December Reader Appreciation Day: The Prize List!

Here we go, ladies and gentlemen! Reader Appreciation Day will be held this Saturday, December 16th, at The Sweet Spot and here is the amazing prize list! This great collection of prizes has been generously donated by all of these talented authors as their way of saying "thank you" to the readers out there. There are links with each prize listed, so just click on those to learn more about each book or author!

• Tempeste O’Riley - ebook copy of DESIGNS OF DESIRE
• Lynley Wayne - ebook copy of winner's choice of backlist
• Diana Castilleja - ebook copy of THE WINTER MOON'S WOLF
• Lex Valentine - Code for a copy of BROKEN BONDS in audiobook
• Allison Cassatta - ebook copy of winner's choice of backlist
• Sara York - pdf copy of CHERISHED
• Tyler Robbins - ebook copy of winner's choice from Tyler Robbins' backlist
• Willa Okati - ebook copy of winner's choice of any title from backlist at Loose Id or Changeling or Totally Bound
• Lori Toland - ebook copy of HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
• Erica Pike - ebook copy of COLD HANDS
• Heidi Belleau - ebook copy of WALLFLOWER
• Nico Jaye - ebook copy of DIFFERENT STROKES
• Tara Lain - ebook copy of SNOW BALLS
• Tara Lain - ebook copy of LOVE YOU SO HARD (1st copy)
• Tara Lain - ebook copy of LOVE YOU SO HARD (2nd copy)
• L.M. Brown - ebook copy of SOMEONE LIKE YOU
• Ellis Carrington - ebook copy of STRIPPED CLEAN
• Bella Leone - ebook copy of DOWNPOUR
• Jambrea Jo Jones - ebook copy of winner's choice from backlist
• Sloan Parker - winner's choice of $15 Amazon.com or All Romance eBooks Gift Card
• S.J. Frost - ebook copy of winner's choice from backlist

Sloan, Jambrea, and I are so thankful to all of these fantastic authors for their generosity. We appreciate you joining with us in showing appreciation to readers!

Any author who would still like to donate a prize is welcomed to. All you have to do is send out an email to: thesweetspotmm@gmail.com  Please state what you'd like to donate for the December giveaway, include a link to your work and a cover art pic. Reader Appreciation Day is also an Open Excerpt Day, so all M/M authors are invited to stop by the Yahoo group, share excerpts, and your latest news!

Readers, be sure you swing by too and see what some of your favorite authors got going on! We put on this day all for you!

As usual, the prize list will be posted throughout the day at The Sweet Spot Yahoo group, starting at 8:00 am EST. Reader Appreciation Day wraps up about 8:00 pm EST, with the winners announced shortly thereafter. Authors who have donated a prize will be contacted after the giveaway closes with their winner's information so you can send your prize personally. To enter in the giveaway, just reply to any of the giveaway threads on the group.

Hope to see everyone tomorrow at The Sweet Spot!

Reader Appreciation Day: December 21st

Hello, everyone! It's almost time for another Reader Appreciation Day and Open Excerpt Day over at The Sweet Spot! Here's the official announcement for December!

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Saturday, December 21st, is Reader Appreciation Day at The Sweet Spot, the Yahoo Group run by Sloan Parker, Jambrea Jo Jones, and me! This fun event is held on the third Saturday of every month and it's a day set aside on out group for authors of M/M Romance to say "thanks" to all the readers out there who support our writing efforts. The list of prizes donated by generous authors will be posted this Friday.

On Reader Appreciation Day (RAD), we'll post a giveaway thread throughout the day featuring a full list of all prizes available in the group. Just respond to one of the giveaway threads on the Yahoo Group between 8am and 8pm EST to be included in the drawing.

Readers, stop by the Yahoo Group  to chat with authors and enter for a chance to win free books and other prizes from a variety of M/M authors.

Authors, if you're interested in participating in the giveaway, send an email to: thesweetspotmm@gmail.com
Please state what you'd like to donate for the December giveaway and include a link and a cover art pic. For prizes, you can donate books, gift certificates, swag, and other items. All types of prizes are welcomed! At the end of the giveaway, we will email your winner to you so you can send your prize personally. In the future, we'll include you in our monthly announcement for a chance to donate. You can participate as little or as often as you'd like in the RAD giveaway.

Reader Appreciation Day is also an Open Excerpt Day, and all authors are welcomed to post to blurbs and excerpts of their work, and of course, share any other fun news you've got going on!

Hope to see you all at The Sweet Spot!

Terra Series Inspiration

Wow! It's been forever since I've posted! I'm very sorry about that. But as always, when I'm quiet it usually means I'm working hard. These past couple of months, it's been working hard on writing and at the day job, both of which have left me with little Internet time. I thought it would be good to take a small break, though, and share some inspiration for the manuscript I'm currently working on, Book 2 in the Terra series.

This story is tentatively titled KNIGHT OF FIRE and I've been writing it for...well, a long time. Pretty much since TO THE OTHER SIDE, Book 1 in the Terra series, was released. Writing life and personal life has caused for some delays with it, but it's getting closer to being put in my editor's hands!

Sadly, I don't have links or artist/photographer credits for these images, but if anyone does know the artists and photographers, I'll absolutely post their information. Some of you may remember my post on Bryson and Garrett where I showed these two pics of how I envision them:

Bryson

Garrett

Now I thought I'd share some more images that make me think of some of Terra's other residents.

Ranger, Garrett's hound.

Ghost, Lark's cat.

Kit, Zain's fox.

Make this little guy white and you'll have Wynn :-)

With this image, I about died when I saw it after TO THE OTHER SIDE was released. It looks so much like how I envision Torran! The dragon here doesn't look anything like Torran's little dragon companion, Rose. She has scales of ruby red, a white underbelly, and rainbow feathered wings.

Torran

Karrick, Though, the eyes would need to be green.

If you've read TO THE OTHER SIDE, you know I describe Lark as having hair so black, it has a bluish sheen in the light. While in this image, the young man's hair is all blue and his lip is pierced, something that Lark doesn't have, for some reason, this image makes me think of him. Maybe it's the spirit of the image more than being a physical fit. Though, he's certainly beautiful enough to be Lark.

Zain...an image very similar just may be on the cover for Terra, Book 3 ;-)

Aleric. He has that noble, but haunted quality I imagine for him.

And there you go! A few visuals to go along with the Terra series from my personal Inspiration File :-) Hope you've all enjoyed them. And now that I've shared these, I'm ready to head back to Terra and keep working on getting Book 2 ready for everyone to read!