November Writers 4 Writers Featuring Michael Offutt and a Prayer for Nick Wilford and his Family

It's time for Writers 4 writers hosted by the wonderfully giving Mary Pax, Christine Rains, C.M. Brown, and Stephen Tremp.  Please stop by to say hi to our awesome hosts!

And now, onto our featured author: Michael Offutt

"Last night I died for the third time this week..." Those are the words spoken by Jordan Pendragon on the curb out front of his high school. He's talking about dreams he's been having. However, he soon discovers that they're not dreams but a premonition of things to come.

Jordan wants to be like every other seventeen-year-old boy. The only problem is that he's extraordinary in so many ways. For one, he's crazy good at fixing situations that have gone bad. It's a talent prized by his high school ice hockey team. However, when a car accident puts Jordan in the hospital, he wakes up with more than just an amazing slapshot in his toolbox. Jordan can manipulate space-time and in just a few weeks, he'll depend on it to save his life.

You can read an exert from this exciting story here: http://slckismet.blogspot.com/p/an-excerpt-from-slipstream.html  

Check out his amazon page to see the other titles offered from this author.

Head over to his site to get the tweets for today's promotion!

 

Michael Offutt writes speculative fiction books that have science fiction, LGBT, and paranormal elements. His first book, "Slipstream" has received some critical acclaim and was published by Double Dragon in the spring. The sequel, "Oculus," came out in November 2012. He has one brother, no pets, and a few roots that keep his tree of life sufficiently watered. By day, he works for the State of Utah as a Technical Specialist. By night, he watches lots of t.v., writes, draws, and sometimes dreams of chocolate.
Michael Offutt graduated from the University of Idaho in 1994 with a Bachelor's degree in English.

Today's W4WS was originally due to feature two authors but the second, Nick Wilford, is now in need of our support.  Nick had been working on getting his son Andrew, who suffered from cerebral palsy, to a special college by selling an anthology titled Overcoming Adversity in order to raise funds for his education.

I just learned that Andrew passed away unexpectedly this past weekend and I wanted to offer my prayers to Nick and his family during this incredibly difficult time.  Many people who know and love Nick have been brainstorming ways to show their support and the wonderful Kyra Lennon is spearheading the fundraising efforts so that Nick and his family can celebrate Andrew's memory by contributing to the charity of their choice.  Please head on over to her site to find out how you can give.  Click here.

October Writers 4 Writers

It's time for another fabulous edition of Writers 4 Writers.  Please take a minute to stop by our awesome hosts M. Pax, Stephen Tremp, Christine Rains and C.M. Brown to say thanks!

Today we are featuring the trully inspiring Ninja Captain himself, Mr. Alex J. Cavanaugh and the wonderfully creative Isis Rushdan!  Click on their links to visit them and get your tweets/facebook posts for today!

First up, the Ninja Captain whose final book in the Cassa trilogy is getting rave reviews from everyone who reads it!

For fans of Heinlein and Star Wars – space opera with a heart! CassaStorm concludes the Amazon Best Selling series by Alex J. Cavanaugh. http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/ Available in print and eBook at Amazon http://tinyurl.com/n9hrssx, B&N, iTunes, and others. #W4WS

Anyone who has been around the intarwebs for any period of time knows the awesome power of the Ninja Captain- there's not a one of us who hasn't been supported, encouraged and boosted by his spirit.  So let's take the time today to tweet, post and shout out the awesome Alex!

Next up: the fantastic Isis Rushdan is featuring the second book in her Kindred Chronicles series, Protector of the Flame!

“He was her love, her life, and he had the power to tear her apart with his bare hands.” Protector of the Flame, win copy http://bit.ly/H665Gd

#W4WS

In their bleakest hour, the price of redemption could be the death of their love.

