Giveaway Winner

There were a total of 8 participants and 12 entries in the giveaway for a Weird Girls swag pack from Cecy Robson. Using random.org, I have randomized the entries and the winner chosen is...

Silverlight!

Congratulations! Please respond to my e-mail with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Giveaway Winner

There were a total of 27 entries in the giveaway for a mystery book from Suzanne Johnson. Using random.org, I have randomized the entries and the winner chosen is...

Spav!

Congratulations! Please respond to my e-mail with your mailing information within 72 hours.

And don't forget to stop by Suzanne's blog on December 16th to see if you're a winner of the blog tour long giftcard giveaway.

Giveaway Winners

There was a total of 33 entries in the Break My Heart 1000 Times by Daniel Waters Giveaway. The winner chosen by Rafflecopter is...

Katie W.!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

The original winners of Fathom by Merrie Destefano never e-mailed me, so I have chosen new winners:

bn100 & erin!

I have forwarded your e-mail addresses to Merrie and she should be contacting you soon about Fathom.

Giveaway Winners

There was a total of 6 participants in the Mysterious Madam Morpho by Delilah S. Dawson giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winners. The winners are...

donnas & JenM!

I have sent both of you an e-mail about the giveaway.

There was a total of 5 participants in the Fathom by Merrie Destefano giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winners. The winners are...

SandyG265 & Catrina Bradley!

I need both of you to e-mail me at sara_UFblog [at] yahoo [dot] com so that I can pass your e-mail addresses along to Merrie so that she can send your copies of Fathom.

Congratulations! You have 72 hours to respond to my e-mail/e-mail me, otherwise I will choose new winners.

Giveaway Winner: The Night Beat

There was a total of 9 participants in The Night Beat by Gini Koch Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

Melissa (My World...in words and pages)!

Congratulations!

Giveaway Winners: Dark Frost & Evil Dark

There was a total of 15 participants in the Dark Frost by Jennifer Estep Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winners is...

Barbara E.!

There was a total of 7 participants in the Evil Dark by Justin Gustainis Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

donnas!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free! Just click one of these links: [Dark Frost][Evil Dark].

Giveaway Winners

There was a total of 8 participants in the Leap Day Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winners. The winners are...

First Place: Blood of the Wicked by Karina Cooper & Ascension by Sable Grace goes to Barbara E.!

Second Place: ARC of Legacies by Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill goes to Greytfriend! LadyVampire2U!

There was a total of 21 participants and 51 entires in the Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

Van Pham!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free! Just click one of these links: [Blood of the Wicked][Ascension][Legacies][Discount Armegeddon].

Giveaway Winner: Black Howl by Christina Henry

There was a total of 7 participants in the Black Howl by Christina Henry Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

Bethany C!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free! Just click here.

Giveaway Winner: Blood and Bullets by James R. Tuck

There was a total of 12 participants in the Blood and Bullets by James R. Tuck Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

tetewa!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free! Just click here.

Guest Blog + Giveaway: James R. Tuck

Today I'd like to welcome James R. Tuck, author of the upcoming release Blood and Bullets, first in the Deacon Chalk Bounty Hunter series from Kensington. I recently finished the novel and will be giving it 4.5 Stars when I write up the review. James is here today to talk about confidence. And don't forget to enter the giveaway (details at the bottom of the post).

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ACT AS IF
James R. Tuck

Hello Loyals and True Believers. Today we are going to talk about confidence.

Confidence is king.

I have found in my life that confidence will carry you through just about any situation. Do you feel like you are over your head? Feel like you don't deserve to be noticed? Do you feel like you should just take what life gives you?

You know what I say?

Tell your feelings to kiss your ass.

Seriously, what do your feelings matter? They aren't concrete reasons why you can't handle a situation. They aren't laws that say you shouldn't be noticed. They aren't zombie spider-monkeys armed with Ebola-coated machetes who are going to keep you from getting what you want out of life. (For the zombie spider-monkeys you'll need a fully loaded 9mm to go with your confidence.)

Look at me. Two years ago I finished reading an unsatisfactory book, put it down and said out loud to myself: “I can write better crap than that.” So I set out to do just that. I had not written before. I had no idea what I was doing. I had a concept sitting around for a character and about 9% of a story idea. But I had confidence that I could indeed write a novel. So I sat down and wrote it. (Now there is a lot more to this story, this is the quickie notes version.) Once it was finished I pulled my list of the top agents who handle Urban Fantasy. I sent queries, waiting on my big break.

I got rejected.

By everybody.

Yes it was disappointing. I'm not going to lie to you my friend. Every rejection letter was a tiny voice saying: “Oh you suck. Your book is stupid. Give it up. Go back to tattooing inkmonkey, nobody wants what you are selling.” It gets hard to carry on when you have all of that going on.

But guess what? I held firm to my confidence. I did just what I am telling you to do. I told those voices in my head to shut up cause I had work to do.

I kept going until I found my editor. He read the manuscript that was BLOOD AND BULLETS and he loved it. Loved it so much that I got a multi-book contract without an agent.

So let me be clear, the point is not how awesome I am. The point is that you have to hold fast to your belief in yourself. You have to have confidence in your goals and dreams. Don't let them go just because someone doesn't see it. Be the Great White. Keep swimming. Stick and move. You will get there.

