Christmas paperback giveaway – 4 of 4

CLOSED: WINNER TBA

I’ve held on to these two paperbacks because the spines aren’t perfect – the printing is slightly offset. But that doesn’t make the front cover, by Irene Langholm, any less pretty

The paperback for this fourth and final giveaway (just to help me distinguish) was printed August 13, 2013. I’d be happy to sign it, with or without a specific inscription.

Want to win it? Just comment below. I’ll assign a number in order of the comments … 1, 2, 3 … and then run a random number generator on December 27, 2014 to pick a winner. Make sure you include your email address in the form the blog makes you fill out to comment, so I can get in touch with you for your mailing address.

One comment per giveaway. Open internationally.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Giveaways

Christmas paperback giveaway – 3 of 4

CLOSED: WINNER TBA

Third of Four: Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (Dowser 2)

Printed on February 10, 2014, this paperback will soon to be replaced with a new edition (with the new cover). Same story inside though And again, that doesn’t make the front cover, by Irene Langholm, any less pretty.

I’d be happy to sign it, with or without a specific inscription.

One comment per giveaway. Open internationally.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Giveaways

Christmas paperback giveaway – 2 of 4

CLOSED: WINNER TBA

Second of Four: Spirit Binder

This paperback of Spirit Binder is one of the first ten ever printed (July 31, 2012), but it was a misprint!! The spines all read SPRIRT BINDER, which was totally my mistake. Also, I’m about to bring out a second edition of this novel, so unfortunately there are a dreadful number of typos in this version. Again, that doesn’t make the front cover, by Irene Langholm, any less pretty

ETA: I’ll also email an ebook of the second edition to the winner of this giveaway. Without all the typos

I’d be happy to sign it, with or without a specific inscription.

One comment per giveaway. Open internationally.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Giveaways

First of Four

Second of Four

Third of Four

Fourth of Four

Christmas paperback giveaway – 1 of 4

CLOSED – WINNER: TBA

As I already mentioned on my Facebook page, Michael was digging through some boxes for wrapping paper and Christmas cards this afternoon and he uncovered four of my paperbacks that I hadn’t bothered unpacking when we moved. I think I’d forgotten they existed at all, actually.

Lost paperbacks seem like a perfect reason to have a giveaway!

First of Four: After The Virus

I’ve held on to these two paperbacks because the spines aren’t perfect – the printing is slightly offset. But that doesn’t make the front cover, by Irene Langholm, any less pretty

The paperback for this first giveaway (just to help me distinguish) was printed July 16, 2013. I’d be happy to sign it, with or without a specific inscription.

One comment per giveaway. Open internationally.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Giveaways

First of Four

Second of Four

Third of Four

Fourth of Four

Oracle 1 – Cover Reveal

It’s my birthday today. To celebrate, I thought I would share the cover of I See Me, Oracle 1 with you as a treat.

I’ll have a synopsis and release date for you next week (hopefully), but for now, you (and I) will have to make do with your first glimpse of Rochelle:

This gorgeous art is the combined-genius of Irene Langholm and Elizabeth Mackey. I’m truly blessed that both of these talented ladies agreed to work together to launch the Oracle Series.

More treats to come …

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, INDEED!!

What do you think?

Dowser #2 – Cover Reveal and Giveaway

Without further ado, here is the book cover for Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic by the ever-brilliant Irene Langholm. I adore the magic and mystery that Irene has captured here. Thank you, Irene! You can find the synopsis and keywords on the Trinkets (etc) page (link above & on the side bar) but SPOILER ALERT!!

eBOOK RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 27, 2013

ENTER GIVEAWAY

I’m giving away one (1) eARC of either Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic or Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic to celebrate the cover reveal and release date announcement.

In the comments below, tell me:

Which ebook you want to win? Cupcakes (Etc) aka Dowser #1 or Trinkets (Etc) aka Dowser #2.
What is your favourite trinket? I adore a Norwegian wood bracelet that a friend gave me for my birthday years ago. I actually need to replace the elastic I’ve worn it so much. The wood warms, like pearls do. I love that!
Make sure you fill your email address into the blog comment form.

