Halfway to World Domination

Thanks to Claire H. I have now reached the 200 followers mark. That just seems unreal to me. 200 people for whatever reason felt inspired enough to click "follow" because of some word they read here. That is freaking amazing. Especially those who have become new followers over the last 2-3 months. My blogging has been sub par to say the least but yet you still felt compelled to click the button. You guys rock!!!

I know I promised you blogger how to's and you'll get them just a little later than planned. This thing called life keeps interfering with my blogging and it's starting to tick me off. If only there was a pause button.

However just to tease you a little bit. I recently helped Jenn redo her blog. So my how to's are going to be how to take blogger's totally free templates and turn them into this. All for FREE!! Trust me it's easy once you learn how to make blogger behave. I find bribes and yelling do the trick most of the time.

Winners and Free Blogger How Tos

I would like to thank everyone who entered my giveaway, followed, tweeted, and posted about it. But there can only be one winner. I entered everyone's name in an Excel sheet once per entry and then using random.org picked a random number 

Then I went to my Excel sheet and found the name with that number and it was 

HAVEN 

Haven blogs at Asylum Within. She is an amazingly talented person. She posts awesome recipes like gorgonzola potato soup. She taught herself how to paint and does fantabulous paintings like this:

copyright 2011 Haven

She had never painted and then one day decided she wanted to  and bought some brushes and the rest is history. Is it not fabulous? So please visit her, she's a fabulous person, and amazing blogger. So congratulations Haven, I'll be getting with you about sending your signed paperback copy of  Kiera's Moon.

I'm going to be starting a series next week on blogger how to's. I know a lot of people want personalized templates, but don't necessarily want to pay for their blog especially if it's more of a hobby or for fun instead of for business or promotion. There are a few tweaks you can do to the blogger template to make it a bit more personalized without having to buy a full template. I've been getting emails from people and have been helping a few people so I thought I would make up some how to guides and post them here. I'm also participating in the Platform Building Campaign so anyone who is in the groups I'm in (memoir, short story, nonfiction) and would like to do a guest post, just email me. I'll be posting guest posts from the people in my groups through out the campaign so if you're interested drop me a note or email or anything as long as there isn't a worm attached to it.

Final Day of Giveaway Enter Now

There's still a few hours left to enter the giveaway if you haven't done so already. Since I'm about 10-12 hrs ahead of most people I decided to go by US time instead of my time in ending the giveaway. I'm so grateful to those who have participated. I had a great turn out and am truly happy with it. Although I know it's due more to Lizzy's addictive writing than anything else. If you haven't entered yet, visit my giveaway post for details on how to enter. The prize is a signed paperback copy of Kiera's Moon by Lizzy Ford. 

If you've already entered and need something to read while you're waiting to find out if you're the big winner or not, then check out Lizzy's latest novel, Katie's Hope. She just released it today and I must say it is her best work to date. I realize I might seem a bit biased towards Lizzy's work, but if you read just one of her books, you'll see why. She is an amazingly talented writer. She creates characters that are flawed but so real you can't help but fall in love with them, and the story is indescribable. It twists and turns and jumps out from behind closed doors at you. Her books are so addicting once you pick one up you cannot put it down, and the best part is she gives them all away for FREE. To get your free copy of Katie's Hope, click HERE.

Three weeks after leaving Rhyn, Katie learns the Immortals have no intention of letting her go despite her deal with their leader. Rhyn discovers he can only protect her if he accepts his place among the Immortals. However, doing so may cost him the only thing that matters. Meanwhile, demons are closing in, and Death orders Katie killed. Death’s assassin and the demons pursue them, and Katie will have to choose between Death or Hell to save Rhyn from both.

The second book in the Rhyn trilogy also includes exclusive excerpt from rising indie star Shéa MacLeod’s debut novel, Kiss of Darkness.