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The May issue of The Season is up!

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

First and foremost, to all those who celebrate this day:

 

HAPPY EASTER!

 

Second, the May issue of The Season is up–yeah just in time for the May releases, which will begin coming out on Tuesday. I’ve made some changes to the book pages and added Comment/Rating functionality for all books. I’ll be giving out weekly books (5 new releases) to readers who post reviews and one $25 Gift Certificate monthly. Watch out in the coming months for even more changes like weekly rankings by Page Views and Review Ratings.

In the meanwhile, I hope you’ll check out the new issue and click the Facebook ‘Like’ link below ARCHIVES on the homepage.

Have a great Easter Sunday! I’ll see you tomorrow.

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The April issue is up!

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

A very quick post to let you know the April issue of The Season is finally up! I’ll be back later to post some more winners. :)

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And the winner is…

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

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!!

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Wanted: Reviewers

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

The Season is looking for reviewers to primarily focus on reviewing Harlequin category titles and Carina Press books.

Requirements:

Must have a reading mobile device as these would be egalleys–or be comfortable reading on desktop or laptop.
Must have excellent writing skills and be prepared to supply a sample–preferably of a review you wrote.
Must be able to review at least 2 books a month.
**Must read in one or more of the genres below.

**Contemporary, historical, paranormal, romantic suspense, erotic (inlcuding m/m, menage etc), inspirational and multi-cultural–which I think covers pretty much everything under the romance umbrella.

If you are interested, please contact me at contact at theseasonforromance dot com.

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The Season December issue is up!

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Yep, it’s already that time. Okay, so it’s past that time by about a day but what matters is that the December issue is finally up on the site.

WHAT’S NEW

Month-At-A-Glance:

Have you noticed that the releases aren’t grouped in any particular order except by genre. That’s because I put the pages together as I get the reviews in OR if I received the book early enough to determine that I should have a review for it by the go live date.

Here’s the problem with my no order presentation–no one knows what book is on the next page or what rating it received until they stumble upon it. Hey, I’m easy, I don’t mind that kind of surprises but some folks don’t. So for my visitors who want to see the books based on their rating so they can cherry pick the reviews they want to read, I’ve added a Month-At-A-Glance page to all the genres (Mystery will be coming later once I start getting the December reviews for them).

Historical Month-At-A-Glance

Weekly Giveaway:

I’m giving away 6 fabulous releases, all books featured in the December issue. Not only are the books featured on the Home Page but they are all designated with the easy to spot WIN symbol. If the link on the pages don’t work, you can email me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com to enter. Please include your first and last name. On the subject line, please type the title of the book you’re entering to win. If you include your snail mail address, you don’t have to contact me again if you win.

‘Tis The Season Writing Contest Finals:

Today begins the first day of voting in ‘Tis The Season Writing Contest. There are 11 really fine stories posted so I urge you go read, rate and comment. One gifted aspiring author will receive a $100 Visa Gift Card and a 25 page critique of their WIP from their choice of participating editors and agent.

Click here to start reading;)

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Last Day to Enter!

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Quick reminder, today is the last day to enter ‘Tis The Season Writing Contest. Email your entries to: entries at theseasonforromance dot com.

Click here for Official Rules.

Also, Sunday October 31st is the final day to vote for your favourite October release. Click here to cast your vote.

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A Little Bit of This and That News

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

As a young voracious reader, I would dream of having all the books I could ever want. And even when I had more books than I could read it one entire week, I wanted more. Then my mother got a job at Harlequin and that was heaven on earth. She used to bring home a book (a big box) of books every month with every title from every line Harlequin published. This was back in the 80s when they’d just bought Silhouette.

An aside–did you hear that Harlequin doing away with the Silhouette name and replacing the Silhouette name with Harlequin in the Desire, Special Edition and Romantic Suspense lines? I’m kind of surprised it took them this long but I do have a fondness for the Silhouette name and will miss it. It will certainly take some getting used to.

Anywho, as I was saying, I never thought I could ever have enough books. I so loved a teetering TBR pile. It meant I’d always have something to read. Well right now I have books aplenty all over my dining room table and the task of even sticking the cover on a blog post to give it away is too much. So I came up with a way I could give more away by doing less than 1/5 of the work. I’ve posted the logo on the right with all the books I’m currently giving away. The drawing for all will be held Monday, October 25th. Just click the respective titles below and it will take you to the entry page.

WARRIOR AVENGED – Addison Fox
DARK VIKING – Sandra Hill
SEDUCING THE SUCCUBUS – Cassie Ryan
STYX’S STORM – Lora Leigh
TEN WAYS TO BE ADORED WHEN LANDING A LORD - Sarah MacLean
WICKED WONDERLAND – LuAnn McLane, Susanna Carr, Janice Maynard
SELFISH IS THE HEART – Megan Hart

In other news, voting is still open for Readers’ October Top Pick! Don’t forget to stop by and vote.

In ‘Tis The Season Writing Contest news, tomorrow I will start accepting entries. I’ve created a special board on the The Season Forum if you’d like to chat about the entries, the contest, the voting, writing, whatever.  If you’re not registered, it’s a quick and easy sign-up. Since I do get a ton of spam on this site, your registration will have to be approved by me.

That’s all for now in A Little Bit of This and That News. :) I’ll be back in about a week with more.

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The November issue is up on the site!

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

The November issue is up on The Season website. We have some great Top Picks so make sure you check them and let me know what you think.  Voting is still going on for Readers’ October Top Pick so vote now and vote often–seriously kidding. LOL.

I’ll be back later today–towards the evening-ish–with another post. I’m slowly weeding my way through 3 stacks of books I need to give away. This year I’m getting excited about Christmas. Are you?

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We interrupt this regularly scheduled program

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

The story prompts for ‘TIS THE SEASON WRITING CONTEST is now up on the website. If you plan on entering, feel free to move about the cabin–or start writing, whichever you prefer. ;)

Click here for Story Prompts.

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The October issue is up!

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Another nail biter of a month getting the October issue of THE SEASON up today. But it’s done and there are tons of fabulous read this month.

What’s New!

I decided the review links were too low on the page. As you can see from the image on the right,  I’ve moved them right under the covers, that way no one can miss them (I hope).

This month under, Market Musings, Helena chatted with Marylu Tyndale in her Research Ruminations column.

I also posted new pics of my Reviewers. I’m shooting for a 90% so I still need a few more to reach that quota.;) Hey, some of them are just downright shy.

***Speaking of reviewers, a brief aside if you don’t mind. Two of The Season reviewers have entered the NEW VOICES Mills and Boon contest and I’d be ever so appreciative if you checked out their entries. Miranda’s historical entry is IN THE DUKE’S BED and Deb’s romantic suspense entry is HEART OF STONE.

Getting back on topic, please check out October’s fabulous Top Picks and our three new historical debuts.

So to celebrate the successful release of the new issue, I’m giving away an advanced copy of Elizabeth’s Boyle’s MAD ABOUT THE DUKE and Kerrelyn Sparks‘ EAT PREY LOVE (a 10 Star Top Pick!). Click respective covers for full description.

Also, while you’re cruising the new issue, I’m looking for approximately 8-10 suggestions for the October Book Club Pick. And no, it doesn’t have to be a historical, any featured book on the site is eligible. On October 5th I’ll be posting our discussion on Zoe Archer’s WARRIOR so I hope you’re reading. Remember, if you want your comment on the post, send it to contact at theseasonforromance dot com by October 3rd and you’ll be entered into a drawing of your own.

And don’t forget to Vote in September’ s Readers’ Top Pick Poll. Voting ends September 30.

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