Ch-Ch-Changes - Turn and Face the Change

Hi everyone!

I know it's been a long, long time since I've posted anything here but I've had my reasons. Some of which you can see on this blog.

I've moved for those of you who haven't heard. And no, we're not talking about to just a new house. I've moved to a new country and it's had me in a tizzy for about a year now. Between this and the birth of my grandchildren, I haven't know what was up in so long. Add to that the winning of EPIC's award in Historical Erotic Romance and I've been one confused woman. LOL!

No, really, it just means I've been busy beyond my wildest dreams with life and now that it's settled down again, I'm spending time with this blog. First, you'll notice the new look. I've decided to not have people on my blog for a while but rather some wonderful color and what some are calling grunge though I can't see it. Me, I just love the colors and in reality, the night sky. I still love nekkid people a lot but as I'm looking for a designer to do up a website, a blog, a twitter background as well as a Facebook one, it might be a while. This will suffice until I can get those all in place. Besides...I like it! Second, I'll be doing a lot of things in these new colors. Like I said, you can expect a new website as well as a new twitter site. It will take me a while to get all of these things done and progress will be slow as I'm writing up a storm.

I'm sad to say that I won't be having a Christmas Extravaganza this year for a variety of things. One, I won't have an elf book out again this year and though it has me depressed, it doesn't mean I won't have a release. If all the stars align I should be having a December release from Shooting Star Books. They're waiting on a few items as they want everything perfect as this book will be their first release. You can find them at http://www.shootingstarbooks.com/ and it's a cool little story called A Lover for Rachel. It's a revamped, re-release of a very old story that first came out years ago from Whiskey Creek Press' Torrid line. It was in an anthology that didn't get much action and another author wanted out. The publisher then released us all. The story has about 2500 added words and has been totally refurbished for this new market. It's my understanding it will be on sale for just $0.99 everywhere. I'll keep you posted. Here's a copy of the draft cover...it's missing the company logo...but I've been told to start showing it around. Other than their website, you're the first to see it. Let me know what you think...as for me...I always love a Jimmy cover!

Starting in January of 2012, I will be hosting new authors and their work, holding contests and a whole lot more. Right now, you can see me at www.twitter.com/oddlynn3 and at another blog, http://www.theloglineblog.blogspot.com/ where I host authors showing off their log lines for their books. The other place I hang out is another blog called A Writer in Vienna where I showcase my adventure in Vienna, Austria with my husband and new pup, Harry. Check it out at at http://www.awriterinvienna.blogspot.com/. I hope to see you stop by when you can.

Until next time...

Lynn

Christmas Extravaganza

We had a wonderful time at XtraOrdinary Romance on Thursday. Wow! What a fantastic day! Lots of fun things happened there and I hope you can join in the fun sometime today as it's the last day.

We had tons of messages, great talk and fabulous giveaways. Drop by during the fun we're having today!

Here's the schedule for Friday, December 17, 2010:

10:00 am Free eBook - Violet Visions
11:00 am Free eBook - Atlantis Allure
12:00 pm Free eBook - Sanguinary Seductions

End of the day drawings start at 1:00 pm with names for all drawings picked at 11:59 pm
     Gift Certificate from Borders books
     Free goodie bag stuffed full of goodies
     5 extra entries into the Cruz eReader drawing on Christmas day
     Surprise gift

All the giveaways are being done closely together and they, as well as the rest of the drawings, will be very easy today. I'll be doing Christmas things at home here, which is why I'm making it easy for everyone!

I sure do hope you all are having fun and enjoying the Christmas Extravaganza. I appreciate all the support you have given me over the years and I hope to make your Christmas a little brighter. Hope you and your family are having a happy holiday season.

If you haven't joined the yahoogroup XtraOrdinary Romance, just email me at lynncrain@cox.net and I will send you a direct invite.

Hope to see you all at XtraOrdinary Romance throughout the day!

