Teaser Tuesday 12.13.11 + Giveaway Info

Before we get to today's teaser, I have some event updates.

Surrounded by Books Reviews is giving away books. All you have to do is fill out the form here to be entered.

I'm giving away critiques on this blog for the holidays. All you have to do is fill out the form here to be entered.

And my good friend and critique partner Christine Rains is hosting a giveaway on her blog. Her friend, comedian and author David Salnave is giving away gifts, including his new book To Kids from One to Ninety Two. It's a perfect gift for the holidays, so click here for more information.

Click picture to go to MizB's blog

Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper
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How could I possibly act normal when my world was crash-and-burning? Suspecting Treygan had kidnapped Yara was one thing.




So what are you reading? Do you have a teaser?

Wednesday's Writing Update

Happy Wednesday!

My story "Silver Hand Sam" is now available from Wicked East Press's Cutlass & Musket anthology. You can buy it here. 

I'm having several giveaways going on. If you want to win a copy of Nicole Zoltack's Woman of Honor, click here. If you want to win a copy of Aubrie Dionne's Nebula's Music, click here. I'm giving away an ARC copy of Tracy Deeb's Tempest Rising here.

Also, if you get a chance, please vote for the finalists in my Flash Fiction Blogfest. It's still a close race between them, and I don't yet know what I'm going to do if there is a tie. We'll figure that out when we come to it. I'll announce the winners on Friday.

I quit a secret group project last week. Yeah, I'm normally not a quitter, but the project had taken over my life. I was so stressed out that I couldn't focus on anything. So, I quit, and I'm glad I did.

I've gotten some things done since then. I have three editing projects I'm working on (two with PWP and one with Hazard Editing). I hope to get some editing and rewriting done on Virtuoso later this week. I'm behind schedule again, but it'll be okay. I have a short story I'd like to write this week too. I need to get started on that.

Well, that's the main things this week. I still haven't heard anything from submissions yet.

Does anyone have some news?