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So let’s have a postcard and tattoo giveaway!

I’ve had a rough week. Something nasty escalated within a group I was highly invested in while I was happy working away on the second draft of Dowser 6. And when I discovered it, I was seriously blindsided. So much so that – I’m almost ashamed to admit – I spent a couple days in tears and NOT WRITING.

Of course, tears always lead to numbness then to anger for me. So now I’m peeved to have been sidetracked from a WIP that was giving me so much joy.

Thankfully my sweetheart, Michael, dug around in storage and found my Oracle tattoos! Some of you had been asking about how to get your hands on the butterflies, and you know nothing perks me up like a giveaway … so how about it?

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Yes, I’m shamelessly asking you to make me feel better by completely distracting me, and doing a mini media blitz for the Oracle series at the same time. Completely shameless.

To enter: For the next 36 or so hours … so until Sunday at 8pm PST … do one or more of the following:

  1. drop a link to an HONEST review here in the comments – from Amazon or Goodreads or wherever you reviewed either book 1 or 2. Doesn’t matter what star rating you gave it. All reviews are appreciated. Then email me your mailing address at info [at]madebymeghan.ca [mention what name you commented under please].
  2. Or tweet a link to your HONEST review OR write up a mini tweet review, making sure to tag me @mcdoidge and #oracleseries. Then email me your mailing address at info [at]madebymeghan.ca [mentioning what name you tweet under please.]
  3. Or share your HONEST review on Facebook – either on your personal page or on my Facebook page. Tag me if you can (sometime this doesn’t work: Meghan Ciana Doidge) and add the hashtag #oracleseries. Then email me your mailing address at info [at]madebymeghan.ca [mention what name you posted under please].
  4. Blog your HONEST review and email me/tweet/Facebook the link so I see it and share it [this applies to older or newer blog posts]. Then email me your mailing address at info [at]madebymeghan.ca
  5. You decide. Do you Instagram? Pinterest? Would you prefer to share a meme or book cover or artwork or favourite quote along with your HONEST review or mini review? Share something Oracle related, tag me somehow, and include #oracleseries if appropriate. Then email me your mailing address at info [at]madebymeghan.ca and link me to whatever you shared. 🙂

Okay, I just typed that all up and I think I might be crazy … I’m definitely going to need some more stamps. LOL

What do you think? Want a postcard and some tattoos?

Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Follow the entry requirements listed above and everyone is a winner. 😀 Reviews do not have to be new. If you reviewed either book months ago that counts, just share it and link me please.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away.

Contest closes SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2016 at 8 p.m. PST.

<3 <3 <3

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excerpts teaser writing

Dowser 6: Warner and Jade chat over dim sum

I stared at Warner, mouth agape. “You knocked on the door of the big bad of London because I was concerned?”

Warner shrugged. “It’s good to keep them a little shaken up.”

“How shaken?”

Warner grinned wickedly. “Well, he’s going to have to rebuild a tower that was probably seismically substandard anyway.”

“You … destroyed the big bad’s … castle?”

“Destroyed is such a harsh word.”

Chapter 1, Dowser 6 – [unedited] second draft

Release date TBA [Spring 2016]

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inspiration Little Pleasures photography

A jet stream … and a turtle?

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A jet stream over the ferry and through an orange sunset
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Apparently, this evening was the perfect time to carry a log around on your back. Well, if you are a Yellow-Bellied Slider …
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Dowser Series: Goodreads Audiobook Giveaway

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic

by Meghan Ciana Doidge

Giveaway ends February 19, 2016.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Via the publisher. 5 copies up for grabs. Open in the USA only.

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Dowser Series: Audiobook Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED WINNER TBA 

This box of goodies from Tantor Media was waiting in my mailbox this afternoon:

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Yep! That is the Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1) audiobook on … wait for it … ACTUAL CD. SIX CDs to be exact. Weird, huh?

Michael is currently scrambling around trying to figure out what we own that can play CDs. He’s currently attempting to boot up an old laptop. But not being able to play them myself isn’t going to stop me from giving one away!

Do you want to win a set of Dowser 1 audiobook CDs? I’ll even pull out the front sleeve and autograph it for you if you like. 😀

To enter all you need to do is comment below and let me know:

  1. If you could listen to ANY BOOK narrated by ANY PERSON, what book and narrator would that be?

Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Each comment will be assigned an entry number. ONE winning entry will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.

Contest closes SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2016 at 8 p.m. PST.

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meme writing

Dowser 2: sexy shifters

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Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (Dowser 2)

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10 seconds of chicken TV

Testing video on the new camera … this time in natural, low exterior light. 🙂

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inspiration Little Pleasures personal reflection photography Salt Spring Island writing

An afternoon walk in January on the West Coast

Walking under mossy boughs, mud and tree roots tangle our feet along the edge of Duck Creek. Despite the roar of the run off, a breath of peace captivates our ever-teeming brains. Then it’s back to work …

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Tasting: Akesson’s 75% Criollo Cocoa

Yes, Dowser series research is just so damn hard. Sigh.

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Akesson’s award-winning Madagascar Ambolikapiky Plantation, 75% Criollo Cocoa. If you follow that link it’s the second bar down on the page.

This is a brand new bar for me. YAY! I purchased it during my New Year’s Eve rush through Xoxolat. Fearing they were going to close before I could get there, I called ahead of time to say I was only blocks away. Arriving 10 minutes before closing, I flew along the shelves snatching up old favourites as well as some new bars – astonishing an employee I’d never met, though the lovely owner didn’t batt an eyelash. I – of course and always – dented my visa hard and was out the door 8 minutes later.

Tasting notes

  • My thoughts: 1st taste – silky smooth, deep cocoa. Buttery. Lingering, pleasant aftertaste. 2nd taste – subtle tartness, very buttery, the cocoa coats the tongue and mouth.
  • According to the bar: expressive cocoa aroma with a subtle fruity-sweet tartness and pleasant flavour notes that evoke citrus and red berries.

Usually my sweet spot is 65% – 70% cocoa but there was no niggling bitterness or harshness to this 75%. I’m pretty sure this bar will be making an appearance in the Dowser Series.

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audiobooks publishing

Happy Release Day, Dowser 1: the Audiobook

Tantor Media has just released Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1) in audiobook format. Whoot! Whoot!

You’ll find the Dowser 1 audiobook here on Audible, Amazon, B&N, iTunes, and Tantor Media.

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The Dowser Series is narrated by Caitlin Davies (House of Night, Talon Saga) and published by Tantor Media.

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Caitlin Davies narrates the Dowser Series

Bio: Caitlin is a voiceover artist and audiobook narrator. She is the voice of a number of popular audiobook series including the House of Night, Penryn & the End of Days, Dragon Blood, and The Talon Saga.  She was part of the multi-cast recording of The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone which received an AudioFile Earphones Award.

 

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Audiobook release schedule

January 26, 2016 – Dowser 1
February 23, 2016 – Dowser 2
March 22, 2016 – Dowser 3
April 26, 2016 – Dowser 4
May 24, 2016 – Dowser 5

Stay tuned for a giveaway via Tantor Media coming Feb 5 – 19, 2016.