Kindred Chronicles, Book 2
Before Serenity and Cyrus can embark on a romantic honeymoon, one of their gifts from an immortal comes to life and unleashes a devastating series of events that forces them to make an unthinkable sacrifice. To undo the evil of dark magic, Serenity must travel to the immortals’ hold in Iceland. Alone.
Her journey leads to an island shrouded in mystery, where secrets from her past come to light…and she forms an inexplicable connection with a handsome, tempting healer who may pose the greatest risk of all.
Cyrus comes close to unraveling without his mate, but refuses to let honor or duty keep them apart, even if it means the bloodshed of his own kinsmen.
As the Great Council prepares to convene to determine their fate, friends become enemies, enemies become allies, and soul mates are pushed right to the edge—where love and faith is their only hope of survival.

Warning: Contains soul mates put through the grinder, dark magic drama that will leave you reeling, angry sex that crumbles concrete, an alpha hero pushed over the edge, and a roller coaster full of twists.

Be sure to stop by both Alex's and Isis' blogs to get all your tweets and facebook posts for today.  Let's give these authors the attention they deserve!

September Writers 4 Writers AND Announcing the Murder, Madness & Love Ebook Giveaway Winner!

It's time for another edition of Writers 4 Writers where we help spread the word about fantastic authors and their published works.  Please make sure you take a moment to thank our hosts Stephen Tremp, M. Pax, Christine Rains, and C.M. Brown!  This month we're featuring Helen Ginger and Cherie Reich!

First up is Helen Ginger, author of Angel Sometimes.

Just before her thirteenth birthday, Angel Sometimes' aunt took her 800 miles from her home in Oklahoma, gave her $50 and left Angel on South Padre Island, Texas. Four years later, Angel hitchhiked to Austin and got a job swimming as a mermaid in a bar in the music district. At twenty-two, she has friends and a place to live. When a homeless girl is beaten and a waitress killed, Angel realizes she will never be whole until she confronts her parents. To do that, she needs three things: her high school diploma, a car and a gun. She has a car. She's finished her final test for her GED. The only thing she needs is the gun and she knows where to get one.

You can tweet or facebook-post about it today by using any of the pre-written tweets or posts from Helen posted right here.

Helen Ginger was born in Georgia, but at age ten, her mother moved the family to Texas. Helen's been there ever since, laying down roots and picking up stories. As far back as Helen can remember, she's always written: angst-filled stories in high school; short stories and poetry in college; mysteries, mainstream fiction, even technical books, three of which have been published by TSTC Publishing. Her free ezine, Doing It Write, which goes out to subscribers around the globe, is now in its thirteenth year of publication. She's also an Owner/ Partner and WebMistress for Legends In Our Own Minds®. Helen lives in a small town just outside of Austin, Texas. From her office window, she sees birds, deer, squirrels, road runners, foxes, cats, and rabbits.

'Course, what she gets asked about most often are her three years as a mermaid at Aquarena Springs. Swimming with a shimmery tail, picnicking underwater, performing synchronized ballet, blowing air bubbles ... all year round, even in the winter.
Website: http://helenginger.com
Blog: http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HelenGinger1
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MermaidHel
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/HelenGinger
Doing It Write: doingitwrite-subscribe@topica.com

And next up is Cherie Reich, author of The Nightmare Collection and other tales!

 A legend is hungry tonight.

A child monster gets its first taste of blood in Nightmare at the Freak Show. Four friend enter the forest one December night, but can they survive each other and the monster that hunts them in Once Upon a December Nightmare? Almost ten years later, the monster awakens to feed again in Nightmare Ever After.

You can tweet or facebook-post about it today by using any of the pre-written tweets or posts from Cherie posted right here.

