Celebrate: New Year & Giveaways

It's not quite New Year's yet, but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year since I don't post on Sundays.

I'm thankful I was lucky in 2016, having a great new publisher and releasing one novel (Bloodwalker) to solid reviews and re-releasing another novel (Soul Cutter) a YA originally pubbed in 2013. I have another two coming in 2017, I hope! I'll definitely release my Alaskan thriller (Coldest Night) and will try to get my Paris thriller/mystery (Paris Underworld) out in 2017 too, though it may be 2018 before that one is officially released. (I have to learn to limit my social media time in 2017 otherwise nothing will be released! Ack!)

A number of friends haven't had a very good 2016, to them I wish a much better 2017!!

Do you spend too much time on social media? What do you do to limit your time there so you can get other things done? 

My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

Celebrate The Small Things Linky:



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 Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful  for that week.  It can be about writing or family or school or general life.  This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)

Foxy's Friday Freebies!

Foxy has been nosing around the net. 

When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Friday Freebies posts -

• Free short stories, novellas, and novels
• Giveaways for books and swag
• Free services for authors

Here are Foxy's suggestions for Dec 30, 2016:

Free 11 Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy eBooks – Win 11 books including Cloaked in Fur and Cloaked in Christmas by Celebrate’s own T.F. Walsh plus the entire Zyan Star 4-book series by A.A. Chamberlynn. The winners will receive Book Funnel download links for the books. Enter via rafflecopter on Fantasy Book Giveaways blog. (ENDS DEC 31)

Free Books, Some on Sale, All Genres—Celebrate’s own Patricia Lynn and 17 other authors are offering a special ONE DAY ONLY giveaway and sale on January 1st. Visit the linky list of the 18 authors who’re giving their books away or putting their books on sale on Jan 1 on the Story Dam blog. (One Day Only—January 1st).


For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.

If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here!  Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com

Celebrate: Christmas!

Thank you so much for visiting this blog, reading my posts, and being kind enough to comment.  You brighten my days and lift my spirits!

I wish you and your family happy, healthy, and peaceful holidays!

This one may take a while to open because the file's big, but it is the cutest, prettiest Christmas recipe!

Edible Snow Globes!

My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

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 Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful  for that week.  It can be about writing or family or school or general life.  This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)

Celebrate: Gingerbread & Giveaways

I love Christmas time and the holiday season! I love the lights and decorations, the sparkly trees, and the Christmas movies, and the special foods.  I'm particularly fascinated by gingerbread houses.  I've never had the courage to try one myself, but I love to look at them.

Here are some amazing 

Gingerbread Constructions:

Which one of the gingerbread creations is your favorite?  Have you ever made a gingerbread house?

My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

Celebrate The Small Things Linky:



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 Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful  for that week.  It can be about writing or family or school or general life.  This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)

Foxy's Friday Freebies!

Foxy has been nosing around the net. 

When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Friday Freebies posts -

• Free short stories, novellas, and novels
• Giveaways for books and swag
• Free services for authors

Here are Foxy's suggestions for Dec 16, 2016:

Free Download of Short Story Collection – Download for FREE Not A Drop to Drink by Patsy Collins, a collection of stories that are all liquid-themed. “Scientists say the human body is 70% water, but know that's not true. What flows through yours; angry bile or the milk of human kindness? Blood, sweat and tears of joy or sorrow?”  Download FREE on Amazon

Free for Download Short Story, Plus Chance to Win Two Signed Hardcover YA Fantasy Fairy Tale Re-tellings – Win Spindle and A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston by entering the rafflecopter on YA Books Central blog. (One Day Left to Enter!  Ends Dec 17) 
Free for Download "The Garden of Three Hundred Flowers" (short story) by E.K. Johnston:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Three-Hundred-Flowers-ebook/dp/B01M5HNE6O
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-garden-of-three-hundred-flowers-e-k-johnston/1125053720?ean=9781368008310

Free Signed Hardback of YA SciFi Novel – Win Dotwav by Mike A. Lancaster, about a teen girl hacker who downloads a wav file that doesn’t act like one ever should. Enter via rafflecopter on the YA Books Central blog. (ends Dec 21)

Free $50 Amazon Card, Signed Novel, Plush Toy Tiger, Blanket, Exclusive Tea and Mug – To celebrate the release of Emerge Beyond Circles by John Geers, the author is giving away a $50 Amazon card, signed hardback of the novel, and lot of swag. Enter on the Entry Form on the John Geers blog. (ends Dec 25)


For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.

If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here!  Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com

Celebrate: Surfacing & Giveaways!

