Brain to Books Cyber Convention, April 8-10

I'm participating in this year's Brain to Books Cyber Convention, April 8-10, coordinated by Angela B. Chrysler!

Over 300 authors from 15 different countries have come together for the largest online book Expo. No tickets. No plane fare. No lodging expenses. This is the most affordable Convention anywhere!

 

If you haven't yet heard about this online expo, you definitely need to check it out. The main deal is going on over at Goodreads but there are also several Facebook events, as well as events happening on many of the authors' websites. There will be panels, giveaways, spotlights, FB parties.... you name it, I'm pretty sure it's happening this weekend.

 

I've got a page going over at Goodreads myself: 

 

THE HEARTBEAT THIEF: Meet Senza Fyne, the forever girl

 

I've got three giveaways going on so I hope you'll stop by. One of the contests will be for this little guy...

 

Grimm, the cutest Beanie Boo EVER



So, tell me. Can you resist that little fella? I can't (which is probably why I have the weird perception of death that I do.)

 

And, I'll be honest. I actually bought four of those Beanie Boos. My dog stole one (she does that) but I promise, I won't give the spitty one away in the contest. The other two are renamed Heckle and Jeckle.

 

(For now, anyway. They've also gone by Sam and Dean, Bill and Ted, and Shut Up and You Heard Me.)

 

If one of you guys wins this one, just be sure to come back here and tell me what you name him. 

 

Have fun! 

Not All Wishes Are Forbidden... WORDS THAT BIND #paranormalromance

School is back in swing, and I've been so busy taking' back the television remote control now that the kids are out of the house working on the upcoming Fall Into Fantasy giveaway that I haven't been paying proper due to my upcoming book release! Well, that's about to change. :)

My paranormal romance is almost here... and I just found it on Amazon today! *hearts*

What a thrill... that happy rush never gets old.

WORDS THAT BIND

coming October 10, 2014
The Wild Rose Press

 

 

 

Social worker Tam Kerish can’t keep her cool professionalism when steamy client Mr. Burns kindles a desire for more than a client-therapist relationship—so she drops him. However, they discover she’s the talisman to which Burns, an immortal djinn, has been bound since the days of King Solomon…and that makes it difficult to stay away from him.

Ethical guidelines are unequivocal when it comes to personal relationships with clients. However, the djinn has a thawing effect on the usually non-emotive Tam, who begins to feel true emotion whenever he is near. Tam has to make a difficult choice: to stay on the outside, forever looking in…or to turn her back on her entire world, just for the chance to finally experience what it means to fall in love.



Deserts, reflecting pools... all it needs is a fire elemental to heat things up...

 

There is a bunch of touring to do... but first, why not stop by Goodreads? Get your Goodreads giveaway on...

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Words That Bind

by Ash Krafton

Giveaway ends October 31, 2014.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

And whether you like to hug a paperback or cuddle a Kindle, you can pre-order WORDS THAT BIND from Amazon.

 

Tour info coming soon so stay tuned... we'll soon be feeling the Burn. :)

 

T

Final Days of the Wolf's Bane Tour...

The darkness remained at the edges, content to let the sun shine while it was the sun's proper time to do so. But night would fall. It always did. The sky turned, the wheel turned, and eventually, we turned with it. --Wolf's Bane (Demimonde #3)

We are in the last week of Wolf's Bane release tour... and the full moon is approaching once more.

I remember watching the moon as I wrote this final book in the trilogy. I'd found the coolest little app for my Windows phone and kept track of the moon's swell and wane throughout the months. Each night, I'd check the sky to see where in the Wheel we were and I'd contemplate my character, Sophie, doing the same thing... counting the days until the moon would shine full and reveal her fate. Each chapter reflects the wax and the wane of the moon as we count down the days with her.

The moon reaches full on Saturday, and in the days that follow it we'll be wrapping up the tour. There will be another Demimonde Companion story going up on Wattpad.com...this one a deleted chapter from Wolf's Bane.

