tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60610744573078226622024-03-05T13:30:11.700-05:00A Shift in DimensionsA journey through my offbeat landscape of imaginationLaura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-65346023451558070012012-02-14T08:31:00.000-05:002012-02-14T08:31:03.398-05:00Hear Ye, Hear Ye!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My blog has moved! I finally have my website and blog all in one place. Come over and see the beautiful features. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Be sure to bookmark it while you're there too! If you follow me in Google Reader, remember to change the address. Better yet, why not sign up for my blog to be delivered directly your email? No muss, no fuss.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">See you over there!</span></div>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-13308677789256060322012-02-11T07:31:00.001-05:002012-02-11T07:32:51.955-05:00Haunted ClosetsHelen Ginger of <a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com/2012/02/book-review-my-enchanted-life.html" target="_blank">Straight From Hel</a> posted a fabulous review of My Enchanted Life. Now the book has possessed her closet. Personally, I don't think that's a bad thing at all. Do you? It's better than having a dragon peer over her shoulder while she's trying to work. They take up way more space...<br />
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<a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com/2012/02/book-review-my-enchanted-life.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Read the review here...</span></a><br />
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Wouldn't you like a haunted closet too?Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-54236569150263200162012-02-09T17:13:00.001-05:002012-02-09T20:23:23.765-05:00A Legend In My Own MindActually, Dale over at Chilli Tween Reads called me an Indie Legend! Color me red-faced but happy. :) Read his interview with me here:<br />
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<a href="http://chillitweenreads.blogspot.com/2012/02/interview-with-indie-legend-laura-eno.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Chilli Tween Reads Interview</span></a><br />
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P.S I'm building a statue of you next week, Dale!Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-24730561149907043922012-02-02T10:38:00.002-05:002012-02-02T10:39:49.277-05:00Happy Surprise!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVaiQCqevjY2yvSImmnilnOKxhtWuDABBjqufGtWr6g7R-4SxDHp_wvkENUn5S6yO4zBj6X-lxZQqv527LhT5qwlAKkLkq6OdS_7eoN6wpLz0F1vq6IMYtjHY5jqPfR810BHuNLi8Cms/s1600/Raven+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVaiQCqevjY2yvSImmnilnOKxhtWuDABBjqufGtWr6g7R-4SxDHp_wvkENUn5S6yO4zBj6X-lxZQqv527LhT5qwlAKkLkq6OdS_7eoN6wpLz0F1vq6IMYtjHY5jqPfR810BHuNLi8Cms/s200/Raven+Small.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br />
I just wandered over to <a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com/2012/02/book-review-raven.html" target="_blank">Straight From Hel</a>, which I am wont to do because I like everything Helen blogs about, and found her review of Raven! Go have a look...she also posts the most wonderful disclaimers. Seriously, Helen needs to pack them all in a book and sell them. They are that good!<br />
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The Valentine Blog Hop starts today and runs through the 14th. I've devoted a separate page to it so click on the menu bar above here and get hopping for lots of prizes!Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-47075856756133381072012-01-30T10:15:00.002-05:002012-01-30T10:19:16.100-05:00A to Z April Challenge<center><a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/2012-to-z-challenge-sign-up-list.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf4mOyECPJb58fSSybZAGX_ttnEkG96Vs6CnPkLMpFjPD34q0hyphenhyphenTII4rQd8s3rHAPPkSU1eJHVZsKLyhFnN63vGb6mR6OWdGo4yTWBA6cfBODkZNBOgR5M1mlSEQT0zuc6yRfVMhBv-g/s150/A+to+Z+Badge+2012+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></center><br />
Today is the first sign-up day for A to Z April Challenge! I had so much fun last year and met many new friends in the process. Of course I've already signed up for this year! You should too. Here's the link for the sign-up list:<br />
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</div>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-41901902725655319152012-01-26T11:16:00.000-05:002012-01-26T11:16:41.935-05:00Read All About It At The Daily HarrellJessie over at The Daily Harrell has blogged about her review of My Enchanted Life!<br />
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<a href="http://jessie-harrell.blogspot.com/2012/01/recommendation-my-enchanted-life-by.html" target="_blank">My Enchanted Life Review</a><br />
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Don't you just love the look of her blog? I like all those scotch-tape notes everywhere. :)Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-30415747832864702982012-01-24T15:59:00.000-05:002012-01-24T15:59:10.631-05:00May I Swoon Now?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1304AQuO5mPJz5S20wiv0PU4n4jm4lpbxg_unTaL9H-bbwYruFlrbIxq_-KqxXg96k2p6KkH9_Q4ab78PqfOYcSx-mbLwwIfosz-14Mk6vDj1TCkgS1_vVPRftylk2XE_ipFGR0AmrQg/s1600/reviewertoppick2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1304AQuO5mPJz5S20wiv0PU4n4jm4lpbxg_unTaL9H-bbwYruFlrbIxq_-KqxXg96k2p6KkH9_Q4ab78PqfOYcSx-mbLwwIfosz-14Mk6vDj1TCkgS1_vVPRftylk2XE_ipFGR0AmrQg/s1600/reviewertoppick2.png" /></a></div>Night Owl Reviews has declared <em>My Enchanted Life</em> a Top Pick!<br />
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*insert Snoopy dance here*<br />
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Go read the review, then come back and dance with me. I'll even let you lead...<br />
