Hey guys, I’m thinking of doing another Goodreads Giveaway of First, I Love You prior to the release of Second of All. If you’ve read it, or intend to read it why not add it to your Goodreads read/to Read list?
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16075454-first-i-love-you
Here is a handy dandy list of all the major places you can download The Bird Day Battalion. FREE everywhere!
Apple (iPad/iPhone): http://bit.ly/Rl0KMK
B&N (Nook): http://bit.ly/Txs0nC
Amazon (Kindle): http://amzn.to/QPYLP3
Smashwords (iBooks/Nook/Kindle/Phone/PDF): http://bit.ly/VtWGrP
Sony: http://bit.ly/RStug7
Diesel: http://bit.ly/X5nEfH
Kobo: http://bit.ly/X5nQM7
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/TYIzgZ
So I just checked on iTunes and it shows Bird Day Battalion at #2, right next to Gemma Halliday!
This prompted an entirely new post because I am a HUUUUGE Gemma Halliday fan. I absolutely adore her High Heels mysteries. So just having my name next to hers temporarily is such an incredible honor, I don’t even know where to start! 🙂 And last night (true it was probably just an autofollow bot, but still) Bella Andre followed me on Twitter. Total fangirl squee moment. I swear, who knew following your pipe dreams could lead to such happiness?
And I want to say AGAIN because it can’t be said ENOUGH:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone that has read The Bird Day Battalion and First, I Love You, and especially those of you who have taken time to spread the word and leave reviews.
*smooches*
Gen
Sometimes Bad Penny takes a time out and is just Sweet Beautiful Soulful Penny. Check it out!
I’m sitting under our favorite tree
I wondering if you’re thinking of me
I’ve thought about nothing else since you went away
You plague my life day after, day after day.
I think about how you used to hold my hand
And how you always thought my jokes were so grand
I think about the time we went to Paris
We had a great trip, despite your brother Harris
I remember the way you looked after a long, hard day
You knew I’d always be there to assure you, it’s okay
I thought you’d always be here too
Your being gone leaves me without a clue
I sometimes smell a faint memory of your scent
I know it’s not possible, but I hope it’s you leaving me a hint
I thought it would get easier as time passed by
I miss coming home…
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So I posted a picture (taken from my phone in excitement before I realized I could have just done another screencapture–did I mention excitement? LOL) on Facebook and Twitter: [UPDATE: Did a screencapture!]
I CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH for helping put The Bird Day Battalion in the Top Five free downloads at Apple!!!! I know that free tends to sell itself, but there are a lot of free stories out there so to me it speaks more of you guys helping spread the word, and for that I am so deeply humbled and thankful. Even if it just lasts today it’ll stay in my heart and mind on those days when I’m having trouble expressing myself writing for The Downey Trilogy or anything else. And I do have lots of anything elses stuck in my head waiting to be told.
Special shout out to my friend Sweet P (known to some of you as Bad Penny) for rallying the #Naughtyville troops. If you are an adult, go follow her blog (if you’re not already) for sexy & sweet poetry, BDSM Erotica, and some seriously salacious photos:
http://thepenelopejones.wordpress.com/
And last, but CERTAINLY not least, if you are a US citizen:
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!
Penny and I just love this blog, it really is amazing. 18+
If you are not following this blog, you so should be. The stories inside these pages are heart-wrenching, deeply romantic, and tear worthy all the same time. My thanks to him for sharing his stories, and his world with me, with us. Unworthy.
Can’t believe I forgot to reblog this the other day!
Click on the cover to get it on Amazon!
Book Description:
One part The Godfather, two parts Emma, and a dash of Casablanca, served straight up!
‘First, I Love You’ is the first novel in the Downey Trilogy exploring the powerful bonds of family, friendship, and love. After having spent most of his life voiding his father, OmahaDetective Tommy Gates takes an opportunity to work his first big Federal case in Chicago, the same city where his father, retired mobster Mickey Downey now lives. While battling the increasing meddling of his sister Kiki Downey and his coworkers, Tommy struggles with taking the risk of letting his father into his heart when his
worldview is everything Tommy stands against. Just as he is beginning to navigate these issues of family, loyalty and trust, his personal and professional lives collide in a way that could threaten…
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Ok so the Goodreads Giveaway has closed and I’ll be getting some of these books out to the winners as well as those who’ve written me for signed copies. (Didn’t know you could do that? Why, sure! Hit me up on Facebook or Twitter)
I really hope the winners enjoy, not just as an author, but perhaps they’ll write a review that will help other readers decide to take a chance on a new author, seeing as I don’t know them from Adam. Not to sound *too* cocky but how can you not love The Downeys? Ah… now I’ve got to knock wood. Any volunteers? LOL
Anyhoo, I want to thank those of you who have been helping me spread the word about The Bird Day Battalion short romance story! Without it being on Amazon’s KDP I can’t list it on most Free Book Promotion websites, as of course, it is not free at Amazon. BUT if you can help spread the word I think it will “sell” itself so to speak since it is free. Who doesn’t love FREE ROMANCE? I mean, come on?
So, lend it, talk about it, review it, recommend it. And I *hope* to do another holiday romance for you around Valentines Day. Because I love you guys, I really do!
I hope to post again later, this time with maybe a sneak peek at Second of All.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!
Today, due entirely to my own…let’s call it hubris…I received a lot of advice. Sadly, it felt like moralizing and lecturing. Well, some of it felt like advice. And that was nice, the advice-feeling advice. All of it was even solicited advice, and let’s face it no one likes the askhole: the person who asks for advice then ignores it, so I asked for it. The irritation I am now feeling, that is. Oh, I should probably start at the beginning.
Finnigan begin again
So, I made the error of following several links today from people whose opinions I usually respect only to find myself strangely offended by their words. I think they were well-intended ruminations, designed to caution and guide newbie authors like myself but had the exact opposite effect. I backed out of the articles feeling lectured at, chastised, judged. It colored everything I did today and had me feeling off-balance and hyper-critical.
It was the equivalent of leaving your bedroom feeling slightly fabulous only to hear: “Are you going to wear that?”
Now all of a sudden you see every pimple, every wrinkle, every frayed edge, every flaw. Instead of all that was right all you see is what’s wrong, even if the ratio of right to wrong never actually changed. There was never actually any problem to begin with, but all of a sudden I started looking for some, just in case. Suddenly the decisions I had made, while I was feeling perfectly happy and fine with them a moment before now I was feeling like, clearly, since this person’s opinion is somehow more valuable than my own, I am in the wrong. And that was when I started actually actively looking for advice instead of just stumbling upon it. I got some really useful advice and some not-so useful advice and when I realized that both were giving me the same sensation of panic-inducing inadequacy, and everything and anything I did was just wrong wrong wrong wrong, I stepped away from the computer and consulted with my Fan Club.
All three of them agreed that these truths remain unchanged:
1. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
2. If the advice comes from someone who stands to gain something from your compliance, feel free to ignore it (see #1).
3. If you are confident/happy in a decision ask yourself why someone is trying to destroy that confidence/happiness before you follow their advice.
4. Do you really want to know what is in that food?
Just some things to think about while you might be writing, editing, proof reading, blogging. Words have power. Intentions are also powerful things but in the end be mindful what you say, how you say it, and how it may affect others.
I suspect I could stand to follow that advice as well.
Genevieve Dewey 