Month: October 2016

Gearing up for the Home for Christmas Facebook Launch party

You could win a signed set of the Fortune Bay books at the online launch of Home for Christmas, the third book in the Fortune Bay Series. The Facebook Launch is November 1 – just  a week away! I’m celebrating getting the last of these four books out in eBook and trade paperback formats to online booksellers.

But I’m also celebrating my new readers and hope the facebook party will be a chance to get to know you and have you get to know me a bit better.

It’s just one hour, 1 – 2 pm Pacific time (10 – 11 am Eastern) Tuesday November 1, but I realize not everyone is free for an hour mid-day, mid-week. That’s why I’m planning three ways you can get in on the giveaways:
  1. Come for the whole party! Grab a coffee or tea – or a glass of wine, I won’t judge. I’m planning a quiz for people who have read the prequel, Lake of Dreams, (still e-free on online platforms for a limited time longer! See links in the sidebar), a “who would  you pick to play [insert your favourite character’s name] in the movie” game (I can dream!) and more.
  2. Or just drop in for a few minutes. I’ll be giving away a free eBook every five minutes!
  3. I’m also running an all day contest of a signed set of all 4 beautiful trade paperback books.Just check in at the launch party page any time on November 1, or at my website, to find the entry to win a signed set of books. Perfect to share with your friends.

Let me know if you think you can make it, by clicking HERE.

One Year – Four Books. Don’t try this at home.

 I did it!

I am thrilled to announce that I have finished the third full length book in my Fortune Bay Series,

Home for Christmas, coming out November 1st (on Amazon, kobo, nook and iTunes.)

I told a good friend today that I was finished the fourth book – and  my one year plan to publish four novels would be on track and

she said,”I think four books in one year is very prolific.”

I said, “I did not write the four books in one year!”

That took eight years, that’s from 0 to 300,000 printed words. (Now I write much faster than one book in two years, it was the first one that took much, much longer as I learned the craft.)

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But I have to wonder, what did people think I was doing for those 8 years if my good friends don’t realize I was writing (and learning to write) these books? LOL

I was always quite bold about telling people that I was writing a novel because that’s what I was doing and I thought that telling people was a good way to keep myself accountable.

It worked for me, but it obviously did not sink in for some of them, because that is not the first person who totally didn’t understand.

Looking back in my notes  today as I finish the editing on book four, I see it was October 19, 2015 that I announced on my (now defunct) old blog my plan to publish the 4 books, so I’m pleased to be on target for my one year plan. (I originally planned to publish Home for Christmas Mid-October but a few months ago decided to change it to November 1, but close enough.)

Anyway I’m just here to say – I did it!

In another post I might ruminate on what I learned in the process, but tonight, just join me in celebrating with a facebook-emoticon-holding-glass-of-red-wineglass of wine.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers,

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