Come to the party on Facebook! Lots and I mean lots of Avon authors! The party doesn’t end until midnight (EST). Lots of goodies being given away. Winners will be announced tomorrow there. I’m giving away my 3 books and swag. My post will be there at 7 p.m. (CST). Check it out. Click here.
Category: Circle of Danger
Celebrating an Anniversary With Giveaways!
Today is my Second Anniversary of my debut book, CIRCLE OF DESIRE! Last year, I totally forgot to celebrate, so I thought I would make up for it today. I’ve decided to give away more than one prize.
1) In CIRCLE OF DESIRE, who was Theo’s current mistress?
The winner receives a $25 gift certificate to the book store of your choice.
2) In CIRCLE OF DANGER, who was Charlie in love with?
The winner receives a $15 gift certificate to the book store of your choice
3) In CIRCLE OF DECEPTION, who rode in to the rescue on a horse?
The winner receives a $10 gift certificate to the book store of your choice, and if you live in the U.S., I’ll send you a tee shirt that looks like this. (Size XL – if too large, you can wear it as a nightshirt.)
Rules: One winner per question (first one with the correct answer wins) and you can only win one prize. We need to share the love.
Good luck!
P.S. For those who haven’t read the books, Excerpts can be found at my website. Click here. They won’t give you the answers, but hopefully you’ll want to read them.
[The party has ended. Be on the look out for next year. Updated 11/22/13.]
Feeling The Love
Though I’m still wary about Amazon.com (they are taking over the world), they provide a neat service to authors (no matter who publishes your books). They have an area called Author Central where authors can sign in and look at info from BookScan. That service shows your sales of paperbacks throughout mainland U.S.A. I have a feeling it’s not totally accurate, but that’s okay. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know anything until I receive my royalties payments. So I’m happy to see something in the meanwhile.
The info doesn’t tell you what store or who buys the book. It can tell you what city it was sold in. I’m happy and tickled to no end that the Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne love my books. They’ve sold the most. I have a feeling that either a book store bought them or a large book club. THANK YOU!!
It’s no surprise that the second largest sale was in Alabama. I do a lot of book signings there. THANK YOU!!
And the third is all due to my friends at FreshFiction.com. Yep, the Dallas-Ft. Worth area!
THANK YOU!!
Visiting Another Blog
I’m over at the Romance Magicians’ blog with my monthly post. Come by and visit, comment (just say hi) and see what I have to say about my writing style.
A “CIRCLE OF DANGER” Surprise!
I can’t believe I keep forgetting to mention on my blog that CIRCLE OF DANGER won the 2013 Booksellers’ Best Award for Erotic Romance!
While I was in Atlanta a couple weeks ago, I was invited to attend a private reception with the Greater Detroit Romance Writers. You probably remember CIRCLE OF DANGER and CIRCLE OF DECEPTION were finalists in their contest. So exciting!
Anyway, I was sitting there waiting to hear who won as I looked around for the NYT best selling author who would surely be standing up in any minute, when someone said, “Carla, your book won!” The only part I heard was “CIRCLE OF DANGER.”
I believed I squealed and I never squeal. I hugged my agent twice before I walked to the front. Then I said, “I always worried if I won something I would be like Jeff Gordon when he won his first championship and cry so hard that no one would ever understand what I was saying.” Everyone laughed (thank goodness), and then I said, “Thank you so much,” and sat down. I was still in shock.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe my books are good enough to win any contest, but I don’t expect it. Don’t think I’m saying they’re perfect, no, they’re not. But I do believe they’re just as entertaining as any NYT best selling one.
*sigh*
No matter how I say it, it sounds conceited, and goodness, I’m not. It’s just I write books I love to read. Isn’t that what every author should do?
Oh, here’s a picture of the award! Love it! Beautiful! Thank you, GDRWA and the booksellers who read my book!
Oh, and my editor received a really nice pen. On the side of the pen, it read something like, “I’m an editor of a Booksellers’ Best Award author.” I thought it was cool.
Carla Swafford, Author 