About the Author: A self-proclaimed bookworm, Cherie Reich is a speculative fiction writer, freelance editor, book blogger, and library assistant living in Virginia. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies, and her ebooks include the horror series Nightmare, a space fantasy trilogy titled Gravity, and a fantasy series The Foxwick Chronicles. She is Vice President of Valley Writers and a member of the Virginia Writers Club and Untethered Realms.
Her debut YA Epic Fantasy novel Reborn, book one in The Fate Challenges, will be released on May 23, 2014.
And don't forget to check Cherie's Amazon author page here and browse the MANY other titles available from this wonderful author!
And now, without further ado: THE WINNER OF THAT FANTASTIC Ebook COPY OF MURDER, MADNESS & LOVE IS:

CHRISTINE RAINS!  That's right!  Through the terribly complicated process of me pulling names out of a box one of our very own hosts won!  Congrats to Christine on winning the giveaway and an extra congrats to her on the upcoming release of The Thirteenth Floor Complete Collection!  (Did you all catch the cover relase on Friday?  It looks so cool!  If, by any chance, you missed it then go here!)

If you missed Yolanda's guest post or the info the giveaway you can find it here.  Huge thanks to her for including me in her blog tour- it was a blast!

And now, I'm off to tweet about these super authors and stop by our hosts to say thanks!

Writers 4 Writers Featuring Carrie Butler and C. Lee McKenzie

Hosted by Mary Pax, Christine Raines, C.M. Brown, and the amazing Stephen Tremp (who has an awesome new header thanks to Tara Tyler- check it out!).  

The goals of W4W, for those of you not in the loop, is to help promote other writers, spread the word about their published works, and create buzz to try to attract new readers and fans.  Click here to learn more and sign up.

This month’s spotlighted writers are Carrie Butler and C. Lee McKenzie. 

First-up, the fabulous Carrie Butler has decided to go indie and re-release her novel Strength.  It's on sale at Amazon this week for only 99 cents!!! 

  

 

Help a traditional-turned-indie author rebuild! Buy STRENGTH (Mark of Nexus #1) by Carrie Butler this week for only 99¢. ♥

“When college student Rena Collins finds herself nose-to-chest with the campus outcast, she’s stunned. Wallace Blake is everything she’s ever wanted in a man—except he can’t touch her. His uncontrollable strength, a so-called gift from his bloodline, makes every interaction dangerous. And with a secret, supernatural war brewing among his kind, there’s no time to work it out. To keep Wallace in her life, Rena will have to risk a whole lot more than her heart.” #newadult #PNR

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EMGAS46

And don't forget to head over to Carrie's site to get the Facebook posts and Tweets for your twitter feed. 

Next up, the wonderful C. Lee McKenzie!  Her book Alligators Overhead is full of witches, a spooky mansion and, of course, Alligators!

 

Alligators, witches and a spooky mansion aren't your average neighbors unless you live at the edge of the Ornofree swamp in the backwater town of Hadleyville. The town’s bad boy, Pete Riley, may only be twelve, but he’s up to his eyeballs in big trouble, and this time he isn’t the cause. This time the trouble arrives when a legendary hundred-year-old mansion, materializes next door and the Ornofree alligators declare war to save their swamp from bulldozers. Things only get worse when Pete’s guardian aunt and several of her close friends vanish while trying to restore order using outdated witchcraft. Now Pete must find his aunt and stop the war. He might stand a chance if his one friend, Weasel, sticks with him, but even then, they may not have what it takes.

Kirkus Reviews says, "The folksy diction and lyrical, verb-heavy storytelling will leave readers turning the pages all the way to the end, where big surprises await and the real villains are revealed." http://tinyurl.com/k85hz57

Available in both e-book and print editions on Amazon.

And don't forget to head over to C. Lee's site to get the Facebook posts and Tweets and post and tweet way to spread the word about this delightful author!

Congrats to Carrie and C. Lee!  And now I'm off to start tweeting, I hope you'll join me and do the same!  

Writers For Writers

Hosted by Stephen Tremp, M. Pax, Christine Rains and C.M. Brown.

This month the two featured writers are Catherine Stine and Brinda Berry!  

