New Additional January Contest

I know everyone loves contests and even more when they are the winner! I'm starting another contest in addition to my regular contest and this one will be drawn on Jan 30th AFTER my day with Author Roast and Toast as I'll also have contests that whole day that I spend with those wonderful ladies over there, oh, and we can't leave out Oliver! He is the handsome butler who keeps them all happy.

So be sure to join me at Author Roast and Toast on Friday, January 29th!

Now, back to my new contest. I've titled it 'Word of the Week' because once a week on Sunday, I will post a word, then during the last week, after you've gotten the last word, be sure to send me an email with 'Word of the Week' in the SUBJECT line. Set yourself up a reminder to return to my site to get your WORD! You won't want to miss getting into the contest for a chance to win one of my books. It'll be your choice and they are both listed on my site as well as on my contest page. The contest link on the main page will get you to the contest zone. Good luck and thank you for being a part of this! Tell your friends so they can join in the fun too!

thank you!

Deanna

No Turning Back - soon to be released!

Hi everyone!

I hope your holiday season is off to a great start and your plans are set to spend time with friends and family. Is all your shopping done, presents wrapped and the stress gone because your plans are set? Well, I thought you needed a laugh today!

I'm working hard on my edits for No Turning Back, still, and am hoping to see it released in early January. The tentative cover is posted here, I hope you like it. I've also posted a picture of what I think the hero, Nathan, would look like. Let me know your thoughts, does he work for you? LOL mmmmm...mmmm...mmmm. I'm also working on the book trailer so that can be out there for you to view also. I'll have them on my website.

Never Surrender is holding its own but sales could always be better. I'm getting many responses from those who are eagerly waiting for the sequel so I will have to get started on that story too.

Please sure to enter my December contest! Send me an email with 'contest' in the subject line to be entered, its that easy! The drawing is Jan 2 and the winner will have their choice of which book they'd like.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope 2010 brings you all you wish for. I'd love to hear from you or just post a reply to this blog. Again, thank you so much for stopping by to review my blog and we'll chat again soon!

Deanna

Re-release of Never Surrender!

Hi Again!

Glad you stopped in to see what is happening with me. Maybe you're new and that's great; I love new people to help spread the word about my novels. You will tell your friends, right? Whew, good!

In case you weren't aware, in July I lost my publisher, Mystic Moon Press. They closed down their site and didn't contact any of the authors nor pay them. Luckily, because I was new to them, I didn't have much money that they kept.

Any way, long story short, I am now self-publishing and will have a bit more control so I've got my fingers crossed that I've made a good move. My books will now be printed by BookLocker.com and they list books on B & N, BookLocker.com, Amazon AND with Ingram Distributors, who sell books to book stores nationwide and I will be listed in the back of their monthly mailings under the Print On Demand books. Any book store will be able to order my book for their stores, so wish me luck there, too!

I now have a new ISBN # and Never Surrender should be available again on the websites in a few short weeks, so keep an eye out for Never Surrender online! I'm pretty excited about this.

My first book signing went well at the end of August. That was held in Lewiston at And Books, Too! and the staff was wonderful! Many people stopped by to say hi and some bought the book. Thank you to all of you!

I'm working hard on my next manuscript so that it can be out by Thanksgiving. The writing is done but the edits are not. Those will get done, along with a book mark to go with the book and a book trailer. Guess you need to know the name of the novel, eh? It's called NO TURNING BACK and is an historical romance set in England, 1775, about finding love a second time when you thought there was no chance of it. Is it possible to love again when you lose the love of your life? Stay tuned to find out more. Want a sneak peek? You can check out a few chapters at www.writing.com/authors/butterfly55_55 The chapters will be found as Fire On The Water. I've since changed the title of that manuscript to No Turning Back but the title is all that got changed, so go peek and leave me a message here or on my website to tell me what you thought.

Thank you for taking the time to read me. Follow me here, on MySpace, Twitter, my reader group, and Facebook. Till later, happy reading! Forward me to your friends!

Deanna

I've added a chat room to my site! Go see!

Hi everyone!

Thanks for popping in to see what this is all about! I'm excited to let you know that I've added my own chat room to my website at www.deannajewel.com so hop on over and check it out. My chat times to begin with will be on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM PDT, that's 10 PM on the east coast. These times may be revised if I hear that people aren't happy with the late time frame back east. The room is open anytime but I'll be there on Tuesday nights. Although, I may just pop in if I see anyone there so I can chat with you. That would be great.

