Friday, November 16, 2012

Wow! Look at All The Winners!

Wow! Look at all these winners in the Books-A-Fire contest which ended yesterday:

Kindle Paperwhite and a bundle of books from participating authors:
Nicole Lee

$50 Amazon gift card:
Caitlin Turnwald

$25 Amazon gift cards:
Becki Wyer

Lawrence Hatcher

A bundle of books from participating authors:
Cheryl Todd
Cinta Garcia

Thanks to all who participated ~ watch for another contest, soon!





And 
Such an awesome quote from our grand prize winner, Nicole Lee:

"Books are the door to imagination, a kingdom of knowledge, adventures and romance, but ultimately they are the door to our hearts."


Thank you, Katy Huth Jones, for nominating me for the One Lovely Blogger Award.

 I understand I am supposed to nominate 7 other lovely bloggers for the next award, and then reveal 7 secrets about myself.


I nominate, in no particular order,

Sara Barnard, okay, she's my daughter, she gets first billing ~ she's also a terrific writer ~ check out her historical romance novel, A Heart on Hold (see sidebar).

Carolyn Arnold, blogger, author of super crime fiction, Ties That Bind (and more), and friend to indie authors everywhere ~ Celebrating Authors is her fabulous web page!

Sandy Wolter, fantastic author of paranormal romance such as Maggie Mae, she also runs a fantastic blog called Sandy's Spotlights that does a wonderful job for indies!

Katie Jennings, lovely fantasy author of The Dryad Quartet (and more), and another big help to other indie authors ~ check out her Book Trailer page to see what I mean!

Diane Rapp, another lovely fantasy author and a super contest organizer. Check out her blog and her FB group page, Sweet Tweets.  It's a great place to tweet up other authors!

Carmen De Sousa, best selling romance author and super-blogger. Her new book is Entangled Dreams.  She has also helped me out on many occasions with her expertise.

Ashley Fontainne, best selling author of Accountable to None, host of blog-talk radio, and so much more! Check out Ashley's Eviscerating the Snake series ~ bold new covers!

And now for the 7 secrets reveal...hmmm, my life's an open book! (No pun intended)

1. I can wiggle my ears on command
2. I love to sing
3. I really don't like crowds or small spaces
4. My hometown was the inspiration for the town in The Phantom books
5. I misspelled my daughter's middle name on her birth certificate ~ I was on powerful antibiotics that affected my thinking (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)!
6. My husband and I have a secret "whistle" to communicate when we get separated in a store or in a crowd of any kind.
7. My nickname is ... Beanie!

Okay, ya happy now?  To find out the goods on the other lovely bloggers, visit their pages!
Cheers!
















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6 comments:

Katy Huth Jones said...

Congrats to the Books-a-Fire winners! And thanks for playing along, Beanie! :D

Ann Swann said...

Haha! Thanks for stopping by, Katy!

Sandy said...

Ann, Thank you so much for picking my blog, Sandy's Spotlight, as one of your One Lovely Blogger award picks! It means a lot to me that you visit and enjoy my blog.

Sandy

Carolyn Arnold said...

Thank you for the nomination and kind words, Ann.

I love your 7 secrets. :)

Ann Swann said...

You're welcome, Sandy. I love your blog!

Ann Swann said...

You are so welcome, Carolyn ~ and thanks for all you do for me!