Less than 48 hours until I'm chatting at Coffee Time Romance & More's Erotic E-loop Yahoo Group. (Whew! That's a mouthful!) Haven't joined the group yet? Well, what are you waiting for? Hop to it!
Caffeinated Fantasy: Chat with Maia Strong
25 February 10-12 PST (1-3 EST)
Excerpts! Prizes! Fun!
Be there.
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Showing posts with label prizes. Show all posts
23 February 2011
28 January 2011
Chat with me!
I've gone and done it. I've scheduled a chat. I haven't done one of these since The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing first came out, and I'd actually forgotten about that one when I signed up for this one. This is a Coffee Time Romance & More event to be held on their Erotic E-loop Yahoo Group. So if you haven't joined that group yet, now's the time to do it!
What: Caffeinated Fantasy, Chat with Maia Strong
Where: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karendevinkaren/
When: Friday 25 February 10am - 12noon PST (1 - 3pm EST.)
Why: Because it's fun to socialize! And because I'm going to be giving away three fabulous coffee mugs, each of which has one of my beautiful book covers on it. How cool is that? Plus, I'll have a new book to plug and maybe by then I'll have a release date. Who knows? We'll find out together. :-)
I look forward to seeing you there. We'll chat. We'll drink coffee. We'll have fun!
What: Caffeinated Fantasy, Chat with Maia Strong
Where: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karendevinkaren/
When: Friday 25 February 10am - 12noon PST (1 - 3pm EST.)
Why: Because it's fun to socialize! And because I'm going to be giving away three fabulous coffee mugs, each of which has one of my beautiful book covers on it. How cool is that? Plus, I'll have a new book to plug and maybe by then I'll have a release date. Who knows? We'll find out together. :-)
I look forward to seeing you there. We'll chat. We'll drink coffee. We'll have fun!
26 July 2010
False Dawn - Author Extra!
Where did the weekend go? And on top of that, where did this morning go!? (Okay, I know where this morning went. It went to making two apple pies for the freezer. And there are still apples left for a nice crumble.)
It's the last day of my space barbecue and I've had great fun! I hope you have, too. To celebrate, I have the author extra I wrote especially for Release Day. Just because some lines got crossed and the book actually came out Saturday doesn't mean we can't keep the party going through today. Right? Right!
And along those lines, here's that Release Day Author Extra I mentioned. Hope you like it!
False Dawn by Maia Strong
Available from Torquere Press
EARLY NEWS HOUR THEME MUSIC RUNS AS TITLE TEXT AND GRAPHICS GIVE WAY TO:
SHOT OF MALE NEWS ANCHOR SEATED BEHIND DESK
IMAGE OF ENGINEER DAYAN ANDRUS, DRESSED IN STANDARD ENGINEERING COVERALLS, APPEARS IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF SCREEN
NEWS ANCHOR: Good morning. Here’s the early news. Our lead story, a senior engineer has vanished into thin air. Yoshiko Didier reports.
CUT TO FEMALE REPORTER STANDING IN CORRIDOR OUTSIDE DOOR MARKED “SECURE AREA -- AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY -- CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR ACCESS”
DIDIER: Thank you, Steven. I’m standing outside Section 4 of Sector AP-10 on Aconcagua Deck. It’s beyond here that Senior Engineer Dayan Andrus supposedly disappeared over forty hours ago.
DIDIER CONT. [IRONIC TONE]: Of course, we can’t access the area directly without authorization due to the security precautions around the File Room, and that authorization has not been forthcoming. But is it just the sensitivity of what’s behind this door that’s keeping us out?
SCHEMATIC APPEARS ON-SCREEN
DIDIER: What you’re looking at here is the schematic for the section behind me. You’ll note the lack of doors and internal access hatches. There aren’t even ventilation ducts in the area of the alleged disappearance.
CAMERA RETURNS TO DIDIER LOOKING SKEPTICAL; SCHEMATIC SHRINKS TO UPPER LEFT CORNER OF SCREEN
DIDIER: Security claims to have no leads in the case. Judging by the obvious inaccessibility of the location, one might not be surprised. But can Lažna Zora’s vaunted security force really be so in the dark as that? Or could there be more here than meets the eye? I believe there’s more to this story than we’re being told. Could this disappearance be a case of experimentation gone wrong? Might Engineer Andrus have been the subject, knowing or unknowing, of new technology designed to transport a human being from one location to another instantaneously?
