Road to Somewhere, Giveaways & Celebrate

Exciting stuff today!

Two of my Inklings Literary Agency sisters are revealing the cover of their novel, Road to Somewhere, coming out from Bloomsbury Spark.  They have a giveaway for an ARC of the book.  Woohoo!  I have a guest post and a giveaway of Soul Cutter at Unicorn Bell! Plus, I'm celebrating.  Read on for more!

New! From Bloomsbury Spark, a sunny heartwarming story of discovery and sisterhood. 

A road trip. A singing competition. And super-hot cowboys. 

What could be better? 

For Charlie, a post-high school road trip isn't just a vacation, it's life changing. While her parents think she's helping a friend move, a chance at fame is the real reason to grab her best friends and drive to L.A. But when her super annoying, uber-responsible, younger sister, Lucy, has to tag along, it isn't quite the summer of fun she imagined. 

Add in a detour to her grandparents' ranch in Texas, and between mucking the stalls, down-home cookin’, and drool worthy ranch hands, this could just turn into the best, and most complicated, summer of their lives.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

My guest post

Getting an Agent

is up at Unicorn Bell!

Plus, there's a chance to win a free ecopy of

Soul Cutter

Leave a comment and enter the rafflecopter.

CELEBRATE THE SMALL THINGS

Today I'm celebrating:
1)  The tourist biz isn't going well in Egypt (no surprise, right?), and my hubby's hotel has now cut him down to part time hours.  So why am I celebrating?  I'm celebrating he still has a job at all.  Many who we know don't.
2)  An awesome post by Mooderino made me realize my new WIP's main character doesn't have urgent enough goals.  Ack! Writerly meltdown! Quick -- replot everything!  So why am I celebrating?  It's a lot better to know things like this early than late, right?  Plus, I discovered I just have to re-do the motivation, which was easy!
3)  With hubs home more (due to lay-off) and taking up more of my time, I have less time to write.  So why am I celebrating?  He's kinda sweet and has been offering to cook.  Now if I could just get him to offer to do the cleaning, since I do 95% of it...

What percentage of the cooking and cleaning do you or your significant other do around the house?

This post is part of VikLit's blog hop, Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is follow the link and put your name on the Mr.Linky list, and then be sure to 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! 

Celebrate & I Have Treasure!

The donated prizes Julie and I have received for our Dream Destination Blog-Hop Dec 5-8 are so COLOSSAL that my entire blog is splitting at the seams!  Yup, I couldn't fit everything in here and had to add another sidebar. 

Blog-Hop Rafflecopter Prize List

First up are 2 prizes from my Super Agent -- Michelle Johnson

Michelle L. Johnson is a literary agent, the founder of Inklings Literary Agency and has a business administration background in addition to a lifetime of working with books (sales, editing, and writing) and authors (marketing, promoting, event planning). She is also a script/story consultant for an independent film under production in Halifax, NS.

A 5-page Critique from Michelle Johnson
A Query Critique from Michelle Johnson 
 

A 5-page Critique from stellar author -- C. Lee McKenzie

A Book Bundle from Julie's publisher -- Ink Smith Publishing
(assorted titles and authors)

Champion in the Darkness (ebook) -- Tyrean Martinson

The 13th Floor Complete Collection (ebook) -- Christine Rains

Drowned Sorrow (ebook) -- Vanessa Morgan

One ebook from author Mary Pax (winner's choice)

Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. (ebook) -- Medeia Sharif

Winner's Choice of either Three Daves, Divine Temptation, or Hans & Greta -- Nicki Elson

The People We Used To Be (ebook) -- Madeline Mora-Summonte

Marionette (ebook) -- T.B. Markinson

One Set of both ebooks -- Memories of Murder and Murder, Madness, and Love -- Yolanda Renee

One Set of both ebooks -- Murder, Madness, and Love and Memories of Murder -- Yolanda Renee
(Not a typo. Yolanda donated TWO SETS of her books! WOW!)

 Dangled Carat (ebook) -- Hilary Grossman

AlmaMia Cienfuegos and Other Stories (ebook) -- Magaly Guerrero




And last but certainly not least:

The Ghosts of Aquinnah (ebook) -- Julie Flanders

Soul Cutter (ebook) -- Lexa Cain

*Special prize for the Best Picture*
The blogger with the best 

Dream Destination picture will receive both 

Soul Cutter and The Ghosts of Aquinnah

(For RULES and INFORMATION click --> Dream Destination Blog-Hop Dec 5-8)

Celebrate The Small Things

This week I'm celebrating:

1)  People's donations floored me. Wow. WOW. WOW!  Seriously, I teared up and got all sniffly.  I'm so delighted, honored, and grateful for the generous spirits in our writing community. <3 <3 <3

2)  To promote Soul Cutter,  I'm finding pictures and adding matching quotes from the book.  I swear there are nice things---really nice things---that I don't even remember writing.  I'm like, "I wrote that? Really? ME? Dang, that's some nice stuff ... Are you sure I wrote that?"

Have any of you ever run across your own writing and been surprised---and proud---that it was yours?

This post is part of VikLit's blog hop, Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is follow the link and put your name on the Mr.Linky list, and then be sure to 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!