June Reader Appreciation Day Giveaway

Posted on June 14, 2013 by SloanParker

This Saturday, June 15th is another Reader Appreciation Day at the Sweet Spot Yahoo Group (hosted by me, SJ Frost, and Jambrea Jo Jones). Stop by to enter the giveaway, read excerpts, and chat with authors of M/M romances. The giveaway runs from 8 am – 8 pm EST.

The following authors have generously donated these books or other prizes. Thank you, authors!

Here’s how to enter the giveaway:

If you haven’t already, join the Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSweetSpotMM/
Watch the group page (or your email if you choose to receive emails from the group) on Saturday, June 15th for a message with instructions on how to enter. The subject of the post should read something like “Enter the Giveaway: Respond for a chance to win”
Reply to that message between 8am and 8pm EST indicating you’d like to enter the giveaway.

That’s it. You’ll be added to the drawing for your chance at a random prize.

Complete List of Prizes

Leigh Ellwood – reader’s choice of one M/M backlist title
Lex Valentine – ebook copy of BITTER BONDS
Lex Valentine – ebook copy of SAVE YOUR LOVE
Tara Lain – ebook copy of SNOW BALLS
Diana DeRicci – ebook copy of IT’S RAINING MEN
Willa Okati – ebook copy of MIGHTY CASEY
Harper Fox – ebook copy of BROTHERS OF THE WILD NORTH SEA
L.M. Brown – ebook copy of Silver Presents: THREE’S A PARTY anthology (including L.M. Brown’s m/m/m story “The Other Man”)
Vicktor Alexander – ebook copy of IMPOSSIBLE, TATE PACK BOOK 6
Vicktor Alexander – signed paperback copy of ELIAN
Michael Mandrake – ebook copy of winner’s choice from backlist
Jambrea Jo Jones – ebook copy of winner’s choice from backlist
Sloan Parker – winner’s choice of $15 Amazon.com gift card or All Romance eBooks gift card
S.J. Frost – ebook copy of winner’s choice from backlist

Hope you can join us at The Sweet Spot Reader Appreciation Day.

Authors of m/m romances, if you’re interested in joining us for our next RAD, we’d love to have you. Send me an email and I’ll add you to our author contact list.

Quote From My Life: It’s parental help desk time again!

Posted on June 5, 2013 by SloanParker

Mom was having trouble signing into her computer. She called me for help and this was the explanation I received in her most serious tone.

“The password box is there and the little cursor is cursing, but I can’t type anything!”

Thank God a reboot fixed the issue. Because I couldn’t say anything for several minutes while I just laughed at her cursing cursor.

I do appreciate the little laugh-filled breaks my parents offer on the days when I’m locked in the writing cave.

(Blog note: Starting next week I’m going to be changing my blog schedule to Wednesdays and Fridays. Actually I shouldn’t call it a schedule. I don’t stress over making sure I post every so often since writing my fiction is my main priority every week, but I have fun with the blog so I like having specific days on my schedule as a reminder to post. Also, for those of you on email subscriptions, I switched to a new email RSS service called MailChimp. Anyone previously signed up to receive the blog posts via email through Google Feedburner or WordPress have been automatically transferred to the new service. Hopefully no one is getting duplicate posts in your email, but if you are, you can always unsubscribe from one of them using the link in the email. The MailChimp version is the new one you’d want to keep. If anyone else would like to sign up to receive these posts by email, you can use the form on the homepage of my website. There’s also one there for my newsletter.)

Blog Update and Other News

Posted on May 19, 2013 by SloanParker

Well it took over a week longer than I’d hoped, but my blog is finally all set up at its new host. The existing content was copied to the new location, and it even looks like all of the email subscribers also transferred with the blog. So if you’re signed up to follow the posts via email, hopefully you’re seeing this in your inbox.

I’m glad to be getting back to sharing news and other fun stuff.

Speaking of news. I finished drafting MORE THAN JUST A GOOD BOOK parts 7 and 8, and I’ve got a good start on 9 and 10. I wanted to get all the details ironed out so I could make sure I worked in each of the threads I wanted to follow through on before the ending. I’ll start doing a final edit on part 7 shortly and get that up on my site as soon as I can, probably in the next couple of weeks. As with each installment, I have a few people that are going to look it over so I need to give them time to read through it and make comments. I’ll keep you posted on that.

I’m also still plugging away on the first draft of MORE THAN MOST (MORE #2). As soon as I get into more in depth revisions for that one, I’ll share a work-in-progress excerpt or two.

While I’m on the subject of book news, I wanted to send out a huge thank-you to everyone who picked up a copy of HOW TO SAVE A LIFE. Knowing there are readers out there who are interested in my stories is the best writing incentive, especially on the days when the words don’t flow easily and I’m staring at a blank page wondering where my characters have gone. The emails and other messages I’ve received about this book have also meant the world to me. Thank you!!

Hope you all have a good one!

Blog Move Announcement (for those of you receiving email notifications)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by SloanParker

This week my blog will be moved to a new server. The move, unfortunately, is necessary because the content of my blog and my writing do not meet the “terms of use” requirements of my current hosting company (which I didn’t realize when I signed up with them). So we’re moving the blog to the same company that hosts my website. They’ve been great to work with for many years now and have never had an issue with what I post on my website.

What does that mean for you?
Any subscribers who are signed up to receive new posts via email (meaning you’re reading this post in your email right now) might have to sign up again. I won’t know for sure until after the move, which would mean it’ll be too late to let you know. If you stop getting posts in your email, please come back to the blog next week and sign up again using the form in the sidebar at http://blog.sloanparker.com (the sign-up form has been temporarily removed until after the move. You’ll know the blog has been moved if you see the form.)

Hopefully anyone reading this via the RSS feed will not lose the feed since that’s based on the address, and the blog address will remain the same: http://blog.sloanparker.com.

If you no longer wish to follow the blog but would like to get updates on my new releases, you can sign up for my newsletter which is sent out no more than once a month.

Very sorry for the inconvenience, and I hope those of you following via email will stop back and sign up again if you notice you stop getting emails from my blog.

Thanks for hanging in there with me through the move!