Again, may your holiday season be filled with love, laughter and joy.

Lynn

My Christmas Extravaganza

We had a wonderful time at XtraOrdinary Romance on Wednesday. All I can say is wow! What a day! Lots of fun things happened there and I hope you can join in the fun sometime today.

We had almost 300 messages, some great talk and fantastic giveaways. But more than that...we had fun! You should come and join us.

Here's the schedule for Thursday, December 16, 2010:

9:00 am Free eBook - Fluke
11:00 am Free eBook - More Than Robotics
1:00 pm Free eBook - Shopping Spree

End of the day drawings start at 6:00 pm with names for all picked at 11:59 pm
     Gift Certificate from Borders books
     Free goodie bag stuffed full of goodies
     5 extra entries into the Cruz eReader drawing on Christmas day
     Surprise gift

Please note the changes. I'm doing all the eBook giveaways two hours apart and lumping all the drawings at the end of the day. This allows for more people to enter the giveaways and really spreads them out. Plus it seems to be working out for me as well. I get to spend time with you all in the morning then I spend dinner time with the family then it's back to you all. Tomorrow, this is good as I have to take my friend again to the doctors at about 2:30. Changing the schedule is the only way to doing it all. And heaven knows, I need to do it all...LOL!

I sure do hope you all are having fun and enjoying the Christmas Extravaganza. I appreciate all the support you have given me over the years and I hope to make your Christmas a little brighter. Hope you and your family are having a happy holiday season.

If you haven't joined the yahoogroup XtraOrdinary Romance, just email me at lynncrain@cox.net and I will send you a direct invite.

Hope to see you all at XtraOrdinary Romance throughout the day!

Again, may your holiday season be filled with love, laughter and joy.


Lynn

Lynn Crain’s Christmas Extravaganza

We had a wonderful time at my yahoogroup XtraOrdinary Romance on Tuesday. Can you tell I like that name? LOL! Lots of fun things happened there and I hope you can join in the fun sometime today as I have seven giveaways scheduled.

9:00 am         Free eBook - Giselle's Elf
11:00 am       Free eBook - An Elf's Love
3:00 pm        Free eBook - The Haunting of Maggie Grey
4:00 pm        Gift Certificate from Borders books
5:00 pm        Free goodie bag stuffed full of goodies (Drawing)
9:00 pm        5 extra entries into the Cruz eReader drawing on Christmas day
10:00 pm      Surprise gift (Drawing)

If you haven't joined the yahoogroup XtraOrdinary Romance, just email me at lynncrain@cox.net and I will send you a direct invite.

Hope to see you all at XtraOrdinary Romance throughout the day!

May your holiday season be filled with love, laughter and joy.

Lynn

Lynn Crain’s Christmas Extravaganza

We had a great first day at my yahoogroup XtraOrdinary Romance. So far, there have been ten winners. Everyone needs to drop by to get a chance at the rest of today’s loot. Here’s what’s happening there today:

9:00 am       Free eBook - An Elf's Desire
11:00 am     Free eBook - A Love For Eggther
1:00 pm       Free eBook - An Elf's Magic
3:00 pm       Gift Certificate from Borders books
4:00 pm       Free goodie bag stuffed full of goodies (Drawing)
10:00 pm     5 extra entries into the Cruz eReader drawing
11:00 pm      Surprise gift (Drawing)

Obviously, the 9 and 11 am drawing are already complete but there are six, count them, 6, more chances to get in on this fabulous giveaway contest. I promise to get this up earlier in tomorrow. To recap what’s going on:

I didn’t have a Santa’s Elf book this year and it made me very sad. I love Christmas so came up with this fantastic plan for a giveaway. Everyone loves to receive gifts...right? Looks like I wasn’t wrong at all. So far, I almost have 100 entries into to Cruz eReader giveaway. That rocks!