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<a href="http://www.nightowlreviews.com/nor/Reviews/Hitherandthee-reviews-My-Enchanted-Life-by-Laura-Eno.aspx" target="_blank">Top Pick review of My Enchanted Life at Night Owl Reviews</a>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-42058573698099632322012-01-21T11:21:00.000-05:002012-01-21T11:21:03.136-05:00Letter from a Friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qSfrOZnrqXG8cpDl6EOTjw48VM3K6q1Mx3U7cmXRyjqTD_7OLQ3STA0ZJx-zzfFzIeKjPxQC1NbdkHpAF86xioqz2A01hHoM5BVp_GTCtmkByrhkhjlJaSoOYpDBYexVGuZrUdtdHgI/s1600/letter+from+a+friend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qSfrOZnrqXG8cpDl6EOTjw48VM3K6q1Mx3U7cmXRyjqTD_7OLQ3STA0ZJx-zzfFzIeKjPxQC1NbdkHpAF86xioqz2A01hHoM5BVp_GTCtmkByrhkhjlJaSoOYpDBYexVGuZrUdtdHgI/s200/letter+from+a+friend.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I'm over at Cathy's house today. You know, that frozen place up north called <a href="http://muskokariver.blogspot.com/2012/01/laura-eno-letter-from-friend.html" target="_blank">Life on the Muskoka River</a>. She started a wonderful series called "Letter from a friend," recalling the pre-internet times when you would rush to the mailbox and eagerly rip open a letter from a dear friend. It was a cherished way to catch up on each other's news that's sadly gone by the wayside. Stop over and have a cup of tea. I'd tell you to sit on the porch swing but it's covered in snow.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://muskokariver.blogspot.com/2012/01/laura-eno-letter-from-friend.html" target="_blank">Letter from a Friend</a></div>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-46036860695329901112012-01-20T11:52:00.003-05:002012-01-20T13:43:59.799-05:00Full of Awesomesauce!<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="a2apage_sm_ifr" src="http://a2a.lockerz.com/menu/sm8.html#type=page&event=load&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fpost-edit.g%3FblogID%3D6061074457307822662%26postID%3D4603686069532990111%26from%3Dpencil&referrer=" style="border: 0px currentColor; display: none; height: 1px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px; z-index: 100000;" transparency="true" width="1"></iframe><br />
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Edit - There seems to be something I can't fix about this link, so I'm reprinting it here. (Look the other way, SOPA!)<br />
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Loner Travis O'Conner becomes the unwilling champion of a mysterious seer who plunges him into another dimension. His only guide—a deck of Tarot cards in her possession.<br />
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Overall Feedback: Eno draws the reader into the action right off the bat and keeps pounding the action into your reading imagination and still manages to add a bit of romance into the story. Plenty of reviews will state that this is a page turner and that they could not put it down. But I say from the start to the finish it will not be that you can not put it down, it will be that you will not WANT to put it down.<br />
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Point of View: Fall in love, seek adventure, go on a quest to deliver something enchanted and live in a fantasy all from the safety of your mind all vicariously through Travis.<br />
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Voice: Inner struggle and how it can affect us all while immersing the reader in Fantasy and Romance. Perfection!<br />
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Character Development: Because the action starts with a bang it takes a bit to really develop the characters but I believe Eno wanted to catch the reader's attention and allow her characters to grow on and with the reader. Just as characters should develop.<br />
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Plot: The action could have caused a mess of the plot but Eno obviously took the time to carefully align the plot and pace.<br />
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Dialogue: Seemingly dry at times but for the most part added to the character development.<br />
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Pacing: Not to repeat myself, okay to repeat myself. Plenty of reviews will state that this is a page turner and that they could not put it down. But I say from the start to the finish it will not be that you can not put it down, it will be that you will not WANT to put it down.<br />
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Setting: Travis's world is magical, fantastical and stimulates the imagination bone.<br />
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Continuity: One word. FLAWLESS!Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-72277765198553318862012-01-11T17:20:00.000-05:002012-01-11T17:20:27.705-05:00Is it me?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gqZ3ieu76KYBNIwLgCseyXhg6h6wO30aL8x_svLSu3qSxceKRg6MGMEjnhaxIRxq0lb8GmCuVwMyUmiM3gAeiQNxLYt_X_AkuGo8kV-eRUN2UD99oercAzHVXkDx3fNqKLgENwUlG4w/s1600/meh_cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gqZ3ieu76KYBNIwLgCseyXhg6h6wO30aL8x_svLSu3qSxceKRg6MGMEjnhaxIRxq0lb8GmCuVwMyUmiM3gAeiQNxLYt_X_AkuGo8kV-eRUN2UD99oercAzHVXkDx3fNqKLgENwUlG4w/s200/meh_cat.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Is it just me or does January have a blahness in the air? I'm trying to get out from under a smothering blanket of meh.<br />
Anybody else feel this way?Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-72497315660349200132011-12-28T06:58:00.000-05:002011-12-28T06:58:11.101-05:00The Magic Word...FREE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpmcB4MQhQkiYQDtzoBIZmB3cpKzGvRpVHmL0yUS1WoFuL7KyRWfEtGgYuqy0XW4wOPDdrAIru170BLsrlR-GNGHjwhVHrRJ04blshWVCcMTUh3rlTlNthF78eTL-nu8JqduKvVh67bA/s1600/Raven+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpmcB4MQhQkiYQDtzoBIZmB3cpKzGvRpVHmL0yUS1WoFuL7KyRWfEtGgYuqy0XW4wOPDdrAIru170BLsrlR-GNGHjwhVHrRJ04blshWVCcMTUh3rlTlNthF78eTL-nu8JqduKvVh67bA/s200/Raven+Small.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>As this year draws to a close I want to thank you, my wonderful readers and friends. You've given me so much with your comments and emails, filling me with hope and the drive to continue.<br />
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To give something back, I'm offering <em>Raven</em> for free until January 1st on Smashwords!<br />
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Thank you all for being so awesome!Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-75497644153133446732011-12-26T06:52:00.001-05:002012-01-03T07:03:30.141-05:00Winners Announced!<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YpErhO3DBeyWy4k1at3AfcZoG-zH7ZzO3Wv65OLaWoh4xZl-B-_gIu8eA890hjUGT6z-0rQ5sKXgZUxPq31dZwXmqbuXgfTZbhUS7cjykr9BkPx4cZTSc0_Oj9HAkRWAWyiv6tGz7EA/s1600/blog-hop-holiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YpErhO3DBeyWy4k1at3AfcZoG-zH7ZzO3Wv65OLaWoh4xZl-B-_gIu8eA890hjUGT6z-0rQ5sKXgZUxPq31dZwXmqbuXgfTZbhUS7cjykr9BkPx4cZTSc0_Oj9HAkRWAWyiv6tGz7EA/s200/blog-hop-holiday.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><span style="color: red;">UPDATE - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Congratulations to Krysta Banco, the winner of the Holiday Hop Grand Prize of the Kindle Fire.</span> </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Holiday Hop is now over but I hope you're all still enjoying your holidays!