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October’s Spooky Dark Legacy Contest!!

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Wasn’t September’s month-long Relase Party/Prize Bonanza fun!!! I’m still collecting addresses and will do a mass mailing of goodies soon.

While I’m getting myself organized, let’s celebrate Halloween with a SPOOKY Dark Legacy Contest. Here’s your chance to win Godiva Chocolate, a Border’s  Gift Certificate and a signed copy of Dark Legacy.

All you have to do is link over to my Fresh Fiction Contest Page, choose your favorite spooky Dark Legacy moment from the excerpts, follow all the contest rules, and you’re done!!!

Wanna see the chocolate???

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Don’t miss out!!!

And keep coming back–once everything September is mailed out, I’ll have more time for SUPRISE spookiness. PLUS, I’m working on Secret Legacy now, so there will be lots of dream talk as I puzzle out Sarah Temple’s story…

See you around!!!

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September Dark Legacy Prize Winners!!!

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Happy Columbus Day, everyone ;o)

We’re just back from our second trip to the mountains in two weeks. We’ll probably retire there one day. Friends and a quieter place and miles and miles of mountains to hike and explore, throw in waterfalls (and turning leaves this month)… I’m hooked, even though I’m an ocean girl. I can always visit the beach that I grew up beside. The mountains will be where I grow old.

Which is a long-winded excuse for being gone most of last week, after saying I was back at my desk working. But, honest-honest this time, Fall fever’s out of my system and I’m raring to get the work done… Starting with announcing my September Blog Contest winners!!!

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September Dark Legacy Contests!!!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Dark Legacy is in bookstores, plus you can buy it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble or the Dorchester Website (where it’s only $3.50!!!). Yay!!!

To celebrate, I’m continuing my Dark Legacy contests through the month of September. Any comment on an August or September blog post puts you in the running for:

  • 5 signed copies of Dark Legacy
  • Another XOXO Butterfly Purse, since the last one was SO popular ;o)
  • 3 Great XOXO Wallets
  • 3 Dream Flutters Pendants, featuring Dark Legacy Cover images
  • And September’s Grand Prize, a beautiful COACH Butterfly Purse!!!

That’s a total of 12 prizes. Here are some pics ;o)

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Comment on as many blog posts as you like (one comment per post, to keep the spammers away) through midnight , September 30th, to increase your chances to win. I’ll draw winners radomly in early October!

Don’t forget the Dark Legacy Couture Necklace Contest. Read the guidelines and enter for your chance to win this amazing, one of a kind Dream Flutters Necklace:

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And, finally, I’ll be giving away more great prizes on my Dark Legacy Blog Tour, so check out each stop!

Here’s September’s Line up:

8/31   Writers at Play

9/1     Babbling About Books & More

9/3     Romancing the Blog

9/8     Pop Syndicate’s Book Addict Blog

9/10   Romance Novel TV

9/15   Novel Thoughts

9/25   Running With Quills

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Dark Legacy Couture Necklace Contest!!!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Win a One Of A Kind Piece
of Dark Legacy!!!

Dream images from Anna DeStefano’s Dark Legacy inspired a jewelry designer to bring pieces of this mesmerizing story to life, using exotic and reclaimed materials from all over the world. The result–the Dream Flutters jewelry collection, as seen in Dark Legacy’s Romantic Times Bookclub feature.

Dream Flutters pieces incorporate vintage treasures combined with a variety of materials ranging from glass to antique Parisian ribbons to Taqua Nuts from the Brazilian rain forest. Each piece is accented with a butterfly, Anna DeStefano’s personal spirit signature, a reminder that you are wearing a very special winged creation.

Contest Details:

Win this fabulous Dream Flutters Couture Necklace.

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Its Tagua Nut medallion is hand-etched with images of the raven and storm-ravaged forest from Dark Legacy’s cover (image: use Dark Legacy’s cover already displayed on site). It’s finished with vintage glass beads, silk ribbon and gold accents. Truly a one-of-a-kind original!

To Enter:

  • Read the Dark Legacy Excerpts available through Anna DeStefano’s blog.

  • Choose your favorite passage/paragraph. The one that sucks you into Dark Legacy’s characters and dream world… Bwahahaha ;o)    

  • By midnight EST, September 30th, 2009, email the first sentence of you favorite passage to anna@annawrites.com.

    Use the Subject Line: Dark Legacy Couture Necklace Contest.    

  • One entry per person/email address.    

  • A winner will be drawn at random on October 1st, 2009.    

  • The Winner will be notified via email. The winner’s name will also be announced on Anna DeStefano’s Blog, Facebook Page and Twitter Feed.
BONUS: Don’t miss your chance to enter Anna’s other Dark Legacy Blog Contests, running throughout the month of September as she celebrates Dark Legacy’s release!!!

