Congrats to All Party Winners!

The Virtual Release Party for

Collector's Item

Spin The Mug Winner

Susan White!

THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this important week! Susan, I'll be sending your mug and postcard next week.

A final reminder that COLLECTOR'S ITEM is available from The Wild Rose Press in all eformats. To get your copy in your choice of pdf, mobi and epub, just click this Buy Link or go to The Wild Rose Press Website and search for Collector's Item.

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PICTURE PERFECT WINNERS:

Postcard winners:

Sharon Chalk
Andrea Cooper
Susan White
Amber Hall
Stanalei Fletcher
Suzanne (who commented on the party blog)
Leah St. James


Again, thanks for playing along and if you've made the leap to purchase COLLECTOR'S ITEM, I hope you let me know what you think.

The Party's Over But One Thing Remains

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It's been great fun, but all good things must come to an end
The Virtual Release Party for
Collector's Item Ends Today


COLLECTOR'S ITEM has been released by The Wild Rose Press in all eformats. To get your copy in your choice of pdf, mobi and epub, just click this Buy Link or go to The Wild Rose Press Website and search for Collector's Item.

First and foremost a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this important week! It's been a lot of fun, and I hope that you've been entertained, intrigued, and enlightened by the various tidbits I've shared about Collector's Item. 


Alas and alack, tonight I must draw the curtain on the festivities.

Consider this your Last Call to participate in my Virtual Release Party Games!

SPIN THE MUG: The lucky winner will get a mug to create their own coffee-flavored kisses. I've been accumulating names and TOMORROW, May 24th, I'll pull a lucky winner for this delightful Collector's Item coffee mug filled with caffeine and chocolate.

 
This lovely 11oz, ceramic mug comes in a universally coordinating white to match any kitchen or office decor. The stunning cover of Collector's Item appears on one side and on the other, we pose the question on everybody's lips: 

 
To find her missing aunt, a headstrong shapeshifter joins forces with a cynical Alpha to investigate an illegal hunt club, but when their plan backfires can she escape a trap of her own making?

To earn entries in this contest, you just have to do a few things for me:

• LIKE my fb Author Page - Denise Golinowski/Author - 1 Entry
•  TWEET something about Collector's Item using BOTH @DGolinowski and #collectorsitembook in the tweet. - 1 Entry
• COMMENT on this blog post and mention that you did #1 and/or #2 - 1 Entry
• WAIT - I'll be posting the winner here on this blog on May 24th!
• EXTRA ENTRY - LIKE my fb Book Page - Collector's Item/Golinowski - 1 Entry 

Easy Peasy!

PICTURE PERFECT PICKINGS: Every day until May 24th, I've been picking random commenters, Likes, and tweets to win one of these signed Collector's Item Cover Postcards:

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Postcard winners to date:

Sharon Chalk
Andrea Cooper
Susan White
Amber Hall
Stanalei Fletcher
Suzanne (who commented on the party blog)

One more Picture Perfect Winner to go. It might be you!

Again, thanks for playing along and if you've made the leap to purchase COLLECTOR'S ITEM, I hope you let me know what you think.

From the heart - Monday Fortune Cookie 5/19/12

GREAT THOUGHTS COME FROM THE HEART

SNARKY RESPONSE: Then again, it could just be heartburn.

Great thoughts come from the heart.

As a romance writer, I'm partial to this fortune. Afterall, my tagline is: Fantasy With A Kiss Of Romance. I love stories that involve romance. Always have. Always will.

In Collector's Item, KT's heart tells her that her aunt is in trouble and despite her father's doubts, she insists on finding out. Her heart tells her that something's not right, and she puts everything on the line, including her own safety for that feeling. For her, it's about family. That's the heart of her story.

Peyton Aller's heart tells him that his best friend's death cannot go unavenged, and he puts aside his own career to do so. He goes undercover to track down the responsible party even when the authorities have set the case aside as unsolved. For him, it's about friendship. That's the heart of his story.

What happens when their stories cross becomes the heart of Collector's Item's story.

My hope is that you'll enjoy reading Collector's Item as much as I enjoyed writing it for you. Exploring KT and Peyton's world led me down a lot of interesting paths. Writing romance always offers me lots of new ways to imagine life and love. That's the heart of my story.

COLLECTOR'S ITEM VIRTUAL RELEASE PARTY!

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Today's the Day!
Welcome to The Virtual Release Party for
Collector's Item!


COLLECTOR'S ITEM has been released by The Wild Rose Press in all eformats. To get your copy in your choice of pdf, mobi and epub, just click this Buy Link or go to The Wild Rose Press Website and search for Collector's Item.

All day today, you can help me celebrate the formal launch of Collector's Item, a suspenseful paranormal romance enovella. Follow along on Facebook and twitter as I share tidbits about Collector's Item--the world, the characters, the story.

