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Whee! You guys! It’s here, it’s here, the MAKE BELIEVE anthology by J.Taylor Publishing is here! This is the book that features my short story, PETRIFIED.

To celebrate release day, Reading and Writing Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance is hosting a MAKE BELIEVE giveaway! Please stop by and visit with Jennifer to see what she thought of the book, and for your chance to win a copy.

omgosh, you guys, this is so exciting, I’m going to be skipping all over the web chatting with friendly book bloggers about my story!

My first stop will be on Thursday, December 6th when the ever-gracious J. Keller Ford will be chatting me up at The Dreamweavers Cottage.

From there I hop across the pond to visit with the divinely fabulous Holloway Pack author, J.A. Belfield on Friday, December 7th.

Then, it’s back to the states where fantasy writer extraordinaire Terri Rochenski hosts me on Saturday, December 8th at the Scribbler’s Sojourn.

The wildly imaginative Jennifer M. Eaton will host a chat with me on her site, A Reference of Writing Rants for Writers or “learn from my mistakes” on Monday, December 10th.

I’ll be sailing the high seas with CALL OF THE SEA author, Rebecca Hart when she and I talk about me on her site, The Machenwood Chronicles and Other Tales on Wednesday, December 12th.

Next, I’ll be cruising the curve of the globe as I head to Australia to visit with the amazing Lynda Young on her site W.I.P. It: an Author’s Journey on Thursday, December 13th.

From Australia back across the pond to talk with fighter writer and ORACLE author, JC Martin, on Friday, December 21st.

Whew! There’s so much more happening, I’ll keep everyone updated as we get closer to actual dates.

You can click to purchase MAKE BELIEVE from BN or amazon or clickity click to add to your goodreads shelf if you’d like.

Oh! And for my friendly followers who haven’t seen this, here’s the blurb to my story PETRIFIED:

A mysterious storm has replaced summer with winter, devastating crops and smothering Casle lands in snow. Prince Sterling August stands alone as a leader, lost in personal grief as well as a desire to help his people but with an inability to do either.

The answers he needs await him, but without Lochlyn, a woman who’s just as isolated as Sterling, he’ll never see what stands before him, cloaked in illusion.

Thank you for stopping by to visit and share in my excitement!

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Hey you guyssss!! hehehe!

I interrupt my intense involvement with National Novel Writing Month (omgosh, squee! took me a bit but I’ve hit my writing stride!) to pass along a wicked cool announcement!

My publisher, J. Taylor Publishing, is hosting a giveaway for the MAKE BELIEVE anthology! This e-antho features my short story, PETRIFIED! So, if you are a book blogger reviewer and are interested in snagging a copy for your review stacks, please click HERE for the details on how you can enter to win a copy of the e-anthology.

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questlove, of the ROOTS, will you please throw down a wicked drumroll please?

After assigning comment numbers in the order the comment was received, here are the assigned numbers random.org will be drawing from:

1. Erin
2. Melissa
3. Jen
4. Wendy
5. Tracy
6. emaginette
7. Stephanie
8. Emma

*in my deepest, loudest announcer’s voice*

And the winner… of my “comment to win” MAKE BELIEVE ARC giveaway IS!!!

COMMENT #6, emaginette!

emaginette, thank you for participating in my “comment to win” giveaway! I will be contacting you privately to see about delivery of your Advanced Reader Copy of J.Taylor Publishing’s MAKE BELIEVE anthology.

For everyone else who commented, THANK YOU SO MUCH! You will not leave empty handed! I will be contacting you each privately to see about delivery of your bookmark (sorry I can’t just *poof* them to you – the council has come down hard on us using our powers for personal gain, hehe! jk — or am I? )

For those of you who missed this opportunity, never fear! There’s more chances to WIN!

click HERE to enter fellow author Lynda R. Young’s MAKE BELIEVE giveaway (expires 10/11/2012)

>or<

click HERE for another chance to win via fellow author J.Keller Ford’s MAKE BELIEVE giveaway (expires 10/15/2012).

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Hellooooo my friendlies!

