I can't believe we are 5 days into the 18 Days of Christmas
Giveaways! Today is Monday, and some of you might know that on Monday's I like
to post Bookish type confessions, you know, share everyone's dirty secrets...
Okay, maybe not dirty, but you know, you'll be happy we've stuck with tradition
and I am going to welcome Rebecca Trogner to the blog! First she's going to
confess, and then we are going to check out her novel, Last Keeper's Daughter!
But first, you'll need to know a few things, like...
The Giveaway Today is:
A $25 Amazon Gift Card
The Rafflecopter Task of the Day:
Follow Rebecca Trogner on Twitter
Now onto Rebecca's Confessions!
1. I vividly remember reading Jaws around the age of 12. I
was afraid to take a shower for weeks.
2. Since my teens, I've had issues with food. I wasn't overweight,
actually I was a great weight, but thought I needed to be thinner, which set me
up for a lifetime of yo-yo dieting. When I weite female characters, I bless
them with being thin without trying.
3. I eavesdrop on conversations. I've based characters on a
small snippet of an overheard conversation.
4. Coffee is my drug of choice.
5. Rejection stings. Bad reviews are more vivid in memory
than the good ones. Why is that?
6. I'm not a snob
reader. I'll read anything. Take a gander at my Goodreads shelves and you'll
either be shocked or delighted.
7. Some days my mind is hard as concrete and I can't write
anything. Other days the words flow so freely that I can't type them fast
enough.
8. I'm pantser--no planning or outlining or plotting. My
characters take on a life of their own inside my mind.
9. I love to receive books to review. It's like Christmas
when am author emails me their book. I cringe when I read reviewer's complain
about what a burden it is.
10. Punctuation is a mystery to me. My editor makes me look
good. She's an angel.
I think #10 makes us
best friends! Now, let's check out Last Keeper's Daughter!
To the outside world, Lily Ayres is the privileged daughter of an old
moneyed family. She is young, beautiful, and a talented horsewoman. All of
which are enviable qualities, but few know that beneath this thin veneer of
societal perfection lies a deeply trouble young woman. For Lily rarely speaks
and is incapable of normal human interaction.
Unable to understand why she is this way, Lily further retreats inside
herself until memories and suppressed emotions begin to bubble to the surface.
Murder, revelations of her family's hidden purpose and dark secrets are
revealed as she is thrust into the supernatural world of Krieger Barnes,
Vampire King of North America.
To learn more about Rebecca and her novel, Last Keeper's Daughter, check out the links below!
Day 6 of the 18 Days of Christmas Giveaways will welcome
Steven Whibley, an interview from a professional liar, and the Dean Curse
Chronicles!
If you are just joining us, take a look at the Rules and Regulations Page
for more info on the contest. Or don't. It's really simple, just read the post,
scroll down to Mr. Rafflecopter and do the daily task. But wait. What if you
don't have Facebook or Twitter or can't do the other tasks before you? Have no
fear! As a contingency, on the off chance people can't do the daily task, they
can simply leave a blog comment!
This way, everyone has equal opportunity to be enter to win the tons of prizes
up for grabs! And don't forget, if you missed the previous days, you can go
back and enter those too! Just check out The Linky List. The
contest runs until December 29th, and of course, don't forget to come back
tomorrow.
9 December 2013 at 12:20
i think we all eavesdrop from time to time sometimes even against our want ( some put the phone so loud in teh train you hear everything) and i could imagine how inspiring it could be^^
thank you for the giveaway and teh interview!
9 December 2013 at 21:07
I read Jaws as a teen too, but my dad never let me or my sisters go see the movie. He said he paid too much for our beach rental to watch us be scared of the ocean. To this day I still haven't watched the whole movie! (which is good, now that I live at the beach full time!)
Happy Holidays!