I'm also guesting over at Delilah Devlin's blog today -  http://www.delilahdevlin.com/blog/
sharing some fun information about my shapeshifters in COLLECTOR'S ITEM.


And as at any self-respecting party, physical or virtual, There Are Party Games!

SPIN THE MUG: The lucky winner will get a mug to create their own coffee-flavored kisses. I'll be accumulating names from now until May 23rd to put in a drawing for this delightful Collector's Item coffee mug filled with caffeine and chocolate.

 
This lovely 11oz, ceramic mug comes in a universally coordinating white to match any kitchen or office decor. The stunning cover of Collector's Item appears on one side and on the other, we pose the question on everybody's lips: 

 
To find her missing aunt, a headstrong shapeshifter joins forces with a cynical Alpha to investigate an illegal hunt club, but when their plan backfires can she escape a trap of her own making?

To earn entries in this contest, you just have to do a few things for me:

• LIKE my fb Author Page - Denise Golinowski/Author - 1 Entry
•  TWEET something about Collector's Item using BOTH @DGolinowski and #collectorsitembook in the tweet. - 1 Entry
• COMMENT on this blog post and mention that you did #1 and/or #2 - 1 Entry
• WAIT - I'll be posting the winner here on this blog on May 24th!
• EXTRA ENTRY - LIKE my fb Book Page - Collector's Item/Golinowski - 1 Entry 

Easy Peasy!

PICTURE PERFECT PICKINGS: Every day until May 24th, I'll be picking random commenters, Likes, and tweets to win one of these signed Collector's Item Cover Postcards:

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I hope you'll stay to play. The party won't be the same without YOU!

Luck, Collector's Item Release Party, and Monday Fortune Cookie 5/13/13

YOU WILL BE SHOWERED WITH GOOD LUCK!

SNARKY RESPONSE: Wow! I hope it doesn't leave a stain.

You will be showered with good luck!

Actually, I'm feeling VERY LUCKY this week. Why, you ask?

Because on Friday, May 17th,

COLLECTOR'S ITEM is being Formally Released

by The Wild Rose Press in ALL eformats!

In case you haven't picked up my various posts, hints, blogs, and such about my new paranormal romance, let me share once more the totally fabulous cover and a little hint about the story:

To find her missing aunt,

a headstrong shapeshifter joins forces with a cynical Alpha

to investigate an illegal hunt club,

but when their plan backfires

can she escape a trap of her own making?

In honor of this momentous event, I'll be hosting an all day VIRTUAL RELEASE PARTY on Friday, May 17th! I will posting here, on facebook, and (gasp) tweeting all manner of things COLLECTOR'S ITEM related. And since I can't offer you libations or edible delectables via the www, I'm going to be offering a variety of fun prizes.



Also, All Week (May 17th through May 23rd), I will be offering chances to Enter to Win one of these truly Collectible COLLECTOR'S ITEM mugs filled with various forms of caffeine and oh so yummy chocolate. I'll be sharing all the particulars about the contest on Friday, May 17th here on this blog.

And, as luck would have it, I'll also be Guest Blogging over on the Delightful Delilah Devlin's blog that day! Talk about being showered with luck!




I hope you'll join in all the fun beginning on May 17th!

Three Minutes, Winter, & Monday Fortune Cookie 5/6/13

A FEELING IS AN IDEA WITH ROOTS

SNARKY RESPONSE:  And dislodging a bad one can be similar to getting a root canal.

FIRST THIS NEWS FLASH:  NPR announced on Saturday, their new Three-Minute Fiction Contest writing prompt - Write a short piece of fiction (600 words or less) in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning. Deadline is midnight on Sunday, May 12th.

Actually, I thought this fortune and NPR's newest Three-Minute Fiction Contest were kinda sympatico with my recent efforts with random writing prompts. I don't know if I'll have time to attempt this round, but I'm thinking about it.

I found this prompt and got the feeling my response to this prompt would work best as free verse. Perhaps attending all the Open Mikes and rubbing elbows with some of the Richmond Poets has begun to rub off on me. They're so friendly and giving of their words and encouragement that I felt open to making an attempt. I hope they're not laughing or cringing too much.

Thank you, Writers Write

Winter is everything except silent.

Clear away summer's exuberant song and reveal

the subtle underscore of life less full.

Overhead, limbs, leaf-free, liberated,

creak and click with each brush of wind.

Breath becomes part of the soundscape

above footsteps audible on frost-stiffened grass

or salt-strewn paths.

Brittle cracks of ice,

soft drops of melt,

hushed fall of snow.

Water in winter shifts form and texture,

each with its own unique soundtrack.

Birdcalls split the air with sharp edges,

winter flight a soft whoosh of wings through air.

Solitary flight sounds as clear as summer's flock

amplified by absence, fuller in empty skies.

Soft, hard. Loud, hushed.

Winter is everything except silent.