A few days ago I posted that I needed to enter a flash fiction contest. You could have knocked me over with a feather when Shannon McCracken, president of the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the Romance Writer’s of America, contacted me to say I’d won the 2008 Bump in the Night Flash Fiction Contest .

Holy crap.

I’d love to say my response was elegant, but I remember asking something along the lines of "Are you sh*tting me?" lol. Ah…grace under pressure as usual.

I’ll be posting my winning entry on my Free Reads page some time in the future. Stay on the look out.

And if you haven’t seen it yet, head over to My Bookshelf to check out the cover for my upcoming dark erotica, The Fallen. As someone who recently saw it said, "Fall on me, baby!". ha!

Come check me out at Moira Rogers’s blog . Don’t forget, we’re still running the contest where you have the opportunity to win sixteen books. Click on the banner below if you’ve forgotten to register. Hurry up! You only have a little while left!!

Hugs,

Dee

Sixteen books, sixteen chances to win!

Simply fill out the form and select which drawings you’d like to be entered in–the more you select, the better your chances of winning! You can also opt to get updates from our thirteen authors, who want to tell you when they have new books, freebies and contests.

Winners will selected on October 30th and notified on Halloween. So take a look at the fabulous books offered and get in on your chance to win!

Thanks to Moira Reid (whose promo I "borrowed"), Summer Alan, Selena Blake, Leila Brown, Mina Carter, Eliza Gayle, Sable Grey, Cassandra Moore, Moira Rogers, Ericka Scott, L. Shannon and Jamieson Wolf for joining us in this exciting contest!

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Congratulations to RoxannJensen for winning a copy of CAREER OPPORTUNITIES !!

Roxann - I’ve sent you an email with instructions on how to claim your prize.

Thanks everyone for being newsletter subscribers!

Hugs,

Dee

Last chance #1…

Don’t forget to head over to this web site and vote for SOLDIER as Cover of the Month. You have until tomorrow to get your votes in.

Dan Skinner did a great job and deserves some recognition!

Last chance #2

To celebrate the release month of CAREER OPPORTUNITIES , everyone who is a subscriber to my newsletter will be entered into a drawing to win a copy. You have until tomorrow to sign up!

Winner will be announced September 1st on the blog and in the September newsletter.

I’m sorry…

In trying to manage the spam I’ve been getting lately on the blog (can anyone really explain to me the point of spam? I mean, honestly…does anyone click on that shit any more?), I’ve accidentally deleted a large number of comments from blog readers. To make amends, here’s a couple of abs that should distract you from thinking about it too much.

Both images courtesy of The Erotic Woman

Some of my fellow CP authors and I are having a Cocktail Party and we want you to join us. It’ll be an evening of book discussion, girl talk (wouldn’t you boys just love to know what we really think?) and we’ll be handing out prizes too!

So bring your favorite cocktail recipe (I’m partial to anything fruity) and share it with us to be eligible to win a book.

Hunky Cabana boys will be serving drinks all night.

When: Tuesday, Sept. 2nd at 8pm EST

Where: Cobblestone Press Chatroom

Who’s Invited: all book lovers

Who’s Attending: Leila Brown, Selena Blake, L. Shannon, Morgan Sierra (c’est moi!), Lissa Matthews, Moira Rogers (and that’s just the starter list)

So be at this address, dressed to impress, and ready to have fun: http://www.cobblestone-press.com/chat.htm

Oh wow. Time is getting away from me. In just a few short days (August 22nd, to be precise), CAREER OPPORTUNITIES will release from Cobblestone Press!

Well, it just wouldn’t be a release if I didn’t hold a contest, now would it? As my newsletter subscribers already know, there are two chances to win. First, come hang out with us at 8pm EST at Cobblestone’s chat room, Friday August 22nd . Not only is there an opportunity to win my release, but also a chance at other new releases too.

Your other chance to win is to sign up for my newsletter. On August 31st, I’ll randomly choose a winner from one of my newsletter subscribers. My newsletter comes out once a month and gives you a heads up on exclusive excerpts and news about Dee Carney, Morgan Sierra and some of my favorite authors. If you subscribe, be on the look out via email and September’s edition for your name.

Good luck and hope to see you Friday night!

I opened my email yesterday to find the one that I’ve been waiting for. It was the email that told me the upcoming release date for CAREER OPPORTUNITIES . Well (drum roll, please), if you haven’t seen it already in the fifteen other places I post, it’ll be available AUGUST 22nd ! ! Sometime between now and then, I’ll come up with a contest idea so that you can win a copy of this hot piece of erotica. Keep coming back for updates.

As for my other writing, well, my brain is just not cooperating. I have started to write two additional stories that I’ve been toying with. If you look left, you’ll see the titles: THE FALLEN 2: NEPHILIUM and BEAUTIFUL LIAR. I’m fully plotted for both stories…have everything lined up and all I have to do is type. Why is it then, the only thing I can concentrate on is THE CRAFT OF THE WISE 3: DUELING BODIES? I awoke from a sound sleep this morning with all sorts of dialog going on in my mind as well as the beginning for TCOTW 4 going full throttle. I haven’t even heard back from the publisher on the first book! I thought it would be wise to work on something else until I heard back, but I guess no such luck. Guess I’ll take advantage of my unofficial ADD and work on all three (possibly four) over the next couple of weeks. Enh. What are you gonna do?

(Perhaps immortalized is too strong a word, but I digress…) This post has absolutely nothing to do with writing or even hot men, so if that’s what you’re looking for, go back now.

I’m actually here today to beg, plead, grovel at your feet for something that has been eluding me for years. Those who know me know I love to cook and bake. Yesterday as I was procrastinating writing (hee!), I scoured the internet for yet another chocolate chip cookie recipe. I discarded recipe after recipe. None of them seemed to have exactly what I’m looking for. My criteria? Not that bad, I assure you. Here’s what I want: big, flat, soft and chewy. (With the exception of soft, pretty much describes how I like my men too. *snort*) Any hoo…anybody out there got a recipe you care to part with that will meet my criteria? I’m desperate, I tell ya. Desperate!

If someone has a secret recipe they are willing to give me, I’ll not only put your name on the dedication line on the first book in the Craft of the Wise series, I’ll even name a character after you in one of the books. That’s not a bad trade. C’mon! I’ve got a whole bag of gourmet chocolate chips just itching to be used.

Congratulations to hotteddy2001 for being the winner of my May contest. Just by joining my newsletter before May 15th, she has won a $10 gift certificate to Cobblestone Press.

Just because this particular contest is over doesn’t mean there aren’t more prizes to be won. Sign up today and get ready for the next one…

Hugs!

Dee