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Thanks to James, I have one (1) copy of Blood and Bullets to giveaway to a lucky commenter. Just answer the following question: Are you confident enough to take on a blood-sucking vampire?

Giveaway Rules:
1. Must include a valid e-mail address.
2. Open to US and Canada only.
3. Giveaway ends Tuesday February 14th.
4. Winners will be chosen via Random.org.

Title: Blood and Bullets
Author: James R. Tuck
Series: Deacon Chalk Bounty Hunter #1
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: 02/07/12
Summary:

He lives to kill monsters. He keeps his city safe. And his silver hollow-points and back-from-the-dead abilities help him take out any kind of supernatural threat. But now an immortal evil has this bad-ass bounty hunter dead in its sights...

Ever since a monster murdered his family, Deacon Chalk hunts any creature that preys on the innocent. So when a pretty vampire girl "hires" him to eliminate a fellow slayer, Deacon goes to warn him -- and barely escapes a vampire ambush. Now he's got a way-inexperienced newbie hunter to protect and everything from bloodsuckers to cursed immortals on his trail. There's also a malevolent force controlling the living and the undead, hellbent on turning Deacon's greatest loss into the one weapon that could destroy him...

Giveaway Winners: Unleashed by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie

First off, I'd like to apologize for my lack of posting recently. Work has been crazy and stressful due to the holidays, and I haven't felt like doing much of anything when I get home. I haven't been sleeping well, so I tend to come home and fall asleep on the couch. The next six days are gonna really suck, but then I'm off again until after Christmas, so I'm hoping to become a bit more active somewhere in there. Anyway, on to the reason you are here: Giveaway winners!

There was a total of 32 participants in the Unleashed by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winners. The winners are...

4.brandisbookmusings!
12.It's a Meow World!
23.Krista@Cubicleblindness!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free! Just click here.

Giveaway Winner: Slayers by C.J. Hill

There was a total of 9 participants in the Slayers by C.J. Hill Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winners. The winners are...

Barbara E and Robin K!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free! Just click here. And don't forget to check out C.J. Hill's guest blog, if you haven't already.

Giveaway Winner: Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep

There was a total of 16 participants in the Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep Giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

whitewolfreads!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? Haven't started the series yet? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free! [Spider's Revenge] Or, if you're new to the series, you can start with book one. [Spider's Bite]

Blogoversary Giveaway Winner!

There was a total of 17 participants in the 2 Year Blogoversary Giveaway. The prize includes Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs, Personal Demons & Demon Inside by Stacia Kane, and Falling, Fly & In Dreams Begin by Skyler White, and a handful of bookmarks from Jennifer Estep. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

Bethany C.!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Giveaway Winner: Damned by Nancy Holder & Nancy Viguie

There was a total of 16 participants in the giveaway for an ARC of Damned by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

xander_316!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? Haven't started the series yet? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free!
[Crusade] [Damned]

Giveaway Winner: Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

There was a total of 7 participants in the giveaway for a copy of Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

donnas!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? Haven't started the series yet? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free!
[Hard Spell]

Giveaway Winner: Black Night by Christina Henry

There was a total of 12 participants in the giveaway for a copy of Black Night by Christina Henry. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

Barbara E.!

Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 24 hours.

Didn't win? Haven't started the series yet? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free!
[Black Wings] [Black Night]

Giveaway Winner: Incarnate by A.C. Ruttan

There was a total of eight participants in the giveaway for two e-book copies of Incarnate by A.C. Ruttan. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winners. The winners are...

Stephanie M. Loree
Bethany C.

Congratulations! I have passed your e-mail addresses on to the author so that she can contact you about what format you would like the e-book in.

Giveaway Winner: Signed Blood Law OR Blood Secrets by Jeannie Holmes

There was a total of 16 participants in the giveaway for a signed/personalized copy of Blood Law OR Blood Secrets by Jeannie Holmes. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

Emily!

Congratulations! Emily has chosen a copy of Blood Secrets! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 24 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free!
[Blood Law] [Blood Secrets]

Giveaway Winners + Update

Before I get to the winners, I just want to explain my absence over the past week. It wasn't planned ahead of time, but I ended up taking a week off from the blog. By the time Friday rolled around and I realized I hadn't touched it in almost a week, I figured I'd just take the rest of the weekend off and focus on reading. My IMM next this coming weekend is going to be huge because I hit both of my favorite used bookstores. Between trade-ins and the overstock sale, I think I walked away with around 30 books for $26 (and that doesn't even count the ones my girlfriend bought). It was crazy. But in my defense, I traded in 11. And I had to rearrange my bookshelves like crazy because I'm running out of room again.

There were only 4 participants in The Paradise Prophecy by Robert Browne giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

4. Anonymous!








There was a total of 34 participants in the Illusions by Aprilynne Pike giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

23. Claire @ YA Bookie Monster!








There was a total of 30 participants in the Divergent by Veronica Roth giveaway. Using random.org, I randomized the list of entries, and then random selected the winner. The winner is...

16. Kaci!








Congratulations! Please respond to the e-mail I sent with your mailing information within 72 hours.

Didn't win? You can pick up a copy from The Book Depository and have it shipped for free!
[The Paradise Prophecy] [Illusions] [Dead on the Delta] [Divergent]