Immune Cover Reveal, Release Date & W!N Stuff!

The moment you, and I, have all been waiting for is finally here!  IMMUNE has a cover and a release date! I'm so excited about this second book that I have TWO amazing giveaways for you!  

First thing is first....here is IMMUNE!

GENRE: Urban Fantasy

AGE GROUP: Adult

RELEASE DATE:  March 6th 2013

 

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION 

*Warning* I’m so sorry Mom, this one will be no good for you to read either. There is a full on sex scene (nipples and everything), violence and well, lots of bad words. You know— the ones you used to wash my mouth out with soap for? Consider yourself warned.

Underestimating demons is a bad idea, and it’s a mistake Rylee may pay for with not only her life, but the life of a child who has gone missing. 

That is, unless she allows O’Shea to help her; trusting the man who once sought for a way to bring her down. 

If only life were that simple. And in Rylee’s world, it rarely is.

 

 

DON'T FORGET WHERE IT ALL BEGAN...

PRICELESS (BOOK 1)

GENRE: Urban Fantasy

AGE GROUP: Adult men and women  

RELEASE DATE:  November 11th 2012

BOOK DESCRIPTION 

*Warning* If you are my mother, do not read this book. There are things like "F" bombs, sexual tension, and naughty, sexy supernatural creatures. Please don't say I didn't warn you.

When children go missing without a trace, there is only one person who can find them.

Welcome to the world of Rylee Adamson, a woman with unique abilities, some wild friends and a unstoppable drive to save those who can't save themselves.

But when the details of a missing child duplicate that of her worst case, things start to get freaky. And not in a good way.

What people are saying about Priceless.....

"A great storyline and interesting characters"
"Thought the plot was interesting and the characters well developed"
"Took me a day to read this book, I just couldn't put it down"
"Wishing the next book was already out"

ADD PRICELESS TO YOUR GOODREADS SHELF

   

BUY PRICELESS ON AMAZON

 

READER & FAN APPRECIATION GIVEAWAY

Because my readers and fans are so incredibly loyal, I want to show you JUST how much I appreciate all of you!  What do you say to a GIVEAWAY?

• THREE winners will receive a $5 Amazon Gift Card AND a SIGNED copy of Priceless 

All you have to do is enter the Reader & Fan Appreciation Rafflecopter Giveaway below.  Easy stuff for some GREAT prizes!

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REVIEWER APPRECIATION GIVEAWAY

Okay, so you didn't think I would forget about my AMAZING reviewers, did you??  Don't you think you all deserve a special giveaway for the extra work you put in for me?  Well I do too...so here's what I've got for you!  By submitting a review of IMMUNE, you could win: 

• ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive: iPAD Mini or $250 Amazon Gift Card, a SIGNED copy of Priceless AND their name will appear in the THIRD book

In Addition to the Grand Prize Winner, the following prizes will also be up for grabs:

• TWO winners will receive a SIGNED copy of Priceless AND their name will appear in the THIRD book
• TWO winners will receive SIGNED copies of Priceless
• ONE winner will receive a SKYPE Chat with Shannon Mayer 

All you have to do is enter the Reviewer Appreciation Rafflecopter Giveaway below.  You will need to write and then post a review of IMMUNE LIVE online (your blog, Amazon etc).  A valid link to your review is REQUIRED to be eligible for the Reviewer Appreciation Giveaway.  All in day's work for you all for some INCREDIBLE prizes!  Reviews of Shannon Mayer's other work, while greatly appreciated, are not eligible  for entry in this giveaway.

 

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Thank you to everyone for being such amazing and supportive readers and fans.  I truly hope you enjoy IMMUNE and thank you for your participation in these giveaways!  Good Luck to everyone!

Write A Review, W!N an #iPad 2

Write a Review---Win an iPad 2!

That’s right, er, write! You have the choice of five (5) AWESOME, STELLAR books to choose from, and by

leaving a review, and sending us the link to that review (send to onedaybookpush@yahoo.ca ), you are in the draw to

Win an iPad 2 16gb Wifi Enabled (Black or White, your choice)!

It’s that simple. Your review doesn’t have to be 3 pages long, nor do you have to be a “Pro Reviewer”. As authors, we value ALL reviews. Even the ones that give us some tough love.

This is not an attempt to buy good reviews. Every review will be counted for the appropriate number of entry(ies). We value honesty, as does Amazon.

You will have between September 5^th-26^th to get your review LIVE on Amazon**

For each book you review, you’ll get an entry into our draw for the GRAND PRIZE of an

iPad 2!

 

          




                 Allegiance by Derek Blass
            http://bit.ly/N7lGWGAlleg    

 

 

The Bedeviled Heart by Carmen Caine http://bit.ly/N7lC9eHeart  

 

 

 

 

 

Dark Waters by Shannon Mayer http://bit.ly/SbI7gDWaters 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Time Forever by Patricia Paris http://bit.ly/PRnQpATime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jockey’s and Jewels by Bev Petterson http://bit.ly/PZp8jNJewels 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, if you decide to read and review MULTIPLE books, that of course will get you more entries. As in multiplied entries.

Read and review two (2) books, you’ll get four (4) entries.

Three (3) books you say? Well then, you get six (6) entries.

You’ve managed four (4) books. Wow. Eight (8) entries.

All five (5)? Ten (10) entries it is!

So what are you waiting for?

*Minor details*

**You can post to Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. If you have an Amazon.co.uk account, please post your review on Amazon.com as well*

If there are less than 10 reviews per book that come through in the contest the prize will be lowered to an iPod touch. This will be at the discretion of the organizers.