</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now for the winners of my own contest:</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">First prize</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Two paperback books, <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My Enchanted Life</span></em> and <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tempest Child</span></em>, one eBook (coupon from Smashwords) of your choice from anything I've written, and a $25 gift card from Amazon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The winner is: Pamela Hampton</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Second prize</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Two eBooks of your choice from my works (coupons from Smashwords)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The winner is: Barbara Battaglia</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Third prize</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: One eBook of your choice from my works (coupon from Smashwords)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The winner is: Elizabeth Hyatt</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Congratulations to the three of you and remember that your names will be entered into the Holiday Hop grand prize drawing on Jan 1<sup>st</sup> for a chance at winning a Kindle Fire!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To everyone who reads this blog, signs up for my newsletter, or cracks open one of my books – I love every one of you. Readers are the passion behind my writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Besides, even if you talk behind my back – I still love you. It's publicity, right? </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-52243420187335027762011-12-15T00:22:00.004-05:002011-12-21T15:04:03.552-05:00We're off and running!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtR_VtC09VHSjcPfxKbie7iBL0U1x1lp1ZkZxXZB2QzhD-s-JEqKFg2Vcs-VSMDp_Nodzyu-Fdd0pRdzpFSVQ7SJi7khSCWjkVSN3-AzEYNtG70-y7gQsOid8ybJnOzNvHAER1Orz2u4/s1600/blog-hop-holiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtR_VtC09VHSjcPfxKbie7iBL0U1x1lp1ZkZxXZB2QzhD-s-JEqKFg2Vcs-VSMDp_Nodzyu-Fdd0pRdzpFSVQ7SJi7khSCWjkVSN3-AzEYNtG70-y7gQsOid8ybJnOzNvHAER1Orz2u4/s200/blog-hop-holiday.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>The Holiday Hop starts today! Over 60 authors are participating, each with their own list of goodies, books and gift cards to hand over to you. Some will be running daily contests while others might only post once. Each one is different and full of holiday cheer.<br />
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As for me, I will be awarding the following:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">First prize</span>: Two paperback books, <em>My Enchanted Life</em> and <em>Tempest Child</em>, one eBook (coupon from Smashwords) of your choice from anything I've written, and a $25 gift card from Amazon.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Second prize</span>: Two eBooks of your choice from my works (coupons from Smashwords)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Third prize</span>: One eBook of your choice from my works (coupon from Smashwords)<br />
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The contest will run through Dec 25th and the winners, picked at random by my dogs or Jezebel, will be announced on Dec 26th. In addition, the three winners from this blog will be entered into the Indie Writers Unite grand prize drawing for a <span style="color: red;">Kindle Fire</span>! How's that for a grand prize? The winners from all participating blogs will go into the drawing, so it's in your best interest to visit everyone listed in the blog hop.<br />
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Now for the particulars: I'm only requiring one thing to enter my contest. Please join my brand new newsletter. <strong><span style="font-size: large;">The link is at the top on the right</span></strong>. Don't worry, I won't spam you. You might hear from me three or four times a year with special coupons when a book is released. Of course, you may unsubscribe at any time as well.<br />
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So sign up and get hopping! Here is the link to find the other participants: <a href="http://holidaybloghop.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HOLIDAY HOP</a><br />
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Happy holidays to you all!Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-64492863826386385262011-12-13T08:48:00.000-05:002011-12-14T19:22:06.797-05:00HOLIDAY BLOG HOP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtR_VtC09VHSjcPfxKbie7iBL0U1x1lp1ZkZxXZB2QzhD-s-JEqKFg2Vcs-VSMDp_Nodzyu-Fdd0pRdzpFSVQ7SJi7khSCWjkVSN3-AzEYNtG70-y7gQsOid8ybJnOzNvHAER1Orz2u4/s1600/blog-hop-holiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtR_VtC09VHSjcPfxKbie7iBL0U1x1lp1ZkZxXZB2QzhD-s-JEqKFg2Vcs-VSMDp_Nodzyu-Fdd0pRdzpFSVQ7SJi7khSCWjkVSN3-AzEYNtG70-y7gQsOid8ybJnOzNvHAER1Orz2u4/s200/blog-hop-holiday.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>Holiday Blog Hop runs December 15th - December 25th<br />
Over 60 participants giving away gifts, prizes and goodies, including a grand prize of a Kindle Fire!<br />
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Loads of fun to be had for 10 days in a row!<br />
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<a href="http://holidaybloghop.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Holiday Blog Hop</a>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-46922250833867656962011-12-06T18:03:00.000-05:002011-12-06T18:03:25.222-05:00Just when you thought it was safe...My YA Fantasy, My Enchanted Life, is out!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2baOWa0gIEprf7L4t8abf6y0BY_CbMD9C9GCtuI9VgqFgRuMzB8uzuwr1MZKAcKJbkXBzOcw6L12OYpXPcbFdliMpNYlAH53id4WprE8owhXj2RHefk9UBYqJTzIIHhuyl_0WGXfW0A/s1600/Sm_MEL+Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2baOWa0gIEprf7L4t8abf6y0BY_CbMD9C9GCtuI9VgqFgRuMzB8uzuwr1MZKAcKJbkXBzOcw6L12OYpXPcbFdliMpNYlAH53id4WprE8owhXj2RHefk9UBYqJTzIIHhuyl_0WGXfW0A/s200/Sm_MEL+Final.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><strong>Description:</strong><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">An American teen finds herself thrust into a world she never knew existed in England's magical community of Wode Gate. While dealing with gnomes, a cranky dragon, murder and mayhem, Emma tries to cope with her unwanted duties as Sentinel and fights to get back home again.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She finds that things aren't always what they seem, people aren't who they pretend to be, and someone wants her dead. The king of the underworld wants her too, but he may be the least of her problems as Emma struggles to control her powers—while losing her heart to a demon.</span></div><br />
