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I hesitate to use the word epic, but…

April 19, 2012 8:08 pm ⋅ 56 Comments ⋅

…I’m about to give away a boatload of e-books!

Today is my 2-year Indieversary – yup, that’s right, I’ve been an indie/ self-published author for two years. Happy book birthday to Glimpse!!

Normally, this would be the paragraph where I lay a bunch of sweet stats on you and be inspiring to other writers and what-not, but I suck at keeping track of stuff. (I hear the third year [I'm totally lying] is when you get control of your indie career. I’m expecting to wake up tomorrow being able to make spreadsheets and do my taxes without using “guesstimates.”)

I’ll just say this: I’m doing great, my job rocks, I’ve met a lot of cool people who I now consider friends, and I earn enough to buy what I want. (Excluding $700,000 farms. C’mon, I’m not Amanda, for crying out loud!)

So, yay, Happy Indieversary to me! Let’s get to the giveaway!!

There are three prize levels.

Grand Prize – 26 ebooks!

Exiled by RaShelle Workman, Running Wide Open and Getting Sideways by Lisa Nowak, Transfer Student and 13 on Halloween by Laura A.H. Elliott, Watched and Protected by Cindy M. Hogan, Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper, Sleepers by Megg Jensen, The Green by Karly Kirkpatrick, Beautiful Demons and Inner Demons by Sarra Cannon, Clockwise by Elle Strauss, BECOME by Ali Cross, Destined by Jessie Harrell, Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn, Dream Smashers by Angela Carlie, The Secret of Spruce Knoll by Heather McCorkle, The Veil by Cory Putman Oakes, How to Date an Alien by Magan Vernon, BOUND by C.K. Bryant, A Spy Like Me by Laura Pauling, The Soulkeepers by G.P. Ching, Unenchanted and The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn, Artemis Rising by Cheri Lasota

First Prize – 15 ebooks!

Exiled, Running Wide Open and Getting Sideways, Transfer Student and 13 on Halloween, Watched and Protected, Tangles Tides, Sleepers, The Green, Beautiful Demons and Inner Demons, Clockwise, BECOME, Destined

Second Prize – 11 ebooks!

Open Minds, Dream Smashers, The Secret of Spruce Knoll, The Veil, How to Date an Alien, BOUND, A Spy Like Me, The Soulkeepers, Unenchanted and The Iron Butterfly, Artemis Rising 

Fill out the entry form below.  All that’s mandatory is that you leave a blog comment with your e-mail, but if you “Like” and/or Tweet about the giveaway, you get extra entries.

Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor. (Hey, it’s my indieversary. I can be a total dork, more than usual, if I want to.)

Much love and thanks to all of you!

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Contest! Win a copy of The Toilet Business

May 19, 2011 3:12 pm ⋅ 36 Comments ⋅

Good morning! The Toilet Business is published.  If you’re a fan of David Sedaris, Laurie Notaro or Rachel Thompson, this book is for you.

The blurb:

Stacey Wallace Benefiel has been a butcher, a baker and would totally entertain the idea of being a candlestick maker.

Over the past eighteen years she’s worked nearly fifty jobs, ninety percent of which were crappy. Along the way, she’s racked up several degrees in professions people don’t actually need degrees for and has filled out so much FAFSA paperwork that she can do it with her eyes closed.

From motel housekeeper, to fry cook, to Tower Records salesperson, Stacey has weathered her employment adventures with a smile on her face, uncomfortable shoes on her feet, and a double Jack and Coke in hand.

Her employment history gives new meaning to the phrase retail therapy.

You can purchase TTB at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords.

Or…

You can tell me about the crappiest job you’ve ever had and enter to win a copy!

Jot down your workplace trials and tribulations in the comments.  Make sure to include an e-mail address so that I can send you the book if your story is chosen.  I’m giving away 5 e-books.  The winners will be chosen by me.  The contest ends at 9am PST on Monday the 23rd.

I can’t wait to hear everyone’s stories.  The world overfloweth with crappy jobs and the people who have to do them.

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If you win a kindle, you’ll probably want to marry it. (C’mon, it is not just me.)

August 30, 2010 7:08 pm ⋅ 3 Comments ⋅

Good morning!  It is raining for the first time in 8 weeks and I couldn’t be happier about it.  I like my Oregon overcast and green.

I’ve a few things to report this morning.  After five coats of paint the two walls that I repainted in the kitchen are still in need, so it’s back to Home Depot I go.  Home Depot is becoming my new IKEA, thankfully it’s a mile away from my house.  The plumbing is getting hooked up today, so no more dishwashing in the bathroom!  Yippee!  I’ve had just about enough of looking at a tub of dirty breakfast dishes while I’m peeing, thank you very much.

If any of you are interested in winning a new Kindle and reading some awesomeness, Zoe Winters is going on what she is calling a Blood Lust Blitz this week.  She’s going to be all over blogland promoting her newest release, Blood Lust, which is now in print and e on Amazon.  You can find out more about her contest rules here.

It is now noon and I started this post two hours ago before I broke the internet.  In the meantime I managed to bust out 1.5K on my WIP, Sacrifice.  It’s getting good y’all!  I plotted on it over the weekend and was going to wait officially until September to start working on it, but enough of this writing hiatus crap.  You know what?  Not fun and not relaxing.  Remind me never to try to take a break from writing again.  However, before I get all wrapped up in my exciting new world again, I gotta go get some more paint and pick up the kids from my parents.  Peace out.

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