All reviews MUST be an Amazon Verified purchase (this lights up in green under your name on the review you leave) OR you must show a proof of purchase. In other words, no fake reviews please and thank you very much.

Only one (1) grand prize will be awarded

All reviews that would like to be entered into the contest MUST send in their link to their review at onedaybookpush@yahoo.caAny reviews that go live during this time period on Amazon that do not send in their links to the above email will NOT be entered into the draw.

Winner will be announced October 1, 2012 at Rogue Books- http://www.rogue-books.com as well as contacted by email.

Goodreads or is that SnarkyReads?

There is an interesting reaction amongst authors when I mention Goodreads. You'd think it was a fabulous place for writers to meet readers, garner reviews, spread the word about their "babies." But apparently, not so much.

I mention Goodreads and authors *Cringe*. I didn't understand at first. But now that I've had my books up there for some time, I'm beginning to understand the *Cringe*.

With reviews on Amazon, you are tied to your account (and your credit card), meaning it's difficult to make multiple fake accounts (from what I understand, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

With Goodreads, that really isn't the case. You can have hundreds of accounts under false names, with pictures pulled off the Internet. Why would you do this? Well, it seems to be, so you can pull down your "competition".

Crazy! My experience was this. I had a 1 star rating on one of  my books, but no review. I contacted the person, very politely, asking what it was that they didn't like. I'm a big believer in taking the good and the bad from reviews and allowing them to help you be a better writer. Like with this review.

Anywho. No response from "Jaime". Then I started to look at "Jaime's" other reviews. Thousands of books "read" in less than a three month period, most of them 1 and 2 star reviews. And upon closer inspection, over half of the books weren't even released as ARC's (advanced reader copies) yet!

To be fair, I contacted Goodreads, as apparently several other people did and this account has been shut down as a spammer. But, just this last week, "Jaime" is back, and staring books with 1 and 2 star ratings yet again. Jerk. 

From what I understand, this is a VERY mild problem as far as these sorts of things go on Goodreads. Over and over again, authors are CHOOSING not to put their books on Goodreads, and I can see why. When other authors, or their cronies, or just mean spirited people are going out of their way to slam you and your writing, it's hard to keep your chin up.

How do you combat this? Well, if you respond with, "Hey, you're just doing this to make yourself look better" YOU end up looking like a douche. And if you say nothing, you end up looking like a doormat, or worse, like you deserve the bad treatment.

Critical reviews are FINE, if they are critical and not going out of their way to be cruel, rude, sarcastic or snarky. That is how writers improve, by taking the good with the bad. But it seems that Goodreads, if they don't clamp down on these miserable people, may just have to change their name, to "Snarkyreads" because "Good", will have nothing to do with site.

What about you? Have you found certain sites that seem to cater to the snark and nasty side of the writing world?

Last call for Reviews!

Okay, you have until January 31st, midnight to get your review of Dark Waters up on Amazon. Why would you do this? Um, for the chance to win a whopping $150 Amazon Gift Card, PLUS the chance at 5 $10 Amazon Gift Cards! Side note, I only have 14 reviews so far (one of them's mine) so that means you have a HUGE shot at this prize. And since Dark Waters is only about 45k words long, it won't take you three days to read it. ;0)

How do you get in on this fabulous contest? There’s no purchase necessary, you can sign up for my NEWSLETTER (Which only goes out once a month) to get 1 entry into this contest. How do you sign up? To the right---> is a NEWSLETTER sign up. Easy Peasy.
Want another free entry? “Like” my Facebook Fan page and I’ll give you an additional entry.

Now, you can get EVEN MORE entries just by purchasing Dark Waters. (Which by the way is only .99) Email me your Proof of Purchase( after you purchase you can forward me your receipt from Amazon) for 10 entries into the contest.

Write me a review on Amazon ( No, it doesn't have to be professional, just a review of 20 words or more), email me the link, and get an additional 20 entries!!

Phew. That’s a lot of chances to win, so good luck, and happy reading.

This contest is open internationally, and will run from December 29th/2011 – January 31th 2012. Winners will be announced February 5th 2012.

*All reviews and purchase links NOT emailed to me will NOT be entered into the contest.*

*Entries through Facebook and the Newsletter sign up need not send any additional emails in order to be entered into the contest*

Book Reviewer's Hell- Or What to do when the Book sucks

This is not a pleasant place to be. I have a book to review, I was approached by the author and I agreed as it is within my genre and the premise sounded promising. And then I started to read it. I found myself gripping the book to stop my hands from pulling the pages out. The characters are completely clichèd, the action ridiculous without any lead in and deus ex machina was thrown about like rice at a wedding. This is only about 4 pages in- and the book is huge!

Never mind my urge to help edit the thing (which should have been done long before print) and make it a better book. Already there is chicken scratch in the margins and post-it notes marking problems.

I scratched my head over this and tossed and turned all night. It's great to review a book that is wonderful, or at least has some high points. Perfect PR for authors that are busy marketing themselves and their work. But when a book is this bad, a review, at least an honest one, is going to hurt the book, not help it.

The only thing I can think of to do is slog my way through the book (I'm going to need a freaking excavator if it continues on this way) and when I'm done, write the review and offer it to the author first, allowing them to make the decision of whether or not I post it.

What do you think? Is that the way to go or do I just post the review regardless?

Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge 2011

First off, let me define Speculative fiction for any who might not be too sure about the genre.

Actually, let me let Wikipedia do it for you.

Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more highly imaginative fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.

So that pretty much covers it. This challenge is being hosted by Floor to Ceiling Books
and if you want to join in on the challenge, that's where you sign up :) You have to read and review a minimum of 12 books during 2011 and there is the chance to win prizes as you go along. So what are you waiting for?