<strong>Where to purchase:</strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Enchanted-Life-ebook/dp/B0069AWOYU/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_2_7?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2">AmazonUS</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Enchanted-Life-ebook/dp/B0069AWOYU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323212376&sr=8-1">AmazonUK</a><br />
<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-enchanted-life-laura-eno/1107485662?ean=2940013487673">Nook</a><br />
<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/106013">Smashwords</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Enchanted-Life-Laura-Eno/dp/146792671X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0">Trade Paperback</a><br />
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<strong>Excerpt:</strong><br />
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<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Chapter One<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">One day before my eighteenth birthday. My third day of summer vacation—that lazy rite of passage between high school and college. The only one I'd ever have. Ruined. All because of that private investigator showing up at my door. I never should have let him in—although, technically, my aunt invited him inside.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Are you Emma Winslow, daughter of Franklin and Anne Winslow?"<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Yes." I didn't like the way his dark eyes tried to bore a hole in my head, like I'd done something wrong. Nothing came to mind, anyway. Maybe this was a prank, courtesy of my friend Jenna.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"And you were born in London, England?" He pressed on, despite my aunt hovering now like a chicken with ruffled feathers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Yes, she was," Aunt Martha answered when I didn't reply quickly enough. "What's this all about?"<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He flashed a smile full of teeth and reached inside his jacket pocket. I admit I flinched, expecting to be kidnapped or shot or something else straight out of a horror movie. Instead, he pulled out a thick envelope and handed it to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Just confirming your identity for my client. Happy birthday." He turned and let himself out, leaving me to stare at the envelope with some fancy solicitor name printed on the front.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Aren't you going to open it?" my aunt asked, wringing her hands. Not a good sign.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A little voice in my head told me to burn it and bury the ashes in the backyard. Like a fool, I teased the flap open with fingers that trembled and pulled out the sheets filled with incomprehensible legalese. After reading the first page three different times, while my aunt did a funny little dance next to me, I handed the sheet over to her.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"I think it says I've inherited a house in England." Flipping my long brown hair back over my shoulder, I waited for her to confirm what I'd read.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"What? That can't be right. Your father didn't own any property when he died." Aunt Martha read further. "Oh, it says your father's brother, Albert, died three months ago and left it to you. I didn't know Franklin had a brother."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My father. I didn't know anything about him, except that he was British and died when I was only a few months old. That's when my mother and I left London and came back to Chadsville, Georgia to live close to her family. When she died the following year, my aunt and uncle were left to raise me. An unexpected wave of gratitude passed over me. If they hadn't taken me in, who knows where I might have ended up? I blinked back the tears that threatened to spill and gave my aunt a hug.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Mercy! What was that for?"<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Nothing. I don't tell you that I love you often enough." And it was true. They were the only parents I'd ever known.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">She dabbed at her eyes and patted my shoulder. "Don't start packing for England just yet. We'll talk to your uncle about it when he gets home." She hurried off to the kitchen—no doubt to bake cookies. My aunt's cure for anything that ails you. I hoped they'd be peanut butter chocolate chip.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My uncle had the opposite reaction from my aunt when she thrust the papers in his face that evening. "Well, congratulations. That's quite a birthday present."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"You don't find it the least bit peculiar?" Aunt Martha's eyebrows wiggled up and down as if not sure what position they should stay in.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Not really. We never knew that much about Franklin or his family. If I were eighteen again, I'd see it as a grand adventure." He gave me a wink and started rooting through the fridge. "Are we having dinner soon? Maybe there's a college nearby you could attend."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Aunt Martha huffed and flounced from the room. Uncle Dan straightened up and looked at her disappearing back. "Did I say something wrong?"<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I hid a smile and shrugged. "Dinner's ready. I'll go get her."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The silent dinner that followed left me with time to think. Now that I'd gotten over the initial shock, it did sound like fun. I'd always wanted to do some traveling and using England as a base would be perfect for exploring Europe. My college fund could handle a month over there. Maybe I even had more family in the area that I didn't know about.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Suddenly I couldn't wait for dinner to be over. Jenna had to hear about this. She often had crazy ideas too; she wouldn't think I was nuts for wanting to go. With my uncle backing me up, my aunt would come around. She'd lived in Chadsville all her life. The two-hour drive to Atlanta was the farthest she'd ever traveled.