Tuesday 20 December 2011

Debutante Ball - A Feast of Debut Authors

Announcing : Guardian by Gillian Joy


Let me introduce you to Hannah, headstrong and determined, she always knew that she would become the Guardian. She was the keeper and the protector of all supernatural. What she didn't expect was that it would mean she would have to endure the agonising death of her mother first hand as their supernatural connection brings her to her knees, or that it would mean that she could never be with the man she loved.
Blond haired, blue eyed Gabriel was her handsome childhood friend, but would circumstances prevent her from ever being able to explore her true feelings for him?
Jesse, the dark alluring but incorrigible vampire would give anything to be with her, but as the guardian Hannah is forbidden to fall in love with the supernatural.
With her life in turmoil over her conflicting emotions about Gabriel and Jesse and her frustration at being unable to exact revenge for her mother’s horrific death, Hannah flees her life in an attempt to start over. But can we ever really escape from ourselves?
There is no escaping destiny no matter how hard she might try and Hannah must learn to reconcile her commitment to her family with her responsibility as the Guardian and her duty to her heart.


"Gillian Joy is a wonderful talented author who knows just how to tell a story. From the moment I began to read the Guardian I knew I would enjoy it. I highly recommened this book to everyone who enjoys a great story." Crystal Cattabriga, author Shattered into Pieces and Saving Bobby

"Guardian" has a delectable spread of the supernatural and has a amazing story line and well written strong & dependable Characters ....." Confessions of a Bookaholic

"Guardian was an incredibly easy read because of the depth of the characters and Gillian Joy's ability to draw you into her story. Guardian is a must read" YA Book Addict

As an author I'm sure we'd all love to one day see our stories portrayed on the big screen. if I ever had this opportunity I would love to see Emma Watson in the role of Hannah.


So are you interested in Guardian?
You can check out the Website http://www.gillianjoy.com/
Your can follow on facebook or twitter 
Gillian Joy is also online at Goodreads

Do you want to buy a copy of Guardian?

in paperback at Lulu
or if you would like a signed paperback contact me through the website


This is what you'll get just by leaving a comment--but wait!
The more shout outs you do on Facebook, Twitter or where you hang,
the more chances you get to win! Just let me know what you've done
in this post! (one entry per shout out per day--YES, per day!)

1-e-book copy of Guardian.
1- personally signed Guardian Bookmark.
1-Guardian fridge Magnet.
1- personally signed Guardian 2012 calendar.
1-Gillian Joy wallpaper banner.

All WINNERS announced at the end of the tour on 31st Dec.


Want to win more book fun? Please follow the author names and dates below! You can even go back and book a dance with the authors that have already visited. Good luck and have FUN!

12 Elizabeth Mueller elizabethmueller.blogspot.com

13 Regan Guerra reganguerra.blogspot.com

14 Melissa Pearl melissapearl.blogspot.com
 
15 Claudia Lefeve claudialefeve.com
 

17 Pendragon Innmen PendragonWrites.com 

19 Alex J. Cavanaugh alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com


22 Anastasia V. Pergakis http://labotomyofawriter.com/



27 Patti Larsen pattilarsen.blogspot.com

28 Red Tash RedTash.com

29 Annetta Ribken wordwebbing.com

30 Cindy Hogan watched-thebook.blogspot.com


Saturday 17 December 2011

Ratings and Reviews

I read an article in the Huffington Post recently about book ratings. The article talked about how easy it was for authors to cheat the system, how they could log in under different names and leave themselves higher ratings to boost their books popularity. Not something I had even thought about before but hey, whatever floats your boat I guess.
It also talked about how the rating system can negatively affect the author too, if people leave bad ratings, sometimes just because they can. Someone at one stage was rating all indie books with one star just because they didn't like independent authors.
I recently had a conversation with some fellow authors about this, some had received 1 and 2 star ratings from people who obviously hadn't even read the book. Ok so you didn't like it personally and didn't even bother to read past the first chapter, so how can you actually rate it, you don't really know if the book was any good if you didn't actually read it.
But the part of the article that really drew my attention was the comment about books with only high ratings. The article claimed that you should beware of these books. Either it was a sure sign that the author was manipulating the system, of if there were only a few ratings, then the book had only been read and rated by the authors family and close friends.
So that annoyed me! Guardian, at this stage only has 4 or 5 star ratings. In total at time of writing 4 x 4stars and 23 x 5stars. Of all those ratings only one was posted by a friend. A few of the reviewers have since become quite good Internet friends but only one was a close friend who knew me prior to me even writing Guardian. I hate being lumped in with a generalization.
I keep expecting a bad rating, it has to come eventually, but I didn't want to feel like I should look forward to it.

Cheers
Gillian

Saturday 10 December 2011

Debutante Ball - Updated Author List

Here's the updated list of FaNtAbUlOuS  dEbUt  AuThOrS that will lure you with lots of cool stuff to win!
Remember, most of all, have fun!



12 Elizabeth Mueller elizabethmueller.blogspot.com

13 Regan Guerra reganguerra.blogspot.com
17 Pendragon Innmen PendragonWrites.com 

19 Alex J. Cavanaugh alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com


22 Anastasia V. Pergakis http://labotomyofawriter.com/


27 Patti Larsen pattilarsen.blogspot.com

28 Red Tash RedTash.com

29 Annetta Ribken wordwebbing.com

30 Cindy Hogan watched-thebook.blogspot.com


See you there!

Friday 9 December 2011

20 Days of prizes - easy to win TONS!!!!

Welcome to our Debutante Ball, a Feast of Debut Authors Blog Tour!

So a bunch of us debut authors have decided to cohort and we came up with a sweet deal for our loyal readers!

We will spotlight our books and share some  cinematic fun as well!
 
The party will start Monday the 12th, and will go on through the rest of the year until the 30th! 


Wait, that's not all!  We love our books so much that we want to give them to you along with cool swag! Most of our contests will end Saturday, the 31st!

What do we want of you? Just your comment luvin' and cool invites to as many friends as you can gather for our every appearance--each shout out you do is just that much more of a chance to WIN BIG! Just let us know as you do them so we know to throw that in the voting box.

Here's the list of FaNtAbUlOuS  dEbUt  AuThOrS that will lure you with lots of cool stuff to win!
Remember, most of all, have fun!



12 Elizabeth Mueller elizabethmueller.blogspot.com

13 Regan Guerra reganguerra.blogspot.com
17 Pendragon Innmen PendragonWrites.com 

19 Alex J. Cavanaugh alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com


22 Anastasia V. Pergakis http://labotomyofawriter.com/


27 Patti Larsen pattilarsen.blogspot.com

28 Red Tash RedTash.com

29 Annetta Ribken wordwebbing.com

30 Cindy Hogan watched-thebook.blogspot.com