Pass my site on to your friends. I'd love to see reader/writer chats there and the room filled with those who enjoy our books. I'd also love to hear from you by email or as a comment below about what you think of my addition. I've named it Deanna's Chat Cabana, complete with cabana boys to wait on us while we chat with never ending champagne! I think they may even be willing to put your lotion on your shoulders for you! LOL Please, enjoy the room and I hope its fun!

Ads on new sites!

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to share with you that I've increased some advertising in hopes the word gets out about my new novel! I've signed on with Eye On Romance and Manic Readers and my ads are going out with their newsletters so I'm hoping for more traffic to my sites and sales.

One can only hope, but it's the readers who make the author reach the top. I have confidence in my readers and in those who try me for the first time. Please share my site and my novel with your friends, so they tell their friends. An author needs to be able to hold the reader's attention and keep them turning pages. I hope, again, that I've done this for you.

Think of the books you've read. Are there some characters who refuse to leave your mind AFTER you're done reading? Do they linger, making you relive the novel so they stay alive in your mind? LOL I hope I've been able to create that with my characters. Let me know if that's happened. I'd love to hear about it.

Enjoy your summer, it's only getting started. Happy reading!

Never Surrender paperback IS coming!!

I know I haven't posted as often as I should for those who keep in touch. I'll do better!

I'm so excited and want to share with you the fact that Never Surrender has been uploaded to the printer and the cover is waiting their approval. As soon as the cover is approved, in the next few days, the book will be released for paperback! What an exciting day that'll be for me. I've waited years for this to happen and owe it to Mystic Moon Press for taking a chance on me. I'd like to show them that it WILL sell and their chance on me will pay off. For that to happen, I need your help and that of your friends who love to read. The paperback can be order from the bookstore at www.mysticmoonpress.com or go to my website www.deannajewel.com and click on 'buy now' next to the cover of Never Surrender. Of course, you can still get it from Amazon, Fictionwise, and other sites out there.

The next manuscript to be sent to Mystic Moon Press will be an historical romance set in England with ships, dukes and pirates and of course, a strong heroine! You can also read more about this and my other manuscripts in progress on my website. Stop by, roam along the beach there or sit back in one of my chairs and enjoy my site for a few minutes. Please send it to your friends, join my reader club, subscribe to this blog so it arrives in your email each time I post. Check out my upcoming events. I'll be doing an author chat on June 20th and the 30th, each at different sites so check them out.

I so appreciate my readers. None of this would be possible if the readers didn't visit my sites. Thank you so much. Please enter my contest for a goodie bag filled with bookmarks, a Deanna Jewel t-shirt, other items from me and a copy of Never Surrender either in e-book or paperback.

I look forward to hearing from you, reading your posts here, in my guestbook on the website or in my email. Again, THANK YOU for reading!

Deanna

Never Surrender - Hero: Taima, Shoshone Warrior

I'm glad you stopped in. I hope I can peak your interest in my hero enough to want to read the book and share it with your friends. I would truly appreciate that. The paperback will be available soon! Visit my sites often for the release date of the paperback.

Let's start where Taima begins....within the dreams that Kate has. He beckons to her yet never gets close enough in the dream for her to actually see who he is. She can see how handsome he is, how sculpted his body is and his magnetism pulls at her, making him irresistable. When she awakens from the dream, all she thinks about is how much she needs to find out who he is, but where does she start? How will she know when she meets him? Most of all, WHY is he haunting her and what does he want?

Taima is a warrior and leader of his people of the Shoshone Nation. His chisled jaw-line and his scultped body only add to the intensity of his blue eyes when he looks at a woman. He's respected and sought after by the women of his tribe, though they know they don't stand a chance with him. They also knew his wife and mother who were killed only a few years ago by white trappers. Taima vows to be true to his woman and refuses to realize he needs another woman in his life to love and hold.

Can spirits reunite more than one hundred years later? What kind of love is it that moves through time, keeping spirits and souls together? Only by reading Never Surrender will you find the answers to a love that bind these two lovers together forever...even through time!

Never Surrender can be purchased from my website. If you think your friends will enjoy reading my time travel novel, I invite you to share my links with them and thank you for doing so. I hope you truly enjoy reading Never Surrender! There are many surprises within the story and I also hope my characters remain alive in your mind for months after you read them.

Again...I thank you!