12 Days of Review Requests 2015 - Final List of Winners and Books Pitched

You guys. Seriously. I'm exhausted but so thrilled at the turnout from this event. Not only did I have a ton of awesome samples to read and books bought, but I also saw the friendships being made in the comments. Everyone chatting it up, wishing one another luck, and thanking the amazing authors that donated to the event makes my heart full. THAT is what makes this event what it is. Stay in touch with one another, please.

Here's the way the end goes:
I'm going to list all the winners from the books pitched this year first (including the last one). That will be added to my TBR for 2016. Then, you'll see the books that won last year (and the links to the reviews I managed to write). After that, I'll announce the winner of the grand prize giveaway that ran over the duration of the event and the daily giveaway that ran over the weekend. At the bottom, you'll get the final list of all the amazing books pitched this year.

I really wanted to buy and read them all, but I promised myself I would stick to twelve, and that's what I did.

Please note: Winners from last year's event will be read before I start on the ones from this year. If your book won last year and isn't on this list, I wasn't able to finish it. While your sample intrigued me, something about the book made me stop reading. If you'd like to know what it was, feel free to send me a message.

Comment moderation will be turned back on tomorrow morning.

Ready? Let's get going!

Winners from this year (in no particular order):

Sahara Foley - The Secret of Excalibur 2.99

Morgan Reeves - Free to Fly (Never Ever After Book 1) 2.99

Mary J. Williams - If I Loved You (Harper Falls Book 1) 0.99

Suzanna Lynn - The Bed Wife Chronicles - Collector's Edition 4.99

Andi O'Connor - Awakening (The Dragonath Chronicles Book 2) 5.99

Heidi Angell - Elements of a Broken Mind (The Clear Angel Chronicles Book 1) 4.99
Sylvia Stein - Chasing Clarity 2.99

Marissa Campbell - Avelynn: A Novel 9.99

Danielle Mathieson Pederson - Lasera: Book One of the Mer Archives $4.99

Martina Mcatee - Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things 2.99

A.B. Funkhauser - Heuer Lost And Found 3.99

Christina Benjamin - The Geneva Project - Truth FREE

Congratulations to Christina Benjamin! Your book has been tweeted, shared on Pinterest, added to my added to my Goodreads TBR for the event, and shared on Facebook.

Winners from last year:

The Release Club 1 - Misty Provencher - Review HERE
Dry Stories - Kate Baggot - Review HERE
Fragile Creatures - Kristina Circelli - Review HERE
8 Weeks - Bethany Lopez - Review HERE
Moonlight - David Rose - Review HERE
Refuge - Violet Haze - Review HERE
From the Wreckage - Michelle G. Miller - Review HERE
Shadows on Snow (A Flipped Fairy Tale) - Starla Hutchton -  Review HERE
Bound by Duty - Stormy Smith - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Siren - Jennifer Melzer - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Queen of Someday - Sherry Ficklin - Amazon Kindle $5.99
Unseen - Stephanie Erickson - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Kindling Flames-Gathering Tinder - Julie Wetzel - Amazon Kindle FREE
To Get Me to You - Kait Nolan - Amazon Kindle $2.99
 Sticks and Stones - Shawn McGuire - Amazon Kindle $0.99
The Last Guardian Rises - Rebecca Trogner - Amazon Kindle $0.99 

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Final list of books pitched this year:

Marla Bradeen - The Amicable Divorce: A Chick-Lit Novel 3.99
Laila Raimes - Tiny Tragedies - The Sundry Files: An Alt World Book 3.99
Andi O'Connor - The Lost Heir (The Dragonath Chronicles Book 1) 4.99
Jules Dixon - Rest, My Love: Triple R Series 2.99
Colleen O'Felein - Eerie 2.99
Heidi Angell - Angel's Dance (Clear Angel Chronicles) (Volume 2) 10.99 (paperback)
Kirsten Blacketer - An Irresistible Shadow (Shadow Guardians Book 1) 2.99
Jen Bradlee - The Prince of Whispers (Wicked Whispers Trilogy Book 1) 2.99
M. H. Soars - Wonderwall 2.99
Casey L. Bond - Reap (The Harvest Saga Book 1) FREE
Corrissa James - So Wills the Heart: Book 4 in the Great Plains Romance Series 2.99
Angel L. Woodz - Bed of Thornes (Bed of Thornes Trilogy Book 1) 0.99
Intisar Khanani - Sunbolt (The Sunbolt Chronicles Book 1) 1.99
Laila Raimes - Shifter Fates: Elle's Claim 1.00
Shawn McGuire - Break My Bones (The Wish Makers Book 2) 3.99
Nanette Day - Skeleton Dance 0.99
Brea Behn - Wolves in the Woods (Wolves Series, Book #1) 1.99
Terri Bruce - Hereafter (Afterlife #1) 0.99
Casey Hays - Breeder: Arrow's Flight Book #1 FREE
Bonnie Phelps - My Rodeo Man (The Texas Kincaids Book 1) 3.99
Christina Benjamin - The Geneva Project: Prequels - The Christmas Gift (Short Story) 0.99
Sahara Foley - It Lives in the Basement 2.99
RJ Blain - The Dawn of Dae (Dae Portals Book 1) FREE
Angel L. Woodz - Holiday's Presence FREE
Aaron-Michael Hall - The Rise of Nazil: Secret of the Seven 3.99
Mary J. Williams - If You Only Knew (Harper Falls Book 3) 4.99
Jules Dixon - Winter Wishes (Holiday Hotties) 0.99
Rachel Wagner - Curse of the Sphinx 2.99
Violet Haze - A Woman's Affair 4.99
Tamar Hela - The Wrong Fairy Tale: Spirit Lake Series Book 2 3.99
Sarah King - The Gisburn Witch 4.99
Christina Benjamin - Geneva Project: Secrets 4.99
Christina Benjamin - Geneva Project: Lies 4.99
Susan Murphy - Confetti Confidential: Annabell's Wedding 1.99
Tara Benham - At Night's End 2.99
Christina Benjamin - Christmas in the City 4.99
Sahara Foley - Mistletoe Magic: A Christmas Anthology FREE
Casey Hays - The Archer: Arrow's Flight Book #2 4.99
Rachael Stapleton - Curse of the Purple Delhi Sapphire (Temple of Indra Series) 3.99
Tricia Copeland - If I Could Fly (Being Me Book 2) 2.99
JN Chaney - The Amber Project (Variant Saga Book 1) 2.99
Elizabeth Kirke - Carved in Cherry (Curse Collectors Book 1) 3.99

