Elisabeth Naughton – Easter in August
This kicks off my first summer Easter Egg hunt. My friend Elisabeth Naughton has a book out this week; it’s called STOLEN HEAT. In celebration of this occasion, we’re doing an Easter Egg hunt. At this point, you’re probably asking yourself, what does that entail? Well, Elisabeth has given me a question that you need [...]
Special reader profile: Daniel
If you aren’t aware of the context of this profile, let me share it with you because you need to know the whole story. He contacted me a while back because he wanted a copy of Blue Diablo, but he couldn’t buy the ebook in the UK. (That’s because it hasn’t been released in the [...]
Jewel contest winner
So it’s Tuesday. The contest thread is locked. You know what that means, of course. Time to announce the winner! Amanda T, come on down! You need to email me your name & address at ann.aguirre at gmail.com. If you don’t respond within a week, I’ll draw another name. I have this lovely yellow ARC [...]
A Jewel of a Contest
Yes, I punned. Punish me. I deserve it. But before I go into the details of the contest, I have to show off this sexy reader sporting her Team Chance shirt. Doesn’t she look amazing? This is @fantasydreamer on Twitter and I linked to her blog above. I give her major props for getting a [...]
The Method to My Madness
Most authors give away some swag. Pens, notepads, mugs, water bottles, mouse pads, and more. Giving away that stuff is just money tossed down a hole, and you often never know if it’s doing you any good. Then I discovered Zazzle, where you can design your own swag, post it for sale, and other people [...]
Can of worms, redux
We hear a lot about author behavior, but we examine the behavior of people who read their books less often because there’s a commercial component in there, an assumption that buying a book brings a lot of entitlement: probably more than actually exists, in fact. If I buy a book I am entitled to the [...]
More hot winners
BOUND BY YOUR TOUCH winner: Jane SCANDAL winner: Paula I also have more exciting news. TWO of last week’s winners didn’t get in touch with me. Only Evan has his shiny new book at this point, so I am drawing two more names. ALTERNATE MoTD winners: Hockeyvampiress Beverly If these two don’t get in touch [...]