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Contest Wrap-Up: Count Your Entries!

The contest is over! Thanks again to all who entered. I’ll be honest: there were a slew of entries, and I’ve lost count of who did what. So let’s make this easy on yours truly (because I could use a little ease right now). Could you please post here, on Facebook, Twitter, or email me? Just tell me the total number of entries you earned. I’ll take care of the rest. Once again–the winner gets to choose the names of the parents of my main character in THE MEMORY THIEF. And these aren’t just throwaway characters. They’ve got scenes, lines–they […]

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Contest Reminder: Name the Characters in My Next Book

A reminder to everyone that there’s a contest going on that ends tomorrow. VODNIK is on sale on Kindle right now for $1.99, and to promote it, I’m giving everyone a chance to name my main character’s parents in THE MEMORY THIEF. How can you win the opportunity to do this? Easy. You get an entry for doing any of the following: Retweeting, blogging, Tumblr-ing, Facebook sharing, LinkedInning, Pinteresting–any social media networking–info on the sale itself. (Might I suggest you include a link to the Kindle book: http://www.amazon.com/Vodn-k-ebook/dp/B007HCVWPQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-10&qid=1326202442 Review the book (good or bad–just be honest) on any site (Amazon, iTunes,

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Book Giveaway: The Basic Version

I had some complaints yesterday that my giveaway was too convoluted. So I’m going to describe it in very basic terms today. Like my book’s Facebook page (by clicking here) or follow me on Twitter (by clicking here). Once I get enough likes and followers, I will do the following: Give away a signed hardcover of the book (Vodnik) to a random liker/follower Give away 2 advance eCopies to random likers/followers Post the fifth chapter of the book on its Facebook page (chapters 1-4 are available to read here.) Commit to posting chapter commentaries to all 33 chapters of the

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A New Vodnik Contest and Promo Extravaganza

It’s time for another contest to give stuff away. But this time, I’d like to give more stuff away to more people. None of this “many will enter, one will win” garbage. I’m in a giving mood. I’m also in a brainstorming mood, and I’ve come up with something that will hopefully keep things interesting around this event for the next while. How interesting? I’m going to do a kind of “tiered reward system,” similar to what they do with Kickstarter. In other words, I’m going to set up a number of tiers. Once certain thresholds are met, then new tiers of

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Groundhog Haiku Finalists–Vote Now!

Here we are. The moment you’ve all been waiting for. We had twelve Official Entrants for the contest, and it’s up to me to pick the top five for you to vote for. Tough calls–some were really good, but I had to disqualify them for failing to follow the 5/7/5 syllable pattern. If I didn’t select your entry, it’s not because I don’t love you. It’s because I’m a cold, ruthless individual who has no heart. The winner gets a named character in my next book (currently in draft form): TARNHELM. Here’s how voting’s going to work. Everybody gets one

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