We'll also be finding out the winners of the various giveaways. Haven't entered? Find the two Rafflecopters here and here, and the Goodreads giveaway here.

The final week of tour stops:

July 7 Spotlight and review

The Bookie Monster 

http://bookie-monster.com/

(Bewitching Tour Stop)

 

July 8 Spotlight

The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom

www.creativelygreen.blogspot.com

(Bewitching Tour Stop)

 

July 8 review

Vampires, Werewolves, & Fairies Oh My!

http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com

 

July 9 Guest blog

Science Fiction and Such

http://sciencefictionandsuch.com/

(Bewitching Tour Stop)

 

July 10 Spotlight

Lisa’s World of Books

www.lisasworldofbooks.net

(Bewitching Tour Stop)

 

July 10 Spotlight

Shah Wharton, author

http://shahwharton.com/blog/

 

July 10 review

Jeep Diva

http://www.thejeepdiva.com/

 

July 11 Spotlight

Roxanne’s Realm

www.roxannesrealm.blogspot.com

(Bewitching Tour Stop)

 

July 11 Review

A Cup of Coffee and a Book

http://nercupofcoffeeandbook.wordpress.com/

 

July 14 Guest blog

Fang-tastic Books

www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com 

(Bewitching Tour Stop)

 

July 15 Review

Pure Jonel

http://purejonel.blogspot.com/

 

July 15 Spotlight

Danyelle Leafty, author

http://myth-takes.blogspot.com/



July 15 Spotlight

Terri Rochenski, author

http://terrirochenski.blogspot.com/

 

 

Want some WOLF'S BANE? Poison's never been prettier...#urbanfantasy

You can win an autographed copy of

WOLF'S BANE (Demimonde #3)

by entering a Goodreads giveaway!

 

Sink your teeth into the final book of the Demimonde trilogy...

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Wolf's Bane

by Ash Krafton

Giveaway ends July 14, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Good luck to everyone to enters... and don't forget to visit the next stop of the WOLF'S BANE release tour! Today we are at ...

 

Butterfly-o-Meter Books

http://butterfly-o-meter.com/

 

Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock

www.pratr.wordpress.com

and

Place of Reads

http://placeofreeds.blogspot.com

Up For Grabs: Signed ARC of BLOOD RUSH (Demimonde #2)

BLOOD RUSH (Demimonde #2) is coming out next month...you can win an advance copy by entering this Goodreads giveaway!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Blood Rush

by Ash Krafton

Giveaway ends May 15, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Blood Rush has already gotten some very telling reviews. Want to see what readers are loving about it? Check out the Blood Rush Goodreads page!

I'm so grateful to my reviewers and I'm extremely proud of this book...so much so that I'm ready to dive right into writing WOLF'S BANE (Demimonde #3). I love getting lost in Sophie's world. :)

Join me in the Demimonde and enter to win today...

PS: If you haven't done so yet, be sure to enter the Pre-Launch Giveaway here...your chance to win books and shiny things. Good luck and thanks for entering!

Signed ARC of Blood Rush in Goodreads G!veaway

BLOOD RUSH (Demimonde #2) is coming out next month...you can win an advance copy by entering this Goodreads giveaway!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Blood Rush

by Ash Krafton

Giveaway ends May 15, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Blood Rush has already gotten some very telling reviews. Want to see what readers are loving about it? Check out the Blood Rush Goodreads page!

I'm so grateful to my reviewers and I'm extremely proud of this book...so much so that I'm ready to dive right into writing WOLF'S BANE (Demimonde #3). I love getting lost in Sophie's world. :)

Join me in the Demimonde and enter to win today...

PS: If you haven't done so yet, be sure to enter the Pre-Launch Giveaway here...your chance to win books and shiny things. Good luck and thanks for entering!

Two Ebooks FREE in all formats!

As a writer, I admit that there's been many times when I sat at the keyboard, waiting for the words to arrive. And they didn't.

I've checked and re-checked my email, waiting to hear back from agents and editors to send me heaps of acceptances. And they didn't.

