EARRING WINNER AND NEW GIVEAWAY

The winner of January's earring giveaway is... da da da dum... Norma Beishir! Norma, if you'll email me at cherylbdale@hotmail.com and give me your mailing address, I will get these out to you. Hopefully.

And before anyone asks, since Norma and I are in an online group together, I did not rig the drawing! If I had, I would definitely have chosen someone not in Canada because my December winner happened to be in Canada, too, and I had a terrible time getting the earrings mailed to her. Took the better part of January for her to receive them.

In case anyone wonders how I choose, I count the number of entries and have my guy pick a number from the first to the last. Then I count and presto! We have a winner.

And now for February's earring giveaway:

These blue glass earrings hanging from cloisonne beads would be perfect for the formal dinners Lindy endured in THE WARWICKS OF SLUMBER MOUNTAIN.

And here's the store link:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/107365461/blue-belle-of-the-ball-earrings?

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY

I gave away two Advanced Reader Copy proofs of TAXED TO THE MAX in GoodReads. The giveaway ended October 23rd. This morning I sent off ARCs to the two winners. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they like it.

The Publishers Weekly review was not bad but not great. Kirkus Reviews was much kinder. Lines from both are going to go on the final book cover, I learned yesterday.

So now I'm thinking since I have more ARCs, why not give away five more on GoodReads? It was really easy to set it up; GR did all the work. The book won't be available till the end of December so why not? Seems to me the more ARCs out there, the more chance for people to recommend it to friends and family.

I also have an ebook gothic with paranormal elements, THE WARWICKS OF SLUMBER MOUNTAIN, coming out in November. I'm wondering whether to try to give away some advanced copies of it, too. A little more difficult since it's an ebook. I'm not sure GoodReads handles them. Guess I'll have to check.

And I'm also giving away earrings on the blog, remember! Anyone who comments with the word 'earrings' somewhere in it will be entered.

A different set will be given away next month, too. I believe they'll be tied in with my re-release of TREACHEROUS BEAUTIES.

A lot going on. And I still have to write!