My book, Secondhand Shoes is up for an award over at eFestival of Words, in the Mainstream Fiction section. I was totally floored when I got the word. And whoever nominated my book, thank you.
I need your vote. It shouldn’t be too hard to do. Just don’t pay attention to all of the adds toward the end.
The complete list of finalists, and all voting polls, can be found in the
Awards Hall.
http://www.efestivalofwords.com/awards-hall-f29.html
Hugs and chocolate,
Shelly
SPAL: Usually we do What’s Your Nosh Tuesday but today we’re celebrating Mummsy’s book.
HB: Yay! Its on Amazon and everyone gets a FREE TREATS for the next three days. Right, Mummsy?
SA: That’s right. Free Ebooks to everyone.
HB: Are you going to tell everyone what a good boy I am, too?
SPAL: No. I’m the good boy. You’re stupid.
HB: Am not. You’re a pansy. I’m the good boy.
SPAL: Not. I am.
SA: Okay. You two. Stop it! This is a party. And I have a few more things to say.
HB: Like what?
SA: Like, I will be doing a drawing for 4 names. Two people will receive 15 dollar amazon cards and two will receive an autographed copy of Secondhand Shoes.
SPAL: What must they do to have their names put into the drawing?
SA: Down in the comment box leave some advice for the run away bride and promise to Tweet and share on Facebook. In fact, I made it easy for everyone. All they have to do is copy and paste. I’m using the good old fashioned honor system here. Rafflecoptors freeze up my computer.
Tweet
FREE BOOKS and prizes @http://secondhandshoesnovel.blogspot.com/, Feb.19,20,& 21st, #FReeBooks#KindleAmazon please retweet
FREE KINDLE EBOOK Feb,19th, 20th, and 21st Secondhand Shoeshttp://www.amazon.com/Secondhand-Shoes-ebook/dp/B00B1ZNQAO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361198355&sr=8-2&keywords=shelly+arkon%2C+secondhand+shoesPlease share this with your friends
SPAL: That seems really easy.
HB: Yeah. Can you tell people what your favorite nosh is? And when I can have some?
SPAL: Oh brother! You’re going to bug Mummsy, too.
SA: I’ll give him a treat in a bit. But what I like to snack on the most is dark chocolate. I love the taste of bittersweet. Dove is my favorite because it has a smooth texture against my tongue-almost like a velvet blanket when it begins to melt. However, I stick with one piece a day. I don’t want to get big-butt-syndrome. So I mostly keep carrots, celery, apples, and protein bars around. When I get into writing a scene, I don’t want to have to stop to prepare some huge meal.
HB: I want some chocolate. PLEASE!
SA: No. Its not good for you.
SPAL: Mummsy, tell the nice people how we help you write.
SA: Well, Sir Poops sits to the right of me on his own chair and Hair Ball lays at my feet. They’re really good listeners when I need to read something out loud. They also help me figure out difficult scenes.
HB: Yeah. we do. We’re good boys, but I’m the better more gooder fur peep in all the world.
SPAL: ***shakes his head**** Anyway, nice people, you can find Mummsy’s book on the link below and don’t forget to Tweet, Facebook, and leave some advise for Lila in the comment boxes if you want to be put into her drawing.
HB: Yeah. We’re going to draw the names and announce them next Tuesday. So all you nice people go get a FREE Ebook. Okay?
Click here to get your FREE book
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Today, is the last day that you can get Gwen Gardner’s Ebook for Free. Go Here For More Information
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And Mish over at Writer in Transit is having a great contest for her Blog Anniversary. Go Here For More Information
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We’ll see you nice people next week.
Lots of licks,
Sir Poops and Hair Ball
PS Mummsy is pulling a 9 to 5’er today. She’ll be here later to see what’s happening.
William Kendall, at Speak of the Devil, has posted a review. It brought tears to my eyes. Go here to read
Having the novel out there, even in paperback, is surreal. Personally, I’ve sold almost every book I’ve bought at cost. I started out with thirty-two and now have ten left. My marketing plan is to plant seeds without shoving it down peoples’ throats. So I’ll be doing some fundraisers within the next couple of months. Next month, I’ll be hosting a book party at Sweetman’s little eyewear shop. And once I know when for sure it will be up for the Kindle, I’ll be having a blog party and giving away free ebooks.
Let me know if any of you are interested in helping out. Just say so in the comment box. Hoping to have a date soon.
Hugs and chocolate,
Shelly
Today, we’re doing another cover reveal for Mummy’s book, Secondhand Shoes. Mummsy says we’re giving away three books from the Twilight Series and eight books from the House of Night Series. They’ve already been read. It goes with the something borrowed theme. We’ve got pictures below so you can see what you’ll win. They’re both YA/Crossovers about vampires of a different kind.
Hair Ball is willing to throw his most prized possession in, too. The ball.
In order for your name to be put in the drawing you must promise to Tweet, Facebook, and Google +1 this and leave a comment in the box that you did so along with your email, which series you would like, and what you borrowed on your wedding day to wear down the aisle. And I hope they weren’t secondhand bridal shoes that didn’t fit like Mummsy’s MC, Lila.
There will be no rafflecoptors or anything like that. Mummsy is pretty much a self-admitted-techno-moron.
Next Friday, October 19th, she will reveal the two winners for the series over at Secondhand Shoes, A Novel
So here is Mummsy’s purdy book cover made by Collin Beishir at Beishir Media.
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The shoes didn’t fit. It was an omen.
Eighteen year old psychic-medium-germ-a-phobe Lila should have listened to ghostly Gram’s advice the morning of her wedding, “Take off that dress and those shoes. And run.”
En route to the honeymoon, she decides to listen after too many disagreements with her groom. It doesn’t pay to go along to make everyone happy.
Still in her wedding dress and shoes, she escapes out a diner’s bathroom window into the Florida woods despite her fear of snakes and germs with her ghostly Gram’s direction.
So she begins a journey of finding her inner strength that puts her on a deadly run from her psychotic groom and his deranged friends.
Will she ever get past her fear of germs and snakes? Will she survive her honeymoon?
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Roland @ Writing in the Crosshairs
Tonja @ Tonja's Musings
Michelle @ Writer in Transit
Siv @ Been There, Done That
Norma @ Beishir Books
So we’re drawing two names today for two 10 dollar Amazon cards. We wished we could pick everybody. We really do because you guys are all really nice people.
And Hair Ball picked, Tonja and Siv out of the bowl. We thank everyone for stopping by. And we wanted you all to be on the lookout for Mummsy’s book. We’ll be hosting a booktour for her soon. We’ll keep you posted.
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Also, E.J. Wesley’s, Bury the Hatchet blogtour isn’t over until October 19th. Go check him out at The Open Vein
Francine over at Stitching Words has released her novel, Still Rock Water.
Monday, Hair Ball and I will be hosting the Paranorm Blogtour here for Gwen Gardner and Angela Brown.
Lots of licks,
Sir Poops and Hair Ball
Well, I’ve decided to definitely blog two to three times a week. It will be sporadic since my work schedule is such. The boss makes a schedule that isn’t body clock friendly. One day you work the morning shift. One day you work the late one. Most times I feel like a zombie. Oh, the woes of a wanne-be novelist.
Anyway, I’ve got two more chapters left in a book I’m reading for a review. That will be tomorrow’s post along with an author interview.
Also, I wrote a blog for the main character, Lila, in Secondhand Shoes and posted it to http://www.secondhandshoesnovel.blogspot.com.
Anyway, go check out Lila’s character blog and let me know what ya’ll think.
Also, who could ya’ll see Lila as?
Happy blogging, reading, and writing!!!
Shelly
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