Celebrate: Cloaked in Blood & Lots of Giveaways!

This week I'm celebrating:
1) Publisher edits on BLOODWALKER were completed last week, but could I leave well enough alone?  No.  Especially when the publisher told me to do a final read through and revise anything I wanted to.  (It's writers' little secret that they'd never stop editing if they could. Never!!) So 5 days later, I finished my edits. ...need sleep...
2) Hubby was sick all week, so guess who had to go shopping, get medicine, and do all the chores and cooking?  But now he's on the mend, and I should get some help soon.  :)
3) I'm so proud of my fabulous CP, T.F. Walsh, who has just released the 3rd novel in her Wulfkin Legacy series. Woohoo! 

Cloaked in Blood  by T.F. Walsh 

(The Wulfkin Legacy #3) 

Published by: Crimson Romance

Publication date: May 9th 2016 

Genres: Adult, Paranormal

Synopsis:
        The daughter of a sultan alpha, Selena Kurt agrees to an arranged wulfkin mating to protect her sister from a dangerous alpha from the enemy clan. To her surprise, her match is Marcin Ulf, the next in line for the Hungarian throne . . . and the wulfkin who broke her heart years ago.
         Marcin is just as shocked to learn he'll be matched to the enemy's daughter and the woman he's never forgotten. Before they can be paired, however, they're drawn into a tournament where Marcin will compete to free his estranged imprisoned brother, while Selena battles for the life of another wulfkin alpha. Both intend to seize this chance to save those they're fighting for - even if it means facing off with one another just as their romance rekindles.
        Will tribe loyalty triumph, or will they realize they're better off as a team before it's too late?

BUY LINKS: Amazon  Kobo   B&N   Googleplay   iTunes 

Cloaked in Blood is the book 3 in the Wulfkin Legacy series, but can be read a stand-alone-book.

Wulfkin Legacy Series:
Cloaked (prequel to #1) – Out now
Cloaked in Fur (Book #1) – Out now
Cloaked in Secrecy (Book #2) – Out now
Cloaked in Blood (Book #3) – Out now
Cloaked in Christmas – End of 2016

AUTHOR BIO:
T.F. Walsh emigrated from Romania to Australia at the age of eight and now lives in a regional city south of Sydney with her husband. Growing up hearing dark fairytales, she's always had a passion for reading and writing horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy and young adult stories. She balances all the dark with light fluffy stuff like baking and traveling.

Author links: 
http://www.tfwalsh.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tfwalsh
https://twitter.com/TFWalsh
https://www.pinterest.com/tfwalsh/
www.goodreads.com/author/show/7150942.T_F_Walsh
http://www.amazon.com/T.F.-Walsh/e/B00DW1C56Q

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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 May 13, 2016:

Free YA Contemporary Thriller Novel – Win 1 of 5 copies of Look Past by Eric Devine, about a transgender male whose girlfriend is brutally murdered and the killer who’s determined to make him regret his decision to change sexes, the author is giving away the novel via rafflecopter on the YA Books Central blog. (ends May 20)

Free YA SciFi Historical Romance Novel – Win The Guardian by Elizabetta Holcomb, about a Duke in 1312 who will be crucial to the future and the 21st Century girl sent back through time to become his Duchess and protect him from his enemies, the author is giving away the novel via rafflecopter on YA Books Central blog. (ends May 21)

Free YA Dark Paranormal Novel – Win Invision by Sherrilyn Kenyon (NY Times bestselling author), about a the son of a demon overlord tasked with bringing about the end of the world, but all he wants to do is get into a good college, the author is giving away the novel via rafflecopter on the YA Books Central blog. (ends May 25)

Free $10 Amazon Gift Card - To celebrate the release of Run by H.G. Lynch, a Paranormal Romance about a hunted witch who finds sanctuary with a pack of werewolf shifters, but both the alpha and his brother want to claim her for their own, the author is giving away a $10 Amazon card via rafflecopter on Juniper Grove Book Solutions blog. (ends May 22)

Free $10 Amazon Gift Card - To celebrate the release of True Born (YA Dystopian SciFi) by L.E. Sterling, about a future where radiation has damaged the Earth, creating separate levels of survivors between those who struggle to fix their DNA and the few who are immune, the author is giving away a $10 Amazon card via rafflecopter on My Book Addiction blog. (ends May 23)

Free $20 Amazon Gift Card – To celebrate the release of Eerie by C.M. McCoy, about a young woman hiding out at a spooky university to evade an ancient beast sworn to kill her, the author is giving away a $20 Amazon card via rafflecopter on Juniper Grove Book Solutions blog. (ends May 30)

Free $50 Amazon Gift Card - To celebrate the release of Everafter (Paranormal Romance) by M. Lathan, about a young woman dying of cancer who is changed into an immortal being who can control life and death with a single touch, the author is giving away a $50 Amazon card via rafflecopter on My Book Addiction blog. (ends May 18)


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, Cloaked in Fur on sale & Freebies

Last week, in a naive moment, I compared revising to growing a bonsai tree, and I said I needed to "snip some here and let it grow bigger there."  Yeah, sure. Just a few subtle changes -- NOT!!  I had to prune Chapter 7 completely off the WIP tree and then rewrite from scratch. I'm about three quarters through, but now it's a first draft and will take even more time to revise.  *sigh*

This week I'm celebrating knowing when I need to "kill my darlings" and completely rewrite.

Do you ever start revising a chapter and realize it's better to start from scratch?

CLOAKED IN FUR 

is on sale!!

BUY:  Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Kobo, iTunes

Tania Walsh is a fantastic writer and 

her Paranormal novel rocks!

It's only 99-cents ~ you've got to buy it!!

Foxy's Friday Freebies!

Foxy has been nosing around the net. 
When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Fridays Freebies posts -

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

Here are Foxy's suggestions for July 18, 2014:
Free Fantasy Novella -- “Heart of a Dragon,” by Mary-Jean Harris, from her Soul Wanderers series pubbed by MuseItUp. (Download in PDF or ePUB --> HERE)

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

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! 

Writing Process & Celebrate

Oh no!!

I have no book features to hide behind this week. I must actually write something for a blog post!
 
Luckily, my friend, Jeff Chapman has tagged me in the Writing Process Blog Hop where they give me the questions to answer.  (Whew.  Close one.)

1)  What am I working on?  A thriller with a theme of medical ethics.

2)  How does my work differ from others of its genre?  My books are all set in Egypt with realistic details about the people and the culture.

3)  Why do I write what I do?  I've always loved reading  horror/thrillers. They keep me glued to the page because their stakes are the highest -- life and death.

4)  How does your writing process work?  It's different with every book.  I don't believe in hard and fast rules. A writer should be open to doing whatever works best for them.  :)

Here are the two Fabulous people I'm passing the Writing  Process Blog Hop onto:

TF Walsh writes fantasy, romance and paranormal stories for both adults and young adult. CLOAKED IN FUR, a paranormal suspense, is her debut novel from Crimson Romance.  Buy it here:   AMAZON    B&N    iTUNES    KOBO    ALL ROMANCE    GOOGLE BOOKS    ADAM'S MEDIA

 

Kate Larkindale is the author of 8 YA contemporary novels (5 of which other people might one day be allowed to see) and one terrible historical romance. Her debut, An Unstill Life, is available now.  

CELEBRATE THE SMALL THINGS

This week I'm celebrating:
1)  I've written 4 posts for the A-Z.  I know I need to get cracking, but at least it's a start!
2)  I added another 5k to my WIP -- before coming to a dead stop.  I confess I'm a world-class procrastinator.  Like a child that doesn't want to clean its room, I'm great at finding anything to do other than write, like:

• Facebook?  You betcha.  Never met a LOLCat I didn't like.
• Email stalking?  Yup.  I'm not expecting anything important, but even the spam begins to look interesting when I'm supposed to be writing.
• Forum Posting?  Oh, yeah.  When procrastinating, I turn into a non-stop Yakity-yak Monster and get disappointed when peeps don't reply at the supersonic speed with which I can post crap in my forums.
• TV.  'Nuff said.
• Household Chores?  The bane of my existence.  Yet suddenly vacuuming, mopping, and even scrubbing the toilet jump to the top of my To-Do list.

