelorette-type TV show where the kids help pick their new dad, she agrees. When the ghost of her ex begins to haunt her, the kids act up on live TV, and Doug finally wakes up and decides to fight for her, things get pretty strange and the fun begins.


Excerpt:
Joey interrupted the chaos in her mind. “And meet Doug Applebaum, Jackie’s best friend now and since her husband died. He’s her rock, her mainstay, and the man who’s secretly, madly in love with her.”

A cacophony of emotions collided and exploded inside her. Tingles shot down her spine and her knees buckled. Her ears rang with a dizziness she couldn’t quell. Joy warred with fury and doubts. She clutched at the railing. When Doug moved as if to hug her, her eyes widened and she took a step back away from him. “Is this true?”

::Whoa! You didn’t tell me this was a soap opera.::

::Butt out.::

Doug nodded, his eyes darkening with an intensity that threatened her sanity. “Yes. I thought I’d have time to court you and make you fall in love with me. Then you went on this damned show.”

“Keep it PG, guys.” Joey shook his finger in Doug’s face. “This is a family show.”

Pulling Doug to the bow, she lowered her voice. It didn’t help her mood when the cameras dogged them. “Why didn’t you tell me? You’ve hardly come around in months. You never call anymore. How was I supposed to have an inkling you love me?”

Doug hung his head. Before he could take his next breath, the sea breeze whipped up, blowing his hair across his face. He reached up and tucked it behind his ears. “I didn’t want to push you. I thought you needed more time.”

Incredulous, she wanted to throw up her hands. “More time to be lonely? To miss you? To…”

Amazement and hope flashed across his eyes. “You missed me?”

::You missed him?:: Vance echoed. ::I should have known. It’s always the best friend.::

Feeling like a scratched CD, she repeated, ::Butt out.::

Remembering how abandoned she’d felt, she nodded and veiled her eyes. She felt as dark and deserted as the sea looked tonight. “Oh yeah. And very unloved, unwanted, and lonely.”

She turned her accusing gaze back to him. “I want—no, make that need—a man who will be there for me. A man who will romance me, spend time with me, and cherish me and my kids.” She dragged in a ragged sigh. “I don’t need another cold relationship and especially not another dead marriage.”

“I’ll be there for you and the kids. I swear it.” Doug took her hands in his, his gaze imploring and hopeful.

Sparks zapped her and she snatched back her hands and hid them behind her. Physical electricity wouldn’t be enough this time around. “Words won’t do. You’ll have to prove yourself.” On a choked sob, she ran past him and almost knocked over the cameraman. “If you can.”

Available at Amber Quill Press.

http://www.twitter.com/elaine_hopper

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Author Roast & Toast ~ I'm the victim, uh guest

I'm being interviewed at Romance Books "R" Us today. Please stop by, check out the Christmas in July celebration and contests including mine.

Also, tomorrow, Friday, I'll be roasted, uh, toasted I mean, at the Author Roast and Toast.

http://authorroastandtoast.blogspot.com/

One and all are invited to come Friday July 9th at the Author Roast and Toast.

We'll be feasting and partying in a haunted house. We'll have sushi and other treats. And we'll talk about ghosts and bachelors and all kinds of fun things.

Don't leave me alone with the ghosts so please come and join me.

Oh! And I'll be giving away at least one pdf copy of my newly released romance novel "So You Want To Marry Our Mom" by Amber Quill Press to a lucky guest who leaves a comment for me tomorrow at the Author Roast and Toast.