There are SO many awesome books up there. I did end up throwing the final list in a hat and choosing one at random. I urge you to check them out and grab something new to read over the holidays. Just because I didn't choose it, doesn't mean one of the many readers and reviews I invited to attend the event didn't pick it up.

To all the authors who pitched: Thank you for introducing me to your work. I wish I could buy, read, and review them all.

To all the readers who lurked and snagged books this go round: Thank you for coming to the event! It wouldn't be worth it if it weren't for all of you. Thank you for entering the giveaways and supporting Indie authors everywhere with your reviews.

I'm taking time off after tomorrow's post. My sons are here for the holidays, and I have a book I need to finish writing. Plus, it's time to re-evaluate my goals and set new ones for 2016. There will probably be changes coming!

Thank you all so much for the support you give my little corner of the blogosphere. I hope my blog has helped you in some way.

Well, that's all for today, folks! Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo

Winner Announced

Happy Thursday, good people of the blogosphere! I have the winner of the book pack for you all today! I'm not gonna blab on and on, so here it is!

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Congratulations to the winner! You take home these books:

 

Check out the reviews for these books here on the blog:
Sanctuary
Falling for Autumn
Sir Edric's Temple
The Bestiarum Vocabulum
Chasing Shadows

I've contacted the winner already. I hope she's super happy about this great book pack.

Tomorrow, we're back to the grind!

Well, that's all for today, folks! Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo 

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways

Happy Monday, good people of the blogosphere! How great is it that we get to wake up every day and go out into the world to learn something new?

About my post title: You all know how much I love putting my books into the hands of those that will enjoy them. Starting today and running for the next 12 days, I'll be doing some great giveaways of my books and I'll be giving you the opportunity to sell me yours! That's right, sell me your book! I wanna spread the love for my fellow indies!

So, here's the schedule:

1. Monday, December 10 - One commenter will win an e-copy of The Abigale Chronicles 3 in 1 (all 3 books)
2. Tuesday, December 11 - Two people who comment will win a copy of every one of my books
3. Wednesday, December 12 - Three people who comment will win an e-copy of The Abigale Chronicles - Book 1
4. Thursday, December 13 - Four people who comment will win an e-copy of The Abigale Chronicles - Book 2
5. Friday, December 14 - Five people who comment will win $5 to spend over on Amazon
6. Saturday, December 15 - Six people who comment will win an e-copy of The Abigale Chronicles - Book 3
7. Sunday, December 16 - Seven people who comment will win an e-copy of The Indie Author's Guide to: Building a Great Book
8. Monday, December 17 - Eight people who comment will win an e-copy of Yassa
9. Tuesday, December 18 - Nine people who comment will win a Mystic bookmark
10. Wednesday, December 19 - Ten people who comment will win an e-copy of Mystic~Bronya
11. Thursday, December 20 - Eleven people who comment will win an e-copy of Mystic~Lily
12. Friday, December 21 - Twelve people who comment will win an e-copy of Mystic~Shelia

And for today, here's how to enter:
Go over to this post and check out the covers for The Bird. Enter your vote on the voting widget on the right hand side of the blog. Then comment here saying you've voted for your favorite and which one it was. If you've already voted, you're already entered. I'll be using random.org to choose the winners.

Each day will have a different task with a required comment. One of those days will be the chance for you to sell me one of your e-books!! I'm not telling you which day it is so you'll just have to come back every day and find out! It can be your book or a client's book. Pimp the indies!

When I buy your book, you get a read and a review that will be posted here on my blog and on every site your book is available on. Review posting on my blog isn't something I normally do but you'll get a whole post dedicated to your book. INDIE AUTHORS ONLY for this fun!

Well, get to it! That's all for today, folks! Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo

NaNoWriMo Check In and Winners

Happy Tuesday, good people of the blogosphere! Time for my NaNoWriMo check-in!

As of today, I'm sitting at 40,193 words. HOLY MOLY! It's been a great time. Sadly, my story must begin to end. There must be a final battle and resolution of some kind. It probably won't happen until next week. I have family coming in for the holidays and won't be doing much writing while I'm busy being thankful for those I love.

While I'd LOVE to give you all an excerpt, I'm not sure I can do anything without giving away some of the great surprises that await you in The Bird. But wait! I do have the first of three covers to put out here. Remember, this isn't a sure thing and I always ALWAYS do three versions before I choose a favorite.

Without further ado:

As you can see, this one is all about strong typography.

The next one will be more focused on imagery.

The last will be completely different from the first two.

How's it look?







Now, to announce the winners of the rafflecopter drawing!
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CONGRATULATIONS!! I'll be in touch shortly!

Well, that's all for today, folks! Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo