Celebrate: Giveaways & More Giveaways!

I have lots to celebrate this week!
1) The temperature finally dipped to the point where I can open the window late at night and let in fresh, COOL air.  Yay!
2) I'm very pleased that my publisher not only got my book in front of a Publishers Weekly reviewer and they gave Bloodwalker a good review (I can't link to the site because it's subscriber only, but it's on my page HERE), but she also sent the book to Library Journal and their review will come out in the Oct 15th edition of their magazine. She's been informed that it will be a featured, starred review with a picture of the cover! Both media sites are hard to get onto (and harsh critics), so I feel very fortunate they liked Bloodwalker so much! Woohoo!

3) I did a guest post for 2 Book Lovers Reviews where they asked me to pick 5 favorite horror books. To plug the guest post on Twitter, I included the handles of the authors, including J.A. Konrath, and I was thrilled like a schoolkid when he retweeted me! J.A. Konrath is the godfather of Indie Publishing, a multi-published bestselling author, and has an influential blog called A Newbie's Guide to Publishing. 

4) I'm delighted to announce that there are two book-bl0gger giveaways of Bloodwalker this month only. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, run quick like a bunny and enter the rafflecopters on:

Graeme Ing's Blog (ends October 24)

O.D. Book Reviews (ends October 31)

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)

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 Oct 14, 2016:

Free Download of Comedy Short Story – Celebrate’s own Julia Thorley has a free short story out called “Briefs Encounter.” I read it, adored it, and gave it 5-stars! I guarantee lots of chuckles as you read this short tale about a woman being thrust into an embarrassing close encounter with an aggressive escalator!
Three reasons to get this funny short story. 1) It’s FREE! 2) It’ll add laughter to your day. 3) Supporting your fellow Celebrate authors brings you good karma!
Download all formats of “Briefs Encounter” from Smashwords.

Free YA Thriller Novel – Celebrate’s own Yvonne Ventrasca has a great new thriller out called Black Flowers, White Lies, about a girl whose father’s death is raising questions and sparking strange occurrences. Yvonne is giving away the book via rafflecopter on the YA Books Central blog. (ends Nov 8)

Free 45 Science Fiction and 60 Fantasy eBooks – There’s a special limited-time giveaway where over 100 authors are offering free books via InstaFreebie. Go to the page, scroll down to the book covers, click on the cover of the book you want and be taken to an InstaFreebie page. Once there you must leave your email (you’ll be signed up for the author’s email list) and choose the format you’d like (epub, mobi or PDF) and click “Claim!” The book will be sent to your email address. Go to Dean Wilson’s blog.  (ends Oct 18)

Free Thriller Novel – Win Fractured by Catherine McKenzie, about a family moving to new city to get away from a stalker but begin to receive threats. The author is giving away a copy of the novel via rafflecopter on The Book Whisperer blog. Few entries = Good chance to win! (US & Canada residents only; ends Oct 17) 

Free YA Paranormal Romance PDF – Win Sunrise by Scott J. Abel, about an angel who fights to keep a boy’s soul away from the dark things that hunt him in the hours before sunrise. Enter via rafflecopter on the CBY Book Club blog. (ends Oct 30)

Free $100 Amazon Gift Card – Win a $100 Amazon card on the giveaway site: Giveaway Promote. (ends Oct 26)

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