Visiting Others & Sharing

Happy Monday everyone. It’s been a very busy day for me today and the blog ended up on the back burner as other things, like editing and new cover art, took precedence today. Being an author is darn hard and most of us work our patooties off just to produce a great produce. Then there’s the promotion and more writing, more editing...it just never ends...LOL! I was very surprised when at dinner last night, an older woman who I had given my business card to came up to me and told me in great detail just how she’d shared her knowledge of me. Truthfully, I am very simple. I have pretty simple tastes although there are days I wonder why I wasn’t born independently wealthy. Or like another author friend of mine has in his signature line: Lord, let me prove to you that winning the lottery won’t change me.

I had tons of you stop by between yesterday and today. I am really thankful that you’ve fit me into your busy schedule. I know it’s hard when life starts crashing in on you. Today’s winner is the lovely Marybelle. I’ll be contacting you with information within 24 hours. You’ll be getting a $10 gift certificate and a copy of my short, A Lover for Rachel. Congratulations!

Today is all about sharing for me. Over the weekend, I had a class on promotions on one of my author loops. While it didn’t show me many new things, I did come away with the feeling that it’s all about sharing. Authors can be a finicky lot and sharing one’s toys may be hazardous but not for me. A prime example is The Log Line Blog. If you all haven’t stopped by, you should. All it has is the cover, author information, buy links and the 25 -50 word, 1-3 sentence blurb called a log line that sold the book. It should be enough to attract readers and publishers alike. Many readers can tell with just one line if they will like the book or not. Check it out at www.theloglineblog.blogspot.com and see for yourself. There is a monthly give away of a $20 gift certificate and the more you comment there, the more times you’re entered into the drawing. As more and more people drop by, more and more prizes will be awarded.

As far as sharing on the readers part goes, I’d love for you to share with me what you’ve seen, what contests you’ve enter and how many blogs you’ve been hoping to during this Naughty After Dark Blog Hope. Have you only gone to a few? How many of you have gone to all of them? None of them except mine? I’d love to hear your stories regarding the hop. Tell me if you’ve enjoyed it and would love more. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts about the blog hop!

If you haven’t visited anyone else yet, you need to visit some of the other kick-ass blogs on the list of the Naughty After Dark Blog Hop. It was posted on February 15 and is still up on the blog. I’ll tell you all my favorites in a special blog after the event is over. Prizes tomorrow are an ebook from my backlist as well as a $10 gift certificate to one commenter on today’s blog. Unless you’re a multiple winner or course...then I’ll be doing something totally different for you! At the end of the Blog Hop, I will be giving one lucky person a $25 gift certificate to Amazon or ARe.

Again, I’d also like to thank these two ladies for sponsoring another great blog hop! Please stop by and show them some love!

Nikki http://closeencounterswiththenightkind.blogspot.com/ and Natasha Blackthorne http://natashablackthorneblog.blogspot.com/ are the two that have made this all possible.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lynn