I’m giving various items away everyday this week with the last day being December 17...items like gift certificates, free ebooks, bags full of goodies with ornaments and more. Then on Christmas day...I will announce one lucky winner of that ereader...the Cruz Reader from Borders. You can check it out here:
http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_cruz-reader

And if that isn’t enough, the contest for the Cruz Reader is easy. Every time you comment in one of my groups, you get an entry. Winner of the Cruz Reader will chosen randomly from all entries on Christmas day, exact time to be announced. It’s that easy! Once the giveaway week is over, I’ll be at specific places, like Twitter, Blogspot and more, where you can get even more entries for the Cruz.

Have fun! And don’t forget to invite your buddies!

Here are the places you can join or follow to get entries for the contest:

My yahoogroup XtraOrdinary Romance and you really want to be here for the daily giveaways. You join here by sending an email to this address:

XtraOrdinaryRomance-subscribe@yahoo.com

If that doesn’t work for the yahoogroup, just email me privately at lynncrain@cox.net and I’ll send you a private invite.

I’m on Twitter and I'll be honest, it's here you'll find me all the time as tweet night and day from anywhere:

@oddlynn3 or www.twitter.com/oddlynn3

I have this blog of course:

http://www.lynncrain.blogspot.com/

I’m on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/oddlynn3

I have a YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/lynncrain

And if you need more than that...let me know...I’m sure I can find something else to sign up for so you can join me. LOL!

Here’s hoping that you all have a very happy holiday season filled with all your dreams and wishes. And if you want me to send you a Christmas card this holiday season, don’t forget to privately email me your snail mail address to lynncrain@cox.net.

So join in the festivities for the holiday. Don’t forget, I’ll be at XtraOrdinary Romance yahoogroup every day December 13 through December 17 with daily giveaways. Every time you visit, it will be another entry into the Cruz Reader drawing.

Thanks for giving me a wonderful year! I look forward to the next!

Lynn

Lynn Crain’s Christmas Extravaganza

This year is the first year I didn’t have a Santa’s Elf book. Yes, I have two more books in the series but the series isn’t just about Christmas any more. But I love Christmas and it pained me that I wasn’t having anything special. Then I decided there is nothing wrong with having five days of giveaways. You, as a reader, will definitely get some fine gifts just by joining me at my XtraOrdinary Romance yahoogroup.

I’ll be giving items away everyday December 13 through December 17...items like gift certificates, free ebooks, bags full of goodies with ornaments and more. Then on Christmas day...I will announce one lucky winner of an ereader...and the ereader I’ve chosen is the Cruz Reader from Borders. You can check it out here: http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_cruz-reader

And if that isn’t enough, the contest for the Cruz Reader is easy. Every time you comment in one of my groups, you get an entry. Winner of the Cruz Reader will chosen randomly from all entries on Christmas day, exact time to be announced.

Have fun! And don’t forget to invite your buddies!

Here are the places you can join or follow to get an entry for the contest:

My yahoogroup XtraOrdinary Romance and you really want to be here for the daily giveaways. You can join by sending an email here:

XtraOrdinaryRomance-subscribe@yahoo.com

I’m on Twitter and I'll be honest, it's here you'll find me all the time as tweet night and day from anywhere:

@oddlynn3 or

www.twitter.com/oddlynn3  

Of course on this blog! Comments will be accepted until December 17th 11:59 pm PST.

I’m on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/oddlynn3

I have a YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/lynncrain

And if you need more than that...let me know...I’m sure I can find something else to sign up for so you can join me. LOL!

Here’s hoping that you all have a very happy holiday season filled with all your dreams and wishes. And if you want me to send you a Christmas card this holiday season, don’t forget to privately email me your snail mail address to lynncrain@cox.net.

So join in the festivities for the holiday. Don’t forget, I’ll be at XtraOrdinary Romance yahoogroup every day December 13 through December 17 with daily giveaways. Every time you visit, it will be another entry into the Cruz Reader drawing.

Thanks for giving me a wonderful year! I look forward to the next!

Lynn