Does anyone else need to join Procrastinator's Anonymous?  What do you do when you should be writing?

 

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! 

Cloaked in Fur Release & IWSG

Cloaked in Fur

Paranormal Suspense with Strong Romance

Released August 5th, 2013
Available now!

Synopsis:
          As a moonwulf, Daciana never expected to fall in love with a human.  Hell, she never imagined that she’d abandon her pack, endanger everyone around her, and break the worst rule possible.  But she did.
          A rogue werewolf is killing Daciana’s friends, and she sets on capturing the creature.  She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the beast.  The police and her boyfriend, Inspector Connell Lonescu, are starting to question her involvement in the murders, which is endangering the pack’s secret existence.  But when the pack alpha kidnaps Connell, revealing the awful truth about the creature and its connection to the pack, Daciana must choose between saving the man she loves and saving her pack family from certain death.

Publisher: Crimson Romance

Buy CLOAKED IN FUR at these links:

Amazon

Amazon UK

Barnes & Noble

iTunes

Crimson Romance Books

Author: T. F. Walsh


T.F. Walsh emigrated from Romania to Australia at the age of eight and now lives in a regional city south of Sydney with her husband.  Growing up hearing dark fairytales, she's always had a passion for reading and writing horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy and young adult stories.  She balances all the dark with light fluffy stuff like baking and traveling.

Author Links:
Website 
Twitter 
Facebook
Pinterest

Goodreads

Tania is one of my brilliant CPs.  I read Cloaked in Fur several times as she worked to make it the best book possible -- and it is!  With a tough, impetuous heroine, exciting action, and a very romantic leading man, this book will delight anyone who loves Paranormal Suspense, Dark Fantasy, or Action/Adventure.  Buy it and see for yourself! ~ Lexa Cain

Insecure Writer's Support Group

Excuses why I'm not writing and my (better) self arguing!

Me:  It's too hot out.  I hate summer.
Myself:  That's why you have the air conditioner, dummy.
Me:  I have too many other responsibilities and not enough time.
Myself:  Waaa-waaa-waaa. Plenty of writers are busier than you and they're getting books written.
Me:  I'm not sure it's good enough.
Myself:  What? The empty screen isn't good enough?
Me:  No, I mean my WIP, my idea, my writing...
Myself:  If you don't keep going, you'll ever know.
Me:  But I've been writing a bit during the past month, and I didn't come close to my goal!
Myself:  Don't focus on what you didn't accomplish; focus on what you did.
Me:  But ... but ... but ...
Myself:  In the time you've wasted coming up with excuses, you could've written a page or two.  JUST DO IT!!

This is a post for the Insecure Writer's Support Group, the brainchild of Alex J. Cavanaugh. It exists so the community of blogging writers can share and support each other, blog-hopping to cheerlead and commiserate. To find out more, visit: Insecure Writer's Support Group.

Cover Reveal: Cloaked in Fur

Available August 5th, 2013

Cloaked in Fur

Paranormal Suspense with Strong Romance

Synopsis:
          As a moonwulf, Daciana never expected to fall in love with a human.  Hell, she never imagined that she’d abandon her pack, endanger everyone around her, and break the worst rule possible.  But she did.

          A rogue werewolf is killing Daciana’s friends, and she sets on capturing the creature.  She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the beast.  The police and her boyfriend, Inspector Connell Lonescu, are starting to question her involvement in the murders, which is endangering the pack’s secret existence.  But when the pack alpha kidnaps Connell, revealing the awful truth about the creature and its connection to the pack, Daciana must choose between saving the man she loves and saving her pack family from certain death.


Publisher: Crimson Romance

Author: T. F. Walsh

T.F. Walsh emigrated from Romania to Australia at the age of eight and now lives in a regional city south of Sydney with her husband.  Growing up hearing dark fairytales, she's always had a passion for reading and writing horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy and young adult stories.  She balances all the dark with light fluffy stuff like baking and traveling.




Author Links:
Website:  http://tfwalsh.wordpress.com
Twitter:  www.twitter.com/TFWalsh
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/TF-Walsh-Author/399540826795103?ref=hl
Pinterest:  http://pinterest.com/tfwalsh/
Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18132518-cloaked-in-fur