by Beverley Kendall

I have some very exciting news! As of June 2, I will go from writing part-time to writing full-time!!! For me this was one of those decisions I knew I’d have to make but once I did, one I felt completely comfortable with. Yes, it’s a bit scary. I’ve worked all my life and have be dependent on a regular pay cheque and benefits. Throwing my financial future into publishing, which comes with many many uncertainties, took lots of thought and consideration. What it came down to was my ability to get out books in a timely fashion. My full-time job was very demanding, allowing me little time to do everything else I needed to do in my life–take care of my son, write, clean my house and then there was the matter of sleeping. Well as of June 2nd I will be freed up by 40 plus hours a week. I’m ecstatic to say the least and expect to put more books with greater frequency.

To me that’s reason enough to celebrate. Madison has created a new Facebook page for The Season Blog visitors. I personally think it’s lovely page. To help her populate it, everyone who likes the page will receive one entry for the iPad 3 drawing. And if you want to know how close I am to giving that away, here’s an update:

The goal is to reach 15,000 books sold of AN HEIR OF DECEPTION.
Current # books sold = 10,456
# books needed to reach goal = 4,544

I have no idea how much longer it will take to reach the 15k goal but I hope it doesn’t take much longer (another 4-6 weeks would be great). And if you’re not on Facebook, don’t worry, there will be other ways to enter the drawing for the iPad 3.

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And now, the winner is…

Maggie Robinson’s MASTER OF SIN and Zoë  Archer’s DEMON’S BRIDE

PAM DUKE

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Congratulations, Pam! Please email your snail mail address to me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com and don’t forget to include the titles you won. You have one week to collect your prize.

Last year, I said I would give away a Kindle Fire when I reached the free download goal of 250,000 for my novella, ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE & SEDUCTION. Well, this morning when I tallied up the numbers, I was happy to discover I was at 251,547! 

Needless to say, I’m thrilled and ready to give away that Kindle Fire.

So here’s are the number of ways you can enter to win:

1. If you posted on your site or blog back in December to enter to win the iPad 2, you will receive 10 entries.

2. As of this morning at 9:00 AM EST, if you are subscribed to my personal newsletter (you would have done so here), you will receive 5 entries.

3. If you’ve actually downloaded ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE & SEDUCTION, you will receive 3 entries.

4. Comment on the blog today to enter to win!

If you qualify because of conditions 1-3, please include that in the comment section. If you’re subscribed to my personal newsletter, please use the same email address that you used to subscribe (so it’s easy for me to verify). If you downloaded the novella, please include where you downloaded the novella from. Winner will be announced February 18th!

This is a THANK YOU to everyone–readers, fans, visitors–who have been soooo very supportive  since I published my debut, SINFUL SURRENDER. Thank you for giving a new author a chance and for sharing your good experience with others.

Day One

1. Tiffany Vega – personal website – First dibs on everything!

2. Brandy Dorsch

3. Felicia M. Ciaudelli

4. Babs

5. Nicole S.

6. Anna Doll

7. JenniferK

8. Barbara Elness

9. Maureen O. Betita

10. Vanessa

Day Two

1. Dalila G.  – RAINN post

2. Mikki – RAINN post

3. infinitieh – RAINN post

4. Karen H in NC

5. Tracey D.

6. Raelena

7. Nahal Momin

8. Julie

9. Laura H.

10. Chelsea B.

Day Three

1. LSUReader

2. FrankieJohnny

3. Diane P. Diamond

4. Lynette

5. Penney Wilfort

6. Cathy P.

7. Jody F.

8. Andrew Grigaliunas

9. Monica C.

10. iokijo

Grand Prize Winner  –  Danielle West

Congratulations, everyone!!! Please select your 5 books from the rules stated in Day One’s post. After you’ve done that, select 5 back up books, so you’ll be sending me a list of 10 in all. Danielle, please send me a list of 40 books, 25 plus 15 back up books. Send your list to me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com along with your snail mail address. Bear with me, it will take a bit of time to put this all together and get the books out.  You have one week to contact me to collect your books!

It’s TIME!!!

It’s the first day of The Season’s Thanksgiving MEGA Giveaway!!! You’ll have your choice of 5 genres, 7 pages of books!

The rules are simple:

1. Comment here to enter to win.

2. 10 winners a day / 5 books each

3. Maximum of 3 total Premium books per winner. Maximum of 2 Premium books per genre.

4. Grand Prize winner wins 25 books and chocolate. Maximum of 12 total premium books. Maximum of 3 Premium books per genre.

5. U.S. Residents Only. No P.O. Boxes.

6. First winner will be selected from those entered in the November Contest on my personal website.

7. All entries MUST indicate which genres they are interested in.

8. One entry per household per day.

If you have any questions, you can email me directly at contact at theseasonforromance dot com.

Have fun!!!

The books being given away in The Season’s Thanksgiving MEGA Giveaway are up. Finally!

This time, I’ve separated them out by genre.

The giveaway begins Wednesday and runs until 11:59 PM on Black Friday.

Rules and instructions on how to enter will be posted here on Wednesday.

Is it just me or does Christmas seem to sneak up on us every year like a stealth bomber? I swear, it feels like yesterday I was stifled by the oppressive heat of Georgia’s August sun, and now Thanksgiving is a week away and in only 38 days 2011 culminates in the biggest holiday of the year: Christmas.

So as we’re staring down the end of the year, I want to hear from you:

1. Favourite book of the year (first release copyright in 2011)

2. Favourite author of the year

3. Favourite cover of the year.

I’ll post the results of the top 10 from each category and have a vote off in December.

Commenting will also enter you to win an advance copy of one of the following December 2011 reissues from Avon. Also, if you haven’t commented on the post below, please take a moment to help The Season raise money for a very worthy cause: RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). Help protect our children!!

 **Click above covers to read back cover copy

Okay, let’s start with the ‘Biggie’–the KINDLE. The winner is…

JenM

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Congratulations, ladies! Please email your snail mail addresses to me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com and remember to include the title or the prize you won. You have one week to claim your prizes!

The winner of the St. Patrick Day’s Giveaway is…

Darcy Crowder

Congratulations, Darcy. Please email your snail mail address to me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com. You have two weeks to contact to collect your prize!!

Just an FYI for all those who haven’t entered, today is the last day to enter to win a Kindle! Click here for entry details. Winner will be posted March 4, 2011.

Click for Kindle specifications

Crystal Broyles - Dreams of Desire
Carol Luciano – Hungry for You
Evelyn Childers - In the Dark of Dreams
Jackie Wisherd – Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman
Tracey Dent - The Duke’s Night of Sin
Sonya J. Moody – You Dropped a Blonde On Me

And SANDRA LYNNE you get your choice of book for commenting on The Highs and Lows of Publication post.

Congratulations, ladies. Please email your snail mail address to me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com. Remember to include the title of the book you won in the email. Sandra, please also include the title of the book you want. You have one week to collect your prize.

Instead of having more weekly giveaways this month, I’ll be doing a MEGA Christmas Giveaway and one lucky winner will receive approximately 50 books and yummy chocolates. I’ll have the contest posted this coming week so don’t forget to check back.

At the end of the upcoming week I’ll also be giving away another book (of winner’s choice) for best commenter. Don’t worry, you don’t have to do anything special, just keep commenting.

In closing, don’t forget to vote in November Readers’ Top Picks. The poll closes November 30th! Click here to vote.