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My sweet readers, I love how patient and understanding you are.  

A lot of you have checked in at my Facebook author page and know that my youngest son recently had surgery on both legs.  For those of you who don't know, he was born with spina bifida and requires a great deal of care on a daily basis.  This surgery will hopefully get him to the point where he is able to walk in his walker without crouching, which is a problem with some kids with spina bifida.  

He has an amazing spirit, a fantastic sense of humor and is a huge fan of the Texas Rangers.  He also keeps me very busy when he's not at school.  When he is at school, I am usually trying to catch up on laundry and during this time of year, Christmas preparations.

I have not forgotten about the characters in the books.  Victoria, especially, is my focus lately when I have the time to write.  The novella will not be ready by Christmas Eve.  I would like it to be done by Valentine's Day, which would be appropriate for this story.  Michael will be a part of this book, as will Sarah.  I don't know that I could really completely put Sarah to the side anyway.  Her snarky attitude and fiery spirit still inspire me.

Now for the FUN news!  I will be lowering the prices of The Vampire's Curse and The Vampire's Redemption.  Curse will be priced at $1.49 and Redemption will be priced at $1.99 for a limited time.  

I am also giving away a $50.00 Amazon gift certificate!   Details coming soon!

 
 
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The official winner of the $100 Amazon Gift Certificate was H Lee.  Thanks to everybody who entered!  There will be more giveaways coming soon!  VERY soon!  How about today?

Beginning today, I will be giving away an e-book copy of the Vampire's Curse to one commenter.  If you want to enter, please leave me a comment.  All blog comments from this point forward will be eligible to win the free e-book!   In your comment, please make sure that your e-mail address is included and full name so that I can contact you if you win!  At the end of the week, I will pick one commenter and they will receive a signed copy of the paperback version of The Vampire's Curse!  Woo-hoo!

Information about the drawing for the gift certificate can be found here.  The drawing was done by Random.org.


 
 
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Yes, you read it correctly.  On August 29th, when I host the final stop on the Vampire's Curse blog tour, I will be giving away a $100 Amazon gift certificate!  Cool, right?

You know what's also cool?  Seeing the Vampire's Warden get into the top 25 free books on Amazon!  That is way beyond awesome.  In 24 hours, over 2500 people downloaded their own copy of the first book in the Undead in Brown County series!  Amazon marked Warden as free on 9/18/11 at 7 p.m. CST.  As of right now, 5853 people have added the Vampire's Warden to their Kindles!!!

So what about the Vampire's Curse?  Well, let me tell you!  Right now, the Vampire's Curse is #871 on Amazon's Bestseller list!  It's also #10 in vampire romance books!  Is that fantastic or what?

So I want to send out big thank you hugs to everybody who has downloaded my books.  You are the ones who are making my dream come true after thirty years of hoping, daydreaming and doubting.  Thank you also to the HP Mallory group on FB.  You guys gave me the courage and support I needed when I was first dipping my toe into the strange waters of self publishing.  Thank you to Pamela Mason, Bels, Scott Gordon, DeeDee, Elizabeth, my sister Brenda, my husband, my boys, my in laws, my parents, and to everybody who offered me encouragement and support during the last few years when I didn't think I would make it.

I especially want to thank the amazing people at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Dallas for everything they did to help my son Cameron over the past week.  It's been a rough road, but we have a lot of hope for the future!

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Rankings for The Vampire's Curse on 8/20/11