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not so with my mom—her only sibling. Mom was only my age when she went to London and met my dad. And look what coming back to good old Chadsville did for her—dying while crossing the street. Nope, not for me. I was going to follow my dream before my number was up.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The clang of silverware startled me out of my reverie. I glanced up, shoving my hair out of my face. Aunt Martha uttered a sigh and looked at me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"You've made up your mind—you're going, aren't you? Just like your mother did."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I smiled, not bothering to conceal my excitement over it all. "Yes, but just for a few weeks. I'll be back before school starts, don't worry."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">She nodded and tried her best to give me a smile. It was all the invitation I needed to run around the table and give her a kiss. "Thanks for understanding. I have to go call Jenna and give her the news."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thoughts crowded my head as I flew up the stairs to my room. What should I pack—oh, and I needed a passport. How long did that take? And there were plane tickets to buy…<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My stomach curled into a ball and dinner threatened to come back up. Was I ready to do this? Or was I crazy for even contemplating it? Now that the idea had been planted in my head, the lure of going to England seemed almost irresistible. I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">had</i> to go.</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 1em 0px 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0.2in;"><br />
</div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Stay strong. It's a good thing to do this</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. My hand shook a little as I punched in Jenna's number. Must be excitement, not nerves. What was there to be nervous about? I was going to England!</span>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-58472924093481604292011-12-05T08:04:00.001-05:002011-12-05T08:06:22.479-05:00Release Day for Raven!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpmcB4MQhQkiYQDtzoBIZmB3cpKzGvRpVHmL0yUS1WoFuL7KyRWfEtGgYuqy0XW4wOPDdrAIru170BLsrlR-GNGHjwhVHrRJ04blshWVCcMTUh3rlTlNthF78eTL-nu8JqduKvVh67bA/s1600/Raven+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpmcB4MQhQkiYQDtzoBIZmB3cpKzGvRpVHmL0yUS1WoFuL7KyRWfEtGgYuqy0XW4wOPDdrAIru170BLsrlR-GNGHjwhVHrRJ04blshWVCcMTUh3rlTlNthF78eTL-nu8JqduKvVh67bA/s200/Raven+Small.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>It's release day for my space opera/romance <em>Raven, Book 1 of the Carriena Oracles</em>! This will only be released as an ebook, since it's a novella. The best part? It's only .99!<br />
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<strong>Description</strong>:<br />
A woman without love<br />
A man without answers<br />
An Oracle that could kill them both<br />
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Raven thought her lonely life as a hardened transport pilot was good enough until she met Mikael, an archaeologist who'd never been off-planet before. After discovering an ancient Oracle left by a mysterious race, their lives become forfeit.<br />
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Now they are on the run, falling in love, and trying to unlock the secrets of the gods themselves. As they bounce from planet to planet, searching for answers, death is only one step behind and getting closer.<br />
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<strong>Where to buy</strong>:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Raven-The-Carriena-Oracles-ebook/dp/B006GULH6Y/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2" target="_blank">KindleUS</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/raven-laura-eno/1107838468?ean=2940013464513" target="_blank">Nook</a><br />
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Excerpt:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chapter One<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Of all the worlds to be marooned on, Algora had to be the worst, as far as Raven could tell. Sure, it had spaceport facilities but she couldn't leave the port. This was a closed planet, its inhabitants subjected to archaic rules and regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And her passenger… Raven ground her teeth. The annoying scientist had left a message for her at the front desk saying he'd be a day late. At least he pre-paid a room for her and he was paying good money to get off this rock. She'd wait for him, even though it irked her to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She scratched her head, fingers grazing the tiny implant behind her ear, and pulled a few long strands of hair forward to cover it. The port's medical facility had offered to remove the link-up to her navigational system but Raven politely declined. Artificial implants were one of the many taboos on this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">natural</i> world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Screw them</span></i><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. Her eyes glumly scanned the meager offerings on the menu of this backwater planet. For a pastoral colony, she'd expected the foodstuff to have more variety. At least they had transient spacer accommodations—if you could call a fold-down bunk and sonic-scrubber shower an accommodation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Staring at the vid-screen on the ceiling while lying on her bunk—the only way to view the shivarking thing—Raven flipped through the channels. Nature shows and religious offerings bombarded her, all designed to promote their way of life. The only thing of interest was the history of the Oracle but Raven didn't care to worship their deity so she shut the vid off and closed her eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why did her passenger want to get to Trivorn? Of the six planets Terrans colonized in this system over three hundred years ago, that one never became a real colony. Life was so difficult there the people soon abandoned it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Raven imagined the next three weeks filled with scientific chatter from him and groaned. Maybe she could tell him he had to stay in his room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Her implant beeped. Ben, her co-pilot, started speaking before she had a chance to acknowledge the call.