IMAGE OF SCHEMATIC IS REPLACED BY PICTURE OF DARK-HAIRED MAN IN ENGINEERING COVERALLS
DIDIER CONT.: I spoke earlier today with the Assistant Chief Engineer Alan Zamyatin who assured me, quite emphatically, that no one in Engineering was performing any experiments along these lines. He denounced such ideas as, and I quote, “ridiculous” and “absurd science-fiction”. Doth the gentleman protest too much? Chief Engineer Johnston was unavailable for comment.
IMAGE DISAPPEARS AND CAMERA RE-CENTERS ON REPORTER
DIDIER CONT.: Given such vehement denial of even the possibility of this new technology, one is forced to wonder what we aren’t being told. Whatever happened here, whatever Engineering’s involvement, or not, in the alleged disappearance, it seems highly unlikely that Security would be completely ignorant of that department’s activities--whether those activities are “secret” or not. Yet, if they aren’t ignorant? I, for one, don’t like to consider the alternatives. This is Yoshiko Didier reporting.
END REMOTE FEED
*****
Remember, just comment to be entered to win one of two FABULOUS PRIZES! You have until midnight Pacific Time tonight to enter! I'll announce the winners in the next couple of days. :-D
It's the last day of my space barbecue and I've had great fun! I hope you have, too. To celebrate, I have the author extra I wrote especially for Release Day. Just because some lines got crossed and the book actually came out Saturday doesn't mean we can't keep the party going through today. Right? Right!
And along those lines, here's that Release Day Author Extra I mentioned. Hope you like it!
False Dawn by Maia Strong
Available from Torquere Press
EARLY NEWS HOUR THEME MUSIC RUNS AS TITLE TEXT AND GRAPHICS GIVE WAY TO:
SHOT OF MALE NEWS ANCHOR SEATED BEHIND DESK
IMAGE OF ENGINEER DAYAN ANDRUS, DRESSED IN STANDARD ENGINEERING COVERALLS, APPEARS IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF SCREEN
NEWS ANCHOR: Good morning. Here’s the early news. Our lead story, a senior engineer has vanished into thin air. Yoshiko Didier reports.
CUT TO FEMALE REPORTER STANDING IN CORRIDOR OUTSIDE DOOR MARKED “SECURE AREA -- AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY -- CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR ACCESS”
DIDIER: Thank you, Steven. I’m standing outside Section 4 of Sector AP-10 on Aconcagua Deck. It’s beyond here that Senior Engineer Dayan Andrus supposedly disappeared over forty hours ago.
DIDIER CONT. [IRONIC TONE]: Of course, we can’t access the area directly without authorization due to the security precautions around the File Room, and that authorization has not been forthcoming. But is it just the sensitivity of what’s behind this door that’s keeping us out?
SCHEMATIC APPEARS ON-SCREEN
DIDIER: What you’re looking at here is the schematic for the section behind me. You’ll note the lack of doors and internal access hatches. There aren’t even ventilation ducts in the area of the alleged disappearance.
CAMERA RETURNS TO DIDIER LOOKING SKEPTICAL; SCHEMATIC SHRINKS TO UPPER LEFT CORNER OF SCREEN
DIDIER: Security claims to have no leads in the case. Judging by the obvious inaccessibility of the location, one might not be surprised. But can Lažna Zora’s vaunted security force really be so in the dark as that? Or could there be more here than meets the eye? I believe there’s more to this story than we’re being told. Could this disappearance be a case of experimentation gone wrong? Might Engineer Andrus have been the subject, knowing or unknowing, of new technology designed to transport a human being from one location to another instantaneously?
IMAGE OF SCHEMATIC IS REPLACED BY PICTURE OF DARK-HAIRED MAN IN ENGINEERING COVERALLS
DIDIER CONT.: I spoke earlier today with the Assistant Chief Engineer Alan Zamyatin who assured me, quite emphatically, that no one in Engineering was performing any experiments along these lines. He denounced such ideas as, and I quote, “ridiculous” and “absurd science-fiction”. Doth the gentleman protest too much? Chief Engineer Johnston was unavailable for comment.