Yup, it’s that easy. Contest open internationally, of course. I’ll select winners by random number generator after 12noon PST on Friday, December 6, 2013.

Bonus entries?? Do the above and add any or all of the following:

Sign up for my new release mailing list
Follow me on twitter and tweet giveaway info … such as: Cover Reveal & Giveaway for the #DowserSeries via @mcdoidge – #win a pre-release eARC#ebook http://wp.me/pP9tA-yW
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Subscribe to this blog (link on side bar).

Are you already following me on any or all of the above platforms or mailing lists? Thank you!! Just remind me in your comment so I remember to give you the extra entries!

Cover Reveal: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic

Behold! Another brilliant creation by the ever-talented Irene Langholm (see all my other covers for more of Irene’s work).

Cover image and Design by Irene Langholm

Synopsis: If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it. That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.

Genre: Urban Fantasy (Adult/New Adult)

Release date: June 21, 2013

— Giveaways & goodies to be revealed here throughout June!! —

Skyping with Irene…

So I just finished a great Skype chat with Irene Langholm, who is the brilliant artist who has done all the covers for my books. While the chat ended very well – we were discussing the cover for the soon to be released Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic – it started out a little embarrassingly … for me. You see, Irene requested I send her a sketch of my basic idea for the cover.

Ahem.

I cannot sketch, or draw, or paint … but – in the spirit of cooperative creation – I made an attempt.

Yes, this my attempt to sketch a book cover idea ... — Yes, this my attempt to sketch a book cover idea …

Note all the fine details I included – the figure is obviously female, one of her hands is caressing the Y of the word deadly … the glowing ‘door’ is hanging on some sort of grid and the woman appears to be standing (on her heels) on water … um … that’s not right …

I’m surprised Irene didn’t fall over laughing. Well, perhaps she did, it would be difficult to tell during a text based chat, but she was very understanding about my perspective issues, and even thanked me.

I have a feeling the finished cover will be a bit more … hmmm … what do I want to say here … well, perhaps we’ll have to do a comparison when Irene sends me what I know will be a work of art.

At least I spelled everything correctly … beside that ‘D’ … I guess I had trouble with that.

Ah, it’s good to know your shortcomings, no?

Good Book Covers

Gertie, the moderator of the Apocalypse Whenever group over on Goodreads, started a topic about the importance of good book covers a few days ago, which I’d missed seeing until this morning. In the post, Gertie gives a huge shout out to my covers by Irene Langholm, which reminded me of this fun post Irene did for the After The Virus cover release last year. (Phew, that is a lot of links for two sentences!)

Here’s just the image for all of you who don’t want to click through to the full post:

The Anatomy of a Book Cover, by Irene Langholm

What are some of your favourite book covers? Do you think that a great book cover helps bring the story alive for you? Have you ever read a book for its cover alone?

Introducing Time Walker

My young adult fantasy novel, Time Walker, is out to the beta readers, and I’m gearing up to publish it as an ebook and paperback on December 7, 2012. Time Walker is set ten years after the events of Spirit Binder, but it’s not necessary to have read Spirit Binder before you read Time Walker (though I, of course, recommend it – ha!)

Once again, the brilliant and ever so talented Irene Langholm worked her magic and came up with this gorgeous cover. I know I say this every time, but this one might be my favourite. It’s just so full of magic.

Synopsis: Beth was sneaky. No lock could hold her. No cage could confine her. No door could bar her way. But, when your adoptive mother is a Spirit Binder, and all your siblings are elementals, being sneaky doesn’t really rank. That is until the devastation of a city draws her omniscient mother’s attention, and her siblings go missing one by one, then Beth’s sneakiness is the only thing standing between her, her loved ones, and the worst enemy she’ll ever face: herself.

Just for fun A Book Vacation is running a countdown to publication over on her blog until December 7, 2012, so, if you want to win the paperback, enter over there!

I will be running a .99c promo with Spirit Binder for the week before and week after Time Walker’s publication … a little pre-Christmas present for anyone who hasn’t read it yet, and wants to read it ahead of time.

**ARC is now available for book bloggers**