Wednesday, June 18, 2008

A Chance to Say Yes is published!!!

The news is good! Please visit my publisher's website at http://www.archebooks.com/ to view and purchase a copy of my debut novel A Chance to Say Yes. My book was released yesterday. It will be available from http://www.amazon.com/, http://www.bn.com/, and other online booksellers in about two weeks. It will be in place at the distribution houses in about two weeks, also, and can then be ordered, using the ISBN, from any bookseller. Many thanks to my publishers. I am totally thrilled. I hope you enjoy reading A Chance to Say Yes. Please let me know how you like it. Tina

Sunday, June 8, 2008

My books is ready to be released!

Updating to let you know that A Chance to Say Yes, my debut novel, is ready to hit the shelves. The spectacular cover has been finalized. A Chance to Say Yes should be available for purchase VERY SOON at amazon.com, bn.com, etc., and through fine booksellers everywhere. I will post the latest info of the book's release as I receive it. I believe my story a great beach read. I hope you enjoy A Chance to Say Yes and that you take it along with you on your summer vacation. Smiles, Tina

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Local Authors Abound

Hi, People! I wasn't able to post last weekend, but I did attend the monthly meeting of the Southwest Florida Romance Writers (www.swfrw.org). The speaker was a local Naples author who has, as they say, "made good." Her name is Kristy Kiernan, and the title of her well-recieved novel is Catching Genius. She was an interesting and funny speaker. Her instights and revelatons about her path to success as a writer were inspiring. As she worked her way up the hill to publication, she displayed determmation and drive, as well as talent. She said her online critique partner was Sarah Gruen, who wrote the bestselling novel Water for Elephants. FYI, an article about Sarah Gruen appears in this month's issue of Writer's Digest magazine (www.writersdigest.com). Although I haven't read Catching Genius yet, I added her book to my Shelfari bookshelf, which is located next to this column. You can view the info about her book by clicking on the book jacket. It's the last book on the "shelf," so you have to click the ?Next" button three times to reach it. Cheers to Kristy! She has a website, of course, but I will have to post that address later I'm sure you can Google it. Speaking of female authors from Naples, Florida, I do know a handful of them who are published by ArcheBooks, as I will be when my book A Chance to Say Yes is released (soon). At the Naples Barnes and Noble today, I noticed, happily, that three AurcheBooks novels were stacked on the display table under the sign reading "Our Staff Recommends.." or words to this effect. Thanks to the staff at BN for recommending M.B. Weston's A Prophecy Forgotten, Penny Lauer's Bottled Butterfly, and Linda Bilodeau's Stepping Through Seagrass, all of which are located on the adjacent Shelfari shelf. Go ArcheBooks! What's more, local author and SWFRW-member Karna Small Bodman's books were also on that table. Her latest book Gambit is on my shelf, too. On a personal note, I would like to say congrats to my young friend, Zoe, who recently graduated from kindergarten. Zoe was given a special award for being "Sweet and Kind." It just doesn't get better than that! See you next week. Tina