Prizes up for grabs include signed copies of Dark Legacy, a great XOXO Butterfly purse and accessories, Dream Flutters pendants that include pieces of Dark Legacy’s cover, and a grand prize COACH Butterfly Purse!

Visit Anna’s September Blog Contest Page for more details!

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Dark Legacy’s In Stores!!! Oh, and the XOXO Butterfly Winner ;o)

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Squeee!!! It’s real, it’s real…

Here’s Dark Legacy next to Christine Feehan in Barnes and Noble:

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and on the “buy mass market fiction cause we’re priced right” shelf at Borders:

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Do you think it stands out??? (more…)

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New Excerpt and Guest Blogging at Night Owl Romance

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

For those who missed my Romance B(u)y the Book Guest Blog and giveaway yesterday, I’m including the new Dark Legacy excerpt below ;o)

Today, I’m guest blogging and giving away 2 Dark Legacy ARCs at Night Owl Romance Reviews–where I’m talking aboout “The Lighter Side of Darkness.” That is, all the relationship and community and emotional journies that keep us reading spine-tingling, shadowy tales like Dark Legacy…

Here’s the rest of my guest blog tour. I’ll be giving away jewelry, XOXO purse accessories, ARCs and much more to those who find me at each stop through September. (more…)

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Dark Legacy Blog Tour Launches Today!!!

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Everyone join me at Romance B(u)y the Book today–where you’ll find:

  • a new, exclusive and spoooooky excerpt of Dark Legacy–the rubber’s hiting the road, so to speak, for our Maddie and Jarred;
  • a drawing from all those who comment for an ARC and for the great XOXO Butterfly Wallet below (which matches the XOXO Butterfly Purse I’m giving away on the 25th, to celebrate Dark Legacy’s official drop date);
  • and lots of fun with Michelle Buonfiglio’s Bellas!

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“Win” a Scavenger Hunt Comes Together ;o)

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

We have a winner of the Vintage Harlequin Tote. And we have a new Dark Legacy Scavenger Hunt!

Winner first–drawn randomly from the commenters in the last two Dream Theory posts. Thanks, everyone, for your amazing dream revelations. I’m totally hooked on dream research and hearing the unusual things we all sometimes remember from our sleep worlds. Congratulations:

Lexi C., who commented on the “Dream Themes” blog post, on August 6th, 12:22 pm !

Lexi, I’ll send you an email, too. Let me know your snail mail addie so I can send you the great tote and collection of books from RWA Nationals in DC!

Now, onto our new Scavenger Hunt! This one’s going to be different than the ones we did last month–the theme is my Dark Legacy Blog Tour, celebrating my debut paranormal romant suspense’s August 25th release!!!

Here are the rules: (more…)

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Dream on! Exploring the Sleeping Mind’s Messages

Monday, August 10th, 2009

That’s the title of my Romantic Times “Behind The Scenes” article, published in the RTBookclub magazine on newsstands NOW! Can you tell I’m excited ;o) Can’t help it–it’s so much fun to see my love of dream theory making it, loud and proud, into the real world:

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Technically, it’s in the September issue, but RT puts it out in early August. Just received my copy last week. Squeeee! Be sure to check out my discussion of all things Dream Theory at your local Barnes & Noble and Borders…

In the mean time, I’ll keep responding to comments out here, in case you want to hear more of my musings on such fascinating topics. It’s great to see everyone sharing their own dream memories. If you haven’t started leaving comments, don’t be left behind–commenting puts you in the running for great prizes (like the one pictured at the end of this post). Here’s the August Scavenger Hunt details:

August Scavenger Hunt/Dark Legacy Contest Details 

Something I talk about in the article is Dream Sharing–how people who are really close can sometimes find themselves dreaming about the same thing at the same time. (more…)

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Dream Themes–What’s Your Sleep “Legacy”?

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Remember–August’s Scavenger Hunt Dark Legacy prizes are up for grabs. For more details, see:

The August Dark Legacy Contest post

But, even more importantly, let’s talk Dreams ;o)

No, I don’t remember all my dreams. But I do react to them. Every day. Without fail. It was only a  matter of time before I wrote something that allowed me to study dreams more closely, and them play with them in wicked ways, LOL! My Legacy series launches with psychic twins whose abilities are being manipulated to use dreams/nightmares/psychotic daydreams as remote-triggered, direct-strike weapons. Bwahahahaha…

No, that’s not at all what my dreams are like. No spooky darkness or evil sinister images that start to bleed into my everyday life. But my moods change as my dream cycles do, that much I know. Or is it my dreams shifting to reflect the energy and challenges in my waking world? I’ve learned to focus on relaxing as I slip into sleep, if my life has been particularly stressful. It’s second-nature for me to remember when I’m waking mid-dream and to let the almost-there images flow back through me, so I can listen and understand what my mind’s working through while I sleep. (more…)

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