Meet the Authors of A Christmas Collection & Win Prizes!

Victory Tales Press Award-Winning Authors are visiting Diane Craver's blog, http://www.dianecraver.com/blog, starting Monday! Come and learn more about each anthology from sweet to spicy from the authors themselves. Authors are looking forward to sharing excerpts, their favorite recipes and favorite family traditions. And if that isn't enough, I have some fun questions for everyone. If you leave a comment on any day from Monday thru Friday, your name will be entered for THREE DRAWINGS!

GIVEAWAYS: FIRST DRAWING will be early Wednesday morning and the winner's name will be posted in the comment section. The winner gets to choose any download of one of the VTP Christmas anthologies. SECOND and THIRD DRAWING: Friday at midnight (want to give everyone a chance to comment - know it is busy time) and this winner gets a $10 Gift Certificate to Amazon or Barnes and Noble!!!!! A second winner will be drawn on Friday for a free download of one of the Anthology VTP books!!!! Both winners for the Friday drawing will be posted here Saturday morning.

HERE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK:

Monday - A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION ANTHOLOGY: Sweet

Authors: Anne Patrick, Markee Anderson, Laurean Brooks, Evie Alexis and Cheryl Pierson

Tuesday - A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION ANTHOLOGY: Sensual

Authors: Cheryl Pierson, Diane Craver, Charlotte Raby, and Diane Craver

Wednesday - A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION ANTHOLOGY: Stimulating

Authors: Stephanie Burkhart, Gerald Costlow, Rita Hestand and Karen Michelle Nutt

Thursday - A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION ANTHOLOGY: Spicy

Authors: Kit Prate, C.A. Paris, Cheryl Pierson and Laura Shinn

Friday - Free day for the anthology authors from each collection to visit with readers!

For more information about the authors and books, visit here: http://victorytalespress.yolasite.com/online-store.php

March Madness Contest Coming Soon – Mega Giveaways!

The contest takes place here on my blog. Beginning March 1st, each week you’ll have a chance to win a free book from a guest author or myself. Anyone who comments on one of the posts that week will be entered in the contest (no more than two comments per post, and please leave email address so I can contact you) and at the end of each week one winner will be notified. Entry deadline is Sunday at midnight CST. If you become a new follower of my blog you’ll get an extra entry. If you’re already a follower, tell me in your comment and you’ll be given an extra entry. Guest authors included in the giveaways are John Lindermuth, Destiny Booze, and Danielle Thorne. How sweet is that?

And that’s not all…at the end of the month all entries will be eligible for a grand prize. What is it? Well I hope you like chocolate and you like to read. The grand prize winner will receive an autographed copy of Lethal Dreams, a download of either Journey to Redemption, Dark Alliance, or Reservations for Two (your choice), plus some chocolates. So if you comment on my blog each week, you’ll have your name in the hopper at least four times. Oh, and when I say chocolates, I’m not talking about a dingy little box…I’m talking mega chocolates. A 14 ½ oz tin of Butter Toffee, Truffles and Sea Salt Dark Caramels, luscious Chocolate-Covered Almonds, Peanut Butter Bites, Macadamia Nut Chocolates and more ($30 value) from Swiss Colony. Note: Only U.S. residents are eligible for the grand prize. Sorry!

Now I know there are some of you out there who have already purchased my new releases and are probably thinking Man I wished I’d waited to buy her books. Well you know the old saying the early bird gets the worm. You my friends, get to go on a scavenger hunt. That is if you’ve bought at least two of my books. Here’s how it’s gonna go: I’m going to ask a total of ten questions (two per book) and if you can answer four of them correctly, via email, your name will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from Walmart, and if you don’t like Wally World then I’ll send you a money order. How’s that?

Note to visitors outside the U.S: You may participate in the weekly contest for free eBooks and the scavenger hunt. If your name is chosen in the scavenger hunt, your prize will be delivered by Western Union minus the delivery fee (I will toss in a free download to compensate).

So mark your calendars now! Contest begins Monday, March 1st and runs till the 31st. Questions for the scavenger hunt will be posted the day of the contest.

A White Christmas & The Winners Are...

The winner of my Christmas drawing at Seeing is Believing is Miss Mae, and the winner from my Facebook drawing is Cassie Simmons. Congratulations ladies!!!

Well I wasn't dreaming of one, but I got a White Christmas anyway. Not a lot, only about six or seven inches...just enough to mess up my plans of going out of town. The snow I can handle, the cold I can do without. We're talking a high of 18. Buuur! So what did I do on this snowy Christmas day? I joined my neighbors in a 'Snowed-In Party' of course. Good food & good friends...you can't beat it. One of the best things about Christmas, besides celebrating of the birth of Jesus and the great food and company, is all the wonderful Christmas stories on TV. I laughed & cried watching Marley and I just laughed watching the Christmas Story for the umteenth time. Oh and I also made some video's. The one below is of my babies, Zoe and Sailor.

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

I also made some of my mission trips. You can see them on my Author's Page. They're much longer though - approx ten to twelve minutes each. On the writing front, I received my galley for Dark Alliance this week and got it edited and sent back. It's scheduled to be released in Jan. I'm still waiting to hear back on my Silencing Evil manuscript. And I have two WIP's I'm still trying to finish. I was hoping to get the first drafts done by the first of the year but unless I get busy I don't think I'm going to make it.

On a final note, be sure to drop by Monday. I'll be interviewing author, Chelle Cordero. Then on Thursday, author Vickie Hopkins will be guest blogging about her new website, Janes of Romance. Until then, enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. As for me, hopefully the weather will be clear enough for me to hit the road tomorrow so I can spend time with family. Be safe and stay warm my friends!