It's a Blast!

A Beach Book Blast that is!
Authors from the WG2E and Beach Book Blast Blog are pleased you've joined us for the BBB Summer Launch Event!

AUGUST 15-18

If you click on the Summer Launch Event Books tab at the top of the blog, you'll see all the wonderful books we've released this summer, some with special pricing just for the event. Plus, a few of us are offering corresponding giveaways at our individual blogs, so make sure to check for the blog links after each book blurb.

We're excited to share our new books with you and would also love to have you party with us at our Facebook Release Party on Thursday Aug. 16th. Friend us on FB and then join us Thursday for some chatting, fun and even more prizes.

Now for the super fun part...want to know what the "& More!" on the above BBB graphic entails...? Not counting the FB party prizes, here's what we're giving away with the event!

GRAND PRIZE: Kindle Fire

    

 Bonus Rafflecopter Prizes:

1. Lost In Italy ebook, by Stacey Joy Netzel

2. Deadly Addiction ebook, by Kristine Cayne

3. Snow Dance ebook, by Alicia Street and Roy Street

4. $25.00 Amazon gift certificate from Lily Silver

5. Apocalypstick ebook, by Greg Carrico

6. Signed cover flat of Apocalypstick from Greg Carrico

7. $25.00 Red Lobster gift certificate from Janice Lane Palko

8. Jade O’Reilly and the Ice Queen ebook, by Tamara Ward

9. $10.00 Barnes and Noble gift card from Stacey Joy Netzel

10. ebook 3 pack by Liz Jasper: Underdead, Underdead in Denial,

     and Crimson in the Very Wrong Fairy Tale 

11. Everything to Lose ebook, by Natalie G. Owens

12. The Scent of Lies ebook (Kindle), by Debra Burroughs

13. One of the Bandit Creek series ebooks, winner’s choice,

     from Sheila Seabrook

14. Signed print copy of Playing for Keeps and a Set of Romance

     Trading Cards, by Liz Matis

15. Lovers and Other Strangers Series Boxed Set: The Boston Stories,

     by L.C. Giroux

 

Including the individual author giveaway,

that's over 24 prizes you could win!

Now for the most important question...

"How do I enter?"

Head on over to the Beach Book Blast. On the right hand side of the page is a rafflecopter! Do that rafflecopter thing and you're entered for our Grand and other prizes!

And, come back to starrwords on Thursday (August 16th) for a chance to win a handmade stretchy bracelet and earring set. The perfect accessories for reading your Beach Blast Books!

Discover a new author at the Beach Blast!

I love to laugh...

How many of these great laughs do you recognize?  Which laugh is your favorite?

I know a good share of them but I don't think I can pick a favorite. It changes each time I watch this!

Enjoy...and have a good laugh.

Happy Little Clouds

You don't need to paint to take these creative words to heart!



Now, go create YOUR worlds!

Where am I today?

Oh, yeah. I'm visiting 

Seekerville

talking a bit about

writing

Outside the Box

Stop on by for a visit!

Blog Hop Winners

Congratulations to the winners here at starrwords!

Rafflecopter chose Carin as the download winner and Lauren wins the bracelet. 

For those who stopped by after my mistakenly ended contest, I've drawn a name to receive a download of Keltic Flight, two. That commenter is bn100!

Thanks everyone for stopping by. Aren't these blog hops fun?

I'm Farming and I Grow It

(If you're looking for the Angels vs Demons blog, just scroll down)
 These guys are definitely angels. And I can't resist their talent--farming and otherwise. I spent some time as a child on a farm so farmers hold a special place in my heart.


Enjoy--and thank the folks who raise our food.

Angels vs Demons? What's your choice?

Welcome to starr words 

and the Angels vs Demons blog hop!

Hmm, which do I prefer, angels or demons? Most of the angels I've read have been 'fallen', so in a sense they're demons. On the other hand, the truly heroic demons have that spark of 'light' making them, in a sense, angels. Oh heck, a great character is a great character, no matter what their species or beginnings.

I haven't yet written either angels or demons, although some of my villains might be considered rather demonic. Those are the ones I love writing the most.  Not much beats a great bad guy.


So, which do you prefer--the good guy gone a little bad, or the bad guy who struggles to find his good?

For this blog, I'm sharing an excerpt from Keltic Flight. In this bit Korin and Nanceen are using a Faerie portal to move from the human world to the Otherworld. A fey creature, much like a demon, the Bocan waits in that space between the worlds.

Keltic Flight

Available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble

A rending, a horrible ripping reverberated through the glen, bounced off the cabin walls, and returned to surround her with mind numbing cold. Wind whipped leaves and twigs against her face and arms, stinging, blinding her. She lifted one arm to cover her eyes and tried to peer around the minimal protection. A maelstrom spiraled in the center of the portal opening, a swirling darkness that stole the light.

The wind growled and a huge, misshapen, vaguely man-shaped form hovered in the center of the maelstrom. The head coalesced into a huge, heavy, bestial face. The creature laughed, its lips stretched to thin, sharp lines. Pointed teeth glinted in the fading light. Below him lay a motionless, winged...

“Korin!” Nanceen screamed and tried to rush forward, but an invisible force kept her from reentering the portal. “Korin!”

Korin barely lifted his head to shake a denial. She didn’t care if he didn’t want her to come after him, save him she would. The creature was unknown to her, for beings had never been reported within the portal. But she would face any danger for Korin.

She forced one foot forward, and a blast of icy wind pressed her back. “No! Let him go! Leave him alone!”

The creature turned its head toward her. Something dark and slimy dripped from its fangs. It grinned and winked at her. It drew back one foot. With another wink it shoved at Korin’s inert form.

“Take him, wench. What’s left--not much.” The creature’s gravely voice held her frozen until a limp figure rolled to her feet. “Foolish wench. I’ll wait for you, too.”

Here's the description of the book.

To the Faerie Gentry of the Otherworld, the fairy wee folk are but a myth and legend. Until the fairy Korin falls in love with a half-Gentry maid. Forced to bargain with an evil king to woo her, he risks discovery, and his life, to fulfill the conditions. Book Three of the Double Keltic Triad

Korin Goodfellow loves the Gentry maid, Nanceen. In order to woo her, Korin bargains with his evil king, who sets seemingly impossible tasks. The first? She must believe in him.

But the folk of Faerie, the Gentry, don't believe in the odd assortment of beings who make up the wee folk. And definitely not in fairies.

Nanceen doesn't know what she believes. Until Korin calls to her, then makes his way into her world, becoming a wingless man she can see, touch, believe in.

But will the rat king's conditions drive a wedge between them, or force Korin to confrontation, to battle, into risking his life for love?

Win a stretchy summer bracelet or an ebook of Keltic Flight from starr words! Each comment is also an entry for our grand prizes.
(Akk! I set up my rafflecopter with the wrong ending time! If you leave a comment after that cut off, I'll draw for another copy of Keltic Flight from those comments!)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

visit any or all of the participating blogs. Leave comments to win!
Each blog will have it's own giveaway, PLUS we have TWO grand prizes.
ONE Commenter from the blogs will win a KINDLE TOUCH
another Commenter will win a $60 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card!