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Are you all settled in?" His quirky voice ran through a couple of octaves, making her smile despite their predicament.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"If you can call living in a shoebox settled in. I wish I could have stayed onboard the Vattra with you, blast their rules."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"I'll admit some of us have all the luck."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Yeah, well, just make sure they don't find you. I don't want to have to pay a shivarking fine on top of everything else."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"I'm a BN-4. Discretion is my middle name." Ben managed to plunge his vocalization into the lowest register of human hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Raven snorted. "Just be careful. Hide or something until we're ready to leave."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"You worry too much. It stresses your delicate human digestive system. I can hear your bowels gurgling over the comlink."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Quit doing things to give me stress and leave my bowels out of the conversation. You're disgusting." Raven laughed as she disconnected. Leave it to Ben to put a smile on her face. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She left her sorry excuse of a room and headed down to the cafeteria, ordering a casserole that tasted like nothing more than protein paste. From her corner table, Raven watched the other patrons while she forced the bland food into her mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One group sat with military precision, their uniforms clean and crisp. She didn't recognize the insignia patch on the upper right sleeve but they must work for a large freighter. They ate quickly, without any conversation amongst themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The other group sat at the small bar, voices carrying as they laughed and traded insults. One woman and two men, dressed similar to Raven in the unofficial spacer uniform—pants with multiple pockets, black boots, long-sleeve shirt and a vest with more pockets. She wondered if they were haulers or smugglers—or a little of both. Legitimate jobs could be hard to come by out here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One of the men cast an interested glance her way but Raven ignored him. Casual romps weren't her style and the last relationship she had didn't end well. Flying solo suited her. Nobody to worry about but herself. Getting up from the table, she slid her food tray into the slot by the door and went back up to her cubicle to get some sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">***<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The next morning Raven was down in the lobby by sunrise, looking for caffeine to clear the muddle from her mind. A nice-looking man walked by her, carrying two cups of coffee in his hands. He smiled as he passed, his dark blue eyes twinkling in the dim light. Raven surprised herself by smiling back. Too bad he wasn't her scientist. The trip might not totally suck with him aboard. He walked up to the desk while she continued to scan the travelers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"I'm looking for Raven Daniels. Could you call her room?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Raven turned at the sound of her name. It was him, Mikael Something-or-other. "I'm Raven," she said and walked over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Then this must belong to you." He grinned and handed her a cup. "I'm Mikael Turner. I apologize for not being here yesterday. I stopped in to see my parents and say goodbye."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Raven released the breath she'd been holding, chastising herself for reacting with her hormones. She didn't know anything about this man. He could be married, for all she knew.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"That's okay. I, uh, was expecting someone older." <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nice one, Jen. Complete your disgrace by getting tongue-tied. Would you like to kiss him next?</i> "Thanks for the coffee. Are you ready to go?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">He held out his arm. "Lead the way."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">They walked in silence toward the pad that would take them to her ship. When they got closer, she called Ben on her comlink. "Start the check, Ben. We're almost there."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Ben is your pilot?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"No, I am but with Ben along I don't need any crew." She watched his eyebrows raise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"I'm impressed. I have a confession of my own to make—I thought you'd be older too."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Raven laughed and relaxed. This guy didn't seem like a stuffy scientist type. Maybe she wouldn't have to banish him to his room after all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-2463694783604860062011-12-01T03:00:00.004-05:002011-12-01T10:32:42.267-05:00"Did I Notice Your Book" Blog Hop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2EWfJH5f_Sh6BPTSBZ5af1w139MFTbm07DoFjhwpVVVFSmDTzdg66jEt4t3-N7WCQ4z8SjUc1PEFEoEqtmkpLk6xjJzXUzyDitJktY8x9e8Vaw_lsS5AxMc6_4GaU4lHclWHa3s_kDs/s1600/DINYB_button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2EWfJH5f_Sh6BPTSBZ5af1w139MFTbm07DoFjhwpVVVFSmDTzdg66jEt4t3-N7WCQ4z8SjUc1PEFEoEqtmkpLk6xjJzXUzyDitJktY8x9e8Vaw_lsS5AxMc6_4GaU4lHclWHa3s_kDs/s1600/DINYB_button.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The wonderful Ciara Knight hosts an event every Thursday called "Did I Notice Your Book?" and has turned it into a blog hop for today!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">From Ciara's site:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It’s that time of week again. Anyone for a writing experiment?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With all the new tools out there to monitor book sales and blurbs mentioned about their books, I’m going to highlight a new book each week. I’ll post it in the morning. If by the end of the day that author finds her book on this post I want her or him to tell us how they discovered it; word of mouth through the close network of writers, a Yahoo group mention, or through some new fangled Google tool.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now, how will I choose this book each week? It will be a book that caught my attention. As a reader, I will keep an eye out for something that either provoked me to read the blurb, look at the author’s blog, or purchase said book.