I've sprawled in bed, staring at a dark ceiling, searching the corners of my brain for ideas, waiting for the muses to whisper their secrets to me. And they didn't.

Thankfully, this is not one of those days weeks months. :)

So much going on...working on pre-launch activities for BLOOD RUSH (Demimonde #2) including a huge GOODREADS contest...lookee here! I also heard from my lord editor Rose Mambert of Pink Narcissus Press, who let me know my ARCs are on the way. Huzzah! It'll be red pen time soon...

Final edits are underway on a longish short story about soldiers and wizards and gods. (Potent combination.)  I'm thinking about using KDP for this one so that means I'll be formatting and getting a cover done--I've discussed the possibility with Silvia from Dark World Books already. I love her designs...and you will, too.

Best of all, a new story is cooking up in my brain--and on paper. It's a haunting tale of life and death and time as seen by the gods. I'm really excited about this story and am very eager to get to work on it.

All this wonderful going on--so much that I'm unsure what to do first. So, I'll do what I always do when I can't decide...

A GIVEAWAY!

You can pick up my short story collections for FREE on Smashwords. They are available in all ebook formats so download your choice!

These are my short story collections...a third, RESET BUTTON, is in the works. (More stuff on the TO-DO list)

 

They are regularly priced at $2.99 each but you can get them for FREE right now!

 

And, if you are the GOODREADS type, I'd love it if you added them to your bookshelf and dropped a few stars for me. (See DOORWAYS and BLIND ALLEYS)

 

I'm always eager to see your thoughts and I check GR as ferociously as I check my email these days...

Enjoy and can't wait to get the new stuff out there.

 

 

Pre-Launch Event…Bleeding Hearts G!veaway

If you like paranormal love stories or beautiful porcelain jewelry, then this is a giveaway you don't want to miss.

I'm getting ready to review the ARC for BLOOD RUSH--the second book in my Demimonde series. It's scheduled to release in May and I am getting the pre-release jitters already. With the sequel release so close at hand, I thought it would be fun to put this nervous energy to good use and have a little giveaway--open INT, of course.

Shiny things have always captured my attention…and the Franz porcelain bleeding hearts are no exception. I've been stalking them online for some time now. Today, I took the plunge and bought them--and I'm going to share them with YOU if we can reach 500 adds on Goodreads for my upcoming release, Blood Rush (Demimonde #2).

What I have to give you:

• A signed copy of BLEEDING HEARTS (Demimonde #1)

• A Franz porcelain bleeding heart pendant, eerily reminiscent of the cover art.

I bought a pair of Franz earrings with the intention to remove the hooks and convert them into pendants. I also have a mind to replace the hanging pearl with a red Swarovski tear drop crystal. All the better to wear my book, right? J

And one of you can, too. I will give away one of the pendants to a lucky reader. The winner may choose the original pearl drop or the red crystal alteration.

• Demimonde swag: magnets, bookmarks--who knows what I'll find in my swag basket?

BONUS: If we hit 1000 adds for Blood Rush by May 6, I'll add a $50 Amazon GC to the pot!

 

What you can do to enter:

• Add Bleeding Hearts (Demimonde #1) and Blood Rush (Demimonde #2) to your Goodreads shelf
• Like/tag Bleeding Hearts on Amazon

You can also:

• Follow me on Facebook (because I am a good time)
• Follow me on Twitter (because I love to promote other writers and bloggers)

• Tweet about the giveaway (because sharing the love is a nice thing to do)

• Join the Demimonde (by following my blog)

 Of course, I made it all so much easier by making a Rafflecopter form :)

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway


This event will run until Monday, May 6…a week before the big BLOOD RUSH release!

(And then it's time for an entirely new set of giveaways….but you gotta get in them to win them.)

I hope you'll enter the giveaway and lend your support to my books. If you haven't had a chance to read Bleeding Hearts (Demimonde #1) yet, stop by the Goodreads page to read some of the reviews before visiting the Amazon page.

And be sure to share this event with your friends...look for the Facebook event and invite your social media masses. This is totally a case of bigger equals better, because the prizes get better the bigger we get!

