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February 1, 2011 · 8:43 AM

Let the Giveaways Begin!

Can you believe it’s February already? Valentine’s Day is a couple weeks away, but romance is already in the air. Roses and candy fill the store shelves, and even here on the internet we’ve broken out the conversation hearts.

Speaking of which…there’s one special candy heart somewhere on my website. Find it, and you can enter to win enough romance to fill your bookshelf in the Lookin’ For Love Web Hunt.

To participate in the web hunt, all you have to do is:

Visit each of the Omnific author’s websites listed below between February 1-14, 2011
Find the “hidden” candy hearts (one per author website with a different saying at each site)
Match the sayings on the candy hearts to the correct author using this form by February 14, 2011

When you correctly identify all of the candy heart sayings, your form will be entered into a random drawing for prizes. Grand prize is the entire eBook collection of Omnific Publishing’s titles then in publication! The runner up will win eBook editions of five Omnific Publishing titles of his or her choice. Ten additional winners will each win an eBook of A Valentine Anthology.

AUTHOR WEBSITES:
Robin DeJarnett
Jennifer DeLucy
Nicki Elson
Jennifer Lane
Jessica McQuinn
Carol Oates
Susan Kaye Quinn
Lisa Sanchez
Sandra Wright

For more information, see the CONTEST RULES

If you don’t want to wait, during its anniversary celebration, Omnific Publishing is offering a special:

More giveaways are coming, so get ready to add all kinds of romance to your (reading) life!

Where I Write

For this Meet an Author Monday blog hop, all us authors are talking about where we like to write, and including photos. So, here goes!

I’m not a sit-at-a-desk-and-write kind of person. I use a laptop to write, and it goes everywhere. My absolute favorite place to write, though is at my dining room table:

I have plenty of space to spread out, enough light, and the sound of the fountain outside the window. I don’t mean to tease all of you under snow right now, but I took this photo yesterday. (I love California!)

As I said, my laptop goes with me all over, so I spend time writing all kinds of places. My kids are both musicians, so I do a lot of writing while waiting for lessons to finish. My car becomes my mobile office:

No, I DON’T WRITE WHEN I’M DRIVING – just when I’m parked in front of the music store! My car has a great sound system, so I can crank the tunes while I write.

I do have an office, though, and that’s where I do the bulk of my editing. That’s the real work of writing for me, and I can’t have any distractions when trying to find that new, “right” word or sentence. I am a pile-er, not a file-er by nature, so my desk is messy. Rather than clean it (truth in advertising and all) I distorted things a little. I’ve found that squinting at a mess makes it look pretty, and takes away a little of that “I really should be cleaning” guilt. 😀

FUN FACT ABOUT ROBIN:

What you can’t see to the left is my 30 slot paper shelf. Some people collect shoes – I’m a paper and label fiend. Address labels, card stock, Astrobrites paper…I love them all. Why hand-write something when you can print it on a sticker?

Thanks for visiting my little writing world! Now I put the question to you: Where do YOU like to READ?

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Be sure and check out the other authors on the blog (I know some of them actually cleaned their offices).

If you are an author, come hop with us!

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January 29, 2011 · 6:05 AM

An Amazing Night

To say our release party was a success is a HUGE understatement!

Over 70 people came to the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell, CA to celebrate the release of my book, Whirlwind, and Killian McRae’s novel, 12.21.12 on Thursday. We were shocked, amazed, and supremely humbled at the turnout!

Friends, family, teachers, coworkers, neighbors, and online friends started arriving at 6 until the room we’d reserved was filled beyond capacity. The room was buzzing with happy conversation and soft music, played by my daughter, Megan.

The biggest surprise was the cake that Killian brought. She and her daughters made the cake from the cover of Whirlwind! And it tasted SO GOOD!

Cake made by Killian McRae

By the time Killian and I started our presentation, it was standing room only. We spoke about our books, our upcoming projects (yes, the sequel to Whirlwind is in the works), and the publishing process. Knowing so many had come to support us chased away the nervous jitters, and I managed to read a short excerpt from Whirlwind without stumbling over my words too many times.

Photo by Lisa Langdale

Killian also read from 12.12.12 before we sat down to sign books. Thank you to everyone for being so patient! By the end of the night, all the books we’d brought were gone. Don’t worry, we have more on order to deliver to those who didn’t get one or couldn’t make it.