This week I decided to put "life" on hold (online and regular) and sleep no more than 4 hours a night to devote myself to cover design for my next book, Coldest Night (the Alaska thriller). I've been trying to come up with a cover for 6 months but never even came close--sort of like writer's block except for art designers.

This week was one of those "I'm going to do it or die trying" weeks.

The bad news is my email is now overflowing, my updates and messages on Twitter and FB are way over 100, and I've got a sore throat.

The good news is I did it! I have 6 or 7 now, and with a few more touch ups and some font, I'll be ready to let my trusty CPs see them and give suggestions for improvement.

What about you? After I get some covers ready to go (probably in Jan), would you be willing to do a poll like I did for Bloodwalker and vote on your favorite covers?

My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

Celebrate The Small Things Linky:



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 Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful  for that week.  It can be about writing or family or school or general life.  This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)

Foxy's Friday Freebies!

Foxy has been nosing around the net. 

When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Friday Freebies posts -

• Free short stories, novellas, and novels
• Giveaways for books and swag
• Free services for authors

Here are Foxy's suggestions for Dec 9, 2016:

Bloodwalker giveaway! Book-blogger Emily of Emily Reads Everything is giving away an ecopy of Bloodwalker as part of a Christmas giveaway. This is the last giveaway for the foreseeable future so enter while you can on the Emily Reads Everything blog. (Enter rafflecopter at the end of the post; ends Dec 31) 

Free Download of Mythical Romance Novel – Download for FREE Immortal Matchmakers, Inc. by New York Times Bestselling Author Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, about a demigod assassin who goes to Goddess Cimil of Matchmakers Inc. so she can find him a mate, but he’s not a very “nice” guy and she has only 7 days to find him a mate. 
Quotes (I don't normally include these but they made me laugh):
"He was more like toilet paper - people needed it but only noticed its importance when lacking."
"He spoke like a man who'd been born in a barn and raised by a pile … of porn magazines."
(Ends Dec 31; For more info go the Romance Novel Giveaways blog.)
Download Immortal Matchmakers, Inc. FREE here: 
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/IMMORTAL-MATCHMAKERS-INC-Immortal-Matchmakers-ebook/dp/B014AMK9UE
B&N-- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/immortal-matchmakers-inc-mimi-jean-pamfiloff/1122562479?ean=2940151033374
Kobo-- https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/immortal-matchmakers-inc
iTunes-- https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/immortal-matchmakers-inc./id1024194257?mt=11&at=10lMeE

Free Download of Romance Novel – Download for FREE Romancing the Montana Bride by Vella Munn, about a couple who return to their honeymoon cabin to save their deteriorating 5-year marriage. The first in the Montana Lakeside series. (For more info go the Romance Novel Giveaways blog.)
Download Romancing the Montana Bride FREE here: 
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Romancing-Montana-Bride-Lakeside-Book-ebook/dp/B01HSJQEQ4/
B&N-- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/romancing-the-montana-bride-vella-munn/1124052094?ean=2940153536972
Kobo-- https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/romancing-the-montana-bride
iTunes-- https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/romancing-the-montana-bride/id1130023490?mt=11&at=10lMeE

Free $20 Gift Card, 2 Signed MG Fantasy Novels, T-shirt & Bracelet – Win signed copies of MG novels Broken Branch Falls and Cradle Falls by Tara Tyler, a Beast World T-shirt and bracelet, plus a $20 gift card on the Julie Flanders blog. (ends Jan 2)

Free Book of Your Choice – Wings ePress Publications is having a Christmas Giveaway on Smashwords. You can have any book of your choice on the Wings ePress website. Genres include: Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Chic Lit, Romance, and many more. Browse their pages, choose your book, and then enter the name and your email info in the Entry Form on the Wings ePress giveaway page. A link to the book on Smashwords will follow by email, along with a coupon to insert during check-out to get the book free.  (ends Dec 31)


For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.

If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here!  Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com

Celebrate: Soul Cutter & Giveaways

Announcing the re-release of Soul Cutter

with new cover!

Soul Cutter
YA Horror/Paranormal Romance
Blurb: 

The Soul Cutter is hunting again.

Seventeen-year-old Élan spends her free time videoing psychic scams and outing them online. Skepticism makes life safe—all the ghosts Élan encounters are fakes. When her estranged mother disappears from a film shoot in Egypt, Élan puts her medium-busting activities on hold and joins the search.

