Sep 14, 2013
Sep 13, 2013
YA Hop Featured Authors #MFRWhop with @stacyjuba @lindseyrloucks @CCMarksWrites
As
promised, here are three more of the MFRW authors that participated in the
young adult blog hop. Remember, if you missed the hop, it’s not too late to
check out the talents of MFRW’s young adults authors. This link will direct you
to a free mini-book where you can read an excerpt from these books and more! http://marketingforromancewriters.org/yahops.html
Here
are the next three in the line-up.
Dark
Before Dawn
Author: Stacy Juba
Buy Link: http://is.gd/iVDZUV
When
teen psychic Dawn Christian gets involved with a fortuneteller mentor and two
girls who share her mysterious talents, she finally belongs after years of
being a misfit. When she learns her new friends may be tied to freak
"accidents" in town, Dawn has an important choice to make - continue
developing the talent that makes her special or challenge the only people who
have ever accepted her.
The
Grave Winner
Author: Lindsey Loucks
Buy Link: http://is.gd/w4dMJa
Leigh
Baxton is terrified her mom will come back from the dead -- just like the prom queen
did.
While
the town goes beehive over the news, Leigh bikes to the local cemetery and buries
some of her mom’s things in her grave to keep her there. When the hot and mysterious
caretaker warns her not to give gifts to the dead, Leigh cranks up her punk music
and keeps digging.
She
should have listened.
Two
dead sorceresses evicted the prom queen from her grave to bury someone who offered
certain gifts. Bury them alive, that is, then resurrect them to create a trio
of undead powerful enough to free the darkest sorceress ever from her prison
inside the earth.
Heart
of Mercy
Author: C.C. Marks
Buy Link: http://is.gd/iXEFKS
Charlie
Little exists in a dangerous world. Her best chance of survival is to disguise herself
as a boy and guard her secrets well. Yet just when it seems things can’t
possibly get worse, they spin completely out of control.
With
Zeke and her sister Star by her side and the fresh memory of Thomas’s kiss still
on her lips, she narrowly escapes the horrid plans of Jonas Bannon, a monster
of a human being. Forfeiting the safety of the community, they leave and begin
the earch for the city of Mercy, the one secure place Charlie knows. However,
as she struggles to reach her sanctuary, doubts creep in that anywhere is truly
safe. If the Draghoul don’t get them, the human scavengers just might, and the
assumption they’ll find protection in Mercy
could be the most dangerous risk of all.
For
more information on how to be featured by our promotions team, please see our
document for instructions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarketingForRomanceWriters/files/Promotions/
Sep 12, 2013
Book Spotlight ~ For Better or Worse ~ @DelaneyDiamond #mfrworg
Author: Delaney Diamond
Book: For Better or Worse
Release Date: February 23, 2013
Publisher: Delaney Diamond
ISBN: 978-0-9852838-5-8
Amazon
ASIN: B00BJU0Q4U
BUY LINK/S:
BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/for-better-or-worse-delaney-diamond/1114685672?ean=2940016317649
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 37,400 Words; [@ 123 Pages]
Price: $2.99
Warnings: N/A
Heat Level: R
Format: E-Book in Multiple
Formats
Author Website: www.delaneydiamond.com
Author Blog/s: www.delaneydiamond.com/blog
Book Trailer URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QptVm63gFu4
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DelaneyDiamond
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DelaneyDiamond
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/Delaney_Diamond
Will her actions save
her marriage or destroy it?
As a publicist for professional athletes,
Antonio Vega is used to solving problems and spinning stories to the benefit of
his clients. Yet he can’t seem to convince his wife that he has been and always
will be faithful, and her lack of trust tests the limits of his patience.
Cassidy Hawthorne-Vega grew up in a home rocked
by infidelity. When she suspects her husband is hiding something from her, she
takes drastic steps to uncover the truth. Her actions result in a confrontation
that threatens the bond of their marriage. It’s only when she reveals a painful
secret from the past that Cassidy learns to accept the love her husband freely
gives.
