Happy Friday the Thirteenth!Things are a bit topsy-turvy here at the moment with house-guests encamped in my office and a fresh batch arriving next week, so I'll keep this short and sweet! Just a heads-up on some happenings here and elsewhere:
On Monday, I'll be hosting author DJ Kirkby who's currently making the rounds on her Without Alice blog tour. We'll have wine and cake (of course) and talk about her debut novel!
Jen Daiker's Guess that Character blogfest is next Thursday and Friday. If you want to join along, click here for more details.
Want to win fifteen books (including a travel book by moi)? If you're a UK resident, head over to author Keris' blog and leave a comment to win.
Author Nicola Morgan is experimenting with Facebook ahead of her social media talk at the Edinburgh Book Fest. To 'like' her page, click here. And... I'm proud and excited to say she'll be showcasing this blog during her presentation on August 22 -- thanks to all the wonderful comments you leave here on a daily basis. I can't always respond on my blog as many of the comments come in at night (my time), but I read them all and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it! A big thank you! I'll be putting up a special post on blogging that day and I hope everyone will drop by to leave their two cents' worth on why blogging is such a powerful and useful tool for authors.
Author Gemma Burgess has now reached 13,000 hits on her Dating Detox book trailer! It's a great example of a book trailer that really works, so if you haven't seen it head on over!
And finally, it hasn't escaped my notice that I'm almost at 400 followers! Woohoo! Come September 1, I'll be doing... something I haven't yet thought of to celebrate. Watch this space.
Got any news or contests to share? Feel free to put it in the comments! Have a great weekend!
Author Gemma Burgess has now reached 13,000 hits on her Dating Detox book trailer! It's a great example of a book trailer that really works, so if you haven't seen it head on over!
And finally, it hasn't escaped my notice that I'm almost at 400 followers! Woohoo! Come September 1, I'll be doing... something I haven't yet thought of to celebrate. Watch this space.
Got any news or contests to share? Feel free to put it in the comments! Have a great weekend!
Looks like it's going to be a busy week while I'm away on vacation.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the house guests. :D
EEk I forgot about the blogfest--thx! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteOh oh oh - I'm going to Nicoa's talk - will look out for your blog.
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Happy Friday the 13th!
ReplyDeleteWooohoo! Lots of fun :)
ReplyDeletesounds busy with guests! Happy Friday the 13th to you too. Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteHave fun with your houseguests...had forgotten all about Friday the Thirteenth...so that's why what's up is down, lol.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your houseguests! Happy Friday the Thirteenth.
ReplyDeleteWine? Cake? Wine?
ReplyDeleteSounds great!! :-)
Have a fab weekend!! Oooooh nearly 400 followers - brilliant!!!
Wine and Cake sounds good, always. Wine. Cake. Wine.
:-)
Take care
x
It's Friday the 13th? aakkk. I should look at my calendar before I get the day started.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links.
Helen
A lot of interesting things going on in your life! Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my blog, about finishing your revisions.
ReplyDeleteIt has not escaped my left-handed daughter that this day, which happens to be Friday the 13th, is left handers' day, a fact I will post before the day's over.
Have a good one!
Ann
Oh my gosh you are seriously the best ever!!!! Thanks for the awesome shout-out!!!
ReplyDeleteI am sending out all reminders on Saturday/Sunday so that no one forgets!!!
Oh Talli wine and cake....sounds so sumptuous and am so scared of this horrific Friday the 13th... Okay am kidding there but you know what they say so enjoy your weekend doll :) xo
ReplyDeleteHello - I stopped by to get your pic to put on my blog so I can talk about YOUR blog in my blog talk, and there I see myself mentioned! IS it ok to use your profile pic or do you want me to put another one up - I mean for your interview, which is currently scheduled for Aug 18th, ahead of the blog talk.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne - looking forward to seeing you!
Oh, and I forgot to say - thanks so much for mentioning my FB page. Big help!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! Hope you're all having a great thirteenth - and happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteNicola - I just emailed you. :)
Good luck with the guests! Do you find that the more impossible it is to sit and write - the more you want to do it?
ReplyDelete400 followers!
ReplyDeleteNice one Tali...and I will be buying the book, you'll have to sign it though!
Congrats on Nicola Morgan showcasing your blog--that is very cool!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend, Talli.
ReplyDeleteI remember that from living in London, we had a constant stream of visitors and I could have become a tour guide in London.
Lots of exciting things coming up for you, enjoy!!
Happy thirteenth? Happy thirteenth?!
ReplyDeleteAfter my laptop broke free and took over my blog, it decided to die on me today!
I'm not bitter though. LOL. Have a great weekend x
WOw, can't wait until your contest. IN the meantime, I'll go check out the links.
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You'll hit 400 long before September 1st!
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ReplyDeleteSeems like it's been a busy Friday the 13th for you! :)
Now I'm really looking forward to September as you manage to have some innovative blog posts.
OK, am off to check out the links you've just provided.
Have a great weekend!
Congratulations on all your followers! That's quite amazing.
ReplyDeleteI've got a great contest highlighted over at my blog, but here's the website:
http://www.writersdigest.com/short
400 followers? That's amazing! :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend! :)
Wow, there's a lot going on - thanks for the update! You have such an amazing blog here, congrats on almost 400 followers!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to Monday. I'd love to go to Nicola's talk but can't :(. I'm going to follow the rest of your links now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blogfest reminder...don't think I have my excerpt polished yet. Ack.
ReplyDeleteThanks also for the Dating Detox memory jog. I don't think I plopped that onto Goodreads TBR yet.
And congrats on having your blog featured! It'll be interesting to see if you get a bunch of new followers from it.
I can't wait to finish my editing to look at all these links, thanks.
ReplyDeleteHave linked to your Monday post for DJ's blog tour on my post.
Nicola's showcasing your blog?! Awesome.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with this batch and the next batch of people. (Batch struck me as so funny.)
Almost 400 followers?! Very cool.
I'll check out the links.
I sold a story yesterday - so Friday the 13th was very lucky for me!
ReplyDeleteSo seeing as you probably already know I'll just say HI!!!! Today I'm rolling around to all those joining in the fun on Guess that character, but since you gave me a shout-out you've remembered :)
ReplyDeleteI'm late to the party, but appreciating all the great info anyway. Great stuff Talli!
ReplyDeleteWow, these are all great things! You have a superb blog, so no wonder you're approaching 400 followers! Go you!
ReplyDeleteBusy times, thanks for the links. I am thrilled you have nearly 400 followers...wow.
ReplyDeleteWheww...400 followers and lots of events. You do handle it all so gracefully! Congratulations! Look forward to seeing what's up here in September.
ReplyDeletetonsa fun, talli :)
ReplyDelete13,000? Wow, mine topped out around 1400.
ReplyDeletewow!!! almost 400 - congrats!!!
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