In Egypt, the superstitious film crew sucks at finding her mom. When a hotel guest is killed, whispers start—the locals think their legendary Soul Cutter has come back from the dead. Élan's only ally is Ramsey, a film-crew intern, but he’s arrogant, stubborn—and hiding dangerous secrets.

When Élan discovers the Soul Cutter is no scam, she finds herself locked in a deadly battle against a supernatural killer with more than her mother’s life at stake.

Élan is fighting for her very soul.

Only $2.99 at:   AMAZON      B&N      KOBO      Smashwords

SALE ON DANCING LEMUR PRESS!

If you buy BLOODWALKER (or any other book) from Dancing Lemur Press, you can get another book for FREE!  (It must be same price or lower.) Choose books from Alex J. Cavanaugh, Beverly McClure, Lynda Young, L. Diane Wolfe, Joylene Nowell Butler, and others!


Returning Member for Celebrate – Update Your Blog Rolls:
On Becoming a Writer (Marilyn Parel) http://www.onbecomingawriter.com/blog/
Welcome Back Marilyn!

My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

Celebrate The Small Things Linky:



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 Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful  for that week.  It can be about writing or family or school or general life.  This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)

Foxy's Friday Freebies!

Foxy has been nosing around the net. 

When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Friday Freebies posts -

• Free short stories, novellas, and novels
• Giveaways for books and swag
• Free services for authors

Here are Foxy's suggestions for Dec 2, 2016:

Free Memoir Novel about the Moulin Rouge – Win the memoir Paris Nights: My Year with the Moulin Rouge by Cliff Simon and Loren Stevens, a memoir about a star’s life and times at the famous Paris cabaret, the Moulin Rouge. Enter via Entry Form on the France Book Tours blog. (ends Dec 31)

Free Fantasy 4-Book Set – Win New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, plus children’s book Sam & Anna: Home for Christmas. Enter via Entry form, (the answer to the question is Scarlet Rose Bonnet, make sure to reply to the follow-up email) on the Scarlet Rose Bonnet blog. (ends Dec 6)

Free $50 Amazon Card & 8 Fantasy Novels – Win a $50 Amazon card plus 8 fantasy novels, including In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware, The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater, Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, and Dark Witch by Nora Roberts. Enter via Entry Form on the John Geers blog. (ends Dec 18)

Free $100 Paypal & $120 Paypal  & a 100 Prize Giveway – Enter two rafflecopter giveaways on author’s Claudette Melanson’s blog. #1 - Sign up for her newsletter and be entered to win $100 Paypal USD (ends Jan 20). #2 - Second rafflecopter has 100 prizes, including $120 Paypal USD, free books, and gift certificates from 30 authors (ends Jan 1).

For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.

If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here!  Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com

Celebrate: Thanksgiving & Giveaways

For those in the US celebrating Thanksgiving, I hope you enjoyed your holiday, and here are some Thanksgiving laughs for you!

My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

Celebrate The Small Things Linky:



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Foxy's Friday Freebies!

Foxy has been nosing around the net. 

When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Friday Freebies posts -

• Free short stories, novellas, and novels
• Giveaways for books and swag
• Free services for authors

Here are Foxy's suggestions for Nov 25, 2016:

Free Download of Sexy Shapeshifter Romance Novelette – FREE download of Fierce Wanderer by Liza Street, about  a woman trying to escape from her drug-dealer ex-fiance, who’s also the town sheriff, and the sexy man she meets while on the run. (For more info go the Romance Novel Giveaways blog.)
Download Fierce Wanderer FREE here: 
Amazon-- https://www.amazon.com/Fierce-Wanderer-Sierra-Pride-Book-ebook/dp/B01F3VAUD2
B&N-- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fierce-wanderer-liza-street/1124564728?ean=2940153382708
Kobo-- https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/fierce-wanderer
iTunes-- https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/fierce-wanderer/id1150836963?mt=11&at=10lMeE

Free New Book of Your Choice – Win any November release of your choice up to $20. Open internationally as long as the Book Depository ships to your address. Enter the rafflecopter on the Books and Wonderful Things blog. (ends Nov 30)

Free YA Mystery Paperback – Win The Amateurs by Sara Shepard (the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars), about a Veronica Mars type and her group of friends who are determined to solve a murder cold case. Enter via rafflecopter on the YA Books Central blog. (ends Dec 4)

Free YA Signed Fantasy Paperback – Win Faete by Aimee Oswald Sellars, about fates, family secrets and magic colliding in a dark and twisting tale of love, lies, loss and obsession. Enter via rafflecopter on the YA Books Central blog. (US only; ends Dec 4)


For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.

If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here!  Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com