Sep 10, 2013
Book Spotlight ~ Rogue's Hostage ~ @LyndiLamont #mfrworg
Author: Linda McLaughlin
Book: Rogue's Hostage
Release Date:
Feb. 22, 2013
Publisher: Linda
McLaughlin (self-published)
Amazon ASIN: B00BJO26OY
BUY LINK/S:
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00BJO26OY
Genre: History
Length: 262 Pages
Price: $3.99
Warnings: None
Heat Level: R
Format: E-Book
Author Website: http://www.lindamclaughlin.com/
Author Blog/s: http://flightsafancy.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LyndiLamont
His hostage…
In 1758 the Pennsylvania frontier is wild,
primitive and dangerous, where safety often lies at the end of a gun. Mara
Dupre's life crumbles when a French and Indian war party attacks her cabin,
kills her husband, and takes her captive. Marching through the wilderness
strengthens her resolve to flee, but she doesn't count on her captor teaching
her the meaning of courage and the tempting call of desire.
Her destiny…
French lieutenant Jacques Corbeau's desire for
his captive threatens what little honor he has left. But when Mara desperately
offers herself to him in exchange for her freedom, he finds the strength to
refuse and reclaims his lost self-respect. As the shadows of his past catch up
to him, Jacques realizes that Mara, despite the odds, is the one true key to
reclaiming his soul and banishing his past misdeeds forever.
Sep 8, 2013
Book Spotlight ~ All For Spilled Blood ~ @AnnSiracusa #mfrworg
Author: R. Ann Siracusa
Book: All for Spilled Blood
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Publisher: Breathless Press
ISBN: 978-1-77101-846-3
Amazon ASIN: B00BJG1SZA
BUY LINK/S:
Genre: Suspense
Length: 287 Pages
Price: $6.99
Warnings: None
Heat Level: R
Format: E-Book in Multiple
Formats
Author Website/Blog: http://rannsiracusa.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnSiracusa
An international youth convention, art
smugglers, and terrorists trying to recruit young computer geniuses and a
national art treasure.
Harriet Ruby, tour director extraordinaire, and
her fiancé and favorite spy, Will Talbot, travel to Russia undercover as tour
directors for the US delegation to an international youth conference. Harriet
tackles her first covert assignment to investigate smuggled artwork while
Will's mission is to locate and destroy a group of terrorists recruiting young
computer experts.
Their
marriage plans hit a snag when Will locates a long-lost cousin with startling
news about his heritage. When the artwork being smuggled has particular
significance to one of the terrorist sympathizers, their missions entangle and
begin to unravel, leaving Will at the mercy of terrorist kidnappers and Harriet
holding the bag.
Sep 7, 2013
Sep 1, 2013
Book Spotlight ~ Heartstrings ~ @sara_w_ellwood #mfrworg
Author: Sara Walter Ellwood
Book: Heartstrings
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781616504557
BUY LINKS:
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Pages 167
Price: $5.99
Warnings: Spicy Sex
Heat Level: R
Format: E-Book in Multiple
Formats
He’s determined to set things right, no matter the cost.
The last person Abby Crawford wants to face down is
country music superstar Seth Kendall. Last time she did, she flat-out lied so
he’d go to Nashville without her. She’s never understood why their mutual best
friend proposed, but she went with it so her baby wouldn’t be fatherless. Now
she’s a divorced mother of a teenager, and secretly Seth’s biggest fan.
Seth is home in McAllister, Texas for his father’s
funeral…and a chance to meet the daughter he’s never known. He’s willing to
face the music and admit he’s known about his little girl all along. For
fifteen years he’s kept his distance because Abby told him she didn’t love him.
But now he won’t leave until he knows his daughter even if it means facing the
woman who broke his heart.
Confessing she’s lied about her daughter’s paternity
won’t be easy for Abby, especially with her ex blackmailing her. And Seth
doesn’t know the hardest truth of all: Every love song he plays still plucks
her heartstrings.
Aug 31, 2013
Aug 30, 2013
YA Hop Featured Authors #MFRWhop with @Kittyb78 @AileenFish @SKNHammerstone
Thanks
to all the efforts of the amazing authors who participated in the MFRW young
adult blog hop. And congratulations to the winners of the awesome prizes! If
you missed the hop, it’s not too late to check out the talents of MFRW’s young
adults authors. This link will direct you to a free mini-book (a sampling and
taste) of the books featured on the hop. http://mfrw.hopwith.me/
Here
are the first three in the line-up.
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Dangerous
Temptation by
Catrina Barton
Buy
Link: http://is.gd/Y462Qb
Seventeen year old Kaitlin Sinclair's world crashes when her
father dies, she's discovered by an uncle she never knew existed.
