Happy Happy (and other shinies)

I'm a finalist!!! ^_____^

All Romance is having a short story contest:



The theme is paranormal, stories have to be 2500-3000k in length. They had to be turned in by September 1st, and today they emailed me to say that I am one of the 32 finalists who will move on to judging by readers starting October 1st!!!!!!!!!!

I am beside myself with glee :D I seriously do not care if I lose in the first round, I am beyond ecstatic that I made it this far! ^_____^


Other Shinies

Various and sundry authors are hosting giveaways, and while it's impossible to keep up with them all I am listing here are the two I saw today on twitter:

Little Magic Kickoff Contest by Piper Vaughn and M.J. O'Shea. It's for their new series, check it out! ^__^

I, Omega by Kari Gregg. If I reach my writing goal this week, I get to buy this one!


And keep an eye out on It's Raining Men because tomorrow my darling friend T.T. Kove is doing a giveaway for her first published release Forest of Fenris, coming next week to Less Than Three Press!

Two Giveaways

One is a giveaway for my new book out this week, the other for book of choice!:

Always There Giveaway

Book of Choice Giveaway

Lightning Giveaway!

In honor of my new blog (because the other twenty I have obviously were not enough), I am giving away one free copy of my new book, due out Wednesday:

Tales of knights bound by duty, honor, and each other...

Always There—When the princess they are sworn to protect is kidnapped, two knights are separated in their efforts to save her, and in being part realize what they always had together...

Tournament—a young man attends accepts an offer to attend Tournament in the hopes that by winning it, he will finally gain the affections of the man he has loved his entire life.

Vow Unto Me—two men, divided by tragedy and grief, are ordered to a remote monastery to unravel a mystery, and finally overcome the problems keeping them apart.

I did release this book once before, way back when I was self-publishing on lulu. If you already have that version, you do not need this one. It has been edited and polished up, and I changed the title of one story (because I always hated the other title).

It's always been high on my list of personal favorites. I love knights, medieval settings, all of that. I am not an historical writer, this trilogy is definitely fantasy, but I did try hard to get the look and feel right. I am most proud of the first story, which is a rare instance of being plot driven more than character driven, which is unusual for me.

These stories are also amusing in that I used a very specific style of language (formal, no contractions, pseudo-old speak), and I wrote them for so long that I started to speak that way. I always wonder if other authors get so immersed in their stories they pick up the speech habits of their characters ^^;;; If not, I'll feel even more silly :3

I also advise one never writes a story that does not permit contractions AT ALL. It's a pain in the ass, let me tell you what :3

Anyway, to enter the drawing:

1. Leave a comment saying you want in
2. One entry per person
3. Drawing will happen 22:00 EST 8/30*
4. Winner will be randomly selected


Thanks to all for participating ^___^





*LT3 updates Tuesday night, even if our formal update day is Wednesday)