Woohoo, do I have something special for YOU! My publisher, J.Taylor Publishing, in all their supreme awesomeness, has given me one (1) copy of the MAKE BELIEVE e-anthology my story, PETRIFIED, is featured in to giveaway to one (1) of my lucky friendly followers — that lucky friendly could be YOU!

So, what do you have to do to score an entry? Simply comment in this post below!

That’s riiiiight! It’s another one of my “comment to win” super mega events! hehe! Say “hi” or tell me about your pets or the most current book you’ve read, doesn’t matter! A comment earns you one (1) free bookmark and one (1) entry for the MAKE BELIEVE e-ARC

*one bookmark per commenter, please

This giveaway ends at midnight, October 09, 2012, where the comment numbers from this blog post will be plugged into random.org’s random number generator to randomly produce a winner who will be notified via email and announced to all by me in a specially dedicated blog post.

But wait! There’s more chances for you to win!

Checkout the giveaways hosted by the other authors featured in this anthology

Darkness & Light author J.A. Belfield
Jennifer M. Eaton
J. Keller Ford
Terri Rochenski
Lynda R. Young

Oh yeah! Before I forget, are you a member of Goodreads? I am! You can find me HERE and you can add MAKE BELIEVE to your to-read shelf HERE

Good luck and happy commenting!

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Hello there my friendlies! Thank you so much for stopping by, I have something VERY exciting to share with you!

It’s an excerpt from my story, PETRIFIED, featured in J.Taylor Publishing’s MAKE BELIEVE anthology!

click HERE if you’d like to add it to your to-read shelf

Whew! Omgosh, you guys, I totally hope you enjoy this tasty morsel!  :D

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An aberrant cold whitened the sky and crystallized the air, freezing out heat from the summer sun. Angry winds swept the land, cut Sterling August’s face, stole his breath and bit at his damaged arm. Determination, as fierce as the weather, kept him upright in the saddle, while his noble mare, Selik’s, strides pounded frozen ground.

Lives depended on her sure-footedness.

When the fires of Castle Kestrel twinkled through dense flurries, Sterling leaned forward, urging more speed. Selik grunted, stretched her neck and obliged, galloping until frozen tears broke free from Sterling’s blue eyes.

Hooves clattering through the stone entrance alerted the livery staff. Their shouts and orders to prepare for his arrival made Sterling want to slump against Selik’s dappled-grey neck, rub his cheek against her black mane and thank the Blessed Mother they had made it home alive. Instead, he staggered down, murmured his appreciation into her ear and left the icy reins to the livery manager.

Winter had consumed only House of August lands. Summer sun burned bright over neighboring territories. Sterling had no answers for the strange phenomenon, only suspicions. Fingers gloved but numbed from cold, Sterling fumbled as he tugged a leather cord to release his weighty saddle-bags. Quade, Sterling’s vizier, caught them on the drop and hefted them onto his shoulder, leaving the prince to cradle his injured arm tight to his chest.

“The Wiccae should tend to you,” Quade said.

Elexus will see to Father before me,” Sterling whispered. “Family first,” he added, House of August creed. Naturally attuned to the pains of others, she should sense Sterling above any other. Except for his father. The King.

Oh no, he thought. Elexus will always see to Father before me.

Grinding his teeth, he punctuated two steps with hard stomps, shattering ice from his boots. Sterling dashed past the blacksmith and stable boy, wasting no time to brush the snow from elsewhere. Storming up the stairs, with Quade’s big boots booming in tempo behind him, they hurried past the aviaries, chasing the curved path spiraling up the heights of Castle Kestrel.

Sterling’s blood raced with urgency. His legs throbbed from the strenuous ride. The matted fur trim of his winter cloak dragged heavily behind him, while torch flames along the path liquefied the frost clinging to his close-cropped beard.

Sterling’s breath puffed in sporadic blasts of emotion, but his silver-tipped strides never faltered as he raced toward his father.

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Ooo! I’m so excited to know what you guys think!

Guess what, there’s more MAKE BELIEVE! hehe! Check out the other excerpts from stories featured in this anthology, posted by these lovely ladies

J.A. Belfield
Jennifer M. Eaton
J. Keller Ford
Terri Rochenski
Lynda R. Young

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