Coastal Magic Wrap Up and Giveaways!

Coastal Magic Wrap Up + Giveaways!

On my way! Got my werewolf necklace on and everything!

As you may or may not know, I went to Coastal Magic Book Con in Daytona Beach, FL a couple weeks ago and I think I've just now finally recovered enough to post a wrap up! I've got tons of great pictures to share with you guys. And your reward for looking at my pictures? Three giveaways!!! As a featured blogger for the Con, I was lucky enough to receive extra books and swag to give away on the blog! LUCKY YOU! Below are some of my favorite pictures and at the bottom of the post are the  giveaway! Good luck!


First, the beautiful view from my fabulous hotel room in Daytona

Some of my favorite pictures with some fabulous authors!

Christopher Rice

Elisabeth Naughton and Donna Grant

Kait Ballenger

KD Wood

Larissa Ione

(major fangirl moment here!)

Jan DeLima, Amanda Carlson, Molly Harper

Some shots from some of the panels, including Dirty Pictionary (figging!?), Flash Fiction (always hilarious), and the ALWAYS fabulous Cinema Craptastique!

Some of my best blogger buddies!

Jenese from Readers Confession

Laura from Little Read Riding Hood

Laura and Jenese along with Danielle from Ramblings From This Chick

Me with Laura and Jenese

Laura and author Kait Ballenger

No dinosaurs were harmed in the making of this picture...

Jenese taking out her frustrations

Finally, some mega cool jewelry and artwork I purchased (like all the books I left with weren't enough...)

 

Whew! You made it through my pictures! Hope you join us next year because this book con is super fun! Now...the giveaway!

I have 3 prize packs for 3 lucky readers! 
You must be 13 or older to enter and you must also live in the U.S. since I'll be shipping these myself. 
Good luck and happy reading!

Prize Pack #1:
Contemporary romances by Lexi Blake, Savannah Stuart, Katie Reus, and Kimberly Raye plus 1,001 Dark Nights magnet and swag set AND other swag including bookmark signed by Christopher Rice!

Prize Pack #2:
Hardback copy of RENEGADE by J.A. Souders and a copy of SAVAGE HUNTER signed by Terry Spear plus other swag including a bookmark signed by Christopher Rice!

Prize Pack #3:
Hardback copy of RENEGADE signed by J.A. Souders plus a Coastal Magic tote bag and other swag including a bookmark signed by Christopher Rice!

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Goldilox and the Three Weres Event and Giveaway: Lucienne Diver!

Welcome!

Here at Goldilox and the Three Weres we LOVE Halloween! So we wrangled up some willing authors and put together some fun posts and giveaways for you all! 

Our theme for the event this year is What Scares You? 

Check back every weekday between October 20th and October 31st to see which authors are visiting and the awesomeness they are each giving away!

Today's author is:

Lucienne Diver

   

Alright Lucienne, what scares you?

What Scares Me and Why?

Well, that’s a loaded question, isn’t it? I feel a little bit like Adrian Monk, you know, that wonderful quirky television detective. I haven’t figured quite how to rank my greatest fears yet, but my list would run something like this:

1- Spiders

2- Camel Crickets, silverfish, cockroaches, palmetto bugs, all other bugs of any sort but particularly those with too many legs like millipedes and centipedes. Gah, I’m freaking myself out!

3- Psychos. (Not the boom, you’re dead kind, but the ones that like to play with their prey.)

4- Did I mention Spiders?

5- Ooky stuff. That’s right, I said ooky. As in slobber, bodily fluids, people’s half-eaten food, squishy-rotten bananas, raw oysters, mayonnaise… Bleck, there I’ve gone and given myself the shivers. 

Okay, I take it back, mayonnaise might come first. It might even beat out monkey brains and other things I’m not likely to ever encounter in my lifetime. Because mayonnaise sneaks up on you. Don’t believe me? The scene is set—you’re at a nice little hole-in-the-wall restaurant with your BFF or your SO or your imaginary friend. The kind of place where grease hangs in the air and you can practically taste the carb-loaded goodness of the burger on order, loaded down with bacon and other artery-abusing substances of choice. No mention is made in the menu of the ooky stuff. You think you’re safe. And then the burger arrives, the heavenly scent teasing your taste buds. Salivation starts all on its own. Your stomach rumbles in protest at the delay it knows will come when you insist on doctoring your burger with ketchup or barbeque sauce or honey mustard. And then you take the bun off to do just that and—don-don-DA! (mood music, in case you’re wondering)—you’re faced with the horror. The woeful white stuff of DOOM! 

It’s like something out of a horror film, no? Like finding out that Soylent Green is people! 

So there you have it. Now you know. Mayonnaise is my kryptonite. I hope you will use the knowledge only for good.

Lucienne Diver is the author of Vamped young adult series (think Clueless meets Buffy) and the Latter-Day Olympians urban fantasy series from Samhain, which Long and Short Reviews called “a clever mix of Janet Evanovich and Rick Riordan”. Her short stories have appeared in the KICKING IT, STRIP-MAULED, and FANGS FOR THE MAMMARIES anthologies from Roc and Baen Books respectively and her essay “Abuse” in DEAR BULLY: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories from HarperCollins.

And you can meet Lucienne Diver, along with 49 other spectacular paranormal/fantasy authors at Coastal Magic Convention in Daytona Beach, FL next February!

Click the Coastal Magic button to check out the event!

Lucienne Diver is giving away a signed copy of BAD BLOOD, the first book in herLatter-Day Olympians series!!!

This giveaway is for United States residents only.

(Winner must be 13 or older)
All of the Goldilox and the Three Scares giveaways end at 11:59pm on November 7th!

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