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Jennifer Ochs Latest Book Reviews and New Giveaways

Drop by www.nybookcafe.com and read my review of John Gorman's Shades of Luz. Also, enter to win a copy of Decoding The Lost Symbol by Simon Cox and Exit Music by Ian Rankin. Continue

Added by Jennifer Ochs on November 24, 2009 at 1:40pm — No Comments

Cheryl Kaye Tardif Enter to win free books or a $75 Starbucks gift card in my October Giveaway

More prizes than last month and a bigger Grand Prize! Make sure you follow ALL the rules or you'll be disqualified. My debut romantic suspense Lancelot's Lady has been entered in the Dorchester/Textnovel "Next Best Celler" contest, and I need more votes and subscribers to have a chance at winning. I'm willing to give you 2 things in return for your support--a great free read and the chance to win one of my other novels or the grand prize, a $75 Starbucks gift card. FIVE lucky winne… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on October 1, 2009 at 5:22pm — No Comments

Cheryl C. Malandrinos More Giveaways at The Book Connection

Hello all, Make sure you visit The Book Connection this month to see what great books we're reviewing. In addition, the blog will be updated with new interviews and guest posts from talented authors in a variety of genres. While you're there, make sure you enter one of the giveaways we're running through September: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Middle School by David Borgenicht, et al. Two-… Continue

Added by Cheryl C. Malandrinos on September 19, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Peg Herring Winning

I'm not one of those people who wins stuff. I always buy the obligatory tickets for 50-50 drawings, raffles (which in my area are usually for guns, 4-wheelers, or snowmobiles), and three-night stays at a local gambling/drinking/dancing hotspot, which for a couple as boring as we are isn't an enticement. I never win, so it doesn't matter what the prize is. What I notice about winning is that winning itself is exciting, no matter what the prize. I spoke to an acquaintance yesterday who was very e… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on September 3, 2009 at 6:23am — No Comments

Cheryl Kaye Tardif Want to win autographed books? Enter now!

This contest is very easy to enter. But make sure you follow all the rules or you'll be disqualified. By now, you've probably heard that my debut romantic suspense Lancelot's Lady has been entered in the Dorchester/Textnovel "Next Best Celler" contest. I need more votes and subscribers… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on September 1, 2009 at 2:26pm — No Comments

Cheryl C. Malandrinos Win a Mylex 4-shelf Bookshelf at The Book Connection

Visit The Book Connection and enter to win a free 4-shelf bookshelf in oak finish from CSN Office Furniture.com. This bookshelf has a list price of $69.99.

The holidays are fast approaching, and every book lover on your list will be needing more space to house those gifts of reading they receive. So, get over to

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Added by Cheryl C. Malandrinos on September 1, 2009 at 7:53am — No Comments

Cheryl Kaye Tardif Enter Cheryl's deadly 'Create a Corpse Contest'

Ever want to kill someone off--fictitiously, of course? Maybe your school bully, ex-boyfriend, co-worker, boss, teacher etc? Now you can! :-) From now until July 30th, 2009, you can submit a name (first & last) of someone you know (boss, husband, school bully, ex-friend or yourself),… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on June 19, 2009 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Cheryl Kaye Tardif I need your support. Please vote for Lancelot's Lady

I've entered a contest on Textnovel.com and I really need your votes. The grand prize is a… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on June 7, 2009 at 9:20pm — No Comments

Cheryl Kaye Tardif I'm giving away some fabulous prizes on Twitter!

Starting today, I'm giving away some fabulous prizes on Twitter, including dozens of autographed books, awesome artwork, Watkins products, a free consult with a book marketing coach and the grand prize--a free consult with a publishing expert who worked for Warner Books for over 25 years ($250 value). To enter, simply sign up on Twitter, then follow me. www.twitter.com/cherylktardif For more information and to see the list of 60+ prizes I'll b… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on April 10, 2009 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Peg Herring Mediocrity

I'm judging a contest again, and this one has a new result, at least for me. All the entries are fine. Good. Each has its moments. Each is fairly error free and nicely formatted. And none of them created even a spark of desire in me to read more than the sample. This is what agents and editors must face every day, in fact many, many times every day. There's nothing wrong with the submission, but there's nothing intriguing about it, either. You know the story from the first few pages, know what… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on March 20, 2009 at 6:33am — No Comments

Peg Herring If I Were an Agent, I'd Pick You

Eureka! I mentioned yesterday that I'm judging the initial round of a contest, and I'd read a couple of good samples and a couple of bad ones. Well, the last one I read was a winner, and if I were an agent, this person would get a contract ASAP. What is it that set it apart from the others? There's the rub: I can't really say. There are books that hook me as a reader from page one, and this is one of them. The character is unique, the plot pulled me in, the writing style is neither awkward nor… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on January 9, 2009 at 7:01am — No Comments

Bitten By Books Over $1600 in prizes up for grabs at BittenbyBooks.com!

Over $1600 in prizes up for grabs at BittenbyBooks.com! Head on over for details! Including Compaq iPAQ 3955 Color Pocket PC! Great for reading e-books on! http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=1364 -- Blessings, Rachel http://bittenbybooks.com - Book Reviews http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com - Honest E-tailer Reviews! Continue

Added by Bitten By Books on October 14, 2008 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Bitten By Books HUGE Promotional Opportunity!