Thank you so much to everyone who came. Be sure and check out RobinDeJarnettFans for even more photos, and if you have some, I’d love to see them!

This event wouldn’t have been possible without the help of dear friends Raquel Cochran and Julie Bounds, and my family, especially daughter and musician Megan and the love of my life, my husband Steve.

I am blessed to call Killian McRae as friend. She’s an amazing writer, full of humor, generosity, and compassion. Please check out her book, 12.21.12, and her website, killianmcrae.com.

WOW!!!

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January 24, 2011 · 6:17 PM

Giveaways Galore!

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I can’t believe it’s only three days until the Whirlwind/12.21.12 Release Party! The food is ordered, the invitations given out, and the festivities planned. I’m excited, happy, and a little nervous. What if no one shows up? What if EVERYONE shows up? AAAAAAAHHHH!

Nervousness aside, I really wish everyone could come. So many devoted fans live all around the globe – I want to find a way to include everyone in the celebration. I’ll definitely be tweeting when I can during the day on Thursday, and hopefully be able to post a couple photos from the party. The online snacks will have to be virtual , but I’ll be posting a great fondue recipe and buttercream frosting recipe, if you’d like to indulge at home.

I also have an electronic copy of Whirlwind to give away. Join me on Twitter on Thursday, January 27th, and watch for the #Whirlwind122112Party hashtag. Join in the fun by posting your favorite quotes from Whirlwind, favorite dessert recipe, or just by saying hi, but be sure to add #Whirlwind122112Party to your tweet. I’ll be drawing one random name from tweeters on the 27th (midnight to midnight Pacific time) to win a free ecopy of Whirlwind.

Tweet #Whirlwind122112Party For The Win!

Lookin’ for Love Giveaway

But wait, there’s MORE! How would you like to win Omnific Publishing’s entire electronic inventory (including Whirlwind, of course)? Look for the conversation hearts on participating authors’ pages and enter what you find on them here between February 1 and Valentine’s Day (2/14). There’s a bunch of prizes up for grabs, including the entire Omnific library!

My heart will be going up sometime between now and January 31st somewhere on my website, but you’ll have to search for it! Good luck!

Valentine’s Day Books with LOVE Hop

Yes, one more chance to win! As announced last week, on February 14-16 Once Upon A Twilight and Good Choice Reading are hosting a blog hop celebrating–surprise–books all about LOVE. I’m teaming up with Yara at Once Upon A Twilight to giveaway a signed paperback edition of Whirlwind to one lucky winner. I’ll also be guest blogging about love, but you’ll hear more about that soon.

There’s a ton of book bloggers participating in the hop (59 as of this posting), and a load of loot to win. Be sure and check it out on Valentine’s Day.

**Note – if you are a book blogger, you still have a little time to sign up for the blog hop. Click on the image on the right for more info.

Meet an Author Monday Blog hop

Be sure and tune in next week to find out where we, the authors on the Meet an Author Hop, do this thing we call writing. If you have a copy of Green Eggs and Ham, you might want to pull it out. Do I write on a train? In the rain? In a box? With a fox? What’s your guess?

Click here for the Author hop

Authors! Have a book out? Are you under contract for publication? Come join the hop.

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January 18, 2011 · 12:55 PM

Books with Love Hop

February 14th is coming fast

Can you believe Valentine’s Day is less than a month away?

The holiday commemorating love here in the US doesn’t seem to get quite the attention that Christmas does – I didn’t see a lot of red hearts and cupid decorations in the store two months ago. Maybe I missed them?

Since I’m all about celebrating love and romance, I’ve signed up to give away an autographed copy of Whirlwind through the Books with Love blog hop. Sites all over the blog-o-sphere will be linking together in February with recommendations, giveaways, interviews, and author appearances, all featuring books with love. As part of the festivities, I’ll be appearing as a guest blogger on onceuponatwilight’s blog , and you will be able to enter the giveaway there starting on the first day of the hop, February 14th. Be sure and keep an eye out for the lovely Books with Love logo (up on the right) where ever you go in internet-land until then.

And start dropping hints to your significant other now about flowers and chocolate. Right, dear husband? *wink wink*