Promo prep

I will be at the Romantic Times Book Lovers Conventions May 1st to May 5th. I've been designing cool giveaway items for months.

The ever fabulous Jessica Smith came over to help me with the prep. And here are the pictures!

First, I have handy compact mirrors with my Blood Wings logo. Every vampire needs a mirror to make sure they don't have blood caught in their fangs.

Fang Check.

 If your fangs are not up to your expectations, drop me a line. Maybe you might get one of these for yourself before I head out!

And my promotional image!

This is Jessie. Isn't she a cutie?

After getting the stickers on my mirrors, Jessie, who is a creative force to be reckoned with, suggested I do some some of my hand painted fans for the conference. After all, writers conventions do get warm and many of us are (say it softly) menopausal.

So we took some of my plain white fans and decorated them in the colors of my covers.

Decorating in process.

And finished!

Jessie with my Grand Prize fan.

And here we are with my postcards, fans, and mirrors.

Just a little insight into the things an author does to raise awareness for her books. :)















And various quotes from the day:

"Blood on white is always classy."

"I'll just go upstairs and get a scalpel."

"Wipe off with the sponge, then scrape with the knife."

"I don't know how many times it'll get soggy before it has to dry out."

I hope we scared you but good!

Countdown giveaway winner!

The winner of the Valerie's Tears fan is:

PAULA C. of Portland, Oregon!

Thank you for commenting over at my Facebook, Paula. I hope you enjoy. :)

Dracula's Secret, Blood Wings #1
Dracula's Desires, Blood Wings #2
Dracula Unleashed, Blood Wings #3, to be released March 21, 2013

Countdown to Dracula Unleashed: Giveaway 1

Dracula Unleashed, the third book in the Blood Wings series, will be released on March 21st!

In order to share my excitement, I am going to do a special blog post every Friday until then. I might have a giveaway of my hand painted fans, vampire themed jewelery,  gift certificates, perhaps a sample of the book,  or a special  guest.

Today's Countdown post is...

A Giveway!

Valerie's Tears

This one-of-a-kind hand painted fan, named Valerie's Tears after the heroine of the Blood Wings series, is free to a random commenter!

You can comment here at my blog, at my Facebook, or on Twitter. I'll put everyone's names in a bowl and pick one.

Good Luck. :)

Dracula's Secret, Blood Wings #1
Dracula's Desires, Blood Wings #2
Dracula Unleashed, Blood Wings #3, to be released March 21, 2013

Book Tour, Day Seven

The countdown is on - the book tour is nearing its end. Don't you want to know how the first chapter goes? *wink*

Today, my next excerpt is up at

Rachel Brimble Romance Blog.

This is Rachel. Doesn't she look like an awesome writer? :)

Virtual Book Tour, week two

We are on the downhill side of my book tour! Come see the next part of my new(ish) book, Dracula's Desires.

Comment over at My Paranormal Book Review to win this hand painted fan. It's perfect for keeping your cool when you read my books. *wink*

Virtual book tour

Part of being an e-published author is the difficulty in doing a traditional book tour. Instead, I will do a virtual book tour.




In this tour, you'll be able to read the first three chapters of Dracula's Desires (here) in daily installments over the next two weeks.

I am also giving away one of my handpainted fans as part of this tour.

Ready?

Get Set...

Click here! 

And the winner is....

During my blog tour, I promised that one lucky ducky would win this hand-painted fan. And please give a great round of applause to:

bn100cand 

Ms. BN100cand graciously commented during my tour, and won not just the fan, but an eKensington sampler booklet!

Thank you BN! You rock, and may you remain cool. :)

Blog Tour!

As you may know, a blog tour is where an author visits a number of other blogs to discuss and share their lives. In celebration for the release of Dracula's Secret, Goddess Fish and I arranged a rock star tour of the blog-o-sphere!

A random commenter will be chosen to receive this lovely hand painted fan, too. :)

August 6:  House Millar
August 7:  Sandra's Blog
August 8:  Amy's Book World
August 9:  Wickedly Wanton Tales
August 9:    The Sinners Series
August 10:  Welcome to My World of Dreams
August 13:  Indie books at shardpubs blogspot
August 14:  It's Raining Books
August 15:  Magically Seductive Romance
August 16:  Dawn's Reading Nook
August 17:  Books & Other Spells
August 20:  The Bunny's Review
August 21:  Urban Girl Reader
August 22:  Zombiegirl Shambling
August 23:  Black Hippie Chick's View on Books & the World
August 24:  Chris Redding Author
August 27:  Indie Designz
August 28:  Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
August 29:  Lisa Fox Romance
August 30:  Wake Up Your Wild Side
August 30:    Sultry Storyteller
August 31:  DanaSquare

Don't you want something pretty?

Helios' Travels

I have a new Etsy store!

Come on over and check out my one of a kind, hand painted fans over at the Linda Mercury Store!

Give-away!

Free, to the first commenter!

This one is called "On Fire"

Give-away!

A new fan for Spring! The camera read the color as blue, but it is actually a lovely deep purple with platinum colored embossing and black spokes. (I call it Maleficent after Disney's antagonist in Sleeping Beauty).

And the question for your sunshine-addled brains is:

What is the name of my heroine for my new story, Sister of God?

First to comment here wins!

Celebrating the masculine.

As another thank you to the wonderful men out there, here is a special two for one give-away.

May I present:

The Zombie Apocalypse, #2 and #3

Proudly display this sanguinary mess over your computer when you play Left for Dead!  Both fans go to the first commenter. For everyone else who comments, you will get a single fan for the Zombie Apocalypse!

Give-away!

Titled, "Green Flash"

A brand-new hand painted fan, signed and delivered to you.

Today, you get to guess the movie quotes. Be the first person to name the movie, and win this lovely!

Quote 1.
"This is just so shocking. I mean I must just be so monumentally naive."


Was that too hard for you? I'm such a sweetie, I'll give you a second clue!


Quote 2. 
":Shut up, Mr. Burton! You are not brought upon this world to get it!"

Give-away!

Another hand-painted fan!

I call this one Medusa's Haircut. I was inspired by Marvel Inhumans Graphic Novel by Jenkins and Lee.
Be the first to tell me who founded Marvel Comics, and this lovely is yours.

To heck with it.

Anyone who comments on my blog will get a unique, hand-painted fan! Let me know your favorite colors and send me your snail mail address in my email!

Happy Holidays!

Give-away!

Another give away for the holiday season. Be the first person to tell me the name of my heroine (named in yesterday's post) and get this lovely hand-painted, one-of-a-kind fan. :)

Give-away!

I've painted a new one-of-a-kind fan. 

Be the first person to tell me, here on this blog, in what city is the Topkapi Palace?

Give-away!

In celebration of 10-10-10, here's a new fan!

This one goes to the first person who can tell me where I saw Rembrant's "The Jewish Bride"!

A different kind of Give-away.

I'm donating two of my one-of-a-kind, hand-painted fans for the Rose City Romance Writers raffle basket donation to the Emerald City Romance Writers Conference.

The ECRWC is October 1-3 this year. It is one of the best writing conferences on the West Coast and every year, they hold a fund-raising raffle of gorgeous gift baskets.

I hope they like my fans. :)

My very first give-away.

I hand-painted this fan for express purpose of giving it away to some awesome person. :)  It's the first in what I hope will be a long stretch in regular contests/giveaways/fun. It's signed and numbered (#1).

It's perfect for hot days, putting up on your wall, or giving it to someone you love. If you want to be my first fan (ahahahhahhhaaa!), be the first person to tell me what nickname I use for my handsome husband here on my blog. :)