Showing posts with label Southern Daughter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern Daughter. Show all posts

Friday, March 8, 2013

HerStory Release Day and GIVEAWAY Blast!

Today is the BIG day! HerStory is released for the world to read! I am so happy to a part of this wonderful group of women writers. 
Today we have ALL KINDS of goodies up for grabs! Don't miss out!

In ancient times, women were regarded as sacred. They were thought to hold the mystical power of creation—responsible for the continuation of our species. With the rise of Science and Religion, these myths were dispelled and their plight began.

HerStory: Fiction Honoring Women’s History Month is a collection of Flash Fiction and Short Stories from today's top authors featuring female characters that exemplify strong strength of mind, body, and character. Some of these tales are based on real people while others are purely fictional. However, all are standing up for themselves and what they believe in.

Grab yourself a glass of wine or favorite hot beverage and get comfortable as you read about the lives of women who will light the fire in your soul.

It's finally here. HerStory. Available to the masses. And to honor release day, we're having a party. Use the Rafflecopter below to enter to win some terrific prizes. *U.S. residents only*


Here's what's up for grabs.





GRAND PRIZE

First Grand Prize
First Grand Prize
Because they have the same agenda: empowering girls/women, Keira's Kollection owner Mr. Wagstaff has graciously agreed to donate a Strong is Beautiful T-shirt. One very lucky woman is not only going to walk away with a paperback copy of HerStory and be empowered through words, but she will also be showing her empowerment right there on her shirt.

And that's not all, the grand prize winner also gets a pair of earrings from Cathy from Etsy, who runs Yesware. The earrings sparkle one side and have a message on the other side: the greatest story never told.

Only, we're telling it, the authors of HerStory. We are telling it.




SECOND GRAND PRIZE


Author Laura DeLuca has donated an incense diffuser to go along with some handmade soap from Greenchild Creations.


And we're throwing an e-book into this mix. Why soap and diffusers? What does that have to do with women's history?



In HerStory, Mathilda of Ringelheim runs a bath house. It seems appropriate to honor herstory this way.



AND as Mathilda seems to know, every woman needs soap and every woman needs time to relax. So one lucky winner will take a nice long shower with her fantastic handmade soap, set her diffuser on a table, and curl up with HerStory on her kindle. Who says you can't be relaxed and empowered at the same time? (and smell good)




THIRD GRAND PRIZE

Another donation from Laura DeLuca: an ebook, a Japanese tea set, and an Oriental incense diffuser. How does this tie into HerStory?



In Please Stay, Asuka, a Japanese wife of the 1600s, is preparing the evening meal while awkwardly trying to discuss a matter--somewhat delicate--but of great importance with her husband.



As you get lost in your ebook, in Asuka's story (penned by Becca Diane), you can pretend you are there. Perhaps you feel your husband's penetrating stare. But you serve him his tea, straighten your spine, and say what needs to be said...then wait, breath held, for his reply, incense lightening the tension in the air...





FOURTH GRAND PRIZE

One lucky winner will have a chance to make their voice heard on the radio...with a $25 Amazon gift card burning a hole in their pocket!



HerStory goes behind the scenes to locate the stories of women who lived, laughed, and touched the lives of generations...



Now, here is your chance to have your story told to the world....or your mother's...it's your chance to talk about the most inspiring woman or women in YOUR life. Shout it out! Tell listeners everywhere about this amazing person. Honor her!


This prize is being donated by Indie Reviews Behind the Scenes.





PRIZE 5, FOUR WINNERS, FOUR TINS OF EMPOWERMINTS



Four of these tins of mints are being donated by the Unemployed Philosophers Guild. That means four lucky winners are going to win a tin of mints to carry around in their pockets and every time they look at the tin, they'll be empowered!


The tin is also the perfect size to serve as a pillbox once the mints are gone. This is something you can keep for a LONG time.




PRIZE 6, TWO WINNERS, CROSS STITCH WALL HANGINGS

Author and editor Tara Chevrestt has a secret addiction and hobby. It makes her feel like an old lady, so she keeps it under wraps, but now the truth is out...



She likes to cross stitch!!!

And with the suffragette tales (Sister Suffragettes by Dahlia DeWinters and Chevrestt's own From You No and Silent Suffragette) in the back of her mind, she found a pattern on Etsy by Patternbird and set to stitching.

Two lucky winners will walk away with these. They are 3.25" by 6" and have a hard backing so they may be placed on a wall.



PRIZE 7, ONE WINNER, FLAPPER-STYLE HAT


Donated from Rakestraw Book Design.



Toni Rakestraw, one of the HerStory contributors, is stitching this hat so one lucky reader can--in her mind--march in a suffragette parade as she reads HerStory. Or perhaps this is something Margaret Sanger would have worn as she leaves the workhouse in The Woman Rebel.



PRIZE 8, ONE WINNER, ONE PAINTING



You've heard the term multi-published and many of HerStory's authors can place that before their name, but how about multi-talented?


Author Morgan Summerfield can not only write as she shoes us in Adella, but she can paint too! She is kindly donating a painting 27" wide by 11" high, titled Morning Poppies. The frame is handmade with real wood and she stretches all her own canvases. It is hand-painted-by her!-in multi media.


And last, but certainly not least, we have a lovely Coco Chanel quote pendant donated by the lovely Jewelry Designs by Lula. One winner will win this delightful pendant that says  A girl should be things: WHO and WHAT she wants.

I could not have said it better.



Enter for all prizes using the Rafflecopter form below. Giveaway is for three weeks. Winners will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond with their snail mail addresses. After 48 hours, new winners will be chosen.


Thank you and enjoy HerStory! Be empowered! Learn something. Believe in yourself and womankind.



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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Contract and Cover Art!

I've got exciting news on this wonderful Wednesday, that's right...another one of my manuscripts has been accepted for publication! I am so thrilled and excited, especially because this one is an anthology that I feel very strongly about, called Her Story
This anthology consists of multiple pieces of flash fiction/short stories that honor the strength of women throughout history. 
I am so pleased to be a part of this amazing group of women writers, not to mention the lovely Tara Chevrestt is working together with Pagan Writers Press to make this terrific anthology a possibility. 

Here is the blurb for my short story in Her Story titled Southern Daughter:

In 1861, falling in love with a slave was not something that the daughter of a southern plantation owner did, but Carrie Ann is not your average southern belle. She will have to make a choice between the only way of life she's ever known and the man she's come to love. Will she make her decision in time? 


Her Story will be releasing sometime in March 2013, to honor Women's History Month. 

Now that I have done my happy dance, I would also like to include that submissions are still open for this amazing antho, and will stay open until the end of January. If you are interested in learning how your piece of flash fiction/short story can be included please check out the Her Story Blog