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August 4th M/M Reader Appreciation Giveaway

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8/3/12, Edited to Add: Missed including Kendall’s prize and book cover. Sorry, Kendall. And two more prizes added.

This Saturday, August 4th is another Reader Appreciation Day at the Sweet Spot Yahoo Group. It’s a day to say thank-you to the readers of M/M Romance. The giveaway runs from 8 am – 8 pm EST. Some of the authors donating prizes will also be stopping by to post excerpts from their books.

Here’s how to enter the giveaway:

  1. If you haven’t already, join the Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSweetSpotMM/
  2. Watch the group page (or your email if you choose to receive emails from the group) on Saturday, August 4th for a message with instructions on how to enter. The subject of the post should read something like “Enter the Giveaway: Respond to this message for a chance to win”
  3. 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. Winners will be announced via the group after the giveaway closes. Authors will be sent the winning email addresses at that time and will contact their winners directly.

So far, the following authors have generously donated these books, the winner’s choice from their backlist, or another prize. Thank you, authors!

The full list of prizes is at the end of this post.

 

Complete List of Prizes

Hope you can join us at The Sweet Spot Reader Appreciation Day on August 4th.

 

Announcing new Ask Sloan Day: What do you want to know?

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I’m still on a break from regular blogging, but I wanted to invite you all to my first “Ask Sloan Day” on my yahoo group this Wednesday, August 1, 2012. This is a day once a month where I encourage readers to ask me questions about my books, characters, upcoming stories, writing in general, publishing, or anything else you’d like to ask me (or my characters) about.

Want to see what questions I answer? Want to ask a question of your own? Here’s what to do:

  • Sign up for my yahoo group if you haven’t already at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SloanParkerDiscussions/ You don’t need to have a Yahoo account to sign up, read more here.
  • Submit your question via the group by sending an email to this address: SloanParkerDiscussions @ yahoogroups . com (remove the spaces).
  • Or, you can send your question directly to me at via this form. Then on Wednesday, I’ll post the question and my responses to the group so everyone can see.

Hope you can join me for my first Ask Sloan Day. I’ve already got some great questions from readers I’ll be sharing. Hope to hear more about what you’d like to know.

See you there!
Sloan

Short Blogging Hiatus

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Just wanted to let everyone know I’m taking a short break from blogging while I wrap up the manuscript for How to Save a Life and get it sent in to my editor. I’m at the stage where I like to read it in large chunks several times through to check the overall consistency and look for any plot holes. At over 100,000 words that takes some time. I’ll post whenever I have some news to share and will be back to more regular blogging of the fun stuff I love sharing with you guys soon.

 

Prizes for July 7th M/M Reader Appreciation Giveaway

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This Saturday, July 7th is another Reader Appreciation Day at the Sweet Spot Yahoo Group. It’s a day to say thank-you to the readers who support the world of M/M Romance. Some of the authors donating prizes will be stopping by to post excerpts from their donated prize and other books. The giveaway runs from 8 am – 8 pm EST. We hope you can join us.

Here’s how to enter the giveaway:

  1. If you haven’t already, join the Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSweetSpotMM/
  2. Watch the group page (or your email if you choose to receive emails from the group) on Saturday, July 7th for a message with instructions on how to enter. The subject of the post should read something like “Enter the Giveaway: Respond to this thread for a chance to win”
  3. 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. Winners will be announced via the group after the giveaway closes. Authors will be sent the winning email addresses at that time and will contact their winners directly.

So far, the following authors have generously donated these prizes or the winner’s choice from their backlist. Thank you, authors! The full list of prizes is at the end of this post.

 

Complete List of Prizes

Hope you can join us at The Sweet Spot Reader Appreciation Day on July 7th.

 

List of Prizes for June 2nd M/M Reader Appreciation Giveaway

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Updated 6/1/12 4:15 pm EST: Added another prize for tomorrow’s giveaway! See the full list below.

This Saturday, June 2nd, SJ Frost, Jambrea Jo Jones, and I are hosting another m/m Romance Reader Appreciation Day at the Sweet Spot Yahoo Group to say thank-you to the readers who support the world of m/m Romance. This month we have a fantastic list of prizes (see below) so I hope you can join us and stay a bit to chat with the authors.

Here’s how to enter the giveaway:

  1. If you haven’t already, join the Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSweetSpotMM/
  2. Watch the group page (or your email if you choose to receive emails from the group) on Saturday, June 2nd for a message with instructions on how to enter. The subject of the post should read something like “Enter the Giveaway: Respond to this thread for a chance to win”
  3. 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. Winners will be announced via the group after the giveaway closes. Authors will be sent the winning email addresses at that time and will contact their winners directly.

So far, the following authors have generously donated these or other prizes. Thank you, authors! The full list of prizes is at the end of this post.

 

Complete List of Prizes

I’d also like to take a moment to thank Jambrea Jo Jones for joining SJ and I in moderating the Yahoo group. Thanks and welcome, Jambrea!

Oh, and we’ve also updated our Facebook page with a new banner. It features one of my favorite “sweet spots” on a man. I’ll let you guess what that is. Check it out at: https://www.facebook.com/TheSweetSpotMM

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