As you may remember from my post on my writing goals, I planned to up the ante on my blog posts and really get out there more. Well guess what? I’ve done it. I’ve agreed to be a monthly guest blogger over at Love Bytes Reviews.
What am I talking about? World building.
Why? Because that’s what I’m doing right now.
So head on over to Love Bytes by clicking here and leave a comment. Let me know what you think. <3
As most of you know, I’m prepping for the release of Please Remember Me, my latest book from Dreamspinner. Part of that work requires writing blog posts for my upcoming blog tour (more on that in a future post), and one of the posts I’m writing involves creating a soundtrack for the book.
So today, I thought it would be fun to share one of the tracks from the playlist I created.
For me, this song is the perfect accompaniment to the first time Santi and Hank meet because the sexual attraction between them is instantaneous and scorching.
So, now that I’ve shared this track, what other songs do you think might have made it onto the playlist?
P.S. Don’t forget about the pre-order giveaway that’s still going strong. If you’re interested in entering, click here for the details and how to enter.
My latest release from Dreamspinner Press, Please Remember Me, is on the Coming Soon page!
I can’t tell you how excited I am that Santi and Hank’s love story is less than a month away from being shared with the world. I have to tell you that these two men are very important to me. Why is that do you ask? Well, I’ll reveal more about that on my upcoming blog tour, which will start next month.
I’m such a tease, right?
What I won’t tease about though is the giveaway I have planned. You see, I’m so excited about this book that I’ve decided to do something I’ve never done before: host a pre-order prize giveaway.
I’m going to offer an option of three prizes for three lucky winners, and here they are:
A signed Jacob’s Junkies T-shirt
I will order a T-shirt from my Jacob’s Junkie’s Shop, have it delivered to my home where I will sign it, and then mail it off to the winner.
A Please Remember Me mug and random swag
I have designed this special mug that is not available for purchase at my store. While I won’t be able to sign this gift, I will sign some paper swag (bookmarks and a few other sundries) that I will send with the mug.
A code for a free audiobook at Audible.
While my Provincetown Series is available in audiobook, the winner is free to use the code to download any book from Audible’s many options.
If you’re interested in winning one of these prizes, here’s how you enter:
I will use Random.Org to help me choose the lucky winners, and I will send an e-mail to the lucky winners who will each get to choose from prize options 1, 2, and 3.
The contest ends February 5 at 11:59 p.m. because Please Remember Me will be available at midnight on February 6.
If you pre-ordered the book prior to the notification of this giveaway, you are of course eligible to enter. Just follow the rules above to get your entry in.
I’ll be announcing the winners here on my blog sometime after all winners have been notified.
Finally, I have to send a special thank you to Maryln. She gave me the idea to do a pre-order contest. I just love her! She is far too good to me.
Good luck and thank you for all your support and love.
I <3 you all too!
I have added a new page to my website, where I have gathered the videos of my author readings over the past few years. A wonderful friend gave me this idea recently, and when I heard the advice, I quite literally did this
Why I had never thought of that before was beyond me? Well, now I have rectified that. You can click here to go to the Author Reading page or click on the Works link in the menu above and choose “Author Readings.”
Happy Viewing! :*
It’s hard to believe 2015 is already here. At the beginning of 2014, I was starting on an entirely new personal life path, filled with equal amounts of anxiety and excitement. Even though I was unsure where the road would take me, I took those first tentative steps forward. And you know what? I’ve never been happier.
So after looking back at what I accomplished in 2014, my gaze is locked on the future and what I plan to achieve by this time next year.
Here are my writing goals for 2015.
Now if you read my last post, you realize this is the same writing goal that I met last year. Some may think that I should increase my goal. Perhaps I should, but with my full time job and fatherly responsibilities, this word count is an achievable goal that does not over stress me.
That is important for any goal we set for ourselves. It must be reasonable. I could set a goal of a million words, but where exactly would that get me? There would be no way for me to achieve that milestone with my current life responsibilities, so I made a goal that is realistic in my world.
But how I will accomplish that will be a bit different this year. Here are my plans:
What do you think of that idea?
Right now, Facebook is a well-oiled machine for me, so I need to venture into another social media site that has a profound influence on authors. Goodreads does just that. Many readers/authors have good and bad things to say about Goodreads, but whatever the opinion, Goodreads is a powerful force, so rather than fight it, I’m going to roll up my sleeves and jump right on in.
If anyone has suggestions on how to achieve this goal, I’m open to hearing them.
As I mentioned in a previous post, this isn’t a goal I can achieve on my own. In order to offer more books in audiobook format or break into the foreign market, each book has to hit a certain number of sales.
So how do we meet this goal then?
For most of 2014, I didn’t do much more than self-promotion on my blog, and this has to change. I know that, so here is what I plan on doing:
So there are my writing goals for this year. Looking back at them, they don’t seem daunting, but they will take commitment and discipline to be able to meet them. What do you think about the goals? Is there anything I missed that you think I should also consider making a goal? And what are your goals for 2015?
I’d love to hear what you have to say.