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Name A Witch Contest

2011-02-15T13:11:00.002-06:00

Name A Witch Contest
WITCHES ANONYMOUS STEP 4

misty@readmistyevans.com

Would you like to name a character in my next Witches Anonymous book? You can even give her YOUR name (or your pet's or your best friend's).

In Witches Anonymous Step 4, there's a new witch in town - one who's just coming into her witchy powers. Lilith (Lucifer's ex) is also in town, looking for revenge on Amy, and devises a plan to use the new witch as bait. Can Amy protect the innocent witch from falling into Lilith's hands or will they both end up in Hell?

The winner of this contest will get:

To name the innocent witch in Witches Anonymous Step 4 (title to be announced)
To read Witches Anonymous Step 4 before it's released to the public
Added to the Acknowledgements page of the book
A gift package from me, including free books, The Devil Made Me Do It post it notes, a bag of Dove chocolates, and whatever else i find that I want to throw in.

To enter, email me at misty@readmistyevans.com with WITCH CONTEST in the subject line.

AND, earn extra points by:

Following me on Twitter (+1 point) @readmistyevans
Tweeting about the contest (+1 point). Be sure to list @readmistyevans in the tweet so I see it
Friending me on Facebook (+ 1 point) Misty Evans Author
Mentioning the contest on Facebook (+ 1 point)
Mentioning the contest on your blog (+ 1 point) send me the link
Joining my Yahoo! Group (+ 1 point) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MistyEvansSuspense/?yguid=346008319
Sign up for my newsletter at www.readmistyevans.com (+3 points)
Purchase Witches Anonymous or Jingle Hells (+5 points-- send me an email to misty@readmistyevans.com and tell me what the first sentence of Chapter Seven is in either book to verify that you purchased it.)

The contest runs from now until May 31st. Winner will be announced on June 1st on Twitter and Facebook and in my June newsletter later in the month.

Good luck!

When and how I started reading romance books

2006-11-20T23:00:00.000-06:00

I got my love of reading from my Aunt and my Grandma. They always had a book or something to read when they weren't doing anything else.

I have been reading romances for over 20 yrs. My younger cousin, by 1 1/2 yrs, got me hooked on romances when I was around 12 yrs old. I went over to her house to get her to do something with me and she was reading and didn't want to do anything else. I asked her what she was reading and if she had any more that I could read. The only thing I remember about it, it was a "Second Chance" romance line and I was hooked. A few yrs later we then "found" her mom's stash of "bodice ripper" romances and snuck those to read. I became addicted when I was in high school to the Harlequin Presents line and read them and other Harlequin and Silhouette lines for several years. I would save my lunch money and spend it and my allowance on books, then come home after school starving and pig out. Thank goodness I was a latch key kid (both my parents were at work when my brothers and I got home from school) or my parents would probably have put a stop to that, lol.

Then when I was in college, I had to give up reading romances. I was working 2 jobs to put myself through college and supporting myself so I didn't have time to keep up with my college reading and romance reading too. Whenever I was asked "what am I reading?" I would say "there's something more than textbooks?", lol. Then the fall after I graduated college I became sick and started reading romances again.

Just two years ago I read my first historical romance called Castles by Julie Garwood and I have been addicted to historicals every since. My favorite historical period is regency but I also like other periods for variety. So I have a lot of years of historical books to find and make up for. I also still read contemps, so now I have too many on my TBR list to keep up with, but I'm working on it. :D

http://romrevtoday.blogspot.com/

Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh, a blogging experiment. WIN $200 AMAZON Gift certificate

2006-09-05T01:15:00.000-05:00

I am participating in a blogging experiment hosted at dearauthor.com. To enter the contest, put up this blurb, image, and trackback and you are entered to win the following prize package.

$200 Amazon gift certificate
Signed copy of Slave to Sensation
New Zealand goodies chosen by Singh
ARC of Christine Feehan's October 31 release: Conspiracy Game

You can read about the experiment here and you can download the code that you need to participate here.

SLAVE TO SENSATION
Nalini Singh
Berkley / September 2006

Welcome to a future where emotion is a crime and powers of the mind clash brutally against those of the heart.

Sascha Duncan is one of the Psy, a psychic race that has cut off its emotions in an effort to prevent murderous insanity. Those who feel are punished by having their brains wiped clean, their personalities and memories destroyed.

Lucas Hunter is a Changeling, a shapeshifter who craves sensation, lives for touch. When their separate worlds collide in the serial murders of Changeling women, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities…or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation.

Excerpt

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WIN $200 AMAZON Gift certificate from DearAuthor.com by participating in a blogging experiment

UPDATE To see if you have been entered, please check this post. I have listed all the entrants that I know of. If I haven’t caught you, leave a comment and I’ll get you on the list. No worries if the image doesn’t load. Contest will end on September 5, 2006. The contest is only open to those who are 18 years or older. I don’t want to get an unhappy parent suing me for corrupting their children!

I am participating in a blogging experiment hosted at dearauthor.com. To enter the contest, put up this blurb, image, and trackback and you are entered to win the following prize package.

$200 Amazon gift certificate
Signed copy of Slave to Sensation
New Zealand goodies chosen by Singh
ARC of Christine Feehan’s October 31 release: Conspiracy Game

You can read about the experiment here and you can download the code that you need to participate here.