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With SCENT OF MAGIC being released today, I'd thought I'd squeeze in a bunch of local book signings this weekend to help promote the book and to take advantage of the holiday rush.  While I would love to travel all over the world to meet my readers, I'm staying close to home during this busy time of year.  Sorry about that! I'm posting my schedule below just in case you happen to be in central PA this weekend or in early January  :)  Or think you'd like to take a road trip and come hang out and chat with me.  I'm also posting it because not everyone gets my newsletter or opens it right away (I know - hard to believe isn't it?). Schedule: December 21, 2012 Book Signing at  http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2916 Barnes & Noble Booksellers (Red Rose Commons, 1700 H Fruitville Pike, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17601, 717-290-8171). 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. December 22, 2012   Book Signing at  http://www.cupboardmarker....

It's been a busy week of promotion!  In case you missed the news, here's a re-cap: Week 1 of the SCENT OF MAGIC blog tour started on Monday.  My publisher is giving away an amazing prize package and you can enter to win this at any of these stops (US/Canada only), and you can win a copy of SCENT OF MAGIC at these stops as well - a few are open to international readers (see below). Here are the stops: Dec. 10th - Parajunkee - Review and Q&A (learn if I like pie better than cake) - International Dec. 11th - Paranormal Urban Fantasy Reviews - Review Dec. 12th - Read Now Sleep Later - Q&A podcast (find out what's in store for the new Study book) - International Dec. 13th - The Book Heroine - Review Dec. 14th - We Fancy Books - Playlist (find out the music I listen to while writing) - International Also the UK office produced a fantastic video book trailer to promote the book.  You can watch it here: http://youtu.be/m8th2dPWMa0 And the Australian o...

Yes, lots of shouty capitals - but the UK office of MIRA Books just posted a brilliant video trailer for SCENT OF MAGIC.  They produced the one for TOUCH OF POWER last year and this one is just as fabulous!  It's just a one minute video to help promote the book. Have a look and tell me what you think! http://youtu.be/m8th2dPWMa0  

Well the title pretty much sums it up - I'm promoting the soon-to-be released SCENT OF MAGIC, book 2 in my Healer Series.  It's due out December 18th in the USA, Canada, UK and Australia/New Zealand.  The Blog tour has a number of fun posts - A guest post by Belen being one, and my Christmas traditions being another.  There will be reviews, an interview, a podcast and a chance to win a free copy of SCENT OF MAGIC at every stop.  A couple blogs will be open to international readers for a chance to win. Here's the line up: Dec. 10th - Parajunkee - Review and Q&A Dec. 11th - Paranormal Urban Fantasy Reviews - Review Dec. 12th - Read Now Sleep Later - Q&A podcast Dec. 13th - The Book Heroine - Review Dec. 14th - We Fancy Books - Playlist Dec. 17th - Two Chicks on Books - Belen POV Dec. 18th - The Starry-Eyed Review - Guest Post Dec. 19th - A Great Read - Review Dec. 20th - YA Reads - Guest Post Dec. 21st - The Book Hookup - Revi...

It is my pleasure to introduce to you Emily McKay, author of THE FARM.  It's a YA post-apocalyptic story with these creatures called Ticks (very similar to vampires).  She asked me to read her book back in the summer for a cover blurb and I LOVED it!  My blurb was something like this: Be prepared to stay up all night - I did!  The main characters, Lily and Mel are very unique and likable.  The plot is different enough to stand out among the current wave of dystopians/post-apocalyptic novels. Below is a fascinating interview with Emily and she is also offering two prizes as giveaways.  One is a signed copy of THE FARM and the other is a Vampire Apocalypse Survival Kit.  The giveaway is open to everyone (yes, including international).  To enter, post a comment to this blog by December 11th, 11:59 p.m. EST and please include an email addy so we can contact you! Here's the cover copy : Life was different in the Before: before ...

I did another giveaway for an early copy of SCENT OF MAGIC for those commenting on their favorite minor/obscure character from one of my books.  The response was wonderful and I thought I'd give away a book to one of my blog readers and to one of my Goodreads friends. Congratulations to Rywn who won a copy and to Rachel on Goodreads who also won a copy!!  Keep checking my blog as I'm doing a 10 day blog tour starting December 10th and we're giving away 10 copies of SCENT OF MAGIC!! The results for favorite minor/obscure character are in: #1 Fisk - 14 (He first appeared in MAGIC STUDY) #2 Kiki - 9 #3 Belen - 8 Rand - 7 Pazia - 5 Logan, Reema, Moon Man, Leif, Mom, Flea, Nutty - 3 Dax, Mara, Sheepy, Fire Warper, Death Lilys, Noelle, Dilana, Commander, Perl, Zitora - 2 Bain, Irys, Alethea, Maren, Tula, Esau, Quartz, Cog, Eve, Nic, Heli - 1 And just for fun - Can anyone tell me which book Beevan appears in?  He's a very obscur...

I had a celebration and give away over on my Facebook Author Page last week, celebrating hitting 4000 likes.  Pretty exciting for me and I asked people to leave a comment on who their favorite character was from one of my books.  The response was overwhelming (yay!) and I tallied the "votes" and thought I share with my blog readers. I also thought, since I have a box of SCENT OF MAGIC books sitting in my office, I'd offer a signed copy to a random commenter on my blog.  Now this time I want to know who your favorite obscure/minor character of mine is :)  Contest open until November 23 - and please leave a contact email so I can notify you if you win (Goodreads friends you don't need to put your email - I can find you :) Favorite Characters of my Facebook Readers: #1 Valek - 236 #2 Yelena - 151 #3 Ari and Janco - 65 Avry - 39 Opal - 37 Trella - 23 Belen - 11 Devlen - 10 Kade, Leif & Kiki - 9 Kerrick - 8 Moon Man - 6 Flea - 5 The Comm...