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Before I reveal my choice I want to clarify that this author has no idea that I’ve chosen his/her book.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With that in mind, the book I noticed was: Annetta Ribken's Athena's Promise (Aegian Trilogy) Book One. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">It's Urban Fantasy.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnk8FBVt9SLCeH5toScR0UoUq7LRgxxXbvdoiNJb7eFndiMLedHmckpl69GEPWCSzJkeaJvDayx0cbhPh9u0Nj9HL_6lwRXVoziWmvf3GJwQvZlktZxQ0V0k2CiJYgs_ab69a3W7_D31Y/s1600/Athena%2527s+Promise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnk8FBVt9SLCeH5toScR0UoUq7LRgxxXbvdoiNJb7eFndiMLedHmckpl69GEPWCSzJkeaJvDayx0cbhPh9u0Nj9HL_6lwRXVoziWmvf3GJwQvZlktZxQ0V0k2CiJYgs_ab69a3W7_D31Y/s200/Athena%2527s+Promise.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Book description:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"No matter what it takes."<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As the front desk manager of a hotel on the edge of Zombietown, Pallas is used to dealing with angry centaurs, surly trolls, and zombie housekeepers. The trouble really starts when one of her guests ends up dead. But that's not her only problem.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A cop with an attitude – can he be trusted to be more than just a pain in her ass or does he have a more sinister agenda? <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A new Guest Services Manager, out for her job and ready to sacrifice anyone in his way – what does he really want?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The attractive maintenance guy, endangering the promise she made out of necessity to the Goddess Athena – does he know more than he's telling?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A mermaid diva, whose show at the Sparkling Butterfly must go on – or else. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pallas needs to find the killer, and fast, or she'll lose her job, her home, and the ragtag family she's adopted out of her crew of "critters". <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the course of the investigation Pallas uncovers connections to a nasty Oddities dealer deep in the heart of Zombietown, forcing her to expose a trauma from her past which could threaten her future. With everyone and everything she loves in danger, the promise made to the Goddess Athena may well damn her if she breaks it, but she is bound and determined to save her friends, her home, and everything she's built.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">No matter what it takes.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Two years ago or so, I read a flash fiction piece of Netta's about a mermaid diva in a hotel lobby. It was a great story and the setting so surreal that it stuck with me. I swooned when she told me it was a character in a novel she was writing. Really. Swooned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I devoured this book! Athena's Promise takes place 20 years after an accident in Atlantis leaves a portal open for all manner of creatures to cross over into our world. The heroine is fun, sassy and kick-butt with an attitude that doesn't quit. The author has a unique voice, full of wit and snap. Her characters and setting are distinctive. Even her cussing is humorous! And don't you want to find out how Medusa fares as the hotel manager?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm so happy this is the first in a trilogy and can't wait for the next one to come out. I gave it 5 stars but would have given it more if I could.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Netta, I hope you find your book here today because I'm singing it from the rooftops! It's that good!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</div>Looking for a great list of books by indie authors to add to your reading pile or give as gifts? Here are three different ones to get you started:<br />
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<a href="http://onlytruemagic.blogspot.com/2011/11/black-friday-books.html" target="_blank">Only True Magic</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.marypathyland.com/thehylander/holidayshopping" target="_blank">Mary Pat Hyland</a><br />
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<a href="http://melissasmithbooks.wordpress.com/indie-author-e-library/">Melissa Smith</a><br />
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</div>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-26882179445941779412011-11-16T15:56:00.000-05:002011-11-16T15:56:54.657-05:00Sugar and Spice, Naughty or Nice?<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ready or not, December is almost here and that means awesome happenings for the holidays.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On<span style="color: red;"> December 1</span><sup><span style="color: red;">st</span>,</sup> Ciara Knight is turning her weekly "Did I Notice Your Book?" into a blog hop. I'm participating with a review on a certain secret book. Drop by on Thursday the 1<sup>st</sup> to see which book I choose!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">From <span style="color: red;">December 1<sup>st</sup> – 31<sup>st</sup></span>, fab horror writer Erin Cole is hosting a holiday catalog of books to choose from, including my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Deadly Intent</i>. If you're interested in being included, <a href="http://erincolelive.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-book-blog-catalog-is-coming.html" target="_blank">go here.</a></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Monday, <span style="color: red;">December 5<sup>th</sup></span>, is release day for TWO different books of mine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Come celebrate the double release with me and leave a comment for a chance to win an ebook copy of each!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With hardly a chance to catch my breath, I'm also participating in the Indie Writers Unite Holiday Hop, which runs from <span style="color: red;">December 15<sup>th</sup> – 25<sup>th</sup></span>. Prizes and giveaways galore await you on this hop, including here on my blog. Whatever your reading tastes, you'll find plenty of choices for gifts—for yourself and others on your list. Stock up!</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Check back often and follow my blog so you don't miss out on any of the fun!</span>Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-1877673633863018442011-11-03T08:56:00.000-04:002011-11-03T08:56:27.046-04:00It Was All A Dream...As my mind wandered, talking to new characters, a bit of advice popped in that I'd heard long ago. Publishers don't like stories that end up being just a dream.<br />
