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Goodreads Giveaway – After The Virus in Paperback

Enter to win a paperback copy of After the Virus from August 27 – September 7, 2012.

Accepting international entries.

ENTER HERE

AUTOGRAPHED COPY!

“After the Virus sucked me in and didn’t let me go – the writing was great, the characterisation excellent and the plot kept me on the edge of my seat.” – 4 stars, Kat from The Aussie Zombie, http://theaussiezombie.blogspot.ca

“Hold onto your hat! Prepare to enjoy a wild journey of the good, bad, and ugly after an apocalypse.” – 5 stars, Susan Frushour, Goodreads/Amazon review

“Bad guys become good, worse guys stay bad and humanity fights for what’s right. What more could I ask for? Oh and then Doidge added zombies. Bottom line, I loved [After The Virus]!” – 5 stars, Suzie Ivy, http://badluckdetective.com

Synopsis: After the virus decimates 99.9% of the world’s population, and all traces of humanity along with it, Rhiannon and Will are forced to move beyond their past fame, fortune, and personal demons to rescue a mute girl from the clutches of two warring cults.

Keywords: post-apocalyptic, dystopia, survival, zombies, suspense, thriller, horror, love

Categories: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Fiction

ENTER HERE

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On My Desk Today publishing self-publishing writing

In Today’s Mail: giveaway copies of After the Virus and Spirit Binder

This lovely (and large) box arrived in today’s mail. Oh, yes, those are 10 paperback copies of After The Virus and Spirit Binder. And yes, there will be giveaways.

I’ll keep you posted.

 

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On My Desk Today writing

On My Desk Today: Ready? Set. Go!

Ready?

  •  background / location /characters /plot  – brainstormed – check.
  •  new 300 page notebook, titled, and blank page awaiting brilliance (or at least some words … hopefully pieced together into a story) – check.
  •  red ink topped in the fountain pen – check.

Set?

  • new Marianas Trench & Alanis Morissette & The Killers on the headphones

GO!!!!!!!!!

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Love, blood, & lemon-filled donuts . . .

“On the floor, the lemon-filling had spattered out of his half eaten donut. Phil kicked at the donut, missed, and slipped in the powdered sugar that now coated the immediate vicinity. Once he’d regained his balance, Phil felt bad about the mess, so he retrieved the donut with the hanky he carried in his breast pocket. It would have been smarter to use the handkerchief on his broken nose, but Phil always had a difficult time putting his own needs first.”

– Love Lies Bleeding, the novella (TBR September 2012)

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publishing writing

Guess what came in the mail today?

I almost immediately yanked them out of the box while squealing – I didn’t even hear the mail courier drop them – but I managed to contain myself long enough to grab my phone and snap a picture:

These are the proofs for After The Virus and Spirit Binder from Createspace. I been anxiously waiting for these to arrive (almost three weeks from shipping date, FYI).

I needed scissors to get the packages open … I guess customs opened the package at the U.S. border, so hopefully they liked what they saw: I DO!!

Interior: After The Virus
Interior: Spirit Binder

It is so exciting to see them in print!

Now to approve the proofs!!

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A conversation with Leo about the blueberry box

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“That blueberry box is clearly too small for you, Leo.”

Leo blatantly ignores Meghan, even though she just so happens to feed him regularly and provide such things as blueberries boxes, looms, and other great places to nap.

“And it’s hanging half off the counter. You might tip and fall.”

Leo continues to ignore Meghan, who is obviously exaggerating as humans have such a propensity to do.

“Fine. I’ll just post a picture of you on the blog then.”

Leo, not even remotely motivated by this nothing of a threat, doesn’t bother to crack an eye for the pictures. What does he care of the blog when he has this perfectly sized box to nap in?

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ebook publishing self-publishing writing

Spirit Binder Blog Tour

Starting today Spirit Binder will be on a one week blog tour hosted by Bewitching Book Tours. I’ll update with direct links as the posts go live.

Here is the current schedule:

July 20 Behind A Million And One Pages

Guest blog – Post 1: What Inspired Spirit Binder: Opening Scenes

July 21 Book Nerd Revealed

Promotional Stop – Excerpt

July 21 Crossroads

Promo and review

July 22 Reader Girls

Guest blog – Post 2: What Inspired Spirit Binder: The World

July 22 Happy Tails & Tales

Review & Interview

July 22 Coffee Addicted Writer

Promo

July 23 Book on the Bright Side

Guest blog – Post 3: What Inspired Spirit Binder: Character Names

July 23 Mila Ramos, Paranormal & Contemporary Romance

Promo & Excerpt

July 24 It’s A Hardcover Life

Guest blog – Post 4: What Inspired Spirit Binder: Settings/Locations

July 25 A Bibliophile’s Thoughts on Books

Guest blog – Post 5: What Inspired Spirit Binder: Theme

July 26 Chapter by Chapter

Promo

July 27 Manga Maniac Café

Interview

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GIVEAWAY!!! {Review} Spirit Binder by Meghan Ciana Doidge (The Cascadian Chronicles #1)

GIVEAWAY!!! {Review} Spirit Binder by Meghan Ciana Doidge (The Cascadian Chronicles #1).

Check out the first (4-star! YAY!) review of Spirit Binder by A Book Vacation, and enter into a giveaway of the ebook at the same time.

 

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The Anatomy of a Book Cover

Irene Langholm recently re-envisioned the book cover for After The Virus and the amount of work she put into it was crazy and amazing at the same time. So I thought you all might like to see what an artist does when pitched a basic plot from an author … through concept … to completion.

I am absolutely infatuated with the finished product, BTW (in case there was any lingering doubt). Click the image to get a closer look:

The Anatomy of a Book Cover – After The Virus –  by Irene Langholm

Finished cover and sources:

http://irenelangholm.deviantart.com/art/After-the-Virus-310887976

Stock used:
http://freetextures.deviantart.com/art/Texture10-asphalt-67439625
http://waxsphere-stock.deviantart.com/art/asphalt-stock-50308707
http://arkaydo.deviantart.com/art/asphalt-texture-171800902
http://darkrose42-stock.deviantart.com/art/Army-56617154
http://pendlestock.deviantart.com/art/Fossil-120329445
http://hatestock.deviantart.com/art/Paper-stock-9-91944104
http://bashcorpo.deviantart.com/art/Grungy-paper-texture-v-1-22965919
http://agent-kstock.deviantart.com/art/snowy-mountains-75365193
http://hoschie-stock.deviantart.com/art/street-47084536
http://rml-stock.deviantart.com/art/Street-Stock-05-75324962
http://sirius-sdz.deviantart.com/art/texture-100-106021598
http://babybird-stock.deviantart.com/art/White-crumbled-paper-texture-48496295

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“Why yes, I am supposed to be editing After The Virus. Why do you ask?”