She encounters Cadmon Quinn, new leader of an ancient clan of
tiger shifters, who fears failing his clan, but is drawn to the haunted young
woman.
An adventure in the rainforest irrevocably intertwines their
lives and they soon realize that keeping their hearts safe could prove as
impossible as staying alive!
Apocalyptia
One: Outcast by
Aileen Fish .
Buy
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AFHI39I
Everyone had heard the world was supposed to end on December 21,
2012. But no one believed it.
When the world collapses, the only person who comes looking for
Niki Mathers is the loser who made fun of her in high school. JC Phillips saves
her life, so she can’t really tell him to get lost. And he is keeping her from
being alone at the end of the world…
JC will never forgive himself for choices he made the night
before the earthquake. Rescuing the girl he’s been crushing on for the past
year doesn’t bring atonement.
Maybe making the world safe for Niki will take away his guilt.
The world they know is dying. All they want is to find their
place in it before it does.
The
Rift by SKN Hammerstone
.
Buy
Link: http://is.gd/3UGGIU
Rachael Taylor has returned from the grave with no memory of who
she is or which of the two worlds she exists in is real. In one world she is a
teenager living what is considered the normal life. In the other she is
tormented night and day in a burning city.
When strange creatures start to invade both worlds, she must
discover what she is before
everything collapses.
Stay
tuned, during the month of September we will be spotlighting all of the books
who participated. Did you read and love any of the books featured? If so,
please leave a friendly comment for the author.
Aug 24, 2013
Aug 17, 2013
Aug 10, 2013
Aug 3, 2013
Jul 27, 2013
Jul 26, 2013
How Karen Cote' Got Roped -- er, I mean Sweet-talked into MFRW @karensromance #MFRWlove @MFRW_ORG
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| Karen Cote' |
Karen Coté is -- or was, before today -- the Promotions Director
at Marketing for Romance Writers (MFRW). This is the story of how she got this position.
As the founder of MFRW, it was up to me to do most of the heavy lifting. I had a few volunteers who helped with approving posts when needed, but it was not as organized back then as it is now. Then Karen Coté joined the group. She immediately caught the value of what we were doing. Marketing for Romance Writers is a peer-based community of people in the literary community. We post questions and get answers, ask for advice, seek promotional opportunities, and offer them. There's a strict no-promotion policy. We aren't hit over the head with info about new books or sharing our blogs. It's business-related only.
One day, shortly after Karen joined, she emailed me a link to a site where we might get exposure as a group. I took advantage of it and thanked her for thinking of it. A few days later, she sent me another one. I'd never heard of the site before, so I investigated. It was helpful, and I told her so. Not long after that, she sent me another one, and asked if it was okay if she wrote an article about the group and posted it on another site. I was floored. I was writing full time, volunteering with MFRW, and mentoring a few new authors on the side, so I didn't have time to do much extra. I was thrilled to have Karen's help.
That's when the idea hit me.
Why not ask Karen Coté to do this all the time? So I wrote to her, explained my idea, and asked what she thought. Would she be officially in charge of finding ways to tell people about the group? We would call the position "Promotions Director." To my great delight, she said yes.
Having someone to help took a load off my shoulders. I was able to focus on other areas, and concentrate more on the leadership opportunities. I organized the volunteers a little better, and created a separate Yahoo group where we could discuss aspects of leadership and details about the promotions. We asked for more volunteers, who became Member Liaisons. We coordinated setting up a blog and organizing it for promoting our members. There have been 199 posts so far, and it has nearly 200 followers and many ways to link and share. Due to Karen's influence, we added a Pinterest account for MFRW, and used it to share our members' books. It now has 72 boards, 763 pins, and 634 followers. No idea how many repins it has, but readers love being able to add our pins to their boards, and every pinned book cover leads to a place to buy the book. The responsibility for Pinterest is now handled by Paloma Beck, who does a wonderful job of sharing the posts via our Twitter account. Guess who set up the Twitter account? You guessed it: Karen Coté. MFRW_ORG has 297 followers and has sent out 444 tweets. We're currently looking for a Twitter maven who will help us fire up this account and use it to help promote the group and its members.
