Book Winners!!!
Happy Monday, friends! Well, I had a whopping 39 entries for this contest! I must say, I was very excited. So I assigned each entry a number then went to random.org to use their random number generator, and here’s who they picked:
Nancy Roessner
Suzi
Lindsey Cortes
Barbara Gracki
YAY!!! I’ve emailed all four winners, so if your name is here, check your email. These are only in paperback currently, so I will need to put them in the mail to you. I hope you all enjoy the stories!
Thank you to EVERYONE who entered, and remember to keep checking – I run contests regularly.
Have a FANTASMICAL week!
Best wishes, Karen
My Story in a New Anthology – Win a Copy!
I’m very excited to announce that my short story, “Next Stop, Foggy Bottom” is now available in the newly released anthology of mystery short stories, Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder.
This is the fifth installment of the Chesapeake Crimes series, and features mystery shorts by Shari Randall, C. Ellett Logan, Karen Cantwell, E. B. Davis, Jill Breslau, David Autry, Harriette Sackler, Barb Goffman, Ellen Herbert, Smita Harish Jain, Leone Ciporin, Cathy Wiley, Donna Andrews, Art Taylor. Foreword by Elaine Viets.
While not yet available at Amazon or Barnes and Noble, Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder can be purchased directly from the publisher, Wildside Press (CLICK HERE for their website) for $14.99.
Would you like to win a copy? Email me at karen.cantwell@yahoo.com — type WIN A BOOK in the subject line. I’ll pick a winner next Monday morning (April 30th). Good luck!
Have a wonderful day!
Best wishes, Karen
New Poll!
Barbara Marr book #5 won’t be out for a while since I am currently working on #4, Saturday Night Cleaver. But it’s never too soon to start planning – for me, part of planning, is choosing the title. I actually always choose the title before preparing the plot (shhhh – that’s a secret).
I thought that this time around, I would let Barbara Marr fans weigh in on the title choice!
So, please do vote =====================>
And have a GREAT weekend, friends!
Best wishes,
Karen
A New Series on the Horizon
First, before I get to the big news, did everyone see that Tina Fey won the poll, “Who would you like to see play Barbara Marr in the movie version?”
Now if only we could get someone to agree to buy the movie rights. And, of course, Tina would have to agree. Small hurdles. Small hurdles.
On to new news:
Over the next year, I will be releasing three books (shorter, novella length) in a paranormal romance series. The first Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance is titled Keep Me Ghostedand will be released to Kindle in July of 2012. I’m very excited, because I finally have a cover to share!
A brief description:
Sophie Rhodes needs a job, but does she need a man? Her talkative friend, Marmaduke Dodsworth, doesn’t think so. He wants her all to himself. That’s why things get a little dicey when she starts working for a cute eye doctor who finds her just as adorable. Oh, and there’s another problem: the cute doctor has a possessive friend as well, and just like Marmaduke . . . she’s a ghost. Will earthly love overcome spiritual intervention? A fun and feisty paranormal romance (wish a dash of mystery thrown in) – Book One in a three book series.
NOW DON’T PANIC BARBARA MARR FANS!!! The fourth Barbara Marr mystery, Saturday Night Cleaver, is also in the works, due for a December 2012 release. Later this week I will be running a poll with four title choices for the FIFTH Barbara Marr book, asking readers to weigh in on their favorite.
Have a great day everyone, full of fun, joy, and laughter.
Best wishes,
Karen
Another Fun Poll!
Hello everybody!
That last poll was just too fun, so I’ve decided to run another one =============>
I hope you find this one just as fun! And if you choose “other,” feel free to elaborate in the comments!
Have a great weekend, friends!
Best wishes,
Karen
Just for Fun!
Isn’t that monkey just the cutest?
He (she?) has nothing to do with this post, I just had to share.
So what’s “Just for Fun” you ask? Well, I once asked readers what they would like to see more of here on the website, and one of the answers was polls.
So if you look to your right ===================>
you will see my very first OFFICIAL POLL!
So go for it – answer away!
I can’t wait to see how people vote.
And don’t forget to have a great day full of fun, joy, and laughter!
Best wishes,
Karen
Book Signing, Reston, Virginia
I’m very excited about my book signing this Saturday, March 24th, at the Barnes & Noble in Reston, Virginia.
The Reston Barnes & Noble is holding two different “Meet the Author” events for Northern Virginia Writers Club authors, and I’m lucky enough to be a part of the first one being held this Saturday. I’ll be sitting alongside friends and authors, Eric Gardner and John B. Wren, and signing copies of Take the Monkeys and Run.
Where: Barnes & Noble, Spectrum Center
1851 Fountain Drive
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 437-9490
When: Saturday, March 24th from 2pm – 4pm
If you are out and about, I hope you will stop by and say “Hi!”
For more information on the event, CLICK HERE.
To learn more about The Northern Virginia Writers Club, CLICK HERE.
Have a great day!
Best wishes,
Karen
Another Character Name Contest!
Happy Saturday, friends!
Well, because I never seem to be one to rest, I’m already busy plotting the fourth Barbara Marr Mystery, Saturday Night Cleaver.
That means I need some character names!
Remember the notorious Kiki Urbanowski from Citizen Insane?
How about Super-Mom, Judi Horner from Silenced by the Yams?
They were born, so to speak, from my Character Name Contests.
So, how would you like to be a character in Saturday Night Cleaver?
Enter the contest, and it might just happen!
The contest runs for a week and is easy-peasy to enter – just leave a comment to this post with your name and email address (only so I can contact you)and tell me you are entering.
OR
if you don’t want to leave your email address in a post (totally understandable), email me at karen.cantwell@yahoo.com and type CHARACTER NAME CONTEST in the subject line.
The winner is chosen by RANDOM DRAW and will be announced next Sunday, Feb. 26th.
What if you don’t want your real name used, you ask? That’s OKAY! If you win, you don’t have to use your real name, you can make up a name (so long as it’s “clean” and nice!).
Are you in???
I hope so!
Start entering!
As always, thank you for your stopping by my blogs and reading my books.
Best wishes,
Karen
Citizen Insane FREE today!
Citizen Insane if FREE today and tomorrow ONLY on Amazon!
Tell your friends!
Have a great day, everyone!
Karen
Valentines Blog Hop WINNERS!
First, I want to thank EVERYONE who stopped by my website and entered in the Valentine’s Blog Hop. It has been such fun and I’ve met some wonderful people!
But, without further ado, I’m going to announce the winners. . .
A $20.00 Gift Certificate and signed copy of Take the Monkeys and Run go to:
Mary Cochran
Signed copies of Take the Monkeys and Run and The Chronicles of Marr-nia go to:
Janice Arnold
Margaret Chanteuse
FINALLY . . .
To celebrate the release of Silenced by the Yams, EVERYONE WHO ENTERED will receive (if they wish) a FREE Kindle or Nook copy of the newest Barbara Marr Mystery.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ENTERING!
I hope you had a marvelous Valentine’s Day. 🙂
I will be contacting winners by email to determine how they would like to receive their gifts.
And I hope you will keep your eye out – During the release month of Silenced by the Yams, I will be holding other contests!!!
As always, thank you for following my blog, and have a wonderful day.
Best wishes,
Karen
