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Love Lies Bleeding possible memes

Further to my post about ATV below, here are the quotes I am testing out for my crazy novella, Love Lies Bleeding.   Michael thinks the last one is too long, but a lot of the (interestingly, all female) writers in my writer’s group really liked it.

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After The Virus memes

So some authors are trying to create memes for their books for marketing purposes, and I thought I would give it a go as well. I’m focusing on ATV and LLB because I have a sale and a giveaway going on next week for those titles. Here are the quotes I’ve tried so far: Suggestions? […]

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And the winners are …

Thank you to everyone who participated in my birthday giveaway and book sale! Your comments, tweets, and shares helped make my birthday a super fun day! The winners are: The Cupcakes (Etc) paperbacks are being mailed off to: Patricia from Saskatchewan (yay, fellow Canadian!!) and Sandy from New Jersey. Amy from Ohio also won via Goodreads. […]

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Massive Birthday Book Sale & Giveaway

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!  So guess who is turning forty tomorrow? Me! Yes, I’m celebrating with a liberal amount of chocolate and a visit to the spa, but I also thought it might be fun to have a giveaway and $0.99 book sale!  MASSIVE BOOK SALE I will be reducing all my ebooks to $0.99 […]

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A Difficult Funeral, aka scene from Dowser 1.5

And the WINNER via random number generator is #3 = DALENE from CLEVELAND!! Congrats, Dalene! Mailing the paperback to you ASAP. This 1300 word flash fiction — inspired by the Spin the Wheel of Conflict challenge issued by Chunk Wendig — is set three weeks after the events in my urban fantasy novel, Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other […]

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47,435 words and counting…

Okay, drive by update. I’m over halfway through the second draft of  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, so if I keep up this pace – and the edit isn’t too atrocious – I’ll hopefully be hitting publish on this sequel in October. I’d like to say that it has taken me over a week […]

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paperbacks in the wild via bookcrossing.com

I’m exceedingly lucky to be going on a road trip vacation down the west coast of the United States for Labour Day week. I haven’t been on an actual vacation for about 2.5 years, so I’m seriously looking forward to it!! I thought while I was taking my leisure that I should ‘wild release’ some […]

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Favourite lines from last week

As of Friday I’m six chapters into the 2nd draft of Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic  – aka Dowser #2 – which means the novel is approximately a third done. I wanted to treat you to a bit of Jade by sharing my favourite bits so far. Warning, while these might be deemed as […]

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Heather gets her paperbacks!!

Thank You!!! @mcdoidge pic.twitter.com/eGXf08KAKw — heather (@NightlyReading) August 22, 2013

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And the winner of the four paperbacks giveaway is…

Heather from Hellertown, PA! (a.k.a. H.Lee in the comments). Out of 80 entries earned the random number generator picked number 74 = H.Lee. I have boxed up Heather’s paperbacks and will mail them off to her this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who entered. I just absolutely loved reading all your comments over the last two […]