by April blog mommy: SuzIt's April 1st.
The special day for all those people who are practical jokers to stand up and do their thing. Over the years I've been the recipient of a lot of those kinds of jokes from enthusiastic, but definitely demented coworkers.
Sigh.
I am not a big fan of practical jokes. Actually, I loathe them!! So, luckily for y'all, you can believe me when I tell you you're in for a great month of good-natured fun, laughter and debut books with the Banditas in the Bandit Lair! Trust me! Really, trust me!
Friday, April 2: Up first,
Kay Thomas www.kaythomas.net returns to the Lair in an interview with Suz about the third book in her Bulletproof series:
BULLETPROOF BODYGUARD, which is also a Harlequin Intrigue Bodyguard of the Month release.
Monday, April 5: IT'S PARTY TIME in the Lair as Bandita,
Christy Kelley celebrates the release of her newest book,
SOMETHING SCANDALOUS. Be sure to join the Banditas, Sven, the gladiators, cabana boys and hockey hunks as we show how to have a good time!!
Wednesday, April 7: Lair favorite
Barbara Monajem chats with Bandita, Nancy about her debut paranormal,
Sunrise in a Garden of Love and Evil.
Thursday, April 8: RITA nominee
Jessica Andersen returns to the Lair with
Demonkeepers, the newest installment in her dynamite Nightkeepers series. We'll chat about the transformation of its hero, Lucius, from a quiet scholar working in the background to a man of action on the front lines.
On Saturday, April 10:
Anna Campbell www.annacampbell.info is giving away an ARC of her June release
MY RECKLESS SURRENDER. Come and play some reckless games and hey, you might win a book!
Monday, April 12: women's fiction author
Kim Wright makes her first appearance in the lair with her debut women's fiction novel
Love in Mid Air. A chance encounter on an airplane leads her heroine, Elyse, to question her marriage and her life. Kim will chat with Nancy about that.
On Friday, April 16: one of our favorites in the lair,
Annie West www.annie-west.com is back! She’s talking about her new release
FORGOTTEN MISTRESS, SECRET LOVE-CHILD and giving away some books! Come and join in the fun!
Monday, April 19:
Laura Anne Gilman returns to the world of the Cosa Nostradamus with
Hard Magic from Luna. She'll visit us on April 19 to talk about this latest book set in the world of her Retrievers series.
Wednesday, April 21: One of my favorite authors, romantic suspense author,
Dee Davis returns with
Dark Deception, the action-packed first book in her new series.
On Thursday, April 29: historical author
Margo Maguire www.margomaguire is back to talk about her new release
THE ROGUE PRINCE. Giveaways!
APRIL CONTESTS:Anna Campbell's latest contest offers one lucky reader the chance to win an
ARC of
MY RECKLESS SURRENDER, her June 2010 release. All you have to do is email Anna on anna@annacampbell.info and answer a simple question. In the excerpt on the Books Page (
http://www.annacampbell.info/recklesssurrender.html )for MY RECKLESS SURRENDER, Diana the heroine quotes an old proverb to the hero Lord Ashcroft. What is that proverb? Here's a hint -- it's for the birds! Good luck! The contest closes April 30, 2010.
Nancy Northcott's website has a new look, complete with excerpts and updated graphics. Stop by
www.nancynorthcott.com, take a look, and enter the contest she's holding to celebrate. Details on the site.
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Today's giveaway is from Portland artist Lisa Golightly of Kiki and Polly. She's offering a large print of the Girl in the Yellow Suit. How sweet is that? The print would add a pop of cheery color to any room, from a foyer to a living room to a nursery. (I'd love to hang it above my desk.)
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Sandra Juto's new coffeemaker print would look nice in a kitchen.Source URL: http://gbejadacosta.blogspot.com/2010/03/
German photographer Bettina von Zwehl took this photo series of one-year-old babies at an instant of total (rare) concentration. Aren't they gorgeous? Von Zwehl used toys, dvds and eye contact to get the little guys to stay still. "They sat on a table, looking at me, and I took the picture with a long cable release," she says. Since many of the babes were still too wriggly to photograph, it took more than a year to get six final portraits. And the goal of the project? "I was hoping to present each baby as an intelligent human being," she says.
by Susan Sey
Now before anybody asks, I didn't do it myself. I considered it, then realized how very attached I am to my sanity and made the excellent decision to outsource this job to professionals. I'm a big fan of all things locally grown, though, so I didn't go very far when seeking out talented people to put together something that would represent me and my writing in cyberspace.
He doesn't write romance novels (though I've recommended it as loads of fun) but instead has chosen to build a little company called AugmentJ that designs and hosts websites. But he doesn't just design websites. No, either his child is better behaved than mine are or he's just smarter than I am because he's also developed his own Content Management System called Fruitful.
First, Fruitful allows me to get into the nuts and bolts of my webpages and update things whenever I feel like it. I don't have to wait for my web designer to do a monthly update for me, but (very big but here) I don't have to be a programmer to figure it all out, either.
Second advantage of Fruitful? Noah taught me how to use it in person. I came to his house after school one day and our kids had a wild rumpus in his living room while he gave me the run down on updating my site. A software lesson AND entertainment for the kiddoes? I defy you to find a web guy who'll do that for you.
The other awesome thing Noah did for me? Pointed me toward the designer who put together my banner, my colors, created my logo, etc. I sat down with this poor woman (the very talented Sarah Hellestrom Hoehn, also right here in Minneapolis) over coffee & said, "I'm rotten at colors, so I'm just going to tell you how I feel about my writing & what I want people to feel when they're reading my books. Can you translate that into color and design?"
Until then, I'll make do with Fruitful's awesome ability to create gorgeous e-newsletters, run contests and collect user info in a little database that'll come in right handy when I decide to mail out postcards for my first book signing. :-)
