Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2012

Alpha Male Blog Hop

Welcome to the Alpha Male Blog Hop
Oct. 19 - 22
What is your favorite thing about Alpha Heroes? Over 200 Authors and Bloggers will share their favorite things about those sexy men we know and love.
 
And while we do that, we are EACH doing a giveaway. Yep. There will be over 200 giveaways on each blog hosted by that Author or Blogger.
 
But that's not all....
 
We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!
 
Now what are those prizes?

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet
2nd Grand Prize: A $130 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
3rd Grand Prize: A fabulous Swag Pack as pictured here
 
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WHY I LOVE ALPHA HEROES IN FICTION...
I love a good alpha hero in my romance reading, particularly my erotic romance reading. I like to read about strong women (no wimpy, simpering girls for me), and a strong heroine needs a strong alpha man to complement her.
 
A great alpha hero is always in charge, in control and has a slight asshole edge to him. Alpha is mostly about attitude--self-confident, a bit egotistical, self-assured. Maybe even a little bit chauvinistic—he thinks it’s his job to protect the heroine, even if she’s certain she can take care of herself.
 
Like I said, he’s always in control...except when it comes to the heroine. Sexually, she can control him with a kiss, a touch or a lick. She can bring him to his knees with just a look. I love that.
 
 ...and apparently IN REAL LIFE, TOO
Way back when I was dating, I had a couple of rules:
 
1. I wouldn’t date anyone with arms smaller than mine or boobs bigger than mine.
 
2. If was ever threatened in a dark alley, I wanted someone who would have a good chance of defending me.
 
 
This wasn’t a rule, but I was also looking for someone with a strong personality, not a wimp like I can be at times.
 
Thus, I was looking for an alpha male. And I found one. But here’s the cool thing—we’ve been married long enough that I’ve tamed him. Oh, he still thinks he’s the alpha and still acts like the alpha...but we girls know the truth, don’t we?
 
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In my most recent release, MIDNIGHT TREAT, my hero Josh Panetti is most definitely an alpha male, especially in the bedroom. Here’s the blurb:
It’s mistaken identity gone erotically awry.

Josh Panetti breaks into an apartment Halloween night, thinking he’s fulfilling the sexual fantasy of a woman he just met at a costume party. Instead, he’s broken into Cassie Snow’s apartment. Cassie realizes immediately his mistake—she’d seen him at the party with her sexy upstairs neighbor. She should tell him he has the wrong apartment and the wrong girl. But she’s always the wrong girl. Would it be so terrible to be the right girl for just one night?
MIDNIGHT TREAT is available now
 
Thanks for visiting my blog! Leave a comment and your email address for a chance to win a $10 Starbucks gift card. Your comment also puts you in the running for one of those great Grand Prizes!
 
Visit our host site for links to all the other blogs. Every comment is another entry for a grand prize.
 

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Part 3...Dipping my toes in the indie waters

Well, I did it. I uploaded my story and it's now "out there" for everyone to see and buy. :) I was afraid about the learning curve for formatting for nothing. It was actually very easy to upload on the three main sites (Amazon, BN, Smashwords)--all three just require a .DOC file. Each has a few different specifications, but it was quite simple to do. Whew!

Available now for just .99!

My problem? I uploaded before really having a promo plan in place. I think I was in such a hurry to get something out there, that I rushed things a bit. So, I'll share with you my numbers for the first week, but keep in mind the only promo I've done is to announce it on my Facebook page and once or twice on Twitter.

My sales after one week:
Smashwords: 3 copies
Amazon: 8 copies
Barnes & Noble: 13 copies

Yes. I'm putting in my 2 weeks notice at work. Not.

Considering I don't really have a name yet, thus nobody knows me (yet), I'm okay with these sales. Did a little part of me hope my story would jump right into the Top 100 lists? Well, of course it did. But I didn't really expect that. Really.