We also have bloghops, an amazing newsletter in multiple formats, a website, and a forum on Coffee Time Romance. For two years, we've held a "Marketing Summer Camp" -- one full weekend of workshops on how to market your books, how to write, how to query, what to do with social media, and various other topics related to being an author, publisher, or other worker in the literary world.
Guess what? All of what MFRW does is free.
As the founder of MFRW, it was up to me to do most of the heavy lifting. I had a few volunteers who helped with approving posts when needed, but it was not as organized back then as it is now. Then Karen Coté joined the group. She immediately caught the value of what we were doing. Marketing for Romance Writers is a peer-based community of people in the literary community. We post questions and get answers, ask for advice, seek promotional opportunities, and offer them. There's a strict no-promotion policy. We aren't hit over the head with info about new books or sharing our blogs. It's business-related only.
One day, shortly after Karen joined, she emailed me a link to a site where we might get exposure as a group. I took advantage of it and thanked her for thinking of it. A few days later, she sent me another one. I'd never heard of the site before, so I investigated. It was helpful, and I told her so. Not long after that, she sent me another one, and asked if it was okay if she wrote an article about the group and posted it on another site. I was floored. I was writing full time, volunteering with MFRW, and mentoring a few new authors on the side, so I didn't have time to do much extra. I was thrilled to have Karen's help.
That's when the idea hit me.
Why not ask Karen Coté to do this all the time? So I wrote to her, explained my idea, and asked what she thought. Would she be officially in charge of finding ways to tell people about the group? We would call the position "Promotions Director." To my great delight, she said yes.
Having someone to help took a load off my shoulders. I was able to focus on other areas, and concentrate more on the leadership opportunities. I organized the volunteers a little better, and created a separate Yahoo group where we could discuss aspects of leadership and details about the promotions. We asked for more volunteers, who became Member Liaisons. We coordinated setting up a blog and organizing it for promoting our members. There have been 199 posts so far, and it has nearly 200 followers and many ways to link and share. Due to Karen's influence, we added a Pinterest account for MFRW, and used it to share our members' books. It now has 72 boards, 763 pins, and 634 followers. No idea how many repins it has, but readers love being able to add our pins to their boards, and every pinned book cover leads to a place to buy the book. The responsibility for Pinterest is now handled by Paloma Beck, who does a wonderful job of sharing the posts via our Twitter account. Guess who set up the Twitter account? You guessed it: Karen Coté. MFRW_ORG has 297 followers and has sent out 444 tweets. We're currently looking for a Twitter maven who will help us fire up this account and use it to help promote the group and its members.
We also have bloghops, an amazing newsletter in multiple formats, a website, and a forum on Coffee Time Romance. For two years, we've held a "Marketing Summer Camp" -- one full weekend of workshops on how to market your books, how to write, how to query, what to do with social media, and various other topics related to being an author, publisher, or other worker in the literary world.
Guess what? All of what MFRW does is free.
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| Erotic Deception by Karen Cote' |
That was one of the things that drew Karen to what we did. She
saw the value of what we wanted to do, and that I had a personal commitment to
offer these things at no cost. She told me many times that she valued the heart
I had to give. Perhaps that was why we became such good friends. She has that
same giving spirit. Karen has funded prizes and giveaways at camp out of her
own pocket. She's been the backbone of our group with her fun tweets, sharing
spirit, and her ability to infuse every aspect of our efforts with humor. Her
writing motto is "Romance... it's complicated." How true in any life!
But somehow she manages to express it in such a way that she's been a
best-seller from the beginning of her career.
Because of One Person.
All the success of Marketing for Romance Writers happened because one person caught the vision of what I was trying to do, and came alongside to lend a hand. When I say Karen Coté will be missed, you can believe it's true.
Here's where to find Karen on the net.
Website http://karencote.tv
Because of One Person.
All the success of Marketing for Romance Writers happened because one person caught the vision of what I was trying to do, and came alongside to lend a hand. When I say Karen Coté will be missed, you can believe it's true.
Here's where to find Karen on the net.
Website http://karencote.tv
Blog http://karencote.tv
Twitter http://twitter.com/KarensRomance
Facebook Profile http://facebook.com/KarensRomance
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/karensromance/
Blog Director: Lynn Crain
Activities Director: Kristyn
Phipps
Bloghop Coordinator: Mona Karel
Pinterest Coordinator: Paloma Beck
Newsletter Editor: Rochelle
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