Hi everybody! I have a HUGE huge, promo opp coming your way the last week of October. If you are interested in being included on the list to be notified, please email me OFF LIST at: racoo. smith at gmail. com (no spaces) with the words. BC PROMO OPP in the subject line (so you don't go to the spam folder and get deleted) Get in line now, because we may have to limit the number of participants this time around. Do NOT delay! This is only for retailers, authors and publishers. Feel free to sp… Continue

Added by Bitten By Books on October 8, 2008 at 2:16am — No Comments

Cheryl Kaye Tardif Are you a fan of Cheryl Kaye Tardif novels?

Have you read and enjoyed any of the following novels?

If you have and you've enjoyed them, please consider joining my Cheryl Kaye Tardif novels fan page on Facebook.

I plan to use this site to send news to my fans on

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Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on October 5, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Cheryl C. Malandrinos Back to Writing Event @ StoryCrafters

Starting Wednesday the 17th StoryCrafters will be holding a "Back to Writing" challenge. Prizes will be awarded for total word count from the 17th until Oct. 31st along with several "challenge" days that will be announced as we go along. So sign up at the StoryCrafters forum and read the details in our Announcements section. If you need some motivation, you can check out my ar… Continue

Added by Cheryl C. Malandrinos on September 17, 2008 at 9:15am — No Comments

Kathryne Kennedy Double Enchantment is released/Free short story/New Contest

I’m thrilled to announce that Double Enchantment will start appearing in bookstores and select Walmarts, Kmarts & Targets as of today! If you’d like to order it on-line, I have several purchase links on my website: http://www.KathryneKennedy.com Dorchester Publishing is doing a special feature on their blog to celebrate the release of Double Enchantment. They are providing a free short story that I wrote in the Relics of Merlin world. If you want a quick fix of enchantment, you can read it… Continue

Added by Kathryne Kennedy on September 1, 2008 at 10:52am — No Comments

Cheryl C. Malandrinos Win a Free Copy of Hal Lanse's Read Well, Think Well

Education expert Hal W. Lanse is giving away a copy of his latest book, READ WELL, THINK WELL! Synopsis: Millions of children struggle with reading-and even more struggle to understand exactly what they're reading. Read Well, Think Well will help you to… Continue

Added by Cheryl C. Malandrinos on August 26, 2008 at 11:20am — No Comments

Cheryl C. Malandrinos Book Giveaways at The Book Connection

Hello all, It's been forever since I've last blogged. I hope your summer is going well. I've been considering book giveaways at The Book Connection for some time and have begun a new poll to gauge interest. Please stop by and let me know if you would be interested in book giveaways. Thanks. Cheryl http://www.thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/ Continue

Added by Cheryl C. Malandrinos on August 26, 2008 at 11:04am — No Comments

Bitten By Books Blog Carnival is LIVE ALL Week! Over $1500.00 In Prizes

Hi everybody! Here's a chance to enter to win over $470.00 in prizes (more added today) this week at Bitten by Books! Here's a direct link to the Blog Carnival. http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=738 You may want to also check out our sister site that has $1000.00 in prizes up for grabs as well! http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com/?p=133 This is going to be INSANELY fun! So, join in to win some great gift cer… Continue

Added by Bitten By Books on July 28, 2008 at 6:19pm — No Comments

Bitten By Books Christmas in July at BittenbyBooks.com Today only!

Christmas in July at BittenbyBooks.com Today only! Check it out here and be entered to win!! http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=733 -- Blessings, Rachel http://bittenbybooks.com - Book Reviews http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com - Honest E-tailer Reviews!

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Added by Bitten By Books on July 26, 2008 at 1:15pm — No Comments

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I am so not ready for Christmas. I just realized I don't have much time either. One good thing is the DH is off Friday and possibly all next week, so I can give him a few chores to do, which may help some. I'm counting on him to put stamps and labels on the Christmas cards, and do a few things around the house to straighten it out some. Unfortunately, I'm the organizer in the family, so I can't expect too much on the getting-the- house ready front. That's pathetic, since I'm not very organized. (g)

Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.

What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?

Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author


Discovering Family in Cynthia's Attic


One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.

For instance. Did I bother to ask my grandfather what it was like playing in the first night football game in America?

Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.

Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.

I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.

That's why I'm writing adventures I wanted my ancestors to have; adventures I can enjoy with them through the eyes and voice of my character, Gus.

The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.

Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!

          Mary Cunningham

Mary Cunningham is the author of the award-winning 'Tween fantasy/mystery series, Cynthia’s Attic. She is proud to announce the release of book four, "The Magician's Castle," Dec 1, 2009. Her children's mystery series was inspired by a recurring dream about a mysterious attic. After realizing that the dream took place in the home of her childhood friend, Cynthia, the dreams stopped and the writing began.

She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.

To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!


Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/

Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham

Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?

Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3



Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.

Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks

Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.

Thanks,
Morgan Mandel

Can We Talk?

I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.

Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.

I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.

What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?

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