IMAGE DISAPPEARS AND CAMERA RE-CENTERS ON REPORTER
DIDIER CONT.: Given such vehement denial of even the possibility of this new technology, one is forced to wonder what we aren’t being told. Whatever happened here, whatever Engineering’s involvement, or not, in the alleged disappearance, it seems highly unlikely that Security would be completely ignorant of that department’s activities--whether those activities are “secret” or not. Yet, if they aren’t ignorant? I, for one, don’t like to consider the alternatives. This is Yoshiko Didier reporting.
END REMOTE FEED
*****
Remember, just comment to be entered to win one of two FABULOUS PRIZES! You have until midnight Pacific Time tonight to enter! I'll announce the winners in the next couple of days. :-D
06 July 2010
Gearing up to party!
Edits are in and prizes are confirmed! I'm so jazzed about this next release I can't even tell you! I've said many times that my first literary love is fantasy, and it is. But coming very, very close on its heels is sci-fi. I am not joking when I say that I read Asimov's Foundation Trilogy when I was in sixth grade. Did I understand its full depth and meaning? HELL NO! But I read it and I enjoyed it (and one of these years I'll read it again and maybe I'll get a few more of the layers ;-) ). Yes, folks, I grew up on a diet of J.R.R. Tolkien, Andre Norton, Isaac Asimov, Susan Cooper, William Sleator, and Ray Bradbury. Sure, I read some Judy Bloom...but I didn't like it. And I never read Beverly Cleary. :-P So the fact that I have a space opera coming out is very exciting!
So, the details on the party:
Dates: 23-26 July
Theme: Sci-fi Summer Barbecue! (I have no idea what that means, but we'll figure it out.)
Prizes: A fabulous False Dawn coffee mug (since my characters drink a lot of coffee when they can get it) and a free download of the book!
There will be an excerpt one of those days, and extra scene on release day. There might even be a character interview. We'll see if I can pin anyone down on that. They are very busy people, these characters.
Check back as the date approaches! Standard rules apply: post a comment to be entered to win. It's that simple!
See you soon!
So, the details on the party:
Dates: 23-26 July
Theme: Sci-fi Summer Barbecue! (I have no idea what that means, but we'll figure it out.)
Prizes: A fabulous False Dawn coffee mug (since my characters drink a lot of coffee when they can get it) and a free download of the book!
There will be an excerpt one of those days, and extra scene on release day. There might even be a character interview. We'll see if I can pin anyone down on that. They are very busy people, these characters.
Check back as the date approaches! Standard rules apply: post a comment to be entered to win. It's that simple!
See you soon!
01 July 2010
Next steps taken
I sent the proofed manuscript for False Dawn back to my editor today. Despite the stupid summer cold, I found the brain cells to read it one more time and make the tiny tweaks it needed to make it extra-fabulous.
I spent much of yesterday (when I was much lighter on brain power) making things on Vistaprint. Can you say "blog party prize"? I knew you could! ;-)
I spent much of yesterday (when I was much lighter on brain power) making things on Vistaprint. Can you say "blog party prize"? I knew you could! ;-)
29 March 2010
Easter Egg Hunt!
LASR's Easter Egg Hunt is on! Go check out their site to see all the fantastic prizes you could win!
12 March 2010
Easter Egg Hunt Approaches
I'm taking part in the Easter Egg Hunt being put on by the fabulous folks at The Long and Short of It. It's starting at the end of March and there will be fabulous prizes to be won! Check out their website for more information, and get ready to go hunting!
04 June 2008
Prizes? Pictures!
It took a bit of searching, but I found pics online of the prizes I'm giving away this week. (I could have gotten out the digital camera and snapped pictures myself, but this was easier.) Here they are.
The wee notebook.
The thank you cards.
The musical staff charm.
And of course the free download. (I didn't have to go looking for that one. I had it. ;) )
The wee notebook.
The thank you cards.
The musical staff charm.
And of course the free download. (I didn't have to go looking for that one. I had it. ;) )
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