Maris Soule has used her random number generator to pick her winner. And the winner of the ARC of AS THE CROW FILES ... is ... Annette Briggs. Congratulations. Annette has been notified, and her prize is on its way.Speaking of contests, there's still time to win an ARC of WHERE DANGER HIDES. Click the contest tab.And -- those of you checking in today get the jumps start on my next blog guest openings. I'm ready to schedule guests for Tuesdays in May, June, & July. Email me at blog at terryodell dot com if you'd like to schedule a slot, and I'll send you my guidelines.
I'm turning my blog over to my guest today, while I'm over at Barbara Vey's Publisher's Weekly Beyond Her Book Blog. Graham Harrigan from NOWHERE TO HIDE is joining me, and he's bringing his Death By Chocolate Cake in honor of the mystery theme of the day. Lots of prizes and giveaways. We'll be in and out all day along with lots of other authors. Drop by. Today, I welcome Maris Soule to Terry's Place. Maris has had 25 romances published by Harlequin, Silhouette, and Bantam (Loveswept); has been a RITA finalist twice; and has won or placed in several contests. She is now writing for Five Star Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. This past year has presented new challenges.
March 2010 my husband and I purchased a place in Florida. That prompted a decision to sell our Kalamazoo, Michigan home, and move into our condo near Lake Michigan (which used to be our summer retreat). We plan on spending eight months of the year in the condo, and four in Florida. The last twelve months, however, have given me a new respect for any writer who has to move and still manages to keep up with his or her writing schedule. My schedule went down the drain.A year ago I thought I would find time to rework a story that had been rejected by two agents. (That didn't happen.) I did have copy edits that had to be read, (Had to do that.) cover art to approve. (Thank goodness I liked what was proposed.), and later, advanced reading copy to read. (Another stage that had to be done.) In between the copy edits and ARCs, I packed and labeled boxes going to Florida; hauled books, clothes, etc. to the condo; held two yard sales; closed accounts; and visited a chiropractor on a regular basis (because all of this packing and moving was irritating a compressed disc).
Maris Soule has used her random number generator to pick her winner. And the winner of the ARC of AS THE CROW FILES ... is ... Annette Briggs. Congratulations. Annette has been notified, and her prize is on its way.