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Can someone please tell me how "It was all just a dream" <em><strong>The Wizard Of Oz</strong></em> is one of the most-loved stories of ALL TIME?<br />
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Just wondering...Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-23377966180447033462011-10-27T07:20:00.001-04:002011-10-27T07:24:31.207-04:00You Think You Know Everything About Me?Come test your Laura knowledge as Cynthia Schuerr grills me (not literally!) over at The ~Heart~ of Writing. Warning - there may be wacky fun involved...or bloodletting. I'm not telling which it is. You'll have to go see for yourself.<br />
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<a href="http://theheartofwriting.blogspot.com/2011/10/interview-with-laura-eno.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FNPaP+%28The++%7EHeart%7E+of++Writing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Interview at The ~Heart~ of Writing</span></a><br />
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As always, comments are drooled over.Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-30133417955264217072011-10-26T06:22:00.001-04:002011-10-26T06:46:49.581-04:00Knights of the Round Table...I hope Ciara Knight owns a round table... She does have several Knights who tirelessly read and review novels on her site, table not withstanding.<br />
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Knight Laura Diamond is reviewing my novel, <em>Tempest Child</em>, today! Come on by and see what she has to say about it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ciaraknight.com/2011/10/26/knight-of-the-round-table-review-5/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Tempest Child review on Ciara Knight's blog</span></a><br />
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As always, questions or comments are appreciated!Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-18400366456629668182011-10-25T07:43:00.000-04:002011-10-25T07:43:50.918-04:00Eighty Nine is here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPm9AqJk-lxN_YYy85Z7HGLhb7s2pwDNwlkDNFj_5TaneNUu8Le7G8Fm-Fot2flY3SDCChneC7MY2oeQlJZN-0Dxof5BH8vuDKs9r5IDdLY3accv4H3jHob3kJftwUecKC6lblu99kd6k/s1600/front-cover-EIGHTY-NINE-637x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPm9AqJk-lxN_YYy85Z7HGLhb7s2pwDNwlkDNFj_5TaneNUu8Le7G8Fm-Fot2flY3SDCChneC7MY2oeQlJZN-0Dxof5BH8vuDKs9r5IDdLY3accv4H3jHob3kJftwUecKC6lblu99kd6k/s200/front-cover-EIGHTY-NINE-637x1024.jpg" width="124" /></a></div>Today is release day for a fabulous speculative fiction anthology surrounding the music and events from 1989.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eighty-Nine-Jodi-Cleghorn/dp/098711266X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319542528&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Order from Amazon here</span></a><br />
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For a special treat, Literary Mix Tapes is previewing 24 of the 26 stories on their website FOR FREE, releasing one an hour. They will only be available to read online for the next 30 some hours, so you have to hurry.<br />
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<a href="http://literarymixtapes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Literary Mix Tapes</span></a><br />
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I am very proud to have a story in this anthology called <em>Choices</em>. I'd love for you to take a gander and tell me what you think!<br />
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<a href="http://literarymixtapes.com/2011/10/25/choices/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Read <em>Choices</em> Now!</span></a><br />
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Make sure to order your copy today to support these fine authors, who are getting a percentage of each book sold.Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6061074457307822662.post-33156638255174011382011-10-14T00:04:00.002-04:002011-10-14T07:02:28.743-04:00Pay It Forward Blog Hop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklKAkL4ZMH2cIBoQGAAt12CaS1DqL6bQvFEsM2OttWvcwk9eg73ZMtsEtJjmNaOgKBWHCr2nDlRWGyrjLLKnd9grCqHbNwfFjDaEKl0ig63GxWa_CRUMoconmhTjGcC9EeVerWlzyuR0/s1600/PayItForward.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklKAkL4ZMH2cIBoQGAAt12CaS1DqL6bQvFEsM2OttWvcwk9eg73ZMtsEtJjmNaOgKBWHCr2nDlRWGyrjLLKnd9grCqHbNwfFjDaEKl0ig63GxWa_CRUMoconmhTjGcC9EeVerWlzyuR0/s200/PayItForward.png" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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The rules of this blog hop are easy...list three blogs that you enjoy reading and share them on your blog. Then visit other blogs that have signed up for the blogfest. Visit as many other blogs as you can and follow them. The last time I looked, over 200 blogs had signed up on the Linky list. <a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/2011/09/paying-it-forward.html" target="_blank">You can find it here.</a><br />
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Three blogs I really enjoy:<br />
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<a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Straight From Hel</span></a><br />
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First of all, who wouldn't enjoy a blog called that? Helen is a freelance editor, among many other things, and a hellava blogger as well.<br />
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<a href="http://muskokariver.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Life on the Muskoka River</span></a><br />
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Cathy is perhaps the wittiest person I know. She will blog about anything too. Really. Go check her out.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ciaraknight.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ciara Knight</span></a><br />
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Ciara is one of those people who just draws you in and you keep coming back for another fix. She has different days set aside for different features, such as Thursday's "Did I Notice Your Book?" where she picks a book at random and features it without the author knowing.<br />
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Of course, there are many more that I follow and love, but three is the magic number for today!Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.com