 

First up, Catherine Stine, author of Fireseed One, has come out with the long-awaited sequel:

Seventeen year-old Ruby and her little brother Thorn, have only known a life blighted by the extremist Fireseed Cult. The night Ruby is set to be claimed by one of its cruelest and oldest leaders, she makes a bid for freedom. With Thorn in tow, she stumbles into the world beyond, and finds an opportunity for a fresh start in Skull’s Wrath under the guidance of Nevada Pilgrim, a woman who may not be all she seems. Ruby's new life could bring her friendship, love, even fortune, but nothing comes without a price.

 See the book here: http://tinyurl.com/o22udgp

Next, Brinda Berry, author of The Waiting Booth, is promoting the next book in The Whispering Woods series:

Weapons training and winter formals...a deadly combination.

All Mia ever wanted was to fit in at Whispering Woods High. But being a portal-finder who dates a guy from another dimension sort of makes it hard. Mia's brother disappeared over a year ago, and agents from the IIA began policing people's movements through dimensions. She'd trusted Dr. Bleeker from the local university when he'd told her the IIA were the bad guys. But even a girl with an extraordinary ability to sense things can make mistakes.

Now two people are dead, and as a portal gatekeeper for the IIA, Mia needs to find Dr. Bleeker before he hurts anyone else. And her boyfriend Regulus, an Agent for the IIA, carries secrets of his own. Between learning about weaponry, finding the perfect dress for the winter formal, and catching bad guys, who has time to fit in?

See the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Whisper-Memory-Whispering-Woods-ebook/dp/B007KFTIAG/ref=pd_sim_kstore_2

Check out these great writers and don't forget to tweet and Facebook today!

Writers 4 Writers and Ebook Launch Event

Hosted by M Pax, Stephen Tremp, Christine Rains, C M Brown

Writers helping other writers to succeed.

Twitter hashtag: #W4WS

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Writers for writers is an initaive to help bring awareness to newly published authors and their books.  They congregate the third Monday of every month to promote 1-3 authors.  Ckick on any of the hosts above to learn more!

Today Writers for writers is featuring Marta Szemik over at  her blog http://martaszemik.blogspot.com/ and showcasing her Two Halves series of books.  Marta is a mom, wife, blogger and author whose Two Halves series features paranormal romance at its best.

Right now, the first book in the series, Marked, can be downloaded for FREE by clicking here! 

Shapeshifter Xander will remain stuck in oblivion between good and evil until he is marked—either with the sphere that will identify him as a servant of the underworld or with the water mark, working for the keepers of humans, vampires, and warlocks.

One decision will mark him and his twin sister Mira equally. She is in love with a man bearing the water mark and wants Xander to follow the path of the good. But Xander loves a black witch, a minion of the underworld. All he has to do to join her forever is kill.

After all, there's something good about being bad.

Please go check out Marta, download her book, and then tweet/facebook about it to help spread the word!

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But wait- that's not all!  Today I'm also featuring Jessica O'Gorek over at her blog Gemini Rising!  Her book is being launched in Ebook form and you can enter to win a free copy!

BEWARE! THE PLANET IS WOUNDED... THE GEMINI ARE RISING AND OUR TIME ON EARTH IS LIMITED Angry at the human race and its methodical destruction of her resources, Mother Earth recruits souls who have just left their bodies to serve Her, and turns them against humanity. Gemini, a clan of paranormal beings, picked from these possessed humans, emerges. A powerful, rising force proceeds to carry out Mother Nature’s plan to systematically destroy towns, cities, states… and eventually, the world. Amidst the chaos, a forbidden relationship between a human girl, Violette, and Onyx, a lead Gemini, begins. They will both find themselves in the middle of a revolutionary war that will either save, or destroy our world.

Come to the Gemini Rising Facebook Ebook Launch event today for a chance to win a signed copy of Gemini Rising, a signed art graphic, post card of Onyx and Violette, and a book marker! For every 5 ebooks sold there will be a $5.00 gift card for a random winner!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/665755570107865/?context=create

Check out Jessica and enter the drawing to win a free Ebook and other goodies and then spread the word on facebook!