Meet my demivampires…you'll like them as much as they would like you.

Bleeding Hearts Available for Read 2 Review on Goodreads

Are you a member of Goodreads? How about the Paranormal and Horror Lovers group?

You are? Awesome! That means that, not only will I commend you on your fine taste, I'll also remind you that Bleeding Hearts is now up for Read 2 Review on Sept 1.

The Read 2 Review program--or R2R--encourages authors and readers to connect and make each other happy. Authors offer 5-10 copies of their book to readers who, in turn, post an honest review.

Readers get free books. Authors get feedback. R2R equals win-win. :)

Need some links?

Goodreads is here.

The Paranormal and Horror Lovers group is here.

The sign-up thread for my book is here.

More about the Goodread group Paranormal and Horror Lovers:

This is a group focused on sharing the passion we all have for the paranormal, horror and fantasy genre. My aim is to have the spotlight on indie Authors and for them to be able to connect with readers. Also you can find us on facebook (here)

If you are a reader there is still lots for you, I promise! There are group contests, book of the month, games, heaps of fun stuff.
 

Hope to see you all on Goodreads soon...

Goodreads G!ve@way Time!

It's that time again! Let's have a Goodreads giveaway!

I'm amping up for my first appearance at the end of the month... Balticon, here I come. I gots my wicked cool stilettos, my killer tee shirts, a gameplan for big awesome hair...and maybe presents for my editors, whom I shall meet in the flesh for the very first time. I get to hang out with my publisher! WOOTS.

The Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention

Memorial Day Weekend     

May 25-28, 2012

But...Balticon is a sci-fi/fantasy con. Do I really want to be sitting behind a table when there will be so much other geekfood around? I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

Going to Balticon? Look for me at the Pink Narcissus Press table, where I'll be promoting Bleeding Hearts: Book One of the Demimonde along with my Pink Narc sib, Lyle Blake Smythers. He's getting ready to release his novel Feasting with Panthers. We'll be kissing hands and shaking...wait, no. That's not it. Breaking hands and kissing babies? Eh, whatevs. We'll be there doing that thing that we do.


Or just watch for a huge pile of reddish-blonde hair walking around very slowly. :) Those shoes are going to be killer.

I'm holding a Goodreads Giveaway that will run to the end of the month. Wanna copy? Get your karma in...

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Bleeding Hearts

by Ash Krafton

Giveaway ends May 31, 2012.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

If you're like me and never win a damned thing, there's a second-chance thingie you can consider...Book bloggers can get out my Request a Review Copy page (tab is up on the top) in order to get a review copy of Bleeding Hearts. All you have to do is ask! I don't bite (<--a lie. I really do bite. Bad Habit. Sorry.)

Thanks for entering...and hope to see you in Baltimore!

Goodreads G*I*V*E*A*W*A*Y!

Want a chance to win a copy of BLEEDING HEARTS? Goodreads is sitting on a stash of my books so stop by my Goodreads giveaway page for your chance to win one!

I also received my first Goodreads review...and I bet you all heard my sigh of relief, it was so huge. =) I know reviews are a necessary part of releasing a novel but I still had newbie jitters waiting for the first one to show. Thank you, Tricia, for your splendid words and for breaking the ice. I think I'll survive, after all.


Release day is March 15th... pre-order link is alive at the Pink Narcissus website--and thanks to everybody who's already ordered a copy. In fact, thank you to everyone who has supported me along this incredible journey... BLEEDING HEARTS would not have manifested itself without your friendship and encouragement. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

So be sure to stop at Goodreads and register yourself to win one of the first ever copies of BLEEDING HEARTS: BOOK ONE OF THE DEMIMONDE. Don't forget I'll also be going on a virtual book tour for four weeks following the release date. Watch the tour line up for additions bscause we're still scheduling visits to a host of fantastic blogs! Big prizes and tons of mini-giveaways will be springing up all over and you don't want to miss a single chance... Good luck, everyone! The countdown will soon commence!