I absolutely love the message of this video, but it’s also cool how they did it all in one long shot.
Video I Love: Kindness Boomerang
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Quote I Love: This rabble you’re talking about
“Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you’re talking about… they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn’t think so. People were human beings to him.”
-George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life
Apology to all Internet Explorer followers
Finally figured out there was something wrong with my blog’s formatting in IE. I’m hoping it’s all fixed now. Sorry if it made commenting or reading difficult for anyone following the blog via Internet Explorer or any other browser that was having issues.
Feel free to let me know if it still doesn’t look right or you are still having any issues.
Thanks,
Sloan
Sloan Parker’s 2nd Annual Happy Holidays Giveaway
As a thank-you to my readers and all readers of the romance genre, I’m holding a giveaway for free gift certificates (winners’ choice between Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and All Romance eBooks).
Here’s how the giveaway works:
One random winner will be selected from all who comment on this post. Additionally, for every 50 entries another gift certificate will be given away (up to a maximum of 6 total winners). All winners will have their choice from the following options:
- Option 1: $25 gift certificate to amazon.com
- Option 2: $25 gift certificate to barnesandnoble.com
- Option 3: $25 gift certificate to allromanceebooks.com
Rules and instructions for the giveaway are listed below. Contest closes at 11:59 pm EST Sunday, January 1, 2012 or as soon as there are 250 entries (whichever comes first).
Instructions / Rules
- To enter, leave a comment on this blog post indicating that you’d like to enter and share what you love about reading romances.
- Be sure to include a valid email address in the email form field in order to be entered in the drawing. Your email address is for my use only (in order to contact the winners). It will NOT be published on the blog or used for marketing/promotional purposes.
- If for any reason you cannot leave a comment, email me and I’ll post your comment for you (that way everyone can see how many entries there are).
- Winners are randomly drawn from the total list of entries.
- One entry per person please.
- Contest closes at 11:59 pm EST Sunday, January 1, 2012 or as soon as there are 250 entries (whichever comes first).
- Winners will be announced on the blog and privately emailed within 48 hours after the giveaway ends.
- If I do not hear back from any winner with his or her selection within two weeks, I reserve the right to select another winner.
Feel free to share the link to this blog post. There’s also a direct link to the giveaway on my website.
Good luck to all who enter and thank you again for your love of reading!
Also, for those of you interested in my latest release, Take Me Home, a friends-to-lovers romance, check out Chris’s post at Stumbling Over Chaos for a chance to win an ebook of Take Me Home. (Thanks, Chris, for hosting the giveaway!)
Happy reading in 2012!
Much love and happiness to you all.
Sloan
Reminder: To enter the gift certificate giveaway, leave a comment on this blog post indicating that you’d like to enter and share what you love about reading romances.
Winner of my blog hop giveaway
Thanks to everyone who commented on my blog hop giveaway for all your interest in reading Take Me Home. And for the wonderful comments about my writing and the rainbow awards. I have the best readers!!
The winner of my blog hop giveaway is Sylwia. Congratulations, Sylwia! I’ve sent you an email.
Thanks again, everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.
Comment here for your chance to win a copy of TAKE ME HOME (Giveaway Closed)
Thanks to author Drea Becraft, a huge group of authors are participating in a blog hop giveaway. There are over 190 authors offering up prizes on their blogs. All the contests will start Friday, December 16, 2011 and will go until midnight Sunday, December 18, 2011. (Not sure, but that might be midnight EST). Just go to the blog hop page and click to each author’s blog to enter their giveaways.
For my contest, I’m giving away one e-book copy of TAKE ME HOME. The winner will be selected randomly from all who comment here on this post. Be sure to include your email address in the email form field so I can contact the winner.
Also, I was recently interviewed at Joyfully Jay, sharing more about the writing of Take Me Home. You can also enter there for another chance to win a copy of the book. Just leave a comment on the post for a chance to win. The giveaway closes Tuesday, December 20 at 11:59 pm EST.
Happy Holidays!
Edited to add: Thanks guys for all your interest in reading Take Me Home. And for the wonderful comments about my writing and the rainbow awards. I have the best readers!!
The winner of my blog hop giveaway is Sylwia. Congratulations, Sylwia! I’ve sent you an email.
Thanks again, everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.
Quote I Love: Something so right and simple
“It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.”
Gregory Peck, as a presenter at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) awards ceremony in 1997.
Take Me Home now available
I’m thrilled to share that my third novel, Take Me Home, is now available for purchase in various e-book formats. You can pick up a copy at Loose Id or keep an eye on my site for links to other e-book stores such as Amazon and All Romance eBooks. I’ll add the links as the book become available at each site.
TAKE ME HOME: Ten years after their one and only night in each other’s arms, best friends finally give in to passion and new sexual roles while trapped in a blizzard as they head home for the holidays.
I hope everyone who picks up a copy enjoys this holiday friends-to-lovers story. Have a happy holiday season and a beautiful, healthy new year!
Make the Yuletide Gay
Join me and several other m/m authors as we celebrate the holiday season on Keira Andrews’s blog. You can check out several of the posts already there. Mine will be coming December 19 and will include an excerpt from Take Me Home that I have not shared yet here on the blog or my website. Although, it won’t be new to those of you who pick up a copy of Take Me Home when it releases this week.
For those of you who do check out Take Me Home, I truly hope you enjoy Kyle and Evan’s story.
Thanks for checking out Keira’s blog and helping us celebrate the holiday season.
Location, location, location (and a Giveaway)
I mentioned the other day there would be a few more chances to win a copy of TAKE ME HOME. The lovely Janna at Rarely Dusty Books invited me to do a guest blog today. I’m talking about the setting of the train in Take Me Home and how setting can be used to help shape the story and the characters.
Comment for a chance to win a free copy of the book on release day. The winner will be announced on December 13.
What are some of your favorite settings in a romance? I’d love to hear from you!