Hello everyone! It’s that time of the week for everyone to whip out those excerpts and have some fun. Today it’s all about your opening scenes-grab that reader and pull them into your story. Post your opening 500 words or less (PG-13) and lets have some fun! As always post your buy links, pre-order dates and WIP. I’m sharing my opening from The Duke’s Frozen Heart, a competed ms, which is being critiqued and waiting to go for edits. One day soon, my baby will go out for queries! Hope had yet to be beaten out of seventeen-year-old Lady Victoria Aldridge. She still believed true love could be found on the dance floors, and within the overheated ballrooms of the ton. She dreamed of rescue by a handsome prince and a happily ever after, like the ending of the fairy-tales she read to her sisters when they were younger. When...
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Sarah stared incredulously at the intercom. She couldn't believe her own ears. That arrogant man was a nephew of Robert Wainwright's? Impossible! Robert didn't have an arrogant bone in his entire body. "Black cats," she laughed. Reaching over the desk she drew a heavy black X through the date: Friday the 13th.
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Anything But Sweet (Sweet, Texas, #1) By: Candis Terry Release Date: June 25th, 2013 Published by: Avon Books Genre(s): Adult Contemporary/Romance My Review: (4.5/5 stars*) Anything But Sweet is contagious and charming with a sweet Texas blend. This novel is the equivalent of ice cream on a hot summer day—literally. I tore through each page with vigor because I was so enthralled with the story. It goes beyond what the cover shows, it has layer upon layer of character complexity entwined with rich character back-stories that will touch your soul with raw feeling. It has plenty of lighthearted moments as well as equally heartrending ones. Charli is the heroine and she's driven, intelligent, confidant, sassy but can also be whimsical. I loved her character because she's persistent—going after what she wants—believing in herself as much as she believes in others. Then there's Reno Wilder - a Texas bred cowboy of...
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Check out the latest Avon excerpt from author Pamela Palmer! A Kiss of Blood - On Sale June 25th!
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Don't forget...Today is the day to spread your literary wings and try something new from one of our favorite New York Times bestselling suspense authors!!! Wendy Corsi Staub's SHE LOVES ME NOT is on sale today, available for the first time in ebook! She loves me … she loves me not. When a homemade, heart-shaped valentine with no signature shows up in Rose Larrabee's mailbox, she is surprised to say the least—as a widow and mother of two young children, she has little time for romance. But what one might mistake for a sweet gift is really a terrifying reminder of the secret she shares with two other women … a secret that has deadly consequences. I want her … I want her dead. When the phone rings in the middle of the night, playing a song that chills her to the bone, Rose is determined to keep her family...
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How are your sales? Do they fluctuate or flounder? One thing that could be happening is you don’t stand out from the thousands of other writers in your genre. I’ve noticed in the romance genre that you have to stand out to be noticed. Here are a couple of ways to make your book stand out and take the lead: 1: Cover – Your cover is very important. If it’s bland and not eye catching most of the time a reader will pass it by. Make sure that this is a part of your book that you pay for the better images and use the more unique fonts. Don’t just use the font you find on Word. Go onto a font site and grab a really cool one. 2. Description – You have to make your description a cliff hanger. Don’t give away too much but do give away...
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I'm the summer editorial intern for Avon an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. If you're interested in what happens to get those sexy scenes you love so much from the author's mind to your hands, follow me throughout the summer!
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