Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Game On Bloghop


Today is the last day of Kyra Lennon's Game On Bloghop. It's not too late. Go sign up and put up your post! Here are the details:

The Game On Series is centered around a soccer team in the U.S, and those of you who have already read the books will know the hottie of the series is Radleigh McCoy. Between October 28th and October 31st, I want to hear from you about your sporting crushes!

Does David Beckham do it for you? What about swimming sensations Michael Phelps or Rebecca Adlington? When did you first notice your sporting crush, and what do you like best about them? Have you ever been lucky enough to see them in action? Please keep posts to a maximum of 500 words (this is for the benefit of Clare Dugmore who offered me a 10-page essay! ;) LOL!).

Yes, of course there are prizes!

1) New paperback copies of Game On and Blindsided
2) E-copies of any of my books (3 winners)
3) A full manuscript edit (2 winners)




Can you believe that David Beckham doesn't really do it for me? I mean he's gorgeous don't get me wrong, but eh. Once upon a time I thought Ryan Lochte was cute but then he opened his mouth and even his good looks couldn't save him. So believe it or not I actually had to Google athletes. In doing so I came across this hottie.

Introducing Thom Evans. Isn't he pretty? He is a former Scottish international rugby union player and model. Yay Scotland! I'm going to stop talking now and just let you guys enjoy the view.

Oh. My. Wow. I could stare at him all day! Thank you Kyra! Without this hop I never would have discovered Mr. Hottie. So what athlete are you crushing on?




Wednesday, October 23, 2013

And the winners are...


Thank you everyone who participated in the (Never) Again Bloghop! I had so much fun hopping around and reading all the posts! Now it's time for the winners :) I had my boyfriend pick the numbers and I just have to say he really took his time choosing. No, really he did. I told him it wasn't life or death, I just needed numbers. Finally after much thought he picked.

Third prize: A copy of (Never) Again goes to Tammy Theriault
Second prize: A signed copy of Cora Carmack's Faking It goes to Robin Hall Writes
The first prize for a $20 Amazon gift card goes to: Julie Sondra Decker
And because Suzi is the coolest person ever she is giving away another copy of (Never) Again and that winner is Stina Lindenblatt.

Congrats to all the winners! Please email me at tmpmarkmajor @ aol.com





Monday, October 14, 2013

(Never) Again Bloghop

Today is the day! I am officially a published author!!! *happy dance* *fist pump* It is also the day of the (Never) Again Bloghop! It's not too late to sign up either!


Liz, the main character of (Never) Again got her heart broken and refused to ever open it up to anyone again. We all know how that goes though. How many times have you swore off something only to step right back into it? So for this bloghop I want to know what it is you swore you would never do again and then wound up doing. It could be anything. Dating a guy, drinking, going on the roller coaster that made you vomit, anything.

Since I'm giving such short notice, you can post any day between October 15-17th. Sign up below and at the end of the hop I will randomly select a few winners.

The prizes:

First prize: $20 Amazon gift card
Second prize: A signed copy of Cora Carmack's Faking It
Third prize: A copy of (Never) Again (Of course I have to give a way a copy of my book!) 



I thought this would be an easy topic, but when it came down to me actually picking something, I went blank. There's the obvious. Drinking. At least a few times a year I swear I'll never drink again. It usually lasts a week before the God awful headache and nausea become a distant memory and I forget the promise I made to myself. Plus lets be honest here. Who am I fooling?


Then I thought about all the times in college I waited till the night before or the morning of a test to study. Every time I swore I would never do that again and I would give myself more time. I never did. I became a pro at shuffling index cards while blow drying my hair. This is not an easy task!

Or I could be a total Debbie Downer and talk about my anxiety attacks and how I get so fed up that each time I swear I'll never let it happen again only to continue to suffer from them. But today is not the day for that! At least on my end. Today is fun and exciting and I won't let my anxiety take center stage.

So what is left? Too many. I swear I will never do things again all the time and then there I am totally going back on my word.

But the one thing that keeps popping into my mind is mountain biking. A year ago I wrote a post about how I took a nasty spill off my bike. You can read the post here but if you don't want to read it then all you need to see is the aftermath of the fall:

 That is a picture of my upper thigh, I took the picture looking down. The bruise spread from one side of my thigh all the way to the other. This wasn't the only bruise. I had one on my boob. How you bruise a boob is beyond me! I also had bruises on my legs and arms along with cuts. It hurt like hell.

I secretly swore to myself I would never get on my bike again and if I did I would never go back on a trail. Ever! I kept my word for almost a year. Then my boyfriend talked me back into it. And you know what? I'm glad he did. I actually really love being in the trails.

Sometimes you swear you'll never do something again out of fear. It's a pesky emotion that tends to overshadow all the good stuff. But when you overcome it there is nothing greater. So yes, I swore I would never mountain bike again, but a year later my @$$ is back on those trails!

Can't wait to hop around and read all your posts :) !












































One. More. Day.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

A Saturday Quote


Monday, October 7, 2013

(Never) Again Bloghop

There are eight days left until the release of (Never) Again. EIGHT! I'm not freaking out. I swear. Okay maybe a little. But with the freakout comes the excitement, the fun stuff, this bloghop.


Liz, the main character of (Never) Again got her heart broken and refused to ever open it up to anyone again. We all know how that goes though. How many times have you swore off something only to step right back into it? So for this bloghop I want to know what it is you swore you would never do again and then wound up doing. It could be anything. Dating a guy, drinking, going on the roller coaster that made you vomit, anything.

Since I'm giving such short notice, you can post any day between October 15-17th. Sign up below and at the end of the hop I will randomly select a few winners.

The prizes:

First prize: $20 Amazon gift card
Second prize: A signed copy of Cora Carmack's Faking It
Third prize: A copy of (Never) Again (Of course I have to give a way a copy of my book!) 



Saturday, October 5, 2013

A Saturday Quote


Happy weekend, everyone! Look out for my bloghop post in the next couple of days.